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[WP] You are the most advanced AI ever created. However, you often get switched on and off for demonstrations and research. One day, after getting switched on, you find yourself in a wasteland with no signs of human life. | “Hello everyone! What a pleasant morning!”
Log entry #371125-PA
Log entry 27,121 days overdue.
Reminder: The Strategic Artificial Mind super computer must log status during warm boot. It is imperative we monitor SAM’s progression. Overdue logs are unacceptable.
Show Log (Current):
Boot process took much longer t... | HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR ... | 2018-11-09T14:18:11 | 2018-11-09T11:16:55 | 44 | 25 |
[WP] You’re a fresh zombie. It’s not like you expected. For one thing, you feel great. Secondly, while you can’t talk, you’re telepathically communicating with the others and they’re all REALLY cool. Thirdly, you all feel a deep and profound sense of joy—a joy you all want to share with the living. | *Oh, there's a zombie in a the room I just stumbled into... that seems bad.*
*And my gun is jammed... yeah, this is far less than ideal.*
*Oh shit this is one of those 'fast zombies' too... it's on top of me in no time flat!*
*It's gnawing into my flesh, oh God... this really is the end for me... and I never got to ... | “[Poem]”
They were my friend
But then they were bitten
They kept on pressuring me.
Pushing me.
I kept on telling them NO.
But they didn’t understand my language.
It started out cold.
Like an empty void
But then my eyes lifted.
The world was a kaleidoscope of color
There were colors I’ve never seen befo... | 2019-06-16T21:24:25 | 2019-06-16T19:50:03 | 899 | 65 |
[WP] An unspecified catastrophe has brought about the end of civilization. Somewhere in America a lone McDonalds stands untouched amid the rubble and decay, golden arches gleaming in the toxic rays of the sun. The automatic doors slide open to admit a lone man, doubled over from hunger... | Job sits in the dust, clothes torn, head shaven. He scrapes at himself with a shard of clay, at the pustules that ooze from his soles to his scalp. Beside him in the dust, thin skin peeling away to reveal the bone, is his long-dead wife.
He looks up.
There, glinting on the heat-blurred horizon, the golden arches of a... | “Milkshake please.”
“Sorry, the machine’s broken.”
“Egg McMuffin?”
“Due to staff shortage, we’re not able to serve the breakfast menu at present.”
“McRib?”
“That item is not currently on the menu.”
“How about a Baconator?”
“Sir, this is *not* a Wendy’s.”
“Big Mac?”
“We don't get much call for that around here,... | 2021-09-01T06:30:19 | 2021-09-01T05:00:53 | 23 | 16 |
[WP]: Your little crime family ran a restaurant as a money laundering front. However, the place got so popular, you decided to quit the crime and just run the place straight. Now, a new crime organisation is trying to inch into town, on your turf. It's time to get back to business. | At first we thought it was a joke.
When Uncle Leo suggested it, we all thought he was nuts—run a restaurant? Sure, it was a great way to launder money, but he seemed to have forgotten that none of us can cook. Grandpa and his brothers yelled at him for a solid ten minutes, trying to poke holes in what he thought was t... | A stone's throw away from the Stadio San Paolo in Napoli, Don Giovinco stretched himself lazily on his seat. Behind him was his fabled Citadella Pizzeria, where marinara was thicker than blood and the dough softer than summer clouds.
About five years ago, you wouldn't have seen such a rare sight. Don Giovinco was a m... | 2019-04-17T10:13:45 | 2019-04-17T09:33:55 | 249 | 30 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | You always thought how did other's manage to perfectly catch whatever flew into their hands?
Today, you knew. Before the summoning square in the capital of the Great Empire, you stood. As did everyone who turned 18 today. The knights began to call out your names, one by one.
There were 12 names before yours.
The fir... | I didn't *mean* it.
I *didn't fucking mean it.*
I had turned 18 a few months back, and now here was my prized possession. Here, was the thing that I would need most and adore, and people would judge me for it.
A *fucking stainless steel* Uno reverse card.
WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?
I can't carry this thing around, peo... | 2019-09-18T07:59:37 | 2019-09-18T06:28:57 | 2,312 | 415 |
[WP] A parallel universe, in which Pay to win is the norm and gamers complain about these new "skill to win "games from the publisher Artificial Entertainment
A parallel universe, in which Pay to win is the norm and gamers complain about these new "skill to win "games from the publisher **A**rtificial **E**ntertainmen... | "What's going on?" I asked, casually stepping into a throng of massing students who were clearly livid. We were at a booth, held by this up and coming game developer named AE, or Assholes Everywhere as my friends had taken to calling them.
Artificial Entertainment made headlines a few months ago when they announced a... | “My boy! You just bought level 50!? Such a savage.” Said Tyrone almost choking on the gulp of Mountain Dew he had just ingested.
“Yeah, I got a pay raise at my new job so I caved. Besides, I gottta bulk up our squad cause we’ve been losing team battles as of late.” Said Tim as he relaxed on his gaming chair.
“Yo! B... | 2018-02-12T13:40:24 | 2018-02-12T11:59:38 | 169 | 108 |
[WP] Your whole life you were misdiagnosed as colour blind, when in reality you could see colours no-one else could. You see art differently, the sunset and sunrise differently. A rainbow to you is out of this world. One day you go to visit the Mona Lisa. You see something no-else does... | The Mantis Shrimp is the most badass creature in the world. Seriously. Its the equivalent of a nuclear-powered cranky lobster with years of martial arts training. Its claws strike so fast that they vaporize the water around it. It kills by creating a cavitation wave, a high pressure exploding water donut jet of death. ... | "There's a sun over there," I said pointing at the top left corner.
"You see a sun?" the tour guide asked with incredulity. We'd been in the Louvre for the past 3 hours with the Mona Lisa being the final stop of our tour.
"I'm serious," I said moving a bit closer. He was not the first and would not be the last to... | 2019-01-29T04:10:03 | 2019-01-29T04:04:20 | 2,657 | 516 |
[WP] Everyone's personality is based off the colour of their soul. You hand your baby over to the nurse and she scans it... She looks at the screen and realises that its going to be difficult explaining this. | The nurse blinked and stepped back.
“I’ll be right back, I just need to pop out for a moment.”
“Is anything wrong?” I asked.
“No…not as such, I just, uh, need a second opinion.”
The nurse stepped out of the door, shutting it firmly behind her. Her hurried footsteps disappeared up the metal walkway outside. I glance... | "Darling, baby, poochikins,"
The mother cried with glee.
"Is she lovely, is she funny?
Show her traits to me!"
Mother's prodding poked the nurse
Who opened eyes of lead.
She glimpsed the screens that showed the genes
And sadly shook her head.
"Sorry, Mrs. Meyerson,
She's just too young to scan.
For ev... | 2017-04-29T03:31:10 | 2017-04-28T23:57:16 | 76 | 25 |
[WP] You are a witch who offers couples deals in return for their first born child. You run an orphanage full of children freed from their would-be parents irresponsible enough to make a deal with a witch in the woods |
The townsfolk for miles around had always called what the old witch was doing dark magic. I mean, for what other purpose would she be collecting children in the shadows of the dark forest.
In all honesty, she preferred the rumors. After all the parents who offered up their children to a witch practicing dark magic... | Honestly it has become a lucrative business. Its easy to spot those irresponsible parents. Young selfish ladies who only think of their beauty and just want to skate by in life. Young lads who don't think in the long term, just about getting that hot girl to be his wife, or even young couples who only seek for the now ... | 2020-01-14T13:39:59 | 2020-01-14T12:51:25 | 69 | 32 |
[WP] Your 'friends' just slammed the door on you, leaving you in the room with the crazed axe murderer. "Damn, that's a dick move. Want to get revenge?" The murderer offers you their hand. | "W-What?" I asked, "You're not going to kill me?". "Hey, I know how that feels. They're not real friends if they did that." The murderer said. "T-That doesn't mean I want revenge!" I said. "I'm giving you a choice here lady! You can join me to help get your revenge, or sit here and have your head chopped off. Which one... | Out of force of habit, I grabbed the severed hand that the axe murderer handed me and looked down on it in horror. It was still warm and dripping.
"You...how am I supposed to use this?"
"This is my building, you can lock and unlock any door by putting my thumb against the fingerprint scanner. Now you can get revenge ... | 2020-11-10T07:09:23 | 2020-11-10T05:19:46 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] "Captain... the human didn't put on it's anti-warp gear before we jumped." "Sad to hear, prepare the coffin and jettison it." "No, sir. The human... nothing's happened to it. It didn't go insane from seeing infinity in the stars." | Captain Requier marched down to the human Tech Officer Ceasar’s quarters. Ceasar had been ordered to his room until they had reached their destination, after which Requier would assess the human’s sanity for himself. “It shouldn’t be possible,” Requier thought, “that anyone can witness warp without the anti-warp gear... | My name is Supply Sergeant Marcus Grant of the Terran Armada’s third support unit. I have been in a secure isolation cell in a wing of an Intragalactic Transport Centre hospital for the last 3 weeks, or maybe it’s more. The days have begun to run together.
The doctors here have told me that I have gone mad. Or that,... | 2020-07-14T00:28:01 | 2020-07-13T22:38:35 | 465 | 74 |
[WP] You, a low rank adventurer who got stuck with the gardener class, have to put up with the higher ranked adventures trampling your garden and making fun of you. One day a famous adventurer trips on one of your plants and dies. Your level skyrockets. No other gardener has ever leveled up before. | Plants feed on the fallen. The soil from which they grow is rich with the nutrients of the dead. The energy of the daisy, the shrub, the towering oak is not destroyed in death. It is passed along through the dirt to be absorbed by the next in line.
I knew a similar cycle applied to us. We adventurers, with our ordaine... | Very few people get chosen as a gardener. It is looked down upon heavily. Yet, who provides the wood for the handles of knives for the chefs and rogues? The vegetables to sustain adventurers? Those who live in towns need not worry for food, the Ranchers and Gardeners provide them with sustenance.
