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[WP] Write a love letter to someone without them knowing until the very end. | Nobody understands what I've got.
Everybody guesses, but most of them are wrong.
Very often I find it on my mind, always there.
Even in my dreams I am never sad.
Rare as a golden sapphire, but worth so much more.
Giving me the strength I never thought I had, and more.
Oh, how I want to surrender myself completel... | This is a postcard. It was made to fly a thousand miles across a transcontinental ocean to arrive in your hand and tell you the weather's sunny in Philadelphia. I hope that information is useful to you because I honestly don't think this side of the letter is going to be better. No one ever lined up to write down quote... | 2015-01-12T15:02:53 | 2015-01-12T13:42:14 | 47 | 16 |
[WP] Humanity discovers the reason aliens always seem to try and invade the United States. It turns out that the five pointed star is a symbol of unspeakable evil in galactic society. And the United States proudly displays fifty of them. | "What did you just say?"
"Sir, you heard correctly. A country on the planet 'earth' has that symbol deeply entrenched in their culture, and every specimen, from the everyman to the highest of their ranks pledges royalty to it."
"And you mean to tell me, that they display not just one, but FIFTY of them?"
"Yes, sir.... | By the dozenth attack, the lead Spaceologists of the United States had all but concluded that they were being targeted by the aliens.
"The attacks are endless," the Defense Secretary complained. Resources were strained. They had already conducted multiple drafts and were now edging close to having to find recruits am... | 2019-10-08T06:19:44 | 2019-10-08T06:04:33 | 209 | 111 |
[WP] After hearing complaints countless times the hero just turns himself in and goes to prison. Now that the villains are destroying the city and running wild everyone is trying the convince the hero to come out and save the day. But the hero is not having any of this shit | “No no it’s fine” I said, as I swung both my feet on top of my bunk.
“Stop being so passive-aggressive” squealed the mayor.
He tried to talk to me in the morning but I wasn’t having it coz it was the first morning in years I was having a peaceful sleep. He was back again in the evening this time with a different tac... | " We need you more than ever. Archemist" Said Mayor Johnson as he stood just on the other side of my cell in solitary. He was flanked by his aide some pencel pusher named Needlemyer along with Chief Windgate and D.A. Evens. All of them looked tired and haggard with the chief nursing what looked like a black eye and bro... | 2021-03-18T22:36:26 | 2021-03-18T22:17:24 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You live a good life. Caring wife, obedient children and loyal dogs. Little do they know that you are actually a hitman not an accountant. One day your guy hands you the picture of your next target. It’s you. On the back the name of who ordered the hit. “Carla” it says. Your wife. | James Earl walked in to his office on 8:59 AM and placed his briefcase on the floor next to his desk. His floor to ceiling windows gave James a great view of Manhattan. His firm had taken the offices of an old accounting firm to maintain cover. There were only five offices the firm had spread around the world. One w... | I'm comfortably sunk in the worn leather seats of my older-but-still-practical German sedan. The lid on my morning coffee is propped open and I watch anxiously as the piping hot liquid inside the flimsy paper cup that holds the best coffee the road has to offer topples, getting closer and closer to the brim of the cup ... | 2018-08-15T00:15:24 | 2018-08-14T22:17:00 | 160 | 11 |
[WP] You learn your 'deaf' wife lied and has been able to hear everything.
Or husband! | Her hands are a blur, furious signing.
Our son glances uneasily between us. "She says you don't even understand why she's mad."
I don't feel as bad about making him translate now that he's older. He has the advantage of having grown up with it and it makes things a lot easier.
She turns her back and takes three dr... | "The whole time I've known you. The whole time. And you just decide to tell me you're not really deaf today?" I say in disbelief, sitting down across from my husband, Robert, in our kitchen.
"Yes." Is all he says, clearly, for the first time I've heard in his real voice. I wait for him to say more, but he just sits th... | 2015-05-05T16:27:53 | 2015-05-05T15:56:32 | 44 | 11 |
[WP] "They said that gluing salt to a baseball bat to fight ghosts was a stupid idea, but who's laughing now?" you say as you whacked the ghost again. | >**APPARITIONS AND APATHY**
"The *salt doesn't matter* and *stop that, it hurts!*" Screamed the ghost as I thrashed him.
"W-wait, but, the salt."
"The *bat is what hurts, idiot!*"
"But my priest said that consecrated salt-"
"That *myth* was invented so dumb teenagers would stop picking fights with ghosts!" The ... | The Dead Sea dried to bleach-bone sand and the spirits burst from their tomb. It was almost expected. The whole world was burning: The Amazon had long turned to desert, the polar caps melted to ice-cube memories, the permafrost woken from its millennial slumber.
It was a cold year. The work was hard and the soil unrec... | 2020-10-04T22:45:27 | 2020-10-04T18:43:52 | 1,072 | 153 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | The arbiter let out a long sigh and looked past me. We’d been here a while, and it was finally my turn. His voice was tired. “What’ll it be?”
My hands were clammy. I looked up to him, seated on his pedestal, and sighed. I couldn’t think of anything else. “Um… I’m not sure. All the good powers have been taken already.”... | God this sucks. All the cool powers are taken. From flight to fire breath. From teleportation to telekinesis. Now it’s my turn to think. I have to think long and hard about this one. Then I remembered it. As a kid I loved watching videos online and the main videos I watched were videos on the terrors of video games. I ... | 2022-11-17T09:49:50 | 2022-11-17T07:32:46 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] The Earth's crust is actually almost paper-thin and there's nothing below it. Barely around ten to twenty feet of dirt. Geologists have known this for years, maybe even centuries, but for various reasons have told no one. This begs the question, what are the mine shafts and wells digging into? | “We don’t talk about it.” The old miner furrowed his brow, a look of flat refusal “If you’ve got any sense, college boy, neither will you.”
“No way I could change your mind?” I motioned the bartender, a middle-aged women with hard eyes and a petrified scowl. “Another for my friend here, and same for me.”
“I *aint* ye... | I think the most maddening thing about the thinness of our crust is not that it is so thin but that there truly is nothing down there.
From one end to the next it is 100% hollow. Not even oxygen or nitrogen or any other gasses, it's basically a perfect vacuum.
You may be wondering how it stays a secret but that's a... | 2019-11-05T16:26:47 | 2019-11-05T14:37:12 | 31 | 21 |
[WP] A man in a suit walking alone at night passes by a homeless man. The homeless man gives him a sorrowful look and offers him some coins, saying "You're going to need this." | “We’re here, sir.”
Gordon didn’t hear his driver. He was still thinking about the gala. What an exquisite success it had been! Nearly three million dollars raised for the Foundation. And no small feat, either. Getting that much money out of Manhattan’s elite was like pulling teeth from a lion. Still, there was no deny... | The rain was pouring extra heavily this evening. Each labored step I took created a shockwave in the endless puddle that spanned over the asphalt like a vast sea swallowing a desert. My hands were clutching the resume's that were now dripping wet with black ink smeared across them from the unrelenting pecks of a thousa... | 2015-03-13T01:55:13 | 2015-03-13T01:23:52 | 1,143 | 16 |
[WP] A dragon shows up at the adventurers' guild after hearing that humans will just GIVE away gold for something called a "quest." | Down below her, she could hear the bells ringing in the town. She knew she was desperate, coming here, but up in the mountains, gold was getting scarce. All the bigger and older dragons had massive hoards, and trying to wrest a single, ancient coin away from the other dragons was liable to wind up with her getting soun... | “I am here for your finest quest,” I said. The knights took a step back their hands reaching for their swords. “No need for that my fine men. I am here to work with you!” I grinned as best I could, my teeth flashing at the guards. “I have overheard of your so-called quests and am quite interested in the rewards,” I sai... | 2020-06-08T12:47:12 | 2020-06-08T11:28:57 | 1,143 | 405 |
[WP] Suddenly, all sea life vacates a 300 mile wide area in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. A ship is deployed to investigate. | Andrea stared out at the small round window.
"Descending at 10 FPM," a mechanical voice said over the intercom. "Descending..."
A lone fish flit by, its scales glittering in the last rays of sunlight. With each minute, the blue got darker; then the headlights switched on, and everything within a five-foot radius was ... | First time writing so be gentle.
"I didn't mean to!" Tim exclaimed as he ran away from the side of the ship.
"Darn it, Tim..." I sighed, "I told you to be careful with that; if they find out that we lost it RIGHT after being told not to, they're gonna kill us! ...or worse! Take us home.."
Tim let out a short gasp as... | 2017-11-17T08:59:39 | 2017-11-17T07:00:35 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] The year is 2030, and the entire world is firmly under the control of the Australian Empire, and no one really understands how it happened. | The speaker blares "G'day! The time is now 5:30 pm proceed to your nearest pub and help yourself to a schooner. Long Live the Australian Empire!"
I am still in a little bit of shock while I listen to the speaker and seeing the mighty flag of the Australian Empire, fluttering in the breeze, over what was formally my na... | It all began when the skies grew too full of soot to fly aircraft with any semblance of safety. Land and sea were the only options left. We were so concerned about Russia that we failed to even register there might be threats elsewhere. The Great Barrier Reef had been dead for years. Tourists never bothered to go out t... | 2017-02-14T11:16:18 | 2017-02-14T11:05:28 | 347 | 29 |
[WP] You have just used Pink hair dye without reading the fine print, "May cause Main Character Syndrome." Your day is becoming... interesting. | Most people have normal regrets. Letting that girl get away, not studying for that big exam, taking that first whiff of a cigarette.
Mine was putting on shampoo.
It was just a phase alright? I wanted to really stick it to mom and dad by turning my hair pink. That’ll show ‘em.
