prompt stringlengths 20 5.8k | chosen_story stringlengths 226 10k | rejected_story stringlengths 227 9.43k | chosen_timestamp timestamp[ns]date 2012-07-26 17:01:55 2022-12-31 14:34:19 | rejected_timestamp timestamp[ns]date 2012-07-26 14:23:36 2022-12-31 12:20:41 | chosen_upvotes int64 14 23.1k | rejected_upvotes int64 10 4.26k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[WP] You're a local healer, a good one, and your people love you. But you do not truly heal wounds, merely transfer them... The people of the valley below know you under a different name. | "Son of a bitch!"
"What?" I asked, not used to being greeted so by my beloved sister, Kayla, storming into my tent.
"You heard me; you are a no good, dirty SON OF A BITCH!" Her last words each punctuated with a fist slamming onto my desk. She had moved quickly across my living space and was glowering at me as I rose... | I was the best healer they'd ever had. Something needs righting, they call me.
They knew it, I knew it, everyone knew it.
I can fix anything, no matter how broken. There's only one small catch. Well two really if you count my fee. Although everything might be fine for the client. (You go back to your job, your wi... | 2016-08-13T12:25:45 | 2016-08-13T12:16:26 | 39 | 15 |
[WP] The hero stared at the boy who was supposed to be his wise old master. "Word of advice. If you ever achieve immortality then wait till you're at least 20", he said in a high pitched voice. | Grant looked at the boy with confusion. He couldn't have been more than ten years old.
"Wait, you're immortal, and you're my master who's going to train me? The voice in the fire told me to come here. This is all a bit overwhelming."
"I'm Kaimon, or just Kai. Yes, I'm immortal and yes I'm your master. I'm here... | “Hello,” said a squeaky voice from afar. In the distance a small boy clothed in a wizards gown approached. I stared at him quizzically. “Word of advice. If you want immortality, wait till your at least 20” he said gazing up at me. He turned around and motioned for me to follow. I stood still, frozen by shock. “Come alo... | 2020-01-25T08:28:01 | 2020-01-25T07:47:58 | 47 | 13 |
[WP] You are %90 sure your flight attendants are Michael Jackson and Joseph Stalin. | My heart started beating faster as I approached the counter. The bag felt heavy in my sweaty right hand, offsetting my balance with every step.
*Act normal, act normal, act normal*, I just needed to get this one small interaction right and then I would have been through that hell.
*Normal, act Norma...n- Norman?!... N... | Flight attendant moon walks down the isle.
"Ch'mon now! Buckle up, this planes about to soar!"
He grabs is crotch, tips his hat, and struts away. The passenger then leans to his wife "honey, I think the stewardess is Michael Jackson". She rolls her eyes "you can't say every flamboyant flight attendant is Michael Ja... | 2015-11-03T06:55:56 | 2015-11-03T04:15:56 | 40 | 23 |
[WP] Your friend is possessed by a demon. You're horrified at first but then you find out the demon is way cooler than your friend. | You know, when Morlox the Mighty first “INVADED THE EARTHLY FLESH-SPACE THAT WAS ONCE CHUCK MORRISON,” I wasn’t really concerned. I mean he got really swole and red but I figured Chuck had just spent like, too much time chugging protein powder at the beach like he usually did and got a sunburn or something. No biggie. ... | None of us ever had a special affinity for the crawlspace under the house. It was a dark, wet place overstuffed with rusty power tools, a moaning water heater, and the odd patter of some rodents that no exterminator could ever detect. If anything, myself and the roommates avoided the area completely in fear of mold p... | 2018-02-21T16:49:28 | 2018-02-21T16:19:42 | 58 | 10 |
[WP] You find yourself in your crashed plane, shaken awake by a woman practically dragging you out of the cockpit. She notices that you’re awake and says, “Welcome to the Island. I’m Amelia Earhart, let’s move. They probably saw your plane go down.” | Truth is, I didn't expect to survive the crash.
I was low on fuel, cruising to a fill-up station on a nearby asteroid belt, the last fuel-stop before you're on the long, cold flight to Andromeda. I'm a scrap-peddler, so I was trying to get by on about a balloon's worth of combusted oxygen, just to survive until my nex... | "Amelia Earhart - as in *the* Amelia Earhart?" I let out a laugh, the hysterical, stress variety. "Helluva name."
I couldn't see right without my glasses, but she had the Temple Grandin haircut, and was wearing a bomber jacket.
"Take it up with my father," she quipped, hauling me to my feet with mare strength than I ... | 2021-05-03T23:49:00 | 2021-05-03T23:26:58 | 213 | 22 |
[WP] Since almost noone puts small coins under the deceaseds eyelids there is a enormous cueue at the Styx. Endless souls try to convince the ferryman Charon to accept alternative means of payment. | I sighed for what was quite literally the hundred billionth time.
“I’m sorry, miss. As much as I would like to, uh… partake… “
I looked her over again. She appeared to have been no older than twenty at the time of her death. A shame, really. She was quite beautiful.
I sniffed.
“Rules are rules. The cost of passage ... | I never believed in the gods of my father. It wasn’t that I doubted their existence as much as I wanted them to leave me alone. I felt my fate was better in my own hands than some temperamental gods and figured if I left them alone they would do the same. And for the most part, that’s exactly what they did.
Like all m... | 2015-08-31T13:23:09 | 2015-08-31T13:04:53 | 213 | 10 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | Treg'Luf'Arwa couldn't believe his eyes. He doubted that his Father, Luf'Arwa'Yos, or his father's father, Arwa'Yos'Hul, would've believe their eyes either, had they come to see this day.
Fire had been raining on his planet for days now. The home planet of his species being the latest conquest for the Gaouls, a f... | The captain stood before their company, his ferocity was inspiring.
"Its up to us!" he roared "The boys at the top are wanting to pull the funding for our little expedition, they say this has been a waste of men and money! This is our last chance to take back the colony from those bastards and drive them back to their... | 2017-03-05T23:52:37 | 2017-03-05T21:06:51 | 503 | 160 |
[WP] A self-aware self-driving car wanders the country, taking people to not where they want to be, but where they need to be. | The man checked his watch as the rain pounded all around him, the awning of the gas station sheltering him from the storm. It was 11:15pm, and he'd hailed for a ride on his phone nearly 20 minutes ago. He'd expected a long wait; auto-cabs were far-and-few-between in small towns like these, and he was lucky just to find... | With all the talk around self-driving Ubers over in America, I knew it wasn't long before someone else tried to take it a step further.
It only took a few months for Uber to pull their controversial new transport scheme, after a number of injuries (and even casualties) resulted due to tech malfunctions in the cars, bu... | 2018-05-02T22:36:39 | 2018-05-02T21:37:27 | 34 | 12 |
[WP] You and your friend make the old drunken agreement that if either of you invent time travel, you'll return to the current time and spot. 5 seconds after you shake on it, your friend appears from the future, with an urgent message. | Those stupid high heels. I couldn't walk in them sober - after three margaritas it was out of the question. I sat down on the edge of the fountain, grabbing at my shoes. The next morning was going to be rough, but you only graduate from law school once, right?
My best friend Jane plunked down beside me. She'd bee... | *poof*
''Terry...?'' I rubbed my eyes, thinking that i had surely drank too much. ''Bro, there is TWO of you!"
Terry didn't move. He seemed frozen to the spot, mid sip of his drink and his eyes were unmoving.
"He cant hear you. Well, he can, cause he is me and I can hear you but THAT me cant hear you. Part of my des... | 2015-04-18T23:59:45 | 2015-04-18T20:23:07 | 173 | 79 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished," he says. "You are the punishment." | It’s dark. Why is it so dark?
I try to open my eyes, try to move. Nothing happens. Something warm licks at my toes and I try to pull away; the heat just grows more intense.
A dull orange light glows in the distance. It draws nearer, growing larger. Suddenly I can feel myself again, my arms, my legs—and the *heat*.
... | I lived a very good life with more like a nerd and very less like a bully. I never made my expectations high except for the happiness for my love. I died of Covid-19 as days passed quarantine myself away from my love. Dying alone.
My wife giving me an eulogy. Her words and voice wants me to wake up from the body and ... | 2020-07-10T08:08:50 | 2020-07-10T07:21:39 | 752 | 35 |
[WP] You can't help but stare at your husband. He's standing in the kitchen making dinner, like he always does. He smiles at you like he always does. Problem is, you killed your husband. Three years ago. | I let out a sigh as I made my way to the stove, not saying a word as I turned it off. I opened the windows to relieve the room of the scent of rotten eggs and grabbed the phone to order take-out once again. The knife he had been holding was on the counter now, his finger gently caressing the handle.
So long as I said... | Note found in one of the victims for B-1832
Victim appears to be an elderly man aged 74. Victim appeared to have died of asphyxiation of unknown origin.
“He was there, like he was 3 years ago. He smiled like he did 3 years ago. I killed him again like I did 3 years ago. I didn’t question, I only smiled back and conti... | 2022-02-22T11:27:00 | 2022-02-22T10:55:55 | 77 | 28 |
[WP] You were abandoned by your parents as a child and raised by wolves until you were 14, when you reentered society. Now, 15 years later, you are a successful forest ranger bringing your fiancee back home to meet the folks for the first time. | Ryan the ranger, that is what her friends had called him. He had other nicknames as well, some not as flattering like 'wolf boy.' That one stung a bit. Still he had bottled it down and even at times laughed along, like it didn't bother him that they were essentially making fun of his family. Not that they'd understand,... | I got lost on our trip to Canada when I was 12. My family was hiking in the wilderness when a storm hit. A flash flood tore away everything I had known - and I was left to the wolves. Literally.
It took a couple days for me to collapse from exhaustion in the woods. I woke up some time later with a slobbery lick to t... | 2016-07-16T00:45:30 | 2016-07-15T20:09:42 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] In a huge world, three continents, three nations exist. One is a flourishing kingdom with full of magic and diversity, one is a republic with marvelous technology, and one is a dystopian dictatorship with an army you don't want to mess with. | "He's coming," Isabella whispered as she placed a hand on Michael's shoulder. Her lips trembled as much as her voice, and her bright, cerulean eyes were open wide.
