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 wake up in Hell. You look around, you can't see anybody, it's just fire and brimstone going on forever. Eventually the Devil walks over and says "Finally, you're the first to arrive, so tell me, who are you? what did you do? and how did you die?" | "Steve" I whispered aggressively, "just Steve."
"The fuck you doing down here Steve the worlds only been around for eight fucking days." - the devil
"Chill man it's still a little fresh," - I continued "man I was just minding my own business you know just me and Adam broing out like two lazy ass muthafuckas... | Fred closed his eyes, the morphine finally kicking in. The car had come out of nowhere.
When he opened them, he screamed. The hot, searing pain of broiling flesh as his feet touched the brimstone beneath was just the beginning. It went on forever, a never ending wasteland with gouts of flame bursting forth from crack... | 2015-04-09T07:58:39 | 2015-04-09T07:56:32 | 35 | 16 |
[WP] You're Woody and you've just been "adopted" by a new family. This person has a lot of toy collections but by far his Warhammer 40K collection is the strangest and it's making Buzz Lightyear nervous. | "Greetings, fellow toys. I am Buzz Lightyear, and I come in peace."
"Purge the heretic. Cleanse the foul taint of chaos from this Hive World."
Buzz paused for a moment as a few dozen guns leveled at him. The Inquisitor's grim countenance did not break into a smile, merely curled with further contempt. The Cadians, Mo... | The room whirled by underneath me as I was tossed unceremoniously across the room onto a large bed. Buzz landed beside me, and our eyes made contact over the plaid bedsheets. We lay motionless while the new owner, I believe his name was Gunner or maybe Johnny, moved about the room, tidying the a few misplaced items. He... | 2017-01-17T00:40:10 | 2017-01-16T22:27:28 | 360 | 56 |
[WP] There are multi-Gods for the multi-verse, and it turns out ours is kind of like the 'cool mom who lets you drink at her house,' though other Gods look at our free will and generally silent deity as bad Godding on His part. | Sam sighed as he looked upon the whole of his creation. "I just don't want them to hate me," he said. "They never even knew their mother. I'm all they've got."
The woman seated next to him nodded sagely. "I know it can be hard, raising them alone. But this hands-off approach you've been using for the past few millenni... | ***
The forty-two founders rarely agreed on anything. They had been delivered by the same cosmic anomaly and forsaken to muse on their heritage and place in the void without a thought or word of guidance.
They had toyed with each other and life, and moved freely throughout all of existence. Their being was comprise... | 2017-05-07T09:14:56 | 2017-05-07T08:20:02 | 524 | 123 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | The mug was in the back yard shed with most of my dads things. I had gotten them when he passed away. It stood there with a big number one on it. I decided to bring it inside, since i had known to me he had been my number one dad.
When i touched it the number changed. I hadn't been with a girl in about a year. I hadn... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T09:05:00 | 828 | 21 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James was not a great man.
Great men walked up to the world and bent it to its will. Great men looked at challenge and laughed.
James did his 9-5, came home, and sat down. He typically would stand back up a few times, to use the toilet or get a beer, but no more than a few.
His son had stopped asking him to play w... | The mug was in the back yard shed with most of my dads things. I had gotten them when he passed away. It stood there with a big number one on it. I decided to bring it inside, since i had known to me he had been my number one dad.
When i touched it the number changed. I hadn't been with a girl in about a year. I hadn... | 2017-06-11T09:29:45 | 2017-06-11T09:05:00 | 159 | 21 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Honestly, I always liked the idea of being like my father, he took care of me, my sis and my lil bro. The man raised us three into great people, I always wanted to be like my dad. Sadly, life wasn’t that kind to me, in the words of the doctor as I had a check up on my health…
“There is no shame in it sir, some people ... | George couldn't understand it. His mom was overjoyed about his father's father ranking, and how abruptly it jumped, and how much higher it jumped. When everyone found out about the mugs, some people bragged, others hid their mugs. His father woke up late on the day of the change, so he didn't have a chance to do anythi... | 2017-06-11T10:00:17 | 2017-06-11T09:05:21 | 104 | 77 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Joe Mills had a #1 Dad mug, but he wasn't sure he'd ever get the chance to actually be a dad. His wife, Lucy, had had a miscarriage a month after she bought him the mug to celebrate the long-awaited positive pregnancy test.
Months after the miscarriage occurred, Joe was sorting through their guest room closet, which h... | "Ya know... i don't know, really... i guess it was just all the pressure was too much for him... i understand it a little now as a parent myself... you just... well you want to do right by your kids, right? But like... you never really know, ya know?"
"Well yeah... the interviews, magazine features... i don't think he... | 2017-06-11T11:14:29 | 2017-06-11T08:28:06 | 46 | 17 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James and Amanda where watching the news when they heard about it.
"I wonder which number I got", James said and went to the kitchen.
A couple years ago, his son Andrew made him such a cup.
As a handmade cup, it was clearly distinguishable from all the others.
James quickly found it.
"That is strange", he said and show... | "Ya know... i don't know, really... i guess it was just all the pressure was too much for him... i understand it a little now as a parent myself... you just... well you want to do right by your kids, right? But like... you never really know, ya know?"
"Well yeah... the interviews, magazine features... i don't think he... | 2017-06-11T10:05:38 | 2017-06-11T08:28:06 | 45 | 17 |
[WP] a woman has been dating guy after guy, but it never seems to work out. She’s unaware that she’s actually been dating the same guy over and over; a shapeshifter who’s fallen for her, and is certain he’s going to get it right this time.
Horror story or romantic comedy? | "Raul," crooned Raul in a very suspicious French accent, as he took the lady's hand and graced his eager lips on it. "Let me guess," he continued, releasing his grip and pulling a chair out from the table. "Sit, please. Let me guess, you're a Mari- no, no, you're a Cassandra? I'm right, am I not?"
*Suave.* Yes, that ... | Jess could pinpoint exactly when she first thought her feelings were wrong: eighth grade after Advanced Algebra. Her friend Katie got an 82% on a test— and that was disastrously low for Katie’s norm, and considered even lower by her parents standards. Jess spent the rest of the class period trying to cheer her friend ... | 2022-08-24T03:20:20 | 2018-02-14T08:50:26 | 1,353 | 476 |
[WP]Before he died, your grandfather gave you sealed letter, instructing you not to open it until "all was lost." Well, tonight you've lost everything. It's time to open the letter. | "Don't open this till all is lost, Danny" Grandpa tried to muster all that he could to speak before succumbing to death; his frail hands held a small sealed envelope.
It has been 10 years since Grandpa passed on, yet I still remembered his last words. Things have not been looking good for me now. I've been retrenched... | I pushed open the front door to my house with a loud sigh, stumbling in on tired legs. It had taken hours to walk home - and would likely take hours to walk everywhere for at least the next week while the car is being fixed. How much was THAT going to cost I suddenly wondered.
Looking around the relatively small livin... | 2018-02-18T03:29:04 | 2018-02-18T02:10:21 | 114 | 75 |
[WP] Some people manifest a rune that allows them summon and control a creature from another plane. Rune bearers don't get to choose the creature and after 5 years they are sucked into plane that it comes from. You are about to find out what creature is linked to your rune. | I turned twenty five today. My whole family had turned up to celebrate, travelling from around the world to see their Runed relative at his big unveiling.
The Runed are born with their mark, usually emblazoned on their wrist or forearm. Its rare. Latest estimation was 1 in 1000 but there's an element of inherited chan... | “5… Years? I think its five letters. Or maybe six. Or maybe seven. Can you see if you can read this for me?”
“What is it?”
“It’s a rune. That’s what it says it is anyway.”
“Here, give it to me.” Timmy handed the rune, or the rock that was pretending to be a rune, over to Dave who seemed doubtful about the fact th... | 2018-05-27T07:41:14 | 2018-05-27T05:25:56 | 83 | 14 |
[WP] The heroes failed. The villain now rules the world with an iron fist, and...actually, things have never been better. | As I shut the door, I reached down to lock it, but stopped, chuckling to myself. All this time and I still have that instinct, I suppose. But we don't need locks now. They don't even manufacture locks anymore. I walked down the steps, turning away from my car at the last moment. I'll get some fresh air.
This us... | Horst Gummel looked out across the verdant plains from the rebel's hidden stronghold on a crest of the tallest of some nondescript rolling hills. In the distance he could see the capital city. He seethed with anger.
Little happy farms dotted the valleys and new copses grew on every hill. The streams sparkled as the su... | 2018-07-25T06:20:11 | 2018-07-25T05:54:45 | 55 | 27 |
[WP] Your girlfriend just died in your house, just before getting married to you. Unbeknownst to you, she now haunts the house, and to cheer you up, possess the objects around to have a chance to communicate. | [POEM]
A New Moon Wedding Day
.
A minute too late, and you’re gone,
Another lonely day, I will mourn,
The love of my life could not be saved,
Her lifeless body in my arms I held.
.
The realization set in a little late,
Today would have been our wedding date,
But she was gone, all too soon,
A fortnight past... | The day that was supposed to be our wedding ended up being her funeral. The doctor said it was some nigh-undetectable genetic heart condition that was the cause. She died in her sleep peacefully, at least, a week before our wedding.
