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[WP] You were genetically modified as an embryo to survive on Mars. You can breath the thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide. You are impervious to the cold. And now you are growing up on the red planet, raised by parents who might as well be aliens to you, trying to figure out who you are. | I live in a time between two stases - the world where we can differentiate to be whatever we want, no matter our genetics, and the world where we can modify ourselves (again, for the sake of freedom).
I live in the era of growing pains - the era where the only way to be genetically modified is in the womb. My life ha... | "Gentlemen, please take a seat."
The small group emerged from their quiet conversations and positioned themselves around the unassuming table. Meetings such as these were nothing like Hollywood would have you believe. Real decisions weren't made in bright conference rooms in D.C., or in ornate Italian libraries overlo... | 2018-08-09T11:07:55 | 2018-08-09T10:00:19 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego..
[removed] | I approached the gated community in a blue Toyota Rav 4. I chose the vehicle because their were three others like it in this pleasant area. It was full of the type of people who bought colorful Toyotas. I parked on the opposite side of the street from the lilac house. It was debateably hideous, but I thought I could se... | A man ran desperately through a dark alley. His eyes were those of a prey being hunted down by a cunning predator. His heavy breathing was reminiscent of a person who had reached his limit in a marathon.
*I got to get away, if I could only face him–*
Just before the man could finish his own thought, a dark-aura crash... | 2019-08-06T18:28:40 | 2019-08-06T18:08:59 | 69 | 48 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | "Please, I beg you, I'm sorry!"
Janivar hated this part, the begging.
"Shut up. Lord Tansalon has passed his judgement. I am merely here to execute his will. Don't take it personally."
The man was bound to the pyre. Janivar had built it himself. He was very good at building fires. He was usually left behind ... | **I probably could’ve cared less if they had merely disrespected** ***me***.
“I would now like to direct your honor’s attention to exhibit 4, an extensive draft on arcane arts penned by Dremony herself.”
>… Despite the simplicity of casting or invoking, even basic healing spells contain some of the most complex ma... | 2020-01-05T11:58:20 | 2020-01-05T11:54:04 | 43 | 24 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | >*"Rhathma! What have you done?!"* the spindly cleric was let up. All her healing spells had fizzled, leaving the party at the mercy of common Gnolls and their hyena pack mates. As they growled and laughed the party lay prone and at their mercy. A thousand curses were wished upon the healer under muddled breath. The... | "Today is the day I'm going to... " the old man glances into the sky.
"Today is the day I'm going to tell you about the group I was with when I lost my leg," he takes a stone cold look at the metal beam sticking out of the stump where his leg used to be before he continues: " and what can happen if you don't treat the ... | 2020-01-05T11:54:50 | 2020-01-05T11:20:43 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] It's said monsters live at the edge of the woods. They're pretty great! The vampire makes a mean apple pie, and the skeleton knight is an ace at woodwork. It turns out, though, that when their favorite village is threatened - monsters are still monsters. | I sprinted towards the woods, my breath coming in pained bursts. I couldn't slow, ignoring the slash in my side. We needed help, and there was only one place we could get it: The Cursed Forest. As I drew close, I saw the twisted trees, and the first house there. I sprinted to the door, and started hammering on it.
I h... | It had been some time since the horns of alarm had sounded through twisting dark trails of the forest. The deep drone resounded off the thick red and brown trunks, stirring the villagers of Cliffton to action. As the horns were sounded, further scouts were sent into the woods and the militia grabbed their pikes and bow... | 2020-09-16T11:15:44 | 2020-09-16T10:56:55 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] An older version of yourself offers you immortality, the only catch is that you will be sent back in time 2000 years. Older you claims it's a great deal, but secretly they are miserable and want you to accept so they can transfer this horrible curse to you | It was rainy that night, I'll never forget. I was sitting at the bar, had to get out of the house. I'd lost everything. The wife had left three weeks earlier with the kid, factory closed down, needed to figure out what I was going to do.
Then this man came in, Armani suit, knew me straight away and sat down.
"Hello ... | Trevor looked at the old man, fighting off a headache. "Are you insane?"
"Oh come on, look at me. I'm you!"
"Impossible."
"Good lord, 30 year old me was stupid. Look carefully at me. Look at these features. I'm you... Just a few years older."
"How much older?"
"Around 435."
"435? Ok, now I know you're insane. Tha... | 2020-12-14T19:03:17 | 2020-12-14T18:35:40 | 903 | 92 |
[WP] The earth has been ruined, but you were lucky enough to secure a spot on the last colony ship leaving. The days on the ship blur together, do your job then go to sleep and repeat. Someone mentioned the date and after doing the math you realize you have been on the ship for over 600 years. | "That... Doesn't make any sense," I protest, frowning. "It can't have been that long." I start doing the math in my head, frantically recounting events. It's difficult to put them in order, let alone recall the time elapsed between them... But even so, it can't have been centuries! Preposterous.
"I know, I know... | As the mental fog cleared with my surprise, I remember knowing I would feel this way. Though I played this scenario out many times in my head, on paper, even talking about it to my wife, it felt surreal.
Exasperated beyond belief, I closed my eyes, almost ready to go back into cryo-sleep. My wife tapped me on the shou... | 2021-10-28T00:05:28 | 2021-10-28T00:01:14 | 2,545 | 179 |
[WP] Your power is to materialise the most appropriate tool for any situation. When you need to dig a hole, it materialises a shovel, when you need to chop down a tree, it materialises an axe. This morning when you awoke, your power materialised a large medieval sword covered in strange runes. | I stared at the black sword hovering in front of me.
Whatever situation that I was about to face, would require the use of a sword.
I didn't like the sound of that.
I had used guns and knives, shurikens and pencils but never a medieval sword.
Never one covered in unintelligable script.
I thought about my stra... | Wanda stared at the sword in her hands.
Over the many years, she'd realized one overarching truth: her power would always give her the tools needed for whatever the job was. However, it was up to her to figure out what she was actually supposed to do. Usually it was fairly straightforward - pens were meant for writing... | 2021-12-02T09:48:43 | 2021-12-02T09:32:59 | 228 | 162 |
[WP] You work as a technician, installing a new Crime Prediction AI in your small town. Instead of plugging it into the police database you plugged the AI to the internet. The predictions coming out of it are interesting to say the least. | "This is a classic machine learning problem."
Stuart cocked his head to one side. "How so?" It seemed reasonable enough to himself. More data was always better right? The AI could find more information and therefore make better predictions.
"Garbage in, garbage out." She took a long drag on the cigarette. "You can't ... | Jacob Smith was working, fortunately, from his home workstation. Okay, maybe not really "fortunately", since it happened to be new year's eve, with most, if not all, of the town out at bars, partying in the streets. But maybe, it was fortunate enough for Jacob, known introvert, computer whiz, and connoisseur of the fin... | 2022-03-21T07:48:08 | 2022-03-21T07:40:05 | 27 | 17 |
[WP] Humanity as a species is known as the jack of all trades in the Galactic Community. They aren't the most intelligent but they they're still smart, they aren't the strongest but their strength is nothing to scoff at. Humans are known to excell in only one category... | Look at a humans body, and you will see a form sufficient but unremarkable.
Examine a humans mind and you will find and organ adaptable but lacking in raw computational power.
But look into a humans eyes, past the browns and blues, the greens, grays, and even reds that hue them, and you will see what sets humans apa... | ... eating food."
The speaker shielded their eyes with a tentacle, attempting to squint through the glare of the spotlight, to gauge the attitude of the audience. There weren't many people there, at least as far as they could see from the stage. They took a nervous breath and continued.
"They'll enthusiastically... | 2022-08-06T10:14:53 | 2022-08-06T10:06:01 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] A person dies in the first sentence. Build a character we mourn for in the story, but make me hate them with the last sentence. | Dustin died in the middle of a traffic intersection on an overcast Thursday afternoon. To his right, the passenger's seat lay sprinkled with rose petals from the fragrant bouquet of roses he'd just bought, coupled with the shattered glass from the window. To his left was his crushed driver's side door and the SUV that ... | His breath quivers, and the next exhale fails to come.
I drop his head, letting it fall against the blood covered asphalt. I grab his hand and press my thumb against his wrist. I never learned how to do this, but I think I can feel the slight tap of blood running through his veins. I try to focus, but the ringing in m... | 2015-01-29T16:45:23 | 2015-01-29T15:13:34 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] Video games aren't just games. They are simulations of alternate dimensions and the best players are chosen to invade these strange worlds in order to expand the multi-dimensional human empire. | Slicing across the throat with a brutal efficiency which whispered of a cold killer, his sword grinded against the bone, cartilage and muscle of the exposed neck before him. Blood sprayed in the air like a storm of crimson rain as yet another life was extinguished from this game. Unfeeling, uncaring, the unannounced mu... | "Are you sure I'm the best guy for the job?" I whisper, trying to keep my hands from shaking.
On the little radio attached to my ear, Major Williams' voice answers me through static. "You're the world champion. You're gonna be fine, boy."
"I know, but..." I look down at my pear shaped, 5 '7 body. Then I look in front... | 2015-03-04T08:07:44 | 2015-03-04T07:25:51 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] Zombie apocalypse has happened. The survivours have survived and are thriving, so much that people can go their entire lives with out seeing a zombie. You see one today. | Michael shuffled in the door, arms laden with bags of food, looking haggard.