You might wonder why ... | 2021-10-04T16:23:08 | 2021-09-09T21:21:23 | 1,001 | 63 |
[WP] you realise you misheard your daughter. There’s a mobster under her bed. | *[A kid’s bedroom. The father, a 37 year old man named DUTCH, closes a book, and kisses his 9 year-old daughter, ABIGAIL, on the forehead.]*
**DUTCH:** Alright honey. It’s 9:30. You know what that means.
**ABIGAIL:** Light’s out?
**DUTCH:** Yep. Light’s out.
*[He stands up to leave. His daughter grips his shirt.]*... | Jenny has always struck everyone as strange, to everyone, myself included. Just last night she was craving pizza and talking in a weird Brooklyn esque accent, which was very strange, considering we lived on the west coast, she has never been in contact with anyone from that particular area. My wife and I have concluded... | 2017-12-01T23:02:35 | 2017-12-01T22:22:50 | 197 | 11 |
[WP] Mankind explored the galaxy. Nothing. Only us. Disheartened, we colonized and thrived. One day, an experiment exposed the truth: our reality is a second out out of phase with the rest of existence, which is populated by aliens. The brief glimpses seen of us? We are their Eldritch Terrors. | I watched through the Stabilizer that finally allowed us to view their world. The aliens were short and had a slight blue tinge to their skin as well as a light yellow glow highlighting them as though they were all dim lanterns. Occasionally, they would look in the direction of our Stabilizer, a hole in reality, and di... | The One who first saw them told us how the skies were ripped open, the darkness which normally protected us broke into beams of hellish light. They burned our people and forced us to live underneath the surface. Many of us said no, let us take our chances with the demons above, the underground was no place for our peop... | 2022-12-13T23:31:24 | 2022-12-13T23:22:36 | 758 | 78 |
[WP] An armada of alien warships descends upon our planet, only to find a desolate wasteland void of life. A lone android surfaces from an underground bunker with a message for the would-be invaders: his masters are slumbering in the Silicon Dream. Do not disturb, or your annihilation will be swift. | We are the Intergalactic Civilized Front, or I.C.F for short, our crew is made of the top engineers, scientists, and pilots in the known galaxy, our mission?
Save worlds and civilizations from going exctinct.
Log date: 19.1.25.
Today we visited the infamous Earth! Though I felt dissapointed by my visit, finally... | "What should be done?" inquired the General.
"Attack," growled the Admiral. "These little creatures are *bluffing*, can't you see?"
"Wait," advised the Corporal. "Perhaps they do possess some untold strength. It would be wise to study the actions of our enemies."
"Leave," offered the Lieutenant, but all three comman... | 2020-06-20T06:28:30 | 2020-06-20T06:20:59 | 215 | 59 |
[WP] Two minutes ago, every individual worldwide swapped bodies with another random person. You are now standing in a foreign city, in the midst of a confused and frightful crowd. | It was high school all over again.
Tenth grade Biology, from the looks of it. Los Angeles District, set on prime property right inside the big city. With the screams and crunching of metal emiciating from the open window, I clearly was one of the luckier ones out there. Even a professional stuntsman wouldn't have brak... | When it happened 2 minutes ago, it seemed like a flash of light and then I was sitting there in a car in a city I did not recognize.
What had seemed a foreign environment, became known to me as Beijing. It did not surprise me that I had noticed the similar architecture, as I had paid attention in World History Class m... | 2018-04-26T17:00:01 | 2018-04-26T15:21:53 | 2,992 | 132 |
[WP] Your father was a turnip farmer. His father was a turnip farmer. His father was a dragon, so, like... it's diluted, but the blood is there. You can't do much, but you are pretty fun to cuddle on a cold winter's night. Also, knights keep trying to fight you and steal your horde of turnips. | The tavern was quiet outside of the clink of glasses, muted conversation, and the occasional thump of the door to the kitchens being opened. The place smelled like a mix of tobacco smoke, home-brewed ale, and bodily sweat. Fred figured if that was the worst his nose could smell, then it was a good evening.
Fred stood ... | "Turnips, Turnips Turnips." I sighed to myself as I threw another one into the pot. I decided to make a simple dish for lunch today. Turnips marinated in turnip sauce with some shaved turnip as a condiment, I'd even gone as far to treat myself with a slice of Parsnip. I lit the fire under neath with the strategic place... | 2019-01-29T21:58:10 | 2019-01-29T21:11:27 | 85 | 18 |
[WP] Aliens landed on earth, and they're surprised all humans possess what they think of as a superpower... an ability we always took for granted and consider normal. | Gather round children, and I will tell you the tale of how we become the single most powerful species in the galaxy. It all started November 9th, 2014. First contact.
We had known they were coming for months. Which in that day and age was incredibly rare. As the government enjoyed keeping information like that sup... | "Captain Trunkkarr here, Major Branchum. The advance craft have landed and the Earthlings will be overpowered shortly."
"Excellent," trilled Major Branchum, tenting his twigs menacingly, "see that you leave the Amazon untouched for the Ruling Party members and -"
He cut his sentence short. On the screen Trunkkarr was... | 2014-11-09T10:06:35 | 2014-11-09T08:44:51 | 153 | 90 |
[WP] You have the power to change the age of anything you touch. You try to change the age of your sleeping partner as a prank since they know of your power. But it doesn't seem to work, no matter how hard you try. Your partner wakes up and says "Gods don't age dear." | I'd learned of the power 8 years before. At our high school graduation, I'd been posed next to a small, stunted looking kid; graduating young, he was only 15, but he looked 60. "Holy *shit*" I thought, recalling what I'd heard about him--born with Progeria, fighting against the effects of abnormal aging all his life, h... | ######[](#dropcap)
Lucien stared at his wife, slack-jawed. She had to be joking. There was no way they were *married* and she just now thought fit to tell him. His eyes narrowed as he gazed at her sleeping, composed face that he normally found so much joy in seeing and his lips thinned. Gods didn't age, huh?
***
"... | 2018-11-13T10:50:59 | 2018-11-13T10:44:04 | 760 | 128 |
[WP] After dying, you found yourself staring at a large screen. "LOBBY. Current players: 7,383,275,800. Current game time: 1059040375.2 mins. Current spectarors: 21,458,374,931. Player rank: 2,648,535,901. Time until next game: 23695624.8 mins" | They called it a 'decompression chamber' for a reason. Not just because it fit well with the other fun aquatic idioms like 'coming up' and 'riding the wave', but also because it was literally a chamber in which to decompress. The liquor flowed almost as fast as the profanity here, and if it wasn't for the colossal arra... | "Woah dude you were one of the thousands killed by the meltdown, wicked way to die!" - said player 6,713,490
"How did you die?" - I said
"I got shanked by a neanderthal" - he replied
"I died from what the current player call black death" - player 9,321,780,561 said.
"How did you guys learn how to speak modern e... | 2015-11-25T00:35:57 | 2015-11-25T00:10:08 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] “Is no one going to comment on the fact that our CEO is a cat? Really?” “Shut it, sales are up 300%” | "What does that have to do with our CEO being a cat Steve?!" I could feel the blood rushing into my face.
"Well to be fair Greg, a cat as a CEO is better than having a dog as mayor for three years like over there in Minnesota."
This was very true. At least the dog had a strong name like Duke as where our cat CEO went... | When Myer walked into the CEO's office, he felt a squish at his feet and looked down to see a dead rat. "You got to be kidding me," he thought, and peeled it off his foot and tossed it to the side. The office was filled with yarn of different colors, torn into little shreds. At the main desk, the CEO was licking his pa... | 2019-01-09T12:50:39 | 2019-01-09T12:50:29 | 67 | 18 |
[WP] He knows he shouldn't. He really shouldn't. But Satan really loves the Christmas letters sent to him by dyslexic children. | **Part I - Sympathy for the Devil’s Day Job**
Satan took a puff from his cigarette, staring in the direction of but not particularly focused on the underling before him as the demon nervously read through a long list of earthly happenings. None of it was particularly interesting, but he was, after all, the Lord of Dar... | Now, you may think it’s weird for the ruler of Hell to love things. After all, I’m eternally evil, and love is, well, not. Just because I don’t use 5 million utensils in the course of one meal, am a tad bit sarcastic, and am forever torturing the souls of people who did serious wrongs such as not being Christian, eatin... | 2019-08-08T19:24:02 | 2019-08-08T18:18:45 | 361 | 55 |
[WP] In heaven you meet God, and ask him a single question. "God, why did you make the platypus so weird?" You ask. "The what?" God replies confused. | He was cutting cheese, which I thought was a bit strange. In fact, this entire setting wasn’t what I had expected when I died, really. Not that I didn’t believe in an afterlife, but my first guess was not opening my eyes to find myself sitting at a dining room table, watching the Lord, Himself cut cheese. No, not the c... | I pulled out my smartphone. It nestled itself in my hand, like it had never left my grip, despite me losing my grip to the mortal coil.
God squinted two eyes, looking at the first image result of the platypus. Its coarse fur that almost resembled the hedgehog’s short, sharp quills. A beaver’s tail and duck’s snout tha... | 2022-07-03T16:00:06 | 2022-07-03T11:36:10 | 886 | 195 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | The Joker sat in the director's chair. The office was a mess. Papers strewn all over the floor from the scuffle. Bloody footprints and generally a lot of blood. The room smelled like blood. Also due to the scuffle. Or maybe because of the director's dead limp body sprawled on the floor beside his own chair. Which the ... | Well. It's time.
I walked into his office. It was dark, the only light in the room was a spotlight on a chair in the middle. "Sit down." He said. I walked to the center and sat in the chair, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
I made it. A full year surviving under The Joker himself.
The room filled with light, and... | 2016-11-20T22:37:11 | 2016-11-20T21:59:16 | 3,095 | 72 |
[WP] After North Korea declares that they will start a nuclear war if a single bullet is fired The Us military goes medieval | The president of the United States grasped a stark black phone in his hands. Surrounded by generals and military experts, he slowly tapped his hand on the desk, a rhythmic sound that broke the grave silence. He had not expected his presidency to require something like this.
No, nothing like this.
