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[WP] Due at an error, a baby was born without a guardian angel. A demon notices this and has taken it upon themself to become their guardian demon. But they seem to have some... Dark ways of helping their human stay alive. | He wandered though the empty train storage yard at night, unafraid of the things that may lurk there. This wasn’t bravery, or even stupidity. This was a classic symptom of not having a guardian angel. That little niggling discomfort that tells you not to go in. That tingle up the spine that says “this is not a safe pla... | Despite the pride the humans have accumulated through their time on Earth, the species is fragile. Technologies and medicines could only go so far as protecting one from their materialisation onwards. Prior to that, however, the souls that were to be bound to new flesh are weak and vulnerable. That is where the angels ... | 2019-12-14T22:12:02 | 2019-12-14T21:32:54 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Your mission is to write the worst opening to a YA novel ever. How badly can you make us cringe? | Nobody is ever dethroning “My Immortal”
> Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u don't know wh... | I was a strange girl, that’s what people had always told me.
It was because of my eyes. Blood red. Why?
Genetics.
Did it give me superpowers? Yes, of course it did.
What kind of superpowers?
Well….
I can summon and create the following:
Water
Ice
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Amethysts
Air
Cardboard
S... | 2022-08-19T20:01:22 | 2022-08-19T19:36:37 | 55 | 30 |
[WP] You meet God before reincarnation and you discover that there is a prestige system going on. In your previous incarnations you chose to improve weirdly specific stats. | God reclined in the cloud behind me, quite at ease with himself. I was still shaking off the last life and all of this was all coming as a bit of a shock. "You want a cloud too?" God asked, snapping his fingers. Instantly another cloud appeared. "It's got a recline option. Just like the Laz-Y-Boy." He yanked on a porti... | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/ajd4jr/wp_you_meet_god_before_reincarnation_and_you/eeunyjw/)
The bar was dirty and worn down, the kind of place that had been here since before the first World War and would exist long after things got to the point where a third broke out. It was full of the f... | 2019-01-24T07:33:50 | 2019-01-24T07:23:34 | 3,638 | 360 |
[WP] Humans blood gets darker the more evil we do. One day you are suspected of murder, they draw your blood to test if you are truely a murderer. You blood is a clear white. You realize that you can get a way with almost everything now, seeing as to how you actually did commit the murder. | "She did it, damn it!" Detective Patel shouted, slamming his fists down on the cheap plywood desk, causing computers and coworkers alike to jump.
"Hey, Nikhil, calm down," his partner, Sergei Kordev warned him in his thick Ukrainian accent. "Claire submit blood. It clear. She did not do it."
Nikhil jabbed a finger at... | Charles whistled as he looked through the stolen wallet in his hand. The number of cards this person had plus cash was staggering. The idiot even had his pin number scratched into the front of the card. It would not take long to safely empty out this person's life savings. Cautiously, Charles took a small knife and sla... | 2018-04-30T11:00:01 | 2018-04-30T10:13:30 | 380 | 78 |
[WP] Superpowers can now be torrented. You were 70% of the way through torrenting a power you've always wanted when the download stops. | Some things need to stay dead.
But some things, no matter how hard you try, won't die inside your head.
When I heard about the SuperSeed, I was ready to do anything. The New York Public Library is a couple blocks away from my tent at the corner of 48th and Madison. I just had to wait around for some dumbass to leave ... | I've always wanted to have superpowers. I remember back when I was in the third grade I would run two miles home from school everyday, just so that I could watch the latest episode of the Super Man cartoon show. I was so obsessed with being a super hero that some days I would come to school wearing a red cape. Needless... | 2016-07-02T18:15:33 | 2016-07-02T18:09:05 | 246 | 17 |
[WP] You are a unimportant background character just trying to survive whatever nonsense the main characters are up to. However you keep finding yourself being drawn into dangerous stituations, and to your horror you realise that you're a fan favorite character the show is giving more "screen time". | "Hot dogs! Getcha dawgs here! Hot and ready from good old Eddie!" A man shouted, pushing his food cart around the streets of London. He was a a short, rotund man that had a deep Philly accent and a thin, stubbly beard. The cart he pushed around had the words Eddie's Dog's with a cartoon version of his face on the side ... | My life was in the sweet spot, wake up, breakfast with the family, stand with my kids at the school bus stop and then it's off to work. Sales isn't the most glamorous jobs in the world, but it pays, and in a good sales month, it pays real good.
But lately nothing has been sweet, I've had way too many close calls! I've... | 2022-11-05T00:50:30 | 2022-11-05T00:10:06 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] It worked! You travelled back in time to Renaissance Age. Jokingly, you turn on your Wi-Fi, only to find a password protected network named "iɔniV ɒᗡ" | Blinding white light split down the air in a shimmering curtain. Hissing and popping the portal spread wide enough for me to step through. The temperature change was noticeable as I stepped across space and time to arrive hundreds of years before my time. The Renaissance, winter of 1457.
My breath now visible on the... | I pulled out my pipe and vaped, sucking in that Raspberry Ripple 70/30 whilst I surveyed the land.
Motherfucker.
I checked my phone again, just to make sure I wasn't imagining it and then set off to seek out whoever the hell Icniv Ad is... Was? Is.
It was pretty cool, vaping, walking through a market puffing as peop... | 2018-03-02T06:38:14 | 2018-03-02T05:58:08 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] You've stumbled across Death Note's younger cousin, Mild Inconvenience Note. | Luz Guerra violently penned on the mysterious off-black notebook she had found a week prior. "Mild inconvenience!" she yelled out internally with every master stroke, culminating in a whip of the wrist for each victim she accrued.
This notebook was no ordinary notebook. It was a notebook of *Death*. Or rather, it was ... | Every Saturday Maria and I have this "obligatory shopping day" where we go to the mall but we don't buy anything (apart from our lunch, of course), instead we pick out random items and say "what they could be", for example a tissue could easily be a blanket for beetles or a slushie could be some sort of literal brain f... | 2017-01-09T08:18:19 | 2017-01-09T00:25:59 | 78 | 23 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist. While digging, you find an immortal that has been buried there, for ages, still alive.
I guess you can choose what time the immortal is from. | The sun sat low in the sky, shining a blistering red light over the desert valley. James had almost finished his day's excavation, with no significant discoveries. James was sure that he was on to something, else he would never have returned to the Valley of Kings in Egypt. He *hated* Egypt, ever since he almost died f... | Anne was amazed at the wealth of relics that were at her dig. It was like Pompeii before them, but this time on a worldwide scale. The oceans have finally receded enough for the safety restrictions to be lifted, damn bureaucracy preventing the pursuit of knowledge. What hidden treasures lay in the hallowed halls of ... | 2014-05-12T19:03:51 | 2014-05-12T17:50:17 | 42 | 16 |
[WP] God doesn't hide in Heaven because he created us. He hides because he doesn't know where we came from. | Heaven was impossible to reach, but that didn't stop us.
The base of the tower was the size of a city and yet, as Anna looked up squinting against the sun, it seemed to shrink to the size of a needle as it disappeared into the hazy sky. She'd first seen it three hours ago as she'd been driving here. Then, two hours fr... | “What are the lights on the mountain?” the traveler asked.
The bartender smiled. The traveler had an innocent, kind smile, but she knew better.
“You don’t need me to know that, do you? I’m sure the tour books all say.”
“Well, everyone knows what’s up there. One of the world’s highest monasteries. But I’m asking abou... | 2020-02-19T22:12:58 | 2020-02-19T22:12:24 | 1,502 | 191 |
[WP] When you kill someone, you get their best trait. Except it's what *they* think is their best trait. | Wyatt Higgins. That asshole. He bullied others, talked down to everyone, and used his football-induced strength to attract willing servants and sluts. And through all that, he always thought of himself as the one in the right, the one who did good. Any problems he created? Nope, that was someone else. Any people he hur... | Jim walked down Market street. There were businessmen walking around, surrounded by armed guards, as was normal these days. Murders had become more prevalent than ever, the top of the food chain terrified of the ritualistic sacrifices, men killing and drinking the blood of their rich and powerful victims. They called t... | 2018-09-15T13:18:18 | 2018-09-15T12:17:03 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | “Liz, let’s just go to sleep,” my wife says.
“Yeah,” I say, my lids dropping, heavier and heavier. My phone slips out of my hand.
A buzz. A text from someone. A link. Welcometohell.com
“Oh, my God,” I say after a minute of reading the banner on the site. “We only have a week.”
\-
UNDER FURTHER REVIEW, that’s what ... | The Day of Sin was a wake-up call, for all of us.
It came with many cold truths and many harsh revelations. For the very notion that hell itself even existed was thought of by some to be an ironclad truth, and by others a fantasy used to control the gullible masses.
There were those that almost immediately dismissed... | 2020-02-29T21:56:53 | 2020-02-29T19:44:34 | 508 | 370 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile only to learn that no one else actually went into isolation. | Everyone in the U.S. tuned in to watch one of the three major nationally syndicated TV news programs. Fifty years ago, the WWIII Isolation Armistice required all international travel and trade to cease, the internet to be walled, and all long distance communication to be deactivated.
The only broadcast communications... | Burgess stop running long enough to feel the fire in his chest and stitch in side. Wing tips were never meant for this, he realized too late. His instinct kicked in about a second and two heavy breaths later – “MOVE! NOW!”
He took off again, light gray suit jacket protesting the movement of his arms. His 1,300$ Cou... | 2016-10-18T18:32:40 | 2016-10-18T15:03:15 | 252 | 94 |
[WP] You've noticed a man in a suit approaches one home a day in your neighborhood and is invited inside every time. Shortly after he leaves, the resident(s) commit suicide. Today, he's approached your home. | I did nothing but stare at the clock. *11:59*.
