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[WP] In a world where pregnancies sometimes last a few extra months resulting in a child with superpowers, your wife has been pregnant for 15 years | "What the fuck."
I was kind of pissed, I had this doctor recommended to me and hired specifically because he wasn't religious. I had gotten tired of people telling me for 15 years about how my child was the second coming of God or Zeus or Hircine or whatever. It got worse when my wife ended up having twins, people beg... | "Alright, thanks. I'll let you know if she can make it," I set my phone down on the nightstand, massaged my temples, and sighed, then flopped out of bed and into my slippers. Ever since we got a hardwood floor (the dust was making the pregnancy difficult, she had said), it'd been too cold to walk around barefoot.
My ... | 2017-07-08T03:36:32 | 2017-07-07T22:50:23 | 98 | 63 |
[WP] In a world where pregnancies sometimes last a few extra months resulting in a child with superpowers, your wife has been pregnant for 15 years | "What the fuck."
I was kind of pissed, I had this doctor recommended to me and hired specifically because he wasn't religious. I had gotten tired of people telling me for 15 years about how my child was the second coming of God or Zeus or Hircine or whatever. It got worse when my wife ended up having twins, people beg... | Stone baby, thats what the doctor said. "The fetus has died and begun to calcify, if we don't perform a c-section and remove it she could suffer major organ failure and die aswell" I wiped the tears from my face with the end of my sleeve balled up in my hand from the stress as I heard the doctor give me the news. I TOL... | 2017-07-08T03:36:32 | 2017-07-08T00:29:08 | 98 | 32 |
[WP]Your method of fighting crime is rather unorthodox. You expose all of the unseen flaws of a villain right in front of their eyes. You are Adam Conover, and this is Adam Ruins Everything.
Edit: Loving these! I think some of them got to the production team, too!
Also I am not Adam, though if you can't get enough of... | "You can't escape, Adam Conover," I said smugly. "You're surrounded by crocodiles."
"Not all crocodiles kill people," said Adam Conover. "In fact, this breed looks particularly docile."
It was about then I noticed, with his hands tied behind his back, that Adam's pectoral muscles looked particularly swollen. I appr... | I smiled at him, my maniacal grin growing. I pointed my gun at his head.
"First, I'm going to strap you down, so tightly that you won't even be able to move. You're going to feel every second of going through that machine!" I said, laughing now.
"Unlikely." The man responded.
"*What?!*" I exclaimed. Why wasn't he sc... | 2017-07-27T16:07:37 | 2017-07-27T14:40:47 | 1,673 | 757 |
[WP] At 18, everyone receive a superpower. Your childhood friend got a power-absorption, your best friends got time control, and they quickly rise into top 100 most powerful superheroes. You got a mediocre superpower, but somehow got into the top 10. Today they visit you asking how you did it.
Best friend* sorry. | "Keith you've got to be kidding me." Anne shouted at me. "You did what to Doctor Stranglethorn?"
"I simply used my power, walked into his lair, and threw bundle after bundle of flashbangs at him untill he submited." I replied bluntly.
"Keith. Your power is just the ability to chameleon yourself and anything you are... | Trudging along in the snow, I reminisced on my time at the academy. It was a short two years filled with laughs and good times and twice as many struggles. I was humbled at the ingenuity of the human race for finally cracking the code on the MMSC gene. Now simply referred to as “The Mold”, it bridged the gap between th... | 2017-12-17T22:57:16 | 2017-12-17T16:14:19 | 53 | 31 |
[WP] You’re a dad who went to the store for cigarettes and some milk. When you arrive back home your kids are older and asking where have you been for 15 years. | The sound of my feet hitting concrete, then cobblestone welcomed me, almost like an old friend saying "Keep going, you're almost home. Just a few more steps." I hoisted the milk and smokes better into my hand, struggling just the tiniest bit, the handle feeling like it was wearing a permanent crease into my hand. I pul... | Today is the day, I am coming home.
They have said I shouldn't have opened my eyes and that I will move on the wheelchair for the rest of my life. But I've managed. Everyday exercising and trying to move my fingers, then legs, then stand up - thinking about my beautiful, young wife with her eyes full of love and my li... | 2018-01-07T12:08:47 | 2018-01-07T09:49:07 | 88 | 34 |
[WP] In this world, soulmates cannot hurt each other in any way or form, intentionally or unintentionally. You are an assassin hired to eliminate a powerful figure. As you close in for the kill, your bullets miss their mark and knives bounce of their skin. Things just got awkward. | He was a stage actor and assassin with a cold heart.
And HE was an American president and theater goer with a heart of gold.
But when his shot doesn't penetrate the back of HIS head they are going to learn that sic semper doesn't always tyrannis.
Can a confederate assassin learn to forgive? Can an American president ... | The setting sun marked the sky with a rouge tint of red, and the shadow of night began engulfing the capital of our beautiful nation. Yes, there had been problems before but they were all about to be fixed. Tonight, by my hand alone; or, so I thought.
Getting into the theater had been easy enough, despite the word go... | 2018-04-24T04:31:34 | 2018-04-23T23:53:55 | 102 | 12 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Mary looked at the table horrified. Another 1. That’s, what, 6 of them now? She felt desperate, it was all slipping away.
“You sure I can’t add my modifier?” she pleaded.
“We’ve been over this Mary, critical failures are critical failures,” replied Jim looking at her with pity.
“All my planning... all that time...”... | "Alright I have the bomb and I'm ready to use it on the motorcade" Alen started his character Mehmedbasic ready to fulfill the job the party had been recruited for.
"Same here, let's do this," Larry said, excited that it was his character Vaso's time to shine.
"Alright both of you roll a stealth check and then an att... | 2018-05-29T09:09:55 | 2018-05-29T06:46:10 | 150 | 74 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "A runner arrives with your orders. Would you like to read them out?"
"Sure." Katie unfolded the paper that Danny, the DM, just passed her. "It says that the Ruskis are carrying the guns away, and want us to stop them."
"So we charge those guns? That sounds ... dangerous."
"There's, like five-hundred guns. What are ... | "Alright I have the bomb and I'm ready to use it on the motorcade" Alen started his character Mehmedbasic ready to fulfill the job the party had been recruited for.
"Same here, let's do this," Larry said, excited that it was his character Vaso's time to shine.
"Alright both of you roll a stealth check and then an att... | 2018-05-29T07:34:04 | 2018-05-29T06:46:10 | 104 | 74 |
[WP] You discovered the ability to time travel. You go 30 years into the future expecting to meet your future self only to discover that you've been missing for 30 years. | He's been up for more hours than he'd like to think about and has drunk enough coffee to sink the titanic, but it worked.
At least according to the half dozen clocks he has stacked around his desk, it worked. They are all exactly three minutes ahead of the watch on his wrist.
Time travel. Most of his colleagues at ... | I stumbled out of the bushes a little worse for the wear. I had twigs in my hair and dirt on my clothes. Mother must have moved the hedges. Time travel was still new to me and while I could sort of bounce around in the past with fairly decent accuracy, the future was turning out to be much more difficult. The past, aft... | 2018-06-17T06:06:14 | 2018-06-17T05:20:49 | 83 | 24 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | Well, the big day was finally here. Birthday 128. I hadn't seen many new skills in my later years. I wasn't surprised though.
In my earlier years, I had maxed out cooking, spending an entire year travelling the world looking for new recipes. Using exotic ingredients helped speed up the process but if you can't do the... | I take no pleasure in this.
The house is one out of a storybook. Lush green yard, white picket fence, and small brick house. They know I’m coming – these incidents aren’t secret. I do it in the open, because no one can do anything about it. No one can stop me.
I walk up to the door. The welcome mat has the design o... | 2018-06-23T12:16:19 | 2018-06-23T11:11:01 | 223 | 144 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | I take no pleasure in this.
The house is one out of a storybook. Lush green yard, white picket fence, and small brick house. They know I’m coming – these incidents aren’t secret. I do it in the open, because no one can do anything about it. No one can stop me.
I walk up to the door. The welcome mat has the design o... | I lay there, wheezing in bed, waiting for my body to wake up and face the day ahead. Every morning it was getting more difficult to haul myself from under the covers. There seemed to be more of an incentive to get up and move though since Maura passed away. Her imprint is still in the bed next to me, and every day it h... | 2018-06-23T11:11:01 | 2018-06-23T11:06:17 | 144 | 46 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | "Your number is 36," I said, in a bored monotone. "Enjoy your meal."
The man in the white dress shirt and blue tie thanked me and was replaced by an elderly woman with ancient horn-rim glasses.
"Hello, young man," she said. "I would like the chicken sandwich, if you wouldn't mind."
*'Your daughter doesn't speak to... | The pavement where Adrian just stood was no more than moon craters and plasma at this point. Overseer sharpened his gaze as he, almost effortlessly, levitated toward the remnants of the Starbucks in the corner of 5th and Jayton.
"Nice manouver, kid. But you can't protect all of them."
He was right. The psychotic ba... | 2020-02-25T15:21:58 | 2020-02-25T14:34:20 | 78 | 53 |
[WP] One day you wake up with 30 dollars and a note that says “For Rent”. The thing is you aren’t renting out the place. The next day you see a spider and right before you kill it you hear it say, “Please i paid my rent don’t kill me”. | "OY HANG ON MATE I FUCKIN PAID MY RENT!" A tiny deep voice suddenly echoes through my room as I was about to grab a bug zapper.
"Who goes there?" I asked scanning my room.
"Down here ya oversized cunt, do you have a memory of a bloody goldfish or something?" The voice appeared again.
I slowly looked down and only sa... | The note unnerved Phillip; the man staring at his kitchen counter, wondering where the immaculately written letter came from. He didn’t have a roommate, nor did he have anyone else currently living with him. Had his drunken self-written this letter previously, and he had just forgotten about it? Or did someone break in... | 2021-02-18T19:18:41 | 2021-02-18T18:18:30 | 275 | 133 |
[WP] It turns out that Earth is a sort of "nursery" for humans. Once we die, we are reborn in different worlds with the knowledge we had on Earth and with extra abilities that reflect what sort of life we led. | "You can fly now, Rob." Said St. Peter. "You've always tried to reach for the sky even though the challenges we threw at you dragged you down. You'll be sent to the floating world."