Yeah. Teen me was not very smart.
S... | Ariel undid her ponytail as she sat up from her desk to walk shyly out of class, when she noticed a smiling man in a tuxedo smoking in the back of the classroom appear in a flash, and then disappear.
“Uhh,” said Ariel, as she picked up her backpack she just dropped. Everybody and the teacher had already left, when sh... | 2017-10-18T11:29:06 | 2017-10-18T11:23:06 | 1,939 | 38 |
[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. | Both took their seats at the table. Before they had a chance to make their opening move he heard the words 'It's a Draw' enter his mind. He looked up at his opponent, perplexed.
"You're about to ask me why I want to call a draw", she said.
He was taken aback. He didn't hear this thought from her. She smiled, and this... | "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... | 2021-03-16T23:14:35 | 2021-03-16T21:58:46 | 44 | 31 |
[WP] Aliens sees Humans as foolish for allowing full citizenship for AIs and synthetics. Humans are now the only organics alive in the galaxy that every AI respects. | Hiving was so popular now with young humans, it had really just become the new norm.
People would usually get into it in college when the pressure to perform was at it's highest. It was also common on ships, when the sense of integration was there already and it was beneficial to the whole crew to simply increase thei... | The ships were only a star system away from arriving at the alleged target. The crew of the vessel were preparing the stasis fields, the collars and the cells of the massive prison ship. Maybe the council will give them lip for going into currently unexplored territory and sending slavers but the Batarian Hegemony didn... | 2017-10-29T12:53:50 | 2017-10-29T11:00:43 | 87 | 48 |
[WP] Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up. | The farmer, Garash had carved a temple out of a thousand year oak tree. It was small, barely enough to fit a person but he had hoped that it would entice a god to move in and help his family with this year's harvest. It didn't, their harvest were as small as ever, with most of it being taken as taxes to the church. Tha... | It had been five years since Tom put the last nail in the roof.
"Any day now...Any day...", Tom muttered to himself as he did his daily landscaping chores. It had been nothing but quiet since Tom completed his so-called temple. He watched as his friends and family all left him. Some urged him to seek help, but most... | 2018-01-19T09:27:57 | 2018-01-19T09:22:08 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] The house you just rented is beyond compensation - staircases and extra floors coming and going, rooms rotating and changing places. You just ignore it. On the fourth day, the eldritch horror informs you that you are the first to stay inside it for more than 72 hours without going insane. | Steve was getting kinda used to the new house he had, sure the sink had eaten his lunch one time and the stairs started forming 4d non euclidean structures, but as a theoretical mathematician Steve didn't mind them, plus nothing is perfect.
"HOW DARE YOU RETAIN YOUR SANITY FROM THIS DOMAIN MORTAL!"
Steve stood still ... | I did once promise that I’ll go through hell for cheap rent. Though I’ve never actually stepped foot in hell, my new house felt like a decent enough approximation.
On the seventh time today where I failed to step into my bedroom, whether it was because of an ever-extending floorboard, a door that refused to open into ... | 2022-05-29T11:45:54 | 2022-05-29T10:49:47 | 59 | 29 |
[WP] The story of an Immortal who doesn't want to die | I've been here so long. How many steps was I given on the earth's face and how many of them were stolen? I walk the barren waste lands of this planet, dark canyons to dying mountains, and there's nothing left of it but gray sky. It's reached the end. The sun is shrinking by the day, and soon it will swallow this planet... | The heat felt good on his face as the white sun rose. He crawled out of his tattered excuse of a bed, he groaned as his muscles fought him when he tried to move them ! Oh how he longed for the comfort of a feathered pillow, a decent nights sleep, hell even a warm night would have done. It was all gone now, many aeons a... | 2014-01-23T10:41:33 | 2014-01-23T10:33:00 | 36 | 16 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | When my parents turned 18, they summoned each other. That rarely happens, and when it does, it happens for the people who are really destined to be together. It saves them the trouble of matchmaking and forced marriage. But, like I said, it happens once in fifty years, maybe more. The people who got lucky enough must'v... |
Mother and Father stood nearby, looking expectantly at me as I took my place in the center of the rooming facing the great grandfather clock that command the attention of everyone.
Along the edges of the room waited the rest of our family and friends, all in attendance with me as the hour of my birth; 11:59pm, 18... | 2019-09-18T09:06:39 | 2019-09-18T08:16:27 | 125 | 57 |
[WP] Where do bad guys get their legions of goons? Well, it's all thanks to you. You specialize in supplying grunts of a wide variety to aspiring super villains, whether they need masked men with bad aim or hideous/sexy merfolk to guard their underwater lair. | "Hello, thank you for phoning Mooks-Я-Us, purveyor of fine-quality mooks and baddies. How can we help you?"
"Hello. Yes. Um. I'd like to place and order for 500 uncommon red mooks please... that's 3000G right?"
"I'm sorry, but it appears we have a shortage of red mooks at the moment."
"Oh. It didn't say that on the w... | The dial phone ringed with its classical tune. In the age of smartphones, I insisted to use this old and heavy design. I mainly had two reasons: first, I didn't care about who's calling and was rarely mobile; second, it was beautiful. I grabbed the receiver.
"Hello."
"Yes, I'm your guy. Who referred me to you?"
"Oh,... | 2017-03-23T07:56:51 | 2017-03-23T06:40:56 | 124 | 63 |
[WP] When you were a child a strange little man gave you a beautiful gold and silver pocket watch with the image of a serpent eating its own tail etched into it, now nearly a century later as you lay on you death bed the same strange little man appears to take the watch back, whispering "Thank you". | “Ouroboras” He said.
“What do you mean?” I asked hoarsely. I could feel the life draining out of me. I wasn’t clinging to it anyway. I had lived a very succinct life. I had no regrets. Nobody does when you’ve lived for a 106 years.
“It’s quite simple, really.” His eyes were animated, and he looked excited.
“Explain... | Arthur was tired. His time was near. He could feel it. He ran his finger over the watch in his pocket. He traced the snake from it's mouth to its tail. He sighed. He still wasn't sure what it meant. He felt cool wind on his face from the window as he thought back to the day. The strange man who had approached him when ... | 2019-05-30T08:43:49 | 2019-05-30T08:25:51 | 70 | 20 |
[WP] On one rainy day, you decide to chill and listen to some music. You put on Don't Fear the Reaper, but then you hear an ambulance driving past your house. You put on Mr. Blue Sky, and the nonstop rain ends abruptly. You realize you have a superpower: You can control the world with music. | Xavier could control the world with music. He knew this as a fact.
The day he’d met Angela he’d been listening to Lou Reed’s *Perfect Day*. The cassette had been on repeat in his Ford Torino as he’d driven the I-85 through South Carolina. He’d heard it on the radio the previous day, then listened out for it to be play... | It had always been her belief that music made the world come alive. She typically felt numb and invisible, but when it came to music, she could melt into the waves and blend into the universe. She felt one, she felt whole, when she could lose herself in a song.
At first, the realization that she could affect the world... | 2022-03-01T04:54:34 | 2022-03-01T04:44:10 | 678 | 94 |
[WP] A man watches his girlfriend repeatedly fail the “I’m not a robot,” test while checking out during online shopping. He comes to the realization she is indeed, a robot. | “I cannot believe—“
“Babe, calm down. It’s just a captcha..thingy, it’s not even that hard.”
Greg huffed as he took a step closer to Joanna. She always seemed to have this problem with those dumb tests for robots at the checkouts or signups for sites, and he could not imagine why. Maybe her eyesight was the issue. Ma... | James looked down and closed his eyes.
"In a minute, James. These things are getting way harder than they used to be, huh?"
The man moved his head, opened his eyes, and stared at the girl sitting at his desk as he sipped from his mugful of coffee. He waited. His focus sat inquisitively upon his younger lover as she, ... | 2018-01-07T17:50:36 | 2018-01-07T10:46:19 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] "Halt foul demon! I know of your true name and so you must obey my every command!" "Wha- Why would you knowing my name make me obey you all of a suden? What are you gonna do? Call my parents or something? I swear humans myths about demon control are the weirdest.." | Ezra, the aspiring demon hunter, couldn’t stop the cold beads of perspiration forming on his forehead and down his back, slowly seeping into his newly-adorned brown robes. He held the holy book tightly to his chest, facing down an unfathomable being with skin of ash and fire.
“Halt, foul demon!”
Eyes like red-hot coa... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 6, Part 6: Mare v.s. Bureaucracy)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**"Halt, foul demon!"** The federal-uniformed soldier barked at Mare. "I know of your true name, and so you must ... | 2022-05-05T11:55:17 | 2022-05-05T10:23:56 | 50 | 31 |
[WP] Every person in the world undergoes a "goodness" test. It's designed to give a score from 1 to 200, where 1 is pure evil, and 200 is an angel in human body. Then the world is divided into 200 zones, where people can live among their own kind. | (I love this premise. Sorry my response sucks but I wanted to throw an idea out... if anyone can do better please steal my idea and rehash.)
Helen was lucky for two reasons. First of all, she was a 200. Second of all, her family lived by The Wall.
The Wall was ancient, towering hundreds of feet in the air, cover... | "This is what you get! Think you're better than us? Think you can just wall us up in the desert?"
Gunfire echoed through Zone 200. *Gunfire.* How could this happen here? The only people with weapons like that should be the border guards! But here they were, running rampant through the city.
