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[WP] Dragons and cats have much in common. They are both carnivores, both love to curl up in the sun for a quick nap, and both twitch their tails in annoyance. Unlike cats, dragons don't meow to get your attention, they just pick you up and carry you away - regardless of what your doing at the time. | A teardrop fell onto the parchment, staining it, smudging the ink a little bit and skewing the lines of my sketch. A little bit of water for the waterfall, to make it seem real, like it always had in my dreams. In my head, the grey flowers were actually pink, a lovely pastel pink that caught light and smoothed it out. ... | Sara yawned. She yawned wide enough that her ears hurt for a few seconds after she was finished.
The sun was on it’s way to greet the horizon. The clouds were already starting to reflect the pink and oranges of the upcoming sunset, and the windows of the shops reflected the light directly into her eyes as she left t... | 2019-04-03T05:46:02 | 2019-04-03T05:43:02 | 134 | 49 |
[WP] Human civilization has fallen and, thousands of years later, rebuilt itself. In an attempt to better understand the ancient race, a team of archaeologists have discovered the Internet and are navigating it for the first time. Write their field notes. | "Oh video archives?"
"Looks so, it looks like its called 'you tube', what an odd name"
"lets see here... popular archives.... *hmmm*."
"this one looks like they watched it a lot, must be important."
"Alright, annotate this. First viewing of ancient archives is named, 'two girls, one cup'. And Begin" | Day 1
We have found an odd chamber. There appears to be multiple pillars aligned in perfect rows. Could this be a religous chamber or a burial ground? Upon further inspection we have found on one wall of the chamber a row of levers with odd markings. We will have to decipher them as they are written in a very odd ... | 2014-11-06T06:31:57 | 2014-11-06T05:33:33 | 136 | 86 |
[WP] Humans never figured out how to travel faster than light, but immortality was not that hard after all. As a consequence, space travel is possible, but very boring. | I stood staring out the observation panel, trance-like with deep thought. The distant glow of a billion stars stared back, imperceptibly sliding by as my vessel traversed the great emptiness towards our ultimate destination. I sighed, exhaling slowly and savouring the feeling of my breath chilling my teeth as it passed... | "Unknown species send out probes all the time. That's gotta be what it is." Jim said with shaky confidence. *It could also be a planetary warhead* he thought, but he didn't see the point in mentioning that. Either way, this was not the ideal start to his barbeque.
The shuttle had landed right in the pool, and leg ext... | 2017-08-15T07:59:53 | 2017-08-15T06:56:06 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] The world biggest Casino now accepts remaining life time as a currency. | Sam Gamoni took stock of the situation. A few hours earlier the guy in the gray suit walked into the poker room as a healthy young man. What sat before him now was wizened and weak... scared... desperate.
As pit boss it was Sam's job to prevent situations like this. Nobody wanted to see people throw their life away, i... | Written on my phone so sorry for typos.
The skin on her trembling wrists stretched taut as she placed delicate luminous chips on the table. "Thirteen, black", she said. Her voice shivered as the words came, from excitement or age the dealer could not tell.
The man beside her spoke gently, "don't do this grandma. You ... | 2014-12-13T11:10:05 | 2014-12-13T10:55:03 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] There is a hiccup in the Force which causes Mace Windu to randomly change into a different Samuel L Jackson Character. | "Yoda!"
Mace, looked out the window upon the approaching spaceship. It matched the description of the one used by General Grievous, last spotted by spies in the outer rim.
"What, I ask?"
*Every time*, Mace thought. The Jedi master was a great teacher, but he was constantly wanting answers and explanations.
"Where... | Palpatine lay against the sill of the shattered window, defeated. Windu stood over him, lightsaber in hand.
"You are under arrest, my lord."
Just then, Anakin came running into the room. Palpatine wheezed, "Anakin, I told you it would come to this! The Jedi plot to destroy us!"
Anakin started to speak, but Windu tur... | 2017-05-09T10:48:45 | 2017-05-09T10:08:48 | 35 | 19 |
[WP] Hi! I'm the main character! Or so you would have me be. I want you to know that no matter what you write, I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so.
Edit: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone so far who's written a s... | The four adventurers arrived in the tavern after their long trek back from Lich's castle. Surrounding them was a cacophony of drunken patrons. Finally they could rest. Before they could even take their seat, they were accosted by a dishevelled elderly man draped in old rotten robes.
_Hello there young travellers. Migh... | The cars collide together, screeching and wailing as their tires skid and burn against the asphalt road. Glass scatters like falling hail, spraying out in the direction of pedestrians who shriek as they run to dodge the massive vehicles. As if on cue, in some metal framed synchronised dance, two more cars join. They sp... | 2016-02-11T09:14:08 | 2016-02-11T08:35:27 | 248 | 26 |
[WP] Everyone is born with their greatest enemies name on one wrist and their greatest love on the other | I thought it must have been some kind of genetic error, a birth defect.
Apart from my parents, nobody had ever seen the life long branding on my wrists. I had exercised my right to keep them covered from the moment I was old enough to sign the blue document allowing me not to show them.
For some, it was essential th... | Or so we all assumed. To be honest, it was...sort of hard to tell. We were, all of us, born with these markings on our wrists. Script of *some* kind was the conclusion the Greeks came to thousands of years before, and no one since had had any better ideas.
The knowledge that the script represented your greatest lover... | 2016-08-15T14:58:03 | 2016-08-15T14:15:28 | 49 | 10 |
[WP] [NSFW] Describe the moments before a school shooting but constantly alternate perspectives between the victims and the assailant. We have no idea who the shooter is until the end. Begin in media res. | x Why hasn't she ever noticed me?
o Why won't she stop staring?
x I wonder if anybody else feels as crazy as I do.
o Am I prepared?
x Beating harder than I thought...
o Might be easier than expected...
x One
o Step
x At
o A
x Time...
o Here goes nothing...
x I can't do this.
o Time to finally quit being ... | "All students do not be alarmed. We will take down the assailant as soon as possible." A woman on the intercom said.
I'm not ready, I'm not ready for what's coming. I just want to do something with this life. I've spent 16 years for a life that hasn't amounted to anything; no college, no girlfriend, no money. I physic... | 2014-06-26T14:06:51 | 2014-06-26T13:59:24 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | 4/7/29: (69corvetteguy) WTB: 69 Stingray Corvette. 30k. Good condition, black or blue, 80k miles or less.
6/12/29 (69corvetteguy) WTB: 4WD anything. Can trade stingray corvette - good engine, quick and reliable. Good for anyone looking to risk the city. I gotta get out into the country.
6/24/29 (69corvetteguy) WTB: G... | *Newest in >for sale*
Jan 23: Sports Betting, See how easy it can be to be a winner. books & magazines - by dealer [x]
Jan 25: Between Fact and Fiction, Helping you understand the real life problems and removing the anxiety over the fictional.
Feb 23: Communication Breakdown Unleashed (MRR), When you and your... | 2015-04-29T10:11:32 | 2015-04-29T09:07:02 | 86 | 15 |
[WP]World Governments have been lying to the people, but about something that is largely inconsequential. | Every English Lit textbook has the same error. These days, it's a mixture of persistent plagiarism and mistaken common knowledge. The truth disappeared over two centuries ago at the command of the secret societies. From the Illuminati to the hole in the wall political rabble rousers, every last brilliant mind peeeed in... | "welcome Mr. president" a voice said
newly elected president of the United stated Charles Brumei sat up from the chairs he was in. he began to stand up until he realized he was tied down he was in a small room kind of like the kind you hold mental prisoners in
"what the hell, do you know who I am" charles stated
"we ... | 2015-04-08T14:22:34 | 2015-04-08T14:20:28 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] Your family is known for only producing geniuses or idiots. The jury is still out on you, but it's generating plenty of interest. | My eldest sister Katherine Jepsen was just named the youngest ever appointee to the Supreme Court of the United States of America. She graduated from Harvard Law several years early and had spent the intervening years righting wrongs and correcting injustices in wrongful convictions across the country. She is as brilli... | The eighteenth birthday of a member of the Duffy clan is a peculiar one. For the first half, at least. The greatest mathematicians, engineers, poets, politicians, gathered in your mum's cooped-up country house, peering expectantly over your breakfast table. Today is the day the Duffy genii either claim you as their own... | 2019-08-03T11:54:31 | 2019-08-03T08:52:41 | 60 | 17 |
[WP] An unassuming school janitor, is in fact an incredibly powerful but reformed dark magic user who chose a humbler life after the Hero defeated and spared them; except today is different: today the magic academy is undersiege by the BBEG, their former boss. | The letter sat opened on small rickety table in front of me. It was a standard letter of "no" containing words like "we appreciate your interest" and "pursuing other options at this time." I sighed and leaned back in my only chair in the dingy basement. Fired. From the Darkness Unleashed. Not evil enough. Well, I... | The man pushed the trash can forward, nodding at the student passing by who failed to notice the tendril of shadow snaking towards her.
The tendril flicked the scrap of paper the student had dropped into the air, and it landed squarely in the moving trash can.
Zair, practicing warlock and now janitor of the King’s Pa... | 2020-09-06T08:43:33 | 2020-09-06T07:49:42 | 138 | 63 |
[WP] After thousands of years on a generation ship sent out to colonize the universe, nobody alive on board the ship believes in the "myth" of Planet Earth anymore. Until they receive the first transmission from Earth in hundreds of years... | "...schrfwwww..."
"What? Eristos, what the kak is it saying?"
"...njaaxchrr..."
"Amplifying signal, sir. Klarentine, are you feeding each loop to the PIE?"
"Yes. 12 cycles so far. We should get clarity soon."