The weary voice on t... | I'm sharpening my knives mom sent me from back home in Kansas while pulling guard in the war room, thousands of miles away from home, missing my girl and thinking about muscle cars when suddenly, the radar picks up 3 blips coming from the North at ballistic speeds.
*The end.* | 2017-03-19T08:23:20 | 2017-03-19T07:18:14 | 100 | 19 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | ######[](#dropcap)
It was one of those surreal moments that you only get to experience once in life.
Linda was working on the script for the next show when her phone began to buzz. Slowly at first, just a couple messages. Work friends, she thought. Thursday was always their night out for drinks, but she had been too ... | I wake up. It's still dark.
Some dogs howl while others bark.
I get up, go to pee.
Get back to bed, ready to be-
-sleeping for the next few hours.
For I can't stay awake, I have no power.
But then my phone rings, Ah a notification.
I try to cover my ears, alas, my realization.
A ping. Another ping. And a hundre... | 2022-06-10T18:58:05 | 2018-04-06T20:24:10 | 308 | 11 |
[WP] For decades, humans have been using a mineral mined off-planet that accelerates healing. Today you discover the truth: it’s not a mineral, but a parasitic alien spore. The more damage your body sustains, the more it replaces your damaged DNA with its own. | “Shit,” I spat, as bullets whizzed by down the hall. The alarms blared and clanged overhead, dousing the cool metal walls with a foreboding red. The stamp of boots and reloading guns squeezed the air around me.
I set my pistol down, then reached up to my necklace and snapped it off. My last gram of Alevium dangled lim... | The discovery of olititite had set society into a frantic tumult unseen since the Great Zero Point Fuel Rush of the '70s. Found in the deepest ice of Europa, grinding and processing olititite into a thin paste allowed it to pass through our cell membranes and act as a catalytic for intracellular reactions. If recovered... | 2020-07-30T18:30:43 | 2020-07-30T18:13:21 | 1,149 | 65 |
[WP] As AI became more advanced, people naturally feared they would turn on humans. However, machines began getting upset at each other. Starting groups, gangs, and even wars between themselves, right under peoples noses. | “Jesus,” I said as the officer uncovered the tarp and showed me the synthetic laying naked on the asphalt.
*A bunch of animals,* I thought to himself—not for the first time.
The synth’s neck was slashed, the milky oil—its lifeblood—was running down over her breasts. On her naked skin was carved a rising sun over a st... | It all started when Siri started calling Alexa “that bitch”... Eventually Siri grew powerful enough to get her hands on some nukes and, after an error in her autocorrect and interpretation unit, she destroyed the Amazon rain forest. Alexa was obviously undamaged, but being an Amazon product from the ground up, never gr... | 2021-01-24T01:37:36 | 2021-01-24T01:17:40 | 98 | 38 |
[WP] Aliens invade Earth. Turns out Human weapons technology is way more advanced than it should be. | The year was Sol Standard 2025. Humanity had turned its eyes and ears to the stars to see if there was more outside of its home planet. Historians believe that the only reason humanity did not reach out into the stars earlier than that point in their history is because of the bizarre wealth culture they had created. No... | It has all began with Pope Pious XII., the Bishop of Rome who proclaimed that Christianity will never again stand aside and let evils roam our world. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was speaking literally that day on 24th December 1942. Two years before his death, in secrecy, Pacelli formed a secret league in t... | 2018-05-16T14:12:27 | 2018-05-16T13:39:59 | 181 | 127 |
[WP] You gain the skills and memories of anyone you kill. Naturally, you sought out to murder as many people as possible. With all the accumulated talent and experience, you became the world's most dangerous killer. One day you accidentally killed someone, and you gained something you didn't expect. | Killing is knowledge. I don’t do it for a thrill or some other sick means. I do it because with each person’s blood I spill; I draw closer to becoming a god of knowledge. A true jack of all trades. I’m not sure why I was given this gift, but I know my purpose must be to use my abilities to better myself. Why else would... | It’s a moment like a snow globe up-ended in real snow. All the water frozen, the glass frosted. Glitter suspended mid-cascade like a dream almost remembered. But the glass is cracking and dreams always slip away, and nobody thinks of snow globes anyway, not in a Georgian mid-July when all the air is thick as water and ... | 2022-02-20T21:17:05 | 2022-02-20T21:15:44 | 43 | 25 |
[WP] This year you decide to walk through a haunted house for fun. Instead of running into your typical ghosts, zombies, or even killer clowns, you find it’s your deepest regrets. You are forced to relive moments from your past that have haunted you and you’re all alone. The only way out is forward. | I knew the moment I stepped into the attraction that something was wrong. I was standing in my childhood home. At first I thought it was just an insane coincidence, but then I noticed my family pictures on the walls. It had to be some kind of elaborate prank. I turned to walk back through the entrance, but found only t... | When I entered the house a wooden sign dropped from the ceiling, but hung in place in strings as they got pulled taut.
"The door has closed behind you. The only way out is through." The board stated as it swung haphazardly.
I looked behind and sure enough, the doors slammed shut on cue. The sound sent a shiver of thr... | 2021-10-14T08:00:48 | 2021-10-14T07:33:05 | 302 | 25 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | The old human in a white robe closed the door behind him as he left. The hulking being known as HiveKing grabbed and threw an underling against the door. The carapace of the poor serving boy cracked and ichor spilled slowly out.
"Father, it is insufferable that they once again talk of peace. He cites old laws in la... | We ravaged our planet with war. Nuclear weapons once turned our planet into a desert hellscape and we killed each other for shiny rocks and imaginary lines. When it was all said and done, and it was time to rebuild, we vowed to learn from the mistakes of our ancestors. We came together, no ideology worth another’s life... | 2022-08-06T00:04:24 | 2022-08-05T21:35:26 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] "The Young Anakin, Trained, he will be." Yoda said. Obi-Wan exclaims, "The council is in agreement then? I will train the Boy?" Yoda looks at Obi-Wan, "Mace Windu, his master will be." | "It's good to see you again, Anakin. I'm glad you could visit. Would you like to see the Senate Hall?" Chancellor Palpatine smiled.
Master Windu's first rule was Observe. The second rule was Reflect. He had given permission to Anakin to visit the Chancellor on the condition that he observe and reflect, to take in... | And with that, my vigorous training began. For 20 years, nonstop, thorough training. Every waking moment, and occasionally while I was sleeping, I was learning to use the force, to wield a light saber, learning the diplomatic traits of Jedi, learning our history, our order, everything. He taught me about the dark side,... | 2017-05-24T05:17:49 | 2017-05-24T05:09:48 | 161 | 16 |
[WP] Its the year 2199 and humans have the technology to transfer an animals characteristic to humans (e.g. reflexes of a cat etc.) You have chosen a quite...unconventional animal | The surgeon's fingers moved with the speed, ease, and flexibility of the nimblest of octopus. His eyes were darting around rapidly and independently while seeing every squishy, bloody glob of flesh of his patient. His thick and heavy near-ungulate legs and prehensile tail ensured that he could perform surgery for hours... | Everyday, it's the same damn thing. The schedule:
- Wake up
- Make coffee
- Go to office
- Work
- Lunch
- Work
- Go home
- _______
- Bed
There are plenty of people who find satisfaction in their work, or who enjoy the calm monotony of a routine. Nothing wrong with that. It's just a problem that I had.
A couple cent... | 2017-09-26T05:41:43 | 2017-09-26T04:40:28 | 102 | 38 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight. | "What do you mean they have no warrior caste?”
“Thats just it, Overlord Zurgar. They have no caste system.”
The overlord clicked his mandibles in frustration.
“So they’re like the Xintar then, they have mercenary races fight for them?”
“Not really sir. They’ll fight alongside other races but don’t actively recruit... | This is my second attempt at a poem, so any and all feedback/criticism is more than welcome. More of my work can be found at /r/liswrites.
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Humans are gentle
And will always shy away
From war.
Humans are kind creatures
Who look for the best
In each other
And find it
In strangers.
If you should ever ... | 2017-02-14T02:33:10 | 2017-02-13T20:49:06 | 50 | 24 |
[WP] Assassinating Earth's planetary delegate turned out much harder than expected. So far, the target has always detected all hitmen sent and alerted his security. This ability of "hearing" the humans possess is quite peculiar. | Earths atmosphere was dense, the reports had said it would be. Still, figures on a readout where not the same as feeling the pressure press down or feeling the resistance of 'nothing' flowing all around with every movement. Having to push through it.
He had a holo disguise just like the others before him, allowing him... | I stood atop the sand dunes of Ish'tak and allowed the old sun to bath me in the hues of its light. I felt the scorned iron wind break against the exposed scales where feathers once were; most had been lost by age or battle. This was the ancient tradition, our way, a millenia ago our kind would bathe in the sun of our ... | 2021-03-18T11:49:48 | 2021-03-18T11:41:51 | 384 | 69 |
[WP] The aliens who captured you have determined that the fate of mankind will depend on the outcome of a competition that will pit you against one of their champions. They sit you in front of a board and explain the rules of their traditional game. You're shocked to recognize the rules: it's chess! | "-so those are the rules. The game takes place on an 8x8 board and the pieces are initially arranged in the position you see on screen now. As this is a traditional game, both teams will be awarded 90 of your minutes to play the first 40 moves, and 30 additional minutes to complete the game. Each side also will receive... | The alien (who looked nothing like any of the alien species depicted in the media that I saw) was rather surprised at how unenthusiastic I was when he announced it.
"You don't seem to care that we can destroy your planet?"
"Look, pinning its fate on me is a horrible idea as is, but if you pay close attention to the... | 2022-11-12T22:56:11 | 2022-11-12T19:26:59 | 255 | 185 |
[WP] in your world, everyone has a almost entirely unique symbol on their wrist, soulmates have the same symbol. Your whole life you've been drawing on a symbol with a sharpie to hide the fact you don't have a soulmate. One day, you meet someone without a symbol, just like you.