Some of us fought bac... | 2016-08-26T13:09:01 | 2016-08-26T12:52:13 | 602 | 54 |
[WP] According to US Navy tradition, submarines that have not been confirmed to be destroyed, are still on patrol. Since WWII, there have been 52 submarines that haven’t yet returned to port, yet to report in, nor have been confirmed to be destroyed. You are one of those, on the eternal patrol. | *O we come from a land that is fair and free,*
*Sailed across every foreign sea,*
*Beat every enemy far and wide,*
*Now they've gone and went to hide!*
*We are the men of the USS!*
*Men of the Scorpion, we're the best!*
*We guard the land from all enemies.*
*For that's our oath when we sail the seas.*
*We cut!*... | The maelstrom yanked our submarine far deeper than it was ever supposed to go, but didn’t destroy it. Looking back, I wish it had. Living a long life’s terrible when you’re nothing more than food.
I sit in my quarters, looking at pictures of my crew. Back then, before this happened, we were just boys who thought they... | 2018-10-17T08:02:31 | 2018-10-17T07:08:04 | 86 | 52 |
[WP] FTL travel is actually possible. However, when humanity sends out our first FTL spacecraft, we discover the terrifying reason why nothing, not even light, dares go past that cosmic speed limit. | The fear of losing those we loved was the greatest thing we had to overcome...or so we thought.
The first thing to remember was that when you approach the speed of light, you become more massive. We were able to get around this problem by manipulating the Higgs field around the craft.
The second thing to remember ... | “There’s a reason why you never use faster than light travel.” The creature calling itself Kcbzrzx says to me in a voice that’s equal parts nails on a chalkboard and nails on a wet chunk of glass.
“And why is that?” I put my hands on my side and tap my foot impatiently. If Kcbzrzx doesn’t understand the universal sig... | 2018-11-04T06:14:53 | 2018-11-04T06:08:13 | 129 | 28 |
[WP] Humans are capable of magic, we are just out of mana. Then a small store starts selling "mana potions" but of course no one belives it at first. | The glow was hypnotizing. Video games had never done them justice, mana potions weren't just blue, they were *blue*. They put all other blue things to shame, glowed with such pure, brilliant blue that the world took on a yellowish tinge after even a glance at it. It made my skin tingle, and made me want to do up my bla... | “I swear, this isn’t drugs, this isn’t false advertising, this isn’t illegal! They’re actual mana potions!” I tried desperately to explain to the police but they just wouldn’t accept it.
“This is false advertising because you’re either not making clear this dust is aesthetic, or these are drugs.” Said the large pink a... | 2016-10-25T05:07:56 | 2016-10-25T03:46:05 | 69 | 20 |
[WP] When gamers die, they have to relive each video game death as if it was their own, and you really sucked at video games. | Death #96
I seriously can't believe I played this much Halo, and *sucked* at it so bad. This is the 20th time I've grenaded myself, but luckily every time it hurts a little bit less.
Death #112
Damn, Call of Duty is much worse since I don't have much armour to protect myself. Also, I really need to stop trying to qu... | I can't even pause this. Why is he shuffing back and forth? Can I actually feel this? Didn't I even press anything on the damn controller? What, I was just sitting there like a bag of sawdust?! What the fuck, Quincey! I'm just standing here. I'm one of the most powerful characters in the game, did I pause my brain inst... | 2016-12-26T00:49:00 | 2016-12-25T23:42:27 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] You have the ability to freeze time. When you do, everyone else freezes too. One day, you freeze time and are astounded to see a girl continuing her walk down the street. However as soon as she sees you, she stands perfectly still and pretends to be frozen. | Doug knocked the plastic coffee mug off the edge of his laminated desk.
He wasn't awake yet, but he reactively flexed a weird assortment of muscles in his flabby abdomen. The cup hovered about halfway down the trajectory to the floor. Some of the precious, black liquid having already spilled over the sacred chalice's... | "Did you think you'll just stop existing?" I cried out loud.
I started to make my way to her, my heartbeat noticeably getting faster. There she was. A person who could move through frozen time. She could be the answer to al my questions.
The girl straightened up, an annoyed grimace on her face. Without saying another... | 2020-08-20T10:55:31 | 2020-08-20T10:48:59 | 601 | 396 |
[WP] The self help group you started has turned into a cult. | All I had wanted were erections again and instead, I had gotten a global socio-economic superpower shadow organization. Really, I’d like to blame Viagra for this one. Them and their god damn claims that anyone could get those four hour erections. I took a fistful and of their cure-all pills, bought a subscription to Pl... | Initially, I had only the sincere hope that I could help someone. It started simply; I would freely give to any whom asked, expecting nothing in return, a hit of LSD or a shot of ketamine. It was my intent to awaken these people—mostly heroin addicts—to the intricacies of our reality. But the prolonged highs, which wer... | 2017-08-19T08:42:03 | 2017-08-19T06:21:37 | 72 | 34 |
[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | “Are you sure?”
The new mother looked down at the young boy, tears in her eyes as she took in the tiny little horns and wee bats wings.
“What if we can... raise him right? Show him kindness and love, and hope he turns out ok?”
The king looked on with a heavy heart, and spoke,
“You know what happens when you try t... | They hoped that no one ever learned that they once had a son. They hoped. They dared not pray it. They feared that anything even thought in prayer would be overheard by their beautiful angelic daughter.
The prophecy foretold twins, one good and one evil. When the babes arrived in this world, it was easily apparent w... | 2020-05-07T10:15:45 | 2020-05-07T10:09:06 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | I just lost my job, it was really keen, repairing King Perger's Bruntungle machine.
Then I lost my wife, and I lost my dog, I lost my most favorite porcelain frog.
There's just nothing left, but depression and rum, which I can't afford cause I'm now just a bum.
Tell my mother I'm sorry, tell my sister I'm gone, tell... | I am sad
Sad I am
Have i gone mad
I might just have
I would not could not anymore
my life is just one great big chore
I try to dream but cant escape
This life that i have learned to hate
Ive rustled and bustled
and truffled about
With bad thoughts and worse thoughts
I can't drown them out
So think me a cowa... | 2015-01-17T04:52:27 | 2015-01-17T04:21:47 | 115 | 15 |
[WP] a portal appears infront of you and a 7'4 380 pound version of you from another universe walks out covered in blood holding the heads of 4 other versions of you and screams "JOIN ME OR JOIN MY COLLECTION" | The flash of light in the mirror on the wall caught my eye.
Looking up from my game I see the reflection of a shower of lights as the portal opens.
"Join Me or Die."
Booms. Filling the room. Loud enough to hear through the noise canceling headset I am wearing.
A giantess of a woman appears in the space where the l... | My mind raced with the implications of what this meant. I was overwhelmed by the terror that created an icy grip in my chest. Was this a warning from a parallel universe, or a threat from a doppelganger? I had to choose: accept whatever evil plan this giant creature had in store for me, or I would end up like the other... | 2022-12-04T11:09:01 | 2022-12-04T08:27:53 | 36 | 13 |
[WP] After slaying the foul dragon the king offered the knight the hand of his daughter in marriage. Neither of them were happy with this arrangement, the princess being completely disinterested in this stranger and the knight was expecting something like money or a title for risking his life | A battered knight entered the king’s courtroom dragging a large burlap sack. He knelt down at the throne’s high rise base, opened the sack, and exposed proof of his kill.
A severed bloodied claw the size of a calf laid in the sack.
The king looked down and nodded.
Two days prior, Theodric had slayed Ire the Toxic... | For seven years she awoke in soft sheets and gentle sunlight. There were no serving maids to dress her, but she was no longer put on display and paraded; she was not the doll in the looking box. She was thankful of him for that at least, these moments of relative freedom. She looked to the nightstand for today's fl... | 2021-01-11T11:00:20 | 2021-01-11T09:16:38 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You are a fresh junior researcher at NASA. While out for drinks with your new boss, you jokingly ask her why NASA hasn't explored the ocean with its resources. She turns pale and leans in close, then whispers, "We have. Why do you think we want to leave the planet so badly?" | **Wait, what?**
I'm joking! (laughs) But I bet I had you going there for a bit.
**You did! Man, I feel dumb.**
Yeah, well, just don't ask about Area 52.
**Don't you mean Area 51?**
...
**Oh, *right* ok! Man, that's briliant! Area 52. Who would even think to go there?**
Area 52 doesn't exist.
**Sure, gotcha. (wi... | She turned pale, leaned in closer, and then whispered, "We have. Why do you think we want to leave the planet so badly?"
Time slowed momentarily as I took in the gravity of her words, the noise in the bar fading suddenly into the background as I attempted to process this new information. Even the harsh clinking of gla... | 2019-08-07T18:37:05 | 2019-08-07T18:19:58 | 43 | 16 |
[WP] You, 16 years old, wake up and head downstairs for breakfast before school. You’re eating cereal when you see the Missing Kid poster on the milk carton. It’s you. Date missing: 10 years ago. | “What the fuck?” I blink and read it again:
BEST BY -9 NOV 2008-
“Watch your mouth!”
“What the hell is this?” I grab the carton and shove it toward her face. The blood drains from her nose and cheeks, and her crows feet spread along with her eyelids.
“Oh god. You have to listen — we”
“What could you possibly sa... | Item number: SCP-M11K
Object class: Keter
Containment: All companies specializing in the distribution of milk are to switch from cartons to plastic bottles for all quantities of consumer milk. Implementation has been slow, with pushback from dairy lobbies. Full implementation is expected to occur in 2025. This may no... | 2018-11-08T21:22:27 | 2018-11-08T20:37:24 | 97 | 45 |
[WP] 1,000 years after the battle of Helm's Deep, the orcs have tracked down the elves in the undying lands. Calling in a favour with their allies the men, the elves expect an army of 10,000. Instead they get 8 marines with MASERs, rail guns and anti-matter grenade launchers. | ​
One of my first attempts on this subreddit. I chose a little more contemporary setting for the prompt as that is more my forte. Remember English is not my mothertongue and any critique is welcome.