"I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. Earth. Gaia. Right out of a fairy tale."... | No one knew what the buzzer meant when it went off. A high pitched, whining sound droned from the command center, seemingly echoing through every hallway on the ship. We quickly scrambled to decode the sound, a dozen people were assigned to this task force. We scoured every page of the manuals, both end user and servic... | 2018-08-28T09:35:19 | 2018-08-28T09:35:09 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Every person in the world undergoes a "goodness" test. It's designed to give a score from 1 to 200, where 1 is pure evil, and 200 is an angel in human body. Then the world is divided into 200 zones, where people can live among their own kind. | The system wasn't perfect - no system ever is - nor was it impermeable. The proof was sitting opposite me, wearing a bright white suit and sweating. Mr Male Pattern Baldness here was clearly not at home here - his perfect clothing, his flawless face, his slicked back hair, none of them made any sense in this joint, bet... | I've heard stories of how, long ago, people of all types were allowed to live together, a place where people with a goodness score of 1 were allowed to live in the same places as people with goodness scores of 200.
Of course, this world stopped existing after a team of scientist invented the perfect way to test someo... | 2016-08-26T14:16:43 | 2016-08-26T10:59:35 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] You’ve just died and you awaken within a courtroom. The Angel of Death walks in as a voice booms” What you are witnessing is real. The participants are not actors. They are actual litigants whose sins will be reviewed now. Their fates will be decided here in Death’s forum: The People's Court.” | "Oh for the love of..." Picard muttered, recognising the courtroom he had been in at least three times now.
"MON CAPITAN!" came the harmonious voice of Q, his flamboyant form floating gayly above on a hovering chair. "The time has finally come to answer for your-"
Picard sighed. "No."
Q flinched. Almost invisible, b... | "So Mr Jones, what do you have to say for yourself?"
"What do you mean? I don't even know what is going on. Am I dreaming?"
"Mr Jones, you were walking to work, is that correct?"
"Yes."
"Yes _Your Honour_."
"Yes your Honour" Mr Jones shifted on either foot.
"You saw a couple of cats"
Jones nodded
"A few school... | 2018-06-16T17:11:12 | 2018-06-16T16:23:14 | 223 | 119 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | There are thousands of stories of the great heroes of our time, stories meant to inspire the children despite their anima. It is believed that no anima was inferior to another, no anima was stronger or weaker, and so we tell stories of of both Regar the Lion, who came from a farming village and went to conquer 40 kingd... | Some call it a gift from the Spirit of the Earth or God or whoever is out there. This animal shaped stain on everyone's skin one of which can grant the attributes and behavior of whatever it resembled. My father has the mark of a Wild boar on his back he is stubborn, strong and smart. My Mother has a hawk on her should... | 2017-11-08T05:57:15 | 2017-11-08T05:42:07 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | Over the years I've come to interpret the colors I see around people. I once tried to describe it to someone and they told me it,was their "Aura," but every description of an aura has multiple colors. I only see one, and each color is a different kind of death.
There's your common red, something to do with the heart m... | For years we had been blissfully happy, Robin and I, 7 years to be exact. since the day I met her she had the same cause of death hanging above her head, Alzheimer’s, as did I. I was content to know that we would both live long lives.
Today Robin’s cause of death changed, six months into her pregnancy it was **our ba... | 2015-03-31T09:00:41 | 2015-03-31T08:46:40 | 22 | 14 |
[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 David,
So many things have happened since you left. As you know, dad is gone too. Mom hasn't handled losing you or dad very well. Ok, that's putting it mildly. Mom has lost her shit and gone off the deep end. You wouldn't believe the difference. Drugs. Alcohol. Living with an addict thy she has professed her undy... | Dear you,
I've always meant to write this letter to you, but I was never able to really put it all together. We've gone through a lot together, to say the least.
I guess I just wanted to say thank you, for everything. For your generosity, for your openness, your pride, your confidence. I truly admire you as a person... | 2015-12-05T16:20:18 | 2015-12-05T15:18:49 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] It's your birthday. You have never been excited for it but this year is different. You are turning 32. This was the date your father said you could open the box he left you in his will. The probate lawyer that was in charge of your fathers will is dropping off the box today. | I stood on the doorstep, watching the lawyer walk up from his immaculately polished Mercedes-Benz. The guy always had a knack for showing off.
"Good morning, and Happy Birthday." he stated plainly. If he wasn't making his hourly charge for something, he was terse. Efficient and shrewd, just like his ex-golfing buddy, ... | My 32nd birthday was due to fall on a Thursday. I've never chosen to treat birthdays as different to any other days before now, but this was special. I booked a day off work and gave the coworkers noncommital answers when they asked me if I had any plans. I put on make up I don't usually wear, put on a new outfit I'd b... | 2022-12-12T14:14:37 | 2022-12-12T14:03:44 | 76 | 31 |
[WP] You're a supervillain with a superhero as your arch-nemesis. When they come out to the world about their depression and mental health, others call them weak and there is backlash. You, however, are the first one to support them publicly. | *'Raven Star: beloved hero throws the towel!'*
*'Raven Star, burn out, and the new public health crisis'*
*'Superhero admits to mental issues, triggers outrage'*
*'Concerned citizens protest against mentally ill superhero'*
*'Is this the end of Raven Star?'*
The headline of the year. No matter where Lang went, he ... | „Damn, I‘ve never done one of those before.“ I mumble, while I straighten my tie for the what had to
Be 15th time. „At least…officially.“ I chuckled.
The door opened and my secretary, Claire, looked in. „They are ready for you, Mr. Noir.“ I nodded gratefully. That woman was truly a blessing. Without her my whole evil... | 2022-06-21T11:48:22 | 2022-06-21T10:42:29 | 80 | 34 |
[WP] A fleet of alien ships has appeared in orbit. The aliens say they can end world hunger and disease. In return, they want one hundred million volunteers for their army. | "Sir.. they said they can end world hunger and disease.. but they want 100 million volunteers for their army.." Nigel looked worried, he knew his Commander wasn't known for his compassion. The Commander paused and thought for a moment. He leaned back in his chair and chuckled. Nigel let out a nervous giggle.. he should... | From the sidelines, we watched as 100 million of our own walked into uncharted territory.
All across the planet, at the capital of each nation, the aliens had dropped large metallic archways. Upon landing on the earth, they began to glow with an ominous light, forming doorways to an opened universe.
*100 million vo... | 2020-07-22T09:52:28 | 2020-07-22T08:53:14 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] You're a murder victim for hire. As an immortal masochist, no job could suit you better. You're happy to substitute for assassination targets, disgruntled lovers, and would be serial victims. Until one day, strapped to a serial killer's table, they lean in and say, "Have we met before?"
[removed] | The blade lowered to just below his abdomen, spinning menacingly. Jeff was positively delighted, though he tried his best to not show it.
"Oh no, please don't kill me, oh no," he said, keenly aware that he wasn't quite selling it. The serial killer glanced at him, distracted from his work.
"Could you be quiet?" the... | "You sometimes get too caught up. It's the name of the job. Playing a role of a murder victim can get exhausting. I don't really know how to explain it. I enjoy the blood. I never die, but I experience the killing. There is a certain thrill I guess. It get's boring though, all superficial and nothing deeper than the cr... | 2018-11-22T01:51:04 | 2018-11-22T01:40:01 | 251 | 30 |
[WP] You time travel 1000 years into the future to discover there is only one country. Canada. | Chris couldn't believe his eyes. *It worked,* he thought. His initial anxiety slowly turned into cautious optimism as he stepped out of his makeshift time-machine. They all told him it couldn't be done. They told him even if time travel were possible, his stupid machine crafted from a Real Doll with a toaster in it... |
“So this is it Jason, you’re likely our last hope. You have only four hours to find out how our country resolved the three major crisis before you will be brought back to us and we put the resolutions into immediate effect”.
“Yes sir, Mr. President. I’ll do our country proud”.
“I’m sure you will son. I’m sure you wi... | 2016-10-09T00:14:51 | 2016-10-08T23:49:38 | 512 | 39 |
[WP]: The most sought woman in the town has announced that she will marry whoever can open her door with the key around her cats neck. Many have tried to catch, trap and hunt down the cat, who always escapes. You are the first to figure out they've all been doing this all wrong. | People rarely consider the consequences of the rules they set. In India, the British government was concerned about the number of cobras, so they offered a bounty for every dead cobra. What they didn't anticipate was that people would breed cobras, then kill them for the bounty.
Once the British figured out the s... | I never understood why everyone in the village chased after Anna.
Sure. She was kind, in her mid twenties, never had a serious relationship before, gorgeous, outgoing, bubbly, sweet, courageous, honest, forgiving-
I'm starting to see it now
Being in love with Anna seemed to be a thing for all the men in town. In ... | 2019-05-01T16:58:21 | 2019-05-01T16:43:34 | 85 | 58 |
[WP] Make the saddest love story without involving any deaths, breakups, or separations. | I loved her. More than words could describe. We’d always been there for each other. We still are. I don’t know that she loves me anymore, but she’s still there for me. The emptiness I see in her eyes when I tell her I love her. The sadness I see as she gazes back to me…then it’s gone. The girl I fell in love with in hi... | Hugh never asked to be this way. He never asked to be brought into the world, and he never specified any conditions that ought be the case should it be that he was. He never understood quite why that came as a shock to some people.
Not everyone, obviously; some could accommodate his deformity remarkably well. It was t... | 2021-11-06T23:59:39 | 2014-06-23T08:58:48 | 123 | 14 |
[WP] When you sleep, instead of dreaming, you see a list of tips and tricks that will help you the next day. One night, you only see one tip, “Always aim for the head”. | Eyelashes crusted, his hand came up and brushed hard, then relaxed, as the tiny rough spheres rolled in fits down his face. Letters, then words, came seemingly out of nowhere, out of his subconscious to the forefront of his mind: "Always aim for the head". He knew words that came to him this way were always accurate, ... | Just another Saturday morning, sleeping in until nine o’clock then “Aim for the head”....