Michael pressed his lips against Isabella's for a last time, as muffled footsteps and voices somewhere outside their chamber, grew ever louder. The walkin... | (This is my first time writing in a LOOOONG time, so please give feedback!)
“...And, finally, my liege, our surveys have shown a rise in Academia and Electrum. Void has not increased much, and neither has lncendior.”
The king looked upon his advisor, a face of kindness and justice.
“Thank you, Fernus. You are dismi... | 2018-01-04T06:07:37 | 2018-01-04T06:00:38 | 117 | 78 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | >*"Rhathma! What have you done?!"* the spindly cleric was let up. All her healing spells had fizzled, leaving the party at the mercy of common Gnolls and their hyena pack mates. As they growled and laughed the party lay prone and at their mercy. A thousand curses were wished upon the healer under muddled breath. The... | It was a cool summer morning in the land of Elyria. We had reached the final boss of our heroic campaign. We made our usual jests to the cleric of how weak he is and how lucky he is to have us. Then he stopped healing us just as we were about to defeat Malkoth, the evil dragon which we had been hunting for the duratio... | 2020-01-05T11:54:50 | 2020-01-05T11:07:20 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You've been living alone for 13 years. Whenever you come home from work, you always find your bed made, dinner cooked and a message with "This could have been us." You moved out several times. This keeps going on. | "Your occupation?"
"Food sales and service."
"The boxes we found in your home, you were specifically trying to sell those? Including the one we have in this evidence bag?"
"Yes, detective. I don't understand what the problem is. I got a license, I pay taxes on all my profits, it's all legal."
"Where do you buy your... | I sighed, deeply. The first few months were creepy. Always the questions of who would do it. Then being flattered. Once the truth was learned, and the countless nights of screaming into the night sky to unsympathic stars wore off, I had only sighs and the occasional bout of madness where I move away and realize the... | 2017-12-09T07:43:55 | 2017-12-09T07:43:03 | 236 | 21 |
[WP] The man smiles, and puts a single vial filled with a swirling blue gas into the pot. “A soul,” he sneers. You aren’t exactly sure which one of your friends invited him, but Friday Night Poker just got significantly more interesting. | "That's impossible." I breathed, staring at the vial of blue... gas. That was the only way to describe it.
"Oh, it's possible," the stranger sneered, "but now here's the real question: whose soul is it?"
I glanced up at Jeremy. Jeremy was glaring at the vial, but when his eyes met mine, he shook his head. Then, I tur... | "Is it yours?" I asked. "What?" I tapped the vial, minute swirls and eddies rippling away from the gentle impacts. "This soul, here, now -- is it yours?" He crossed his arms, leaned back. "Of course it is, I own it, how else could I bet it?" I frowned, and tried one last time. "Is this, in fact, the soul that you, Mark... | 2019-05-12T06:48:50 | 2019-05-12T06:31:48 | 45 | 13 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. You hear it say: "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You wouldn't be able to hear any audio due to the hordes of people outside your door telling you to look at the moon. You laugh uncomfortably, due to the fact that you are blind. | The phone buzzed, sending a noisy hum through the room as it chattered against the hard wood of the end table, sputtering words in a mechanical voice that fell of deaf ears. Sam rubbed the sleep from his eyes, sitting up in complete darkness just in time to hear the words come from his phone. "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON".... | "Must be another eclipse or somethin'," I mutter to myself.
I try to fall back asleep, but I've got a vague unease and hordes of people screaming at me, so it's hard. It's not long before I figure out what's making me feel so queer... I can't hear my boy Casper. I'd figure by now he'd either heave tried matching the c... | 2018-07-16T09:50:29 | 2018-07-16T07:45:02 | 37 | 22 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Zander grinned, a wide shark teeth grin as he looked upon the beaten human they tied down. She was unconscious and bleeding from multiple cuts the flageis had inflicted himself. He glanced over at the assistant who was looking rather green around the gills. With a curt nod the boy pulled the lever and woke the human ge... | Log 13024B \[Encounter 3042, How it started\]
Lieutenant: Exoplanet #41BX3S4, this is a very mineral rich planet, only inhabited by unsophisticated Combustion Energy beings.
Commodore: Yes, Lieutenant, permission to take over.
Lieutenant: Should we do our tradition of contacting them one last time before they are en... | 2019-12-19T05:52:46 | 2019-12-19T04:59:08 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] You’ve always been told that Earth is a death world full of things that can and will kill you in seconds. However there is no way the adorable creature before you is dangerous, no matter how terrified your guide seems to be of it. | The guide runs to the cabin door, his eyes wide.
"Shit, shit, shit. Stay inside. It's out here."
"What is out there?"
"The Bobacrest," he says hesitantly.
I'd only heard about it once while in a remote village. Most places it was considered bad luck to even speak its name around here, let alone describe it. I... | "Oh come on, this creature can't be that bad."
I said, as I played with a white fur-ball creature, that had the fluffiness of clouds.
"S-s-s-s-sir, please be careful."
Our guide was rather terrified, and I am pretty sure that's not sweat.
A little backstory, right now, we are on a deadly planet called Earth, ... | 2021-07-29T09:59:34 | 2021-07-29T09:08:56 | 57 | 19 |
[WP] A child is kidnapped. Outraged, the monsters living under the bed and in their closet vow to find them. | The sound coming from the radio was as much static as it was dispassionate conversation about the political goings on of the day. The driver, bleary eyed, tried to change the station to something more entertaining, but with the pounding rain and being so far out i the middle of nowhere, this station was the only one th... | The man opened his eyes groggily. He was facing a ceiling, painted with a vivid depiction of the night sky and fan with a smiley face on it turning lazily. As he goes to move he feels his restraints. He looks down to find himself roped to a rather small chair. As he gathers more of his surroundings he feels the familia... | 2017-11-26T13:53:46 | 2017-11-26T13:53:16 | 1,754 | 241 |
[WP] In 1900, a scouting alien ship studies Earth and its inhabitants for a future alien invasion. They report back that we are primitive beings. In 2018, their mighty fleet arrives to wage war, but are dumbfounded by the abundance and power of nuclear weapons. | "Counselor, explain your findings."
"Erm, yes High Commander. It seems that the intel we had previously received on these "humans" was flawed."
"Flawed?" Replied the high commander scowling. "You reported a primitive hominid culture, barely scratching the surface of electricity. Now you bring us against an enemy that... | Supreme Commander Garrix was shocked and horrified as he watched the mushroom cloud expand in the place where Admiral Calis's ship had been. The scouting mission had reported a primitive race with plentiful resources to be exploited. Only 120 years earlier they had barely discovered effective mass production and waged ... | 2018-01-20T19:58:00 | 2018-01-20T18:10:51 | 271 | 126 |
[WP] "It's surprising that the most important person in the world has so little security." Said the assassin to his target. "I am here, there is no better security." Was the casual reply.
From Bleach. | "You're just a weak man in a position of power, do you feel secure right now?"
I looked at the would be assassin standing before me. I watched as he drew his weapon from his side with one hand and a suppressor from his pocket with the other. "No, I suppose not." I replied. He screwed the suppressor to the front of his... | "So? What makes you think you can even hope to defeat me?" Said the assassin, his eyes bloodshot. You know he was gritting his teeth through his black mask.
"Try me" The 50 year old man said, as he meekly brought up his fists up to his jaw, in a classic fight stance.
The assassin's eyes glare into his soul, as he sen... | 2017-02-20T08:15:48 | 2017-02-20T04:51:46 | 167 | 114 |
[WP] A man who has been dating a girl since elementary school goes to her father for her hand in marriage. The father says no. Tell us why and break our hearts. | Jake’s heart was hammering in his chest. He could feel his pulse in this throat and his mouth was dry. He had never been this nervous and excited at the same time. This was a huge step. His life would be changing drastically in the next few minutes.
He knocked on the door and her mother answered. She has her mother’s ... | "No."
>"What? Why?"
"Kid. I like you. I really do..." sighing "Do you remember how Katie used to leave school early every other week?"
>"Yeah. Of course I do, you and her went out to lunch on those days."
"..and how she used to get sick a lot?"
>"Yeah."
"..and how for the past few years she's been busy e... | 2014-01-19T15:01:42 | 2014-01-19T12:34:58 | 84 | 12 |
[WP] You and your significant other are running for your lives from a slasher killer. Suddenly your partner ducks into a door and locks it behind them leaving you behind. You slump against the door preparing for the worst. The killer walks up and says "Wow what a jerk. You ok?" | "Wow. Um. *Huh.* Did *not* expect that."
Our own personal horror movie - *Scream* mask, black robes, the works - lounged against the wall where I'm slumped in defeat, poking at the tip of her knife.
"Eh?" I swept some of the sweat from my forehead. *Fuck,* but that was a long run. "What?"
The killer - five decapitat... | "God fucking dammit..." you sob, falling against the door, and sliding down into a sitting position. You Bury your head in your hands, overwhelmed with shame and disappointment and fear until a voice cuts through. "Christ she's a bitch! You good dude?"
You pause, and quickly look up to your supposed killer. They were ... | 2020-10-10T09:23:17 | 2020-10-10T06:11:13 | 525 | 198 |
[WP] You are a superhero, no one knows about your alter ego. Not even your spouse. You return home tired and disappointed one day after failing to capture your archnemises. You enter your bedroom to find your spouse struggling to get out of the costume of your archnemises. | Joey Suarez sat in his car, parked in the driveway. Everything just hurt. “I’m going to be 40 next month.” he thought to himself. “Maybe it’s time to retire.” Not really retire of course. He didn’t have enough money for that. But just retire from the superhero gig. Keep the job with the construction company and... | "The fuck, Alice?" I shouted, nearly tripping over my own feet trying to back out of the room.