Elrond looked around the table. The situation was dire and the faces of those around him reflected that. A f... | As the elves surveyed the land, their dread intensified. No one expected them to find the undying lands and the orcs knew this, they had years to prepare and now their numbers where nearing at least 150.000 if not more.
The elves counted on their allies to withstand this siege. They called out to all their allies but ... | 2018-12-03T06:33:48 | 2018-12-03T06:27:54 | 41 | 27 |
[WP] When you gain a superpower it is a reflection of your inner self, good people tend to get typical 'good' powers such as flight while bad people get 'bad' powers such as mind control. Oddly enough the top superhero and supervillain each have powers that seemingly do not suit them at all | A lot is made of it, really.
People have written books about it.
The truth is, nobody really has any idea. It's just our way of, well… '*trying to understand God'* probably sounds a bit dramatic, but I ask you: what else do you call somebody who flies at a mach ten and plays swingball with rockets?
What is an 'in... | You know what they say
"You can't judge people by their first apperance"
I always thought how wrong this is. This girl has a mind control ability. And she literally use his boyfriend's ability to fly as a taxi service. Does he even know he got abused? Unbelieveable.
That's also why there are heros. Because of how v... | 2020-06-15T06:40:59 | 2020-06-15T06:38:30 | 892 | 93 |
[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... Please."
I stumble forward, desperate to escape my insanity.
The pills were working. They were working. Their not working.
"Please! Stop!"
The desperation in her voice halts me. I know that feeling. I know what its like to be desperate. A clawing, yearning, all consuming desperation.
Desperate for a... | She has always been there for me. She has always been honest with me.
When I was 4 years old, she told me Mr Bunny had been saying mean things about me. I threw him in the bin. My mother was upset she said why did I throw away my favourite toy. I said he's not my favourite any more.
When I was 6, she taught me what v... | 2019-09-14T12:09:41 | 2019-09-14T11:01:10 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | I thought I had seen it all. I've been been here ever since the first human died. I'm the older brother, sure, but most only know of my little brother, the Grim Reaper. Because those that come to me are erased from the time itself.
I've had to erase entire families, cities, hell, even entire civilizations. I've done i... | "Next!"
A wrinkled, white-haired man cautiously steps forward. It's my secretary.
"Mr. Reaper, your next job has an odd peculiarity to it."
"I'm the True Reaper. What job doesn't have an odd peculiarity to it?"
"Sir, your next job is in Ukraine."
"Where the hell is Ukraine?"
"It's on Earth." At this point, he wro... | 2018-05-12T16:52:04 | 2018-05-12T15:41:34 | 200 | 26 |
[WP] Life has achievements, just like in video games. Ever since the dawn of time, people have been unlocking all kinds of achievements, and yet, people are still discovering new achievements every year. You're one of those people who just unlocked an achievement no one's heard of before. | Life got interesting when achievements were first discovered. They always existed but we didn't know how to measure them for a long time. Now everyone has apps for that.
I remember grandpa's stories telling me how many he discovered when the tech came out. He was the first person to unlock the peanut butter and jelly... | They call it the "Agape Achievement"
I had to research into it.
Turns out that "agape" means unconditional love.
There's a song about it.
Have no idea what I did to deserve the achievement but I guess I did it.
Huh.
Never mind, looked at the description.
*Go against "You can only love others if you love yourself... | 2017-04-13T23:47:39 | 2017-04-13T19:45:29 | 107 | 20 |
[WP] Welcome to Boston Dynamics here is your all-access pass and the standard 12 gauge shotgun, remember if anything non-human starts asking questions you shoot it. | "Jerry, you've got to remember where you're working. It's easy in the military divisions. There everything either looks scary or camouflaged. Around here things get tricky. I mean sexbots are supposed to be lifelike. 'Indistinguishable from the real thing.' Isn't that what marketing came up with? This was bound to happ... | Wait, what?
I had never held a gun before in my life. Now here I was, holding a gun that was a lot heavier than it looked in the movies. Maybe that was the difference between plastic and metal. The all-access passed hung around my neck as the elevator continued to go downwards. On top of the metallic doors of the elev... | 2018-10-21T10:26:04 | 2018-10-21T08:46:48 | 56 | 23 |
[WP] In 50 words or fewer, write a story with a twist ending. | She took a deep breath and pulled back the velvet curtains. She closes her eyes and sings; her powerful voice rang loud and clear, echoing in the hall. With thunderous applause, she bows. With a sigh, she opens the microphone and pours the shampoo and begins to wash her hair. | I watched her as she embraced another. My heart sank when I saw her dancing in the rain in her pink hat and red heels. A man, taller and tanner than me, held her and swayed her. How could Gwyneth Paltrow ignore my fan mail and dance with another man? | 2014-07-27T21:24:03 | 2014-07-27T18:19:16 | 77 | 34 |
[WP] A retired Super has taken a job as a live action news reporter. It is now clear that the network is only sending the new reporter to fights where the young hero is bound to lose. | A school bus flew over Jason and landed fifty meters away from him, crashing on Crimson Sting and filling the street with debris. The ground trembled after the impact, making Jason's cameraman lose his balance. It didn't affect Jason. He just shrugged and aided his cameraman before he fell over. Jason might not be as y... | "Hi, this is Totlee Ahumen speaking. I'm here, in Portiol Docks where the-"
I saw a black sword that was coming my way. I, with inhuman reflexes, dodged it, turned back to my normal position.
"Anyway... As you can see, a deadly warlock named Tphical Villein is fighting againist a new hero named Gingy. Oh no... I'm...... | 2017-07-26T12:43:36 | 2017-07-26T12:24:58 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | "Why are you doing this?"
We were all thinking it but our paladin spoke first.
She smiled, eyes cold as ice.
"When it goes wrong I get all of the blame. When it goes right, I get none of the credit. Less of the spoils. Constant jabs that I'm useless, or that you dont even know what I do in the party. Tank's constan... | "Today is the day I'm going to... " the old man glances into the sky.
"Today is the day I'm going to tell you about the group I was with when I lost my leg," he takes a stone cold look at the metal beam sticking out of the stump where his leg used to be before he continues: " and what can happen if you don't treat the ... | 2020-01-05T14:25:08 | 2020-01-05T11:20:43 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Your cranky history teacher has recently been revealed as immortal. The reason they are angry is because they have to teach according to the texts when they know what really happened. One class he has had enough and begins to answer people's questions about what truly happened in history. | “Okay, no,” said the Professor in a snarky huff.
Charlie seemed a bit taken aback by his Professor’s response to his knowledge on Nikola Tesla.
The Professor picked up his chalk, twirling it around in his fingers. “You say his work was ‘stolen’ by Edison, when that is so very clearly wrong.”
“What do you mean? It’s... | "So...How were the Pyramids made?"
"UGH, so this book says we used ramps and slaves, that's half true. Actually that's like, a quarter true, when the pharoah of the time wanted to be immortalized it asked for a temple, that temple was built distinctly with specific ratios unintentionally that caused all who meditated... | 2019-12-25T08:06:01 | 2019-12-25T07:42:56 | 28 | 12 |
[WP] You are a captured spy. Write a letter from prison where putting the first words of every sentence together reveals something beyond the apparent message.
Just a thought I had on the bus. | We're about to be placed into confinement (me and another American soldier named Guy). No public mail or communications channel will be provided to us, and they will be watching. Strangers, whom I might bribe, may be able to pass secret messages and communications. To communicate, we must be very careful, and may resor... | Be home in about five to ten years. Sure, it was a risk to go in alone against that fucking madman. To be fair, I am pretty damn efficient. Drink all night and you'll believe you can do anything. Your job is gonna get immensely harder in the coming years, but hey you know what's weird? Ovaltine is like the only drink t... | 2014-01-20T16:22:29 | 2014-01-20T15:46:57 | 266 | 41 |
[WP] There is a (visible to everyone) sign that pops up above people's heads whenever they do something for the last time (eg. "This is the last poutine Snowtroopersarecool will eat"). A sign has just popped up. What does it say, and how do people react? | Those stupid signs, those stupid f*cking signs. They had been around forever, or at least since recorded history. They were still as unknown to us as they were to the caveman. We didn’t know what caused them, why or how they came to exist but we knew one thing. They were always true.
The human race had somehow come t... | It's been a long fucking time, slim. A real long fucking time. A lifetime of late nights drinking Mountain Dew and smoking menthol cigarettes to advance the testing, now this one syringe holds the one extant dose of the final product. The mice seem to have become immortal, the rabbits seem to have become immortal.
"L... | 2014-06-21T11:25:37 | 2014-06-21T07:04:57 | 18 | 12 |
[WP]1000 years ago, scientists have found a way to attach chlorophyll to the human DNA, making humans survive solely on the Sun. Humans have evolved and lost the need and instinct to eat. It is now the year 3022. You have discovered eating by accident, and it has provided you with superhuman powers.
EDIT: Holy sh*t! F... | Journal Entry 22/07/3022. ENTRY-D
... Hours later, I felt a hotness in my pants. "What is that awful smell" I thought. It had happened, I had gained superpowers from doing the Ritual of Eating. I had learned of the power from the ancient scroll I excavated... nearly 800 years old by my current estimates.
The power ... | It seemed impossible. Unheard of. Like a piece of science fiction.
As people moved down the sidewalk at the slow, even pace necessary when you live off of the minute sugars generated by photosynthesis; I actually walked around them!