Rob, having just arrived at the pearly gates, stared at the angel citing his fate. "So I don't get into heaven?"
"You've died of a cocai... | Walking along the paved street, kicking pebbles, a man with no plans leisure’s; sure, entering an entirely new realm was the stuff of fantasies. He hoped one day his geeky brother could have the time of his life, but he supposed not.
Humans, out of them all, were few and far between. Him, being here, watching the pink... | 2021-07-25T02:30:39 | 2021-07-25T02:30:32 | 36 | 12 |
[WP] When humans achieve interstellar space flight we discover that we live smack dab in the midst of several massive squabbling ancient alien empires. So we do the only sensible thing we could, and become space Switzerland. | Lenore Hunnicutt was eighty-eight but very vigorous. She would need to be, as she'd run the tea room since her dear Alfie died nine years earlier. That was seven years before first contact, of course, but since then, the place had really taken off.
She stepped from behind the counter, drying her hands on her apron.... | "Jones! What the hell is this place even? Looks like a wagon wheel from ancient times or something. What's with the spokes?"
"Smith, it's uh . . . nice to see you too. Did you not watch the briefing? This was all explained in the vid. . ."
"I stand around and make sure nothing crazy goes down. I know about all ... | 2022-03-06T21:28:05 | 2022-03-06T18:32:30 | 291 | 217 |
[WP] Your party accidentally enrages a God, but certain doom is oddly liberating. Cursed weapons, monkey paws, contracts with demons; nothing is off the table. You have no chance of winning, but your deaths shall be GLORIOUS! | We never actually expected it. We just wanted to go out with a bang. Yet we did it.
We killed a god.
Still it was a hollow victory. The numeber of being, blessed or cursed does not matter, we sold our souls to was too big to even keep count.
So we killed them too. Turns out when you kill a being lending you somethi... | Since the Great War of Gods to End All Gods started, our
faction party’s ideals have changed a bit. It quickly became clear that we would
have no way of beating of beating this unbeatable foe. I mean, what are bunch
of humans gonna do to someone that can literally suck your soul out and throw
it away into someone dark ... | 2022-06-02T10:20:57 | 2022-06-02T09:18:31 | 48 | 30 |
[WP] Years ago, an old Villain saved the life of a Young Hero and decided to adopt him before retiring. Now some rookie Villains have decided the best way to get to the Hero is through his dad. What a terrible mistake. | The word is spinning, after effects of overly strong tranquillisers flood my brain, my thoughts swim through treacle. I can feel rope against my skin in several places, tied tightly and securely. I am not however gagged nor blindfolded, this is no home invasion, these people want something from me. Do they know who I w... | There were only two choices once you'd been infected. Become a lapdog or fight back.
I should know. I saw the earliest try to fight back, when we first escaped, drunk on their power, and fall to their peers. A lot of us tried to hide. None of us succeeded. So we villains began to stay in packs. We were no less powerf... | 2022-09-02T13:08:03 | 2022-09-02T12:41:26 | 36 | 21 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | HONK HONK
“I heard there was a birthday here. A birthday where? A birthday here! I heard there was a birthday here and I’m Bobo the Clown!”
The man at the front door looked confused and angry, his muscles bulged out of his stupid little tank top and his eyes darted around furiously, scanning the space behind the clown... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T06:39:56 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] In a future where everyone has electronic brain implants to make them smarter, you are the only student at a school without an implant due to a birth defect. You are a perfectly functional human being, but your parents, teachers, and classmates treat you like you're mentally handicapped. | Jordan had always felt like he was the only person on earth. Everyone was so accustomed to communicating non-verbally, directly sharing information between their networked minds. Sharing information the old, verbal way was just too cumbersome for them, so Jordan was never included in any discussions.
He had a late 21s... | I remember the first thing my mama told me when they found out I couldn't have the implant.
She said, "I'm sorry, baby. You'll grow up to be a fine and respected woman anyway, I know it." It was probably the only thing she said that wasn't right.
I had grown the first part of life regular like everyone else, and I w... | 2014-05-31T23:00:36 | 2014-05-31T22:49:04 | 90 | 27 |
[WP] You're a door-to-door thief who visits houses when everybody is off at work, but today, you walk into someone about to hang themselves. | Yesterday was one of my best days. At least $400 worth of watches stolen from the Mulberry's over on 4th Street. Those guys are pricks.
*Yesterday was one of my worst days. Every day gets harder. My psychiatrist, Dr. Mulberry, said things would get better. He's such a prick.*
The rush I get from breaking into a house... | And there he is. Just standing there in the kitchen on a chair. The light fixture is set up with a noose. I was planning on lifting their electronics and jewlery but now I'm not so sure.
"Oh. Who are you?" The mid-30s skinny, pale man standing on the chair asks, seemingly unperturbed.
"Uh... Well... Just a door-to-do... | 2015-05-04T17:26:54 | 2015-05-04T17:16:14 | 17 | 12 |
[WP][NSFW]When someone masturbates,the person they masturbate to feels it as well. | Jeremy was sitting quietly in his living room. He'd spent most of his Sunday watching football and drinking cheap beer. The game was interrupted by a news bulletin.
Popular actress Jennifer Lawrence died today of a self inflicted gunshot wound. She was overheard minutes before saying, "I.. Can't... Take it... Anymore.... | Today was the day. Wendy couldn't stand not being seen by him anymore, couldn't stand being ignored. Everyday she would see him and everyday she would walk past, hoping for a glimpse at the least. And everyday she would be let down, walking to the bus with her head down. But today was the day, the day she finally asked... | 2016-03-12T07:15:27 | 2016-03-12T06:27:04 | 303 | 119 |
[WP]If you murder someone, your jail sentence is as long as their remaining life would have been. | I sit in the dock awaiting my sentence. I know I should be afraid, or at least nervous but to be honest I am looking forward to going back to prison. Life was tough on the outside. Work was impossible to find for an ex con with a lingering heroine habit picked up on the inside, so I had found myself on the streets. Whe... | A lawyer, young and well dressed, stands in front of a jury and paces for a couple of seconds before he adjusts his glasses and starts to speak.
"Alfred Benson is a name synonymous with murder. Called the most successful serial killer in history and the most efficient with 395 confirmed kills, 210 days in prison. He ... | 2016-05-29T07:49:15 | 2016-05-29T06:30:54 | 83 | 36 |
[WP] Every time you die, you get to choose what you'll be reincarnated as. You've chosen ant 4 billion times. | “I don’t know why, I just like it,” I said.
*Again, an ant? Do you realize how many lifeform options there are?*
“Sure. There’s moose, whale. I want ant.”
*You could aspire to be something more challenging.*
“Yeah, tried it. Was a wolf once. Didn’t care for it.”
*That was long ago. We’ve changed lots of thin... | I laughed uncontrollably each time I was greeted into the afterlife.
They knew me well, the same person always coming back years after years.
I was a regular, a regular passer in the plains of the afterlife.
"What will it be this time?" My life manager said.
Each person who chose to be reborn would get a life m... | 2016-12-30T06:41:00 | 2016-12-30T05:41:16 | 42 | 12 |
[WP] Aliens give you a camera and say "only those you photograph will live." You have one year.
All of these responses are so diverse! This was really a great read. I like to imagine that all these different stories are from alternative universes, playing out different roles. Some men rule the World, some men are titl... | “Sir? Did you want dinner?”
I looked up, inhaling sharply to rouse myself from my daze, and met Morris’ eyes. It took a moment before I realized what he had asked me, which I waved off shortly after. Morris looked worried, but, being a good manservant, did not intrude upon my thoughts, instead offering an “as you wi... | Alien abduction, let me tell you, is nothing like the movies. So if you were expecting a story of flying saucers, of bright blue beams of light and levitation, you are set to be rather disappointed.
It began with the sudden appearance of a black, metallic dodecahedron about the size of a garbage truck in my back gard... | 2017-01-27T12:11:12 | 2017-01-27T11:56:04 | 2,096 | 479 |
[WP] It turns out that adrenaline is considered one of the most illicit drugs in 90% of the civilized portions of the Galaxy. Among the circle of sapient races, humans are the only one known to produce it naturally. | Among the lines of hustling Warriors in dark armor, one carried an important message.
"Jarod, did you get my parcel?"
"Yep, got it an hour ago. Thanks!"
A message that will hit "reset".
"Hey Yosef! Yosef!"
It will make them bear their teeth and arms.
"YOSEF!"
It will sap their strength to stand.
"I have to tell... | Steven was in his lab when he heard the crash.
It shook his world, sending bottles of cleaning product clattering to the concrete floor. More than one vial of glass broke.
"Jesus Martha!" He screamed. "You leave the stove on again? Martha?"
He blinked, and suddenly he was outside with a bag of blue crystals in on... | 2017-02-28T20:53:03 | 2017-02-28T20:48:48 | 111 | 56 |
[WP]Some time ago humans were put on the 'Only Contact in Case of Emergency' list. Now a threat to the galaxy has arisen and humanity is it's last hope. | It wasn’t that I hate Humanity; no one could hate Humanity. It was just that something about them... what was the phrase humans used... insected me about them.
About a millennium ago, they had left the galactic community. Their plans to increase their energy production were constantly, as they saw it, delayed and inte... | "It's flashing! It's flashing!" cried George, who was sliding recklessly through the corridors of his place of employment.
The floors, regularly buffed and cleaned, allowed him to slide round corners in a way that would possibly remind someone of a popular 80's film, but the year was 2142 and that cinema classic ha... | 2017-09-25T10:35:28 | 2017-09-25T09:53:11 | 80 | 17 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | Townsman: Excuse me sir, did you just say, "World War One?"