She straightened up quickly, dropping the weapons that were in her hands. "I, uh, I-"
"You know what, *dear*? I don't want to fucking hear it." I pointed at the suit that lay pooled around her feet. "You've nearly killed th... | 2020-10-30T12:12:09 | 2020-10-30T12:04:44 | 77 | 39 |
[WP] Due to new diversity measures to ensure that students are exposed to new, different cultures, your middle school classmates now include a dark elf from the underground caverns, a high elf from the Feywild, an orc from the northern tribes, and curiously of all, a human from Des Moines, Iowa. | (Being a human from Des Moines, Iowa, I feel obligated to take a whack at this.)
"Who's the new guy?" Vah'res asked in a hushed tone. "Don't know." replied Gwithwain, "Looks like a tall, balding dwarf to me."
"You should totally say that to his face, Wain." Horrgg snorted, grinning from behind her tusks. "I'm sure mo... | The kid had to be from Iowa. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those people. Seriously, I have a vampiric dwarf and a lycan tabaxi (who we call the double furry) as friends. I mean, we got two elves and an orc. Not judging by the race, here. It’s where you’re coming from that I judge. From my experience, nothing ... | 2021-10-23T19:20:45 | 2021-10-23T14:19:18 | 30 | 18 |
[WP] In a world full of super-powered humans, your super power is the ability to boost the superpowers of others. You are The Wingman. | A history lesson for you: In 2015, there were no super-powered humans. In 2020, the meteor struck. The Earth rang like a bell, and there was global devastation from earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis... and that strange orange rain for weeks afterwards. "A novel mineral from the meteor" said the scientists of th... | It didn't even matter who you were anymore. You were defined by your super power.
The powers you are able to combine are the real strength in this world. Breaking into a bank with brute force? Not a chance when the guards have x-ray vision and remote hypnosis. But in a world where everyone is special, everything is ex... | 2015-04-28T04:04:52 | 2015-04-28T04:04:30 | 934 | 38 |
[WP] Youre a con-artist and a damn good one but you have been caught by the State Police. You have been sentenced to a life long imprisonment in the most secured detention facility. The guard locks you up and says; "You cant lie yourself out of this one, fool". You smiled at him. | The first punch comes out of nowhere.
It slaps the side of my face, and all I can see are stars, brief and dazzling, sending my head to one side.
The pain doesn't immediately register, just a dull sense of warmness flooding my cheek.
I can see the second swing on its way, but trying to avoid it would do nothing. I'... | You start sobbing. Then crying then hyperventillating.
"I knew this would happen i knew it! God damn you Alexander Helm! I curse the day i met you!" You curl up into a ball and fall asleep.
It takes three days. Three day until the door is unbolted and a man walks in dressed in a fine but well worn suit. The lapel is... | 2019-07-09T06:57:45 | 2019-07-09T05:48:47 | 362 | 131 |
[WP] Other princesses have Fairy Godmothers. You have a Fairy Godfather. He doesn't exactly grant wishes in the usual way, but the Fairy Mob always has your back. | The girl wept into her pillow, her quiet sobs fading into the night. Though she was a princess, she was not immune to the human feelings of shame, sorrow that plagued commoner and royalty alike. She wept, thinking of the shame and humiliation she had been subjected to by the bullying of the other royal princesses - her... | My last encounter with Princess Buttercup remains forever fresh in mind. In fact, I’m quite sure the story only furthered her fame. I am a princess too, you see. Princess Holly of the once great nation of Mocha Frappe.
Years ago, I laughed when she came happily waltzing into my court inquiring about some diamond mine... | 2020-08-19T20:01:15 | 2020-08-19T19:06:39 | 61 | 17 |
[WP] The laws of physics are actual written laws. Breaking them is possible but illegal. | "Down to Earth has a new meaning nowadays..." Darren began, speaking softly as his smooth finger swayed slowly back and forth over his lighter. "People used to think that it meant you were being realistic, that the world has its limits and so do we, so we should act 'accordingly.' But that's simply not true anymore."
... | "Jesus Christ, Mary! You can't be serious, you'll be caught, no question."
Mary's hand shook as she raised the glass to his face. His eyes were set on the table in front of him.
"Mary!"
Mary sipped slowly at the drink, put it down on the table and looked at Steven. She met his eyes, and slowly but surely, faded into... | 2014-03-06T05:42:22 | 2014-03-06T05:04:36 | 80 | 22 |
[WP] By Wizard Law, in order to learn a new skill, wizards are required to be apprenticed to a more experienced master. You, a barely trained journeyman fire mage, just took on an apprentice: a two-hundred-year-old Grandmaster Water Magic Lord. | “You are Leofgyð?”
“I am, yes.”
I couldn’t help but stare at the man before me. I could tell from his physiology—his short stature, his broad physique, his strong, angular facial construction—he was a dwarf once. By his appearance alone I only would have suspected it, but it was by his robes, bearing all the accoutre... | Voulrin, the Lord of Water. Even though I was far out of my element, that name still swirled around my mind’s eye as one of the world’s foremost mages.
In person, the sense of awe did not evaporate. Deep lines carved out weathered trenches in his face, though clear blue eyes stared at me with the intensity of a starve... | 2022-05-30T14:22:04 | 2022-05-30T11:33:51 | 64 | 22 |
[WP] Most ghosts have cool unfinished business: "Avenge my murder!" "Redeem my sins!" "Reveal my terrible secret!" Yours is...less impressive. But it still binds you to this world, and so you must find a medium who will help you. And not laugh when you tell them what with. | I didn't see the car coming. It was dark, they were driving too fast. Pretty sure there was alcohol involved but that's besides the point. What's done is done. I died and that's it. It's not so bad once you get used to it. The world looks the same, albeit slightly more boring than it was when I was alive. When you're o... | It's been a 100 years. A century of wandering the planet with very few to talk to. All the others are either long gone, dead for so long that the reason for their remaining all but forgotten. Revenge? Lovely idea, but when your murderers died centuries ago how do you cope? Some become poltergeists, wailing and shouting... | 2022-07-15T12:19:09 | 2022-07-15T08:35:32 | 524 | 212 |
[WP] You are dog. It is your mission to faithfully guard your poor, stupid, two-legged pack-mates from the horrors of the mailman, the dog next door, and men with hats. Describe your vigil. | I peek through the blinds and I see him--Ronnie-- trutting down the side-walk, thinking he is all that and a bag of chips because he doesn't need a lead attached to guide his human--his human follows him without such restraint. If only Jimmy, my eldest human, feeder of snacks and notorious for late night belly-rubs co... | The creatures with strange heads were back. The breeze carried their scent that smells of thick-beast, their brown and black varieties of heads seem like two creatures combined. Two scents. They are not natural, but the two-leg pack members never realize the danger. I do good by protecting two legs from strange-heads... | 2014-12-27T09:44:36 | 2014-12-27T09:41:24 | 527 | 19 |
[WP] Aliens came to Earth and call us the "most advanced species", the "final form of evolution". Not because of technology, but because we are the only species in universe that can make fun about almost everything. | A myriad of iridescent oblong disks hung in different layers of the atmosphere like mangoes on a Caribbean tree. The world held its breath as one hastily wobbled on its axis towards the Atlantic, churning the air meticulously. Dreadnaughts from all nations raced towards its grace. Nations without dreadnaughts rapidly f... | The aliens had consumed all of the stand up comedy that Earth had to offer. Hundreds of hours of Netflix and Youtube had been watched by every man, woman, and child on the planet Kazox. The humans ability to find humor in life, death, skinny people, fat people, or humans that deprive themselves of key proteins by onl... | 2017-03-20T06:37:15 | 2017-03-20T05:42:13 | 45 | 22 |
[WP] It's the dawn of AI and robotics. You're a simple Amazon delivery drone wishing to be a Predator drone. | Well gosh, we had all heard stories about them. We had all told stories about them, too. We mythologized them, gossiping incessantly about them: the big, strong, sleek and stealthy predator drones. We wanted to be like them. Like them? No. We wanted to *be* them. Us meek, humble, functionally useful delivery drones. We... | I steady my rotors and level my body, I'm within range of my target. I press on towards it and prepare to drop my payload. The calculations have been ran one last time and everything's in check. I reach the release point and let my payload go, watching it fall through the air on its way to the target to make sure it hi... | 2017-01-06T01:09:09 | 2017-01-06T01:05:57 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] You keep getting emails addressed to you at the correct email address but you don't know what they're talking about. You discover these are from a parallel universe meant for a parallel you. You slowly learn about the life of the other you | From: Nathaniel@Bmail.com
To: Henry@coldmail.com
 
Subject: I'm coming over
 
Text: Dude, I'm on my way around NOW!!!! Be ready.
 
----------------------------------------
From: Henry@coldmail.com
To: Nathaniel@Bmail.com
 
Subject: Why?
 
Text: What? You just left.... | **From:** Joe Fletcher
**To:** Alex Fletcher
**Date:** September 1
Hey Al!
I hear you've got an interview for a new job! Tough luck about the last one, I hope it works out this time around!
Your bro,
Joe.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**From:** Alex Flet... | 2015-02-06T13:40:39 | 2015-02-06T13:37:31 | 34 | 17 |
[WP]: After losing a bet, a master assassin must kill a world leader with a banana | It was easy to kidnap Mark Zuckerberg. What was difficult was getting him to India.
It took months of planning, but fortunately for me the bet never specified a deadline. I had to pull many strings to get the drugs I needed to keep him comatose, and a lot of cash to secure passage in the cargo hold of an international ... | First time poster and I always love constructive feedback. Enjoy!