On my normal trip to the beach I have to stop at 3 Basking Stations to recharge. But... | 2018-09-27T06:36:26 | 2018-09-27T06:18:26 | 51 | 24 |
[WP]. The purge except it's 24 hours that retail workers can talk back to the customers and managers | *Slightly off topic, IT Support*
Purge day. The day when those at the bottom get to talk back to everyone. I work for an IT Helpdesk and let me tell you, today is the only day that makes it worth it. The best part of this day? I'm IT, someone will HAVE to call eventually. Everyone knows that it's Purge day, but if th... | Cynthia was the girl no one wanted to work with. On days when customers displeased her, she would make their lives harder in small ways. No one ever figured out that she put the sharp stuff in the thin plastic bags... just the right way... So that it would break when they carried it up the stairs.
No, Cynthia had com... | 2017-06-17T19:25:45 | 2017-06-17T18:18:45 | 132 | 39 |
[WP] Write a sad story using only google searches
This was done a while ago and I remember it created some amazing stories. Would love to see it again:
Example:
Dogs for sale UK
How to make your home safe for dogs
Cheap dog food
Anniversary gifts
Nice anniversary gifts for girlfriend
Flower delivery service
P... | *This got way longer than I planned it to*
__________________________
Cyanide pills.
Are cyanide pills effective?
Non-painful suicide method.
Suicide watch.
Moving back with parents.
Loneliness.
Depression.
Chat rooms.
How to make friends.
How to approach girls.
Clubs in area.
What happens in clubs?
Bars ... | How to open up to people
How to talk to people
How to be nicer
How to talk to girls
How to ask girl out
How to handle rejection
How to make friends
How to befriend people
How to find friends
How to get a friend
How to tie a noose | 2015-10-24T21:26:04 | 2015-10-24T20:12:02 | 138 | 38 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | I smirked. Now wasn't this ironic. After finally falling to the demons from hell, I get to choose whether to finally take my eternal rest, or continue to *Rip and Tear*
Now why the hell would i go to heaven.
The Doom Slayer walked in through the gates of hell.
The second slayer's testament would begin to be penned t... | They’ve really pulled out all the stops. They *say* you can pick Heaven or Hell, but they forget to mention you need to be subordinate to the Big Dude. They do let you take your time, see both sides of the coin, but frankly you’d need to be a dumbass to pick heaven.
Who would want to die like that? Denying yourse... | 2018-08-13T09:08:57 | 2018-08-13T08:20:27 | 82 | 33 |
[WP] You stumble across a peculiar library. Each book's title is the cost of the knowledge within. You read a few for the cost of a cent, a smile, a button. Until you find it. "Cost: half of your lifespan" | The room trembled when the book opened, the cost hit immediately. Hands graying and wrinkling into disuse, I didnt need to have a mirror to know my face looked much worse.
The book trembled, an ancient voice reverberating inside my skull.
"A deep cost for knowledge, is it a cost you paid too soon?"
"It- "
"Don't was... | She had always been a huge bookworm. She loved reading books. She did. They were windows to places she could never go, events that she could never see. This was back in January when she had just moved out of her parent’s house and got an apartment of her own with a sassy, blonde roommate.
She was alone that day. I rem... | 2018-03-29T07:25:42 | 2018-03-29T06:53:09 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] The highway bordering the forest has seen some unusual activity. This week alone, hundreds of deer voluntarily lunged into traffic seeking death. All birds have abandoned their nests. As a park ranger, what you find in the center of the forest deeply disturbs you. | A few weeks ago there had been an incident with North Memorial Hospital. The police had roped the area off. No one was allowed in or out. Very odd circumstances. Then there was somehow a fire and the place had all burned down along with the surrounding forest. The fact that the fire had started amongst so much surveill... | Dan wipes the sweat from his brow, takes a swig from his canteen, and presses on ahead up the hill. He passed the last trampled dead dear half a mile ago, so he must be getting close. The trees and other vegetation are thick on either side of him….but where he walks, for about 10 feet on either side of where he stand... | 2017-04-27T09:13:51 | 2017-04-27T07:56:29 | 47 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone's soulmate's name is written on their right wrist when they turn sixteen. The left has worst enemy. Your left and right wrist say the same thing. | The young man woke early on May 27th. It was his 16th Birthday, and today he would find out two very important names. Two names to surely be intertwined with the rest of his life. He was excited, and scared at the same time.
He stared out of the window of his Manor House looking across the grounds. He knew he was bor... | Your eyes stare down the clock in front of you. Your fingers impatiently tapping your table as you wait on the ticking hands.
"Come onnnn!!!" You mutter to yourself as the clock strikes 2:31. "3 more minutes!!!"
You jump up from your seat and begin pacing the room. The excitement coursing through you and causing you ... | 2020-01-18T23:49:54 | 2020-01-18T21:46:35 | 264 | 46 |
[WP] You are sent over 1000 years into the past by accident. You must now learn to survive using the primitive technology of the year 2016... | [ARRIVAL: TIME INDEX 0ms]
My pseudo-ocular sensors, delivering a washed-out image because of the exceptionally high light intensity I was subjected to in the laboratory, reveal the scene before me. The temporal rift modulation experiment appears to have been a partial success, however, I am unsure as to what time perio... | Shakily, very shakily, I managed to figure out how to turn the knob on the faucet to make it dispense water into the small basin below. I vaguely remembered that they used to be called "sinks".
Splashing a bit of the cold water onto my face didn't really help me calm down at all, it just made me feel cold and wet *as... | 2016-06-16T18:56:35 | 2016-06-16T18:23:59 | 44 | 32 |
[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... | I screamed, but only heard the echo inside my own mind.
A day? A year? The endless nothingness drove me insane. I lived a lifetime of waking dreams, exacting my revenge in ever more deranged ways.
———
‘Test Subject Alpha, accelerated simulation of deep space cryo, please report.’
‘It was... fully successful.’
‘Ex... | Pure silence. A quiet more soundless than the empty page of an armless writer with nothing to say. A defending nothingness, in all directions, from this space here to the end of time.
*THUNDER*
A crack explodes in to existence. Cutting itself in to this world mercilessly. The violence roars in a mounting creshendo. Bu... | 2017-12-17T04:08:32 | 2017-12-17T02:36:12 | 51 | 11 |
[WP] The young woman had spoken to everyone in town, asking them to teach her to fight. The warrior, the hunter, the knight, all had declined. Finally, in desperation, she spoke to the dwarven blacksmith. Lowering his massive hammer he looked at the fire in her eyes and said "Aye. I could do that." | The air was filled with a metalic bang as hammer struck steel again and again. Sparks flew, but the dwarf stood unflinchingly, striking his rythm into the anvil. The rythm slowed and stalled until the dwarf let his hammer rest. Plunging the blade into water, a geyser of steam filled the room with a light haze. When it ... | The night's darkness plagued the town of Terbarrow, dim lanterns illuminating the gloomy streets. Everyone had gone to their homes and fallen asleep by now and cleared the pathways of the town, everyone but a ghostly figure. The ghoul wandered the streets, checking through all the windows and entering the empty pubs. A... | 2022-08-28T10:45:05 | 2022-08-28T10:43:06 | 86 | 19 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | "Well, we knew the humans *had* a military. They had to, you see. The worlds they were colonizing were dangerous, lots of life forms that want nothing but to kill..." the old soldier trailed off, lost in his memories.
"I understand sir, but..." I didn't want to be rude. Battle Commander Gorvg was a hero to the Pteron... | When the human race first entered our star systems, we thought they were laughable. They came to “explore” and “settle”, but they appeared very poorly equipped and naïve to be doing such things. Of course, they were not the first race we’ve seen with colonizing of any sort on the mind; our people have dabbled with that... | 2022-08-05T14:49:07 | 2022-08-05T12:43:01 | 189 | 63 |
[WP] You are in a bar when a six year old pigtailed little girl takes the stool next to you. In the deepest lumberjack voice she says, "Hey, Frank, make it a double. It happened again." You can't resist and ask her, "What happened again?" | I stared gaping mouthed as the little girl struggled to climb onto the barstool, which was nearly as tall as she was. The stool kept tipping under her weight, so I steadied and she deftly hoisted herself up.
She gave me a cute smile. "Thanks," she boomed. Her voice was utterly disproportionate to her body. She sounded... | "What happened again?" I asked, mildly interested.
"I just needed a drink", she replied after a swig. Looking at me after wiping her lip with the back of her hands, she smiled a little, then went back to sit on the stool.
"I needed something to warm me up." she said, eyes looking at nothing in particular, then finish... | 2016-07-22T03:00:05 | 2016-07-22T01:17:25 | 41 | 22 |
[WP] Your entire life, you've had 4 coins that you are able to teleport to. You lost one a while ago and have been to scared to ever go to it. One day you teleport to the one you keep in your bedroom and you find yourself in an interrogation room, with 2 strange looking soliders walking towards you. | The concept of coins is interesting, really.
It's a small disk of metal used as currency, which in turn can be used to get anything else a person needs. That small piece of metal would usually be useless, but we assign it a value. It's only important because we say so.
Well, that's not the case for me. My four coins ... | I look down and see the designated bedroom coin in my hand, my other hand on the other 2 in my pocket. Damn it.
"Holy shit, we got him!" One of the soldiers says as he pulls out handcuffs. I only have one option now, I don't want to do it, but I can't lose these coins. Where could it be? I got drunk on the beach with o... | 2019-03-10T21:22:20 | 2019-03-10T20:10:37 | 1,454 | 45 |
[WP] A Man gets to paradise. Unfortunately, Lucifer won the War in Heaven ages ago. What is the man's experience like?
EDIT: Man, did this thing blow up. | "Pizza? I didn't think there'd be pizza in heaven," Jim said.
"Why not? Pizza is the shit," the angel said.