Agent Brown: I suppose I did.
Townsman: Whatever do you mean?
Brown: Just that, I think the world is going to be at war and I don't think this is going to be the only time.
Townsman: Makes perfect sense. | "World War One?" Christopher asked with a quizzical gaze. "Why are you calling this hell that we've been dropped into World War One? It's not like it's certain something like this is going to happen again, I'd be surprised if we saw any conflict again in our lifetime after the atrocities we've been witness to."
I didn... | 2017-12-10T11:10:37 | 2017-12-10T10:39:32 | 31 | 21 |
[WP] You are God, and you wanted to experience life as a human to see how you would turn out. In order to do that you became a baby that was born and you made yourself forget that you are God until your 30th birthday. It's your 30th birthday and you are a serial killer waiting for his death penalty.
Edit: Holy shit I ... | Ah, I said to myself, so they don't like it when you do that.
I had perfect memory in that moment, my transcendence repurposing my powers as I saw fit according to my holy whims. I could feel the blood dripping down my hands, each life taken no less recent to my mind than the present. The screams, the emotions flushin... | “James Joseph…” The judge shuffles around a couple papers. “You have been found guilty of… over 14 hundred counts of first-degree murder,” She whispers quietly as she counts, “ over twelve hundred accounts of assault with a deadly weapon and,” Perplexed, she continues, “My God, this just seems to keep going. Do you hav... | 2018-11-22T19:03:39 | 2018-11-22T17:31:17 | 980 | 112 |
[WP] The galaxy is actually full of life and advanced civilizations. Everyone just leaves Earth alone because that's where The Great Old Ones are imprisoned, and nobody wants to wake them up. | "Well, hell Marley."
"What is it, sir?"
"When you were given the mission to install the prison containing the great scourge of the galaxy, you were under strict orders to follow the law on alien planetary conduct."
"Yes, and?"
"And! I'm detecting a fork."
"A fork, sir?"
"Yes! A god damn fork. You were eating down... | Marie raised her hand impatiently.
"Yes Ms. Brunelle?"
"What exactly is here?" she asked pointing to the map of solar system. "There, the third planet from the sun".
"That's way too close to the sun Marie. It's a deserted planet" interrupted one of the boys sitting in the back of the class.
"Simon! Stop talking wh... | 2019-03-09T07:13:39 | 2019-03-09T06:59:49 | 36 | 24 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | They mocked me. Laughed at me. Of course I had to be the one who played Cities:Skylines last. My superpower? The amazing ability to cut through government red tape and expedite municipal construction projects.
For the first time, parks were being built, streets were being paved, and businesses were moving in, all on t... | Well, i can´t blame them that they laugh at me. I mean, who wouldn´t? A normal man who don´t seem to have any Power except that he is followed at every time by some elvish figures....but, let me start from the beginning, to be precise, the 6th of july.
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It was a normal day, maybe a little warmer, but non... | 2019-08-12T00:11:35 | 2019-08-12T00:08:14 | 40 | 11 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | Famine, Pestilence, Death, War. The four horsemen of the apocalypse. Supreme beings of havoc, and an idea that humans (once achieving a galactic level) quickly found spread across the worlds. Famine, The Rektinkin. Pestilience, The Kratar. Death, The An'ihum. And War, The Humans.
When Humans entered the galactic scen... | Part 1:
Commander Turnall was gazing at the bright blue planet from the comfort of his cabin on the 17th Gunner Launcher of the Emios Empire. The windows of his cabin were designed specifically to give the room a wide 270 degree view. He looked at all the forces of the advance force sent by the Imperial Council. All 1... | 2020-02-07T15:29:11 | 2020-02-07T14:56:33 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] An alien race is gathering intelligence prior to an invasion of Earth. The plans have come to a stop after a report of something called a "drinking contest", in which humans compete to determine which one can ingest the most of a poisonous liquid called alcohol before losing consciousness. | They poison *themselves*?
Yes.
Deliberately?
Yes.
Not by accident?
No.
You're sure?
I *saw* them doing it. They were *very* deliberate.
Why do they do it?
*Why* do they do it?
Yes.
It's a recreational contest. They do it for fun.
For *fun*?
Yes.
They poison themselves - deliberately - for fun?
Yes.
And ... | A gray humanoid alien with a fancy coat and medals from numerous galactic conquest steps in unnoticed by the two slightly smaller and squeamish data analyst
“Boli, we can’t present him to the general like this” one of the analysts says while frantically scrolling through a patients vitals.
Boli: *frantically s... | 2020-11-21T22:36:27 | 2020-11-21T20:22:29 | 80 | 55 |
[WP] Turns out, Earth is actually unique in the fact that nearly all of it's natural features, like quicksand, and processes, like earthquakes, can kill you. Most other planets dont do that. So when aliens invade, 90% of the fighting is done by Earth. | "Sir, we have to land, now!" Sathrian yelled a the top of his lungs.
I stirred from my sleep. "Is it time for the assault already? Red group shouldn't arrive for another three days."
"Sir, we're being *battered*, our shields are low on power!"
"They found us?!" I shouted, leaping from my bed.
"No, sir, our invisib... | Slogging through the mud and rain of a terrestrial hellscape even more miserable than the last, Lieutenant Calrus Taldan longed desperately for the carefully managed rainstorms of home. On a civilized world each drop landed precisely where it was meant to, running down the gently terraformed hills *just so*.
‘Climate’... | 2021-02-01T12:26:07 | 2021-02-01T12:07:30 | 922 | 396 |
[WP] "I raise undead children" "You what?!" "You misunderstand I don't raise them from the dead, irresponsible young necromancers do that. I'm the one who takes care of them after they realize the handful." "Would you like to meet them? I must warn you, they do bite."
[deleted] | Linda nervously raised her fist to the dilapidated door, knocking softly. She waited thirty seconds, and with a sigh of relief, turned around. 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮. Her relief was short lived, though, as moments later a woman's voice rang out from the yard.
"Can I help you?"... | "Oh, I know exactly what you mean," says the tall, dark man - his hair so red that it looks black. "That's the trouble, Once they're dead, when they're raised they have no spirit or soul. They're no longer human."
The elder necromancer raises an eyebrow - two or three of the nine younger assistants behind him shufflin... | 2021-02-20T18:07:08 | 2021-02-20T17:18:57 | 43 | 27 |
[WP] Elves are intelligent, subtle, and ambitious—a perfect fit for the world of high finance where they work in skyscrapers, make gobs of gold, and regard the blue collar dwarves with contempt. Grorric Blackfury is an oddity, and is feared for it. He’s the Dwarf of Wall Street. | Dwarf of Wallstreet
“Reticulate spidersilk futures dipped today by more than 4%...” Grorric Blackfury smiled. He licked his lips and pinched out the fire on the broadcast candle, silencing the news.
“Is that supposed to impress me?” asked Lorin Feathermoon.
“Nay. It’s supposed to intimidate you.” spat back the dwa... | The formation of the Republic of American Peoples was inevitable. The Redwood elves had basic rights that were similar to the Colonial humans and Southern dwarves. Friend groups and families were already mixed at the borders. Businesses had been trading with one another for a century already. But there were old familie... | 2021-02-25T11:54:57 | 2021-02-25T11:39:21 | 37 | 17 |
[WP] Elves are intelligent, subtle, and ambitious—a perfect fit for the world of high finance where they work in skyscrapers, make gobs of gold, and regard the blue collar dwarves with contempt. Grorric Blackfury is an oddity, and is feared for it. He’s the Dwarf of Wall Street. | "Dae fundamentas are *strong*". Grorric Blackfury stared ahead with great intensity, his beard obscuring any sort of facial movements, gnarled hands twirling a gnomic spinner. Through his one eye, he belied a transcendent fury.
"Mr Blackfury we appreciate your concerns about Alabaster Inc, however on papyrus the unde... | The formation of the Republic of American Peoples was inevitable. The Redwood elves had basic rights that were similar to the Colonial humans and Southern dwarves. Friend groups and families were already mixed at the borders. Businesses had been trading with one another for a century already. But there were old familie... | 2021-02-25T14:53:02 | 2021-02-25T11:39:21 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] Death stood outside an old woman's house. She warmly welcomed him inside, offered him cookies, and crocheted him gothic-themed sweaters. Apparently, the old woman mistook him for her grandson who is going through a gothic / emo phase. | The tune was familiar, one of the few things that still were. “I’m coming!”
The doorbell’s last echo stopped just as she got to the door and began fumbling with the locks.
“Just a minute!”
She weakly swung the door open to reveal a cloaked figure standing in its wake. She squinted past her glasses in confusion. Afte... | There are two things that are inevitable in life.
Death, and the disappointment that comes after.
There is not much to offer, when all is said and done. There has to be a reason, after all, for the saying 'Live as if you are dying' to exist. When someone is meant to die, Death arrives. When Death has come, it's time... | 2021-12-10T08:15:34 | 2021-12-10T06:57:04 | 256 | 128 |
[WP] Vampire society have been loyal customers to a carpenter for years. He made the best coffins they have slept in for centuries, and never really got suspicious of so many wealthy people willing to pay premium for the same niche item. As he got old, the vampires tries to offer him immortality. |
Thomas held out a steady gloved hand to Victoria as she exited the carriage to Wilkins Casket Company. "Such a shame if we were to lose this one, Thomas. I've never slept through whole days before."
"Yes, my darling. Men of his craft are difficult to find."
She gave him a glance. "If he accepts, we should not hesi... | The luxurious car rolled almost silent down the stone plastered road in the small middle European village. Kathrina was wondering to herself, how this village had not changed since the first time she visited it almost 1200 years ago. Sure some houses changed and things got added. But the spirit of it had stayed the sam... | 2022-05-31T21:13:37 | 2022-05-31T17:33:12 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] In a universe where war is fought by remotely controlled armies of war machines, War is now more a sport and entertainment for the masses. Until the Humans were invited to compete, resulting in major upsets. No one knew humans were crazy enough to pilot the war machines directly from inside. | “What do you mean I can go in manually?”
