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[WP] Time travel is real, and time tourists tend to show up in large numbers around major historical events. One day, billions of time tourists are in ships above the city, quietly waiting. |
They called it...Paraboxing Day.
For centuries, Time Surfers inc. had been one of the most successful businesses in the history of Earth. Invented in 2085, a man by the name of Twitter Buzzfeed was finalizing his build of the worlds very first time machine. By 2090, he had developed what we now call "Parabox". By 2... | "Oh great, something's going to happen." The exasperated sigh seemed to echo down the bustling city street. John kept a passive expression, but silently agreed as he watched the air shift and buzz as tourists zapped into existence. It always congested the streets, and the tourists cared little for what was going on out... | 2015-05-30T08:41:27 | 2015-05-30T08:38:12 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] A torturer who is ridiculously bad at his job. NSFW | A scrawny, naked man was dragged into the torture room. Sharp instruments hung from the ceiling, and a table that had not been cleaned in years stood in the center. Buckets were stacked near a water dispenser. Chains were coiled. Guards strapped the naked man to the table so that his arms and legs could barely move... | It was always far too hot in the Underpass. Once the first door had slid open and sealed shut behind Wes with a rush of air, he experienced the same sinking feeling in his stomach. He hated it here. Within minutes of moving along the narrow corridor he was sweating. There must be a furnace or something in the belly of ... | 2015-06-03T06:33:37 | 2015-06-03T02:25:24 | 42 | 12 |
[WP] Magic is real. Your natural magic ability is determined by how many people died 24 hours prior to your birth. You, and 2 others were born on the day of the greatest massacre in human history.
I apologise if this has been done previously.
EDIT: Obligatory RIP inbox. Thanks everyone!
EDIT2: Front page of /r/Writi... | I have to do this. I don't have a choice anymore.
The other two are beyond reason. They're tearing the world apart a piece at a time. Even so, they're careful to never kill too many at once with their battles that neither can ever win. They're perfectly matched in every way. Strategy, skill, strength. I often wonder ... | The Three Calamities of Peace
Article by Trent Blake (The World)
It was a day like any other, sunny, clear and warm. The people went about their lives unknowing that the Three Calamities of The Star would meet. Each born on the day when the Star of Calvaria dropped and wiped the country from the planet. They were b... | 2015-08-23T06:53:43 | 2015-08-23T03:26:55 | 30 | 22 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | Things were going pretty well for Dave. He’d only had the magic for a week, but already he’d gained several million dollars, a mansion, two sports-cars, and a supermodel girlfriend. A few stranger wishes had popped up, too: the skills of a master ballerina, the qualifications of an astronaut, the ability of a racecar d... | Angela hoisted her heaping bag of new clothes over her petite shoulder. As she struggled to catch up with her friends, who had walked ahead of her to the next store, she cursed herself for deciding to wear heels that day.
It was then that she heard the fountain call to her. The call was not a sound, but instead a vibr... | 2016-08-02T15:22:40 | 2016-08-02T12:22:05 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] You are cursed to see people how they view themselves. You walk alongside monsters and Gods.
Can be third person instead of first.
Edit: I just thought of how EDs and other disorders like multiple personality would fit in with this, and now I'm kinda blown away. |     I walked along the sidewalk, musing to myself the nature of my existence. In an era of steel and cell phones, I was touched by magic. I could not use it myself. Instead I was cursed by it. My curse? I saw people as they saw themselves. Sometimes it was useful.
&nb... | The most interesting thing about seeing people in the way they see themselves is the fact that it's spread to the extremes. About half of see themselves as gods and the other half see themselves as monsters. Every now and then you will see a unicorn or pegasus, but that's normally the people who are broken, or insane. ... | 2016-09-16T20:27:03 | 2016-09-16T19:42:15 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] You are a supervillain named The Keymaster. Instead of creating grand plans to conquer the world, all you do is run around and free other captured supervillains from prison, after the superheroes defeat them.
Edit: Thanks for the frontpage! | "Aw jeez," I thought to myself, "Which one is it?"
I jingled through the mass of keys attached to the Keymaster's Ring: a ring about 6 inches in diameter crowded with master keys to most of the planet's prisons.
"I should probably organize this thing, huh?" I nervously laughed, a bit flustered and hoping The Cryomani... | "This damp prison cell is hardly a match for the Amazing Contortor!", a man in an ill fitting suit shouted, his cries falling on empty cells or apathetic ears. He had decided on an...unconventional name. Why did the heroes get a monopoly on the word 'Amazing'? Combined with his di understanding of suffixes, the "amazin... | 2017-03-11T19:52:24 | 2017-03-11T18:57:10 | 71 | 46 |
[WP] The ground suddenly turns invisible, but the insects and things that live inside it don’t. | It didn't register at first.
I mean, the ground turning invisible registered pretty much immediately. You never know just how much *Earth* is under you until you can see through it. It's especially apparent when, depending on where you are, it's 2am and it's not night anymore.
It's daylight. Everywhere.
Everyone ou... | "Mom, mom, look!" small Sarah ran towards her mother. Hands were full of different kind of insects.
"Sarah, what are you doing?" her mother, Rose, shouted, taking hold of her hands and moving her straight towards the kitchen. Different bugs and small worms fell all over the living room's floor.
"I told you million ti... | 2018-04-21T07:40:46 | 2018-04-21T06:17:26 | 769 | 153 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | ***HOW EXACTLY CAN I BE HERE? VISITING YOU, WHILE LIVING?***
The boy continued to twiddle his thumbs, all the while looking at the ground. He knew I was there, he had stood to attention with immediacy as I had arrived.
***LOOK AT ME BOY.***
He raised his head at mine and, much like a puppy, tilted his head to his si... | In all my existence, I had never seen such loneliness. Nor such self-sufficiency.
The gentleman I had come to reap lived beyond off-grid. There were no other communities around for at least a thousand square miles, and there was no road leading to his compound. A strong, fast-flowing river weaved behind a small house ... | 2018-05-12T16:01:10 | 2018-05-12T16:00:41 | 416 | 15 |
[WP] As a joke, you pull up google maps on your computer, highlight Germany, right-click, and select delete. A news report pops up within seconds, saying Germany has magically vanished. | You frantically flick to the news.
"-and we are now with our Polish correspondent, in Warsaw. Gareth, hello."
"Yes, hello, and as you can see, there is a sort of a quiet panic going on here. Many questions are raised, and chief among them is how did this happen."
"Can you tell us a little about the atmosphere there?... | I got into Yelp and Google Reviews for the same reason everyone does it, to get free shit from restaurants. The first year was building a reputation, I would eat out three or four times a week and leave a good review. It was important to leave a good review, especially when you’re trying to get your name out there. Eve... | 2018-05-22T14:37:36 | 2018-05-22T14:28:21 | 38 | 14 |
[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. | "This isn't possible!" the man screamed, as the guards dragged him into my office. "How! How the hell did you find me?"
"That's not the important thing, Mr. Spencer." I said, calmly, as the guards pinned him face down to my desk. "The important thing is after my firm put up the money for your bail, you attempted to sk... | Humanity firmly believes it cracked the code on how our bodies function, think, and move. We receive inputs, sight, sound smell, feel. Those inputs are then sent to the brain as electrical signals where they are processed and sent out to various muscle groups to create movement. There is a small delay between input and... | 2018-06-30T14:13:13 | 2018-06-30T12:48:48 | 8,960 | 457 |
[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. | Police helicopters roared overhead the densely packed apartment complex. In one of the tiny apartments below, I sat at a dingy kitchen table. Across from me, a man sat slumped in his chair, his hands cuffed behind him. A frustrated scowl etched on his face. "You couldn't have possibly traced the explosives", he said pe... | I felt nervous and sweaty as I awaited to be called to the stage. The university was bursting at the seams with media, all there to witness my graduation. Perhaps not so uncommon to have global celebrities at Stanford but as the “smartest man alive,” everyone wanted to know what was next. As did I.
Of course, smarte... | 2018-06-30T18:35:57 | 2018-06-30T17:46:43 | 45 | 12 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | The child started crying, the dad's yelling got louder, it made me mad.
Humans think demons are beings of pure evil, they think we are made to destroy all that is good. But that couldn't be further from the truth.
Humans and demons are actually quite similar, we both are creatures of desire, creatures of greed, creat... | “Please, I’ll give you my soul,” the little girl begs as her father stomps down the stairs. “I just want him gone.”
“Kid, you’re way to young to be using Hell Help Services—”
“We gotta hide!”
“*Sarah, I told you to stay out the basement!*”
She grabs the demon’s hand, yanking him around a corner. As they press t... | 2018-10-08T09:41:16 | 2018-10-08T09:20:06 | 2,398 | 1,161 |
[WP] The Necromancer escaped his pursuers by slipping into our world through an interplanar door. He stepped through and appeared into the closed Natural History Museum. As the Witchhunters clambor after him, he begins to laugh. He's in the dinosaur section. | I rolled through the portal. The room beyond was dimly lit, a great hall of some sort, with high vaulted ceilings and an entire wall made of glass. A larger space than even the Grand Ballroom in Xathanal. I didn't have much time before they got through, and my power was almost gone. I didn't have the energy for muc... | He hesitated, the door swang closed in front of him as the others started to yell as the met whatever was in there. The door clattered open from the force of the swing, letting their moans escape and rasping wails that didn’t seem possible deter him further. Ruben lowered his water pistol, his thumb dancing over the... | 2019-05-09T05:19:47 | 2019-05-09T05:00:50 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] You gain a specific ability or skill based off whatever’s tattooed onto your body at certain locations. Wings on your back allow you to fly, a knife on your hand allows you to slash and cut, gills on your neck allow you to breathe under water, and so on. | "I want to see Pryce." I stared at the man's eyes through the narrow slit in the door, awaiting his response.
