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[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | John, George, and Ringo were huddled together inside a secret room on the fantastical magical yellow submarine.
"George, how confident are you?"
George left his momentary silence of contemplation to say " Paul is dead man, miss him."
Ringo asks, "do you though? I mean I doubt if you guys would miss me either."
John sh... | Finally....free. The thousand years of waiting, watching in this cursed statue at an end. An elf, rigid with agony as his persona, his spirit, his life is leached away. Now the malevolent spirit got his first taste of air, of blood, of form.
"Er.. Mynir, you ok?" asked a gruff voice, a question which did not raise muc... | 2017-09-15T06:41:40 | 2017-09-15T02:54:33 | 35 | 21 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | John, George, and Ringo were huddled together inside a secret room on the fantastical magical yellow submarine.
"George, how confident are you?"
George left his momentary silence of contemplation to say " Paul is dead man, miss him."
Ringo asks, "do you though? I mean I doubt if you guys would miss me either."
John sh... | Bolton the doppelganger did not want to be an adventurer. He wanted to live quietly, and bake cookies. He grew tired of the constant hustle and bustle of morphing into people, committing crimes because no one trusted the Doppleganger kind. He figured his secluded life in the hills might buy him peace.
The rogue laid ... | 2017-09-15T06:41:40 | 2017-09-15T05:03:01 | 35 | 12 |
[WP] You're a special genie. You allow whoever finds you to re-experience three events that happened in their life for the first time again. Some people choose to re-experience a great movie as if watching it for the first time, some re-live their first kiss. Your latest request sounds quite odd. | "You have got to be kidding me?" I mutter to no one but myself.
"Listen. I know the rule is three separate memories, and these all did happen on different days...But come on, they are basically the same thing!"
I continued to talked hoping I could get through to him, "I am not supposed to snoop, turn me in to the gui... | First it was the noise. People talking softly, as to not wake me up. Somebody's kid was crying afar, and some of the machines went beep-beep beep-beep.
I decided to open my eyes. Even before the light hit my corneas, the smell of a hospital bedroom entered my nostrils with nauseating speed. What was this? What is going... | 2017-09-16T17:25:20 | 2017-09-16T15:17:56 | 100 | 32 |
[WP] Aliens said that most of our technology is some kind of magic. They built a radio using our blueprints, but it didn't work. When a human touched it, every light in the room exploded and the radio immediately started playing his favorite station live, despite being light years away from Earth. | The problem with aliens is that they don't think. They can read blue prints, but they don't understand them. The radio they built was fully functional. However they forgot a single detail. It's needs to be turned on.
With a sigh I corrected the problem, at the very instant I touched the radio something else happened.... | "They're launching again, sir. Do you want to watch?"
Morix swivelled towards the portalscreens, the crystals which made up his being tinkling with the sudden shift. His eyebrows, or the thickened clusters of diamonds near his orbital receptors, knitted in consternation.
"They never give up, do they?" he asked, rheto... | 2017-11-12T04:03:50 | 2017-11-12T03:11:08 | 216 | 57 |
[WP] As the latest employee in the world's most prestigious amusement park you are handed a list of rules all employee's must abide to. But it's filled with rather strange rules. What does: "There's only ever one of each mascot inside the park. Check for eyeholes." even mean?
The inspiration for this prompt was the lo... | I looked at the man who had handed me the piece of paper. His name-tag said Dave.
“Dave," I asked, looking down at the list again and frowning, “What does all of this even mean?”
Before Dave could answer, another man burst into the employee’s lounge. He immediately started shouting.
“You again!” He pointed right at ... | *1. There is only one of each mascot in the entirety of the Park. They have eyeholes, pay attention to this.*
I glanced up, confused by these rules. The first one made no sense, the rest made just about as much sense. I knew about psychics and mages, apparently, they were designated by different borders and emblems... | 2018-06-14T14:40:41 | 2018-06-14T13:59:31 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | The storm born were chosen, powerful beings each blessed with powers found from their origin. A newborn, found in the midsts of a horrifying eruption wielded the power of fire. A baby found floating on the wreckage of a cruise liner developed the power to generate whirlpools.
And so began the craze of stormborn chase... | The woman was confused. She spoke little english, but she was not stupid. That baby had to belong to someone. The cops had escorted the shooter away. The bodies were covered now. She had given her statement in Spanish to a translator who just HAD to check her papers one more time. ICE was not showing up here today. Ba... | 2019-08-06T07:16:58 | 2019-08-06T06:58:17 | 64 | 11 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | She was hardly the first storm-born to appear. Reports of them popping up all over the world had begun years ago.
Earthquakes.
Tornados.
Floods.
Each with devastating consequences. Natural disasters that caused bloodshed and claimed lives. Seemingly, they didn’t have much else in common, other than the destruction ... | ‘Meghan, we’ll be late!’ Cynthia’s voice had that tone of angry desperation that made me want to throw something against the wall. I sat on my bed, taking one last look at my attic sanctuary.
I liked it here.
I recognized Cynthia’s careful steps climbing up the stairs. I knew she would pause somewhere in the middle, ... | 2019-08-06T07:39:13 | 2019-08-06T07:31:22 | 51 | 15 |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "I good girl." Said the scruffy black cat.
The orc jailer squinted down at the talking feline. He was a great green brute of an orc, and was the very last line of defense in the intricate cave system of the Western Mountain Orc Prison.
The orc jailer usually delighted in having wild rats pass by his post at night, ... |
Rolling through the darkness the wagon hit a bump. Both men riding up front lurched in their seats for a moment.
“Wow, Ben you really trying to cause the wheels to break or something? We’re not in a hurry.” Dan said to man sitting next to him.
They were flanked by eight riders on horseback. Only one third of thei... | 2019-12-07T13:02:32 | 2019-12-07T11:29:07 | 171 | 64 |
[WP] A Viking ends up in Christian Hell instead of Valhalla to his surprise and decides to go and kill everything in hell and treat it as Valhalla whilst drinking alcohol found there. Everybody in hell from then on is confused as to why they are in Valhalla. The Devil is stuck serving drinks. | "Stuck? I'm not *stuck*. I love this. This is my kingdom, and I'm the only one who decides what it'll be. A few thousand years of torture gets so *boring*. Why was I even doing God any favors, beating on his unwanted refuse?" he asked rhetorically as he poured a hefty glass of brown liquor for the priest, his cracked a... | Sigfrid’s hands were covered in blood. Where her blood began and others ended she dare not bother to contemplate. For weeks they had traveled slaughtering the weak inhabitants of this new land, many screamed in horror at her very appearance. Few had stood a chance against her blade. However, these armed men were differ... | 2019-12-13T06:04:42 | 2019-12-13T05:00:18 | 35 | 24 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has happened. You have a rural farm in the middle of nowhere and a group decides to raid it only to discover that you have done the impossible. You have turned the zombies into pets. They are very protective. | They came as I knew they eventually would. The same assholes that, not content to ruin the country, had to go and ruin the world. After claiming for the past decade that they weren’t responsible for the series of pandemics that plagued us the past decade, they were finally forced to admit they were in fact behind them ... | I hear a loud slam on my rustic door under me. I press a little, makeshift button three times. Gruff snarls echo over my loudspeaker above my house. I casually stroll to the dirty glass window in the room I’m in, wooden flooring creaking slightly.
I peer out, looking down, I see a group a three or so people decked ou... | 2020-09-14T20:20:49 | 2020-09-14T19:24:27 | 42 | 15 |
[WP] Whenever royalty or someone important becomes paranoid about potential assassins, you get hired, your job is to "fail" an assassination to make them feel like they can relax again. | The walkie talkie was burning a hole through my pocket. It had been too long since the last check-in, and that meant we were running behind. We absolutely couldn't be running behind. I absentmindedly chewed my lip and paced for another minute before I finally lost it. I whipped out the walkie talkie and pretty much sh... | Ms. Melinda Caldwell was the kind of woman that I wanted to bring home to meet my parents, and not because she was richer than god or as pretty as a super model. She was that rich sure, but she looked like the mousy clerk at the grocery store or the bank teller I’d pass by on the way to the pretty one at the next windo... | 2021-05-03T10:52:20 | 2021-05-03T09:09:28 | 268 | 125 |
[WP] You’re immortal. The only problem is, you’ve lived so long humanity died out and a new intelligent species evolved. Now you’re forced to live in the forest as a cryptid. | I do not speak their language. I never had the chance to learn. With their instinctive hostility to the outsider, I was driven away from their settlements as they grew from the cinders of human civilisation. Survival for me is simple; I only require blood to thrive. From where it is sourced, it matters not. Forest crea... | Once upon a time, I drank the liquid within a battered glass bottle I happened to dig up in my backyard. And on that day, I stopped aging. As time went on, I had to change names, I had to move countries, I had to change my body so that nobody recognized me.
And then came the disease. The disease that afflicted ever... | 2022-11-26T20:40:07 | 2021-05-14T19:51:20 | 516 | 34 |
[WP] 2 years ago, tired of all the bugs in your house, you made a deal with a spider. He would protect your house from pests, and you would not kill it or drive it off. When you made the deal, you could have held the spider in your hand, now, it is much bigger, and its definition of 'pests' is also. | Did you know you can talk with spiders? They're pretty quiet, but if you know some German, and a little smidgen of Mandarin Chinese, you can usually make out some words.
