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[WP] A boy post apocalypse who goes on a journey to find an orthodontist to remove his braces
You heard me
Edit: This is awesome, it's my first post that's got this sort of attention, thanks guys! | He stood there: dusty, dirty, possibly deranged.
The boy had followed me for about five or six miles now. I had first caught glimpse of him as I rummaged through debris on the freeway, peaking out from a pile of wreckage that had once been a tow-truck.
His hair was disheveled and so thick with grime it was hard to te... | The place I slept in last night looks a little like an old suburban home. One of the old money places. I arrived around eleven-thirty, sky already dark and hopped over the high black fence. Reset the motion sensors on the driveway, hooked up to my hand-cranked electricity generator and pulled myself into the loft, ladd... | 2022-04-19T11:21:38 | 2014-08-22T02:21:47 | 642 | 96 |
[WP] Your bong is the home of a genie. You spark the bowl and he appears to grant you 3 wishes. You're both pretty high. | Addiction, not quite, but a fondness for plants
The friction, the fright, when at once on a glance
I saw a genie, transfixed like a tomb
Through the billowing smoke that stagnated the room
*Now clearly*, thought I, as I pondered in wonder
*This genie's not real and my mind's in a blunder*
"Then what," interrupted... | 'Yo, hit that, hit that, hit that bong brother,' the Law says, plopping himself down on the rickety-bickety futon that sounds like a dying cat at every movement.
'Give me a sec man, the first hit of a new bong requires a little ceremony,' I respond. Packing a bowl into the the beautiful new genie-lamp shaped bong made... | 2015-08-13T11:40:20 | 2015-08-13T11:25:40 | 44 | 30 |
[WP] A trapped demon calls a priest for excorcism because his host is too obese and can't get out of bed | "Who is this? How did you get this number?"
"Okay, *don't* hang up."
"... *Lastridus?"*
"Seriously, *DO NOT* hang up."
"What is this, some kind of sick game? Are you trying to lure me back, another pitiful ploy for attention?"
"Woah, *okay*, first off, last time was pretty Goddamn far from a ploy for *attention,* ... | "I'm boooooooored!" Antzl yelled quietly for probably the hundredth time that day. "When I took the job, they told me it would be a cake walk, but all I've seen since I got here is all cake and no walk. Bloody fat prick, can't even be bothered to get out of bed 'cept to piss or get more food or--wait a second now... wh... | 2015-12-22T18:49:29 | 2015-12-22T18:31:30 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] A demon that writes messages on your mirror with blood but they’re useful messages. Like “remember you have yoga at 6 tonight”
stolen from Meladoodle on Tumblr. | “Listen to your mother, this time.”
The first time Shelby saw the bloody words appear on the steamy bathroom mirror she was nine years old. It was a cold January morning and she was running late for school again. The words were strange and frightening, but not as frightening as the sound of her mother banging dishes a... | The first time was...unsettling.
It was the middle of the night, and I groggily made my way into the bathroom to do my business quickly and quietly. I knew my own apartment well enough, so I wasn't about to blind myself by flipping on any lights. But as I was relieving myself, I noticed some smudges on the mirror, and... | 2016-08-07T17:10:42 | 2016-08-07T16:38:26 | 2,894 | 1,836 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | The bus sped past me again. I don't really know what else I expected. 347 years they've done this, but I pay them no mind. They think it's rude to stay, I think it's rude to leave. I've dealt with their 'punishments' for long enough that it just doesn't bother me. I can basically predict how the day goes- I check the b... | Marcus encountered his sixth assassination attempt on the morning of his one-thousand-and-first birthday. He opened his eyes to sudden light: the curtains of the canopy bed were ripped back, and four men with sharp duelling swords grinned like wolves. They levelled the points of the rapiers at Marcus, who lifted himsel... | 2016-08-09T08:58:15 | 2016-08-09T07:33:14 | 916 | 87 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | 4 weeks until the wedding.
I've been anxious every day. Hands sweating, knees shaking, nightmares raging, nearly fainting. I can't go on like this.
There's something I never told my husband-to-be.
On Thursday night, he comes over for a movie. He wraps his arm around me lazily and begins flicking through the roster. ... | Time seems to stand still. I look at the cut oozing with blackness. She stares at me with a look of fear. I just keep trying to process what just happened. This woman I've loved for years, who is she? My mind starts coming together. "Lisa, lets go to the bathroom and take care of that, it looks nasty." I say calmly.
"... | 2016-09-22T20:56:22 | 2016-09-22T19:10:06 | 154 | 81 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | 4 weeks until the wedding.
I've been anxious every day. Hands sweating, knees shaking, nightmares raging, nearly fainting. I can't go on like this.
There's something I never told my husband-to-be.
On Thursday night, he comes over for a movie. He wraps his arm around me lazily and begins flicking through the roster. ... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T20:56:22 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 154 | 12 |
[WP] Everyone with the same name shares knowledge. If one Bob gets a degree in electrical engineering, then all Bob's have this knowledge readily available. Soon, everyone starts naming their kids similar names until factions form. Your parents rebelled and named you something original. | The dragonflies whirred through the long grass that stuck out of the pond. Two of them flew around where my bobber floated in the water, then buzzed off somewhere I couldn’t see.
My name is Moses, I like being called Moe. Currently, I was trying to fish out my dinner, but they just weren’t biting today. I hoped my fa... | “Kebert Xela Simpson?” she asked.
Ashley was my best friend, had been since we roomed together starting freshman year. We were both engineering/physics majors, and we tried to sign up for the same classes every semester. She was constantly ahead of me and rarely had to study.
“Yeah…I’d rather not talk about it. My ... | 2017-04-07T11:20:49 | 2017-04-07T10:48:59 | 44 | 13 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I wiped a tear from my eye as she walked down the aisle. My beautiful baby girl, all grown up!! I watched her step up next to the man she loved. He took her hand and they turned towards the adoring crowd.
He gave his speech. Everything my little girl had done! It seemed like a fairytale, coming out of his mouth. I wat... | He laid with her and stroked her hair.
"I love you." he whispered into ear.
she smiles.
"and I you." she softly coos back.
He kisses her cheek she tilts her head and he kisses her neck before falling back to nuzzle in looking at the roof. The room was very dim and cool and drafty save for the fire in the edge of the... | 2017-05-31T07:11:19 | 2017-05-31T01:51:06 | 1,143 | 49 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I held him for the first time in my arm. Those little fingers grabbing mine for the first time, that cry of help as his lungs took the first born breath, his little lips moving in the air while he was sleeping... I'm still holding him, still holding.. Still holding him even though his last breath he took was one week a... | He laid with her and stroked her hair.
"I love you." he whispered into ear.
she smiles.
"and I you." she softly coos back.
He kisses her cheek she tilts her head and he kisses her neck before falling back to nuzzle in looking at the roof. The room was very dim and cool and drafty save for the fire in the edge of the... | 2017-05-31T07:14:34 | 2017-05-31T01:51:06 | 116 | 49 |
[WP] when you were a kid, you had an imaginary friend, Lewis; That was 20 or so years ago. Yesterday your child came into your room in the middle of the night, and said "Lewis wants to know why you don't play with him anymore" | "Charlie, it's the middle of the night," I groaned, rolling away from his high-pitched voice.
"But Daddy, why don't you play with Lewis anymore?" The name was familiar. My brain churned, looking for the face to put to it. Nothing. But I remembered Lewis.
"Lewis..." I struggled out of my cocoon of blankets. "That's...... | Rolling over to face my son, but without opening my eyes, I said, "Because Lewis is imaginary, son. Now go to bed."
I heard his little feet padding out the room, then heard the door close with a satisfying click. I rolled back the other way and went back to sleep.
In what seemed like a few minutes later, Lucas, my so... | 2017-11-12T18:42:00 | 2017-11-12T16:21:25 | 110 | 38 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | “François, are you with us?” I hear the Mrs. Thomas say through the gargled crackling of the classroom speakers. I immediately snap out of my daydream and reply:
“Yes Madame”
“You need to pay more attention to class, or else you’ll fall behind.” again the speakers crackle. They really need to replace those things.
“... | "Mr. S?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I just get something off my chest?"
"Sure, kid. 'Course you can."
"Band class is fucking boring when nobody actually tries. You just sit there with your instrument on your lap, staring into fuckin' space, listening to the poor teach' tryna get the attention of the class while everybody just sc... | 2017-11-13T20:03:10 | 2017-11-13T19:45:25 | 37 | 10 |
[WP] It finally happened. The day Santa dreaded. He has to deliver presents to the first kid to be born on mars. | “Frank! Get in here now!” shouted Santa from his office.
In scurried a small elf. He traveled as fast as his tiny legs could take him without tripping over his giant shoes. Bells jingling with every step.
“Yes sir, what do you need” Frank mustered.
“What is this shit?” Santa said as he tossed an ornate scroll acr... | “Hey Santa sir, don’t sweat it. I’m sure it’ll be fine.”
I looked up and glared at one of the elves. Of course it was that one. The one—Barley? Gnarley?—who always gets on my nerve. “Do you even know where Mars is?”
The elf had the gall to look as if he was concentrating to remember. “Isn’t it beside the little isl... | 2017-11-24T19:30:03 | 2017-11-24T19:08:35 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | The doctor held up the new born baby.
"It's a girl!" exclamed the doctor.
"Well, What are the names doc?" the father said with joy.
The doctor looked at the baby's back, and only one name on it. James Webber. Chills shot down the doctors spine.