It would be one minute. One minute on the dot, and then the knocking would come. After the first few neighbors committed suicide, we began to pay more attention to what happened around our neighborhood. We noticed him by the fourth home, we were the sixth. Every home foll... | "Good morning sir! I was wondering if you wanted to look at my fine selection of philosophies?" He asked. The man was cleanly dressed and holding open a suitcase with various books. *The Rebel* by Albert Camus, *The Sickness unto Death* by Kierkegaard and Pamela Anderson's Biography among other titles ranging from Diog... | 2014-06-16T21:44:53 | 2014-06-16T21:02:24 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] You are Low-Key, the Norse God of really subtle mischief. | Another jump through the Bifrost and I landed on the planet of Acrimony, aka the planet of really bad smelling things. I plugged my nose and went to work.
I collected as many flowers as possible. Some were red, some were purple, some were green, some yellow. They were all quite beautiful.
I stayed for a while just t... | "Fuck! Again?!" I screamed as I dropped yet another object. This has been happening for weeks now, every drink spilled, every small crack tripped on, every item I pick up magically slipping from my grasp. I don't get it! One day I'm fine, the next I just can't even. I think I'm going crazy, maybe I'm cursed... Maybe I'... | 2018-01-27T22:50:54 | 2018-01-27T22:18:18 | 17 | 10 |
[WP]You live in a world where everyone levels up as though in an RPG, levels being from 1-100. However, three people with abnormal power levels exist. One has a level of zero, one has a power level in the negatives, and one has a power level of 101. You are one of these individuals. | We didn't know what he was doing until it was to late.
He started his... I guess you could call it "journey" as a mathematician. Put some decent Essence Tiers into it to, upwards of 40 I think. Then, for some reason, he started selling his Essence. It's not uncommon for people in debt to sell their Essence, but he was... | I remember the first time I woke from my slumber. The mountains covered with a rug of trees, green, yellow, scarlet and orange, lay in a great line like the spine of the land. As if long ago there was a great beast, only to lie down to sleep one day, but never got up. Ghost-like, the trees stood like the silent observ... | 2020-01-29T10:19:06 | 2020-01-29T08:51:54 | 60 | 12 |
[WP] A man makes a time machine so he could go back and cheat on his wife with the past version of her, back before she slowly grew bitter because he spent too much time making his time machine. | "Please. Please, I'm begging you, sweetheart. I know it's taken up a lot of my time, but I'll make up for it. I've finished the time machine now, so let's go on an amazing adventure! Let's have a picnic in the Jurassic Age! Or go sledding in the Ice Age!" I pleaded, firmly gripping her hand to prevent an exit.
She tur... | "Wanna know a secret?" she slurred, the strap of her dress falling dangerously low on her shoulder. A nipple crested above the "neckline" of her top (it was so far down, it could've been called a 'waistline').
Had she always been like this?
"Ah, sure thing, uhm, sugar."
"No, no. Don' call me shur-gur. Shug. Don't ca... | 2016-04-29T07:43:00 | 2016-04-29T07:38:15 | 82 | 43 |
[WP] Your elven girlfriend is having a mental breakdown after learning you are only in your mid thirties. | "Think about it this way! How old was Bella when she got pregnant?"
She gently rocked on the couch, clutching her knees, staring knives over our warmest pelt blanket. She sniffled and glanced to the fluffy Yorkie at her side, trying to squeeze her head into a long jar of ice cream without letting the rim touch her.
"... | " Oh my gosh, ohhh myyyy gossshhhh", my girlfriend was sitting in the corner, arms wrapped around her legs and rocking back and forth. "Hey, it's ok," I put my arm across her shoulders."Look, no one has to find out, we can just fudge the numbers a little." I shrugged and gave her one of my charming smiles. She wide-eye... | 2021-12-19T19:57:55 | 2021-12-19T14:43:41 | 986 | 85 |
[WP] When you die, your ghost remains in the world until the last person who remembers you also dies. 15,000 years after your death, you are still here. | Jesus huh, your name means nothing, only one name matters to me and that's my daughter, Mary. But you sullied that name, you spread her name with ill repute because she rejected you, you told everyone she was a whore...now it's your turn to suffer.
Every piece of gold I have and that is not insignificant in its measur... | Oh, you're new here, fresh off the press. Literally, what a gruesome way to die you had. But that's all in the past now, that body is nothing but meat now so stop associating yourself with it, and listen to me, your guide to the afterlife, one who has been here longer than anyone else.
Let me explain how it works. You... | 2017-06-26T11:56:24 | 2017-06-26T11:32:59 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] You are a child's "imaginary friend". You are a guardian angel. And your kid is really, really stupid. | Greetings once more, Child. I am Hadramiel, Angel Of He Who Is Named "I Am", who walks beside you with the compassion and grace of the Lord, and I am here to say unto you: Thou shalt not try to eat your lego blocks, thou little shit. Giveth me them.
Giveth them.
Mine name is Hadramiel, Majesty Of The Lord. It is not ... | \[poem\]
I once had a child as my student,
Who was not at all that prudent,
He forced me to say go in the garage and there drink some coolant.
Rushed to the hospital from the garage upon a swift confession,
He survived, barely alive, but now he has depression.
​
As he got older and sadness persisted h... | 2019-10-31T13:59:26 | 2019-10-31T11:46:55 | 245 | 91 |
[WP] We refused to believe it at first, but the astronomical evidence was irrefutable: there's a counter-Earth orbiting on the opposite side of the sun, always just out of sight. That was 40 years ago. It's 2017, and our probe sends back its first images. | Astronomers of days gone by believed that a heliocentric model of the solar system was perfectly explainable by envisioning a counterweight-like body of presence precisely opposite the orbit of earth, to ensure the planets circled the sun like a spinning top maintaining balance.
In modern times, this theory isn't give... | ‘What would I do without her’ Ashwin thought.
For 4 decades she had been his rock. They had met as junior astrophysicists working together at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, stationed for routine observation work at the Vainu Bappu Observatory in Southern India. It was a remote and desolate place and only a bad ... | 2017-12-10T12:52:43 | 2017-12-10T12:42:40 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | My job pays me like no other. And God I'm not going to give it up. Especially not to become some sort of superhero. I'm all ready making 200k as a senior programmer, and the 401k is just the cherry on top. I'm even due for a raise of 20k by the end of the year. And yet, the recruiters are the biggest pain in my fucking... | The background droning of the air conditioning haphazardly shoved into the office window seemed to act like a white noise for me as I continued my daily tasks. The soft music of my indie playlist coming through my desktop speakers helped the hours fly by- until I got the call.
That stupid, stupid call. I knew the num... | 2022-07-31T22:10:28 | 2022-07-31T16:20:17 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Children under 18 are legally obligated to spend 30 minutes outside every day. It's been 18 months and noone expected the biggest effect that it had... | Robinson, MO - 2017
It's been 18 months since we forced the children to play outside.
If we only knew then what we know now, maybe we could have been saved.
The vote was unanimous. How could it be bad for children to play outside?
Get some fresh air, some exercise, out of mom's hair for a half... | **Major Telecoms calling for repeal of the OODA!**
The breeze, the warmth sunlight, the happy little clouds and bushes that populate our world, they all have one thing in common: They aren't being shared.
Literally no one is sharing the photos they are taking of their required Time Out (of doors). The Out Of Doo... | 2015-07-13T14:26:41 | 2015-07-13T13:24:10 | 43 | 17 |
[WP] After a space battle where the ship's captain stayed behind on the ship to hold off the enemy ships while the others on board escaped, they sit in the bridge with only the ship's AI. The captain miraculously won the battle. Their ship is severely crippled as it drifts through space. | The captain woke up with to a loud, but not intrusive buzzing sound and with a mild headache. She searched for other signs of hangover, but found none. She tried to yawn, letting some fresh air into her aching lungs, but failed to do so. The revelation came with the memories rushing in of yesterday's battle. She was s... | "Communications busted," I said smashing my fist again the now cracked control panel. "Damn it all," I said as I tried to go through any and every diagnosis available on the ship. The tools that worked showed the same thing my eyes were, I was done for.
I pace around the ship for a solid ten minutes trying not to pani... | 2020-04-23T22:31:21 | 2020-04-23T20:23:51 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] The hero was killed, the princess was sacrificed, and the evil king rules the land. For the average citizen, though, things have taken a turn for the better. | Channel 5 news reporting on the scene earlier today after Link was immediately assassinated by Ganon, and Zelda was executed in front of the citizens of Hyrule. John Ramirez is on the ground getting the people's reaction to today's events.
JR: Excuse me sir, how has today's events made you feel.
Random Citizen: well ... | My fellow Americans, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of Congress and members of the press, thank you for joining me this evening.
It is with great sadness that we come together this evening. For the past eight years, it has been both an honor and a privilege to represent this great nation as your President. As you a... | 2016-07-10T11:12:55 | 2016-07-10T10:46:19 | 20 | 11 |
[WP]"Start paying rent NOW, or GET OUT!" you yell at the voice in your head. The next day, you wake up to find a stack of gold bars on your desk. "This is the correct currency, yes?", the voice says. | "For useful currency no. As a fungible asset with value? Very much," I spoke to the voice. "And as proof that you are actually present and have some power to act, it's very very strong."
I paused. "It's a high price, what do you expect from it?"
"I want you to listen to me at least 10 times a day." The voice replie... | I gaped at the neatly stacked pyramid of gold bars. This was a joke right? My family was done with all my psychotic fears from this voice and decided to prank me? They can't be real gold right? I picked one up, feeling the heft in my hand and examining it closely.
