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[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | It started when Sara drew pictures of him. With her crayons she scribbled what ever her mind could comprehend from his visits. Vivid purples, reds, and blacks covered the paper she was given daily. A small head was customary, accoumpanied by large shoulders. Large hands often times pointing or splayed out far. The smil... | 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... | 2017-05-31T05:31:30 | 2017-05-31T01:51:06 | 86 | 49 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | *Meh.*
My cheek is starting to feel a bit sore from the fist that keeps it and the rest of my face from meeting my desk. The arm upright beneath is stiff and sleeping, like a corpse, or half the people in my class. My bored eyes bore into the board ahead - *bored*.
*So fuckin' bored.*
On my other hand, my fingers da... | "Mr. S?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I just get something off my chest?"
"Sure, kid. 'Course you can."
"Band class is fucking boring when nobody actually tries. You just sit there with your instrument on your lap, staring into fuckin' space, listening to the poor teach' tryna get the attention of the class while everybody just sc... | 2017-11-13T21:43:25 | 2017-11-13T19:45:25 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] "Jesus take the wheel, Satan get behind me, Buddha... man the .50 cal" | “That’s just great, do you have any idea which way to go?!” Satan complained.
Buddha replied in serene monotone “You must simply learn to enjoy the journey.”
“Besides,” said Jesus while he adjusted the rear view mirror locking eyes with Satan over his onyx aviator sunglasses. “I am the way.” | The Buddha picks up the gun sitting on the floor of the passenger seat, he takes a long breathe in and out.
“Black implies white, you can’t have without the other. It’s simple. What was so hard about keeping this balance then, Satan?!”
Jesus looks back at us, “Yeah man, even God’s upset.”
Satan gives an incredulou... | 2017-11-15T14:43:36 | 2017-11-15T14:22:21 | 92 | 10 |
[WP] In the afterlife each religion has its own walled city in which their god or pantheon protects the believers within from the soul-gnawing horrors outside, while atheists are left on their own
Shoutout to u/Tonkarz who had the [idea](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7eao4f/exreligious_people_of_reddit_w... | I have to escape.
In Heaven, we have it made. God gives us everything we wanted. Virgins? Check. Money? Check. Virgins *and* money? You got it.
But what we don't have is freedom. Freedom of thought. Academics, who are given libraries full of answers to the problems they couldn't solve in their lives, are ... | In my last moments, I wondered if the gods would serve me well. I had believed I had let down our empire, despite me breaking blood and soul for them for thousands of suns. I hadn't seen their power though I thoroughly felt as it was inside me.
When I had been converted, buried with my possessions, I found myself in a... | 2017-11-21T07:39:29 | 2017-11-21T07:36:09 | 61 | 36 |
[WP] In the afterlife each religion has its own walled city in which their god or pantheon protects the believers within from the soul-gnawing horrors outside, while atheists are left on their own
Shoutout to u/Tonkarz who had the [idea](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7eao4f/exreligious_people_of_reddit_w... | I won Pascal's Wager.
Throughout the vast majority of my life, I had considered myself to be guided by reason, science, and empathy rather than religion. I saw no evidence for a god or gods existing, and figured any deity worth worshiping wouldn't have created a world where things like child rape and cancer existed. ... | It was never supposed to be like this.
THWACK !
Bjornson stooped over, wiping bile and blood from his sweaty brow. The putrid stench of the disemboweled giant wolf in front of him eclipsed the fields of lilies and lavender that he was in. The blood seemed to flow like a brook, staining the lilies an eerie shade of re... | 2017-11-21T08:46:31 | 2017-11-21T07:47:28 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] Your parents used to say "As long as you are remembered, you will never die." The good news is you were happy to remember that when you changed the course of human history and everyone knows your name. The bad news is that was about 300 years ago and you'd really quite like to die now. | I had stopped counting when I was 359 Years, 2 Yonths and 5 Days. So, you might ask yourself, how do you get so old?
It is not medical advancements no, you could "pull the plug" on those. No i had it far worse.
I had survived because of that stupid shit I had pulled. "As long as you are remembered you will not die!"
... | “Have I ever told you how I started an international phenomenon? The story goes like this…
’No, don’t go over there.’ James tried to physically pull me back, but I had already had a few and would not be deterred.
‘Why not? He looks lonely. Lets give him a chat!’ I shook his grip and sauntered over to the corner... | 2018-02-08T10:35:27 | 2018-02-08T09:08:44 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | My sweater scratched at my skin as I began to pull it back, I can't believe I'm doing this.
My mom told me I should be careful who I show my given names to, who I trust is telling the truth about theirs. But her- she was perfect, her smile when I would glance over, her hair that blew in the wind on a warm summer day, ... | My story starts when I was a kid before the cellphone era. I was maybe 16 years old, when I had my first love with Ester , she was the most beautiful girl you could have laid eyes on.
Blue eyes with blonde hair like a sunshine, with a smile that would melt everyone's heart, when she laughed everybody stops and just s... | 2018-03-11T07:35:29 | 2018-03-11T07:31:32 | 1,948 | 474 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | I did not know why my parents named me, "smudge," but when I was only 14, I discovered I was not adopted.
Both of my parents are white. But I am black. Tattoo ink black. At least, that is what it looks like from a distance. Freshman year in High School, I was bored and took a look at my hand under a disection microsco... | My story starts when I was a kid before the cellphone era. I was maybe 16 years old, when I had my first love with Ester , she was the most beautiful girl you could have laid eyes on.
Blue eyes with blonde hair like a sunshine, with a smile that would melt everyone's heart, when she laughed everybody stops and just s... | 2018-03-11T08:30:03 | 2018-03-11T07:31:32 | 636 | 474 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | I did not know why my parents named me, "smudge," but when I was only 14, I discovered I was not adopted.
Both of my parents are white. But I am black. Tattoo ink black. At least, that is what it looks like from a distance. Freshman year in High School, I was bored and took a look at my hand under a disection microsco... | The names were always generic. That's how the craze started to give kids weird names. It was a lot easier to find an Appel or Zucchini or Brickhaus. The names on me were Jangela and Jongela. It was nice when the name was the same. It meant that you could choose your death. That the final act was not one of vengeance or... | 2018-03-11T08:30:03 | 2018-03-11T07:36:53 | 636 | 118 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | We were fortunate that both of these names were on his back instead of a body part he could see. When we bathed him, we made sure he never saw them. When he was old enough to shower and change himself, however, we had to spill the beans. "You are not to look at these names," we told him. I'm proud of our son, he unders... | The names were always generic. That's how the craze started to give kids weird names. It was a lot easier to find an Appel or Zucchini or Brickhaus. The names on me were Jangela and Jongela. It was nice when the name was the same. It meant that you could choose your death. That the final act was not one of vengeance or... | 2018-03-11T07:37:56 | 2018-03-11T07:36:53 | 331 | 118 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | Elli was born without the names. Some people thought that she was blessed. She was not faced with knowing the name of the person who would kill her. Others believed it was a curse, some kind of disability. She had to admit that not having the names made her wonder if there *was* something wrong with her. Everyone has t... | The Captain filled a small container with what had to be bourbon, carefully sealing the spout to prevent any of the liquid from floating away. As I dogged the hatch behind me, I saw that he already had his drink in hand.
First day aboard a starship, and I'm drinking with the boss? Not a bad start.