"No. Get lost," he said, then slid the window shut.
I took a deep breath and shook my head. *Have it your way, big guy.*
I took off my jacket and tossed it aside, revealing a long, winding tattoo on my ri... | Rosalita hit me in a wave of rose petals. Petals that would slice a normal person bounced off my skin, the shield tattoo that took up most of my chest glowing bright. I roared. My team was beaten and broken. Most had retreated. Amock lay dead in the gutter.
I had been sent here to take out this team. Czar and Majesty ... | 2020-04-06T19:24:21 | 2020-04-06T19:16:44 | 194 | 23 |
[WP] Both of your parents promised their firstborn to different magical creatures. Now you're in the middle of a magical custody battle that's splitting worlds apart. | "She belongs among the trolls. We will build her character through the work of hands and deeds. We are the backbone of this world!"
"She is too tall for your quarters. Her back will ache! She belongs among the giants where we will teach her the strength in her body. We are needed in this world as the first line of de... | "So how many of your own people have you BOTH killed trying to claim custody of me?" I snarled staring down an actualization of what most people think of their in-laws.
My dreams had become this constant family court-esque setting with 3 seats as of late. Those seats were my own and the two other 'interested parties'.... | 2020-04-20T11:00:30 | 2020-04-20T10:51:25 | 46 | 34 |
[WP] People gain superpowers relevant to the first thing they've ever seen. The best doctors have first seen a pill. The best artists have first seen a painting. But you, you are the first and only person born in space. You saw the vast emptiness and void we call space. | “Who are you?!” I shouted at the woman standing in front of me. She was tall and slender, with yellow blonde hair and eyes that made me feel like she saw everything. The deepest parts of my soul exposed, like a candle in a dark room.
“My name is Sol.” She spoke, her voice warming and calm. “And you’re the space boy, ... | It was the soft of her breath in the summer air. Thick on the neck, like a gentle whisper of Desdemona. I leaned towards her. Her golden hair touched her shoulders and smelled of strawberries. I held her close. Her eyes glistened. So did the words on her lips. I read them back to myself through heavy breaths, counting ... | 2020-04-21T10:03:45 | 2020-04-21T09:49:56 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] Few mortals can claim the honour of killing a god, the first one was a bitter man who wanted revenge against the gods who took his family, the second was a unrivalled warrior who slew one in a duel, the third was a genius who spent years carefully preparing a trap and you were drink driving | It is not an everyday thing to kill a god. But, you know, sometimes it happens I guess.
Let me tell you this, gods... Are kind of not immortal. You see, they are not mortal per se, but they also can die. Yeah, I know, absolute showmen! Anyway! One night, I believe it was like 40 years ago... Pft look at me, I'm getti... | THUD!
I panically press my foot down on the brake. Nearly shitting myself as the car comes to a stop.
“God please no, not now.” I mutter out as I open the door to get out.
As I inspect the front of the car I see a huge dent on the front cover.
“Shit”
As I look behind me, I see the figure of a man, whose head had e... | 2020-07-30T10:44:27 | 2020-07-30T09:29:25 | 76 | 43 |
[WP] You've obtained a wonderful pen, everything you draw appears in front of you without fail. Need a stool? Draw one! You're too stubborn to give the pen to anyone else. This infuriates the public because you have absolutely no art skill. | The crowd of protestors chanted and held picket signs in front of my house. I leered at them from my bedroom window as my mind went to dark places. *Maybe I should draw a giant stink bomb to gas them out.*
"Maybe I'll do just that," I said.
I went to the drawing board and began to scribble. I manifested a squiggly ab... | “Just admit that you are jealous of my pen.”
Philip huffed, sitting on his one-legged throne,
having to use his leg to keep himself upright, constantly failing to maintain
his composure, his hands rising occasionally having to balance himself whenever
the throne would stagger.
“Of course I am because it’s ... | 2020-09-03T21:37:39 | 2020-09-03T21:32:12 | 78 | 31 |
[WP] You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry. You'd better hide, and not make a sound. The great forges of the North Pole roll like thunder. Great beasts are yoked to their sleighs. Proud evergreen forests groan, fall, and crash. Bells toll across the globe. Santa Claus is coming to town. | “Father, I’m scared.”
“You’ve every right to be, lad. Pray that our offerings will suffice this year and He will leave us be.”
The heavy-set peasant gently placed his hand upon the teary-eyed boy’s head, barely managing to hold a tight smile upon his face as the two stood silently outside their abode in the snow. Wit... | It is another lonely, boring, depressing, freezing, perma-dark Christmas Eve for the dozen odd men and women making up the Joint Weather Radar Station Site North Pole amid the wind blasted frozen sea of the Arctic Ocean. The site lies on a large expanse of frozen sea ice with a handful of small mobile insulated trailer... | 2020-12-17T10:23:58 | 2020-12-17T08:45:15 | 73 | 10 |
[WP] You’re a hitman who’s “hits” survive your assassination attempts, despite your sincere best efforts, only to die soon after each attempt by comical forces outside your control. The hitman community can’t be convinced you’re not the most creative comically effective assassin alive. | I peered through the scope, lining my target up in the crosshairs. This is perfect. If I catch him as the light changes, in amongst the crowd, everyone around him will panic. The right amount of chaos for a perfect escape. No one will look in my direction.
The summer heat radiates from the tar on the roof where I am pe... | My name is Morton Montoni. They call me The Clown. You'll see why in a minute. I have a problem. Some mook keeps getting credit for my hits. I've killed 23 people just since last August. I ain't got paid a penny, and I'm getting pissed.
There was Fat Mikey McElvaney - not a made guy because, well it's obvious from hi... | 2021-04-04T16:31:06 | 2021-04-04T15:34:05 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] You are an odd god. Instead of telling your followers to worship you, you tell them to not do that. Worship no one bow before no one. So far everyone has been following this rule. Until some idiot decides to build a temple in your name. | Worship no Gods, and they cannot touch you.
Accept no chains, and they cannot bind you.
These are my tenets. These are the instructions I give to my followers. Not worshippers - no man who worships me knows my will. Those who follow my teachings know my will. Never submit. Never surrender. Stand proud, and die standi... |
Cupid was retired. The idea of New Gods seemed good to him. This meant he could relax and let someone else deal with the hoards of helpless, delusional romantics and their begging. Once Cupid told his followers to no longer worship him - or anyone before them - they easily accepted and went about their ways.
He was... | 2021-05-10T13:03:18 | 2021-05-10T10:31:19 | 82 | 15 |
[WP] You are immortal. Every time you die, you come back to life safe and unharmed. However, despite what people might expect, you're not some thrill seeking risk taker, or crime-fighting vigilante or even a notorious criminal. You live a buttoned-down, cautious life - because dying really hurts. | It was 7:32 this morning when I died. I was walking towards my nice downtown office. I saw her before she saw me. She was in a black SUV; her head was down looking at her phone. The SUV was moving too fast, by the time she noticed me there was nothing she could do. Of course, I could have tried to get out of the way, b... | Not a lot of people can tell you this... but most of the time... *dying hurts.*
This isn't a well known fact, mostly due to there being no available testifiers, but take it from a guy who's lived and died... god, I lost count... Take it from a guy who's died countless of times, *dying will hurt*. Most of the time phy... | 2021-06-16T08:12:54 | 2021-06-16T08:08:34 | 387 | 118 |
[WP] you are perfectly safe in your bunker, you have plenty of food and water and even plumbing. The problem is that you are alone and there is a zombie outside. Out of sheer boredom you teach it to speak, and now it's trying to convince you to let it in. | \*Bzzt\* "Hey, Dave. Davie boy. Wassup?"
You rub your tired eyes as your aching body rises from your cot.
"What, Frank?" You ask, but you know it's just the same bullshit as always.
"How you doing today, man? Head still full of brains?"
You check the calendar as the soft hum of florescent lights drills little by li... | "come..on..let..in?"
"No... Not happening Robbie."
"Pul..please?"
"Nah Rob- wait did you just get "please" out? Good job man we can finally move on so some bigger words.!"
"Let.. in?"
Chadwick raised an eyebrow at the disheveled man thing that now stood before him. What was once a 6 ft, slightly overweight, r... | 2021-09-29T12:42:19 | 2021-09-29T12:40:43 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] You are "The Ghost Puncher". Despite your abilities being self explanatory, phantoms never really expect it. | It was a ‘boo’ unlike any I’d heard before. A growling, gurgling, demonic ‘boo.’ One that sent a chill down my spine and ended at my tailbone. A boo that made my butt shiver.
But it mattered very little in the end. I did as I always do. Planted my feet firmly against the ground, wound back, and threw a ghoul-breaking ... | The dilapidated house groans from the wind howling outside. Treading lightly, I tiptoe through the hallways on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary. I shine my light along the walls, peeking into the rooms branching off to either side. When I arrived in town earlier that morning, the locals spoke in hushed tone... | 2021-10-20T20:39:57 | 2021-10-20T19:55:42 | 343 | 126 |
[WP] The nearby Village simply knows you as the hunter who lives in the forest, but you have a dark secret. You are the former dark Lord. Today you returned from a hunt and found the Hero that defeated you in your Hut. | Drake stopped as he approached his hut and dropped the body of the elk to the ground. Something was amiss as the hair on his arms bristled and the sense of something dangerous was nearby, as if a wild beast was hunting him. It felt like it was waiting for him, not outside but inside his home. He crept silently over the... | I returned from an unsuccessful hunt again. Starving. Blasted this winter. The snow makes it hard to walk, and the accursed snowfall makes my sight no farther than what this dim lantern will provide.