My spider is talkative for one of his kind. He can really hold a conversation, as long as it's about eating or webs. Right now though, he certainly ... | Like every August around here, the dragonflies were darting, frogs were heard in chorus, and the ticks were a plenty. This always meant plenty of meals. Well, haha, not for me obviously. I liked my garden, where I grew asparagus, tomatoes and pumpkins. Plenty of other things too, mind you. I had a green thumb of s... | 2021-07-04T01:11:07 | 2021-07-04T00:06:21 | 51 | 13 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | 2022-01-23T16:07:44 | 2022-01-23T14:08:11 | 566 | 244 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | "With all due respect, don't you think we should lay down some ground rules about civilian targets and so forth?" spoke General Kitt to the assembled warcouncil of Terra. "It seems like the humane thing to do."
"Humane implies humanity, and these creatures have none. I am questioning the military's priorities if it do... | 2022-01-23T19:51:14 | 2022-01-23T18:11:08 | 60 | 37 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "So, this is your final say on the matter," Ambassador Corrin spoke into his microphone, struggling to be heard over the cacophony of alien laughter. It took a few short seconds for his words to be translated into the various alien languages, and the laughter slowly diminished. His galactic translator had played the al... | Less than a century ago the Krahzak Pride was the most powerful and feared interstellar civilization. No other species or alliance could hope to survive a war with them, though a scant handful were powerful enough to make the prospect unenticing enough to the Krahzak. Instead they would discreetly scour the forest for ... | 2022-01-23T22:30:23 | 2022-01-23T21:51:10 | 27 | 17 |
[WP] You can trigger chain reactions to make anything you want happen. You want you annoying neighbors to leave their house? Just think about it while you launch a paper plane out the window, and fate will work things out. But your last "wish" a week ago triggered a reaction that is still going on. | “I always told your parents you were an idiot! I said 'that kid right there, that kid’s got as many brain cells as a pool noodle.'”
“I’m sorry, Grandpa, really!”
Grandpa waved me off, “No time for apologies.”
He shuffled down the basement stairs and started digging through boxes. I followed him, sweat soaking throug... | "Hiya Fred! We've got some sunshine on our hands, huh? That's good for the petunias."
As I watched my neighbor Steve's pasty face curl up in a disgusting smile I imagined worms feasting on it while he was buried alive. "If you don't shut up, Steve, I'll shove those petunias up where the sun don't shine."
"That would ... | 2022-03-24T06:47:59 | 2022-03-24T05:28:02 | 1,458 | 95 |
[WP] Your Significant Other has landed a book publishing deal! You're very proud of them, even if you don't actually enjoy their writing. One day, on a whim, you buy an actual copy in a book store. It's nothing like the pages they gave you to read. Nothing. | I have to admit, seeing my partner’s novel in colourful, glossy piles in the windows of the biggest bookshop in the city felt good. He’d been working on it for more than two years, while I paid the bills, and when he’d sent it away to a big publisher, the arrival of a massive, £50,000 advance cheque had been amazing.
... | ‘We are closing this store and This is the only one that is left’ the elderly man said, adjusting his glasses with one hand, while whipping the dust off with the other. I was hesitant to buy that book. I love reading books, especially so when I travel. And I would be on a flight for the next 16 hours. Even that couldn’... | 2022-11-29T11:20:54 | 2022-11-29T10:37:03 | 281 | 114 |
[WP] you're far from the first king to receive the prophecy that your new born child would cause your death. Where your story diverges is when instead of tossing the kid to the wolves, you are driven to be a kind & nurturing father. | Few a king exists who choose wisdom over strength. And yet here I am.
I am weak. It is my lungs, the doctors explained when I was young. They do not pump as they should, and one day they would choke me. They gave me twenty years, at best. But, I decided, why should I bother with swords and fights if I was to die young... | My first child died in the arms of the midwife who delivered him, and my wife died shortly thereafter. At the time I was young, impetuous, and brash. I allowed my emotions to cloud reason, and rather than grieve as I should have, I blamed the midwife. I sentenced her to death for simply doing her duty to the best of he... | 2022-12-01T14:53:48 | 2022-12-01T13:33:58 | 549 | 68 |
[WP] The devil appeared before you and your spouse, appearing in a storm of smoke and fire. Your spouse just looks him right in the eyes. "I told you once, I'm telling you again, and I'll tell you a hundred !@#$ing times: I'm the best there's ever been, and you're never going to beat me!" | It started as a night like any other. Gemma made dinner, got the kids squared away with their homework, and passed the time waiting for her husband to come home by cleaning out the basement.
Being first violin in the Boston Symphony Orchestra meant there were many late nights her husband worked late while Gemma waited... | It was one of the those usual weekend nights. Naomi just tucked her four year old daughter in bed and proceed to join her husband in the living room who is already choosing which film they would watch for the movie night.
Naomi entered the living room with now a bowl of popcorn in her hands which she grabbed quickly ... | 2022-12-07T15:25:03 | 2022-12-07T11:49:05 | 45 | 17 |
[WP] Humanity is visited by a cosmic horror the likes of which has only been seen in Lovecraftian horror. In desperation, Earth throws everything we have at it, and, miraculously, the human race has killed a God. Somewhere in a realm beyond our understanding, the other gods speak of the event. | “Hey Frank.”
“Hey George. Happy Monday, eh?”
“No, man. Did you hear about Andrew?”
“Oh god what now, did he get drunk and show his dick to the secretary again? That guy is a liability.”
“Nono, that’s Allan. He got fired last week. Andrew is the guy who negotiated our health benefits.”
“Ohhh yeah, that guy’s great.... | "The following is as close to a translation as we could possibly get." the report stated, "The thing about them is that there's not a lot in human language, let alone pronouns, individuality or even an indication of who or what is speaking to whom, that could accurately describe what is really being said, if such a ter... | 2022-12-12T09:14:28 | 2022-12-12T07:58:26 | 149 | 91 |
[WP] Many years ago, an alien invasion nearly wiped out Humanity. Now, the galactic government is desperately trying to reason with a vengeful Humanity by saying that it was a rogue mining company that attacked without their approval or knowledge. | “I have been asked to speak here today on behalf of my people. 23 years ago we lost 2/3 of our population to a violent attack from a race we now know as the Rellions. They stripped metals from homes, schools, and from bodies.” Admiral Jessica Chang paused and looked around the assembly hall. Beings of different shapes,... | “All rise. The Intergalactic Federal court is now in session. High Judicial Archon Irk’nCzrwyon presiding. Please be seated and come to order.” A being of nebula, serves as the bailiff, towering in its enormity vibrates sounds and light as they were being translated to the floating balcony’s desk, where seven humans ar... | 2022-12-17T19:21:23 | 2022-12-17T17:34:16 | 223 | 34 |
[WP] If you're in a world where physical health problems were treated like mental health problems
Edit: Holy crap! I never expected this many responses. I'll make sure I read every single one. Thanks guys! | Near the end of 2011, I caught a cold.
My parents made me go to the emergency room. I told them it wasn't an emergency, I wasn't going to die of a cold, but they didn't know what else to do.
Doctor #1 said it was probably short-term, lots of people get colds at my age and lots of people never get colds again. He gave... | Steven had had the earache for weeks. He went to the minuteclinic on Tuesday hoping they'd find it to be an ear infection, get prescribed some meds, and that would be that. Unfortunately, she didn't find it to be anything. No fluid build up, no signs of a serious sinus infection. She recommended he see an ear nose and ... | 2015-05-25T11:04:08 | 2015-05-25T08:19:02 | 164 | 103 |
[WP][TT] You wake up, make yourself a nice cup of coffee and enjoy the view of the morning sun rising from the sea. Then you remember that your house isn't supposed to be anywhere near a sea...
Edit: Thank you all for your amazing stories! | I sat down, sliding my hands up and down my mug of coffee, warming them up from the cold of last night. I looked at my living room window, or rather the blinds that blocked the incoming sunlight. "Gosh, why do the kids always close the blinds at night? They know I want to see the sunrise" I thought. I stood up and re-a... | The long, yellow fingers of the sun slowly crept in through the window causing me to push my eyes shut tighter and will them away. When that failed to work, I slowly sat up and stared at my feet pressed hard onto the cold, metal floor. Rubbing my eyes I stood and stretched, feeling my back pop back into place.
Yawning... | 2015-05-28T09:18:44 | 2015-05-28T08:40:50 | 204 | 10 |
[WP] One day autocorrect starts correcting for truth, not spelling. | My phone jingled and buzzed and I emerged from the tangled mess of blankets and my oversized pyjamas to grab it.
Received 23.00: "Hey, everything okay? You were pretty quiet today, wanted to check-in with you x"
I managed a small smile, it was good of Jake to do that, he was always thinking of others. I'd been strugg... | Megan awoke to hear her phone buzz from across the room. It was 10:23 AM, too early for her taste, since it was yet another late night out the night before, not that she remembered much of it. Dancing, singing (badly,) kissing (badly,) vomiting (badly,) and, of course, drinking (that one she did well.) She had no do... | 2015-08-31T16:27:12 | 2015-08-31T14:04:47 | 329 | 198 |
[WP] Instead of the death penalty, convicted criminals are sentenced to have their minds overwritten by that of a recently deceased notable individual. | Listen, I've done some bad stuff. I've really done some rotten things in my life - some even I start to feel bad about every once in a while. I've stolen from families, I've robbed a few banks... And in the process I've caused loss of life that I really and truly regret. But I need you to listen to me, your honor. I ne... | The world was revolutionized after researchers announced that a way to preserve the conscious mind after death was in sight. People thought that immortality was only years away. This was true, in a sense, but not for all. In 2127 when Neural Presentation Technologies was established and began work on preserving the hum... | 2016-01-08T08:12:45 | 2016-01-08T07:44:10 | 90 | 66 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | 99.999% of all intelligent species in the galaxy are descended from their home planet's equivalent of ants or cows. It's a fact that's hard to believe, given the diverse range of body types and social structures built by said species, but it's an answer every human xeno-researcher came across after First Contact.
