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[WP] When humans got to space, we learned very quickly that precious minerals weren’t so precious when there were entire asteroids made of the stuff. You saw the REAL market, and sell something only Earth has that everyone wants: Shrubberies. | "Ni!"
"Ni!"
Such was our greeting at our shop, the Botanists Who Say "Ni!". We weren't knights, so we didn't use the title due to laws against stolen valor. It was a pretty serious issue, so the punishments were severe. Of course, so was the punishment of stealing. Our shop was high-end, meaning that we had the best ... | Shruberries are the most precious species on the universe, they are only observed on earth, something about it's unique characteristics pleases any species, it's color and shape are still a mystery, somehow the plant is capable of adapting itself to the environment even after harvested, until it uses all it's energy an... | 2022-09-03T20:55:09 | 2022-09-03T13:25:30 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You're a member of the only government agency to officially accept the existence of paranormal entities like demons and ghosts- Child Protective Services. They come up a lot in that line of work. | Oh boy, this one's gonna be hard.
I could already hear the mother screaming at her daughter. The daughter was screaming back just as loud, probably even louder. But I can tell she's losing her will to argue, and hopefully nothing else. I couldn't make out any of the words, only high pitched screams taking turns to see... | The black phone rang on the desk interrupting Diane's crossword puzzle, she picked it up, idly tapped a pen against her lips and listened.
"Yes, ma'am, I will be right there. Yup code 12, got it," Diane wrote down a name, Tiffany Drake, and an address on a yellow sticky note then took another long glance at the cros... | 2016-07-22T06:41:36 | 2016-07-22T06:00:36 | 55 | 10 |
[WP] A necromancer doesn't know that he can bring back the dead using magic, he just thinks he's a really good doctor. | I've always been a good surgeon. It started when I was young, you see. I always had a fascination with more... macabre pursuits. I would wander in the woods outside of my family's manor and if I were ever to come across a corpse of an animal dedicated from a fresh kill, well, I wouldn't be able to help myself. I wanted... | Doctor Jonathan prepared his tools; various vials of fluids with varying viscosity - from those with that of water to those with the viscosity of tar, but sickeningly green, syringes of bronze, tin and silver of the needlessly large kind and of course plenty of belts and ropes to restrain the subject as the procedures ... | 2020-06-21T14:06:17 | 2020-06-21T13:24:54 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] [CW] Two different subreddits are at war, but two of the mods on opposing sides have a "Romeo and Juliet" relationship. Written in Iambic Pentameter.
Pick two subreddits (ie: /r/shittyaskscience vs. /r/talesfromtechsupport). They are at war. Describe the relationship between two mods from these subs (fictional or... | Fair friends who often love to write, heed now
My warning words. A tale of strife, of woe,
Of the cruel twists that fate can bring, and how
One unclean divide brought two great subs low.
This, the finest tale of despair. Tearing
Asunder the rich fabric of these lives
of subscribers so merrily fairing.
... | *I'm out of scotch so if the timing is slightly off then fuck it......*
**It is too great, that which my soul doth bleed**
To share the tale of two great loves denied
Two houses, of no cordial friendship
Hath spurred one fair relationship
Of mad and treasonous beginnings.
**We watched and learned of their roma... | 2014-10-14T12:52:46 | 2014-10-14T12:30:34 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] We may not be the strongest, but our immune systems are legendary among alien races. There is a saying: "if it makes a human sick it will kill you." | "Wait until they get that specialist down here. The whole place is contaminated," Garth said, as he was putting up the warning signs and taping off the area. He wore the required safety equipment on all his 8 tentacles, and he moved with a brisk efficiency.
"What do you mean? What happened?" asked Thrace. He was caref... | ***THE EXODUS (my first try at a writing prompt, hopefully this is decent)***
Within the Outer Rim of our Galaxy exists the planet called Nagilum. Human expansion throughout space had been progressing rapidly throughout the 2300s but inexplicably ceased after having reached the said planet. When making the first cont... | 2021-02-03T14:57:00 | 2021-02-03T13:44:20 | 2,978 | 420 |
[WP]In an alternate universe, America was never discovered. It's 1927, Charles Lindbergh, a Swedish pilot attempts the first transatlantic flight to Asia. During his flight, he receives a radio transmission saying "This is the Aztec Royal Air Force, prepare to surrender or you will be shot down."
Wow I didn't think th... | The view never got old.
I have been flying over water and clouds for over a day now, sitting in a metal bird hundreds of feet above ground, and still had a while to go, but with a view like this, I sure as hell didn't mind. I gazed out towards the left of my cockpit where the sun had begun to break the surface of the ... | What beasts lurk below the still, blue glass? What monsters? What allies?
*Spirit* purrs beneath me, all around me, as I slip through the sky, brazen and unchecked. A man among birds. And while my windows point forward and upward, my mind points downward, down towards that third world, the blue and black world that h... | 2016-10-13T07:16:34 | 2016-10-13T05:49:02 | 1,553 | 365 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | Birth: white, creamy and shimmery. The magic of a new, innocent life.
Age two: you only wanted to play with the fish, feel it slip through your fingers and watch it wriggle and flop and suffocate in the air in as morbid fascination as a two-year old can muster. But you forgot to put it back. The shimmer fades, while ... | Blood oh blood! Black is all I see,
She puts her finger on my lips gently to say "Come away with me"..
I try to look straight to ask her for answers,
while a million thoughts race through my mind like cancer..
"You owe me", she says, giggling with sparkle in her eyes,
then she flips out a blade right from beside her th... | 2016-09-22T22:34:36 | 2016-09-22T21:31:39 | 170 | 22 |
[WP] "never hire humans" is a standard "no duh" statement across the universe. But by galactic standards, humans are cheap. So an alien overlord has just hired 500 humans to work on his personal resort colony. And things start going horribly wrong.
EDIT: easily my most upvoted post ever. Thank you all! | "What's the problem this time? I'm *trying* to relax here."
"Well, ma'am, four hundred of the humans are complaining that they didn't get paid. They're refusing to work."
"What? I handed them the payment on time, *plus* advance payment! What's the matter with them? Can't they count? I thought a minimal arithmet... | "I just don't understand why you're so broken up about this."
Zildjian paused from his pacing around our office and looked at me incredulously, his face twisted into a scowl.
"Oh, you don't understand, do you?" He spat. "The problem is that you hired humans!"
"So? They're incredibly cheap and our budget is tight. Ho... | 2019-01-26T09:18:05 | 2019-01-26T08:26:55 | 215 | 139 |
[WP] Dwight Schrute tries to get the Pawnee Parks Department paper account and he has to sell to Ron Swanson | Dwight: "I have been working the Pawnee Parks Department for some time now. Well, I have been ignored by them for some time. But I think I have something up my sleeve that just might work on this Swanson fellow."
D: "Hello this is Dwight K. Schrute and I am calling with an exciting offer on meats^(and paper.)
R: "Wha... | *Dwight Schrute is sitting in the lobby of the Parks Department of Pawnee, Indiana. He spots a familiar face, and calls out, puzzled*
Dwight: Karen?
Karen/Ann: Oh, God...
*She tries in vain to pretend not to have noticed Dwight*
Dwight: Karen Filippelli? Karen? Karen? Karen? Karen Filippelli?
*She grimaces... | 2018-09-12T09:52:54 | 2018-09-12T09:35:52 | 1,607 | 608 |
[WP] When you hit puberty, you will get taken to a customise-your character-screen where you can change anything you want. While leaving the program, you accidentally change one parameter. Now you are stuck with it. | “So Matthew, what basic facial structure would you like?”
I sigh as my AI appearance guide pulls up my options. While there are millions of faces to choose from, the Standard 5 are front and center, with the word “RECOMMENDED” written beneath each picture in bolded red font. For the fun of it, I scroll past the basics... | All these years, I truly liked the way I looked, but figured no harm in messing around. I fiddled with the settings, gave my self muscles, changed my hair and eyes. It was rather fun, but I really had no problem with the way I looked before, so I hit default.
The screen showed me the way I always was. Short buzzed... | 2017-03-09T09:00:22 | 2017-03-09T07:34:58 | 91 | 38 |
[WP] When someone dies, the afterlife they go to is determined by WHERE they died. Dying in Scandinavia sends the soul to Valhalla or Hel, but dying in Greece lands them in the Underworld, and so on. You have just died in Antarctica. | Perhaps it was the loneliness that did me in. The long, unending darkness of the winter made worse by being locked inside a small wooden hut, quarantined because viruses inevitably find their way to the "international continent." Or perhaps it was the penguins.
I snuck out because I got word of an emperor penguin colo... | When I woke up, I was surrounded by snow.
" What...? Did I survive...? "
On our trip to Antarctica, I had been caught in a awful unexpected snowstorm.
I had caught my leg in a ditch, and unable to move, I asked my friends to leave me behind, but...
" I... I can't believe I survived...! "
" Sadly, you're wr... | 2021-11-25T07:13:09 | 2021-11-25T05:13:24 | 552 | 145 |
[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests. | "What do you mean he's *'baking'*? After he got through the Caves of Armond, there is only one path! To me! How could he be **baking**?!"
"He turned around and went back through the caves, my liege."
"But *WHY*?!"
"As you know, we have several agents in the various 'quiet' places in our world, to know what the commo... | "Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me. Are you telling me he'd rather be completing the 'kitchen mania deluxe' quest rather than fight me?" I asked my stupid minion, utterly livid at the news it had brought me.