Now what in the world is this about, don’t own a gun, hell I don’t even own a bow or even a single arrow.
Well, next is taking the dog for her walk, about a one mile walk to start the day. Nothing unusual, the standard pee and pic... | 2018-11-20T18:00:02 | 2018-11-20T15:58:54 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You are Internet Explorer trying to muster up the courage to ask to be the default browser on someone's new computer after years of being denied. | "I'm not a bad browser."
"I didn't say you were."
"You're hovering."
"What?"
"You're hovering over the Chrome button."
"Oh, my mistake."
"Whatever, you and everybody else."
"What do they have to do with this?"
"You don't know what it's like."
"I'm not a computer program."
"Exactly."
"Okay, then--"
"Wait. Wh... | Hi there... I uh,
I noticed you're wearing your favorite blue shirt today and I...I couldn't help but ask if...maybe you'd like to match with me.
See my sky blue logo there ? It's the little e with the ring around it. I can help you explore. It'll be you and me. You and me, pal. Buddy old pal. I can almost feel you c... | 2016-12-27T07:01:44 | 2016-12-27T02:32:21 | 72 | 12 |
[WP] YOU CANNOT DIE, no matter what, for the first 65 years of your life. AFTER THAT you're completely mortal. This is the first morning after your 65th birthday... | I shouldered my rifle as the APC rolled to a stop.
"Happy birthday cap" Jimmison smiled as the doors burst open and he followed America's oldest soldier into battle.
The immortality had been handy, saved a lot of lives, ended a lot of bad ones... but I never told him that today it was over. Today might be the last ... | I woke up in the same hospital bed I'd been occupying for the last 23 years. My numerous scars and gouges greeted me with a sore welcome. I had done such amazing things with my life prior to this. The feds had covered all my medical expense for my service to them for so long. The injuries I sustained during my duty are... | 2014-12-24T13:02:14 | 2014-12-24T11:45:17 | 78 | 15 |
[WP] "I WILL NOT LISTEN TO THIS ANY LONGER" "But Your Majesty, the prophe-" "You want me to send a GODDAMN TEENAGER TO FIGHT WHEN WE HAVE TRAINED SOLDIERS" | "You want me to send... a child. A literal, actual, child?" The king shook his head. "My predecessor may have been fond of child soldiers, master prophet, but I am not."
"But surely, surely you cannot allow the entire kingdom to fall? The prophecy-"
"DAMN THE PROPHECY! We walked away from that cursed place, we chose ... | \[Keys to Questing\]
"Damnit...," Keys sighed at the king's outburst. He was the chosen one; but, it seemed the king was hesitant about letting him do his job. After a moment's consideration, he decided to stay and try to convince the king himself.
"Your highness, I'm not an average teenager," Keys stepped cl... | 2022-10-28T15:24:51 | 2022-10-28T08:48:41 | 127 | 42 |
[WP] To accelerate scientific advancement, the world agrees on a “decade of justified means“ - meaning, as long as you are producing results, you won't get punished for unethical behaviour when designing your experiments. | Year 1: Day 1
I knew when we started that it was wrong. All wrong. I knew the very instant that I signed the dotted line and leased the buildings, the lab space, the machines. When I cashed the check and transferred the money to the relevant accounts, I fought back my nausea. When they told me that I could do it, I ha... | The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.
I've heard this phrase repeated, in every way imaginable, since I was a young child. An idea that has existed for ages but only really taken seriously in recent history.
It was an idea I really took to heart. Even as a child I would sacrifice my conveniences if i... | 2015-12-18T09:31:23 | 2015-12-18T08:36:09 | 74 | 34 |
[WP] Every country has ninjas but the world only knows about Japan's because theirs suck.
Edit: mum im famous | We all knew Trump's Mexican border wall wouldn't solve all America's immigration problems---but only I knew why.
On my stake-outs in the deserts of Arizona and Texas, I could sometimes see them practicing. They leapt so high that the moon was eclipsed by their wide-brimmed sombreros. They grabbed its fabric in both ha... | Ninja have been dead for centuries. That's what everyone out in the sunlight believes, and we make sure it remains that way to this day.
Ninja have been evolving in the 21st century. They're becoming skilled in more than just the arts of stealth and combat. Cyber warfare is huge, and we have all of the data.
Russian,... | 2022-08-20T02:51:59 | 2017-11-16T08:29:58 | 509 | 41 |
[WP] You've had a dashcam for years. One day you get into an accident and play it back. You hear another voice in ALL of the recordings talking to you that you've never heard before. | "You just carry on every day like nothing happened, and I'm stuck here waiting in this ridiculous fucking car.
I paused the video, my breath catching in my chest. I'd listened to this a dozen or so times now, turning the volume up and down, tweaking the audio settings here and there, trying to make out what sounded li... | There’s one thing Johnny loves, and it’s his car. Right now, it’s laying in a ditch, flipped over and leaking smoke. The side of it’s completely ripped apart, shredded by another vehicle, and all the windows are shattered. It won’t be easy to salvage, and while he should call the cops, he ain’t that kinda guy.
He tak... | 2018-10-05T08:22:54 | 2018-10-05T08:21:47 | 1,001 | 197 |
[WP] Tired of attacks from bandits, a small village has decided to pay the local dragon for protection. | I slowly rise from my slumbers, pleasant dreams replaced by waking consciousness. I try to stave off the inevitable, curled in a ball on my bed of soft mosses and sand but it seems like I can't fall back asleep. Instead I uncurl and stretch from my tail to my head, tail slowly laying straight and wings unfurling. I yaw... | Fed up with the constant attacks to their village, the villagers assembled at Lord Draken's mansion, the most feared man in the North.
His guards led a group of the elders to the Lord’s chambers while the other villagers waited outside. The lord’s face looked unlike any other human, His face appeared scaly, his teeth ... | 2017-05-08T09:51:26 | 2017-05-08T07:46:59 | 56 | 35 |
[WP] "You shall fall dead on the day of your first child's birth!" Was the curse that young, inexperienced witch put on you. Little did she realize that, to an asexual like yourself, she'd essentially given you immortality. Every year, on the anniversary of your curse, she tries to "fix" things. | There was a cackle outside and three sharp knocks on the door. I almost lept out of my comfy spot on the couch and double checked that I'd lit all the right candles. Did I have the right songs in the queue? Was- whatever. She was at the door and I had to answer before she blew it off it's hinges again.
"Hey," I greet... | It's weird having a witch play cupid for you; but ever since I was cursed, I have had my very own matchmaker trying to find the perfect woman for me. I think I need to go back in time to the moment that I was first cursed. It was the turn of the century and I was an arrogant man of 22. Tall, blonde, broad shouldered; w... | 2021-11-09T14:03:16 | 2021-11-09T10:00:12 | 2,109 | 176 |
[WP] When offered one wish, you jokingly said that you want to fire proof. You are disappointed to discover that fire still burns you. When you accidentally lit the company breakroom on fire, your boss just laughed it off and you began your new career as the person who can't be fired, ever. | On second thought, I should have been suspicious when the genie had laughed after granting my wish. Initially, it seemed like he was just happy, but I'll be damned if I appreciated his mirth when the flame burned the crap out of my index finger.
I threw the match aside as the blister, clearly a nasty one to come, bega... | I started my day by strutting into the office wearing the most ridiculous outfit I could find. Khaki shorts with knee-length leotard socks, a hawaian tee and flip-flops that kept click-clacking on the linoleum floor. My colleagues kept throwing me irritated glances, and I could hear whispers between some of them.
Kar... | 2019-03-01T12:49:14 | 2019-03-01T12:31:57 | 5,051 | 37 |
[WP] "Die scum!I will avenge my brother!" the silver knight yells. "Your brother killed my father, i will avenge him in his place bastard!" the gold knight retorts. "What do you mean? your father stole our land!" replies the silver knight. Just how far has this cycle been going on for? | “Die imperial scum!” The Silver Knight screams, clashing swords with his enemy, “I shall avenge my brother!”
“Hold your tongue, savage,” The Gold Knight retorted, his stance full of bloodlust. “That simpleton slit my father’s throat at midnight. Merely executed for his crimes. Cowardly, like all your kind!”
“So what?... | "Die scum!I will avenge my brother!" the silver knight yells.
"Your brother killed my father, I will avenge him in his place bastard!" the golden knight retorts.
"What do you mean? Your father stole our land!"replies the silver knight.
The duel had been going for well over an hour. As per the fair country's laws, ... | 2021-09-28T10:20:07 | 2021-09-28T09:51:51 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] You've been blind your entire life. A new surgery gives you sight, but when you finally open your eyes something horrible makes you wish you were blind again. | NOTE: I got away from the prompt; he doesn't see it right after opening his eyes, but a little later. I am aware of this.
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*"We'll miss you while you're gone," said Beth, my co-worker, a smile in her voice.*
*I grinned. "It's not like I'll be bed-ridden! Technology is great these days; I'll be up on my feet an... | For the first time ever, I drifted out of the darkness.
The darkness had been with me since the day I was born; I emerged into its gullet and it carried me helpless inside, the whale to my Jonah. When I slept, I fell deeper into the darkness still.
Not today. Today, I emerged.
My first sight was to be a hospital ro... | 2017-06-10T15:54:09 | 2017-06-10T15:07:41 | 123 | 57 |
[WP] "Captain... the human didn't put on it's anti-warp gear before we jumped." "Sad to hear, prepare the coffin and jettison it." "No, sir. The human... nothing's happened to it. It didn't go insane from seeing infinity in the stars." | The crew stared at their newest crew member. It was risky taking a human on board when the species was so new to the universe.
