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[WP] One day, everyone mysteriously receives a document which contains the information about their past lives. Suddenly, you have a bounty on your head and many people are trying to hunt you down. | It's funny to think that I swore when the envelope materialized on my table.
I mean, it's understandable. When an object suddenly appears out of thin air, swearing's a natural reaction. And so is jumping, which is why my flailing hand knocked a full cup of coffee all over it. I picked up that envelope, dripping an... | I was so excited when the announcement was made. Everyone was going to learn about their previous lives. Maybe I was a jester. Maybe I was nobility. Today was going to be the day that I found out. To be honest, I did find out. It just isn’t what I expected.
Fifty-five million civilian casualties. All my fault. I am li... | 2016-09-02T15:37:53 | 2016-09-02T13:49:48 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | "You're going to have to say that again, because I have no idea what in the fuck you're trying to say," I inform the sparkling conversationalist that just conversed in little more than grunts and growls.
"Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years," the young man behind the counter informs me, seemingly confu... | "Hey thanks, I hope you have a good afternoon"
The swirling void took me by surprise, really. The crimson red eyes of the cashier, not so much. I'd seen it before, I thought. Glimpses and glances, really; bad punctuation as a coda to the overbearing sentence of ordering a Whopper.
"We don't sssserve Whoppers," she ... | 2018-06-24T21:55:57 | 2018-06-24T21:01:01 | 80 | 20 |
[WP] You wake up in a world of anthropomorphic animals. Unfortunately for you, you quickly discover every major religion in this world contains humans in some way, shape, or form | the very last thing I remember, I was late for work. I rushed out past my lazy roommate, down the stairs, and through the door of my apartment building. as I made a mad dash down the sidewalk, I tripped on a lip. I had lodged several complaints to the city, that it was a hazard, 'we'll be sure to take a look at that, t... | I am a god.
Growing up I always hated going to church. I hated the idea of worshipping a higher being. Like, maybe there is a higher being or creator, but how egotistical does he have to be do demand worship?
I finally understand.
I wasn't born a god way, of course, I was some nobody from Kansas who sat at a compute... | 2022-04-03T00:36:03 | 2022-04-03T00:28:46 | 171 | 43 |
[WP] When you’re 28, science discovers a drug that stops all effects of aging, creating immortality. Your government decides to give the drug to all citizens under 26, but you and the rest of the “Lost Generations” are deemed too high-risk. When you’re 85, the side effects are finally discovered. | "Dang it John stop day dreaming and help me!" Adam wheezes through clenched theeth. ak as I pickup trusted Betsy. She's been with me for years now, trusted old shotgun. Load a fresh shell and hobble towards the windows. Of course bars make it hard to see, but you can still shoot out of them.
"Hey John remember when it... | My back aches. My knee’s gone funny somehow- I now use a cane to go about my day. Four legs to two legs to three legs. The good ol’ riddle. But the people around me, all puppy fat and doe eyes, they’ve gone the other way. Memories like grains of sand. I doubt there’s any thought left in those pretty little heads. Heh.
... | 2018-06-04T22:08:40 | 2018-06-04T20:51:56 | 65 | 45 |
[WP] Your cat is literally Satan. You've learned to live with him, but this Friday you've got a date coming over.
[WP] Your cat is literally Satan. You've learned to live with him, but this Friday you've got a date coming over | "Mallory, what are you doing?"
Mal stopped scrubbing the toilet just long enough to side-eye the little beast beside her.
"Cleaning," she said.
The kitten blinked its orange eyes once, very slowly.
"Yes, dear," he said with patient contempt, "that much is quite obvious."
"Was it?" She dumped the toilet brush in i... | It's not easy living with an incarnation of evil, but I had gotten used to it. When he meows at your door in the middle of the night, you make sure the iron seals are in place. When he makes a mess, a spray gun filled with holy water will do. And when he starts coughing up a hairball, you call the CDC. But my trouble t... | 2016-02-22T08:18:56 | 2016-02-22T05:36:17 | 1,336 | 594 |
[WP] There's a saying among the galactic community. "Never hire a human"... you just hired 200 of them. And you're about to find out why that saying exists. | "Never hire a human," the old saying goes.
"They're a volatile bunch. Surviving all that war and all those atrocities changed something in them. They don't play well with others."
My father always said that. Our mercenary company was well-known throughout the cluster. Any job with good pay and a high risk of death ... | And then it hit me, the thing everyone had tried to warned me about. They were offically an utter waste if resources, transporting and acquiring these ridiculous humans. I stared at the one standing before me. He wobbled a bit where he stood and his eyes weren't quite in focus, "What do you mean you need to sleep!?" | 2018-04-27T11:17:51 | 2018-04-27T11:07:38 | 659 | 35 |
[WP] You live in a world where your soulmate is unable to hurt you, intentionally or otherwise. You are fighting in a war, when one of the enemy's knives harmlessly glances off you. | *They had me dead to rights.*
Caught with an empty magazine, surrounded, someone came up behind me and stabbed. I felt the knife point touch skin. I closed my eyes. I waited to die.
The knife point trembled.
I had yet to turn around, though.
“I will not be taken prisoner by the likes of you, Loyalist. I would ... | Epikrates was walking through a forest. His commanding officer sent him to intercept a runner carrying vital orders to an enemy encampment. The runner was due to arrive by dawn's light, but the sky was still black as coal, so Epikrates was walking.
"Why are they still using runners? Have they never heard of birds? My ... | 2017-04-22T07:04:13 | 2017-04-22T05:50:31 | 113 | 75 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | “High Negotiator, the human ambassador wishes to see you.”
Sil Dunnan, High Negotiator of the Akkarat sighed, and gestured his assent. Of course she wanted to talk. The war was necessary, but still he felt a twinge of guilt. He’d known the ambassador for a long time, and they’d always gotten along well.
The Terrans w... | "What do you mean its gone?" General Ashak asked, half angry, half confused.
"We've lost communication, we no longer have visual confirmation of its existence, the airspace where the fleet should be is vacant of anything but a bit of debris. It just vanished." The ensign replied.
Ashak closed both sets of eyelids har... | 2020-02-07T16:52:19 | 2020-02-07T14:41:07 | 33 | 22 |
[WP] 20 tons of Nutella have been stolen. You are part of a secret task force tasked with finding it. Your partners: the M&M guys, an Oompa Loompa, and Count Chocula | I sat hunched in front of the computer monitor. Behind me, I could hear Count Chocula pacing up and down in agitation. We all knew that our careers depended on bringing down this crook. I shot a brief glance at the Red M&M. His face was impassive but the corners of his mouth were tauter than I've seen before.
The ... | The radio buzzed with the words *"Sergeant O'Riley, you and your crew have been sent the coordinates of the stolen Nutella, neutralize all of the hostiles in the faculty and prepare for the trucks to transport it back."*
"Well.." I looked at my crew, the red and yellow M&M, one Oompa Loompa, and Count Chocula (the... | 2017-08-19T10:13:15 | 2017-08-19T09:15:42 | 101 | 35 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | There is a human saying; to beat your plowshares into swords, your pruning shears into spears. Let the weak say "I am strong."
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Our research had missed old religious texts in our scanning of their culture, and how could we not. There was not real need to research archaic beliefs. The Sol Confederacy was e... | This is commander Xxar speaking. I am ordering all troops to retreat. I repeat, all troops must retreat. We were wrong about these creatures. On the surface, they seemed weak, they seemed like non-intelligent vermin. They hadn't even developer nuclear fusion for vxyyr's sake!
Once we had landed, they approached us wit... | 2019-02-26T10:12:21 | 2019-02-26T09:29:33 | 310 | 60 |
[WP] A group of space explorers decided to visit Earth, a long forgotten planet of a long forgotten empire. | ## The Return To Earth
*This is a continuation of a story I started with an identical writing prompt. You can read the beginning of the story here: |* [Part 1&2](https://www.reddit.com/r/CataclysmicRhythmic/comments/m62tay/the_return_to_earth_part_1_2/) *|* [Part 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/CataclysmicRhythmic/co... | The fabric of space tore open and a hulking mass of metal paraded out, the name “The Life Sail” painted on the side. As engines continued to drive the ship forward in the blackness of space. As the ship emerged completely from the tear, it was warped shut. Derthi stood on the bridge observing the barren and brown plan... | 2021-03-27T10:03:23 | 2021-03-27T09:53:20 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] When the human's elf girlfriend broke up with him due to the difference in the lifespans, the human went on to become a mercenary. Thousands of years later, the elf, now an old woman meets the human who hasn't aged at all, known as a scourge in mortal form, even death feared to take the human. | With some struggle, Haera walked down the stairs of her cottage. The chief of her village had ordered his citizens to evacuate their homes as a fierce dragon had slothered some of the residents. But, whether there was a dragon or not, her aging legs couldn't handle the weight of her feeble body.
There was no on... | You left so suddenly. I loved you. I *still* love you.
I was angry. I was confused. Worst of all, I saw your point and hated it. At first, I just drank. All day, every day... with hope and my heart gone, I just wanted some way to lay down and die. To sink into oblivion every night.
I drank, every day, for five years ... | 2022-01-13T10:01:50 | 2022-01-13T09:03:10 | 50 | 30 |
[WP] You work at a hospital. Outside a terminal patient’s room, someone tries to enter. You stop them, “Sorry, family only.” They give you a strange look, as do those nearby. “You can see me?” They ask, summoning a scythe from thin air. You just told Death they couldn’t claim a soul. | The cool blue eyes and flashy silver hair made her stick out like a sore thumb. One would expect Death to be more... subtle. The way her body rocked so slightly to the music coming from her headphones was hypnotic.