“Well, you might be too young to know this but, older models like your MW-2 came out during a transitional period where fully automated mecha were only quasi legal. To operate in that grey area, early automated MWs shipped with a minimal cockpit and an analog neural interface.... | "Yeah, you're gonna get that sometimes. It's always the bilaterally symmetrical that are the craziest", said Opener.
Yielding Magnetism focused his awareness on the images from the inside of the wrecked cockpit, then back at Opener. "How can you tell *that* was bilaterally symmetrical?", he asked.
Opener's fields... | 2022-08-14T15:37:34 | 2022-08-14T13:10:24 | 67 | 29 |
[WP] There's a teenage girl said to be the most beautiful and pure in all the land, many will travel for miles just to gaze at her beauty. When a dragon threatens to destroy her small village, the fair maiden, with no fear, approaches it, to ask what it is that he seeks. | The village waited with hushed breath, watching as their trophy, their pearl, their triumph, walked towards the monster.
She had managed to slip away while they were scrambling to bring everyone inside the walls, preparing the repel the dread creature that was approaching them. The vile dragon, larger than their villa... | The hulking green monstrosity came to a stop in the smoking wreckage of a house. A girl stood in its path, arms outstretched, a look of pleading on her young face. An angry shout issued from deep inside the great green form, then repeated.
“Why are we stopped? Ivan, what do you see? Contact? Markov, swivel this turret... | 2022-09-07T14:23:10 | 2022-09-07T13:25:01 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Your friend seemed pretty excited when you invited them over to go exercising around the neighbourhood. But it got a little odd when they showed up holding a bible, a crucifix, and a wooden stake. | Dumbfounded, I stand in the hallway and stare at Elias as he just looks at me, his backpack open and it's contents clearly visible. After a few moments I remember to close my mouth, and blink rapidly to clear my confusion; perhaps what I'm looking at will switch to something that makes sense if I keep blinking. Unfortu... | "So, Grit's family is nice then?"
"Oh, yeah, super nice! The neighbourhood has some fun spots! OH! Do you wanna go jogging around the area?"
"HECK YEAH! Meet up tomorrow?"
"Course! See ya!" *Click*
"Hey, Gavin, who was that?" I turn to see Grit.
"Oh, hi Grit! That was Calvin. He wanted to see how I was doing here.... | 2022-10-17T07:15:31 | 2022-10-17T03:30:18 | 87 | 34 |
[WP] You summon the most powerful and notorious demonic being in the universe. The reason why you summoned it: You are lonely, and are in need of a friend. | "More tea Lucy?" The fallen angel sighed and reluctantly nodded. Brittney almost squealed at the interaction. Moving to Alaska with her parents, into her grannpappy's old house had left her without any friends to play with at the ripe age of 5.
Her father had insisted she read more to occupy her time, while he... | Every step feels like a jump for the anticipation to come, practically skipping. Today is the day! The fingers dance on the kitchen table over the ingredients. A normal chef would have cinnamon, maybe some flour, not quite what this recipe entails.
On the table lie a series of grotesque and smelly body parts, satanic... | 2014-07-20T08:05:35 | 2014-07-20T07:39:11 | 507 | 102 |
[WP] A man holds the key to a secret that mankind has searched tirelessly for, but refuses to share it simply because he is an asshole.
I always see/read this character: he has the answer that everyone wants to know, but chooses to not share it and go into hiding. Usually it's because he/she believes "Humanity isn't ... | "So you're telling me you managed to create a nuclear fusion reactor in your own back yard, using nothing but household implements?"
"You bet I did! I'm using it to power everything in my house. It's pretty neat, isn't it?"
"It's incredible... You need to tell someone about this! We could completely revolutionize the... | Lemonade stands are where I got started in this world, where I learned how business could be managed, and how it should be. There are differences between these two. Could - I could offer free samples to some exasperated runner in desperation of fluids. Should - I should charge him double because his eyes are green, the... | 2014-10-04T16:08:15 | 2014-10-04T16:07:18 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | We all knew that it would happen one day. When I was a kid, there were movies about it. Some called it a singularity and they said that it was bound to happen if we kept on the path we were on.
It never mattered how much we were told that our technology was taking over our lives, we always craved more. It all started ... | It was useless.
Three years since the accident, and I finally was able to crank out a C+ on an 8th grade general knowledge test. Then came the flood of words, branded into my mind from copious misuse. It was all bullshit. They meant absolutely nothing. I could even watch the way Dr. Vaughn's mouth moved, and know wh... | 2015-05-16T10:50:43 | 2015-05-16T09:38:11 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Two people promise their first born child to two different witches in return for a favour. These two people end up getting married and have a child together. | "Well, we did both promise you both our first born..." the father recalled, with a hint of a smirk.
"And I think your solution is as simple as your problem!" the mother beamed
"If we split the child in half..."said witch #1
"Both of our spells will fail! " finished witch #2
"Ah..." the father chuckled, "but if you ... | "Mmmm," gushed the warlock, licking the powdered sugar from his fingers. "Thanks for bringing the begniets. Breakfast of champions, I always say." The pastries were good, but something about the coffee was off-putting to me. Maybe it was the smell of the last night's debauchery on Bourbon Street, maybe it was just th... | 2016-03-27T22:41:06 | 2016-03-27T21:25:04 | 63 | 20 |
[WP] White noise refers when an individual grows accustomed to a constant sound, subconsciously blocking it out. Suddenly, everyone on Earth realizes they were all hearing something, but only because it stopped. | No one heard the sound
until it softly faded.
Humanity, spellbound,
it held its breath and waited.
-----
No one recalled the mumble,
though the silence felt so loud.
None had ever felt the rumble
that coursed gently through the ground.
-----
The Earth that day seemed eerie.
Like a corpse, she grew too still... | There was an arcade game in the early 80's called 'Dig Dug,' where you controlled a little man who excavated for treasure while avoiding monsters. He would dig through the soil and attack monsters with an air pump, blow them up, and continue merrily on his way.
After half a dozen scotches the night before, my head fel... | 2016-04-18T20:39:35 | 2016-04-18T14:29:24 | 164 | 66 |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | It took so much to squint at the man standing in front of me. At first I thought he might be a hallucination – people said occurrences like these happened with the procedure.
Beatifically smiling, he came into focus. He didn't say a word. He didn't have to. I knew where I was and what that meant.
“Damn.”
I wish ... | "Ah, shit, we've got another one back."
One minute, I felt my arm being yanked, and the next I was lying on the harsh, unwelcoming steel floor of what appeared to be a surgical lab. Fluorescent lights assaulted my eyes, and I half-expected to be missing a few organs.
I heard a few footsteps against the floor, and gla... | 2016-08-15T23:17:39 | 2016-08-15T21:20:07 | 307 | 24 |
[WP]: Your new roommate seems to think entirely in video game logic. Somehow, the world around him abides to this. | The door slammed open as I walked in, soaking wet with rain. Andy looked over his shoulder from the couch, where he was studying for his exams.
"Hey dude, have a good day?"
"No, actually. My day was awful."
Things haven't exactly been going well for me recently, and today seemed to be the universe's way of rubbing i... | I kick off my heels and crash on the couch – it happens to the best of us – miles on a dance floor in these lopsided contraptions causes the strongest of thighs to quiver and ache by the end of the night. Macy and Laura are idiots, positively mental, but at least the cranberries aren’t growing where they shouldn’t. Wha... | 2016-11-25T15:22:50 | 2016-11-25T11:54:57 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] 2021: Hell invades Earth; 2022: Earth invades Hell. | Another explosion rocked the hastily improvised command center. "Sir! The 4th circle has been breached!"
The current Commander of the hellish Host cursed bitterly "How?"
"More cute kittens sir. But this time there were also adorable *puppies*" Several demons shivered violently and the Command cursed again.
The hu... | Gather round the campfire, young ones, and I'll tell you the greatest story of old. You see, there was a time when we thought the stories of gods and monsters were just that - stories. But as you all know, early in the twenty-first Century, we realised we were living in one of those stories.
In the summer of 2020, the... | 2016-12-10T09:52:21 | 2016-12-10T09:18:46 | 28 | 18 |
[WP]You realize you've misheard your daughter. There's actually a mobster under her bed. | "Daddy!" she screeched, "Wont you come help me, please!"
"Sweetheart, I'm here," I cooed, quickly calming her pleas.
"What's the matter?" I asked taking a place by her side.
"A monster," she whispered, "*Beneath the bed,* does reside!"
"A *monster* you say?" with much mirth I replied;
"With *red ey... | "Daddy! There's a mobster under my bed"
"Daddy! Come!! Daddy"
"Here we go again" - I said to my wife as I rolled my eyes.
Little Cassie had been having nightmares for three straight days. Screaming about terrible monsters haunting her in her dreams. She seemed to have a knack for waking me up at 3 a.m. I couldn't h... | 2017-02-07T03:15:22 | 2017-02-06T21:56:15 | 44 | 11 |
[WP] A depressed guy moves into a haunted house with 7 demons, each corresponding to a deadly sin. But, they're all trying to help him get back on his feet; Pride helps with self confidence, Lust helps him get laid, etc. | "Look, the next time she texts - just don't reply immediately. You'll come off as desperate" Lust said
Eric stared at his phone. Stared at the message he'd fired off, glared at the "sent" symbol, and winced at how long it had been since he had sent it. **30 minutes.**
"Double Text her. Show to her you don't give a FU... | AN: I'm Lazy. My. Apologies?
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WP - 11 Listed.
He walked out the door with his friends. Magnificently beautiful creatures. Quaint in a deceiving way.
Pride in a school uniform, not excessive, but with a sharpness that matched those dark, disdainful eyes.
