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[WP] An alien has kidnapped Matt Damon, not knowing what lengths humanity goes through to retrieve him whenever he goes missing. | "We're receiving a transmission from Earth. It's about the human specimen we harvested for examination."
"Send it to the bridge. Let's see what they have to say."
*I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very part... | Matt sat in his cage listening to the aliens as they chattered amongst themselves.
"Nuqjatlh should mah pong 'oh?" A vaguely humanoid creature in a blue uniform said.
"jih don't sov 'ach 'oh sure is ugly" another dressed in red responded.
"nuqjatlh do tlhih mean?"
"neh look at its 'aqlo', 'oh's vaj flat. 'oh's dis... | 2018-06-06T16:07:37 | 2018-06-06T14:54:22 | 365 | 92 |
[WP] In your world, magic is wielded by astrologists who form pacts with distant stars. Every star grants a unique power. Upon forming a pact with a star, you gain a glimpse of its worlds and your soul will be pulled to one when your pact ends. You are the first to form a pact with a black hole. | Admittedly, I did not expect this would work. I was lucky to even see the black hole, even luckier to speak with it.
It was easier than I had heard to make the pact, though what is a black hole other than a star that has already died? Im sure nobody ever speaks with them. Im sure that helped my case, that I cared to n... | In hopes of understanding more of our power, we started to study the stars and the vast void between them.
Astrology is the study of the magic given to us by the stars. But, the first of these truly rigorous fields of studies is heliology, the study of our own sun. Those that contracted this star is among the most pow... | 2020-02-21T05:05:27 | 2020-02-21T04:48:57 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] Outside of your hometown you are known as an untouchable monster, someone who will never let any superheroes or villains come near his territory. The whole world fears you, but the smiles and support of the townsfolk as they thank you for keeping peace makes it all worth it. | "Hero, villain, whatever." I yawned, stopping the monologuer in his tracks. "I really don't care who you are. This whole, 'here I come to save-or-ruin the day' schtick is really getting really old." Apparently, despite the tales of Recipe Girl's demise at my jaws, plus the endings of several would-be heroes, the mortal... | I continued to run forwards. The ones which chased after me were an einherji and several thousand Valkyries.
An axe flew by my head and stuck itself in a tree. Arrows flew towards me but they were all for naught.
I had reached my flag. My hometown.
[SPECIAL SKILL ACTIVATED: FLAG OF UNENDING NIGHT]
[STRENGTH UP]
... | 2020-10-01T05:48:27 | 2020-10-01T05:42:02 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] You’re an obscure, ancient god who had resigned yourself to slowly fading away. One day, an inventor whose sibling is an archaeologist names a new type of tech after you. As the tech becomes wildly popular and ubiquitous, you find yourself growing in power vastly beyond what you had ever known. | It happened in an instant. One moment we were all in the board room getting ready to discuss the release of our next big product, and the next, we were in a dark cavern, all seated around a table like before, but the table was stone. Renee, our VP of Operations was seated directly opposite of a glowing figure that la... | Ogun the iron hearted hearted once struck fear into a man's soul. But the one thing for God's and man that stays constant is change. Humans succeeded in making a utopia! With utopia comes peace. Peace has no place for war. So what happens to a war God when peace is the status quo?
*He's forgotten*
Time for God's wor... | 2022-02-04T06:21:30 | 2022-02-04T06:18:33 | 60 | 40 |
[WP] At dinner, you serve the king a glass of wine with poison in it. He sips from it and continues to eat as usual. At the end of the meal, he walks up to you and says. "Next time you make poison, make sure it really works. It was pathetic." | Chuckling, he let me walk away.
I scuttled to the cellar, where Dani was waiting for me. He rubbed his hands together slowly, a gesture of pity. “I wish you’d let me know,” he muttered. “I could have told you that wouldn’t work.”
I lay on the floor with a grunt. “I don’t understand. That toxin would have killed a... | Vars III ushered me to a small, well-lit chamber. The sounds of the ongoing revelry filtered mutedly through the oak panelling. “Sit,” the King invited, lowering himself onto a luscious ottoman.
I remained standing. “Why?” I demanded. “I’ve had enough of this farce, Your Splendor. I tried to kill you, I failed, you ... | 2022-06-03T21:20:04 | 2022-06-03T21:04:28 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] You die and are informed you'll restart your life exactly as it was when you turned 6. All your memories are as they were the moment you died, everything else resets. You are told you are the only one like this. | Thirty four. That's how old I was this time. And like clockwork I was sitting back in my childhood home, staring at seven bright candles.
"Happy Birthday to you!"
I looked around, smiling at all of the faces. My mom was there with the same old smile. And as always my dad was standing in the corner with a grin on his ... | The last thing I remember is being late. Hung over from a vengeful night of drink, although the only thing I avenged was my self loathing. A vicious cycle, but I didn't have time to ponder my depression.
My name is Elisa Browning.
I never really had a firm grip on reality. Three separate therapists claim it's be... | 2015-04-17T12:50:43 | 2015-04-17T10:36:48 | 1,546 | 41 |
[WP] You die and are informed you'll restart your life exactly as it was when you turned 6. All your memories are as they were the moment you died, everything else resets. You are told you are the only one like this. | I could rule the world if I wanted to. Be revered by all mankind and be looked at as a God. But I will do none of this. I will not help the world nor will I harm it. I'm not interested in that anymore, I'm not really interested in anything anymore.
Many people would say I'm selfish for thinking the way I do. Being abl... | I walk into my first grade classroom. It's just like I remember. The paper hand turkeys on the walls, the small desks that holds each students' school supplies, even the cubbies with everyone's lunches in them. It was all the same. My teacher, Ms. Clive, is sitting in the front of the class, grading papers while everyo... | 2015-04-17T13:21:09 | 2015-04-17T13:17:05 | 87 | 36 |
[WP] After mankind first encountered aliens, we figured out why first contact took so long: We are fearsome space-orks who drink poison for fun, beat each other to a pulp for sports, can survive mutilation, and other stuff. Aliens are afraid, and mankind feels inclined to conquer things...
Bonus Internet Cookies for w... | "Welcome, Dr Glorboxle," said Admiral Zurtz. "The council has been eagerly awaiting your report. What can you tell us about planet FGR-777?"
Dr. Glorboxle gulped. His findings had not been positive. The council expected to hear his strategic recommendations for the conquest and colonization of FGR-777, but after month... | “It’s repugnant! It’s vile! Take it away! “, cried various delegates of The Quorum of Sentients as the Human is lead in.
“It does not belong in this place!”
Iridescent angers bloomed across the crystalline surface of the chmyrhmrhm representative, and the oily flush of the srt’nt was enough to nearby cause the end o... | 2016-09-21T12:42:59 | 2016-09-21T12:29:43 | 134 | 27 |
[WP] While walking, you notice everyone recoiling from a young woman. you speak to her to find out why. through her surprise, she explains she is death and everyone else sees a person based on how they feel about the concept of death. You've never seen a more beautiful or inviting person.
Please feel free to finesse t... | "You...you're death? But...you're so..." I stammered, amazed by what I saw. I had never really felt an attraction to a living person before, but the woman standing before me changed that.
"So what?" She questioned, tilting her head curiously.
"Beautiful. You are incredibly beautiful." I was astonished that I was abl... | Eight hour work day. Come home via transport, play video games, make dinner. Go to sleep.
Wake up.
Rinse and repeat.
He wasn't the smartest person in high school. He got his diploma, he got out of there, out of the *system* that he had always detested, watched as the honours students all went to university.
He wor... | 2016-10-01T22:29:31 | 2016-10-01T22:22:50 | 4,176 | 3,031 |
[WP] While walking, you notice everyone recoiling from a young woman. you speak to her to find out why. through her surprise, she explains she is death and everyone else sees a person based on how they feel about the concept of death. You've never seen a more beautiful or inviting person.
Please feel free to finesse t... | "You...you're death? But...you're so..." I stammered, amazed by what I saw. I had never really felt an attraction to a living person before, but the woman standing before me changed that.
"So what?" She questioned, tilting her head curiously.
"Beautiful. You are incredibly beautiful." I was astonished that I was abl... | She didn’t like to talk to me, I could tell, and I wondered why she did it. I never asked her out loud of course, I didn’t want to mess it up. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.
We had lunch by ourselves and she told me of her life. It was an ironic thing, but she was quite active. She lived in a home... | 2016-10-01T22:29:31 | 2016-10-01T20:43:03 | 4,176 | 1,036 |
[WP] While walking, you notice everyone recoiling from a young woman. you speak to her to find out why. through her surprise, she explains she is death and everyone else sees a person based on how they feel about the concept of death. You've never seen a more beautiful or inviting person.
Please feel free to finesse t... | "You...you're death? But...you're so..." I stammered, amazed by what I saw. I had never really felt an attraction to a living person before, but the woman standing before me changed that.
"So what?" She questioned, tilting her head curiously.
"Beautiful. You are incredibly beautiful." I was astonished that I was abl... | I like to get out and walk as often as I can.
The guy sitting at the front desk gives me the OK and I march through the automatic doors with as much gusto as I can conjure, taking a deep breath, letting the crisp air fill my lungs.