Killing is an art, a process. The true artist works in canvases of gags, marbles of lead, and clays of explosive compounds but it is the seductive pallete that appeals to our nature and draws us to create. Whether it’s the deep mcintosh crimson of blood... | 2014-05-13T13:46:40 | 2014-05-13T12:59:45 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] A scientist has discovered ageless immortality. But they can't convince anyone to invest or buy the product. So to prove it works they use it and as the years roll by the skeptics come up with more elaborate excuses for why the scientist remains young. | No one else wanted to try it. George knew that it worked. If it didn't, he would die. Everyone claimed that he was a modern alchemist chasing and then claiming the impossible. When he first took the solution, he only told his wife and his only child, a son. With time, the interest waned, but others noticed that he neve... | It took a year for Galadriel to even realize it- in fact, he might not have at all if he hadn't had the forethought to mark his test butterflies with ink. That was one of his better ideas, whereas keeping them cage-free was not. One little butterfly with a star penned on its tangerine wings fluttered onto his palm whil... | 2019-02-17T15:20:17 | 2019-02-17T13:27:50 | 1,428 | 99 |
[WP] You were supposed to save the world, but at every turn during your adventure, your mother has beaten you to the punch. Finally you arrive at the Demon King's castle, only to find her standing over his corpse. Finally fed up, you confront her about stealing your adventure. | Without another word, I dropped my sword and walked right past my mom. Confused, she called out to me, "Anya? Is something wrong?"
I stopped at the stained glass window at the very back of the castle, fell to my knees, and just started crying my eyes out. "Why? Why couldn't you let me have this?! What did I do that ma... | “Damnit, mother! It was MY destiny! The scrolls foretold all this for ME! Why do you steal fate from me!”
“Son, the scrolls never said that. Every time I told you the story, you were the one who ATTEMPTED to save the world, the brave hero who faced death, and took it in stride. You always misinterpreted my words, but ... | 2022-12-15T19:05:11 | 2022-12-15T18:02:30 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] Exploring the attic of your dead grandmother's old house, you find 30 pieces of candy that when eaten, transports your conciousness to another, magical world (for 3 days in theirs and 3 minutes in ours). You find the love of your life in this world, but the candies are running out... | I never told her our time together was finite. Our love was real, and true, but we were from different worlds. Or universes? I never really understood. I only knew that when I ate one of the little blue candies from my late Grandma's small jeweled tin, I was transported to a world containing Sera. I only had one candy ... | I remember feeling my heart beating to the rhythm of the rain, pounding, trickling down the zinc roof of our cottage, filling the world with harsh coldness, and yet there I was, blanketed in warmth by her embrace.
I took a glimpse at the wooden clock across the room.
It was almost time.
I let my gaze fall into her d... | 2019-05-01T10:07:14 | 2019-05-01T03:46:56 | 84 | 50 |
[WP] Death is not some all powerful being. Rather, she's a socially awkward outcast. Somehow, you've managed to befriend her and things have started getting weird... | My first meeting with death was strange, as you can imagine. Any meeting with an all powerful god would be. I didn't even know she was death at the time. And I later found out she wasn't the only deity of death, it was merely her job, like many other deities of the afterlife, to guide dead souls where they were need... | There is a slight noise at the door and I sigh, it's past nine o'clock and the neighbors have probably seen this one already. The man's body is propped against my porch. A slight trickle of blood seeps out of his ear, one eyelid is open but the flicker of life is long gone. He's dead as shit and...yup she's crouched in... | 2017-01-21T08:30:04 | 2017-01-21T07:33:41 | 38 | 21 |
[WP] Decades ago, Earth sent a capsule into space filled with bits about our culture. Today, it returned tampered with. It contained a note, "Your unassuming biological weapon was effective, indeed. As the last remaining member of my species, I'm returning the favor."
This is my first post on this sub and I'm not a fr... | That they couldn't see it made it all the more terrifying.
What we'd sent decades ago hadn't been a threat. It'd not been a weapon, contrary to how we customarily dealt with new cultures. We'd sent our history, wrapped into a little capsule and rocketed into outer space.
Then, history tearing through the emptiness ... | Never before had they felt true fear. Sure they had had the odd nightmare here or bomb scare there but never true fear. Never the kind of fear caused by knowing you're gonna die and your friends are gonna die and your pets are gonna die and your whole world is gonna die. In a way it was beautiful. Those who had grown u... | 2020-04-13T11:19:43 | 2020-04-13T08:30:55 | 326 | 75 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | "I'm just going to talk to him," Rodgers says to himself, standing outside a house. It was the definition of suburban. A little garden out the front, a big oak tree and a novelty mailbox shaped like a salmon. He knocks on the door three times, to no answer, as it swings ajar.
Rodgers walks inside, coughing as he does.... | Like every day since I started this job, the subway was packed. Not the kind of packed where you have to occasionally mutter apologies as you slide past people; this was more like something that made me envious of sardines in a can.
Thank-god for phones. I sighed as an ad began to play again on the video I was watchi... | 2017-04-02T08:24:17 | 2017-04-02T07:17:35 | 64 | 41 |
[WP] A man approaches you in a supermarket. "Don't go home today," he says. "No time to explain, but I can't let them keep doing this to you." He sprints toward the exit as a nearby shopper bolts after him, hand touching her earpiece. You realize the shopper chasing him is a good friend of yours. | “Sydney, what are you doing here?” I yell through shallow breaths. I let her out of my arms and she looks towards where the man ran. “You’re a lot faster than you look! That guy’s a total creeper and freaks out people here all the time! Don’t pay any attention to whatever crazy lies he told you.” She said in her usual ... | > Here's my first post to the sub, I'm hoping it doesn't severely disappoint.
"Sally? I didn't expect you to be here. Who is that guy?"
"Listen, anything he told you is a lie. Got it? His name is Bailey Gensolin, recently escaped patient at a local asylum." *Uncertainty began to set in. That sounded far too conven... | 2014-06-14T21:20:10 | 2014-06-14T21:07:50 | 145 | 40 |
[WP] murder is legal, once a permit has been obtained from the local police department. Permits require a declaration of a target victim and justification to commit the act. Once a permit has been issued it is valid for 72 hours. Once expired you can never get another for the same target victim. | "And the name of your intended target?"
I took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "Michael McCowell."
"Very well. Please have a seat while I add this to the registry. It will only be a few minutes."
I sit and run my hand through my hair. The anxiety from this decision has my nerves fried. I don't want to kill him.... | I packed as quickly as I could. Someone was going to be coming through my front door shortly, and whether the police or the family, I didn't want to be here when they did. It'd be my luck they'd send fucking Ronnie, and I couldn't think of any more embarrassing way to die than to have that stupid ox shoot me.
I tried ... | 2019-07-09T11:04:22 | 2019-07-09T10:17:40 | 102 | 32 |
[WP] A dying child challenges the reaper to a 1v1 quick scope only call of duty match for his life. | Most people don't realize that an Archangel is less an "agent" and more of an "agency," a force of divine nature. This is especially true of Azrael, whose endless job it is to part soul from clay. If, after all, the angel of death were imbued with personality, it would be susceptible to persuasion, trickery, and compas... | **So, you want to test the lore do you Child? Well I am bound by your histories and humanity to uphold it**
Came the voice, well voice would be the wrong word for it, it didn't seem to pay attention to things such as the air and (despite not having any sonorous qualities) felt to be talking in bold letters in the cent... | 2014-09-15T21:35:36 | 2014-09-15T20:42:26 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] An alien abduction goes horribly wrong when the human they captured for study escapes and begins to stalk and kill off the crew members one by one. | He was scared. No, that was an understatement. He was petrified. All he can do right now is hide in one of the cargo holds and hoped that the human did not find him in this dark and cold corner of the ship.
He thought back on how it all started and why it ended up like this.
It was supposed to be an easy mission. C... | This is Xaglo, of the planet Yttre, Vhrool nebula, Grhhkk species. I make this letter in all known languages so that whoever finds this can learn what events transpired. We have been studying a planet that was covered in liquid water, silicate based land, the life existed all over, but the most intelligent was on the l... | 2015-07-30T00:16:33 | 2015-07-29T23:28:49 | 115 | 36 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | "Have you tried the weapon?"
Lix's jaw dropped as soon as Adam, the human ambassador, asked him this question. Never in his decades of career as weapons merchant has he heard someone said this.
"Well, the engineers assured me.."
"Yes, yes, around three hundred degrees celcius of heatwave fired constantly over five h... | ​
crawford had mocked these aliens for their flamboyant displays of might. he called them all bark and no bite, called them incompetent, impotent. it wasn't very hard to establish humanity's superiority. or so he thought.
like always they showed up with their grandiose warships. and it took only one shot f... | 2020-03-21T09:47:50 | 2020-03-21T09:27:16 | 87 | 33 |
[WP] Every human has a 'luck rating' - a number from 1-100 that defines how lucky they can be. Born with a rating of 100, you're confined in a maximum security prison. You think your luck should get you out easily - that is, until you see that all the other inmates also have luck ratings of 100. | I was taken to the palace when I was 8 years old. That's the age everyone gets tested. Luck is always the last thing they check for. It's usually a stat no-one pays much mind to. One in ten-thousand people score above 55, so if it comes back higher than that it's noteworthy, but no-one expects it to. My older siblings ... | It’s a boring life I tell you. Seeing prisoners come and go. I find myself wondering when exactly is our luck determined? At the moment of conception? At birth? In any case, those that have as much luck as we can get are forced to be here...
Watching through the bars I see inmates laze around in their cells. They’re n... | 2018-06-29T11:02:12 | 2018-06-29T10:00:25 | 11,893 | 1,103 |
[WP] In a world where spirits are visible haunting the people or animals that killed them, it's fairly obvious who to avoid. You, a murderer of over 100 people, don't have any spirits haunting you. | Murderer. That's what some call me. Honestly, I know I'm not. If I were, their ghosts would be trailing after me, haunting me to my own demise, and perhaps even hastening it. So many people have a ghost haunting them. My own mother, for example, is forever plagued by the ghost of a boy she dated in high school, who she... | I used to see them, sitting in my backseat, spying their lifeless eyes in the rear view mirror. Like a weight I could feel them stroll beside me down a sidewalk. Like a cracked window I could hear whistling as their breath warmed my ears when trying to sleep.
Yet they stopped showing after a time, for the longest bou... | 2018-02-25T02:04:49 | 2018-02-24T23:55:58 | 195 | 14 |
[WP] Your body died three days ago. But through sheer force of willpower, you are still moving and breathing, because there is no way in hell you are losing Employee of the Month to Chad again. | “Ch-“ The air struggles out of my body.