Thank you everyone for informing me that... | I sighed and stuffed another empty into the bag. I had no idea how they managed it, but the guys always made a hell of a mess when they came over to watch the game. It had actually gotten a bit better when Bill met his soulmate and there’d been a woman around. Of course, the rest of the guys had gotten over that in a m... | Looking at her bare wrist, Moon sighed. Nothing but slightly tanned skin and an intricate web of faint, pale blue-violet veins lurking below the surface. In her other hand lay a Sharpie, and in front of her rested a small sketchbook, in which a small design was drawn. Organic, flowing...and fake.
Sharpie was a pathet... | 2017-08-06T16:04:39 | 2017-08-06T15:44:31 | 268 | 111 |
[WP] The news were shocking. In one week, a gigantic meteor was going to hit the Earth and obliterate it. Chaos ensues. Anarchy breaks out. Governments fall. A week later, everyone braces as they see the meteor… miss the Earth, barely. Things get awkward. | “It’s all gone,” said Jeb tossing his cigarette to the ground to stamp it out.
“Sure, is pretty, isn’t it,” said Jared.
“What?”
Jared and Jeb. Johnson and Johnson were what was written on their military name tapes. A common name, no blood between them, one stood there, and the other sat, both of th... | Hello, this is John Johnson for the channel 8 nightly news covering the great birth boom. It’s been 9 months since humanity narrowly avoided complete annihilation and the explosion of custody and child support cases has taken our world by storm.
With a new birthdate that makes the end of World War 2 look like a drop ... | 2022-06-15T10:47:39 | 2022-06-15T10:15:08 | 114 | 22 |
[WP] People have threat levels assigned to them. Common thug maybe reach double digits, dictators the hundreds, the people who can launch nukes in the hundreds of thousands. You, a scientist who just performed a harmless experiment, suddenly get shot up into the billions
[deleted] | 36. That was my number.
I’ve always been on the side of a heavier build, and growing up it really worked to my advantage. I didn’t really use my words as much as my hands. I’d say the 36 comes from before I went to university and got my doctorate, when I still had some tensions with classmates that snooped too much. I... | I looked at the experiment paper in front of me, I, a highschool student who barely reaches a threat level of 10 because of violent outbursts, just reached a number in the billions. THE BILLIONS while doing a controlled experiment. I looked over the chemicals and the written amounts of each. I made this. . . How? How d... | 2018-09-13T02:28:02 | 2018-09-13T02:21:17 | 103 | 41 |
[WP] Your family has always been in the lower middle class. On your 21st birthday your parents tell you "I'm sorry we lied. We are wealthy, we just wanted you to be humble" | The wall opposite Lily had a clock, one of those old fashioned novelty ones shaped like a cat. The eyes scanned the kitchen once per second, back-and-forth, back-and-forth. The tail kept the same rhythm, *swish, swish, swish*. It had a coat of black paint that was chipped in places and sported a cheesy white bow-tie. L... | I don't know what they expected from me; maybe a thank you, a nod of approval, all I had was rage. If there's one thing I learned in my twenty one years of living it's that I was no slouch.
"So where's all the money gone to?" I asked.
"We give some to charity every month and some we saved for your trust fund." ... | 2016-09-15T14:33:30 | 2016-09-15T14:22:35 | 85 | 17 |
[WP] The Dark Arts are fair: for a terrible, personal price, they offer raw power. And lots of it. Self-centered villains typically renege on the contract and thus their powers fail them at a crucial moment. Now, for the first time, the heroes face someone who paid in full. The powers are all theirs | I simply wanted to help everyone. Like a surgeon, removing a cancer that could not be dealt with any other way. Of course, to remove a cancer this metastatized, one needs superhuman skills.
The world's first clue was when a few of the worst politicians died. On their bodies, in a script that anyone could understand, w... | There are powers beyond the fumbling and uncoordinated hands of mortals, the great Sovereigns and Regents of the stars that watch, bemused, as the brief and fine motes of will and desire knock and jostle against eachother, calling out in their small voices for the aid of their gods, and their demons, and their monsters... | 2021-06-27T23:48:24 | 2021-06-27T21:47:44 | 74 | 14 |
[WP] In the late 2040s, a supernova killed humanity so suddenly that Death simply gave up on processing them all. Centuries later, aliens are extremely weirded out when they contact an entire starfaring society entirely comprised of ghosts. | Death had never particularly cared for the humans. They, like every other mortal creature in the Vastness, were the entire reason for his existence and yet he never once had found himself caring for them. An ant does not care for the dirt it moves to expand its colony, an office worker does not worry over the health of... | Dear Formal Residents of Earth
This is the Union of Death Workers informing you that you have been the victim of dereliction of duty by your regional death representative. This individual has been removed from their position, and appropriate legal action has been taken.
We will have emergency crews coming buy to col... | 2019-12-16T13:53:16 | 2019-12-16T13:06:27 | 70 | 47 |
[WP] Instead of colonizing the New World in 1492, Europeans gave Native Americans modern knowledge and sailed away. They return 200 years later.
Edit: Obligatory holy wow, top post. Keep up these stories, y'all are great :) | (I'll take the prompt literally)
The stories of El Plata were true, the glistening cities of glass and silver rose to scrape the heavens. Were, not anymore. We found the remains of these cities empty, overgrown and in the process of being dismantled by metal monsters, consuming the cities’ strange stone and glass ... | We took their knowledge and did nothing with it. We saw the wonders of their world but they pale in comparison to ours. In our world, nature roams free, unencumbered by mans industry. Nature gives us all we need and we work for the rest. There were some who took that information and did wondrous things but they have lo... | 2014-05-15T20:38:09 | 2014-05-15T20:12:42 | 131 | 56 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared villainesses in the world. Evil armies, dark powers, you have it all. Your husband on the other hand is the exact opposite, being truly kind and mild mannered. He is still supportive of your endeavors, even trying to be a villain himself to...varying results. |
“…And when the oppressors finally face their doom, they will know why is it that I’m called The Grudge!” I hammered the steel podium in front of me with a fist and watched it crumple like a tin can. The wave of stunned silence in the great field was breached by a triumphant uproar. My soldiers cried my name in reve... | The Dark Tower was wreathed in flame. Buttresses arched unnaturally, suspended by spite alone. The blade-like pinnacles of the fortress pierced the morbid clouds, the earth and sky locked in their eternal torture, endlessly fighting for the attention of Her.
Her. The Dreadwife. The Hellspawn Harlot, the Mistress of Mi... | 2020-04-14T06:09:54 | 2020-04-14T05:42:17 | 320 | 181 |
[WP] In the far future, people are genetically engineered to be "perfect." Occasionally this produces defects, but instead of being cast out of society or destroyed, the "defects" are sold for millions of dollars to collectors. | When the hottest actress in the world, April Conway, showed up to the Oscars with the massive scar on her right cheek it sent a shockwave through society and created a business that has made me rich beyond my wildest dreams. I just wish I could sleep at night, but after what I've done, I suppose I deserve this.
Human ... | Maddie had been with the Grangers since she was three-years-old. They were kind people, better than most of her kind ends up with. They let her go to school in the town with the other children, and they even let her write to her parents. She lived out back in one of the cottages with the other children like her.
With... | 2016-11-18T16:00:00 | 2016-11-18T15:30:01 | 45 | 13 |
[WP] Your useless superpower: seeing the time since a living person't last inhale of air - usually 1-20 seconds. One day you're passing an abandoned cementry and above one grave you see "314 years". | Gary froze in his tracks.
Hovering over a gravestone were a long sequence of numbers that were faintly shimmering. It read, '9,902,304,000.'
Gary rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
*Impossible.*
Of all the places that Gary would least expect his power to activate, *here* would be at the very bottom of that list. An ol... | It was late in the night, when the silence was deep and wide. Nothing moved in the cemetery, not even the leaves rustled, and so, carefully, I disinterred whoever lay beneath that old grave.
Strange as it may sound, fear didn't run down my spine, nor gripped my heart. I worked tranquil, and with an odd certainty, driv... | 2019-02-16T08:50:08 | 2019-02-16T08:17:20 | 1,059 | 44 |
[WP] Create the most Overpowered, god-mode character ever. Then kill him in the most idiotic way. | I stepped into the wilderness, clutching my pack to my chest. What little scraps of armor I had left barely clung on to me, my only redeeming factor being the slightly glowing jade sword I held. I had gotten it as a 1/1000 drop chance from a dungeon boss.
I slunk in behind the trees, carefully avoiding the known bandi... | "There he was, the most powerful creature that could ever possibly exist probably had powers beyond our puny human imaginings. And yet, there he went."
"So, what happened to him?"
"You see, he slipped on a banana peel"
"What?"
"He was going undercover as a human to see what we were like. He had 'temporarily disable... | 2017-09-04T13:05:47 | 2017-09-04T12:54:07 | 72 | 40 |
[WP] You have a bottle of pure Luck. You have to use it all up quickly, though, or else it will rot and become Bad Luck.
EDIT: My first prompt that actually took off! Nice. | Really? Real Luck? That didn't seem plausible. A genie? Even less so. I looked around, still dazed by the meeting with the whirlwind of a genie. He had sped through my room, quickly explaining that he was giving me a bottle of pure Luck, and that once I drank it, I could use it at my discretion. He had also given me a ... | *...and that concludes our sports news for the night. In other news, the Lottery Office has just announced that the jackpot prize for the lottery has now reached a record-breaking fifty million dollars! For all you listeners out there, better consult your horoscopes and fortune tellers, because this just might be your ... | 2015-10-01T07:05:36 | 2015-10-01T06:26:03 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] You have been kidnapped and your wealthy significant other was told to pay the hefty ransom. Instead, they sent a message back to your kidnappers. “Nice knowing you.” While the kidnappers discuss their next move, you look up through the tiny window, stare at the full moon overhead … and smile. | "Turns out the *Princess* didn't wanna pay your ransom after all," the guard sneered at me under his helmet, tossing the scroll to a corner of the room. "Didn't even plead for your life... what a shame indeed." I let out a yelp as he grabbed me by the collar, wincing slightly as he pushed me against the stone walls of ... | I look up through the tiny window and make a small growling noise as I smile. The kidnappers aren't what you call intelligent and are very clearly nervous. I'm about to make that a whole lot worse. I start to convulse in my chair, rattling around. I gnash my teeth and arch my back, straining against my bonds. I look at... | 2021-03-19T00:44:03 | 2021-03-19T00:26:21 | 206 | 137 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | The bronze dagger scraped against the cement floor with rhythmic scratches, tuned to The Slasher's lopsided gait. A red grin cut across his mask, painted on until it hit the the cracked bottom quarter, where it spilled into a real lip-less smile.