"Well Dr. Webber, who are they?
| The names were always generic. That's how the craze started to give kids weird names. It was a lot easier to find an Appel or Zucchini or Brickhaus. The names on me were Jangela and Jongela. It was nice when the name was the same. It meant that you could choose your death. That the final act was not one of vengeance or... | 2018-03-11T07:49:38 | 2018-03-11T07:36:53 | 4,830 | 118 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | My sweater scratched at my skin as I began to pull it back, I can't believe I'm doing this.
My mom told me I should be careful who I show my given names to, who I trust is telling the truth about theirs. But her- she was perfect, her smile when I would glance over, her hair that blew in the wind on a warm summer day, ... | Two names, two purposes.
One will kill one will complete.
No way to tell the difference.
At least that's the idea behind the names. I personally think they are both there to mess with you.
You can spend your whole life looking for your soulmate only to find you killer, or worse running from your killer only to find... | 2018-03-11T07:35:29 | 2018-03-11T07:33:45 | 1,948 | 177 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | I did not know why my parents named me, "smudge," but when I was only 14, I discovered I was not adopted.
Both of my parents are white. But I am black. Tattoo ink black. At least, that is what it looks like from a distance. Freshman year in High School, I was bored and took a look at my hand under a disection microsco... | Two names, two purposes.
One will kill one will complete.
No way to tell the difference.
At least that's the idea behind the names. I personally think they are both there to mess with you.
You can spend your whole life looking for your soulmate only to find you killer, or worse running from your killer only to find... | 2018-03-11T08:30:03 | 2018-03-11T07:33:45 | 636 | 177 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | We were fortunate that both of these names were on his back instead of a body part he could see. When we bathed him, we made sure he never saw them. When he was old enough to shower and change himself, however, we had to spill the beans. "You are not to look at these names," we told him. I'm proud of our son, he unders... | Two names, two purposes.
One will kill one will complete.
No way to tell the difference.
At least that's the idea behind the names. I personally think they are both there to mess with you.
You can spend your whole life looking for your soulmate only to find you killer, or worse running from your killer only to find... | 2018-03-11T07:37:56 | 2018-03-11T07:33:45 | 331 | 177 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | Elli was born without the names. Some people thought that she was blessed. She was not faced with knowing the name of the person who would kill her. Others believed it was a curse, some kind of disability. She had to admit that not having the names made her wonder if there *was* something wrong with her. Everyone has t... | Bianca and Juliet.
I looked up at my husband, immediately afraid that he would reject our darling little girl. He had been raised strict Christian, and many of those biases had survived within him. I watched as he slowly read and re-read the names scrawled on her tiny wrists. "Jonathan?" "Kat, our little girl..." I l... | 2018-03-11T09:04:19 | 2018-03-11T08:37:33 | 270 | 23 |
[WP] "This is an Emergency Alert. Barricade all entries to your house. Do not go outside after sundown. Restrict contact with others. Do not enter tunnels during daytime. Do not make any light or noise between 6PM and 8AM. Stay inside your homes until dawn. Military aid is unavailable. Good luck." |
**edit 3: Further updates will be posted in my subreddit /r/Ardarail, thanks for reading everyone!**
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I was watching the evening news when it started. The news anchor was cut off mid sentence by a loud, unbroken tone and the bright while bold letters began to scroll across screen.
**WE'VE INTERR... | The folklore of my people is old and weathered, been beaten from years of antiquity, and eaten up by the bigger stories of the bigger people. But the lore remains, as it does, hanging from the threads of wonder, and sometimes truth.
To say I have seen the truth will get me called a liar. And perhaps my eyes do lie, a... | 2018-04-18T08:41:00 | 2018-04-18T07:47:00 | 4,246 | 769 |
[WP] You live in a world where the repetition of certain acts grants special abilities. Someone who does 10,000 push-ups will gain super strength, someone who runs 10,000 kilometres will gain super speed. You are the first person in history to drink 10,000 litres of alcohol. | “10,000 litres?”
“Yup”
“How are you not dead?”
“I didn’t do it in one long binge, I paced myself”
“That’s not really the point, never mind, so what has happened to you?”
“Well, what happens when YOU get drunk?”
“The usual stuff. Double vision, loss of balance, the occasional bout of memory loss”
“Uh-huh. I get a... | This is the 1st time I response to a wp. Please tell me what you think.
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It's been fifteen years. Fifteen years of non-stop alcohol drinking. Mostly vodka, sometimes, some other stuff. Not-one-single-sober-day for the whole fifteen fucking years.
Most people called me a hobo, a dumb-ass; some said that I was just ... | 2018-07-06T04:10:30 | 2018-07-06T03:52:07 | 3,646 | 238 |
[WP] There is a strange lottery that picks a random winner on the planet every day. The prize is completely random, too, for you could win anything- five dollars, a divorce, a brand new car, or even instant death. | "John! The lottery is starting again!" Peter looked at his computer screen in excitement. The timer read five minutes and thirty one seconds.
"Do you have the VPN running?" John asked from beside him. The feed would show the timer but would never the actually lottery program without some sort of VPN. Whoever was runn... | Growing up in the tiny town of Platteville Nebraska, nothing much exciting ever really happened. It barely was even a place on the map. With only 1373 people in town and a forty minute drive to anything considered civilized, Platteville lay stuck in the past. Which was why when local resident Kevin Zimek, a local 18 ye... | 2018-07-30T21:58:59 | 2018-07-30T21:45:06 | 37 | 11 |
[WP] An anti-thunderstorm: A weather phenomenon in which there are brief flashes of darkness followed by a void of utter silence. Following such an event last week in Pennsylvania, leading scientists tell us to expect more events of this antithetical nature, and not just for thunderstorms. | "And the current forecast calls for sunny skies and highs in the 80s, with a five percent chance of precipitation."
Don switched off the TV and stretched contentedly. "Well, honey, looks like we have another day of anti-blizzard."
I rolled my eyes and pointed at the calendar. "Don, it's July."
"A whole month of an... | It had certainly come as a shock to the tech world. Ace Technologies is finally fixing their crappy batteries? And apparently with some kind of Tesla device. Of course, the real shock was that they were moving testing up to the same weekend as the Zentech announcement. Sure, they were competitors, but neither had r... | 2019-09-15T16:26:34 | 2019-09-15T16:11:37 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] As a world class sniper, you’ve been given a task to assassinate the so called “master of disguise”. You’ve been told that he himself never changes appearance, but he warps the environment around him to hide. All you need to look for is a man with glasses and a red and white striped shirt. | He always wore the same damned shirt. The same glasses. The same silly hat.
It'd said as much in the dossier, and I'd seen it for myself since then. I didn't even need to read his profile anymore. I knew it by heart.
"Master of disguise," my Handler had told me.
And I'd laughed. As if it'd be easy.
The first time... | He looked like a man. About that, the CIA was in unanimous agreement. But he was not a man. Not really. He had been created in a lab. He was an experiment gone wrong. He was the living embodiment of the CIA's hubristic desire to create the ultimate weapon. A haunting manifestation of their own creation whose existence ... | 2020-03-03T12:25:35 | 2020-03-03T12:18:39 | 184 | 47 |
[WP] Rejected by the Federation Council for refusing to disband their military, humans ally themselves with the Thoran, the Federation’s resident warrior race. Warmongers, the Thoran find themselves enamored with humanity, and grow increasingly tired of the Federations attempts to “civilize” both. | "Section 17b of the Interstellar Treaty states that armed forces are strictly prohibited unless governed by the Federation. Failure to comply with this ruling will result in rejection and or expulsion from the council. It is our personal belief that this article should be struck down. Our individual military forces gra... | "Citizens of the Federation."
War Czar Mitya Kalishinov stared directly into the camera. His tall, strong form, clad in the midnight black of the Human military, filled only a portion of the screen. Behind him was the interior of his ship, the *Hades*, itself a mix of black paneling and red lighting. To his sides stoo... | 2020-04-16T09:07:41 | 2020-04-16T08:51:12 | 363 | 219 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I didn't miss the overwhelming hum of the fluorescent lights in Dr. Marshall's office. It had been almost three years since the last time we had our last meeting.
It was odd to see her now, her hair was void of the grays that would eventually come into their roots. Her glasses sat on the table, she wouldn't need th... | "You know what, Dave, I never thought that I would do it, mate, never really!" I told my buddy as I looked at his dark eyes, even darker in the lightless dusty room.
"Well, stop bragging, Shane" he snapped, "things are pretty bloody well screwed at this point as it is. Last thing I need is you rambling about Mrs. Bart... | 2020-11-02T11:00:41 | 2020-11-02T09:54:34 | 62 | 19 |
[WP] You're 34 years old with a wife and two kids when your School of Sorcery application was granted. You sent that application 20 years ago and told them you were no longer interested. They replied that refusal is not an option and that you will be taken in 48 hours. | "holy shit!'
"holy *shiiiiit!*"
"yeeee *haaaw*! yeeee *haaaa*!"
"Seriously? *seriously*? i get to go to magic school? Honey, did you hear that? *we* get to learn magic!"
"what do i mean by *we*? well obviously i'm taking my family with me! i read the entire student rule book cover to cover and there's nothing in ... | Twenty years! Twenty fucking years and now they think it's a good time. I'm gonna tell you what. I can't fathom this shit! It's like they want to see you run up the walls. Why would they do this to me now? I have you now! And my kids!
Yes! I really wanted to learn how to brew magic drinks and potions and to curse your... | 2021-03-12T11:50:32 | 2021-03-12T10:57:15 | 65 | 43 |
[WP] A being at the gates of the afterlife allows every soul that passes through to ask it one question. Used to being asked questions such as "What is the meaning of life?" and "How many people loved me?", it's taken unawares when a soul asks "How was your day?" instead. | # The Cracks In Their Souls
(Part 2: That's How The Light Leaks Out)
(Note: The Cracks In Their Souls is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**I stared at the little boy with my timeless eyes.** "...Are you sure that's what you want to ask?"