I canceled the honeymoon plans, and as I went to throw away the plane tickets I could ... | 2019-11-19T09:11:13 | 2019-11-19T09:10:25 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] You are an assassin. You do not use guns, knives, or poison. You are a master of the butterfly effect and chaos theory. | PART 1
I kill people for a living. They call me the Lepidopterist, or simply the Butterfly man.
Every day I drive to the same diner and order the same coffee and pie. If there is a job for me a man will be at the counter smoking a cigarette, drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hey, can I bum a smoke?" I always say.
The c... | My latest job started like any other, a targeted ad on facebook. Twenty years ago it was an ad in the victim’s local newspaper, but these days social media is the only way to go. And without fail, my ads do the trick. It’s what sets me apart from the others in the Guild.
You see, I’m a member of the Guild of Coinciden... | 2019-12-21T14:08:02 | 2019-12-21T13:50:41 | 109 | 25 |
[WP] You are bitten by a werewolf, your sibling is bitten a vampire. Things become awkward when you find out that your parents are secretly famous monster hunters. | “Stop right there! Is that an incisor I see you wearing?”
“Moooommmmmm, you’re embarrassing me. I won’t have my own fangs for at least two more years.” Derek whined.
He was a crybaby but he was my twin crybaby. I preferred he took it out on our parents than embarrassed me at school. Too bad his timing was worse than ... | “Remind me what your name is again.” The man- I mean wolf- I mean *werewolf* they called Lupus said, with a (perhaps permanent) frown on his face.
The flustered werewolf stammered, “J-Johnny, my sir.”
“Well, Johnny, you’re a fucking genius! You know who that girl is?”
“N-no sir, I’m afraid I don’t know her.”
“She’s... | 2020-01-12T07:37:48 | 2020-01-12T06:40:38 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] Just before puberty, everyone is assigned a Guardian Angel. Most just get lowly cherubs; the lucky ones get archangels. You, on the other hand, are assigned Lucifer as your Guardian Angel. Neither of you is happy about it. | I looked at Lucifer. He looked at me.
...He was hot. Both definitions.
"Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?"
He decked me. I fell back from the force of it. My head knocked against the floor. It didn't hurt. Guardian Angels are magically incapable of harming their charges.
So I didn't receive any injuries. What ... | "But you're the Devil!" I protested, staring in utter disbelief at the figure standing before me. Truth be told, had he not said his name, I would have had no idea that he was, simply because he didn't *look* like the Devil.
I'd always pictured the big D as an enormous, horned figure, with blood-red skin, a long, spi... | 2020-02-26T05:56:06 | 2020-02-26T03:44:05 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] "You sold your soul to me for...this?" The demon stared, brows raised incredulously. It had heard a lot of ridiculous, stupid requests in its near-eternal lifespan, but this one definitely took the cake. | “You sold your soul to me for...this?" The demon stared, brows raised incredulously. He had heard a lot of ridiculous, stupid requests in its near-eternal lifespan, but this one definitely took the cake.
“Yes,” Calvin replied levelly. “I did.”
“A sandwich? A tuna fish sandwich?” The Demon simply couldn’t get his he... | I needed a night off, to get away, with out being away. I truly cared for my family, and they for me. I didn't want to see them hurt, I didn't want to see them grow old without me, I wanted to be the roll model of a father and husband that they deserved. I just couldn't let my wild days slip away, I needed my nights of... | 2020-03-05T09:24:03 | 2020-03-05T07:15:46 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] When you entered cryogenic sleep, you expected to wake up in a futuristic world. Instead, you wake up in a dusty cave, a man wearing dark robes staring at you in horror. | “I thought I wouldn’t make it” The man said.
I was still groggy, my brain pounding repeatedly at my heartbeat’s rhythm. “Huh”
“Good morning, child. Welcome. I am Oda”
“Oda? Erm. I’m Randy,” I try to stretch out my arms but my muscles don’t respond.
“Don’t try to move child. You won’t be able to do anything for th... | "You are awake!" the dark-hooded figure noticed the obvious. "Why are you awake, you're not supposed to be awake!" The rest was incomprehensibly muttering.
The young woman ... well, technically probably no longer young but still looking hot ... in the cyro-pot labled Lydia Walker was called Lydia. She was extremely we... | 2020-11-05T05:28:05 | 2020-11-05T03:59:37 | 136 | 31 |
[WP] An agoraphobic princess is sick and tired of knights breaking into her tower and trying to slay her emotional support dragon. | The marble tower is crooked, like a tree leaning towards the sun. It wasn’t always crooked, but one day the earth shivered its soily back, as if it saw its future, and the tower’s foot slipped.
Most things are strapped down inside the room at the top, to stop them sliding like snooker balls on an uneven table. The bed... | “Knit one, purl two,” Clara muttered, as she tracked stitches across the very end of the long, sinuous tail. Or at least, the dragon’s tail would be sinuous when she was done with it.
Clara’s hands ached, they were close to cramping. She’d rushed through line after line of small, tight stitches, not at all like the la... | 2021-08-18T11:27:18 | 2021-08-18T11:20:05 | 1,167 | 93 |
[WP] You somewhat jokingly make an offering to an ancient and obscure goddess. You didn't expect her to show up in your room in a manic frenzy, trying desperately to reward and please her first worshipper in centuries | Their second date was going splendidly. They had spent the last hour and a half having easy conversation over drinks and a fancy meal. Light jazz music filled the richly decorated restaurant as Mathew and Julia finished their main course.
“Maybe one too many drinks tonight. I need to go use the ladies room.” Julia sai... | I'd gone with the knight, the priest, the ranger and the thief because of course they wanted a wizard to with them to clear an ancient ruined dungeon. We cleared the dungeon of the skeletons and zombies therein. There was vampire down there six levels down, just sleeping in his coffin. He didn't wake up when we opened ... | 2022-02-15T14:44:07 | 2022-02-15T13:39:12 | 35 | 20 |
[WP]”Why aren’t you scared? I’m a vampire— I could kill you!” “So could literally every other human, you’re not special.” | "I don't understand," The vampire countered, "Vampires are the natural predator to man. There was a time where entire armies would flee from a small detachment of vampire warriors."
"Mankind evolved." I explained, "We replaced swords with muskets, then replaced muskets with rifles. One man with an AR-15 can mow down a... | "That's because, your kind is Pathetic. And also stupid" The vampire flashed a cold, slow grin, letting his gaze run itself down and across my budgeoning water sack of a body, right as my mind for some reason thinks "I'm back in middle school again"... and then he continues his voice a perfect cool pitch of measured qu... | 2022-06-08T15:59:11 | 2022-06-08T13:26:53 | 56 | 11 |
[WP] You have been kidnapped by a cult preparing to sacrifice you to their god. However, you are immortal, the god they worship is a close friend of yours, and the entire cult was a prank you pulled centuries ago. | Hmm... Consciousness coming back, that's nice...
Let's see, head feels clear, probably no concussion then, good. Concussions are a pain.
Eyes... Oh good, still have eyes. Last time it took forever to get the color right again. Blindfolded though, that's annoying.
Limbs... Right leg feels broken, other leg is fine. A... | Well this was embarrassing. Apparently Cyrus would have never thought that he'd regret making that fertility cult with his then-BFF, Avelcia. It was going all fine and dandy until they decided to include the idea of human sacrifice. Sure, she helped mark extraordinary evil people to use as sacrifice, but now Cyrus was ... | 2022-09-10T17:35:30 | 2022-09-10T15:35:59 | 843 | 136 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | Amy bit her lip and looked at up me, her eyes smoldering. She stepped so close that I thought I could feel the warmth of her, right through my clothes.
"Close your eyes." she whispered, sweetly, playfully running a fingertip down my chest in a way that made me shiver. I didn't know what to expect. I imagined it would ... | It was pretty unbelievable. I'm not usually good at showing emotions. Not usually great at the whole human interaction thing. Pretty terrible. Never expected her to just politely offer to hang out after all the others from class had left, because she wanted to. I kept my cool at the moment, and accepted her offer with ... | 2022-12-29T20:28:17 | 2022-12-29T17:02:56 | 819 | 256 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | "Yuri, come in here, you gotta see this"
Yuri rolled his eye, shrugged his shoulders and shuffled over to the science officer. He looked as bored as a Redon could possibly look.
"This human, this one human, the male version" Fram began "Hey, Kiol, put it up on the big screen". The starscape was replaced by the image of... | "Underchancellor, I want to know exactly who and why and how this happened, and what in Llorig's name you were thinking."
"Well, you see, Overchancellor, Planet Three has reported an alien presence. It's the Humans, the original inhabitants of Planet Three."
"I know that, Underchancellor."
"Yes, sir."
"I read t... | 2014-07-16T12:28:05 | 2014-07-16T11:43:48 | 115 | 78 |
[WP] America is at war and has reconstituted the draft. Soldiers are separated for training based on how combat ready they are. The war seems lost, but the last and largest platoon of soldiers, made of up of the furthest obese is about to be deployed. | Not many people thought that the return of the draft was a good thing, but the success of the 505 (pound) platoon proved the naysayers wrong. Transported to the fray on the finest mobility scooters they could find in the nearest Walmarts, clad in the least-stained bedsheets from the barracks (because the standard unifo... | At first it was quiet in the "Fat Body Platoon" hooch. A smuggled flat screen TV, dimly lit, flickered in the corner of the large tent, displaying on repeat, the main menu of the "Futurama" DVD that had been left on, neglected for hours since the last man had fallen asleep. They told themselves they were trying to get ... | 2015-05-09T14:08:21 | 2015-05-09T11:16:37 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | I never understood why every superhero out there wore capes. I swear, the amount of raw fabric he goes through must be inversely proportionally to his IQ. My roommate is the self proclaimed "Second Most Powerful Hero to ever live." Never mind he hasn't ever faced off against any truly powerful super villain. Those were... | "A superhero? Wow," I said, rolling my eyes at the back of her head. "You didn't strike me as the type."