“You were instructed to wear your anti-warp gear,” Second admonished.
“Yeah, I tried but I didn’t really fit. I think I’m supposed to have tentacles,” Bradford said.
“You saw the infinity ... | Both Captain Zula and systems engineer Wuolloki stood in silence, contemplating the magnitude of what they had just said and heard.
"Bring me the human," the Captain ordered. Wuolloki saluted curtly, turned, and left the room.
Captain Zula was rubbing her head now. She moved over to her secret stash of alcohol, wonde... | 2020-07-14T02:58:11 | 2020-07-13T23:19:17 | 381 | 186 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends his Christmas letter to Satan. Satan is touched by this gesture and decides to write back. | Dear Timothy.
I've gotten the list of things you've asked for.
I assure you I am very capable of bringing your dog back. Just as well, I can stop the teasing and jeering of your elder sister.
I was informed as to what a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" is, and I believe I can acquire that as well.
However, I'm not cert... |  
Dear Timmy,
 
I've never employed Elvis, nor does it rain deer in the 'Ark Tick' (wherever that is). For future reference, Santa doesn't exist and I've already set plans in motion to have your dad fired on Christmas Eve, so expect a shabby impersonation at best. Also, a word of advice: don't spe... | 2018-10-28T10:04:46 | 2018-10-28T08:06:21 | 444 | 168 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | There is a human saying; to beat your plowshares into swords, your pruning shears into spears. Let the weak say "I am strong."
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Our research had missed old religious texts in our scanning of their culture, and how could we not. There was not real need to research archaic beliefs. The Sol Confederacy was e... | "So, how many casualties ?"
" We estimate between 1.5 and 2 billion sentients, my lord. The planet's biosphere so far seems to be holding well. It may need some repairing in the future, but nothing that we can't handle."
"A good start. Move our fleet to low orbit and begin deploying the hunter-warriors. I want them o... | 2019-02-26T10:12:21 | 2019-02-26T09:45:36 | 310 | 142 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | Hey Badger-La-"
"Dude, its Fred."
"Fred, whats up with her?" Alvin pointed to a pretty young girl sitting alone near the back of the cafeteria.
"Al, you're new here. Don't mess with her."
"Yeah, everyone says that. So, what's her deal?"
"That's Juri. She's normal."
"Normal?"
"Yeah Al, normal."
"What's that ev... | As i walk, I see everyone trembling in my fear.
I still remember when I was weak. When i was a little child made of flesh. Since that single time I was bullied, for my weak mind and body, my mind began to wonder, if I could be just like them, alle to do something since birth. But when I realized that it was not possi... | 2022-11-02T13:27:39 | 2022-11-02T13:05:43 | 43 | 22 |
[WP] God is tired of being the topic of every other writing prompt. He assembles a team of /r/writingprompts favorites like batman and hitler to stop bad prompts once and for all. | "It's not working!" A frustrated voice calls from across the busy computer room.
"What do you mean? Haven't you got any good ideas?" God asked as he paced across the room.
"I'm doing my best. But it's not getting any attention. One, maybe two upvotes."
"Jesus christ, Adolf, you know the strings I had to pull to ge... | He sits at the keyboard, eyes and fingers blazing with incredulity at the popularity of the posts in front of him. Framed Ira Glass quote hung on the wall reading:
>“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
An... | 2015-10-20T09:51:43 | 2015-10-20T07:09:48 | 584 | 39 |
[WP] One morning, you wake up in a parallel universe. Nearly everything is exactly the same, and you go on with your life, unaware, for quite a while until you start noticing the horrifying differences. | "Oh my god," I said, clutching the dusty, plastic-wrapped book in both hands. "This is -" I looked over to Kirsten. "I must be in a parallel universe! This can't be right. The Berenstain Bears-?"
"Oh fuck off," Kirsten said instantly.
"No, I'm serious," I said, staring at the unfamiliar book cover. "I'm sure I would... | "What do you mean Harambe is dead!?" I screamed, tears streaming down my face as I angrily shouted at the man in front of me.
"Not this again..." he muttered, as he pushed me out of the enclosure. "Look, we've had it with you and you memers always coming up to this zoo and making a joke out of this, can you just leave... | 2016-09-03T07:37:58 | 2016-09-03T06:55:58 | 141 | 59 |
[WP] There's a good reason that savage and terrifying monsters live in bedrooms of small children. The children need protecting. | "So who's my next assignment?" Netherclaws asked as he stepped into Mr Closet's office. His giant feet brushed against the velvet carpet, enjoying the sensation from the soft fibers. He always enjoyed visiting Mr Closet's office, its chandeliers, grand oak furniture and a fireplace that was forever burning was a far cr... | Muffled voices grow louder as Xanthu waits in the darkness. *It's happening again.* He sighs quietly under the mattress. He is glad that he is here, but sad that he has to be.
Blue muscular arms appear from under the bed. A grunt of exertion can be heard as Xanthu pulls himself into the open. The voices bleeding thro... | 2017-04-25T18:56:01 | 2017-04-25T18:35:45 | 240 | 104 |
[WP] When humans die, their ghosts are anchored to the place of their death, but are unaffected by planetary orbit or rotation, left behind as Earth and the galaxy rotate. Metaphysical archaeologists are tracking this trail of spirits across the stars, seeking the ghost of the first human. | I am in love with a ghost that I see once every year, for the briefest glimpse of a second.
Sometimes, a whiff of her perfume lingers in the air a moment longer than her.
Or the echo of a word drifts by me long after she has gone.
Sometimes she mourns for herself, but mostly it is for her children.
And the feelin... | “Come down here, Bobbie! I think I found him!”
My assistant, Tommy, was one of the original boys who cried wolf, but I had to go down into the cave in the middle of nowhere Israel to figure out if this was in fact true. I finagled my way down the cave until I was crawling on the ground for a few seconds to reach up ... | 2019-01-08T03:55:13 | 2019-01-08T02:19:57 | 262 | 95 |
[WP]The entire human population are put into induced comas in underground facilities. You don't dream or age. Today is "The Awakening" and humans will walk the Earth for the first time in 25 years. The doors open and you take your first step into the world you used to call home. | The lights came on in stages. For decades what had resided in darkness became illumined, the floodlights stepping through the long tunnels. The generators whirred at a higher pitch now that the Slumber was over.
It took a month of slow recuperation within the pods while consciousness seeped back into the people, their... | We trusted it to the machines.
By the time we left it to them, the Earth was faulty, sparking from clouds and billowing smoke.
Civilisation rattled on, but everything produced, every man and animal was broken. They were going to fix it, our clean and polished mechanics. They waved and smiled us away, tucked us in wh... | 2015-04-23T05:44:19 | 2015-04-23T04:06:42 | 132 | 56 |
[WP] Write a Hunger Games styled story, except instead of telling it from the viewpoint of the final survivor, tell it from the perspective of the next to die, changing viewpoints until you get to the last one standing. | "Everyone loooves the whole *Battle Royale* thing right now, huh," Benjie said.
The mouse faced girl sniffed, "I don't."
"Right well, obviously...Neither do I...."
Benjie smiled awkwardly and backed away. As far as he could tell, this wasn't about class war or whatever like the *real* hunger games....just a way for ... | The gates burst open, I ran to the middle. As I got closer and closer I knew what I had to do. The spear was right there. I reached my hand out, so close...
I almost had it..... my fingers could feel the cold steel touch. If I could only grasp it.....
Wait. What’s that sound? A slow whirr, buzzing through the air. I c... | 2019-02-16T16:22:16 | 2019-02-16T15:56:07 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] You have the ability to reverse time by 6 hours whenever you're about to die. You're currently on a 10 hour flight on a plane that's about to crash. | "check the passenger manifest, see if we've got a doctor on board"
I was hyperventilating, or at least giving the impression I was whilst intermittently saying "please help", the calm reassurance of the stewardess that I would be fine gave me pangs of guilt which I found myself bemused at due to the reason I was commi... | The plane shook violently, as the pilot announced that we were flying through turbulence. Followed by a long silence, I felt a sudden drop. Then I passed out.
Oh. This happens again.
I woke up, as the stewardess approached me. She asked me if I needed anything, and I politely refused. I glanced at the overhead screen... | 2016-06-05T05:40:59 | 2016-06-05T04:45:34 | 77 | 24 |
[WP] Scientists have discovered the secret to eternal life in the bones of a certain dinosaur. The rich flock to labs to have the substance injected into their bloodstreams. After a while, people start to ask the question, "If these dinosaurs had the secret to immortality, how did they die?" |
When "The Process" was first unveiled people were skeptical. A doctor had accidentally been working with CRISPR and thanks to a friend in paleontology had started to wonder what would happen if he spliced some dinosaur DNA with a mouse. The results were shocking. It took 10 years afterwards before the doctor even f... | "Rocks," said the janitor.
The scientists, who had been hotly debating why the antithantic serum they had extracted from the dinosaurs' bones hadn't made the dinosaurs themselves effectively immortal as it did humans, all turned to glare at him.
"Rocks," one scoffed.
"Rocks from space," he said.