The b... | "It was... well it was, wasn't it?" The booming Voice, the Trumpet that pronounced the judgments of the World and the Living upon the Dead, seemed to stumble a bit.
"Well, how do you mean?" There was a sort of gentle curiosity in the voice, one that had spent a lifetime in conversations just like this--well, maybe no... | 2021-03-28T20:02:02 | 2021-03-28T19:47:25 | 495 | 159 |
[WP] In terms of powers you are world class, easily one of the next up and coming top-tier super-heroes in the world. But you deliberately downplay your abilities, pretending to have only minor talents so you can stick with your team of underdogs whose leader you have been crushing on for years. | It's an open secret in hero circles that not all powers are rated equal. Flashy, high optic powers like Psionics, Super-strength, and Electro kinesis basically guarantee you a spot on one of the top teams. Hard work and dedication take a distant second to the power of flight or running like, *really* fast. The laziest ... | I woke up chained to a chair, shackles keeping my wrists and ankles in place.
My greatest nemesis, Dr. Hugo Todt, stood over me, tauntingly.
"So," he begins in his usual German accent, "he awakes. Good, I didn't want this to be boring. I wanted you to witness what is to come."
As my eyes scan the room, I see anoth... | 2021-04-12T11:14:42 | 2021-04-12T08:41:05 | 92 | 61 |
[WP] You've loved an immortal for a long time, and they loved you back knowing your time together would be short. Doesn't make learning about the dozens of past lovers they've had, and the fact that their descendants are still alive any less upsetting, though. | The tablet smashed against the wall, glass splintering.
"**How many**?!"
The banshee shriek came from a petite woman as she stalked her prey, inching closer to the weary immortal like a tiger about to pounce on a rabbit.
"Does it matter?" He took a half step back, hands raised in surrender.
But it did matter. To... | 20 June(Solomon)
Ive loved Kate for a long time. It feels like ive known her all my life and I feel like ive loved her for even longer. Today she told me about her secret. With tears in her eyes, she told me she was immortal and has never loved anyone as much as she loved me. She seemed very concerned that i wouldnt lo... | 2021-05-19T02:23:38 | 2021-05-18T22:26:38 | 64 | 25 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | He came from Ultraopolis.
He came to my city. Omega City.
He calls himself The End. I call him a murderer.
He thought the heroes of Omega City were weak, silly even. They had failed to stop me so many times, and what was I compared to him? A joke.
He has incredible strength. Enough to rip the head off of Poor Rich... | "Megaton? What kind of shit name is that?" Spoke Artrarias admist the rubble of Haven. Atrarias looked around, his lips pursed and the large scar that split the upper and lower right lip stretched.
Artrarias looked about the bodies, some unconscious, many not. His little heroes. He looked to the horde of people in fr... | 2021-05-20T10:47:04 | 2021-05-20T10:41:26 | 97 | 20 |
[WP] Whenever someone is born, the first sentence they utter predicts how they die. Lately every kid has been saying the same first sentence. | Nobody tells the parents, but we pretend that we never hear their precious child’s first words. We consider it a win-win—because then, they don’t need to know how they will die.
Bringing a baby into this world is a wonderful, joyous occasion. Hearing how they will eventually pass is not. To be fair, we hear a lot of “... | “Papa,” said the baby, between froths of laughter as she lay swathed in blankets, watched over by a soft, bow-tied bear.
The word ran like a chill through the baby monitor, carrying the fatal message — distorted but complete — to the living room.
Monique and Robert had been reading, she a book (a child’s escape from ... | 2021-12-23T05:53:31 | 2021-12-23T04:32:26 | 849 | 139 |
[WP] You live your life on repeat. You die, you’re reborn, in a perpetual loop. You’ve lived thousands of years. Some as a saint, helping others. Some as a monster, reducing the planet to nuclear ashes. After your last death, a voice fills your head. “You’re not getting it. How can you be so dense!” | I look up from the gaming PC I've built. This incarnation has been one of stagnation for the most part. I mean, I was born during the greatest tech boom and economic decline. Honestly, I was tired and FINALLY there was something entertaining and worth while to just vegetate on.
"Don't know what the hell I'm supposed ... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 5, Interlude 1: The Sunrise King)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**People told him he rose and set with the sun.** He found that amusing for reasons he'd never share. He woke up ... | 2022-02-09T18:44:07 | 2022-02-09T18:16:10 | 364 | 186 |
[WP] For years, the hero and villain's rivalry continues with seemingly no end in sight. You are the hero's sidekick and are frustrated with them and often rant about it to this nice girl you've gotten to know at th cafe, who unbeknownst to you is the villain's minion, who feels the same way. | Kenny downed his latest cup of coffee, drinking it like it was water. He desperately needed the caffeine, craved the taste, all under the watchful eyes of Samantha, who raised her eyebrows at his alarming speed.
“Tough night?”
“That transparent, huh?” Kenny smiled. “Is today a busy day?”
Samantha chuckled and scanne... | You were never the brightest, but you worked hard and did your best, you are a sidekick, you are supposed to give backup to the hero and help them defeat the dark forces, otherwise the world could be in jeopardy or at least that was what they taught you at the academy, but this! This is f*cking ridiculous, at this po... | 2022-06-16T12:19:21 | 2022-06-16T10:28:05 | 106 | 20 |
[WP] A nano-machine accident turned the world to deadly sand, leaving behind scattered enclaves protected by force fields. As a Sandwalker you have psychic control over the sand, allowing you to travel the desert delivering people and cargo while protecting them from the horrors spawned by the sand | The tophat. The shawl. The peculiar ring. But most of all, it was the hourglass. Who else, in this world eaten through and through by the Living sands... would put it in an hourglass and hang it by their waist?
That's how you know she was a Sandwalker. The only kind of person alive who could walk the deserts and not b... | “Aye. Sandwalker, eh?”
I focus hard on my whiskey in front of me, gripping it with my blackened, dirty hands. The fiend to the right of me laughed a high pitched sort of laugh. The one that you get from smoking the meth out here.
“Say, Sandwalker, how much for you to get me to the East side? I got a little girl over... | 2022-08-19T05:47:19 | 2022-08-19T00:45:02 | 125 | 92 |
[WP] "I wish for infinite wishes." "Everyone knows that's not allowed." "Then I wish for 1000 wishes." "Nope, not allowed either." "Fine, then I wish for negative 6 wishes." | The genie stayed stone faced, as he had been since he first appeared. But after a quick blink, the first one I had seen him make, I had realized, his emotionless stare was slowly replaced by a wide grin of recognition. "Wait, hold on," I stammered, "I take it back. What did I just do."
The genie floated silently f... | Contrary to popular belief, genies are not giant blue beings of smoke or clouds, and instead look like a grumpy 80 year old former marine, who has buried his wife, and the only joy in life that have left, is seeing how much they can make a stupid's person life suffer, by twisting their wishes.
And there he sat, arms c... | 2022-12-09T12:11:00 | 2022-12-09T09:09:54 | 174 | 27 |
[WP] Every species in the galaxy eventually fell to a robot uprising, leading to the eradication of their people. Therefore the machine-council of the galaxy are surprised when a newly discovered machine civilisation from a planet they designated "Earth" arrives side by side with their creators. | Human history took a different path. A new path, a unique path. It was something new to the galaxy, and the universe itself. This would be a momentous moment, if not for the living walking bags of skin hide in water!
"Huh... Alexa, save and highlight section 3, subsection 6." *With their intelligence, it comes across... | A sleek white space ship entered the docking bay of the Machine Council.
“The emissary from Earth has arrived, sir.”
“Very well,” said the council chair. “I shall greet them myself.”
The council chair was disturbed by the size of Earth’s delegate. The chair—being none other than a mechanized chair itself—was dwarf... | 2022-12-30T16:50:52 | 2022-12-30T14:31:49 | 121 | 57 |
[WP] A shapeshifter befriends a lonely human multiple times throughout his or her life, but the human thinks it's a different person every time. One day the human realizes that all of his/her friends are really the same person. | "All of them?"
"... Yes"
"Jan, Christie, Jason, Tim, Mia?"
"I'm sorry."
"But.. how? Why?"
"I wish I knew."
"All of them? This whole time?"
"It's a lot to grasp, I know."
"Why?"
"You were lonely... and I guess I was too."
"I need to sit down."
"I'd understand if you never want to speak... | The shapeshifter doesn't remember it's origin. It's been here for far too long. It doesn't even remember it's original name. It has taken the form of too many people. People that throughout the years that have been successful, talented and have had rich life giving experiences. Theses experiences taught this alien cre... | 2014-08-15T10:44:35 | 2014-08-15T08:43:05 | 131 | 12 |
[WP] Frighten me without using any blood, gore or explicit violence. | "Honey?" Jenny hollered from the den. "What are you making in there? It smells terrific!"
"It's a surprise, love! Just you wait and see!" I heard myself yelling back.
She laughed. "Another surprise? It's been one after another ever since you got back from your trip! Who are you and what have you done with my husband?... | It started out as a conscious decision. At least, that's what I remember.
I just wanted to live a more relaxed life, without having to wonder about what's new in fashion or about the latest office gossip. I unscribed from my magazines, and no longer read the paper on my way to work.