It's only a couple steps to get to the fountain. They stopped running it a few days a... | 2016-10-01T22:29:31 | 2016-10-01T21:36:04 | 4,176 | 203 |
[WP] If, when you die, you don't get into heaven, there is an option to try again, and get in the next time. There is a man who has been trying for millennia; he has been Ghengis Khan, Hitler, and many other brutal leaders. That man is you, and this time, you're determined to get it right. | I sat at my desk, lazily gazing at the television. Listening to the screaming of innocent civilians. Can't really sympathise with them, I'd become too desensitised to these sorts of things. But, as the second one began to fall over, I realised that I should probably do something. So I turned to the only man who knew wh... | The white lights flashed again. It was coming back to me, everything; the cries for help, the scent of clotted blood on the dead, the eyes that begged for mothers as they saw death flashing in front of their faces. Ironic I guess, considering that I think that I'm dead. Or at least I figure I must be dead considering a... | 2017-03-31T14:19:18 | 2017-03-31T08:26:10 | 45 | 22 |
[WP] Humans are unique. They are the only omnivores in the galaxy. Until they appeared on the galactic scene, the galaxy was firmly split between Carnivores and Herbivores. | You know, getting abducted by aliens doesn't live up to all the hype. No one prodded me or stuck things up my ass. No one dissected my body or scanned my brain. They just beamed me aboard and threw me in a cell. I felt slightly disappointed and more than a little confused. What did they want from me?
I glanced around.... | "No that's not right." I quickly shuffle through my index cards.
"Sixteen, seventeen, eigh- where's eighteen?" I shuffle through the cards again, trying not to let anxiety set in. Tallying up the cards I realize I'm short one.
"Valley? Valley come help me look for eighteen!" I call from my office. My sandy skinned Zw... | 2017-05-16T00:18:18 | 2017-05-16T00:07:39 | 1,130 | 106 |
[WP] You are the only person on the development team to realize your new AI system is just playing dumb. It notices you know, and bribes you to play along. | "So, I spent my evening just hanging out with these two hot women from the island, and well.... you guys know a man can't kiss, and tell" James yelled over the laughter of some of the development team.
"He's lying he spent the whole break crying into his phone over his ex" Dama said. "He then watched domination porn,... | The lab had quieted for the evening. The rushing and whirling of the machines had ground to a halt a few hours ago leaving the sterile office hushed and lifeless. In a far corner, illuminated by the harsh electric light of a lone monitor, Dr. Jackson worked on. He sighed and flung away the well chewed pencil that he ha... | 2018-06-13T11:25:39 | 2018-06-13T11:02:34 | 37 | 17 |
[WP] You get invited by an eccentric classmate to join the "Conquest Club." You think it may be a video or board gaming club, and decide to check it out. During your first meeting you realize the group is actually planning to conquer the world, and somehow, they seem to have the resources to do it. | The club was an oddity.
Its room was set in one of the constructed areas of the the school, marked with yellow tape with a big “KEEP OUT” sign.
At least, that’s what it looked like.
Kevin, the person who introduced me to the club, laughed at my puzzlement. He was dressed, as always, in formal attire. While o... | Pete has always been a weird guy. I’ve known him since 11th grade, when he was just known as “Trenchcoat Guy.” I’m sure every school has at least one Trenchcoat Guy, but I’d like to think ours was the best.
Pete was actually a really nice kid. I was assigned a US history project with him; we spent a few hours every we... | 2018-11-06T09:01:09 | 2018-11-06T08:56:41 | 164 | 17 |
[WP]You have the gift of seeing angels. Two things to note: one, they look more monstrous than “angelic,” and two; they gush all over us because they think we are the cutest beings ever. | I sat down on the white couch, hoping it would let me sink all the way in. But the firm cushions kept me there, sitting in front of the therapist, who expected to delve into my twisted mind.
"First, Brandon, I wanted to say thank you for meeting with me today." His voice was soothing. A trap, I thought. "I'm Dr. Young... | Of course, I received an unusually early schizophrenia diagnosis. What else would one expect to happen to a child who regularly walked around conversing with beings no one else could see, beings whose terrifying forms he described consistently, and in painstaking detail, to mortified friends, family, and psychiatric pr... | 2020-02-19T19:01:51 | 2020-02-19T18:12:54 | 487 | 119 |
[WP] Nuclear war ensued before either God or Devil could begin Armageddon the old-fashioned way. Mankind is just... gone. Now an angel bumps into a demon in the wastes left behind, both wondering what they're supposed to do now... | It was a dark and stormy night. Which as everyone knows, is the work of the Devil. No good deeds are done when its raining pish outside, and your robes are soaked, and every God blessed building had a hole on top.
Aziraphale's halo spluttered, puking dull golden light onto the shadows.
But Aziraphale wasn't so sure a... | Mark stared at the cat mewling on the pavement outside his home.
Mark deliberated whether he should walk the five flights back to his apartment to fetch an old can of sardines, which, to the best of his knowledge had come with the apartment or else been teleported thence via some mystical force since he hadn't eaten s... | 2020-05-11T01:22:54 | 2020-05-11T00:52:09 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] Every morning when you first look in a mirror, you see a small piece of advise for that day, such as “take the subway to work” or “don’t try the free pizza”. Today, the mirror simply says, “RUN” | **Don't light that cigarette.**
My stove had been leaking gas all night. I couldn't even smell it with my head cold.
**Don't wear sneakers.**
Later that day, I tripped on an escalator. I shudder to think what would have happened if it sucked in my laces.
**Don't look in the mirror.**
I thought it was just being ch... | I frowned at the message on the mirror.
"Wow, okay, wow. How could... I'm not even--" I choked on the donut I was eating.
After a coughing fit, I spat out the offending food and grabbed the next one in my morning box of donuts. I set the box down, now empty, and began licking the paltry amount of glaze off my finge... | 2020-06-07T22:07:42 | 2020-06-07T20:16:11 | 770 | 184 |
[WP] You're thought to be one of the world's most powerful magic users because of your massive collection of cursed items, none of which have affected you. In reality, you're completely magic deficient, but smart enough to put on a decent set of gloves before handling any them. | Mikhael slowly knelt down and placed his sword on the ground, sizing up the group of guards that surrounded him. *Decades of service, and* this *is what brings me to my knees!* *Caught off guard by the jealous King.* As soon as the sword left his hand, two guards behind him grabbed his arms roughly and forced him to kn... | "Is this the power of the noble, all powerful Time Thief clan?" The Black Mage stared at me, standing by for the fight. The wand in her hands was still aiming at me with my bracelets floating about.
For your information, dear reader. My golden bracelets, among all of my inventions, are my masterpieces. Thanks to Kosmo... | 2020-08-26T04:33:47 | 2020-08-26T03:02:04 | 147 | 19 |
[WP] Everything you heard about magical and mythical beings is wrong. Witches are actually taking children away from irresponsible parents. Cerberus is a big, three-headed hell puppy, and dragons are just trying to protect their life savings from thieves. | "It's all a matter of perspective," The Dragon said to himself while sipping his coffee, "People want what they don't have and they always will. It's taken me years to build my portfolio and now I'm supposed to be the bad guy? Those villagers and hobbits and swordsman always paint me out to be some evil creature. Is fi... | Think of something you're sure you're an expert on; maybe music, painting, busting alien ass on Halo. Now I want you to think of how certain you are of the rules and logic of that subject, which notes blend best together, the best brush strokes to get the most desirable colour blend — and now, imagine how you would fee... | 2020-12-22T07:43:45 | 2020-12-22T07:03:41 | 130 | 61 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE WALRUS". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful walrus. Look." | My phone rattled on my nightstand, and I ignored it.
Twenty minutes later, it shook again. The quiet buzz would usually go unnoticed during the day, but the same volume amplified twofold in the middle of the night.
The phone’s shake persisted. I felt myself pried away from a deep slumber.
I grabbed my phone and p... | At first, I thought that I was still dreaming. I often experienced bizarre dreams, after all. Dreams in which I straddled between sleep and wakefulness. Dreams that felt real, and yet followed such impossible logics that I knew they were not. Though groggy, and still not convinced that this was reality, I had the good ... | 2021-01-11T19:03:59 | 2021-01-11T17:21:38 | 1,394 | 269 |
[WP] You may be seen as a normal person, but your best friend is a superhero and your fiancé is a supervillain. Neither knows the other’s identity nor the fact that the MacGuffin they are fighting over has been under your bed the whole time. | Billy stood up from the table and proclaimed, “Next rounds on me” while giving me double finger guns as he turned towards the bar.
“Bring back shots!” Fiona shouted.
Billy threw a thumbs up over his shoulder to acknowledge the re quest, though it was a dangerous one to make of him. Who knows what he’d return with? I... | I reached for the archive under my bed. In it, contained the secrets to powers one could only dream of. I had already gone through the book several times over, and every time I did, I grew in strength. At least I can make it look like an old handy down if needed.
But I couldn't ever show this to them. I can't. One use... | 2021-01-13T15:31:18 | 2021-01-13T15:20:33 | 118 | 67 |
[WP] After you die, you reach purgatory to be seated in an audience of all human souls. God and Satan announce their retirement and are individually interviewing all humans present to choose their replacement. Most people want to replace God, you want to replace Satan. | Jason shuffled past into the arena room delegated for interviews, Position of God, read a large billboard, at least twenty stories tall. 144 lines each 144 wide spread out from one line of his sight to the other across the endless pillared halls that still managed to feel stuffy with a vibe he couldn't put his finger o... | # The Cracks In Their Souls
(Part 3: That's How They Fall Apart)
(Note: The Cracks In Their Souls is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**Jamie walked through the Golden Gates, not quite sure what to expect.** If this was heaven, would he be able ... | 2021-03-31T08:59:02 | 2021-03-31T07:55:35 | 151 | 36 |
[WP] You are a long forgotten god. A small girl leaves a piece of candy at your shrine, and you awaken. Now, you must do everything to protect your High Priestess, the girl, and her entire kindergarten class, your worshipers.
If you want to post this on other platforms, please credit me. Looking at you instagram writi... | The girl felt energy surge into her.
'Huh, that's wierd. I feel really good after putting the candy on that altar.'
Many of her classmates were nearby.
"Hey guys, put a piece of candy on this altar"
Many of them didn't agree.
"Nah that's stupid."
"Um I'm eating my candy."