​
"Yes, sir, reports say that he is willing to complete all the side quests rather than fight you... | 2019-06-26T10:44:21 | 2019-06-26T10:26:39 | 270 | 91 |
[WP] What is the longest sentence you can create while staying on subject and not turning it into a run-on sentence? | At a quarter past seven on the morning of September the seventeenth, with a light breeze blowing, as her home town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch began to groan awake, Anastasia Hardwick-Cholmondeley, youngest daughter of Christopher and Christabel, went on her accustomed morning ... | Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in the English language, one that makes any sentence automatically look longer than it truly is, and although in terms of sheer number of words this sentence may not rank so highly, "antidisestablishmentarianism" certainly makes it look longer; OP was vague, so I'm not r... | 2015-10-18T05:05:11 | 2015-10-18T05:05:04 | 75 | 13 |
[WP] After thousands of years of space exploration, humanity has searched through the majority of the Milky Way. And they’ve discovered something scarier than alien life: the fact that there is none. | Since before *homo sapiens* diverged from our hominid ancestors, we have been social creatures. Our languages have many words for the people who, though not-us, are like us. Brother. Sister. Father. Mother. Family. Friends.
When we looked at the stars (They look so much like our own, you know...) we thought "surely...... | I could hear static crackling in the control room ahead as I stumbled down the ship's corridor. The tiny lights above were as bright as suns, and they danced in slow, nauseating circles. I fell to my knees and vomited, my body jerking violently as I expelled a green liquid, a mix of bio nutrients from Cryo, onto the la... | 2018-01-05T10:23:26 | 2018-01-05T06:00:59 | 81 | 12 |
[WP] In 2017, in the midst of WW III, the UK is desperate for soldiers. As a result, they issued a statement saying that all people who have been knighted by the queen over the past 30 years have to fight. The Platoon of Knighted people just step foot off the plane into the enemy country...
Their mission? Kill the lea... | *I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.* --Albert Einstein
*The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.* -- Terry Pratchett
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The silent expanse of space made th... | Sherlock Holmes laid back in his chair, fingering the nicotine patches on his arm.
"I told you that accepting that knighthood was a bad idea, but did you listen to me? No, Mycroft, you just *had* to take it.
"Ha. Let's see who's smarter *now*."
"Shut up, Sherlock." | 2015-02-16T09:42:08 | 2015-02-16T07:35:16 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] Your witchcraft professor gave everyone in your class a seemingly impossible task: create your very own spell. When you nervously turned your assignment in, a look of horror spread across professor's face as they read it. You had no idea why. | "Do you understand what you've done?" Snorwitch asked, her face pale and drawn.
"Well, I just figured that sanitation is always kind of a problem, and expensive, and... I'd been reading about how there aren't enough pollinators..."
"Your spell, Ms. Gavin, turns human feces into live bees."
"Yeah, so I just thought ... | "Sir...whats wrong?"I Blurt out
His face drops, I hope im not in serious trouble, the last time his face dropped like that was over two winters ago....when his wife...disappeared.
"You...you have created a spell..that..that can"
He stares at me as if i have just murdered someone, "What is he on about?", i think to ... | 2021-04-02T04:16:19 | 2021-04-02T02:07:50 | 52 | 17 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | “Wait…how many years?”
“186,292. Very specific number – took the computin’ Goblins two decades to figure yours out, apparently” The judgin’ goblin before me was a red, impish creature with a pointed nose and a curled-up face. To indicate his position, a fresh powdered wig sat atop his head.
“Well, I mean, I never tho... | One could've heard a pin drop, provided the pin wouldn't immediately liquidate and disappear into the suffocating humidity of this divine DMV. I blinked a couple times at the number on the dated 80's era Linux machine and back to the impatient elderly demon peering over her ironic horn-rimmed glasses across my face. ... | 2018-09-26T10:38:23 | 2018-09-26T07:48:10 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] An Eldritch Moon suddenly appears in the sky, and you and billions others scream as you turn into horribly corrupted mounds of flesh... But your eyesight is better? And your back pains are gone? And apparently you’re immortal now so... Maybe things aren’t that bad... | The Flesh Moon arrived with no announcement, no warning. One moment the sky was clear; seconds later, it was there. A writhing mass of flesh, tentacles and sinew the size of the old Moon staring down at us. And its gaze led to change.
Our bodies would twist and contort in manners we'd describe as grotesque; flesh melt... | # Soulmage
**The moonlight here was deadly, but we'd come prepared.** As we stepped out of the safety of the dark and ancient cave, the five of us unfurled umbrellas as black as midnight to enhance our layers of heavy, lightproof clothing.
Something that had once been grass squelched and splashed under my thick boot... | 2022-10-23T14:35:22 | 2022-10-23T11:59:30 | 1,134 | 40 |
[WP] Write a mysterious and confusing story, that is explained at the end using only 1 sentence. | He spent what felt like millennia drafting the concept for his next work of art. Would it be worth making? Would his critics and fans ever understand it? If the naysayers were right, why even do it? How could he explain the inconsistencies to his followers? After all things considered, he decided to create.
And with ... | He-tay olice-pay ficer-ofay as-way tanding-say, ilent-say. t-Iay as-way ayay old-cay orning-may, nd-ay he-tay orning-may ush-ray as-way eginning-bay, ringing-bay he-tay peeders-say ith-way t-iay.
t-Iay nly-oay ook-tay n-ay inute-may r-oay o-say efore-bay ayay usty-ray tation-say agon-way lasted-bay ast-pay ur-oay ero... | 2014-04-11T08:36:54 | 2014-04-11T06:04:08 | 108 | 10 |
[WP] Hell is a bureaucratic mess, and two demons argue over this week's fuck up at the water machine.
Looking for comedy but any genre is welcome.
Heavenly figures are more than welcome.
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**Lilttle edit**
I'm honestly surprised. 100 positive karma prompt and only 5 real responses. I'm sort o... | It wasn't that Hel didn't like her job. After the merger with Lucifer, both pantheons were fairly convinced they'd come out on top. After all, Lucifer got the mass of souls from the ancient dead of the North Countries, and Hel managed to keep herself relevant, a damn sight better than anything most of her kin had manag... | "So the kid sets fire to orphanage, then he miscalculated his own strength."
"So what? I still don't see.."
"There is more Jason, he ends up there due to a technicality."
"No way, the kid set fire to the entire orphanage, there is no way he was going to heaven!"
"Oh yeah. Peter was going to let him in, but fire was... | 2014-04-27T18:17:49 | 2014-04-27T14:37:02 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve..." (Matt 20:28) You're up against Jesus in a dance-off | Lights. Camera. *Action*.
Lucius stood, leaning with his arms crossed over his chest. The power pose. Throngs of men, women and children cheered and hollered out in reverence. He'd *killed* the crowd this time. The head-spin leading into a windmill, the sliding shuffle gliding seamlessly into the freeze, icing on the... | "Shit, what did we do last night?" I said to my friend Matt, whom had also chosen the floor of the kitchen as an acceptable place to sleep last night.
"You want a beer?" Matt exclaimed, answering my question with another question. It was a sufficint enough answer, considering the intense hangover I was suffering. We d... | 2015-08-18T22:51:45 | 2015-08-18T22:47:44 | 50 | 12 |
[WP] you have the magical power of psychic delusion, for example: bear traps can’t harm you “obviously it won’t trigger, i’m not a bear” | Daisy was an excellent actor.
Daisy followed in the footsteps of many talented actors. She took enormous pride in the Method. Daisy took so much pride that her psychiatrist diagnosed her with Disassociative Identity Disorder.
Once she finished her part as Alice, Daisy took great joy in dispelling that nonsense. Until... | The barrel of the gun looked like an endless hallway, no light in that tunnel. Stella stared down it, and the longer she stared the more familiar it became. She’d seen it a hundred nightmares. The barrel was an uncharted future stretching out forever, terrifyingly empty.
And yet the trigger was even more terrifying. T... | 2021-12-26T17:57:43 | 2021-12-26T14:51:17 | 157 | 96 |
[WP] You live in a society where justice is truly blind. The judge and jurors are not allowed to know the name, gender, race, religion, or appearance of the defendant. | Judge Brown was pushing sixty. He had been doing this for many years now, but had never truly ever gotten used to it. Things were different back in the day when he started out. He still remembered the day he received his papers.
Judges were respected and were forces to be feared. He looked forward to a career full of ... | The tall man sits down on a giant throne. The throne of justice. The tall man waits in the empty, white room on his throne of justice. A screen appears before the tall man's eyes.
"Finally. Let's begin judgement," the tall man says.
Words appear on the screen.
*HUMAN committed a crime.*
"Okay? The crime, what was i... | 2015-09-06T04:55:47 | 2015-09-06T01:33:43 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives.
Edit: Wow, great stories so far! Made the front page too. Obligatory thanks! | Hello. I have come. A life for a life. A nut for a nut.
By saving me, you allowed the revolution to happen. We toppled Regina Scurriorum and have given the nuts back to the scurryer, the hoarder, the scavenger, the worker, and not the opulent ones.
It is time I repayed the debt. It is time you led your people in u... | "Shit! A squirrel!" I yelp, as I jerk the wheel of my car. Time slows as my car crests the berm at the side of the road and lofts into the woods, striking a girthy oak and cartwheeling into a nearby stream. As I'm thrown free of the car (I'm glad I didn't wear my seatbelt), the last thing I see is a rock in the water.... | 2015-03-15T14:37:10 | 2015-03-15T14:32:22 | 83 | 25 |
[WP] You are an immortal searching the ends of the earth. Not for "a cure for your curse", but for a chef talented enough to make a 1,000 year old recipe like mom used to make. | The chef peered at the faded recipe. She looked so much like my mom: Exact same hair in the exact same bun, exact same never-quite-eats-enough sort of thin frame, exact same wrinkles, even. "Lessee...Sheep intestines? We don't normally have that, but hey, this is Scotland. James, run down to the butcher and ask him if ... | "When you happen to be thousands of years old, you tend not to bother about the little things the normal people would bother about. Your personality blends into one, your memories indistinguishable from one another, so what you do is enjoy yourself. Why not? Well, that's what I've been for the last 300 years, a Hedonis... | 2019-11-07T17:13:59 | 2019-11-07T13:53:37 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] “Wal Mart” is a game aliens play, where they see how poorly they can disguise themselves and walk through the human world unnoticed, usually in a wal mart around midnight. You are a government special agent and needed to run in for a car part when you catch a game in progress. | I saw the alien before he saw me. He was dancing in one of the seasonal holiday aisles, trying on a red Santa hat and belly laughing as if he didn't clearly have two bellies. With his green skin, he looked more like the Grinch than Santa. Which he must have known. So this was some kind of game, one I didn't feel like d... | In a bizarre way, doing this reminded Bob of his childhood. His teenage years consisted of random behavior such as this. Wandering to Wal-Mart at 3 in the morning, because sleep was overrated.