Karen laughed as she closed the freezer door, holding an ice pack to her shoulder. "That's kind of the goal," she said slowly, as though explaining it to a child. "Secret identity. Blend in. Make it look like I'm j... | 2016-03-23T16:45:36 | 2016-03-23T15:53:56 | 1,932 | 23 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | "Chriiiiis!" Dillon bellowed. I entered the living room to see the blonde moron in his Power Guy uniform, lifting the coffee table, sofa and plasma screen TV.
"What?" I asked, annoyed. I'd spent all night working on my lesson plan for my first day teaching at Key Academy and had little time for his bullshit. Everyone ... | "A superhero? Wow," I said, rolling my eyes at the back of her head. "You didn't strike me as the type."
Karen laughed as she closed the freezer door, holding an ice pack to her shoulder. "That's kind of the goal," she said slowly, as though explaining it to a child. "Secret identity. Blend in. Make it look like I'm j... | 2016-03-23T20:02:44 | 2016-03-23T15:53:56 | 487 | 23 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | "Get out of the road, Ian," I yelled, pushing my way to the front of the crowd. Ian stood on the two yellow lines, smiling like a fucking asshole. A drag car burned rubber a few blocks away, coming straight towards him.
I wonder what he bet this time. Last week it was $300 to walk through a fire; the time before that ... | "A superhero? Wow," I said, rolling my eyes at the back of her head. "You didn't strike me as the type."
Karen laughed as she closed the freezer door, holding an ice pack to her shoulder. "That's kind of the goal," she said slowly, as though explaining it to a child. "Secret identity. Blend in. Make it look like I'm j... | 2016-03-23T20:24:14 | 2016-03-23T15:53:56 | 68 | 23 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | Heroes are people too, I think most of us forget that. Behind all the cheesy smiles, the bright colours or black leathers, it’s so easy to forget that there’s a human being under there. We all get to feel safe, comfortable even, knowing that there’s someone out there looking over us like a kindly god, ready to extend a... | "You know we have a microwave..." I commented to my roommate who was currently heating up her soup with her laser vision.
"Pfft, maybe for you *norms*," she emphasized. It was what she called non-superheros, and rolled off her tongue dripping with judgement. I wondered why she even bothered being a superhero as sh... | 2016-03-23T22:50:10 | 2016-03-23T21:31:57 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] A poorly-disguised escaped dairy cow has worked for years in an ice cream parlor, somehow miraculously avoiding detection, but now her love of bovine-related puns is slowly starting to give her away. | "Please come in and take a seat" said Clive, the CEO of Delicious Ice Cream.
Terry nervously trotted into the room and negotiated herself onto the way-too-tiny chair that was positioned near the desk. She adjusted her straw hat and tried to affect a smile.
"Mmmmm yes?" said Terry.
"Terry, it's... um.. may I call you... | "Fuck, dude," I groaned, sweat dripping into my eyes. "It's so hot outside. Seriously, let's just go indoors, I don't give a damn where."
Harry rolled his eyes at me. "Whatever, if it gets you to stop complaining. Might as well get some ice cream, right? Poor little Bobby, you want some ice cweam to cool you down?"
I... | 2016-06-26T11:27:04 | 2016-06-26T10:14:55 | 44 | 24 |
[WP] You are Subtle Tea, a super hero who alters major world events by a most appropriately timed cup of tea. | "You rang, sir?" I opened the door to the lair of an arch villain, my heart racing even though outwardly I tried to remain as composed as possible. Of course, the heavy latex on my face and all the stage makeup really helped with that.
"YES! Come in here! We need to verify the plans!" A familiar voice waved me in, and... | All I can remember as I ran down the cobblestone road was the fear I felt. The bone-shaking feeling that frightened me to my very core as my hands and feet felt all but deprived of any sense of warmth. I hadn't the energy of a morning cup of Earl Grey nor the overpowering strength of Darjeeling inside of me.
My vision... | 2016-07-11T22:15:52 | 2016-07-11T21:49:06 | 48 | 27 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | The bus sped past me again. I don't really know what else I expected. 347 years they've done this, but I pay them no mind. They think it's rude to stay, I think it's rude to leave. I've dealt with their 'punishments' for long enough that it just doesn't bother me. I can basically predict how the day goes- I check the b... | It's time to find a new bench.
I've been sitting on mine for 200 years, but at long last my grandkids' grandkids' grandkids have run me out of town. It didn't used to be like this.
"They say that phrases like that are signs it's time for you to leave."
That's what Xtina, the bratty 14-year-old, said to me when I sa... | 2016-08-09T08:58:15 | 2016-08-09T08:35:00 | 916 | 49 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | The bus sped past me again. I don't really know what else I expected. 347 years they've done this, but I pay them no mind. They think it's rude to stay, I think it's rude to leave. I've dealt with their 'punishments' for long enough that it just doesn't bother me. I can basically predict how the day goes- I check the b... | "Unfortunately, this ended up derailing Trump's campaign due to"
"Yeah, I was there!" Frank shouted across the classroom.
"Yes, we're all aware you were there, Mr. Henbeynz, you've been reminding us throughout the semester. We appreciate your....contributions.... to the class here at Star Station 55,"
"Yeah, I wa... | 2016-08-09T08:58:15 | 2016-08-09T08:49:34 | 916 | 23 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | When she was two, she tugged on the dog's tail, causing it to yelp slightly and growl at her. Her creamy white blood now tainted with thin wisps of black, but still mostly pure. It was nothing, but the blood didn't care.
When she was five, she lied and said it was the baby that had drawn on the walls. Wisps of black m... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T23:53:24 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 39 | 12 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a special talent that's weak when young, but grows stronger and matures at the age of 30. A kid that's a little stronger than his peers will grow up to lift mountains. Another who like tinkering will revolutionize civil action. You? Well, cats just seem to like you...
*civilizations
Edit: W... | Age : 15
Paul was always envious of the other kids. Of the cool kids. Being a teenager was hard enough, and it didn't help that filthy stray cats followed him on every step. He loved them as much as he hated them.
He always felt a special bond to cat and figured out early that this was his "special talent".
The cool... | I was walking home from work in the cold sleet, wishing I had a car. No one did, not anymore. All the vehicles not used by the military were scrapped for the war. I lived in The Sanctuary, one of the few human cities independent of the Animal Kingdoms. We had to fight every day to maintain it, and military service was ... | 2016-12-30T12:22:20 | 2016-12-30T11:51:08 | 36 | 14 |
[WP] Everyone with the same name shares knowledge. If one Bob gets a degree in electrical engineering, then all Bob's have this knowledge readily available. Soon, everyone starts naming their kids similar names until factions form. Your parents rebelled and named you something original. | It took only a day.
A shadowy organization saw the sharing of information through names, and so realized a great loophole in the univese
_The mechanical spiders finished their construction of a nano-fabricator_
Earth is not the only planet. There are billions. Somewhere, far away, there would be an alien civilization... | Mulan Szechuan Sauce
Yes, the same fucking sauce that is currently available in McDonalds during April Fools.
That's my name. Mulan Szechuan Sauce, I'm a guy named Mulan born in Ohio not Szechuan and develop a rare allergic reaction to one specific widely food industry ingredients which btw is the key ingredient to ... | 2017-04-07T09:39:12 | 2017-04-07T09:32:51 | 141 | 77 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I wiped a tear from my eye as she walked down the aisle. My beautiful baby girl, all grown up!! I watched her step up next to the man she loved. He took her hand and they turned towards the adoring crowd.
He gave his speech. Everything my little girl had done! It seemed like a fairytale, coming out of his mouth. I wat... | Alex takes her spot next to the man wearing 1000 year old bifocals, and then grabs the pen atop the booklet with her name on it. The cover page feels similar to cardstock; she can feel the indent of each letter from the back. As prompted before she walked in, Alex opens the booklet and prints her name on the solitary l... | 2017-05-31T07:11:19 | 2017-05-31T06:30:10 | 1,143 | 80 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I wiped a tear from my eye as she walked down the aisle. My beautiful baby girl, all grown up!! I watched her step up next to the man she loved. He took her hand and they turned towards the adoring crowd.
He gave his speech. Everything my little girl had done! It seemed like a fairytale, coming out of his mouth. I wat... | "It's such a nice day for a drive, don't you think so honey?" He talked to his wife, eyes on the never ending country road in front of them. She was quiet. Taking a long side glance, he saw her eyes closed, soundly asleep in the passenger seat.
"Have I ever told you how beautiful you look when you sleep? You look so g... | 2017-05-31T07:11:19 | 2017-05-31T06:38:29 | 1,143 | 47 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | It was a Saturday. After a long week at work, Todd decided to sleep in. He got up half past ten, took a quick shower, then headed to the nearest Denny's for breakfast.