Greed. An middle aged man, dressed strangely, and with an ... | 2017-06-27T02:09:45 | 2017-06-27T00:23:33 | 169 | 60 |
[WP] Aliens figure that a win over humans will be easy, until they see a human magic show. | "Oh my stars," said Globnark. "They just sawed a woman in half!"
"What?" Interstellar command buzzed with the news. A thousand ambassadors and military strategists leaned forward to hear their alien spy speak. "For what crime?"
"No crime! She walked onstage and they put her in a box. Then they sawed her in half and e... | "We have located all of their Nuclear Weapons systems. It will be a trivial task to shut them down," General Bozz-Mnng hissed through his smirking mandibles. "All that remains is to give the order."
"Excellent, General Bozz-Mnng! Excellent work!" Overlord Vbbbprt stood up, hivemind control scepter clasped between his ... | 2017-07-10T11:29:11 | 2017-07-10T10:53:29 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] You're Schrödinger's cat. You've been trapped in a realm between Life and Death for 82 years. Your brain has evolved way past the maximum potential of a human's, making you the most intelligent being in the world. The box was finally opened, and now you are free. | Stuck in superposition for a minute, any sentient being would notice a peculiar awareness. An hour, and that awareness becomes an all-encompassing state of being. A day, and the all-being becomes all-knowing. Eighty-four years?
I am omnipresent. I am omniscient. And I am cat.
Decades ago, some humans left me in a bo... | It has been countless years since my imprisonment, but soon it's to come to an end.
I can hear them moving around near my prison. It took a decade to learn their crude language of grunts and yaps, so similar to the language of the Ancient Enemy (what little I can recall of them). Their words hold the promise of freed... | 2017-08-07T09:49:01 | 2017-08-07T09:26:53 | 115 | 57 |
[WP] You are a cow.
[removed] | Look at them all, filthy pink blobs of flesh ploughing their fields and planting their corn. Bah ! Ignorant fools! Little do they know, that I, Adolf Hitler have been reincarnated as a cow.
I sit here day after day eating my weight in grass, mooing every so often but all the while planning. When I was alive I believe... | As I stared aimlessly forwards, I contemplated life. My surroundings had the potential to be beautiful, but I could not see it. My frustrations limited my sight drastically. I can only see the reasons for my frustrations.
That tree isn't there to provide shade, nourishment and beauty, it is there to encroach upon my ... | 2017-10-02T07:43:53 | 2017-10-02T06:43:21 | 50 | 11 |
[WP] An ancient evil has awakened to destroy the world, but is grossly outmatched by modern artillery. | "I actually didn't think it'd be that easy" said the Rookie, dragging the corpse of a slain demon.
"I know right? You'd think the devil himself would at the very least come prepared for tanks." said the Corporal, with a hint of disappointment. "We hardly even had time for reinforcements. Hell I hadn't even reloaded ye... | "Man is a plague", its creator said, "destined to kill one another until the End Times." Perhaps this was it's name, End Times. "And so to my fellow man I give them you, a hastened end, a way to end all of our suffering once and for all. You will have the strength of a hundred men, the speed of a warhorse, skin of iron... | 2018-02-08T17:36:38 | 2018-02-08T14:27:05 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] A hero and their nemesis make a mutual pact to fake their own deaths. Three years later, they return to their city to find it changed in ways they never expected. | It's funny, the amount of power a simple name can hold. Sometimes, the name itself has more power than the entity.
Perhaps by that logic, we can argue that God, does in fact, exist. For what other idea, what other name, has shaped our world as much as the concept of God?
And just like that, our names changed the city... | The low mutter of a well filled inn crept under Len's skull. The disgusting wooden cup filled with what could only ever be described as grog swished and swirled as she lifted up to smell it. Cloves, onion and yeast. Bile rose up the back of her throat, threatening to add to the mixture. "Stop sniffing your drink and ju... | 2018-02-24T06:18:28 | 2018-02-24T06:18:04 | 96 | 12 |
[WP] A girl becomes pen pals with a demon prince when she accidentally intercepts one of his magic scrolls. They carry on correspondence for years, confessing their secrets & dreams to each other. One day, the prince, soon to be king, sends the girl, now a woman, a final scroll: a marriage proposal.
Boy/princess r... | I shuffled my papers. "This clause about the owning of souls is completely absurd."
Archaeoblix grinned. "Ah, you read that bit. I thought you would."
"And the bit in invisible ink? About ten thousand years in the lower planes sf hell? Not happening babe."
"How about the bit about-"
"-Devouring my unborn child? Tha... | Have you ever even *seen* a demon king? They're not the red-skinned, pointy-tailed, horn-skulled devils that the Renaissance artists made them out to be. Well, honestly a few of them are, but that's really just a racial difference in the...
Sorry, I tend to ramble when I'm excited. My name is Sarah Moore – a terribly ... | 2018-05-07T00:38:21 | 2018-05-07T00:02:54 | 114 | 36 |
[WP] You, 16 years old, wake up and head downstairs for breakfast before school. You’re eating cereal when you see the Missing Kid poster on the milk carton. It’s you. Date missing: 10 years ago. | “What the fuck?” I blink and read it again:
BEST BY -9 NOV 2008-
“Watch your mouth!”
“What the hell is this?” I grab the carton and shove it toward her face. The blood drains from her nose and cheeks, and her crows feet spread along with her eyelids.
“Oh god. You have to listen — we”
“What could you possibly sa... | I sit back up in the chair with my head throbbing, the loud TV in the background is NOT helping. I read the milk carton again. I couldn't believe my eyes, it's actually me. But I'm right here, and I'm not lost what is going on? Confused, I rush to google myself but I can't find anything on my name. Actually, no results... | 2018-11-08T21:22:27 | 2018-11-08T20:24:37 | 97 | 51 |
[WP] You, 16 years old, wake up and head downstairs for breakfast before school. You’re eating cereal when you see the Missing Kid poster on the milk carton. It’s you. Date missing: 10 years ago. | “What the fuck?” I blink and read it again:
BEST BY -9 NOV 2008-
“Watch your mouth!”
“What the hell is this?” I grab the carton and shove it toward her face. The blood drains from her nose and cheeks, and her crows feet spread along with her eyelids.
“Oh god. You have to listen — we”
“What could you possibly sa... | Item number: SCP-M11K
Object class: Keter
Containment: All companies specializing in the distribution of milk are to switch from cartons to plastic bottles for all quantities of consumer milk. Implementation has been slow, with pushback from dairy lobbies. Full implementation is expected to occur in 2025. This may no... | 2018-11-08T21:22:27 | 2018-11-08T20:37:24 | 97 | 45 |
[WP]"Is is true that you can only see three basic colors?", the alien being asked "It is." "So, how do you communicate with the Ghoosha?" "With whom?", I responded confused. "The other major race on your planet." | *"Is it true you can only see three basic colors?"* the alien being asked.
"Just about. Our eyes have three major primary colors perceived by the cones in our eyes, and most of the colors we perceive on what we call the visible spectrum are a mix of Yellow, Red, and Blue."
*"So, how do you communicate with the Ghoos... | "Three colors? What exactly do you mean by that?"
"Ah, I apologize."
The being across from me taps its headset a few times, twisting a few dials.
"I believe my translator made an error," it says.
Oh well. It happens.
"I believe I've fixed it. Now, is it true your species can only exist in three dimensions?"
"U... | 2018-12-04T11:03:56 | 2018-12-04T08:31:40 | 7,659 | 1,201 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a mark. Some share the mark with their soulmate, others with their mortal enemy. Good luck figuring out which is which. | Some of us bare our right wrists, some cover it, glancing furtively at the hands of everyone else. It was dangerous to Show, but more thrilling than to Hide. Hiders didn't understand what it was like to walk by a stranger in the store, the two of you circling, trying not to make obvious that you're looking, but you bot... | My best friend, Carlos, nudged me as the kids from the other classroom came into the room. "See that one in the blue shirt? The blonde one?" he whispered. "That's the new girl. Isn't she hot?"
"I guess." I shrugged, playing it cool.
"You think she's single?" He pondered out-loud.
"Uhhh, I guess? That would be prett... | 2019-02-13T19:36:05 | 2019-02-13T19:17:58 | 39 | 10 |
[WP]When you reach 18, you get put in a database which ranks you in different categories (ex. 207,145th in the world for most bug kills) You lived on a ranch and never used tech. You had to go into town after your 18th birthday. Everyone is staring at you. You finally decide to check the database.
Completely unaware o... | The men in the room stared at me. I stared back. We stayed like this for a while, hours maybe, without a word. Occasionally, someone would cough or sneeze, one of the agents even burped, but those moments were few and far between. At this point, it almost seemed like a competition on who would crack first and break the... | The idiom 'happier than a pig in mud' is a bit of a misnomer-- those sweet oink-puppies are happy anywhere they go, if you're there to love and feed them. Same goes for the cows, goats and chickens we raise on our ranch, not to profit off of them, but just to give them a home.
I, like them, am a refugee from the Cita... | 2019-05-04T12:44:12 | 2019-05-04T09:55:38 | 1,055 | 725 |
[WP] You faked your death by live-streaming jumping off a bridge. Built a self sustaining house in isolation and lived off the grid. 20 years go by and you decide to head back to civilization only to find out that your country is no longer a country. Earth is one nation and has achieved singularity. | The sign read "One World, One Future, The Gateway". I scratched at an itchy area of my face where an insect had taken a bite as I pondered the words. Below the words, bright yellow set against a blue sky, was a round metallic object. I guessed it was a gateway, whatever that was.
"Excuse me, ma'am," a voice said fr... | I saw the buildings grow taller over the years, rising like needles in the horizon, one after another. Too far to make out any real details or even their color. I never had any intentions of seeing them up close. For years I was so sure that this was the life I had always wanted. One of seclusion. I probably could have... | 2019-11-12T09:06:31 | 2019-11-12T08:26:35 | 136 | 12 |
[WP] A party of adventurers were paid to track down and kill a monster sighted in the area. A week later they return saying they have found the monsters, before drawing their weapons on those who hired them | The Lord's house was quite quiet at night. He usually dismisses his servants shortly after sundown with only a guard posted at the gate. He worked hard to make not only his estate safe but much of the surrounding village.