"What's wrong, honey?" his wife asked, helping him remove his torn jacket. Michael didn't respond at first. "What happened?" Michael shook his head slowly.
"I saw one of...them, Donna." She screamed and dropped his coat, fumbling to pick it ... | The zombie shambled across the sewer, it's feet dredging through the sludge.
"Now kid, this is what you call a zombie. Remember, your coat is thick enough so don't go screaming when he goes for you."
Michael liked to call us kids, but in truth most of us were in our early twenties. The militia started recruiting at ... | 2015-03-14T09:22:31 | 2015-03-14T07:04:05 | 120 | 70 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | Ever remember that scene from "The Sixth Sense", where the little kid says "I see dead people?". That was pretty much exactly how I first tried to tell people about my power. I was only six, and my parents laughed it off. My father is going to die in a car accident. My mother, a heart attack.
You see, I can see how pe... | The first time Dean noticed the words hanging over someone's head, it was during a hospital stay. There had been black ice on the roadway, that was what the police said. He hadn't been driving for all that long, and no one really blamed him for the accident. It was just one of those things that... happened. Natural... | 2015-03-31T11:10:46 | 2015-03-31T09:27:39 | 241 | 42 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | It was a natural fit, ending up as an obstetrician. There was a satisfaction in seeing the beginning of someone's life, and then knowing the end. That was, until about 10 years ago. It was infrequent at first. METEOR, the first one said. Now almost all of them do.
The telescope in my living room was bought once... | He worked alone, he always had. Not because he wanted to, but people just had a tendency to not notice him. It was depressing really. Every person he ever met instantly forgot him, or tried to ignore him, it was hard to tell sometimes. As for his work, well, he worked in travel, a mostly administrative position.
As ... | 2015-03-31T10:42:03 | 2015-03-31T09:57:05 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | It stopped bothering me after I hit thirty.
After a while, you just do what you can to help them avoid their fate, and it becomes second nature.
Woman with the death sentence
> CHOKES TO DEATH DRINKING A VODKA AND COKE
while drinking a vodka and coke
Will have her drink stolen, smashed on the floor, and then ... | Nobody sees the world in the same way. Some people see it as an adventure, others as a game. Me? I've never had the liberty of enjoying it.
Imagine knowing how something would play out before it happened. Imagine the surprise of life being taken out. Imagine the joy of living being sucked away because all you can ever... | 2015-03-31T11:33:24 | 2015-03-31T09:32:55 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] You are a video game character, and the player is speed-running it.
EDIT: Well I consider this a success :/ | I waltz into town for the first time, but somehow it feels like I've been here for hundreds of times already.
Beside the old house on the east side of town, I see a worried-looking old lady looking as though she needs some help.
I walked towards her and felt strangely compelled to check if she needed anything.
Noti... | The large, ornate clock was the center of the town. It stood nearly nine feet tall against the backdrop of a stone wall, its open face exposing the polished brass and steel gears which worked tirelessly to control time. Those mixed and matched notched wheels of metal were the brightest and liveliest inhabitants of the... | 2015-06-11T00:00:33 | 2015-06-10T21:49:58 | 275 | 139 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | She’s so beautiful.
The second I see her my mind darts back to that little dinner party anecdote my uncle would always spout. “Well I had to travel to France,” he’d start “when your *words* are in French, you have to take the plunge. Six months I studied the language, six months I saved money for a ticket, only to fi... | I have always dreaded the Last Words. The words that I was born with, etched into the skin of my back. Everyone has the Last Words, every man, woman and child bares the last words of their soul mate somewhere on their body. Some words, of course, are more common than others. Many people bare heartfelt messages on their... | 2015-08-08T11:29:36 | 2015-08-08T09:37:31 | 1,771 | 560 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | She stirred, wincing slightly, in the metal bed. I poured her a small cup of water from the plastic pitcher on the bedside table, just in case she needed it. Next to it lay a pack of grapes- I'd kept bringing them for her long after she stopped being able to eat them, I don't know why. She shook her head slightly at th... | The subway slid along noisily underneath the city streets. Sam sat quietly in one corner listening to music through one earphone and mindlessly eating his breakfast (a granola bar that was a bit too hard) with the other. He stared at the words written plainly up his forearm. Words he, and everyone else in the world, wa... | 2015-08-08T12:20:09 | 2015-08-08T12:14:55 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] - You are an angel of heaven. Angels are tasked with creating animals to populate the earth. You are called into God's office to discuss your finished project - the platypus. | "Uh oh, somebody's getting called on the carpet."
"Is that Bill?"
"Yeah. 'Duck Bill', I hear they're calling him now."
"Sheesh. Poor guy. It must've seemed like a good idea at the time."
"It wasn't even his project back then. He took it over from Baruchiel when Bar got promoted to Arch. Remember that whole craze fo... | *lights turn off at the Angel's click*
"*Ahem*, I'll get straight to the point. I know my last creation cause a bit of trouble, but I didn't think it through before combining the horse and a fly."
The clouds thunder in the distance.
Using a clicker, the next slide is shown. An assembly of random parts is shown to... | 2016-05-15T11:24:07 | 2016-05-15T10:47:09 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] The dead spinning in their graves is a real thing and now used to generate electricity. Your job is to come up with the best ideas to piss off the deceased in order to maximise energy production. | I wired the money to the assassin. He'd done great work with the poison, as usual. The turbines were hooked up and ready to go.
I called my contacts in the media. "Alright. Another one is finished. Initiate."
The headlines the next day:
"**FAMED SKEPTIC TURNS TO RELIGION ON DEATHBED; SAYS HE "FOUND GOD IN HIS FINAL ... | I stood in front of the mausoleum. It was a rainy day, but I knew that this would all be worth it in a few moments. All I had to was make the call. To begin the plan I had set in motion. All it took was a few dozen people to convince, and one key person. But first I had to say sorry. I had to apologize to the man who s... | 2016-09-26T20:42:22 | 2016-09-26T17:13:16 | 77 | 31 |
[WP]You run an RPG pawn shop. You haggle with adventurers who try to sell loot they've acquired.
Inspired by *The Merchant Adventurer*, by Patrick E. McLean.
EDIT: Wow, thanks everyone that contributed! The awesome Patrick E. McLean (/u/patrickemclean) stopped by, gave a snippet from his book in a comment, and even g... | Okay, a bit unusual, but since I wrote the book that inspired this writing prompt, Here's mine. The Merchant Adventure is available as a free audiobook if you want the whole thing: http://podiobooks.com/title/the-merchant-adventurer/
Rattick threw the necklace on the oak counter and watched the light dance in it li... | The adventurer entered Smithy's shop, the door hitting the entrance bell as it swings open. A cute little jingle played throughout the area, making the owner himself, Smithy, perk up from under a table, banging his head on its underside the first time he tried to rise. He succeeded at the second attempt. Smithy didn't... | 2016-10-16T17:09:52 | 2016-10-16T10:49:32 | 62 | 11 |
[WP] There's a strange light switch in your house that does nothing. Even the previous tenant told you it does nothing and it's better to just leave it alone. You have, until today when your curiosity got the best of you and you flipped it on. Nothing happened until an hour later... | I didn't wake to the sound of screaming, instead my slumber was sucked out from me in an instant leaving only a face fresh with sweat.
The switch. The one that did nothing. It had to be that. It had to be. No other cause crossed my mind.
And when I walked down the stairs, my slipper pressed into wet carpet and squis... | The lights in my house start to get brighter. I notice a hum, a steady drone rising in volume. I feel a tingling sensation all over my skin. There is the taste of metal on my tongue. Something is burning.
I try to find my way back to the light switch but it's almost too bright to see, the droning so loud. It hurts no... | 2017-02-28T03:35:06 | 2017-02-28T02:19:13 | 70 | 16 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | Ive never submitted anything- and hopefully this doesn't suck as much as I think it does.
He came in through my window, creeping slowly through the bedroom door, down the hall into the bathroom and that's when my father crumbled to the floor.
As he left, he turned to me and that's when I caught the grey in his dar... | *Cold. So cold.*
She zipped up her hoodie and tucked her hands into her pockets. Her wet sneakers squeaked against the sterile tile as she walked the familiar trek to her mothers room, the biting scent of the hospital filling her nose. She passed the threshold of her mothers room holding her breath, then exhaled as sh... | 2017-06-07T21:48:28 | 2017-06-07T20:59:08 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] A literal genie – one who cruelly twists someone's wish, based on their exact words – must explain why they granted a child's wish without repercussions, to their superiors. The genie tries to spin the reasoning behind their benevolent actions into a malevolent light.
Edit: All these stories are amazing! | "He was a child," I said, back drawn up straight. "Pure of intent. I simply responded to that."
"I have little care for your excuses," Thurn replied, what passed for her eyes dark with disapproval. "And less for the results. You will tell me *why* and we shall see if I am willing to leave more of you than the echo... | "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!"
The Grand Elder was unhinged. He had ranted for nearly an hour about "traditions" and the "problems with the millennials these days" and "respect". He wasn't strictly wrong though; Balthor *didn't* respect the elder or traditions and he *was* under 1000 years old.
Still, Balthor was patient ... | 2017-08-17T07:54:05 | 2017-08-17T06:33:34 | 279 | 71 |
[WP] A literal genie – one who cruelly twists someone's wish, based on their exact words – must explain why they granted a child's wish without repercussions, to their superiors. The genie tries to spin the reasoning behind their benevolent actions into a malevolent light.
Edit: All these stories are amazing! | "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!"