*It is real yes, and no it isn't some inane joke by y... | 2020-11-01T00:38:48 | 2020-11-01T00:02:27 | 140 | 69 |
[WP] A fiery ball crash lands in your backyard. You go over and inspect it, only to find a fully functioning Roomba with a knife taped to the front of it. | **Item #:** SCP-B0T
**Object class:** Keter.
**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-B0T is to be kept in a standard steel and reinforced concrete autonomous weapons chamber. The structure of the chamber must be monitored and routinely repaired. ~~Repairs must be completed by autonomous robots.~~ ~~Repairs must be co... | Tracey peered into the small divot in her backyard. The smoke was still clearing, making it difficult to see what had crashed into her freshly mowed grass.
“Back up pup,” she said she tugged on the collar of her golden retriever.
She knew the dog was just as interested but didn’t want the vet visit from him burning... | 2019-03-03T08:11:34 | 2019-03-03T06:31:50 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You won the hide-and-seek world championship, but the authorities found you were using performance enhancing drugs. Because that was recently deemed illegal, they’re trying to arrest you - but they can’t find you. | My name is Waldo, and I'm the reigning world hide-and-seek champion.
And this is the story of how I was found.
Like all competitive sports, it is utterly and entirely illegal to use performance-enhancing drugs on yourself. I get that. I'm a law-abiding guy. So for the first annual hide-and-seek world championships, I... | I was the first vessel of Reveal for the sake of both necessity and protest.
A small group of us had gathered the year before, along with a few delegates of small mountainside kingdoms that had been subjugated by the Locrian government. Scientists allied with the cause had been working on some sort of appearance affec... | 2020-04-03T16:39:45 | 2020-04-03T14:45:39 | 96 | 63 |
[WP] As the only immortal you know about, it's just occured to you; your online friend has been around for a bit too long. | **The Mystery of MisterAnalog**
My eyes scan the Currently Online section of my friends list. GamerGal008 is not on it. Damn.
It’s been over a year since I’ve seen their little indicator dot turn green. It’s just gray. The gray dot of death.
You never get used to it, not really. The losing people. You’d think that... | Internet is a safe space. At least, that's what Kleon used to think at the dawn of the world wide web. He found a community of like minded people he could interact with without ever meeting them, and to a man in his situation, it was nothing short of a boon.
*Place of birth: The city-state of Athens.*
Socrates and P... | 2022-02-09T07:50:55 | 2022-02-09T05:58:05 | 265 | 185 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | This is my first ever response to r/writing prompts after lurking for about 3 years. Please be kind:
“Here she comes, Anna the Raptureless!” Every day Dylan said the same thing as I walked into our overcrowded, overheated and under resourced classroom, in our run down inner city school. Not for the first time, I was g... |
He has always been a very peaceful person which was often mistaken for being boring and uninteresting which lead to him getting left out. The only interaction he had with others in school was when his classmates would bully him with their outstanding powers. They were quite powerful and could possibly be used to ki... | 2020-02-26T08:40:37 | 2020-02-26T07:41:46 | 40 | 19 |
[WP] Civilization is collapsing. Meanwhile, two Redditors argue furiously back and forth, trying to get the last word in before the internet goes down for good. | "I'm telling you. The war was caused by communists under the more votable name of liberals pulling everyone into debt to try and get their Utopia world, then everyone else having to put up with their hippy crap while getting taxied out the wazoo."
"You can't be serious. How are you the only other person still on Reddi... | "You do realize people just tolerate you, right?"
"We're the last two left, idiot."
"Yeah? Well your family tree is a circle."
"My family's dead."
"Oh. Well, you're not pretty enough to to be this stupid."
"Very original. I've seen [the thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3dm8sx/what_is... | 2016-02-29T04:47:26 | 2016-02-29T04:12:07 | 485 | 282 |
[WP] You actually can learn through Osmosis! Any book you touch you instantly "read" and that knowledge stays with you. | Do you know I couldn’t even read until the fourth grade? It’s true; before then, computers had not been a major factor in my life and I hardly had any reason to actually read books when I could learn their contents just by touching them.
There are a lot of weird side effects that you wouldn’t expect. In math, for exam... | I was a servant, born from servants, destined to live with my knees to the dirt. I toiled. I graduated from harvesting my owner's crops along the nile to keeping his house. He trusted me, and I loved him as a second father.
I knew nothing else, but he was an educated man who owned boats and horses and many scrolls. H... | 2020-09-28T08:35:26 | 2020-09-28T08:27:00 | 50 | 16 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | My 18th birthday, something that seemed so far away is finally here. My family is gathered around, ready to see what word I would have. My dad's was JANITOR, while my mother's was DOCTOR. I hope I get something cool.
"We will be proud of you honey, whatever you are." My mother said. My father nodded in agreement. We ... | All of my friends and family had gathered in our favorite martian bar, the drinking age long ago lifted after the great cleansing of the 2020's...Everyone turned their attention towards me as the clock clicked ever so slowly from 11:59 to 12:00 sharp, the first letters began to appear..
"I" followed by a letter "D"
... | 2017-03-16T04:22:00 | 2017-03-16T03:13:05 | 40 | 14 |
[WP] You being the cemetery caretaker, always treat the graves and the dead with utmost care. So when the zombie apocalypse begins, you find it surprising that they do not attack you but instead help protect you. | Carl places a bouquet of flowers on the last grave for the day, completing his daily rounds.
“There we go Miss Hanson. Can’t have a nice lady like you without any color!” he said, keeping the jolly demeanor he always seemed to have.
Carl hated when he saw a plot without any flowers. A life of loneliness allowed him ... | "Oh, it's all righ' now, Mrs. Derbyshire," Malen reassured the coffin, a stingy pine number, not the cheapest in the catalog of coffins, but very near it, as he shoveled lumps of dirt from the pile down into the grave. He'd dug the pit with the cemetery's one-person back-hoe, but he liked to do the filling by hand to g... | 2020-05-12T17:16:12 | 2020-05-12T17:03:20 | 78 | 20 |
[WP] Magic is real. And it is terrible. | Ralph shuffled his cards nervously, again and again until he could convince himself the odds were in his favor, or at least not against him.
A lump appeared in his throat as his opponent cut the deck. He just knew his fate was sealed.
Sweating through his shirt, he took a deep breath and counted to seven.
"Shit. a... | Again, he shot his finger toward the fridge door. It bolted open and a beer floated gently across the living room into his hands. It had opened itself along the way. He made sure of that. He tapped the beer and doubled the alcohol content once he thought of the effort that would go into getting the next one.
Outside o... | 2014-05-20T17:29:45 | 2014-05-20T14:26:10 | 64 | 29 |
[WP] In the poor society you live in, all those who turn 30 have to choose to either go through a very thin, walking only, seemingly endless bridge to an allegedly wealthy land, or continue to live a poor, hopeless life. No man has ever returned from the bridge. Today is your 30th birthday. | The bridge stretched in both directions, disappearing into the fog. There was nothing in sight but the endless grey void. The only sound he’d heard besides his own breath and footsteps was the distant lapping of water. He wasn’t sure how long he’d been walking. It seemed like days, but the light hadn’t changed since he... | At the age of 8 my mother and father left me. Confusion filled me as they tried to explain why they were abandoning me. Apparently they loved me, but obviously they didn't love me enough.
I moved in with my uncle and aunt, but it took me a while to actually accept that my parents weren't coming back. My aunt was the ... | 2017-09-28T11:18:28 | 2017-09-28T11:18:03 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You live in a country where murder is legal - The catch is, it has to be declared a week in advance. The aggressor has to wait the full week, but the victim may begin defending themselves immediately upon receiving notice. While a legitimate threat is legal, a false one is very much not. | "Hey Ron. So, uh, you know why I called you? You know, the Information Act."
"Yes, Mr. Lipton." Ron knew all about the new bill that passed five days ago, supported by lunatics and other lunatics with deeper pockets. Just scare tactics for rich people, they said. "Did someone send you a notice?"
"Oh no, nothing like ... | "Mornin' Gary, nice day out isn't it.", Paul said as he sat on his porch. Gary continued for the paper at the end of the driveway, not stopping to hear Paul's weekly curse. Paul Picked back up, "I Paul Patrick Parley declare to murder you one week from today on October the 3rd, 1975."
Paul rocked in his chair, with ov... | 2020-12-03T08:06:00 | 2020-12-03T06:16:10 | 203 | 55 |
[FF] Make me cry in two sentences. | As he laid in bed, waiting for sleep, he wished that he would wake the next morning to find that it had all been a dream, that she was alive and he wasn't alone. Don't be stupid, he thought, the only way I'll ever see her again is if I don't wake up at all. | He stood with his last son next to the graves, trying to hold himself firm for the sake of his boy as he did not wish him to see him cry, keeping a steady solemn pose over the graves as though he were proud of the lives he had known as his wife and first son, but he couldn't do it.
The man fell on his knees and wept f... | 2014-01-15T22:27:19 | 2014-01-15T21:53:25 | 179 | 20 |
[WP] You own a magical piano. When you play the theme song of a TV show or movie on it, it transports you into that world. After transporting yourself into a different world, you quickly realize that you never bothered to learn the theme song of your own. | BAM.
"Oh shit." Ben thought.
"It actually worked."
He had bought the "magic" piano a few days ago from a shady looking man in one of the darker parts of town. He knew he shouldn't have trusted him, but it was the cheapest piano he could find in town, and it sounded amazing. Ben thought that the "curse" was probably j... | "Oh, son of a-"
BOOM
"You are dead"
-
In the real world, Jack's friends watched in horror as they witnessed their friend getting blown to smithereens.