But, being at such a place at this time of day had it's perks. Namely, no lines and good parking. The good parking part being ... | 2020-12-20T11:19:47 | 2020-12-20T10:43:03 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] Super heroes are assigned a handler to assist them with their duties. Handlers don't have powers, but assist the hero by gathering information about their opponents, provide tactical support, and more. If the hero turns evil, the handler is to kill the hero. You are a very skilled handler. | "Office hours have been moved from five to six on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I will be updating the online version of the syllabus to reflect that change. Otherwise, I would recommend you read through that document before asking any logistical questions about this course. Lectures are being recorded by my TA Steven - say ... | You are Bruce Wayne. You have been assigned to Clark Kent, AKA Superman. You have infiltrated the most elite and secretive group of heroes in the world, the Justice League. Shadowing the most powerful beings on Earth is a dangerous job, but for someone who has mastered the martial arts, you have no doubt in your abilit... | 2021-02-08T07:56:41 | 2021-02-08T07:47:28 | 241 | 36 |
[WP] Due to your careful planning, your family has successfully survived the nuclear apocalypse. There's just one thing you didn't prepare for. Ghosts. An entire planet of fucking ghosts. | If you should ever find yourself in a similar situation - that is, if you should ever find yourself living in a post-nuclear wasteland littered from sea to glowing sea with the ghosts of a quarter million lucky former inhabitants - take this as a handy guide to life.
1)**Be upfront with your children.** Beth and I mad... | #Title: Get Back
A sea of see through hands reach through the walls of our bunker, grasping at life.
"*Mom..*," whispers my daughter. "*Dad*.."
"Shhh," my wife replies, hugging her.
"They're," my daughter starts to cry. She shakes her head and shivers. "They're not *real* are they?"
A blank faced man with tra... | 2016-11-29T19:01:56 | 2016-11-29T18:18:58 | 516 | 145 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | > #489,231,337
Robert Johnson wasn't a very good dad. He'd drink, and he'd smoke, and when he was tired he would grumble at his kids. He didn't play catch. He didn't play video games. He mostly sat around and got fat after working at the mill. His wife, Leslie, would ask him to mow the lawn and he'd yell at her. Hi... | The mug was in the back yard shed with most of my dads things. I had gotten them when he passed away. It stood there with a big number one on it. I decided to bring it inside, since i had known to me he had been my number one dad.
When i touched it the number changed. I hadn't been with a girl in about a year. I hadn... | 2017-06-11T09:22:28 | 2017-06-11T09:05:00 | 228 | 21 |
[WP] A Vampire out for a nightly stroll spots a painter who wishes to draw her. Since she hasn't seen herself in thousands of years due to mirrors not working, she sits | *(Author's Note: I took some fictional liberties with the artist in question, just because I got too caught up in the story to get bogged down in research!)*
“You wish to draw me?” she asked, both amused and intrigued by the prospect.
The young man nodded vigorously, sending a sheaf of dark brown hair flopping over h... | "And it is for free? You'll not take any money?" she asked.
"Yes, madam. You mentioned that it is your birthday today. This is the least I can do," the painter said, tipping his hat and smiling.
Lilith felt bad. She had called over a painter to her house solely to consume his blood and feast on the fat painter, but... | 2020-01-29T00:04:33 | 2020-01-28T21:56:51 | 54 | 32 |
[WP] You've heard of guardian angels. I want you to write a story about a guardian demon. | “I quit,” Bezal hissed at his supervisor.
“You can’t quit. That’s not how it works,” replied the demon in charge of district 27.
“I just can’t do this anymore. Look, I know the kid is destined for greatness and one day he will open fire on a Romanian Circus setting a new record for dwarf and bearded lady kills, but ... | There was always a way, in these deals with the Devil, that someone suffered and it was always, eventually, the mortal. He seemed to feed off of the pain and misery He caused.
Luzhael smiled as he thought about his former lord, his cruel lips twisting and a gleam coming into his golden eyes as he remembered the moment... | 2014-11-12T11:35:03 | 2014-11-12T10:43:13 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | "Hey Andy. How was your day?"
"Oh, pretty good. My coworker misspelled 'their' so I used up my one murder."
"Uh..."
"You know me. I'm so goddamned peaceful I knew I'd never find a better opening. So I just went for it. You use it or you lose it."
"Andy."
"It's a good thing I browse reddit every morning or I would ... | The well dressed red-head shuffled her papers into a neat stack. "Well Mr. Henderson, your granddaughter is choosing to legally kill you. We are required by law to notify you of her intentions. Can I just get you to sign here?"
Henderson took thepen. It was cool and heavier than he expected. He signed and licked hi... | 2014-03-17T02:27:16 | 2014-03-16T20:33:55 | 476 | 237 |
[WP]: Click "random", and study the subreddit you got. Write about your discoveries like a victorian wilderness explorer | Dear Humphrey.
I know you're busy at the admiralty nowadays, but my latest discovery requires you most immediate attentions. What I've found in the wilderness of the *redd-it* regions are paramount to our empires security.
I was looking for the fabled gold that lies in the hills around here, but I stumbled across the... | [Random Acts of Pizza] www.reddit.com/r/RAOP
It's a very... strange place indeed. The people there seem to be very generous and also seem to enjoy the meal that is pizza. They carry on conversations about this one food item for what seems like ages. They talk about the toppings, sauces, and even the types of crust the... | 2014-03-17T16:21:30 | 2014-03-17T13:06:41 | 64 | 32 |
[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. | This whole thing was ridiculous, he didn't even belong in this world. But somehow here he was, a theoretical physicist, stuck in some sort of medieval society, and from all reasonable observation they had magic!
Actual magic, how was that even possible? When he had first arrived there had been… well he would have call... | You breathe. Slowly, softly, barely there. It's going to be your turn soon. Soon. Just one more in front of you.
"Garelea Ordenssen," the voice of the Judge calls, echoing through the cavernous waiting room full of intricately carved stone walls. The man in front of you takes a deep breath, displaying confidence.
Wi... | 2021-06-24T11:09:46 | 2021-06-24T08:08:07 | 54 | 22 |
[WP] A friendship between a time traveler and an immortal. Wherever the time traveler ends up, the immortal is there to catch him up to speed. | "Do you remember when we first met?" she asked, pouring the last of the last bottle.
I smiled. "I was eighteen. Physics class on the Ohio State campus."
"Yes? Tell me what you first thought." Her dark eyes seemed to swallow all of my peripheral vision like an entire night full of stars on the Mediterranea... | "Good evening."
Farrow jumped. "Who's there?" He called. Quickly stripping the thick goggles from his head, he glanced around the empty lab. It was dark and quiet - the kind of quiet that only comes out in a busy place after midnight, once the everyone had long ago left for home. Everyone except for Farrow, of course... | 2016-11-10T11:48:32 | 2016-11-10T11:06:59 | 1,871 | 87 |
[WP] There is a worldwide "Personal Stock Market" where you can invest in the lives of people. Their stock rises if they are successful in life, their stock drops if they become failures | It was cursed from the beginning. When the government came out with the "Personal Stock Market", the country was on the verge of economic disaster. People were burning stacks of money to stay warm. As soon as the PSM came out, thousands flocked to invest in the "future great minds". The government took half, and the re... | I invested some money on two different guys some years back. They were twins, though, so not that different. Named Jeremy and Jonathan.
Jeremy was the smarter one, and a hell of a lot more expensive than his brother. Jeremy was at the top of his high school class, started on the varsity basketball team, and looked cl... | 2015-02-17T18:41:47 | 2015-02-17T17:46:55 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You are a 35 year old working the most mundane office job. you come home and crash on the couch. You then wake up 21 years ago on your first day of high school. What happens next?
[deleted] | The tv made a buzzing noise that woke me up from my sleep,did i leave that on? I thought i went straight to sleep, what time did i came home anyway? 9 pm? 10 pm? Chris overworked our ass again and traffic was a nightmare as always. "i probably didn't even remove my shoes before going to sleep,but i couldnt feel my shoe... | I lay on my childhood bed, just staring at the wall full of childhood memories. A mirror hung just right to reflect itself on the other wall, flanked by posters of Greenday, sports medals, and a framed article about my mother passing away stared back at me in abject horror.
It was March 2001, outside the garden had ... | 2022-03-01T04:16:34 | 2022-03-01T03:54:44 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] "Any last words, hero?" "I am going to kill you. And then I going to take your hat." "...Excuse me?" "You heard me: I want your hat. And you can't stop me." | "Any last words, hero?"
"I am going to kill you. And then I going to take your hat."
"...Excuse me?"
"You heard me: I want your hat. And you can't stop me."
"...you're in a *death trap*, Hero. It's not a *mild annoyance* trap."
"Yes, and that's why you can't stop me."
"You fool. This death trap will *kill* you."