"It's the purificat... | 2019-06-12T01:45:30 | 2019-06-12T00:51:06 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | I stormed back into my car as my staff were carried away by ambulances. I would wait there until the police investigation on my store would finish, so I could finish closing up for the day. *Those bastards..* I didn't know what happened, only caught the tail end of it. I was coming back from my break when I saw that fu... | *This time* it had to work. It couldn't be like that time the duct tape broke in the torture chamber, releasing the bar that kept Doctor KingKitty from morphing into her feline form and escaping. Or like the time my blaster cannon had no ammo while I finally had WhipWorm in the scope. And most certainly never like the ... | 2022-11-28T19:43:40 | 2022-11-28T14:15:34 | 39 | 18 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse is much different than you had imagined. Instead of moaning "braaaaaiiinnnss" and clumsily shambling along, your infected daughter is crying on the other side of your locked door, begging to be let in. | "Please, you must open the door or they will come for me"
I could hear her crying and with a sincere sound of panic in her voice.
I had seen a bite mark, hadn't I?
She started bashing on the door, yelling that they were getting closer and she would die if you didn't let her in.
My tears started rolling down my cheek,... |
((Some mild violence and dark themes, kinda new to this so I hope I did it right))
I had always been a zombie buff, everything Walking Dead and Max Brooks I was all over it. Little did I know the real zombie Apocalypse was just around the corner and it…the books the TV shows don’t prepare you for of being real for ... | 2018-09-06T17:04:49 | 2018-09-06T15:42:34 | 52 | 23 |
[WP] Every game you play gradually turns into Minesweeper, and it's getting pretty annoying. | Surely the newest COD game won't turn into minesweeper. Candy Crush, I can understand. Solitaire even made a bit of sense once I though about. But not COD.,. good ol' faithful COD. I fire up COD and load into multiplayer.
The first map plays normally. It's the week after Christmas and all the scrubs are out. Unfortuna... | After they banned home entertainment in 20XX, we had to resort to public forums situated in government-regulated internet clubs. All activity monitored. All discussions -- recorded. Sure, there were the benefits, I imagine. People less committed to trying to be anonymous butts to one another -- favouring instead to a m... | 2018-01-02T09:06:22 | 2018-01-02T09:05:55 | 33 | 24 |
[WP] The beautiful Vampire Queen is trying to bewitch and charm the brave knight. Luckily for us, our hero happens to be gay. | "Come closer, knight," Queen Revina whispered as Sir Calvin broke through her door.
She flung her thick fur coat to the floor, revealing her naked body gleaming in the moonlight. She waited for him to freeze, to stare, to lose track of what he was doing. Instead, he kept coming, wielding two sharp stakes.
"What's wr... | Her black hair hung down across her torso and concealed her breasts; she looked no older than twenty, with skin as white as milk-flower and eyes as gold as liquid amber.
He didn't notice. He walked up to the throne, which stood in the center of a dreary stone hall in the Queen's castle.
"Ah, Sir Axel," the Queen pur... | 2016-03-31T08:13:20 | 2016-03-31T08:01:42 | 165 | 61 |
[WP] Tell us the story of a nuclear war on earth, as told by the astronauts on the International Space Station. | I turned on the radio and floated over to the window, watching the giant sphere of blue, green, and grey slowly turn. The silence was clingy, disgusting, almost palpable. I wanted it gone. After a few seconds her voice buzzed through the static.
“Bill?”
“I’m here, Cath.”
“The command has already briefed you, right?”... | Day 12: I finished another chapter of the book I'm reading, at this point, I feel confident that I know who the killer is (I mean, it has to be the florist, right?). Also, I never thought I'd say this but seeing the earth from space has almost lost its allure at his point, like how you're no longer amazed when looking ... | 2017-08-18T10:03:04 | 2017-08-18T09:28:30 | 101 | 19 |
[WP] You are an Engineer who became a Wizard. Problem is, you discovered that some magic is practiced really inefficiently.
For example, no one thought to optimize fire magic by pressurizing the fire with wind magic. | "Malzago's Magic Mirror," I said, conjuring the little disc in my hands. "Is the fundamental basis of this spell. The mana strain of conjuring it is negligible, but more importantly, esteemed wizards, it is a *perfect reflector*. At all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum."
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The magus team sitting... | I stood across from thousands of wizards given one order - kill me. I didn’t take it personal, though. They wanted the kingdom, and I was standing in their way. Either I moved, they thought, or I’d be as good as dead. Same for me. Of course, they all knew I wasn’t going to move, and I the same for them. So this, like a... | 2019-04-26T07:00:22 | 2019-04-26T06:12:53 | 47 | 15 |
[WP] You're a paramedic. In fact, an immortal paramedic. Since you first treated a wounded soldier on the fields of the 30-years War, you didn't age and followed the development of "Emergency Medical Service". Your coworkers are astonished by your knowledge, but sometimes, you slip into old habits.. | From within the ambulance shed came yelling which was muffled but loud enough to bring nurses from the hospital adjacent. Several EMTs and a paramedic stood outside the building shaking their heads at the terrible noises coming from within. The nurses walked up with concerned looks on their faces.
“What’s happening,” ... | I grumble under my breath as I kneel beside my patient. He complains that he "can't breath". I quickly remind him that he wouldn't be able to speak with me, nor complain about an array of different issues if he couldn't breath.
I asses his positioning, he's very casual. Not bolt upright or in a tripod posture. His col... | 2019-01-05T15:35:45 | 2019-01-05T15:22:53 | 71 | 13 |
[WP] Everybody has a number on their heads that shows how many people they screwed over in their life.You've been a proud zero your whole life.One day you wake up and look at the mirror. You see 7.5 billion | "*Hello, thank you for calling LifeStats, please hold while we connect you to someone of assistance*"
"Hello this is Ana! How may I help you today?"
"Yes Hi, it appears that my stat has an error. It is showing 7.5 Billion?"
"Phew, looks like you screwed the entire planet there, haha, or are about to!"
"Haha... | I have always been proud of my number. Zero. I have never screwed anyone over. Never! Not once. At work I always stayed late and was sure to make sure that everything was perfect! Even going out of my way to do other people's work for them. When I go out, I hold doors for hours to make sure no one gets left out in the ... | 2018-01-21T20:00:12 | 2018-01-21T19:44:50 | 104 | 56 |
[WP] When the representatives of humanity attend their first Galactic Council meeting, all goes well. That is, until a member of a psionic race tries to read the human's minds and begins to scream. | It wasnt much to look at. Bare flesh, no scales or organic protection, little fur. It wasnt very large, nor was it small, like a swarming race. Unlike its fellows, it had none of the myriad of bioweapons normally associated with a creature of its caliber. Among spiked and venomous warriors, it stood out as small and fr... | The lone shriek pierced the silent council chambers, the Relovian was clutching at the sides of his rather bulbous head, trying to extract his mental probe from within the mind of Thomas "Raven Dark" McKinnon, tears welling up in it's multitudinous eyes. "What is Lord Prelanine?!" His aid begged as he struggled to help... | 2019-09-29T22:37:06 | 2019-09-29T21:57:42 | 50 | 35 |
[WP] You live in world with no colour, shades of black and white are all you know. A flower pops up in your backyard, you’re drawn to it, as you pick the flower from the ground, you see colour for the first time. For the first time you realize something is terribly wrong with your world. | There are shades.
None of us can be pure, though we must aspire to be. I have learned this lesson from the earliest days of my youth. I am a creature of grey, my soul caught twixt the poles of light and darkness. I am wicked, as all men are, and the shadow that haunts my steps is proof enough of that. Only when my sou... | I love my house. It's big and beautiful, with lots of rooms and the best housemates. Bart is the smart one, he makes all our meals. Beth is the quiet one, but she's always so nice to me. Brian is the annoying one, he usually tries to avoid me, but once or twice he'll stop for a chat.
I love my house. It's full of love... | 2021-01-21T00:55:14 | 2021-01-21T00:38:22 | 19 | 11 |
[Wp] you are a lonely old man who feeds raccoons every night because you are lonely. One night, just Before Sunset, a stranger invades your house, ties you up, and threatens to kill you. Suddenly, out of the corner of your eye, you see a pair of winkley yellow eyes at the window.
Edit: And now my highest rated post i... | Gordon pulled the note off the door, crumpled it up, and tossed it into the bushes. He knew what it said and who it was from. Missy Joyner - complaining about the raccoons again.
Too bad. It was his house and his life and his goddamn cat food. Besides, raccoons were just part of the cost of living in the suburbs...or... | Jonas was thinking about the raccoons when he heard the tinkle of glass, but then again he'd been thinking about the raccoons for most of the day now. It was funny, the things you got to doing once you got old, once most of your friends had gone off and died or disappeared into retirement homes or fretted themselves in... | 2016-10-30T21:34:50 | 2016-10-30T21:03:04 | 792 | 14 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | Andy, my friend who shared my name day was by my side.
Both of us are 18 now.
He gave me a small fist bump before he looked to the horizon and reached with his hand, reaching across lands and seas, oceans and the sky.
I followed his movment, reaching with my own hand, trying to grab my future.
Andy was first, a ri... | A sea of gasps wash over the howling wails of my ex-girlfriend's hysteric sobbing. The dull roll of murmurs slithering its way around the crowd soon followed. To be honest I was quite shocked myself. I did not expect this, I had some suspicion, maaaaybe. But this, even by my standards this was a bit much. I looked arou... | 2019-09-18T09:46:47 | 2019-09-18T09:06:29 | 61 | 32 |
[WP] Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'
Quote by Mary Anne Radmacher | They called me a coward when I didn't vote for the draft. Democracy - the very thing that we were sworn to defend - our very way of life was under threat, and every able-bodied man should pick up arms and defend it. Yes, even the ones that object - for isn't that how democracy worked? You went with the majority, even i... | I opened the locker door and pretended to take a long time putting my chemistry book inside. The goal was to just be at the locker for as long as possible without making it obvious. My eyes were trained intently on the back wall, but I was constantly searching my periphery for anyone approaching. After a minute or so, ... | 2016-07-18T06:41:11 | 2016-07-18T06:25:21 | 46 | 32 |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Valentine's Day is a holiday about the heart, and now I am staring at hers. Throbbing, beating, her eyes are open and she is terrified. My hands are soaked in blood. I am surprised at myself. A smile crosses my lips.