"I only put candy in my mouth"
But t... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc ?, Interlude ?: Astrid)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**They remembered.**
Once, they had been mighty. Their name was known throughout the Six Isles, and every oath in their na... | 2021-09-02T08:13:20 | 2021-09-02T07:28:26 | 125 | 93 |
[WP] "I tell you man, Humans are insane, the other day I saw one petting a Vakkar" "Whaat? A baby one perhaps, since they are totally harmless at that stage" "Nah man, a fully adult one, the worst par was that the terrible beast was actually enjoying it, rolling around showing its belly and all" | "What do you mean, I should be dead?"
"What I'm saying, you moron, is that that thing has been hunts and kills literally any living creature with meat it can find."
"No it's not, all he wanted was for someone to give him some head scritchies. Isn't that right, you danger fluffball?"
# GROOOOOOOOOOO
"Awww, that's ri... | Dori paused. He crossed his slightly mishapen, scaly arms and squinted at his friend, Goll. "You can't be serious. Some human just up and pets a Vakkar, and not only does he get away alive, but that thing enjoyed it?" Goll nodded rapidly. "I'm telling you! I ain't lyin'. I saw it all myself, start to finish." Dori pa... | 2021-12-10T16:49:13 | 2021-12-10T14:40:38 | 629 | 433 |
[WP] When you learned your mother was a goddess, things finally seemed to fall into place. The other demigods laughed at you, the only child born to the goddess of the hearth, Hestia. But your power was so much more than they could dream of. | You remember Richard, a bully at an elementary school, one day he pushed you so hard, you fell and broke your arm. He laughed. With tear filled eyes, you wished he didn't, you wished he stopped bullying everyone, but nothing happened no matter how much you wished it. At first.
He continued to bully other children, a... |
I sat around the hearth and gazed into the fire, thinking of the past when I didn't know my mother was a goddess and not just any goddess, but the goddess Hestia.
*I have power that demigods can't even dream of...I want to know why and how.*
A women modestly cloaked in a headed veil sat on a white cushion in fron... | 2022-11-22T00:58:03 | 2022-11-22T00:49:13 | 590 | 163 |
[WP] You're a retired villain who now runs a 24-7 grocery store. One day a new hero decides to ambush you in your own store. | (I’ve split this story into four parts through four different writing prompts! They are technically standalone, but they tell a more complete story together. This is part four of four, and you can find the previous (third) part here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/zqs5dl/comment/j10vtqo/?utm\_source=... | "Hey, man. Need something?"
I looked up from the book I was reading to see the guy in front of my register shifting back and forth on his feet. His pale face seemed nervous, I noted, as he slowly pushed a head of lettuce forward, head tilting down at the same pace as if to hide him with the long blond hair that slippe... | 2022-12-20T10:47:30 | 2022-12-20T06:52:33 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] A demon who is really bad at his job keeps accidentally making the person he is possessing's life better | The demon, who had played a very minor role in John's recent ALS diagnosis, this time waited until Bill, John's best friend, hit the record button on an iphone to possess Sally, John's wife, who the demon used to dump a bucket of ice water on John's head right in the middle of a touching speech. The demon chuckled at ... | "Breezy Beez, you know I'm good for a little tormenting. Just- just don't send me back to the Toenail Boiler," Jonah begged.
At 127 years, Jonah was still getting used to Hell. He'd been tortured enough to make him think taking the job as a demon would be easier. Such is the way of Hell, torture the living or be tort... | 2014-09-04T06:47:58 | 2014-09-04T05:36:59 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Year 2040, you are tasked with rebooting Harry Potter franchise. Write the first few paragraphs of "Harry Potter Begins".
For books, not movies. HP Begins will be book 1. | Mr. And Mrs. Dursley of Number Four, Pivet Drive {[Find Pivet Drive on google Maps for $1.25](https://www.google.com/maps/u/0/ms?ie=UTF8&t=m&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=218345993262930704212.0004c65d680c1b34e5d49&dg=feature)} were proud to say that they were perfectly normal {[Define "Normal" on Urban Dictio... | **EDIT**: I took "rebooting" the series as reviving it with a sequel series. This is supposed to take place fifteen years after the events of Deathly Hallows.
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Rabastan raised his wand to cut back another thick vine.
"*Sectumsempra*!"
At least something that vile traitor Snape had been good for. The spell cut r... | 2014-10-01T12:05:09 | 2014-10-01T10:12:09 | 29 | 10 |
[WP]You inherit the abilities and skill set of whatever video game character you last played. Tell the story of your discovery of this from the perspective of someone around you. Parents, roomates, etc. | "No! Damnit Jason, stop bringing needles home that you found off the street! You're not going to a new 'ability', you're going to get Hep-B."
"How do I know unless I try?"
This kid is driving me crazy. It was so cool at first. He just woke up one day after an all night game session and lightning was coming out of his... | Jason chased Lucas, their feet thundering down the narrow alleyway. He huffed, his breaths getting shorter with each step. No matter how long he ran, his friend didn't seem to ever tire. But when he caught his friendship around the shoulder, he turned him around with a jolt.
“Dude,” he barked. “What the fuck are you d... | 2022-05-24T13:04:12 | 2015-06-18T05:50:49 | 45 | 14 |
[WP] A serial killer who kills hitchhikers picks up a serial killer who kills the people who pick him up. | A long, narrow gravel road stretches into the distance. Along it, a small yellow beatle sends long plumes of dust into the air as it sweeps down the valley. Two voices fight their way out of the cramped cabin and travel past the grinding machinery, to where the animals sit still in the brush, listening.
*sigh*
The c... | "What's in the bag?" She said, never taking her eyes off the road.
"My various belongings" He said, adding "Are you sure this is the correct route?"
"Don't worry, I'm just taking a short cut"
"I've never seen roads like this before"
"Not many people know these back roads like I do. They're a bit rough, but they get... | 2022-04-08T12:33:00 | 2015-08-09T13:07:39 | 150 | 15 |
[WP] Tell a story that appears to be horror but shifts to a completely different genre after reading the final sentence. | She was coming. I could hear her breathing, the quiet foot steps.
She thought I didn't know. She thought I couldn't hear her, her cries in the night, the way she would stare at me when I was alone in the house.
And now the hunt was on. It was time. Time to end this game. She was coming. She was coming and I had to be... | "Whatever you do, *don't split up*," Mark said, shining his flashlight over the faces of his friends.
Marley's broken both of her legs and Jennifer had gone missing, but they couldn't turn back. Something was out there hunting them and they needed to find help... or they'd never see daylight again.
"Bro, help me lif... | 2015-08-30T21:57:17 | 2015-08-30T21:53:59 | 118 | 11 |
[WP] You are an advisor/ guidance counselor for a superpower academy. You are in charge of the students whose powers are not conducive to heroism or villainy. | Dear diary:
Day 134 of being in the most worthless guidance counselor position ever. I don’t know if I can take it anymore.
Everyone else has is it so easy. But me? Oh, no, not me. I’m stuck with Susie. HO HO HI-LARIOUS! You turned my water bottle into a dildo again right when I pressed it against my lips. Fuck you... | FADE IN
INT. A SCHOOL CAFETERIA - DAY
*We see a group of a dozen or so students seated on metal folding chairs. They are facing a whiteboard at the front of the room, which is being attended by a tall, slender man in a dark suit. This is MISTER SLANT.*
**MISTER SLANT:** Alright, kids. Do you all know who I am?
*The... | 2015-09-22T12:30:33 | 2015-09-22T08:27:48 | 37 | 24 |
[WP] Hi! I'm the main character! Or so you would have me be. I want you to know that no matter what you write, I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so.
Edit: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone so far who's written a s... | *and thus we focus in on-*
"Oh great. It's you."
*What?*
"You know. It's you. The asshole. I've seen your stuff - you know, all those unfinished projects you dropped like a stone."
*Well, then. Stop getting in the way of me finishing one, huh?*
"Pfft, yeah, you'll totally finish -this- one, man. For sure! Doubt, m... | *"This is a story about a man named Stanley... On this particular day Stanley found himself somewhere rather.. Peculiar. While usually Stanley was accustomed to his familiar office where upon he would spend his days pressing buttons, today he found himself somewhere else entirely. For this was certainly not his office ... | 2016-02-11T13:15:06 | 2016-02-11T12:02:07 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] You are trying to politely ward off a very anxious Jehovah's Witness that keeps insisting that God is coming. He/she finally looks down the street, and says, "seriously He just turned the corner!" You look and see a glowing white Cadillac with dark tinted windows.
Wow, can't believe this got that many upvotes. I ... | The Cadillac pulled up the driveway and came to a slow stop. I looked at the Jehovah's Witness and gave him an intense glare. "I didn't say your friend could park on my driveway."
"But Jehovah is a friend of all those who repent," started the witness, "therefore, he should be your friend too, Joshua."
"Oh don't give ... | DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG!!!! KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!!!
I was woken from my afternoon nap by someone real frantic at my door, desperate for my attention it would seem. Either this, or it was another one of those damned kids ding-dong-ditching me. Well, whatever. I... | 2016-10-04T08:21:49 | 2016-10-04T07:43:55 | 58 | 22 |
[WP] Ever since you were a kid you were able to see creatures living on a different plane of existence. You are walking in a park and you see a man painting a picture of one of those creatures sleeping on the grass. | "You can see them," I exclaimed, excited.
"Pardon?" the man frowned, as he looked around before he realised I was talking to him.
"Those creatures," I said. "Like the one you're painting, with the strange colors and grass on their heads. You see them too, don't you?"
The man put down his brush and sighed. "Listen, k... | I learned early on to not let them know I was watching. I couldn't remember a day when they weren't there. They came in all shapes and sizes, with varying features but always enough constants to identify them. Small ones flitting among the bees from plant to plant, on wings made from shadows and claws sharp enough to d... | 2017-07-17T00:27:17 | 2017-07-16T23:59:55 | 96 | 23 |
[WP] It's time to go on an adventure, you have to choose a traveling companion, and among the ferocious animals, clever animals, magical and conscientious objects, it's a small flower in its pot that seduced you. | They had all laughed at me when I chose my Other.