My breath is ragged and my groans of disdain are coarse. How I continued to live like this, I do not understand. But I... | 2021-11-03T19:48:07 | 2021-11-03T18:35:48 | 31 | 15 |
[WP] A woman prophesied to give birth to the Chosen One gives birth to triplets instead. | _"You know the prophecy."_
A figure with a gun stood in the shadows, speaking in an oddly high voice.
"But..."
_"There is no use, you fiend. I am the Chosen One. Give up."_
That voice would make any self-respecting villain want to give them a punch in the mouth. Unfortunately, the figure caught him at a good moment... | The sages gathered round, cloaks of all sizes and all colours adorning every self-acclaimed mystic and visionary from across the land. The murmuring on their breath and the rustling of their garments against each other created the impression of a peaceful stream, the sounds burbling over each other, but the throng was ... | 2022-02-17T01:18:19 | 2022-02-16T18:48:53 | 357 | 174 |
[WP] Earth is losing to the Aliens. You develop a serum and are now on the body littered streets to face the Alien commander. “Weakling! A super soldier serum is useless on your kind!” He exclaims. “That’s why...I made a zombie virus.” You say as you break the vial, releasing a mist into the air | Of all the places to have landed an invasion force, Isla Nublar didn't make a ton of sense. The aliens were indiscriminate though, destroting both the park's attractions and guests with equal prejudice. After the Costa Rican government capitulated, it was clear that the landings were worldwide, not just on the island.... | It was futile - their natural telekinetic abilities were too versatile for us to defeat them in battle. Even a mere grunt could easily take on an entire platoon of humans. Fired projectiles were frozen and dropped harmlessly, or returned to their senders in a spray of gore. Heat and explosions worked well on the aliens... | 2022-04-19T07:32:11 | 2022-04-19T07:05:45 | 250 | 158 |
[WP] Humanity discovers an intelligent alien civilisation. When they find out aliens only work 2-day work weeks humanity has to tend to a new problem: Interplanetary brain drain. | "Here for the interview?", asked John, sitting across the short hallway from what he believed to be a contender for the entry level IT job he had applied for three weeks prior.
"Yeah, yeah," answered Paul. "Traveled all the way from London, England. That two day work week allure will get you."
John nervously laughed.... | It was the opportunity of a lifetime. A one in 7 billion odds. Yet there I was - staring it in the face. I knew what that message in my inbox could be. Sure, it could be a rejection letter - but the portion of the Subject line I could see had sent my brain into a spiral. "Interest in your applic.." Interest? Not "Unfor... | 2022-08-23T07:44:17 | 2022-08-23T06:25:53 | 361 | 138 |
[WP] Your superpower is Montage, the ability to set a task and then fast-forward through it without aging. You usually use the ability to bypass boring bits, like building things or travelling. After setting a simple goal, you activate the ability and when it finishes, decades have passed.
The number of people who thi... | It started with a blink.
Nick vowed himself never to use his power, ever since he discovered it as a child. The ability was too dangerous. He didn't want to skip a second of his life. In fact, he tried to pretend like he didn't have powers in the first place. But when he accidentally spilled a cup of coffee, he watch... | "Think, Skip. THINK!"
Skip paced around the small unfamiliar apartment room. The more he let the situation dawned on him, the more unsettled he became.
What happened?
As he wondered, he slowly began to piece his memories bit by bit. What happened...to his family?
Skip was a normal man, by a lot of measures. He was ... | 2022-12-11T08:04:40 | 2022-12-11T01:57:26 | 773 | 184 |
[WP] A neuroscientist finds data stored in human DNA. When deciphered, it appears to be a file named README.txt. | README.txt.
Thank you for purchasing VR World 4223.004621. To enhance your experience, we have created a random NPC generator. Lifespan of NPCs is set to roughly 70 solar cycles, or 30 ̿/ ͇ ͇ |̶̿ ̿⟨|̶͇̿ ̶͇̿ ͇̿ ╰|╯|̿ \͇| hours. Lifespan can be shortened through a variety of external factors, and may be extended up to ... | ^^Honestly, ^^why ^^a ^^neuroscientist ^^is ^^working ^^with ^^this ^^and ^^not ^^a ^^geneticist ^^is ^^confusing. ^^But ^^I'll ^^roll ^^with ^^it.
"Sequencing's done, Dr. Gable," Jim called out. From the other room, he could hear the shuffling of papers, and Dr. Winnifred Gable trotted out, small feet pitter-patterin... | 2014-05-06T23:00:57 | 2014-05-06T22:14:58 | 54 | 13 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I have the best boobs in the world.
I'm not, like, egotistical or anything. Heck, some days I don't even want them, but it's undeniable. That was my mutation. April 24th, 2014, the day I developed the best pair of breasts anyone has ever had.
At first, I was actually a little stoked. I mean, my rack is *amazing*. It ... | "Welcome to The Agency Mr. Aranha," the masked man said in a dull monotone.
I looked down in shame and began sobbing.
I was born in the South Side of Chicago. My father left me when I was 3 months old and my mother purportedly ran off with another dude. I jumped from foster home to foster home, eventually landing ... | 2022-05-10T21:44:19 | 2015-03-04T02:35:31 | 1,457 | 109 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I guess I kind of wanted this. But the changes, I mean yea, I can transform anything I want by looking at it's building blocks. It's just that I don't know how I'm changing things. For example: once she knew that i could change absolutely everything Lizzy came to me and asked me if i could make her taller.
Unknowingly ... | I remember details before (yellow light,
green), details after('catch him, Lou!') but the searing pain ripping those hours out of mind are like constant needles pushing at my eyeballs from behind. I'd heard the stories, seen the anxious hushed terror my mothers eyes as it approched, had known its happening was slithe... | 2015-03-04T04:30:31 | 2015-03-04T04:05:10 | 44 | 27 |
[WP] You find an ATM at your desk with a post-it on it saying: "There's $4 Million in this account. For each thousand you withdraw, I will kill a random person you don't know. The pin is 0911“ | Perhaps it was what they intended.
There's always a loophole for this kind of thing; an unseen condition that seems painfully obvious in retrospect, but that never becomes evident until after it's too late. By the time that circumstances have shifted, the pertinent details are as useful as ancient history: Interesting... | When I got back to my desk, there was an ATM next to it that hadn't been there before. A post-it was attached to it which read, "There's $4 Million in this account. For each thousand you withdraw, I will kill a random person you don't know. The pin is 0911." The text on the post-it was clearly typed, not handwritten. *... | 2015-05-01T09:07:20 | 2015-05-01T08:52:04 | 96 | 18 |
[WP] A mathematician on the brink of insanity has spent years locked in his apartment, attempting to find a formula that proves God exists. As he nears to a breakthrough, God shows up to explain why the proof shouldn't be made public. | “Oh my god,” the mathematician said as he wrote the last symbol in the equation. He took a step back from the whiteboard. “It can’t be.”
“It is,” said a small voice behind him. The mathematician spun around and looked down at a little girl.
“What-? How did you get in here?”
“I’m God,” the girl said. “Or your god, an... | "Look, man, you're crazy." said the cat.
"I've spent YEARS proving this formula! It's not crazy, I"M NOT CRAZY! The proof is in the math!" Larry screamed across the room at the cat while hold a shoe in a threatening manner, "God does exist as the unifying principle of time! Because time is cubed! 4 times, for 4 days i... | 2016-01-24T06:12:50 | 2016-01-24T05:56:47 | 84 | 53 |
[WP] Scientists have discovered cryogenic freezing. You are it's first test subject and it's a massive success, and they plan on releasing you in 500 years. You had no way of telling them you were conscious.
Holy shit this blew up!
I now understand "RIP my inbox"
EDIT: u/Alpacasaurus_Rekt told me it's actually "Cryo... | After five hundred years of not quite darkness, did I find myself back in the world of the living. Or at least, supposedly other conscious beings. They took me to a pristine white room first thing when I woke up, rather rude if you'd ask me. I was hoping for more courteous treatment than this.
A typical doctor wal... | I am now nothing.
I am nothingness. Nothingness is I. I is nothing. That one sounded like Yoda or would he say I am nothing, nothingness I is. Wait, I just said that didn’t I? No, stop it. I’m getting distracted I am nothing I no longer exist. Stop existing in 3, 2, 1. Silence. Emptiness. Non existence. See! That’s mor... | 2017-12-17T02:51:43 | 2017-12-16T21:57:11 | 169 | 53 |
[WP] "Attention Earth, this is God, I pushed this button on accident, but might as well check in with you al-, what in the hell have you people been doing? That's it, I'm coming down there! I'll will be there in one year and if I don't like what I see I'm going to start taking names." | "Shellfish?" the almighty fairly rumbled and oceans around the world began to stir, "I thought I was pretty clear on that Gabriel."
"To be fair sir, *you* weren't very clear on anything. You sent Michael down to Jericho for a bit, and there was that stunt with the bush at Sinai, but you didn't exactly sit down for a f... | *fanfarre for breaking news announcement*
**This is a special presentation of Cable News Channel.**
"Hello, people at home. This is CNC with the all-religious town hall. I'm your moderator for the night. This town hall will open with statements from the representatives of each religion, stating in one minute... | 2018-04-18T01:10:28 | 2018-04-18T00:12:35 | 102 | 17 |
[WP] You are a test subject for a time machine, and are sent 12 hours into the future. When the door opens, you find yourself in the testing room, where you see in horror the bodies of the technicians on the floor, with the word "SORRY" scrawled in large letters on the wall. | "What the FUCK!" the scream of horror that broke from my lips echoed from the walls of the lab. The bodies of six attendants lay scattered in pieces about the room, blood pouring from haphazard wounds. As my brain struggled to accept what I was seeing, I took a shaky breath and leaned out of the machine. Raising my eye... | The gun pressed against the side of my head was new to the future. The barrel hissed and whines as it half melted hairs, added that complex aroma into the world next to the stale scent of blood and the bloom of complex chemical interactions that created mainly ozone and carbon monoxide as a by-product.