The ... | Humans had always been respected in the intergalactic society. Not for our scientific breakthroughs, we were actually the last of space capable species to achieve intergalactic travel. We're not respected for our love of things that are beautiful, or creative. No, we're respected for our resolve. Over the last several ... | 2016-03-13T18:44:24 | 2016-03-13T17:44:09 | 34 | 20 |
[WP] A "popular" girl falls in love with a "nerdy" boy, however he hates her and she spends all her time trying to impress him
EDIT: THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO WRITE SHORT STORIES BASED OFF MY PROMPT!! I HAVE YET TO READ ALL YOUR STORIES THOUGH, AS I'M BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND OTHER STUFF :D
I'm sorry if I hav... | I leaned my shoulder against the doorway and stared. The room looked enormous without all of my Marvel posters lining the walls and all of my books stacked on their shelves. All that remained was my twin bed & small desk.
The door rang cutting short my farewell to my stripped childhood abode. It was Ava dropping o... | I looked around me, I was surrounded by filthy hands trying to grope what they can and disgusting mouths hanging open as they lay passed out on whatever they decided was close enough to a bed. I was only 17 but still I felt like I've already seen more of life than I would have wanted to. These parties I told myself I l... | 2016-05-29T09:41:46 | 2016-05-29T09:21:48 | 462 | 213 |
[WP] Hydraulic Press guy goes insane | "Who wants... PANCAKES?"
"Ewww, gross!" My daughter ran out of the kitchen. "Moooom, Dad's squishing all the food again!"
I heard my wife hurry down the stairs. I could hear her muttering in the hallway.
"God damn it if he got into the butter again..." She swept into the kitchen. "Peter! We talked about this... | Warning- extremely violent, if you're not into that kind of thing.
"Hello and welcome to the Hydraulic Press Channel,"
His voice echoed slightly in the empty shop, the whispered syllables creeping into dark corners filled with broken machine parts. A single fluorescent bulb lit the press itself but the rest of the s... | 2016-06-09T22:05:08 | 2016-06-09T21:49:46 | 252 | 43 |
[WP] You're a single father, forced to become a supervillain to support you and your child. One day, the heroine follows you to your home. | "Lawrence Gallouger. Also known as Gallows. I've been searching for you for a long, *long* time." I paused in the act of getting out of my car. Red Herring. The upstart super-heroine of Detroit finally caught up with me. Sighing, I raised my hands and turned around slowly. Staring back at me was a young woman in a red ... | He used to be your average Joe, just another plumber in the burbs’, wife, kids, mortgage, the whole nine. But all that changed when he was left to care for his son, who survived the break-in, unlike his wife and daughter.
“ Just some meth addicts needing money for a fix.” The cops told him.
The bills mounted as q... | 2016-07-18T18:34:37 | 2016-07-18T17:20:07 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] You created a social experiment based on the game Monopoly. Eight random people in one city were given access to bank accounts each containing $1.5 million, with the caveat that it can only be used to acquire property in the city. It's been five years, and you're checking in on your "players." | "So, where did all my damn money go?!?"
"Thimble.... He figured it all out."
"What the hell do you mean, figured it all out? All that's left is your shitty hotel and this useless land. This couldn't have possibly cost 12 million."
"... after Thimble killed Racecar and finished the takeover of Reading Railroad, he sp... | I yawned, groggy from the party I had the night before. It was Saturday, normally I would have gone back to sleep until noon, but today was different. I would finally get to see how my experiment turned out. As much as I tried to keep the results a surprise, I knew one of my players, or tokens, as I liked to call them,... | 2017-02-24T20:12:34 | 2017-02-24T19:20:22 | 183 | 49 |
[WP] Where do bad guys get their legions of goons? Well, it's all thanks to you. You specialize in supplying grunts of a wide variety to aspiring super villains, whether they need masked men with bad aim or hideous/sexy merfolk to guard their underwater lair. | Chad looked at his assignment and sighed. *Things were so much easier at Level 1,* he thought.
He didn't hate working for GoonCo. Not really. He got to travel around and meet interesting people, and the medical benefits were top notch. They had to be, when your job was to get beat up by heroes. And certainly, the ... | "Hello, this is James from Goons4U Inc. speaking. How may I help you today?" I muttered into the phone speaker as enthusiastically as I could. I had 10 minutes left on the clock, and they could not be going by any slower.
"Hello. It is I," an incredibly strange, odd sounding voice responded, making me jump back in my ... | 2017-03-23T10:11:48 | 2017-03-23T08:19:29 | 35 | 15 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | "Holy shit, Dave! Look at your fucking face!"
"Oh come on. It's not that bad."
"Are you kidding?!?"
"It's not like it hurt."
"Dave, they tattooed pentagrams EVERYWHERE."
"Oh like I didn't know that, Carl."
"Well you don't seem very upset about it!"
"It's not the 1950's anymore, man. People aren't judgey about ta... | The bronze dagger scraped against the cement floor with rhythmic scratches, tuned to The Slasher's lopsided gait. A red grin cut across his mask, painted on until it hit the the cracked bottom quarter, where it spilled into a real lip-less smile.
The stage was set. The night, perfect. A full moon dangled in a cloudles... | 2017-05-05T06:54:01 | 2017-05-05T06:07:15 | 7,592 | 21 |
[WP] They reworked the justice system. Now, in each cell there is a piano, and convicts are released after performing a song perfectly. Lesser criminals are assigned simple melodies, while the worst get full concertos. You've been a concert pianist your whole life. | At first I robbed a grocery store and played my "Three Blind Mice"
And when I egged a blind man's house I made that Bach sound nice.
They started getting suspicious when I made my big score
I robbed a bank and breezed right through Sonata 24.
I stole, I lied, I fought, I killed, I lived a madman's dream.
By Can... | Honestly, when I heard the announcement on TV, I was pretty confused. The guy who was reading it seemed pretty confused as well. When the new president said he wasn't going to conform to old traditions, nobody quite had THIS in mind.
But as I thought it through I quickly realized that I was basically immune to the law... | 2017-05-17T23:42:52 | 2017-05-17T23:39:54 | 2,153 | 328 |
[WP] Dumbledore decides not to leave Harry Potter with the Dursley family. Instead young Potter is sent to Chicago and placed on the doorsteps of Harry Dresden's home.
Edit: Thanks for the gold! | "You're a wizard, Harry."
"What."
"And the only one we could find in the American phonebook. We were somewhat suprised, really," the old wizard glanced at me over his half-moon spectacles. He reminded me of the Merlin, if somewhat less grouchy. Still, the guy just popped into my office with five minutes warning, and ... | Harry put his elbows on the table, watching the other would-be students push their trolleys along the platform outside. They all wore that look of perplexed surprise on their faces – ants scurrying all over the place, trying to find their way in the unfamiliar landscape that was King’s Cross.
Even though Harry was fro... | 2017-08-16T11:18:02 | 2017-08-16T10:52:39 | 470 | 221 |
[WP] Your entire life, you've been told you're deathly allergic to bees. You've always had people protecting you from them, be it your mother or a hired hand. Today, one slips through and lands on your shoulder. You hear a tiny voice say "Your Majesty, what are your orders?" | "...Get outta here..." Emily said, amazed the bee spoke. Even more suprisingly, she heard it not with her ears, but her mind. She looks at the bee again to see it flying away.
"Not LITERALLY!" She says.
The bee comes back and asks again, "What are your orders?"
"You can speak. So you are sentient. Do you have a name... | "Met any...bees, son," my father asks casually as I step across the room, his back to me. My foot pauses, hovering atop the stairs as I shiver at his words. The familiar tone so alien to me now.
"Of course not," I say as casually as I can, holding my breath in anticipation.
"...Good." My father says, his voice growin... | 2018-04-01T04:25:57 | 2018-04-01T02:33:35 | 166 | 85 |
[WP] it turns out Earth is a really big lobby for a battle-royale and everyone is just waiting for enough players to start | This the landscape was primitive, it was eerie quiet, once ravaged by war but now it’s come to an unsettling peace. 8 billion once lived on this earth, now only me and 2 others somewhere on the planet, counting their final days. The number tattooed on my skin, that changed whenever someone was killed had remained at 3 ... | The airplane took off. It was moving to the final zone, the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland. I heard little about it, well besides maybe a Modern Warfare 3 map otherwise it was more a Nordic relic and tourist attraction than a place to live.
It had been two years since the game had started. PUBG Corporation h... | 2018-06-12T06:43:15 | 2018-06-12T05:50:43 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] Music is a dangerous weapon, if not careful entire species can fall to madness upon discovering it. It has been theorised that any race with more than a thousand songs could wipe out all intelligent life, which is why Humanity is so feared in the galaxy despite no human really ever knowing why | In 1906, Fessenden's violin echoed across the Atlantic. By 1910 it was passing something orbiting Alpha Centauri. Something that was listening. 44 years later, as Fermi was asking his question, anyone left in universe already knew the answer was on it's way.
But the answer would share itself in it's own time. Huma... | “Man, I can’t wait to get some of that juicy bubble!”
“Let’s get sprung, son!”