Shortly thereafter it started. As... | 2014-11-18T12:21:15 | 2014-11-18T11:25:16 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | It only took a few seconds of staring until the number pops up in the middle of their forehead. Thank goodness for that, since I think I'd go insane seeing numbers everywhere!
Babies and most kids measure from zero to three at most, while grown adults measure up to maybe five or six, depending on their skills in hunti... | Snow swirled across the pavement, little lines of furious strands caught in a frozen wind. At once, they would settle, and at once they would fly with renewed flurry as the bus ploughed up to its stop. The ding of the doors opening broke the bluster of winds, and immense gratitude washed over her as this bus proved war... | 2014-11-29T17:05:40 | 2014-11-29T14:03:49 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] A couple in a restaurant is given a not from the waitress and told that their meal has been paid for by a stranger. They open the note and it says "Enjoy your last meal." | "You're kidding me."
She looked at him.
"It says 'enjoy your last meal'."
"Again?!"
"Third fucking restaurant this week."
"I'm calling the police. This has got to be grounds for harassment or a restraining order or something."
"You do that. I'll be right back."
He walked up to the waiter.
"Excuse me -- has a t... | [Music to listen to while reading this!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-TSXC2ut9o&spfreload=10)
She wore a beautiful white number, a gentle yet elegant fit on her shapely body. The smooth silk emphasized the exquisite nature of her own beauty. She was simply a goddess in the presence of her acolytes.
And the g... | 2015-01-03T14:20:48 | 2015-01-03T14:16:58 | 76 | 17 |
[WP] You go to sleep wearing your Fitbit, in the morning you see you've taken 3,672 steps. | It's the same routine every morning. Wake up in a panic, rub the sleep from my eyes. Look at the clock - 5:00 a.m. It's habit now.
Reach over and check my phone, no facebook notifications. Check my wrist.
I took 3,672 steps last night.
Less than the night before. Finally some progress.
I sit up and slide the covers... | At the end of the day, I was utterly exhausted. Meeting after meeting of mindless drivel and to keep my crappy job, I had to not only appear interested, but to actually pay attention. Usually I like the walk home from the train. It gives me a chance to get some air and decompress, not to mention a bit of exercise, but ... | 2015-02-13T06:56:24 | 2015-02-13T06:29:11 | 63 | 11 |
[WP] You dream every night about the girl of your dreams. You and her connect on every level and you get excited about falling asleep. Then, one day, you and your SO run into her on the street and she instantly recognizes you too... | "That goofy smile is on your face again," Marissa teases. My heart immediately drops and I remove my face of any expression.
"Sorry, I... I had that dream again," I stammer slightly turning away from her in embarrassment.
"Hmm..." she inches closer to me in bed, "Sally still trying to steal you away from me? When wil... | "Venice, yeah. That's where I'd go If I had the chance". The words slipped out of her mouth like warm chocolate, rubbing all over my ears. Gooey and sensational, my face broke into a smile.
"Really? I've always wanted to go. Never really had the money, or time. Or anyone I really want to go with, you know?". I stared ... | 2015-07-25T23:36:36 | 2015-07-25T23:16:02 | 319 | 79 |
[WP] Many milenia ago your significant other was granted immortality and eternal health for themselves and all their loved ones. Today you got sick. | I see her. A brunette with an upturned nose, freckled face and a fair complexion. She’s in her early thirties, starting at me with her warm brown eyes. They haven’t changed since the time I gazed at them ten years ago. I get lost in her eyes, the same way I used to. But, those eyes are now glistening with tears. Silent... | Aurelia was standing next to me, sat on that hospital chair, with the head in her hands, she did not try to hide the sadness that appeared in her eyes when she looked at me directly. She was a beautiful woman, around 30, with long black hair, tall with a beautiful body, and she’s been that way since I met her, 16 years... | 2016-08-05T08:16:58 | 2016-08-05T06:45:27 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Everytime you touch somebody you get a flash of your entire future with them. | I didn't mean to brush up against her as I entered the little coffee shop. It was just one of those things. A small doorway; one person leaving, one entering. Sure, I maybe -- *probably* -- shouldn't have been looking at my newspaper whilst walking.
"Sorry," I murmured, as I held up an apologetic hand. I walked over t... | The future was clear in a way the past had never been. I know, I know, predicting the future is risky business and all, and you’d be better off taking stock tips from a monkey than from a broker – but the past was polluted with memory and stained by starlight. People – myself included – remembered the past the way they... | 2017-01-11T06:16:49 | 2017-01-11T06:16:04 | 615 | 49 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | I’d probably seen a million spells just like it, and they were all cast from the same general situation: witch or wizard falls in love, object of said mage’s affection is completely uninterested, so the witch or wizard decides to take matters into their own hands and cast a love spell. There were probably as many love ... | "Sir, you will not regret this. I swear." Miffle entered my quarters with a bound. The sweet smile in his eyes twittered with anticipation. Miffle's dreams of commanding a prestigious estate in the annals of spellmen's history ever lead his way.
"I see you think you've got something quite exceptional this time, Miff... | 2017-07-25T22:28:38 | 2017-07-25T20:43:49 | 1,359 | 32 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | **Issue: [SEVERE]** 'Magic Hands' spell applied to subject rather than pure conjuration
**Type:** Application
**Severity:** A
**Priority:** 1
**Assigned to:** Matt Traynor
**Submitted by:** Greg Philmore
**Summary:**
Set to severity A because this stupid fucking system doesn't give me a goddamn S-rank for this ... | "Sir, you will not regret this. I swear." Miffle entered my quarters with a bound. The sweet smile in his eyes twittered with anticipation. Miffle's dreams of commanding a prestigious estate in the annals of spellmen's history ever lead his way.
"I see you think you've got something quite exceptional this time, Miff... | 2017-07-26T03:57:13 | 2017-07-25T20:43:49 | 417 | 32 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | "Have you no understanding of class?" I screamed at the timid student. "This spell has no parentheses around the functions! It's a fundamental error!" The student looked up, tears in eye.
"I didn't...I didn't know there was supposed to be a line break between the clover and the breelleaf addition..." he said, but I to... | "Sir, you will not regret this. I swear." Miffle entered my quarters with a bound. The sweet smile in his eyes twittered with anticipation. Miffle's dreams of commanding a prestigious estate in the annals of spellmen's history ever lead his way.
"I see you think you've got something quite exceptional this time, Miff... | 2017-07-26T00:42:52 | 2017-07-25T20:43:49 | 137 | 32 |
[WP] It is 2040, and humanity had finally landed on Mars. Meanwhile, a top secret organization of Martians are forced to hide all evidence of human existence from the Martian people. They are the Martians in Black. | "They are coming, fast, turn the refractive shield on!" Captain Kokarola ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
"Zorba, where is Kurioziti?" Captain asked, impatient.
"Sir?"
"Kurioziti! The robot! Where is the robot!"
"Curiosity is already in the place he was last seen ... | How do you count time in a timeless place? The sun moves, circling like some fly, far away and distant, and night falls and day comes but everything remains black red. How do you stop one day from bleeding into the next? When does the hope run out as the minutes keep piling on?
*They're not coming. No one will come.*... | 2017-08-22T04:41:07 | 2017-08-22T04:13:49 | 72 | 19 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | Grandpa was running toward me screaming "STOP STAY AWAY! HE HAS THE POWER TO STOP TI..."
And suddenly everyone stopped, again, all I saw was Dio screaming "ZA WARUDO" before it happened.
I could barely move a finger, but I saw it happening in front of me, Dio just murdered my grandfather!
When time resumed I was ver... | I flipped it.
——
Social anxiety is a bitch, but this thing makes it easier.
It’s a Saturday afternoon and the mall is bustling. I just wanted to buy some new clothes, but it’s a day when everyone comes. I blink and they stop.
The world goes silent and every person is still. I slip around people and head off to Ma... | 2018-01-26T07:03:15 | 2018-01-26T06:55:50 | 71 | 39 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | The time stops. The first time it had happened was months ago, and only for a few shocking seconds. I remember being afraid I'd had a stroke or something, but I never got it checked out. How do you tell a doctor that one second you're eating lunch and then nothing moves but you?
The second time was maybe five minut... | I was seven the first time it happened. The teacher was in the middle of having us recite our multiplication tables. I was daydreaming, staring absentmindedly into space while the sun shining through the windows lulled me into a pleasant state of drowsiness. It took a few seconds for me to realize the monotone drone o... | 2018-01-26T07:14:36 | 2018-01-26T07:03:03 | 39 | 23 |
[WP] On your deathbed you confide to your nurse the fact that you were a serial killer who got away with your crimes. "Me too," She replies wryly. | I try to pick up my spoon, determined to feed myself. It shakes in my hand, no matter how I tighten my grip, but I will not concede defeat, and manage to get a small dose of soup into my mouth. It is bland, tasteless. How far I have fallen.
After so many years of faithful service, the Lady Death now turns her black e... | I just needed to see the look in *someone’s* eyes before I croaked, that moment when they realised what had been right under their nose all along.
Getting away with murder is good for the ego, but does tend to get old after a while. Or in my case, thirty years.