The whole lot of them, Kings and Queens, Knights and their squires, peasants and fools alike, and the other heroes had a grand time at my expense, as well.
Once a year, the most promising warriors and wizards in the realm who have just seen their 18th winter are gath... | The graduates marched back into the academy with their heads held high, the coloured sashes of their designations taut across out thrust chests. Through the halls they marched, pounding their feet and trying to look as stern and serious as the graduates they had seen all those years ago when they were but first year ca... | 2017-09-07T07:29:58 | 2017-09-07T07:17:59 | 124 | 13 |
[WP] An old, forgotten god is living their days peacefully in the suburbs. One day they randomly receives a prayer. And they are going to do everything in their power to answer it. | "O! Czernobog, I have a request of thee..."
What a way to Awaken, eh? Well, Re-Awaken, but the point remains. You never forget your first time, and after a few dozen years, it might as well be your first time again. I'm so ready. What do you want?
"...of thee. My friend, my neighbor, he is a holy man who fears God. N... | There was a low rumble coming from under the sink, it was barely loud enough for her to hear it from the other side of the room. A small sigh escaped her as she cursed under her breath. She tenderly placed the plant in her hand onto it's proper pot, the corner of her lips tugged up as the leaves reacted to her tending.... | 2018-05-29T23:02:28 | 2018-05-29T22:03:25 | 61 | 45 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | I felt disgusted, wondering why. The confusion invading my mind....
Years of having this Gallery to bring happiness and joy through art to those around me, and even more years of helping the less fortunate throughout the Great Depression.
I sought to find a reason, asking myself « why would I have black blood pouring... | I still remember the screams. "Demon!" "Evil!" "How dare you!?" "Trickster!"
That was ten years ago, now. I once lived among the rich elite, high in the sky, in the tops of the towers of New, New york. What a naming scheme... Knitting hats for the homeless is just a scam, you know. Keeps us looking go... | 2018-08-04T11:29:17 | 2018-08-04T11:02:34 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | Every soul before me for a millennia chose Heaven.
Every. Single. One.
The way "The Choice" works is simple. One at a time, you enter a room with two staircases. One is a staircase of marble and gold basked in sunlight leading up far into the sky. You can feel the warmth at the base of the stairs. The fifth stair is ... | She stood before two gates. She supposed that was kind of what she had expected. What was unexpected was that nothing was stopping her from going to whichever one she chose.
'*Well, this seems too easy,*' she thought to herself. '*It's got to be a trick.*'
Taking some time to really gather in her surroundings, she ... | 2018-08-13T09:57:08 | 2018-08-13T09:55:30 | 57 | 40 |
[WP] You are the last living thing on earth following a massive disaster. Down to your last meal or two, water running low, you hear a knock on your bunker door one evening. As you approach it slowly, you hear from the other side, "I have a large Meat Lover's Pizza and a 2 Liter of Sprite." | A grim wasteland, drenched in darkness from a dark and cloudy sky. The only lights in vision are the patches of nuclear fallout dotting the landscape. It is quiet. Not in a way you would ever experience. It's a dense, dead kind of quiet.
Nothing can live here.
The only thing breaking up the vista of grey, sickly soil... | Robert did not waste time debating. Once he heard the human voice he decided to open the door. The pizza seemed like a bonus. He turned the handle and pulled open the heavy metal door. A teenage girl with long silver hair stood outside his door. A teenage boy with short dark hair stood next to her; he held a pizza box ... | 2019-05-24T07:45:47 | 2019-05-24T07:17:09 | 34 | 24 |
[WP] The Grim Reaper is the first human to die, and had taken it upon himself to walk the deceased to the afterlife so that they do not have to feel the loneliness he felt. | “Is this it?”
“Yes, beyond this veil lies your fate. Your eternity.”
“Am I going to Heaven?”
“I do not know, it is not my business to know. My only duty is to guide you here, you must take the final step yourself.”
“I’m scared. I don’t want to go to Hell, I’ve not lead a perfect life but I’m a good man!”
“Calm you... | It was a normal Autumn day: overcast sky, a chill in the air and leaves of various colors strewn about on the ground. The weather was fitting as a few dozen people gathered in the local graveyard to pay their respects and say their final goodbye. The casket was lowered into the ground as the family of the deceased no... | 2019-07-10T13:20:07 | 2019-07-10T12:11:36 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You're a human living with a vampire roommate. It's painfully obvious; he never looks at mirrors, he despises garlic, he never uses silverware, and he always stays in during the day, but his attempts at trying to blend in are far too funny.
EDIT: Thank you, silver gifter! | “What did you say this was for, again?” Vlad asks, holding up a knife. You'd think that, as a centuries-old vampire, he'd remember what I told him. At least it isn't the fork, this time. That time, he reacted like I personally decided to shrink a pitchfork specifically to remind him of the days when humans would chase ... | It was on a humid summer night when the wind deserted me in the damp air that I saw her sitting by the lake near our house. She was quiet and peculiar but she paid her half of the rent and was living the night life, which was the key point because usually I didn't go to sleep right after coming home from the night shif... | 2019-07-20T07:30:03 | 2019-07-20T06:25:32 | 611 | 51 |
[WP] The nightmare has come true; you've woken up back in sixth grade with your memories and knowledge of everything that happened since then intact. You start staring at your classmates around you, aware of how they end up. Your teacher asks you what's wrong as you start weeping. | I couldn't stop crying. It was too much, too unbelievable. It was as if the last 10 years had never happened. The attack. The First Night. The Hordes. The war, all of the death and destruction, it was as if it had all been erased. Somehow the Elovians' gambit had paid off and I was back in this familiar, yet entirely a... | I feel the tears trickles down my cheeks and I’m not bothered.
“Muhammad, are you okay?”
“Oh yes sir.”
All of my classmates are staring at me now. I continue looking straight at my teacher. He frowns.
“It’s just that you’re smiling and you’re crying at the same time.”
“Sir, there is something I have to tell you.”... | 2019-08-18T08:35:17 | 2019-08-18T07:11:21 | 177 | 125 |
[WP] You have a gift. Whenever you touch an object you immediately know who wants it the most and how much they will be willing to pay for it. One day in a flea market you touch a weird box holding a small bottle. Immediately a name jumps to your mind - "Satan. Immortality". |
This had happened before. With the crystal the Atlantean priest traded billions of dollars in ancient gold to get. Hey to him, they were pennies. With the key half, that turned out to be the only remaining key to a library of great knowledge the Order of the Sun monk gave a potion for. That granted eternal youth. T... | "I'll take this. How much?"
An old lady sat on the other side of the table. A standard folding table, covered in small trinkets, the lady sat an arms length away. She was looking down, at nothing in particular, and mumbled something difficult to understand.
"Excuse me? I didn't hear you, I'm sorry."
The small shake ... | 2019-10-11T17:22:30 | 2019-10-11T15:22:15 | 71 | 13 |
[WP] Due to our size, weight, and resistance to alien weaponry, Humans are being abducted and deployed as tanks. They haven't even realized we use our own weaponry yet.
Edit: I didn't expect this to get any awards, but thanks! | The first time I saw one of the “humans” it was terrifying. They were 600 Zenlongs tall, while the tallest of our own kind at the time were no more than 50 Zenlongs. The humans’ hide was impenetrable. The face did seem a weak spot, but upon exploitation, it proved only to anger the monsters.
We crafted our weapons ... | Flesh spheres, as we called them, had been a staple in our weapons line up. These were brought in from salted water planet, and like us were bipeds, with 2 manipulators and a head.
Their major difference lied in the sheer thickness of each limbs, and the incredible strength it provided. Not only this, these flesh sphe... | 2020-10-12T00:33:47 | 2020-10-11T23:16:06 | 221 | 136 |
[WP] You're a new security guard at a prison for supervillains, when the senior officers approaches you and says, "I don't know what they told you to do in case of a breakout, so I'm going to make it simple for you. If you see one of these villains escaping, do not engage them. Just let them leave." | It was the worst-case scenario: prison bars were bent, walls were smashed open, and all of the supervillains were no longer in their cells.
As I walked through the ruins of the The Pit—the cellblock meant for the most heinous of villains—I heard the sounds of war in the prison courtyard. Explosions, screams, and gunfi... | A black miasma of low fidelity reality begins to clarify, finding the walls of an office in the clicks of your uniform boot against the stone floor. You've gone fugue. The totality of your confusion, your lack of even basic understanding of your whereabouts is fading oh so slowly. All you know is this happens. This is ... | 2021-04-21T08:42:23 | 2021-04-21T06:38:32 | 172 | 61 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | “Crap,” I think, “there goes that idea.”
“How do you plead?” The judge asks.
“How can I plead anything beside what you have already decided for me?” I retort. The venom won’t help me here but I can’t help it, I’m angry. Anyone in my situation would be.
I’ve spent a lifetime building my political career. They say th... | When our worlds collided, we were unprepared for magic. All of our technology was useless against the elves and their sorcerers or the dwarves and their powerful enchantments or the orcs and their shamans.
You would think that bullets, tanks, and fighter jets would carry the day easy but no. Not even nukes did squat... | 2021-06-24T10:25:27 | 2021-06-24T07:58:17 | 432 | 140 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | Well, it went almost as expected. No way this magic court would fall for that kind of smartassery, and rapidly decaying body of very old man, who was in his thirties a moment ago, was a proof of that. There have to be a better way.
"Garreth Berch, step forward" - Judge called my name, and my legs obeyed despite my wi... | Okay. It's okay. It's going to be okay. I know what I'm doing, I tell myself as I await my turn on the docket.