The Flatbutts, as humans would later call them, had arrived in Earth’s space. These two males had traveled a long way. What’s long anyway, in interstellar travel? Maybe a vast distance was more appropriate, as the trip hadn’t taken them “l... | 2019-09-28T11:30:05 | 2019-09-28T09:27:18 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] The Wizarding World has never met someone like the speedcaster. He can summon more than 10 spells in less than 30 seconds. He says he's from another world, where there a more people like him called 'rappers'.
This prompt doesn't have to be just about the Harry Potter Universe. | The man calls himself Machine Gun Funk.
I can see why.
He faces an army of mages 100000 strong, alone, unprotected. His gear? A hooded overcoat, pants made of a material similar to the tents we use in travels, and a short metal wand.
His spells were delivered with a deftness and elegance most of us would never hope... | “What does he call himself?” Richard asked wistfully brushing through his dirty old parchments.
“The Prince of Spell Air” replied Caitlin, sending Richard into pig snorting, toe-curling laughter.
Caitlin didn’t see the funny side of it at all. Choosing instead to quickly rattle off a list of the mysterious fellows be... | 2020-01-29T10:12:43 | 2020-01-29T09:24:41 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] when we got to space we were surprised to find that all the aliens we come across are terrified of us, when we assure them that we aren’t there to hurt them they explained why they were so scared. Earth isn’t a planet, it’s a long since dead machine and humanity? Humanity is its combat AI. | "Okay, did my translator glitch out? Because it sounds like you just called humans an 'artificial intelligence.'" Captain Perry rubbed his temples - he hadn't expected first contact to be this complicated. The aliens had fled on sight, done everything in their power to avoid being in the same *star system* as the hum... | "Any questions or motions?" asked one of the chairmen. "Delegates who wish to speak please raise your placards now"
"NATO representatives, you have one minute"
His words were followed by a distinct, even comfortable, sound— that of a gavel beating against wood. There were dozens of people in the room, ranging from ... | 2020-07-09T08:03:30 | 2020-07-09T07:08:48 | 99 | 59 |
[WP] when we got to space we were surprised to find that all the aliens we come across are terrified of us, when we assure them that we aren’t there to hurt them they explained why they were so scared. Earth isn’t a planet, it’s a long since dead machine and humanity? Humanity is its combat AI. | Desire is what kept us going, it's meaning can vary from person to person as we are all individuals and our god gave us that capability to desire
We have captured one of the invading generals in our solar system. It seems they were in disarray when our fleets surrounded them and we must know why a large fleet erupted ... | First Contact. Metreidies Prime. To Ro Christian, looking over the precipice as if over the sweep of historical record, it was such an obvious honey pot.
“Temper your chrono-exceptionalism,” she whispered to herself. There were many other apt descriptors for her teacher, Andro Frafare--”flatulent”, “inebriated”, “... | 2020-07-09T06:59:16 | 2020-07-09T04:40:02 | 91 | 30 |
[WP] You, a newly-turned vampire, are thrilled to discover that you CAN eat garlic, walk in sunlight, and see yourself in mirrors, all while being immortal. You are much less thrilled to discover the one major drawback that none of the legends ever got right. | I soar through the night sky, blind to the world as it was to me.
I told myself it wasn’t so bad. Honestly, I tried. Immortality, hypnotic powers, hyper speed – you know, the usual vampire toolbox – it was pretty damn sweet. And let me tell you, you have not lived till you’ve tried AB negative blood. I’ve had full co... | When I saw that the wounds on my neck had become small white scars, my heart skipped a beat.
*Please let it be true, please let it be true...* I begged, as I bared my teeth.
The elongated points of my canines proved my hypothesis right: I had become a vampire.
For an eleven-year-old boy, this was a total dream come ... | 2020-10-06T06:58:56 | 2020-10-06T04:11:46 | 5,852 | 223 |
[WP] Adrenaline is an evolutionary trait specific to Earth. When alien species are tired they sleep and not even a threat to their life will wake them. Which is why the pirates that boarded your spaceship are shocked to find you've not only jumped out of bed fully alert but are fighting back! | "Most aliens know, that humans have a hormone called adrenaline. In emergency situations their bodies get flooded with it, allowing them to reach the hysterical limit of their bodies.
Due to the quite hostile nature of their home planet and their evolutionary path of almost not offensive and defensive means, but an un... | He was dreaming. Dreaming of times long since gone, events and happenings flowing past my mind in the hazy way that dreams do.
Images of the shops on Bourke Street, the crowds of Sydney, the beauty of a blue sky, the magnificence of Ayer's Rock.
Conjured sounds of a bustling crowd, the discord of street buskers all a... | 2021-01-27T05:41:06 | 2021-01-27T00:27:53 | 155 | 61 |
[WP] After a Pyrrhic battle defending their homeworld, the defenders detect another fleet. It's the Humans, and they're sending in the hospital and engineering fleets. | Why they always asked, why do we 'waste' our resources on those who may soon be vanquished. Why do we send our fleets thousands of light years to help without any apparent gain. Why do we risk our troops lives on planets that are infected with foreign plague. Why do we waste ourselves on a lost cause.
Because those... | As the human fleet was peacefully landing, the Kripts were all cheering. Many of them, out of the bunkers, carrying Garrison plants, were gathering in the close proximity of the gigantic human transporting ships. In the most horrifying war of their history, they lost 70% of their fighting adults, and 90% of their surf... | 2021-01-30T16:45:38 | 2021-01-30T15:18:43 | 52 | 23 |
[WP] You're a supervillain whose latest evil scheme threatens to throw the city into chaos unless your nemesis goes on a date with you. To your surprise, they agree with enthusiasm before you can even explain what the consequences of refusing are. | A crowd of onlooking spectators swarmed the windows of the small café, looking inside in both awe, fear, and general confusion. Both Rachael and Marshall sat in a small booth awkwardly as nearly a dozen faces pressed up onside the glass, attempting to listen to their conversations. These type of people were far worse f... | "At least take me out on a date before you tie me up," said Neuro Lady, giggling through her restraints. "You'll end up alone if you lead like this."
I ignored the comment and carried on with my scheme. The data was still being downloaded. Once I had these financial records, I'd be able to blackmail my way out of any ... | 2022-08-16T06:45:31 | 2022-08-16T06:08:40 | 576 | 315 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | Cold eyes stare at me from across the room. I know the feeling behind them. It is Judgement.
I'm not like the others here. Many of them have a supernatural ability. Strength, calculus, prediction, speed. I am, for all intents and purposes, a normal human being. But there's one thing I've mastered that makes the headma... | St. Agatha's School for the Monstrous was, despite its outward appearance, more an elite institution of learning than the dumping ground for the abnormal it pretended to be. The reason was simple. Vampires have obscene amounts of money, long memories, and children who require very particular accommodations. My mother ... | 2022-11-02T10:57:20 | 2022-11-02T07:37:40 | 245 | 162 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | I remember well when I first saw the "Human Update 1.1 progress" counter in the corner of my eye. I was still young, but I can't forget how the waves of confusion grew and changed. First people were asking each other if they could see it, then it hit the social networks, people from all over the world tweeting, faceboo... | The usual clicking in the office suddenly fell silent. It took nearly as long to notice everyone else had stopped working as it had to be absolutely certain of what I was seeing. Slowly, cautiously turning to look at my neighboring coworker, I saw the slack-jawed, wide-eyed confusion on his face that told me all I need... | 2015-03-05T03:48:32 | 2015-03-04T18:59:30 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] "The light can never go out," explained the old lighthouse operator. "Ships don't need us. Haven't in quite some time. It's the people here on land who'll suffer if that light ever goes out." | "The light can never go out," explained the old lighthouse operator. "Ships don't need us. Haven't in quite some time. It's the people here on land who'll suffer if that light ever goes out."
I blinked, confused, not sure I heard correctly. "Sir?"
He rolled his shoulders, as if a great weight sat on them, and looked... | The mist was thick and wet and Hugo could feel it pushing down on him like a thousand tiny hands; it was as if something was warning him, *imploring* him, not to go any further. No, he was reading too much into it. He was still feeling jittery after the ship's near-miss.
"Hello," he yelled out, but his voice was swall... | 2017-02-22T11:59:42 | 2017-02-22T10:02:36 | 113 | 44 |
[WP] You've developed a machine that allows you to speak with "you"s from different dimensions. However, you notice that you're the only male in a sea of women. | v-^
[22:20] hey me.
[22:20] Hey, me!
[22:21] m/f?
[22:21] F. You, too?
[22:21] nah, haha. M.
[22:21] Really?
[22:22] yeah I think i'm the only one so far.
[22:22] When did they open this for you?
[22:22] a couple of days ago. you?
[22:22] Same, lol.
[22:23] lol yeah I think it's synchronized
[22... | It was kind of like a mix of frequency and... I don't know, I haven't heard of a movie that described this... maybe something like "frequency meets Freaky Friday and walking dead" except in Freaky Friday it wasn't either parties actual intent to switch bodies... that bitch stole my body and left me in this world. The... | 2017-06-25T04:00:18 | 2017-06-24T21:42:21 | 403 | 128 |
[WP] Somebody once told you the world is going to roll you. However, you are the sharpest tool in the shed. | "Who are you calling a hoe, Hoe?"
We all burst out laughing. We could always count on Shovel to lighten the mood. But, as evening became night, and the moonlight shone through the cracks in the roof of the shed, the only thing on my mind was the prophecy.