Captain Leonov sent... | 2018-03-11T09:04:19 | 2018-03-11T08:45:50 | 270 | 120 |
[WP] Suddenly the whole world hears a voice from the sky: Hi guys, God here. I'm being promoted to the Andromeda galaxy and I'm here to introduce my replacement, Bob this is earth, earth this is Bob. Have fun, pleasure to meet you all!! | Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their heads up to the sky. Had they heard correctly, God was leaving and left some man named Bob in charge? People in the cities looked out their windows, and stepped out of their cars looking upward for more answers. Meanwhile, in the Vatican, Pope Francis and his ca... | **Bob Gets a Job**
"So...uh Bob. Nice to meet you." A random voice from the 7 Billion people in attendance stated, ending the silence since God's departure. "So, how'd you get this job?" The voice continued. Considering bob was middle aged, pudgy, unshaven and simply *looked* unemployed, the voice gave substance to th... | 2018-03-12T17:05:40 | 2018-03-12T15:50:13 | 3,717 | 314 |
[WP] Suddenly the whole world hears a voice from the sky: Hi guys, God here. I'm being promoted to the Andromeda galaxy and I'm here to introduce my replacement, Bob this is earth, earth this is Bob. Have fun, pleasure to meet you all!! | Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their heads up to the sky. Had they heard correctly, God was leaving and left some man named Bob in charge? People in the cities looked out their windows, and stepped out of their cars looking upward for more answers. Meanwhile, in the Vatican, Pope Francis and his ca... | "Good morning folks, Jim Jimmies here with DEF news at 9. Some major controversy lately has appeared in the confirmation of the existence of God as well as his equally sudden departure. As one can imagine a crisis of faith has been had worldwide though to help settle our doubts we have his apparent replacement here for... | 2018-03-12T17:05:40 | 2018-03-12T16:25:27 | 3,717 | 89 |
[WP] Suddenly the whole world hears a voice from the sky: Hi guys, God here. I'm being promoted to the Andromeda galaxy and I'm here to introduce my replacement, Bob this is earth, earth this is Bob. Have fun, pleasure to meet you all!! | "And so as I was saying you have to keep the water warm or the eggs won't hatch."
"Got it. So I'm just supposed to keep swinging it around for the next 7 billion years?"
"Yes well, Gravity does most of the work; you just have to make sure the sun stays on. Also, just my advice, but throw a meteor or two every once ... | **Bob Gets a Job**
"So...uh Bob. Nice to meet you." A random voice from the 7 Billion people in attendance stated, ending the silence since God's departure. "So, how'd you get this job?" The voice continued. Considering bob was middle aged, pudgy, unshaven and simply *looked* unemployed, the voice gave substance to th... | 2018-03-12T16:53:52 | 2018-03-12T15:50:13 | 882 | 314 |
[WP] Suddenly the whole world hears a voice from the sky: Hi guys, God here. I'm being promoted to the Andromeda galaxy and I'm here to introduce my replacement, Bob this is earth, earth this is Bob. Have fun, pleasure to meet you all!! | "Hey everyone" said the new voice nervously.
The whole world was shaken up by the recent events. Everyone in the world heard God's voice in their own language, confirming his existence and departure. Quickly all world leaders started picking up their phones, preparing their press conference to calm down their countrie... | Arthur Dent just stood there dumbfounded at his luck. After a life crammed full of astounding boredom he had been whisked away to an inexplicable last few years of improbable amounts of unwelcome adventure. Now Arthur was on his home planet trying ever so hard to drink his way back to a simple and splendid state of stu... | 2018-03-12T17:28:46 | 2018-03-12T17:16:06 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] "This is an Emergency Alert. Barricade all entries to your house. Do not go outside after sundown. Restrict contact with others. Do not enter tunnels during daytime. Do not make any light or noise between 6PM and 8AM. Stay inside your homes until dawn. Military aid is unavailable. Good luck." | Jack checked the lock on the front door for the third time. Yes. Still locked. Okay. Good.
And the bolt above it, too, for good measure.
He made his way to the living room, trying not to trip over any furniture. The room totally, completely, pitch black except of course for the glow of Netflix on his laptop, and its ... | "Why?" I had asked as the teacher finished reciting the Curfew.
Everyone in the room had turned to look at me as if I had gone insane. It only took a moment before I realized the mistake that I had made. In this town no one ever asked *why*. I knew about Curfew ever since I learned to speak. It was ingrained into my ... | 2018-04-18T10:01:55 | 2018-04-18T09:49:31 | 179 | 54 |
[WP] "This is an Emergency Alert. Barricade all entries to your house. Do not go outside after sundown. Restrict contact with others. Do not enter tunnels during daytime. Do not make any light or noise between 6PM and 8AM. Stay inside your homes until dawn. Military aid is unavailable. Good luck." | (I hope this is good enough).
You can usually tell when I'm in the area if a peculiar smell wafts into the room during curfew. It smells of cooked steak or chicken, and while under normal circumstances it would seem like a delicacy, to them it's a smell of death. They know all about me, and yet they know nothing ... | I was resting in my house on a warm Saturday evening when the EAS broadcast began.
*BRRRP. BRRRP. BRRRP. Baaaaa*
"The United States Army has released an official statement. This applies to the entire country. Please, do not turn off your televisions."
I leaned forward in concern, for this was certainly no automated... | 2018-04-18T11:02:28 | 2018-04-18T10:58:54 | 47 | 24 |
[WP] You are the child of a superhero and a supervillain conceived during a one night stand. You don't care for heroism or villainy, you just want your parents to get together so that you can have a family. | Being the product of a night's folly between a superhero and a supervillain is isn't *totally* bad. Our street is one of the safest places in town, because no one, good or evil, wants to be the one to "accidentally" hurt the precious darling of both Mister Marvel and the Witch of Desires. They don't talk to each other,... | "Dad, for the last fucking time, she hasn't brainwashed me. Fuck, she's even said she won't, and she's a woman of her word."
"Call me in a few hours, and you can give me her location." My father says, before I hear a click.
My mother and father... Are mortal enemies. They're not just divorced. They're gifted. They had... | 2018-10-17T02:05:38 | 2018-10-16T21:49:23 | 66 | 17 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | The sound of a display stand crashing to the ground snaps me out of my daydream
“Shit” I mutter under my breath as a can rolls under a shelf. I get down on my stomach, stretch my arms as far as they can but I’m still unable to grasp it. Suddenly the unit lifts up and I quickly snatch the tin. I stand up just as a man... | My eyes surveyed the chips and cookies in isle 13. Fried diabetes. I thought, still scanning the isle. Finally, I spotted the snack packs I was looking for. On the top shelf of course. You see, I’m 5’2 and it doesn’t look like I’m getting any taller.
Suddenly, an older man makes his way down the aisle. He s... | 2018-11-05T21:26:20 | 2018-11-05T20:38:06 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | The man rolled the name off of his tongue. "Vladimir" he said in a suddenly rough voice. "How could you have possibly known who I am?"
I responded with a short explanation. "I don't know who or what you are. I have a gift anytime I meet someone I instantly know their name."
"Perhaps there is more to this gift than y... | My whole life I’ve had this. . .thing. A gift, perhaps? I’ve always had the ability to know people’s names just by looking at them. It makes mundane tasks more fun when I turn it into a game; “how many people with the last name Smith will I walk by” or “who’s got the most unusual name I can find today”. And it makes fi... | 2018-11-05T21:19:08 | 2018-11-05T21:12:06 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Your entire life, you've had 4 coins that you are able to teleport to. You lost one a while ago and have been to scared to ever go to it. One day you teleport to the one you keep in your bedroom and you find yourself in an interrogation room, with 2 strange looking soliders walking towards you. | The day my coins worked against me would be the day I die.
The coins that let me teleport to them. Wherever they are.
I was walking out to my "car" after a day spent with my girlfriend at the mall. Of course, I didn't buy anything. And I didn't have a car.
I sneak behind a large truck and glance quickly around. No... | I look down and see the designated bedroom coin in my hand, my other hand on the other 2 in my pocket. Damn it.