"On your knees,... | 2018-08-01T07:13:02 | 2018-08-01T06:09:13 | 1,585 | 21 |
[WP] Humanity has begun to explore the stars, but continually finds we are the most developed species, most alien species are still evolving. Suddenly, a message is transmitted to all human ships simultaneously, “WARDENS, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR DUTY?” The signal itself is not of human origin. | “Type ‘Please explain’.”
“Absolutely not.”
“Why not?”
“Because it’ll get us blown up.”
“You don’t know that.”
“Has anybody ever asked you a question like that in a tone of voice that suggested you weren’t supposed to know the answer?”
“You think we should act like we know what we’re doing?”
“It’s gotten us this ... | That's how I remember it, anyway. We'd spent decades preparing for the singularity. But as the years passed, it became clear we weren't on the "sudden intelligence explosion" timeline. 2030, 2045, 2099 -- it's 2130 now, if you can believe it. I've lived a long and healthy life (will be 155 in a few months, feel like 50... | 2019-05-08T14:28:15 | 2019-05-08T14:24:57 | 215 | 90 |
[WP] Humanity has begun to explore the stars, but continually finds we are the most developed species, most alien species are still evolving. Suddenly, a message is transmitted to all human ships simultaneously, “WARDENS, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR DUTY?” The signal itself is not of human origin. | "It's time", senator Finley announced to his colleagues. They all hushed their chatter and turned to the screens covering one wall of the lounge they had gathered at.
Mikkels turned to her wristcomputer. A message: "WHAT DUTY?"
She looked over at Connors who had sent it to her. "Just doing my part", he said with a sm... | The message flashed across the console of the command module, the red lettering casting an eerie glow onto the pilots face. The pilot sat in stunned silence for a moment trying to process what she was seeing. There was no way that this message could be displaying here; the console wasn't connected to the communications... | 2019-05-08T17:19:06 | 2019-05-08T16:37:52 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] Reincarnation is real. How do you know? Because it happens to you. Everyone else forgets their past life, but not you. Your first life was a hunter in a tribe of people that predates the Egyptian empire. You’ve been reincarnated 194 times. Tell us the story of you, today in the modern world. | '*Motherfucker, that is* not *what happened.*'
It was a re-occuring thought as I read through the history book I was assigned to read in this lifetime. This school was *marginally* better than the one I went through in my last life, but it had the same problems- *being a victim of the longest game of telephone in hist... | Hi, my name is David, and I'm an alcoholic.
I mean, it's not really David, but that's easier than the pre-Egyptian nickname I got stuck with back in 30,000 BC. Whoops! I mean 1982. Sorry, I always get those two mixed up, even after giving up the sauce for the past three years. (Checks watch) Sorry, three hours. I have... | 2019-07-31T22:05:02 | 2019-07-31T21:12:52 | 81 | 14 |
[WP] You're an Elder God. The secretive cult that worships you on earth is seriously getting on your nerves. After their fourth botched attempt at trying to summon you, you decide to show up in person to correct the record about a couple of matters they have misunderstood entirely. | "O Cromloch, Guardian of the Deep, Slayer of Slayers, Prostrator of the Mighty, we beseech thy aid."
The words were swallowed up in the mist which swirled through the stone circle, swallowing the flickering light of the torches, and making the night beyond seem grey and formless, like the void which preceded the birth... | "Oh for the love of me." I groaned. "Seriously? Again?"
I looked at the quivering slip of a soul standing before me. "H-hail Great Lady of the Nine Flames, Queen of the Eternal Below, I bring unto yo--"
"Fuck off."
The soul trembled, threatening to dissolve. "M-my l-l-lady?"
I flung my head between my knees, buryin... | 2019-11-18T20:45:10 | 2019-11-18T20:25:07 | 160 | 60 |
[WP] You see the Grim Reaper and ask if it's your time. Death checks a clipboard and says "Nope. Looks like you're not due for another... three thousand, one hundred and forty-one years? That's weird. Also, how can you see me?" | "Well, I was dead once, but I got over it."
The Grim Reaper stood silently and cocked his head.
"River Styx? You have the look of one who has been there."
"Yes. My GPS is old and it steered me wrong. I took a right turn onto a lane that went into a long tunnel. I thought it was odd that there were red lights, but I... | \[English not first language\]
It took him a long time to open his eyes, so long, in fact, that I thought he might be dead. We were deep into the mountain, and the rescue team that I had called in was still quite far.
He looked up and saw the cliff from which we had fallen. Confusion filled his eyes, and then pure di... | 2020-01-24T17:11:51 | 2020-01-24T14:14:12 | 54 | 15 |
[WP] Human blood turns darker with every evil deed and you've just murdered your wife. You never admitted to doing it, but you were the only suspect in the case. Imagine everyone's surprise when they found out that your blood is still milky white. | I watch as Detective Parker places the vial of blood between us. Milky white, like moonlight captured in a jar. His blood is darker than mine, though not by much. I can see it pulsing pastel pink in his veins. Trendy but not edgy. Maybe he sent the wrong person to jail, once, or was a bully when he was a kid.
He sits ... | I didn't know why I was still there. It was horrible to sit in that cold, white, stale room. I had already confessed, so I didn't know why they need this.
The man on the case, Detective Helzhimer, entered, along with his assistant and the doctor.
"I'm sorry to put you through this, Mr Colt, but we're going to have to... | 2020-02-09T11:47:05 | 2020-02-09T11:14:32 | 1,064 | 225 |
[WP] Your gf invited you to meet her parents. You told her that you're a veterinarian. Her father is a computer repairman. In reality, however, you are an assassin. A very good one at that, too. When you see her father, your heart skips a beat. He's your boss. | **Well then... this couldn't get any awkward. Could it? No it definitely can.**
"So..." I said.
"So..." my boss replied.
"This isn't going to be weird, is it? I mean I know she is your daughter, and she is also my girlfriend. So..."
"Oh, I am well aware of that. And I'm also aware that she is more than old enough t... | - Hello, sir, it's so nice to meet you. My name is Charles.
- Oh, so nice to meet you, Charles, said Mr. Thompson. Ella has told me you are a veterinarian. Could it be that we have met before? I have a small computer repair shop in 3rd Street, wouldn't you be the one that brought an old Mac computer past month?
- Yes... | 2020-06-05T14:10:03 | 2020-06-05T13:31:52 | 85 | 22 |
[WP] Your gf invited you to meet her parents. You told her that you're a veterinarian. Her father is a computer repairman. In reality, however, you are an assassin. A very good one at that, too. When you see her father, your heart skips a beat. He's your boss. |
“Honey, are you sure? I mean, I’m rather nervous.” I said to my girlfriend, adjusting my tie. I was going to meet her parents today, unknown to them, or her, that I was an assassin. In my field, people call me one of the best. From what I’ve heard, her father is a computer repairman. It would be expected that, if pe... | Rachel was so exited for me to meet her folks and the only thing I was worried about is if they wouldn’t mind my casual clothing. Is a flannel over a AC/DC shirt with jeans and sneakers good enough to present to parents? I usually have a okay track record with them and it almost always gets better once I tell them my j... | 2020-06-05T14:23:35 | 2020-06-05T14:04:11 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] Every time a door is opened, there is a negligible, but non-0 chance it will open to heaven or hell. Today, your fridge didn't open to your leftovers. | "Well, this is awkward..." Samuel said as he stared out onto a frigid landscape. He'd meant to grab a tub of chicken parm from the previous night out and somehow had managed to turn his refrigerator into an inter-dimensional portal. "Nope."
Without a hint of hesitation, he slammed the door shut and waited several seco... | "Run!" Damien screamed into the darkness; his loud, cracked voice echoed throughout the vast tunnel, rebounding upon his ears, his desperate cries distorted by the wasted stone, as though the tunnel were mocking him.
Lily looked around as he had called, and with a shriek of terror, had whipped around, pelting towards... | 2020-07-13T09:41:48 | 2020-07-13T09:24:16 | 133 | 67 |
[WP] Everyone knows you're the most powerful member of the league, so why are you an F-tier hero? Because F-tier is cleanup. The others protect the world from threats. You protect it from the other heroes. | The crowd rushes the hero, victorious man, all taking his photo and calling out to him. Trying their best to see the sun glint off his teeth.
A citizen runs up into his sight line, yelling out “Victorious man! We saw you get here right on time like usual, we can always count on you!” The man takes his blue hat off p... | Ironclad Jr, the current overlord of Europa, had the humble beginnings as a low level champion. Initially selfless to no fault, he soon jumped the rankings going higher and higher as a result of multiple successes. Then, he got greedy.
Feeling slighted, Ironclad Jr went on a warpath and demanded compensation from the ... | 2021-09-22T23:02:52 | 2021-09-22T22:58:05 | 28 | 17 |
[WP] In the Land of Perfection, there is no imperfection. Which is why George was confused at the single, absurdly tiny crack in the sidewalk. | George kept staring. His mind insisted that what he was seeing was not there, could not be. All at once he became aware of the rapid thump in his chest. He fell to his knees as a scream clawed it's way out from somewhere deep in his belly and burst from his lips.
This foul thing, unnatural and poisonous, existed on a... | Today was a perfect day as any another day. Perfection, what does it mean? Does it mean a scenario where everything goes according to you? Then yes, I have a perfect life. Does it mean a life without any blemishes? Then yes, I have a perfect life. Or does it mean a life that has been made with so much precision that yo... | 2021-12-21T10:33:43 | 2021-12-21T09:22:07 | 32 | 21 |
[WP] "And how many claws does Stewie have?" you ask your daughter as you consult the list your mother gave you. You need to figure out if your daughter's invisible friend is a monster, demon, or fairy and if you have to kill it to save her. | “And how many claws does Stewie have?” I flipped through *the book*, wondering what horrors were trying to befriend Emmy now. For a 8 year old girl, she has a talent for attracting some doozies. Though my mother warned me before bequeathing *the book*, I was not expecting so many demon lords and fae queens to be so int... | _When I grow up, I want to be a monster catcher, just like my daddy._
He lowered the crayon drawing. Weariness crawled over his limbs, sinking into his muscles, his veins. His eyelids slid shut. The desk lamp glowed fiercely, burning his pupils anyhow.