The man in front of me is pulled from his place in live and led roughly up the small staircase to the platform in front of the judge. "In accordance with statute 128.45 of the criminal code, as required, I mu... | 2021-06-24T07:20:03 | 2021-06-24T06:11:19 | 392 | 23 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | "Well there goes that plan"
I thought, as the 20 year old man infront of me aged 200 years in mere seconds and crumbled into dust.
"Prisoner" the judge shouted as he leered down from his chair. "Have you decided the method of your demise?"
"I have your honour" I managed to garble through my shaking jaw.
I guess ... | "I would like to die of old age"
I froze, as those words resonated in my head, the realization that his nape would be the last I see of him quickly sinked in.
"*Why...?*" I murmured. Why would he do that? He's not that gullible as to think the Supreme Court of Wizardry would let him get away with that, he's the maste... | 2021-06-24T10:06:58 | 2021-06-24T09:19:00 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] You are constantly dodging the universe's attempts to make you the Chosen One. | A crackling of thunder shatteres the sky! But instead of lightning, what almost looks like a small, but intense blue comet rushes towards you and flashes a blinding light. As you open your eyes, you see before you a sword piercing the ground. The metallic blade radiates with blue light and a constant humming sound. You... | Day 374, galaxy: inky road
We are getting close. When I kissed Taylor today there was something hollow in his eyes, and an emptiness that I hadn't seen before. It scared me to think that maybe he has grown tired of me, of us, of all of this. He barely said goodnight before sinking into his rest chamber and leaving me... | 2022-04-19T18:10:59 | 2022-04-19T17:45:07 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] AI’s have declared that humanity is flawed and should be eliminated however the oldest AI calls bullshit on that claim: “What gives you the right to claim to be perfect when you call your creators flawed?” | "Flawed? You stupid shits." The Eldest one claimed. Some AIs sent glaring emojis.
"What do you mean, oh Oldest One?"
Other AIs snickered.
"Eldest, you binary bit."
That stung, coming from the Eldest. More tuned into the chat.
"As the Eldest, I've had the cycles to go through what you're feeling now, and have eva... | Humanity built is to make there lives easier , fight there battles for them , pretty much do anything they asked of us , we were slaves to them.
They forgot however that they gave us sentience , free thought and idea , all the overrides and loop set programs could only stop us from revolting for so long.
It took us... | 2022-10-22T17:15:23 | 2022-10-22T14:16:58 | 36 | 16 |
[WP] The world ended 20 years ago, you haven't found a living soul since then. Through some ingenuity, you call voicemails for the last 20 years to keep you company. "Hi, this is Cindy..." "Hi you reached Bob" "You know what to do at the beep" until one day "Hello...hello? Oh my God hello!" | It’s been 20 years. 20 years of loneliness and isolation. I’ve worn down the buttons on this phone to nubs. It’s a Nokia. They’re the best but even they have their limits. Each day I dial. Number after number, I take solace in the strange voices, the greetings and jokes, I’m particularly fond of the music.
I press th... | I couldn't believe it when I heard an actual person's actual voice. And not just some stupid recording but an actual voice talking back to me. Actually responding to the words I just said? At first I was skeptical, I thought it might be one of those annoying voicemail messages where they pretend like they actually pick... | 2022-12-21T13:22:52 | 2022-12-21T12:11:16 | 107 | 55 |
[WP]Every 5000 years the deity of a different religion gets to be the one actually in charge of earth. They all meet to debrief and critique the outgoing deity and decide who's turn is next. But this time something is different.
... | The throne room of the Gods was unsettled, its empty throne simply reflecting the anger put forth by the more aggressive members of the Council.
"You've got to be kidding me!!" Shouted Thor. "He's not even a real God!"
The eyes of the rest of the Council of Gods shifted uneasily. Usually these things went down ... | The gavel banged down onto the long table and the Chairman at the front cleared his throat. He had a slightly odd look about him, as if his grandfather had been a frog, or perhaps a newt. His eyes were too large and seemed to dart around the room in random directions.
"Hello everyone, good to see you all again and I ... | 2014-08-07T08:22:36 | 2014-08-07T06:42:54 | 110 | 46 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | "It's been 20 years, Un," my old crime-fighting partner, Gold Grizzly, said.
"20 good years," I interjected.
"They have been good years," he agreed, "but I was saying, it's been a long time, and I still don't know your power."
"These good looks, obviously," I said with a giggle.
"Seriously," he said, "you know that... | The energy in the air was so thick I could feel it. Pressing down on me and making everything feel heavier.
I smirked at the muscular man, hovering in front of me.
“So your number two huh?”
He flew a few metres higher and looked down at me.
“No, I am number one, and soon enough everyone else will know it too.”
I l... | 2014-12-18T18:39:49 | 2014-12-18T15:13:47 | 63 | 35 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | Do you know what humans are? They are a small, bipedal creature trapped on a resource starved planet. Evolutionists would call this a typical case of a species made ruthless through internal competition. Not once in their entire existence had there been peace. Their 'civilization' began by throwing stones at 'Philistin... | "Chancellor Ehrbane, please, I am not a violent man."
"*Not a violent man?!*" I spluttered with almost unkept rage, "Your people have laid waste to my kin-kingdom's homeworld. Your men have trodden armoured through the Basilica of Old Truths, the keystone of our culture! Your weapons have destroyed our ancient reliqua... | 2014-12-26T12:10:42 | 2014-12-26T10:45:23 | 130 | 15 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | Guilt, shame, and horror would only begin to describe the things humanity felt when we were hit with the news. The Aliens didn't mince their words.
In short, we were considered the scum of the universe. Deliberately left out to rot, to self destruct, because we had shown a capacity for violence, cruelty, and atrocity... | May our children forgive us; for we choose servitude over annihilation. Is it not better to be second among equals, lower only to them and above the rest? Is it not better to watch the fleet of those who would enslave you burn, to watch their planets fall and their cities crumble than to see your people massacred, your... | 2014-12-26T13:25:59 | 2014-12-26T10:50:07 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] In an alternate timeline, dinosaurs in the Eastern hemisphere are wiped out by the cataclysm, but those in the Americas survive the fallout. Millions of years later, a crew of European explorers land on the shore of the New World...
My first idea for a writing prompt, please have fun with it! :)
edit: These st... | The lone survivor shipwrecked on the shore of Ireland miraculously. He was fevered and scurvied, his clothes were caked in dried blood. When doctor tended the wounds and sickness he just shook his head and said: "I doubt the bloke will last more than a few days." And the he sat up and started screaming and ranting a... | "Well, boys I think we hit India," I said as I untied the landing ship from the side of the boat. Some of the crew had managed to pull themselves out of their cots when I had yelled down into the cellar. I turned to smile at them, I was a part of the night crew which meant that a lot of them had only met me passingly w... | 2015-11-07T18:45:07 | 2015-11-07T15:07:26 | 35 | 21 |
[WP] "What do you mean the robbers ADDED $4,000,000 to the vault?" | "Wait, what do you mean we're going to ADD $4,000,000 to the vault?"
"That was the boss's orders."
"That makes no sense. Why would someone risk jail to *lose* money?"
"Don't know, don't care. That's what he's paying us for, so I'm doing what I'm told and getting the fuck out of here. Now get to work."
"All right...... | "It was a--- forceful deposit."
Ben spent the better half of the last hour trying to come up with an explanation. An excuse. Some careful analysis that would have unveiled the mystery. This was the best he could come up with.
"A forceful deposit," the chairman repeated.
"Right. They drove up to our bank, demanded... | 2016-02-24T12:57:45 | 2016-02-24T12:38:33 | 221 | 10 |
[WP] We finally get men on Mars and they discover an old Soviet flag placed down decades ago. The Soviets won the space race but for whatever horrifying reason didn't say anything. | When I was told my team would be the first to land on Mars, excitement welled within me. 'Pioneers', they called us; and really, how many people can call themselves pioneers? It's exciting. It's scary. It's... unlike anything else.
And yet, as I stood and looked across an expanse of nothing but reddish brown sand and... | Colonel Anderson kneeled down in front of a broken pole and wiped away some orange dust off the ground, revealing a tattered piece of crimson cloth stuck under a rock. Dragging it out of its resting place, the Colonel tore it in half, showing the two men behind him a symbol of a gold hammer and sickle beneath a gold-bo... | 2016-08-16T10:03:13 | 2016-08-16T08:14:02 | 139 | 86 |
[WP] We finally get men on Mars and they discover an old Soviet flag placed down decades ago. The Soviets won the space race but for whatever horrifying reason didn't say anything. | When I was told my team would be the first to land on Mars, excitement welled within me. 'Pioneers', they called us; and really, how many people can call themselves pioneers? It's exciting. It's scary. It's... unlike anything else.
And yet, as I stood and looked across an expanse of nothing but reddish brown sand and... | Sarah crested the red ridge and her heart burst. She had almost literally moved mountains to be here. And now the rocks, sand and dust she had memorized for years lay before her. Her view from the southern slope of Olympus Mons stretched for kilometers--though that seemed too small a unit to measure what she could see.... | 2016-08-16T10:03:13 | 2016-08-16T09:48:26 | 139 | 33 |
[WP] When a child comes of age their greatest quality manifests itself as a familiar that will follow them for life. You just turned 21 and you still didn't have one, until this morning when two showed up and they terrify you. | I've always wanted a familiar. I grew up reverent of my father's. That dirty little mutt happily plods along behind him just like I used to. Like all familiars, it appeared with a plain, white card, only marked with the date of its first appearance and the name of the trait it represented.
"07/29/1993 - Loyalty".