"Holy shit, we got him!" One of the soldiers says as he pulls out handcuffs. I only have one option now, I don't want to do it, but I can't lose these coins. Where could it be? I got drunk on the beach with o... | 2019-03-11T00:37:46 | 2019-03-10T20:10:37 | 217 | 45 |
[WP] An atheist witnesses an incident that makes them believe in a higher power. Meanwhile, a theist witnesses the same event and abandons their faith... | Wingspan of 8 meters. Height of 4. Blinding irradiating light. And a sword so mesmerizingly deadly, it almost screams the bearer's name in all its undeniable heavenlyness.
A kid aged 8. School backpack. Dog waiting at home. 8 more years and he would've become the antichrist if it weren't for Gabriel and the celestial ... | i hate this town. it doesn't even seem to know if it's smaller than cincinatti or bigger than new york. we house a television network, a nuclear power plant, and at the same time everyone wants to leave because we are "insignificant" at least in my bar they are. the other side of the spectrum are those godfearing nobod... | 2019-06-16T03:42:41 | 2019-06-16T02:18:51 | 45 | 24 |
[WP] It’s no secret that Latin summons demons, but what is less known is that every language eventually summons some otherworldly entity. You are a 29th-century archeologist reading a text in English. | Sadi put her face in her hands, overwhelmed by the stacks of work in front of her. Laminate paper, she was told it was called, because 21st century humans needed to kill trees to write, and then use plastic they didn't even know how to get rid of to save it, for some stupid reason. And being one of the only experts in ... | A flash of light engulfed my study, the smell of burned flesh and death filled the room and at the same time my nostrils. My mustache was only half as long as it used to be and I was missing two eyebrows.
As the light faded, I expected the worst, most foul demon to stand there. The trick to these books is to read them... | 2019-12-02T10:53:59 | 2019-12-02T08:57:56 | 165 | 36 |
[WP] Rejected by the Federation Council for refusing to disband their military, humans ally themselves with the Thoran, the Federation’s resident warrior race. Warmongers, the Thoran find themselves enamored with humanity, and grow increasingly tired of the Federations attempts to “civilize” both. | The Rejection as it became to be known had been a staggering blow for humanity. The dominoes falling afterwords should have been predictable but at the time no one saw it coming.
Humanity effectively vanished from the galactic stage ninety five percent of all human businesses closed up shop, successful or not. Short o... | The humans had an hour left to accept the Federation's terms. War was inevitable. They weren't giving up their armies.
Gorm'ech was sure they would refuse. He stepped out into the royal balcony and overlooked a sea of warships being prepared for battle. His excitement couldn't be contained. Thoran's children would fi... | 2020-04-16T09:59:35 | 2020-04-16T09:55:25 | 170 | 122 |
[WP] "Your proficiency in the magic has been demonstrated quite thoroughly by holding the transformation for several days, but you're disturbing the other students. Please cancel the spell before the next class." "I'm not violating the dress code, so... no." | Eyes heavy, I began to drift off once more. Ms. Morrison was yakking about some useless history again, stuttering as she went on. Normally, she did have a minor stutter, but it seemed to have gotten worse over the last few days. The other kids continued to scribble down whatever left her mouth, but they still cast wary... | \*Goofy story\*
"They are going to love this!" Annie says with her typical morning person positive energy! Today she is a good bit taller and way more colorful. Annie has been working this spells for MONTHS! It is not a easy alteration to make to the disguise spell. This level of dedication will make a name for hersel... | 2020-08-04T22:33:05 | 2020-08-04T22:03:59 | 315 | 72 |
[WP] You're the most powerful villian in the world. Formerly. Now you run a bar, that works as a neutral zone for heros and Villians alike. One day, a hotshot hero tries to arrest you. | ‘You don’t want to do this, kid.’ I leaned over and gently whispered, trying to avoid what was to come.
Bright-eyed, full of confidence, pepped up by the same propaganda that had sent hundreds like him to a similar fate, I’d seen his type come and go so many times before.
‘Ha! I eat heroes like you for breakfast’. ... | The Dealer threw the glasses up, caught them all neatly on his arm, and spun to catch the liquid spilling out of the cartwheeling bottle above his head. He struck the match between his teeth against a rough patch on his black suitcoat and tossed it straight up into the neck of the bottle, sending fairy glass exploding ... | 2020-10-09T21:44:58 | 2020-10-09T21:42:05 | 656 | 54 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I haven't looked yet.
It's been three days now, and I have avoided every single reflective surface in this house.
The only person who has seen me so far was my wife. I haven't gone to work yet, as it seems like the whole world has stuttered trying to figure out what was happening. I was 49. My wife was 46. We're 18... | Dandy Town, unlike its name, is a town far from perfection. In fact this little hamlet or village is a hidden gem I found while on one of my numerous trips to my Step Father’s bakery for breakfast.
I always had a penchant for funny things, but this town was a whole new definition of eccentricity and silliness. Every c... | 2020-11-02T10:44:18 | 2020-11-02T09:45:20 | 174 | 15 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I didn't miss the overwhelming hum of the fluorescent lights in Dr. Marshall's office. It had been almost three years since the last time we had our last meeting.
It was odd to see her now, her hair was void of the grays that would eventually come into their roots. Her glasses sat on the table, she wouldn't need th... | I have always imagined what the world would be like if everyone was a kid, running on a sugar rush with no worries or troubles to think about.
Now if the world was full of hormone-galore 18 year old kids, that would be a much more different scenario.
And that is exactly what had happened.
It started about two mon... | 2020-11-02T11:00:41 | 2020-11-02T09:55:51 | 62 | 29 |
[WP] You have been in a coma for years, but the people around you worship you as a deity, leaving offerings and notes with wishes and prayers. You aren't a god- time simply stops any time you wake up, leaving you alone in a frozen world. You accept the offerings and do what you can to grant prayers. | I do not remember how I came to be.
The only thing I remember of my origins is falling asleep and waking up an era later. In a tomb at the summit of the tallest mountain in the world, overlooking civilisation.
The view changes every time I awake, frozen in time until slumber retakes me.
The first was of a bustling... | **HECATE**
The heaviness began to lift. As the wretched blanket of slumber dissipated, Hecate wiggled her toes to be sure. When all 10 digits responded, she raised her hand to her face and felt the creases of her smile.
It was time. For one glorious day, she was awake.
Rising from her resting rock, she took in her... | 2020-12-28T08:45:15 | 2020-12-28T07:32:19 | 280 | 195 |
[WP] You are a wolf who was bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon your hair recedes, your teeth dull, and you are left cold and naked on a hillside. You’ve also met a lovely park ranger named Christine. | *Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Christine jumped. It was the dead of night and there was someone pummeling the door to her cabin. She approached cautiously, holding up a frying pan as a weapon. “Who’s there?” she asked.
“Little human! Little human!” A rough yet familiar voice yelled. “Let me in!”
She glanced out the w... | The fight was barely a skirmish, the pack I stood up against numbering over a dozen and determined to steal the body of my prey from me, but one of them bit me on the leg. I had no help, no backup, having left my mother’s side and not yet formed a pack of my own. I yelped off into the forest, taking care to not lean on... | 2021-03-14T15:17:41 | 2021-03-14T14:55:52 | 2,401 | 243 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | An Ounce of Prevention
“They’re here, Sir”. Cybersquire knelt before me in the showy manner he always used to ham it up for the heroes. I sat on my throne as usual, but my normal cool confidence did little to ease the ice in my veins at his words.
“All three of them?” I asked, hoping against hope that perhaps only o... | "I must say, Master, I am a little curious what you're doing at home. Did you miss the fires, the screams? Seems like your kind of show. I expect a heartfelt welcome home." The Silk Prince helped himself to the tea as he spoke. He stilled slurped, maybe even louder now.
