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3,100 | In 200 words , describe a ghastly and very unpleasant body transformation . Can be mechanical , biological , magical or whatever you like . ( possibly NSFW )
| She hadn ’ t been able to breathe right for at least a week. Now she lays in bed, gasping for air around the pain. A tearing, ripping squelch comes occasionally from her back, making each breath a little easier. The headache overwhelmed her then, her teeth beginning to throb with each heartbeat, matching the rhythm of ... |
3,101 | In a Utopian society , superheroes must convince ordinary people to commit acts of villainy in order to satiate their lust for justice .
| The smug bastard stares at me from across the train. It has been four days since my last take down and I itched for some action. I want to pummel his face and break his teeth. I want blood to pool in his mouth and spill off his chin as I throw him outside. I want to hear that lovely sound as he hits the cement. God, I ... |
3,102 | A guy falls in love with a dead girl who was murdered , and plans to avenge her
| “ No! ” I think I shouted, as I woke up in a cold sweat, unsure if my shout was audible to the real world or just part of the half remembered dream.
The dream. This isn ’ t the first time I ’ ve had a similar dream. As with most dreams, I can never remember how I got into the situation, but I remember her in vivid ... |
3,103 | Humanity survives only in Towers . Tell any story that takes place in this world .
| He ’ d been walking for days, walking for nights — and the smell of her blood still filled his lungs. Thick, sweet, and salty where beads of perspiration fell in, and thick. Her arms were so small, when he held her close, her scars where the fire had taken her beauty, he couldn ’ t feel it under his callouses. Who had ... |
3,104 | You are a horror artist and have just finished your most terrifying piece yet. You hear a voice say “That’s a good likeness of me”. | Finally, after hours of slaving, hunched over at my desk, I had an idea for the drawing before me. Unlike many of my other works, I decided to draw something not to invoke fear in others, but in myself. I thought long and hard about the attributes I found most off-putting in my artistry and mashed them all into one hau... |
3,105 | Your apartment building is strange . It doesnt appear on any maps , the floors rearrange randomly and you 're pretty sure your neighbor is a ghost . Still , the rent is cheap .
| Dear Abby,
I recently moved into a new apartment, and the only address I was given was a symbol that gives the mail man a headache. my upstairs neighbor is constantly rattling chains and floating through my living room. My downstairs neighbors have taken up howling. I tried to complain to my landlord but he appears... |
3,106 | You lost you job and your girlfiend. One day you wake up and see a man dressed in flawless suit of finest material. His eyes fixed at you, one eye completly black, other yellowy-gold with black pupil, after moment of silence he asks "would you like a job, Son? " | Life is hell. I’d grown up with a serious princess attitude. My old man had clout and I abused it like a demonic little witch, but you know with a “b” instead of a “w.” I could have gone on like that for all eternity, but then I met Lilitu. She’s the daughter of my dad’s left hand; the woman who pretty handles any trou... |
3,107 | A ravenous monster rampages through the school destroying everything in its wake. You are hiding in a locker with the monster stationed in front of you, pulsating. Through the peepholes, you see the monster form into your classmate. She says "Oh no, it happened again." | “What is that thing!?” The teachers and students all yelled in terror. I was silent, and went and hid in my locker. The school had emptied out, and through the peepholes of the locker was a silent, eerie, empty school hallway. The monster knew there was someone in the lockers, so it suddenly started tearing the lockers... |
3,108 | Someone has , for the first time , discovered a sport they enjoy playing .
| “ Prisoner number 554321; step forward please. ”
The Warden eyes me up and down, his expression blank.
“ You ’ re a big boy, aren ’ t you prisoner? ”
I meet his gaze, but I don ’ t answer.
“ You don ’ t like to talk? That ’ s fine. So long as you can play. There ’ s a lot of potential sponsors in the cr... |
3,109 | You wake up, startled to a loud screech. You, out of morbid curiosity, go and check it out. | My hand looks for the doorhandle, cold as if grabbing a dead mans hand. The door creaks as I slowly pull it open. En eerie light seeps theough the crack as the staircase behind it is bathed in a light that somehow clings to the edges but leaves the shadows crying for just a caress. Hoping to reveal what it is hiding, d... |
3,110 | "I... I really didn't want to do it." | Is all I said as I dropped the smokey revolver.
The body with a fist sized bullet hole in its head toppled over giving off a haunting thud.
I fell to my knees as my sister began to sob. A crimson pool of blood began to fill the cold kitchen tile.
My mom was unconscious, sad to admit this wasn't a new sight.
I've to... |
3,111 | You live in a world where , when the sun sets , all sorts of animals become increasingly aggressive towards humans .
| We called them Bunyips, after a legend supposedly dating to the long lost homeworld of humanity. Fur covered bipeds standing only about two feet tall, with big floppy ears and tails. By day they mostly hung out in underground burrows, occasionally emerging to forage for food and water. They showed little fear of humans... |
3,112 | You were born with a genetic mutation which causes your body to age 10 times slower than normal. Today is your 100th birthday. | “Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Ana and Henry. Happy birthday to you.”