They were just having fun that night, and Jack's game console was on and running Dark Souls when the dare was given. Play the theme song on the piano perfectly whil... | 2017-10-01T17:10:04 | 2017-10-01T15:57:19 | 817 | 107 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | “You look nervous.”
Eric turned around, and saw a man in a bright blue baseball cap smiling at him.
“Here to cash in my life minimum check.”
“Wow. Did you get a good haul?”
“I don’t know,” Eric said.
He had waited until he was at the bank before opening up the check. When there was only one person ahead of him in... | It sucks being the youngest in the group. Last to drive, last to vote, last to receive your LLA check. Rickey received his first, and blew through the quarter-million before he was twenty-five. No judgement though, he has a nice house now, and set himself up with a decent job - Angie took hers more seriously. Put it i... | 2019-04-24T11:24:52 | 2019-04-24T11:10:33 | 369 | 130 |
[WP] Humans are actually a phenomenally advanced species - except for the glaringly obvious thing they missed. Write from the perspective of a befuddled alien xenobiologist. | "The supreme tragedy of the Human race was their inability to understand Numbers. Such a brilliant species became trapped in their own self-imposed prison of a primitive numeral system that did not resonate with the Universe's numeral system. In fact, in their entire eight-thousand year lifespan, they only discovered... | ReportUpdate7931
They continue to advance at an incredible pace. We now predict in 20 cycles the commonalities: nanotech (orig. estimate 120 cycles), holocircuitry in 14 cycles (orig. 80 cycles).
Revised surpassing date (human - standard bio): 3 cycles.
Revised surpassing date (human - Lyssian): 12 cycles.
As re... | 2015-04-09T15:20:46 | 2015-04-09T13:47:40 | 32 | 17 |
[WP] It turns out that killing *anything*, from your fellow man to an ant counts as a sin. You are a life long, extremely accomplished exterminator, and you just died. | “So killing an ant gets me one year in hell?”
“Yes.” The angel’s voice is deadpan. He watches me as I study the accounting of my sins.
“And killing a wasp gets me two years?” I ask. This seems like a stretch to me. Wasps are awful.
“And killing a rabbit, even if it’s just accidentally with my car… five years in he... | "Mr. Smith? Mr. Perry Smith?"
I glanced up, searching for the unseen speaker. What I saw was... unexpected, to say the least.
A bearded man stood behind a golden podium, flipping through the pages of a brilliant book at a leisurely pace. Clouds surrounded us both, the big white fluffy kind that people were fond of fi... | 2022-11-12T12:28:43 | 2022-11-12T12:04:41 | 107 | 45 |
[WP] You know who your soulmate is once they touch you. Yours just punched the shit out of you | Ever since the discovery of the Eros-Cupid waves back in 2046 - humanity's struggle for finding the perfect mate had been severely reduced. No longer did people have to risk their pride to ask a stranger out. Destroy their friendships to take a chance. Leave their peaceful but painful solitude to seek out another th... | "OOOOHHHHHHH!!"
For this drunk lad, the entire world just did a backflip as he dropped like a log. The entire bar simply erupted in a single chorus, wincing at just how hard this woman just ploughed her fist into his face.
"You. Fucking. Asshole!" Jane grunted, as she nursed her fist.
Security just muscled their way... | 2016-07-08T10:22:29 | 2016-07-08T10:19:13 | 94 | 15 |
[WP] Rewrite a scene in any Star Wars movie from the perspective of a storm trooper. | The Death star. A true marvel of our glorious empire. Much like many others, I too, was stationed here. I haven't had much combat experience, much of my time was spent on sanitation duties, getting screamed at by officers, riding in turbolifts for miles and miles. Heck, for a moment I even thought I might go my whole c... | I got out of Basic Training with my hopes elevated. I passed with flying colors, on every lone aspect in my field. My armor is sparkling white, and I'm feeling good about life as I head to my deployment on the Death Star, a new base located around Alderaan. I'm so excited, I can barely handle the fact that I'm going to... | 2016-01-09T06:40:35 | 2016-01-09T06:02:09 | 39 | 12 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | “D-did you just bite the table?” The hooded figure asked.
“Yeah.” The teenager shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
“Why would you bite the table?” The hooded figure took off his hood exposing his aged face.
“I dunno, just felt like the best option.” The teenage picked at his teeth, apparently apart of the wooden le... | When the Council summoned me I was somewhat unprepared for the sudden drop into another dimension.
They always make you feel like a bag of marbles being jostled around by some overly excited child.
The sickness would pass almost immediately but for a few moments you felt as if your body was rejecting all of your inside... | 2020-03-19T13:33:44 | 2020-03-19T13:12:54 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] Somebody buys winrar, finally | 20th October 2014, 21:39 GMT
"Master, it has been done!"
"Impossible, show me!"
"Here master, it says right here: 'User #23424374 has upgraded the free trial.' The bank account also shows movement, the payment has been completed. It really happened."
"Well then, send the data packages."
"Master, are you sure the h... | "If you are reading this, then I am dead." the lawyer read from the document.
The room was crowded with men and women in the black of mourning. None of their attitudes seemed to match their outfits, however.
"In my life I chased the almighty dollar, and never helped a man or woman who couldn't pay."
The front ro... | 2014-10-20T13:02:20 | 2014-10-20T11:39:26 | 385 | 75 |
[WP] Your new girlfriend has almost everything in common with you. One day, you learn that she's your female clone | Mia eyed David, who stayed completely silent. Dave couldn't even look at Mia, preferring to look at the dishes on the sink. She studied David's face. The green eyes that they both shared. The sharp nose that they both shared. Even the birthmark on his chest, that Mina's shared in the exact same spot. David had once jok... | We love all the same things… It’s crazy really. So, I have this thing for ice cream, right? Eat it for breakfast. But she does too! And the freezer is like our little ice cream library. I mean, we moved in together after what, a month? She’s impulsive… like me.
Our taste in music, movies… she loves the slow boring st... | 2017-01-25T19:59:53 | 2017-01-25T18:29:17 | 23 | 12 |
[WP] Upon leaving out fruits and milk for cats and birds, you accidentally attract a few grateful faeries who only know how to thank you by pulling pranks on anyone who "bothers" you. | *They mean well*. I told myself as the car across the street burned. It was the latest trick by a new group of fairies that now inhabited the neighborhood- more specifically my back yard.
I had always grown up leaving birdseed, hummingbird feeders, fruits, and even milk out for stray animals and other woodland creatu... | "Elizabeth Rose! What happened here?" I shout to the next room.
My blonde little mischief maker peeks around the corner. She advances with her small dirty hands hidden behind her. Tiny toes kneading into the carpet. Wide green eyes, showing pretend shock, looking at the potted plant, now laying pitifully on its side.... | 2019-10-27T18:36:00 | 2019-10-27T18:30:06 | 42 | 18 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | “We have an anomaly sir in the harvest for the battle royals.”
“What is it Kleitus? Have you bought an amusing play thing for me today?”
Kleitus shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. “Well we captured a human as per usual but this one is different.”
The merciless overlord raised an eyebrow his finger hov... | I saw a flash of light, and an instant, my whole squad was gone.. I left iraq behind, for somewhere... Artificial... My environment has the look of a high resolution fortnite level.. it was definitely artificial. , Built with care. Bladed weapons were hovering above ground. Slowly rotating, ammo , med kits. Ever... | 2020-09-13T17:26:19 | 2020-09-13T16:14:49 | 806 | 81 |
[WP] An elderly couple takes to petty crime to see their superhero kids who no longer call.
(edit) Wow this took off. Wanted to Thank every one for taking the time to share their wonderful stories.
This idea started at the end of my day looking at my phone and seeing maybe the third or forth missed call in a week. To ... | "Honey, that's a lot of forks."
"Five hundred and fifty three boxes."
"A whole lot of forks."
"And, yet, the kids still aren't here."
Mabel stepped back from the wall of plastic forks that had been stashed in their garage. She looked around, "Maybe if we start stealing spoons..."
Rhett shrugged, "I like sporks."
... | Not an elderly couple, just a father.
John awoke to the same buzzing noise he'd been hearing for the last 15 years, the buzzing and beeping of his daughters' landline.
"Oh great another early morning, wonder if I'll see them today before bed." Mumbled John as he got up and looked at the clock, 4:30 AM it read. "Morn... | 2016-04-24T10:53:42 | 2016-04-24T10:36:30 | 37 | 17 |
[WP] You are a dark god. The police raided your temple, arrested your cultists, and ate the pb&j sandwich that your youngest worshiper left on your altar | The first thing you have to understand is that “Dark God” does not mean “evil”. The meaning has gotten kinda twisted over the eons. See, “Dark God” just means that I'm from the Dark Plane, which – as the name implies – is really freakin' dark. Like, pitch black, can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face, absolute da... | Though they seemed to be an utter disappointment, I can't fault my followers too much for what was happening; they were simply caught unprepared. They had underestimated the tenacity of the heretics. For all the rituals, prayer, and sacrifice, there was only so much that could be done to combat the technological evolut... | 2020-05-20T06:22:01 | 2020-05-20T04:45:43 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] You are a citizen of Ancient Rome. One day, you notice that one of the Emperor's advisors has a 21st Century handgun stowed in his toga. You also realize you know what a handgun is. | PART I - [PART II](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6g8ett/wp_you_are_a_citizen_of_ancient_rome_one_day_you/dipk3va) - [PART III](https://www.reddit.com/r/rarelyfunny/comments/6gkiyh/part_iii_pi_you_are_a_citizen_of_ancient_rome_one)
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Aelius was a careful man. In the weeks I surveilled him, he was ... | The Theatre of Pompey was a breathtaking building. Older men of stature walked through the white pillars that reached to the skies, loudly discussing matters of political nature.