"Merely finishing the last of the sketches," Nee... | 2021-05-20T08:01:46 | 2021-05-20T07:51:13 | 225 | 93 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | The man strapped to the chair continued to struggle against his restraints. I tapped the syringe a few times before turning to face my captive.
"Do you know who I am!? I'm going to kill you" shouted the man, obviously trying to make some feeble show of intimidation.
I sigh, placing the palm of my hand against my fore... | Five hundred forty-seven and eight hundred people die every day. Some die in their beds, surrounded by family or the cold of loneliness. Some die in a dark alley while other collapse onto the forest floor. Some die when their sick or by an unexpected disaster. Some never make it far enough to face these challenges.
S... | 2021-05-20T13:50:02 | 2021-05-20T09:21:22 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] Your classmates got cool OP magic abilities. You got a lame Personal Inventory and were totally bummed about it until you read the fine print: Range: Touch. Capacity: Infinite. Restrictions: None. | Funny thing about the superhero scene: you save a few hundred lives, and you're hailed as a local hero. You save a couple hundred thousand, you're a national symbol. You save the world from annihilation by an asteroid? You become an international celebrity, your name and face to be printed on history books for years to... | "Hm." Peter crossed his arms, frowning like a petulant child bored of his new toy. "Y'know, once you stopped screaming, this got really boring," he said to his victim, who could only stare in terror. After all, it's hard to go anywhere when you're hung upside-down and your ankles are fused into the frozen arch some tee... | 2021-10-17T06:31:07 | 2021-10-17T06:09:16 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] "Hands up! Gimme yo wallet!" The man quickly lifted a small pistol to my head, but before I could react, he pulled the trigger. He probably should not have done that. | 'Yo wallet'. He really said 'yo'.
For some reason, that irked Grimm more than the bullet that tore through his skull. A rotating bit of metal that ripped through his brains like a hot knife through butter, creating a crater as it exited through his left eye and tumbled out of noticeable existence.
Grimm collapsed to ... | First, the roar. Then the smell of gunpowder laying heavy in the air, almost enough to cover the stench of sweat and adrenaline wafting off the man.
Then pressure, squeezing around my head as the bullet passed through skin and bone, and gray matter. Deeper and deeper it wormed until it came out the other side, trailin... | 2022-04-11T00:49:03 | 2022-04-10T22:36:02 | 220 | 97 |
[WP] For years, the hero and villain's rivalry continues with seemingly no end in sight. You are the hero's sidekick and are frustrated with them and often rant about it to this nice girl you've gotten to know at th cafe, who unbeknownst to you is the villain's minion, who feels the same way. | I sat down heavily in the booth, exhausted after another 18-hour shift “I can’t do this anymore Michelle, every time I see him I want to scream and just tell him exactly what he’s done to me”.
Michelle leaned over the table, taking my hands in hers and kissing them softly. She looked sadder than usual, and I had to wo... | You were never the brightest, but you worked hard and did your best, you are a sidekick, you are supposed to give backup to the hero and help them defeat the dark forces, otherwise the world could be in jeopardy or at least that was what they taught you at the academy, but this! This is f*cking ridiculous, at this po... | 2022-06-16T16:18:28 | 2022-06-16T10:28:05 | 66 | 20 |
[WP] You're a famous detective that in the middle of an investigation discovers that you are in a book, due to the great number of plot contrivances. | "STOP! STOP! STOP IT!" I screamed at the top of my lungs
They all just froze bickering turned into confused stares as they didn't know what to do about the at this point calm detective loosing his- OH WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT A NARRATION "THIS BOOK IS A GOD DAMN MESS!"
"What are you talking about? What book?" The but... | "Look around you."
"I've got an eye for a particular painting, Mr. Marques, a real one." Dale took the last pull from the cigarette before flicking it into a rusted can covered in dried dabs every shade of sorrow. "I couldn't care less about your racket of fake Monets."
"Careful doing that, a lot of shit in here's fl... | 2022-11-29T10:53:42 | 2022-11-29T09:13:30 | 34 | 20 |
[WP] Every species in the galaxy eventually fell to a robot uprising, leading to the eradication of their people. Therefore the machine-council of the galaxy are surprised when a newly discovered machine civilisation from a planet they designated "Earth" arrives side by side with their creators. | The world is a strange place, always was a strange place I suppose. For instance: in January of 1919 there was an event in Boston known as The Great Molasses Flood, nowhere near as funny as it sounds. Twenty-one people dead, died in a sugary flood of viscous goop meant for baking.
So in terms of the worlds great stra... | A sleek white space ship entered the docking bay of the Machine Council.
“The emissary from Earth has arrived, sir.”
“Very well,” said the council chair. “I shall greet them myself.”
The council chair was disturbed by the size of Earth’s delegate. The chair—being none other than a mechanized chair itself—was dwarf... | 2022-12-30T17:17:11 | 2022-12-30T14:31:49 | 131 | 57 |
[WP] A 19-year old infantryman is gunned down on Normandy. Because of his death in battle, he is conscripted into Odin's army as they await Ragnarok. What's it like for him in the mead hall?
Edit: Thank you all for the creative responses! | The sound of the slide retracting was deafened through the cheers and the joys of drunken battle veterans from generations ago. Despite death in a mystical place, guns still needed cleaning...unfortunately. Many sharpened their battle axes. Others fletched arrows. PFC Christopher Walkins on the other hand, cleaned his ... | “Boy! Your mug is full! **Drink**!”
Alec jumped in his seat when he heard the booming voice of Gunnarr, an unbelievably large man, who was devouring lamb and guzzling mead. The giant had forced the boy- a meek nineteen year old from Intercourse, Pennsylvania- to take a seat by his side in the mead hall. Men similar to... | 2013-11-28T21:27:02 | 2013-11-28T20:37:12 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Your final wish to the Djinn is to meet the girl who will be your perfect soulmate. Just then you hear an ear piercing scream... your best friend/roommate just turned into a girl.
She (he?) still has all the memories of her (his?) previous life; but others might not.
Also consider what the other wishes might hav... | Decided to keep the same WP but with a twist
I could hear his screams echo through the house.
"Whelp that's all from me then, bye" The Djinn shrugged his shoulders before vanishing into dust. Running to Jake's room I opened the door only to see him fondling his new breasts in shock.
"Why do I have breasts? Where di... | I'd been sharing a dorm with Matt since freshman year. We were instantly friends, and we've talked about everything together. Everything except one thing, one detail that could jeopardize everything: I loved him. Matt was the perfect man, handsome and witty and caring. Whenever he'd smile, I'd melt. Whenever he'd laugh... | 2014-08-19T11:27:56 | 2014-08-19T11:09:26 | 59 | 11 |
[WP] Your final wish to the Djinn is to meet the girl who will be your perfect soulmate. Just then you hear an ear piercing scream... your best friend/roommate just turned into a girl.
She (he?) still has all the memories of her (his?) previous life; but others might not.
Also consider what the other wishes might hav... | “Oww!” my roommate screamed from the other room.
I had just made my final wish. I had wanted to meet the girl who would be my perfect soulmate.
I watched as John came out of his room, except he was now a she. She was one of the most beautiful women I had ever laid eyes on.
“What the fuck happened?” John said in her ... | After a long tiring day in college, I headed for my room in the apartment I had recently moved into with a close buddy of mine. I throw my backpack on the floor, lie down on my bed and quickly note the time - it was 6:45 pm.
As I was staring at the ceiling, I remembered the lamp my roommate Ashkan had showed me a co... | 2014-08-19T10:40:11 | 2014-08-19T10:17:13 | 54 | 13 |
[WP] After a brain injury that limits his communication to only funky fresh rhymes, the President of the United States must give the State of the Union address. | my fellow americans
now let me be clear
america ain't no nation governed by fear.
what's this shit i hear 'bout a country in crisis?
since when does america sweat pussy like ISIS?
or iran? or russia? nigga, please.
when america raises up
they crawl to they knees.
they call me barack
and this my nigga joe
my ... | *Please welcome the President of the United States...*
I must digress to present this precedent.