As I looked around at each one of us, I couldn't help but ke... | My eleventh grade English teacher had once told me that I was sharp enough, but if I didn’t put any more effort, the world was going to roll me. At the time, I had ignored him. That had been a mistake. Two years, one missed high school graduation, fifty-six yelling matches with my parents, and a hundred handles of chea... | 2017-07-01T04:56:20 | 2017-07-01T03:23:29 | 2,083 | 329 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | As far back as I can remember, the power from the birthmark on my chest has been there. Floating, just of reach, it whispers at the edge of my conscious. Now, at the age of 16, I had grown used to the white noise, and mostly ignored it. The mark hadn’t seemed to effect me much, unlike my parents. My pale, sickly frame ... | I chuckled to myself as I wiped the blood from my knuckles, and dragged my victim further into the dark alley he had attempted to rob me from. Now victim might normally be seen as a harsh word in such cases of self defense, he had lurched from the shadows in a frantic twitching blur, held his knife to my chest, you kno... | 2017-11-08T05:46:11 | 2017-11-08T05:45:47 | 27 | 16 |
[WP] You stumble upon an old megaphone in an antique shop and jokingly pick it up and say, "Everybody listen up!". Later that night, the news headlines read, "We're all listening for what the voice has to next say next!" | The voice, I was the voice.
Imagine having infinite power in your voice. I could do anything I wanted, say anything I needed.
I thought for a long time about what I should say. I could demand world peace in the name of the gods, I could make myself dictator supreme and so much more.
In the end I realized that I don'... | It was a dreary Sunday and I happened to have some spare time after church. I’d usually go to the flea market, however there have been fewer and fewer vendors these days, so I decided to look around at pawn and antique shops, as you never know what you might find.
Driving around, I remember a hole in the wall antique ... | 2018-02-15T22:32:41 | 2018-02-15T22:03:06 | 1,269 | 184 |
[WP] Everyone is born with 1-100 tally marks tattooed on their arm. The higher your number, the more valuable you are and the more successful you will be. You bully a kid because he is obviously hiding a low score. One day, he rolls up his sleeve to show an infinity symbol. | It was the first of January. The day of the Reveal. The day every person turning sixteen in the next twelve months will find out the number that will determine who their friends will be, where they will live, the jobs they will work. I wasn't worried. Both of my parents were in the 90's, my sister too. I was almost gua... | I’m a fifty percenter. Technically fifty-one hatches. I was born with my fate already tattooed upon my arm. Fifty-one black lines, ten hatch clusters plus one dangling off the end.
I was destined to be almost perfectly average. I was neither lauded nor criticized for my marks. I was like a Toyota Corolla: perfectly la... | 2018-12-27T18:27:11 | 2018-12-27T16:47:23 | 287 | 166 |
[WP] Magic suddenly becomes a thing. While governments are scrambling to establish regulations, people defiantly flock to reddit to share new discoveries and crack more “overpowered” spells. Write about a trending post that, for good or ill, is making authorities furious. | Enviousdeath: 13 points - 4 hours ago
Guys three swipes. Trust me ;)
FuckTheGvt 6542 points 3 hours ago
Tried it, they were screaming furious!
Edmon5 2 points - 2.5 hours ago
Username checks out ;)
PartialMadness 336 points - 2 hours ago
So, for those of you late to this thread. We have discovered the combination r... | Right. You have to do it with four right turns exactly the *right* way, otherwise it doesn't work. You've got to do it *right* as you're reading this post. Like, right away. Right now.
"It's a derivation of the Household Dishwater Sequence first developed a week and a half ago," Malcom said, scanning the thousands upo... | 2019-07-11T13:59:56 | 2019-07-11T11:46:51 | 114 | 50 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | "With all due respect Ambassador, we are underestimating the Humans".
There. I said it. A career ending sentence. A diplomatic functionary of the Fourth Resource is only permitted into meetings merely to attend to more senior entities. That's all. To speak in anything other than a hushed whisper is unthinkable. To add... | **“Humanity is poorly suited to most everything excepting one, Death.” -Sharthan Remembrancer Ta’aliq 2174**
To’shan stood over his prey, the magnetic coils of his plasma rifle whining as they contained the burning fire within.
“You are bested Hu’man.” His voice a deep baritone rumble, his armoured jaw clicking as he... | 2019-11-24T16:08:56 | 2019-11-24T15:40:28 | 98 | 57 |
[WP] An isekai where instead if just one person or class, the entire earth is transported and replaces the fantasy worlds moon | “Here they come,” Jesse, my reloader said, pointing up towards the night sky. She pulled her helmet back and cupper her hands.
I looked up and saw the three flaming metallic orbs scraping across the sky. We called them Epcot balls because they were about the size and shape of the famed Epcot Center at Disney world. Bu... | A forewarning, I imagined the fantasy world more like an epic western fantasy world and not so much like a manga fantasy world. Hopefully, that still works!
___
"Moonfiends!" The words came echoing through the rubble of the village; a woman screamed at the group that passed through. Clutching the doll that would never... | 2021-03-21T12:16:45 | 2021-03-21T12:14:14 | 67 | 46 |
[WP] When a mugger shoots you but dies instead you realize that if anyone’s in the same room as you when you die you take their life to keep living. Now a 100 year old on their deathbed, you’re desperately trying to convince all your loved ones to leave your side. | Mr. Johnson flickered in and out of lucidity. One moment he was lying down in a field, next to a young girl. What was her name? Mandy? Sure, let's go with that.
And then, a second later, he was on a stretcher, bombs exploding all around him while medics rushed him into the bunker. Didn't they know he couldn't die?
... | I am on my death bed, surrounded by my loved ones. I am 100 years old, and I know that this is my last day. I am in pain, but I am at peace. I know that when I die, I will take the life of anyone who is in the same room with me.
I try to convince my loved ones to leave my side, but they will not listen. ... | 2022-01-15T20:35:04 | 2022-01-15T11:29:20 | 194 | 28 |
[WP] Magicians are quite rare. They are not born; they're made. It is through unimaginable pain that their powers manifest. Their ability is linked to their own personal trauma. So tell me child, what can YOU do? | Lynch regarded the teenage girl in front of him, and barely held back a scoff. Her tattered clothing was in contrast to his grand robes in orange, indicating his status as the Archmage of Recruitment.
“Child,” he said. “I do not want to underestimate you. But I sense zero magic in you.”
“Please,” Thea said, her voice... | [P1]
It’s been a rough day. Once again, I was not heard when I spoke up months ago. Just as it always goes. I try my best to tell people what I see. But they never listen to me. Now I am packing up my desk because of layoffs. Layoffs that would have been prevented if people had more faith in what I predicted. I should... | 2022-04-26T11:02:18 | 2022-04-26T10:55:23 | 389 | 10 |
[WP] Scientists manage to develop a device that can detect souls. However, joy about the invention quickly turns into shock when they realize that only about 20% of all humans posess one | Five of us worked on the project. It was called the Ethereal Interferometer. In theory, we believed that our device could prove the existence of the soul. Each of us tried it. Only one of us, Sati, registered on the device.
If we were right, then the rest of us didn't have souls. We tried testing it in the field, usin... | They checked it, rebuilt it and tested it on all parameters. Not only majority of humans didn't have souls, no animals had souls either. Their findings were released in papers...tabloids and people lost their mind. From pro life people to pro animals, all religious and peaceful people erupted with anger and frustration... | 2022-05-20T11:37:03 | 2022-05-20T11:13:49 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] There is a place. A place between places. It's an actual place but it isn't here nor there. Lost travelers are the only ones who can find the place. Staying for a night, safe from other places and other things, and nothing more. Except you. You were born in the place.
(edit: super happy folks are having fun with ... | The rain throws itself like clumps of sand against the waiting room’s windows. It comes in waves, as if there’s a giant the other side thrumming their fingers on the glass.
The girl squeaks open the door and squeezes through. Her pink hair’s pasted by the rain onto her forehead and neck, like melted cotton candy.
I n... | The smell of popcorn and fresh air greeted Jonathan as he stepped inside. The hat rack was curiously empty considering the crowd this evening, but he deposited his bowler just the same. How appropriate, he chuckled to himself at the seed of the joke.
Balanced against the wall was what looked to be a worn scabbard and... | 2022-11-22T09:01:51 | 2022-11-22T08:27:14 | 766 | 66 |
[WP] A man wants to sell his soul to a demon but the thing he wants in return is so dubious the demon is thrown for a loop. | “Let me get this straight,” said Azazel, standing in a run-down apartment choked with smoke.
“You want to be the color purple.”
“Yeah maaan, I mean think about it... How much stuff in the universe is purple, I could be,” pause for bong hit, “all of that shit at once. I’d be fuckin Barney and grape soda… AT THE ... | This is my spot. I always sit here. There is a side door slightly out of my vision. It’s alarmed. It ought not be an issue. I turn and check again. Still closed. It’s just me and the barista. She’s in the back and out of sight. I scan the counter and coffee machines again. Still empty.
I check the lights m... | 2014-05-15T21:15:50 | 2014-05-15T21:10:17 | 95 | 22 |
[WP] You wake up in a tub of ice with a two insicions on your back and a note that reads "Why don't you have any kidneys? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?" | Worst hungover ever. And cold, oh god I hope I didn't lose my phone and wallet.
Wait... My mind slowly banishes the fog. I wasn't drinking last night, haven't had anything for the last few years. But I do feel like absolute shit.
I take in my shabby surroundings, a tub with ice and meltwater, a dirty bathroom, some m... | It sounded like I was in a drink, ice makes the most unusual noise. My hands were so cold it was hard to hold the note with out dropping it, crumpled in my half form fist. The words from the note floated through my head, taking whatever order suited them.