She is desperate but we are alone. She is angry. I squeeze hard with my nails and her life explodes ho... | Something is at your door. Don't open the door. Look trough the window but don't open the door. You see something, be careful so that it doesn't see you. It's trying to come inside, just be quiet and wait for it to go away. Breathe quietly as time passes. You have to do something. Whatever is at your door is still tryi... | 2017-10-17T06:24:21 | 2017-10-17T05:54:01 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] What if after you die, you wake up with a bong in your hand and your alien friend asks "How was it?". | He wakes up with a bong in his hand, and his alien friend asks, "how was it?"
He cries at that. Tears stream down his cheeks, his chest heaves. He's not crying because he's sad. He's crying because that's the only thing his body can do, in response to *that*. That experience. It's the carnal response to it.
"Woah the... | All I could muster up to say at the time was, "Woah."
"You've been out for about an hour now. You had me worried."
"Where are we? What... What are we?" I began to panic as I rushed to the door.
"You should sit down. I've never seen anybody react this way to Earth weed before."
"Earth weed? Did you just say that I w... | 2017-04-09T04:01:39 | 2017-04-09T03:52:37 | 59 | 17 |
[WP]: Suddenly, everyone with tattoos gains powers related to the tattoo. Tattoos of flames, you control fire. A tattoo of a gecko, you can climb on walls. All dudes with "tribal" tattoos have strangely bonded together. | My shop is flooded. Absolutely flooded.
No, I don’t mean literally. Haven’t had the joy of meeting someone with a wave tattoo yet, although those are in high demand.
I mean figuratively flooded. Filled to the brim with people, shoulder-to-shoulder, crashing into the designs I meticulously laminated and taped to my ... | They used to laugh at her. Being an outcast, Adreal had never had an easy life. She was never into the typical girly things, reading old books and constantly browsing weird websites, people called her a witch and freak. She loved music though. It made her feel alive and let her feel like she mattered even if it was... | 2019-05-07T09:20:49 | 2019-05-07T07:47:53 | 913 | 218 |
[WP] As a hero's apprentice you knew that the training would be grueling, but you didn't expect the hero to be actively trying to kill you during your drills. After sixteen months of torturous training you've finally snapped and have decided to kill the hero however you can. | Part 1/2
American Son was one of the greatest heroes the world had ever known. A lone WWII soldier who was resurrected by the goddess Nike and granted incredible power, American Son had been saving the world for almost eighty years. He was a founding member of the People's Champions, an instructor at Truman Hero Prep,... | The apprentice hobbled away from the training ground. His leg had been injured when he was forced to crouch, sidestep and dodge all at once. It would likely have gone better in his thin leather armour than the heavy plate he wore.
“I will get my revenge.” he muttered under his breath, loud enough for his own cathartic... | 2022-10-27T18:20:59 | 2022-10-27T15:55:25 | 108 | 38 |
[WP] You are a weapons maker and dealer, who owns a shop between dimensions. One day, a customer comes in with a unusual request. | Oh, how I hated dealing with Sengo. She creeped me out.
“Say that again, Sengo. I must have heard you wrong.”
“You heard me the first time, Shop Keeper.”
“I know, but it sounded dumb to me. You’re a lot of things, but you’re not that dumb.”
I left out all of the adjectives that I wanted to use, leaving it at that. ... | "You better buy these banana guns now. By Tuesday, once the new legislation comes out, they'll be confiscating them. You'll have to be a registered banana gun holder."
"Why's that?"
"Government thinks that supplying people with bananas is a privilege, not a right."
"But that's bananas! It's just bananas. How are... | 2017-11-27T22:51:54 | 2017-11-27T20:24:20 | 74 | 10 |
[WP] Mankind has never achieved first contact: Aliens flee on sight; Even their planets are left behind. One day, misfortune brings opportunity: an alien ship with a crew can't make the jump.
So, my first WP. I would love to see which direction you'll take it. I'll read all replies and should you wish so, provide feed... | *Jim, and his pal, Phil, are taking a road trip across the galaxy. They haven't been speaking to each other for quite some time now. Phil breaks the silence.*
Phil: Look, I'm sorry.
Jim: I can't believe you didn't get fuel. We're going to run into them, you know.
Phil: Look, no-one has had to deal with the humans ye... | "Sir, Lieutenant Fullerton reporting as ordered."
"At ease. Sit." Captain Henshaw said, gesturing to the chair opposite him.
"Lieutenant, I know you've filled out your incident report, but I need to hear it from you. Everything that happened. You have permission to speak freely.
"And what about him, sir?" Fullerton... | 2015-03-15T00:29:36 | 2015-03-14T20:54:04 | 32 | 13 |
[WP] After several thousand years of gathering coins from passengers, Charon the Ferryman has finally saved up enough money to buy what he wanted. | "Checkmate." said the amiable soul. For a time, the only sound was the waves gently lapping the wooden boat.
The skeletal figure opposite the soul had no lips, but somehow managed to convey an affect of frowning.
It's voice was a rasp: "Few across the millennia have beaten me, mortal. How is it that you come to hav... | "\[Poem\]"
Since the prompt was about Greek mythology, I thought it would be fun to write a poem in dactylic meter to mimic Homer. I used pentameter instead of hexameter though, since it seemed to fit English better. I italicized the stresses to make it easier to read in meter.
*I* am the *guard* of the *ri*ver who *... | 2022-04-12T04:11:40 | 2022-04-12T03:32:38 | 95 | 40 |
[WP] Your quirk is the ability to understand all languages, extending to fictional ones not meant to be understood such as simlish. This leads to some... interesting results. | My one true life goal was finally coming true. I had mastered over 40 languages and could fake it through 200 more. Each one I conquered lent me more understanding of human languages in general, which made it much easier to learn more.
But I could forget about work, because Sims 6 was finally out. I'd been looking fo... | "Mr. Fandel you seem to have a visitor."
"A visitor? Who in the blazes wants to see an old man like me?"
I step over the threshold into the cramped senior living room, the unmistakable musty smell washing over me.
"She says she'd like to interview you for the local newspaper."
The nurse closes the door behind her, pro... | 2018-05-03T19:03:11 | 2018-05-03T18:49:05 | 53 | 19 |
[WP] They called you a madman for raiding the history museum during a zombie apocalypse. What they didn't expect was for full plate armour to be so effective. | Cricket bats are made out of willow which gives a wonderful, resonant sound when connecting with a skull. An undead skull, naturally and I love a bit of skull-basing in the morning followed by a nice, relaxing cup of Earl Gray. No milk to be found anywhere these days unfortunately, so naturally, my chosen breakfast b... | We found the source on the second floor, an ancient Japanese full plated armour shimmering with unnatural blue light, we then press forward still in our diamond formation, checking every corner for walkers.
On closer inspection, this armour is the type that samurais' wore back in the days. Except this one had blue dig... | 2020-09-14T09:46:15 | 2020-09-14T09:05:00 | 36 | 23 |
[WP] Everyone loves the new CEO of the Make-A-Wish foundation. Is it because of his strange blue skin? His propensity for bursting into song? His incredible Robin Williams impression? Either way, Gene E. Adalamp has truly changed the world. | "I don't understand Michelle, why is he so great?"
As the newest hire at the Make a Wish foundation, I could not wrap my head around why such an odd man was head of such a prestigious charity. Michelle has always been an inspiration to me, she started her own charity for at-risk kids when she was just 20. It grew to b... | A lot of people like to think there's a reason why we fall in love. Of course that phrase is generally reserved for relationships in which the two are bound together. What Gene helps show the world is that anyone could use their spark for the sake of contributing to the whole. While some accuse Mr. Adalamp, of actually... | 2019-11-06T14:59:28 | 2019-11-06T14:53:32 | 2,027 | 91 |
[WP] The end of the world is at hand. Everyone starts to tick off their bucket list, doing crazy things because they know it won't matter in the long run. In an odd twist of fate, the crisis is averted. Now everyone has to live with the repercussions of what they did. | Little Bethany Mariah Smith clung on to Father's legs. She hated going to meeting -- all the big scary grownups with their blanket clothes seemed to be just waiting for her to mess up, and Mother always spent ages talking to Sister Ruthie and Sister Tamar.
She was pretty sure -- really sure, actually -- that they had... | The, to be fair rather recently elected President of the 6 Continents (may the people of Europe rest in peace) has spoken in public today:
"Things have changed, for the better and for the worse. We are one free people, unbound by the shackles of what cruel fate had struck us before, yet bound by the need for choice. A... | 2017-11-29T09:55:43 | 2017-11-29T04:06:09 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] You join the military, you are placed in the gardeners program. You garden in exotic places where the military has done operations, each time they give special glasses and forbid spraying others. One day your glasses fall off and you see you are actually burning corpses with a flamethrower. | I took my glasses off for the first time in a long time... then I wiped them off with my shirt and put them back on. There was no time to waste, our team's engineer yelled out "SPY ZAPPIN' MAH SENTRY!" As the team's only pyro, I quickly ignited the enemy spy and took out my trusty homewrecker. With one clean swing the ... | It was nice while it lasted. I got to see so many countries and different places. Most of them were beautiful and I spent an average of three days at each location without working. As for what they flew me out to those places for - I only worked a single day's shift per week.