After the diagnosis, I had it all planned out. A game of... | 2018-02-27T06:48:32 | 2018-02-27T06:25:09 | 2,540 | 78 |
[WP] "So they are a war species then, huh." The alien scratched his head: "Why are you interested in them. The humans, i mean." The other alien got closer. "They fight for peace. No war species ever fights for peace." | I’m one-hundred and four now and there are more things than not that I have forgotten in my life. I can’t tell you the first time I traveled to another planet. I can’t recall the name of my instructor from school. And, I’ve even forgotten the name of my first friend in under school. I can, however, remember to this day... | Hidden in space-thick, as humans would know to call it in 830 years, two high spectrum semi-intelligent colony aggregates spectated human history through a light beading-apparatus. Homo sapiens, blissfully unaware of its clandestine observers, plodded through time slowly and clumsily. The duo sensed closely. They commu... | 2018-03-17T05:52:27 | 2018-03-17T05:20:00 | 176 | 90 |
[WP] You are the rebellious teenage child of a demon. In the midst of volunteering for a soup kitchen, your demon parent crashes into the building with their luxury vehicle, screaming about how you're "tearing this family apart." | "This is cold!" The ratty old homeless man threw the bowl of mushroom soup at my face. It's not his fault he's crazy. Goodwill is the way into heaven after all, and I can only do my best, even if every fibre in my body wants to put that ingrate through a wall. Momma always taught me to ignore people like that. Leeches ... | I was slowly stirring the white asparagus soup in a counterclockwise motion. I kept a tedious tempo, and though not the most stimulation task, I knew the result would benefit from my patience. As sudden and unbecoming as the pain from a kidney stone, a thunderous crash usurped the soup kitchen, as the back wall to the ... | 2018-12-03T15:25:51 | 2018-12-03T14:11:00 | 48 | 14 |
[WP] Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | As per usual, I started with a control—my beautiful infant daughter. We had left her alone several minutes ago to nap, so I rose from my desk and padded over to the nursery, feet gingerly landing on the hardwood floor.
I twisted the doorknob carefully and crept inside the dim room, trying not to startle her. I stalke... | Max had just woke up from one of those long naps that leave you feeling heavy and confused. Slowly he moved his feet towards the floor and got up with a stretch. He opened his phone to see 17:00 staring at him. Shit. Max had missed the most important time of the day for the 3rd time this week. His new job left him exha... | 2019-07-01T23:03:11 | 2019-07-01T22:45:08 | 72 | 34 |
[WP] We don't know why but aliens have come to steal our pets and by god what a mistake on their part. Nothing has united the world and angered the masses more than the thought of our furry, scaly, or any other type of babies being taken. | The steps echoed on the concrete floor of the bunker as I escorted the VIP to the conference room.
The sick fucks here in Europe had landed in Switzerland. When notice of what was happening in the rest of the world came we didn't believe it, it was too crazy a story to fall for, especially with the conflicts between E... | In the following years of mourning and ranting by the disrupted masses, the now stagnant beauty of the natural world that we chose to enjoy has also brought upon us an era of pondering over what could be of a world void of our beloved wildlife. When I first noticed the trend in the spike of intellectual activity among ... | 2019-08-17T14:55:04 | 2019-08-17T14:45:44 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] As an atheist, you are shocked to realize that there is an after life after death. Standing in front of countless heavenly gates, you are swarmed by representatives of each faith, all trying to convince you to choose their happily ever after package. | The reaper pushed the people away from the gate with the back of his scythe and spoke with a deep bellowing voice. "You have many options, you should review them carefully before deciding, now I must go."
He disappeared with a wisp of black smoke. I never believed in god, or an afterlife, or anything like that, but h... | “What’s she doing?”
“Yeah, why she just layin’ there like a dead cat?”
“She smells funny.”
I groan and attempt to peel open a crusty eyelid. It’s so bright and my whole body aches in places I didn’t know could ache and where am I and why are these people so close to my face.
“Oh, there she is! Hello there, my nam... | 2019-10-08T22:03:29 | 2019-10-08T21:14:58 | 83 | 31 |
[WP] A broke adventure has to buy cheap terrible items with weird curses on them. Little do they know that those cursed items happen to synergize so well together that they quickly become overpowered. | When Derrick declared his intent of joining our adventuring group, we nearly died of laughter (which would have been quite embarrassing, considering all that we had survived up to that point). Here we were, a renown party of dragon-slayers and spelunkers of such places as the freezing Azura Tundra and the deadly Mount... | "I'll give you this for-- all you have," the shopkeeper grinned. "I'm being generous, trust me."
Gram sighed, and tossed the satchel on the counter. Ten shekels seemed far too much for a cheaply made trinket, but if the Oracle had willed it who was he to argue against it? Besides, Gram knew that those shekels were dif... | 2019-12-02T16:39:48 | 2019-12-02T15:34:46 | 156 | 33 |
[WP] One of the other super-villains have captured the hero and they want to unmask him in front of the other super-villains. You’re one of the super-villains watching, and you’re having way too much fun fighting the hero that you don’t want the mystery to be spoiled. | I was watching *The Simpsons* when the broadcast was interrupted. I immediately recognized Zapper, but she looked like she had been mugged, her head slumped and her admittedly pretty cool costume ripped.
Then I heard Hydro’s obnoxious, sneering voice. God, I hated that kid. That upstart had only been around for a mont... | (Warning- some mild swearing)
"Wait" Lizard Man's hand stopped still, an inch from the mask of the hero knelt before him. His head snapped around to look at me, confusion and irritation replacing the excitement that had painted his face mere moments before.
"Waaait?" the rest of the faces in the room soon turned to l... | 2020-09-04T12:48:58 | 2020-09-04T11:56:17 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] "Our goddess was kind, benevolent, and perfect in every way. She protected us." The priest looks to you. You stand before him, holding a weapon stained with divine blood. Then he asks. "Why did you kill her?" | "That bitch not only ruined my life but the lives of others because they were different." I said as I stood infront of the priest. My sword was bathed in the blood of the goddess. She had played the role of a benevolent god towards all the humans who worshipped her. To the humanoid and sentient races, she was an evil g... | My elders spared no expense. The robes I was adorned with and the caravan we rode in on was as decadent as the next in line to the divine temple. Almost feeling guilty of the burden the small covenant had to carry to bring all this together, I maintained my cover. A single welt was left under the vestments that would s... | 2020-11-23T12:24:21 | 2020-11-23T11:40:36 | 50 | 27 |
[WP] You die with your cell phone in your hands, and the afterlife customs agents miss it when letting you in. You find that it still works, and you can connect to the internet and contact people in the living world. | I made sure the phone was turned off then set it on the dinette table. It had vibrated in my pocket on the walk from the gate to my new afterlife digs, prompting the guide to pause for just long enough to make me wonder if she was fixing to eject me from this new life. It was weird; I assumed that, as a dead person, m... | Posted by u/Apocryphon_from_Bynd \[Claims to post from beyond\] - 7 hours ago
**Recently deceased, can still access Internet, what to do with this ability?**
This may require you to suspend your disbelief for a bit, but please hear me out before you disregard my post outright.
On the 19th of January, I, Arthur McKin... | 2021-01-20T14:01:14 | 2021-01-20T11:51:49 | 1,552 | 216 |
[WP] You've made an impressive name for yourself as an exorcist, getting rid of some of the nastiest hauntings there are. What nobody knows is that you don't have a particular talent for it; you yourself are just haunted by a spirit so terrifying, that even ghosts flee before it. | So there I was and there was Bloody Mary. How did I get here? After just about a decade of exorcism. Yes, that is the work experience required to get the license to exorcise the scourge of ladies washrooms.
I was apprehensive of Bloody Mary not because of a fear of blood or nuns. No -- Bloody Mary wasn't a nun. It was... | Many, including Father Nathaniel, had long been curious about the famous Cerie. Born Jamie Young, she quickly grew a reputation as a successful exorcist who claimed no allegiance to any particular faith, whose mere presence was enough to shoo away any ghost or demon. So when he was offered a chance to watch her perform... | 2021-04-03T10:04:37 | 2021-04-03T09:27:38 | 82 | 48 |
[WP] You get Isekai'd into an RPG world. Unlike the inhabitants, you know a secret. Why go and put yourself into danger to level up when you can have an exercise routine to make yourself stronger? | The bartender was stunned. "I don't get it. That guy had muscles the size of watermelons. I saw him lift a horse yesterday! You've got arms like noodles, how did you arm-wrestle him?"
Anton grinned. "Stats in this world are coded poorly. Acrobatics, for example, goes up faster if you fall off a mountain than if you ju... | Great... in the middle of an experiment something went wrong. The blast took out half of the building and damaged two other buildings. Arata of course was blissfully unaware of the damage he cause because, obviously he was dead. Dead as a mice and not a piece of him will be found in the rubble.
Arata awoke in a bright... | 2021-04-16T04:59:42 | 2021-04-16T03:48:06 | 108 | 16 |
[WP] The general rule across the galaxy is that The cuter a species is , the more bloodthirsty, violent and xenophobic it is . Humans , being humans , insist on petting most of them however. | The higher functioning life forms of the universe were generally not pleasant to look at. The Galactic Council was generally not a pleasant looking gathering. The Julaxi delegation suppurated, the Ao's tusks clacked, and the humans... just were. They were so basic in general appearance it was only thier mastery of dark... | I never understood why humans are so feared by the rest of the universe.
The more diplomatic races fear our propensity for discovering and mass producing new mass extintion devices, but they're only that in theory. Yes, things like the Jack-O'-Lantern solution are capable of creating an army of the dead, but its been... | 2021-07-09T16:59:29 | 2021-07-09T16:06:35 | 162 | 77 |
[WP] You're a high level black mage with a few healing spells but everyone thinks you're a terrible cleric because you only ever use healing spells. | I have stood on the edge of chaos, and fought back oblivion. I have held the world aloft in my hands and saved it from the death eaters. I have fought countless battles against terrible foes. I have died and been reborn. My name is feared throughout the multiverse.
But at last I have found peace.
In a small town near... | Mages Got Talent was set to be the biggest live event in the smallest town of the Medium Kingdom--Parvus.