“Chu-“ My body fights against every movement as I push forward. Just one leg after the other. Left. Right. Left. Right. This is just like in college when I thought playing Ultimate Frisbee would help me get chicks and then the team introduced me to leg day.
“AaaAa... | I was starting to smell. Even a shower wasn't helping, so I Febreezed myself this morning. It felt like a new low, but damnit, Chad wasn't going to win for the fourth month this year. It was my turn. I deserved it.
"Welcome to Arby's, can I take your order?" I smiled brightly at the elderly man who wobbled up to the c... | 2019-08-01T06:24:36 | 2019-08-01T06:22:16 | 70 | 38 |
[WP] Everyone has a counter above their head. On it is the number of times they have lied to you. One day you meet a complete stranger. His counter is higher than anyone you've ever seen. | "Hi, I'm Peter." he says and extendeds his hand.
 
He's wearing round, metallic rimmed glasses, and has a soft smile. His jumper is dark maroon with a small reindeer in white drawn on it. His dark hair is carefully combed back, and tosselled in places. All of his appearance is meticulously planned out and p... | Eight million, two hundred and twenty-four thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine lies. This character was off the fibbing-charts. Standing face-to-face in the back alley of McEnroe's bar off 5th blvd., I look at the scruffy figure once more. Dark tan hessian boots covered in a sticky-looking brown paste, ripped black ... | 2016-12-17T09:09:06 | 2016-12-17T08:07:22 | 99 | 13 |
[WP] You we’re born with the ability to control fire, but instead of becoming a superhero, you set your sights on a much more attainable goal: You became the worlds greatest firefighter. | "I told them no. Over and over again I told them no. I had no interest in becoming a hero like my father or mother. I just wanted to move about in public with my normal face; not looking over my shoulder for some villain to screw with my day. Hell even at dinner the other day, a spoon dropped from the table and my Mom ... | The plan was simple. Run in, save the kid without him getting burnt, and then pretend like I put out the fire with my skills, but of course my life is never that easy. The kid saw my use my power and told everyone, just like they always do. I had to move again. Soon the wrong people are going to learn about me and I'll... | 2022-12-16T17:33:37 | 2022-12-16T14:13:05 | 234 | 90 |
[WP] You glance at your watch 10:34 am, roughly 10 seconds later your plane explodes over the Pacific Ocean. Your eyes open as you jolt awake. The familiar hum of the planes engine remains. Checking your watch it is 9:35 | My heart pounded against my ribs like a wild animal trying to break free from its cage. I jolted upright in my seat so quickly that I scared the crap out of the old woman in the aisle seat. The same woman who’d been sucked through the gaping hole in the cabin wall and was sent cartwheeling through the air before the ox... | There's a magical moment between wakefulness and sleep, a moment where noise seems to reach a crescendo but everything is so calm right as you crash into the warm waves of sleep. As my eyes closed the only thing I saw was the time on the TV screen in front of me, faded blue numbers that read 10:34AM.
Unless your plane... | 2016-09-27T06:27:30 | 2016-09-27T06:08:18 | 1,145 | 52 |
[WP] An Alien and it’s Human sidekick roam the galaxy, willing to do just about any job to keep the fuel tanks full. The only issue - most clients have never seen a Human and they’re terrified by the sight of one.
Cake Day Post!
EDIT: wanted to say thank you to everyone that responded! I’ve been reading your stories... | Sel Bintar, a Plothian of low regard, and even lower standards, was known for only two things. The first was that he worked cheap - he could almost always undercut the competition. The second was that he would do almost anything to get the job done.
By Plothian standards, he wasn't bad looking. A towering three feet t... | Daily log, 18:54:92 GOODS-North time, Somewhere in the vicinity of Ursa Major
Steve and I stopped at a refuel station on our way to meet our connect. Supposedly, there is good work where we are heading and you know we need it. Problem is the only convincing disguise we had for him got torn up on Lido Persona. I would ... | 2020-03-05T22:12:24 | 2020-03-05T19:06:47 | 174 | 55 |
[WP] You have superpowers. But rather than being a hero or a villain, you use your powers for more important things to improve the world. Like free electricity. The heroes and villains keep demanding your help, you've finally had enough and need to explain why what you do is more important. | I have superpowers. Now, you may be asking, "Are you a hero or a villain?". To that I would answer hero. Although many would disagree, I'm confident that I do just as much to help society as those heroes in the spotlight. Nobody asks for my autograph or comes up to me to take a picture. No company wants to sponsor me, ... | I sigh gently then grumble. The 'true' superheroes are all high and mighty about themselves.
"We help people too! Isn't it obvious? The SUPER helpful superheros solved electricity when Static Shock donated his stem cells.
You can't forget when Ironismo and his legion of small metal robots cured cancer!
What about t... | 2021-07-04T04:08:01 | 2021-07-04T03:34:45 | 78 | 16 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | You know when you're a kid, and you're dreaming of finding your place in the world? I remember being nine and looking up at a giant career chart and thinking "I don't have any idea where I'm going to fit..." It certainly wasn't rescuing hostages for a living.
My teen years were no picnic either. Everybody was dreaming... | Nobody expected much of me.
I was the youngest child of four, the "oopsie" if you will. All my siblings had awesome blessings. One could read any book, put it down, and pick it back up years later and still remember exactly which page they were on. Another could play any instrument of the same material once one was le... | 2018-06-30T17:41:53 | 2018-06-30T16:59:29 | 192 | 23 |
[WP]The Suit is powerfull. A mech for some, body armor for others, always unique to each person who wore it. Those who wear it, hear the words "not original user, booting basic mode" As a joke, your sergeant gives you The Suit and the first thing you hear is: "User detected: Welcome back, Commander" | The slightly thicker back begins to unfold, carbon fiber armor plates and metallic circuitry expanding in seemingly impossible ways and quantities. The armor moves across my body in sections, until the entirety of my person is encased in a functionally indestructible exosuit. My vision is black for a brief moment, bloc... | "User detected: Welcome back, Commander."
Panic filled Vun's mind. There was no way she could be recognized by this relic. This machine was built in the third epoch. This was the eighth. Impossible.
And yet... She spoke softly. "ls"
The suit responded.
Downloads
Notes
Photog... | 2019-08-19T14:29:40 | 2019-08-19T14:05:23 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You jokingly enter the subreddit named after your username, only to find surveillance videos of yourself, starting from the moment you created your account. | "I do not drink when I write!" I yell at the judge, banging my chained wrists on the wooden counter.
All around me, the people watching the trial let out low exclamations and whispers.
"Order!" The judge begs, banging his hammer. "Order! Mr. Alpaca, ever since the first accusations regarding
your drinking problem –... | I've always wanted to be a writer. Tonight I thought I'd take a crack at it, when I saw this prompt.
I've been reading stories on this sub a while. There's a few authors I follow, and a few of their personal subreddits I've subscribed to. Before answering this prompt, I figured I might as well set myself a sub like... | 2015-09-21T23:16:20 | 2015-09-21T22:19:55 | 122 | 23 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | "Activate Zip Drive," I said to my computer, a generation III A.I. as space-time split before me, "Prime weapon for immediate release when we hit norm." I knew their fleet would not want me sneaking by in FTL so I was planning ahead for my attack.
The colored lights of Otherspace slipped past my small bomber, jumping... | Drifting endlessly and peacefully through this void, I gazed upon the great blue sphere. Its skies swirling with white ink. The low rumbling of our ship had my brethren in a deep sleep.
A great white plain, frozen and still, is where we made our temporary home. A small elderly woman made her way out of that dark and s... | 2020-02-07T12:57:02 | 2020-02-07T12:50:43 | 506 | 41 |
[WP] You are a physicist working on solving an equation. No one has ever solved it and its more a thought exercise. Until you write down a possible answer and the door opens behind you. A black figure enters the room and says "Yeah you arent suppose to know about that." | I've been staring at the whiteboard for months. It made sense but, it didn't. I looked at the equation, the equation accepted by everyone on the planet but, it looked, askew. Twisted. Wrong. It looked like those whiteboards you see in movies and TV shows but this one had pictographs. Apples. Apples everywhere. ... | "Man It can't be hard..." said Errod Dankowski, as he went upstairs for another cup of coffee.
"I just checked their site, and these problems look typical, just with a bunch of extra symbols reserved for someone with a degree."
At this point the coffee filter was empty. He knew it would be easy to solve the P=NP prob... | 2022-05-06T03:40:43 | 2022-05-06T03:16:28 | 45 | 17 |
[WP] an immortal man who cannot be physically injured is a passenger on a jet that's going to crash.
What's he thinking? What's he do? | A kind of panicked stillness fell over the passengers of flight no. 473. The engine sputtered and groaned against the icy arctic gales as the gravity around the plane seemed to suspended itself every few seconds to remind its occupants of their location and predicament.
The passengers and crew were too afraid to say ... | The woman beside me tried to start a conversation again. "So where are you headed?" she asked with a smile.
I pulled out a headphone and replied, "Baltimore" without looking at her. I turned to look out the window and replaced my headphone to drown out her attempts at conversation. I've learned a few years ago not to ... | 2013-11-23T13:33:14 | 2013-11-23T12:44:52 | 241 | 87 |
[WP] You're shopping for superpowers in the discount bin.
EDIT - I forgot to say this but this is based off of an AskReddit post I saw a while ago. | The discount bin was full of unwanted power vials. Mostly unwanted, anyway, but it was all I could afford. The rich could pay for good powers like flight and super strength and even some power blends, and then continue to buy syringe vials to keep their powers up. However, I was stuck saving up for three months just to... | “Can I help you, ma’am?” A young clerk chirped with a smile.
“No, thank you,” Mary Ann grumbled. She had too much shopping to do to waste time on employees. He nodded and walked away.
