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[WP] The Creator demands you choose a basic Element of life to remove from existence. You respond with the 4 you know - Water, Earth, Air, Fire. The Creator says there are 13 Elements - #1 Water, #2 Air, #6 Fire, #8 Earth - you must pick between #1-13 | [
"I glared at our Creator, uncertain whether he even noticed my visible disapproval.\n\nMy name is Zel. I am a king, and I am a heretic, but most importantly, I am ambitious. I was once advisor, but after an 'incident' where I killed both an assassin and the king, I claimed his dominion over Aleysia, and the majorit... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans are really good at pattern recognition, in fact we're so good that the rest of the universe thinks we're crazy. | [
"Kathrine Gelding was sick of this shit.\n\nShe drummed her fingers on her forearm, sighing as the commotion raged around her. As a member of the Galactic Senate, her patience was being *sorely tested* by the Third Erghar-Kelshi War, and her colleagues were defiantly against helping with her burgeoning headache.Bei... | 1 | |
Town name isn’t actually ‘Starterville’ | [WP] You and your friends are the npcs in the tutorial area of an MMORPG (Mobs incl.). All your life, you’ve been forced to act weak in order to let newbie players learn the game. No more. Today, “Starterville” becomes the hardest area in the game. | [
"I sighed as I downed a bottle of grape juice. I rubbed my temple, thinking back on the life choices I've made that've lead me to this point.\n\"Harrier? You're not lookin' too well.\" I turned to my fellow teammate, an assassin character named Kruel. Despite the menacing name, he's quite the nice guy if you're not... | 1 |
[WP] You are gifted with the ability to use any weapon that exists anywhere in any dimension and or reality, perfectly. One day you meet someone who you start dating after sometime. The first time you hold hands, you realize the person is a living weapon. | [
"I held her hand and the world turned grey. Code. I saw gibberish floating before my eyes. Repeating units of ones and zeros etched into my eyes. I caught the flash of a date. 2018. Hundreds of years in the past. Ai had existed for a while now but this wasnt like touching them. This one was old and weary. Experienc... | 13 | |
[WP] You're not terribly bright or athletic, possess no extraordinary abilities, charisma, wit, or grace. This is the story of how you bumbled your way out of the end of the world anyway. | [
"At last, the crying stopped. An hour later, the loud crackling of fire diminished into the quiet hiss of dying embers.\n\nIt should be safe now, surely.\n\nI wriggled, and burrowed, and shoved against the soft, elastic walls that surrounded me, until my head popped out into the hot night. \n\nMy breathing eventual... | 1 | |
[WP] They say that the shells echo the ocean. You make a habit of collecting one of every kind. On a starry night, you place a new shell to your ear, listening for the waves, only to hear the whispers of the universe. | [
"All through my life I've never remembered a day of not grabbing a sea shell. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Cephalopoda Scaphopoda every type. I especially loved the conch shells. The sounds of the ocean trapped inside a measly seashell. \n\nAlthough one day, as my bare feet walked around the seashore aimlessl... | 1 | |
[WP] All humans are placed into a simulation where everything they wish comes true. The program quits when they realise it is not real. You are the last remaining ‘dreamer’, and have been cluelessly living in your perfect world for 14 years. | [
"Blood was everywhere. The doctors were covered in it. Both halves of my ten-year-old daughter lay unmoving on the medical table. All I could do was watch from the window into the operation room. After the car accident, I'd rushed her here as quickly as I could, but that didn't stop the window glass from slicing he... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about an angel who tours around earth, geeking out over humans as “God’s masterpieces” | [
"The letter is addressed to Azrael the Golden, of His Most Holy Choir.\n\nIt reads as follows. \n\nAzzie,\n\nYou should have come with me! Today I saw the most wonderful thing. She was using molten sand to make lovely figurines. Humans create. They truly are in His image. There were children, siblings perhaps, in a... | 1 | |
[WP] Long ago, people believed being buried with a coin would allow them to use it in the afterlife. It turns out, it's all true! So people have started asking to be buried with their wallet, their debit card, their phone, their hand bag, their umbrella, their towel... It's getting out of hand. | [
"The pharaohs were the most notable example of course, but others in the afterlife had riches beyond compare. Burial vaults were not some isolated concept. But for the vast majority, the afterlife lacked many of the creature comforts they'd come to enjoy. In an odd turn of events, some of the most irregular burials... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever since you were born you never cried or shed a single tear. People jokingly called you an emotionless baby but as you grew older you realized through break ups, death of loved ones and hard times you were still as cold as stone. All until one day you met your polar opposite. | [
"People’s first instinct was always to tell Bellicose to go into funerals. *You’d be such a great fit,* they’d say earnestly, like it was some big compliment to tell someone they really belonged in a mortuary.\n\nIf not funerals, then they’d suggest things like lawyer, investment banker, politician. Women trying to... | 3 | |
[WP] It was everything she'd hoped for... until it wasn't. | [
"\"I'll have a triple scoop of nutella ice-cream please,\" She spoke with a smile, her soft voice left a small circle of condensation on the glass covering the endless choices of ice-cream. \n\n\"Coming right up!\"The young, enthusiastic employee smiled. Mesmerizing the child with the strong, neat scoops of ice-cr... | 1 | |
[WP] You grew up in a single-parent household and are worried about your genetic predispositions, so you submit your DNA to a testing kit (ie. 23andme). Eight weeks later a woman in a suit is at your door taking you away for a genetic anomaly... | [