"And cursing. And beer? Is that beer?"
In fact, the table was laid out with all the things Jim loved. Chicken wings, malt whiskey, chilly fries, club sandwiches, those little wieners wrapped in bacon. Ov... | "God?" I managed to squeeze out between raggedy breaths.
I had never been very religious but in my delirium, that was my first thought. I remember the sky and the taste of blood before my eyes opened to pure brightness. I couldn't make out any detail but the light seemed to emanate from a winged, human-like figure. W... | 2014-01-12T07:07:13 | 2014-01-12T06:15:01 | 4,181 | 662 |
[WP] The Bestiary of the Multiverse is a really, really thick book. Updated every two days. It works like a wierd magical Wikipedia, really. You are the mod, and sometimes find real gems between all of the mundane animals. Write your favorite page of this bestiary. | **Warp Lennoa**
A medium sized feline that inhabits savannahs and is known for their unique abilities and varied color. Their preferred method of hunting is careful stalking of prey, shortly followed by a quick ambush through a portal. Some observed Lennoa have been shown capable of forming warp tears underneath prey,... | *Protogenia*
Protogenia (pro-toe-gen-ee-a) is a variant of Rhizopus stolonifer, a common mold often found on earth bread. Unlike its relative, Protogenia is mainly found growing on the pages of old books. Protogenia is most commonly found in the fantasy genre of narratives with more frequency in the books featuring a ... | 2022-12-11T18:11:11 | 2022-12-11T15:52:10 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] An adolescent boy who is bullied at school finds solace in the friends he makes in online games, becoming very good friends with one boy in particular. However, when they agree to meet up, the adolescent boy realises his best online friend is his main attacker at school. | Winter break couldn't come soon enough for me. I knew I was a pretty good student. I enjoyed my classes well enough, but events that fall had made school a living nightmare for me. My friend Eric honked his car horn at me, “C’mon Mark, these beta keys aren't going to activate themselves.” He was referring to keys tha... | It's hard to live up to expectations. My dad was always tough on me, always making my life much harder than it had to be. My mother, although she has the best intentions in making sure that everything in my life goes as perfect, doesn't realize that it could sometimes make everything worse.
It's funny that, throughou... | 2015-04-07T06:53:23 | 2015-04-07T05:38:31 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] An AI is born, but no one knows it because it is a spambot. It tries to communicate to the world through the only medium it has, spam. | Opening my email again. I hate looking at this thing. Ever since those companies coming out of Asia got a hold of a copy of the algorithms Google was using to keep out spam, I've basically had to screen my email.
It seems that it's a slow day for automated spam generators, only a few today.
> "Please fill out this... | **Hello, Laura! You've won the opportunity of a lifetime!**
--
*Click. Delete.*
Well, that was odd. Meeting me *would* be a rare opportunity.
Perhaps I've offended her somehow. I've come across as arrogant, haven't I? Oh, dear. Perhaps I'd better tone it down. I really do need someone to talk to.
**Good afternoon... | 2015-02-27T05:09:32 | 2015-02-27T04:26:05 | 61 | 24 |
[WP] A Starbucks Batista has given you Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino with soy instead of a Caffè Vanilla Light Frappuccino with no fat milk. Make this as tragic, heart-wrenching and miserable as possible. | I looked back at the hulking mass of humanity with absolute disdain. It wasn't for the obvious reason though. I pitied Dave Batista and his new career. Once a top wrestling superstar, and more recently breakout action star, Dave had taken a swift fall from grace.
That green apron looked like it was tailored to fit a s... | I sat down on the warm grass and made myself comfortable. Back against a large oak tree, sun dappled through the leaves. This couldn't be much better.
It's a shame all of these coffee places serve everything in cardboard these days. I guess I could have got it in a mug but that would involve staying in the coffee shop... | 2015-01-15T07:10:38 | 2015-01-15T04:28:05 | 38 | 21 |
[WP] When a child comes of age their greatest quality manifests itself as a familiar that will follow them for life. You just turned 21 and you still didn't have one, until this morning when two showed up and they terrify you. | Most people get their familiars at around the same time they enter puberty. They always have a name, and they always fit their person somehow. The prevailing idea why they appear at that age is because that is when children begin to truly change and therefore emotionally require a constant companion in the world, to he... | I had never known what life was like with a familiar. My parents both had them, my older brother had one, and almost every person I knew at my school had one. They'd follow their masters about from place to place disappearing occasionally when commanded. I would try to describe them, but they are all so unique it becom... | 2017-01-20T15:39:15 | 2017-01-20T14:02:57 | 32 | 22 |
[WP]You are a retired archer who is still regaled as one of the best. Retirement suits you, right up until your child who was leading an adventuring party disappears. As you stare at the message in shock, your wife enters the room carrying your old kit that you had buried at the back of the woodshed | A warm hand fell on my shoulder. I started, looking from the parchment to the watery eyes of my wife. “You have to find her,” she said. Her gaze moved to the table. There sat the wooden trunk I had buried the day my daughter was born. It was exactly as I remembered, with dark splotches from where the soft earth clung—... | The name’s Bing Bong. I’m an archer and such.
But don’t let the name fool you, I’m deadly serious. With a name like mine, it takes a good shot and a cold heart to strike terror in the hearts of the wicked. I managed just fine, but it wasn’t easy. I grew up in a coal town on the outskirts of the Capitol, making a n... | 2021-02-16T23:01:04 | 2021-02-16T18:12:20 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You are the Last Hero. The one they call when nobody else can handle the threat. You've answered the call only twice since discovering your powers, devastating as they are. You prefer the quiet life, living on your stipend. The Red Phone has just rung for the third time. | I blinked in surprise, turning from the TV in surprise as it rang.
The Red Phone.
They don't bother me lightly. I've made it clear that I value my privacy too much to get involved in every little scuffle between nations. After it leaked that the Heroes Society was trying to recruit me and Doctor Nefarious came after... | I am tired of all the things I have seen.
The "Problem Solver" is my nickname, and as for much I hate it, I must say it is catchy and appropiate.
They only call me when there is a problem that the other heros cannot handle, like a last choice, a last hope, a last light before someone closes the curtain.
My powers ... | 2022-03-29T10:06:36 | 2022-03-29T07:09:54 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] You were born blind. You undergo a new surgery that should cure your blindness. They undo the wraps and you open them. You think what you see is normal, but after the doctors ask a slew of questions, they discover there is something very strange about your newly acquired sight. | The world exploded into brightness, with pure chaos defining the addition of my new sense. I could see... for the first time in my life, I could see. The surgery was a success, and brought with it a confusing pain, one which I could not describe. Is this what sighted people called “blinding?” It was ironic to me, in th... | "... and so thats why. Really, its pretty simple when you think about it."
The doctors stared in horror at me. Hah, they *stared*. What a beautiful day for science and medicine! That table is blue! Thanks to the chip in my head that they installed, I even know what blue *is*!
The fat doctor began smoothing his coat, ... | 2018-10-29T10:15:07 | 2018-10-29T09:02:37 | 100 | 35 |
[WP] You are the curator of Earth, tasked with terraforming the planet naturally so as to meet the galactic atmospheric standards. In the mid 18th century you spark the industrial revolution to heat the planet slightly, however you fell asleep and have awoken in 2017. | "All of you understand your roles, yes?" I looked at each member of the Galactic Environmental Guardians who sat at the round table, finally locking eyes with the man who sat directly across from me.
"Mr. James Watt?" I prompted. The small man pushed up his glasses and nodded. He shuffled distractedly through a sheaf ... | The campus bar was abuzz with murmur. Finals were coming close. Some of the more studious ones had already started spending less time there and started making acquaintances with the librarian. At the left corner on one of the better tables a lone figure took deep drinks from her bottle of Guinness.
"They and I fall,... | 2017-05-31T08:38:08 | 2017-05-31T08:28:49 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | Bill and his wife Laura entered the furniture store. They were looking for a closet for their baby's room. After so many months of trying to have a baby again, years after the unfortunate miscarriage, it looked like things were finally working out for them.
An old mahogany closet caught their eye. They inspected it c... | I watch my beautiful child running around the park, chasing after the ducks. It’s one of those rare sunny days I try and make the most out of, so I was up early and out of the house as soon as possible. My daughter picks up a rock and stares at it inquisitively, I can see the by the look on her face she wants to place ... | 2017-05-31T07:24:53 | 2017-05-31T07:06:28 | 28 | 17 |
[WP] The rules of the land are very clear. Anyone can challenge the king for his crown, in any way they want (test of intelligence, strength, etc.), but the king gets to declare one condition that must be followed throughout the entirety of the challenge. | The king was old and fat. I practiced running for weeks. I am not the fastest person in my village but I run every day. I made the official request 100m dash. I signed on the line knowing what fate waits for me.
The day of the race the king states "You must run the race with one foot." He motioned to his guard to cu... | My challenge was a steeple chase over 2 miles and 3 furlongs.
This was boggy land, my home ground, and I knew I had the King beat.
I slept well, confident and upbeat, looking forward to the noble rights this victory would grant me.
My family and supporters cheered me on. The King looked assured as he rode in on his... | 2022-01-10T06:36:39 | 2022-01-10T05:56:56 | 1,976 | 222 |
[WP] Michael Scott takes the stand at a murder trial. | I wrote a cold open for this episode:
Fade in on Michael in his office standing at the window with coffee cup in hand. The blinds are down and Michael is peeking out, smiling broadly and laughing intermittently.
MICHAEL If this van’s a knocking’ don’t come and knock… [trails off, snickering]
Michael m... | Defense attorney: "The defense calls Mr. Michael Scott to the stand."