Today was my 100th birthday. 100 years. Sitting next to me was my brother, Henry, who actually looked the part. He was my twin, but it didn’t take long for people to stop believing it. My parents realized it just ... |
3,113 | Everyone knows the exact date and time you die. In five minutes, you will meet your demise. Ten minutes later, you're still alive and you receive a message: "Congratulations..." | ‘Congratulations!’ large red letters begins to spell out on my bedroom wall ‘You are still alive.’
“Great” I mumble as I glance around my room. Weeks worth of take out boxes and trash hide the floor from view. Old bottles and cans create a pile ankle deep by my bed. “Now that’s another thing Ill have to clean”
A glow... |
3,114 | If only you have seen what I have seen ...
| If you'd seen what I have seen, you'd be different. You would n't walk down corridors without checking round each corner, or darting your eyes to the ceiling. You'd never turn off the bathroom light before leaving the room, or let a door close behind you without watching it, carefully.
You would n't swing blearily ... |
3,115 | It was an open and shut case , except for one alarming detail ...
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“ Well god damn it man what do you mean you ’ re not dead? ”
“ Just as I say, I ’ m afraid I ’ m just as alive now as the day I burst from by mothers womb. ”
“ Nonsense why you we ’ re stone dead. And we already caught your murderer We we ’ re going to lynch him later this afternoon. ”
“ And who may I ask... |
3,116 | Criminals are now punished with false memory .
| When I was seven, I was terrifyied of monsters. I knew this was a common problem among children, however I'm sure none of them had ever seen one. I saw mine all the time, stalking the hall outside; its razor quills clicking against the steel bars of my cell. Often I would hide under my blanket and wait for its coarse l... |
3,117 | As you walk into the kitchen your eyes instantly and intensely focus on the knife lying on the counter .
| I staggered into the kitchen dead drunk. I winced as the front door slammed shut behind me. Susan had probably been asleep, and if I woke her, my inebriated mind would have a hard time making up an answer for where I'd been all evening.
My hand fumbled in the darkness for the switch. I needed a drink of water. I fo... |
3,118 | You get trapped in a mirror and try to explain to others who you are , but you always take the form of the person/object thats standing in front of it .
| She doesn ’ t listen. Only looks. Looks at me and primps her hair. I don ’ t understand how this has happened. My name is Janet Lachelle and I ’ m little Miss Slutty Mctease Vanderhoven ’ s roommate. I was taking a shower and it so happens the mirror faces that side of the room. I looked over and now here I am. Inside.... |
3,119 | His overbearing , unstable ex-girlfriend wo n't leave him alone . She 's in his apartment when he brings home dates . She 's at the store while he shops . She 's at his office when he tries to work . No one can help him since she 's dead , no one else sees her and he 's the one who killed her .
| `` So, another one, huh?''
I rolled off Elizabeth and sat at the edge of the bed. Elizabeth gave me a curious look.
`` Aww, poor baby,'' Samantha said, floating towards my face. `` Ca n't perform, can you?''
`` Is something wrong?'' Elizabeth asked. She scoot her body towards me and wrapped her arms around ... |
3,120 | Everyone who knows you're a spy thinks you're an excellent one. You've never had any sort of training and every one of your successes was an accident. You're not even sure who you work for! | Evangaline closed the door of her apartment with a sigh, kicked off her shoes and sank down onto the couch. It had been another strange day – lately they all seemed to be strange days. Thank heaven for this new apartment, which had become her secure haven from all the weirdness that was living in London these days. She... |
3,121 | Would you rather be killed by someone who hates you , or someone who loves you ?
| From behind my head I hear the click of the pistol poised to shoot right through my brain. The gun, held but my good pal and five year neighbor Detective Johnson. Considering how he acts, his name is perfect for him. Calling him a dick is an understatement. But I ca n't say I ever expected him to go this far.
So here... |
3,122 | Write about that odd feeling of realizing you dont hate someone anymore. You never even had to forgive them, you just suddenly understood why. | I know I should hate you for what you did to me. Fathers aren’t supposed to do those things to their daughters. It’s been fifteen years since that last night, and yet I still remember it like it was yesterday. I remember every night you snuck into my bedroom. I remember every time you got blackout drunk and did all tho... |
3,123 | Your wife calls you in to the bathroom to kill a spider . Write a horror story about it .
| I come home from work. Stressed from the lack of communication at the office, I cant wait to recline in the lazy boy with a cold beer and smell the dinner my wife said she would be cooking tonight. I hang my coat and kick off my shoes and begin to unwind.
`` AHHHHH Dear GOD!!!!'' I hear coming from the bathroom. Je... |
3,124 | Scientists invented a pill that enables dogs to fully speak and understand English . It lasts for ten minutes , and will only work one time . You give a pill to your 12 year-old Border Collie , whom you 've had since they were a pup . Your dog immediately says `` Alright , listen very carefully ... ''
| `` My dog Kennedy has been barking nonstop ever since we got to this house! It's absolutely ridiculous! I never thought I'd be one of those people who would buy the pill but I have to! I ca n't get any sleep! He does n't eat and he refuses to go outside! I'm really worried that this is a sign of an illness! At first I ... |
3,125 | It has been scientiffically proven that some people have the ability to speak with the dead . You , as one of these people , are starting your first day on the job , at NYPD homicide .
| I walking into the small flat, handing my partner the coffee I'd just bought.