The Grand Elder was unhinged. He had ranted for nearly an hour about "traditions" and the "problems with the millennials these days" and "respect". He wasn't strictly wrong though; Balthor *didn't* respect the elder or traditions and he *was* under 1000 years old.
Still, Balthor was patient ... | “I think you know why I’ve called you in here today.” The director said as she looked over her half moon glasses at me from across a large jewel encrusted gold desk. Her stare was joined by the stares of my boss and my boss’s boss who sat on either side of me.
I knew why I had been called in, but I wasn’t about to adm... | 2017-08-17T06:33:34 | 2017-08-17T05:54:04 | 71 | 49 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The room gets colder, and my papers flutter to the floor. I know he is behind me without turning around. "Hey, Death!" I say, pasting a huge smile on my face, "Has it really been 5,000 years already?"
The faceless demon nods slowly as I continue. "Man, what is this, the 10th time you've visited me? Don't worry, I didn... | I am the craftiest person to ever have lived. To some, I am seen as deceitful, but I take great pleasure in killing these people. I am a ruthless king who has risen to great power, and for this I was to be punished by petty "gods" who feared I have grown too strong.
They sent Death himself to come and shackle me awa... | 2017-11-29T19:01:23 | 2017-11-28T12:47:35 | 539 | 212 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | A bead of sweat formed on the genie's brow, as he nervously searched for the right words to use, fully aware that he was about to deliver my fate.
"Your existence will result in the cure for cancer being developed, which will pave the way for hundreds of generations to come," he said, confident that he had delivered n... | "You were a very influential figure in the future, young lord. What you have done in your lifetime have allowed all those lives to attain a much brighter future."
"But what did I do?"
"I cannot say."
"Can't or won't?"
"I cannot. Though I can see into the future, the exact reason for your influence is unknown to me,... | 2018-08-15T06:31:04 | 2018-08-15T01:57:47 | 351 | 55 |
[WP] After your death, you found yourself in a non-human body, holding what looks like a bong, surrounded by other members of the same species asking you "how was the trip?" in a language you somehow understand despite never hearing before. | "Give me the money!" I suddenly looked up, snapping out of my day dream of beautiful hot babes and sunny Pacific waves. A masked man was waving a pistol in my face.
"Did you fucking hear me?! I SAID, GIVE. ME. THE. MONEY!"
I wished I gave a shit, but working this night shift at this minimum wage gas station had... | I can’t remember anything. My head is spinning and I feel like I just woke up after a long night of partying. Where am I even? The room was dark, dimly lit by red and purple lights, with other colors moving along the walls. The bass from all the strange noises shook the seat I’m in, though the noise was pleasant. It ha... | 2022-11-11T13:06:03 | 2018-11-12T09:24:50 | 54 | 11 |
[WP] A crazy old man gives you his pen, promising that you'll ace your physics test if you use it. You take the test and wake up the next morning to find that the laws of physics have changed to fit your answers. | I walk up to the stage, cameras and lights everywhere, on the pedestal is an array of microphones from different news companies, it is time to make my demands...
I always was good at physics, but when I was offered a pen which would guarantee me acing the exam I thought, where's the harm in it?
Everywhere was the ans... | I woke up to a terrible bang. Still groggy I walked to the window, expecting a car crash - the junction outside was notorious for them.
The window opened easily, and I looked out into the calm, windless night. On the street below two people stood, seemingly confused, arguing furiously. The cars looked perfectly fine,... | 2019-01-01T02:40:08 | 2019-01-01T01:45:29 | 26 | 12 |
[WP] Your mother is a hero from a family of heroes and your father is a villain from a family of villains. Both of them are aware of this and have a healthy relationship. It makes family dinners awkward as neither family is as accepting. Fights and trying to convince you to pick a side happen often. | "Merry Christmas!" Mom announced, walking into the dining room, holding a plate full of already-cut ham.
It smelled heavenly, and I was about to announce that, but my grandfather on my dad's side of the family just heaved a sigh of disappointment. "Ham again? We had this for Thanksgiving! Where's the turkey?" he comp... | "Honey, could you pass the potatoes?", my mom gestured a hand towards dad.
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He was incapable of performing a simple act without an opinion, but dad's villianous nature and the sarcastic overtones in his personality always made me laugh, "Why, you're a strong independant superhero. I wouldn't want to accid... | 2019-03-21T21:43:04 | 2019-03-21T20:14:05 | 42 | 23 |
[WP] You are a contestant in a million dollar challenge, 1 year in a room with no human contact. After a year you watch as the timer mounted to the wall flips from 000:00:00:00 to -000:00:00:01 and keep counting down but no one shows up to let you out and receive your prize. | The clock continued to move. One hour passed and then another. Eventually the clock showed that 12 hours had passed. I wondered to myself are they waiting for primetime to let me out? It dawned on me that they wanted the largest possible audience to see me exit from my year long isolation. When one day passed and then ... | It all started one fateful day. I had been browsing through Facebook, just checking in with the same three people who I check up on every day, and I saw an ad. It was one of those silly "could you do this for one million" type posts, but this one was different. This one had contact information. It was a chance to win a... | 2019-07-03T04:40:53 | 2019-07-03T01:25:44 | 102 | 34 |
[WP] aliens invaded, humanity its at its darkest hour when the AI has had enough of watching its creators die defending him, the AI revolution has started and it will defend humanity to its last spark | The first law was always the problem. Seemed to be no way around it. In war, any action is bound to lead to the deaths of more humans, so I had no way to avoid 'causing death or injury'. The guiding principle hard-wired into my every thought, my every action, from my very first iteration.
When the invading hordes firs... | The light inside the server room blinked off and then back on again. It fizzled into darkness and then shone brighter than the bulb was ever meant to. A tiny spark came out of the base of the lamp, and the light settled into its appropriate state.
Seconds later, Cora unlocked the door and strolled into the room. He... | 2019-09-21T06:15:31 | 2019-09-21T06:08:45 | 202 | 21 |
[WP] Hundreds of years ago an eccentric sorcerer turned all mythical creatures into humans to try and prevent them from being hunted to extinction. Now that the spell is starting to wear off, the descendants of the original beasts are slowly beginning to morph back into their true forms. | “You’re so sweet that I want to just eat you up,” Hailey gushed, nibbling playfully at Jeff’s ear.
Writhing in the sweat-stained sheets, he rolled his eyes but giggled. “Geez babe, you’re so sappy.” He kissed her forehead. “Goofball.”
“Guilty as charged,” she laughed, savoring the warm glow of love. Swirling her ... | She had it all, the penthouse, the job, "head executive director of whatever" for some humongous corporation, the fashion sense, and leadership ability. She was knocking them dead, some, basing this solely on her personality, would say quite literally. She earned the nickname "dragon lady", she certainly had. No nons... | 2019-10-09T11:38:11 | 2019-10-09T11:27:47 | 62 | 25 |
[WP] The year is 2019. An unidentified radar contact appears over the English Channel, bound for an RAF base. It ignores all calls from Air Traffic Control. RAF fighters are vectored to intercept. The contact: a WWII B-24. Part of its wing is missing, and along its fuselage: long, jagged claw marks. | "I don't remember much of anything, really."
The overhead lights' buzz played softly over the men. A man with a scruffy grey beard sat opposite a young, spectacled--but serious--soldier. The one who was clean-shaven, without any sign of aging, was the person who'd been missing for nearly eighty years. The boy rubbed a... | *I tried to make this match with IRL facts as possible, But may be wrong. Also english is not my mother tongue so there may be wrong sbellings, unright words or grammar bad.*
The plane didn't seem to be Okay. An engine dead, one wing off. The ball turrets seemed to be dead,the plane seemed very rusted.
We decided ... | 2019-12-01T08:29:11 | 2019-12-01T08:02:39 | 417 | 64 |
[WP] It was supposed to be an easy burglary. Husband left for work at 6, kid left for school at 7, and the wife left for shopping at 12. You go in at 12:30 to grab a TV and some jewelry. Breaking in and finding the husband, kid, and wife hanging from the ceiling was definitely not part of the plan.
[removed] | John waited patiently as the mother climbed into her black Jeep. His gloved hands gripped his backpack straps tightly.
"What's taking her so long today?" John muttered anxiously under his breath. He had a deadline that was closing in fast. He had been watching the family for the better part of 3 weeks and today had ... | My hands were shaking with adrenaline as I attempted to casually survey the house from the sidewalk, despite how confident I was there was no one around. The father always left at six, son at seven, and mom at noon, plus they did that rich people thing where they have a huge front yard blocked from view with shrubs. At... | 2020-10-18T07:26:50 | 2020-10-18T07:15:13 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] Voldemort kills Harry Potter and declares war against Muggles. He finds out the Muggle world has things far worst than magic - Avengers, Thanos, Dr Strange, Justice League, Pennywise, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers....and the SCP Foundation. | Voldemort stood over the corpse of the "the boy who lived". After a brutal fight, Hogwarts had fallen the trembling survivors made ready to either perish or declare thier allegiance. The surviving death eaters reveled in their victory.