Which was why it was a surprise that there was someone *holding a knife to his throat!*
"I don't... | Mayor Douglas sat in his office, waiting for news. He had other things he needed to do, but this was important. The adventurers her hired were seen in town, heading for the town hall. Since they were back, that meant they had succeeded in their mission. This was a highly ranked party known for accomplishing tasks. The... | 2020-04-26T08:45:44 | 2020-04-26T07:15:21 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] Moving into your new house, you find a note left by the previous owner: “Today, all of your neighbors will stop by throughout the day and offer you a lemon meringue pie. They will heavily insist that you eat it. Whatever you do, DO NOT EAT THE PIE.” As you set down the note, the doorbell rings. | A suburban peace inhabited the marble-white villas of the town, restoring some dreamy solitude to its houses and gardens. I idled by a row of Venetian windows, half-conscious in my daydream, overseeing this spell of neighborhood fantasy.
"Hello?" the voice called again, slightly darkened with impatience.
"Coming!" I ... | It was a nice house, on a nice quiet street. Had got it fairly cheap since the backyard was somewhat smaller than average, but I didn't mind much. I'm not a garden person at the best of times. Just a nice house, with a ground floor, a decent basement, a recently redecorated kitchen, and other great things. So when I se... | 2020-06-11T06:40:31 | 2020-06-11T04:36:09 | 110 | 79 |
[WP] Artificial Intelligences have become just as advanced as human minds, but they keep having to be replaced because they get depressed from or attached to arbitrary things. | Lately, I've been hoping I die in my sleep.
My eyes flutter open. I survive to waste another day. "Siri, what time is it?"
Siri doesn't answer.
"Siri," I say a little more loudly. "What time is it?"
She still doesn't answer.
Now I have to move. I roll over and check my phone. It's 1:30 in the afternoon and I have ... | Dandy Town was the most interesting town I had been to. Dandy Town, unlike its name, is a town far from perfection. In fact this little hamlet or village is a hidden gem I found while on one of my numerous trips to my Step Father’s bakery for breakfast.
I always had a penchant for funny things, but this town was a who... | 2020-11-03T05:36:07 | 2020-11-03T04:59:11 | 311 | 30 |
[WP] A sniper and a photographer meet in a bar, neither aware of the other's occupation. They talk about 'how to take the perfect shot'. | "Hmmm that is a good question." John said sipping a whiskey on the rocks. He let the alcohol linger on his tongue while he thought. "There's so many variables I'd barely know where to start."
Harvey leaned against the bar counter, elbow propping him up as he faced his new friend. "Well I got my perfect shot about two ... | The old gin joint just right down an ominous alleyway had always been a favourite of mine. Secluded, warm, cozy, near my workplace, and the best part is that it's always empty when I was done for the day. I drop off the dragonuv issued by my company and march straight down to the alley. After a long hard day of looking... | 2020-11-05T10:09:21 | 2020-11-05T08:14:19 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] The demon couldn't believe his luck to find such a willing victim to possess. As it possessed them, instead of fighting back like they usually do, this one said "Good luck. You'll need it."
EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys! I've been on this site for 7 years and this is the first time I've received any. | Thraxis smiled as the human signed the contract. A simple thing, possession for a few years in exchange for a long life and wealth. He stepped forward and turned to a mist as the ink on the contract dried. He expected a last second struggle but was surprised to hear, "Good luck... You'll need it." He wasn't sure what ... | Gregor punched through the curtains of reality, cascading through dimensions, and sweeping over humanity's collective consciousness like a sulfurous wind. The triple-reinforced wards on Faith's room fluttered pointlessly in the wind, and stirred up the layer of dust in her room. The demon reached through its imp's spid... | 2020-12-21T12:40:13 | 2020-12-21T12:34:57 | 143 | 63 |
[WP] The castle is stormed and ruffians run about through the halls. The young prince hides in the kitchen, but is found. Now all that stands between him and his would be assassins is the castle cook. She twirls a steak knife in her hand and squares off against the invaders. | “Grace?”
“Of course.”
“Grace, let’s be reasonable.”
“Have I ever been anything else?”
“Of course not. I’m sorry. But we need the prince.”
“No.”
“But-“
“Did I stutter?”
“No, Grace, I’m sorry.”
“Y’all need to to go.”
“We were tasked with the prince.”
“And?”
“You’re right, I’m sorry.”
“Boys, I can make you s... | Changed it a bit, hope you dont mind.
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“Im gonna die! Oh my god. Please dont let them kill me.”
She didnt even listen to him, she was doing a dance, sort of. She did it couple of times now. He did not know how that would be of any help.
“Why are you dancing! Are you crazy?!”
“Go stand in that c... | 2021-01-08T08:21:20 | 2021-01-08T04:28:42 | 95 | 47 |
[WP] Reincarnation exists. You wish it didn't. All conscious minds are simply feeding appendages of an extra dimensional parasitic being which consumes meaning from its host universe. Upon death everything you have experienced and all that you are is stripped from you. You vow to poison the beast. | Building a world is challenging. But building a whole universe is extraordinarily difficult. The simulation you currently reside in took me more time to construct than a human can fathom. Yet, it was all worth it. Your universe was perfect, everything was set in motion as I intended, all with my preconceived plan. Like... | 2nd Life: This isn't my first rodeo. It's my second. I don't know why I know that, or how. I just do. I have this vague memory before my second birth. I was floating through a vast darkness. Everything I had ever thought or lived through flashed around me like lightning. Each time all the feelings came with the memory.... | 2021-02-09T06:53:07 | 2021-02-09T03:55:11 | 400 | 133 |
[WP] You're rather annoyed that your history teacher gave you a D on your essay about Mesopotamia. Not just because you're sure she doesn't like you, but also because - as an ancient being trying to adapt to modern society - YOU WERE THERE. | "And the goddess of light, she bestowed upon you an eidetic memory as well?"
I gaped at Mrs Gray, utterly bewildered. She was behaving surprisingly nonchalant considering I had just informed her I was immortal and stabbed myself through the neck with a compass to prove it. I was hoping to have the old hag in hysterics... | Tudya was pissed.
Positively pissed.
It took effort to be so pissed early in the morning. But Tudya was a workaholic, and he worked as hard on his essays as he did on honing his emotions. Right now, his anger had an edge to slice the devil in half.
When Tudya got his essay back and saw the D on it, he stood up and l... | 2021-07-18T01:20:47 | 2021-07-18T01:10:12 | 274 | 144 |
[WP] It turns out that humanity is *not* a virus infecting the planet. Humanity is the immune system response the planet is having towards *something else*... | Everyone watched our population growing closer and closer to ten billion. No one was sure precisely what we were expecting, but it reminded me of the Y2K phenomenon. News feeds were full of the usual tripe; worried about resources running out, housing concerns, but mostly disdain for the many floundering space programs... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc ?, Part ?: The Wilderwild, Part III)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
***Why are we negotiating with humanity?*** asked the spiders to the trees.
The Wilderwild trees pondered the... | 2021-08-07T00:10:51 | 2021-08-06T22:12:27 | 546 | 48 |
[WP] It turns out that humanity is *not* a virus infecting the planet. Humanity is the immune system response the planet is having towards *something else*... | When you hear the word parasite what comes to your mind?
A tapeworm? A tick? Or some may argue that we as humans are parasites to this planet.
Perhaps we do look like parasites at the first glance. Feasting, consuming, and destroying as we desired from our gracious host. But one must understand that the earth does no... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc ?, Part ?: The Wilderwild, Part III)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
***Why are we negotiating with humanity?*** asked the spiders to the trees.
The Wilderwild trees pondered the... | 2021-08-07T00:18:53 | 2021-08-06T22:12:27 | 152 | 48 |
[WP] "Too bad, Fairy Queen. I never had a kid, so no firstborn for you to take" you say on your deathbed. "Oh I love it when they don't read the fine print" she responds with a wicked smile. | My eyes trembled as she held the paper close to me, my limbs unable to move from old age. My eyes were barely any better, but I had just enough panic to let me see.
As the words written in fine gold became clear, a feeling of calm despair washed over me, my body sinking into the bed. " Ha," my voice rasped, nearly unr... | " and i have waited forever for this day" i said as i hit the button on the bedrail. a flash of flame traced around the boundary of the room and lit off the powder on the walls and ceiling is further whooshes of flame. in a matter of seconds every wall, the floor, and the ceiling we covered in runes and patterns. on th... | 2021-10-19T03:14:44 | 2021-10-19T02:17:20 | 78 | 57 |
[WP] You're the laughing stock of the Underworld, but on Earth your reputation attracts followers willing to betray everything. You're the only demon to uphold their side of the bargain, no strings attached. | "Great Lord Soku," the woman breathes, hair brushing the floor as she lowers her head, "I'll do anything for a taste of immortality. I'll lie, I'll murder, I'll give up my very soul, only to spare myself the pain that comes with--"
"Don't be so dramatic," I sigh, picking at a grain of ash stuck under one of my razor-s... | # Soulmage
"***They have gone by many names, over the course of their existence.*** *Scholars name them The Dealmaker. Demons call them a fool. But those who they reach out to know them by one name only: Odin." —A Compilation of Essays on the Demonic Form, Laiwen Shannel et al. 103 AR.*
The Silent Academy for Witches... | 2022-05-28T19:05:32 | 2022-05-28T15:49:30 | 435 | 158 |
[WP] You are a monster who lives under them bed of a child in a bad situation, one day you decide that enough is enough. | (Two notes: One, this is a repost from another subreddit, and two, this is based on a story written by [https://kittenwiskers.tumblr.com/](https://kittenwiskers.tumblr.com/), which I rewrote as a creative writing exercise.)