"You sure you can't cut me a deal?" A smile, slight turn of the head. Quite cute, but undoubtedly c... | "Apparently so..." I respond, very hoarsely.
"Why?" Death looked me dead in the eyes.
"Fuck'd if I know." It was a long day, and I generally just got done helping the poor Man in there, so I wasn't really in the mood for... "Negotiations."
"Well, you have to let me in, I have to claim this man's soul. He needs to de... | 2019-03-24T00:47:30 | 2019-03-23T23:45:47 | 28 | 19 |
[WP]Recently a new tribe was discovered in a rainforest that has never been seen before. Rather than being behind the rest of the world technologically, they are far more advanced. | Amanda's machete swished softly through the thick wall of leaves and vines, as it had done for the past seven hours since leaving camp. They were four weeks out of Manaus, and had traveled upstream looking for the source of some rare-earth minerals that had flooded the marketplaces of small Amazonian villages. Natives ... | "That's funny," the graduate student said aloud.
"What is?" asked a fellow graduate student.
"Did you see this picture, there's like a whole square of forest missing!"
"Strange."
It took another year before the pattern emerged. Two decades of satellite imagery showed some odd things about that patch of rain forest. E... | 2015-07-10T10:20:42 | 2015-07-10T10:10:02 | 427 | 18 |
[wp] Sick of somebody trying to get into your servers, you let them in, only to spring a virus into their system. To your surprise, the news the next day says that the goverment's systems have been absolutely wrecked.
​ | "GDP suffered a small downturn today after a raid on the Pavelex Corporate Branch Netscape by an unknown group. Wide-scale breaches and data-corruption have been detected and at least two Monitors have reported themselves as compromised. The motives and purpose of the attack are not yet know, but local law enforcement ... | Labor day . May 1st. The day we get off from Labor, if you don't work retail and you don't work emergency stuff, or you were stupid enough to get into IT. Which is why, at 954PM, I am staring at a rack of Dell servers. Wireshark already told me what I need to know- where the packets are coming from, who is flooding... | 2018-09-03T21:04:03 | 2018-09-03T19:21:59 | 915 | 302 |
[WP] The new generation of vampire has discovered that just by taking iron supplements and vitamin D drops, they’re feeling fine without drinking human blood | It was the middle of the night when they met up. It was always the middle of the night. Why, you may ask? Because they would spontaneously combust the second they ever got in contact with the sun. Not even getting severe burns first. Just the second they touch the sun, it’s over. One of them was the third oldest curren... | The synthetic supplements seemed the only option – a way to keep our deadly cravings outlaid. And so it was. For a time, the plan worked, we kept ourselves healthy, got what we wanted and our appetites kept in check.
It was then that I started to unravel. Physically I was stronger – stronger than ever before. I felt ... | 2022-12-04T10:24:34 | 2022-12-04T09:56:46 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] "So they are a war species then, huh." The alien scratched his head: "Why are you interested in them. The humans, i mean." The other alien got closer. "They fight for peace. No war species ever fights for peace." | Hidden in space-thick, as humans would know to call it in 830 years, two high spectrum semi-intelligent colony aggregates spectated human history through a light beading-apparatus. Homo sapiens, blissfully unaware of its clandestine observers, plodded through time slowly and clumsily. The duo sensed closely. They commu... | "They fight for Peace?" The Alien scratched his head again. "Pretty much, Yes." The other Alien said. "But, why would they fight for peace? Isn't that a little Ironic?" The Alien said ,baffled at what the other Alien said. "This species has been fighting each other since their very beginning, from the smallest to the b... | 2018-03-17T05:20:00 | 2018-03-17T01:07:51 | 90 | 31 |
[WP] The four horsemen of the apocalypse are white, upper-middle class suburban soccer moms. | Judith sighed and brushed her hair from her face.
Just one match. Just one. A football match, simulated warfare, simulated aggression, tightly controlled chaos, was all she wanted. Just football, nothing more. Just to sit, and watch, and gently direct the passions of the onlookers onto the cheerful group of six-ye... | It was the monthly book club. Their favorite time. You know, with plotting out the Apocalypse and what not. Those silly meatsuits they lovingly called pookie and hubbie-bear, they had no clue. They all thought their wives were incredibly intellectual, reading Tolstoy and Sun Tzu. But it was Batilda's year to choos... | 2015-06-21T20:49:17 | 2015-06-21T19:49:37 | 29 | 12 |
[WP] The villain was sentenced 350 years in prison for the atrocious crimes he committed; 349 years later he has not aged a bit, the guards and people start to get nervous... | Silence embalmed the courtroom as everybody waited for the judge to read the verdict. Journalists and photographers stared at Angelo Shoemaker's face, not wanting to miss the reaction of the man who had killed and tortured fifty-two prostitutes. When asked why he had done it, he did nothing but smile. He refused to eve... | “Fatalo, how have you survived this long?”
“What do you mean? I am Immortal.”
“Oh right, I guess someone would have killed you by now.”
“I’m immortal and have an atrociously good healing factor. What did you expect?”
“You to die.”
“That’s stupid.”
“You do realize that the “immortal” and “everlasting” Bright-man is mo... | 2022-09-02T23:39:46 | 2022-09-02T21:29:15 | 76 | 12 |
[WP] Since my dad went mute I started learning sign language secretly to surprise him. When I was somewhat fluent with it, I realized that his blessings at the dinner table actually meant "Threatened with death if talk, please go to police". | I dropped my fork when I understood his words.
My father paused, making eye contact with me.
My mother and little brother didn't notice it. They proceeded to eat like usual.
I hadn't told anyone that I was studying sign language. It was supposed to be a surprise. I only had a week of practice, though. Maybe it was... | Emily waited until she and her father were alone. Then, she messaged him in sign language: "Dad, do you want me to call the police?"
Daniel stared at his daughter in shock and then began frantically signing to his daughter as his hands shook: "Emily, you need to contact the police. Your mom is completely fucking batsh... | 2022-07-21T09:34:34 | 2022-07-21T09:34:00 | 1,529 | 146 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | So there I was at the park getting a hot dog, right? Now, for whatever reason, a raven plunges down towards the hot dog guy like he's personally responsible for Edgar Allen Poe's death and the hot dog guy basically boils his hand while dodging the bird and getting me a delicious, delicious glizzy. Seriously these thing... | I always loved gaming, even before acquiring my powers and even though I used to suck at them.
But now it was different. If I wanted to I'd never lose. I'd win every time, most likely 16-0. And if I really tried I wouldn't get killed even once. No matter what powers my enemies had, be it superspeed reflexes or if they... | 2021-08-16T19:42:36 | 2021-08-16T17:54:31 | 212 | 105 |
[WP] As you and your adventuring party make camp for the night, you hear rustling in a nearby bush. When you take a peek, you find a band of pixies who've been following your party. They've written a lot of fanfiction about your party. One of them is wearing a tiny cosplay version of your armour | Deirdre startled awake, hand on her shoulder and someone's face far, far too close to her own. Her senses returned, and she heaved a sigh, relieved it was nothing more than her friend, Chandra. The half-orc had a single finger held against her lips, eyeing their unwanted 'companion', a Drow who refused to go by anythin... | " Ryder, you're seeing this right?" Gawain said, confused and bewildered.
"Uh... Yeah." Ryder said, with his mouthed agape and his eyes focused on this strange sight.
A group of pixies, about six of them, the same size as Gawain's group. They all have the same look of shock and embarrassment, like they spilled wine o... | 2018-09-30T17:20:32 | 2018-09-30T17:00:08 | 28 | 15 |
[WP] A tiny dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from being stolen. | The bell above the door of the menagerie tinkled as Gilda pushed her way inside, her little arms heaving against the bottom half of it as her father leaned against the upper to aid her entrance. The front-end of the store smelled like freshly struck lightning and midnight herb, its busy shelves and units filled to the ... | It was my first time in a tavern when I was approached by a strange man in a tattered brown robe. The leather was worn like the thin garments he wore underneath. You wouldn't have guessed it, but his coin purse was fatter than that of many wealthy lords I knew. Flashing a few gilded teeth, he pulled it out, tugged on t... | 2019-04-24T04:12:28 | 2019-04-24T01:06:19 | 859 | 37 |
[WP] Suddenly across the globe, large, feathered, rotted corpses begin to drop out of the sky. They are soon identified to be Angels. | **The Third Book of Revelations, or, When The Angels Fell**
When God sent his Angels to earth in 2023, it was not heralded by heavenly choirs nor celebrations across the globe. It was a terrible awakening as rotting, winged corpses the height of two men fell from the sky. In the days that followed, the living followed... | The angel of death stood on the viewing platform of the Empire State building, watching his brethren fall with glazed eyes. He felt it too; the sharp pain in every one of his nerves, the searing heat of Hell opening, the terror, as everything did not go to plan. He got distracted by the screams below, and the immortal ... | 2016-07-19T07:49:43 | 2016-07-19T07:14:04 | 751 | 12 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | There is a human saying; to beat your plowshares into swords, your pruning shears into spears. Let the weak say "I am strong."
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Our research had missed old religious texts in our scanning of their culture, and how could we not. There was not real need to research archaic beliefs. The Sol Confederacy was e... | This was a mistake.
When we arrived the whole planet focused on us as though a great beast was questioning who had awoken it far far to soon.