`` So what have we got?'' I asked.
`` White Male, Early 40s, Overweight, Knife wounds to the arms and torso. No obvious suspect but we're already looking for his girlfriend but it seems she works out of town during the week. Want us to gi... |
3,126 | Walter White sells Avon or Tupperware instead of meth. | “Hello Janice.” She froze, dropping her double mocha frappechino. It descended upon doorstep, splattering the dark viscous liquid up upon her pink ensemble. Trembling, her hand hung in the air where a moment before it had graciously requested entrance in a firm practiced tone.
“Do you know who I am?” demanded the low ... |
3,127 | In the canine world , humans are celestial beings who live for more than 500 years at a time . The caretaker of you and the past seven generations of your family will die soon .
| The immortal one was using fire to heat something in a spoon again. I knew that every time I saw that damned spoon I would not get my food. It would be one of those nights that the hunger would keep me awake again. The immortal mumbled something incomprehensible for a while and then the immortal one fell asleep in its ... |
3,128 | Yesterday was the last time I saw her . Before they took her .
| The day it happened the young mother was distraught, officers tried to get her statement, she just kept screaming `` they took her, THEY TOOK HER!'' She would crumple to the floor again, clutching a little purple blanket, sobbing as she rocked back and forth. The responding officers descriptions were detailed, a baby, ... |
3,129 | Every person has a button they can press at night that deposits a large sum of money to their bank account . However , the first person to press it each night is horrifically killed .
| `` Not gon na lie boss, you did n't have to come out to this one. Open and shut case.''
I ignore the Sergeant, looking around the room attempting to contemplate the gory scene in front of me. `` You could be home with your kids, instead you're admiring this splatter pattern. Does n't make sense to me.''
`` Well... |
3,130 | Write the scariest/creepiest/most unnerving story you can, using only the main character's search history. | "cheap housing nearby"
"Creekview housing"
"affordable apartments Creekview"
"renter's insurance"
"old apartment renovation ideas"
"remodeling old apartment cheap"
"can a cracked mirror be repaired"
"squeaky floor"
"how to fix floorboards"
"broken thermostat test"
"cold apartment reasons"
"floor squeaking at... |
3,131 | It has been proved that every living creature has an immortal soul , all of them ... except human beings .
| Thanks to state of the art technology, we are able to track ones consciousness after death. It was discovered that the human brain emits certain waves that are almost impossible to detect. These waves began to be referred to as “ soul waves. ” The problem was that for humans, they only lasted several minutes after deat... |
3,132 | Write anything you think of . Right now . Do n't stop , do n't backspace . Just write whatever comes to mind .
| I gained consciousness to the sound of an explosion. My vision is out of focus I can not think straight. I see someone running towards me screaming at the top of his lungs, his hands were stretching out to me as if he was trying to warn me about something. I can not make a word he is saying, I can not recognize his fac... |
3,133 | You are in a group of Aliens who have been tasked with investigating a town on earth which has had time stopped by you .
| The following records the investigations of Exploratory Research Group 50squorf-129, on the planet designated THIL-590743. Investigation site encompasses a village of approximately 10,000 of the native dominant lifeforms.
Descent to planet's stratosphere without incident. Timelock initiated without incident; progre... |
3,134 | You have a brick. It looks like a brick. It feels like a brick. Yet, over the past few days, people have been desperately trying to buy or steal the brick from you. You're starting to feel scared. | Dear my diary, Jonah,
It’s like they turned mad.
Ever since I got this damn orange brick, everybody seemed to want it. It’s just a brick, what the hell, why does this matter to people??? They could make their own bricks for fuck’s sake.
I’ve been hiding at home now, down at my hidden basement where nobody could re... |
3,135 | A man has the ability to smell death . The greater the stench , the closer a person is to dying . He leaves his house one day and is instantly overcome with the pungent scent of mortality . Every person he passes reeks of death .
| Like a sewage worker gets used to the constant smell of shit, I have gotten used to the smell of death. No, I ’ m not a mortician or a doctor, and I don ’ t work with cadavers. What I am, is a freak of nature. However, perhaps it would be more accurate to describe this smell as the coming of death, not actual death. Th... |
3,136 | It all started when her head fell off... | It all started when her head fell off… It was a totally normal day on a very normal street. The scent of lavender wafting up from the nearby flower patches. My next door neighbour came out to greet me on my way to school as she did everyday before pruning her roses. That when it happened and my life changed forever. So... |
3,137 | Shortly after you teach your pet rat how to paint he paints a perfect picture of ... .
| `` And your rat painted this?''
`` Yeah. So what do you think?''