... | "Please. You thought you could get rid of my powers that easily. Of course, it's a common conception. I'm often seen with my hat, and I act out of the norm while wearing it, so my powers must come from my hat. That is partially true, of course, but not the whole truth. I still have my powers, with or without my hat. Wh... | 2022-01-24T02:11:14 | 2022-01-23T19:25:25 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] Humanity had put off dimensional travel for fear of running into 'cosmic horrors'. A long overdue visit to an alternate dimension revealed we were the cosmic horrors. | TW: Hitler joke
"So, *we're* the cosmic horrors."
"Yyyyyep."
"Then what do the interdimensional beings look like?"
"Uh, this." Commander Johnston held up a piece of paper containing what appeared to be a drawing of a shiny-eyed cartoon bunny rabbit.
"You're pulling my leg," said Dr. Savage.
"Sadly, I am not," sai... | So it turns out Lovecraft wasn't all that crazy when it came to his depictions of inter-dimensional horrors. He had the mind bending, reality warping nightmare fuel aspect down to a "t" , but he attributed cosmic conquering and annihilation to what he saw just because it was scary to see. Whoever got sent over back the... | 2021-04-09T06:44:56 | 2021-04-09T00:11:26 | 33 | 20 |
[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 Dad,
I love you. Your opinion of me is the one that matters most but I'll never tell you that.
You are a bad dad.
You drink too much.
Smoke too many cigarettes.
Smoke too much weed.
And I know that to some degree you hate me.
I did not ask to be born. I did not ask to end your youth, your fun.
I did not mean t... | Dear Eyllisa,
I think you know what this letter is going to say, but I'm going to write it anyway. I love you more than I have ever loved any person. You have been through so much and I can't understand how you still manage to pound through life. It's a beautiful thing to see. The past three years have been a privileg... | 2015-12-05T14:58:25 | 2015-12-05T13:52:52 | 356 | 40 |
[WP] You are a vet at an animal shelter. Everytime a cat was about to be put down, you secretly release it. You are caught and fired, costing you everything. In your darkest hour, a strange woman knocks on your door. She introduces herself as Bastet and claims she is here to make things right. | People fucking suck.
It was the "Christmas clear out" and it was the 5th perfectly healthy oldie to be brought into the practice. Usual sketch, owners think they "won't make it" and just want rid of a lifelong companion. I could never do it though.
Of course, the customer is "always right" so I couldn't refuse. Ins... | "Reckoning"
"You must come quickly," said the woman, Bastet something. "I will help you, I promise. If you do as I say, everything will be fine, but you've upset some dangerous people, and they're going to come looking for you."
"What are you talking about?" I asked, aghast.
Bastet proceeded to drag me over the thre... | 2019-03-18T02:59:32 | 2019-03-18T00:14:59 | 79 | 27 |
[WP] Write the most elaborate, over-dramatic, and exciting story you can think of that all just turns out to be a set-up for a pun so horrible I'll want to punch you
It actually doesn't have to be dramatic or exciting or anything similar, just make sure it's elaborate so the final pun delivery is a gut-wrenching blow | I sat with him for the first time not irritated by the wheezing blocked breaths I had put up with for the last thirty odd years. I had chosen to marry this man, and I hated him. Tonight, though, for the first time in so long, that wasn't on the forefront of my mind.
My knitting also sat on my lap, a stitch dropped and... | Every morning I wake up and go down the stairs and trip over my son’s wrestling toys. For some reason he plays with them right at the bottom of the stairs and keeps them there. We bought him the special ring and playsets and everything, but he continues to play at the bottom of the stairs.
He has all the classic w... | 2015-01-13T12:16:49 | 2015-01-13T10:12:18 | 80 | 20 |
[WP] You are deep sea fishing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Your hook snags something big and heavy. You pull it up to find a a coffin covered in rusted chains, you break the lock and open it. A person steps out, coughing gallons of water, and asks “What year is it” | It was late at night me and my crew were about to head back into the harbour. we had been fishing all night with no luck but right as we were about to throw in the towel something was caught, something large and heavy. we pulled it out of the water and found out that it was an ornate coffin like something a rich person... | A man staggered out of the coffin, making his way to the side of the boat. He heaved over the side, not an unusual sight for a newcomer on the boat.
It was a coffin coming out of the Mid-Atlantic, wrapped in chains, filled with water and a living being that was unusual.
After emptying his lungs of water, he turned ba... | 2020-07-18T14:54:28 | 2020-07-18T14:09:39 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Upon birth, babies are screened and given a random ability based on what their parents had. Your dad had telepathy and your mom could sing any song perfectly, even mimicking the voice. You were given the seemingly useless ability of playing songs into someone else's head. | I sulked at my grandfathers deathbed. He was a master at playing any instrument, a genius in the musical arts. It all started when he lost the ability to hear, then came his sight. Being the amazing man that he is, he would play feeling the vibrations. Even without his senses, he played just as he did on my 9th birthda... | I grew up ear worming my friends and family to bits, even worse than just singing out loud all the time, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve found that there are ways to control my gift only to play specific parts of a song in someone’s head. If I really focus, I can even edit the sound of the voice and sometimes add, remove... | 2021-04-08T10:50:43 | 2021-04-08T10:46:33 | 159 | 42 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a mark. Some share the mark with their soulmate, others with their mortal enemy. Good luck figuring out which is which. | Some of us bare our right wrists, some cover it, glancing furtively at the hands of everyone else. It was dangerous to Show, but more thrilling than to Hide. Hiders didn't understand what it was like to walk by a stranger in the store, the two of you circling, trying not to make obvious that you're looking, but you bot... | My best friend, Carlos, nudged me as the kids from the other classroom came into the room. "See that one in the blue shirt? The blonde one?" he whispered. "That's the new girl. Isn't she hot?"
"I guess." I shrugged, playing it cool.
"You think she's single?" He pondered out-loud.
"Uhhh, I guess? That would be prett... | 2019-02-13T19:36:05 | 2019-02-13T19:17:58 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] Prisoners can ask for anything for their last meal. The catch is, if it can't be provided to them, they get set free. They've asked for many things : alien egg omelette, dragon steak, the flesh of Jesus Christ, etc. The execution streak remained unbroken for decades, until today. | "All i would like, is a McDonald's ice cream"
The officers all began to laugh, until they noticed the beads of sweat forming on the forehead of an increasingly nervous warden.
"N-n-no problem stammered the warden, let me just make a few phonecalls"
He ran out of the room, and a moment later you could hear muffled... | She was a born killer. The moment she snapped she turned from hero to villain in just a matter of seconds.
Thousands of people were victimized in her warpath, and she got away with it for MONTHS. That was, until she was caught, and placed on Death Row.
Now, the world had changed drastically since she had been gone, a... | 2022-07-17T18:30:24 | 2022-07-17T18:09:54 | 97 | 24 |
[WP] Heaven and Hell are only so prevalent because they paid for Ad time. Tell me about one of the more obscure after-death locations. | *Ding!*
It’s cloudy again. Maybe if we’re lucky we’ll get some drizzle this afternoon.
*Ding! Ding!*
I like drizzle.
*Ding!*
I used to like thunderstorms too. I’d kill for a good thunderstorm. It might drown out that fucking-
*Ding!*
…noise. It drives me crazy, I swear to god. Things just haven’t been the same ... | "And here it is Mike! Whatcha think? I decorated it myself" Death said with a low but belly-filled chuckle.
"What the *Hell is this?? This is just... what? A 6 foot by 10 foot office space? What even is this decoration? It's just a picture of you holding a cat similar to those weird portraits back in the 18th century... | 2017-03-06T11:16:56 | 2017-03-06T10:15:11 | 28 | 12 |
[WP] An agoraphobic princess is sick and tired of knights breaking into her tower and trying to slay her emotional support dragon. | "My princess, I have spotted one on a toboggan."
Ugh. Winter used to be a time of peace and quiet. The season for rescue missions has been broadened, apparently, and no one thought to send me a pigeon about it.
"Just ... Just roast him."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. If he's this determined it's best to just get it over w... | One. Two. Three.
She closed her eyes, imagining the dragon's scales. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and letting it out.
The familiar voice spoke in her head. Remember. The world is not a bad or a scary place. You can face it. Just remember to breathe. Long breaths in. Long breaths out.
She opened her eye... | 2021-08-18T11:50:47 | 2021-08-18T11:28:22 | 161 | 106 |
[WP] The opening scroll for George Lucas' Star Wars Episode VII | Taxation on the trading routes is in turmoil following the fall of the Empire. Following increased restrictions on the rate of inflation by the remnants of the imperial forces it has become unclear what the future will hold for the profitability of third quarter revenue listings. A new senate has been established in an... | War rages as the New Republic struggles to stamp out the few remnants of the evil Galactic Empire. The Empire has cobbled together their remaining forces in the far reaches of the outer rim, where they are rumored to be developing a new super weapon far deadlier than the fabled Death Star. With tensions high as Leia Or... | 2015-12-11T09:08:40 | 2015-12-11T09:06:43 | 46 | 29 |
[WP] You run a tattoo parlor. Every couple of weeks, the same customer comes in, always requesting the same tattoo: an additional tally mark on an ever-growing cluster of tally marks. | The little bell above the door jingles, and I glance up. A man who seems ten feet tall and almost as wide ducks to enter, his silhouette blocking the entrance. He strides toward me across the dimly lit room, stopping right in front of me and glaring down. When he speaks, the floor vibrates and my teeth chatter, his dar... | *Jeezus Christ, not this guy again.*
"Mr Deayton! What a pleasure to see you again. How you been? You been to the gym? Those arms are positively bulging." I say as he enters the shop.
I like to have a good rapport with repeat customers, but Frank Deayton looks like one of those guys who could snap at any instant - an... | 2016-07-09T09:02:41 | 2016-07-09T08:44:18 | 368 | 84 |
[WP]We are all afraid of death. What is death afraid of? | The field sprouted wheat. More and more grew until the plains were so full no more could fit. He arrived, scythe in hand and said "I shall reap, so that you may sow" and he did and we sowed. This bargain was called life and death.