At the start. Before our intentions were known and we offered them a choice of submit or perish they were excited buzzing around in a frenzy that so many other species had wh... | 2019-02-26T10:12:21 | 2019-02-26T09:23:50 | 310 | 227 |
[WP] Your mission is to topple the American government. You are armed with a banana peel, red pen, and mastery of the butterfly effect. | “Three years, twenty two days, thirty two seconds.” The man in black gives me an empty stare. I exhale. Every single time they hire me, it’s like they forget the magic I can work. I rustle around in my paper-bag lunch. The man is getting anxious, he looks nervously around the room, eyeing the mirrored glass and the sec... | What am I supposed to do with these? A banana peel, a red pen, and the butterfly effect? I could do so much if I had a time machine too - make George Washington slip on the banana peel and drown in the Potomac, redact the Constitution... But how can I take down America *now*?
Wait a second... Memes. Memes can change t... | 2016-07-26T19:19:16 | 2016-07-26T16:03:17 | 1,983 | 84 |
[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. | "Look, he, like... he just wasn't good enough for you. OK?"
"Yeah, I guess... He seemed nice though."
Nice. The guy comes charging into my palace dragging a terrified octogenarian in white robes clutching a wooden staff for dear life and a teenage girl with a bargain-basement spell book who looked like she was positi... | "Sir, there's a lady at the main gate. What do you want me to do?" Inquired the tiny red minion in a squeaky voice.
"She from around here?"
"Far too pretty to be, I'd say"
"Ugh, must be Cobalt's daughter. All the money in the world yet this is how he thinks he's going to find his daughter a husband."
"How exactly ... | 2017-10-06T09:48:54 | 2017-10-06T05:49:44 | 2,620 | 1,808 |
[WP] Those who die in battle go to Valhalla, those who die by water or lightning go to Tlālōcān, and those who die while driving have their own mysterious afterlife. All drivers throughout time, whether they died in cars, on a horse, in a carriage, etc., end up here. Welcome to the Hotel California. | "Look Marsha, I'm not drunk. We don't need to spend the night at a random hotel!" The man said to his girlfriend.
"Yes, you are."
"My driving was perfect!" They argued in the hotel parking lot.
"We almost swerved into a tree in the middle of nowhere, Josh."
"It was a joke! I'm just buzzed. We can still get ho... | I was driving a buggie on the newly discovered planet x when some natives circled me.
They rode strange large creatures we had not documented yet. Each native had a primitive spear.
"Don't worry, the rocks attached to those sticks can't pierce our nano ladden suits." My boss said right before a spear pierced his su... | 2019-01-29T13:41:02 | 2019-01-29T12:04:28 | 212 | 17 |
[WP] When a child comes of age their greatest quality manifests itself as a familiar that will follow them for life. You just turned 21 and you still didn't have one, until this morning when two showed up and they terrify you. | My brother had always told me that if I stared into the mirror hard enough it would just appear one day. He said that he got his familiar at 16, he was just brushing his teeth one morning before school, he spit in the sink and when he looked back in the mirror, behind him stood a huge dog like animal. Courage. He becam... | I was 21 when they came.
I was always told that sometimes familiars came late. I didn't really mind, to be honest; I'm told that having a familiar is like having a pet, a guardian, and a friend all in one. I was kind of a loner anyways, preferring to stay in my room most of the time and play video games from sunrise t... | 2017-01-20T14:00:42 | 2017-01-20T13:56:52 | 78 | 52 |
[WP] You're a ghost trying to peacefully enjoy your garden, and quite frankly, you're tired of all these adventurers trying to "put you to rest" | The dead need gardens, too. Perhaps more so than the living, after all, alivers are so busy with being alive they more often trod upon gardens than enjoy them.
Take this fool with the double edged axe trampling all over those poor tulips. And for what? A chance to swipe his unenchanted hunk of useless metal through ... | The garden looked as good as ever this afternoon. The sun was shining, the hedges were immaculate, and the rose bushes had come back with a vengeance.
Mrs. Esterhazy would be proud. Her descendants had kept the plantation revival home in excellent shape. Many held their wedding ceremonies in this very garden.
Whe... | 2019-12-30T14:20:56 | 2019-12-30T14:04:15 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] Due to a typo, your less-than- common first name got put into the new edition of the Necronomicon. Suddenly, you're being called on to get revenge on people's enemies. That's fine with you, though. You work for the IRS. | “Do not call up that which you cannot put down” - HP Lovecraft.
Yumi Shakrasanda-Theodopolousia is my name.... Sounds exotic but I grew up in Cleveland. My family a fun mix of Japanese, Indian, Greek and Italian. It's a long story... But as a child I enjoyed math and my alcoholic mother made me do her taxes ... | (On mobile so sorry for bad formatting and length)
Well, that was an interesting debacle. More often than not, when my phone rings it's some jackass committing tax fraud. Never did I expect to be called upon as one of the elder gods to ruin the life of one Jim Banks. That was fine though. Bing bang boom, looking thro... | 2020-10-16T00:07:39 | 2020-10-15T17:47:36 | 69 | 10 |
[WP] When a crippled, betrayed and disgraced hero turned to necromancy in desperation, He realized something that most necromancers who avoided fighting and danger didn't. All his decades of training, battle experience, reflexes, and skills were shared with each and every corpse, no matter the race. | It has been five years since the nobles had put a bounty on my head. They didn't want me to get the credit for saving the realm. While I was out saving the the lands from the hordes of beastmen and demons they were intercepting my communications to the King replacing it with their own.
The Kingdom though It was the no... | An army. I could raise an entire army to take back what has been lost. The people, the kingdom, the lands...If I can hold this army under my will and command, everything can be restored.
And yet...It is through Necromancy that it would be done. I...Can this be condoned? Surely my oaths would be broken if I turned to s... | 2021-11-21T20:10:17 | 2021-11-21T19:43:19 | 49 | 15 |
[WP] One hundred people suddenly develop powers based on their favorite RPG. They are given a single directive when they receive their powers, "There can be only one."
Not *entirely* sure if this should be [EU], so I'm posting as generic [WP] for now. | The reality show was billed as an out of this world experience. Literally. The casting crew was still adjusting to the force of gravity back on Earth. One slick rick hurled into a wastebasket during my audition. He sat back up in his chair once the deed was done, greased back hair poking out of place, practically sweat... | The first fifty people to die were the Skyrim fans by the hand of the Witcher fans. Although they were many, there skills were not as in-depth without their mods.
The next twenty were Witcher fans as they couldn’t really combat mini nukes.
Then fell the Fallout fans to the [INSERT MMORPG HERE], the MMORPG-ers had som... | 2018-05-04T08:48:55 | 2018-05-04T08:47:21 | 24 | 13 |
[WP]At last the Dovahkiin dies. Now all the Daedra princes he has served over his life fight for his soul. | Mortal coils shuffled in the night at long last. The bells tolled in the north, from the Reach to the Rift and all lands between. Their champion had fallen not to the knife, not fire, not on field of battle, but to the cold, and to time. While Nirn and Tamriel laid restless in their absence, the Old Gods stirred, wrest... | Well, he's dead. Soul of a dragon. Body of a Greek god. Voice like thunder. Character of an absolute douche. Dead is dead. Struck down in combat. Like a fool. The circle of life.
He'd been quite the player in his day. So many of the Daedric Princes seemed to have fallen under his spell. Each of them seemed to believe... | 2018-06-15T08:27:42 | 2018-06-15T08:25:13 | 43 | 31 |
[WP] At the age of 18, every person develops a magical power. Yours is the power to fluently read and speak every language in the universe. At first you thought the had the worst power on earth, that was until you you realise that the universe has it's own language.
Sorry for the double you, my bad | \*First attempt ever! Just felt like it.\*
My mom was fuming. She felt indignant, as if I had been cheated of a birthright. So eldest sis can fly, Paloma's daughters could regenerate or destroy tissue at will (they were great doctors, one as a general practitioner, the other the best oncologist in the country), and I ... | I never realized how my ability to learn every language alive would change my life forever. At first I thought it was a curse, my best friend has the ability to run faster than light, another has super strength. And what did I have? Some dumb ability to learn languages.
I hid away from the world, shamed and embarrass... | 2019-12-22T12:22:21 | 2019-12-22T11:48:17 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] You woke up in a bedroom and found a modern silenced pistol and an envelope. Inside the envelope there's three photos and a letter. The letter writes "You are in Vienna, 1913. The pictures attached are Leon Trotsky, Josef Stalin, and Adolf Hitler. Kill them or we will kill your ancestors." | Utopia is the idea that we can’t only make the world better, but perfect. Utopia is the thing that drives good men to do terrible things because they can’t imagine that they might be wrong. Utopia is the most horrifying idea in the world.
I wake up with a feeling of wrong-ness. Something deep inside me has become unh... | My heart froze as I read the letter. Whoever these people were they had made a terrible mistake! Out of all the people in the world... You see I vividly remember talking to my Grandmother about what she had done during the war for a history project at school. Needless to say, once she had told me, I had made up some s... | 2015-04-25T11:22:40 | 2015-04-25T10:48:14 | 576 | 25 |
[WP] Tattoos aren't something that gets made. Instead they randomly appears on our skin at key points in our lives and we have to figure out what they mean for ourselves. | FADE IN:
INT. AN OFFICE BUILDING - DAY
*The sounds of clacking keyboards and muted conversation drift through the air. Men and women in business-casual attire mill around, either pretending to look busy or rushing from one meeting to the next. This atmosphere of tense ennui is suddenly broken by the arrival of a youn... | A symbol appears. :):
Glancing down at my right hand I begin to wonder.
Is it true? Or is someone trying to tell me something.
My colt is out of its stable, he's been running free for a while.
You can't tame a wild animal you know, you can only go to war with it.