`` Oh it's…it's good. I like…the uh…the shading and the uh…use of light…it's just, it's really pornographic''
`` Oh you noticed that huh?''
`` Yes, almost instantly. Your rat is, scary talented''
`` I know''
`` I mean it would be i... |
3,138 | All you're life you've been asked "what the hell is wrong with you" you've had enough. You're done keeping in the dark secret your mother made you promise not tell anyone. I remember her always saying "if you tell they will come for us all". That has to be bull shit? Right? | In the small town of Eldridge Hollow, where secrets whispered through the rustling leaves and shadows held more than mere darkness, I grew up haunted by an unspoken mystery that clung to my family like a ghostly shroud. For as long as I could remember, the words my mother uttered in hushed tones reverberated through my... |
3,139 | The zombie apocalypse happens . It was about as traumatic as Y2K .
| In retrospect, it was all very obvious. Still scary as shit at first, do n't get me wrong: the dead rising, zombies are real, `` holy fuck this is really happening what will we do?'' type stuff. When word of this first broke, no one really knew what to do. Most of us stayed home like the news said to, there was some lo... |
3,140 | You have just died and leave your body as a ghost . As you try to adjust to this predicament , you realise your body starts to move . Then it gets up and starts walking and talking .
| Ghost. I guess this is the answer. You become a ghost when you die. This is pretty neat I guess. Wow, I can ’ t believe I was so stressed out just a minute ago, now I ’ m totally chilling. I ’ m hovering above my still, soon-to-be rotting body, and for just a moment I feel a miniscule twinge of homesickness before I re... |
3,141 | In first person , make me believe your odd phobia is something worth fearing .
| Leaves covered the path I was walking on, and yet the trees still had leaves on them, which was strange for a mid-summer evening. I was walking alone in the mountains, since I felt like going hiking for a bit, but nor my parents, nor my sister wanted to join me. But that was fine, I do n't mind being alone, I just had ... |
3,142 | An erotic novel goes hilariously wrong .
| The woman closed the door, and looked him directly in the eyes, the candlelights reflected in hers.
`` You could leave now,'' she said in a whisper-like voice. `` Or you could stay a bit longer.'' She placed her hands on his shoulders and leaned his body back in the couch.
`` Well, I suppose I could stay a bit.... |
3,143 | You are inside a GIF .
| [ no title yet ]
I am alive for those few seconds, again, defying my terrified father, his eyes wide and pleading ( which you don ’ t see, which I wish I could unsee, which, now, is more painful than what happens in nine seconds ), fingers reaching up, my brother behind him, holding the phone vertical despite my co... |
3,144 | Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | Every day I take care of my baby girl. I make sure she's getting enough to eat, make sure she's comfortable and happy. It's all I can do. The mother doesn't want me to see her, but that's typical of that bitch. She's got another man watching my daughter, but they don't take care of her; not like I do. I rock her, cradl... |
3,145 | Write something that breaks my heart .
| He holds her to his chest, visibly shaking as tears cascading off his face. He rocks her as she grows cold in his arms. Headlights intensify as an unknown car drives past them, unknowingly she is taking her last breaths.
`` Hold on baby, please hold on,'' he whispers into her ear as the sounds of sirens wail in the... |
3,146 | In your culture, everybody gets a chance to go back in time once and say whatever you want to your younger self. You only get 5 seconds so you have to make it count. Today you turn 18 and see a 60 year old man approach you. You realize its your future self, but what he tells you terrifies you. | I suppose I should start at the beginning.
It began this morning, I woke up at noon, a tad earlier than I usually do. I headed down to get some breakfast, there was no one home.
No one was ever home.
It was my 18th birthday, but like the 3 before, I'd be spending it by myself. Ever since mom died, dad wasn't the sam... |
3,147 | Every person in the world has an exact double born exactly 500 years later. Not relatives, just lookalikes. We didn't realize, because this is the first 500 years that we've had cameras. | He killed three women in two months in his backyard.
Tortured them, I suspect, though I’ve never looked up the details.
His face was emblazoned on every newspaper of the time, he became a warning, a cautionary tale for women who trusted priests. For trusting anyone at all. He was a household name before there were ho... |
3,148 | : The hotel you’re staying at is haunted by the ghost of a disgruntled employee. | I dumped my bags on the floor, happy to finally have a place where I could sleep. I glanced at my watch and saw that it was already 2:45 AM. Resolving to sleep as soon as possible, I looked around the room I would be staying in for the next week. Upon first glance, it didn't seem to be too special, with a lone bed in t... |
3,149 | It was when I died the second time that I realized my mistake .
| It was when I died the second time that I realised my mistake.
It was when I died the second time that I realised my mistake. It wasn ’ t any easier. The first time I had died, and my heart had lurched out of rhythm and then into deathly stillness, and the darkness clouded my vision, followed by silence. Only for a... |
3,150 | Write a story of exactly 300 words involving life , death , love and hatred .
| He dropped the gun and left it empty.