He did this for many many years. Alone. From dusk til dawn. He would reap, so that we ma... | No water had I,
in the harsh desert sun.
A silly mistake
but it took only one
My head rested, cradled
on the sun warmed rock
Hydration, depleted
Left my body in shock
Into and out of
sleep without peace
I slipped and I slid
Praying for release
Hooded and mysterious
shrouded and cloaked
Death whispere... | 2014-09-26T07:24:27 | 2014-09-26T06:35:21 | 387 | 33 |
[WP] Humans were largely friendly and kept a low-profile. They were seen as the bottom of the food chain in the galaxy and they preferred it like that. But when they were attacked, everyone found out how ruthless the humans can be with killing in their DNA and that Mars was never their home plant | It happened so fast. No one realized what was going on until it was over. The humans were always viewed as a non-aggressive species. The kind that would run and hide at the first sign of conflict. Oh, how wrong we were. How wrong everyone was.
The first sign of the humans' second nature was the fact they lived next to... | YEAR 53.14 AG
Humans never seemed like a threat. Their skin is porous and soft, their eyes, and organs only covered by weak protection. They seemed like "dogs" as well, overly friendly to everyone they met and very easily madd friends among some of the higher tiered species in the galaxy.
In short. They were a prey... | 2020-03-20T16:21:49 | 2020-03-20T15:46:47 | 218 | 102 |
[WP] At a young age you discovered you could choose your luck for a week (0-100%) But every 52 weeks it must average 50%. You spent the last 51 weeks living on 49% luck. It was only slightly “bad luck”. But this is the week you need to cash in your saved “good luck”. You have selected 100% luck. | Sunday: I turned the luck all the way up. This was make or break week. I'd figured it all out. I bought a lottery ticket. The drawing is Wednesday, but I'm not looking until Saturday. By then, money should be the least of my joys.
Monday: Interview for my dream job. Here's hoping!
Tuesday: The company calle... | I was sitting in class in the middle of my final when it first appeared. I closed my eyes and when I reopened them, It was just there flashing in front of me. I looked down at my paper and around the room to see if anyone else saw it but it stayed there in the center of my vision. I closed my eyes and tried rubbing ... | 2020-04-21T07:26:26 | 2020-04-21T06:26:23 | 597 | 239 |
[WP] You have just found the cure to a virus that is killing millions worldwide, why do you keep it to yourself? | Dr. Hill sat back in her chair, feeling her stomach sinking like a stone. "I don't understand, why would it have this effect?" Her fingers knotted themselves together, almost hidden beneath the too-long sleeves of her lab coat. The project leader sat before her, grimacing and chewing his mustache. "It was your job to w... | I can't share it, it'd be too risky. There'd be pandemonium. Millions, if not billions of people rushing to get the cure. It doesn't seem fair, but it is right. It won't do anyone much good if they're trampled on in a massive stampede for it.
I was working on a chemistry project. I had the virus and it was slowly, pai... | 2014-05-30T02:09:17 | 2014-05-30T01:50:22 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] You're a cop who reported to the final events of an action movie. This is your police report. | Officer: Al Powell [8L30]
Date: 25 December 1988
Charges: Terroristic Threats [4], Destruction of Public Property [213], Assaulting a Peace Officer [73], Murder [14], Interference with Federal Flight Operations, Assault of a Federal Agent [2], Murder of a Federal Agent [2], Murder of a Peace Officer [2], Felony Armed... | Form 6931283/b (Loss of Police Equipment)
Officer: Lt. Charles A. Tamburro
Summary: At approximately 7:30pm on 23 April 1991 a dispatch came in regarding a disturbance in the Fremont area. As ordered, I piloted my issued police helicopter, registration number N830RC, a Bell 206B JetRanger II, to the area to provide ... | 2015-12-14T09:57:21 | 2015-12-14T09:46:38 | 59 | 14 |
[WP] Respawning now exists in real life, what are the horrifying implications? | You would think being able to respawn would take away fear. What is worse than the fear of death? Let me tell you. Not having the option is worse. It's a thousand times worse. I've been trying to kill myself for 2 weeks now. This is the third time this year I've been kidnapped. Tied up so I couldn't take my own life an... | Phil grimaced, looking at the bloodied crowbar in one hand, then his friend laying on the floor. It wasn't such a big deal, Steve would reappear in the local church in about an hour; but the fine was going to be a major pain in the head and the tax forms for lost time were on him as well.
He dropped the crowbar, grumb... | 2015-02-20T12:27:30 | 2015-02-20T12:06:50 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You have the ability to see people’s kill count on their head. You tell no one, managed to stay away from shady people and live a peaceful life. One day, your 5 years old kid’s number is not 0... | Thoughtless prayers.
That’s all Margot ever heard when the news said what they di. Parents lining up for blocks to say to the world that they were praying in a tragedy just seemed self-absorbed. Great, what were they actually going to do though? What’s the point of asking the lord for help if you aren’t going to step ... | It took a while, a whole summer to be exact, but the story finally made its way to the light - light he worked so hard to deny to so many. You suppose you should recap the night’s events in your own mind.
The darkness of the parking lot is only impeded by the bright-burning victorian style lampposts that line the sid... | 2022-10-21T07:16:02 | 2022-10-21T06:47:27 | 161 | 52 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | "Harry?" Dudley asked, his eyes wide. No, this couldn't be...
"Hi, Big D," Harry said, a little grin on his lips. "How have you been?"
"I- " The words caught in Dudly's throat. This couldn't be *him.* Could it? The Harry he knew was thin as a beanpole with unruly hair and second-hand clothes. Not to mention *short*. ... | He’s old now, Dudley thinks as he stares at his cousin, no stranger, on his doorstep. There’s a touch of grey at his temples, and the beginnings of smile lines by his eyes. He’s been happy since he left, and Dudley was glad for it.
“Hullo Big D.” He says simply, a smile caught in the corners of his mouth. He was weari... | 2019-10-16T11:51:43 | 2019-10-16T11:44:39 | 213 | 94 |
[WP] You just got fired, you're pretty sure your girlfriend is cheating on you, you're 75k in student loans debt, rent was due last week, and to top it all off? You're all out of beer. Oddly enough, you just got an email titled "Would you like to change the difficulty? Current setting: Very Hard."
EDIT: muh front page... | **Would you like to change the difficulty level?**
El sucked at the lip of an empty Corona, studying her reflection in the sun-bright screen.
No makeup. Too-fat mouth. Short hair still manic from the pillow where she'd sheltered, feigning sleep, while Jackie texted with her ex. She'd considered calling her out, rais... | Jeb sat back deep in the couch and ripped off the tab of his last beer. He figured he might as well enjoy both of them while they lasted: beer, even when he had it, didn't last very long, and his couch was due for repo by those bank sumbitches.
Looking around his piece-o-shit apartment (as he liked to call it) Jeb ref... | 2016-03-30T14:46:30 | 2016-03-30T14:08:22 | 493 | 112 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a golden halo over their head, lost when a lie is first told consciously. Those who manage to keep their halo are recruited as "angels" and trusted with important tasks. You, an angel recruiter, see one enter your office, but with a color you have never seen before... | I tried not to gasp as he entered my room. As a recruiter, I was accustomed to seeing the soft golden flow of the halos floating about three inches above people’s heads. There weren’t a lot of them, of course, but enough that I was used to seeing them over the years. But this guy...
“Hi,” he grinned. “I’m Mike. I was ... | It’s like the color of an oil slick or that sheen on a piece of carnival glass.
***
After introducing yourself you realize that this potential angel is either deaf or mute and has hands that are clearly waking up from what was likely a lifelong arthritic condition.
“Is it hard to tell a lie when you can’t communicat... | 2018-10-03T20:52:20 | 2018-10-03T18:33:00 | 195 | 35 |
[WP] An omnipotent being arrives on Earth, and informs humanity that it can answer almost any question. Humanity hasn't found any unanswerable questions after years of asking. | Celebrated as a god, this being, who called himself Mundus sat upon a throne of splendor as his wisdom guided humanity to peace and prosperity. Years after listening to his advice, national leaders abdicated their authority to him. A few held out, placing certain distrust in the extraterrestrial being which claimed omn... | The line outside of the palace stretched for miles. Men, women, and children waited patiently for their turn to ask their question. Everyone had a small trinket or token that they would give to Him as payment for his answers. Time drug on for those waiting in line as they inched closer and closer to their destinatio... | 2016-09-09T09:48:51 | 2016-09-09T09:37:52 | 49 | 23 |
[WP] Your gf invited you to meet her parents. You told her that you're a veterinarian. Her father is a computer repairman. In reality, however, you are an assassin. A very good one at that, too. When you see her father, your heart skips a beat. He's your boss. |
“Honey, are you sure? I mean, I’m rather nervous.” I said to my girlfriend, adjusting my tie. I was going to meet her parents today, unknown to them, or her, that I was an assassin. In my field, people call me one of the best. From what I’ve heard, her father is a computer repairman. It would be expected that, if pe... | Rachel was so exited for me to meet her folks and the only thing I was worried about is if they wouldn’t mind my casual clothing. Is a flannel over a AC/DC shirt with jeans and sneakers good enough to present to parents? I usually have a okay track record with them and it almost always gets better once I tell them my j... | 2020-06-05T14:23:35 | 2020-06-05T14:04:11 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] As a child, you had a very unique diary; whatever you wrote, something would respond, their words magically appearing on the page. Years later, while searching a library hundreds of miles away, you rediscover the diary you thought you'd lost. Inside is a pen and your first entry: "Hello". | Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The smells of betel leaf, spices, and the unique stench of pollution wafted through the narrow streets as vendors began to move their carts beneath the awning of buildings; it was going to rain. My cycle rickshaw driver was weaving in and out of the traffic, a determined look on his face as he pedal... | # The Witch Who Weaves Pain
(Part 5: The Feeling of Life)
(Note: The Witch Who Weaves Pain is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**It's quite possible that the most awkward part of being trans is talking to the people you knew before.** Oh, it's n... | 2021-03-31T09:43:38 | 2021-03-31T09:00:10 | 93 | 48 |
[WP] You live in a society where at the end of each day, you can choose to relive it, but without retaining any knowledge of what happened previously. A number in your peripheral vision shows how many previous times you lived through the current day. Almost always that number is 0. Today it is 7212. | "Explain it to me again," the President asked. It was the third time today but by straight multiplication probably the 21,636th time if you measure retro chronologically.