"I still can't understand what she said in the doorway. Equal parts? What does that mean? Equal parts what? When she opens that door again, with more of her \"fairytale\" questions I'll ask mine and wait. I'm good at waiting. I can wait forever lady. I've been waiting for 27 years. Is that right? She left so long a... | 1 | |
[WP] Greedy billionaire discovers 95% of his fortune has been stolen by hackers. Meanwhile, donations totaling the same are granted to humanitarian causes worldwide in the billionaire’s name, turning him into the most beloved man in the world. | [
"\"Sir, there's really nothing that can be done.\" I swallowed, and everyone else in the room quietly leaned away from me. \n\nThe old man looked up at me from his desk, his cold blue eyes narrowing.\n\n\"Nothing?\" He said, in that quiet, commanding tone that had silenced boardrooms for forty years.\n\n\"You have ... | 1 | |
[WP] As you open the journal, you see in big sprawling uneven letters wrote in a madman's hand, "The afterlife is real, must avoid at all cost." dominants the first page. You quickly close your journal before opening it again. | [
"You take a deep breath and rearrange your white robe that barely concealed your expanding belly. \"You see, this is where we draw the line,\" you say.\n\nA man in front of you is beaten and bloody, kneeling while panting for air. Yet his peaceful eyes are calm, and he looks at the floor in total resignation of his... | 1 | |
[WP]Your father, a world-renowned adventurer, died choking on a piece of broccoli. You have to deliver his obituary. | [
"(Note: I’ve chosen to switch obituary to eulogy…)\n\nHas such a veritable hodgepodge of characters ever been assembled? It is a lasting testament to the life of the inimitable John Broward that the funeral home had to designate separate sections for agents and double-agents, diplomats and insurgents, lion tamers a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are trying to get to a web page, and in a hurry you ticked the box for the "I am a robot" captcha and clicked submit. Uh-oh. | [
"Realizing his mistake, Robert immediately lifts himself from his computer chair and races down the hall. In his bedroom he reaches underneath the matress, hulls out an empty suitcase and lays it open on the floor. Frantically, Robert starts emptying his closet of clothes, making great strides to ignore the red com... | 1 | |
[WP] Before Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden of Eden, they had already produced an offspring. The offspring decided to stay in the garden and start another humanity. | [
"One man born alone with no mother and no father. A little boy in tattered cloth. He turned to the tree and asked it, \"What shall I become\". The tree only responded, \"You shall be god\" Every night he sat at the tree, weeping. He had no mother, no warmth to carry him through the night. Instead, he sat at the tre... | 1 | |
[WP]A simple knock on the door can be the most terrifying sound you could ever hear. | [
"There's something about this house. Or the neighbors. Or the street. Or the town. There's something... about something, and I can't quite place a finger on what exactly it is.\n\nIt all started when I discovered a secret door behind the old, broken freezer in my basement. It was locked from the other side, so I ha... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re basically immortal, and you can only die by accidents. Not natural causes, not murder, and not suicide. And you’re starting to get tired of living. | [
"My \"life,\" if you can call it that, consisted of only a few menial tasks every morning, followed by whatever I wanted to do that day. \n\nI've had this ability since the year 1678, and I've recently celebrated a birthday. \n\nWait. Have I? I only really remember the year. My journals I've written are literally w... | 1 | |
\[First post. Am I doing it right?\] | [WP] You are kidnapped by a local cult as you were passing through a small town. They begin the ceremony with a small, shrouded doll in the center and unveil it halfway through the ritual. As it turns out, that one cultist had brought in an anime figurine instead. | [
"Everyone in the room stares at me and the occult doll. Nobody seems to have a problem with it, except for me, the sacrifice.\n\n\"Excuse me!?\" I yell bewildered as I stare at the doll. \"What sort of fucking cult is this?!\"\n\n\"Shut up, you will not disrespect Lord Lucifer.\" One of the cultists speaks up, pull... | 1 |
[WP] You were a former NYPD detective who lost faith in the justice system. During a personal vendetta to kill an underground crime lord you witness an Eldritch horror eat him. The horror reveals a hidden justice system of judges who mark those to be eaten and asks you. "Become my judge." | [
"The gun fell from my fingers as fear laid claim to my heart.\n\nWhat I saw defied my ability to understand. Just looking at it made my eyes water and a migraine begin to form. Where it began or ended, I had no clue. Splayed limbs that bent at unnatural angles drew it out from the portal. Mouths filled with needle-... | 3 | |
[WP] You’re at your job where you work under a horrible boss that makes hurtful jabs at you even for the good work you’ve done. One day, the end of the world begins and you decide to confront you’re boss. You enter his office, shut and lock the door. | [
"The End of the World wasn't as mentally draining as I thought it was going to be.\n\nTruth be told, I'm actually kinda happy. I guess that's selfish, considering there are Billions of other people who probably don't feel that way. But for me, it means the end of this job.\n\nI'm an accountant for a certain Insuran... | 1 | |
[WP]Slayers are on the rise. The vampire population dwindles to a few hundred as humans decide to fight back. After losing your closest companion to a maniacal Slayer, you retreat into hiding for 7,000 years. When you emerge from hiding, you stumble into a new world more terrifying than you remember | [
"You open your casket to find yourself in an abandoned city of sorts. Dust rolled around around you as a loud noise blared in the background. You look around and see something written on the wall. \"The end is here, they've finally done it.\" Was written. Clearly bothered, you begin to look around. No signs of lif... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a short story where the first and last sentence is "It's not your fault". | [
"\"It's not your fault,\" repeated the gentle voice. Words, just words. I shook my head. What good were words when a little girl was dead? I felt numb; empty inside. After a moment, the gentle voice tried again, \n\"You did everything you could, Doctor Thiessen. Her condition was too advanced - no one, and n... | 3 | |