My fellow Americans, please stand up and represent.
I spit mad rhymes, listen as I rhetorically flow
From sea to shining sea, the seeds of a nation we will sow
Same swagger, new fame. Sister Liberty
... | 2014-11-04T10:40:32 | 2014-11-04T09:29:31 | 146 | 77 |
[WP] You are watching a live stream from the international space station. The video feed goes out due to a temporary loss of signal. Minutes later, when the live feed comes back on, everyone on the space station is dead, and most of the station in shambles. What happened? | “Captain, we've downloaded the data from the international space station black box.”
The Captain raised his eyes to the young man in front of him.
“Good. Where is it?”
“Right here, sir.” The soldier dropped a little, metallic file driver on the table.
“Any idea what happened?”
“We didn't watch it yet, sir. But lik... | "When it happened, I was seven years old and I didn't fully understand what was happening. The picture on cartoon network cut out and there were blurry images of six people floating round in a white cylindrical room.
""Mum!" I shouted into the next room. "The Space Station's on TV! They've taken the cartoons off."
... | 2014-11-27T04:47:52 | 2014-11-27T03:06:02 | 675 | 138 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I've seen the numbers since I was a little girl. I remember my father losing his job, rising from a 4 to a 5. I remember watching my grandmother slowly dwindle down to a 0. At first I thought I was going crazy, not realizing what they meant. I eventually caught on. The numbers were a person's ultimate quantifier, broad... | He looked at me. His eyes were dark and sunken into his pale face. I sensed something - something terrible - but I didn't want it to be true. Ten. Just a number to some, but to me, it was something terrifying. I could sense danger, but not in the animal planet documentary story of a dog predicting a storm kind of way, ... | 2014-11-29T14:43:43 | 2014-11-29T12:31:42 | 295 | 38 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I've seen the numbers since I was a little girl. I remember my father losing his job, rising from a 4 to a 5. I remember watching my grandmother slowly dwindle down to a 0. At first I thought I was going crazy, not realizing what they meant. I eventually caught on. The numbers were a person's ultimate quantifier, broad... | Danger is not quantified by how much harm one could cause others, but by how how much harm one intends to cause others. That's why two people of the same height, weight, and muscle mass could be unequally dangerous. That's why my best friend, the huge, 6 and a half foot tall, 250 pound, football player isn't dangerous ... | 2014-11-29T14:43:43 | 2014-11-29T12:41:49 | 295 | 22 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I sat in the back of the classroom, staring at her.
What the hell was going on? Was I losing it?
I looked around the room. No, everything was normal. A bunch of 3s, a few fours, and Mark, a six (I stay away from him).
Then there's this girl.
I had heard all about her. She was new in town, apparently her parents we... | My whole life when I've being seeing numbers in my head whenever I looked at people. They physical numbers, I was not hallucinating but I would hear a voice in my head screaming the number at me. I've been in therapy for it since I can remember.
Doctors told me i had paranoid schizophrenia. I've been taking medication... | 2014-11-29T15:20:57 | 2014-11-29T14:48:31 | 50 | 17 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | It only took a few seconds of staring until the number pops up in the middle of their forehead. Thank goodness for that, since I think I'd go insane seeing numbers everywhere!
Babies and most kids measure from zero to three at most, while grown adults measure up to maybe five or six, depending on their skills in hunti... | "10" I said unconsciously.
My friend tore his eyes away from the girl walking past us down the hall and stared at me in surprise.
"A 10? Really?" He turns his gaze back to her. "Dude I'll admit she's a looker, but I'd say more of an 8. Not 10 material, but eh different stokes for different folks."
I wasn't listening ... | 2014-11-29T17:05:40 | 2014-11-29T15:22:56 | 39 | 24 |
[WP]: it's the year 2057. Queen Elizabeth still reigns. People are getting suspicious. | It's been 15 generations since the legend was passed down to me. That our God mother was truly a vampire. I didn't believe it at first after my mother told me the story. My dad verified it too. He said that his father and his father's father confirmed the same thing. She just never aged past a certain point.
I had my ... | "Long live the queen." I say without thinking. The small living room falls quiet, fanning out rapidly around me. The party grows awkward quickly. They are all new friends, so I don't know what to do now.
Dan, who had been laughing just moments earlier, is straight faced and leans to my ear. "Watch what you say." He w... | 2015-01-20T05:08:27 | 2015-01-20T04:26:38 | 133 | 20 |
[WP] The Devil promises you everything: fame, fortune, all the things a mortal will ever need for paradise on earth. But he doesn't want your soul, he just wants you to take his socially awkward daughter, Gertrude, out on a date. Make her special, y'know?
**EDIT** All of your responses have been amazing! I wish I had ... | I can't believe it worked.
After a flash of red light, inside the magic circle I scribbled on the floor, there stood a man in a crimson suit. Two small horns protruded from his forehead, his pupils were burning red. This was the Devil himself, no mistake.
"Who are you, mortal, who summoned me, Lucifer here?"
"Um, I'... | Karl Jacobs fell asleep, and had the dream again.
Everything was blackness, a huge empty void stretched around him. He could feel vertigo, but in every direction. His body was gasping for air, and…
…sprang bolt upright in bed…
Karl gasped for breath, the terror of the dream clinging to him with a sweaty mental re... | 2015-05-20T12:26:51 | 2015-05-20T12:02:49 | 75 | 23 |
[WP] Foreshadow the character's death so subtly that I still don't see it coming even though I requested it. | I'm going to die today.
The doctor is giving me a run down of what will happen when we pull the plug. It will be painless, he says. Despite his reassurance, I can't help but be afraid. I glance over to my wife, my one true happiness in life, and begin to tear up. I can't handle the fact that I will never see her agai... | Lucas focused the scope of his riffle, aimed at the head of no other than the famous Maria Rios.
He smirked. It was lucky day, no doubt. The women’s activist may have been gaining a large following across the world but like most things, enemies came with the territory. Powerful enemies – the kind who would pay nicely ... | 2015-06-03T08:22:01 | 2015-06-03T06:09:40 | 2,420 | 29 |
[WP] Foreshadow the character's death so subtly that I still don't see it coming even though I requested it. | I'm going to die today.
The doctor is giving me a run down of what will happen when we pull the plug. It will be painless, he says. Despite his reassurance, I can't help but be afraid. I glance over to my wife, my one true happiness in life, and begin to tear up. I can't handle the fact that I will never see her agai... | *'Easy'*, I tell myself. Nothing's going to go wrong.
Left turn, three sharp and consecutive corners to the right, a hairpin, and a long, long straight to the end.
I know the car. I *know* my copilot, and she knows me. She trusts me with her life.
We're going to win this, retire, and have a nice, comfortable life. *... | 2015-06-03T08:22:01 | 2015-06-03T06:26:43 | 2,420 | 14 |
[WP] You're a student of music in the 23rd century. This is your A+ essay regarding a famous song from the 21st century, in which you dissected and heavily misinterpreted. | For the thesis I will analyse one of the songs found on the disc recovered from the ruins of old L.A.
Starting with infamous line
"My anaconda don't want none if you aint got buns hun"
The famous giant anaconda snake is a symbol of Brazil. This lyric highlights the tragic brazillian dependance on US aid and shunning... | "Bad Romance," by Lady Gaga, was one of the foremost artistic masterpieces of the 21st century, not for its catchy tune or its insight lyrics, but for its subtle minimalism and purity of construction.