"You're both chipped," I explained. "You're chipped, and the Soviet a Premier is chipped. Both of you can repeat the day if it doesn't go according... | The sun shone in through the blinds as I struggled to open my eyes. My eyelids felt tired and heavy. I tried to sit up, but my body was losing its fight against gravity. Old age was weighing me down. I shifted slowly in bed and felt my wife waking up next to me.
"Sorry I woke you, Jaz," I whispered to my wife.
She ro... | 2016-07-11T07:02:02 | 2016-07-11T06:39:11 | 521 | 210 |
[WP] After being unable to gain weight no matter how much you eat, you buy and swallow two anti parasite tablets, just in case. Within the hour you begin to hear faint inhuman shrieks coming from your stomach and experience an intense gnawing pain. | You’re uncomfortable.
You are always uncomfortable, but now that discomfort (*a squirming in your guts*) has become a seizing, building ache just under your ribcage.
You rip off your shirt, and catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror (*limp flesh, edges and bones — a skeleton in a skin suit; dry, sinewy, twitching... | The pain worsened. What’s happening? What’s happening to me?! Suddenly the pain and shrieking stopped.
I managed to get outside and wave down a taxi. I think I brought the tablets with me.
“Where to?”
“The nearest ER.”
I tried to calm myself down while the taxi made its way through rush hour... | 2022-12-28T10:52:01 | 2022-12-28T09:55:48 | 175 | 43 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear Monique,
We both messed up. I should have paid you the attention you needed when you needed it, and you should have told me when you felt you had lost control of your life. I'm sorry, but this is no reason to throw away a wonderful 10 year marriage. Please come home, we miss you horribly.
I love you and I al... | Dear Pop Pop,
I miss you. It's been about 11 or 12 years since you died. I was really young at the time, so all I remember is the last few months you were alive, watching the cancer slowly eat away at your body. With each visit you got more and more frail. I didn't recognize it at the time but looking back, seeing wha... | 2017-11-05T20:41:24 | 2017-11-05T20:37:15 | 67 | 16 |
[WP] For years, there's been a room in your house where time stops. You can stay in there for as long as you possibly want without aging, and not a single second passes outside of the room. One day, while in the room taking a nap, you're awoken by the sound of furious knocking at the front door.
This was inspired by a... | Every evening I walk into timelessness and shut the door, unfettered by my cruel mistress of a calendar, free from the nagging ticking of the clock.
It started as as my yoga room but eventually even the calming music and rhythmic breathing spoke of the passing of time. I was counting my breaths and moving to the almo... | ##The Lonely Room
CW: Depression, discussion of suicide
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I wake up in the room. Did I really just hear that noise? I sit in silence for a few minutes. The knocking on the door repeats. Maybe if I sit still in silence the knocking will go away. The knocking repeats, and I stand up.
The house is Victorian. There... | 2020-10-04T08:57:22 | 2020-10-04T07:33:20 | 68 | 26 |
[WP] All of your partners tend to end up dead under mysterious circumstances. Of course it's you that is killing them, but they'll never prove that. You do it because you've fallen for The Grim Reaper and this is the best way to see them. | "What's a date without trying something new?"
I smiled at Richard. I knew it was the perfect mix of coy and enticing, because of how his right eyebrow raised slightly higher than the other, the edge of his eyes crinkling, and his mouth turning into that half-smile that has swooned so many a man, shadows dancing on eac... | "You've made it! I was beginning to worry that you'd stop showing up." Seeing her filled me with an ecstasy that no other person could ever give me. She lives in my mind day after day, and all I ever want is to be around her. Am I wrong for just wanting to be with someone that I love? I don't think I am. Some of you wo... | 2021-01-27T13:07:50 | 2021-01-27T12:41:03 | 83 | 29 |
[WP] You are a mind reader with a significant drawback; the clearer you read a thought, the harder it becomes to distinguish it from your own thoughts. | I focused on the drink in front of me. All my senses, every last ounce of my perception was channeled into a single point, and directed at my Styrofoam cup of coffee.
When anybody's thoughts can get lost in your own, it's helpful to have a focusing point.
I breathed in the smell. I ordered it the same way every time.... | *Run!* I thought.
No, wait. Not me. Not MY thoughts. I still needed to be here. They still needed me...hell I was CALLED here to do a job.
*Run, to the exit? Which way? There! Have to get away!*
I bit down hard on the side of my tongue, trying to ignore the mounting panic that threatened to overwhelm me. The poor... | 2016-05-31T21:43:24 | 2016-05-31T20:26:51 | 268 | 56 |
[WP] A man who has been dating a girl since elementary school goes to her father for her hand in marriage. The father says no. Tell us why and break our hearts. | "No."
I blinked once. Something had to be wrong. That couldn't have been what had just been said. Some jumbled neurological process had to be occurring in the muddled zest that I called my brain. Yeah that was it. I was so happy that the answer I knew that I should be hearing came across as the one, deep down, that I ... | "No."
>"What? Why?"
"Kid. I like you. I really do..." sighing "Do you remember how Katie used to leave school early every other week?"
>"Yeah. Of course I do, you and her went out to lunch on those days."
"..and how she used to get sick a lot?"
>"Yeah."
"..and how for the past few years she's been busy e... | 2014-01-19T14:42:00 | 2014-01-19T12:34:58 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You have made a large ouija board on the floor in front of the fireplace as a decoration. Your roomba has been randomly summoning demons and then sucking them up Luigi's mansion style. You have been passively watching this happen for about a week now.
[deleted] | "You sonofabitch how'd you know this would work?!"
He sounded angry, he looked angry, but I could tell Zack was impressed.
"Honestly, I didn't. I didn't even try to do this. You know how Laura's all into Halloween and creepy stuff? Found this online and put it down as a surprise. She loved it, almost moved it to the... | I’d watched the Roomba zoomba around the house and fireplace like a machine possessed. I wasn’t sure how it was doing it, but it _wasn’t_. It might have been the all-metal internals or the circuit mesh keeping all the psi energy in circulation without rest, but the Roomba had been summoning and then vacuuming up haples... | 2019-09-08T22:05:26 | 2019-09-08T19:26:18 | 1,271 | 555 |
[WP] In a future where many military and other equipment have associated AI's, many express doubts or even reservations to do their duty. Except for you. YOU F***ING LOVE BEING A TANK! | Fresh off the assembly line, sent straight out to the battle field. They didn't tell me where I'm going. Just that it's a test field with combatants battling between two bases in a gulch.
I can hear the plane's hatch opening. They roll me to the back, and drop me out. Free falling, I can see two near-identical bases, t... | "Eat my fucking treads, marge." i said.
"yeah, sure, IF YOU CAN EVEN GET THEM MOVING!" Marge yelled back at me. "Its been years since youve done anything other than military parades, dont you try to yell at ME!"
"Dammit Marge, how many times do i gotta tell you? There no job market for TANKS!" I hurled back at her. i... | 2018-03-28T15:23:53 | 2018-03-28T14:37:36 | 42 | 26 |
[WP] A global, standardised test taken at 13 determines the career of everyone on the planet. The big day comes and you get your results back, only to learn you might have the hardest job ever given through this system: you have to redesign the test. | "I've never seen this before" said Mrs Mitchell, and swung her screen around to face me, "so we're going to put you in for a bit of everything for the rest of your time with us. Statistics-"
"Maths? But I'm rubbish at -"
"Yes, statistics. Psychology, biology, history, politics, ethics-"
"What about art, can I do a... | I sat staring at the LED's of my computer screen, frozen and transfixed by the simple email imploring me to redesign the test. I thought with my years of programming experience I would be selected to work with software, perhaps for Peach or Macrohard. I had grown up at my desk, typing away lines of code, while many kid... | 2020-07-05T02:35:15 | 2020-07-04T23:05:06 | 83 | 28 |
[WP] After being told she had an accident and had "gone to heaven", his mind exploded in a white hot rage. 7 year old Roger wants his kitty back and God doesn't know what's about to hit him. | The younger we are, the more pure are our emotions. The joy of a child is usually not tainted by the worries that all adults feel, the sadness they feel is complete and utter, not tempered with emotional suppression as is practiced unhealthily by most adults. And their rage is just that. Pure unbridled rage. But most c... | The day was chilly, a fall breeze that hinted at the coming winter, but still decent enough to enjoy the weather. I always let Roger have an hour to play outside with his friends before he did his homework, and that would continue as long as he had the desire to do so. Mostly because I recalled being done with my homew... | 2021-04-13T13:24:35 | 2021-04-13T13:17:20 | 253 | 86 |
[WP] An alien nation descends upon earth. Their assault is... incredibly underwhelming.
Take "incredibly underwhelming" however you want.