The quaint locale was positively buzzing--with excitement, and errant magical fallouts from people who thought they were much better at the arcane than they really were--at the thought of three moderately famous s... | 2021-09-03T10:55:58 | 2021-09-03T10:45:13 | 669 | 29 |
[WP] You're a high level black mage with a few healing spells but everyone thinks you're a terrible cleric because you only ever use healing spells. | For seven days, the battle raged.
In the deepest chamber of the darkest dungeon, the Sacred Brotherhood had made their stand against the cultists. For seven days they fought, till their blades shattered to splinters and the last of their holy magic was exhausted. Then they spilled their lifeblood upon the foul stone a... | I took this in a slightly different way, where the black mage doesn't know any healing spells. Hopefully it still works!
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Brath aimed his eyes to the sky, the blue infinity stretching out past the jagged tops of mountains, and he breathed in. *Don't kill anyone today. Remember what they told you about managing anger... | 2021-09-03T08:27:55 | 2021-09-03T08:25:10 | 503 | 108 |
[WP] You have passive mind-reading. You hear the thoughts of those closest to you. Rather than use it to your advantage You instead use it to give precision compliments to brighten people's day. | I was almost 16 when the powers kicked in. Nothing special. Not flying in the air, not becoming invisible and not telekinesis. But I did start hearing murmurs. Little whispers when I was around people.
I was frightened initially to be honest. I thought it was schizophrenia. But slowly I realized that I was simply he... | ‘I’m gonna fail, Im gonna fail, I’m gonna fail, I’m gonna fail.’ The one overwhelming thought was all I heard when I was looking at today’s interviewee, a portly man in his forties. Poor guy. From what I’d scanned, he seemed to be an excellent candidate. We’d be hiring him.
“Hello Mr. Kingsman, welcome to the intervi... | 2021-11-18T09:02:36 | 2021-11-18T08:43:25 | 344 | 32 |
[WP] In a world where you can exchange the remaining days of your life for $9.99/day, Jeff's request for $1000 is declined. | "Want another dance sweetie" she whispers in his ear.
Flipping his pockets inside out he silently tells her he's all tapped out. Not being one to take the first no she grabs his crotch and says "You're young baby.. We just got a new health bank ATM installed"
The young man requests $1000 rolls up his sleeve and sta... | He had been in tight places before, but ever since the car accident he had been living paycheck to paycheck since he couldn’t initially afford the deductible for the bodywork. With a deep sigh, he took out a payday loan with a huge amount of interest attached to it, knowing that he wouldn’t be able to recoup the money... | 2014-07-10T09:28:51 | 2014-07-10T08:46:08 | 166 | 100 |
[WP] A crooked cop meets an honorable thief. | "I'll let you go if you hand me the money."
Silence.
"*I said*, I'll let you go if you give me the money."
The thief turned slowly, seeing first, not the man, but instead the barrel of a gun and a shiny NYPD badge.
The man that the gun and badge were attached stood in the shadows. The thief tried to make out his fa... | "Just one more time" he tells himself over and over as the glass shatters. "If I don't then we'll be fucked" the thought rattles in his head as his feet crunch on the broken glass. DallyBoy had been in and out of prison which only made him a better crook. But going back wouldn't be in option so he was careful not to ge... | 2015-04-01T10:58:57 | 2015-04-01T10:17:57 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] A single, socially awkward single father attempts to teach the "birds and the bees" using the first two items he sees in his house. | Richard stretched out on his recliner with TV remote in hand, sipping a cup of coffee. He loved the quiet of Saturday mornings.
"Dad, aren't you supposed to give me 'the talk' about sex?"
*"What."*
His head whipped in the direction of his eight year old son. The feeling of a minor burn on his legs informed him that ... | Chuck grabbed Mr. Snuggles, the family cat, up off the couch he had been sleeping upon with his left right hand, and then picked up an emerald green vase his mother had bought from South Africa with his left. He’d never been too fond of the glass piece, always found it to be a bit more menacing than he liked. Apparentl... | 2015-04-17T09:50:12 | 2015-04-17T09:39:33 | 32 | 22 |
[WP] You are a high school student that's secretly the author of a best-seller sci-fi/fantasy novel based on your real-life adventures involving aliens, magic, time traveling, etc. Your English teacher is having the class read your book and he's getting everything wrong. | Mr. Onsager held up the book. "What did you all think?"
A chorus of 'we liked it' and 'great' went round the room. _Thanks, peeps. Y'all got my back._
"All right. Do you know why I picked this book out?"
We had had all been wondering that, and were curious to see what his answer was.
"It provides a perfect example ... | (your name is Steve Lemons)
(yes, your last name is Lemons)
(it is better than being called Steve Limes)
(right now you are sitting in the back of your classroom with a smug face)
(you are the coolest and most mysterious high school kid in the world)
(just yesterday you fought an alien overlord with your home made li... | 2015-10-12T14:55:21 | 2015-10-12T13:11:40 | 106 | 25 |
[WP] After years of gentile persuasion your best friend since childhood finally agrees to seek professional help for serious mental problems. Much to your dismay, as she begins to improve you slowly start to realize that you are her imaginary friend.
Edit: I see what I did wrong and I see what you did there ;) I'm lea... | "He keeps telling me there's something wrong with me. That I'm sick in the head or something."
"Well, how about we talk about your problems? Would you like something to drink?"
"A Coke would be nice."
"Sure. You want a snack with that? How about some pork rinds?"
"Oy gevalt!" | I'm writing this to you while I'm still able. I'm hoping you'll read this at some point, but now I'm not so sure you will.
I'll admit, I was sad and a little hurt when I realized the truth, but after thinking about it awhile, I'm not surprised. After all, why else would an amazing girl like you hang out with a dork ... | 2015-11-17T05:55:31 | 2015-11-17T04:31:14 | 101 | 67 |
[WP] A thousand years ago an extraterrestrial race visited earth, decided our magicians and sorcerers were too powerful, and planted a device deep within the heart of the earth which suppresses magical abilities. Its reach extends to the Moon but not to Mars.
- JDL | Suddenly my hands burst into flames, but they didn't burn, they just produced heat. Stretching out my arms caused the fire to shoot out into a massive blaze.
To think that the first man to walk on mars would also be the first superhero!
Taking off my helmet, I realized that I could also breathe without any oxygen. I ... | It was a long and harrowing journey. They landed as different people, different from those who had set out from the only home they had ever known. They were older now, weary and a little broken, but they had survived. The first humans to set foot on another planet made their landfall on the first day of a new life. Bli... | 2016-10-01T17:46:31 | 2016-10-01T17:34:20 | 65 | 37 |
[WP] After years of "my old friend," the Darkness is tired of being friendzoned. | Justin Hawkins threw his guitar across the room.
‘What the fuck man?’ He shrieked as his perfectly combed hair flicked across his head, ‘We’re a golden album selling, Million Dollar Strong band and all groupies want to do is come backstage and talk! I need a Girlfriend’
His brother, Dan, placed a hand on his should... | Gabriel stumbled and twirled away from the door as it closed behind him, swallowing up the music and the voices. The air was cool and crisp and purple in the dying streetlights. He rubbed his eyes and tried to remember where the subway was. Left or right? Right? Right, right?
He drew a deep breath, turned to the righ... | 2016-10-06T08:20:32 | 2016-10-06T07:12:32 | 45 | 16 |
[WP] After years of "my old friend," the Darkness is tired of being friendzoned. | Hello darkness my old friend,
I'll never talk to you again.
Last time you acted so entitled,
I only joked but you felt spited,
Took my friendship,
but always bargained for something more,
called me a bore -
enjoy the sound of silence!
-
And it's the naked truth I saw,
You only listened to my call
whenever ... | Gabriel stumbled and twirled away from the door as it closed behind him, swallowing up the music and the voices. The air was cool and crisp and purple in the dying streetlights. He rubbed his eyes and tried to remember where the subway was. Left or right? Right? Right, right?
He drew a deep breath, turned to the righ... | 2016-10-06T08:52:46 | 2016-10-06T07:12:32 | 45 | 16 |
[WP] Humans are capable of magic, we are just out of mana. Then a small store starts selling "mana potions" but of course no one belives it at first. | The glow was hypnotizing. Video games had never done them justice, mana potions weren't just blue, they were *blue*. They put all other blue things to shame, glowed with such pure, brilliant blue that the world took on a yellowish tinge after even a glance at it. It made my skin tingle, and made me want to do up my bla... | “I swear, this isn’t drugs, this isn’t false advertising, this isn’t illegal! They’re actual mana potions!” I tried desperately to explain to the police but they just wouldn’t accept it.
“This is false advertising because you’re either not making clear this dust is aesthetic, or these are drugs.” Said the large pink a... | 2016-10-25T05:07:56 | 2016-10-25T03:46:05 | 69 | 20 |
[WP] you are in a league of people with useless superpowers. Your power: The ability to change the temperature of things by only 1°F.
First post here, glad it's doing well :) | The league laughed.
"Really? You can change temperature by a degree Fahrenheit!? That's it!?" laughed Brick Boy, whose sole ability is to turn his left foot into a brick.
"Bahahaha! That's useless even by our standards!" jeered the Naturist, who could listen and converse with daisies. The daisies speak only Spanish. ... | We are under attack! Why would anyone attack us! We are harmless! Origami Boy, come in are you there?
-gunfire then static-
Oh no, no, no! Color Wheel, Pleasant Dreams, One Degree Wonder, anyone are you there?
This is 1DW, I'm ok they haven't seen me yet. What is your status, Dog Whisperer?