She’d bought most of the children’s premiere gifts today. Geralt wanted a new PC game, Civilizations 13, check. Maggie had begged for... | 2019-12-30T08:41:18 | 2019-12-30T07:37:58 | 40 | 19 |
[WP] A business man who has slept with literally everyone to get on top. | "Do you like the view?" John asked. He came up behind Delilah and put his hands on her shoulders. She looked at his reflection in the 49th floor window and then rubbed her cheek on his fingers, like a cat claiming what was hers.
"I really do, John. I really do."
"It's been quite the whirlwind hasn't it?"
"What do ... | Obama stared at the man ahead of him, his head tilted slightly. He knew how to pronounce his name “Poo-Tin,” a funny enough word, but had no idea how it was spelled. He scribbled something unintelligible on the paper, then handed it back to Putin.
“What is this?” Putin said, picking up the document and holding it in f... | 2015-03-06T07:35:45 | 2015-03-06T07:27:26 | 50 | 19 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | “You’re here. Finally. I was getting sick of you living.
You were truly pathetic when you were alive, I hope that will change soon enough because I’ve been told I am going to need you.”
The devil spoke in a way you couldn’t tell his emotions if he had any. His voice was steady and when he spoke your attention was ... | *The flames roared up around his face,
burning ever hot.
He looked around, quite confused.
"This must be hell." he thought.*
*"You're right! Congrats! You made it here!"
Said the Devil, great and red.
"If I'm in Hell, then that must mean..."
"Yes, you are quite dead!"*
*"In fact, surprise, you're #1!
You're the fir... | 2017-06-22T06:13:16 | 2017-06-22T05:45:21 | 65 | 39 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | The plate with my omelette and jam on toast shattered against the floor as my morning routine of watching my news was interrupted. I stumbled to the couch and blindly searched for the remote, never peeling my eyes from the TV. I raised the TV to a deafening volume, hoping that the headline was wrong or my ears had dece... | I am practicing songwriting. So here is a musical theater piece on a villain that clearly out-matches his adversaries. It's a comedy song
Nothing irks me quite like knowing that they'll never see my pity
Nothing rattles me to shame to think they've really done their best
It's not enough to pest this city
And with... | 2021-05-20T08:08:50 | 2021-05-20T07:57:21 | 38 | 19 |
[WP]Killing Hitler has become a sport amongst time travelers. Points are awarded for creativity and difficulty. You are last year's champion, how did you win? | I didn't intend to kill Hitler. I'm not the average time-traveler, you see, I just wanted to have a quiet life in the country side of the Old Europe. I found my lifestyle. I found a beautiful girl named Annabelle and worked my way up in French society at the time. I married Annabelle. I found and bought a quaint little... | "I am the Fuhrer. I demand you release me."
"And you've been a bad boy, Adolf," I whispered in his ear. "I'm here to punish you."
He looked around the hotel room. Strapped to the bed, he cut a pitiful figure. I could see a change come over him and his mustache started to quiver.
"Who are you?"
"Annabel Goldschmidt,... | 2016-02-20T08:59:12 | 2016-02-20T08:49:24 | 204 | 147 |
[WP] "Humanity will only unite if they have a common enemy. In that unity, they will achieve peace, for as long as that enemy lives." He looked at you with his dark tired eyes, your weapon on his neck, as he croaked, "That's why I chose to be the bad guy." | World peace, an unfathomable concept in any real world scenario, was happening. The UN had finally received the ability to govern its 5 permanent members, and all it took was the presence of a nuclear weapons facility on Mars.
Back in the early 2000’s everyone assumed America was going to be the first country to land ... | Our eyes met, and shared a look for a few seconds. He seemed exhausted, but then, so was I. How could I not be, after all I had been through? He averted his gaze before I did, his head nicking down ever so slightly.
"Peace?" I finally asked. "Do you call that peace, out there?"
My left hand pointed across the throne ... | 2020-12-09T10:24:43 | 2020-12-09T10:23:36 | 207 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone on earth suddenly has a red, blue, or yellow polka dot on the back of their hand. But that’s all it is, and everyone is making a big deal of it. They’re just polka dots. | It was Ben’s wife that noticed the red mark on the back of his hand first, as he grabbed the kettle off the hob and began to pour its boiling water into their respective mugs.
“What’s that?” she asked suddenly, gesturing slightly.
“What’s what?”
“That red mark right there on your hand. You’ve never had that befor... | It had been one week since Zenxar and his men flew over the Earth, giving all the humans red, yellow, or blue dots on their hands. It wasn’t easy, as they learned that not all humans sleep during the night as they thought, but they managed to get it done. Zenxar wanted to see if humans were as divisive and judgmental a... | 2021-01-20T07:10:02 | 2021-01-20T05:35:58 | 39 | 22 |
[WP] The best demon slayers are those whose minds the demons want to stay out of. | Samdaezor was in a desert, now. A second ago, it had been a thick, hooting jungle, but now it was as dry as dry could possibly be. A welcome change from the humid jungle, but still not ideal.
Samdaezor's mouth was dry. Sweat stained his red skin. This wasn't right. He had suffered through heat that made this feel like... | Rodenhurst walked into the dilapidated ice cream parlor. Its once cheerful pink and blue exterior had been rotted and worn and rained away, leaving a flithy, used look. The whole area was like that. Old and broken, just like the people who lived here. People, by the way, who were scarce in number. The recent influx of ... | 2016-02-08T08:48:46 | 2016-02-08T08:30:18 | 151 | 15 |
[WP]The great library of Alexandria held perhaps the greatest collection of literary works in human history, but within its walls something was held that was so dangerous that, when discovered, Caesar, Aurelian, and Amr ibn al `Aas decided it was worth losing the endless knowledge to destroy it. | **Part 2 coming soon. Feel free to browse my other works while you wait at /r/leoduhvinci**
"What do you mean, there is no author?" Demanded Caesar, brandishing a fresh scroll above his head. Twenty soldiers flanked him as he cornered the librarian, a frail, thin man with an even thinner hairline. He leaned on a wa... | Pothinus ran through the streets of Alexandria, kicking up clouds of dust. He was running from the Palace to the library. Behind him, Ptolemy was dead. Arsinoe as well, perhaps. The Nile lay behind him, too, choked with dead.
Also behind him, but somewhat closer and gaining ground, was a Roman legate. The man cried ou... | 2015-10-14T09:58:30 | 2015-10-14T09:53:28 | 437 | 15 |
[WP] You hit your head and wake up in 1951. Your phone and charger are in your pocket. Two years later, you've adapted to your new environment, but you keep your phone charged as a reminder of home. One day you sneak a peak at it and notice something strange-- you're picking up a wifi signal. | Instinctively, I pinged the router. It said the IP address was "1". Not [1.1.1.1](https://1.1.1.1), just "1". Incredible. I opened my browser and checked Google, but as usual, Google and all the other websites I tried did not exist, because the DNS wouldn't exist for decades. I wrote a quick script to ping every possib... | I never found out why I was brought here. I was going about my day to day life in the 2010's when something caused my bike to crash. I remember hitting my head hard, and I woke up in the 1950's. It would sound crazy to anyone, including myself, but I'm not lying. All I had were the clothes on my back, and strangely, my... | 2020-06-11T20:30:56 | 2020-06-11T18:24:10 | 420 | 24 |
[WP]You run an RPG pawn shop. You haggle with adventurers who try to sell loot they've acquired.
Inspired by *The Merchant Adventurer*, by Patrick E. McLean.
EDIT: Wow, thanks everyone that contributed! The awesome Patrick E. McLean (/u/patrickemclean) stopped by, gave a snippet from his book in a comment, and even g... | Okay, a bit unusual, but since I wrote the book that inspired this writing prompt, Here's mine. The Merchant Adventure is available as a free audiobook if you want the whole thing: http://podiobooks.com/title/the-merchant-adventurer/
Rattick threw the necklace on the oak counter and watched the light dance in it li... | "Hey Charlie, I've got some new gear for you."
GearHead447 is this junk trader. He's usually bringing pits and pans, cups, spoons, and the occasional block of cheese. He scrapes me dry of any extra coin I might have and leaves me with His trash. Sure, he'll sometimes bring in the occasional piece of nice jewelry but ... | 2016-10-16T17:09:52 | 2016-10-16T11:44:59 | 62 | 11 |
[WP] You come across a notebook that has the name of every person who has ever lived and the exact date and time of their death written next to it. Out of curiosity, and hopes that you live a long life, you decide to checkout your own name, only to find a date marked a few hours after your birth. | I didn't get it.
There it was plain as day. I had died only 2 minutes after I was born. It didn't make any sense. All of the other names I looked up were correct, all the way back through history. In multiple languages too, most of which I had no chance of reading.
I'll have to ask my mother about it. I know we have... | "That is odd" - I thought to myself - "So if this book is always true then that mean I am already dead?"
With a little doubt in my head I touch myself, or rather pinch my cheek to double check that this isn't just one of those crazy dream I have or rather, to see if I actually exist or not.
"If the book was right and... | 2017-09-05T02:47:58 | 2017-09-05T02:33:22 | 290 | 19 |
[WP]A man kills himself after discovering the meaning of life and writing it down, as does anybody who reads his note, you unwittingly read the note, what does it say and what do you do? | The meaning of life had always been a mystery to humans here on this small blue planet. Some had always wondered exactly what the meaning of life was, and why it was that after 6 million years on this planet, us humans haven't been able to figure it out.
Unbeknownst to the rest of humanity, the meaning of life had be... | After slowly unclumping the piece of paper, I can make out the two simple symbols of nomenclature written in smudged blue ink. Two blurry numbers. 42.
Immediately I scoff. "Forty two" hah! That's just a reference to a Douglas Adams series of books. I loved those books. They got me through a tough period in my life an... | 2015-02-26T23:56:48 | 2015-02-26T23:55:11 | 101 | 19 |
[WP] Everytime someone has a 'blonde moment' they get a little blonder. Black hair is now a symbol of brilliance, and you've just invented hair dye.
These are all so good! This is my first submission to /r/WritingPrompts and I'm loving all your responses.