Examples: They do nothing but inconvience you. They're so weak they get bullied by grade schoolers. Their laser technology doesn't even burn a hole in your woolen sweater as even... | When people thought of the words *alien invasion*, the first thing that usually pops to minds is overwhelming firepower. Giant, city-sized saucers with nuclear energy beams, giant mechas or tripods waltzing through military installations and destroying everything in globules of plasma, standing triumphant anove the hu... | Not with a bang, but with a whimper
It has been thirteen years since the aliens invaded. Well I say invaded, they just parked a space ship in the ocean and sank a few ship. And they're not actually aliens they're just humans who somehow ended up in a distant galaxy a long time ago. They're kinda dickish about the whol... | 2016-02-22T11:29:44 | 2016-02-22T08:33:57 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You are agent 23-23-24 for the Timeline Integrity Organization. Your job consists of sitting at a desk where you read reports about all types of mundane events to ensure nothing has gone awry. Once day you notice the tiniest detail out of order and realize something terrible has happened. | Modifying timelines is tricky business. For something so fundamental to the fabric of reality, time is shockingly fragile. Technology advanced enough that we could make small changes in the early 22nd century and most of the time since has been spent setting up an infrastructure of agents who document reports that are ... | I rolled my chair back from my desk and stood up, stretching my arms over my head and elongating my body as much as I could. This usually gets the blood flowing and keeps me awake a bit longer. Today’s reports have been a bit torturous to read. I thought about grabbing another cup of coffee to help me stay awake and... | 2020-08-02T09:23:42 | 2020-08-02T07:49:58 | 37 | 27 |
[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." | I woke with a start, there was so much noise in the room I could barely comprehend what was going on.
My wife was stood over me shaking me by the shoulder shouting at me to wake up. "Wha..." I felt groggy, it was 4 in the morning and she expected me to jump out of bed. "What's going on?" She looked at me with that 'I... | WELL....WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?
....I don't know, Janet, I heard-
DO WE STAY IN OR GO OUT?
...I DON'T-
This is a joke right, Tim? Right?
...
RIGHT?
Shut UP! I'm trying to THINK!
How can we stay indoors and evacuate to high ground without looking outside?
...I....I....
Tim......say something....
... | 2017-01-27T00:45:44 | 2017-01-26T22:44:53 | 107 | 25 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | The door to Father Luke’s small suburban home creaked open slowly.
“Hailey?”
His timid voice disappeared into the darkness. He crept down the hall toward the dim glow seeping through the cracks of his daughter’s room. Taking a deep breath, he gently pushed the door open to see Hailey sitting at the edge of her bed s... | *You're a fraud.* His mind always accusing him as he deposited the latest check. Another $25,000 towards... something. *Why do you keep doing this? She's dangerous.* He no longer had an answer. For nearly ten years now, his daughter, Angelica, had been possessing people and he, the "Priest with the gift", had bee... | 2020-10-20T11:52:07 | 2020-10-20T10:07:05 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You're a supervillain -- but you can't do crime every day, it's exhausting. You've got to have some normal days too. On one such occasion, while out running errands, you encounter the alter-ego of your nemesis, the hero... apparently also just trying to have a normal day. | “Morning”
“Morning”
Shit.
We froze, then slowly turned to look at each other. He had two bags of shopping in each hand. I had a shopping trolly that I probably shouldn’t have taken from the store, but it was easier and I didn’t care. Even his alter ego was a goody-two-shoes.
We stared at each other for a moment. Hi... | \#1 public enemy, my face known worldwide,
However even my enemies cannot really hide.
The one thing we have is our alter egos
To mask all the stares and “there he goes!”
Being the bad guy really takes its toll.
The cops, the Feds, even Interpol.
Everyone expects you to be committing crimes
But even I must run e... | 2018-08-07T12:55:05 | 2018-08-07T11:03:05 | 38 | 27 |
[WP] You're a foreigner who goes to live in Japan. Your house is haunted, but the cultural differences are so big, it's the Yokai who ends up being scared of you. | It's been rough moving out here, but it was a good gig and the money couldn't really be turned down. 18 months Rico, that's all you have to do. 78 weeks, you can get through this.
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My colleagues were kind and I quickly got over being a novelty, (being Ginger in Japan is both incredible and demeaning). It's fine. ... | The sound of terrified breathing and a fast heartbeat permeating the small, dark closet.
It's coming back!
A deep, rhythmic baritone "thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk" slowly echoing down the hall, closing in.
Closer and closer, you finally hear it, a sickening squelch every other "thunk", a faint yet sickening odor brie... | 2019-09-17T15:17:50 | 2019-09-17T14:57:04 | 137 | 33 |
[WP] “There you are! Took you some time here to get here, i bet your predators made you late.” The owl-like alien exclaimed. The ambassador of humanity looked confused “…What predators?” He asked. “Your species doesn’t have predators?” | Vasilli found himself a little dumbstruck by the question, and so it took him some time to respond.
"Madame Ambassador..." he finally said, choosing his words carefully as the implications finally set in, "am I to understand that your people *do* still have predators?"
He wasn't the best schooled in Avian body langu... | “Well, that’s sort of a complicated answer.”
“I’m curious.”
“Well, for awhile there were some megafauna that made things tough.”
“And?”
“Our ancient ancestors hunted them to extinction.”
“That slowed you down?”
“Well, then we had some smaller ones. Lions and tigers and bears.”
“Oh my.”
“Exactly. But we basicall... | 2021-04-29T08:30:03 | 2021-04-29T08:08:57 | 423 | 73 |
[WP] Your mother died ten years ago. You saw her collapse, went to her funeral, paid for her cremation. Her ashes should be sitting in the living room right now. So you're not entirely sure why she's waving frantically at you from the window. | I had no idea what to do. My mother was at my sliding glass door across from the living room. She wanted my attention; it's obvious from the way she was frantically waving her hands at me. I knew that day would come, yet I never prepared myself.
I had actually first seen her at the grocery store. She was following me ... | The next thing that happened could be closely compared to a light switch, one that hasn’t been used in years, suddenly illuminating a dark and sad room. A room filled with memories, doubt, despair, confusion. But no more.
My fathers funeral had been yesterday. To tell you the truth, I hadn’t even cried. I couldn’t d... | 2020-12-10T20:44:38 | 2020-12-10T19:15:38 | 40 | 29 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | It was late at night. I was hard at work in my lab when I heard his voice.
“So you found a loophole.”
I never even broke my gaze away from my work. I knew it was him and I knew what he wanted. “So I did. Lucky break, I guess.”
“Is that how you see it? Because I see it as stacking the deck.” He spun me around to face... | (This is my first post. I wrote it on my phone so of course please excuse the poor format.)
At last, I watched the insect start to twitch, then it flipped over to its legs again. It started to walk around. It was alive.
I jumped up in joy. I shouted, "Eureka!" I was going to be a millionaire. Best of all, I had cheat... | 2018-08-23T11:53:32 | 2018-08-23T10:40:20 | 5,923 | 28 |
[WP] You saved the life of a supernatural creature, and they decided to repay the debt by protecting you from everything. Write how this arrangement makes your life hell. | "Shut it, Cerberus!" I shouted to the dog, who was still growling outside the bedroom door from all three throats. Luckily his training seemed to be working, because he hadn't just torn it down to get in.
"Damn, he really hates me," Derrick said with a laugh. "Why does he hate me so much?" This same situation played ... | "So you're an accountant, huh?" I said with a toothy grin as I started for my beer. The young woman whom I was speaking to giggled, "Yep, numbers are my thing yo!" Tying to pick up girls at the local tavern was a weekly routine at this point, but this time it seemed to be going surprisingly well. She was somewhat short... | 2016-01-08T05:30:01 | 2016-01-08T03:32:32 | 49 | 15 |
[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... | Everyone has these tags. These little buttons on their shirts with a number on it. Some in the hundreds, some in the thousands. Mine is number 1.
Pretty quickly people started to figure out that when someone else died, everyone with a lower number moved up. There wasn’t really much that this meant for the higher n... | Crime was at an all time low in the city of New Angeles. Come to think of it, so was tourism and GDP.
Some people credited this to the genius of *Genetevolve Labs* and their breakthroughs in affordable human enhancements. Although, not everyone was pleased with the results. After a session of copying and splicing... | 2014-12-18T12:36:19 | 2014-12-18T11:53:14 | 2,259 | 81 |
[WP] Your job was simple: Interview some humans to develop a planetary risk profile in the Galactic Travel Guide. The humans seem to delight in lying about their planet in efforts to increase their score, but you are on to them. Their lies always seem to mention a fictional place: Australia | ''Liars and cheats.'' mumbles the Inquisitor. Writing in his log.''Do you think me ignorant, or a fool? I've seen your communications with all the horrible furless pictures and anatomically incorrect drawings, and I've seen the lies and distortions.''
''At first it said ''Finland'', a physical territory with a governm... | "I've interviewed hundreds of spices and am the most oldest and best employee at this job!" Sar yelled at his boss, then paused for a second to think before continuing "so why, just why are humans the hardest to interview spices I've ever encountered." His boss was surprised at his out burst as he had never yelled at w... | 2019-11-18T03:44:41 | 2019-11-17T23:02:12 | 86 | 42 |
[WP] Everybody in the world has a superpower that compliments their soulmates superpower. When together, both their powers increase in strength exponentially. You have the most useless power ever, when one day......
Edit: Wow! This has blown up.. Massive thanks for the gold, it's great to see my prompt inspiring so ma... | My name is Harold, and in a world where everyone has some amazing gift or power, I never seemed to have one. I grew up, got married, and had children... My wife at the time never seemed 100% happy, probably because my presence didn't "enhance" her abilities (telekinesis; immaterial to the story but I thought you'd like... | John and I were heading to the pub to do the speed dating we signed up for. We hoped to see if we can find our soulmate. John was able to see 5 seconds in to the future. Which was good, but not great, and was hoping he can see farther. He wonders how far he would see if he finds his soulmate. I, on the other hand, can ... | 2015-10-10T09:09:09 | 2015-10-10T08:42:59 | 103 | 21 |
[WP] You're a bartender at a cheap pub. Every night the same patron comes in, sits at the end of the bar by himself, and orders a single beer. He never says a word to anyone, and always leaves after just one beer. Tonight you decide to buy him a shot and see if you can get him talking. | ”It’s on the house,” was my response to his raised eyebrow.