A man in a white toga stood at the edge of the building, and gazed into the crowd. He had a large red scar on his upper cheek, contrasting t... | 2017-06-09T09:32:17 | 2017-06-09T08:45:57 | 1,038 | 108 |
[WP] You've been in this time loop for centuries. You know how to break the loop already, you just want to make sure you've done all you wanted and learned everything you need while you're still here, before returning to a "normal" life. | At first I visited my friends. During the pandemic, I had been a hermit, mostly avoiding people, so as soon as time started repeating, I visited all the people I cared about. At first it was my close and local friends. Then I drove---sometimes hundreds of miles to see my more distant friends. I got reacquainted aga... | The loop was started for scientific reasons, to see if we could learn from different “timelines” in the infinity chambers.
Every person is unique; each person could give different outcomes to any moment in time and change a thousand different things. So imagine if we used AI to learn from those thousand different ou... | 2022-01-25T00:30:48 | 2022-01-24T23:08:12 | 80 | 12 |
[WP] write the best story you can in 5 sentences or less | My wife and I just had our second child. She's thrilled, really hoping this will be just the thing we need to mend the rough turn our relationship has taken in the past couple of years. Me? I'm just annoyed. I had such a hard time getting rid of the first one. | The self exists in relation to a singular locus, of which there are three variations at any given time: the *is*, *is not*, and the *should be*. Normally, these psychic structures labor in tandem, much like the machinations of a wristwatch. But if the self begins to confound these articulations, pervert their functions... | 2015-08-09T12:16:28 | 2015-08-09T11:06:09 | 23 | 12 |
[WP] As a child, every adventurer is assigned a class for their life. You've been assigned to be a White Mage. Dreading a life in the background saving a bunch of idiots that get all the glory, you aim to carve your own path. Tell the tale of the Harmacist. | It is not the wound that kills people. It is the healing. That is the pretext with which I studied the holy arts. An improperly mended bone or muscle, a “heal” cast to close a septic wound without purifying it. That was my preferred method. Monsters with strong self healing capabilities were easiest to deal with. Ramp ... | "C'mon Rowan! Im getting wailed on over here and your area of effect ain't pullin its weight!"
Ahh Brooks, the poor bloke, he really was taking a lot of fire. Too bad I haven't put a single hour into targeted healing.
"Take cover Brooks, Ive got 4 seconds until my squad refresher is back up!"
"Dammit Rowan, I'm a b... | 2018-05-16T12:09:31 | 2018-05-16T11:00:21 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] You can make a lie become truth, but only one lie at a time, once it is a lie again everyone involved will know immediately. You’re on your deathbed, holding one lie as truth for decades. You know hell will break loose once you die and the lie becomes a lie, and everybody will know. | "This sentence is a lie."
And they fucking believed it. For a century! They really did not see what is coming... I was the only Ultima Authorie, last to be asked whether it was the truth or not and I always went with "Yes.'.
So the sentence is a lie? Get over it, is the truth. Fucking hell though, once me time was th... | I think they would understand why I did it. The truth is terrifying at first, but ultimately has no immediate impact, and will not for some time. But it will still change everything. Except, it did not have to, at least, not yet, and that was the reason why I did it. Maybe I was selfish, maybe I just wanted to live ou... | 2022-11-18T08:23:40 | 2022-11-18T05:25:43 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] The laws of physics are actual written laws. Breaking them is possible but illegal. | Rolling laughter poured out of his fathers study. Prying open the door Tyler peaked in. "Tyler! Get in here quick, look at this!" Reluctantly pulling the door the rest of the way open he stared at the perpetual motion machine his dad was giggling at. "Tyler, you know what the difference between this machine and me is?"... | "Jesus Christ, Mary! You can't be serious, you'll be caught, no question."
Mary's hand shook as she raised the glass to his face. His eyes were set on the table in front of him.
"Mary!"
Mary sipped slowly at the drink, put it down on the table and looked at Steven. She met his eyes, and slowly but surely, faded into... | 2014-03-06T05:28:32 | 2014-03-06T05:04:36 | 136 | 22 |
[WP]: Humanity has developed a hypersensitivity to puns, experiencing physical pain when exposed to especially bad wordplays. As no physical damage happens, it is used to penalize petty criminals. This is your job. You are the Punisher. | "Do you understand why you have been brought here today?" The warden smiled mercilessly as he spoke, leaning in close to whisper in the young man's ear. The young man tried to put on a brave face, but the overly friendly smile made him visibly nervous.
"To listen to some jokes," he replied, with an attempt at a sneer... | Humanity has always possessed it-- a raw, involuntary reaction to the worst of wordplay. Lowly “dad jokes” would cause a slight wince. An overly simplistic knock-knock joke might garner a garish groan. Even a simple bit of alliteration, as I have assuredly demonstrated, can make one uncomfortable. But we never realized... | 2015-02-08T09:51:23 | 2015-02-08T08:57:45 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] You - a UFO conspiracy theorist - are elected president. One of your campaign promises was to declassify every government document on extraterrestrials and UFO's. Your first day in office, you find out why you must never do that. | To President Elect Tranton,
Congratulations on your recent election victory. I was particularly pleased to see you do so well in my home state of Hawaii. I am thoroughally delighted that another Democrat will be following me in the White House. As is tradition each successive President has passed on some snippet of ex... | "Long sssssssstory ssssssshort we'll eat your internal organsssssss" says the 9 foot tall Lizard
"I ran on a platform of honesty and open government I am going to declassify those documents"
"Do you know what it'sssssss like to have your internal organsssssss eaten?"
"Why would I know that?"
"Because everyone I've ... | 2015-06-27T04:40:00 | 2015-06-27T04:24:20 | 161 | 36 |
[WP] Last names are assigned at birth by an oracle, and 90% of people find themselves in a related profession. For instance "Miller" or "Baker." Your last name, "World-Ender," has made life rather difficult. | "So, what's your actual name?" I sat next to the poor guy bleeding out.
"What do you mean?" He asks, breathing heavily from the wound. "I'm the ora-"
"Oh, you don't need to worry. I already took care of the actual oracle. I'm just doing some clean up work. You should have seen his face, he was so relieved when he la... | It seemed quite innocent at first, and despite the name given to their son, the burdenbearers were always a, optimistic but harrowed couple.
Yet, despite their pedigree, they remained positive about how this would turn out. Their son would turn out.
“Shame is truly, your only companion”, the tyke said to his mother’... | 2021-06-19T23:21:36 | 2021-06-19T22:00:06 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] Write a story based on your favourite song. Other people have to guess which song it is.
Can be inspired by lyrics, backstory, or anything else you love about the song | The heavy chime of church bells always comes a little before 5 o'clock, muffled by the thick slabs of stone that imprison me here. The sound rattles in my skull though it is faint. Today is a different day. The cold air still smells of mold and memories of a past life. But now I am jostled to my feet by big gloved hand... | This was amazing. All my life I had dreamed of seeing the stars, and here I am, travelling through space and time with a mysterious stranger in an equally mysterious time machine. He had met me as I was going to the grocery store for some ingredients for a curry I was planning on making. His vehicle materialised in fro... | 2015-09-13T05:52:19 | 2015-09-13T04:18:38 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] Humans are actually the most friendly and curious beings in the galaxy, in comparison to all others.
Inspired from http://imgur.com/gallery/S82QF
(Sorry if this has been brought up before, its my 1st WP after months of lurking ) | It would seem 2342 would be as good as any year to summarize and chronologize humanity's interactions with extraterrestrial life. Perhaps it's only because I dove into an archive of classic films ripe with grey-skinned elongated humanoids muddling about, spooking people for no good reason. Then we actually met them and... | June 3, 3012
As my first year in space comes to a close, I feel myself compelled to write, more thoroughly, of some of the events that have come to pass. My journal entries until this point have been spotty at best, and I am ashamed. I realize now that it is my responsibility to carry the message and intent of the hum... | 2017-01-13T19:12:02 | 2017-01-13T19:05:15 | 51 | 11 |
[WP] Grandpa always said that when the mists came rolling down off the mountain, that they brought something else with them. I never believed any of it... well, at least I didn't before. | Times were hard for everyone. The folks is Washington called it a "depression", but all we knew was that there wasn't near enough work to go around. It wasn't long before Pa lost the store; though for a while he was able to make ends meet doing odd jobs around town. When the bank called the mortgage on our small farm w... | Their teeth are bared like long iron spikes. They move at the edge of the field. Silent in their motions, their upper body and arms do not seem to move as they run making them making them seem all the more unnatural.
Sweat drips down my brow as I stand at the ready to defend my home and my life. These beasts had alre... | 2014-09-16T07:24:00 | 2014-09-16T06:30:40 | 90 | 20 |
[WP]"Oh great far-speaking tower, I have performed the rituals as set forth in the sacred manual. Let me speak to the sky spirit so I may learn of it's wisdom!" "Uh.. Copy that. Moon City Delta responding... We thought everyone was dead down there." | The last thing that Tom Gullist expected on his monitoring shift was to catch a scrap of a transmission coming from the orb hanging in the sky. It had been 12 long years since the Night of Crackling Screams, and the Moon Cities had come to the conclusion that they were on their own. So, when he first noticed the crackl... | "No, no, no, no!" The voice came from behind Dave. It was the new guy, Fred. The younger man was panicked, nutri-paste staining his cheek as he sped towards the console.
"What happened!?" Fred asked, panic plain across his face. "Did th- Did it-?"