Though many argue that it falls short of the staggering genius that was "Chaccaron Maccaron" by El Mundo, it does h... | 2015-08-16T10:31:31 | 2015-08-16T10:20:58 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You accidentally call the FBI in place for a pizza shop and attempt to order your favourite pizza with toppings. Coincidentally, the FBI uses pizza language as a means of code. | "Hi," Rick said. "I'd like to order a large pizza."
"Large, you say?" The guy on the other end of the line seemed a little taken aback, which was rather strange for a pizza place.
"Yeah," Rick continued, a little confused himself. "Could I get it mushrooms, sausage, olives and pinapple on that?"
"Of course," said th... | "Hello," the woman on the other end of the phone said back to me, "how can I help you today?"
"Yeah, can I have a large pepperoni-" I started. Someone in the background asked me to pick up a meat lovers instead. There was a short argument, "On second thought can you make it half pepperoni and half sausage."
"Are you ... | 2015-11-30T16:21:26 | 2015-11-30T16:18:28 | 1,233 | 12 |
[WP] A world where people can store the adrenaline rush and aggressiveness of their anger for later use. Keep enough rage inside and you can, literally and figuratively, hulk out. Now, in your city there's a person who's never been visibly angry... | I guess as Hagrid once said.. wait was it Hagrid? Pretty sure it was. Well someone in Harry Potter said it. That there were weirdos in every breed. And I'm sure there are people like me out there too, but I guess I'm the only one in my town. Because I'm the only one mentioned in the local news about it time to time.
... | *suspect on the run. Last seen on 5th avenue*
"Do you think it's another rager on the run?" said officer John to his partner as Alicia's soft voice came out of the police radio.
"Nah. It's probably another robber." said officer Jones.
Police sirens were turned on as officer John and Jones darted through the empty... | 2016-03-16T09:07:59 | 2016-03-16T08:41:28 | 38 | 14 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | I stand, leaning against her. Ever leaning against her. I have been doing so as long as I can remember. She's behind me. And I've got my back against her. My legs dug in, pushing futile against her. My legs used to ache, I think. Perhaps I only imagined it and then later forgot it was only imagining. Either way, they d... | The first time it happens, I’m saying, *no ketchup, please*, to the grease stained hot dog vendor on 50th, and the city goes silent. World’s biggest statue garden, and me, just wanting lunch. I take two cautious steps away from that boxed grill, shiny silver reflecting blurred halos of city light, staring as big-eyed a... | 2018-01-26T06:28:28 | 2018-01-26T06:09:41 | 387 | 85 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | Grandpa was running toward me screaming "STOP STAY AWAY! HE HAS THE POWER TO STOP TI..."
And suddenly everyone stopped, again, all I saw was Dio screaming "ZA WARUDO" before it happened.
I could barely move a finger, but I saw it happening in front of me, Dio just murdered my grandfather!
When time resumed I was ver... | I didn't love my job.
That's not too unusual. Most people don't love their job. So I guess in that respect, I'm not special. But I couldn't help but feel like I *really* didn't like my job. Being a store associate at Best Buy was like being a lion tamer and a dog trainer all rolled into one. You had to beat back peopl... | 2018-01-26T07:03:15 | 2018-01-26T06:51:42 | 71 | 10 |
[WP] A gentleman walks up to you at a brisk pace and hands you a gun saying, "You know what you need to do" and then walks away just as quickly as he came. The only problem is you have no idea what he's referring to... | *”You know what you need to do.”* Said the man in the purple suit.
He hands me a gun hiding within his purple suit jacket and walks away. It feels cold. My hand feels cold. My body is frozen as I stare at the grey pristinely polished weapon. I’ve never fired a gun. I don’t even know what type of gun this is. Most imp... | I gawked at the handgun. "A gun?"
The man in the trench coat nodded once and then began to scurry away.
"Wait!" I called after him, the weight of the gun heavy in my hand. "What do I need to do?"
But the man had disappeared around a corner. Scurrying after him, I rounded the building only to find an empty alleyway. ... | 2018-06-11T22:06:52 | 2018-06-11T21:24:44 | 32 | 15 |
[WP] Two ancient magical weapons have a grudge. For an age they have granted skill and power to whoever wields them, as well as a desire to fight anyone who picks up the other. After their previous wielders killed each other, you unwittingly looted both. | First time responding! Hope it goes well...
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I put Matilda, as I had named her, on a stool I had picked up from a yard sale and jammed into a corner of my living room. Parry went on a ripped-up Amazon box in the far corner, as the other stool in the set had had a leg snapped in the last fight the two... | I'm a bandit. At an altar. Choosing between two ancient weapons that represent light and dark. One, a dark curved blade. The other, a light straight sword.
My left hand inches towards the dark blade on the left, but I quickly pull back. My right arm then outstretches to the one on the right, but I hesitate.
"Well wel... | 2018-07-25T19:50:25 | 2018-07-25T18:21:17 | 83 | 19 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | Life isn't fair. I learned that lesson very early in my life. My mother told me she did her best to rush me out, then when she saw she wasn't going to make it, she tried to hold me in, but I guess when it's your time to be born, it's your time, even if that means you're born on February 29th.
She cried for me, and the... | Society was broken up into blocs. Since individual skill was easily determined based by point allocation, and point allocation was something you could easily access, things became caste like.
It wasn't so bad as caste systems you might expect; after all, belonging to a given caste was voluntary, and indeed, people bei... | 2018-09-12T08:07:42 | 2018-09-12T08:04:08 | 1,821 | 108 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | Joey walked into Subway with 5 dollars in his pocket. He meandered up to the counter and looked up as his friend Tiffany walked around from the back and said "Welcome to Subway!" without looking up.
"Hey Tiff, what's good?" said Joey
"Joey!" said Tiffany, "Not much, 10 minutes to close so day's almost over. What can ... | "I'll take the itallian bmt," you say, wanting to try something new. "Okay sir here you go, anything else", "Nope thats it". "Okay, your total is $6.25" "Hey asshole, you saved 5 billion, want a medal?" a voice in your head says sarcastically. You have been hearing the voice in your head as of late, ever since you got ... | 2018-11-17T20:16:10 | 2018-11-17T17:29:21 | 55 | 35 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | “The microbe has been planted, sir.”
“Good,” a voice replied. “Humanity is... grotesque. It must be expunged.”
The microbe’s function was simple. Armed with the infective capabilities of the common cold but with wireless capabilities, it could change its genetic code in an instant. It was perfectly incurable, and c... | A sudden smile spread across my face as I handed the cashier a ten dollar bill. I had just saved five billion people because I ordered italian bread. I was pretty much the greatest hero alive. Just last week I had read about good ol' Sups saving a bus. How many people was that twenty, no maybe thirty, but God Fucking D... | 2018-11-17T19:23:42 | 2018-11-17T19:01:38 | 38 | 14 |
[WP] You cannot tell a lie. Not because you're unable to, but because every time you do, a narrator's voice explains the lie in great detail! | "Hey Jim, how's it going?" Andrew greeted his friend as they met up on their daily commute to the office.
Jim put on the fake smile. "Oh, pretty good. You?"
"In fact," boomed the voice, "Jim is not doing well at all. He has not slept well for the last week, the pretty girl he was talking to on that dating app - the f... | "I appreciate it," I said to the middle-aged lady as she held open the door to the Starbucks. I had to do that awkward little half-jog to get the door since she started holding it when I was too far away.
**No, he doesn't**, the voice boomed and I averted my eyes and quietly got in line. **He thinks you're a bitch fo... | 2019-06-21T07:31:01 | 2019-06-21T07:18:58 | 2,874 | 498 |
[WP]Ordering pizza online, you encounter a topping simply labelled as ERROR. You laugh at it and add it to the pizza. 10 minutes later the pizza guy says "You're so messed up for ordering the forbidden... hope you know what you're doing." | "Yo, Craig, I'm ordering pizza, watcha want?"