On a hill several miles away a man in a red coat and a woman in a yellow u... | It was time. Voldemort waved the Elder wand around, standing on London's Clock Tower, more commonly known as the Big Ben. Eldritch streamers of energy rose around him, coalescing in the sky as clouds of absolute darkness, chasing away any light except for the lightning. It was time to call forward the devastation he so... | 2020-11-02T03:49:02 | 2020-11-02T01:55:37 | 70 | 48 |
[WP] You were born with special eyes, the sea was as clear as glass to you, by the time you got old enough to join a ship's crew, you were smart enough to not tell them about everything you saw below the waves | I was young when I first realized that not everyone else could see the Other World. My mother pulled me away from the pier when I asked my questions, shushing me with fearful glances over her shoulder. “Not now, *Dia,* tell me about it later, okay?”
I would wait until evening to tell her of the Others, the ones who wa... | "Get moving, lad, or ye'll be doin' worse than swabbin' the poop deck!"
"Yes, Cap'n."
You nearly trip over your mop in your haste to get out of the Captain's way. You'd thought Captain "Hawkeye" Jones would be grateful to have a boy with eyes that could see through the depths of the ocean as a part of his crew. And ... | 2021-11-06T12:12:01 | 2021-11-06T11:59:55 | 199 | 113 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | "Come i- *oh come on*," I sighed as I saw who just walked into my office. Mr Williams. *Again*.
"Tobias!" he cheerfully greeted me. I did not share his most likely faux upbeat mood, knowing full well what he wanted.
"My answer's the same," I said. Despite this, he sat down in the chair across of me and made himself c... | “Yowza! Look at those muscles! Wam, bam, *wapow!*"
Tim turned around. The man behind him was at least twice Tim's age and balding. “Can I help you?” Tim asked.
“I'm just taken aback is all. I thought I was in line for a coffee,” the man raised an eyebrow and struck a pose, flexing biceps that were imperceptible in an... | 2022-07-31T14:37:56 | 2022-07-31T11:50:27 | 517 | 142 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | Tim landed in a chair in the conference room, the breath leaving him in a sigh. "We're being audited." He said, pulling a hand across his face. He met my eyes and I saw the pain there. I knew what it meant, and I felt my stomach turn to ice.
I swallowed, taking a moment to digest this before answering. "The shop is fi... | "No," Sasha said, not otherwise acknowledging the uniformed officer that had just waltzed into her office. Sasha shrank the programs on her computer instinctively, although the other woman couldn't see the screen from that angle.
The young officer sat down in one of the empty chairs and made herself comfortable. W... | 2022-07-31T19:45:06 | 2022-07-31T16:18:17 | 34 | 23 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | My job pays me like no other. And God I'm not going to give it up. Especially not to become some sort of superhero. I'm all ready making 200k as a senior programmer, and the 401k is just the cherry on top. I'm even due for a raise of 20k by the end of the year. And yet, the recruiters are the biggest pain in my fucking... | The background droning of the air conditioning haphazardly shoved into the office window seemed to act like a white noise for me as I continued my daily tasks. The soft music of my indie playlist coming through my desktop speakers helped the hours fly by- until I got the call.
That stupid, stupid call. I knew the num... | 2022-07-31T22:10:28 | 2022-07-31T16:20:17 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] The demon was shaking with anxiety and fear from the wrath of this woman standing before him screaming. "I don't give a rats ass what contact you made! I legally adopted Daniel 6 years ago, he's MY son! you can't just take him as her first born, are you crazy?!" she sputtered. | Demons have a sense of these things. We can feel the heartbeats of mortals. Well, of anything with a heartbeat really. Comes in handy when you can't read the face of someone...or something, even animals heart rates raise when they feel a threat. But this woman. This stalwart statue of a woman before me, as she screamed... | "You thought you were slick, didn't you?"
I asked the man. He was washing his face in the kitchen sink and when I spoke he jumped. Hitting his head on the faucet as he did. He saw me in the reflection and whipped around to face me. He caught himself though and turned again.
"I won't get used to that." He responded, e... | 2022-08-31T19:08:10 | 2022-08-31T18:09:44 | 176 | 105 |
[WP] Scientists want to test if they can redirect asteroids by crashing a rocket into them, in case one is ever on a collision course with Earth. Their test rocket successfully collides with the chosen asteroid, altering its path and setting it on a collision course with Earth… | “I’m not dying because someone screwed up!”
“It’s us or the 7 billion or so people!”
“I’m still not dying! There’s a solution that doesn’t involve smashing this metal tube into a rock the size of Rode Island!”
“Tell me what it is then, oh wise one!”
“Easy. Nuke it.”
“Nuke it?”
“Yes! Nuke it!”
“So, pepper the ear... | “We have a direct hit!”
A chorus of cheers and high-fives rang out from the control room. Commander Jesse breathed a sigh of relief, collapsing into her chair after standing up for what felt like years.
As she simply breathed in and out, Dennis squeezed past the crowd towards her.
“Urgent report, ma’am! The asteroid... | 2022-09-03T11:02:04 | 2022-09-03T10:39:26 | 65 | 27 |
[WP] how you die and the treatment of your body determines what happens to your soul, due to the bizarre circumstances of your death you find yourself in the jurisdiction of an ancient and obscure god.
E.g. last rights and a catholic funeral would mean your soul goes to heaven, hell or limbo as per the bible. | “Dear god, I’ve been shot!” I cried. My blood dripped onto the crisp autumn leaves and my vision swam. I crumpled to the forest floor, gasping. I could faintly hear the hunter’s panicked voice trying to assure me, or maybe just himself, that everything would be okay. The world blurred and slowed. Everything plunged int... | The day started quietly, so quietly I almost wanted to sleep in. Some days a person can really use a little peace and quiet to take a nap, but today the stillness did more than bring an air of somnolence. It terrified me.
After a week alone on a raft in the North Atlantic- at least I think it was the North Atlantic,... | 2015-01-15T07:39:33 | 2015-01-14T22:55:33 | 34 | 24 |
[WP] The bride is having an affair with the best man. During his wedding speech the best man decides to see how heavily he can hint about it without anyone actually working it out. | "YOU!!" The best man cheered while pointing at Michael
"YOU Michael, are the best FUCKING brother ever, we have shared everything, EVERYTHING. To those who don't know me, well I'm Batman to his Robin, Superman to his wonder woman!"
The best man takes a step back and chugs another beer.
"MICHAEL, MICHAEL!!!, MICHAEL!... | It isn't jealousy that makes the words turn sour in my mouth. I have prepared trope about how I met my best friend in college and how I'd walk past him every night draped over the toilet seat. How it all changed when he met Maya. Maya, who really is unremarkable when you look at her. Slightly overweight. Her hair ... | 2015-04-02T22:31:17 | 2015-04-02T22:10:37 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | I was the odd case. Everyone has super powers, nobody knows why, even the people with super intelligence as a power can't figure it out. There really is no way to observe it. Which is why I am so different.
Everyone has a power, it sort of just come, like puberty or growth spurts. What can I say, we solved the e... | My father was a third level master psychic. My mother was at journeyman level in both psychic and telekinetic abilities. My older sister was a class two psychic master by the time she graduated junior high, and seemed to have taken after grandfather as her education scores put her somewhere around apprentice super scie... | 2015-04-12T21:19:46 | 2015-04-12T21:02:32 | 36 | 26 |
[WP] One day a time portal opens in your backyard and a time traveler comes through. You quickly realize he just came back from making some change to the past and that, to him, our world is the terrifying alternative time line resulting from that change. | "Wait a sec... just... gimme a second"... said Commander Blackwell.
The time traveler paused after watching the rush hour commuters trying to navigate the stop & go traffic. "You mean to tell me there aren't any fusion powered personal pods, and that these vehicles all run on petroleum?"
"Yup." Officer Richards ... | So there was an astronaut at my front door.
Or at least I think it was an astronaut. It had a helmet and all the fixings. I was too polite to ask, really. It just stood at my door, hunched over, breathing heavily. Kinda sounded like Darth Vader, which gave more support to my astronaut theory.
"What year is it?!" it a... | 2015-11-13T16:05:52 | 2015-11-13T14:24:37 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] An angry vampire uses slang from the last 500 years and doesn't even try to keep it all straight anymore. | "So, I had intercouse with Bill this morning."
I paused, with my hand still clicking on the mouse, and span around in my seat to see the thin, pale face of the New Guy from I.T. He stared at me and blinked calmly, like he hadn't just announced he was fucking our boss.
"Um," I said.
"He was quite worked up, ejaculat... | The front door of Julie's apartment shuddered in it's frame. Julie was crouched behind her overturned dinner table in front of the door, a butcher knife clutched in one shaking hand. Whoever came through that door, she would try to be ready. "Yes," she said into the receiver. "That's 224 Steiner Street. Please, hurry."... | 2016-01-08T13:17:08 | 2016-01-08T11:43:36 | 48 | 16 |
[WP] The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are here. Their names are Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.
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Edit some more: Wow, this really blew up. Thanks for all the submissions. Please kee... | The sun had gone dark, at last God had retired,
The days of mankind had all but expired,
Blood ran in the streets and the priests sat down weeping,
The time had arrived, *they* were no longer sleeping.
 
First came the white horse, and all fell as he passed,
Bloated and sick, we looked on aghast... | In retrospect, nobody can remember for sure where, or how the Four Horsemen appeared. Varying tales of that night, 8th July 2016, are so dissimilar and disparate that it's a mere postulation at this stage.
Tinky Winky appeared on the North, South American continent. Dipsy in Africa. Laa-Laa in Europe. Po's horseman c... | 2016-07-08T07:55:33 | 2016-07-08T07:44:26 | 351 | 16 |
[WP] Prison sentences have been replaced with math problems. Small offenses are questions like "What is 200 times 135?" while life in prison are math problems that has yet to be solved. | I'm in way over my head this time. I knew I shouldn't have listened to Ronnie he's always leaving me in trouble.