Todd ordered his usual... a Grand Slam. With a smile, the waiter left after taking his order. Looking out the window, Todd regretted getting up so... | Alex takes her spot next to the man wearing 1000 year old bifocals, and then grabs the pen atop the booklet with her name on it. The cover page feels similar to cardstock; she can feel the indent of each letter from the back. As prompted before she walked in, Alex opens the booklet and prints her name on the solitary l... | 2017-05-31T07:58:46 | 2017-05-31T06:30:10 | 272 | 80 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | It was a Saturday. After a long week at work, Todd decided to sleep in. He got up half past ten, took a quick shower, then headed to the nearest Denny's for breakfast.
Todd ordered his usual... a Grand Slam. With a smile, the waiter left after taking his order. Looking out the window, Todd regretted getting up so... | "It's such a nice day for a drive, don't you think so honey?" He talked to his wife, eyes on the never ending country road in front of them. She was quiet. Taking a long side glance, he saw her eyes closed, soundly asleep in the passenger seat.
"Have I ever told you how beautiful you look when you sleep? You look so g... | 2017-05-31T07:58:46 | 2017-05-31T06:38:29 | 272 | 47 |
[WP] Tales tell of a blacksmith at the top of the mountain. He knows the future, but says nothing. He only makes you what you need. | The young boy in ashen robes beside him stood and stared curiously as I encroached. The small hollowing of stone embedded in the side of the mountain was lit only by a few wall mounted torches and the fires roaring from the furnace itself.There he was, pounding away at his anvil, sparks flying haphazardly about.
Upon... | Ted looked at the mountain, and thought *this is it*. He had traveled a long way from his home in Boston.
He didn't dare rest, because he had to know, what did he need to do to find happiness? He had sailed across a vast ocean in a sailboat and walked across a vast, empty continent before he reached the mountain, at ... | 2017-09-05T00:17:01 | 2017-09-04T22:49:56 | 32 | 17 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | There we were, math class again. Typical Friday afternoon waiting for the weekend. Everyone around me focused on the board while I sing to myself, waiting for someone else to answer the question as I chant 42 to myself.
Today's song just happens to be about a beautiful girl in class. My Sweet Caroline in fact. I feel ... | Mind reading was never something Lauren thought of on a daily basis, but today something triggered her. It was all she could think about. What made her like this was as much of a mystery to her as it was why her crush never talked to her.
Lauren was done with her worksheet and forgot her book, something she never did... | 2017-11-13T19:47:06 | 2017-11-13T16:30:42 | 236 | 37 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | As I stood in the lab room, I let my eyes wander as I waited for the centrifuge to stop. I crossed my arms over my chest and glanced around the room before he came into my line of vision.
I grinned to myself. *Cute.*
As the centrifuge whirred to a stop, I pulled out my group's test tubes and began to head back to ou... | Mind reading was never something Lauren thought of on a daily basis, but today something triggered her. It was all she could think about. What made her like this was as much of a mystery to her as it was why her crush never talked to her.
Lauren was done with her worksheet and forgot her book, something she never did... | 2017-11-13T18:05:33 | 2017-11-13T16:30:42 | 102 | 37 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | The Captain filled a small container with what had to be bourbon, carefully sealing the spout to prevent any of the liquid from floating away. As I dogged the hatch behind me, I saw that he already had his drink in hand.
First day aboard a starship, and I'm drinking with the boss? Not a bad start.
Captain Leonov sent... | Dannos Quill was asleep in his favourite chair when the early-warning alarms tripped. He had set the runes himself, personally inscribing them on the sides of 12-inch candles which he then burned in a mile-wide perimeter around his cottage by the lake. The alarms were tweaked to only detect magical entities of the 4th ... | 2018-03-11T08:45:50 | 2018-03-11T08:08:31 | 120 | 37 |
[WP] A genie gives you two options. One is to get your three wishes now, or to get one wish a day for five days. He tells you that no one before has survived and gotten all five wishes. You choose the latter. | "That won't be a problem."
Rovif had scaled several mountains, slain a giant eagle, and even incurred the wrath of a mage's guild just to reach this ancient temple. The fact that he survived all the deadly puzzles and tests of wits on his way to this underground altar room only gave him more confidence in his goal. Wh... | "Definitely a wish a day," I asserted confidently. The genie looked at me surprised, his warnings having been ignored. Picture me, this modern day Aladdin, beanie instead of turban, a little bit whiter around the edges but basically the same in the end. He rubbed a lamp, I rubbed a bong and just like that there's a gen... | 2019-06-04T10:57:08 | 2019-06-04T08:12:27 | 91 | 68 |
[WP] You never miss a pill ever since you were a kid and diagnosed with a deadly illness. One night while out, you’re kidnapped by human traffickers. You plea to be let go because you’ll die without your pills. Turns out, the pills were keeping your telekinesis at bay. It’s starting to come back. | My mother always insisted that the staff had promised her they wouldn’t record or tape our visiting hours. There was a nice park on the grounds, with a basketball court and a set of swings we sometimes sit in. But I don’t like to see the huge fences around, so we just stay in my room, talking and playing games.
*“Wher... | This actually reminds me a lot of the show The Umbrella Academy
nonthing the less
​
"Please let me get mt pills. I'll die without them""If we let you go, you'll run away. Do you think we're stupid?"
"Pl-"
**THWACK!** Followed by a loud thump to the floor. You were unconscious and being transported to a ... | 2019-11-13T22:35:17 | 2019-11-13T21:57:51 | 95 | 42 |
[WP] Rejected by the Federation Council for refusing to disband their military, humans ally themselves with the Thoran, the Federation’s resident warrior race. Warmongers, the Thoran find themselves enamored with humanity, and grow increasingly tired of the Federations attempts to “civilize” both. | "Citizens of the Federation."
War Czar Mitya Kalishinov stared directly into the camera. His tall, strong form, clad in the midnight black of the Human military, filled only a portion of the screen. Behind him was the interior of his ship, the *Hades*, itself a mix of black paneling and red lighting. To his sides stoo... | The meeting took place in a bunker multiple hundreds of meters below the soil of an unknown planet within the solar system.
"Are you sure it is completely safe to speak here?"
"It seems I trust dirt and steel more than you."
"If you trust this place, I will too, I guess."
"So let's begin then."
"Ah, yes, so... wh... | 2020-04-16T08:51:12 | 2020-04-16T08:19:10 | 219 | 110 |
[WP] Some say that your power is future sight. Others insist that you have superhuman intellect. They're wrong. Your power is the ability "Quicksave." | In case anyone wants to read the book that the prompt seems to be based on.
[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36735/the-perfect-run](https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36735/the-perfect-run)
" Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his lif... | At least I get to keep the same clothes
I’ve done this at least 3 times today and each time it only gets more annoying. I should feel bad for doing this to Nancy but she wouldn’t stop bugging me. Sorry little sis but it had to be like this
( Load file)
“ File 4”? What was that. That must have been when Mom was mad a... | 2020-12-15T14:22:29 | 2020-12-15T13:59:51 | 37 | 19 |
[WP] You are a wolf who was bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon your hair recedes, your teeth dull, and you are left cold and naked on a hillside. You’ve also met a lovely park ranger named Christine. | “What… are you?” The park ranger said, scrambling backward in fear as she beheld the bloody sight before her. She had rushed over in response to an emergency call of a “wild, bloody man and a pack of wolves feasting” and hadn’t expected the call to be so terrifyingly accurate.
I paused my chewing and looked up at her.... | “Chrissy you’ve got to help me, I can’t go back to that!”
Chrissy reclined in bed, her eyes heavy lidded and her whole body ready for sleep, if only Spot weren’t having another crisis. She pressed the pillow down over her face and tried to count disemboweled sheep, the kind Spot left behind when he was a wolf. Sometim... | 2021-03-14T14:53:32 | 2021-03-14T13:49:33 | 187 | 129 |
[WP] In terms of powers you are world class, easily one of the next up and coming top-tier super-heroes in the world. But you deliberately downplay your abilities, pretending to have only minor talents so you can stick with your team of underdogs whose leader you have been crushing on for years. | "There," aQuilla said as she wiped away the excess ink over the stylized BRAVE now written on Discourse's arm. She smelled like that no-nonsense but still sweet shampoo she always used.
"That's everyone! Now, I'm not going to lie. This next match-up is going to be tough. Ever since they moved Steel Toe up to the C cla... | I woke up chained to a chair, shackles keeping my wrists and ankles in place.
My greatest nemesis, Dr. Hugo Todt, stood over me, tauntingly.
"So," he begins in his usual German accent, "he awakes. Good, I didn't want this to be boring. I wanted you to witness what is to come."
As my eyes scan the room, I see anoth... | 2021-04-12T09:08:44 | 2021-04-12T08:41:05 | 106 | 61 |
[WP] A voracious monster stalks the city at night, claiming one victim a month. The way it feeds is especially horrific. It only devours the most vicious criminals. In a city plagued with crime and violence, the inhabitants struggle to determine if the monster is a benefit or terror. | “Tell me love, what do they think of my killings?”
Anton spoke the words softly for fear of disturbing her. Ella reclined in bed, in the home she’d designed for them from the ground up, under the fine linens she’d chosen and loved. She was quiet of late, though her words still rang in his head.