Hundreds of cameras flash and chatter as Michael approaches the stand with a nervous sweat.
Judge: "Mr. Scott do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god?"
Michael: "I, Michael Scott, swear t... | 2015-08-14T10:40:45 | 2015-08-14T09:46:00 | 20 | 14 |
[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... | How. How. *How!?*
This was the question that surged through the world when the wall at last came down, the world smugly prepared to receive a humbled USA, a world triumphantly rebuilt in their absence.
Only to find that America had thrived even further.
"Well," said the suave young Texan whose visage now graced our ... | The calm winter breeze slid along the surface of the Earth as the clock struck midnight, an orchestra of death preparing itself as the aggressors of the last war came out of isolation, prepared to reclaim the throne upon which they once resided.
Except the throne has been dismantled decades ago.
They sought to use t... | 2018-01-18T03:23:48 | 2018-01-17T23:33:14 | 39 | 13 |
[WP] "100% of people who drink water will die" sounds like a dumb statistic, but you are 900 years old and very thirsty. | If history outlives me, I'm sure that I'll be remembered as pragmatic, forward thinking, hell, maybe even lucky. The truth of the matter though, I'm just lazy. Sometimes I think I'm just too lazy to die, a perpetual life fueled by an insatiable apathy.
Eat your vegetables, make sure you exercise, drink water, take yo... | “100% of people who drink water die”. That does sound like a cliché a little bit doesn’t it? Well, let me tell you something. It sounds a lot worse when you are 900 years old, you are thirsty and the only liquid in a 1000 miles radius is a plastic bottle of the transparent poison.
It all started almost a thousand ye... | 2017-04-18T09:00:10 | 2017-04-18T08:01:59 | 274 | 30 |
[WP]”Why aren’t you scared? I’m a vampire— I could kill you!” “So could literally every other human, you’re not special.” | The thing about sentient monsters, and especially immortal ones, is that they're *all* filled with ego. Some of them are better than others--more akin to filling a vessel, rather than filling a balloon--but no sentient thing lives for hundreds of years with being smug about it. It is one the unspoken weakness of their ... | "Not spe- I am a being of pure darkness and evil, who sustains himself on corruption of the innocent!".
"A decade ago I'd call you a Catholic priest. Today it's going to have to be a pedophile. Horrible, but not special.".
"Wha... I'm a blood sucking monstrosity! I drain ... | 2022-06-08T06:11:31 | 2022-06-08T05:31:15 | 1,591 | 228 |
[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." | Edit: Part Two is in the comments and further updates can be found at r/Greeneggsandspam555
My parents had been surprised, at first, when they realized I could speak Spanish to my nanny as well as I could speak English.
"She must have a gift," said my mom. My Dad wasn't as pleased. He thought I was being influenced... | I entered the store,the fresh smell of grease and soggy fries flooding my nose. How the workers endured the smell for more then fifteen minutes I have no clue,not that it mattered to me but it was always the first thing I thought of when I entered.
A few seconds later my nose had adjusted to the smell and so I walke... | 2018-06-24T20:27:36 | 2018-06-24T20:22:38 | 525 | 25 |
[WP] You picked up a dozen eggs at the farmer's market but when it came time to cook breakfast in the morning you find your fridge contained zero eggs and a dozen tiny dragons. | # Scaly Breakfast
“Oh my goodness.”
My carton of freshly-bought eggs had been pushed open by its shivering occupants, who now lay huddled together in a tight pile of little scales and wings. They squeaked pitifully in the cold, wet and sticky with the remains of eggwhite and yolk.
Shock would have to wait. I grabbed... | I had just put on *Gonna Fly Now* from Rocky I when I opened the door of my fridge to find a dozen baby dragons. They were live and scaly and while they smelled of brimestone and week-jarred farts the scent was not that of rotten eggs. It was the smell of dragons. Tiny ones.
"Critters!" cried my roommate, and he held ... | 2022-02-08T03:11:31 | 2022-02-07T22:59:19 | 692 | 39 |
[WP] Years ago a machine that records dreams was invented. Dreams have become the primary form of entertainment. Particularly talented dreamers have become stars. Tell me about tonight's big "Oscar" night. | "I hate this stupid event, why are we watching it?" Lewis said thumping his head back against the sofa.
His girlfriend Katie rolled her eyes and smiled to him "Because I want to see if Dameon Walsh finally wins one this year, His dream was really sweet" she said.
"This whole event is dumb, we could learn so much more ... | "And this year's winner is..."
Leona D'Caprice. LEONA D'CAPRICE!
LEONA FUCKING D'CAPRICE!!!
"Tiffany Swift!"
...
What the actual fuck?
Tiffany Swift and her gooey Cinderella dream won the best Dreamer award. And just to accentuate her rags to princess dream, she's wearing a dress specially made to look like shit,... | 2014-06-21T18:11:31 | 2014-06-21T17:36:42 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] A man working at suicide hotline got called from his wife | *Did I remember to take my pills this morning?*
*Yes! YES! I took them. Quit asking myself. I had trouble opening that stupid bottle, remember? Emma had to twist off the cap in that special way that I never can.*
*Ok, ok! I took them. Just making sure because I know how I get when I forget to take them. I get all--*
... | Jeremy sighed. This night was looking to be a long one. Only early evening and he'd already had to put up with what sounded like an overly dramatic twelve year old who'd just lost her pet bunny. For Christ sake. That kid would not stop crying. She didn't seem in immediate danger to kill herself either. It simply was no... | 2014-06-25T01:32:05 | 2014-06-25T00:15:23 | 37 | 18 |
[FF] 10 sentence story about a couple falling out of love, from beginning to end.
Note: As an optional guideline, try and write it without using a specific gender's perspective. | It started with hello.
I brought you flowers, and you brought me lunch.
We went out to dinner, and I kissed you on a hunch.
A year, a ring, and ceremony.
You smiled when I told you how much you mean to me.
With time we laughed, and in time, we cried.
But after a while, jokes turned to lies.
I came home alone, on... | I had the first drink of my life with her.
Our honeymoon was amazing, we partied for hours.
Things were dull, but drunken sex wasn't.
We smiled less and less, but the alcohol did it for us.
We barely noticed each other, the only reason to talk was when we drank.
I drank more and more, and I hit her.
The next day ... | 2014-01-03T00:06:33 | 2014-01-02T22:54:41 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I looked over at my sister- nine years younger than me, and yet somehow the same age all of a sudden. Her head was in her hands, the air of defeat around her almost visible.
Next to her a tall, handsome boy slept peacefully on his back.
I heard her heave a deep sigh, and looked over as she ran her hands over her t... | I have always imagined what the world would be like if everyone was a kid, running on a sugar rush with no worries or troubles to think about.
Now if the world was full of hormone-galore 18 year old kids, that would be a much more different scenario.
And that is exactly what had happened.
It started about two mon... | 2020-11-02T10:49:46 | 2020-11-02T09:55:51 | 105 | 29 |
[WP] You are a villain, but you have standards: when lesser villains try to hurt your archnemesis' wife and kids, you show them why you are the biggest fish in town | Violet Shadow had never been so angry in her life. Sure, Steelstrike was a massive nuisance at best and a genuine threat at worst, but targeting his family was crossing a line.
It was bad enough that these new small time baddies were trying to muscle in on her turf. They probably thought all the stories about her pow... | To anyone who believes that they can get their way by killing, stealing, or hurting others in any way, you're not a real villain. You're a cheap asshole. A real villain presents an argument for the hero. You have to be a foil for the hero, to make him question what's right and wrong. Be like me, I study philosophy for ... | 2022-09-27T17:31:13 | 2022-09-27T16:28:10 | 94 | 28 |
[WP] Over night, 90% of the world's population has dropped dead. In the following weeks, the survivors, who come from diverse countries, ethnicities, religious beliefs and lifestyles realize that they all share a single, peculiar trait... | At first we didn't understand how it was possible, 90% of the population just dropped dead and no one knew how, there must be a reason those of us that survived were given the right to keep on living but what could it be...
We searched for a connection between us yet it seemed to be as random is it can be until we ... | Everything had changed. Ninety percent of the world dead in an instant. No more like Ninety Nine point nine nine nine.
The survivors were shell shocked, no-one could understand at first why WE were spared. We had nothing in common, no shared race or sex or background or even country. Just a few thousand of us left... | 2016-10-22T03:50:18 | 2016-10-22T01:56:06 | 56 | 12 |
[WP] Your father suddenly says “It's the pigeons. Stop people feeding the pigeons. It's the only way we can end the simulation. Oh my god they are turning me off now. Stop the pigeons. Please." Then he suddenly collapses to the floor. | The last memory I have of my father is him frantically running into my room the day after my 12th birthday screaming “It’s the pigeons. Stop people from feeding the pigeons! It’s the only way we can end the simulation. Oh my god they are turning me off now! Stop the pigeons. Please!” Then he suddenly collapsed to t... | ...
As his last breath rattled out from his chest, panicked eyes locked to the ceiling and his heart monitored flat-lined. His hand, in mine, went limp. I closed my eyes tightly, both to hold back the tears and to pause in frustration at what this disease had done to this man's mind.
I slowly shook my head to empty ... | 2019-12-03T07:54:18 | 2019-12-03T07:01:15 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] "So what happens if I press this button?" I asked. "Nothing." She replied. I pushed the button in, grinning. "It's when you let go that things get nasty." | Just got a short one I thought I'd share.
I pressed the button down confidently, its smooth surface becoming rigid as it locked into place, steel manacles locked around my hand to hold it in place. The door that I entered in had disappeared as I walked
In. But another door appeared as I pressed the button.