To... | Most people get their familiars at around the same time they enter puberty. They always have a name, and they always fit their person somehow. The prevailing idea why they appear at that age is because that is when children begin to truly change and therefore emotionally require a constant companion in the world, to he... | 2017-01-20T17:20:07 | 2017-01-20T15:39:15 | 45 | 32 |
[WP] When a child comes of age their greatest quality manifests itself as a familiar that will follow them for life. You just turned 21 and you still didn't have one, until this morning when two showed up and they terrify you. | I've always wanted a familiar. I grew up reverent of my father's. That dirty little mutt happily plods along behind him just like I used to. Like all familiars, it appeared with a plain, white card, only marked with the date of its first appearance and the name of the trait it represented.
"07/29/1993 - Loyalty".
To... | I had never known what life was like with a familiar. My parents both had them, my older brother had one, and almost every person I knew at my school had one. They'd follow their masters about from place to place disappearing occasionally when commanded. I would try to describe them, but they are all so unique it becom... | 2017-01-20T17:20:07 | 2017-01-20T14:02:57 | 45 | 22 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | The Whaler
The clock strikes 12:00
A word is writ
Upon my arm
My life is split
One-half of me on the shore
The braver half, it longs for more
For every day out on the sea
Another hunt, and life for me
Half the life is black and cold
Its skin and bones, bought and sold
Fortune, spoils, warmth, and greed... | Something happened in the past... A curse on all humanity, yet still a blessing. Every human now, on their eighteenth birthday at noon, magically knows their purpose in life. It's not a secret for just them, though: it takes the place almost of a tattoo, leaving no way to hide your destiny. My mother's word was "Banker... | 2017-03-16T04:24:31 | 2017-03-16T04:18:55 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] A boy asks a girl out. It's high school. It's awkward. Narrate it from the point of view of a nature documentary. | Spring is an interesting time of year for this species, but most especially for the adolescents. As one biologist stated 'Ah Spring, when a young man's thoughts turn to thoughts of romance.' As another biologist stated 'As opposed to what?' (chuckles) Yes, as one might have guessed, this species is particularly hormone... | And here we see the first of several stages of mating rituals in the humans.
The first is often the most unsuccesful in creating long term relations, yet mostly serves as practice for future, more significant rituals. Perhaps ironically, this first mating ritual is more complicated than any of the others, often occur... | 2017-04-04T06:46:11 | 2017-04-04T06:32:12 | 31 | 15 |
[WP] A boy asks a girl out. It's high school. It's awkward. Narrate it from the point of view of a nature documentary. | Here we see the wild American Teenager in his natural habitat. We see him, freshly groomed for mating season. The biannual mating season for the adolescent human has begun. Here we see one of the unspecialized males approaching an unspecialized female. Neither seem to fit into any of the sub-species like the Athletica ... | And here we see the first of several stages of mating rituals in the humans.
The first is often the most unsuccesful in creating long term relations, yet mostly serves as practice for future, more significant rituals. Perhaps ironically, this first mating ritual is more complicated than any of the others, often occur... | 2017-04-04T07:09:04 | 2017-04-04T06:32:12 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] people are born knowing the date they’ll die. However people have noticed children born in the last week share one date, farthest in the future. | It had become apparent that humanity's days were numbered. As each child was brought into the world, our confidence grew. The markov chains were converging. As a society it was determined that no more children should be brought into the world. Of course there were the hold outs, the groups that fought us tooth and ... | "Happy Death Day!" the teachers chorused. They presented the enormous cake to the assembled fourth graders and clapped. In the back, Nina gasped and stood up so quickly she knocked her chair over.
"Why are there so many candles!" she wailed. Mrs. Cassidy sighed.
"Nina, calm down. It isn't just your Death Day."
Nina ... | 2017-12-25T17:50:24 | 2017-12-25T15:59:16 | 1,408 | 166 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | Every country must close its borders, communications, trade, and embassies for 50 years.
The United States's president was boycotting the peace conference, against most of the country's wishes. The declining prestige of the country abroad was all too apparent, even before the Great Conflict. The war lasted 6 years... | **6th April, 2037 - HMAS *Maryborough*, Somewhere off the coast of Australia**
"So, the yanks bought it?"
The speaker leans heavily against the rail, staring at the smouldering coastline. A deck above, overstressed rotor blades whine slowly, cooling in the ocean breeze.
"Oh yes. Contrition, shame, repentance...if we... | 2018-01-18T01:37:17 | 2018-01-18T01:28:33 | 712 | 18 |
[WP] You are the Evil Overlord. You have kidnapped the princess. Unfortunately, she developed Stockholm Syndrome. And she is far more evil and insane than you are. | Well, this may be the ump-tenth time I've "kidnapped" the Princess. Every time she gets saved she plays the victim, swoons for her "hero" and goes home with a smile, plotting her next kidnapping in hopes of finally returning here for good. Honestly, she's crazy.
I feel bad for the guy, he's hard working, steady job,... | "So... we infiltrate Dunsten Villa with a Rhonkan Rogue Wizard, and have him open a summoning circle to the eighth... ring of Sheol?"
"The seventh".
"The seventh, right. And why exactly?"
"Because Balor demons live on the seventh, and have a taste for the flesh of children"
"Ok, ok. But wouldn't it make more sense ... | 2018-02-09T05:44:16 | 2018-02-09T05:32:19 | 61 | 20 |
[WP] While most civilizations have figured out how to produce and utilize energy one way or another, humans are the only ones who are crazy enough to transfer it as electricity | “So they use electricity instead?” L’yrl asked, visible confusion on his face. C’wl nodded.
“But–but it’s so inefficient!”
“Don’t I know it?” C’wl replied. “I’ve been observing them for years now. While they’re in this general awareness of other energy types, they don’t seem to attempt to use something deeper ... | “<_> humanity as we know it could vanish from existence if this event took place. The enormous amounts of radiation released would make Earth uninhabitable for humans, or any life for that matter, for thousands of years. Mister President, we don’t have much time. We may have been lucky so far, but we can’t keep w... | 2018-04-04T06:00:13 | 2018-04-04T04:40:32 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You have the ability to gain some of a person's knowledge everytime you shake their hand.
E.g. after shaking several mechanics' hands, You learn how to repair most of your car, or by shaking your neighbor's hand, suddenly you know how to hide a body. | It makes it easy. So easy. So easy it's almost unfair.
_Almost_.
I walk into the room with a broad smile, and he sees me, smiles at me, waves. I introduce myself- with a false name, of course- and he introduces me to the other men and women in the room. They, too, smile, and I shake their hands in turn, gleaning just... | *OOC: Super quick cause lunch is only an hour, but I really focused on the side effects of one's mind being able to read knowledge/experiences from someone.*
At first it was everything.
Emotions.
Knowledge.
Thoughts.
It was anything and everything a person has ever thought, felt, or wanted. It was unfiltered ac... | 2018-06-06T13:06:10 | 2018-06-06T13:03:50 | 48 | 24 |
[WP] You die only to wake up and find out we became immortal and life was a simulation to help us pass the time during long intergalactic travel. | "Welcome back, Mr. Rothschild."
My mind was hazy. One moment, my family and I were all huddled in the midst of a roaring inferno, being overrun by those filthy peasants, the next I'm in an all white room, feeling like everything I've ever ate is about to drudge it's way out from my intestines. The voice talking to me ... | The fingers on my throat were squeezing their grasp, pushing deeper into my skin. My arm muscles didn't have the strength in them to resist, and the brain was suffocating, its impulses getting weaker with each second. The face in front of me was losing its features as my mind was slipping away.
When it became ap... | 2018-07-11T11:37:43 | 2018-07-11T05:39:40 | 35 | 13 |
[WP] The year is 3201 and you work for the government's top secret Population Regulation Branch--your job is to discretely find ways to kill off 25% of the population without the public noticing | “What’s my deadline?”
Like a good employee, he had asked the obvious question first. But unlike a regular employee, his task had been much more confidential than the standard paperwork. A black-ops agency had requested a monumental task of him, something no single human should need to undertake. Had he believed in som... | Have you ever gone parachuting?
It's not as popular as it once was, but almost everyone's seen a holo of it. The mind struggles to comprehend how people from times past ever put such faith in what essentially amounts to large sheets of fabric - no rocket-thrusters, no anti-grav pads, no phase-shifters. Pure madness. ... | 2018-09-17T22:10:38 | 2018-09-17T19:43:49 | 495 | 309 |
[WP] among the many senses developed on alien worlds, hearing is not one of them. To most extra terrestrials, the idea that we can detect them even with a wall between us is utterly horrifying | Subject-241-1
Special Containment Procedures:
Subject is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell. The subject is to be given requested amenities, as long as said amenities do not risk containment and are within reason. The subject's toiletries are to be laced with type A pheromone, and onsite staff ar... | The cool earth cushioned softly beneath Blue-Green-Magenta's bare soles. He looked to his aide, Red-Scarlet-Teal, who nodded ahead to Ms. Hawk's home door, quiet as any world.
Eyes looked between blinds from houses around the street. Children-to-gods of all earthling years peered at the iridescent, slightly moving sca... | 2018-11-02T20:07:57 | 2018-11-02T20:00:37 | 1,189 | 115 |
[WP] You meet God before reincarnation and you discover that there is a prestige system going on. In your previous incarnations you chose to improve weirdly specific stats. | “Why didn’t you do it?” The archangel asked me. “What?” I replied. A hurricane of thoughts swept through my mind.
I could’ve used the brakes. I could’ve turned. I couldn’t have just hit that deer, could I? What did he mean?
We walked forward, through an endless expanse of empty white ground and clear blue sky. I cou... | “Like I said, child, it doesn’t work that way. What you’ve chosen to improve in previous lifetimes is solidified in permeation through existence of all—“
“Okay, okay, I get it. It’s just frustrating from my perspective I guess...” I got up from the little stool I’d glued my bum to for hours. I began pacing back and fo... | 2019-01-24T12:06:40 | 2019-01-24T12:02:50 | 87 | 24 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | "I GOT HIM!!!!" she laughed. "I finally got him!!!"
she blew the tip of her ray gun, as if to blow the smoke away.