“People say you’re ins... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 3, Part 6: Awe v.s. The Criminal Underworld)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**The city of Sacrament had seen better days.** Its Mayor had been sacked on trumped-up charges; super... | 2021-04-16T22:40:19 | 2021-04-16T22:28:28 | 119 | 39 |
[WP] A voracious monster stalks the city at night, claiming one victim a month. The way it feeds is especially horrific. It only devours the most vicious criminals. In a city plagued with crime and violence, the inhabitants struggle to determine if the monster is a benefit or terror. | Swathi hated when the full moon came around. It meant another day when her cleaning service would be hired. It wasn’t an easy job, even if the city paid her and the other cleaners well.
“Who do you think it’ll be this time?” Jyothsna asked.
“Well, the monster keeps taking more and more powerful people. Maybe the may... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 3, Part 6: Awe v.s. The Criminal Underworld)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**The city of Sacrament had seen better days.** Its Mayor had been sacked on trumped-up charges; super... | 2021-04-16T22:51:54 | 2021-04-16T22:28:28 | 100 | 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 ability to shapeshift is a much more intuitive power than what most villains would think. Merely changing shape to escape a hero such as Cassidy Crush or Hiro the Swordsman is a waste. Combat is good, yes. But none truly think to use shapeshifting to change how one appears.
This city had but one villain, whilst th... | I have always had powers, a part of me I kept hidden, never knowing how to use them, afraid of the responsibility that came with them. My friend died when I was twenty-five, it turned out he wasn't afraid of responsibility, he had been doing something. A real life hero. I felt so much shame, I had watched the footage a... | 2021-05-20T07:30:18 | 2021-05-20T06:34:48 | 151 | 81 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | He came from Ultraopolis.
He came to my city. Omega City.
He calls himself The End. I call him a murderer.
He thought the heroes of Omega City were weak, silly even. They had failed to stop me so many times, and what was I compared to him? A joke.
He has incredible strength. Enough to rip the head off of Poor Rich... | "Sir, we're under attack!"
"By who?! Who *dares* attack me in my own home!"
"It's... Doctor Whittaker?"
That was when the lab's primary blast door came crashing open, and I walked in, at the head of fifteen identical copper robots, the Tommies. Jason, my right-hand robot, towered over me, standing slightly bac... | 2021-05-20T10:47:04 | 2021-05-20T09:54:43 | 97 | 46 |
[WP] Civilizations in the galaxy all use magic, biomanipulation, psionics, runes, faith, or cultivation. Humanity's god chose the hardest path for us - technology. But technology has some surprises the others do not. | The human sat on the ground, back to the wall, clutching his bleeding arm. It had been broken in three places, rendering him almost entirely defenceless; just as the alien intended. It now stood over the man with an expression of superior smugness as it adjusted its runic bracelet.
"Is this all you have, human? So man... | "They cans create an imploding sstar. A reals imploding star. Almost at willss I tell you. I ssaw them wipes a while planet onces. It was both terrifyings and beautifuls." Said Kraa while sipping his mug of ale, his slithering speech and his reptile like figure contorted as he spoke. "Theirs god didn't chose magic, nor... | 2022-03-30T13:14:49 | 2022-03-30T11:08:42 | 41 | 25 |
[WP] You notice one day that you are compelled to keep every promise you ever made. The news shows the world in a panic as is everyone else is forced do to the same. It seems that that people with too many conflicting promises go comatose, including many elected officials. | ...
990.
Its been decades. I'm ashamed and sorry that I've forgotten you and our promise.
991.
We've known each other since we were young. We've always hung out together, inseparable like twins.
992.
I never really had anything I wanted to do, no dream nor ambition. I thought it would be fine to live and die in t... | I still remember the day it broke. It was the first day of The Age of Honesty. The news was hard to miss. Every newspaper, smart-phone and TV had it and nothing else. Folks in many countries got Presidential Alerts on their phones informing them of the unescapable consequences of conflicted promises.
​
For... | 2022-06-15T21:39:02 | 2022-06-15T21:26:58 | 88 | 53 |
[WP] For years, the hero and villain's rivalry continues with seemingly no end in sight. You are the hero's sidekick and are frustrated with them and often rant about it to this nice girl you've gotten to know at th cafe, who unbeknownst to you is the villain's minion, who feels the same way. | "I missed my father's funeral," Isaac said, looking grimly into his latté. "'You have to be there', LeRoux said. 'Vital mission', he said. You know what it resulted in?" he said and looked at his companion. She knew the question was mostly rhetorical so she only waited, eyes set on him.
"A knife in the gut and three w... | You were never the brightest, but you worked hard and did your best, you are a sidekick, you are supposed to give backup to the hero and help them defeat the dark forces, otherwise the world could be in jeopardy or at least that was what they taught you at the academy, but this! This is f*cking ridiculous, at this po... | 2022-06-16T11:24:31 | 2022-06-16T10:28:05 | 829 | 20 |
[WP] You are an ancient lich, feared throughout the lands for your grey and fair vengeance. One day, you are summoned, but not by a corrupt king or angry mercenary, instead by an unnaturally thin girl dressed in servants rags, who says “f...forgive me for disturbing you...I had nowhere else to go” | A groan echoed through my tomb, low and terrible. I looked up from my work, a maelstrom of souls screaming for freedom from their confinement. The groan was followed by an echoing boom, as the doors to my home swung shut. Someone was here.
I stood, motioning towards my work. One of my servants, a mass of living shadow... | The rations had been cut again. She ate far too little as it was but now she struggled to walk to work, struggled to do the work and those were a recipe for death. She knew all too well her masters only allowed her to live if she provided them labor. For today, at least, she done that. She was put back into her chains ... | 2022-07-14T12:01:12 | 2022-07-14T08:35:46 | 457 | 99 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I've spent my whole life looking at numbers, judging my safety from them, gathering intelligence, watching, waiting. I am a perfectly average teenage girl; I've got brown hair, brown eyes, and a rather plain face. I'm average height, average size. There is nothing exceptional about me; except that I can judge how dange... | Danger is not quantified by how much harm one could cause others, but by how how much harm one intends to cause others. That's why two people of the same height, weight, and muscle mass could be unequally dangerous. That's why my best friend, the huge, 6 and a half foot tall, 250 pound, football player isn't dangerous ... | 2014-11-29T14:34:22 | 2014-11-29T12:41:49 | 41 | 22 |
[WP] “Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” -Anonymous | He was going to be a doctor. A really good one. A Dr. House but without the drug addiction and massive ego. An unparalleled mind in the medical field.
Things got in the way (they always do if you let them). His depression got the best of him. Dropped out of high school. Moved across the country. Got a job as a cook. ... | I committed suicide at age 43, alone in a dingy flat in a dodgy area; overdue two months of rent, water long since cut off, and loan sharks knocking at my door at all hours of the night.
I will freely admit that I knew I wasn't a model citizen, but I certainly didn't think I was Hell-worthy. I thought of myself as a l... | 2015-01-02T11:36:32 | 2015-01-02T11:09:56 | 164 | 22 |
[WP] Two people have just died. They both enter the same location in the afterlife. For one person, it is their personal heaven; for the other, it is hell. Describe their arrival and first "day" there. | "Look Daddy, Look Daddy! Can we get his autograph?"
**Not this place, not here. I can't go back to his domain.*
"Sure, Honey, let's get his signature."
*I have to find a way to escape from this kingdom.*
"Look Daddy, its his dog! Can I pet it?"
"Sure Honey, but ask him first."
*This Mouse and his damned clubhouse... | I opened my eyes and my vision was cloudy. I felt sluggish, as though I had smoked way too much weed. I looked to my left and was surprised to see my ex wife.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
She looked at me and said "I have no idea. You?"
As we stood there, bewildered, trying to figure what was going on, it be... | 2015-01-04T11:25:00 | 2015-01-04T11:22:04 | 556 | 94 |
[WP] Two people discover a fountain of youth. The problem is that upon drinking the water you turn back into an infant. The two decide to take turns raising each other in order to live forever until one day one of them decides to break this agreement. | "No, please."
She pushed the vial away from her lips, her thin and wrinkly hands shaking.
"Why?" I asked.
"I... I'm so tired, dear." She sighed. Then she continued:
"My flesh is tired."
"What do you mean?"
"The other ones, my other lives, I've come to realize... they were not *really* me. I've read their diaries... | Imagine growing up in a household where you are told that the nature of your very birth and existence must be kept a secret, not just because it is dangerously valuable information, but mostly because you'll end up in the looney bin if you explain yourself and stick to your story. That's where I thought my dad belonge... | 2015-02-14T06:40:49 | 2015-02-14T06:05:39 | 1,103 | 88 |
[WP] The Devil promises you everything: fame, fortune, all the things a mortal will ever need for paradise on earth. But he doesn't want your soul, he just wants you to take his socially awkward daughter, Gertrude, out on a date. Make her special, y'know?
**EDIT** All of your responses have been amazing! I wish I had ... | 'Deal.'
I'd woken up and the Devil was sitting on my bed. On my legs in fact. My legs which I now had no feeling in. I knew he was the Devil mainly because he was scarlet coloured, had two curly horns and a pronged tail, and a big name tag with 'The Devil' on it.
Frankly, when you're faced with choosing an eternity o... | Karl Jacobs fell asleep, and had the dream again.