_"And how many claws does Stewie have?"_
_"He doesn't have cl... | 2022-06-01T13:57:31 | 2022-06-01T11:57:33 | 69 | 25 |
[WP] Group of space Marines travels via a stargate like portal to an "virgin" world. However due to passing a black hole, each Marine arrives 100 years after the Marine in front of them, instead of 1-5 seconds.
Due to the portal queuing up the dozen or so Marines for 1200 years, travel to point of origin is not an opt... | As the rushing of the cosmos coalesced into a solid state once more, the private took the inertia based rushing step all marines brought with them in their Rambo-esque running leap into the void gate. The macabre Rube Goldberg machine built in front of him was unavoidable. His first step tripped by mummified ankle of h... | "You got a smoke?" I ask Juarez, "just staring at this thing freaks me out." I say gesturing toward the large metal doorway that seems to lead straight into the darkness of hell.
"It's a portal man, didn't you pay any attention during the briefing?" Juarez passes a cigarette over my shoulder. I put the military issue ... | 2014-09-02T10:02:42 | 2014-09-02T10:00:19 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] New arrivals in eternal Hell may choose either of the following: a small wooden spoon, or a 100-trillion year vacation in Heaven. | "So it's meant to be, what, an agonizing choice? A huge dilemma? A source of eternal regret?" Leems asked. After an eternity on Acid Mine Supervision, he had finally been promoted to Reception, and wanted to be sure he understood what was going on.
"For some of them, yes. I think you might be overestimating how many a... | "My name is Beezel. It is my solemn duty to inform you that you have died and, following a very careful and meticulous accounting of your deeds and doings on the mortal plain, have been sentenced to an eternity in Hell.
"You now stand at a crossroads with one final choice to make, and you must make it with great care... | 2022-03-09T06:27:01 | 2015-06-08T02:09:14 | 4,220 | 81 |
[WP] Instead of reading 'Pregnant' or 'Not Pregnant', your digital pregnancy test displays 'Stay where you are, everything will be OK' | I stared mutely at the digital pregnancy test display. There were a lot of words I had expected to say once the results came in, most of them along the lines of: "God fucking damn it, Jason" or, "SHE'S SAFE!" followed by a fist pump.
But I hadn't thought that the first words out of my mouth would be: "What the *fuck?... | ‘Stay where you are, everything will be OK.’
I stared at the pregnancy test. Then shook it a couple times, checking the screen again before flicking it with one finger. “What the fuck?” Dropping it into the sink, I grabbed the box with the spare test from the cabinet again. There was nothing written on the back about... | 2015-06-12T19:15:11 | 2015-06-12T19:08:33 | 352 | 60 |
[WP] "Some days, I love my job. Those days are the worst." | The woman's eyes lost focus and fell to the floor. Tears followed her gaze. They were big enough to make a sound when they hit the linoleum.
"Can't you give us a little more time?" She asked. I tried and failed to meet her eyes.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. There's nothing I can do." I replied. I scanned the room and silentl... | I lay on a long maroon couch, watching the ceiling fan spin on a low enough setting to be amusing but not actually create enough wind to make a difference. On the walls around me abstract "art" hangs next to degrees and awards. I say art loosely as it is a compilation of red and blue lines squiggling around. Hardly ta... | 2015-07-16T07:16:26 | 2015-07-16T07:05:23 | 29 | 21 |
[WP] As a dragon of innumerable age you have guarded your gold horde for millennium. Many heroes have come with long speeches on how they will slay you, the great evil,none finish. However this one is odd.He throws a coin on your stash, looks you in the eyes and says "I have a proposition for you." | "Fuck me in the ass."
My thick dragon eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I coughed. The fire that was waiting to roast the bastard quelled in my throat.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me Dragon - stick your big fat dragon dick, up my ass."
I didn't feel amused. It'd been a millennium since my mating season. And this man wa... | The dragon took a deep sniff, snorting smoke in the intruder's face. To his credit, the intruder didn't flinch.
"Infernal... why come to me in the guise of a human? And what is that odd garb you wear?"
The man chuckled, pulling his hands out of the three-piece suit. He kicked an odd ruby out of the way with his paten... | 2015-10-13T22:32:10 | 2015-10-13T21:07:21 | 91 | 30 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | Weird place, this is. Well, that's not entirely true. Pretty standard for most people really. Weird for my boss is what I mean to say. Whole place smells of marble floor buffer and office supplies. Makes sense, in a Gotham sort of way. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if the big guy was actually paying the monthly rent... | Have you ever felt your life couldn't be any worst that it currently is ? That your entire existance could be summed up to a succession of really bad decisions ? I'm Frank Xandar, 32 years old, no girlfriend, a rap sheet longer than my arm and no real friends. The only thing I have is my job and even then it's hard to ... | 2016-11-21T09:04:26 | 2016-11-21T06:51:31 | 64 | 12 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | "We're going to attack Pettit's compound on Christmas," the Joker said. The apartment building where we were holed-up wasn't crowded. Just four men, including myself, and the Joker.
One of the men asked, "Why are we going to wait a whole month?"
The Joker pulled out a gun and pointed it at the henchman. "Because it... | "Does chaos excite you? You have been with me for quite some time, after all."
The joker sporadically arose from his misappropriated desk with a tightly gripped fist and an even tighter smile; pacing, the joker began mumbling about the bat, about Gotham, and about nothing at all. His scattered thoughts entrained his ... | 2016-11-21T06:54:16 | 2016-11-21T02:49:57 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | Day 176,709
My name is Frrajkuisi. I am part of the 14,976,430th legion sent to exterminate the 'humans'.
We had received word that the upstart race of humanoids who dominated Planet-CX3995 otherwise known as 'Earth', had grown exponentially, and technology had advanced dramatically. Initial reports indicated their p... | When he finished he put it back into the display case full of his other trophies. He had taken it from the Grand Warlord of Nor IV, one of his easiest conquests.
"But you must agree Admiral that it is a waste of our resources. Why invade when they clearly are killing themselves? We don't even need to wait that long, m... | 2017-08-08T08:37:17 | 2017-08-08T08:23:50 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | "Agent Carter? Sir?" Agent Carter looked up from the mound of work on his desk to see Clark standing behind is desk.
"What is it?" Carter had a tone of depression in his voice, as if he had heard this hundreds of times before. He had heard this thousands of times before.
"Sir, A UFO has entered our atmosphere. Desti... | "Captain Zylok, I won't ask you again," said the stern alien from behind the large desk. "How was your ship stolen by a species as simple as humans?"
Zylok sat in silence, his eyes locking back with his interviewer. This was it for him. This trial would lead to his demotion, if not his expulsion from the military. He ... | 2017-08-08T08:42:45 | 2017-08-08T08:40:33 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | A man in a heavy trench coat with a thick beard approached the door. The number over his head, 1517. "Well, that's over 21" I thought. On his way through he tripped over the step and two dwarves toppled out of the coat. Their number were 15 and 17. "Nice try" I said, "no filthy dwarves in my good elvish bar." | He watched, bored as people streamed in the bar, only stopping the ones underage, and occasionally a few just over to keep suspicions low. His kind was uncommon, and people
hunted for his power. It seemed like an odd thing to want, most just wanted it to make them feel *special*. At least, those that knew about it. Som... | 2017-09-01T22:32:16 | 2017-09-01T21:45:33 | 1,408 | 25 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | "What the fuck" I thought to myself. This job was supposed to be boring, given my... powers. This wasn't supposed to happen.
See, I was a bouncer at a bar. I wasn't the most imposing person but I had a unique trait. I could tell anyone's age without seeing a license. The numbers just kind of floated above their heads... | 28, 34, 21, and 54.
I remained where I stood, nodding to the guests in silent affirmation that they were allowed in. As they trudged past me and through the door of Barney's Strip Club, I reached into my pocket, fumbled for a cigarette, and stuck it in my mouth. Now where was my lighter? It would be so much easier i... | 2022-05-25T21:41:20 | 2017-09-01T23:18:34 | 1,321 | 189 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | "I can't see anything," complained Professor Martine over the roar of the chopper's blades. The fog had swallowed the helicopter almost as soon as it had entered the Triangle, and yet it flew blindly onwards. There was little point in turning back -- death likely waited for them in front, but it was without a doubt wai... | Half a pound of pressure. That’s all it would take to doom the world. My fingers trembled on the key, my wrist ready to turn it the final thirty degrees that would end humanity as we knew it.
“What are you waiting for?” General Hammill asked, his breath at the back of my neck.
The alien mothership had landed. Five ye... | 2017-09-26T10:55:04 | 2017-09-26T10:31:41 | 540 | 132 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | "Aye, you've heard about the devil's asshole right?"
It was more of a rhetorical question. At this point, everybody had.
A few years back, Bridgeport Connecticut experienced a minor tremor from a minor earthquake. No one thought much of it at the time, save for Mr. Hoolihan whose backyard now sported a three foot wid... | Alex sat at her desk, trying to focus on the work at hand - expense reports had been piling up for weeks now, but there was seemingly not enough time in the work day to keep up with the increased number of reports that had been submitted lately. It was year end, after all, and the company had done extremely well this y... | 2022-06-02T19:21:41 | 2018-01-13T07:48:15 | 4,551 | 12 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I wake up to the sound of a familiar jingle coming from my phone. Groaning I turn over and turn it on. But then something grabs my interest, an official text, like the amber alerts you get sometimes, saying DO. NOT. LOOK.AT. THE. MOON. My screen then suddenly bursts up with hundreds of text messages saying the same thi... | I refused. It was hard, but I refused. Hundreds of notifications pouring in, telling me to look at the moon but I didn’t.