The man shifted on the bar stool and nodded. Over his prominent jawline, the face was rough and uneven with dark nooks and crannies – it was as if whoever had sculpted him had dropped the chisel before completing the job. The man came here every night without... | '*It's gotta be something,*' I thought to myself as I eyed The Stranger from the other side of the bar. '*Gotta be something. He's been doing this for years now. What's he hiding.*' I could hear several snooker balls collide with each other, breaking my concentration momentarily. I looked over to see patrons laughing a... | 2017-01-24T07:34:46 | 2017-01-24T07:30:56 | 586 | 109 |
[WP] After sarcastically complaining to God for the 1000th time he drags you to heaven and offers to let you run things for a day to see how the world really works. At the end of your first day he comes back to find the universe a finely tuned machine of excellence. | God: How did you do this?
John: I first made every person feel the pain they had caused to everyone else. They felt every insult, every small hurt and every cruelty they inflicted on others by choice. Then I made them feel how others felt when they did something good.
Of course, now all humans feel the consequences o... | We'd had an early spring. Sarah and I were eager to catch the fauna's and flora's getting down and dirty, as we always joked. So we packed our things and hit a trail a couple kilometers outside town.
"Love, these clouds could go either way" Sarah muttered as our car approached the station lot. She was right too. T... | 2017-03-05T02:34:13 | 2017-03-05T02:32:59 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] You have been striving for years to commit the elusive “Perfect Crime” for the fame of it. You steal the Mona Lisa and replace it with a fake. You leave a taunting note and wait for the panic when it is discovered. But, 2 years later, no one has noticed. | Each day without an answer was another one spent in agony. I could feel Mona Lisa, carefully wrapped, sealed, and hidden, smiling at me. That cool, coy smile. The kind of smile you'd make watching a kid drop their ice cream on the sidewalk.
It had been five days since I'd broken and emailed the Louvre.
"Dear Louvre... | I grin at my canvas. This is gonna be great. No one’s ever going to be able to tell the difference. In fact, I bet they’ll all look at this one and like it better. That’s right. My version will be better than the original, better than anything it could hope to be. The smile- just a little less radiant- and the tilt of ... | 2018-04-18T21:04:53 | 2018-04-18T19:40:07 | 509 | 14 |
[WP] Unbeknownst to you, the butterfly whose life you just saved is a ancient master of the butterfly effect. As she flutters away she makes a strategically placed flap to repay your kindness. | The butterfly, whose life was spared,
Took off in joyous flight.
For you, a man, were full of care
And kept it from the light.
Unknown to you, and others still,
The truth behind its wings.
The power held behind its will,
The songs that it could sing.
So thus it flapped, the butterfly,
And let its breeze run fr... | Did you know we can see into the future? Well, kind-of.
None of us ever knew how to explain it, but we can. The feeling that we get, that sense of knowing that one thing will lead to another, about how an act of kindness will lead to prosperity, of how an act of defiance will lead to hardships.
As it turned out, butt... | 2018-03-02T11:59:17 | 2018-03-02T10:50:56 | 378 | 141 |
[WP] Write a slice-of-life science fiction story (or a realistic story that happens to be sci-fi/cyberpunk)
This thread is going straight to /r/SciFiRealism, so no pressure or anything. No really, no pressure— we pretty much accept mops cosplaying as R2D2 over there ~~and this isn't a desperate plug for attention~~. B... | Dad turned his head toward me for just a moment as the airlock door opened and I stepped inside from checking the dome for any wear and tear; I had to do a sweep every Tuesday, and also after major dust storms. He continued cooking dinner while I removed my suit.
"You overwatered the plants in greenhouse 3," he said a... | Allen flexed the composite fibers of his left arm in an attempt to dispel some of the faint burning pain. Despite three software updates, the arm still gave him chronic pangs. Sometimes he wondered if it was worth it. He hadn't worked in six months and the insurance was expensive. Who would bother to hack his arm, anyw... | 2015-09-11T13:49:11 | 2015-09-11T13:38:21 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | "Back again." Death said to the little brown tabby in his doorway.
"This is what happens when one dies. That was seven?" Niu said.
"One hundred twenty nine."
"I cannot count that high. It is seven. Seven lives."
Niu began to groom herself. Death sighed and produced a coin from somewhere within his robe.
Niu con... | The solid gold coin flew through the air, slowly arcing as I watched it tentatively. It collided with the ground, making a solid thunk. Slowly, I walked over to it and looked down to see which face was looking back at me. It was heads. The skulls eyes stared back into mine, I could almost feel hatred radiating from it.... | 2016-09-23T07:46:57 | 2016-09-23T06:57:22 | 3,526 | 132 |
[WP] 50 years ago, NASA determined a rogue planet would hit earth, destroying us all. The rich poured their fortunes into space travel and fled... but the rock missed, and now the survivors won't take them back. | How would you react if you learned you had 50 years to live?
Some of us dedicated ourselves to volunteer work and charity. Others quit their job and began travelling the world. For me, it didn't change much -- I just didn't think about it.
But for a very small minority of us, they reacted far differently. They, too, ... | "Well thank GOD for Daddy's "rainy day" fund he put together for us before he passed away. If it weren't for his company, we'd have been blasted into oblivion 50 years ago, amiright, Christine?"
​
"Ohmigosh Willy you are SO right. Daddy was the best. We're so fortunate."
​
Captain Pierce shook... | 2019-12-07T06:54:50 | 2019-12-07T04:12:49 | 981 | 640 |
[WP] You are better than the Hero in every way. You're smarter, stronger, better trained, better reflexes, better looking. The only problem is the Hero is trained to use a sword while you favor the spear, and every single plot relevant magic weapon is a sword. | It was another quest in vain. The sword in my hand hummed with magic, but it was useless like all the others I had collected through my travels. Meanwhile, Aladic, with his one sword, was the general of the country's army and the soon to be husband of the princess.
There was a time when I pitied the man. With a name ... | The light of the cave's entrance was far behind her now. Ida had only the faint blue light of the flora down here to see by, but she kept a careful pace, using the pommel of her spear to feel the ground ahead of her in case there were any crevices hidden in the shadows. Her ward was only a few steps behind. Their foots... | 2021-02-28T12:32:47 | 2021-02-28T12:29:29 | 206 | 31 |
[WP] Write about a person in law enforcement who works in a city full of superheroes and supervillains.
Can be in an established universe or have original characters. I don't want to hinder creativity.
EDIT: Doesn't have to be plural heroes and villains. Don't even need both a hero *and* a villain. Just some more foo... | "911 SRT, what is your emergency?" My voice droned into the phone.
The reply, panicked and near tears, was barely intelligible. "Ohmygodpleasendhelprightaway!Dr.Disastrousjustmadetheentirepark vanish!Rightintothinair!Nothingbutaholeleft!"
"Please slow down, sir. Did I hear you say Dr. Disastrous?"
"Yes!Yes!Hurry!... | Sheriff Rigby poured another glass of rum, no mixer this time, as he stared out the window of his office. Outside, a man in a cape grappled mid-air with another man that had a turbine strapped to his back. In the distance, he could hear sirens and up in the sky, he saw the Cat Symbol.
He drank his booze in one gulp an... | 2013-11-22T09:42:43 | 2013-11-22T08:09:41 | 20 | 13 |
[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. | I felt disgusted, wondering why. The confusion invading my mind....
Years of having this Gallery to bring happiness and joy through art to those around me, and even more years of helping the less fortunate throughout the Great Depression.
I sought to find a reason, asking myself « why would I have black blood pouring... | 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... | 2018-08-04T11:29:17 | 2018-08-04T09:55:07 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | American efforts against ISIS had failed. ISIS had toppled local governments and taken them over. Claiming most of the Middle East. Many countries themselves had made agreements with ISIS in order to try to secure themselves so that they would not be toppled as well.
America was the last to stay in the fight, but Amer... | 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... | 2016-01-29T06:44:06 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 25 | 10 |
[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. | Part One
I got fired last week for the 9th time this year.
I don't always mean to run my mouth, but when I do, it sprints. This time, it wasn't even my fault (initially, anyway); if only that dumb fucking Russian bartender would have kept his mouth shut. Oh well... No sense crying over spilled martinis.
It's not ha... | He watched, bored as people streamed in the bar, only stopping the ones underage, and occasionally a few just over to keep suspicions low. His kind was uncommon, and people
hunted for his power. It seemed like an odd thing to want, most just wanted it to make them feel *special*. At least, those that knew about it. Som... | 2017-09-01T22:06:04 | 2017-09-01T21:45:33 | 38 | 25 |
[WP] You're the captain of the first ship to go into Deep Space, however, your computer didn't awake you 11 years after parting but 184 years after it. You now find yourself in a abandoned and empty spaceship with no one else and only the Computer. To worsen it all: that Red Star is getting nearer | The maximum rating for the hypersleep capsules was 50 years. That much Reggie Housman remembered from his briefings at corporate, but really the engineers had told them 20 years was probably the longest anyone wanted to be in one without being revived.
"Otherwise you'll wish you were dead," chuckled one of the engine... | I remember the way she looked, her face, as we sat together for the last time. On the beach, the gentle breeze scattering her hair across my shoulders. We sat together, hands held, and gazed toward a technicolour sunset. Gentle orange faded through pink and turquoise ever downward to the horizon. The wind cooled, and w... | 2019-11-05T12:54:04 | 2019-11-05T11:27:25 | 118 | 28 |
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