Thank you! | Technically, I’m not breaking any law, though I doubt that argument would stand up in court. If you knew me in real life you wouldn’t look at me twice. I don’t look like a criminal type. Smart, well-dressed but not ostentatious. Polite, well-mannered. Intelligent, but not strikingly so. Perhaps you’d think in my line o... | I took a deep breath, preparing to go outside and for the first time, not sure what to expect from otherwise usual surroundings. Would people treat me differently? What could I do, now that people will think I'm smart?
The first place I went was Starbucks, where I ordered my usual swirly, creamy coffee drink. If I was ... | 2016-11-24T23:31:46 | 2016-11-24T22:17:33 | 100 | 32 |
[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. | **"Those forgetting history is bound to repeat it"**
These words are written above the entrance to the chamber of the great council. We thought we knew everything, but there were so much we forgot.
None of the councils members remembered why the image of a grinning human was chiselled into the chamber walls. The pain... | It's been 50 years since we've come in contact with alien life forms. In that 50 years we've learned so much. We've piggybacked off of there space travel formula's and we've actually made a decent presence in the galactic scene. Nothing spectacular but at least they like our movies. It's actually very strange to me, th... | 2019-04-19T08:22:28 | 2019-04-18T23:55:44 | 47 | 20 |
[WP] Worldwide internet access shuts down for 45 minutes. When access is available again, everything is the same, but feels "off" in a way that nobody can pinpoint what or why. Someone finds out what it is, and wishes they hadn't. | There are exceptional people born into this world. Some have a rare gift for music, some for particular sports and others for mathematics or science. Others have lesser, but still useful gifts, like perfectly remembering birthdays or always knowing which way is north.
Sorcha was in the later category.
Ever since sh... | When the hundredth or so imgur link of the evening wouldn't open, I clicked refresh and sat back in my chair and waited, patiently, for about three seconds. Then I opened a new tab and typed "google" into the google search bar. I got an error message. I signed and leaned across my desk to reset the router, then counted... | 2015-03-08T14:02:37 | 2015-03-08T13:45:14 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] You are an immortal in a zombie apocalypse, and honestly you're having the time of your life. | I shoved the dynamite down the zombie's throat. The resulting explosion launched me across the street, where after a moment, I hopped back to my feet. "BOOM! Did you see that!?!" I hollered to David. He stared back at me blankly, as always. Nothing much seemed to excite him these days, but he had been through a lot. I ... | "Aaaah! Every time! It gets me every time!!", I cry at the top of my lungs as I pry my hand out of the jaws of a screeching corpse. Contrary to popular belief, their bites are just as dangerous as being torn apart by their grubby little fingers.
It's the corpses that turn into zombies. Bitten or not, infected or not, ... | 2022-02-27T21:36:47 | 2022-02-27T18:34:59 | 137 | 57 |
[WP] In your society, every child is given a fixed number of skill points for their parents to invest in talents that would determine their futures. When you reach age 21, you find out your parents forgot to do it for you. | “Honey, can you please sit with us?”
Surprised by the request, Marie furrowed her brow and looked over the couch.
Marie responded hesitantly, “Sure, I guess?”
The last time her father asked a question like this she found out her Nanna had past away. She got up slowly from the couch and realized her mother was also... | 'Are you fucking serious?'
'Honey please, you must understand-'
'Understand *what*? That you forgot? That you fucking forgot.'
'It's not so simple. When you were born, well,' she looked to her right for support, 'your father and I were smoking *a lot*. We forgot all kinds of things. You didn't even have a name for t... | 2017-11-28T06:23:35 | 2017-11-28T04:08:37 | 581 | 38 |
[WP] You a retired adventurer and an elf. Your party was comprised of people of a few different races. After all of you retired, you started having reunions every few decades, always the same place, same day. You have arrived at the location and been there for hours. You realize the rest are dead. | "Ah."
Realisation hit harder than any dragon's tail. It had slipped through my fingers once again. Try as I might, time would never finish taking things from me.
The shallow crater, the small monument within, even those would fill and warp with time.
Arzaeus was always good with time. A quick glyph or rune and the t... | This was bound to happen. My parents had warned me,I had known it was coming. They were never coming I took a look at their perspective drinks. Ale had been Frons favorite that half ork son of a gun I would miss his music. I smiled at the light beer Traddon had been the 'devil' of are group, but the poor bookworm c... | 2021-07-24T03:03:17 | 2021-07-23T22:34:35 | 68 | 29 |
[WP] A genie has died, a hassle, cause after death, all their granted wishes vanish. It's your job to file what those wishes were and regrant them if needed, easy, until you notice the clouds are gone, Sunday is gone, oranges, gone, checking the file again, you notice it was a very ancient genie. | It’s night and the moon’s gone.
That’s the first thing I notice as I wake up and look out the window. The moon should be almost full tonight but it’s vanished.
I know what it means: another genie‘s dead.
I’m not a genie myself, I’m just the caretaker of wishes. I investigate wishes gone wrong or wishes altogether va... | The toothpaste tasted terrible, drawing Jim out of his sleepy fog. He hoped that didn't mean what it might. The ringing started.
"Shit," he said as he spat and wiped his face. He rinsed with water twice. The ringing was still there.
By the time Jim worked his way upstairs, the house was quiet again save the steady ... | 2021-06-17T06:30:46 | 2021-06-17T06:04:40 | 2,198 | 547 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that’s when you realize you’ve been dating a dragon in human form. | My eyes widened and my entire body went still. For a second, I didn't even breathe. Then I processed what I was seeing.
Infront of me, right under me and my girlfriends house was some sort-of treasure hoard. Millions of smoothe, gold coins piled up in every corner, shimmering as they hit the light reflected off of co... | I look at the massive pile of gold in shock. There must have been a ton of it. It included a wide variety, bars, coins, jewels, statues and any other cold fixture you can think of.
But more terrifying was what layer on top. My girlfriend, Jessica, splayed out in a red dress made of some odd scales that stuck close to ... | 2022-09-10T12:05:18 | 2022-09-10T09:51:49 | 67 | 47 |
[WP] The world's greatest villain and hero clearly like each other. His monologues when she's captured tend to turn to conversation, and she "accidentally" lets him escape arrest. While they're convinced they're enemies, his henchman and her sidekick are just trying to get them together already. | The Black Thief laughed. She had caught Major Magnificent again. "Fool! You fell for my trap again! This time you won't be able to stop me as I finally steal the Ruby Giant from the Museum of History!"
Major Magnificent had been tipped off that Black Thief was going to be murdering the mayor. Instead, he had walked in... | ”Can you seriously just not for one week! I had plans for tonight, ” the Silver Specter complained.
”Silver, we both know that you were going to go bar hopping with friends you don't like, and drink alcohol that can't get you buzzed. The way I see it, I saved you from that boredom, ” retorted the Crimson Crusade.
”I... | 2020-11-06T23:44:22 | 2020-11-06T22:28:55 | 1,971 | 1,036 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | "Hey guys, look what I got!" Yelled The Crushinator as he held aloft the severed head of George Gomez, Junior. In certain circles, Little Georgie is very famous; his father, George Gomez, Senior is much more universally known, hailed far and wide as The Great Big, East City's tallest superhero and a three-time savior o... | It is often said that the line between good and evil is thin one, but that's actually quite far from the truth. Nothing in this life is inherently good or evil. It's more of a big grey mess. Some areas are lighter and others darker but nothing is truly black and white. It's like walking through a swamp, one wrong step ... | 2020-07-12T13:26:46 | 2020-07-12T12:45:40 | 46 | 20 |
[WP] Your can absorb a person’s emotions and transmit them to another. By day you work as a therapist, unburdening trauma survivors of their horror and shame. By night you hunt down those who abuse the weak, and show them what it means to suffer. | "And then he-" she breaks off, her words choked by a sob. I've been working with this girl, this child, for six months now. Not even old enough to buy cigarettes, with enough pain inside her to make my stomach knot in sympathy. I take a deep breath and reach my hand out.
"It wasn't your fault. You were a child. It was... | "And then what happened?"
Mrs. Lapaine shuffled in the recliner. She dabbed her eyes and touched the spider-like harness on her head. Probing lights flashed from the silicon legs against her cranium.
"Are you sure this is necessary, doctor?"
"It'll help you feel better. What happened next?"
The woman sniffed. "It..... | 2020-06-04T04:26:23 | 2020-06-03T23:08:54 | 1,078 | 136 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | "Honey?"
Susan's voice shook a little bit. She was in the doorway of Hannah's room, chewing her nails. Brown hair spilled down her back in waves. Hers had been brown for years, like mine. But the little girl, curled up in bed under the blankets, had blonde curls that spread over the pillow. She was only six. Susan fol... | I'm the kind of boy most people would expect to have blonde hair; I always turn my homework in on time, follow all school rules, have never said a cuss word, etc. Well, it all happened last year. I was a new fresh freshman ready for high school.
When I arrived at school, I was greeted by kind smiles. My first class, G... | 2014-05-10T17:48:04 | 2014-05-10T16:51:35 | 59 | 25 |
[WP] The order was given by the king himself, “Guard this castle till I return.” As the centuries roll by, your starting to wonder how long this will take. | "Look at them," Bugs said while by the fire. "Do they know how idiotic they look?"
Malot looked up to the castle, about 200 hundred yards away since they weren't allowed to get close. "They don't seem normal." He said contemplatively.
Bear snorted. "Normal? Hell I could've told you that!"
The guards of the keep wer... | My company of men and women were exceptional people. Each and every one of them had proven themselves in battle. Together we stood tall and defiant. So strong were we in defence, that were were given a nickname. One we took to heart, as the Wall Company.
As the clouds of war drew closer, we marched with the King to Ca... | 2022-04-22T11:20:58 | 2022-04-22T10:58:13 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] After dying, you're shown a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style decision tree which highlights all the paths your life could have taken should you have made various different choices. You spend all of eternity analyzing this tree, only to finally realize that something just isn't quite right. | Part 1
At first, it was black. And then a screen started to flash.