I ’ ve done it, he whispered to himself. He believed after fulfilling his blinding desire to avenge his wife, he would be able to move on. Sirens wailed in the distance and he kept walking down the street. All he ’ s ever known is hatred for the man who raped his wife. It ’ s a... |
3,151 | A reverse zombie apocalypse happens in which humans infect the zombies. | We called him a hero. The first one able to reverse the zombie apocalypse that wiped out the human race so many years ago.
It all started when the last person became a zombie. Now, there were no other healthy humans roaming the Earth. All of us walked around endlessly in search of blood and flesh. None of us knew who ... |
3,152 | A serial killer realizes that his latest intended victim is n't human .
| “ I want you to stick it in me, ” the girl said. “ I want you to fuck me. ”
The way she said that, the way she enunciated the word fuck, her complete obliviousness to what Bill had in store for her – it sent a chill up his spine. The rod in his pants could cut diamonds. This was precisely what turned him on. He hit... |
3,153 | Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | As we board Transportation Pod 3, I realize something that captures me in a way that I hadn’t expected. It has been at least a hundred years since I last took this route. Hell, back then, pods were completely different. The stops, the waiting…it was a nightmare. They told us that Pod transportation was going to be like... |
3,154 | You're a spy. You and your partner always suspected that there was some deeper, hidden reason The Agency assigned the two of you together. Turns out the reason was: they thought you'd make a cute couple. They were RIGHT, and you DO make a cute couple, but still. It's the principle of the thing | “Two kids, a dog, and a golden retriever—final answer!” I said. It’s the only thing that makes sense for a house this big. Plenty of room, no muss no fuss!
My partner clearly didn't agree. She folded her armes and scrunched up her nose “Double or nothing!” —she laid a plate of bacon on the dining table—“Four kids, two... |
3,155 | A mysterious disease wipes out an entire island country within days . You are sent to investigate as the first outsider .
| **Log Entry # 1**
Holy shit I always wanted to write this. How cool is that? I'm making like a zombie log.
“ We just entered the cove. Weird sounds can be heard inside. Jenny is missing, I hope she is ok ”, that kind of stuff.
But seriously, Craig asked me to do this, so here it is: We're off the plane. Every... |
3,156 | Driving home late at night , you strike a pedestrian who was walking along side a large bend in the road and accidentally kill them . Devastated , as you feel at fault , you later learn their last will and testament was written out to `` Whomever kills me '' .
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I always hated this bridge, barely any lighting at night. It always gave me the creeps whenever I drove home. Must ’ ve been all those stories of suicides about this place, but the ominousness of tonight had never been this high.
…And that ’ s when it happened.
Dashing like a deer, he came out from nowhere on... |
3,157 | Write the biggest plot twist you can in ten sentences or less .
| She had been stuck in this room for what seemed like forever. She longed for the moment she could leave. Like always though she had to wait for her parents to be done, can ’ t go anywhere without them.
She looked up from the ground and saw her parents through the foggy window in the room. On the other side they wer... |
3,158 | You receive an email and decide to open it . It reads : `` Whatever you do , DO NOT answer it . '' Moments later , someone knocks at your door..
| /First timer, not native speaker/
It's been very long day. Difficult day at work. Too many appointments, too many meetings, too many people. My introverted side of me is literally dead. Listening some chilling music on the bus home I ignore the whole world. Coming home to my messy lonely appartment is saddening as ... |
3,159 | Every time something bad happens to you, e.g. someone tries to mug you, you attempt to warn the perpetrator away for their sakes. The reason? One of the gods of old, who has unresolved maternal urges due to their roles e.g. Artemis, has decided to focus all this energy onto poor you... | Surveying the shattered remains of my would be assailant, I sigh.
I’m tired of explaining things to the police. Maybe this time I could just quietly slip away?
If only she weren’t so “showy” and…gratuitous.
I’m not sure how it started. See…I’m autistic and I took a special interest in old religion.
I was particular... |
3,160 | Your grandparent passes and your parents inherit the palatial estate as well as the care for its cat. After going through several family records you realize the cat has been inherited throughout the generations. You try telling others but they forget. Now it keeps trying to be alone with you. | I was in the den of my grandparents’ old home. Curled up on the old velvet lined chaise and bundled in a crocheted blanket. Hoping to heal the void my grandfather left, I flipped thru an old family album while enjoying a glass of Beaujolais. How strange, I thought… there was a cat. In almost every. family .photo. But n... |
3,161 | A cloning experiment goes horribly wrong . The original dies , but the clone survives .
| The woman came to with the sounds of sirens blaring in her ears, the room awash in red light.
She frantically bolts for the door, slipping across the floor. A smear where she grabbed for the counter startles her, and the stainless steel shelf reflects wide eyed innocence. She looks down to see a mess across her clo... |
3,162 | You 're a teenage boy on the verge of maturity , and suddenly a secret family trait begins to emerge in your life ; any time someone calls your name 3 times , you magically appear before them .
| I am only 16 years old, but I ’ ve seen the world.