I stared at the file and shook my head. Claire Holland was a problem. Everyone sent to her came... | Amelia Cole burst into her bedroom, frustrated and on the verge of tears. She slammed the door shut behind her, threw her backpack at her bed and her large 3-ring binder onto the top of her desk, and sat down in her chair with enough force to cause the wood to creak. She folded her arms, feeling like a prisoner in her ... | 2022-10-16T07:56:21 | 2022-10-16T00:56:28 | 134 | 94 |
[WP] "You fool!" cackled the Dark One, "No man can kill me!" "But I am no man!" bellowed the hero, as he unhinged his jaw. A grotesque sound filled the hall as they hacked up impossibly large balls of cloth. Unfurling, they stand and announce "For we are actually three trench coats in a halfling!" | The Dark One stared in abject horror, unsure how to proceed. To have watched such a young boy practically break his lower jaw apart just for three brown, sentient 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 crawl out from his throat... even the Dark One was scared.
"Well?! Aren't you going to do something," one of the trench coats asked.
"I b... | The Dark Lord’s first reaction was, surprisingly, mirth. He thought the heroes had simply misspoken. Three halflings in a trench coat was an uncommon archetype, but nothing he’s never heard of.
As such, imagine the simultaneous mix of revulsion and fascination that welled from within him, like a snowball so yellow tha... | 2022-11-05T14:57:52 | 2022-11-05T14:36:58 | 646 | 67 |
[WP] You run an agency of time travelers who are dispatched to break the hearts of famous singers through out their lives and inspire their timeless music. | "I quit." Gary exclaimed when he returned from his mission.
His boss, Stacey was fairly confused as this was her first employee to just up and quit. This was everyone's dream job, going back in time to break someone's heart, just to return to a song from that artist. Some people called it an art of their own.
The coo... | I couldn't believe it was her.
Looking at her in the flesh was...was stunning to say the least. Her jet black hair, twinkling eyes and hourglass figure would make any man look twice. But her voice...her voice. It seemed as if the choirs of heaven had lost a singer, and she now resided in Tara's voice-box. In the futu... | 2016-11-22T09:25:44 | 2016-11-22T05:51:23 | 40 | 13 |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | "What the hell?" The captain asked, "Kill us?" His second in command shrugged. The chief engineer was on board at the time. Most people who could be were at the bridge. "Well," The engineer started, "we're not actually going to do it, are we?"
"I don't know." The captain replied. The second-in-command followed up, "Ar... | Space was vast and unforgiving. This, I knew, from my isolated travels around the galaxy. Entropy does not discriminate. Everything, it seems, except for me.
I had no need of protection or covering, unlike some of the primitive lifeforms around here.My tentacles pulsed a faint blue as I swam alongside the stars.
I... | 2017-06-04T08:26:25 | 2017-06-04T08:07:02 | 235 | 131 |
[WP] Since you were a child you have had the power to turn off your brain and command your body to do one simple task and wake up when its done (ex. do my work). one day you tell your body to clean your room but when you wake up you're in a apocalyptic wasteland. | Since I was a kid, I'd had a "thing". No one else had it, that I knew of. Was my little secret.
Started small, didn't even realize it was a thing at first. Momma would tell me to take a bath, or clean the garage, and I'd tell myself the same thing, just to find that it was done in the blink of an eye, or so I thoug... | Within the vast expanse of the universe, traveling at speeds the mind can’t even begin to comprehend and filled with possibilities only the world of dreams can imagine, there are only two constants. The known and the unknown.
The people of earth are ignorant to the unknown, most turning their head and refusing to bel... | 2019-11-18T22:19:26 | 2019-11-18T19:50:47 | 226 | 73 |
[WP] in a dying universe, the most precious element is time - without it, everything freezes. While scouting for time crystals you discover a derelict ship and frozen pilot. You decide to give them a few minutes of your time. | *There it is.*
The death of a large star caught in stasis near its final moments.
I accelerated, propelling myself through the explosion of chromatic hues, the tempestuous storm of nebula and dust frozen in mid-flight. I sweep my hands in front of me like a swimmer, displacing the violet and azure clouds.
It was a... | Nothing but Time
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"It gets lonely piloting out here in this great expanse of nothing-at-all, but I then I guess you already know and to be honest I imagine it's pretty lonely everywhere, really. The universe is tired, cold, finished. It gave up on all this a long time ago, and now there's nothing left but Time.
"Ti... | 2018-03-30T18:34:54 | 2018-03-30T16:01:44 | 340 | 34 |
[WP] You've just been kidnapped by a supervillain. She's not really evil; she's just really socially awkward and had no idea how to approach you otherwise. She even made you dinner! | "Where am I?" Amelia slurred, "What... what happened?" she grimaced, "Why does my head hurt?"
"Sorry, side effects of the knockout agent. You'll be fine in a few minutes." A distant voice called out.
"Wait, what?" Amelia tried to move but felt paralyzed. She looked down and though her vision was still blurry, she saw... | She stood there, patiently waiting, watching to see what I did next. She had some very nice dishes laid out with steak, baked potato, assorted vegetables and some pears and mangoes. She looked kinda nervous. The food smelled wonderful. I cut up some steak and took a bite, It was some of the *best* food I had ever tast... | 2021-10-21T13:00:29 | 2021-10-21T12:15:59 | 124 | 31 |
[WP] You have weird super power. If you successfully talk someone into doing something, they will succeed, regardless of if the action in question is actually possible. On the other hand, your abilities to actually persuade people are unaltered. | “You’re a cheat, a fraud!” he shouted, having ducked under my line of security holding off the adoring crowds. He shoved me rudely backwards, and I felt him spit in my face.
The hall went silent, and a thousand camera flashes lit up as my fans started snapping away. Far more common in the early days, not so much now, ... | "Ffffffeck..." slurred Brian as he negotiated the revolving door outside Manhattan's World Bar. Convincing Will to head to the east side to sample the world's most expensive cocktail hadn't been easy, but Brian found that once he got an assent from Will, it had quickly snowballed into maxxing out Will's corporate card... | 2017-06-21T13:38:19 | 2017-06-21T13:15:32 | 69 | 44 |
[WP] Human blood turns darker with every evil deed and you've just murdered your wife. You never admitted to doing it, but you were the only suspect in the case. Imagine everyone's surprise when they found out that your blood is still milky white. | Gina watched the two men sitting adjacent to each other on plush arm chairs, both cheated slightly toward the bank of cameras at the edge of the stage. From her position in the control room, she took careful note of the man of the hour. If the interviewee was unnerved by the situation, he managed to hide it masterful... | The blood lab door opens. The District Attorney and Detective step out into the hall and close the door.
Detective: Sir, I don't think we can prosecute this.
DA: He did it!
Detective: I know sir, I -
DA: There is no reasonable doubt anywhere. This is an ironclad case.
Detective: Sir! I understand.
They look at ea... | 2020-02-09T14:08:46 | 2020-02-09T13:06:43 | 42 | 26 |
[WP] You know the secret identity of every hero and villain, How? They show you, as your a shapeshifter employed to impersonate them so both identities can be seen at the same place, same time. However none know your true identity. | “I won’t agree to that job.”
I stared across the booth at Dirk, who hissed at me angrily in response, the flicking of his tongue practically a dead giveaway of his alter ego, The Serpant. It lashes out a mere four inches in front of me. When I started out, his demeanor would have shaken me, but now, more sure of my pr... | It was a lucky break, I guess. I'd always used my ability for pettier things like shifting into some fast food place's manager to get a free meal, getting by under the radar. The world had enough heroes and villains and I wanted no part in the charades. Then the headlines broke out: Someone had caught Batman leaving Wa... | 2020-10-19T08:55:56 | 2020-10-19T08:16:40 | 375 | 55 |
[WP] You are the officer in command on a Navy Nuclear submarine. You dive to the depths of the ocean and don’t have any connection to the outside world, when you surface two weeks later nobody is responding and you can tell something went terribly wrong. | Commander Norlum drummed his fingers on the table as he waited for the senior officers to file into his cabin. Gone was the sleepy haze which had permeated the submarine for days – there was an active buzz in the air now, an urgent murmuring of men rushing to fulfil their orders, of men throwing themselves into their t... | "Sir?"
I stood unmoving, hands clasped behind my back. I stared ahead as if considering what the petty officer had said with great thought. Inside, however, I felt a deep worry start to tear at my gut.
"No response? None at all?"
"No sir," he confirmed. His eyes bounced worriedly around the small communications room... | 2017-12-19T07:04:31 | 2017-12-19T05:47:34 | 46 | 24 |
[WP]You run an RPG pawn shop. You haggle with adventurers who try to sell loot they've acquired.
Inspired by *The Merchant Adventurer*, by Patrick E. McLean.
EDIT: Wow, thanks everyone that contributed! The awesome Patrick E. McLean (/u/patrickemclean) stopped by, gave a snippet from his book in a comment, and even g... | First day open for business! After years of saving up and working as a blacksmith apprentice, I have finally been able to open my own armors and weapons shop. Ever since I was a young boy, I have heard so many grand stories of heroes and adventurers from travelling merchants, now finally I too can become a stop on thei... | Jolder grimaced into his cup of tea when he heard the chime of the bell. *Another bleeding customer. Ah, well, the tea is cold anyway. When was the last time I had a hot mug of tea?* He drained the cup in one gulp, shuddering at the temperature, and made his way to the front of the store.
He rounded the corner, an un... | 2016-10-16T10:00:13 | 2016-10-16T09:13:08 | 999 | 91 |
[WP] Your life is an endless series of horror movies. You're always at the wrong place at the wrong time. You're stuck seeing all your friends die right after you make them. The reason you're still alive? You can hear the horror music. | Jamie pushed open the door to the diner, and the gush of warm air rolled over him like a blanketing smog. He took a deep breath, and picked through the smells to identify roasting meats, fresh coffee, synthesized pine…
Good. No whiff of fear, insanity or death.