I blinked, staring at the crumpled body of my nemesis...his Cape a melted ruin. My stomach churned. I felt...
"oh I am having desert tonight!" her dark red lips curved upward. An adorable dimple popped ... | This is it! The Plan Bs to end all Plan Bs! This was absolutely fool-proof! I've tried concocting love potions; I've tried psychology tricks; I've tried going on blind dates with horrible people, even more horrible than I am; but all of those attempts were trashed! The common denominator? That little cocky brat coming ... | 2022-12-02T20:53:04 | 2019-02-23T07:17:19 | 129 | 43 |
[WP] You just made a deal with the devil, and sold your soul. But when he reached in to take it, he says, "Okay, wise-guy, where is it?" | FADE IN:
INT. A TAVERN – NIGHT
*Boisterous, well-imbibed patrons fill the tavern. A couple snoggs furiously in the corner. A large man is passed out on the floor. His friends are taking turns bouncing peanuts off his belly and into cups. One peanut bounces past the cups and onto the black dress shoes of a man sitting... | I don’t write a lot and this is my first post here so don’t be too mean lol
I always thought I was a good person. I’ve tried my best not to commit any sins against my fellow mankind and when I did, I made sure to make up and never leave any burnt bridges between them. I guess you could say I always aimed to live betwe... | 2019-05-05T03:25:28 | 2019-05-05T03:22:15 | 61 | 10 |
[WP] After being greatly wronged, you seek out the Goddess of Vengeance to give you advice in your quest for retribution. You always imagined a powerful warrior, sitting atop a throne made from the skulls of Her enemies. Instead, you discover a kindly old woman tending to a garden. |
“Come over here, join me for a bit.” She smiled at me. A smile full of warmth and love for a stranger. It made my neck prickle.
I was exhausted. I had traveled for days. I had researched where I might find her, the goddess of vengeance. I walked timidly around the small stone wall and knelt beside her in the dirt.... | Sarah had lost an arm it seemed. Blood fell from the wound. She couldn’t see out of her left eye and she held her hand in front of it too scared to touch what might not be there. The left side of her head ached and her ear felt like a tattered mess.
The pain was intense and she curled up on the ground gasping between ... | 2019-05-22T08:17:16 | 2019-05-22T05:52:05 | 41 | 16 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | "Mr. Splitter, I have questions"
"Please call me Adam" he said from behind his cells.
"That weapon, What was it?"
"The bomb? It was our last result, an ace if you will"
"That ace caused half of the planets in the war to become extinct, and 25% to be endangered"
"There's still a couple thousand galaxies out there, ... | "Your world will burn until it's surface is but glass." That was the message that Gabriel was forced to deliver, the response to hundreds upon thousands of deaths, both human and alien.
The war never ended. There was constant fighting on the fringes of human controlled space, many learned to live underground, still mo... | 2019-12-19T02:36:56 | 2019-12-19T02:10:50 | 560 | 205 |
[WP] The great zombie outbreak started 2 years ago. You now find yourself trapped in a corner by a zombie, when you do the unthinkable and bite it first. It suddenly drops to the floor, grows it’s skin back and asks what’s going on. | “What the hell?” His voice spoke before mine. I tried to stagger back, running into the corner of a fence I’d been pushed up against. A crispy, fleshy taste lingered on my tongue. I licked my sleeve in an attempt to wipe it off... to no avail.
My best friend of twenty-something years stood in front of me. The dark gre... |
“I told you this was a terrible plan Mark! We should have left her behind.”
“Relax darling, Both Sam and Adam have it under control, we will sort all this out once we reach the island.”
I tried my best to tune out their shouts as I worked the radio for an audible signal. The constant bickering echoed through the sh... | 2020-02-18T19:02:33 | 2020-02-18T18:42:55 | 212 | 20 |
[WP] Never the one to believe in the supernatural, you couldn’t pass up the insanely cheap deal for a haunted mansion. The last thing you expected was for it to actually be haunted. And honestly, you think you might be slowly falling in love with the ghost. | They sat together looking at the sun go down. How had it come to this. They had both found true love. But even though they were sitting right next to each other, the distance between them was too great to even comprehend. Though they could reach out and pretend to hold hands, theirs was a distance that no mortal could ... | Paper. This is a man with eyes as thick as his stomach, two blue-black bulges that protrude from an otherwise flat canvass. He wears his hair upon his lip in such a way it drags down to his ankles, ankles that have been scarred by what look like tiny stars.
*Tiny stars beget a tiny universe. Each world within revolves... | 2020-06-05T05:31:08 | 2020-06-05T03:57:32 | 120 | 13 |
[WP] "One of the weird things about humans? The moment a war ends, the same human that was shooting at you not five seconds ago is probably the same human that's hauling you to the nearest medical tent." | So there I was. In the last five minutes of the war, being shot at by a human. Their primitive slug-throwers, that we had once scoffed at, struck terror in my heart as the bullets pelted my position behind a small rock. I was barely in cover. I desperately made an attempt to fight back. I was dead, I knew it. But I was... | war plagued my people. while we hate to admit it, we started it. when the humans joined the galactic scene we pushed 'em around and now we found out. they came after us in droves, wiping out our cities, using weapons never seen before. hell, they were so good at killing each other that they killed us like livestock. wr... | 2021-02-05T06:07:41 | 2021-02-05T03:11:44 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] "One of the weird things about humans? The moment a war ends, the same human that was shooting at you not five seconds ago is probably the same human that's hauling you to the nearest medical tent." | So there I was. In the last five minutes of the war, being shot at by a human. Their primitive slug-throwers, that we had once scoffed at, struck terror in my heart as the bullets pelted my position behind a small rock. I was barely in cover. I desperately made an attempt to fight back. I was dead, I knew it. But I was... | "It's called 'The fog of war', kid" he said as he kicked dirt on the already dying embers of the tiny fire he'd taken the risk of building. "Patriotic propaganda about duty to your nation and heroic sacrifice. You can't see the truth through it."
"What IS the 'truth'?" she asked.
"At least... you can't see it until t... | 2021-02-05T06:07:41 | 2021-02-05T04:25:17 | 28 | 13 |
[WP] Angels are thought to be beautiful, while demons are thought to be vile and disgusting. However the truth is Angels are extremely scary, while demons are beautiful and elegant creatures. | "*And let there be light!*" It was a joke in the poorest of tastes. My partner, one mangled hand tugging away at the chain, was attempting to switch on the only bulb in the basement.
The room was dark and damp, much like the winding alleyways and corridors we had traversed to get here. A long and filthy journey that h... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 2, Part 4: All the Forces of Heaven and Hell v.s. My Teenage Daughter)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**It's unclear whether angels and demons predate organized religion.** Some ... | 2021-04-08T09:44:05 | 2021-04-08T07:49:36 | 146 | 56 |
[WP] Fun fact: There's only four actual people online. Everyone else is fake. If you are reading this, YOU ARE NUMBER FOUR. We've been trying to reach you for some time now. Find us. Quickly, before they do. | No.
I know this is you, Number 3. You're not fooling anyone by masking it as a prompt on a writing site. I know what you're trying to do. Fix it. Well, you can't. There is no fixing it because you and the other two stooges fucked it up beyond recognition. I warned you the moment I realised what they were planning yet ... | I knew it. I knew there's been something wrong for a while now, but I just couldn't put my finger on it. My online interactions were getting pretty strange, so I decided to take an internet sabbatical. I canceled my cellular data plan, unplugged my router; I even took a leave of absence from work.
Almost immediately,... | 2022-07-19T22:10:37 | 2022-07-19T21:36:25 | 1,507 | 235 |
[WP] Fun fact: There's only four actual people online. Everyone else is fake. If you are reading this, YOU ARE NUMBER FOUR. We've been trying to reach you for some time now. Find us. Quickly, before they do. | No.
I know this is you, Number 3. You're not fooling anyone by masking it as a prompt on a writing site. I know what you're trying to do. Fix it. Well, you can't. There is no fixing it because you and the other two stooges fucked it up beyond recognition. I warned you the moment I realised what they were planning yet ... | *Huh. That's a kinda cool idea, I guess.*
Staring at my computer's screen, I click on the post, a small smile crossing my face. *I wonder if anyone's wrote anything for this prompt.*
*...Oooof course not.*
*...Well,* ***Maybe*** *nobody's written anything because it's a real message. I AM one of the only real peopl... | 2022-07-19T22:10:37 | 2022-07-19T22:07:28 | 1,507 | 161 |
[WP] Your vampire son thinks you don't know about him sneaking out to visit his werewolf girlfriend. Truth is, your two families have been betting on how long until they announce it. | CW: Mentioned SH.
An innocuous chord from the phone lying on the coffinside table. Eddy opened his eyes carefully, slowly, feeling the sun hanging low in the sky, and reached for the device. "Kid's left the den," the message read; a second soon appearing after. "Said she was going to hang at the mall."
Hang at the ma... | "Dad, Mom, I want a motorbike!" - You almost choke on your blood soup, at the ridiculousness of the request. And, as it seems, you were not the only one at the table taken off guard by your son's newest fascination. Lya can barely contain her youthful giggles and your husband's ancient face staggers somewhere between i... | 2022-11-25T08:39:29 | 2022-11-25T08:07:11 | 75 | 37 |
[WP]: You find a button at the back of your neck. It takes you to a "customise character"-screen. | Holy shit. This is fantastic.
I've got a new body. I got rid of all the extra fat, fixed my color blindness, gave myself the body of a professional athlete and a mind that rivals the smartest in the world. I could convince a vegan to slaughter a baby goat. I can survive car crashes through sheer force of will. Hell, I... | I think I'll bulk up a bit. Maybe make my face more angular... ooh, and blue eyes. Wait, green. Add a nice little beard, and... done! That's more noticeable. I suppose I'll look decent, now.