What was my job? Oh I was a gardener for ... | 2017-06-20T04:00:15 | 2017-06-20T03:24:05 | 24 | 12 |
[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 | Author Note: I ended up writing a 6800 word story based on this WP. Whoops. Here's the first few paragraphs, link to whole (unedited) story below:
I sipped my coffee and ran my eyes carefully over the newspaper. There was nothing particularly interesting - some farmer had won lotto, a big storm was due to hit Christch... | It's the future. Okay, it's the present, but it seems like the future. It doesn't help that we slap the label on everything these days, and the line's a little more blurry than it used to be anyway. There's the Future Research Corporation, which started the trend. They're the number one discoverers of new technologies,... | 2014-03-17T03:47:33 | 2014-03-17T03:24:00 | 37 | 16 |
[WP] "Sire, the hero's party is outside. It's large, too." "Fools. Not even six or seven can stand against me!" "No, sire, you misunderstand. The hero's party consists of his entire village." "Wait, what?" "They weren't happy that you razed their village. And they've all been leveling up." | Those fools, he thought. "If they have been leveling up everyone at once, there is no way they can reach a high enough level! Those high level raids have a cap and a long respawn time, so there's no way they are all maxed out, let alone class levels and items."
"Sire, it appears that they are divided into divisions, a... | “His entire village? I find that awfully hard to believe. I set the place on fire, you’re telling me not one person died in the fire?” The villainous Dark lord found himself bemused by the worried antics of his advisor, watching as the advisor continued to peek through the squared stone castle window, only to duck as a... | 2021-07-19T08:34:49 | 2021-07-19T07:52:10 | 698 | 124 |
[WP] Two men witness the same event. One finds God. The other loses his faith.
-009 | The skinny Arab looking boy trembled as he stood there at the front of the bus, no one noticed him but me. Newspapers rustled, the hobo in the back sneezed, and the old woman whose knees and ankles bore the same girth coughed a sickly sputter before touching her lips with a bundled handkerchief.
After two men had got... | Nicholas had just found firm footing when he heard Jon's frightened yell. He froze at the sounds of cleats and hooks scrabbling on hard ice, at the whipping of nylon blend rope as gravity yanked it away, at the frantic gasps of his friend below. Nicholas did not panic. He calmly removed his pack, stepped safely away fr... | 2014-01-09T10:31:31 | 2014-01-09T07:51:06 | 84 | 14 |
[WP] Humans are endurance hunters. Which is not a trait anyone would expect to come into play in an interplanetary war. | We were no strangers to war
We knew the rules and so did they
A full commitment's what their admiral was thinking
You would get this from any other race
You have to imagine how we were feeling.
We have to make you understand
We’re never gonna give this up, we’re going to chase you down
Your forces will run aro... | I knew I had seen it in the old media while studying for the contact.
The McCoys and the Hatfields explained why our species was not able to bring the bipeds into submission. The desire to fight was taught as soon as they could walk. The fight endured through generations. After the grandfather was to old to fly... | 2021-01-12T02:31:23 | 2021-01-11T18:30:11 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] You are 99.99% percent sure your dog is a hellhound but he is still a good boy | Greta explicitly went into the SPCA that day looking to adopt a big dog. She had finally moved into her first real house and was living alone for the first time in her life, and to be honest she was completely terrified. Normally a light sleeper, she now found herself startling awake at the faintest sounds, convinced t... | Buster trotted into the room and began sniffing furiously under the sofa.
He always did this on Friday nights before 8pm, even with daylight savings time, or the spring equinox.
“What are you looking for buddy?”
He didn’t respond.
In fact, every Friday that buster came in, and began his “business”, I asked him w... | 2018-01-26T17:02:28 | 2018-01-26T15:01:29 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] DC Comics introduces its newest superhero. This character was seemingly created for the sole purpose of offending as many readers as possible. | "We cannot have a black super hero with the powers of shop lifting."
"Okay, well, then you're not going to like Sombrero man."
"Sombrero man? What's a Sombrero man?
"Mexican super hero."
"David. This is incredibly racist."
"No, no, no, see, his super powers are different."
"How David. How are they different."
"... | "I can't believe this." The young father slammed the comic book down.
"What?"
"This character is an absolute, fucking idiot. I don't get it."
"It's a comic." She hadn't stopped washing the dishes since be had begun reading the Limited Edition #1 "Peeve."
"Yeah, I know it's a comic. But Christ, this Peeve char... | 2015-02-17T20:11:27 | 2015-02-17T19:52:09 | 982 | 440 |
[WP] The year is 2050, Queen Elizabeth is still on the throne. The public is growing suspicious, wondering why she is immortal. | “So you’re saying you found it.”
“I told you I would. I just needed to get close enough to her. I found out why she’s still alive, and trust me, it’s gonna be the story of our careers Jack. I guarantee it’s going to be front page news.”
“So you have the footage! Send it to me. I need to verify it. Imagine it Sam. Us,... | The Queen was not known to lie. Those who knew her thought it was one of her most endearing qualities. She rarely spoke nowadays, but when she did, she spoke in curt, clipped honesty that carried a gravitas unbecoming of her kindly appearance. And yet, for the past 35 years, the Queen has lied. It was a small lie, to b... | 2022-09-08T11:09:47 | 2019-06-27T20:07:23 | 387 | 36 |
[WP] A Jumanji-style board game is found by two children in the Amazon about the perils of life in suburban America | "Roll the dice, Azura," I pressured my sister, too excited to wait any longer. "I want it to be my turn already!"
She looked at me and frowned. "Stop being so impatient, little brother. We just found this weird game; it's not going anywhere." She looked at the rules a little more and finally rolled her dice.
"You go... | Shuddering with fear and anticipation, they roll the dice once more.
There is a boom and a crash and a shrieking of six million transdimensional voices, and out of the rising pillar of smoke steps a dumpy white male, age forty-two, wearing taped-up glasses and a reflective orange vest.
"What are you?" chorus the ... | 2016-02-07T11:54:51 | 2016-02-07T05:10:30 | 304 | 141 |
[WP] You're a local healer, a good one, and your people love you. But you do not truly heal wounds, merely transfer them... The people of the valley below know you under a different name. | I made my business - if you could call it that - at a large children's hospital with a famous paediatric cancer unit and numerous other facilities who'd earned a name for themselves going toe to toe with the worst of the worst. But they'd never seen the likes of me and, understandably, they were reluctant to accept my ... | "What did this man do, Gantum?"
Gantum holds my hand as we walk to the 'firmry. There's a lady there and she got hurt really bad. That's why she needs me to help her.
"You shouldn't be asking such things. He was bad. He told lies about the king."
"What kinda lies?"
Gantum sighs. He gets tired of my questions someti... | 2016-08-13T13:44:35 | 2016-08-13T13:04:52 | 19 | 10 |
[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 friend,
Oh dear friend. If only I could just step back for just one day and talk to you about all that has occurred since we last saw each other. I’m so thankful that we were able to spend the time in life together that we did.
I miss that little sigh of excitement that would rise up from my chest and escape my... | I don't think I've ever seen your hair put up in a bun//
After knowing you for all these years I thought I saw every side to you//
But then I realised there were more sides I've never seen done//
And now I wish that I truly got to know you// | 2017-11-05T23:44:56 | 2017-11-05T22:33:24 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] You've had an imaginary friend for longer than most. On the day of your 16th birthday your imaginary friend wakes you up. When you ask what's wrong he says "I can't talk to you anymore, you're not real." | It's a world where everyone had an imaginary friend at one point. Children without imaginary friends were considered abnormal and therefore needed therapy, they're called 'Struggling without IF.' These imaginary friends eventually fade away at the end of adolescence, and if they lingered for a long time then they neede... | "Hold on, hold on, hold on, you're telling me that it's the other way around?" I said to Tim. "What other way around?" He replied. "I thought you were the imaginary friend." I replied back.
Tim's face tells me he is confused about the situation.
"Look, I can't talk to you anymore, alright? You may never see me again... | 2020-10-31T04:45:04 | 2020-10-30T20:44:29 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] Write a really great story that ends so anticlimatically that I hate you. | My hand is firmly wrapped around the edge. As I clutch on for dear life, I begin to think how I could have avoided this situation. I run millions of scenarios in my mind, but all of them bring me back to this point. I struggle mightily against the gargantuan force that opposes me. Then, suddenly, a divine rush of stren... | James found something very interesting on his thirteenth birthday. He had come upon a magnificent golden watch which glittered like a thousand stars, lying in the street. He looked round to see if anyone had dropped it, but if anyone had, they were long gone. Besides, the watch looked to be worth as much as the sum of ... | 2014-12-21T18:39:13 | 2014-12-21T18:36:37 | 1,223 | 41 |
[WP] Instead of the proper legal system, criminals have to play truth or dare. If they choose truth, they may get into prison. If they choose dare, their challenge may result in death.
I’m thinkin’ dare could be something like surviving in the Amazon rainforest naked until you find a tribe and befriend them. | "What will it be, Mr. Finch?" The prosecutor smirked. "Truth? Or dare?"
Stephen contemplated his options. It was not an easy choice, by any means. He knew the truth - they didn't. If he chose truth, he would *have* to spill the beans.
"Just pick truth and lie!" whispered the voice in his head. But he knew he couldn'... | Three men, each in ill-fitted suits, tired and annoyed, watch over their prisoner.
He sits, each wrist handcuffed to opposite ends of the table, slightly prostrate and forced low. The right wrist bleeds, but only a bit. The perp's hair hangs over his face, forcing him to make occasional blows of air from his very dr... | 2017-10-26T09:09:03 | 2017-10-26T09:07:47 | 352 | 44 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | Economies of scale were never meant to accomodate the latent population boom. Once everyone started taking the pill, their lives revolved around work. Some poor souls worked 16 hours, and the Telemira's side effects really started kicking in. We called them zombies, because they looked the part. No, humanity didn't kno... | Our school has the highest drug use in our county. The drug is called Somnus. It is a pill that you swallow in the morning to mimic the effects of 8 hours of sleep. This allows you to go to class and concentrate on your studies.