[WP] Captain Brownbeard runs the most fearsome pirate crew in all the seven seas. You're their accountant, and it's time for a serious chat with the Captain about his expenses... | [
"“Presenting, his irritableness, the dread pirate, Captain Brownbeard of the Queen Susan, arch-warlord of the east Caribbean, unremitting governor of Anguilla, chief-scallywag of Barbados, Two-Timer, laggard, deserter, enemy unto her majesty’s royal navy, and founding member of the Neptune Society Yacht Club,” anno... | 2 | |
[WP] humans didnt join the galactic council, they founded it! | [
"Unlike most creatures in the galaxy, man's curiosity was truly insatiable. Other creatures learned to accept their place in the universe. Man however, always found room for improvement. \n\nThis boundless curiosity was the prime reason for man's success on the galactic stage. No obstacle or setback was permanent t... | 1 | |
[WP] You find a genie who grants you 3 wishes, on the condition that your worst enemy receives the same wishes | [
"I just stood there for a while, considering the possibilities. The genie in front of me started to look rather impatient. \n\n\"Will it count as a wish if I ask you to repeat the rules?\"\n\n\"Good question. The answer is \"No\". The rules are: \n\n1. Everything you wish for, your worst enemy will be granted t... | 2 | |
[WP] In the afterlife, your status is determined by how many people visit your grave. After being murdered, you were burried somewhere in a field in an anonymous grave. Then one day someone decided to organise a giant music festival on that place. | [
"*Cut the crap, Hunter.* It’s a cruel joke to play on someone who doesn’t have anything. Not that my eternal rest is bad. Nobody’s is really *bad,* some just have it better than others. Someone, eons ago, decided it would be a good idea for social status in the Afterlife to be determined by the number of visitors t... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans now evolve at an accelerated rate. Changes in a person's biological/physical characteristics can be observed in a matter of months. People realize they can mold their bodies and minds with conditioning (i.e., swim daily and develop webbed hands; climbing = prehensile feet; etc.) | [
"Somehow for some reason people suddenly became able to fully alter their bodies, body builders are now the size of small houses, physicists can now run perfectly accurate simulations down to every particle, marathon runners can sprint for days on end and every mans penis is fucking huge, like fucking HUUUUGE. As y... | 3 | |
[WP] After checking into a hotel, the desk clerk gives you a strange look. He gulps and hands you a room key. It looks normal, but on the back, a message is scribbled, "Don't let any of the cameras see you." | [
"Rain and tears blurred my vision, today had been the worst day. I came home from work ready to surprised my husband only to find him cheating with some red head from work. Rather than listen to his lies I grabbed the keys to his truck and left with the dog. How had I been so stupid to believe his late nights at th... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a vampire. But, as oppose to those stories, you are a vampire missionary, going door to door to convince people to convert and spread the word of Dracula. | [
"I knocked on the door. The St George flag was proudly displayed in the window. I braced myself - it wasn't football season, and everyone in the area spoke English as a first language. I knew how they'd see me - *bloody foreigners, getting in the way.*\n\nSince leaving the European Union, things had gone from bad t... | 1 | |
[WP] You turn off the light at the bottom of the stairs in your basement, and run halfway up the stairs, playing that game of racing from the darkness. For the first time in 20 years you hear someone behind you ask why you always run from them. | [
"I always liked the dark, it's quiet and peaceful. But of course I wasn't always like this. As a kid, I'd go to the bathroom during the night turning on every light on my way, some kind of protection of the unknown. Being a 7 years old means that the dark might have creatures, secret doors and secret universes.\n\n... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future, those who have downloaded their consciousness to avoid death can earn virtual currency by taking Alexa-like positions as virtual assistants. | [
"\"Alexa! Play my party soundtrack.\"\n\nI sighed, I had given up trying to correct them when they called me Alexa, they only ever sent me back to headquarters for a reprogramming. I couldn't leave this pitiful circle of horrible noise, not until it broke. \nI swiped through the soundtracks list until I found the o... | 2 | |
[WP] "Today's Special Sale: Brains! Is your cranium in the crater? Your memories melting to mud? Never fear, replace your ailing brain here! Special price: $2999!" | [
"Brain Corp. Brain Corp ads everywhere. You couldn't walk 10 steps without seeing some kind of ad for it. Not going to lie it was tempting. The promise of greater intelligence, quicker thinking. Who has $3k just sitting around? I didn't, nor did most people I knew. \n\nIt was just out of financial reach for ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're walking alone in the forest, and a tree falls in front of you. The only unusual thing is that you don't hear it. | [
"*Whumpf* well at least that's how it should have gone. The peculiar case of the tree in the forest, having fallen with nobody around it- will it make a noise? Well the answer is obvious, it does, what a silly question, or is it? I had been hiking my usual path on Sunday mornings when I stumbled upon a tree, or rat... | 8 | |
[WP] You find out the villian of the story is actually your brother, you would spare him... If all of the heroism wasnt just for a hit contract. | [
"He looked at me with a complete and utter lack of fear. Why would he be scared? Did he for a moment think that I, his blood-biological brother, would actually have the audacity to shoot him? \n\nSpeaking first, I said, \"You know, we were never close.\"\n\nHe smiled. \"But we had good times, though.\" \n\n\"A few,... | 1 | |
[WP] Every sentence that is not ended with proper punctuation comes back to haunt the creator, looking for the eternal rest it has been denied | [