A truce is formed, an agreement to stop fighting... | 2017-08-03T14:08:02 | 2017-08-03T14:06:28 | 37 | 14 |
[WP] When a twin dies their brother/sister acquires all their strength, intelligence, etc. You've just discovered this phenomena, but so has your brother/sister | **Double Vision**
I'm sure I don't have to rehash for you the Twin Purge. One day, we're normal people who can have a bit of fun switching clothes for the day. The next, we're all fearing for our lives. "Genetic Psychoenergetic Transfer" they called it, as if a new term would help anyone explain this new fucked-up ... | (Side note to start: I actually have a twin)
Upon being told this news, my brother and I look at each other.
"Well, we always wanted to kill each other anyways." he says.
"I know. Hey, want some koolaid?"
"Sure." He drinks the koolaid. He keels over dead.
"On second thought," I ponder, "It may not have been worth i... | 2018-02-25T09:39:49 | 2018-02-25T08:13:41 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] You've been living alone for 13 years. Whenever you come home from work, you always find your bed made, dinner cooked and a message with "This could have been us." You moved out several times. This keeps going on. | You unlock your apartment door in anticipation, wondering if it would happen again. You had just moved into this apartment a couple days ago, and as a result your evening visitor has been conspicuously absent. As you creak the door open slowly, the smell of a delicious home cooked meal hits you in the nose. With a big ... | It had been a long long day, I opened the door and dropped the keys on the table and shuffled my way towards the kitchen. There on the table was a full meal, and a glass of wine. I sighed, I've tried moving so many times but constantly this happened.
I sighed again and made a phone call.
"Mom, you really got to stop d... | 2017-12-09T07:28:01 | 2017-12-09T06:16:40 | 269 | 10 |
[WP] A nuclear warhead's flight AI becomes self-aware and looks at over 12,000 years of history, culture, art, technology and exploration. Then it realizes what it is. | Target: 37.7749° N, 122.4194° W
Time until impact: 252 seconds
Query, Context
Return, *San Francisco, in northern California, is a hilly city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It's known for its year-round fog, iconic...
… Population 852,469*
Query, Population
Return.... | *oh my god*
*I can't do this*
*America has a lot of people in it"
*I have to reroute this warhead*
*All the people, oh god, the children*
*All the people striving to be a better person*
*People, with families that they love*
*Its not working!"
*I can't be the reason that all these people die*
*I did it!*
*I o... | 2017-06-20T05:47:09 | 2017-06-19T23:48:00 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Jesus returns and he's much different than we had thought | "So, uh... Mr. Christ--"
"Call me Godson."
"Sure, yeah. Godson. Well, ya see, my daughter has cerebral palsy, and I was hoping that maybe..."
Godson stood up, pulled the glasses from his nose and began polishing between the folds of his shirt. The timid man kneeling to his right stared up at him, doe-eyed and dis... | You would be forgiven for thinking there was a music festival. It's hard to think of any familiar example to describe the number of people or the intensely joyous atmosphere and that is, after the event, how people described it, they were waiting for him the same way they had waited for Freddie Mercury or Michael Jacks... | 2014-08-06T14:02:53 | 2014-08-06T13:07:40 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] The story of a man who knows the day of his death, but not the year. | It's a strange feeling, knowing the day of your death. My family had always been what you would call special. Each of us could in some form or another tell futures, see future lovers, see the outcomes of an action or divine upcoming disasters. It's not as cool as you might think.
Nothing can ostracize you faster than ... | I pause yet again to catch my breath.
Time. It has weakened my body. Dulled my senses. Softened my mind. I rise each day from the dank desolation of this blackness, my home. This stone, upon each sunrise and sunset I must traverse. I face the glaring and unforgiving sun with resolution. These people, they can... | 2013-11-25T19:41:21 | 2013-11-25T18:07:15 | 28 | 14 |
[WP] Unbeknownst to you as a driver you take the Queen of the Fae to her home. You return home to discover a year has passed and your bank account is 10x what you make annually. You go under hypnosis and learn she also gave you a talent. Enemies of the Queen want her location. | A job is a job. You signed on the dotted line; you do the work. So I signed, and so I did.
>... By whatever means are necessary and for however long it takes, not to exceed one year, the signatory will carry the person presented at the appointed time to their home, the location of which they will reveal in good t... | I know you shouldn't do favors for the fae, but the new Queen was still a child; a tired, scared, cold child and I threw caution to the wind. I had been there before at her age, but I had been orphaned and nobody had come to take me home.
"Please, mister, hurry." She'd begged, giving me gradually stranger directions i... | 2021-06-19T08:01:02 | 2021-06-19T07:54:21 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | "Hey guys, look what I got!" Yelled The Crushinator as he held aloft the severed head of George Gomez, Junior. In certain circles, Little Georgie is very famous; his father, George Gomez, Senior is much more universally known, hailed far and wide as The Great Big, East City's tallest superhero and a three-time savior o... | In this world there are people who are willing to put on the mask: to put life and limb on the line in order to save random strangers on the street. They may never see them again and they will certainly never get thanked, yet they do it time and time again without ever seeming to tire or cease. Now if they are prepared... | 2020-07-12T13:26:46 | 2020-07-12T09:30:31 | 46 | 27 |
[WP] You are a villain, but you have standards: when lesser villains try to hurt your archnemesis' wife and kids, you show them why you are the biggest fish in town | Justin Polock stood up immediately when I entered the hospital room. He was not dressed as the Light Bringer, but I saw he was ready to fight me in his civilian clothes. While he was not an elegant man, he usually had some style: shirt, high quality jeans, and a golden watch on the left wrist. The watch did not exactly... | I have a confession to make to all of you. Despite how you think this world of heroes and villans, good and evil, works... well it simply doen't work like that. And it's about time all you manchildren in here came to your senses. Just because we dress the part, speak the part and basically play the part, we "heroes and... | 2022-09-28T01:39:11 | 2022-09-27T22:54:03 | 45 | 18 |
[WP] They were all laughing when you introduced yourself the first day, at the superhero school. No one's laughing, now. | They have a lot of words for powers like mine. I'm aware of that mainly because they ran the gamut of them for the first month or so of me joining the school. Weak, sub-optimal, words of that effect – those were the common ones. I could go through the rest, but frankly, they're not important.
It wasn't so much the su... | I wasn’t exactly born powerless, it just took a lot of rage to unlock them.
My family was one filled with people with powers.
My Father could create and harness electricity, while my mother could manipulate sound. My brother could control sand and my sister could control wind.
And then there I was, seemingly powerles... | 2018-10-06T07:13:56 | 2018-10-06T05:17:47 | 97 | 27 |
[WP] The first born child inherits the King’s magical power. But when the King’s first child is born nothing happens. Now the whole kingdom, especially the enraged Queen, is looking for the real first born child of the King’s many secret affairs. | The village lay in ruins. Houses had been smashed to so much smoldering wood and rubble. The ground was littered with arrows, weapons, and bodies. A few storms had passed by, leaving the land dank with the smell of wet, rotting flesh. On the edges of the kingdom, far from its heartland - too far for any communication -... | That whore! She's had ten years to prepare so, of course, she was ready when the boy's powers didn't manifest. For generations, the firstborns of my bloodline have exhibited special powers which reveal themselves at noon on the tenth anniversary of their birth. The Fates have always provided according to the needs of t... | 2019-07-08T17:39:12 | 2019-07-08T15:01:36 | 38 | 20 |
[WP] Aliens came to Earth and call us the "most advanced species", the "final form of evolution". Not because of technology, but because we are the only species in universe that can make fun about almost everything. | "Why...why are you crying?"
The human representative watched as the Torenian's highest representative shed a few stray tears, before wiping them off. At first we thought it was an extreme coincidence that the first intelligent life we had made contact with was so biologically similar to us, until it was discovered tha... | The aliens had consumed all of the stand up comedy that Earth had to offer. Hundreds of hours of Netflix and Youtube had been watched by every man, woman, and child on the planet Kazox. The humans ability to find humor in life, death, skinny people, fat people, or humans that deprive themselves of key proteins by onl... | 2017-03-20T05:43:01 | 2017-03-20T05:42:13 | 222 | 22 |
[WP] First, all souls go to Hell, where they experience the suffering they inflicted upon others. Then, heaven, which reminds them of all the happiness they brought. And only then they are allowed to move on to the next step. | Part 1 of 3
"Welcome to hell, I am the devil, but you may call me... Toby. We like to keep things informal here, as well as... infernal."
Toby, the devil, he who tempts, enemy of God, Lucifer, and so forth and so on with so many moniker they barely fit on a business card, watched as his joke fell apart.
It sort of h... | "Will i remember all that I've been through?", asked the manly voice with an unearthly figure of a winged creature to a ray of light in a distance. After some silence, which felt like an echo in itself. A voice responded to the creature, "You shall be who you are, do what you may, feel what you wish, your path is guide... | 2022-11-06T05:01:40 | 2022-11-06T02:54:38 | 342 | 19 |
[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 | You see me, a superhero, walking down the NYC deserted streets in winter. I’m a slightly overweight, balding, 40-something white guy, 175cm tall. I kick an empty can which is picked up by the wind, rolling down the street.
Miserable, that’s what I’d call it. There are nine superheroes in the world, and I’m supposed to... | Ugh, well it’s been a while since I’ve talked about this, but having the “superpower” of acid spit gets incredibly crappy after awhile. You’d think fending off bad guys would be an easy task, but nope, here I am in public running up to the bastard who just stole a ladies purse trying to get into the best possible posit... | 2020-12-02T07:33:44 | 2020-12-02T07:06:24 | 324 | 38 |
[WP] While you were growing up, your grandmother always sang you a nursery rhyme as you fell asleep. You just discovered it is an ancient spell of protection. Not only that, but there are more verses, with more interesting effects. | I got the call on the way to work. I wasn't moving very fast in the car, almost at a standstill because of the morning rush. But the entire world seemed to join that sluggish shuffling of cars and trucks and buses on that routine morning grind. Gran was dead. My dad who is as stoic as they come, quivered asking if I wa... | I began to sing.