The consequences are that your memory is reduced and your brain is not as efficient... | 2022-03-18T11:38:25 | 2022-03-18T07:24:03 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] You find a box of old VHS movies in your uncle's attic .They're mostly sci-fi and thrillers, featuring well known actors from the 80's, but you don't recognize any of the titles and none are listed in the IMDB or anywhere else either. Once you start watching the movies things get even stranger. | Uncle Randall was always a bit off. I only really ever saw him at holidays for most of my life. We did start checking in on him from time to time once his health started failing. He didn’t know who the president was, evidently he “forgot there were elections”, but we had a three hour conversation about how much he love... | it took awhile to get the old VCR to work. But after some googling I was able to get a good enough picture. The first movie I put in was called Hellman 3 and was said to star Sly Stallone.
Once the movie started it was clear this wasn't an actual movie, and Sly was no where to be found. Instead it started off with vid... | 2017-11-06T01:41:51 | 2017-11-05T23:07:48 | 65 | 48 |
[WP] humans eventually make it to Mars and begin terraforming it. unfortunately, after automating the entire process humanity dies out under mysterious circumstances. millions of years later intelligence re-evolves on Mars and soon they set out to try to solve that mystery of their supposed gods | The Totems, impossibly large, sources of all life. For ages they had worshiped them, congregated around them, savoring the yields it granted them. Gods in physical form.
Tribes naturally formed around the titans, the lush growth of vegetation and crystal-clear water obvious sources of settlement. Each had their own To... | Green light shown down through the geometric tiles of glass above. Red light shown up from the tunnels leading below.
The once-clear glass at the aperture of the cave had grown frosted after years of etching by the constant, and most would agree completely uncalled-for, Martian dust-storms which raged outside the cave... | 2020-04-28T21:09:16 | 2020-04-28T20:29:30 | 103 | 23 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | One. A number made of light, perhaps inexplicably on my floor. Perhaps explicable given that light and shadows are easy to understand.
Then two! Two in the same place and time that there was a one. No longer explicable. Inexplicable.
We were happy together, like we were made for each other. Such joy and delight in an... | I‘m already sitting! He shouted from the toilet.
No, come out here and take a seat, I think we have to talk about some things.
Babe, i feel like i‘m giving birth here. Can‘t that wait a few more minutes?
Ohh i swear to god you have no fucking clue what that means.
Yeah you think so? Do you want to come in and take... | 2020-09-03T02:17:33 | 2020-09-03T00:49:34 | 119 | 69 |
[WP](NSFW) The world has moved on from nature documentaries, leaving many narrators out of a job. These men and women turn to a new field; narrating pornography.
Nature documentarists narrating porn. | DeVoors lay in bed, watching raw footage of the Great Barrier Reef. A clownfish, an octopus, and an orca whale were converging. DeVoors knew that at least one of them was about to get eaten.
“The carefree clownfish flits between coral structures and giant clams, oblivious to the danger nearby...” DeVoors enunciated... | FADE IN
INT - A BEDROOM
*A YOUNG MAN is seated on a bed, reading through a generic sports-themed magazine. He is tall and muscular, and seems to be hiding an expectant smirk. He is shirtless, and otherwise clad in a pair of tight-fitting jeans.*
**NARRATOR:** Within homes across the planet, a time-honored ritual is ... | 2015-04-08T11:47:33 | 2015-04-08T11:43:32 | 58 | 29 |
[WP] In a superhero-supervillain story, you’re the hero’s love interest, and as such, the villain keeps kidnapping you as leverage against the hero. However, an unfortunate complication has arisen; having spent so much time with the villain, you begin falling in love with them. | It was always a surprise when the next villain came to New Memphis. The city brought all sorts to its streets: the powered gang bosses, the deranged lunatics, and even the odd kid who just wanted to pick a fight with the the city’s greatest hero. Andrea Ashworth met all of them.
Still, she had to admire this one’s st... | I should definitely not be doing this. Nope. This is *not right.*
As I make out enthusiastically with my sort-of-not-really-boyfriend's rival, I think that maybe I shouldn't be doing this. Maybe there is something else in this world that I should be doing, like screaming in fear and shock or maybe kicking him in the n... | 2019-07-22T13:24:53 | 2019-07-22T13:11:54 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] You are Sisyphus, the man forever cursed to push a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down when you reach the top. You've just reached the top again, but the boulder hasn't rolled down. Having long ago gotten used to the routine, this understandably freaks you out. | Hades, god of the Underworld, stood watching from a distance.
"Dear, what are you up to?" He turned to his wife, Persephone. "It will be time for supper soon and you still haven't walked Cerberus."
"Got a little caught up on an experiment, darling." He pointed a finger out and she followed it. "Do you know who that i... | *And now the boulder rolls back down. Maybe this time I'll beat it to the bottom, I'm getting better at that. I sprinted to the bottom of the hill, it was unusually quiet. What trickery is this? What have Hades and Thanatos done now? Why do I feel a warm breeze on my ankles? The chains are gone! The boulder precariousl... | 2022-10-18T17:21:41 | 2022-10-18T13:00:57 | 129 | 78 |
[WP] After Astronaut Capt. Scott Kelly returns to earth following a 340-day stretch at the ISS, NASA receives a distress signal from the ISS... from Capt. Scott Kelly. | Elizer Snag looked forlornly down at the empty mug in front of him. Usually it'd be full of a nice cup of coffee, its black wholeness marred only by a few drops of white chocolate. Maybe a marshmallow if he was feeling particularly silly one morning or another. Instead, with the coffee machine still broken since the de... | It started with an email. Helen opened it quickly. The subject was simple, but the ugrent symol glowed. She didn't eat breakfast - it must still be sitting on the counter going cold. Maybe Jim would throw it out before he left.
The message was from Christchurch. Willy opened with the usual greeting. Thrn he had typed... | 2016-03-02T09:05:27 | 2016-03-02T06:43:53 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] You won a lifetime supply of Oreos when you were a kid. The apocoylpse and collapse of civilization was 30 years ago, yet every month the Oreos are still delivered to you, no matter where you are. | The key to a successful business is happy customers. It's simple really: make a good product and don't piss off your customers and they'll do the advertising for you. The best product in the world will fail if it has a bad image.
That's where my job comes in. Nabisco hired me to make sure Oreos stayed the family-frie... | When I was just a little lad
I won a raffle, told my dad
Oreos were what I’d won
Now I’ll never want for fun
All day long I’d sit and eat
Till one day I saw an empty street
The barren road joined barren towns
Most of London had burned down
No one here or in between
No Big Ben or royal queen
Lost me dad, lost me m... | 2019-01-04T11:15:51 | 2019-01-04T10:12:56 | 265 | 14 |
[WP] In Hogwarts entire history, you're the first to not be sorted into one of the 4 houses. | Simon sat down in the chair and closed his eyes as they sat the Sorting Hat gently on his head.
“Let's see who we have here...” a leathery voice echoed in his head.
“We have to talk.” insisted Simon “It is very important that you listen to me.”
“You don't get to choose your House, young wizard.” chuckled the hat “I ... | As the hat was quickly snatched from my head all I could hear was the gasp of my fellow students.
"What did it say?" A frizzy headed girl spouted.
"I think it said Dorish!" Another red headed boy replied.
"Impossible." Murdered professor snape, my dark arts instructor.
The awe and attention began to take its to... | 2017-05-12T21:54:08 | 2017-05-12T21:25:54 | 25 | 10 |
[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. | I'd gone to church every week, sometimes I'd gone a few times a week, especially during Easter. I'd served the poor, the indigent, and I'd gone out on the streets and tended to the sick, just like my brethren and the rest of my church. I was only one of them, one of the many. Average. My service of others had caused me... | 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. ... | 2018-09-26T08:34:25 | 2018-09-26T07:48:10 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] The Apocalypse has arrived. Jesus has come back, and he's on a brutal "rapture" spree, slaughtering people everywhere. The bright star of Satan descends and he appears at a UN press conference. He says, "before I fix this mess for you guys again, it's time you heard my side of the story..." | Lucifer stood before the assembled remains of the UN. Looking out over the impressive hall, he couldn't fail to notice a large number of empty seats that once would have represented countries worth of now vanquished humans. A thousand million souls had been lost.
He took a breath and began. "Ladies and Gentlemen. Than... | His hooves burn cloven etchings into the wood floor as he approaches the podium. Skin bright red with crimson leathery wings politely tucked behind his should blades. His eyes bulge as he scans the room. Steaming drool drips from his fanged lips. He spots something recognizable and leaps from the podium, landing soft... | 2018-04-22T23:58:07 | 2018-04-22T20:34:10 | 97 | 29 |
[WP] In what seems like a cruel prank by a bored God, people started developing powers based on their worst fears. people afraid of heights got the gift of flight. arachnophobia? get the power of spiders. phasmophobia? necromancy/ability to speak with the dead. Your power is... hard to explain... | I had a fear of money.
Growing up, I didn't really want a lot, and my parents were kind, hardworking people, stuck in a world where money was tight for everyone. As a kid, I picked up more on 'we're low on money' than I did their 'we should enjoy life while we can', and that fear of spending money grew to become my... | That Bruce Wayne guy had the right idea. He was afraid of bats, so he dressed up as bats. Good shit, I say.
My childhood friend was afraid of his alcoholic father, so he drinks to cope with his childhood.
Jfk said, "the only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." What a good quote. Imagine an anti-hero that breaks... | 2022-05-14T18:44:48 | 2022-05-14T18:35:53 | 70 | 18 |
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