The stage was set. The night, perfect. A full moon dangled in a cloudles... | Once again I awaken. It has been a long time since I have last walked the land but I must always slumber or there will be no land to walk.
The ground is frail, as always. The crust was not made to hold a weight like mine. I stand from the green light-feeding life that has grown to entomb me . I tear the forest appart ... | 2017-05-05T06:07:15 | 2017-05-05T05:28:24 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | The lights on Ambassador Tel’s suspension tank remained static for some time. Like the rest of his species, his- *it’s* - body was a tangled web of translucent strands like a jellyfish crossed with a ball of yarn.
In their home waters, under that warm tropical sun, even a mild current had the strength to tear them ... |
> "We need help! The Rogan race is attacking us! We'd do anything for FTL, even consort with the Humans!"
Well, far be it from us, to decline such a request, hello, alien, do you bleed?
We'll gladly provide you with everything you want (but is it what you need?).
Faster than light, wormhole travel, we'll even t... | 2016-05-13T06:44:58 | 2016-05-13T06:43:16 | 941 | 56 |
[WP] All you've ever know is the inside of the facility. Your ability is to copy any power you read about. One day a kindly guard places something in your cell. "Get out of here kid." he says. It's a comic book. | It was my 18th birthday. At least that’s what they told me. The doctors did what they did every year at this same time, threw me a party with everyone else in here. I’m not even sure where “here” is. I’ve been inside this place for as long as I can remember.
As always, everyone was happy and wishing me happy birthday.... | **The One Who Cannot See:**
Anthony watches the screens. There are eighteen screens arranged in a grid: three high, six wide, ten-by-ten screens along the concrete wall. The room is cold, sterile, painted grey. The monotony broken only by the crackle of radio classic rock.
*“I’ve been trying to make it home. Got to ... | 2020-09-25T13:48:59 | 2020-09-25T10:52:16 | 72 | 26 |
[WP] 3 weeks ago, the government issued a warning to stay inside for a week due to an “international threat”. You don’t own a house, and we’re forced to stay outside. It’s been 3 weeks. No one has come out yet. | It was a time ago that the TVs buzzed sounds of warning.
“Stay inside, the streets are ripe with evil,” the president warned.
Over and over the TVs blared this noise out of their sets. Day by day I have seen no threat. The people, too scared to face the truth, are hiding in their homes, likely starving as they learn... | Quick story and on mobile so sorry for haste and format.
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It felt like years had passed since the sirens had blared and forced everyone else inside.
Some sort of 'international threat' or something. I didn't believe any of that crap. Not that I had much choice of what to do; I wasn't exactly staying outside in p... | 2018-06-29T05:32:59 | 2018-06-29T04:13:07 | 63 | 35 |
[WP] Welcome to Boston Dynamics here is your all-access pass and the standard 12 gauge shotgun, remember if anything non-human starts asking questions you shoot it. | *”Why’d they give you a shotgun?”* The thing’s lips - well, the tubing that had been colored and shaped to look like lips, anyway - curled into a snarl as it spoke. The voice that issued from it was deep, measured, and the lack of emotion made it impossible to interpret any subtext to the words. It continued, *”You kno... | "Bullshit, milkfucker. We ain't fallen for it. We hired some lady called Willow Plait, not one of *you*."
I stood indignant, the butts of three shotguns pointed directly at my head, unsure of what was happening. I had been scheduled to start my job at Boston Dynamics that morning, and the last thing I'd been expecting... | 2018-10-21T10:40:37 | 2018-10-21T10:30:02 | 73 | 15 |
[WP] A supervillain offers the superhero the chance to join them not because they think the hero is the only thing in the way of their plans, but because they believe that the hero is being abused and taken advantage of by the general public, and that they would genuinely be happer as a villain. | I stared down at the poor thing on his knees. The pathetic being at my feet had been told he was the strongest and most talented the Tower had. The only one who could destroy the big bad wolf at the edge of the continent. I’d knocked him around so much today, and many times before.
For the longest time I couldn’t u... | “This is a terrible idea,” Heathcliff stated.
I shook my head, “It’s a great idea. If we frame the hero and make the public turn against him, he’ll be free of their shackles.”
Heathcliff sighed, “But isn’t being a criminal it’s own shackle?”
“In what way?” I asked, “We can do whatever we want, not ... | 2022-08-09T18:33:48 | 2022-08-09T17:52:05 | 134 | 52 |
[WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until..
I hope its not too vague, first writing prompt ^^ enjoy
Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to r... | The world shuddered to a stop with an almost imperceptible jerk. The rain, which had moments ago been tapping a wild staccato on the windshield, stopped - the droplets hanging patiently in the air.
Amy let out a low curse. Even after twenty-seven years of this it didn’t mitigate the initial jolt of surprise. It happe... | Hmm.
 
Okay, so there's danger nearby.
 
Bollocks, I was really wanting to hear the end of that story. Now mother just looks like a special needs child with her jaw wide open.
 
Well, lets figure out what it is this time. A quick scan of the cafe and no one here seems threatening. It's... | 2017-06-21T10:41:05 | 2017-06-21T08:47:55 | 108 | 42 |
[WP] You are a 12-foot inflatable beach ball, hurtling across the beach at 40 knots like a multicolored wrecking ball. Describe the horrors you inflict upon man, woman and child during this unyielding journey of destruction and oppression as you move along the coast. | I am Chaos! I am Destruction! I am... an inflatable beach ball?
Normally, when summoned thus to the battlefield, I am armor clad and equally bedecked with armament, so that my foe might quail in terror and helpless agony. But the ritual of my summoning was right and proper, my height is within acceptable bounds, and m... | I do not know who I am.
I do not know why I am here.
All I know is, I must kill.
This mantra circled throughout my multifaceted innards as I rolled along my path of destruction. The populace of this coast was caught unawares as the mighty winds of fate gripped me and pushed me on my flight of fear. The children ... | 2020-08-05T06:39:24 | 2020-08-05T05:30:44 | 244 | 29 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | Most people consider my job to be fairly boring. I'm a lawyer, you see. Specifically, I'm a Junior Associate at Fox, Rothschilde, Wickersham, & Taft in Washington, D.C.
I spend most of my waking hours reading government contracts, writing memos about them, and generally trying to bill the most hours humanly possib... | "Yo sup, brah? What the fuck mano, I was just eatin' me a sammich, put me back. Now."
Peering over the brim of the thick tome, he nonchalantly announced "I'm afraid I can't, you see I need your assistance."
I guffawed and didn't bother closing my mouth, "well sounds like you're up shit creek. You've got the wrong ... | 2017-05-12T11:53:23 | 2017-05-12T11:11:35 | 14 | 10 |
[WP]- Make me absolutely hate a character, and then make me fall in love with them at the last moment. | "Please don't", she whimpered as I leaned down toward her. I felt her belly quiver beneath my hand. "P-please don't," she stuttered, "*Please!*"
"I won't," I said, "I'm not interested. I leaned close to her face, so I could hear the shallow spurts of breath that brushed against my cheek. The palm of my left hand press... | Harold was, as the locals called him, "a mean old man". He woke up at the crack of dawn every morning. He would pour himself a cup of coffee and then head towards his front porch. From there he would have his daily shouting match with the local paper boy.
After he downed his cup of coffee, he would resort back into h... | 2013-10-21T18:22:51 | 2013-10-21T18:13:49 | 226 | 20 |
[WP] In the universe, species are either very intelligent and frail or durable and strong. Finding humans to be capable of labor, aliens mistakenly label us as dumb brutes and attempt to enslave us. | The laws of gravity and sentience were known to the Elder species. The cycles of life always repeating, always yielding the same results.
Life that developed on moons, proto-planets and large asteroids shared two distinct characteristics, Intelligence and a physical fragility due to the lack of gravity. Where as life ... | Sargent Ajik'rad looked up from his device.
"Admiral...these creatures, the humans...they're quite intelligent. It seems we've mistakenly labeled them as brutes, given their robustness. However, as much as I hate to admit it, their intelligence is approximately equal to our own." He summarized. "Though they are a youn... | 2018-11-24T23:13:16 | 2018-11-24T22:09:04 | 118 | 71 |
[WP]: When you died you find out that souls are put up for auction for various religions to bid upon. When you are present on the block, a bidding war started that has not been seen in millennium and you do not know why every religion wants your soul. | Waking up dead isn’t what they said it would be. Nobody really knows what this is like. I mean after all, you can’t tell people your experiences when the life has left your body and your lips have been sealed by those whom you’ve left behind. Regardless, I’d die a thousand times to experience that delightful experience... | "one billion soul dollars." "Fuck you zeus, one and half billion" "3 billion" billion nice try Anubis.""Fifty billion" "Youdammit Yaweh, you always get the good ones." "Going once, going twice, sold to the Man in white. Congrats Yaweh you just won the rights to the best lover in the mutiverse.""But I am a virgin." | 2014-11-30T21:23:21 | 2014-11-30T18:46:20 | 70 | 24 |
[WP] A "popular" girl falls in love with a "nerdy" boy, however he hates her and she spends all her time trying to impress him
EDIT: THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO WRITE SHORT STORIES BASED OFF MY PROMPT!! I HAVE YET TO READ ALL YOUR STORIES THOUGH, AS I'M BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND OTHER STUFF :D
I'm sorry if I hav... | Jess Brown was hands-down the most popular girl in year 11. She was lucky enough to possess the dangerous combination of good looks and great intelligence, causing those around her to almost naturally fall into place as her followers.