Three centuries ago, or it might have been four, the history is a little dodgy, a witch placed a curse on my family. The firstborn male of the line will be summoned by a calling of his name 3 times. I don ’ t really know why she cursed us, or why this was supposed ... |
3,163 | many young adults claim to have seen a tv show called `` teletubbies '' as kids , but there is no record of such a show existing .
| “ This is like that Bernstein Bears thing your boyfriend John keep babbling about, right? ”
“ That was a joke Mom, an internet meme! This is totally different. ” Nikki rolled her eyes. “ There were four of them and I loved to sing and dance along with them. They wore terrycloth and had TVs in their bellies and … ” ... |
3,164 | You are walking home when you feel you are being chased by someone/something you ca n't see
| A gust of wind brushed across my face and rustles the leaves of the tree behind me. The sound is akin to the shuffling of feet and makes me jump. I look behind me but the clouded moonlight provides no assistance. I pick up my pace, trying to navigate the darkened street to my home.
A voice echoes making me stop in ... |
3,165 | You are a immortal during the zombie apocalypse , During the apocalypse the zombies ignore you and you try to live a normal life during the outbreak .
| I have been inside my apartment building for 4 months now. Every day I wake up to the sound of my alarm. My generator has definitely come in handy these past months. Every day I force myself to keep resetting that alarm because if I do not, I can not fully convince myself that I have a normal life.
What consists of... |
3,166 | your girlfriend bought a cloning machine so she can get stuff done twice as fast. Everything was fine until they both started fighting over you. | The couple had been dating for a year. Things were going well until Sarah decided to invest in a cloning pod. She’d heard about them and though it would be a great way to get things done twice as fast. With the machine, she could get multiple projects done twice as fast and still have time for John .
Day 1: Everything... |
3,167 | A father gets to write his childs ' destiny and life . He is in a dilemma , from his horrible life experience , he knows how bad life can suck , but he knows it has its importance too . what does he do ? how does he come to the conclusion ?
| My son was better off without me. I have a tendency to destroy beautiful things and beautiful he was.
I remember him being born. It was a shit hole of a place, not even good enough for pigs. There was n't enough fucking money for a proper bed, let alone a decent room. It was filthy and dark, like a men's restroom a... |
3,168 | You have the power to enter others mind and fight their mental illnesses in a physical form . One day you encounter something you 've never seen before .
| It's never an easy job to fight. You can pick any fight you like and you can assume that it is taxing on body and soul. Some fights are so hard though, that you need a little help. When someone tries to mug you in an alley somewhere, you cry for help because the fight is too taxing, too dangerous. When your body combat... |
3,169 | You remember watching a show by a famous dancing company but you fell asleep . You try to piece the details together .
| I blinked. Or, at least, I thought I blinked. There was some nonsense dance show I ’ d agreed to go to for Katy ’ s sake, something with people in tight leotards leaping about like the stage was on fire. Last thing I saw, an abnormally fit and effeminate man tossing a small woman in pink tights and one of those fluffy,... |
3,170 | At 18, everyone gets a message from thenselves at 28. You just got your message, and it only contains three words: "Start running now." | Part 2
The man was gone from in front of me, pushing the door open, letter still grasped in his hand. I found myself following him without thought, pushing on the door which felt weightless, stepping back into the large waiting room.
The woman with the dust on her face, she was still screaming i realised, and somehow... |
3,171 | [PoC] Instead of of burying his heart on land, Davy Jones dropped the chest into the ocean where it remained undiscovered. When it surfaces in 2018, a medical examiner performs a biopsy to see why a severed heart is still beating and becomes the newest captain of the Flying Dutchman. | It was a heart like any other. Five inches long. 3.5 inches wide. 2 and a half inches from the front to the back. It weighed 10. 3 ounces.
Nothing spectacular.
However its beat was around 100 BPM. Elevated. Especially considering that it was without a chest. Or veins. Or blood.
In fact, the heart was singular. It la... |
3,172 | `` You ... Do know I 'm about to kill you , right ? '' A serial killer 's latest victim does n't seem to understand the gravity of the situation .
| Blood glistened on the floor below her. She noticed it made the white linoleum appear even brighter than when she first opened her eyes. It was an odd thing to notice in the present situation, but seemed a perfectly natural thought to her. She looked at the fresh wound on her stomach, a perfectly horizontal slash just ... |
3,173 | When you were little, you had an imaginary friend that played a very special song on the piano for you whenever you wanted, but no one believed you. For the first time in over thirteen years, while walking through a crowded mall, you hear that familiar tune coming from somewhere nearby. | “When I was a little kid I learned to play the piano. I loved playing it and would always make up songs. I always wished I would have a friend who liked playing the piano, so we could play together. One day Freddie turned up. He loved the piano almost as much as I did. One day we came up with a beautiful melody. We pla... |
3,174 | Your worst fear appears in your bedroom door , but it turns out it is there to keep you from the dangers of your favourite thing .
| “ Oh my God! ” I scream as I close my bedroom door, all ready to get in bed after a long day.