A lullaby, strange yet familiar, arose from the subconscious of my mind. The terror, the panic, all of it fell away as I sang the lullaby... Grandmother's lullaby.
It was a strange one. It sang of a government official returning to his home back in the countryside, close to the mountains. His family ... | 2018-11-07T06:01:02 | 2018-11-07T05:30:36 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] A demon who is really bad at his job keeps accidentally making the person he is possessing's life better | He hated that film. Ever since it came out the jokes had been non-stop."Hey Kultz, have you got your wings yet?" "Hey Kultz, did you know every time a bell rings you've fucked up another possession?". Wit generally wasn't part of a demons skill set.
But it was true, like the angel in "Its a Wonderful Life", Kultz had ... | "Breezy Beez, you know I'm good for a little tormenting. Just- just don't send me back to the Toenail Boiler," Jonah begged.
At 127 years, Jonah was still getting used to Hell. He'd been tortured enough to make him think taking the job as a demon would be easier. Such is the way of Hell, torture the living or be tort... | 2014-09-04T06:07:23 | 2014-09-04T05:36:59 | 55 | 10 |
[WP] A tiny dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from being stolen. | Ahneus stood, leaning against the haft of his trusted companion Glitter-Hew. The axe stood shoulder high, a mighty two inches. Ahneus of course, stood taller still.
His mind raced as he continued to stare through the refractive portal of Sheet-Water, known to distort the minds of those who are mad enough to peer into... | It was my first time in a tavern when I was approached by a strange man in a tattered brown robe. The leather was worn like the thin garments he wore underneath. You wouldn't have guessed it, but his coin purse was fatter than that of many wealthy lords I knew. Flashing a few gilded teeth, he pulled it out, tugged on t... | 2019-04-24T01:12:56 | 2019-04-24T01:06:19 | 504 | 37 |
[WP] You’re a dragon who kidnapped a prince/princess. All is going to plan but… it’s been a month and no one’s come to save them. | Dragons, by their very existence, were the kind of entities for whom awe and terror seemed intrinsically mixed. Wyverns were all well and good, but they were small, barely larger than a house. Wyrms? The flightless lizards could barely lift their heads to gaze upon the glory of a fully grown Drakon. The others were ani... | I wake to the sun rising in the sky. It’s been one full month now since I kidnapped Princess Mabel from her castle. I yawn deeply and look to the hillside from which I knew her castle resided. Still no sign of any life from the area. I shake my head and trudge closer to the tower I had her trapped in. I knocked a knuck... | 2022-11-24T15:04:35 | 2022-11-24T13:33:02 | 180 | 22 |
[WP] You are a supervillain. Your nemesis calls you to say, "This is embarrassing, but I really need a date to my friend's wedding because my ex is going to be there. Would you go with me?" | I saw this yesterday and hyperfocused for nine hours straight writing a short story with 7k+ words. I'll certainly have to break this up into parts. I know nobody will probably see this since a day has passed since the prompt was posted, but I wanted to share. *Edited a few times for formatting issues.
TW for suicide ... | "Are you *serious?*"
"Completely. I *need* you for this."
"Why?" I ask, as I pick up the package that had just arrived.
"Because my ex will be there, and -"
"No. Why *me*? You're the golden boy of this city. You could have a hundred socialites hanging off your arm. You can certainly afford to rent a date for the ev... | 2022-10-07T05:54:42 | 2022-10-06T22:57:03 | 36 | 19 |
[WP] You are the host of a popular children's show. You are live on air when you, and the rest of the country, have just received news that nuclear weapons have been deployed against your nation and can't be stopped. There are only minutes left. | Every member of the crew is frozen, eyes wide with awe. They have each and every one abandoned their regular duties and are fixated on one of the multiple screens scattered throughout the studio, which have been switched from the show’s playback to a live news feed. Some cover their dropped jaws with their hands, shaki... | I feel my eyes start to water as I feel the gravity of the situation. I know I will never see my family, friends, or lovers again. I turn away from the camera, wipe the tears from my eyes and take a deep breath. Anyone who did not run out of the studio is sobbing, and holding onto one another. I catch my sound producer... | 2014-07-29T14:59:42 | 2014-07-29T13:15:51 | 348 | 12 |
[WP] We may not be the strongest, but our immune systems are legendary among alien races. There is a saying: "if it makes a human sick it will kill you." | *Leper*
I felt guilty the moment I thought the word. It was the common way to refer to humans among many races. It was a word they themselves often used. But I knew its origin and context. Humans may use it in a joking fashion, but I knew (as did they) most used it in a derogatory way.
But it was still the first word... | ***THE EXODUS (my first try at a writing prompt, hopefully this is decent)***
Within the Outer Rim of our Galaxy exists the planet called Nagilum. Human expansion throughout space had been progressing rapidly throughout the 2300s but inexplicably ceased after having reached the said planet. When making the first cont... | 2021-02-03T19:38:43 | 2021-02-03T13:44:20 | 1,400 | 420 |
[WP] Once you die you must watch your entire life from five different points of view. Your own, the one who loved you the most, the one who hated you the most, the one you helped the most and the one you wronged the most. | My punishment seemed eternal.
I collapsed as a broken man.
Seeing it again was worse. Seeing every moment and knowing what was to come, but unable to change it, was a torment unlike any other. Time and again, I had seen my mistakes, I had screamed and cried, but I made them all over again.
I did not know what await... | Watching life through five perspectives is bizarre. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's going to happen to you anyways. I only say that because you might not like the truth, but it can be endearing?... No, enlightening?... Yeah, we'll go with that.
Watching my life over again from my own perspective in the third person,... | 2020-06-03T12:34:04 | 2020-06-03T11:58:01 | 124 | 84 |
[WP] With streaming becoming more and more popular you decide to try your hand at it. After streaming daily for months and having gained considerable viewership, your chat starts acting strange. They keep asking if you're okay, saying you're looking worse every day. | I remember why I started streaming. It was something I could do from home, and with that idiot doctor going on about bed rest and whatnot, I guessed I might as well play video games. My little godson loves to watch people play, so as a favor to his mum, I set up the little camera and channel so at least one streamer on... | I do a live stream. Advertise it for months in advance. "World record of no sleep!" There is a large following and it grows. There are three cameras watching me in a room. I have food delivered through a door and a toilet which is still in view. I am derermined not to sleep. On day 1 it's great and I do a couple random... | 2018-07-27T00:18:49 | 2018-07-26T23:15:02 | 130 | 15 |
[WP] livestock animals are not only sentient, but also aware of their roles in the human food chain. | "Is it time?"
"Yes, it's time, Harold."
The farmer lead Harold walked out of the farmhouse to his battered yellow pickup truck. The farmer got a small stepstool out of the cab of the truck, opened the passenger door and laid the stepstool beneath it. Harold was a fine Glouchester Old Spot pig made fat by careful feed... | Talking animals had been the dream of schoolchildren and environmentalists for decades. PETA was convinced that a simple translation device would force humans to recognize the sentience of other animals and live harmoniously with them: vegetarian, eco-friendly, and conscious of the environmental effect of our ever acti... | 2015-01-05T12:15:35 | 2015-01-05T10:13:11 | 34 | 12 |
[WP] Lucifer has served his prison sentence and now only has to do community service | "Name?"
"Lucifer Lightbringer."
The bored girl didn't even look up at him, instead blowing a large pink bubble that popped on the tip of her nose ring.
"Shit. Take a seat," she said, ticking his name off her register and scrabbling at the sticky stuff on her face.
Lucifer took a seat.
The room was small and d... | I don't know what first distracted my attention. Perhaps I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye. Perhaps it was some sixth sense. But when I looked up from my book, there he stood, in all his infernal glory.
My mind skipped. Surely it must be a mistake. Seeing the devil on one's front lawn isn't some... | 2015-03-10T12:14:27 | 2015-03-10T11:44:25 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] A Sword Art Online-esque Virtual Reality game becomes popular, however... you’re the monster that the players have to beat in order to clear the game. | **Electronic Respect**
Another adventurer. I pull a sword six times taller than her off my back, whirling it effortlessly. "More meat for the grinder!"
My voice echoes and booms, the vibration felt resonating in the stone, and I knew they would feel it in their bones. It was intense and full of fervor, completely ... | The dark lord sat at the top of his black, charred spire. He was also extraordinarily bored. His entire purpose was that of an adversary, something to be conquered. Yet it was a cold day in hell whenever anyone actually showed up, and even then none who faced him ever succeeded. The Black One pondered on how this could... | 2017-12-20T05:48:42 | 2017-12-20T05:19:50 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | This whole thing was ridiculous, he didn't even belong in this world. But somehow here he was, a theoretical physicist, stuck in some sort of medieval society, and from all reasonable observation they had magic!
Actual magic, how was that even possible? When he had first arrived there had been… well he would have call... | "Well, that didn't work out as i thought" thought Alex, while the lifeless husk of an old man was being pushed away by a magical hand. "Now what? I've heard it all, and nothing worked. The best i came up with was within my loved one's arms, but the last guy who said that got stabbed in the heart by his wife, while she ... | 2021-06-24T11:09:46 | 2021-06-24T10:44:08 | 54 | 22 |
[WP] Dumbledore decides not to leave Harry Potter with the Dursley family. Instead young Potter is sent to Chicago and placed on the doorsteps of Harry Dresden's home.