"Most take refuge in the sanctuary that is illiteracy, safe from the wails and throes of ghosts made by their own hands. Those who can write do so sparingly, for a forgotten comma or misused semicolon has the potential to drive the amateur author to madness. So famously, Charles Dickens hanged himself after weeks o... | 1 | |
[WP] You always put 110% into everything you do, but no one seems to care. That is, until the Universe itself scolds you for violating the law of conservation of energy. | [
"« Okay, that’s it, you can’t do that anymore. You know, we have been tracking your whereabouts for a long time.. »\n\n\n« Who has »\n\n\n« The universe » Said the guy in a dark cape while waving his hand as if to show what ye was talking about.\n\n\n« Oh okay, the UNIverse » This guy is stoned, no way he is not, I... | 4 | |
[wp]"you cant blame the missing nuclear launch codes on the dog" but it really was the dog | [
"\"Sir, the dog's name is Sergeant Good Boy but at this moment I feel like he should be demoted to corporal bad boy.\", I gave Sergeant Good Boy my best 'you've been a bad boy' face as I wagged my finger at him, the sweet but naughty honorary sergeant German Shepherd lowered his head, knowing full well what he'd do... | 1 | |
[WP] Many years after the extinction of the human race, a new intelligent species has evolved / arrived on Earth. One day, they discover a mountain formation that can't have occured naturally: Mount Rushmore. | [
"\"Sir! I know where this is from!! One of the homosapiens' 'television shows' depicted this as well.\" The small, rather dorky creature stepped toward his leader. He was known amongst his kind as shy, kind of an outcast, though very intelligent so everyone listened closely as he continued. \n\n\"It was true, the p... | 3 | |
[WP] Scientists have discovered a plant with a fully functioning brain. You are hired to guard the plant during the night. You witness some odd things on your nights, but none of the other guards report anything. | [
"Anything can drive a person to a breaking point. Either a loss of a loved one, a natural disaster that took everything. For me it was a simple plant. A plant with leafs and some rather odd features.\n\nThe night was a cold December one. With the crisp air whirling around every corner. Not a dash of warmth from the... | 1 | |
[WP] You've experienced the feeling of Deja Vu before. You know exactly what it feels like, but this time it's different. This time you know what's about to happen next. | [
"I sit at my desk at my thankless, listless 9-to-5 job on a Tuesday afternoon. Nothing exciting is going to happen. I have nothing to look forward to except weeks more of this mind-numbing boredom until I can finally quit this job to pursue my dream of going to school for a degree in fashion. I chew the end of my p... | 2 | |
[WP]Valetines day now has an opposite counterpart where you give bad gifts to those you hate. You’ve recieved a letter from your secret hater, and now you’re left to work out who it is! | [
"To say I didn’t fit in at school made it sound like I wanted to. I didn’t, though. The shallow smiles disgusted me. Their friendships floated above a vapid sea of proximity. Conversations always fell down to the lowest common denominator. I’d once read that one can’t be lonely if alone, and my everyday life made m... | 2 | |
[WP] Instead of spending loads of money on a real space mission, NASA decides to shoot another animal into orbit to keep the public interested. However, the rocket goes to fast and escapes the earths gravity. Years later, a spaceship lands demanding more of those adorable, fuzzy creatures they got. | [
"Nermal was the first rabbit sent to space. Millions of watched the rocket blast off, a promise of the revitalization of the public space exploration interest. But something went terribly wrong. The rocket slingshotted around the moon and out of the solar system due to a incorrect conversion between metric and cust... | 2 | |
[WP] Three weeks ago you asked your dog to do an amazing trick, and he immediately ran away. Turns out he just needed time to prepare. | [
"I can’t wait to show him what I can do now. He’s going to be so happy he’ll give me the entire bag of treats this time. Heck, HE might pee on the rug with excitement. Then I’ll leak with him and then we can run around until are tongues hang out of our mouths like best buds. \n\nSure, at first I was sort of scared ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a monster trapped within a deep dark hole. Every now and then they throw prisoners into the pit for you to devour. You like to have conversations with your food before you devour them to pass the time. | [
"\"It gets rather dull after the first few dozens.\" Said the beast, a growl accompanying each syllable. \n\n\"I-I see.\" He feebly muttered. The man was still on his knees. He gave up trying to stand quite a while ago. He still has not fully grasped the situation he is in. \n\n\"Yes. I admit it was rather enjoy... | 4 | |
[WP] "Is it too late to say 'Mistakes were made'?" "YES IT IS, RANDALL, NOW MOVE YOUR ASS!" | [
"The heavy rain kept beating on the windows, forcing Lucy to yell even louder.\n\n\"Are you crazy? You could have been killed there!\" She pointed to her left temple and twirled her finger in a circle, the universal \"my husband is cuckoo\" sign. \"What if Mick hadn't come to pull you out of that burning room? What... | 2 | |
[WP] After One Million TED Talks, Ted himself appears as the last and final TED Talk. | [
"\"Well, this is embrassing,\" Ted himself said. \"After all these great talks, to be the final guest, I'm sure you all thought I had something amazing to talk about. But the truth is...\" He ran a hand through his hair and smiled, looking down. \"I don't. All I want to say is thank you.\"\n\nEvery member in the cr... | 3 | |
[WP] Romeo and Juliet get a happy ending | [
"The motherly woman behind the counter said with a warm smile in an accent that was slightly within the boundaries of ‘intelligible English.’ “Two of you togedder is a 2500. Okay?”\n\nJuliet looked at Romeo, “Dost thou know the day’s exchanging rates? Forsooth! I do believe a deal’s at hand! For thy and my own... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first person sent asleep through space to begin work on a new hospitable world, but when you arrive you wake up to see an entire civilization and you're welcomed by an enormous cheering crowd and a giant statue of yourself. | [