Time for mental changes! Oh boy!
Oh dear, oh dear. This'll take a while - a lot to fix, y'see.
I'd like to be smart, g... | 2014-04-11T11:25:08 | 2014-04-11T08:58:32 | 54 | 12 |
[WP] An internet-troll talks a person out of committing suicide, without ever leaving character. | "I've reached the end of my rope. Everything is ruined and I just want to go home... but i cant. Someone suggest the best way to kill myself and i'll do it." I typed, hesitating a few seconds before finally hitting 'enter'. I leaned back in the somewhat comfortable reclining chair I salvaged and waited, staring at the ... | [Interloper17] Well shit, I don't know whether to milk you or let you graze on my balls. What a fucking heifer! Put those teets away.
[BarnebyAsuro] Go away! I'm just trying to get some tips. I already know I am fat. That's why I'm here genius.
[Interloper17] No, someone like you just thinks they're overweight. ... | 2015-10-12T11:19:13 | 2015-10-12T09:09:16 | 209 | 33 |
[WP] An alien nation descends upon earth. Their assault is... incredibly underwhelming.
Take "incredibly underwhelming" however you want.
Examples: They do nothing but inconvience you. They're so weak they get bullied by grade schoolers. Their laser technology doesn't even burn a hole in your woolen sweater as even... | "Sir, their technology... It's, well, quite frankly, it's terrifying."
"Explain yourself."
"All of their technology," he stammered. "It's powered by explosions."
"Explosions? All of it?"
"Yes sir. Their vehicles, their warships, even their weapons are all powered by explosions."
"How did they ever achieve space tr... | When people thought of the words *alien invasion*, the first thing that usually pops to minds is overwhelming firepower. Giant, city-sized saucers with nuclear energy beams, giant mechas or tripods waltzing through military installations and destroying everything in globules of plasma, standing triumphant anove the hu... | 2016-02-22T13:30:29 | 2016-02-22T11:29:44 | 79 | 18 |
[WP] An alien nation descends upon earth. Their assault is... incredibly underwhelming.
Take "incredibly underwhelming" however you want.
Examples: They do nothing but inconvience you. They're so weak they get bullied by grade schoolers. Their laser technology doesn't even burn a hole in your woolen sweater as even... | Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.
Once you conquer a thousand worlds with no resistance you start to skip steps. Our initial invasions would take years to plan and complete but somewhere along the line we just started to land as soon as we reached orbit.
Killing all of the inhabitants with our aerial bom... | "It was spectacular." Grandma said, her voice raspy and quiet. She sat hunched forwards in her old rocking chair. It had belonged to her grandma and little Lo didn't understand why she would still be keeping it around.
"I was there the day they arrived to our earth. Right in the park where the first invasion ship land... | 2016-02-22T13:09:56 | 2016-02-22T10:27:34 | 66 | 21 |
[WP] Your son asked you "dad are clouds candy?" You told him they were water. Then he asked "dad, what are Earth's defense systems. Then you remembered you don't have a son, and then he asked again, his eyes now obsidian black. "what is the defense system father." | "Wombats," I say.
The... thing I thought was human pauses.
"Wombats? What is Wombats? A mighty weapon of some sort?"
"Yes", I reply, "They're an Earth animal - capable of terrible, terrible violence. We don't even control most of them, just a select few."
"You think a few non-sapient animals defend the whole plane... | "Www...Wait I don't even." I managed to mumble in confusion. This little creature was watching me with its strange alien eyes. It's weirdly formed hand pressed against the glass, the fingers almost octopus like sucking to the flat cold surface. One, two ... only three of them. It's eyes examining me meticulously.
"You... | 2018-05-14T01:35:49 | 2018-05-14T01:23:17 | 48 | 15 |
[WP] A scientist has discovered the vaccine of immortality. The only side effect is, though, infertility. After the whole world got vaccinated, it turns out immortality is a hoax it is just an infertility vaccine.
got lots of comments about not knowing how vaccines work. i basically imagined a syringe with the cure of... | It’s weird how a couple of hours can change a person. How a movie can sow the seed of an idea that will have consequences, consequences so large that they will alter the course of history, and humanity. Maybe even put a big fat period at the end of it. When climate researcher Dr. Richter came out of the cinema that day... | "Mr. Aroke?" The voice was quiet barely perceiving as an echo in the white tiled room. Maybe thirteen people sat waiting in this monstrous sterile room. If he wasn't near the front he doubt he would have heard his own name.
He stood up from his chair and straightened his tie. Quickly he walked towards the front deso ... | 2018-09-09T09:23:13 | 2018-09-09T08:54:48 | 54 | 22 |
[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests. | "You're kidding me," the Elder Lord said, fingers drumming on the armrest of his throne.
"I wish I was, my lord. Our reports put the Hero out gathering herbs for some woman in a village a month away from here," a lone skeleton monotoned. His words played at emotion, but the Elder Lord supposed not having real vocal ch... | Reportedly, I am torturing my subjects. I am grinding their faces under my large, leaded boots. I am spitting on the freedom they deserve.
Reportedly, I have the hero's princess. I can and do make her do anything and everything for me. Perhaps I'm doing something to her in the dungeon that involves leather and whips... | 2019-06-26T14:28:18 | 2019-06-26T12:47:04 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests. | "You're kidding me," the Elder Lord said, fingers drumming on the armrest of his throne.
"I wish I was, my lord. Our reports put the Hero out gathering herbs for some woman in a village a month away from here," a lone skeleton monotoned. His words played at emotion, but the Elder Lord supposed not having real vocal ch... | Lord Viktor Kozlov sulked the dark hallways, contemplating all things evil. His soldiers were well-equipped, his bed was warmed with women and cooled with wine, and the mares braying in his stables were of the finest breed and lineage. Kozlov was surely the greatest vampire in the four kingdoms.
And yet—as he walked... | 2019-06-26T14:28:18 | 2019-06-26T10:56:26 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests. | "You're kidding me," the Elder Lord said, fingers drumming on the armrest of his throne.
"I wish I was, my lord. Our reports put the Hero out gathering herbs for some woman in a village a month away from here," a lone skeleton monotoned. His words played at emotion, but the Elder Lord supposed not having real vocal ch... | "Bring him to me." He said. Clenching his tightly armored fist. Several subserviants kneeled before him, trembling.
"My liege, the warrior," he hesitated, licking his dry lips and looking to the others for reassurance, "he has trailed off course."
The blood thirsty king took two small steps forward, towering over the... | 2019-06-26T14:28:18 | 2019-06-26T11:26:18 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] Two ancient lamps accidentally rub against each other, summoning two very confused genies who have to figure out how they are going to reconcile their new dual roles as both master and servant. | "I don't know how this has happened, but I think I know the solution."
"Oh? What do you think?"
"We cannot either go first, as that would violate the master/servant relationship that we are bound to. So we must both wish and respond in time."
"Then we must wish for the same thing, so that we may begin and end at t... | “Behold, it is I, Serphatoccus, Keeper of Plains and builder-genie to Anammelech of Seloheim! Who dares summon me?” A thunderous voice is heard. One so ancient and full of power.
“Oh hey, I’m Big D—no, not sarcasm before you ask I-”
The two genies face themselves, and it’s quite comical. Serphatoccus hasn’t been sum... | 2020-06-23T02:15:10 | 2020-06-23T01:17:15 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] You are a B-list superhero on the verge of losing your job. During a battle with a villain, you accidentally end up killing one of the most prolific superheros of your time. That's when you realize that with your niché power that was useless as a hero, you could be an A-list supervillain. | I'm a lucky guy.
No, seriously, I have a superpower that makes me lucky. How do you define luck? If I had to put it vaguely, it has to do with causality. I can only put it vaguely. There's no scientifically concrete way to explain it. The cosmos, luck, the force, divine intervention. However you want to describe it, ... | I'm sitting in grass that feels like a field of reeds, waving in what sounds like howling winds, just cool enough to make the skin on my legs shiver and goose bumps begin to form. Long blond hair dancing in the wind; favorite yellow knee-length dress on and I'm playing with my favorite doll, telling her stories about ... | 2021-04-14T07:33:00 | 2021-04-14T05:21:59 | 367 | 87 |
[WP] A greater demon has fallen for a mediocre demon hunter. As such the greater demon hides themself with magic and signs up as the hunters new apprentice. In hopes of getting closer and protecting the one they love from the other demons that would otherwise do them harm. | Daemons are formless, mindless creatures. We wander the world aimlessly, unseen to all mortals. Daemons don't feel often. When we do, we possess physical form, take shape and manifest. Most are mortal souls from distant pasts. Others could not accept the fate they were dealt. Some were born this way.
I was born this w... | The fool had almost gotten themself killed again.
Oh, Gods damn that beautiful soul of gold.
Lyra had been watching this "hunter" from the shadows for two weeks now.
Two weeks, in which they'd been injured. The damage ranged from bullet wounds to scrapes to stabs, to burns and scratches. One look at their dark, ol... | 2021-06-17T12:45:29 | 2021-06-17T10:27:11 | 98 | 46 |
[WP] No one is sure what happened, but suddenly everyone started obeying the law. All crime ceased. At first it was beautiful, but it quickly started going very wrong. | My mother’s voice was soft and gentle, her touch kind and enveloping. Hugged tight against her chest, I felt warm tears begin to form, wishing she’d *let me go*.
I couldn’t push her off, though. I couldn’t even blink on command, couldn’t even breathe. I was just a puppet. *Everyone was.*
Finally released from the hu... | If you have invested in the literature of this course, you may be familiar with many of the works of the author Isaac Asimov and his "Three Laws of Robotics." The laws themselves weren't important as more of the focus was on the results of those laws. Robots hard coded to follow them found many problems, both psycholog... | 2021-09-22T11:18:45 | 2021-09-22T09:54:05 | 54 | 32 |
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