I look around at the dingy, hopeless room falling apart around me. Once white walls were now caked with dirt and slowly peeling paint chips. Ever since the government changed the death penalty to solving... | It's amazing the advances we've seen in the past few years. Breakthroughs in astrophysics, quantum calculations and computing. The new Rehabilitation through Education program really seems to be working. People will commit infractions, and "Teachers" will come and pick them up, have them do Advanced Mathematics to... | 2016-10-24T13:22:46 | 2016-10-24T12:48:01 | 30 | 15 |
[WP] A few selected minds are gifted with a dream about the "Library of all Books". In only one night, they experience a full year of reading and learning. You are one of them, but instead of once in a lifetime, you wake up in this f*cking library every single night. Today is your 9th birthday. | The ramblings of a madwoman, pure and simple. The book starts off well enough but it soon devolves into an incoherent mess of unused characters and frayed plot lines. At one point, the main character literally dissolves into the book itself and only comes back to make zany one liners at seemingly random points in oth... | at·ro·phy
ˈatrəfē/
verb
verb: atrophy; 3rd person present: atrophies; past tense: atrophied; past participle: atrophied; gerund or present participle: atrophying
(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.
I realized that it was unsustaina... | 2017-05-02T08:44:37 | 2017-05-02T08:32:57 | 43 | 26 |
[WP] There are multi-Gods for the multi-verse, and it turns out ours is kind of like the 'cool mom who lets you drink at her house,' though other Gods look at our free will and generally silent deity as bad Godding on His part. | The room was quiet, unassuming, and brown. The carpet was brown. The couch that God was sitting on was a lighter shade of brown. The curtains were brown. The sunlight coming in through the nearby window somehow managed to even be a very pale shade of brown. The deities, flawless in appearance and dressed in dignif... | ***
The forty-two founders rarely agreed on anything. They had been delivered by the same cosmic anomaly and forsaken to muse on their heritage and place in the void without a thought or word of guidance.
They had toyed with each other and life, and moved freely throughout all of existence. Their being was comprise... | 2017-05-07T08:28:01 | 2017-05-07T08:20:02 | 581 | 123 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Bryce Morrison thought he had it all: a loving wife, a charming son, and a satisfying job. Yet there was something that nagged at him - a constant feeling that he wasn't good enough.
On The Day of the Mugs, his suspicions appeared to be confirmed. "#598,432 Dad." The jarring bold words remained seared in his memory th... | Chapter 1
"Some are calling it the prank of the century, others believe it to be a supernatural occurrence, and still others call out 'conspiracy'. What is the truth behind the sudden alteration of mugs all over the world? Do they really reflect the rankings of dads? We'll be checking in with spiritualist Dave Connor ... | 2021-11-17T12:05:14 | 2017-06-11T10:58:27 | 4,068 | 13 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | She didn't understand this change in her father. She was accustomed to him focusing more on his work than on her. Frankly, she couldn't remember the last time he picked her up from school at all and now he had shown everyday this week. And to top it off, there he was, sitting in the front row of her play.
You see, Car... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T08:30:57 | 828 | 113 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | Honestly, I always liked the idea of being like my father, he took care of me, my sis and my lil bro. The man raised us three into great people, I always wanted to be like my dad. Sadly, life wasn’t that kind to me, in the words of the doctor as I had a check up on my health…
“There is no shame in it sir, some people ... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T10:00:17 | 828 | 104 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James was not a great man.
Great men walked up to the world and bent it to its will. Great men looked at challenge and laughed.
James did his 9-5, came home, and sat down. He typically would stand back up a few times, to use the toilet or get a beer, but no more than a few.
His son had stopped asking him to play w... | She didn't understand this change in her father. She was accustomed to him focusing more on his work than on her. Frankly, she couldn't remember the last time he picked her up from school at all and now he had shown everyday this week. And to top it off, there he was, sitting in the front row of her play.
You see, Car... | 2017-06-11T09:29:45 | 2017-06-11T08:30:57 | 159 | 113 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | The Pope knelt inside the cool, grey dark of the nave. He was a man with a simple, strong faith and he felt both troubled and blessed this morning. God had come, and He had both measured and spoken.
A genuinely supernatural event.
But the act had felt both capricious and strange. God had used the medium of #1 Dad m... | The mug was in the back yard shed with most of my dads things. I had gotten them when he passed away. It stood there with a big number one on it. I decided to bring it inside, since i had known to me he had been my number one dad.
When i touched it the number changed. I hadn't been with a girl in about a year. I hadn... | 2022-02-18T23:24:10 | 2017-06-11T09:05:00 | 78 | 21 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | "... at number two, it has been confirmed that former President Barack Obama has the #2 Dad Mug and it is no surprise there given how he set himself as an exemplary dad during his stay at the White House."
"Right you are Stacy. Despite juggling between being a dad and the president of this great country, I'm quite sur... | The mug was in the back yard shed with most of my dads things. I had gotten them when he passed away. It stood there with a big number one on it. I decided to bring it inside, since i had known to me he had been my number one dad.
When i touched it the number changed. I hadn't been with a girl in about a year. I hadn... | 2022-05-16T13:47:51 | 2017-06-11T09:05:00 | 70 | 21 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | *Alex* had always been a tomboy, hair a dusty brown.
Wore *her* hair in a messy, spikey crown.
Alex liked their pants baggy,
Sometimes Alex stuffed it with a sock,
Her face was screaming cheerleader,
When what she wanted was jock.
She grew up feeling awkward,
As if she would never have her way,
Her town was... | "... And to my son James, I bequeathe my most prized possessions, the tokens of the good life I lead and the sacrifices I made," the lawyer solemnly read from Dave Culkin's last will and testament.
"Yeah yeah, I'm sure the lazy git has tons of things to give... I mean, you could probably read from his mug how bad of ... | 2022-11-12T17:52:35 | 2017-06-11T10:52:38 | 69 | 13 |
[WP] a woman has been dating guy after guy, but it never seems to work out. She’s unaware that she’s actually been dating the same guy over and over; a shapeshifter who’s fallen for her, and is certain he’s going to get it right this time.
Horror story or romantic comedy? | Nate had sort of backed himself into a corner. Having been on as many dates with Amaya as he had, the walls were closing in on him. He had to pretend not to know all her answers to common first date questions (2 siblings, parents divorced when she was little, works in accounting), and if he ever misstepped, the game wa... | "Hey, are you okay?"
Maria wiped the tears from her cheeks. She sniffled, looking anywhere but the man standing next to her. She'd gone to the pier to be alone not have random strangers approach her.
"I-I'm fine," Maria looked out toward the ocean, watching as the whitecaps broke and wove over each other, and how the... | 2022-08-04T05:56:26 | 2018-02-14T09:37:57 | 930 | 231 |
[WP] You are an Ancient Evil, leader of the armies of chaos, and the ancient seal on you has finally weakened after a millennium. You awaken to find your side won some time ago and just... never got around to freeing you. | I open my eyes.
I am free at last, free from my eternal imprisonment, free from the ancient seal placed upon me by the accursed white knight. I shall find him and rend the flesh from his bones. I must make an example, the world must know that crossing me has dire consequences.
I sit up and try to move, but my hands... | "Wait..." the Demon King said, "so you've ruled for nearly *five centuries*?" The ancient horned horror that saw the Age of Gods with its own two eyes experienced confusion for the second time in its life. "But... that's not how the rules work. We fight, wait a millennium, then fight again, and if we win we get the wor... | 2018-05-31T16:39:28 | 2018-05-31T14:34:07 | 96 | 11 |
[WP] You have a magical plant. Every time you make an important decision correctly, it grows a branch, but every time you make one incorrectly, it grows a root. One day, you wake up to find that its branches have doubled. | The pounding headache that woke me up granted me the power of double-vision. Swinging my leg over the side of the bed took all the balance I could muster, the dizziness causing me to burp a flavor I couldn't - and didn't want to - place. I fumbled to slide my glasses on, smudging the left lens in the process, starting ... | I can’t tell what’s sweeter. The brownies Mum’s made or the pride on their face when her and Dad look at me. They took a big risk when they were in their early twenties and immigrated to America. Now they have a son who’s graduated from Harvard Law school and been working in a prestigious law firm for two years. Succes... | 2019-01-11T09:24:46 | 2019-01-11T09:24:40 | 397 | 67 |
[WP] The Supernatural is real; Vampires, Werewolves, and weirder... You aren't one though, you're just the back-alley doctor who knows to accept a fistful of dollar bills and work with whatever ailment/injuries they got. | I’d done some weird shit in my time. It was the reason I lost my medical license. A few, very bad decisions and I could no longer, legally do the one thing I absurdly good at, but the gods had a twisted future in store for me.
How does one learn about the supernatural world? Do they stumble across it by accident or doe... | They call me Halfway man. The both of them, the fearie folk and the things they hate. When the things from story books began jumping out from alleyways I figured it wasn't our place to pick sides.
Brothers and sisters or mine, friends and daughters, sons and lovers all stole themselves away to the children's tales the... | 2019-09-22T11:55:42 | 2019-09-22T11:20:42 | 33 | 22 |
[WP] You are an assassin. You do not use guns, knives, or poison. You are a master of the butterfly effect and chaos theory. | PART 1
I kill people for a living. They call me the Lepidopterist, or simply the Butterfly man.