"You don't have kidneys. What? Why the fuck?"
I squinted at th... | 2015-12-31T03:35:05 | 2015-12-31T00:04:58 | 143 | 73 |
[WP] You have a sentient voice inside your head which knows the answer to every question you have but refuses to tell the future. Suddenly you hear "Pack your laptop, Swiss army knife and leave in 5 minutes, else you'll regret it."
[deleted] | "Listen." The voice said, quiet as ever. "We need to leave. *Now*."
I swallowed nervously. Ever since I was old enough to understand, the voice had been a constant companion, guiding me through key moments of my life. It never demanded anything of me. It always accepted my decisions, even if I chose to ignore its adv... | Tick, tock. Tick...tick...tock. TICKTOCK. TOCK. TICKTOCK. ***TOCK***.
These are the well known sounds of a clock. And these are the sounds I heard as I stared anxiously at my own clock, waiting desperately for the hands to arrange themselves in such a way as to signal that it was time for me to make my move.
2 minute... | 2016-09-22T08:03:04 | 2016-09-22T08:01:54 | 59 | 23 |
[WP] Legends tell of the Elder race who utilized strange "technologies" instead of magic. As hordes of brutal killers invade from the north, a young elf heads off to search for ancient ruins, looking for humans... | "Who goes there?"
"Dahalva, of the Ederwood."
"An Elfling, that speaks in human tongues?"
"An Elfling, that speaks in human ... tongues."
"Come forth."
"You are ..."
"A human. Yes, I know, a miracle I am sure."
"I was told you were all ... long gone."
"If by long gone you mean nearly exterminated by you and you... | "Jamarr," I called back, stepping carefully onto the stones that slept in the river, "you have to keep up."
Jamarr grumbled a reply, his Orcish armor clunking loudly behind me. Sometimes, I wondered how he became one of the best thieves in his stronghold. I waited safely on the other side of the stream and watched as ... | 2017-01-06T19:17:30 | 2017-01-06T16:24:54 | 196 | 12 |
[WP]Four years ago, your dog and best friend disappeared. Today, your dog appears at your doorstep. You dog says, "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat."
"you" dog heh | "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat." Stinky said. "And while I can still speak, I want to tell you that I really resent the fact you named me Stinky. I don't have opposable thumbs that allow me to wash myself, plus, I am covered in.. in human terms I'm covered in long John's an... | I never wanted to admit to myself that I had already given up hope. Until I saw him again.. ''Hello Woofy..'' I said.
It seemed like an eternity since my dog disappeared. And there he was. After all those years.. right in front of me. We looked at eachother and it felt kind of awkward. That was certainly not the feelin... | 2017-03-31T14:37:37 | 2017-03-31T12:20:27 | 119 | 34 |
[WP] A senile, old superhero still goes out to fight crime. None of the younger heros respect him anymore but all the villains have a soft spot for him.
Maybe he's found himself in the middle of a hero/villain war, or he's just trying to stop a bank robbery.
Edit: wow this uhh... kinda blew up didn't it?
Oh man I'm... | "Stand down, villain!"
The battlecry broke off with a shrill note as Peacekeeper hobbled into the bank, wheezing at the effort he'd expended getting up the stairs. He paused to catch his breath at the door and leaned heavily upon the frame. Peacekeeper was clad in his signature blue and red unitard, unfortunately worn... | As Anton's whip tightened around Tony's neck, all the while sending huge volts of electricity through Tony's armor, he saw a familiar figure walk towards him.
"Ms. Carter, please step away!!!".
Peggy stopped for a second, and then continued walking towards Anton.
"Stop! You know his father stole my dad's inventio... | 2017-04-13T05:32:17 | 2017-04-13T05:10:16 | 162 | 10 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | At one moment, there was fog. At the next, I find myself standing in a circle of candles, in a darkened room, with nothing but the smell of burning wax and stuffiness, like being inside one of those old military outposts that they keep for posterity. You ever put your hand against a vacuum hose? Imagine that, but going... | It happened as Dan was sat on the old chair in the greenhouse, lazily puffing on a cigertte. He sat, neck arched down scrolling mindlessly through social media. The occassional billows of smoke slowly carried on the draft like a balloon gradually disapeering from existance as it floated away. As the rollie burnt contin... | 2017-05-12T10:09:52 | 2017-05-12T09:57:53 | 67 | 27 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | There were many questions I had, but I wasn't entirely sure how to react. I *was* in my house, but *now* I'm in a budget Lord of the Rings.
That included the wizard who looked like he'd both just pissed himself and had won the lottery.
"Good... GOOD... Now, my slave... DESTROY MY ENEMIES! Turn their skulls into past... | Jason dropped the carboard box onto the one he had set down prior, and stepped back. He held his lower back and arched. Fuck, this retail stocking shit is not fun. Time for a break. He walked over to the door, reached in his shirt pocket and grabbed for his smokes. Opening the door, he stepped through into brilliant su... | 2017-05-12T09:29:02 | 2017-05-12T08:33:39 | 65 | 44 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | I swear this happened exactly as I'm saying, but there's no way I'll put my name on it. They'd lock me in the looney bin forever.
I was just sitting on the sofa, watching TV, and then I was sitting in a room with no chair and fell on my butt. My back was against something - well, not something, more nothing, but not... | It happened as Dan was sat on the old chair in the greenhouse, lazily puffing on a cigertte. He sat, neck arched down scrolling mindlessly through social media. The occassional billows of smoke slowly carried on the draft like a balloon gradually disapeering from existance as it floated away. As the rollie burnt contin... | 2017-05-12T12:27:31 | 2017-05-12T09:57:53 | 36 | 27 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "I can make as many wishes as I want?"
"Yes. As long as you can answer the question."
"And If I get it wrong you reverse all the wishes?"
"Yes."
"I want to make a wish."
"What is the sum of three and six?"
"Nine."
"What is your wish?"
"I wish the world was an unimaginable hell hole."
"Done. Go outside and hear... | "I want a chicken bbq pizza. Large, wait, no, medium." I say.
"That's fine. what's 3+5?" He replies.
"8."
The genie *poofs* my pizza into existence, holding out the typical cardboard box. I open it, and the pizza is cooked to perfection. Even the plastic pizza saver is there, holding the box up against the weight o... | 2017-06-17T23:24:32 | 2017-06-17T21:26:00 | 266 | 127 |
[WP] "Dude, you don't want to fight a human, even when it doesn't have a weapon." The alien glimpsed at the human. "Why not? They look so fragile." | A lone human drinks in an alien bar.
That's not the start of a joke, it's the start of a horrifying story. Horrifying for aliens anyways, humans actually find it pretty entertaining.
"One shot of whiskey." The human says, holding his hand up.
"What's whiskey?"
"Godamn it, fucking alien bars, never have the good stu... | Of course Gorg thought that. Of course every alien would assume that. Nearly 300 years ago in 2454, mankind discovered the use of anti-matter as a near infinite power supply, thus accelerating humans through and past the cosmos. One accident after another had ultimately left humans in a delicate state that was only sta... | 2017-11-25T09:45:47 | 2017-11-25T08:20:42 | 31 | 18 |
[WP] After grazing your child's cut knee one afternoon, you discover you have the power to heal others simply by touching them. You use your new gift to rid a plethora of illnesses and wounds in your community. One day, you exhaust your powers and see a familiar cut form on your knee....
| I have a secret. A secret that could make the difference between a man living or dying.
It all began unexpectedly during one very ordinary afternoon.
"Oh Adrian! Its okay, Mommy will make it all better," she said as she brushed her fingertips around the scraped skin of my knee.
I believed her. I truly did, becaus... | ## No Good Deed...
It doesn't hurt, the sliver of fresh pink, not at first. It appears on the unblemished skin of Richard's knee cap right before his eyes, stipling there at first, just some red dots, then a rivulet of blood, then the full cut, a specter from the past.
Richard stares down at it with abject horror at... | 2018-04-25T06:48:55 | 2018-04-25T05:48:34 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] In 1891 you were tried for straling horses and sentenced to be "hung from a rope until dead." The problem is you're immortal. But the executioner/sheriff is as well, and he is a very patient man. The year is 1903, and he is still waiting at the gallows.
*stealing, not straling. Stupid phone... | “Knight... to... E... 7... Checkmate.” I managed to say, despite the rope crushing my larynx. It was difficult for me to talk in my position but my opponent was always willing to wait as I exerted myself to get each word out. He’ll never admit it but I know he’s just as bored as I am. After all, it’s been nearly 12 ye... | "Don't you get bored?"
Mike was bringing food. Just like every day in the past 12 years. The first year was the worst, they built an improvised roof at first, then an entire small house, but the ground still was the old dirt, there was no way to remove it.
I had to watch every single day of those 12 years. Of cours... | 2018-10-23T06:00:02 | 2018-10-23T00:19:46 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] While derping around on the internet, you manage to discover that your FBI agent has a crush on you. A lot of the ads you’ve been getting suddenly start to make a whole lot more sense... | I'm getting kind of nervous here.
You ever feel like you're being watched? I mean, there's no other way to answer that. It's almost 2020. Who isn't being watched?
That being said, who exactly wants to watch me? There's got to be plenty of other people more concerning than me. Or interesting. Or impressive. Anything e... | “Agent Gilmore, how are you doing?” My superior looked over my shoulder at the client I was currently monitoring. “I see you’ve been keeping a good eye on this particular man. Do you think he is some kind of threat?”