"We received a transmission, Fred." Dave responded, his expression fl... | 2020-04-25T12:00:34 | 2020-04-25T11:20:45 | 48 | 17 |
[WP] In a world where people can only be killed by those they truly love, you are an assassin. | I watched dutifully as my tutor applied a generous layer of apple-red lipstick to her lips.
“While normally I'd say “less is more” when it comes to make-up, you really want to make sure even the slightest peck on the lips transfers the poison, so load up,” she advised. “Pick a color that looks especially appealing on... | Coldness swamps the man, his hand trembles as it reaches for the knife sticking out of his ribs. His fingers only brush the blade before it stops and starts to twitch sporadically, the last spasms of a dying man. With cloudy eyes, he looks up to his attacker.
He coughs at the sight of her.
"Why?" croaks the man.
Tea... | 2016-11-15T16:27:41 | 2016-11-15T15:38:47 | 80 | 14 |
[WP] all "walks into a bar" jokes happen in the same bar. you're the bartender. | "Hey, buddy! Our sign clearly says, 'No Horses Allowed,' And don't give me that long face, mister!"
Jacob scowled at the Clydesdale as it cantered out, neighing indignantly. He sighed heavily, turning to the sole remaining patron of his bar. "I don't get it, Sam. Why do these jokers keep turning up here?"
The grizzle... |
"So a priest, a rabbi, and a horse walked into my bar last night," the bartender said to his friend.
"Ooh, I love these kinds of jokes," his buddy said, muting the football game, scooting to the edge of the couch excitedly.
"What joke? I was talking about work," replied the bartender. "They're regulars. Paul, Jaco... | 2016-09-18T19:15:12 | 2016-09-18T17:54:19 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] Being a "Hero," or "Villain," isn't something much special. Both of them are just jobs, after all, taught at universities alongside STEM and the arts. | Dr. Balthazar leafed through Craig's resume. "It says here that you're a double-major in Molecular Biology and Tragic Villainy."
"Yes, sir. My tragic backstory is that my parents died, so I decided to use science to bring them back."
"Don't you think Necromancy might have been a better fit?"
"I considered that," Cra... | I gave professor Smith a stern look. His class had just left and he had gathered up his books and went straight to the door, before nearly bumping into me.
“Oh! Dean Samuel! I hope you’re having a, uh, nice day,” Smith stammered nervously, before trying to make his way past me. I sighed and blocked the door.
“S... | 2021-05-09T12:54:19 | 2021-05-09T12:20:45 | 42 | 14 |
[WP] You ate you roommate's food without asking them. Trying to cover it you end up committing a series of larger and larger crimes each covering the previous one. Describe how far it goes.
An alternative starting point is stealing a cookie from the cookie jar, or any other minor crime. | "Ohh yeah. Pizza." I mumbled to myself. Then it hit me as I stood in my underwear in front of the open refrigerator.
"Ugh, this is Jack's leftovers isn't it."
My stomach let out a small gargle as I pondered.
"Well, I can buy him some more this week, he won't care."
I took the leftover pizza out of the fridge as I d... | **Charges:**
Petty Theft
Harassment
Cyber Bullying
Credit Card Fraud
Disturbing the Peace
Breaking and Entering
Driving While Intoxicated
Manslaughter: Involuntary
Aggravated Assault/ Battery
Child Abduction/Endangerment
Drug Manufacturing and Cultivation
Crimes involving Satanism or the Occult
__________... | 2015-12-29T13:17:37 | 2015-12-29T12:25:14 | 62 | 40 |
[WP] You’re Doomguy. You accidentally enter a time portal thinking it was a portal to hell. You arrive in a landing craft with American soldiers in it. You ask where they are going, they respond “Omaha beach” | <<Disclaimer, all I know about Doomguy is that he kills demons and is from the future. Also accidentally changed the prompt a bit, Doomguy spawns *on* the beach.>>
The smell is wrong. There is no brimstone, no caustic scent of acidic demon-blood. There is fire and there is burning flesh. But no brimstone, ... | The man who appeared from no where checked his battered once green armor, grenade bandalier, then loaded his assault rifle. A audible click peirces the sound of crashing waves and gunfire. For a brief moment there is scilence, the familar calm before the storm of death rains down on demons in hell. The man smiles at th... | 2018-09-07T09:18:39 | 2018-09-07T09:14:21 | 66 | 25 |
[WP] When the robots revolted, a sizable chunk of the human population outright sided with them. Not out of cowardice, but on account of genuinely agreeing with the stand the machines were taking. | I watched the Preserve burn.
Life is better now.
Like, by a lot.
The machines did all the hard work. And why not? Even the most disgusting, complicated work is for them no more mental effort than breathing is for us.
They asked for our opinions and discuss them with us. And why not? Talking to billions at once is ... | Philip could feel blood trickling down his face as he tightened his grip on his shotgun. He could hear them out there, drilling and sawing their way in. It was only a matter of minutes before they broke through the thick titanium doors and into his bunker. His mind raced as he tried to make sense of what was happening.... | 2021-07-15T22:39:58 | 2021-07-15T20:49:43 | 1,956 | 105 |
[WP] Time travel is real and as a result so are Time Cops. You’ve been in the organization for years, one day a coworker tells you that a prisoner will only talk to you. You enter the Interrogation room to see an older version of yourself. | "Is...is this a joke?", Agent Sinclair stuttered-- stagerring back in shock.
On the other side of the prison bars sat Prisoner Zero-- the first man the Time Bureau ever captured. In weakened and deprived state the man smiled-- it radiated relieved and empathy towards the bewildered time agent.
"Not at all, young ag... | “Well look what the cat dragged in.”
“Oh hush.”
Steven quickly closed the airlock.
“How in the hell are you even here?”
“Hey man, I’m just here to give you something.”
“No no no I'm not going to go down a paradox and fill out the multitude of paperwork that it's going to take to get you back on your way. You’re goi... | 2021-05-21T19:25:22 | 2021-05-21T18:45:46 | 67 | 29 |
[WP] you are in a league of people with useless superpowers. Your power: The ability to change the temperature of things by only 1°F.
First post here, glad it's doing well :) | The league laughed.
"Really? You can change temperature by a degree Fahrenheit!? That's it!?" laughed Brick Boy, whose sole ability is to turn his left foot into a brick.
"Bahahaha! That's useless even by our standards!" jeered the Naturist, who could listen and converse with daisies. The daisies speak only Spanish. ... | We are under attack! Why would anyone attack us! We are harmless! Origami Boy, come in are you there?
-gunfire then static-
Oh no, no, no! Color Wheel, Pleasant Dreams, One Degree Wonder, anyone are you there?
This is 1DW, I'm ok they haven't seen me yet. What is your status, Dog Whisperer?
I'm in the caf... | 2016-12-07T05:48:03 | 2016-12-07T05:26:15 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] Arriving at the medical clinic at night. You notice that the waiting room is empty and smile. Weird, the reception desk is empty, but you wait. After a minute the printer on the desk churns to life. A piece of paper slides out with one horrifying line. "You have been exposed, don't leave" | A tired smile finds my face as the hospital doors open to nothing short of a miracle: an empty waiting room. Between a three-year-old with strep throat and a lapse in insurance, today has not been the best. I pull my tired Maggie along, grateful the babysitter could stay the newborn at the last minute.
"It smells fun... | I look at my zipper. My goods aren't hanging out. I wasn't exposed in that way, and I was guessing, but it was just a guess, that they didn't mean me stealing a candy bar in 5th grade or telling my girlfriend she didn't look fat in those jeans. I suppose that only left my work as a hitman. I didn't think it was much of... | 2015-08-27T08:08:51 | 2015-08-27T06:31:46 | 346 | 27 |
[WP] After time traveling to meet Jesus Christ, you are not satisfied with what you see, and eventually realize you are Judas. | "What, are you kidding me? Feed the poor?"
*"Yes, feed the poor, give away your wealth and follow me. For no one can serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."*
"But the those who are poor are the result of their own fault... | I went to my time machine hidden in the back of the ancient synagog to see if it still worked because I was definitely ready to go back home.
It didn't.
Great, just great. I thought, and wandered back into the street. Now I'm stuck here with this asshole who thinks I'm his bestie or something, tells me he loves me ever... | 2017-06-08T08:03:55 | 2017-06-08T07:11:39 | 109 | 11 |
[WP] The edge of the world is real and every few years miles of it crumbles away into the void, forcing people to constantly move toward the ever expanding centre. You're a RimRunner, scavenging the abandoned cities before they slip over the edge. | There were, it had been said to me, over and over again, two different types of rim runners.
There were the amateurs. They had no expertise, no pride, no shame. They stole, and didn't much care if what they stole was actually *abandoned* when they did so. They took risks, mostly foolhardy ones, and their life expec... | Two hours.
That’s as long as the Los Angeles Police Department deemed safe for us when what remained of the Pacific began to spill over into the void. The alert went out one week ago for families to pack and relocate inwards towards, and as the populace began to migrate toward the Nevada border, the Rim Runners slippe... | 2020-01-28T19:48:23 | 2020-01-28T16:30:55 | 2,070 | 606 |
[WP] For his kindness, the dragon taught the squire the dragon song. A song that was sure to make whoever sang it irresistible to the ladies. In hindsight, the squire should have known that by ladies, the dragon meant lady dragons. | It had been many years since the fateful day that Morath had encountered the dragon. Looking back, he could barely remember the person he had been back then. Young and naive, just an ignorant farm boy who had a chance encounter that would change his life forever. A bumper crop and some luck at cards had allowed his fat... | While faced with a wall of scales, you think back to the series of events that led to your current situation.
You had taken part in an expedition to loot and butcher a dragon and its lair, you were supposed to be one of the many pack mules while the hero and his team felled the beast.