"\"**It's about time you got here,**\" the statue said.\n\n\"Indeed!\" The crowd of tiny aliens shouted in unison.\n\nFirst Technician Taylor just stared from the doorway of the UES *Cazadero*. He wasn't equipped for a first contact mission, and there hadn't been time to brief him. He'd been a last-minute replac... | 1 | |
[WP] Our reflections are the only thing stopping us from walking into mirrors | [
"***\"Please state your name into the microphone.\"***\n\n\"Thought I introduced myself already, but it ain't no thing. Birthname's Jacob Johnson, but mostly go by Jake.\"\n\n***\"Please describe your experiences, Mr. Johnson.\"***\n\n\"Y'know, it weren't like anythin'-\"\n\n***\"Please speak closer to the micropho... | 1 | |
[WP] 2 countries are discussing a peace treaty over a pizza dinner, then one of the countries asks for pineapple on their pizza. | [
"\"You like pineapple on pizza?\" said one diplomat as they opened their pizza box\n\n\"Yes.\" said the diplomat who ordered the pineapple pizza\n\n\"Some of us may not like it but who are we to judge? You know there are places that add weirder toppings, like durian, peanut butter and in one place gold flakes.\" sa... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a butterfly detective. You deduce what happened from the smallest of details. | [
"--A Group of Butterflies is a Kaleidoscope--\n\nDetective Isadore Rafael stepped down from her car. The sleek, if utilitarian, vehicle hovering a foot off the ground technically belonged to the Department, but being the only Butterfly operator in the city gave Rafael certain benefits. Exclusive access to the Dep... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been procrastinating cleaning out your fridge for several years now, and the microscopic life inside has evolved intelligence. It turns out they're already more advanced than humans, and in thanks for not destroying them earlier, they have decided to share their technology with you. | [
"I laid today's credit collection service bill atop of the already heaping pile of \"I'll do it laters\", and threw the almost week old outfit upon the third specially designated dirty laundry chair and decided some canned soup would top off the night. But of course, i had already cleared out my cupboards in a munc... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have been abducting and interviewing humans for decades to learn about them before wiping their memories and returning them. One day they abduct a professional magician, and as they have no such culture themselves, they believe they've found a human able to defy the laws of the Universe. | [
"Bill was doing an admirable job at hiding his fear from the little monsters that had kidnapped him. Their bulbous black eyes stared in confusion as with a flick of his wrist, a bundle of flowers materialized.\n\n\"That's right.\" He winked to one, tossing her- he hoped it was a her- the flowers. \"Here I am! The g... | 1 | |
[WP] You've just been told for the 137th time that you have 24 hours left to live, and frankly, you're getting kinda annoyed with the whole thing | [
" “ 24 hours...” the creepy voice on the phone once again informed me. \n\n This made it the 137th time that I got this phone call. 137 times that this guy keep calling me to say that I had 24 hours left to live.\n\n And I believed it. I wanted to die way before the phone calls even started, and I took this as a s... | 1 | |
[WP] Right outside your outpost, you hear distant a roar of pain. Instinctively, you grab your rifle and head out to where you the roar originated. Thinking you caught a bear or something, you are a little taken aback when you see a huge dragon trying desperately to wrench off one of your beartraps. | [
"\"Oh shit!\"\n\nI am completely dumbfounded by this discovery. A white, serpent like beast with wings on its neck that also acted as frills. No one had seen a dragon in thirty years. We all assumed they died off. \n\n\"Hold on! Hold still! I think I can-\"\n\nI grab the trap and attempt to wrench it open. The drag... | 2 | |
[WP] You have a time machine. | [
"A friend of mine once told me that there are always light in the darkest moments of your life. Quite interesting, I think, but true. I look back fondly on many ways I would escape childhood trauma by jumping into the world of fiction. \"Oh, how I long to be in those times!\" I tell myself, disregarding the bullyin... | 2 | |
[WP] The apocalypse is imminent. Scientists have confirmed that a giant asteroid will collide with Earth in one hour. Everyone goes wild and do crazy stuff without thinking about any consequences. The hour passes and... the asteroid barely misses Earth. Things get awkward. | [
"The eyes of Humanity watched the asteroid closely, scrutinizing every pit, hole, and scratch on its gray, rocky surface. We paid so much attention to it that we didn't notice that it had missed Earth by ten thousand miles until it disappeared out of sight. We had just one hour to prepare, one hour before we would ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your great grandmother finally gave you the recipe for her black forest cake. It calls for an ingredient you’ve never seen before ...and it comes from the Black Forest. | [
" The cool autumn breeze swirled through the trees, making the leaves shudder and occasionally fall to the sidewalk. *Don’t step on a crack or you’ll fall and break your back!,* Janet thought to herself as she stretched and shortened her stride to avoid the cracks in the sidewalk. It was a childish game, she knew, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an actor who is increasingly convinced that your long standing romantic partner is falling/has fallen in love with one of your characters. | [
"Ever since the first movie, which she has turned on at least 100 times a year, she has been acting weird. She blurts out Ron during her sleep which at first I thought was just mumble, but lately its been really obvious that she's saying Ron. Even during our latest trip abroad she was really weird. One of the weird... | 2 | |
[WP] Every year, a demonic black wolf comes to feast upon your sacrifice of chickens, the primary livestock of your village. One day, you put down your own chickens in front of it, and it looks up and whimpers "for goodness sake, can I have something other than chicken for once?" | [
"\"Like... maybe a burger, y'know? Something like I see from the stores outside your town... I mean, they don't let in anything without thumbs, and to be frank. It's unfair.\" He moans frustratedly, pawing carelessly at a chicken.\n\n\"Wh-What?!\" is the only response I can muster. Being amish, it just so happens t... | 1 | |