Everything was blackness, a huge empty void stretched around him. He could feel vertigo, but in every direction. His body was gasping for air, and…
…sprang bolt upright in bed…
Karl gasped for breath, the terror of the dream clinging to him with a sweaty mental re... | 2015-05-20T12:03:44 | 2015-05-20T12:02:49 | 36 | 23 |
[WP] The best demon slayers are those whose minds the demons want to stay out of. | *I kill. I torture. I flay flesh from bone and wear it as a little hat sometimes. I do all of this for fun; a pleasure unlike anything else in this world- or any other, for that matter.*
*That being said, fuck this shit. This place is a war zone, and it's too much for me. A human brain that is truly Hell- and trust me... | 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 ... | 2016-02-08T09:04:32 | 2016-02-08T08:30:18 | 78 | 15 |
[WP] You are a Hell Writer, you design hells for people after they die based on studying their life history. Today Satan summons you to his sanctum and you are troubled to see that he has a shocked expression on his face. | "Screw you Bob, looks like you really outdid yourself this time... The big guy Upstairs sent me a message due to your incompetence", said the Dark Lord.
I looked up confused. "Sir, I try my best to torture our subjects according to what I feel would be your own will, Master"
Satan gave me a look like I was a special ... | Usually, Satan sends me an email asking it I'm caught up on the Hell Designs Department. If something is wrong, I talk to a regional manager, not the fallen angel himself.
I finally arrive on his floor, and the elevator floors open, and he was there, standing right in front of them.
"Oh dear."
Satan un... | 2016-11-08T17:32:37 | 2016-11-08T15:38:45 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Everytime you touch somebody you get a flash of your entire future with them. | I've spent a lot of time thinking about how to abuse my gift to get ahead in life- I mean, if I could poke my teacher and catch a glimpse of his upcoming pop quiz *with the answers*, think of all the other things I could do. Become a doctor and diagnose them with a touch on the arm, or win every game show by shaking th... | The future was clear in a way the past had never been. I know, I know, predicting the future is risky business and all, and you’d be better off taking stock tips from a monkey than from a broker – but the past was polluted with memory and stained by starlight. People – myself included – remembered the past the way they... | 2017-01-11T06:54:11 | 2017-01-11T06:16:04 | 193 | 49 |
[WP] Everytime you touch somebody you get a flash of your entire future with them. | By the time Klara reached the dilapidated hut by the edge of the town, dusk had fallen.
She cast a quick eye behind her, and satisfied that she was not being followed, rapped urgently on the rotting wooden door. Beneath her shawl, her baby stirred, and she instinctively pulled him closer to her chest.
The door creake... | The future was clear in a way the past had never been. I know, I know, predicting the future is risky business and all, and you’d be better off taking stock tips from a monkey than from a broker – but the past was polluted with memory and stained by starlight. People – myself included – remembered the past the way they... | 2017-01-11T07:38:55 | 2017-01-11T06:16:04 | 193 | 49 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | **Issue: [SEVERE]** 'Magic Hands' spell applied to subject rather than pure conjuration
**Type:** Application
**Severity:** A
**Priority:** 1
**Assigned to:** Matt Traynor
**Submitted by:** Greg Philmore
**Summary:**
Set to severity A because this stupid fucking system doesn't give me a goddamn S-rank for this ... | "They're dead? ...... All of them?"
"Yes... yes ma'am" Bill replies back, struggling to meet my eye. It looks like he's been crying again. Oh sweet Bill, you're in the wrong line of work.
"Explain to me again how this happened..." I try to keep my tone neutral yet supportive. He still sees me as some authoritati... | 2017-07-26T03:57:13 | 2017-07-26T00:37:23 | 417 | 129 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | **Issue: [SEVERE]** 'Magic Hands' spell applied to subject rather than pure conjuration
**Type:** Application
**Severity:** A
**Priority:** 1
**Assigned to:** Matt Traynor
**Submitted by:** Greg Philmore
**Summary:**
Set to severity A because this stupid fucking system doesn't give me a goddamn S-rank for this ... | As the first spell was cast, the world changed. Those early years were full of some nasty work. Thankfully, magic was pretty new, and magicians had yet to write any spells longer than a few pages before magic came under extreme regulation.
And yet, the most damaging magical incident occurred thanks to a spell only fiv... | 2017-07-26T03:57:13 | 2017-07-26T01:07:47 | 417 | 128 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | /r/TalesFromMajSupport
#Why you never, EVER let an intern into spelldev [Medium]
⬆9348⬇
by DepressedQAMagician 🌟x1
Howdy TFMS, it's your boy Depressed QA Magician, and I've got another troubling tale for you.
So, if you remember, $Boss has a thing for younguns. Just can't resist the HS interns and fresh grads ove... | "Sir, you will not regret this. I swear." Miffle entered my quarters with a bound. The sweet smile in his eyes twittered with anticipation. Miffle's dreams of commanding a prestigious estate in the annals of spellmen's history ever lead his way.
"I see you think you've got something quite exceptional this time, Miff... | 2017-07-26T01:31:47 | 2017-07-25T20:43:49 | 97 | 32 |
[WP] Five people wake up in a metal room with no windows and only one door. In the middle of the room is a revolver and a piece of paper. "One of you has to die. Kill this person, the door unlocks and the survivors win $1million. Each wrong person dead halves your prize. You have four bullets." | I woke up.
I didn't know where I was, but I soon realized my circumstances.
Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang.
Being raised against gambling and 23 years of math experience quickly led me to conclude that if I killed the other 4 one by one I could get out alive with at least $62,500.
Unfortunately, I forgot to account for... | The other three saw the paper and the revolver first, the big guy called it out, but they all hesitated. Just for a moment. That was all it took, and by the time I finished reading the last line everyone was a mouth breather.
"There's three of us and one of him"
Now's the time to point it at them. I'm not big, bu... | 2017-10-30T21:24:32 | 2017-10-30T19:00:49 | 82 | 13 |
[WP] A Greek man comes home from 4 months of war to find his wife pregnant. Now he has embarked on a quest: to punch Zeus in the face | ''You!'' Alexandros screamed as he ran up to Zeus' throne on Mount Olympus. ''It's all your fault. You made my wife pregnant when I was at war!''
Zeus merely raised an eyebrow. ''No idea what you're talking about. Haven't pulled a stunt like that in years. Hera keeps a close eye on me these days, you know.''
''Is t... | Olive had returned from a four-month campaign in Persia, one intended to prevent the Shah from taking Mount Olympus. During his time there, he had been especially crucial to the team, using his smarts and arcane sciences to create weapons the Persian army couldn't resist and eventually fell to. His favorite one was the... | 2018-02-09T21:27:33 | 2018-02-09T19:12:58 | 114 | 43 |
[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." | There are many among us who wonder *why* we allow Warrior Species to live. Whenever we discover one of them, there will inevitably be a movement pushing for their extermination before they reach the stars. I do not need to explain why, we all remember the horrors of the Zandrian Fleet sweeping across the Alliance Syste... | "Are you sure about this Ilian" Odan asked, his antenna twitched with irritation? Odan had always liked Ilian but sometimes she could be more trouble than she was worth, most of the hierarchy was like that, but being the youngest graduate from the institute and a member of the royal family he couldnt just say no even i... | 2018-03-17T06:35:22 | 2018-03-17T05:21:49 | 109 | 12 |
[WP] You have been striving for years to commit the elusive “Perfect Crime” for the fame of it. You steal the Mona Lisa and replace it with a fake. You leave a taunting note and wait for the panic when it is discovered. But, 2 years later, no one has noticed. | The vaulted ceiling of the museum filled me with vertigo. A single drop of sweat rolled down my brow. The muted talk of an art guide in the distance. My heartbeat thudding in my throat. My fingers’ idle fiddling with the glass-cutter in my pocket.
I swallowed hard. The portrait gave me the same knowing look that my me... | Baptiste stood in the Salle des Etats of the Louvre. He stood in the same spot he did every day, swarms of people enveloping him. He came here every day to this very spot of the Louvre, suffering the throngs and the kids and the guards, with a singular purpose, to glare at his greatest failure.
To his left an elderly ... | 2018-04-19T01:26:31 | 2018-04-19T00:58:11 | 87 | 22 |
[WP] It’s your 20th birthday. You wake up, open your eyes...and see your bedroom as it was ten years ago. Turns out the past ten years of your “life” were just a very vivid dream... | You only live once... So don't fuck up - is what my dad use to tell me from behind the glass, his voice quiet and hoarse through the speakers as mom and I cried during visitation hours.
You only get one shot at life... so play it safe.
Slow and steady wins the race, after all.
And so on. I'm sure there's more, but... | "What... there's no... wait, what?" I walked myself through where I was - it all seemed familiar. I remember the ugly plaid sheets I had on my bed in highschool and I certainly remember how chubby I was during that time. Looking at my gut with the sheets in the background was all I needed to confirm when I was, rough... | 2018-05-01T03:41:55 | 2018-05-01T03:00:09 | 40 | 14 |
[WP] All superpowers have a ‘hangover’ effect. For example, after using super strength for the day, the morning after you can’t even lift your spoon to eat your breakfast. You wake up one morning after using your own specific superpower and you feel pretty hungover...
[deleted] | I awaken well rested and ready for the day, a solid nights sleep. I leave my room to see a pile of letters just inside the door. I look to the bench to see last nights dinner covered in mould. I pull up my phone. Every app has notifications. I check the date. It’s the 27th.