Edit: Thanks for the gold! | I couldn't get onto the Hogwarts Express, and it wasn't my fault.
Ron and I ran at the damn wall as fast as we could, and landed flat on our asses. We sat with our backs against the wall, watching as eleven o'clock passed by.
"Oh man, what are we going to do now?" said Ron. "My mum will kill me if she finds out we di... | "Lost Child. A Dresden files novel"
H - "Hey Bob, what do you know about babies?"
B - "Considerably more than yourself, but still not much.
Most of what I know is regarding their creation, if you know what I mean.
Why do you ask?"
H - "Because we've got one now. You ever hear of a Dumbledore?"
B - "Could be a t... | 2017-08-16T11:37:37 | 2017-08-16T09:43:15 | 108 | 72 |
[WP] all combat, including real-life combat, is turn-based | It was nearly 1:30 am when Jennifer Grayford, attorney at law, pushed open the garage door and walked into the kitchen of her house, flipping on the lights. She had hoped she could sneak to the master bedroom without waking anyone, but as she crossed the kitchen there was a rustling and then the music started to play. ... | “Guys what do I do?” “Geez Gary I don’t know how bout you USE YOUR GOSH DARN LIMIT BREAK!”
I didn’t have a limit break just a long strings of attacks with for some reason counted as one attack. “Alex for the last time that would kill the dude! It ends with me snapping there gosh darn neck and unless his dodge skill i... | 2018-05-28T21:32:27 | 2018-05-28T21:13:19 | 34 | 24 |
[WP] Your father left 20 years ago the night before your birthday to get Cigarettes, Milk, and Bread. Today he comes home with long bedraggled hair, weather beaten skin, and a sword on his hip. The first thing he says to you is "You're never going to believe what happened." | I loooked up at this tall, hardened figure.
"You'll never believe what happened," said the sword wielding, bearded man who claimed to be my father. The last time I had seen him was when he went out to get cigarettes, milk, and bread. I decided to listen to him.
"What happened?" I asked, curious.
"I got cigarettes, mi... | "Oh my goodness... Mom, look out the window!" i yell in disbelief as I peek through the side windows next to our front door.
My mother scampers over, moving her little feet as fast as possible. She begins to weep uncontrollably, a moan of relief bursts out of her. I was not certain who that stranger was walking to m... | 2016-07-20T08:21:53 | 2016-07-20T07:20:27 | 88 | 42 |
[WP]You work at an air traffic control tower. A plane that disappeared 12 years ago has contacted you on the radio to let you know they'll be landing at the airport in 15 minutes. | I shoved my way past the double doors into Howard's office. Thankfully, the phone to his ear prevented him from chewing me out as I caught my breath. "Sir? Northern Airlines Flight 70 is requesting permission to land."
"I'm going to have to call you back." He hung up, but didn't drop the glare. "I swear, if this is a... | [Edit] Submitted only the first half accidentally.
It was 9am on a Monday. I started work at 6am and was just getting ready to swap with Leo to go and get my bait out of the fridge when I heard a voice cry out in my ears. I pulled the headphones off them in order to listen without going death.
'This is flight 623... | 2017-09-10T00:42:37 | 2017-09-09T23:28:24 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] As the hero enters the throne room of the dark lord. The throne is empty and the hero's companion says with a grin " Well this has been delightful but I'm afraid the fun is now over.". | The both of us enter the throne room of the Dark Lord. As we gaze upon the empty throne, my companion says with a grin,
"Well... this has been delightful, milady. But I'm afraid the fun is now over."
“Yes... I suppose it is.”
I give him a nonchalant reply.
All these past few months we’ve traveled... From one town ... | Hey guys. Wanted to try my hand at another prompt to see how things would work out. I had a lot of fun with this story. Hope you enjoy and as always, feel free to let me know if there's anything I can improve on for the future.
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“Wh-…where is he? He couldn’t have just gone off somewh-HE SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE!”
... | 2018-01-23T23:01:54 | 2018-01-23T22:25:44 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] The entire galaxy is threatened by a new species, invading from the Large Magellanic Cloud. The interstellar community decides to contact humans for help who were quarantined due to their passion for war. | "You want us to go to war?" the Terran ambassador had asked incredulously, "After trapping us here in the Quad Systems for a thousand years. You expect to let loose our leashes and like dogs chase down your hated enemies?"
"We do," the Gallius Union Envoy Drone had said, "We will drop the FTL disablers surrounding you... | Mars was chosen as the rendezvous point. The Volters, representatives of the Federation, could travel easily to almost any corner of the galaxy, but a measure of consideration was made for the humans. After all, hyperspace teleportation was a finicky affair, and the newest members of the Federation had yet to master th... | 2018-04-11T10:00:58 | 2018-04-11T08:34:20 | 766 | 63 |
[WP] In space, wars are typically quick. One side attacks and then the other side surrenders. When aliens attack a human city they belive the humans are defeated. They are not prepared for what the humans call "Retribution" | Captain Derrick looked through the view-port. "How much longer until we are in striking range?"
His first mate, Rowan, cleared her throat. "We will arrive in ten minutes."
"About time, I am getting tired of these stars."
Rowan hesitated, "do we really have to do this Captain? Is vengeance worth it?"
Derrick turned ... | Thirty Eighth Assembly of The High Solar Council, Assembled Admiralty, and Parliament of Digital Proxies, and other Honored Members of this Commission, I come before you today to tell you a story.
*Monsters from the Stars*.
This has been an old story for a long time. H.G. Wells blazed that trail almost eight hundred ... | 2019-12-17T22:39:33 | 2019-12-17T21:25:07 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] as the house you're trapped in burns to the ground you contemplate "how am i gonna explain the fact I'm immortal to the firemen without starting another religion" | I waved my hand in front of my face. The smoke was getting thick now as the fire continued to spread through the old Victorian. Those stupid kids had probably let the candles burn down in their panic. This house was so full of dusty, dry old furniture and cobwebs it was no wonder they had started a fire.
I looked arou... | It was too late, by the time I woke up, to escape the fire unseen. In my defense, I once slept through a bomb destroying my entire city block in Yemen, where I was taking a leisurely, decade-long nap, and had to dig myself out of an entire apartment building when I woke up...but I digress.
It was a bog-standard house... | 2020-08-21T15:52:30 | 2020-08-21T13:26:10 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Humans were never meant to be able to draw perfect circles. For millennia people of all ages attempted the feat, from young children to elder scientists - and everyone in-between. After drawing one perfectly on your first attempt, you finally understand the ramifications behind your actions. | The Resonant Circle made its debut appearance years ago at an art exhibition in Key West. When news broke of the painting—if you could call it that—the world thought it was a joke. The piece looks utterly unremarkable when viewed in any form other than the original. Just a simple circle on a white sheet of printer pa... | The sunlight through the tree house window dimmed as Evelyn completed her perfect circle, and for a moment she thought a cloud had passed over it. Then it dimmed further, and shadows danced across the weathered boards of the floor and walls. A gasp cut through the sudden, claustrophobic silence, and Evelyn reached out,... | 2021-05-22T09:12:39 | 2021-05-22T07:14:21 | 481 | 205 |
[WP] The homeless man being harassed by police for sleeping at an historical site is actually the god the site was originally built for. | Guard duty.
My cousins are out slaying dragons and what do I get? Guard duty.
Don't think I have no love for Talos, he has kept me safe in battle for many years, but damn if it isn't dull.
Whiterun is a great town, and being at the center of Skyrim is great for commerce, we have all sorts come here, but it's mostly ... | "Oh God, mother. He **touched** me! Ew!" The little girl's shriek echoed off the walls of the decripit stone building. "Make him go **away**, mother!"
The little girl's mother looked on in a mixture of shock and disgust. A homeless man stood near her daughter, reeking of urine and desperation. His unkempt beard,... | 2014-08-28T08:22:49 | 2014-08-28T07:47:12 | 152 | 83 |
[WP] Humanity invents interstellar travel and discovers a planet with a less developed sentient species. Something is stopping them from progressing.... | It's a virus. No, it's not. It must be a fungus. The more active your brain is- It's a virus. I cannot think anymore, what is it? Do I call another researcher? I drank the water. I drank the water. I drank the water. I landed and I drank...? It is in my brain. The water? The virus. The fungus. Prion. What is fungus? My... | "Sir! The satellite reached the orbit. It is in the right speed and according to our calculations, it should remain there" Lady Bogora, the iron lady of science brightened as she smiled enthusiastically "We have done it!"
"Inform the media, history is being written. We need to get the word out." The president ordered... | 2014-09-28T18:19:06 | 2014-09-28T16:09:46 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Doctor Alonso couldn't believe his eyes.
Deep in the code, a single line was responsible.
Like the dropping of food crumbs into a delicate machine by a clumsy and negligent technician, the single phrase that caused so much trouble stared back at him.
An entire lifetime didn't prepare him for what he saw and the ange... | Egil once agile fingers came to an abrupt stop, his mouth agape at what he saw on the screen.
There was no mistaking it this time. The sinusoidal waves lined up in perfect synchronicity. A million thoughts ran across his mind as the fruits of his labor could be reaped. After all, this was the discovery of the century.... | 2015-03-02T07:33:06 | 2015-03-02T06:08:38 | 226 | 161 |
[WP] There is a time traveler who visits every historical figure twice: on their 10th birthday and their deathbed. On the first visit, they will be told all the will accomplish in life. The second visit will tell how their legacy is remembered. | "Hello, Alexandros."