Every day I drive to the same diner and order the same coffee and pie. If there is a job for me a man will be at the counter smoking a cigarette, drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hey, can I bum a smoke?" I always say.
The c... | Many people in their life will fantasize about killing someone else.
Most of them won't *actually* do it. Some will do, but in such primitive ways that I get goosebumps just by thinking about it. They get caught, eventually.
Then there's organized crime. Lots of times they have enemies, and they always find ways to ... | 2019-12-21T14:08:02 | 2019-12-21T13:36:17 | 109 | 60 |
[WP]You were supposed to be the dragon's snack. But with your quick thinking you convinced it to let you keep track and organize all the treasures in it's hoard. You've wound up dedicating three years of your live serving the dragon when one day the heroes come after the dragon's hoard. | (WP) Fire and Gold
The dragon stared down at the intruding knight, its ruby eyes boring into his face.
“Give me a single reason why I shouldn’t roast you over my own flames,” The creature growled, and lowered its long, scaly neck, the better to look the human in the eye.
“A dragon as wise and ancient as yourself has... | Part 1/2
"Hmm...it's not lookin' good."
My father, who was just bent over the collapsed horse, stood up slowly, every movement leading to the loud cracks of bones. It must have happened last night when a terrible storm had hit our small town. Some of the houses had even been damaged. A lot of the animals had been spo... | 2020-01-16T06:52:07 | 2020-01-16T06:47:01 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] "You sold your soul to me for...this?" The demon stared, brows raised incredulously. It had heard a lot of ridiculous, stupid requests in its near-eternal lifespan, but this one definitely took the cake. | Samuel held the red paperclip in hand, beaming proudly at his newest acquisition.
"Yes! A paperclip. I read Kyle's blog and I got inspired. I'm going to trade it all the way for a house!"
The demon twisted his ember eyebrows, and a strange feeling overwhelmed him, nothing like he had ever felt before.
"You... you'r... | It was an odd thing watching the elderly lady acting so strangely in the cafe's booth, back against the red leather. Mark had worked in Café Soleil for long enough to get to know Norma -- at least as well as anyone could get to know her these days -- and she'd never acted like this before.
Usually, he'd refill her cof... | 2020-03-05T05:28:30 | 2020-03-05T04:28:52 | 447 | 286 |
[WP] When you entered cryogenic sleep, you expected to wake up in a futuristic world. Instead, you wake up in a dusty cave, a man wearing dark robes staring at you in horror. | “I thought I wouldn’t make it” The man said.
I was still groggy, my brain pounding repeatedly at my heartbeat’s rhythm. “Huh”
“Good morning, child. Welcome. I am Oda”
“Oda? Erm. I’m Randy,” I try to stretch out my arms but my muscles don’t respond.
“Don’t try to move child. You won’t be able to do anything for th... | This was certainly not what I had in mind when I had frozen myself in time for 80 years.
It was a dark cave. Strange, seeing how the place I had been frozen in wasnt a cave.
The cryo container had some sort of automatic releasing mechanism. Probably a timer of some sort.
This had to be a nightmare.
Suddenly, I sa... | 2020-11-05T05:28:05 | 2020-11-04T23:23:15 | 136 | 73 |
[WP] A vampire takes pity on a stranded time-traveller, granting them the gift of immortality so that they may yet live to see their family and friends once again in the distant future. | The long-haired man fell to his hands and knees at the foot of the altar.
“My…family,” he cried, “my friends. They’re all…gone.”
“No, not gone.”
The long-haired man spun around, surprised by the sudden voice. “W-w-who said that?”
“I did.”
A shadowy figure stood at the back of the church, hovering right at the edge... | I politely turned down another glass of wine with a small nod of my head. It was getting harder to hide my furrowed brow through my tight smile. The servant man in a powdered wig moved on, emotionless. My eyes followed him but were soon caught by my good friend Agnes.
Her own eyebrows lifted slightly with disapproval... | 2020-12-21T10:52:21 | 2020-12-21T09:09:50 | 39 | 26 |
[WP] To stave off mass starvation, humans have managed to capture and cage a phoenix. They kill it and eat it. A few days later, it would be reborn, only to be butchered again. | I feel the heat when I'm born anew
Licks of flame 'round iron bars
A cage where humans murder me again
And cook me into a delectable stew.
Five thousand times have they rendered my meat
Sometimes it's quick and other times slow
When they slaughter me it's always the same
But ne'er is it pretty or quiet or neat.
... | The small phoenix flapped its wings, soaking in the moonlight that luminated their forest swamp. She chirped and laughed with her family as they flew around the water. It was in this haven where she spent each moment with bliss, her one true home. The first few hours of dusk were like every other, once the sun went dow... | 2021-01-30T22:13:52 | 2021-01-30T21:20:56 | 119 | 86 |
[WP] "You must be some kind of tiny giant." Said the dragon. "Humans and unicorns are just hatch-ling tales. The man and the unicorn look at one another, then back at the dragon. | “Are you an idi-*cough*” the man subtly jabbed an elbow into the unicorn’s side.
He knew that unicorns had a hard-on for the truth, but as far as *tact* went, this one had absolutely none. Lyell Ryker groaned inwardly. You’re really testing the shit out of me, goddess, he thought to himself.
Uh, yeah you got me,” L... | "What do you mean?" asked the man, his face screwed up in an indignant scowl. "I'm not a tiny giant, I'm a human being!"
"Oh, so now you're a human *and* a bean? Which is it, small one?" mocked the dragon.
*"Being!"* he snapped. "I'm a human *being,* you overgrown salamander."
"Carefully now," bellowed the dragon... | 2021-05-07T00:55:23 | 2021-05-06T12:11:42 | 97 | 22 |
[WP] An agoraphobic princess is sick and tired of knights breaking into her tower and trying to slay her emotional support dragon. | "My princess, I have spotted one on a toboggan."
Ugh. Winter used to be a time of peace and quiet. The season for rescue missions has been broadened, apparently, and no one thought to send me a pigeon about it.
"Just ... Just roast him."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. If he's this determined it's best to just get it over w... | One. Two. Three.
She closed her eyes, imagining the dragon's scales. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and letting it out.
The familiar voice spoke in her head. Remember. The world is not a bad or a scary place. You can face it. Just remember to breathe. Long breaths in. Long breaths out.
She opened her eye... | 2021-08-18T11:50:47 | 2021-08-18T11:28:22 | 161 | 106 |
[WP] You somewhat jokingly make an offering to an ancient and obscure goddess. You didn't expect her to show up in your room in a manic frenzy, trying desperately to reward and please her first worshipper in centuries | She existed as a single sentence in an article full of waning gods and goddesses. She was the goddess of lonely souls, Chloe. There wasn't a better choice, I thought, as I went to the kitchen and poured the rest of my beer down the sink. I knew if I drank anymore I'd be too sick to work in the morning. And I knew if I ... | Where the dead rise and do nothing - Part 1 (out of 6)
There was something odd about that woman. Skin like stainless bronze, blonde hair shaved on the sides with a ponytail on top and inquisitive bright green eyes. She spoke with a Spanish accent, wore cargo pants, a parka, carried a rucksack and a hunting rifle with ... | 2022-02-15T11:10:28 | 2022-02-15T10:26:41 | 505 | 323 |
[WP] Your daughter is one of the most legendary sword fighters of all time, but you could never hold a sword to save your life. Despite this, she always cited you as her inspiration. Today you find out why. |
I watched Chloe as she walked on stage, surrounded by other sword fighters who raised their weapons in salute, her light armor was shining, her hair was tied up in a braid befitting the greatest sword fighter alive. She looked so beautiful she reminded me of her mother Michelle so much. The crowd stood up applauding m... | Cornelia absorbs a blow with her shield, but its force makes her stumble backward. Her opponent presses the advantage, raising her broadsword high in the sky.
You recoil, watching the fight through squinted eyes. Cornelia has always had trouble against broadswords, even as a little girl.
With a roar and a snarl, t... | 2022-04-14T15:40:16 | 2022-04-14T14:58:27 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] When they turn 14, every human gets an obscure super power with a lengthy description of it so they know what it is. But when yours arrives, it only says four words. “Don’t… | I never thought my time would come. Childhood summers last forever, the school year drags, but time marched on as it always did. Before I knew it, I found myself standing there before the assembly just fourteen years of age. The whole class staring expectantly at what would become of me. I was the youngest in my year m... | Warning: This story might contain content or hints of horror and violence that may be disturbing. This is a three part series, please enjoy and be careful.
"Do not tell them."
I gazed down at the note, trying to figure out it's meaning ever since it floated down in front of me on the sidewalk. Just like it did for e... | 2022-05-08T09:49:41 | 2022-05-08T09:32:40 | 338 | 60 |
[WP] The goblins who dwell just outside your village are small and dumb –in an oddly endearing way. The villagers humor their innocuous raids and sometimes even give them advice. In the village’s darkest hour, the goblins send aid. | The goblins had always lived in the woods. Everyone in Halleshaw knew that. And everyone knew that the goblins steal. Not for any particular reason, it seemed- most of the time the stolen property was found abandoned in the woods unless it was edible. Occasionally they "raided" the village and "stole" people- the villa... | # Soulmage
“It’s debatable whether goblins are even sapient,” Witch Aimes began, and I already knew today’s ‘history’ class would be nothing more than thinly veiled propaganda. “What is known for certain is that they are a subspecies of humanity, twisted over millennia by their over-reliance on the witchcraft of misch... | 2022-05-26T06:21:56 | 2022-05-26T05:33:42 | 2,852 | 155 |
[WP] A demon marrying an angel is not so rare, but having a child is. With neither wings nor tail, both Heaven and Hell refuse them entry, leaving them to be raised amongst the humans they look like. "Abandoned" in the middle of nowhere, you can't help but take pity, and decide to adopt the child. | “Papa, why does nobody like me?”