There he is. Choices That Will Positively Affect My Future. I dive under my bedsheets. I don ’ t know what else to do. When I was young, that always made the monsters run away. He pulled back my sheets and gave me a deat... |
3,175 | A group of strangers are stuck in a time loop. They attempt to leave the loop by changing things but they always meet a different and unfortunate end. That is until they try the most surprising thing. | Rage flared in Rob’s gut as the sound of Bob’s chewing filled the room. Behind him, Jasmine was once again slurping on her fizzy drink. It felt like they’d been in this bar forever - stuck in this goddamn time loop.
Rob had been manning the bar solo on this lonely Tuesday night. After finally getting these last calls ... |
3,176 | A man kneels on the ground , hands tied behind his back . Knowing he is going to executed at any moment , the man reflects introspectively on his life and untimely end .
| My Grandmother always told me that no matter what happens, there will always be happiness after it.
Oh, how wrong she was.
At the age of thirteen, my parents were killed while protesting against our government. They were selling children on the street for debt money and narcotics, yet they never admitted to it.... |
3,177 | There 's a new death penalty drug that acts as a hallucinogen , causing the prisoner to experience his worst fears until he dies of cardiac arrest . You were convicted of a crime and your execution is today .
| `` Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today a Mr. Dupar is on trial before you, someone who embodies evil, so I ask of you to see that justice is served, and this monster gets what he deserves. And your honor, if he is found guilty, I can only hope that Mr. Dupar is served with the maximum punishment. I urge all of you ... |
3,178 | Written laws are now being instantly enforced by the death penalty from what seems to be a divine source .
| ... the fireman was able to rescue the kitten, leaving one child very happy. In other news, police are still baffled by the rash of double homicides in the Quint-city Metroplex. Two men were found in a home in Lancaster late Friday night, this brings the total to 12 double homiceds in 4 days. Police Chief Karyn Robinso... |
3,179 | The holocaust is a lie created to cover up something far worse
| We didn ’ t know what to do, what to say. We tried to cover it up, but rumours were beginning to creep along the grapevine. So we said they were Jews; they had been hated for years by others, so we thought this might be no different. We didn ’ t realise there were so many of them.
A month into Hitler ’ s election, ... |
3,180 | Epiphany
| There in only one word to describe him…grotesque.
The stench was unbearable, the long, stringy hair, greasy, the vomit stained coat, the urine soaked baggy pants and the rotting teeth were more than I could stomach. So when he asked me if I could spare some change for a starving child, I was more than happy to over... |
3,181 | Write a story that starts off completely insane and gets more normal over time .
| Excuse my rambling but it's hard to think straight in this situation.
So there I am running with… god knows how many of the brothers and sisters I have, we ’ ve finally grown enough to be able to leave our home and go onto the “ Trials ”. I ’ m running as fast as my “ legs ” can carry me but I ’ ve already seen so mu... |
3,182 | You have the ability to see people's "demons"- manifestations of what plagues a person's conscious. The worse their demons the larger/more ugly they look. Today you've just seen the most terrifying demon of your life. | The coffee was bitter and black and my eyes stared into it, boring down in to its murky mass. I moved a spoon around it in, a clockwise motion ensuring the surface never settled, avoiding a reflection at all costs.
My bill had been placed to my right, the waitress silent as she approached, dainty pail hands pressing t... |
3,183 | All your friends and family are slowly changing . They do n't notice the difference , but you certainly do ...
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Two weeks ago my mother walked through the front door after work and I noticed her hair was more grey than it was before, and there were a couple more wrinkles in her face. I hadn ’ t seen them before, but in this lighting it was easy. She ’ s been dealing with a lot of stress lately, and she just turned 50, so it ma... |
3,184 | We forget our dreams for a reason : in the near future , memory enhancement therapies allow everyone to fully recall every dream they 've ever had . Across the entire human race , disturbing patterns and implications emerge that were previously hidden by the unappreciated bliss of forgetfulness .
| Ryan remained asleep despite the mechanical clicks and whirrs of the room ’ s four rockets but the rumbling that accompanied their lift off shook him into bleary consciousness. His eyes cracked open into a slight squint just as the roof began to separate from the house, flooding the room with morning ’ s warm, angelic ... |
3,185 | A prison in a world where human blood can melt through solid stone .
| I had never quite understood how they kept criminals away from the public until I became one myself.
What started as a desperate maneuver for a day's meal ended in capture as a petty thief. In fact I was at first elated to be taken in from the cold and provided meals at no cost but my freedom. Why would I want to e... |
3,186 | An alien family are trying to act normal on Earth . In an attempt to discover how to do regular things , they stumble upon HowToBasic .
| The mouse - squeak squeak squeak, she found one dead in the pantry last week, their droppings scattered like raindrops, raisins, amidst the rotting slurry of food, hears them rustling through the walls; she took the dead one apart, its tiny furred body slamming against the wall to uncover the zipper-toothed knobs of it... |
3,187 | While breaking into a safe at a mansion , you hear the sound of a gun cocking . `` Please ... do n't open it again . '' You slowly turn around only to face yourself holding the gun .
| Drunk while breaking safe what could possibly go wrong? To be truthful I do n't remember the thing. What I am telling you now is what I heard from Inspector Wilkes. The house owners told Mr. Wilkes part of the story.