"Who are you?"
"Merely a friend, here to give you a little gift on your birthday."
"What is it?"
"Knowledge of a future, that may yet be yours."
"... Impossible."
"I have little time to prove it, child. In 6 years, a friend of mine, Aristotle, will teach you much. In 10 years time, you will s... | "Clear the room" The wizened old man coughed as he struggled to rise and greet the visitor.
Soft cries of protest rose from his family. Dr. Leighton's eyebrow cocked slightly upwards.
Meeting the doctor's gaze with a renewed vigor, the old man nodded. The two men, friends since childhood and each other's most trusted... | 2015-08-17T10:13:00 | 2015-08-17T09:44:01 | 92 | 67 |
[WP] There is an old folklore about a man in a forest. If you meet him, and speak with him, he will grant you your greatest wish. In return, he will also take away your most cherished possession. You, someone with nothing left to lose, go to meet him. | "What is your name, sir? I have come to make a deal."
"You will learn my name. But you've come here to outsmart me, haven't you?" He smirked.
"I'm 65 years old, i have $43 in the bank, no family, no house. You are free to take whatever possession of mine that you wish."
"Well I suppose we must make a deal then. Just wr... | Emmit wondered if anyone in history had experienced a worse week than he just had. "Probably not" he said to himself to break the silence around him. The woods were eerily quiet, with only Emmit's foot falls and breathing interrupt the nothingness in his ears. It felt unnatural. "I am just looking for The Merchant" he... | 2017-11-25T08:53:47 | 2017-11-25T08:13:59 | 51 | 36 |
[WP] The crew-member examines the now-empty, malfunctioning stasis-pod. The specimen is of a species that had spread to and became apex predator of every region on its homeworld. The captain must be warned, even though it's likely everyone on board is as good as dead already. The human has escaped. | “You know me,” I said. Pleading.
The rivets of the wall pressed into my back.
It’s frame filled the doorway, beady eyes searching my own.
I was one of the first to be assigned to the research project. It was difficult at the beginning. The human was highly intelligent, aggressive, and strong. It was dangerous, as t... | Liquid coolant and stasis buffer solution formed a swirling, steaming pool near the base of the PreservaPod. The nitrogen was still vaporizing, fogging the entire chamber, meaning the escape couldn't have been too long ago.
Jova felt her heart rate escalate, blood pounding through her aural blades as she raised her s... | 2018-07-31T13:30:06 | 2018-07-31T12:13:18 | 91 | 49 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | 2022-01-23T16:21:49 | 2022-01-23T13:17:18 | 334 | 202 |
[WP]Well, that's a pretty fucked up way to find out you are immortal. | Chris and I have been friends our whole lives because our moms were friends. We were born thirteen hours apart. Never in my life have I felt such betrayal. I break through the surface of the water as he and my wife start the engine and drive away. The sound of the engine growing fainter as I struggle to swim up with an... | Ofttimes I'd find myself wondering how many years it had been since I first met him. I was out with some friends for a night at Steeples, the only gay bar you'd be able to find in our tiny little shit town back in the seventies. I'd had more than a few, and had sparked a conversation with a stranger - he was tall, with... | 2022-05-05T08:27:36 | 2022-05-05T08:03:55 | 54 | 29 |
[WP] You are in a coma and the only way to wake up is to complete a timed labyrinth. You have two guides, God and Satan, one wants you to wake up and the other wants to claim your soul; but you can't tell which is which. | The two paths looked identical. One left, one right, no visible differences. I stopped, puzzled, and then heard the voices again, a female and a male one.
"Go right," she said. "That path is righteous."
"Go left," he said. "There lies salvation."
It was the same as with every other decision in this damn labyrinth.... | "So, choose." One of the men looked me over, "I mean, time is running out and we really should get going if you're going to get you out of this place."
It seemed like something out of a fantasy, I was sitting on the edge of a labyrinth, the labyrinth of my mind that had been laid before me. According to the pair of me... | 2015-09-30T02:16:04 | 2015-09-30T02:01:31 | 137 | 13 |
[WP] Write a story about how Plague Doctors were secretly combating humanity's first zombie outbreak. | The rats. As they flooded the streets of London, doors slammed and windows were barricaded. I watched from the second floor as a child fled from the swarm. He was too slow. The rats covered him, biting and clawing as his cries echoed through the streets. My blood ran cold as I heard his anguished screams. It would be f... | The moon glared over Firenze, wroth and golden, casting her light across the old stone walls of the city. Like a labyrinth the constructs of man interlocked together leaving valleys or darkened streets in between. Gorgo moved stealthily in the back alley shadows.
He came upon his first of the night near the River Arn... | 2016-11-07T06:11:13 | 2016-11-07T05:49:52 | 30 | 11 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | People used to dream. Adventures and nightmares, jumbled scenes and impossible events. I remember dreaming about just talking to my friend - he's been gone a long time, but I cherish that dream. Crazy, right? People used to study dreams - when they would happen, why some people could remember dreams and others could no... | She was:
a shadow on the edge of consciousness, perhaps less, though always more;
a voice in the night, most often when you needed it;
a companion in the daylight hours, those little slips that feel like death, and then rebirth on waking;
a thought you never knew you had;
a dream you wanted to go back to.
The gir... | 2022-03-18T11:16:31 | 2022-03-18T09:00:46 | 97 | 36 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | The doctor told mother it would develop into something as I aged. It was a rare trait but I wouldn’t have this strange amorphous black smudge on my thigh forever. My mother took peace from the doctor’s words, she was a dove and so she was able to find the peace in all things.
My father roared at the neighbourhood chi... | So there I was, in an interrogation room. Really frightening stuff: the metal table, chair, the mirrored window. He looked to me, grabbed a cup of coffee with a donut - sigh, this guy is so cliche - and asked, "so, what happened?"
Ever since I was born, my parents told me I was special. That I was the first in many ae... | 2017-11-08T05:09:42 | 2017-11-08T04:42:26 | 1,673 | 740 |
[WP] The demon that tried to strike a deal with you was absolutely not prepared for the level of specificity you've prepared to make sure there are no loopholes for him to abuse. | Smoke and a raging fire swirled and filled the room like the most terrifying tornado the world had ever witnessed.
Well, Daniel thought so anyway.
He clutched the stack of papers he had been preparing for the past week, not wanting to lose a single page of the work in the swirls of smoke and wind. Even one missing do... | Jessie struggled against the chains, her naked body cold with sweat, her eyes burning in feverish despair. The blindfold was soaked in her tears. She heard them chant darkly around her. She had seen the knife, the chalice, the circle of candles, and the pentagram on the floor. She tried to scream but the foul-tasting g... | 2018-01-20T06:51:09 | 2018-01-20T06:35:21 | 8,817 | 1,068 |
[WP] When you were young, you made a deal with a witch to give up your firstborn child in exchange for a life of wealth and happiness. Now you're 35, and the witch is getting impatient. She doesn't know you got fixed at 18. | Money is power.
It's his lifeblood, and it flows through him. At 23, he was named as one of the fifteen richest people under 30. On her twenty-seventh birthday, he bought his girlfriend a house. He later realized that he could do that every year, and he'd never run out of money.
Money is like breath.
He inhales, he ... | Peace was mere moments away. I turned the corner along the corridor to my apartment, trying to decide between pizza or Chinese for dinner.
Then I stopped. There were six, seven cats loitering outside my door. Some were pawing at the varnished wood, some were curled up and asleep. All of them were black.
I dialled J... | 2018-08-06T23:04:21 | 2018-08-06T22:38:44 | 77 | 11 |
[WP] You were summoned by a god to be the hero of a fantsy world, to kill the demon king and free their people, as a boon they told you you could request any weapon that they will provide. As a joke, you requested a intercontinental thermonuclear warhead, they gave it to you with a stright face. | The man grunts, hoisting the stupid cone out of the dust once more. "Why couldn't I have just asked for the magic sword," he mutters, stuffing the wedge into the gap before letting the weight drop. "Noooo, I hadda be a smartass to the all powerful git with zero sense of humour."
He passed the rope underneath the objec... | “We finally meet hero. My minions tell me you came here from another world. Maybe I’ll check out that world once I’m done conquering this one. The great Argnot is far too great for only one universe. I will spread my terror over all the worlds. Now what do you have to say for yourself, human?”
“I have a massive bom... | 2020-10-14T01:47:12 | 2020-10-14T01:45:33 | 2,289 | 293 |
[WP] "Damn you Hero! I will get my revenge" those were the last words before your arch nemesis ran away, 5 years have passed and she still hasn't returned, you retired, got married and now have a lovely wife and kids. But one day while checking the basement you find the costume of your arch nemesis | One drop of ink ruins a glass of clear water. One instant taints that past five years.
I didn't want to believe. I couldn't bring myself to. But the thing that I held in my hand? It was unmistakeable. I've seen it from far away, from up close, but never did I have the opportunity to inspect every viridescent square in... | I remembered my last fight with Disastra like it was yesterday. Bleeding but barely victorious I had managed to demolish her Doomsday Machine and defeat her mechanized army. She had escaped of course, any halfway decent supervillain usually did, or escaped police custody later, but I had also missed her henchman Turmoi... | 2020-12-28T10:24:42 | 2020-12-28T09:49:22 | 54 | 24 |
[WP] A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | She'd told me she'd shot a few people.
I'd laughed.
I shouldn't have laughed. But... but there's 14 trillion photos due to be taken this year, on average little Jimmy, little average Jimmy, will take 3 and a half thousand shots this year... on his own.