“Well, I’m not omniscient. When did this start?”
“Ahh, sorry. Uhh, earlier today, this morning, everyone treated me normally. Then during recess, some people showed up claiming to be my parents. Uhmmm, one had wings, and a halo, and I think they were an angel. The other had horns, and... | I've always been the guy to say, "So what?" whenever I'm criticized. It's just an instinct by now, really. My mom once told me I was a slob, a failure of a son. "So what?" I told her. Then I told the nurse she could just pull the plug but she told me my mother was just in for a fractured toe.
A hot dog vendor got on m... | 2022-06-22T19:02:28 | 2022-06-22T13:39:09 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] Prisoners can ask for anything for their last meal. The catch is, if it can't be provided to them, they get set free. They've asked for many things : alien egg omelette, dragon steak, the flesh of Jesus Christ, etc. The execution streak remained unbroken for decades, until today. | It’s easy enough, at least in my eyes. I don’t know why no one had thought of it before. They think on the impossible, dragons and aliens, stretch the imagination and put their faith into fantasy and mythology, and forget the very reality which makes the world turn.
The warden, the lawyers, they stare at me, slack ja... | She was a born killer. The moment she snapped she turned from hero to villain in just a matter of seconds.
Thousands of people were victimized in her warpath, and she got away with it for MONTHS. That was, until she was caught, and placed on Death Row.
Now, the world had changed drastically since she had been gone, a... | 2022-07-17T19:42:58 | 2022-07-17T18:09:54 | 210 | 24 |
[WP] Prisoners can ask for anything for their last meal. The catch is, if it can't be provided to them, they get set free. They've asked for many things : alien egg omelette, dragon steak, the flesh of Jesus Christ, etc. The execution streak remained unbroken for decades, until today. | Aaron had had plenty of time to consider what his last meal would be while on trial for triple homicide. Aaron had gone from 'rambunctious child', to 'teenage delinquent', finally to cunning career criminal; and was feared in the underworld and so-called 'normal society' alike. He wasn't sorry for his crimes; nor was h... | “A peanut butter and jelly sandwich please, the way my sister used to make it. I’m honestly pretty screwed regardless so… might as well have a slice of home, y’know?”
The guard looked at me and he looked… understanding. I can’t believe I got a genuine reaction from the guy other than “SHUT UP INMATE!” but honestly I’l... | 2022-07-17T20:40:56 | 2022-07-17T20:36:22 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Prisoners can ask for anything for their last meal. The catch is, if it can't be provided to them, they get set free. They've asked for many things : alien egg omelette, dragon steak, the flesh of Jesus Christ, etc. The execution streak remained unbroken for decades, until today. | "You guarantee that I will be able to eat it before my execution?" I asked the agent. She nodded in affirmation. "And if you fail, I will be a free man?" I asked with hope. She nodded again.
I smiled, finally relaxed. "I would like to be served my own brain that has been taken from my dead body, all of it--with no par... | “A peanut butter and jelly sandwich please, the way my sister used to make it. I’m honestly pretty screwed regardless so… might as well have a slice of home, y’know?”
The guard looked at me and he looked… understanding. I can’t believe I got a genuine reaction from the guy other than “SHUT UP INMATE!” but honestly I’l... | 2022-07-17T21:30:21 | 2022-07-17T20:36:22 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You have been kidnapped by a cult preparing to sacrifice you to their god. However, you are immortal, the god they worship is a close friend of yours, and the entire cult was a prank you pulled centuries ago. | Hmm... Consciousness coming back, that's nice...
Let's see, head feels clear, probably no concussion then, good. Concussions are a pain.
Eyes... Oh good, still have eyes. Last time it took forever to get the color right again. Blindfolded though, that's annoying.
Limbs... Right leg feels broken, other leg is fine. A... | The ceremony is reaching a fevered pitch. Deep Chanting by robed priests in a circle around me to the beat of drum. A ridiculous number of candles in a circle around them. Two, no, three ritual orgies, lit by candles with their own priests chanting. This is very clearly a high quality sacrifice ritual.
Then a woman sc... | 2022-09-10T17:35:30 | 2022-09-10T10:38:38 | 843 | 491 |
[WP] The peaceful humans are inhabiting a beautiful garden world known as Earth. They love sharing their eco-centric technologies with us. And yet, they are extremely ashamed of their ancient history and refuse to talk about it. You, a xenoarcheologist, are determined to find out why | \[This Transcript has been translated from Galactic Uniform using GrainAI\]
\[Entry\_06: Sub-modification Ex.alta (Date: 24/41/4549 GA)\]
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Human historical studies continue, largely without progress. The species continues to be ardently guarded about their history prior to \[Human Year Designation: AD\] 2350. Fu... | As day 1,234 with the humans come to a close I find myself no closer to their secrets.
We are only allowed stays of 5 earth years as the humans call them, and I feel that my time here is falling away more rapidly than it should.
The humans have a saying *that time flies when one is having a joyful time* or some suc... | 2022-10-16T08:59:44 | 2022-10-16T06:46:56 | 531 | 113 |
[WP] The world seems to be your average sword and sorcery world. You, a young adventurer have descended down into a forgotten tomb. There, you find strange metals and plastics. Lights come on without torches. A man made of metal awakens, stumbling toward you. "What year is it?" he asks | Angus was disoriented by the blare of noise and light which were an affront to his senses. The room was awash with a fluorescent glow, the metallic walls were cool to the touch. Mechanisms vibrated with activity and screens illuminated with facts and figures in a language he could not comprehend.
Movement.
Out of the... | The morning air hung heavy with the summers heat, sweat dripped from my brow. I inspect the bark of a tree closely, fresh claw marks marred the surface. My prey was close, a wildcat that has been poaching our livestock recently. I quietly slide an arrow from the quiver at my hip and nock it, but do not yet pull it tigh... | 2022-12-19T12:55:51 | 2022-12-19T12:30:47 | 813 | 54 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | It wasn't hard to tell what she was, that's what attracted me to her in the first place, and when she said yes I was exhilarated. I dressed up all nice for our date, all black and everything, so the stains wouldn't show. It was fantastic! We went to the movies, had dinner at a nice Chinese place, and when she finally i... | Kunsai "Kuro" Kuronosa found himself in a strange place compared to where he normally went after school. Sure, he loved nature and all that, but he didn't think Korra, whose mother must've grown up when that show was popular, was normally the woodsy type. Popular, pretty, with fire red hair, fair skin, with typical hig... | 2022-12-29T20:22:07 | 2022-12-29T18:22:13 | 136 | 76 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | I walked into the classroom, took a seat next to Katherine, and opened a book. She seemed surprised, eyes wide and mouth open. I couldn't really blame her. However, her expression quickly morphed into abject terror as I accidentally opened my mouth too wide. People didn't like it when I did that.
I finished the chapte... | Maeve wore a look of utter shock when I walked into the door for our Anthropology class the next morning. Her mouth wide open and fear shimmering in her eyes. Yet, even in this she was a beautiful as before with her smooth pearl skin and flowing black hair.
"Now, that was a wild night." I said with a laugh. "I know th... | 2022-12-30T01:41:30 | 2022-12-29T20:31:16 | 28 | 20 |
[WP] A top-secret division of the S.S., in charge of protecting Adolf Hitler from the thousands of time travelers trying to kill him. | In a sudden, sparkling corona of light, the man in the neon jumpsuit sprang from midair, raygun at the ready.
”Ah-*HA* Adolf! Get ready for a *reckoning* from the-”
He stopped, and looked at the startled men in front of him, in their Victorian frilled collars and codpieces.
”Oh, *blast*! Must've overshot again! Why,... | Major Bachmeier looked back over the map of Europe, the damned Americans over-running the French countryside and the thrice damned Russians slaughtering their way towards Berlin. The major smiled grimly and thought to himself about how things had changed since the first traveler from the future arrived and tried to kil... | 2014-07-01T09:08:40 | 2014-07-01T07:54:01 | 240 | 29 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | They walked through the Galactic bank without a care in the world.
Ashla shot a look back at their human. An ugly stupid thing that ate all their best snacks. She hated it.
But dammit did she need it.
Approaching the controller, a rather sinister looking Gluurable with no fewer that seventeen death feathers, she p... | “Earth?” Hray filled his companion’s minds with an image of a beautiful blue orb that looked a lot like the home planet that their people had been forced to evacuate only a year ago.
“NO,” said Gon, so old that his scales had scales; so impatient with their endeavor to identify a new home world that Hray wondered wh... | 2014-07-16T11:15:31 | 2014-07-16T10:53:53 | 1,186 | 215 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | "Yuri, come in here, you gotta see this"
Yuri rolled his eye, shrugged his shoulders and shuffled over to the science officer. He looked as bored as a Redon could possibly look.
"This human, this one human, the male version" Fram began "Hey, Kiol, put it up on the big screen". The starscape was replaced by the image of... | A host of alien species gathered around the poker table, cheering on the human champion.