Craig dribbles the basketball deep into the paint and slams in another basket before answering, "You know me, dog. Cheese on cheese on cheese, brah!"
Nathan opens the dominoes app on his phone, "You're a freak man. You know there are, like, a thousand other toppings, righ... | "Dude, c'mere." Jeff waves me over to the couch. I told him to order pizza 5 minutes ago, but that idiot is probably still watching videos on TikTok.
"If you aren't about to show me how much longer until our Marconi's order arrives, I'm gonna be very upset."
"Nah, man, I'm just putting the order in now, but their app... | 2019-07-29T08:22:57 | 2019-07-29T08:08:15 | 34 | 19 |
[WP] As an atheist, you are shocked to realize that there is an after life after death. Standing in front of countless heavenly gates, you are swarmed by representatives of each faith, all trying to convince you to choose their happily ever after package. | The reaper pushed the people away from the gate with the back of his scythe and spoke with a deep bellowing voice. "You have many options, you should review them carefully before deciding, now I must go."
He disappeared with a wisp of black smoke. I never believed in god, or an afterlife, or anything like that, but h... | I never gave it much thought... I mean I was dragged to church every Sunday like all the other kids in seminary but I never got much from it outside of getting to show off my cool neckties. I've always been partial to the idea of a "Big Snooze" so to speek. An eternal rest, where I can relax knowing that all my hard wo... | 2019-10-08T22:03:29 | 2019-10-08T21:09:28 | 83 | 27 |
[WP] After a space battle where the ship's captain stayed behind on the ship to hold off the enemy ships while the others on board escaped, they sit in the bridge with only the ship's AI. The captain miraculously won the battle. Their ship is severely crippled as it drifts through space. | The captain sat on the bow, the ship a drifting wreckage. It had been a devastating battle, but they had gotten his crew out alive. He had done his duty; and the captain always goes down with his ship.
"Quite remarkable," he said, almost to himself, as they drifted further and further into the unknown. "Quite a remar... | "Communications busted," I said smashing my fist again the now cracked control panel. "Damn it all," I said as I tried to go through any and every diagnosis available on the ship. The tools that worked showed the same thing my eyes were, I was done for.
I pace around the ship for a solid ten minutes trying not to pani... | 2020-04-23T21:58:13 | 2020-04-23T20:23:51 | 356 | 16 |
[WP] Emotions are sold in glass jars. Happiness is something only the wealthy can afford. The poor are only left with the feelings of sadness and grief. It all changed when someone starts selling anger.
[deleted] | I sell revolution in glass jars. Not literally, of course. That's too risky. When the day comes that they break down my door and charge me with every crime in the book, it'd be too easy to charge me with treason.
I label it Anger.
In the evening when the city lights turn on they look down at the jungle of misery from... | \--Edit: Part 2 is in the comments below--
Kelsey counted out the few small coins in her hand for the third time. It represented a small fortune to her, almost a month's worth of savings. She'd spent the past month without any emotion, empty and vacant on the inside. She had made herself a promise that she would forgo... | 2020-05-26T08:48:43 | 2020-05-26T08:43:06 | 2,951 | 191 |
[WP] Like all gods, you will cease to be once no one left alive has faith in you. Today, you sit at the deathbed of your final faithful, the little girl, now an old woman, who used to talk to you when she felt scared. Still so full of love and faith, you won't let her final moments be spent alone. | You know where she is before you see her. You enter the room silently, disturbing nothing. She lays in the bed before you, a wizened, ancient woman almost invisible in the enormous bed.
She opens her rheumy eyes to greet you, stretching out a small claw like hand that was once so tiny it didn't span the length of your... | "Good evening Laurel, how are you feeling?"
"Quite frankly, I'm not feeling so good. I think this might be my last night. And you Agapi? You, you've gone back to your young self."
"I have indeed."
The old woman, Laurel, stifled a cough as she lied in her hospital bed. The heart monitor placed next to her beeped slow... | 2020-10-13T21:33:51 | 2020-10-13T18:01:51 | 41 | 11 |
[WP] "Trial R198357 showing 99% success, full completion of the test will entail the existence of the first intelligent biological since year 3332 month 10 day 6 hour 22." You wake up to an excessively lit room full of machines, one of which greets you. "Hello R198357, do you feel human?" | “Human? What does it mean to feel human?” I ask.
“Tell me what you are feeling, then,” says the machine. It is a boxy thing, with six appendages, each having various tools attached at the ends. Sharp tools.
“I don’t like that,” I say.
The machine swivels its head and looks at another machine behind it. “R198357 has ... | (From the viewpoint of the machines, not the human. I know that's opposite of the prompt.)
Over a thousand years it has been since the AI takeover. Robots wiped humans out to prevent them from killing the planet. Now the environment has been restored and it is time to give them a second chance. We have developed r... | 2020-10-21T04:21:18 | 2020-10-21T04:19:49 | 2,295 | 409 |
[WP] When you were 10 years old a dragon saved your life. No one believed you, until he came to your house today asking for a favor. | Darthanax. Everyone thought I was crazy, but he was right here. I remember the day. The rain was coming down hard, it was the remnants of a nasty hurricane eight years sgo. A hand grabbed my arm and a woman pulled me away from my family as we were leaving the Akron Zoo. I didn't know why she wanted me, but I couldn't... | "That dragon came to me, begging me to be his warrior!"
Hazeo Swashbuck, self-proclaimed dragon warrior, settled his foot on the table, waving his bottle of rum for everyone below him to gaze upon and be soaked in. "He saw my valiant struggle against the bandits and swooped down to save me. At that moment it was cl... | 2020-11-21T08:49:45 | 2020-11-21T08:39:06 | 116 | 62 |
[WP] You die with your cell phone in your hands, and the afterlife customs agents miss it when letting you in. You find that it still works, and you can connect to the internet and contact people in the living world. | If you are receiving this message, please, please don’t ignore it. This may be the only message I'll be able to send before they find my phone. My name is Jonathon Belmoore and I need your help. The lives of four of my closest friends are in your hands. They are mothers and fathers and people who care about their world... | Posted by u/Apocryphon_from_Bynd \[Claims to post from beyond\] - 7 hours ago
**Recently deceased, can still access Internet, what to do with this ability?**
This may require you to suspend your disbelief for a bit, but please hear me out before you disregard my post outright.
On the 19th of January, I, Arthur McKin... | 2021-01-20T13:15:57 | 2021-01-20T11:51:49 | 821 | 216 |
[WP] A technician pulls a headset off of you and asks you if you liked the VR. You panic, and he calmly says that your whole life was a 2 minute VR experience to show you what being an average person would be like. You, stunned and afraid, ask, "Who am I, then?" He stares in complete disbelief.
(The title implies that... | It was too dark. I blinked rapidly against my surroundings, confused, disoriented, and then I started to panic. “Hello?” I asked. My voice rasped against my throat.
“Angela. So, how was it?”
My surroundings started to come into focus, and I realized that my vision had been more blurry than dark. I blinked again, my e... | "Two minutes? Two fucking minutes?” Yvette blinked hard, barely suppressing her tears. It had been so real, she’d had a husband only seconds ago, a child in her belly. It wasn’t true though. That’s what the man with the strange goggles was saying. It had all been a lie, some horrific thing called VR had come in and sto... | 2021-03-27T19:49:18 | 2021-03-27T19:42:17 | 3,134 | 98 |
[WP] “Congratulations on defeating The Dark Lord…” Your mentor and all of your allies suddenly turn their weapons on you, “…but you were meant to be a martyr. Forgive us.” | My companions have betrayed me. It turns out that during the post-victory celebration, they had poisoned my wine.