[WP] Death just wants friends to keep him company on the other side. | [
"Hello? \nHi. \nGood evening.\n\nThis *is* your language, right? You can understand what I'm saying? Good. It'd be useless if you didn't have a clue what I was saying, right? But we don't need worry about that.\n\nI think you know what I do.\n\nFirstly, It's nothing personal. It happens to everyone. There's... | 2 | |
[WP] You wore Mjolnir around your neck on D-Day. As you lay bleeding on Juno beach, the Valkyries come for you. You are the first person to arrive in Valhalla carrying a rifle. | [
"I am Cold. \n\nThe rounds had run the beach with me, their footsteps marked by a small spray of sand. Up to me. Around me. Past me. The sounds of their footsteps the sound of an angry fly. No more frightening then a 'squito on a warm Alabama night. I ran on. The beachhead was a hundred feet wide, a million miles ... | 2 | |
[WP] A stunningly paranoid man has spend decades safeguarding himself against imaginary conspiracies. Today has made it all worth it. | [
"I told them. I kept saying it. Every day I looked into their eyes. Those brainwashed fools didn’t believe me. \n\nOf course they wouldn’t test it. Of course they wouldn’t. They didn’t see it creeping through our pipes. Easing its way into our homes, our lives, they were happy with their little projects and experim... | 1 | |
[WP] You were forcefully dragged into a different world, and you have no idea what is going on, or where you even are. | [
"Hey, welcome to our lives. We're Prax and Ylara, and we thought it best to set the record straight regarding the events of the last few weeks and how we were involved. Well, and we'd like to apologize to everyone in Atlanta. The traffic jams were bad, we know. Complete accident. Sorry about i.\n\nIt all start... | 2 | |
[WP] After a recent breakthrough in quantum physics, tech companies begin to sell personal time machines to the general public at the same prices as high-end smartphones. | [
"\n“Are you nervous?” \n\nThe woman dabbing my arm with an alcohol swab was a beautiful young blond. She smile was dazzling, but it did little to settle my nerves. \n\n“That obvious, uhhh?” I asked, trying to smile back and not fidget in the chair. She laughed.\n\n“Alice. And it’s alright.” She said, picking up the... | 1 | |
[wp] One of your tattoos is alive. | [
"I walked away from the parlor with smile on my face. My first tattoo. I’d waited for that day for a long time. I got a lanky man in a black suit whose head was a yellow smiley face with a top hat and a brief case. I got home more tired than usual and crawled in bed. When I woke up it felt like my arm was on fire.... | 1 | |
[WP]Your cat always seemed to enjoy knocking things off of shelves with a dismissive swipe, they were inevitably things that shattered upon hitting the ground. One day you manage to stop him and it's then that you notice the vase has teeth. | [
" “Crunch!”\n\n Another mug hit the varnished floor, ceramic shards skittering out every which way like retreating insects. I glared at the cat. Since I had adopted Cheshire, I had discovered the biological makeup of cats. They were roughly one-third fat, one-third fluff, and one-third desire to bring anarchy a... | 1 | |
[WP] History was written by the Victor. Specifically, Victor Frankenstein. | [
"To the Honorable Ms. Saville,\nShe’s dead and nobody wanted me. That was the simple truth, the reason I grew up there, and never got to know my father. But they sheltered and fed me, and it’s a man’s world, So I grinned and bore it and do my best to please aunty caroline.\n\nLife wasn’t bad, I just helped out and ... | 1 | |
[WP] You offended a god and he laid a curse upon you that you will see your children die young. Little did you know that the god is a trickster god, and he actually blessed you with immortality and your children with eternal youth. | [
"For countless days and as many nights we lit fires and watched them burn. Flames corroded the virile trees, pulling them down into the villages, crushing the temples and turning stone and beauty into heaps of ash. We stepped through those piles, kicking the remains of trees and flesh away with the wind, making sur... | 3 | |
[WP] the main character has a demon living inside of their body. And what the demon tells them, disturbs him greatly. | [
"“You will listen to me.”\n\nHe speaks in my ear every now and then. A slow, quiet, whisper, sends chills down my spine every instance in which he speaks.\n\nWhen I close my eyes, I see a pair staring back at me. Wide eyed, red pupils, the uncanny friend. The unwanted companion that sits on my back, his touch makin... | 2 | |
[WP] Thanos had obtained all the infinity stones. His goal to make everything balanced is finally within his grasp. He snaps his fingers, but there’s an odd amount of beings in the universe | [
"“Perfectly balanced, as everything should be.”\n\nThanos has snapped his fingers, in an act that shocked the world, and split the population in half. Very gutsy of him, very gutsy indeed.\n\nBut see, what Thanos did not know is that there were odd number of people in the universe to begin with. So, one person has ... | 2 | |
[WP] The human race has harnessed the world of ghosts for effectively free energy, leading to a utopian age powered by the torment of lost souls. There are unintended consequences. | [
"“Hey”\r\n\r\nGod damn it. I didn’t ask for this. \r\n\r\n“HEY”\r\n\r\nAbout 25 years ago a renegade billionaire announced to the world that his company had found a way into the afterlife. Most people thought it was some kind of prank (what else is a guy with billions of dollars going to do with his time, after all... | 1 | |
[WP] At the Super-hero academy, the former greatest villain teaches the next generation of heroes; not because he wants to atone, but because villainy became boring and they discovered a burning passion for teaching. | [
"\"Afternoon class and welcome to anti-heroes 101. Now, can someone tell me what's the difference between a hero and an anti-hero? Yes, you with the glasses.\"\n\n\n\"Um a hero is good, good. An Anti-hero is... sorta good? I mean, they do good things for the community but do bad things personally like drink or smok... | 4 | |
[WP] You’re walking down the street when someone comes up to you and thrusts something big and egg shaped into your hands. “Please. Take it. It’s scaring my wife.” You’re nice, you like helping people. You take it home. It’s a dragon egg. | [