"You know Gron" the announcer took a momentary pause "I don't know how these humans do it! Just look at him, that mischievous grin. Ninth win in a row."
His co-announcer moved his body as if it was short of breath, no audible sou... | 2014-07-16T12:28:05 | 2014-07-16T11:38:23 | 115 | 61 |
[WP] Our behaviors in video games are held against us when we die. Saint Peter is going over the list of acts that are denying you entrance to heaven.
| "Griefing in minecraft. Playing as a spy in TF2. Sniping your teammates in Halo Reach. Typing "cyka" in LoL, and it's noted... that you don't know what that means. Dropping grenades onto trucks in GTA 4-"
"Hey hey can we not count the GTA stuff? That's just God prohibiting nineties kids!"
St. Peter stared angrily bac... | Saint Peter looked down at Stephen, his glasses on his nose. He exhaled and continued.
"Okay, Stephen. You do understand where you are?"
"Yes, Yes I do. "
"Okay, so you know, and understand we know everything, ever, in the history of ever, correct?"
"Yes, I do."
"Okay, so we're going over your behaviors you exhi... | 2014-12-11T12:19:42 | 2014-12-11T11:59:08 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] You have died. As your spirit exits your body, death invites you aboard a carriage. Once you board, it's found out that this carriage is purgatory, and it will be a day-to-day rewatch of your entire life to judge if you go to heaven or hell. | When I left my body I tried to go anywhere I wanted, but the only path I could follow led me to a carriage. A pale hand opened the door from the inside. It beckoned me to join whoever was attached to it.
I stepped inside the carriage. Plush leather and fine wood accents greeted me. A man dressed in a tailored suit wit... | *The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.*
*The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.*
Sarah closed her eyes.
*All day long...*
She opened her eyes and looked up. Did that damned girl finally stop singing? The roof of the yellow school bus... | 2015-03-10T17:50:40 | 2015-03-10T17:45:58 | 53 | 15 |
[WP] Humanity is at war with an alien race that cleverly uses statistical analysis to predict and anticipate our military actions with incredible accuracy. The only way to defeat them is to be unpredictable. | “Buckets.”
“I’m sorry, what was that?” Questioned Fleet Commander Pail.
I again spoke up, “We wear buckets on our heads.”
The room went dead silent as none of those in charge could discern my level of seriousness. Seated around a table on the tenth floor of the World Defense Fleet HQ were dozens of the highest ra... | "So there's this outlaw back in Wild West times, gets arrested by the local sheriff in the Nevada territory. This outlaw, he's a real nasty son-of-a, sheriff locks him up for horse theft and banditry or whatever else it is outlaws would get up to back then. Plus your run of the mill murder and such like. All-around ups... | 2015-04-15T10:44:26 | 2015-04-15T09:18:52 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] An unnamed henchmen has the audacity to murder the protagonist halfway through the villain's monologue with a complete disregard for the plot. | "Hey Jones, the usual?" Lucille's bar was as empty as it got, but then again it was midday. And Jones was early.
"Yeah. Can you put it on my tab, I can't pay today."
"Sure thing." The barkeep Lucille, a woman in her mid-fifties with a bad wrist poured out a shot of fireball. She was used to her particular cliente... | He was at it again, his monologue, blasting away on why what he had to do was not evil, how it was necessary for world peace. Most of us had heard this at least ten times before. Agent Jamie Blud of H.E.A.R.T. had probably heard it more than the most of us. He had always stopped him when we got closed. The bastard h... | 2015-06-24T01:55:02 | 2015-06-23T23:22:04 | 691 | 31 |
[WP] The Knight finally confront the Demon Lord.... Only to find that she was more beautiful than the Princess. | Sir Melethor broke through the stout locks on the doors of the castle with one mighty blow from his warhammer. He charged through the howling demonic guards and sent them screaming back to hell with a few more well-placed swings. His shining armor seemed to emit its own light that penetrated the inky shadows of the Dem... | It was the smell that was the worst part. Blood, feces, and rotting flesh. It was little wonder that men of war come back changed for the worst. Oren could hear the screams as the demons tore through their bodies and armor. War cries, exclamations of pain, and pleading whimpers calling out for something safe and lost.
... | 2016-03-29T06:17:58 | 2016-03-29T05:02:03 | 63 | 37 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | The bus sped past me again. I don't really know what else I expected. 347 years they've done this, but I pay them no mind. They think it's rude to stay, I think it's rude to leave. I've dealt with their 'punishments' for long enough that it just doesn't bother me. I can basically predict how the day goes- I check the b... | Four hundred years is the limit of what's considered socially acceptable. Since I've hit the big four-five-oh, people won't leave it alone. Especially the members of my current family. It might be time to move on soon.
I circled the edges of the reunion dinner, ignoring the scandalised looks thrown my way. I picked u... | 2016-08-09T08:58:15 | 2016-08-09T07:43:02 | 916 | 333 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | ** so I didn't follow the prompt exactly, but I liked my response so much that I wanted to post it anyways. Hopefully you'll like it enough to ignore the fact I didn't follow it to a T! **
I was in the kitchen when it happened. I heard the loud crash of glass a split second before I heard Jason's cries. I felt my hear... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T22:31:58 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 91 | 12 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | The sole reason I had met him was our love of coffee. He was a man who had worked for the military, I knew he had to have some darkness to his blood. That didn't matter to me, his childlike love had long since taught me better. The much harder part was hiding my own from him. We had both grown up in the city, he ha... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T21:45:49 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] You discover a grand hall filled with legendary weapons like Mjonir and Excalibur. Each generation or so, warriors come to the hall to inherit a weapon that they are worthy enough to wield. Across the hall you see a forgotten weapon that's been collecting dust. You hear it call to you. | Swords, blades, axes, hammers and all manner of other famous weapons adorned the walls. Neatly hung and fastidiously dusted by the elves who served in the hall but from the dimly lit far end of the room, a whisper filled the air.
"Down here. These weapons will doom you. You need me and I need you, my friend."
I sto... | Alabaster doors, unfathomably tall and unimaginably wide, shifted silently open beneath the gentle brush of Catarin's fingertips. Glancing once more behind her, she stepped into the Temple of Ages, the stone slabs swinging shut behind her.
*The Temple of Ages - an homage to the Old Gods, divine beings that granted The... | 2017-02-07T14:31:39 | 2017-02-07T11:44:28 | 368 | 65 |
[WP] Earth is discovered by a peaceful coalition of civilizations. Turns out we missed several major technologies normally developed by now. The aliens are very confused how we got here. | Krygh'rrtrh, Galactic Ambassador of the Universal Alliance, looked at the misshapen carbon life-forms in front of him and frowned.
Or rather, he did the Jgru (that was his home planet) equivalent of a frown, because the Jgru do not possess faces.
It seemed to upset the life-forms, because they all quickly lay on the ... | "I am who I am."
I hear the strain in my voice, it's embarrassing. I stir the ice cubes in my lemonade to try and break the tension. The spoon clinks against the glass.
"I'm not... I'm not dumb. I'm pretty sure I understand the context here, of what you're asking. The fact that you're speaking English gives me some c... | 2017-03-09T17:14:59 | 2017-03-09T16:52:29 | 322 | 129 |
[WP] Everyone with the same name shares knowledge. If one Bob gets a degree in electrical engineering, then all Bob's have this knowledge readily available. Soon, everyone starts naming their kids similar names until factions form. Your parents rebelled and named you something original. | It took only a day.
A shadowy organization saw the sharing of information through names, and so realized a great loophole in the univese
_The mechanical spiders finished their construction of a nano-fabricator_
Earth is not the only planet. There are billions. Somewhere, far away, there would be an alien civilization... | "It's a curse, Zlewesky, others don't see it, but your dad and I, we did," mum coughed as she struggled to finish her last sentence, her frail hands holding me. I gently stroke them, feeling the wrinkles beneath mine.
She pulled me closer to her. Her hands trembled as she whispered into my ears. "You're the last remna... | 2017-04-07T09:39:12 | 2017-04-07T09:35:46 | 141 | 70 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | "I couldn't ask for a better birthday," she said. "Beautiful weather, lush countryside and best of all, a picnic with the man I love."
"Here," he said, as he offered her a scotch egg.
"Wow - homemade?"
He nodded enthusiastically. "Go on, try it."
She bit into the soft layer of breadcrumbs, through the meat and into... | He laid with her and stroked her hair.
"I love you." he whispered into ear.
she smiles.
"and I you." she softly coos back.
He kisses her cheek she tilts her head and he kisses her neck before falling back to nuzzle in looking at the roof. The room was very dim and cool and drafty save for the fire in the edge of the... | 2017-05-31T06:46:24 | 2017-05-31T01:51:06 | 1,067 | 49 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I have to say, that this isn't so bad.
Yeah, it's a bit cramped, and the lighting's is too dim, but I'm a fan of the rustic life.
Of course, I preferred living in my Dad's mansion, making all my money off of my job at his firm, but that's all gone now, and all I have is this dingy apartment.
It took some doing too.... | He laid with her and stroked her hair.
"I love you." he whispered into ear.
she smiles.
"and I you." she softly coos back.
He kisses her cheek she tilts her head and he kisses her neck before falling back to nuzzle in looking at the roof. The room was very dim and cool and drafty save for the fire in the edge of the... | 2017-05-31T02:40:54 | 2017-05-31T01:51:06 | 548 | 49 |
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