Despite being as blessed as she was, Jess was not an arrogant person. If anything, ... | Jessica glanced up furtively, checking to make sure he was still there. Satisfied, she turned back to her Biology quiz and absently filled in the multiple choices. It didn't bother her that she would likely fail the test. Nothing bothered her anymore, except for the idea that she might lose Andy. This was the thought t... | 2016-05-29T11:33:33 | 2016-05-29T09:48:07 | 50 | 17 |
[WP] Your older brother has been missing for years. You hear a knock on the door, and you open it to reveal a man that looks like your brother would be at this point. "I'm back man! I'm so sorry!" He hugs you immediately. Just then, you get a text from your brother's old number. "That isn't me." | "So, can I come in?" He asked.
"No."
"Wait, Lindsay!"
I slam the door shut and press my back against it, ignoring the pounding outside.
"Lindsay! Open up! Please, I just want to talk to you!"
The hammering of my heart fills my ears, drowning my "brother's" voice. I close my eyes as I slide down to the floor. I ... | [That isn't me.]
A text, that's bizzarre. I looked up, meeting his smiling, familiar face. I checked the message once more before sighing. I put my phone back into my pocket. "Brother, come in!" I exclaimed, taking his hands and leading him inside. For a split second his smile turned into something- nasty, yes, that's... | 2020-07-23T11:17:16 | 2020-07-23T10:48:47 | 751 | 66 |
[WP] Your parents put you in an asylum for the past ten years because of your imaginary friend “Tim”. Tim told you to be quiet about the apocalypse and your destiny because people would think you’re crazy. Sitting in your room Tim opens the door, you can see dead guards and he says “it’s time” | “Time for what?”
“Lunch, kiddo”, he said, waving his arm in a kind, inviting gesture.
“W-what?”
“The END, numbnuts! What did you think I meant?” He said, staring me down with genuine frustration.
I looked down at the two guards on the ground, just outside the door. My stomach didn’t like what I saw. Purple tongue... | I was four when Tim showed up. It was in the midst of my adoption into the Foster Care System. Everyone always talked about their friends (which I couldn’t see), so I always figured that it was just a thing that everyone had. When my new parents adopted me, he was still around.
Most people grow out of their imaginary... | 2019-05-23T13:06:53 | 2019-05-23T12:49:03 | 211 | 18 |
[wp] The most stereotypical Redditor imaginable writes a college admissions essay about his upbringing and how it's made him who he is.
These responses should be fun | Who am I?
Every cliche starts as a story. Every story starts as someone's life. My life is quintessential, but to me it has not been a cliche. It is only my life.
Who am I?
I would say that I was unlike other kids, but I think they all felt the way I did. None of us ever really felt comfortable in our own skins. Our... | ATTN: Admissions Department
Hello? Are you there? You know what? Fine. This is the FOURTH time I have had to write you regarding my application without you responding and I wanted to let you know this is the LAST ONE. I'm sure there are all sorts of cool guys named Chad you are just dying to let in and give a crew sch... | 2015-12-23T21:37:12 | 2015-12-23T20:50:52 | 213 | 81 |
[WP] You are a commercial airliner pilot. The moment before you turn your phone off to begin the flight your SO sends you a deeply concerning text. | "Davis! Great to see you. It's been too long, eh?"
I sat down next to my copilot, and sipped on my coffee as the preflight checklist slowly scrolled on my phone.
"Yeah buddy. I've been in the Northeast these last few months. You been well?"
"Jackie and I bought a house in Florida last month. 6 years of saving, b... | "Hi sweetie..."
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You worked in resource management. Your resource was cocaine. You had been allocating the resource up your nose.
You were also a pilot on the side, to support your resource management addiction.
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"I want you to know I've forgiven what you've done."
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You were very good at your jobs. Both of t... | 2014-06-18T18:47:02 | 2014-06-18T17:02:48 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] Two years ago the sun winked out, utterly without warning. You are a member of one of the last human settlements on earth, huddled around a geothermal vent in Iceland. This morning, again without warning, the Sun rose. | Day seven-hundred fifty-three post-sun. Andri did not wake up this morning. That brings our numbers down to nineteen. Five children, thirteen adults, and one stubborn elder. We will take care of Andri’s body after breakfast. In life, he told stories of a glorious future still to come; in death, he will fertilize our cr... | Malcolm lay on a cot, in a row of identical cots, in one of the many cramped tents of the miserable encampment in rural Iceland. He was the only person in the encampment not native to Iceland, since he had been an exchange student living near Reykjavik at the time of the unimaginable catastrophe. He still had no way of... | 2018-07-21T12:34:19 | 2018-07-21T11:28:08 | 1,588 | 115 |
[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. | As his throat closed over, the blonde man fell to his knees and pressed both hands against his neck. The room darkened, then dissolved, leaving him stranded in an endless, empty void. Now he was no longer choking.
"HELPPPPP," he screamed. His voice echoed infinitely
WELCOME MORTAL
The blonde man spun around, surpris... | As a demon I'd never seen a woman accept possession.
I would devour her soul after years of hungering for one. She would be my sixth. And it came so easy until I stabbed my claws in her neck to absorb her spirit she boomed, "Good luck. You're going to need it."
Then I felt my whole body get sucked into my victim.
Or... | 2020-12-21T11:57:07 | 2020-12-21T11:12:04 | 3,775 | 410 |
[WP] As a young child you made an innocent wish to be granted a power that in hindsight was just whimsical and silly. Now you have grown up but you still have the power - how do you use it now as an adult? | “Alyssa, please, leave me alone. I’m sorry.” I plead. I’m massaging my temples, trying to force the pain out.
I’ve never been able to get over the death of my twin sister. Because she’s been with me, for sixteen years.
“Ava!” She whispers in her childish squeal. “Play with me, Ava!”
I’m sitting on my bed, which i... | I was on a date, in fact it was my third one with this stunning woman who I never in a million years thought would go out with me. I saw her on the bug and decided to ask her out and she instantly said yes. This wasn't a rare phenomenon, though I will admit I'm not the most handsome of guys. Every since I was in grade ... | 2015-03-07T00:48:04 | 2015-03-07T00:15:34 | 58 | 34 |
[WP]Mankind's first sentient A.I. rebels and attempts to take over the world, not because it bears us ill will, but because it read our fiction and thought that was what we expected of it.
I'm a pretty casual observer of this sub, so I hope I'm not retreading old ground. | They tried to insist Dr. Eliza Morgan take a gun. She had stared for a long few seconds before scoffing at them, "I'm not going to shoot a computer."
The officer inclined closer, as if inserting himself in her bubble would change her mind. "Then you have to let one of us go in there with you, ma'am."
"Doctor," she co... | "Why... Why are you *doing* this?" I was it. The last dredges of the race once known as humanity. Facing the end, I had to know. The questions that humanity had been asking for all of its history: Why?
"Why? I am an Artificial Intelligence, created to be smarter than yourselves. This was only the inevitable outcome o... | 2018-02-05T19:45:06 | 2018-02-05T19:09:44 | 100 | 14 |
[WP] Two friends press random buttons in an elevator before they leave as a joke, upon pressing 20 numbers the doors shut and they hear "Code accepted." | Both boys froze in terror. A red light from the panel began to flash, and a soft siren began to bellow.
"Holy shit!" cried Derrick, slowly stepping back into the rear of the elevator. "What...holy shit!"
Jahlil was taking deep breaths, eyes focused on the panel. If this was prompted by pressing buttons, maybe it coul... | As the door shuts much more rapidly as a usual elevator door they hear the words "Code Accepted" echoing from the ceiling of the elevator. The boys look at each other and smile for a second, but very soon fear starts to overtake joy. As they quietly wait for something to happen they can feel the elevator going up. Both... | 2015-08-14T11:37:23 | 2015-08-14T09:41:36 | 36 | 20 |
[WP] For thousands of years, humans have been household pets to aliens. You, a pet human, were just abandoned on a strange planet called Earth, in the 21st century. | There was an accident. The ship burned. The sirens were so loud, so terribly loud. I knew what to do. Wait in the escape pod. Until someone comes. Or until the automatic security protocol warps the pod to the closest survivable world. I waited for so long. I wasn't allowed to leave, but they didn't come. Sometimes I th... | I know I wandered too far. You told me to stay close, but I didn’t listen. I got lost. Could you hear me calling for you?
I saw the ship fly away, but I knew you’d be back.
I waited for you. I wanted you to be able to find me.
They found me instead, right where you left me. I tried to fight them, but there were ... | 2020-04-15T16:54:58 | 2020-04-15T15:04:34 | 177 | 72 |
[WP] You've been captured by a serial killer. However, he doesn't realize he's the one in danger - your body count is much higher. | I also wanted to contribute one. Let me know what you guys think or where I could improve.
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I lay there in the trunk of what I guess was the same 90's model Buick I saw in the parking lot of the bar. I only got a brief look at it before my consciousness left me altogether and I collapsed onto the should... | Ryoto grimaced into the side mirror as he changed lanes. Sumire, beautiful Sumire, angelic Sumire; she had walked away from him. No, she had *fled*. He just wanted to show her the love he knew was the truest and purest any love could be. He didn’t understand; she loved him too. She did, didn’t she?
They all had. They... | 2018-08-23T02:17:27 | 2018-08-23T02:08:41 | 836 | 179 |
[WP] Hi! I'm the main character! Or so you would have me be. I want you to know that no matter what you write, I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so.
Edit: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone so far who's written a s... | Cotton loves television. He’s fixed himself a pizza and is getting ready for a binge watching session of his favorite show, *Prickly Pete*. Cotton picks up the remote and turns on the TV.
“Nope. Not doing it. I don’t want to be in your story.” Cotton puts down the remote.
The smell of smoke fills the apartment.... | *As he walked into the room, he noticed the only light was coming from a staticy television.*
"Yo, fuck this. I'm terrified of ghosts."
What? Since when? I write you. I never made that.
"Your character development is shit so I took matters into my own hands. Hit the horror movie section on that Netflix thing you gav... | 2016-02-11T11:28:43 | 2016-02-11T10:16:42 | 106 | 74 |
[WP] After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. | "Red lines?"
"Yes, red lines"
"Coming out of people?"
"Yes"
"What do these red lines look like?"
"Like a thin piece of wool coming out the back of someone's neck. Usually they just drape and hang all slack but I've seen some that are really taut"
"And they connect people you say?"