“Not at all, ma’am. I apologize if it may seem that way.” I clicked off the Facebook profile of my cl... | 2019-10-23T07:27:31 | 2019-10-23T07:13:40 | 38 | 27 |
[WP] You're sat alone, with a glass of wine in hand, and decide to jokingly toast the Greek God Dionysus. You did not expect him to appear before you in human form, create two bottles of wine, and take a seat next to you. | He just... Appeared.
I jumped in surprise.
"Whattt??!?!?? Who are you??" Was the only thing that came out of my mouth.
Sending a reproachful gaze my way he said
"Sit down. This has been a bad day, don't make it worse. That wine is worth more than you will ever have, so drink it"
"Hey, that's mean" I replied, a... | “ who are you?” I said as I put my wine glass down and stared at the man in front of me.
“ What do you mean “who am I?”. Do you not worship the Greek gods?”
“ The Greeks gods aren’t real dude” I told him as I leaned back into my chair and sipped my wine.
“ Ahh I see... you’re a non believer. Allow me to show you t... | 2020-11-08T10:50:12 | 2020-11-08T10:39:02 | 236 | 44 |
[WP] You're a weird gamer. When you play a videogame, you let the enemy bots win. Sometimes, after reaching a boss, you let the boss win. You've never beaten any game completely. 20 years later, when a super-intelligent conscious A.I. is taking over the world, it becomes aware of your odd compassion | > GAME OVER
When did those two words become such a bad thing?
Instead of exasperation, I felt a strange satisfaction and a quaint sense of relief. It was indeed over, but it was a good game. If you'd ask somebody else about it, they'll probably say it's a loss--but I feel like a victor in every way.
My finger rea... | “General Franklin will see you now, Mr Ryan” said the wiry young secretary wearily. He had seen the same hell as the rest of us, but being military he’d been at the front lines.
Luckily, most of us citizens had been saved from the AI’s attempt at taking over humanity. It had been nothing like the typical AI takeover p... | 2020-12-04T11:09:39 | 2020-12-04T10:16:41 | 49 | 20 |
[WP] You know for a fact that time travel will be invented in your lifetime. Because future version of you keep appearing to dramatically stop you doing seemingly inconsequential things for seemingly petty reasons. | A shabby old man with a heavy limp was chasing me.
“Gre—“
He bumped into someone.
“Excuse me. GREG!”
*No, please, not now...* I thought desperately. I was already late for this meeting and if I didn’t—
“Don’t cross that damn street! I’m telling you...”
I tried my best to ignore him. For months this guy had been sta... | The first time I saw him I was in the playground, on the swings, trying to see how high I could go and Mom was talking to one of the neighbors and WASN'T WATCHING to see how high I could go
I think that I must've been four? Maybe five
--Hey, kid! You like candy?
He was shouting and it seemed like nobody else on the... | 2021-01-19T19:20:27 | 2021-01-19T17:44:44 | 33 | 22 |
[WP] “Why is the magic sword so cheap?” | The salesman looked uncomfortable. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and he tried desperately not to break eye contact with me.
"There's nothing *wrong* with the sword, you understand? I want to make that absolutely clear, it's a *good* sword." He said, fiddling with the button on his cuff.
"Uh huh," I said, conveying wi... | This is my first ever story, so I know it's very rough (also I don't know how to bold or slant the text for when the internal mind thoughts are happening).
It was mid afternoon. As the sun had started to cast shadows across the bustling slums within the greater city of Valantis. Valantis was an old city, but still tea... | 2022-01-18T22:47:40 | 2022-01-18T21:11:52 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] The princess ran away to become an adventurer. Years later, she heard news that “the kidnapped princess” was rescued. What!? Should she reveal herself, or sit back as the imposter does what they pleases? | Sierra fumbled the coins in her pocket as she left the butcher's store. She couldn't help but feel a little pleased with herself. The butcher's burglary troubles were over, and she was better rested than she'd been in months. All it took was a few free nights of sleep in the storeroom and a quick tangle with the beast ... | Today, the capital is alive with people from all corners of the kingdom walking up and down the streets and merchants peddling their wares. In each tavern, there are sounds of cheers and drinking, and on every street corner, housewives are gossiping about the talk of the town: the kidnapped princess is back!
She ignor... | 2022-08-01T21:09:48 | 2022-08-01T20:38:21 | 393 | 221 |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives.
Edit: Wow, great stories so far! Made the front page too. Obligatory thanks! | I closed my eyes and started leaning forward, arms raised melodramatically. I wouldn't be the first loser on this bridge to just fall off the earth, probably wouldn't be the last given how shitty life's gotten in this town. This is it, fuck everything, this is it. Goodbye, meth, goodbye my whore wife, goodbye my piece... | There's a chance, every day, that it's your last day.
Maybe it's one in a thousand? One in a million? I don't know. I was always bad at math.
But, when the doctor told me there was a sixty five percent chance I wouldn't make it through the next eight weeks... Well, those numbers, those are easy.
The next hour I'm... | 2015-03-15T16:26:07 | 2015-03-15T16:25:02 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You are the only human being left after the mysterious vanishing of the worlds population. Two years later, power and internet starts running once again, you recieve a reply notification on Reddit. | The makeshift water wheel was creaking, I hope it isn't going to fall into the river again. The convoluted mass of wood and plastic was the only source of power in my little community of one. It powered the agricultural sprinklers of my farm and, more importantly, my laptop. It wasn't mine, per say, but it's owner cert... | I was on my weekly inspection of the solar panels on my roof when I heard the loud and sudden sound of the transformer coming back online.
As I looked up sharply and scanned the surrounding buildings, still unsure of what I had heard, I saw the most incredulous thing - the lights were on in the houses facing me.
Ove... | 2015-03-20T09:06:45 | 2015-03-20T08:40:13 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | Reports come in today that North Korean president Kim Jong Un has launched a nuclear weapon in response to the sanctions imposed by the US and China. However, North Korean scientists miscalculated the trajectory of the missile leading it to land in Raqqa, Syria. An upcoming UN meeting of World Leaders will decide if No... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T06:09:39 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 277 | 19 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "DEUS VULT!"
The battlecry of the newly reborn Papal State rang on the lips of devout Catholics the world over. The faithful had come together once again to rid the Holy Land of the infidel scourge. Pope Francis stood at the head of his army, a not-so-ceremonial sword flashing in his hand as he held it up on the stree... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T10:03:10 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 82 | 19 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | They swept across the dunes, conquering all foes before them. Charging forward to the roar of cannon and rifle, no stronghold or fort could stem the tide of red and gold that spew forth from the edge of the horizon. Like the sea, this force could not, would not be restrained by weather, terrain or people in the pursuit... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T07:22:10 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 43 | 19 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by a cult, and they are about to sacrifice you to their god. They don't know that you are that god. | Bewildering.
The humans who stood in a circle, chanting my name seemed to be convinced that I would be happy to receive a sacrifice. That the blood of a young man, innocent but for the sin of rejecting their teachings, would please me.
I had always thought of myself to be a good god. A benevolent, giving god. Not like... | "Anupta, Darkest Desire, accept our offering!" I heard, more than felt, Daniel's dagger strike down into my heart. Well, where my heart would be, if I had one. In any case, it was time to wrap this up.
With a minor effort of will, the straps binding me to the table burned and snapped, and I sat up. I took a second to ... | 2016-08-14T09:06:55 | 2016-08-14T08:58:12 | 108 | 48 |
[WP] An angel falls, burning, to Earth very publicly. It's extremely despondent, but reveals during an interview that the world we know as Earth is actually Hell. | Lucifer and Raphael sat at the edge of a rooftop, gazing across the city skyline.
"This is very...tame."
Lucifer smiled.
"You see nothing because you have never sinned. You see what you need to. Nothing more, and nothing less."
Raphael glanced at Lucifer for a brief second before looking back at the view... | Detective Arnold pushed a cup of coffee over to the strange man. A slight, hunched figure with a shock of light blonde, almost white hair.
"Sir, let's cut the bullshit," he said. "You burned down a shopping mall. We have eyewitnesses that place you at the scene. Just tell me what happened, huh? What, did you used to w... | 2016-11-04T13:24:07 | 2016-11-04T12:57:45 | 350 | 60 |
[WP] You've accidentally killed the Devil. God makes you the new Devil to replace the one you killed. | *Oh man John*, I thought to myself. *You're gonna be late. Come on. Show me some luck...* My fingers crossed instinctively as I neared the intersection. *Still green, still green... yes!* Just one more turn, I'd be on the street. Then I'd power park, sprint- good think I brought the handkerchief. I couldn't be late. I ... | I felt like literal Hell.
Why did I do this to myself? Sure, he'd taken my knack for the creative and sent it overboard, but it was a hard crash after the ride was over. I needed some water. I needed some air. Something. The room was almost too dark. It felt like it would shut in around me if I didn't see the sun. Wh... | 2016-12-09T08:39:14 | 2016-12-09T08:34:41 | 111 | 22 |
[WP] You're lost at sea after a tremendous storm with fresh water supplies running low. The situation is looking dire. Then you spot him; a man is swimming towards your boat. | He saw the boat as salvation. His arms took energy from thin air and pushed him faster towards my ship.