Something seemed weirdly off by the idea of hundreds telling me to look at a rock in the sky and I’ve never gotten this many notifications before so I simply refused to do what they said. Plus I’d ... | 2022-06-27T10:58:59 | 2018-04-06T22:11:18 | 103 | 12 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | The whole neighbourhood was out in the streets staring skyward; dressed in robes and wrapped in blankets. The bright white light made them appear as stone sentinels against the snow.
“Mummy, the moon is so big!”
My phone buzzed urgently in my hand. I set it on the nightstand facedown
“Grab your jacket lily,” I wrappe... | DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON.
My eyes were barely open, bleary with sleep, but the incessant buzzing of the phone against the glossy black wood of the bedside table was just passing the point of ignorable. It took me a moment to register that the words were strange, holding their place at the top of the screen in bold, of... | 2022-11-14T21:59:08 | 2018-04-06T20:42:31 | 45 | 10 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I blearily attempted to focus my eyes on my phone as its notification sound went off repeatedly. I had just managed to get to a comfortable position and doze for a good hour before my phone decided to freak out, and I was none too happy.
One government alert that read "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON", followed by 600 messag... | DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON.
My eyes were barely open, bleary with sleep, but the incessant buzzing of the phone against the glossy black wood of the bedside table was just passing the point of ignorable. It took me a moment to register that the words were strange, holding their place at the top of the screen in bold, of... | 2018-04-06T22:12:43 | 2018-04-06T20:42:31 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You're pretty sure your crush's parents are the head family of a local mob. You decided it's worth the risk, and ask ur crush out anyways. Pretty early on in the date, you realize that they, not their parents, are the mastermind behind the mob's activities. | If your father were the mob mastermind
You'd still be worth it, despite what I'd find
Even should I wake to the head of a horse
A message in its mouth: 'you'll soon turn a corpse'
If your mother were the godmother of crime
I'd learn Italian and buy her good w... | Italian. Grouchy. Appear to have blown up the old police station. Probably did.
Traditional.
Walking up to their door, I try and imagine the worst case scenario. I’m 16, just a normal guy asking out my lab partner. I mean, if the parents are home worst case scenario they send a death threat.
Or shoot me in the mi... | 2018-10-19T07:39:22 | 2018-10-19T06:47:15 | 126 | 62 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. | Glass crunched underfoot, and I shifted the broken glass with my foot and took in the rest of the scene. The broken windows were bad, but it was the pictures. My breath caught and I pressed my fingers over my eyes.
I'd opened this little diner back in the 80s. We were in the bad part of town, it was all I could afford... | (Sorry my English I love the Prompts and try to make something more "fantastic")
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The clientele was faithful, although irregular, sometimes half disappeared a few weeks, returning sometimes had changed race, or sex, or were one more, or less. Arnold never asked questions, he was there to listen, to serve ... | 2018-10-20T23:57:04 | 2018-10-20T23:21:55 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You're throwing a ball around with your dog and he's loving it. Then, he stops dead still. He takes a quick sniff and looks up at you and says "I'm not supposed to do this, but you need to get inside right now". He looks off into the distance, "They're coming".
Wow, was not expecting this, thanks for the silver:)... | “Again, Bash?”
“Inside! Now!”
“I swear...”
“It’s for your own good!”
“Dude, you know I love you but-“
“Inside! To arms!”
“But you are the dumbest dog I have ever known.”
“To arms! Man the guns! Battlestations! Red alert! On your six!”
“I’m going to leave you to it then.”
“Enemy at the gaaaaaaate!”
“You’ve met... | I’m new to creative writing so feedback welcomed.
Hope was more than an ordinary yellow lab. She was more than a playful ball of energy. I am blind, and Hope was my guide dog. Hope gave me a new perspective on life. She never complained about all the traveling at college, and she was always up for a new adventure.
Ev... | 2019-07-15T15:40:32 | 2019-07-15T14:00:47 | 1,364 | 15 |
[WP] You're a Satanist, recently deceased. You love all things dark and spooky, so imagine your surprise when you come across the pearly gates, with the sign "hell" clumsily hung over where Heaven was. Behind the gate are little cherubs in cheap devil costumes, trying their best for you. | **Hello, Mr Smith! Welcome to Hell!**
Yeah, listen, guy. I'm a Satanist, I know what hell is supposed to look like. This fluffy white bullshit aint it.
**Do you believe everything you... believe?**
I did when I was alive, but I'm dead now.
**That's right! Everything you thought you knew was backwards. It's also gre... | As I walked through the gate that was clearly made by someone heavenly and not nearly to the standards of the dark lords gate, I turned to my left to see a short man greeting me.
"booo! welcome to hell you bad boy, you have been naughty naughty haven't you?" he said with a charming grin. He was trying his best to be ... | 2019-07-18T19:02:49 | 2019-07-18T18:02:20 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You win a lifetime supply of fresh milk. Everyday a bottle shows up on your door step with the exact right amount that you need for the day. One day instead of a bottle, there's a note congratulating you on living a full life and wishing you luck as you pass over to the other side. | "Congratulations! It's been a pleasure doing business with you and we hope you think of us on your journey to the other side!"
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That's what the letter said as I was expecting my daily dose of milk and instead got nothing. I moved around my apartment, and looked for a place to feel more relaxed and wait to... | „Congratulations on a Full Life and good luck passing over to the other side”
“HaHa stupid, is this how they Tell me milk is out?” He laughed. He went inside and closed the door. Tossing the envelope on the table as he went to the kitchen to grab his tea. “Well no milk to today” he thought as he sipped on his milkles... | 2019-09-15T15:15:40 | 2019-09-15T14:30:16 | 36 | 14 |
[WP] Simultaneously, across the world, everyone hears a voice in their head. " In 2 hours, the server will be shutting down for the final time. Thank you for playing Human ®." | The sudden shock is spread across the faces in the meeting room. My colleagues both pick up and set their phones down in haphazard fashion.
Only moments ago we were forecasting, editing, promoting. Long term capital investments simmer through my eyes as if I was watching my life flash before them.
Then my mind turn... | Two hours.
That's not enough time to fly across the border, what's more halfway across the world. There's just enough time to make it back home from the office if I leave now, and still get to see my parents.
Around me, my colleagues were doing the same, desperately trying to call their loved ones while dashing out ... | 2019-09-23T06:53:44 | 2019-09-23T04:27:58 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] The healer was treated horribly by the knights he was assigned. Belittled and humiliated at every turn. Until one day a monster killed his squad and spared him. And the monster looked at him and she said something he didn't think was possible to even say. "Would you please heal me?". | The Skydriller twisted its contorted body writhing in some horrifying dance, slowly jerking towards me in its twirling twisted way, I had nothing to defend myself with, the party I came with had been quickly torn to shreds by this thing, It stopped and raised its strange shovel like head, several protective flaps slack... | Alivia rotely matched her spine's verticality to that of the Imperial Bannerstaff she rotely planted into the ground, sending the Emblem of the Impaled Fetus up in a blazing projection far above her team of Shock Inquisitors.
Being a Bannercleric was typically a cushy job, as far as boots-on-the-ground work went, anyw... | 2020-02-23T14:10:21 | 2020-02-23T13:54:21 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] Being the Devil’s offspring means that you’re really good at persuasion. Things get awkward when the Devil finds out you’ve been using your power for good. | The people in the office started pulling at their ties, scrubbing paper towels across their brow, with said towels laden with sweat, and started complaining that somebody's BO was out of control. Looking around. I acknowledged the situation and perused myself to the stairwell. Time to face the music. At least I accompl... | “Master! There’s something you need to see!”
The Devil turns to his demon servant with an annoyed expression on his face.
“How many times do I need to tell you NOT TO INTERRUPT ME WHILE I’M TORTURING?”
The demon cowering at his master, the Devil, pressed on.
“My apologies. I know you wish not to be bothered during ... | 2020-09-21T14:41:40 | 2020-09-21T14:38:12 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] People often attribute your success as a superhero to your power. However the truth is the power itself sucks, you just learnt how to use it well despite its limitations over the years, as one power stealing villain painfully learnt | If I were to punch a person, the other party would feel pain.
Not a foreign cause and effect, by any means. If you were blessed with super strength, like Maximus, the end result would be the same. Run at the speed of sound like Sonic the Human, and plenty of pain will be tacked along with that punch.
I didn't quite h... | Double-Talk is the hero name. A name the newspapers felt suited their idea of how I was stopping crimes.
“Psychic Hero Double-Talk Thwarts Bank Robbers!”
“Double-Talk Stops Assassin at Governor’s Rally!”
Yadda yadda, look calling my ability a ‘power’ is like calling a Super Nintendo a Computer: I guess you’re righ... | 2020-12-02T09:23:54 | 2020-12-02T08:20:52 | 78 | 38 |
[WP] Last names are assigned at birth by an oracle, and 90% of people find themselves in a related profession. For instance "Miller" or "Baker." Your last name, "World-Ender," has made life rather difficult. | He turned to the stranger next to him. "World-Ender? What will people think? Will they judge me by this name and think I'm that I'm going to bring about the end of the world? That I'm going to usher in the demise of humanity as we know it? That name is going to label me forever as a monster! What will my friends assume... | “Hey Mike Murderer”, Winston said with a sigh as he entered the wooden cabin.
“Hey! Back already? Did they even let you in the town this time?”, Mike said. Mike sat up on his dusty, worn out floor mat, which he used as a bed.