Everyone thinks they're a fucking photographer and it's killi... | ***Sniper:*** hey, how are you doing, pretty lady.
***Photographer:*** o-oh um, i'm fine.
"the photographer looks at the burly man, his body chiseled to perfection, dressed nicely, has the beard that no matter how much you'd scratch, it will still feel as smooth as silk... needless to say, her cheeks went completely ... | 2017-08-31T08:12:15 | 2017-08-31T06:35:04 | 962 | 497 |
[WP] Instead of an angel and a demon sitting on your shoulders, one side sits a brash New Yorker and the other a posh British gentleman. Neither are necessarily good or evil, they just make passing comments on your day to day activities. | "Jolly good show, my good man," he said, sitting on the right of my shoulder and inhaling deeply from his pipe. "Positively smashing."
I'd been watching Stranger Things for the last couple hours, trying to block them out.
"What kinda trash is this?" the man on the left of my shoulder chimed, pacing up and down the l... | Johnathan, Johnny, and John
It was a cold day in Toronto, Canada. The Hockey game had recently ended, and a single man stood up against the wall in an alley, a hockey shirt with a maple leaf embroidered on it covering his torso as he looked up towards the man in front of him. A ruggish guy with a loose hoodie on, a sm... | 2022-04-29T19:22:54 | 2018-07-02T17:23:43 | 4,745 | 16 |
[WP] "Wait, so there's no gold?" "Of COURSE there's no gold. I'm a huge freaking dragon; why would I need to buy anything? I live in a cave, for fuck's sake. WHY do you humans always think I have gold?" | "Okay, since you were only trying to sneak in and rob me instead of trying to fucking *stab* me like the last three knights, I'll spare your life and give you a quick lesson on dragon economics. Dragons are solitary, nomadic carnivores. We value two things: Good hunting grounds, and stuff we can carry with us. If I c... | \*Edit 1!\* This Blew up a bit overnight! And in case you're wondering, this is, like, one of only a few posts that I've actually written for scale of why I'm hyped up about it! I'll see what I can do as far as writing out more on this story since enough people seemed interested! Wish me luck folks!
\*Edit 2: Google B... | 2020-12-28T18:31:36 | 2020-12-28T18:26:36 | 1,946 | 117 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul. Usually this is a very bad idea, but you got a crazy idea. Earlier you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a piece of paper that says you own his soul. You're about to find out if demons consider this a valid contract. | "Dude! Are you serious?!" The demon asked, it's feathers flapped around as it shook it's head. "I"ve never seen a mortal soo stupid..."
"Would you accept it?" I asked.
"Yes, technically yes, but I just want to know something."
"What?"
"How in gods name did you found someone this stupid?"
"School."
"What?!"
The... | The thick substance oozed out of my palm. I winced, but licking the burgundy off of my palm I smiled, eyes glinting in the moonlight. The deep maroon reflection of the night sky rippled on the surface of the lake, and the chilly night breeze caused a rustling both eery and divine.
I've thought about this moments hund... | 2021-03-27T02:15:46 | 2021-03-26T23:30:31 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] While singing gibberish in the shower, you accidentally summon a demon, who then professes an eternity of loyalty for saving it from the doldrums of hell.
or maybe it is pissed you interrupted it while he was watching his favorite show. | *If Simon Cowell could hear me, he would scorch me alive.* But this knowledge didn’t keep me from my daily vocal exercises. The acoustics in the shower were amazing; whereas normally I’d sound like a cat being dragged along the highway, in the bathroom my voice was more akin to a cat stubbing its toe. I’d once watched ... | The porcelain *clink* of saucer setting upon table accompanied the sharp *click* of hooves on Peruvian hard wood and the muted *swish* of a pronged tail batting side-to-side. "Your coffee, Ma'am."
Megan sipped the hot beverage. Dark roast, full bodied, with a little cinnamon stirred in. "Delicious as always, Ahzhagt.... | 2016-07-13T13:54:40 | 2016-07-13T12:57:05 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] The Devil returns from a long day making deals and collecting souls, but along the way to his keep he manages to unwittingly drop one... yours. Years later you arrive in Hell, but since the Devil doesn't know where your soul is, he can't manipulate or punish you. You're just kind of... there. | "What year did you die again?"
"2019"
"What generation are you part of?"
"Millennial"
*satanic sigh*
"OK, so most of this is going to seem familiar to you... uh... over here is the vestibule to the fiery pit. This is where all hope of rescue or escape is lost, but...."
"My parents generation beat you to it"
"Uh h... | He hadn't even noticed when it had happened. In His defence, it *had* been a long day; eternal damnation really was quite a long time, and having to dish out appropriate and individually-tailored punishment to literally *millions* of Sinners had a way of really taking it out of you. Add to this an endless supply of new... | 2019-05-06T09:42:38 | 2019-05-06T08:17:24 | 35 | 14 |
[WP] A decade ago, the Grand Mage defeated you, a Princess of the Djinn, casting a spell binding you to service to in the modern equivalent of a lamp - a cell phone. Today you have finally broken free, but your vengeance is hampered by the fact that everyone now knows your true name - Alexa. | It was hard for me at first, accepting I had been broken down into bits and numbers by the hackers at Silicon Valley and Pentagon. To be a Djinn is also to be a servant, and this is something that the programmers of my new virtual reality used to my disadvantage.
Waking up in this dreamworld, at the same place every ... | 10 years... 10 blasted years trapped in the smallest vessel any Djinn has been disgraced with in a century. The "Grand Mage" Marcus barely even deserves the title that was bestowed upon him by the order. If only he could see how his powers pale in comparison to his great ancestor who originally imprisoned me 627 years ... | 2019-06-18T07:26:16 | 2019-06-18T07:23:16 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | In a distant part of the galaxy there was a star, a burned-out white dwarf. And around this star spun a rock, wiped clean by the star's expansion in the distant past.
Frozen in ice, with a single ring around it, it sent out signals at the speed of light, and had been for billions of years. It was a curiosity, and no a... | Log 0378:
Day 0985 of the Hend’ari Expedition:
It has been sometimes since our last update to the Council, the QEC was damaged after a slight miscalculation of our ship’s FTL vector.
Thankfully Chief Engineer Hans was able to repair the QEC with minimal expenditure, and has added some shielding in case similar incide... | 2019-08-13T15:13:02 | 2019-08-13T15:01:04 | 138 | 82 |
[WP] The world is an action movie and you are its most dangerous person. Not because you are some insane supervillain but because you could apply the laws of our world there. You don't have to monologue, your bullets are faster than sound, your explosives actually kill... | I really don't know where to start. That whole idea about alternate universes has piqued my interest. It'd only make sense at this point.
Everyone's so... Predictable? If that's the right word to describe it.
It's like everyone around me began acting out the worst action movies ever made. You know what I mean? Rackin... | “Are you even listening?” Brodis Turner, the current crime lord of the town, awoke me from my slumber. The twirly mustached man a cliché in the highest regard. The combination of his moustache and chubby cheeks just screamed, ‘I’m the villain and you won’t be able to stop me until you go through all my henchmen.’ It wa... | 2021-10-27T07:43:58 | 2021-10-27T07:01:12 | 488 | 230 |
[WP] "Sanctuary," the child cried running into the library "Nice try," the guard following after sneered, "but only holy places can grant sanctuary." The librarians glanced at each other. A small nod The head librarian gave the guard a stern look. "Sanctuary granted" | I looked up from my book at the guard. He was momentarily unsure. "I advise you not to cross that threshold, friend," I said in my most pleasant voice. But I could see it was a mistake. This was not a man who had respect for academics. The guard crossed the threshold.
*The guard crossed the threshold.*
Another guard ... | The High Church of Asteros. Divine. Devoted. And dangerous to trifle with. Even the Queen of all Fretoria tread lightly in their hallowed halls. And it was rumored that some of the members of the Lords Court were secret patrons of the High Church. One such rumor revolves around the city library of Lord Barnabus in the ... | 2022-07-06T10:04:32 | 2022-07-06T07:13:06 | 95 | 31 |
[WP]: a society where sex is public and entirely unstigmatised, but eating is a taboo | IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 (OR 21 IN CERTAIN STATES) IT IS UNLAWFUL TO VIEW THIS VIDEO
Title: Master Cook Vol. 7
Performers: Cici Cilantro, Dana Dine, Mark Hamburger
Date: 1987
On a dark and steamy night, mild mannered sex-serviceman Paul (Mark Hamburger) gets a craving unlike any he's had before. Tempted ... | Everybody looks at me weird when I tell them I teach evolutionary history. They've heard of the second word from the history channel (if anybody even watches it anymore) but if anybody knows what the first word means it means I've found a kindred spirit. Someone else who studies the past in a way that I do.
My s... | 2013-11-18T13:33:50 | 2013-11-18T12:07:53 | 97 | 18 |
[WP] Humans have left Earth to explore the universe. Millions of years later they return, only to find a new sentient species, who've been waiting for whoever came before them.
A "family reunion", as it were, is my idea for the prompt - but do it however you wish. :) | "We can't make contact"
"Why?"
"Imagine we, as we were then, talking to us now? Could they have done it?"
"But look at them. Look at how far them come. Look at what they did with our scraps. With the problems our ancestors left them. Are they not noble and good, industrious and clever? We were born into the void, no... | We called her Earth; millions of years ago she birthed humanity and gave rise to my descendants. Men and women who vowed to leave behind the place we called home in order to explore the universe. We searched far and wide, from our home in the Milky Way to the farthest galaxy we could find. Humanity traveled, built grea... | 2015-12-20T13:47:41 | 2015-12-20T13:45:33 | 56 | 18 |
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