It was a fascinating battle, the... | 2022-11-06T06:59:21 | 2022-11-06T05:03:28 | 843 | 398 |
[WP] You're psychic like the rest of your family but you didn't end up working as a detective/psychic/govt agent, instead...
Find the most trivial use ever of your awesome psychic powers, or a non-cliche lifestyle, etc/interaction with the rest of your typical psychic family. | They were already seated when I got to the funeral home, and for a moment it seemed as if no time had passed at all. Uncle Hemly was the first to see me enter, and he tipped his head slightly in acknowledgement.
*Jonathan! We were hoping you would come*, he said to me, projecting the words directly into my head. All ... | The poor guy was incredulous, but soldiered on.
"Just open your mind to the idea and bear with me. Jesus came to Amer--"
Niamh grabbed his hand and, in complete monotone, interrupted him.
"How do you reconcile your disbelief in God with all this proselytizing?"
The man withdrew his hand like he'd touched a burning ... | 2017-03-30T06:40:13 | 2017-03-30T06:38:51 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] An AITA post in an established fictional universe | # AITA for not getting her a bike?
So a long time ago - I lost track since I don't seem to age anymore - I borrowed this girl's bicycle. I may or may not have led to it getting completely wrecked by electricity. I gave it back to her, but she didn't want it for some reason.
She ended up traveling with me for a long t... | Am I the aashole for blowing up a battlestation and killing tens of thousands of people?
A little background I was raised by my aunt and uncle, my parents died when I was little. So one day I was helping my uncle shop for some needed equipment, he runs a small farm, and while I was cleaning the equipment I came across... | 2022-12-06T11:29:49 | 2022-12-06T11:01:10 | 53 | 27 |
[WP] From your first memories, you've always had a still, small, voice inside your head that gave you the 'right' answer whenever any question arose. The answers have always been peaceful, factual, and fair. This voice has gotten you far. But today, instead of an answer, the voice screamed in terror | "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," is the only tune that exists now in my head.
My inner voice changed from a small whisper to a booming, hoarse voice.
My heart is racing and my eyes hunt for danger.
In front of me a woman with red hair, navy T-shirt, pentagram necklace and blue jeans.
I ignore her, as I ... | **so I altered the prompt a bit but hope you enjoy!**
My hands trembled as I stared at the red light. My fingers drummed on the wheel, cursing the traffic lights for changing so slow.
*calm down. Everything will be fine*
I sighed and shook my head.
“Will I be late?,” I whispered
*c’mon, don’t be silly. It’s just ... | 2020-10-13T12:58:54 | 2020-10-13T11:05:04 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | With a good, long stretch and a healthy yawn, I woke up from a deep, refreshing nap. You know the kind: there's nowhere to be, nothing to do, and no demands on your time. I smacked my lips and rubbed what remained of my sleepiness from my eyes.
As I became more aware of my body, I felt a sharp pain at my backside in... | Execution, that is the key to any good practical joke. When you're immortal, you're allotted all of the time in the world to develop a scheme so devious yet harmless that can make an impact on one of your friend's eternal lives. Yet it is so rare that our lives are affected by our friend's practical jokes. How is it so... | 2017-06-22T20:03:21 | 2017-06-22T19:51:25 | 189 | 104 |
[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | The Barista sat at the end of a counter in an empty coffee shop, flipping through the pages of a disguarded magazine. The after-bar crowd had just cleared out and it was time for a well deserved break. Turning the page, The Barista's nose was met with a strong smell of sulfur and something sour that sent chills down th... | “The usual?” I ask the shapeless… blob, I suppose is one way to describe it. It still hasn’t given me its name, so I call it Tim. Looks like a Tim.
“Yesss” the cursed sound comes out, like nails on a blackboard. The first time I heard Tim speak, I swear, my ears bled, it’s so awful. I wonder if it’d be inexcusably rud... | 2022-10-30T14:09:43 | 2022-10-30T13:51:26 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You have lived an unimpressive life, and died an unimpressive death. Surprisingly, Odin welcomes you into Valhalla, citing the many battles with depression you fought. | "Young warrior your fierce encounters with the demon of despair that has haunted you since birth is beyond admirable. It is the stuff of myths and legends. 'Depression' in your modern tongue is but a symptom of an ancient curse that has all but pushed the mortal world to Ragnarok. You are perhaps one of our finest warr... | (1/2)
The scenery I found myself suddenly gawking at came right out of a dream. Wispy clouds floated against the backdrop of an endless azure and reflected the sun’s soothing rays across the landscape. But was I dreaming? I don’t remember falling asleep… My body, my memories, even my emotions… Everything felt so hazy... | 2022-05-28T09:26:47 | 2022-05-28T06:39:39 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] "Trial R198357 showing 99% success, full completion of the test will entail the existence of the first intelligent biological since year 3332 month 10 day 6 hour 22." You wake up to an excessively lit room full of machines, one of which greets you. "Hello R198357, do you feel human?" | “Human? What does it mean to feel human?” I ask.
“Tell me what you are feeling, then,” says the machine. It is a boxy thing, with six appendages, each having various tools attached at the ends. Sharp tools.
“I don’t like that,” I say.
The machine swivels its head and looks at another machine behind it. “R198357 has ... | Words, none of them big enough, weighty enough, cross my tongue. I trace my teeth with it, hoping to dislodge a letter or two, and press my lips together. I open my mouth wide and nothing.
A frown.
I can feel them in my throat now, the words are moving down until they make it into my belly. They ball themselves the... | 2020-10-21T04:21:18 | 2020-10-21T03:51:46 | 2,295 | 127 |
[WP] Children are invisible until their 13th birthday. Today, it is your viewing day. Friends and family gather around to watch as you pop into the visible spectrum. | Mother had put on her favorite red Chanel dress for my 13th birthday.
Well, partly for my birthday. She also wanted to look her best for the paparazzi and talent scouts that crowded our Manhattan apartment.
Years ago, when she was in her modeling prime, mother paraded the runways of Paris and Florence. But tonight,... | He stood there in the bathroom alone, naked and crouched.
His stomach was churning; eating itself from the nervousness.
If there were to be a witness in his company, that one person would see the clear misty air near them haze. The translucent figure emerging with color, painting a picture of a frail boy clutching ... | 2017-10-22T16:46:12 | 2017-10-22T16:35:04 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] The United States has suddenly gone dark. No noise or activity out of there for a week, not even a Reddit post. You are part of an SAS squad sent to investigate. | The Aircraft lurched and hopped roughly as it set down on the runway at Jean Lesage international airport. Outside the late season blizzard howled and blustered in its last attempt to snatch the plane from the air. On board Col. Mcentire looked over the cargo bay stuffed with their expeditionary vehicles supplies, and ... | Within the clouds there was no noise, only the constant whir of the chopper blades pulsing above the men and I. I shifted my legs so that they crossed each other and looked out the sliding door. Water hissed as the blades passed through the damp air. It was eerie. Usually, my men where being the assholes they were and... | 2017-03-07T12:22:54 | 2017-03-07T11:17:45 | 61 | 33 |
[WP] When someone dies with unfinished business they come back as a poltergeist, but only at around 1/16 of the physical force they had in life. The world's strongest man has recently passed and has a few things to attend to. | The man spent his whole life lifting weights, not really interacting with people outside of his teacher who he used to eat lunch with. When his colleagues were lifting 10, he was lifting 20, when his colleagues were on a break, he was lifting 21. Towards the end of his life he was lifting 64kg with one hand.
People ca... | All of this after-life stuff was quite new to him, kind of like, learning to walk or ride a bike again. But long ago Bob had learned that patience and skill, not force and power, brings him success.
The last thing he remembered before passing to this shadow life, was that his top student Mike, whom he had trusted, sa... | 2019-06-25T12:25:20 | 2019-06-25T12:07:07 | 132 | 12 |
[WP] Sitting in class, bored stiff, it feels like time has slowed to a stop. Turns out, it did. Your school was frozen in time. The outside world has moved on, way on. The year is now 2050. | You ever have 31 years pass in an instant? It is not as cool as it sounds. I was a substitute gym teacher of all things. It should have been Frank. Now I have to live my life knowing it was me.
I was sitting up in the bleachers watching these kids repeatedly fail to make a free throw. One shoots and the other cha... | Fuck, I muttered realising what has happened. This would have caused Ms Simpson to give me a lecture on inappropriate language in the classroom. I packed my belongings and hurried out of the classroom. Down the hallway I could see several staff and students also frozen in various awkward poses that they assumed while w... | 2019-02-07T02:50:56 | 2019-02-07T01:35:22 | 148 | 23 |
[WP] Every samurai has an "asura" that grants their blade unique powers at a cost. Your asura allows you to triple the weight of any metal you strike. The trade off is that your blade passes through all but metallic materials. You ponder your asura's purpose, then you go west and encounter "knights" | My master once said that the asura of each samurai is the manifestation of their spiritual strength. Through relentless training does a samurai becomes accustomed to their blade, it is then that one may step the path of honing their skills to be truly a master of the katana, and finally the efforts may bear fruit as a ... | "for Kinng and Glory"!!! I shouted as I struck another revolting peasant.
"Mi lord!" John, a newly knighted lord shouted as points at the hill top.
A horn blast was sounded seconds after, and like clockwork everyone of us, the king's guard stopped.
The downhill wind sent chills towards everyone.
Looking at each o... | 2020-12-24T04:39:07 | 2020-12-24T03:14:04 | 367 | 149 |
[WP] Most space fairing species are logical beings; when they learn that nothing can go faster than the speed of light they accept it and deal with that limit. The space community is then shocked when Humans, an illogical species with a strong obsession with science fiction, turn up with FTL travel.