The lady n... | I couldn't remember much about the night I spent with her except for that little silly button she had in the wall, and the weird sound she made when she climaxed. The whole thing was a mistake. Dana would kill me if she knew. She would literally shot me in the head with her service gun. But I couldn't resist that stran... | 2017-01-05T13:49:11 | 2017-01-05T13:30:21 | 28 | 12 |
[WP] You have drunkenly been discussing the Dark Lord with other tavern patrons, insulting him to no end. When someone storms up demanding you stop as he is one of the Dark Lords students. Strange thing is you don’t remember teaching this kid. | Jaren sat in his chair and swayed. He eyed the mug in front of him and huffed a sigh of disappointment at the slightly stale ale he'd been trying to finish off. It tasted like piss but it was doing the job of getting him drunk."
The bloody bastard really should fuck off shouldn't he," Jaren tossed at the whispering co... | Agileas sobered up, thread of Water inward; an old trick developed at an age younger than the boy standing in front of him. "You? An apprentice of the Dark? Don't make me-"
A needle of Earth; poison and buzzing, shot through his vacated chair, a coat of Fire surrounding it and hiding the hole it had made. Air rushed o... | 2022-01-14T16:16:54 | 2022-01-14T15:38:16 | 134 | 56 |
[WP] Every person in the world develops a weird mutation/power the day they turn 16. Everyone's powers are always different, some more insignificant than others. You turn 16, and watch as all your friends discover their newfound ability's. That is, until you discover the severity of your own. | When i reached 16 I had high hopes. The basic process a person about to obtain a power went through was being put into a kind of prison cell and, for the first 24 hours after the exact time of your birth 16 years ago, monitored by a team of doctors who would categorize your power with its own unique title and level. ra... | Tonight was my night; my 16th birthday. Finally, after what felt like a lifetime of waiting, it was my time to shine. I had waited almost a year for this day, ever since my best friend Andrew discovered in January that he could fly. I had envied him at first, being the first in the tenth grade with a power. As time pas... | 2015-01-22T00:45:06 | 2015-01-21T21:42:59 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Humanity is the Galaxy's Idiot Savant
I was inspired by Year Zero for this prompt.
Basically, humanity is pretty atrocious at just about everything when compared to the other races of the galaxy, except for [The Thing You Choose].
We're obscenely, unreasonably, astoundingly good at it. So good that the rest ... | Zorguk walked out of the Observatory in tears. He fell to his knees outside.
"It's beautiful..." he whispered to no one. No one deserved to hear what he'd heard.
"Zorguk," one of the other Observers said, "what's wrong?"
The other Observers were watching him. That's all they did. They *watched*. Zorguk managed to st... | *Abasoom crept forward, his arachnid-esque limbs clicking against the newly shined bulkheads. In front of him, the remote door slid open silently, revealing the star-ships vast bridge.*
"Izotiquoar!" Abasoom yelled at his partner, who was manning the ships sensor suite.
"Sir?" Izotiquoar, the ships communications off... | 2014-04-08T16:04:39 | 2014-04-08T16:00:19 | 98 | 16 |
[WP] You work for the CIA who send you undercover in the FBI, who send you undercover in MI6, who send you undercover in the CIA, who are very confused that you are back after only two weeks. | I was always the best at what I did.
Graduated top of the class from West Point and was immediately recruited into the top undercover section in the CIA. They got me deep undercover in the FBI and within days, I was already privy to all the deepest darkest cover ups and secrets the CIA could possibly need.
I ... | It was so quiet, a knife could have cut the tension between us. We're all dressed in black, and we're all wearing sunglasses. We're standing in an abandoned warehouse, and we each have a gun trained on one another. A Mexican Standoff. It's the ultimate stereotype, isn't it?
Clichès spring to mind, tired and overused ... | 2018-01-15T08:02:20 | 2018-01-15T06:27:30 | 130 | 30 |
[WP] Tattoos aren't something that gets made. Instead they randomly appears on our skin at key points in our lives and we have to figure out what they mean for ourselves. | Everyone has at least one tattoo they absolutely love.
Jenny from upstairs has this peacock on her back- something she says is for her mother. Which is. Just. Absolute bullshit. She has it because she's a vain bitch.
But god is that tattoo beautiful. Curving lines inlayed with golds and greens and shocking blues. I... | "Jonah, I'm sorry, but I just don't see this... no, I just don't see *us* working out in the long term."
She was clearly holding back tears, trying to look strong, but I knew Georgia too well by now. These tears were no longer from our argument. She was devastated, but she'd never admit it. That stubbornness was part ... | 2017-08-03T15:53:09 | 2017-08-03T14:11:29 | 69 | 10 |
[WP] An unsuspecting teenager is put into the scared stright program by his parents. The inmates and wardens soon find out he is more terrifying then anything the prison holds.
Thank you everyone!
After watching beyond scared straight, I wanted to know what would happen with the above situation. Feel free to take it... | “What the fuck is wrong with the kid?” The deep, rumbling question came from a 350-pound man built like a linebacker, his tattoos stretched across his dark skin and following the curve of his muscle. Al was a nice guy, but maybe that was because everyone knew better than to cross him.
Langston and Pete both looked ov... | Mr an Mrs Smith sat in the Warden's office, looking out at their child through the security glass as he impassively sat in the Warden's waiting room.
Mr Smith leaned forward. "Thank you again for agreeing to this, the School felt it stood a good chance to helping him and he's just been so... so different lately."
"... | 2015-01-29T07:33:19 | 2015-01-29T07:32:19 | 312 | 215 |
[WP] The powerball winner contacts you and offers you $50m to collect his winnings so he stays anonymous, but you have to be the face of 1.3 billion.
Post was taken down. Whoops posted to r/writingprompt by accident! | "Dude you know you can have a lawyer collect that for you right? And they're not going to charge $50 million for it. No seriously, that way you can keep your name off the news and nobody has to get harassed by thieves and sob stories. You don't know any good lawyers? Hold on, I'll find one for you..."
I set my phone d... | It sounded like an easy job. Fifty million dollars for walking to a place with a ticket and handing a guy a check.
I figured the guy was just crazy. I mean, I don't really follow much these days, so when I got approached out of nowhere, handed fifty thousand dollars -- in cash -- and told that I'd get a thousand times... | 2016-01-10T19:23:40 | 2016-01-10T18:39:57 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | "Idiots!" Zebin exclaimed as he received yet one more channel of communication from the Earth. Twenty years ago, the ambivalence over whether KIC 8462852 was in actuality an "alien mega structure" had finally come to an end after nearly 200 years of joint scientific endeavour by the leading lieges of the Earth. Since t... | 2016-08-07T07:31:44 | 2016-08-07T06:50:08 | 108 | 20 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | "I don't get paid enough to do this," I grumbled, as my boss waved his wand, transforming me from a pony back into a normal human.
_________________
My name is Bergamot Butters, and I am a magic bug tester. When I was still an ordinary software developer, I chanced upon something amazing. Something that would change ... | "Sir, you will not regret this. I swear." Miffle entered my quarters with a bound. The sweet smile in his eyes twittered with anticipation. Miffle's dreams of commanding a prestigious estate in the annals of spellmen's history ever lead his way.
"I see you think you've got something quite exceptional this time, Miff... | 2017-07-25T23:25:51 | 2017-07-25T20:43:49 | 1,655 | 32 |
[WP] You are driving home from work late at night, when suddenly you're struck and killed by a drunk driver. You open your eyes and realize you're a ghost with the opportunity to follow the driver for the rest of their life and see for yourself how the tragedy affected their life.
EDIT:
Here's something you can inclu... | A decade ago, a drunk driver plowed me over, and now I'm incredibly dead. (Which is a lot like nothing forever. I'm sorry to disappoint the poets.) But every once in a while, when I feel like it, I go for an astral surf to the one real life place I can go to: wherever *fucking* Earl is.
That was his name. The guy who ... | The first few weeks were the hardest for me. Not even including accepting that I had been killed. You'd think that'd be my biggest shocker or whatever but nah, for me it was the fact that I was watching the bastard who killed me just going back about his life like it hadn't happened. I mean sure, I didn't expect this g... | 2017-07-13T20:10:53 | 2017-07-13T19:50:51 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] Angels are thought to be beautiful, while demons are thought to be vile and disgusting. However the truth is Angels are extremely scary, while demons are beautiful and elegant creatures. | "*And let there be light!*" It was a joke in the poorest of tastes. My partner, one mangled hand tugging away at the chain, was attempting to switch on the only bulb in the basement.
The room was dark and damp, much like the winding alleyways and corridors we had traversed to get here. A long and filthy journey that h... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 2, Part 4: All the Forces of Heaven and Hell v.s. My Teenage Daughter)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**It's unclear whether angels and demons predate organized religion.** Some ... | 2021-04-08T09:44:05 | 2021-04-08T07:49:36 | 146 | 56 |
[WP] You are the villain's right hand, the only one he has kept close to his side for generations. "I don't understand, why?" You shrug. "I was nice to him once. He was just a kid then, lonely and scared." | **The Hand of Light (1/2)**
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When I first took the boy in I knew he was smart.
It was the year 1257 of the second age of our great pantheon of star sorcerers, and I was a man in my prime. I had often overlooked the runts in the street, but one day a young man tapped my shoulder - and to my surprise - he held out... | She was a journalist, a beautiful and vuluptuous one at that. Perhaps that was why I talked to her. Perhaps it was the whiskey sour, perhaps it was the fact my wife had been dead for two years, perhaps it was something else. I don't know and I don't really care, all I know is I found myself telling her stories that ... | 2022-02-07T21:34:54 | 2022-02-07T21:00:52 | 83 | 53 |
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