I sigh “That’s what I get for taking 10 extr... | You know how when you fall asleep on your arm and you wake up and feel that tingly feeling? Yeah? Well imagine that through your entire body. That's not what it is, of course, it's actually just at the base of my skull. But 'The Buzz' as I've come to know it as creeps into my brain stem on the really bad recoil days.
... | 2018-08-19T05:57:43 | 2018-08-19T04:42:57 | 74 | 30 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | "I'd like a club on Italian herbs and cheese, please." Dan says.
This is his usual order. In fact, Dan comes to this Subway on his lunch break, orders the same sandwich, and return to his desk to eat every day like clockwork. Dan is a predictable kind of guy, and he doesn't mind it; and knowing that he's unintentional... | "I'll take the itallian bmt," you say, wanting to try something new. "Okay sir here you go, anything else", "Nope thats it". "Okay, your total is $6.25" "Hey asshole, you saved 5 billion, want a medal?" a voice in your head says sarcastically. You have been hearing the voice in your head as of late, ever since you got ... | 2018-11-17T19:42:29 | 2018-11-17T17:29:21 | 166 | 35 |
[WP] Everyone has magic and the magic they have is based off of their name. Society uses a small range of names because they know the magic that comes with it. Your parents decided to give you a very ancient name that does not have a record of its accompanying magic. | They thought themselves magical. Funny. They never realized the power hidden in our names. Tradition maybe...but some call it fate. Nathan (Necromancers), Wylson (Were-magicians), Eleanor (Elementalists), Hassan (Hellcasters) Doink Who Points Out Errors (Diviners), and Aleah (Arcane Warlocks). Those were the 6 names an... | My full first name is SpagetthiBeast Jeeves ShenronOurobourosTheDestroyer III-49th. My last name is Jones.
\--
Alright so let's sort my powers. My best power is SpaghettiBeast's Spaghetti\_Engage. I see the whole universe, or whatever, part of it I want. Then I go to an Infinite Void. Then some guy named Jeeves walks... | 2018-11-23T21:03:01 | 2018-11-23T20:26:08 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] You are an inspector of the Federal Bureau of Dungeon Safety And Adventurer Fairness. This one is a serious violation to the codes.
Feel free to drop the Adventurer Fairness if you don't like it. | “What meaning of this?” Asked Skrum the Red.
The inspector clicked his pen and stared at the clip board, “Because Mr. Skrum...”
“Me am LORD Skrum little man. I no conquer tri-countryside area to be call MR.”
“Very well then LORD Skrum, Butcher of Westhaven, Skull forger of Gothrar, Dark Shadow of Callistar, and Lord... | So here I am, inspecting the dungeon of some mad scientist. Normal Friday, nothing special. See, my job is to keep balance in this world. We all know that this is a fantasy world, but the players don't realize that it's real. What they see as numbers, we see as everyday life. The boss trains his minions, crafting their... | 2018-11-26T12:02:02 | 2018-11-26T11:39:13 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You are a vampire. If one of your victims isn't completely drained of blood, they reanimate as a newborn vampire, which by law, you are now responsible for. You have always carefully avoided this, until one morning you notice a sticky note on the door of your apartment: "I lived, bitch." | Vampire. That's what they call us. We are satirized, sexualised, and objectified, as though we don't exist; as though we are a fabrication, some cockamemie tale involving chromatic adolescents and puerile fantasy. Whether a stroke of brilliant misdirection by the Aristocracy, or a happy accident; I'm grateful for the c... | I awaken to prepare for the prowl of the night. I walk into the kitchen of my farm to enjoy an appetizer of cow blood. Not as delicious as human blood, but it will give me the energy to go about my day. A loud banging occurs on my door.
“Oh shit, a vampire hunter.” I think to myself. I hurry into my room to grab my sh... | 2018-12-20T08:22:12 | 2018-12-20T07:53:21 | 85 | 40 |
[WP] You’re at your parents house with all of your family. You guys are having a HUGE Easter egg hunt. There is only one left and you venture in the tall brush area to find it. You find it and open the egg but it’s empty. You walk back to find everyone gone. Turns out you’ve been gone for 50 years. | I opened the plastic egg and there was nothing.
"Of course." I muttered.
I had cut my leg with some thorn looking for it, and there wasn't even any candy or a quarter or anything in it. I closed it and rolled my eyes and walked back to my parent's house. As I got closer, I realized it wasn't there.
"What the hell?" ... | The sun beat cruelly down a nine year-old in a white button-up. Obviously Philip Walker didn’t care that his pits were doing their best to emulate Niagara Falls; his mind was focused solely on the hunt.
Phil wiped a small hand across his brow. He had fled his sisters to in favor of some out-of-the-way chocolate. This ... | 2019-04-16T14:51:57 | 2019-04-16T12:59:13 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | God stared at his mug.
Number 2?
He turned his omniscient eye to the mortal world, searching for the number 1 dad.
He could find no sign of him.
And God was confused. But also, He did not really want to admit to anyone that he was only #2.
So he went for a stroll, and just happened to find William of Ockham relax... |
44 years old, looks about 30, tells girls he is 26, Oliver Wiley is still at it. Out on the lash last night, no joy with the ladies, he summoned trusty 21 year old Charlene to his flat. Charlene has been a reliable F-Buddy on/off for a year.
Oliver has Been stringing her along for a while now, robs from her purse r... | 2019-04-18T16:07:46 | 2019-04-18T15:37:08 | 253 | 42 |
[WP] Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | I muttered, "Number of people killed." And as expected, baby Mateo and baby Amelia had zero.
So I quietly head down to the dining room and saw my aunt setting the table. I muttered those words again. And it was no surprise the results said she had killed 8 people. But the number on her head kept blinking back and fort... | My dad is a Vietnam vet, and never talked about it much. I know from my mom he has pretty severe ptsd. I felt guilty for wanting to know, but I couldn’t help it. The number kinda surprised me, 12. It was more than I expected, and I instantly had half a dozen more questions I wanted answers to.
But I couldn’t bring... | 2019-07-01T21:46:23 | 2019-07-01T20:07:43 | 289 | 215 |
[WP] Spells are a thing, but mana isn't. How many you can cast is limited only by how fast you can say them. Thus, rappers have become the world's best rapid-firing spellslingers. | I’m a grammatical wizard, I control the fundamentals. All my lyrical allusions are derived from elementals; using solely the essentials to build something monumental. The light & the shadows lend me limitless potential.
I explore my own potential, casting out beyond infinity. Reaching for divinity, I suffered an ep... | Two things had become very clear to Lil T: The world was fucked and there was nothing he could do about it.
While the former had been the mainstream opinion for decades Lil T had only adopted it recently. After all, humans and elves and the many other, sentient species around were quite resourceful. Surely the polluti... | 2019-10-24T05:37:35 | 2019-10-24T05:09:57 | 125 | 49 |
[WP] A broke adventure has to buy cheap terrible items with weird curses on them. Little do they know that those cursed items happen to synergize so well together that they quickly become overpowered. | When Derrick declared his intent of joining our adventuring group, we nearly died of laughter (which would have been quite embarrassing, considering all that we had survived up to that point). Here we were, a renown party of dragon-slayers and spelunkers of such places as the freezing Azura Tundra and the deadly Mount... | The Lich was preparing to march, his army of undead stomp upon the once fertile fields of the land, death magic blackening nature and salting the earth. Bones rattled against metal as the billowing rags of the newly ordained Emperor of Death cruised above the land menacingly. Smoke billowed from his dilapidated jaw tha... | 2019-12-02T16:39:48 | 2019-12-02T15:55:50 | 156 | 58 |
[WP] You were born with the natural ability to know the exact monetary value of anything you touch. This lands you a job as an expert appraiser. One day a person gives you a spoon that is worth 1 billion dollars. | So you see, I can know how much an object can be sold for with a simple touch. I know what the person who wants it most will pay and what it is at an elemental level. You show me a flawless diamond copy of 4 carots, I will tell you it's pretty much worthless and cubic zirconium. A useful skill, but now I feel ill to... | "One moment sir." I found myself puzzled as I stared down at the spoon, it was nothing amazing, rather average in its appearance, whatever value it had must have been hidden beyond its dull exterior. "I know it's uncommon but I am rather puzzled about this piece, can I ask how you found this spoon? Is there a heritage ... | 2020-04-24T10:33:45 | 2020-04-24T06:56:51 | 225 | 61 |
[WP] When a superhero’s family is mercilessly slaughtered by a gang of thugs, their world shatters and they become the worst supervillain ever seen. Only one person can stop them. The supervillain they used to fight
Edit: Thank you everyone for your submissions, if i haven’t already i will make sure to read and commen... | I always saw the good in people. I always thought that if given the opportunity, anyone could change, and make the right choice. I used my powers to stop criminals, but I always held back. They could be saved I said, give them an opportunity to reform themselves.
Then... they took them from me. Zara, my love, and Alex... | "Never thought I would be playing hero" Sighed Guillotine as he ran through the decimated halls of the courthouse "Then again I never thought Phire would go down the evil route either". He stopped at the half burnt and crazily hanging door, pausing a moment to confirm the rantings he heard from within, before bursting... | 2020-08-12T17:23:22 | 2020-08-12T16:18:06 | 35 | 18 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | The woman lifts off the floor, rising slowly and spinning counterclockwise. "Widdeeshins", Father OBrady says aloud. He finishes the salt circle, and blesses the bottle of fiji water he bought at the corner store on his way.