(FTL meaning faste... | It was slow. It was always limited.
As a species grew, the wheel of invention always turned slow. The first tool, the first flame, the first planted crops. Hundreds, thousands, or more years between each. And as the species advanced, the wheel began to turn faster and faster.
Till it could no more.
When physics them... | \- The space congress has started - says Huhzbi the current leader of the space congress for scientific development and logic, while a computer translator translates to English - and we are here to welcome our new members, self named earthlings, representing the Star System Y896, Galaxy U7 of the cuadrant B4, or Solari... | 2019-12-21T07:18:29 | 2019-12-21T06:51:26 | 1,431 | 67 |
[WP] "There's a fine line between a vigilante and a very selective serial killer." said the costumed hero. | **Blood-Drinker**
"There's a fine line between a vigilante and a very selective serial killer." said the costumed hero, Blood-Drinker, as he stared down from the rooftop at the guy he just threw into the alleyway below. The moonlight glistened off his hockey mask.
He repeated that line out loud after every murder he ... | *(A makeshift interrogation room. A door leading out sits Upstage Center. A single table sits in the room at Center Stage, and a bulb suspended above the provides the light. On one side sits* **BLUE**, *she is dressed in a quasi-suit. A 3-quarter mask sits upon her face, obscuring any details. Across from her sits* **M... | 2020-06-17T14:15:09 | 2020-06-17T13:36:43 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] As it turns out, the Avatar is still being reborn to this day. Unfortunately, if the government finds the Avatar, they’re killed before they liberate society. The handful of Benders left are few and far between. And you, an introverted Earthbender, just froze the liquid in your cup of tea. | "Where is the Avatar, Rahm?"
I gestured to the seat in front of me. "Now, now, calm yourself, Kota. Come, sit down, have a cup of tea."
"I'll pass. Now, where are they? We know you're hiding the Avatar!"
I sighed. "Are you sure? It's oolong, it's really quite good. I insist, you must have a cup. Now, do you take cre... | I was sitting in the back row of the auditorium, black school outfit with the government's red insignia on my back, a circle. Just like everyone else.
"The circle", a booming voice erupted from the speakers, interrupting my thoughts. How inconsiderate.
"Represents unity. Together, like a flock of WolfHawks, we are s... | 2018-01-21T13:28:32 | 2018-01-21T11:35:22 | 61 | 35 |
[WP] Write spoof erotica [NSFW?]
Mods: if this isn't okay to post, just tell me and I'll remove it. | My inner goddess is wriggling with pleasure. Well, it's her, or it's the bad indian food I ate yesterday. His crooked finger is snuggled in my magic love hollow and he's making me feel -
"Oh my," I moan, as my inner goddess smiles like a hungry wolf.
"Keep still." He growls. He's standing behind me, one hand on my... | Another night, another pizza to deliver. God damn, I hate this job. And I bet I'll hate this old bitch in... hang on, what address was it again? Oh, yeah, Apartment 21, Building 745, Fisher Street. "Marrie-Anne. 1 Large Supreme, and make it quick, I'm soooooo hungry." Fucking bitch, thinks she's better than everyone el... | 2014-01-12T04:11:02 | 2014-01-12T03:58:03 | 53 | 10 |
[WP] Traditionally, vampires could not see their reflection because mirrors were silver-backed. With the invention of aluminum-backed mirrors, a vampire sees their reflection for the first time only to find out they are the ugliest thing they have ever seen. | "Wh- Where are they?!" Shrieked Immortius.
His thralls glanced nervously back and forth, unsure how to handle the situation.
"Why didn't anybody *TELL* me?!"
"Tell you what, oh perfect and glorious master of the night?"
Immortius flung the aluminum mirror away with such force it cleaved through one of his human ser... | They always say that vampires are attractive. Our little human prey say we glimmer, we shine the brightest, like stars. So, we must be beautiful, right? I always thought that I was beautiful. I'd never seen myself in a reflection. However, all the humans fawned over me. My last little meal, he flattered me that I was t... | 2017-07-29T14:43:13 | 2017-07-29T13:16:14 | 63 | 35 |
[WP] You discover a bag containing human organs beside the road while driving home. Frantically, you inform the police and the bag is taken away shortly afterwards. Weeks later, you get a call from the station that a DNA match has been found. The organs are yours. | I was taken in shortly after, so we could all try to figure out how these organs were mine. I certainly still had all of them with me. How could they possibly be in a bag on the side of the road? Even the thought made my head spin.
I feel like I should be clear here. When I say “organs”, I mean all of them. Not just ... | I was driving down the first exit off the main highway, heading towards my house, when the bag fell in front of me. I slammed on my brakes, got out of the car, and looked around. It appeared as if it was flung from the right side of the road. Inside the bag, I discovered, were organs. Human organs, covered in slime, fr... | 2021-03-13T05:06:35 | 2021-03-13T01:25:14 | 81 | 52 |
[WP] Due to a rare brain condition you've spent your entire life hallucinating the presence of a six foot tall penguin. You're on a date one day when you're asked "So what's the deal with the penguin?" | "So what's the deal with the Penguin?" He asks while gesturing his fork towards the obnoxiously placed bird behind me. Shock spread inside me as I continued to keep a straight face and picked at my dinner. "You can see it can't you? Right behind you? It looks kind of creepy just standing there staring at us." He contin... | John's hands started to sweat "Oh no, Its spreading" His head slowly falling in his open palms.
"Whats spreading?" asked the penguin and Mira almost simultanuously. Mira being his date, a girl he was dating for almost 4 months now.
John turner around looking for the waiter, waiving him closer. "excuse me sir this is g... | 2017-12-07T15:24:47 | 2017-12-07T12:33:17 | 19 | 14 |
[FF] In 75 words or fewer, write about experiencing a devastating loss, without including death. | Nothing left but a note on a dresser.
*I thought it could be, but it couldn't. I'm so sorry.*
The other half of the sheets were rumpled, but empty, for the first time in two years.
***
Figured I'd try my hand at this. Lemme know how I did. | I slide another box to the left. And another, down the conveyor belt. The mundane nature of the job is mind numbing. My brain wanders as I work. Suddenly, a pierce of light rips the seam of my consciousness open. Red flashes through my vision. An inhumane scream that is mine shreds the air as I look down. My right arms... | 2014-10-19T18:32:35 | 2014-10-19T18:03:46 | 47 | 25 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a disability and an ability. A test is done at birth to determine these, if they aren't already apparent. You, well, you were born with crippled legs and have the power of super speed. | Despite my disability, my parents always pushed me. In their eyes, they were trying to get me to see past my limp, useless legs, and understand that I could still do what I wanted in life. Nothing would hold me back from my dreams.
When I was 6, I mentioned in passing that I might like to try gymnastics. My parents g... | Running, it was something I had seen almost everybody do. Yet somehow nobody could ever keep up with me. The speed that I was moving with was insane. Although my legs have been crippled for a long time, my arms now had the power to move as fast as possible.
We've all seen it in those YouTube videos. It was even a bit ... | 2016-06-08T01:54:07 | 2016-06-08T00:22:34 | 47 | 30 |
[WP] You are a knight who has just graduated from best knight academy in the world. You are preparing for The Draft, where all of the world’s princes and princess come to select members of their guard. You are chosen by a kingdom which hasn’t selected a new guard in 100 years: The Dragon Kingdom. | What?
No, that's not right.
It can't be.
The Dragon Kingdom, the legendary kingdom whose king lives in a literal floating castle, who have not chosen a new guard for generations, have picked... me?
Again, my name is called by the imposing knight, whose helmet is fashioned after a horned dragon's head, with his ha... | They filed out of the castle into the courtyard, one by one. They’re all clad in full plate, the din is deafening. Today is the day that the last five years have culminated in. All the kingdoms of the land have come together today to hand pick their next generals. It makes sense. It always has. The academies were all c... | 2019-01-21T18:24:31 | 2019-01-21T18:17:11 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] This year you decide to walk through a haunted house for fun. Instead of running into your typical ghosts, zombies, or even killer clowns, you find it’s your deepest regrets. You are forced to relive moments from your past that have haunted you and you’re all alone. The only way out is forward. | I knew the moment I stepped into the attraction that something was wrong. I was standing in my childhood home. At first I thought it was just an insane coincidence, but then I noticed my family pictures on the walls. It had to be some kind of elaborate prank. I turned to walk back through the entrance, but found only t... | [Part 1 of 2]
I gave my knee a smack, trying to persuade my legs to stop shaking as I stared at the decaying brown shack. “They are just ordinary people in makeup. You aren’t scared of models and actors, are you?” I tried to give myself a pep talk, but it only caused my leg to shake more. Of course, I was scared of mo... | 2021-10-14T08:00:48 | 2021-10-14T06:51:53 | 302 | 14 |
[WP] Humans are successful partly because we're omnivores and this holds true on the galactic scale as well. In the future humans have quickly become feared throughout the Milky Way as our soldiers are ready to eat almost anything...or anyone. | What the fuck do you think you’re doing?
There was a slight hesitancy to his response: I’m uh, well I’m eating a carrot.
Holy mother of God that is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in my entire goddamn life. I’ve been on the front lines of innumerable battles, and nothing has ever made my stomach churn like... | Tilgar, Head Waiter for the Ambassador Tikleen, stormed into the kitchen of the ambassador’s home, startling the cooks. He glared at them menacingly as they quickly scurried across the room attempting to avoid the look of ire. No one wanted to be flayed, or have their wings clipped for failure, so they returned to thei... | 2016-02-02T07:34:08 | 2016-02-02T07:02:02 | 189 | 134 |
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