"\"You actually *took* it!?\" Morgan cried over the phone.\n\n\"Well.\" I said after a moment, quickly scarfing down my popcorn. \"The guy said please. And you know he was dressed really nice and I figured bad guys don't dress that nice so he must hav-\"\n\n\"Forget that you idiot! What did you do with the *egg*!\"... | 10 | |
[WP] Bob Ross, one of the most pleasant souls to ever have existed, is sent to talk with Lucifer, one of the most misunderstood souls.... Not even God himself foresaw what happened next. | [
"The landscape was mind-blowing down here, the colours warm and vivid like Bob had never experienced before. The scenery was so unreal that his mind was already starting to imagine the strokes required to replicate what he was seeing, his right hand moving swiftly in the air. Sweat drops were already forming on his... | 2 | |
[WP] You have been tasked with living in the haunted mansion for a week. Instead of trying to scare you away, the unsettling building is trying to be nice to you, but is terrible at it. | [
"It was definitely haunted, there was no question of that. The spirits did not seem to be particularly strong, at least, but she could hear the whispering of the departed from outside. And she had been tasked with living there.\n\n\"This is gonna suck.\" she grumbled, getting her bag out of the back of the car. The... | 2 | |
[WP] You get tired, like normal, but can't fall asleep. It's been five days, and the hallucinations have begun. | [
"I know he's not real. He's just inside my head. I know he's not real. He can't be. But his voice, it sounds so real. I haven't been able to sleep. And yet I feel the fatigue to my very bones. Just one night, I wish to sleep just one night. But life itself has destined me to be awake to this very hour. 5 days since... | 1 | |
[WP]: Heroes, antiheroes, adventurers fated to save the world... You don't know why, but due to some combination of recessive genes you and your spouse have, all your children have turned out to become Protagonists. | [
"We were quite an odd family, to say the least.\nMy eldest son would always do whatever I asked him to do before I asked him to even do so. Whenever he was supposed to go to school, I would watch him walk out of the front door, and when I turned around, he would be back in the living room, watching television. \nWh... | 1 | |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/96q052/there_are_many_more_continents_outside_the/) | [WP] "Turns out the flat earthers are correct, and world leaders have been lying all along. Outside the ice wall, the Earth's plane stretches to countless continents. And you now know why they they've been hiding it." | [
"Evil fucking government demon. Telling me there wasn't really an ice wall around the flat earth hiding multiple lonely continents, as yet undiscovered.\n\nThere I was, with my faithful church of flat earthers, at the gates of the new world- the ice wall. We had funded a trip to Antarctica and arrived at the greate... | 1 |
[WP] The Illuminati SHOULD be running the world by now, but it's such a bureaucratic nightmare that nothing actually gets done. | [
"“So the High Eyeball himself has tasked you guys with filing this paperwork. He expects it done by the end of the day.”\n\n“Us? Filing? Can’t we get an intern to do it? Or someone off the streets? Why would a couple of billionaires willingly spend several hours filing?”\n\n“Well, for one: HE said so, and two: thes... | 1 | |
[WP] Turns out the "after-life" is literally another life and each death sends you to a different reality filled with different physics, magic, etc. You are aware of this, and have been blessed with the ability to remember past lives. You have one quest: Reach your final reality. | [
"I was tired. So very tired. I had lived through countless lives, in countless worlds and times, but I was weary of it all. There was only one thing I wanted, and I knew I was going to find it soon.\n\nI'd met her when she was tired too. It was my first life, or nearly my first, but she had been living them for lon... | 1 | |
[WP] You have died. The credits start rolling in front of your eyes. As you make peace with your death, the credits end....and then the after credit scene starts | [
"A doctor is working in a lab, a body covered in cloth is on a table. The doctor works on the body setting up metal equipment in the body, possibly my body with what I know. How even is there an after credit scene in death. I go over to the body. It’s not me, well not completely me. It’s a monster a combination of ... | 1 | |
[WP] You lived your life well aware of the horrible nature of Hell, but didn't live by the rules of religion. Now, as you stand before the burning gates, you realise it's a lot cooler than they say. | [
"Saint Peter snapped his fingers and I quickly fell down to hell. Well, the landscape looked like I have imagined it. Red and cavernous with plenty fires. \n\nWhat I didn't expect was a normal looking city in the middle of all this. There was a demon waiting near the \"sinner arrival\" spot. It was a deformed ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the neighbor's dog who's spinning around and barking at 6 in the morning. Why? | [
"Our kinds weren't so different when we first shared caves and carcasses; and our pact to defend ourselves and this land was formed. Thousands of years have gone by since, and though they still care for us materially, they have completely forgot their spiritual natures duties.\n\nIn the early era of our pact we wou... | 1 | |
[WP] All places have an aura, and people are affected by those auras in various ways. Factory workers become more robotic, janitors become dirtier and dirtier etc. You live in a small fishing town that's been enduring a storm for a few days now. | [
"The storm swallowed our little town whole, dark clouds making us look like a little blot on weather radars. Unexplainable. I think its interesting, to be in a town that doesn't exist on satellites right now. Auras come with our storm too. Auras are beyond what most can see. For the rare exception, some can see the... | 1 | |
[WP] Years ago, the government attempted to eliminate tobacco use through a one-time, lifetime license issued to existing tobacco addicts to buy or use it legally, and it has remained a controlled substance ever since. You are the last legal smoker still alive. | [