“Nobody recognized me until I was looking at the chess pieces, then they found o... | 2021-06-19T18:31:32 | 2021-06-19T17:26:49 | 2,066 | 400 |
[WP] You are an ancient and powerful dragon who lives in a mountain nearby the capital of a kingdom that's been trying to slay you for centuries. That is, until one day when you were just resting atop your hoard, a heavily injured knight comes into your den, carrying the kingdom's baby princess. | Slay the dragon! Marry the princess! Great riches!
Of course no one told the many adventurers that they would somehow have to carry Morling's hoard down the mountain themselves, that is, before the whole city would come to help, each filling their own pockets. Nor that the princess' nickname for Morling was 'mom'. Th... | *177. 178. 179... 180. There we are, 180 pounds of mythril. This should be enough to start the wyrmlings on their own hoards.*
\*BOOM!\* From outside, I hear yet another explosion and watch with annoyance as the smoke and ash is blown into my home. *Those humans have been fighting each other for nearly a week on now; ... | 2021-09-14T02:31:26 | 2021-09-14T01:32:59 | 36 | 27 |
[WP] due to an exciting new ammendment to the constitution, service and restaurant workers are legally allowed to backhand one customer a day. | She sat there with her plate half empty. Fry bits scattered the table like toys in a toddler room. Peanut shells littered the floor; she dropped them one by one as she grinned at Lucy from afar.
"That fucking bitch", Lucy mouthed to her self. Lucy watched from the pit as the mess piled up. She told the Hank that all ... | Washington DC -- today, a much looked forward to day for retailers has finally arrived. Two years ago, Tataku Urate sued her employer Palm Playa for wrongful termination. While her manager at the local Palm Playa in rural Utah fired Ms. Urate for hitting a customer, Ms. Urate sued claiming that her "backhanded slap" wa... | 2021-10-05T23:30:31 | 2021-10-05T18:57:04 | 498 | 61 |
[WP] Every time you are late, you dodge an otherwise-fatal bullet. Miss a plane and it will crash, every time. Miss a job interview, the place will burn down. Today, despite leaving unfathomably early, you get stuck in gridlock on the way to your wedding. You begin to panic. | "I'm sorry little miss, but it looks like traffic is a mess, what time is your wedding?" the limo driver put his arm on the back of the passenger seat to turn and look at me.
"Noon is when it starts, but I'm supposed to be there for photos at ten," I reply cooly, checking my lipstick in my compact mirror.
Ever sinc... | The panic dissolves into laughter; not the haha laughter, this is different. You don't even understand why you're laughing, you should be crying!...then it clicks.
This whole thing was never about luck, or having some divine intervention; 'The Chosen One!' That's what I called myself once. How naïve. No, this is... | 2021-10-22T05:51:32 | 2021-10-21T22:51:21 | 630 | 156 |
[WP] Your immortality isn’t the result of any curse, or blessing, for that matter. No, it’s just that you pissed off the God of Death so much he can’t stand the sight of you. | My skin hangs loose off my tattered bones, and I strain with the effort of holding myself upright. “O great one,” I beg, voice hoarse, the last whiskers of my beard coating the floor below, “Please release me from this curse.”
The God of Death, on his throne of skin, holds a hand to his chin in sullen contemplation, b... | "By the Lord of Death himself - let these banana prices be cursed!"
Yes, other people tended to look at him like they would at anyone who cosplayed without being at a convention, but Steve knew it was worth it. The God of Death would hear this curse and would have to make an official decision on whether or not to actu... | 2021-12-06T02:30:05 | 2021-12-06T01:05:00 | 24 | 12 |
[WP] Character obtains a functional pocket watch but it does not keep track of time.
Character obtains/recieves a functional pocket watch but it does not keep track of time. What is it keeping track of, why do the hands stop and start at random? | It was left to me in a fit of slow deliberate movements. My mum had left to get some coffee when my papa leant over to me. He raised his hand to my arm and gripped powerlessly, pulling me softly towards him. His right hand presented a small golden pocket watch. "Open it when I'm dead, son."
My grandfather, David Humbl... | Quincy severed Jalhoshs head with a blow of his lance and turned towards the crowd.
"Now you seeeee????", he shouted as he held the head in his hands, "Now you know who the real champion is???"
The crowd roared with applause and King Edwin walked into the field to present him his prize.
"This watch was passed down f... | 2013-10-28T17:54:06 | 2013-10-28T17:04:06 | 29 | 11 |
[WP] "It's human-made, you know!" Reverse the usual fantasy scene where somebody gushes over elf/dwarf/whatever craftsmanship. | Urist gingerly squeezed the brass actuator, and the hammer snapped forward with a neat metallic clap.
His shop had seen all manner of wares pass through - the Pass of Arkhaz was home to merchants of every shape, and their weapons decorated the walls of his cramped shop. Thin, mirror-like Elven blades sat next to hand... | After working for years to on your new weaponsmithing techniques, using nothing but your hammer and iron, you have finally made a longsword you believe that even the merchant prince, "Ghaldien", would be interested in. After a year of showing your handiwork around, you find a note attached to your door, complete with ... | 2014-09-11T10:47:47 | 2014-09-11T10:12:54 | 158 | 21 |
[WP] You are about to make a speech on national television. As you step up to the podium and gaze over at the teleprompter, you see only one word: "Stall." | "My fellow Americans," I begin. I'm exuding my usual calm, cool demeanor on the outside. Inside, I'm panicking. Stall? How? For how long? Finally, I settle on a strategy.
"How's it going?" That one caught them off guard. Not entirely unexpected, I do have a bit of a reputation as a wild card. It's why they elected m... | **"Stall"**
That's all it said. "Stall." Five little pixelated letters staring back at me as if they'd find a resonant voice and I'd echo something out from the dry screen of my mouth.
"Stall."
I felt my tongue touch each of my teeth in turn, a nervous tick I'd never covered; counting teeth was a saving grace when i... | 2015-05-16T17:07:37 | 2015-05-16T16:46:23 | 1,518 | 39 |
[WP] Instead of the oceans covering the earth, forests are in its place, making it possible to walk from continent to continent. Like oceans, it gets deeper and darker and creatures get more aggressive and rarer to see. You are tasked to document a trek through one of the oceans of your choice. | "Congratulations Thomas! You have completed the Atlantic forest trek!"
"Thank you."
"Did you know you are the very first to accomplish such a feat?"
"Yes."
"Do you know how many before you have tried?"
"56."
"I....I don't think that's correct Thomas, our fact checkers at the station said there were only 36 ... | "Do you know what's in the darkness out there? Do you know how horrible they say the monsters are? Do you know?" Says the old woman.
"Yes, mom, I know, but it's important. More people have walked on the moon than have gone to where I'm going. We have to know what's out there."
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Two years later, I regret my word... | 2015-10-25T11:22:11 | 2015-10-25T10:16:39 | 817 | 126 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Dad,
I love you. Your opinion of me is the one that matters most but I'll never tell you that.
You are a bad dad.
You drink too much.
Smoke too many cigarettes.
Smoke too much weed.
And I know that to some degree you hate me.
I did not ask to be born. I did not ask to end your youth, your fun.
I did not mean t... | Dear Azura
You have no idea how much you mean to me. Throughout the years I have known you you have brought me countless joys, you make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me happy. When people bring up perfection you are the first person that comes to mind, even though you don't believe it yourself. Your eyes. Your... | 2015-12-05T14:58:25 | 2015-12-05T13:59:40 | 356 | 16 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear me:
That boy isn’t going to text back, it’s Saturday and he saw your message on Thursday. You always do this, you said you weren’t going to get attached, you barely have feelings for him. You don’t want anything but companionship from him, you say to yourself. But you know you want the whole thing: you want him to... | Dear Azura
You have no idea how much you mean to me. Throughout the years I have known you you have brought me countless joys, you make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me happy. When people bring up perfection you are the first person that comes to mind, even though you don't believe it yourself. Your eyes. Your... | 2015-12-05T14:46:28 | 2015-12-05T13:59:40 | 158 | 16 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear E,
I love you. Not the cheesy love I felt in high school, and not the way I love the woman I think I'm going to marry, but you hold a place in my heart that no one else can.
We were destructive. We weren't good for each other. You were emotionally abusive, and I was amazed a pretty girl would give me the time o... | To My Wife of 13 years; the letter I wish I could send you instead of continuing to live this lie.
I've no idea how to properly express the way I've been feeling lately, so I apologise now if this comes across as a ramble, with no real explanation for anything. Truth is, I don't know if I actually have any explanation... | 2015-12-05T16:37:50 | 2015-12-05T15:36:40 | 94 | 12 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear dad,
I fucking miss you. You died too quickly and I never got to hear your last words. I know though, I know you'd tell me you're proud of me and that you love me. I know this, but goddammit, i wish I could have heard you say it. I'll be the man you always knew I could be. I promise you that, and i will continue... | Frankie,
Once, you told me that one of the moments that sticks out in your mind is driving in the car with me. I remember that, too; just the two of us, somewhere on Route 64, headed back from Taos. I can still close my eyes and be right there in the passenger seat; I can see our intertwined fingers and the white para... | 2015-12-05T15:43:07 | 2015-12-05T15:04:15 | 45 | 15 |
[Wp] It is the year 2032. Due to increasing obesity, fast food joints have been banned entirely. Tell us the tale of bootlegging and speakeasies in this troubled time of prohibition. | I was was once a high school chemistry teacher. It feels like another life ago. After being diagnosed with cancer, my life took a strange turn. I had nothing to lose.