"It's not fair!" The demonic voice rips from her throat. "You never let me have any fun!"
He ... | Lambert made his way home, his feet failing to gain much traction on the slick, cobblestone street. In the mist that had descended upon the town, all that guided his way were the flickering lights of the lampposts.
The streets were deserted, as they often were.
Lambert clutched his Bible as he stood under the nearest... | 2020-10-20T09:37:27 | 2020-10-20T09:00:15 | 393 | 169 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | Father Morris took a deep breath. He held one finger out, lightly tapping the door handle.
It was searing hot, like the flames of hell didn't just graze it, but instead swallowed the thing whole, let it rummage around in its infernal belly for a few minutes, before belching it out.
Father Morris exhaled as that deep ... | Father Atkinson returned home a tired man. His once sturdy frame stood hollow, a tree devoured inside out. His face had grown wrinkled as bark; his calloused hands could barely grip the cross as he pounded the pulpit before his congregation.
They didn't know him. Not the true him--the man who scrambled to correct his... | 2020-10-20T08:18:51 | 2020-10-20T08:05:28 | 191 | 123 |
[WP] As part of a senior thesis, an anthropology student decides to start a cult to see how far it’ll go. Several years, hundreds of deaths, civil warfare and a complete government overthrow later they wonder how they’ll properly cite their sources. | Professor Johnson didn’t think starting a cult for a senior thesis was a good idea. It was unethical, dangerous, and utterly insane. At least, that’s what he told the FBI. In reality, there might have been more... "ambiguity" to Professor Johnson’s reaction when Kevin proposed the idea.
“Its gotten out of hand, Kev... | Chad turned toward the knock at his door. He was in the master bedroom of his now seventeen room mansion. The twelve room mansion where he had lived previously was no longer enough. Not for Chad, but for his followers, who insisted Chad needed more rooms. That philosophy came from a drunken night in the first year, whe... | 2021-03-13T09:26:18 | 2021-03-13T08:47:45 | 2,439 | 91 |
[WP] "We WILL be friends, whether you like it or not, you stupid, stubborn old lizard!" - yelled the Vampire at the ancient Dragon. Because what is the point of immortality, if you have nobody to share it with? | Ferratu bounded into the Dragon’s lair without hesitation. A torrent of fire greeted him, enveloping the entire cave entrance and burning his clothes right off. "Oh come *on!*" He yelled, patting himself down to extinguish the small embers still burning on his skin. "Was that really necessary?”
A low growl reverberat... | Hathgor paced restlessly around his manor, waiting for the sun to sink below the horizon. While it wouldn’t kill him to go out in the light, it certainly wasn’t pleasant.
Waiting, however, was driving him mad. For he’d had a brilliant idea during his most recent slumber.
He’d been alone for centuries, the only of hi... | 2021-04-16T08:04:52 | 2021-04-16T07:05:18 | 516 | 276 |
[WP] Genies are real, and they do grant wishes. But these wishes do not have to be said out loud. They just grant you your three deepest desires, however fucked up they may be | "The apocalypse came to earth about a year ago."
A tall, skinny man in an immaculate black suit and mirrored sunglasses stood in front of a diagram of the earth. The diagram was projected from a light on the top of a small, matte black pen impaled into the ground, and behind it stood a rusty metal wall with exposed ri... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 4, Part ?: Clara v.s. Her Deepest Desires)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**There was only one way to save my daughter, and it just might destroy the world.** But in all my years... | 2021-08-06T09:21:39 | 2021-08-06T07:40:16 | 300 | 53 |
[WP] Aliens effortlessly overran the human population, but didn't expect such fierce resistance from local wildlife. British badgers, Indian tigers, African elephants, Alaskan wolves, Australia - nature rises in defence of Earth. | She shifted. Something was wrong. the normal slight itching she felt, the humans and their mining, had changed. First it was frantic, then it felt as if holes were punched in her! It was true pain! She hadn't felt this way since-
*THEM!*
She woke from her slumber. Not just the casual flickering of consciousness to kn... | "Gentlefolk," The Supreme Mugwump of the Validators began his address towards the Support Council. "We are here to discuss the reasons behind and the consequences of our recent failure. Or rather our recent *victory.* I trust you see the problem already?"
All attendees hanged most if not all of their heads in shame. T... | 2022-03-17T06:55:46 | 2022-03-17T05:54:30 | 216 | 144 |
[WP] Anything you sing becomes reality, but you're too shy to even hum, so you never discovered this. At a karaoke party, your friends convinced you to sing at least one song. | Most of the bodies have been cleared away, but the streets are still covered in blood and viscera. An occasional body is still discovered wedged high in a tree or behind an AC unit, but most have been bagged and dragged off for identification. The National Guard is trying their best but it is a messy nasty business ... | I was never one to sing in the car or the shower let alone in front of anyone else. Sometimes I'd try to hum along with the radio, because I've never learned any of the words, and I'd stopped myself pretty quickly. But I've always been okay with that, so I've always been able to enjoy other people's performances. There... | 2022-03-29T14:44:06 | 2022-03-29T14:42:19 | 30 | 11 |
[WP] A married woman saves an uninteresting Japanese high schooler from a truck crash, but dies in the process. She wakes up in a world of adventure and harems, clearly made for the boy. | I barely remember anything of the incident that brought me here.
There I was, just walking home from the market, saying my usual prayers, when I saw it out the corner of my eye; a truck careening towards that sweet young boy. He was completely oblivious top the danger, head straight down in his phone.
I remember runn... | Anne: (Bright lights faded out as a woman came out of it and fell to pedestal) "Ouch ouch ouch.. I thought I am dead for sure.. Huh? Where is this?"
???: (A cute petite girl went in front of Anne) "Welcome onii.. chan? Wait a minute, why our hero has boobs? It is quite small but she is clearly a woman"
Anne: (Anne s... | 2022-06-08T03:59:39 | 2022-06-08T03:25:19 | 55 | 17 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | Dear Sir,
This letter is to inform you that one Randy Payne, of 530 Linden Lane, Harrisburg PA, has filed a form 839 (y) - Intent to Murder against you on June 24th, 2016. The Intent to Murder has been approved and is valid from your receipt of this letter today until the 31st of September this year. Please review the... | Author Note: I ended up writing a 6800 word story based on this WP. Whoops. Here's the first few paragraphs, link to whole (unedited) story below:
I sipped my coffee and ran my eyes carefully over the newspaper. There was nothing particularly interesting - some farmer had won lotto, a big storm was due to hit Christch... | 2014-03-17T09:31:02 | 2014-03-17T03:47:33 | 143 | 37 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | It's a small act of defiance. I don't think it will change the law. But maybe, I can save a few lives. Maybe I can scare a few people out of line. My hand shakes as I write.
_____
**Form 10-95**
**Sanctioned Murder Registration**
Murderer: */u/thefonztm*
Victim: *The next registrant* | I liked these guys. None of them were as smart as I am but we got along, the house had a lot of space and they didn't infringe on my reality any. I went to class, I came home, I ate and I paid my bills. They did the same. I was going to be a doctor and all my bros respected that. I was grateful. It was better than livi... | 2014-03-17T10:18:55 | 2014-03-17T09:56:08 | 37 | 14 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | The clerical assistant stamped the paperwork and handed the receipt back to Mister Henry.
"Thanks for coming in and filling this out. Mister Edwards has been informed via email-" Before the assistant could finish, the door of the small claims office was kicked in and a man soaked in blood appeared in the threshold.
"... | It's the future. Okay, it's the present, but it seems like the future. It doesn't help that we slap the label on everything these days, and the line's a little more blurry than it used to be anyway. There's the Future Research Corporation, which started the trend. They're the number one discoverers of new technologies,... | 2014-03-17T08:23:17 | 2014-03-17T03:24:00 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] A crooked cop meets an honorable thief. | "Listen, Mac: I can cut you a deal to let you go if you gimme eh tweny five percent o' yer cut."
"How did you find my home?"
"Wassn to hard, I saw the pattern of banks and stores you've robbed in the last three months. An I know yoor plannin somethin big. I want in."
"No."
The cop draws his gun from its holster, it... | "Just one more time" he tells himself over and over as the glass shatters. "If I don't then we'll be fucked" the thought rattles in his head as his feet crunch on the broken glass. DallyBoy had been in and out of prison which only made him a better crook. But going back wouldn't be in option so he was careful not to ge... | 2015-04-01T10:34:46 | 2015-04-01T10:17:57 | 65 | 10 |
[WP] Two planets come within range of eachother every 300 years. There is always an ensuing war that lasts the 5 days that the planets are close enough. Each side can only guess at what new technology the other has built since the last time. | It's been 300 years since the last battle. In some respects, 300 years is a long time: three generations have come and gone; musical styles have evolved, synthesized, come into and gone out of fashion; political factions have warred, acquiesced, and vanished. Many things can change in 300 years. Cultural norms can chan... | "Alright, listen up, Dragnet," said Goodwin, as he stopped walking right before he and a younger man reached the door.
"It's Dragnard, sir," said the young man. "Edward Dragnard."
"Don't interrupt me, Dragnet," said Goodwin without even making eye contact. "You don't belong here. You're just a college kid who got l... | 2015-05-26T19:06:16 | 2015-05-26T18:21:26 | 29 | 16 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.