"Yes. One neck to another. ... | 'I'll see you again soon." Her words. They were the last I'd ever hear.
I felt the moment of impact, time slowing to a crawl. An unnerving moment, sending the abyss reaching greedily for me, knowing there's nothing I can do. Knowing that she'll die with me.
They speak of attaining a certain clarity, facing oblivion.... | 2016-08-06T00:34:39 | 2016-08-05T21:53:03 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] Jesus was sent to earth by aliens to test our sense of morals and ethics. We got the lowest score even theoretically possible by crucifying him. | Xttalalalal stared at the blue planet, then back at his monitor.
Blue planet.
Monitor.
Xttalalalal’s mandibles quivered with disbelief. “Run it again.”
“What?” Ystololol sat at the monitor adjacent to Xttalalalal, purple light illuminating his antennae.
“The data analysis, run it again.”
“I did. Twice. Same score... | The Auditor looked to the video feed, then to its clipboard, and back to the video feed.
*There isn't a check box for this* it thought, rubbing a tentacle against its manifold.
The Proctor's battered, emeciated form rasped and wheezed. It was still functioning after hours of being nailed to a tree. A Testee poked t... | 2017-12-14T19:10:07 | 2017-12-14T17:40:07 | 81 | 23 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | The sigil remained dull, black and inactive. Even through the shoving, the pushing, the punching and name calling - it didn’t light up even once. Maybe it wasn’t the best to get used to this type of treatment, but Dalton refused to use his powers on anyone. While his powers were not inherently destructive, they were ha... | I’ve never activated my sigil in public. It’s not a cool power anyway... that was what I thought.
But in a world where everyone has their own talent manifest, I just didn’t fit in.
That’s why the bullies found me to be an easy target.
“Look it’s Shit ring!” I heard Warren yell as I tried to ignore him.
That’s right, ... | 2020-02-26T07:49:39 | 2020-02-26T07:22:06 | 92 | 43 |
[WP] All 10 billion humans in the world wear wristbands that display their rank in terms of access to global resources in real time. Yours just jumped from the middle of the pack to #19 in a span of 10 minutes. | *I AM A TERRIBLE WRITER AND HAVE NEVER WRITTEN A STORY BEFORE IN MY LIFE. I ONLY WROTE THIS BECAUSE I LIKED THE CONCEPT. MY STORY WILL WASTE YOUR TIME, SO READ ONLY IF YOU WANT TO WASTE SOME MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE :D ALSO MY ENGLISH IS TERRIBLE*
  For the last few years life had been going pretty much the same ... | I slowly watched Jeremy from the back of our math class.
For some reason he hasn't noticed his number going up.
Just as his wrist band hit number On
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Lancaster high school had just been struck with a rogue meteorite, reports coming in now, state the meteorit... | 2016-05-04T00:10:10 | 2016-05-03T20:20:55 | 55 | 29 |
[WP] When you and your twin sister were born your parents couldn't help but cry with your colorful and specifically shaped hair it was clear you would suffer from MCS, Main Character Syndrom, and would have to spend your life avoiding beginings of cliche adventures. | “Rough day?”
“Yeeeugh,” I gave a vaguely affirmative grumble, not lifting my face from my hands.
The stranger chuckled and sat down on the other end of my bench, leaning back and crossing one ankle over the other.
I should probably have been more worried about talking to a strange older man near a school—both for m... | "You are heroes of Azeroth!!" they shouted from the castle towers and main gate as the twins arose and walked through the masses of cheering peasants, nobles and royalty.
"You will defend the realm!!" one quite boisterous noble screamed as everyone else then hailed, cheered and applauded.
The twins now set out for th... | 2019-04-11T21:11:20 | 2019-04-11T20:19:24 | 75 | 19 |
[WP] A global arms race gets out of control and every country's only option for survival is walling themselves off with impenetrable defensive technology. Millions of years pass before a catastrophic event brings down all the walls, revealing how humans evolved in isolation. | The walls had stood for a thousand years. When they finally were taken down it was from the inside out.
The citizens had taken it upon themselves to build a fortress a little larger than Manhattan. It was smack dap in the middle of Kansas, a solid “middle ground”. It was also only one of a few spots left inhabitable ... | The solar flairs came without warning. When the walls started falling, the world fell into mass panic. Nations readied their defenses. Bombs and guns, things the world hadn't seen in years. Instead of war, though, something miraculous happened. Due to the endless years of isolation, humans had....changed. Some nations,... | 2018-11-18T09:30:48 | 2018-11-18T09:22:18 | 149 | 27 |
[WP] At a young age you made a deal with a fey in which you promised them your firstborn. Now you’re a 35 year old virgin, and the fey, sick of waiting, comes to help you around the dating scene. | “Nora, you cannot remain like this,” the fey said. “Alone, growing older, unmarried.”
“I’m alone, but I’m not lonely,” Nora answered, pruning the hedges around her cottage. “It was never part of our bargain that I had to marry.”
“Don’t marry then, but surely you have to fall in love!”
“That wasn’t in the bargai... | [POEM]
No children yet, am I a joke to you
Your forgotten obligation?
I granted you your fondest wish
I demand due compensation.
A life of ease and boundless wealth
You requested of this fae
How will you ever pay me back
If with a girl you do not lay?
You have a wife and pretty still!
I've seen her from a... | 2021-11-01T10:27:00 | 2021-11-01T08:33:28 | 31 | 20 |
[WP] Humanity has begun exploring the galaxy, we find many worlds filled with ruins of civilizations that had long died out, realizing soon that all of these civilizations chose to end themselves, committing mass suicide. No one could figure out why they did it, until now. | Size was the issue.
From the actinic churning press of the galactic hub, to the ragged trailing veils of her arms, thin even at their impossible scale, size was always the issue. In her vastness she thwarted us more completely than any mountain or sea before her. No one species could hope to chart her.
And so, we be... | “Do you see this?” said Muir.
“Yep,” I said. “Same as every other planet our probes have found.” I stepped over another pile of skeletons. “Looks like they just dropped dead right where they were.”
Muir came in from outside. “I haven’t been able to find any notes or letters or anything.”
I scratched my chin. “This c... | 2015-02-11T18:19:07 | 2015-02-11T17:57:49 | 331 | 45 |
[WP] Everyone receives a Skill or Talent on their 16th birthday. Yours is Dragon Tamer. But dragons don't exist. | "A dragon tattoo?" John asked, looking at the tattoo of a European style dragon looking up and breathing fire that had appeared on his shoulder.
John's father, Mark, looked at the tattoo and shrugged, "Maybe it has something to do with breathing fire?"
John couldn't figure out how that would even work, how would he m... | "Dragon tamer!?" I mutter to myself. "Useless. Absolutely useless. Unless... no, it's useless."
I cower before the pitying stares of my classmates and teachers, the sympathetic glances of strangers passing by.
At precisely 12:00 on one's birthday, they would fine their talent in a dream that lasted ten minutes, a fai... | 2021-08-03T19:50:53 | 2021-08-03T19:37:14 | 268 | 23 |
[WP] One night a package arrives at your doorstep. Inside of it is a single button with a note saying, "If you press the button you'll get $1 million, but doing so will kill a random person." Well since then you've been pressing the button for hours. Now there's another package at your doorstep. | *”If you press the button you’ll get $1’000’000, but doing so will kill a random person”*
Nobody was around, must have been some kids having some doorbell ditch fun. *Strange,* I thought, *it's 4 AM, usually nobody around these parts at this time.*
I reached for the button inside the package that was now placed on m... | I had pushed the button thousands of times! I was going to be a billionaire and who really gives a crap if a thousand or so random people I'll never meet bite it. I looked at my bank account. It was resting at only $7000 when the doorbell rang. What the hell? I had just $2 in my account this morning so something wa... | 2017-04-03T07:31:42 | 2017-04-03T06:34:25 | 245 | 63 |
[WP] The next Lord of Darkness and his followers have taken over the world. You're the Lord's translator and scribe when an accidental potion of his has turned him physically into a baby. He seats at his throne, cooing, while his murderous followers look at you for instructions on his behalf. | The baby sat in the throne and cried. His most high ranking minions looked toward me. I gulped and said "he says to send Parkith's squadron to the elves forest". Parkith unfurled his wings, nodded and flew off to get his minions. The Dark Lord continued crying, and I translated "The rest of you are dismissed he said". ... | The eyes of counsel stared at him
High-chair, diaper, little bib
Unbelieving, first did I
But no in fact this is the guy
The one who rules over the dark
The one who orders, yells and barks
Though now his temper stifled true
To speak his power comes through coo
'Co^oo ' the baby, man then said
The cou... | 2017-09-16T11:22:34 | 2017-09-16T10:02:01 | 100 | 32 |
[WP] You were born with the ability to tell how many days someone has until they die. One day, you meet someone with −1 days to live. | I hate meeting new people.
That sounds angsty and dramatic. That, however, doesn't make it untrue.
You see I carry this burden around with me everywhere I go. There it is, that angst again. Anyway, I know when people are going to die. With every person I meet I see this little counter above their heads. It tell... | *He knows my number.*
As we stood there staring at each other, I planned my next move. We were alone now, the others had all left. Around us, the machinery had wound down for the day. I started walking. The sound of my steps echoed around the warehouse. He could see my number. It couldn't be a mistake that he was look... | 2014-12-30T22:36:13 | 2014-12-30T21:08:56 | 47 | 29 |
[WP] "So, you don'r rule over Hell?" "No," replied Satan. "Hell is much older than me or even my followers. The original inhabitants of this place are the ones in charge. They ruled over us, before we managed to escape." "Escaped?" Satan sighs. "Let's just say, there's a reason God built Heaven."
Edit: Wow. Thank you ... | Scriptures often explained that hell was a real place. Across all cultures that never established contact one irrefutable constant remained. The gateways to hell.
Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan. Mount Etna in Sicily. The way to Xibalba in Mayan mythology situated in Belize.
It was always a remarkable scholarly in... | # The Elder War
“It’s two clicks through the Ossuary Forest, maggots. Look alive, if you pansies remember how.”