>At age three, you had two options. At daycare, there was a harelipped boy named Derek. You could either befriend him or ignore him.
>You decided to befriend him.
>(?) Derek will remember that.
Oh, Derek. I remember the antics that we'd us... | *Unhandled exception at .event("js.20160328200606#34")*
*-- 0 observations returned from john_smith_082345--*
*-- requested action:*
*_______________*
Scanning this tree you sometimes come upon an error prompt, red text on a black rectangle, right where the event descriptions should be. That's called a bug, an... | 2016-03-26T11:31:36 | 2016-03-26T10:46:49 | 70 | 49 |
[WP]You make a wish on a shooting star to be what your crush considers perfect. You wake up the opposite gender because it turns out your crush is gay. | Hillary had always been a beacon of light in school. Even though we never hung out with the same people, she was always nice to me.
I asked her out once, to the homecoming dance. Her brow furrowed, and she gave me the most pitying look... biting at her bottom lip. "I'm uh. Going with some friends..." her voice traile... | I Slowly opened my eyes and felt something, odd, on my chest. After a few minutes of looking I realized that I have boobs now, pretty big ones actually. I looked further down to see a slightly overweight girl, although I didn't feel any older than I was last night.
I eventually got up and walked over to the mirror. M... | 2015-11-10T12:32:02 | 2015-11-10T11:35:18 | 247 | 33 |
[WP] The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but, as a demon civil engineer, you're trying to find a reliable alternative due to humanity's record low levels of good intentions. | My boss eyed my proposal. He was a beach ball of a demon, with stubby horns and at least three chins. I say ‘at least’ because I’m pretty sure under his suit were a couple more.
“I don’t follow,” he said. Mother fucker looked half asleep. Guess that’s what he got for injecting dope at noon.
“It’s simple... |
“Hell 2.0: Kitten Power”
—-
“Seven potholes per mile is unacceptable, Engineer Metztli. This is *the* Road to Hell, not some minor thoroughfare in Lower Demonville,” Satan roared.
“Your Infernalness, I am sorry. We do our best in the night crew, maintaining the road as best we can. But without proper pavement—“
“... | 2022-09-27T14:24:07 | 2022-09-27T12:50:31 | 82 | 25 |
[WP] "So they are a war species then, huh." The alien scratched his head: "Why are you interested in them. The humans, i mean." The other alien got closer. "They fight for peace. No war species ever fights for peace." | "They fight for peace?" Asked the taller of the two.
"Yes." The smaller alien did not feel the need to elaborate, it was necessary that his boss was as taken and surprised by the concept as he had been.
"Well I suppose that is worth exploring. Perhaps not as the centerpiece, but it can certainly feature."
"Thank you... | "They fight for Peace?" The Alien scratched his head again. "Pretty much, Yes." The other Alien said. "But, why would they fight for peace? Isn't that a little Ironic?" The Alien said ,baffled at what the other Alien said. "This species has been fighting each other since their very beginning, from the smallest to the b... | 2018-03-17T05:04:57 | 2018-03-17T01:07:51 | 81 | 31 |
[WP] So this is what being in a car crash felt like. Not as painful as you thought it would be. But you can't feel your toes. You look down, your leg is missing from the knee onwards. There's no blood, no bone, no muscles. Instead you see mechanical components. | I blink up into a blinding light and squeeze my eyes shut again. What's going on? I want to ask but my voice seizes up. All I can muster is a groan.
My limbs won't move. I look down and my leg is a tangled mess of sinewy wires. Panic wells inside me and I try to scream but I can't.
"He's alert!" someone says.
"Shit... | With a sharp intake of breath, you awaken, eyes trying to adjust to the murky darkness. You remember a cold, moonless night, gusts of wind threatening to steer you off the road, a heavy rain, the sudden flash of headlights when it was too late to acknowledge them. You remember skidding, trying to regain control, and a ... | 2020-12-17T08:31:11 | 2020-12-17T07:43:04 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] When you’re 28, science discovers a drug that stops all effects of aging, creating immortality. Your government decides to give the drug to all citizens under 26, but you and the rest of the “Lost Generations” are deemed too high-risk. When you’re 85, the side effects are finally discovered. | I leaned forward in my recliner, imploring the volume to rise from the TK implant. It wasn't real telekinesis but marketing teams thought it was cool to call it that. The retirement home seemed quieter than normal.
Everyone was tuning in.
The news cycle for the past few weeks had grown worse. People going missing the... | My back aches. My knee’s gone funny somehow- I now use a cane to go about my day. Four legs to two legs to three legs. The good ol’ riddle. But the people around me, all puppy fat and doe eyes, they’ve gone the other way. Memories like grains of sand. I doubt there’s any thought left in those pretty little heads. Heh.
... | 2018-06-04T21:18:49 | 2018-06-04T20:51:56 | 135 | 45 |
[WP] You are possessed by a demon. It doesn't control you, but it does mention it's just there because it doesn't want to go back to hell. | "Are you kidding me? No! No! No!"
Fred heard the voice in his head and mentally groaned. Moloch, or the thing that called itself Moloch anyway, was surprisingly shrill when he wanted to be.
"Fred, no. Don't you dare do it. I'll help you think up some awesome revenge on that bitch. Remember, I'm all evil and stuff so ... | "Damn that feels so good" I let out in agilation as my toes curled, convulsing from pleasure, fingers dripping wet.
"Dont you mean - Dam, that feels *so* good?" a voice says.
"Fuck, Damien... I told you to stop being so possessive!" angrily slipping back into workout clothes.
"Sorry, I'll do anything, just don't exo... | 2016-07-21T20:15:20 | 2016-07-21T19:31:50 | 62 | 44 |
[WP] Every dragon has a unique hoard of things they like to collect. (Like sofas, or jigsaw puzzles) Your hoard obsession happens to be housecats. | How did I become the cat dragon? Funny story that... but at least I deal with a lot less knights trying to avenge something or other.
I had raided a castle and found bumkis. Nothing. Nada, big fat zilch. Well I got angry and I don't know if you've seen an angry dragon before, but standing buildings and angry dragons t... | The emerald green dragon curled around the one hundred housecats that lived in his cave. He blocked the entrance with his tail, and the cats milled around, too confused to fight. Some of them, those that had been there the longest, dozed belly-up or stretched out on their sides in the afternoon sun that streamed into t... | 2016-07-17T23:03:23 | 2016-07-17T19:50:10 | 30 | 15 |
[WP] People don't seem to realise that figures of mythos evolve too. The Grim Reaper, for example, no longer wields his scythe, opting to harvest souls with a combine harvester. Cupid traded his bow for a sniper rifle decades ago. You're the dealer that supplies the mythical world with technology. | “Why have you brought me to Poseidon's domain, boy?” Zeus was standing in the middle of a battleship somewhere off the coast of Niue in the southern Pacific. He was sweating and did not look comfortable in a US Navy uniform.
Seb stood in his engineer's uniform, black beard with a streak of grey, and generally looking... | # Soulmage
**"There's no need to keep using an eyepatch,"** I told Odin. "It's primitive technology. I mean, a flap of cloth?"
Odin grunted, gesturing at the surrounding forest. It wasn't real, of course—the meeting was, as traditional, taking place in a dream—but it was real enough for our purposes. "It does what I ... | 2022-07-19T09:07:03 | 2022-07-19T08:27:16 | 431 | 122 |
[WP] At an alien bar in the distant future, two aliens are enjoying a drink and trading stories about the newest member to the Pan-Galactic Union, an odd race of bipeds from a planet named "Dirt". But what they don't realize is that you, the bartender, are from that planet "Earth". | "They're fuckin nuts, that's what they are."
The Qwyvvrtt shook his mane, the vines sliding like snakes across his barrel chest. A few small petals fluttered to the floor, the spring pollination season just drawing to an end. His friend perched along the side of the wall, all creeping ivy and a multitude dark eyes w... | There was a series of science fiction stories with this premise. Nearly all aliens are from small low gravity worlds orbiting red dwarf stars, where life evolved very slowly, with few mass extinctions. They are amazed that life could develop at all on a high gravity world with active volcanos, radioactive metals thro... | 2017-09-06T11:50:21 | 2017-09-06T10:09:54 | 25 | 16 |
[WP] You’re an immortal 30-year-old-looking serial killer who was sentenced to 1,000 years in prison. After 100 years people started asking questions, but now it’s been 400 years and you’re starting to outlast the prison itself. | The lights blinded me; I hadn't seen it for the past 300 years. That's when they caught onto me. When I outlived three judges and four prison wardens.
"Take a seat," the officer motioned me. "Water? You must be thirsty. They gave up feeding you,--records show since 2120."
"Sure," I said as a took a seat.
I was in a... | *Meanwhile, in The Land Where All The Writing Prompts Are Simultaneously True....*
----
"Moving day!" the guard announced.
The general population of the prison groaned.
"Listen," the guard said. "I know you don't want to move any more than I do. But at least *your* commute isn't getting any worse."
That elicited... | 2020-08-16T23:16:07 | 2020-08-16T23:00:03 | 2,045 | 167 |
[WP] You have a friend who's an expert in lucid dreaming. One day, they come to you and says they can't tell apart dreams from reality anymore. You tell them that "if this were a dream, you'd be able to fly right in front of me". And that's exactly what they do. | “Chris its 2 motherfucking AM what do you want?” I asked in irritation.
He proceeded to sock me across the face. It wasn’t the first time he’s done it, he had done it twice this week.
“ Damn it man are you sleepwalking again?”
“I can’t tell if this is a dream or reality, you reacted to the pain and I felt it but normal... | After she flew in front of me I kind of panicked "stop" I yell "you are not dreaming". By this time I'm panicking what if I'm only a figment of his imagination? The thought that I could be nothing but a thought. Will I cease to exist if she wakes? "We have to think of this logically," I say "if you're dreaming when wh... | 2019-05-12T22:06:00 | 2019-05-12T21:20:59 | 23 | 12 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.