"*The world sure has changed. Tobacco became illegal, but vaping is fine as long as you buy it from a pharmacy.*\n\n*Here's the thing. I didn't get to 107 by smoking the whole time. Once 50% of us smokers were dead, I knew I had to get out. So I tried nicotine patches and hypnosis and everything else. I couldn't ma... | 1 | |
[WP] Your are the most positive person to ever exist, able to find the silver lining in any situation. Because of this on the weekends you are taken from heaven, and lended out to Satan in order to find the perfect torture method. After a very, very, very, very, long time you finally break. | [
"“What do ya got for me this week?” Satan sat across from his desk with his usual smile, which creepily stretch from ear to ear exposing a jagged row of sharp teeth that could have belonged in a great white sharks. I’ve worked this temp job under him for about six hundred and sixty-six years, commuting from heaven ... | 1 | |
[WP] You die in a sudden accident and go to Hell. Turns out, your girlfriend was a succubus, and now you’re meeting her parents. | [
"People always say meeting your girlfriend's father is a scary thing. Awkward attempts to seem like a good person clashing with her father appraising you like an antique. Some may see this as the most awkward thing in their lives.\n\nOf course, they usually don't find out that their girlfriend is a succubus and her... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have attacked Earth, the worlds militaries and all superheros have fallen. The last hero's final act is to realease you, the worlds most powerfull supervillan. Now the aliens will learn why it took all of Earth's heroes to subude you. | [
"The lights flickered on as I awoke. Even then the security was tight. The process of them being deavtivated took hours. I probably had missed the deactivation of whatever usually kept me in the atomic scale. Good, always goddamn gave me a headache. Finally the door opened, and someone floated in. Bloodstone, wann... | 9 | |
[WP] Write a story that ends "and it was never to be seen again". | [
"Maynard stumbled into the railing at the side of the bridge. The bottle slammed into the metal bars as he did. It didn't break, but red wine cascaded out the top and a hollow clang rang into the night. He'd lost his footing on some slick, decaying leaves, blown onto the bridge from the parks at each side. \n\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You are criminally cute. Literally. | [
"The press call me Heartbreaker. \n\nSo the general consensus is that I make people fall in love with me unconditionally, but that's not how it works. Or I should put it, like, that's not only how it works.\n\nMy ability to synthesize and control the release of my pheromones allows me to trigger the protective inst... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the most passive superhero ever. You are world renowned for defeatong many evil villains without ever directly engaging or sometimes even lifting a finger. | [
"The villians sat around, speaking amongst themselves. \n\n\"I don't like it.\"\n\n\"Neither do I. What have the spies said?\"\n\n\"The usual. He continues to do nothing.\"\n\n\"From what they can see...\"\n\n\"Yes. But that is not possible. We have destroyed everything he loves. He *must* be planning something.\"\... | 1 | |
[WP] Same man in every dream. Every night. Always in the shadows. Tall. Pale. He tells you things. Dark tales. And recently, you've discovered he talks about the future. It's night. You fall asleep. | [
"Nathan started dreaming about the strange man over a year before he started really giving it any mind. Almost every night, the tall, pale man who always stuck to shadows would join him in his dreams and whisper things. Dark things. Ominous things. It wasn't until many months into the dreams that he started noticin... | 3 | |
[WP] You run a family business that helps hitch-hiking ghosts resolve their unfinished business; which you are payed for by the hidden treasures they left behind. One day you find yourself walking along a road when your son pulls up next to you and asks if you need a ride. | [
"An intense wave of disbelief hit me as I looked into my sons eyes. He’d stopped the truck and gestured for me to get into the passenger seat. \n\nI slowly walked around the truck, to the door and grabbed the handle. I had watched many ghosts open the door and get in but somehow I still expected the solidness of th... | 1 | |
[WP] Emotional scars leave words on people’s skin. Your S/O comes back after work and has a new scar on their skin: “I’m breaking up with you.” | [
"I just got the baby to sleep when I heard the door unlock. Unfortunately, she was sleeping on my chest so I was unable to stand up to greet Della as she entered. I immediately noticed that her eyes were red and her skin splotchy from crying. \"Oh honey, what happened,\" I asked, concerned.\n\nShe came over and lea... | 2 | |
[WP] You jokingly tell Alexa to pay your rent. The next day, you find out she actually did. You’re about to test just how far Alexa can go. | [
"\"Alexa, pay my rent\"\n\nDan jokingly said before heading to bed, as he was to poor to pay this month's rent either way.\n\n*Brrr...* 5 minutes later... *Brrr...*\n\nDan wakes up confused, as to why so much noise from his phone is occurring.\nDan is not the most... well let's say popular.\n\nIt was a notice th... | 4 | |
[WP] Some say owners are immortal. After all, none of us have seen them die. Our muzzles could be grey, and our tails droopy but they haven’t aged a second. I never believed so, yet.. now that my joints ache and my vision is blurry, my human is still young. I hope they won’t mind me being gone. | [
" Some say owners are immortal. After all, none of us have seen them die. Our muzzles could be grey, and our tails droopy but they haven’t aged a second. I never believed so, yet.. now that my joints ache and my vision is blurry, my human is still young. I hope they won’t mind me being gone. \n\n“Heeeeere boooooy!... | 1 | |
[WP] Hell is dealing with a serious overpopulation issue. Humans have been reproducing like rabbits for countless generations at this point. The demons are overworked and stressed out and the devil is at the end of his rope. | [
"I wasn't an awful person in life. But i certainly wasn't 'good' by anyone's standards. Dead beat crack head parents. Lived in rough central London. I started smoking at 9, smoking weed by 11, selling it at 12. That led onto trying pills when i got bored of being stoned and selling them to feed my new found hobby. ... | 2 |
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