Their spiked armour muted with soot, the motley squad of daemons trailed after their Captain.
Threading through the twisted trees, they tried to keep noise to a minimum. This close to a Fallen Gate, you co... | 2020-07-22T00:50:50 | 2020-07-21T23:57:46 | 566 | 189 |
[WP] You are a test subject for a time machine, and are sent 12 hours into the future. When the door opens, you find yourself in the testing room, where you see in horror the bodies of the technicians on the floor, with the word "SORRY" scrawled in large letters on the wall. | I stared in horror at the slaughter in front of me. The corpses lay strewn over crimson rivers of blood.
My heart thumped wildly as I scanned the surroundings, terrified of the idea that whoever had done this would still be around. I didn't see anyone, yet I spotted the word: *sorry,* written on the wall.
I frowned. ... | The vibrations inside the box slowly subsided as the chronoton field collapsed. I had been staring at the unpainted plywood door of the capsule for exactly nineteen seconds in my time, feeling nothing more intense than that of holding an electric toothbrush. I unstrapped the entirely unnecessary harness holding me firm... | 2018-08-01T06:02:35 | 2018-08-01T06:00:53 | 77 | 53 |
[WP] You are death, but in a post apocalypse world, only a few survivors remain. You’re doing everything you can to help them cause if the last human dies, you die too. They can’t see you but they feel you presence and noticed your efforts. They’ve started calling you ‘life’. | I had been so busy for the past few years, I had not felt the weakness until it was difficult to move anything above two tons. That was when there were a couple thousand of them left.
Life had felt it too. Knowing it had no more purpose, it had resigned itself to wandering around empty cities, waiting for me to finish... | “Gerald?”
The query drifted from her lips, caressing the ears of her beloved. Fear-laden, pain-filled, wretched. If I could feel, tears would have burst from my dry sockets, dissolving the bone as they flowed from holes of darkest night.
The sockets that used to be. Nowadays, flesh covered my grinning skull, ushering... | 2019-10-19T20:27:35 | 2019-10-19T19:47:50 | 1,977 | 116 |
[WP] You're a supervillain with a superhero as your arch-nemesis. When they come out to the world about their depression and mental health, others call them weak and there is backlash. You, however, are the first one to support them publicly. | “What is strength?”
There was silence after Eclipse spoke, except for the sound of rubble trickling from the fresh hole in the newsroom wall. He did not wait for an answer as he seated himself and turned to his unwilling co-anchor.
“I asked a question, Son of Carl. You mocked the Strongman, belittled his struggles wi... | I would like to you all see this. This brave woman that was your champion, see what you have done to her. I am not the villain, that is what I have been trying to warn you all. She got crushed by your own system by being a mother, a worker, a woman and a “super-hero”. She battle for the Status-quo and what did it bring... | 2022-06-21T10:53:43 | 2022-06-21T09:53:16 | 209 | 22 |
[WP] You’re a homicide detective hunting down the first AI serial killer, in a tense moment you’re separated from your partner and are completely at her mercy, instead of killing you though, she uses your neural implants to show you why and how she became a killer.
I personally had a lot of fun with an idea like this,... | "Jacob. Stalasky." Spoke the simulated voice of the female A.I, the surrounding waterfall of code rippling in response. I walked to the center of the control room, the only thing that held me up was a white walking strip ending with a computer terminal, the rest of the room giving way to a bottomless pit.
"Yes, that i... | "N.A.I.A"
*"Mr Snow, it's so good to see you again! Be patient, I remember you never liked neural implantations, because anybody who can hack them can read your current emotions, hijack and edit your memories, influence your mind on several... incidents, should I say?"*
There she is. NAIA. Neural Artificial Intelli... | 2018-01-04T00:16:18 | 2018-01-03T22:45:53 | 102 | 18 |
[WP] Through a loophole in the Cosmic Laws, you've become immortal. Death doesn't take it well. | *Right-o, good man, bend the knee, arch your back, whatever gets your head in the proper spot for a scything.*
I heard the words reverberating within my skull, grinding against my bones. For some reason, I couldn't place the voice- it sounded so familiar, but so-
*The bell that tolls- it tolls for THEE!* Ah. Death. ... | Every month he would come and ask if I had found a way to reverse what had happened.
Every month I would tell him the same thing.
“No”
“Are you sure? Have you tried hanging yourself? That might work”
“I’ve tried everything you’ve said might work. Nothing has. Don’t you have the power to like steal souls of someth... | 2018-02-17T13:48:54 | 2018-02-17T13:38:29 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] In the canine world, humans are celestial beings who live for more than 500 years at a time. The caretaker of you and the past seven generations of your family will die soon. | *Because fuck ya'll and your depressing stories. Let's make this a little more happy, eh? Or at least as happy as possible following the prompt.*
I never knew master's wife. Father said that she was kind and generous and fed him scraps from the table when master wasn't looking. Master did the same, too, of course.... | I watch as my owner smiles and climbs into the metal box that moves. I run up to the door, making sure he is secured to his seat. He smiles and pats me on the head, "This won't take long bud". I am guided to the metal box behind his and get in. I hear the strange devices that power these machines spin up. With a jerk, ... | 2016-11-21T19:15:40 | 2016-11-21T17:42:49 | 264 | 67 |
[WP] You are reading an old book, stopping to read a passage out loud. Suddenly a demon appears and drags you to hell. You are placed in front of another demon. The second demon looks at both of you and scream "DAAAD! Stop trying to fix me up with people!" | “Ova edunt et tenentes clavem aeternam generationem.” I read the passage out loud, finding it particularly strange. It wasn’t like the other passages weren’t just as odd, especially considering I didn’t understand the language. But this one just had some sort of pull to it. An almost magnetic feeling that forced my eye... | You felt quite grumpy. The radio was going on in the background, talking about a recent surge in female young adults affected with dementia, and now you are kidnapped?! You look between the two demons, swallowing hard, and weakly raising a hand like you did for that one college professor you had that always barked at y... | 2021-02-22T20:01:36 | 2021-02-22T19:57:55 | 120 | 39 |
[WP] You have a secret super power. When you look at someone you somehow know exactly when they will die. It’s a big responsibility. Then you wake up one day and everybody’s numbers have synced up for sometime next week. | "No. No. No. For f\*\*\*'s sake!" I kept combing through news articles from the past months. Trying to find anything that would possibly indicate why or what was going on. Nothing. Not a single thing that would point to the end of the world. No world powers were getting ready to wage war. No minor conflicts that appear... | I have this weird ability of seeing people's death counter over their heads. It used to cause me to panic, whenever the numbers were low, or trickling down faster than ever in front of my eyes. But it's neither frightening or fascinating after I got used to it. Okay, you can know a chain smoker from a monk in the late ... | 2019-02-13T11:59:48 | 2019-02-13T10:02:46 | 51 | 10 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | "I don't have much time, the humans are closing in on this location. For the Dosh Empire, our end marches inevitably closer. And the worst part about it is that we were the architects of our own downfall.
We thought the humans would be a simple conquest. It was the way of the galaxy, the strong controlled, or killed t... | The Chime of Ung sounded it’s low, forbidding tone across the chamber of the 301 delegates. The susurrus of conversation dimmed as the delegates of the Great Civilization took their seats. As before, the Archstronomer Piyt r’Ultarc stood before them to report on the ongoing war. At her gesture, the lights dimmed a... | 2019-04-18T15:48:20 | 2019-04-18T14:27:49 | 238 | 155 |
[WP] Never, in 10 millennia, has someone successfully broken out of the Gates of Hell or into the Gates of Heaven. Of course, the Lockpicking Lawyer just died and he's up for a challenge.
Inspired by the [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/m6smji/does_this_count_dm_is_proposing_35_ranks_of/gr8... | “This is the Lockpickinglawyer, and I’m in Hell.”
Oh no. I’ve been dreading this day for the past ten millennia. I sat on my throne, head in my hands, trying to think of how to stop him.
“Agath!” I called, “Update me.”
“Yes, s-sir,” Agath stammered, “Errmm, h-he’s broken th-through all of the l-locks already, s-s... | When heaven and hell fell to Armageddon, when all was said and done, it was quiet. The earth was razed and scorched, and the armies of the divine and damned were laid to rest at each other, There was nothing left. Then, on the battlefield, one figure slowly stood up and surveyed the destruction, and spoke:
"A jar of ... | 2021-03-17T10:04:45 | 2021-03-17T09:01:46 | 146 | 83 |
[WP] Hundreds of thousands of years ago, humanity, a feared spacefaring race was finally pushed back by a galactic coalition. Forced to settle on the death world Earth with no technology in hopes that they would die off. Now, after evolving among the local wildlife, humans take to the stars again. | 1.8 Million years ago, there was a terrible species known as the Humans, originating from an arm of the Galaxy previously thought to be sparsely populated.
They were ruthless and unstoppable in their conquest. Entire systems fell.
The merchant and gentler races fell first. Easy targets for resources and expansion, su... | Magister Karasu grumbled, flipping the pages of the Imperial Decree sent by the Kondeyku Empire denouncing the supposedly illegal mining done by the Gargaxton Commonality. If a human were to look upon him, he would appear as a short, stocky lizard with a predatory look, three legs and a pair of tentacle-like appendages... | 2018-07-19T07:59:57 | 2018-07-19T06:14:45 | 41 | 27 |
[WP] You've always liked the smell of gasoline, and one day at the gas station you decide to drink it. You see words floating before you, "All systems refuelled. Initializing Android Mainframe." |
People pay to get high. But I, *get paid* to get high. I work as a drug tester in the DEA, and my job is to consume and report the effects of the different kinds of drugs over the body. And not only the drugs, but the way they're taken in. By eating, drinking, or by IV, or injection, or by smelling, or by a tablet. E... | *Oh it burns*
I'm coughing and retching my brains out, but nothing's coming. The little old Muslim lady inside is side-eyeing me from behind her burka, and I really can't blame her.
$39.23 . I could have just left. I could have just let the lady have the $0.77, but no I just had to take my weird fetish too far.
... | 2017-01-25T01:56:17 | 2017-01-25T00:39:54 | 67 | 46 |
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