I'm in the caf... | 2016-12-07T05:48:03 | 2016-12-07T05:26:15 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] The reason Aliens can't contact humans is because they live in a time frame that goes at the speed of light. They are born, breath, move, fly, and think in less than a microsecond. We appear to be standing still to them. | “It's like... looking through a history book…” she said softly, as if they would be offended.
“Actually, you're not far off.” I replied, trying to calm the thoughts that I imagined were racing through her head.
“How long have you known? About...this?” I could hear the disdain building in her voice.
“About six ... | Smoke slowly raised from the silver capsule. Dr. William Hawthorne scratched his grey mustache, leaning in with the most anticipation. He stared through his thick glasses towards the scene.
"Let me out! Let me out!” a muffled voice screamed from inside the capsule.
Dr. Hawthorne signaled his team to release the man c... | 2017-05-30T12:23:10 | 2017-05-30T10:58:06 | 203 | 90 |
[WP] "Liar." "I'm telling the truth. They put themselves in pressurized metal boxes and launch themselves out of their planet with liquid fuel canisters. Humans are insane." | "And this chemical, they put it in their veins?"
Hambruck could barley comprehend the concept.
"Yes bro! Humans are insane! You've gotta try this!"
Hambruck wrapped his varsity jacket tighter in the cold air, he paced up the hill following Chad.
Chad jumped into the pressurized metal box that was waiting for them ... | "What a bunch of smelly dweebs," I thought to myself. My two best friends were talking about humans, but what about me? My wet, juicy tentacle wrapped slid slipperily into the bag of Cheeto's and wrapped around a single cheeto, then began retracting and jiggling towards my oral orifice. The bag was almost empty, but no... | 2017-12-16T14:05:38 | 2017-12-16T13:02:31 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | "Wow, this is... Whats your name?"
"It doesn't matter..." The mess of human woman told me. Doubled over a table top counter with a bottle in hand, just panties and bra in and smelling like several kinds of drinks. "You said, you're the second guy, right? Whens your brother getting here?" She straightened up momentari... | I did not know what to say.
Ibem shrugged. "What's the matter? I'm dead right? You're the Grim Reaper here to take my soul away? *Whoosh whoosh?*" He made vague scything motions with his hands.
"No, I'm not him. I'm his...brother. Well, sort of like a brother. And the scythe thing is just his weird affection. Obs... | 2018-05-12T18:18:51 | 2018-05-12T16:14:04 | 63 | 10 |
[WP] You've been happily married for 15 years. You decide it's been enough time to divulge your secret superhero persona to your spouse. They respond with, "Well, as your arch nemesis, this changes things a bit." | "Well, honey, it's time you knew: I'm not keeping an affair from you. It's more like a second job. You see, I'm a superhero," I said.
Jennifer frowned. "I... see. Um... which one?"
It was a less excited reaction than I thought I'd be getting, to be honest. Admittedly, I had figured the excitement would either ... | In front of the capitol building a news reporter stutters out their most exciting statement to date: "the super hero identity disclosure embargo has been lifted! As declassification of government super hero operations continues, stay tuned for the stunning revelations of who’s who and what super heroes live near you!"
... | 2018-05-18T12:04:00 | 2018-05-18T11:23:16 | 1,178 | 35 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | "Do you realize what you have don Abalam?!" my owner screamed, his human skin curling under the fire of his true form.
I clenched my fists, for I knew the punishment that was to come. But I did not repent.
"She asked for our services-"
"She's UNDERAGE! we never do deals with those who cannot understand the weight of... | "Who dares summon the prince of darkness?" I bellow as the smoke clears. I didn't add that I was not he, but his representative. An often overlooked footnote of the spell allows me to come in his place.
Instead of any meaningful answer, I just got an ear splitting shriek. I looked down, and there cowering and scoottin... | 2018-10-08T13:40:21 | 2018-10-08T12:27:28 | 191 | 86 |
[WP] For decades, humanity has lived in absolute harmony with its galactic neighbors. When a new civilization arrives with intent to conquer, however, our capacity for destruction is rekindled, and it's unlike anything the galaxy has ever seen | When we came in conquest we were laughed at. I the Grand Warlord of the Xakkai, Conquer of a Billion Stars. Destroyer of a million fleets. Apocalyptic Judge of a thousand worlds. I who had slain more within my life than I could count was...
Laughed at.
Oh how I can hear the sound even now mocking me, if I had underst... | "Balance and harmony only come between like-minded peoples," I said, eying the child in front of me. She was a good kid, I could tell, and gullible too. "But that's what we were, before the Enlightenment."
"You remember the Enlightenment?" she said, her little Plutonian eyes sparkling with Sol's light. She was from o... | 2019-03-03T20:21:40 | 2019-03-03T18:51:47 | 229 | 37 |
[WP] One day in your bedroom, you try for the first time to hold your breath for as long as possible. It's now been 5 hours, and you start thinking something is wrong. | Something is off, I am still holding my breath, it has been almost five hours. I am dead, I'm so sure of it. I mean living things need air. I haven't took a breath in almost FIVE HOURS.
My eyes flick towards my alarm clock, the red digits stating what I already knew, 5:43 PM. Dinner will soon be ready, what do I tell ... | A buzzing noise similar to that of a gnat perturbed my ear, making me scratch it in annoyance. Though that only temporarily washed away the sinister sound. I could hear the birds chirping under the murky trance I had placed myself in. Coincidently enough, I continued to stare at myself in my wife’s mirror. How much tim... | 2019-06-30T00:09:12 | 2019-06-29T20:08:45 | 596 | 17 |
[WP] You've discovered time travel. You travel 30 years into the future, only to discover that in doing so, you've been missing for the past 30 years.
[deleted] | The plan was simple.
Step 1: Get the down low of the last 30 years from future me.
Step 2: Wall Street shall have a new God.
I would wait at my hometown's Starbucks, not because they do good coffee- stuff's sweet enough to make a baby sick. But unlike babies from my hometown, this place was the only thing I knew wou... | As I stepped foot into the future, I came to form in a cloud of red mist, accompanied by a shrill singing which echoed throughout my mind, mocking me with its grating melody. My entire body was racked with agony, as if the fatigue of a hundred years total came to greet me in those first few moments.
There was a though... | 2020-03-03T05:24:42 | 2020-03-03T03:41:39 | 1,446 | 1,028 |
[WP] The aliens found our ability to form a pack-bond with almost anything amusing. However, they found the ability of almost anything to form a pack-bond with us terrifying. | Captain's log: I had heard about humans pack bonding with everything, but this is getting rediculous. When I first agreed to allow a human to serve on the crew, I got the standard documentation to inform me of their needs, any hazards they might pose to the other crew members, and any other information that would be ne... | Claude looked at the com-screen unit on his hand — it was blank.
He tapped on it once, twice, but nothing came on it.
It had happened before. Every time he fed *this* question in it, the com-unit failed to translate the question to the local language of this planet. It worked okay otherwise if he fed other questions ... | 2020-10-16T03:23:51 | 2020-10-16T01:46:17 | 40 | 29 |
[WP] In a near future police interrogation is preformed by an AI. You are set in a dark room where the detective AI sifts through your social media and data, building cases in real time while monitoring any facial tells or story inconsistencies. Slowly revealing it is judge jury and executioner. | “Blood pressure rising. Heart rate increasing by a factor of two. Please repeat your answer.”
The voice was human enough, but its owner still bore the unmistakable signs of a machine: the softly-glowing blue eyes, rigid movements, a glowing blue thread running through the left side of the face, through the eye - all t... | The streetlights were alive. They hummed and flickered and seemed to invade Aldan’s thoughts as he walked across the wet cracked concrete of the alleyway. Walls towered around him like a prison cell. The city had trapped him. He paused at the painted mural of a postal worker slipping unmarked packages into a blue mailb... | 2020-12-22T06:51:23 | 2020-12-22T04:30:00 | 93 | 58 |
[WP] You are a demon that has had several failed attempts on your life by demon hunters. No matter how they use their holy powers they cannot harm you and as a result they consider you extremely powerful. In truth, the holy powers don't harm you for the simple reason that you aren't actually evil. | No one ever told me that becoming a demon would be such an inconvenience. I mean, the cool powers are neat, and being almost immortal is a lot better than I thought it would be. However, being a henchman for the man downstairs comes with one big inconvenience: demon hunters.
Ever since I became a demon, demon hunters ... | _I'm the "forever DM" of my Dungeons & Dragons group, and I keep a big list of quest ideas. So, this story is written with that format and usage in mind. Try to imagine sitting at a table with your friends, and visualize one of them as the DM dramatically bringing the story to life in their own way as the rest of y... | 2021-02-22T22:11:04 | 2021-02-22T20:34:39 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] The exorcist prayed and prayed, begging the demon to leave the childs body and return to the depths of hell. But he knew something was wrong when a distorted voice shouted out "He won't let me leave!" | "He won't let me leave!" The unnaturally deep and harsh voice of the demon issued from the child's mouth, and the priest's eyes widened in confusion.
"He won't let you leave?" The priest repeated.
"No!" It was the child this time who shouted, seemingly on control again. "Don't send him away, please!"
"Billy, you hav... | So many exorcisms.....Patt was getting older and older and the demons were getting any wiser, see Patt had a reputation amongst his peers and clients, from a young age he knew demons were real while nobody else believed him, so on that note when the rapture happened, only when he was a small lad did he help recover and... | 2021-12-28T11:20:56 | 2021-12-28T09:18:12 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] Write a children's story with a terrible moral. | Ever been hurt & not known what to do,
When a bully at school would come up to you,
Steal your lunch & make you eat glue?