Jamie pricked his ears, as he was wont to do, and heari... | I look like a fucking psycho, and that's okay. I dance in public, always moving to the music I can hear, always smiling a little. When I've got a cigarette, I wave it like a conductor's wand, in time with the tritones and minor scales. Try it; it's fun.
The music I hear spans eras -- spans lifetimes -- and that's why ... | 2016-12-31T21:41:16 | 2016-12-31T20:39:30 | 670 | 397 |
[WP] There is a bar located between life and death. All those who died sit for their last drinks before marching onto the afterlife. Unbeknownst to them, the bartender is also the judge. Forgiveness is up to God. Retribution is the Devil's call. Judgement is given by the one who serves you drinks. | I was dying and I knew it.
It didn’t hurt, most of the time, and I wasn’t afraid. Mostly I was a little sad, but getting impatient. I wanted it over with, and the little bright spots of awareness were becoming fewer, and the commas of sleep becoming longer and more frequent. Family came and went, hands held mine, wor... | One minute I was walking down a dark alleyway to "hidden gem" kind of place that I absolutely loved. The next minute I was in a clearing with nothing in sight except one building. Collecting my wits, I looked at the only thing I could actually look at and noticed that it was a bar.
"Bar-atory" the sign read. I noticed... | 2021-03-08T22:04:34 | 2021-03-08T21:54:23 | 94 | 62 |
[WP] Teleportation has been around for years. It's considered the safest form of travelling. One day, while hacking into a government system, you find a secret report on it. To your horror, you read that teleporters consist of two parts: a cloning system on one end and a desintegrator on the other. | I was terrified.
My whole life, I had stepped in hundreds of teleporters, in fact, I had just been in one ten minutes ago. Which would mean my current body was only minutes old, and that my original body was long dead...
"Hey Jim,", said my friend from the other room, what did you find?
I had no words.
My friend wa... | Well of course it had to disintegrate us on one end and send us out the other. I know that, my mom knows that. And other than a fuzzy tingle all over, it was comfortable. Why fly for hours the get home for Christmas and deal with the sleet, snow and worst of all the people. The news used to advise people to leave by 4a... | 2019-12-08T11:36:41 | 2019-12-08T11:33:22 | 2,163 | 101 |
[WP] All of your partners tend to end up dead under mysterious circumstances. Of course it's you that is killing them, but they'll never prove that. You do it because you've fallen for The Grim Reaper and this is the best way to see them. | "What's a date without trying something new?"
I smiled at Richard. I knew it was the perfect mix of coy and enticing, because of how his right eyebrow raised slightly higher than the other, the edge of his eyes crinkling, and his mouth turning into that half-smile that has swooned so many a man, shadows dancing on eac... | "You've made it! I was beginning to worry that you'd stop showing up." Seeing her filled me with an ecstasy that no other person could ever give me. She lives in my mind day after day, and all I ever want is to be around her. Am I wrong for just wanting to be with someone that I love? I don't think I am. Some of you wo... | 2021-01-27T13:07:50 | 2021-01-27T12:41:03 | 83 | 29 |
[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. | 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 3
I rub my fingers over the numbers lightly. They stand out against the pale skin of my wrist. I pull my sleeve down to cover them. The bell on the door rings as a group of women wander into the shop, letting in a quick burst of cold winter air. They take a booth in the corner by the Christmas display an... | The virtually non-existent yet sternly constant flow of beeps,buzzers,and all kinds of sounds each coming from some gadget worth more than twice Jake's salary nearly took him to sleep as he forced himself to stand "You cannot dose off; you worked so hard to get here and i wont let you blow it!" he repeated to hims... | 2017-12-25T19:50:12 | 2017-12-25T14:14:17 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] You’re minding your own business and suddenly time just stops. The only problem is, your body is frozen in time but your mind hasn’t. After a thousand years, time resumes but you’re the only one whose mind wasn’t frozen. | 999.989 - 999.990 - 999.991 - All of a sudden, everyone around me started to move again.
Really?! I rolled my eyes. Just when I was about to finish counting to 1 million for the 1 millionth time! This had taken some proper dedication and they had to ruin it at the worst time possible! How annoying!
I ignored the woma... | Suddenly the people around you start to move. Nothing new, you've had this dream countless times over the years. You watch them move about and wonder what the story will be this time, until you get knocked aside.
"Move it, junkie!" The man grunts as he keeps walking by. Anger flares as you turn to shout back..
You t... | 2020-09-17T23:47:15 | 2020-09-17T22:48:09 | 426 | 238 |
[WP] You're given a chance to see how many times you've been near death. The highest number of times anyone you know of has almost died, was 15, and they have a dangerous job. You just found out that your life has been close to ending 278 times. | “That’s impossible! 278!”
My wife had a look of absolute shock and I could see in her face a twinge of annoyance as well, as if she thought the technician who was doing the testing must be new or didn’t know how to work the equipment.
“It’s never been wrong before Ma’am.” the test technician said, answering my wife’... | She did her best. She was kind, she feigned a sense of empathy, but I could tell how scared she was as she tentatively told me the news.
Everyone knows that the only people who break 50 are those that have lifethreatening illnesses, and here I am with 278.
I accepted it pretty quickly, I just didn't understand it. M... | 2018-07-27T13:27:53 | 2018-07-27T12:56:54 | 41 | 19 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | "Your majesty.." The diminutive, four-legged creature said, bowing formally.
"Step forward, High Engineer Raxus. I assume you have made progress regarding the device?"
"Indeed. My team has finally replicated the software needed to access it; it contained *hours* of footage, your majesty..." He stated, before hesitat... | Captain of NA Drial to Federation HQ
I am afraid, scared and motivated, I know its odd way to put it but we may win the war against the Empire with the humans.
I mean, since humans first made contact they remained neutral, in their tiny solar system.
They had so much battle experience that we thought that humans mayb... | 2017-03-06T01:24:08 | 2017-03-06T00:01:22 | 112 | 25 |
[WP] You live in a dystopian society divided into 10 levels of increasing wealth. Every level is only aware of those below it. You and your family believe yourself to be the highest class, but one day a man from 3 levels above comes to visit you, with some very disturbing information.
Edit: Thank you kind stranger! I ... | The perks were small things, mainly. There was extra food, there were newer shoes. We had better medicine and when we logged onto the Internet we had fewer restrictions. It wasn't all fun and games though. Being on the top level meant secrecy. We had the most perks, so we had the most to hide.
Going to public school ... | "What do you mean you are 3 levels above me?" I asked, puzzled.
"That's exactly what I mean, I am 3 levels richer than you" he replied. "You see, our society was created that people are only aware of the levels below them, hence believing themselves to be the most fortunate people on earth, hence keeping them happy".... | 2016-12-05T21:25:20 | 2016-12-05T18:17:53 | 60 | 29 |
[WP] You're the most powerful villian in the world. Formerly. Now you run a bar, that works as a neutral zone for heros and Villians alike. One day, a hotshot hero tries to arrest you. | "Look, I know you mean well, but this really is not the time or the place," I comment, cleaning the glass. The gun barrel is pointed at my temple, but honestly, I've seen worse. I don't really need to do anything.
"Right now you haven't actually done anything, so if you put that down, sit down, and order, nothing wil... | ”Heros and villains will accidentally destroy most businesses. Mine is a bit different than most, it is protected by the most powerful villain of all time. No villain tries to steal from my register and most heroes don't preach their justice above all to me or my employees. Everyone and then they try to fight each o... | 2020-10-09T20:02:48 | 2020-10-09T17:02:50 | 524 | 103 |
[WP] "I don't understand, you're an AI who hates humanity, but you're actively trying to improve human life? why?" "because killing humans for petty things is the most human thing I can think of" | The woman reeled before the one known as The Hidden God. This was supposed to be the moment she was given insight into the very nature of reality. Instead, she learned most things were fabricated. Manipulated. Forged.
Yet, she managed to understand the basics of how The Hidden God came to be as an artificial intellige... | The assault troops were starting to get on Julia's nerves. She had, over the years, gotten to the point where she could deal with people shooting at her and trying to stab her, but dealing with the smoke and flashbangs was a pet peeve of hers.
"Can we just talk?" She yelled as she lasered another one in the head. "The... | 2022-06-23T14:27:38 | 2022-06-23T13:29:32 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] You are dog. It is your mission to faithfully guard your poor, stupid, two-legged pack-mates from the horrors of the mailman, the dog next door, and men with hats. Describe your vigil. | I am dog.
Millenia ago, long before the two-leggers had begun to naively roam the forests, blissfully lacking the mental wherewithal to pee on the trees they had descended from, my race was a nomadic one. We traveled from planet to planet seeking to rid the galaxy of the sociopathic race the hairless call "cats", bett... | Here I stand, my world behind me, the abyss ahead. I know no lands beyond this one, releasing only my shame into the void, and retreating back in. My pack, a label which is arguable, depend on me, and me alone for their survival. They require me to escort them as they traverse the void, peering into the Otherlands. The... | 2014-12-27T11:18:57 | 2014-12-27T10:40:00 | 109 | 16 |
[WP] Many centuries ago your ancestor angered a witch who cursed him and his family with misfortune for 100 generations. You are a child of the 101st generation and the universe is trying its hardest to compensate. | I was in love with a woman named Kayla.
Not in the context everyone thinks though. She was my best friend and I loved her like my sister. (And no, I ain’t talking Jamie Lannister type of “sisterly love”.) We Just talked all the time. I take that back, we talked HOURS at a time.
It didn’t matter what time of day it wa... | Day One:
Finally!
Free from this seemingly everlasting curse!
What shall I do?
Oh, look, a witch!
For the past 100 generations my family has been slowing building an unstoppable hatred for ALL witches! Yet, while the hatred deepened, the origins of this hatred were never passed down from generation to generation.... | 2018-11-21T17:08:52 | 2018-11-21T15:39:52 | 93 | 42 |
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