First I want to say I am not addicted to drinking. I have to drink at least twice a day once in mor... |
3,188 | "Do you even know who I am!" You yelled at them. Turns out they did. Better than you did. | “Yes, Robert, we do. And we are sorry we gave you to the adoption agency but your father and I believed someone else had a better chance of giving you the life you deserved. We didn’t realize they were in the cult, eating the flesh of their god and such…we didn’t realize it would make you a monster” - my mother said, a... |
3,189 | you are an immortal who has survived the latest nuclear war in the year 2400. You have been walking around the world for a few centuries now in search of a human civilization.Your goal is to teach them new morals in order to avoid future wars. Finally, you spot smoke in the distance... | Thursday, 25th July 7700, AM
I’ve always hated Thursdays. It was a dreadful Thursday about 5 millennia ago that Homo Sapiens destroyed themselves, with dreadful bombs with silly names and and even sillier purpose - Mutually Assured Destruction. Most of them were vaporised in the onslaught, the nuclear winter that foll... |
3,190 | The same event that changed your SO/spouse 's life for the better , scarred you for life .
| “ Please honey, just… please calm down. ” I stagger back a couple steps, attempting to make myself look as small and nonthreatening as possible. His bloodshot eyes are fixed on me like a hawk, almost unblinking, the knife gripped with white knuckles in his one hand. My breath comes in short, panic-stricken bursts as I ... |
3,191 | A dectective is investigating a serial killer who leaves the fingerprints of his next victim at the crime scene of his current victim .
| Her partner swore it was a cartel vendetta at first.
The incredible brutality of the the two victim's deaths, the chest and face torn apart... it was shocking, unique, and senseless.
Although faceless, both victims still had their wallets, fingerprints, and teeth... no trouble identifying them, even though neit... |
3,192 | “Vampire help hotline, what can I do for you?” “I just… I miss garlic bread…” | It has been nearly a month since that bat bit me. The wound has healed and unfortunately, I am getting paler by the week. The heat from the oven has covered the pallor well though, who knew vampires could sweat? The night helps too of course. Nobody said anything when I re-negotiated my new working hours. Nobody could ... |
3,193 | You were bitten by a zombie , but kept your mind . While other zombies are running around killing for brains , you are trying to figure out what to do next .
| The first thing I heard was the screaming. My vision was blurry, and there were people all around me.. Someone was screaming something, my name? It called out desperately, `` THOMAS! THOMAS ARE YOU THERE?'' Slowly the mess of blurry colors sharpened to show 2 people in front of a fortified building, one of them was cal... |
3,194 | Theme Thursday - Vendetta | I thought I'd pissed off those jackasses in the Neuroscience Department years ago. So when they called me out of nowhere this morning, begging me to come in, I laughed. They've finally realized their mistake. I'm looking forward to some good groveling.
I’m walking towards the wannabe Starbucks when a panhandler notice... |
3,195 | You have always had a good relationship with your long time SO and have been frequently thinking about marriage . However , just today , you 've become aware of just how devoted they are to you ...
| There comes a time in every man's life when anger takes control and turns you into a whole different person. This time that anger turned me into a killer.
I live a simple life as a IT specialist. So i usually wonder why my girlfriend is well my girlfriend. I've been dating the women of my dreams for quite a while now... |
3,196 | Tell us a story about your favorite childhood toy .
| Hi. I ’ m “ SOFT STUFFED CAT, BLACK/WHITE # 328-4-676K ”, but Mike calls me Zip. I ’ ve been with him for almost 15 years now. Before Mike ’ s mommy bought me for him, life was so depressing. Watching all the other units get purchased for little boys and girls, seeing them get hugged and kissed and loved…but not me. I ... |
3,197 | 'Ashley , why is there a dead rat on my bed ? ! '
| I turned the light on in our room and blinked as my pupils adjusted to the intensity. My clothes were strewn haphazardly across the floor and my desk was a mess. I was way past due on cleaning up around here. Ashley jumped up from the bed and hugged me from behind.
“ What were you doing in here with the light off? ... |
3,198 | In a fantasy realm, no one has ever returned from the Crimson Forest. Your best friend has been poisoned and the cure is a rare plant found only behind that foliage line. You know it's there because a lifetime ago, you helped your mother cultivate it. | Flora struggled, carrying both a lantern and Chego’s sweating, shivering body through the Crimson Forest. Dusk peeked through the canopy of red-leafed trees and washed everything in bloody light. The antidote only grew in the heart of the woods--where the soil was black and rich and waiting. As the forest path finally ... |
3,199 | 1 body , 2 souls x-post /r/whathappensnext
| It's the ominous morning, when I woke up to find myself in a bed that is n't mine, looked to my hands to see they are bigger than usually, where the f..k I'm I, this is not my house.I jumped from the bed and start runing all over the house, my eyes fall on a mirror. I stared for a second, heck... the blood frozen in my... |
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