My student Jack had been known to hawk burgers and I saw this as an opportunity to provide for my family. He was doing it all wrong, I knew I could craf... | It's not the *dogs* that are the problem at the border, unless you're careless they'll never find a thing. No, it's those damn Algorhythmic Sensorial System Programatical Robotic Omni-Bionic Examiners that you have to be wary about. Those suckers can get right up and into your business and before you know it they've fo... | 2016-07-25T09:05:07 | 2016-07-25T06:20:50 | 89 | 58 |
[WP] The rapture has come, the faithful are taken to heaven and the nonbelievers and sinners are left behind on Earth for their inevitable self-destruction. However, God's plan backfires and the world seems to be much better off as a result.
Obviously, a parody of the "Left Behind" series of awful evangelical Christia... | "Okay, just slow down for a second here," I said.
The man audibly sighed and sat up a little straighter, looking me in the eyes. Speaking much slower than before, he repeated himself.
"They're gone. All of the devout, the religious. They've been Raptured."
"Raptured?" I questioned. "You know that for certain?"
"Yes... | "I understand the whole 'grass being greener on the other side' concept and all that, but don't you think it's a little worrying that the world has significantly improved since you brought us all up her" Moe exclaimed to God. "Don't be ridiculous! I've watched humanity since the beginning of time, they'll mess it up ... | 2016-07-26T18:11:28 | 2016-07-26T15:00:51 | 41 | 19 |
[WP] The rapture has come, the faithful are taken to heaven and the nonbelievers and sinners are left behind on Earth for their inevitable self-destruction. However, God's plan backfires and the world seems to be much better off as a result.
Obviously, a parody of the "Left Behind" series of awful evangelical Christia... | "Okay, just slow down for a second here," I said.
The man audibly sighed and sat up a little straighter, looking me in the eyes. Speaking much slower than before, he repeated himself.
"They're gone. All of the devout, the religious. They've been Raptured."
"Raptured?" I questioned. "You know that for certain?"
"Yes... | When "it" happened, I was with Mom and Dad. It was nearing Christmas and we were out shopping along with millions of others. Every store had a Christmas tree, and every tree had lights, ornaments, and an evangelical topper. It was always weird for me… the Christmas decorations I mean. I never saw anything for Hanukkah,... | 2016-07-26T18:11:28 | 2016-07-26T14:00:00 | 41 | 13 |
[WP] A friendship between a time traveler and an immortal. Wherever the time traveler ends up, the immortal is there to catch him up to speed. | ”Okay, here we go,” June said, spinning the wheels on her mechanical glove, which sent her on a dizzying ride through space and time.
She landed in a pub buzzing with activity, colorful bottles lined the wall behind the bar and yellow light radiated through heaps of stacked cups. Women in long dresses and updos danced... | Todd was an… interesting man, to say the least. He claims to have lived through the Dinosaurs, the fall of the Roman Empire, and the destruction of what you, today, know as Europe. He found me back in the early 1900’s, when I was lost in the Appalachian. I had fled from a war in 3084 and was wounded. On that given day,... | 2022-05-07T07:51:43 | 2016-11-10T12:15:38 | 2,588 | 483 |
[WP] Every morning before you leave your room you must press the button next to your door. Your mum has always enforced it, and there are signs saying “PRESS THE BUTTON” all over your room. You have begun to question it, and today you decide to step out of the room without pressing the button. | It wasn't until Danny was in eighth grade that he found out his morning routine was different than everybody else's.
"Nag, nag, nag!" Mimicked his friend Alvey. He switched to a falsetto voice, "Alvey, brush your teeth! Alvey, put on your uniform!"
Danny laughed, "My mom too! Danny make your bed! Danny don't forget t... | After stepping from the shower and drying, my day began otherwise normally. I prepared my bagel in my room's kitchenette, then dressed after a coffee. My bed was already made, my homework completed, and my room tidied. Today, I was Mommy's Little Angel.
Because today, I was going to break mommy's biggest rule.
A... | 2017-02-09T22:42:01 | 2017-02-09T22:28:24 | 131 | 68 |
[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings. | Perched at the top of a thirty story building, legs dangling over the edge, I was gazing down at the streets below. At the ants, crawling about the streets, going about their day to day lives.
They are nothing.
A car horn blares below for a moment, as an obnoxiously large SUV cuts through a red light.
“Well hello ther... | A young man stood on a busy street corner, making eye contact with every single person who walked by. "Excuse me, would you like to make a donation to PlanetSavers?" he asked, or "You look like someone who cares about the Earth!" or "Good afternoon, do you have a minute to talk about securing humanity's future?"
Appro... | 2017-05-16T06:12:44 | 2017-05-16T05:30:27 | 1,586 | 196 |
[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings. | As his dinner guests continued their endless chit chat Donald closed his eyes and focused.
Silently to himself he repeated "two for me, one for them, two for me, one for them."
A silk like touch on his right hand and a soft female voice "honey are you ok?" brought his thoughts rushing back to the table and his guest... | I started out as a single atom. Not unlike anyone else, but what is different about me is that I started when there was *nothing else.*
I created more matter around me, and made everything rapidly mash together to give the nothing around me energy, and more importantly, life. I have created countless worlds, galaxies ... | 2017-05-16T08:51:33 | 2017-05-16T07:26:08 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] Every human receives an envelope, and the choice to open it or keep it sealed. Enclosed within it is your death date. You open yours only to find it's blank. | Today is the day.
Today is finally the day I'm able to look inside my envelope. It's been 3 years since I was given mine. My parents hid the fact that all of us around the world were given the exact time and date we would die. I was taken out of school at the age of 7, I vaguely remember a few of my classmates explain... | I stare down at the piece of paper. Rub my eyes fiercely and look at it again. Turn on my deskside lamp, draw the curtains, plug in my night light, grab a flashlight, and, shining literally every light-producing object in my room at the thing, look down at the square of white paper with all my might.
Nothing.
My fi... | 2017-06-03T17:49:27 | 2017-06-03T15:31:24 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] You're a ferocious demon king. You're surprised one day to find that a young woman has been left at your door. Only to later find out her father, the king, is using you as bait to find a knight worthy of marrying his daughter. | The king had disapproved of all her daughter's suitors. He had her captured by bandit's but lloyd the oaf had managed to save her, and while he was a nice guy but it was surprising when he went to fight he even knew which end of the sword to hold. He had even lost two finger one time when he got confused.
The king mad... | The watery light of winter washed over the plains of withered vegetation that seemed to creep forth from walls of stone. It had been some time since footsteps had fallen there. The death and decay that radiated from the castle made the land undesirable. A long while past the brave servants of kings would flock in drove... | 2017-10-06T09:57:56 | 2017-10-06T09:49:54 | 43 | 29 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "NUMBER 117737."
Anxious and bewildered, you step up to the counter, behind which sits a very bored looking young man wearing a name tag that says GARY. He takes your ticket and asks, "Name?"
"John Smith. But this has to be a mistake. I don't belong in hell. I lived a good, honest life."
"Yep, that's what they all s... | "Table for one, sir."
I reclined on the wooden chair and sipped at the complimentary cup of lava-heated water. The water, its temperature just nice to heat up my icy skin, spilled out as I set the cup down on the table. Dribbles of water remained on the plastic file beside the cup.
"A hundred and eighty-six thousand... | 2018-09-26T07:16:16 | 2018-09-26T07:07:43 | 4,281 | 895 |
[WP] You have the power to teleport anywhere when you tap four times on any surface. The catch is that you can't decide where you go or know where you are going. What you do know is wherever you go someone needs you. | "Nope, nope nope nope, not gonna do it." I stared at the young girl with tears in her eyes.
"But... but... mommy said if i dont clean Muffin's box then I can't play on the tablet." Her eyes well up woth tears. "But it's so smelly... I can't do it."
I look at the kitty litter box. It looked like poor Muffin had used i... | The first time was during my job, well, my former job, because since this started, I had never stopped, in my former job I was bored and at the time I had ended with the first part of my requisition, I laid on the chair's back, intending to take a breath, I remember thinking wat to do next, and in the middle of my thou... | 2019-04-04T14:43:43 | 2019-04-04T14:22:07 | 80 | 16 |
[WP] You wake up from a coma. You were in a car crash caused by a drunk billionaire. In an effort to save his reputation, he hurriedly and secretly ordered the best doctors to restore your burned face using the photo on the driver's license they found in your car—a car which you've stolen. | Melinda Stacy Carbondale.
That's the name on the license.
Born October 8, 1983. Brown hair, brown eyes, 5 ft 8 in. Lives on 9439 Cherry Lane.
Makes sense, considering that's where I found the car--a grey Honda civic. Comfortable, average, unassuming, and a high resale value.
It was supposed to be a simple transacti... | Mama Demeter always said – always follow the money.
The money in question on a fine Thursday morning ended up being sleek, black car illegally parked in a towaway zone. I got a car, and the public was freed from an illegally parking menace. That’s what I called public service.
And so there I was coasting down Broadw... | 2020-10-08T08:29:42 | 2020-10-08T07:51:04 | 1,609 | 237 |
[WP] You are a necromancer for hire. No you don't raise undead armies to take over the world. You are usually contracted out by police to help solve murders. Or yo raise those who have passed to settle lawsuits surrounding their will. It's not much but it's honest work. | "Rise, Gilroy" I intoned, raising my bone armored hands over the deceased man. "Rise, and return to this mortal plane once more."
The body below my gestures stirred, glowing a dim green light from the world beyond. I intensified my chants, curling my fingers in ever more dramatic shapes. "RETURN TO YOUR FESTERING SHEL... | EDIT: I'm not sure how to fix formatting. Please help. Thx
I stared at the people on the opposite side of the one-way glass. Most of them had no idea why they were there, though I suspected that at least one of them did. I idly wondered why they had to be handcuffed if almost all of them were innocent... | 2022-06-10T14:55:08 | 2022-06-10T14:50:39 | 183 | 41 |
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