It'd been 20 days since the storm, my supplies of food — despite extreme rations and failed attempts at fishing — had run out two weeks ago. All I had left was water. Fuel. And the will to live. He splashed his way ... | It didn't make sense. In the dead of night, when the waters calmed from the great storm, I heard the lapping sound of a swimmer in the water coming towards me. The moon was peaking over the horizon shedding the caps of the waves with a white glow. It was indeed what I thought I was hearing. The object splashed against ... | 2017-01-18T06:48:57 | 2017-01-18T06:40:37 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] To your surprise, a SWAT team breaks down your door, rushes inside, and surrounds you. Only, their backs are to you, guns trained on the doors and windows. The closest one whispers, "Here they come." | I recognized them, these were my men. Johnson, McMeyer, Nguyn, Hanson, Reyes, and Kuiper. Why was my squad here, and in full gear? I thought about the nightstand in the bedroom with my pistol, but we were in the living room.
"Hanson, what's going on!?" I asked in an urgent whisper.
"Sir, there was a credible threa... | My laughing was cacophonous, even to me. I can only imagine how it sounded over the voice chat.
"Listen," I said, addressing the group, "if you didn't want to lose, then you shouldn't have made it so damn easy." A clamor of voices poured from my headset, making me wince. One boomed out over the others.
"That's feckin... | 2017-06-28T08:51:46 | 2017-06-28T05:48:29 | 908 | 44 |
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
Whoa. This blew up way more than I expected it to.
Edit... | "I was late, and it could fly."
I shifted nervously in my seat and reached for a glass of water that I had already drained.
The team from HR didn't respond right away, so I had time to fill my glass and drink again before I went on.
"I realize that's not a great excuse for why there's a fire-breathing Nightmare Pony... | It was our 7th Christmas with the whole family, me, my husband, and our daughter.
Ever since Elly was able to talk, all she ever wanted was a pony. It seems cliche but she was determined. However, we couldn't afford a pony so always settled instead on giving her horse related items. The usual pony stuffed animals and... | 2017-09-25T18:40:35 | 2017-09-25T16:40:46 | 40 | 28 |
[WP] You've been living alone for 13 years. Whenever you come home from work, you always find your bed made, dinner cooked and a message with "This could have been us." You moved out several times. This keeps going on. | There it is again, that pang of guilt as I push the door open to my tiny apartment, the smell of a nice home cooked meal hits my nostrils but my stomach churns as I step inside kicking the door closed behind me. Standing in the entry way I know the apartment is empty as I take off my coat and set my things down from th... | Another day, another note. It's the same words that seem all too familiar by now. Even the piece of paper that was written on is torn the same way everyday. The hand writing, however, is different every now and then. The first time it happened was 13 years ago, but by now it has become a routine. I actually liked it th... | 2017-12-09T04:16:45 | 2017-12-09T02:59:21 | 5,650 | 660 |
[WP] When you kill a living organism, such as an ant, your soul transfers and you become that ant. As an ant, you kill a worm and you become that worm. The cycle goes on. | As a youngling, I trampled and terrorized the beings below me,
As a youngling, I never thought about feelings or the pain of them.
As a youngling, I saw them not worthy of being free.
As a youngling, I didn't know better.
As an ant, I still didn't get the memo.
As an ant, I was hungry for food. ... | You know, I once worked for NASA I had so much going for me. That is until I was walking out of a building and stepped on an ant.
Now I lived as an ant, my memories burly from my time as a human. I was told by other "people" who had been placed in bugs, that it happened like this to fully embrace your new life. Memor... | 2017-12-21T05:29:53 | 2017-12-21T05:07:20 | 51 | 14 |
[WP] When a twin dies their brother/sister acquires all their strength, intelligence, etc. You've just discovered this phenomena, but so has your brother/sister | I looked up from the book.
He looked back at me.
"You believe this shit?"
He nods.
"If I kill you, I get your powers?"
He nods again.
"And if you kill me, you get mine?"
Another nod.
We sit in silence. His cereal looks soggy.
"You read these books back in high school. So, you knew the whole time?"
Aga... | We stand at the precipice of the mountain, her wind bitten hands clasped in mine. She shivers, and I try to be strong. For the both of us.
We've made it. That's the main thing. All the suffering, all the pain, it doesn't matter. Not anymore. We've made it.
There's a lake of fire in front of us, but it offers no war... | 2018-02-25T08:05:44 | 2018-02-25T07:12:49 | 5,212 | 36 |
[WP] Your 6 year old daughter is laying on her bed, terrified. She says there’s a monster under her bed. To reassure her, you lay on the ground and check underneath, only to find your daughter, quivering. She whispers, “Daddy, there’s something on top of my bed...” | "Dammit Emily, I told you not to scare your sister like that. Now get out from under the bed before I ground you for a week."
Emily slowly gets out from under the bed, annoyed in response to me not playing along. Emily looks back at Sarah on the bed and they both giggle.
"It's two o'clock in the morning, just go to b... | I stifle a yawn as I slowly open the door to Jemma's room. A tired smile worms its way onto my face at the sight of her tiny fingers curled over the sheet pulled over her head.
"Jemma," I whisper, "Why are you under your sheets?"
She's silent for a moment, but shakily lowers her blanket, "Daddy...something's under my... | 2018-04-30T17:18:37 | 2018-04-30T15:45:09 | 31 | 21 |
[WP] The Apocalypse begins, and the Four Horsemen ride out leading an army that will depopulate Earth. But the old pagan deities of Earth do not consent, and side with humanity. | Our gods met the horsemen out on the road of the world.
You will see the road only twice in your life, and you only have the privilege of remembering it once: first when you are born, and at last when you die. The road is a silver ribbon spun among the stars, linking our world to the next, to the hazy realm of the spi... | The scythe came down and another man fell. The scythe came down and another man fell. The scythe came down and another man fell.
Slowly, casually, the Red Lady of death unfurled her clothes and checked over the inky red list, surveying the wreckage in front of her. Her steed glinted in the fading light of the apocaly... | 2018-05-17T07:05:25 | 2018-05-17T06:36:42 | 3,384 | 335 |
[WP] Humans left Earth a long time ago. In their place, dogs have evolved to be the new sentient species, but they never lost their love of humankind. Their technology has finally caught up to space travel, and they take to the stars in search of their human precursors.
You've all fallen for one of the classic blunder... | It's been 3000 years. 3000 years since our companions, the ones their science books called *homo sapiens* but we called friends, left us. On a planet with dwindling resources and a rapidly deteriorating climate, our forebears understood why they needed to leave, but it didn't make their departure hurt any less. It took... | The stars floated around him, beautiful objects too far away to reach. The light illuminated his cabin, and all around him was made crystal clear. There was no one else, nothing else here.
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[WP] The deal was simple. You gained immortality and all you had to do was act in a TV show until the end of time. It was fun at first, but now the show has gone down hill. So many actors have dropped out and died. You are the last of the original cast, and you don't know how much longer you can go. | The red light turns on. The curtain rises. Show time.
Canned applause. I used to have an audience. We used to have an audience. Only empty seats now. Empty seats and empty sets.
She says something funny. Maybe funny. It doesn't matter, the laughs are the same. Canned laughs like canned fruit, so sweet it makes you ... | 1945-
The Devil sat across from me, spinning a pen around his fingers, horns out, tail swaying around making light wiping sounds as it cut through the air.
"Alright sweetheart, this is how it works. You sign this contract and you can live as long as you act in this little TV show we have going. You step in front of ... | 2020-07-27T09:10:57 | 2020-07-27T08:58:49 | 35 | 15 |
[WP] Turns out that discovering FTL is actually really easy, and humanity's just never discovered it. So when aliens eventually invade earth, they're not as technologically advanced as we thought... | The portal opened up in the middle of the street. It was nothing like how the movies depicted it. For one, it was completely reflective, like what mirrors tried to be and failed. For another, it was a rectangle and weirdly proportioned.
People gathered around it. Some guy threw an empty bottle at it. The bottle disin... | The alien commander glared at his screen as his fleet started reducing speed on approach the recently discovered solar system.
He still couldn't figure out how this primitive species detected their approach. Two weeks ago, it was like this species wanted every single alien species in this sector of the galaxy to know... | 2021-07-06T15:04:06 | 2021-07-06T14:10:31 | 41 | 13 |
[WP] Everyone can become infinitely powerful if they so choose, however the more power you gain the less you remember about who you are and what you wanted. The greatest beings in the land have no feelings on anything and are more an extension of nature than the deity's they had hoped to become. | My grandpa used to tell me that no matter where I looked, the gods had their hands in something. He pointed animatedly at the sky and down at the ground. There was no power too big nor small, each near miraculous in its design.
“That’s how an old man like me remember all these stories, boy,” he said, tapping his foreh... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 4, Interlude 3: The Once-Child Named Awe)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections. That being said, if you want further context, check out [these](https://www.reddit.com/r/bubblewriters/comm... | 2022-01-27T08:07:33 | 2022-01-27T07:47:56 | 36 | 25 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | He was shaking, his hands on his knees, panting. His opponent, clutching his ribs smiled through cracked teeth.
"I'll admit. You gave me quite the run for my money. But I'm afraid, I'm simply too durable."
Mackanika looked up and spat out blood. "You son of a bitch backhand..."
Backhand grinned. "Naughty language is... | Lying flat on ground, I can feel at least seventeen dozens of my bones has cracked, I think I have never been injured this much.
“Cut the beat, “ I said, as the enemy turn it's target toward yet another of my companions. “I need healing songs, Rain.”
“Oh my... You still alive? Okay, listen to me, -”
“Na-ah, listen ... | 2022-05-17T13:11:07 | 2022-05-17T11:29:53 | 25 | 11 |
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