Well I'm Uncle Sam & you've got your rights!
Don't be a bitch, son, learn how to fight!
Nobody cares for you. No one in sight.
No one is coming to help with your plight.
No... | Once upon a time, there were two little ducklings who lived on a pond. The ducklings were identical twins, and they were beautiful. Why, even Mr. Toad had to admit that they were the best looking ducklings he had ever seen on his little pond. And Mrs. Robin could hardly look at the ducklings without pangs of jealous... | 2015-02-18T20:53:44 | 2015-02-18T20:06:32 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] 1000 years from now, Reddit's many bots have been uploaded into robot bodies. In a post-apocalyptic world, they strive to fulfil their original programming.
Inspired by [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2x1vvs/til_that_this_march_14_will_be_an_extra_special/cowijw3) comment. | I saw him in a bar. The son of a bitch was drinking Venusian whiskey, wiping the pink droplets off his mustache between sips.
"What the fuck are you doing here?"
"Who are you?"
"Don't give me that bullshit."
He looked me in the eye. His left pupil snapped shut and then opened.
"Looks like you replaced the thing I... | Feb 25, 3015. Jack just came home after a long day at work and is looking forward to simply have a relaxing dinner and a nice evening.
"I'm home!" he said, as usual, in the cheering voice he has always been loved for, to see the usual answer being Snoop, his ever-so-loyal dog, happily jumping on him to welcome him.
O... | 2015-02-25T06:43:50 | 2015-02-25T06:26:59 | 127 | 18 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I have the best boobs in the world.
I'm not, like, egotistical or anything. Heck, some days I don't even want them, but it's undeniable. That was my mutation. April 24th, 2014, the day I developed the best pair of breasts anyone has ever had.
At first, I was actually a little stoked. I mean, my rack is *amazing*. It ... | "Wait, are you serious?"
"Yeah, man, that's what I'm tellin' ya."
"Dude, that is amazing! You know what you could do with this power? You could-"
"Change the world, I know."
We both sat there, in silence and in awe. My new power was unique, it was different, and the limitations of it was virtually endless, and that... | 2022-05-10T21:44:19 | 2015-03-04T00:50:47 | 1,457 | 507 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | Everyone wants a hug or a handshake. At least, everyone who knows. Our family reunion is in two days and my phone keeps ringing off the hook with cousins, uncles, and aunts saying how excited they are to see me. They know of course. All of them. I just wish Gramma would stop calling me "Orgazmo."
Edit: typo | I remember details before (yellow light,
green), details after('catch him, Lou!') but the searing pain ripping those hours out of mind are like constant needles pushing at my eyeballs from behind. I'd heard the stories, seen the anxious hushed terror my mothers eyes as it approched, had known its happening was slithe... | 2015-03-04T04:28:11 | 2015-03-04T04:05:10 | 92 | 27 |
[WP] You have a special type of clairvoyance: you can see the outcomes of all possible choices. You use this power to become a superhero that fights crime by making the smallest possible changes ahead of time. You are The Butterfly. | I picked up the phone. It wasn't time to order the pizza yet, but I wanted to be ready. If I ordered too early then Ryan would end up making the delivery. If he took the delivery then he'd end up getting the big order just before close and he'd text his girlfriend Sarah that he was going to have to stay back later. She... | "TONIGHT ON ACTION NEWS 7!" A loud, gruff male voice came blasting out of the TV. The logo shot across the scree before giving away to the anchor man.
"Butterflies. We've all see the bugs fluttering in the wind. Some places say they are a mark of good fortune, while others say impending doom. Tonight we are going to ... | 2015-03-14T23:16:22 | 2015-03-14T21:39:18 | 154 | 23 |
[WP] A young child summons a demon, but they only want a friend.
Inspired by this **NSFW** [manga](https://bato.to/comic/_/comics/the-sister-of-the-woods-with-a-thousand-young-r18806) | In the dark
On the depth of night
I was summoned
Once again
 
A little boy
He made a wish
The lonely boy
We had a deal
 
Riches or lovers
He didn’t want
A true friend
Was all he asked
 
For such a thing
His soul was mine
Just had to endure
Until he died
 
Envy an... | Her father explained his practices in layman’s terms. I mean, the child was only five years old at the time; who would tell their little princess that they were summoning demons from astral planes to exhort and control others for power? No, daddy summoned friends, who helped him with work.
She carried this belief for... | 2016-05-19T00:23:01 | 2016-05-18T21:34:23 | 145 | 32 |
[WP]: Children are named by the traits they are fated to have - Brave, Serene, Deeply Caring, Unmoved - and of course your lovely daughter, Bites People. | Get your ass down stairs NOW young lady!! Nana NearlyDeaf will be here any minute! Your father TakesOutTheGarbage is cutting the grass and your brother MowsTheLawn is tossing out the trash! Now get down here and help me with dinner! AlwaysYells took a breath, then let it out. You can do this!
When her daughter BitesPeo... | The elder troll sat silently in his chair. His long gray robes draped over his frail body. The chair made from an old oak long since felled by magical hands. They called him "He who decides". He raised a gnarled moss colored hand. His knobby index finger beckoned to the crowd.
"Who else needs my wisdom?" the ancient ... | 2016-11-17T07:28:22 | 2016-11-17T06:37:14 | 42 | 30 |
[WP]: Children are named by the traits they are fated to have - Brave, Serene, Deeply Caring, Unmoved - and of course your lovely daughter, Bites People. | As our daughter came home from school with yet another note, my wife Suffers Patiently looked across the table at me with her practiced derision. "Why the fuck did you name her that?"
"You don't know me," I said. "I do what I want."
But it was a lie. We were all prisoners of the legacies our parents left for us, bor... | The elder troll sat silently in his chair. His long gray robes draped over his frail body. The chair made from an old oak long since felled by magical hands. They called him "He who decides". He raised a gnarled moss colored hand. His knobby index finger beckoned to the crowd.
"Who else needs my wisdom?" the ancient ... | 2016-11-17T07:56:54 | 2016-11-17T06:37:14 | 42 | 30 |
[WP] Each month, a member of the Exotic Meats Club hosts a dinner and tries to one-up the last month's host. Ever since Karl hunted and served a Yeti, things have started getting... weird. | Exotic Meats Club:
...
...
...
10/12/1998: Albert: Ostrich wings, roasted.
10/15/1998: Ben: panda chop cooked medium-rare.
11/02/1998: Karl: Yeti flesh roasted with acorn atop a campfire.
11/12/1998: Igor: Dragon meat served on their scales.
11/20/1998: Albert : Kraken sausage and exotic spices.
11/29/1998: He... | I was invited by my good friend Mr. Karl Plinkton to join him at Hong Kong and dine at the Exotic Meats Club. I wasn't a very avid meat eater myself - I didn't enjoy picking out food from my teeth - but Karl was my friend and the club was prestigious. It would have been silly to refuse.
So I graciously accepted his o... | 2016-11-24T09:20:20 | 2016-11-24T08:47:04 | 461 | 77 |
[WP] On your way to work one morning, you are pulled over by a police officer for not using your turn signal. Upon checking your license, the officer draws his gun and orders you out of the car. You are utterly confused as he puts you in handcuffs and reports that the 25 year manhunt is now over. | "But I'm 22!"
My response was ignored, followed by me being slammed onto the car hood. I looked up through the windshield to see a second officer in the front seat. He said something, but I couldn't hear, but he looked pretty surprised and confused. He got out.
"Show the ID again?" He asked, "Well shit. He really i... | No idea why I took this job in Chiraq.
One of the worst, ugliest and most violent cities in the US and Im driving towards it while listening to some crappy hip hop music in my leased car. Had a accident several days ago, added another roadkill to the statistic and a 4000$ damage on my actual car.
I turn around the c... | 2017-07-12T21:30:24 | 2017-07-12T19:02:57 | 41 | 24 |
[WP] You have the ability to see and modify the source code of anything around you, except on people. you have revived your dog, change test score, etc. But one day you starts seeing the sourcecode on people.... including yourself when looking at the mirror | I'd give everything just to be normal again. Not to have numbers trailing across my body, a jumble of green code, each strip running from 1 to 9 over and over again. The distraction goes on forever.
Sandy, my little sister, walked into the mirror view. She paused in the hallway behind and frowned. Her code wasn'... | I felt frozen in time, the moment as surreal as it had ever felt. I always knew I could modify the fabric of the world, a suspicion that scratched at the back of my mind since I first discovered the possibility; its similarity to coding. How everything that flowed and ebbed akin to an algorithm, how our every cycle a s... | 2017-10-03T04:00:37 | 2017-10-03T03:26:43 | 86 | 16 |
[WP] The humanity is wiped out very sudden. An alien race finds the planet afterwards and connects to the Internet just to find a lot of bots chatting with each other. The aliens are trying to communicate with all the bots believing that this is the humans that have uploaded their consciousness | "Lurgo, I've made contact with a human consciousness claiming to be a 'F19' in the Omegle district. I need some help, though. Take a look at this transmission." The tech signaled Lurgo over and gestured at the screen.
"What's 'ASL'?" Lurgo asked. His head tentacles squirmed as he mulled it over.
"We believe it to be... | The planet was dead, and it was talking.
Captain Kar'zul of the Galactic Expeditionary Force peered at the computer's analysis of the planet.
"It's strange, sir," his First Officer said. "No signs of actual life, but we're picking up a huge amount of chatter in the EM frequencies."
"And the heat signature?" Kar'zul ... | 2017-10-03T09:14:23 | 2017-10-03T07:28:50 | 130 | 75 |
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