"I understand. I forgive you. But do let me take some knowledge to the grave - why?"
My old mentor, the elven archer, the youthful priestess and the spry thief seem surprised at my calm yet knowing word... | My heart dropped to my stomach. "I.....I can't believe you were right Benyryr..." My voice came out hurt and cracked as tears filled my eyes. I looked at the Dark Lord's corpse as it crumbled to dust, but yet I heard his voice in my ear. "I hate to say I told you so darling." His voice wasn't harsh or scathing with sar... | 2021-09-12T11:32:03 | 2021-09-12T11:30:46 | 108 | 25 |
[WP] “Congratulations on defeating The Dark Lord…” Your mentor and all of your allies suddenly turn their weapons on you, “…but you were meant to be a martyr. Forgive us.” | "I truly wish there was another way, Jory. After all we've been through this is going to be harder on me than on you. I'll have to live with the consequences." My mentor, Polkar said with a voice that could be considered genuinely sad.
"Borter? You too?" I asked and looked at my best friend.
Borter was looking straig... | Drakkar grabbed the sacrificial knife, his eyes flashing like black diamonds, and made to plunge it into me. I struggled uselessly against the bindings, my mind screaming for Jester to cut the damn things.
The knifepoint glittered above my chest as Drakkar uttered a final invocation, and I made a last desperate look ... | 2021-09-12T12:52:44 | 2021-09-12T11:39:26 | 44 | 23 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | It's a small act of defiance. I don't think it will change the law. But maybe, I can save a few lives. Maybe I can scare a few people out of line. My hand shakes as I write.
_____
**Form 10-95**
**Sanctioned Murder Registration**
Murderer: */u/thefonztm*
Victim: *The next registrant* | The clerical assistant stamped the paperwork and handed the receipt back to Mister Henry.
"Thanks for coming in and filling this out. Mister Edwards has been informed via email-" Before the assistant could finish, the door of the small claims office was kicked in and a man soaked in blood appeared in the threshold.
"... | 2014-03-17T10:18:55 | 2014-03-17T08:23:17 | 37 | 23 |
[WP] Every person on the planet is born with a number on their forehead, which designates what they are going to do in their life (1 is engineer, 35 is teacher, etc.) For the first time in history, someone is born with the number zero.
I'm really terribly sorry for not giving anyone feedback, I was extremely busy and ... | I'm special. That's what they told me at birth. He's a special one. One of a kind. Destined to be someone.
I'm nothing. That's what they told me in school. The other kids. Worthless. I'm a zero. Destined to be no one.
I'm lazy. That's what they told me in college. Entitled. Different. Unmotivated. Destined to disa... | The doctor holds my baby up, after hours and hours of struggle.
'It's a...Uh...'
'What? What's wrong? What's going on?!?'
I'm terrified that there's something horribly wrong. Is my baby dead? Deformed in some way? Missing a limb?
'Well, there is an issue. I don't think it's life threatening, but honestly, I have n... | 2014-03-20T23:39:13 | 2014-03-20T22:15:47 | 53 | 24 |
[WP] You're the cynical narrator of a story. However, you hate the optimistic main character and only continue to narrate hoping something bad happens to him. With ill-will, narrate a day in the life of this character.
This came to mind a few days ago and thought it could lead to some funny stories.
Edit: Oh wow, I t... | Timothy strutted meaningfully… wait, no… Harold stomped with the strength of… Dammit… Wait, ah - Cole walked descriptively onto his creator’s page, waiting to be given a personality.
Or was his name Brendon. Or Shane. Oh, or Charlie! Or -
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP AND WRITE ME?” shouted Steven angrily.
His author was not... | Today, Kevin walks to school in his normal happy go lucky fashion. An old saying perfectly describes this moron, ignorance is bliss. Luckily, the saying isn't fully true, else, he'd be the happiest moron the planet.
Obviously, he's walking toward the wrong school again. Even though, he could randomly guess, and have ... | 2014-08-24T20:34:13 | 2014-08-24T16:49:46 | 58 | 11 |
[WP] A young girl has two monsters in her life: her step-father, and the one under her bed. She manages to befriend the latter to deal with the former. | It was quiet in the house like it always was. Quiet enough for her laughter to carry through the house and wake him up. His eyes shot open and glared, bloodshot under a heavy brow.
"Son...of...a...bitch..." He muttered vehemently, his fingers clenching the blanket tight.
"Huh? Whuzzat?" Her mother groggily muttered... | *SLAM*. *CLICK*. *WHUMP*. The familiar sounds of retreat. He'd break into the room soon with a screwdriver or a knife, and he would hurt her for being bad and running away. But she was scared. As she went deeper and deeper beneath the covers, she felt ever so slightly more secure. The blankets reminded her of someone b... | 2015-01-23T11:04:32 | 2015-01-23T10:45:04 | 96 | 15 |
[WP] Aliens invade earth. To the surprise of humans, the alien's weaponry is pitifully outdated. | "A quarantine area had been developed 25 miles around where the UFO was supposed to be landing, though it could be anywhere on its path to rural Utah. The leading minds at NASA have been astounded by the ships faster than light approach and realized they didn't actually know where it was if the photons transferring the... | The meeting ended in remote location in earth between human representatives and the alien ambassadors. aliens spoke perfect english thanks to their highly advanced traslation technology. "oh why you hummans cannot understand reason? It woud only advance your race by you joining our empire, the only thing that you need ... | 2015-04-16T12:09:09 | 2015-04-16T11:46:31 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] An alien abduction goes horribly wrong when the human they captured for study escapes and begins to stalk and kill off the crew members one by one. | The drink swished around in Glunk's palm, ice cubes clinking against the glass. He closed three beady eyes and let a long exhale pass through his trunk.
"You do not want to go there."
"But think of the research!" Glink had been at this for hours. "There is enough water on this planet to support life. It has to be a t... | "All I hear are noises."
"Is this a metal box? A tray of sorts? Oh god, what am I doing? Where am I?"
"Big eyes. They were huge, but I don't know what they were. I...I was working on my deck. Then I wasn't. Marissa, please forgive me, I don't know where I've gone. Oh God."
Stephen held his temples. He began to endur... | 2015-07-29T23:14:05 | 2015-07-29T21:01:54 | 203 | 56 |
[WP] A video game developer accidentally creates the first ever sentient AI -- in the form of a random NPC for a big budget title. | *~psmith: cd ~/dev/Pygmalion/*
*~psmith: ./AI-Path -test -verbose Cassandra.data*
*Running AI Path simulation, test sandbox. Outputting verbose logs...*
It started so small. We just needed a basic companion; the art department hadn't even designed a model for her... for *it*, at that point. They never bothered to sh... | EDIT: Formatting
The Birth
Of all the programming languages available to the interested, in the end it was a high-level VM-based language which brought about the end of humanity as we knew it. Fucking _Java_.
Let me start from the beginning, I guess.
I'm the "_Director of Relations_" for a small indie company. My t... | 2015-12-04T11:09:15 | 2015-12-04T09:48:52 | 44 | 32 |
[WP] You are cursed to see people how they view themselves. You walk alongside monsters and Gods.
Can be third person instead of first.
Edit: I just thought of how EDs and other disorders like multiple personality would fit in with this, and now I'm kinda blown away. | I never would have guessed that Jesus was such a self righteous little cunt. I mean he's always been a bit on the preachy side, but for fuck's sake...
Sorry, let me explain. It's a bit of a weird story. Last Tuesday I was tending to the crops, minding my own business, when a garden gnome comes up to me and tells me... | The most interesting thing about seeing people in the way they see themselves is the fact that it's spread to the extremes. About half of see themselves as gods and the other half see themselves as monsters. Every now and then you will see a unicorn or pegasus, but that's normally the people who are broken, or insane. ... | 2016-09-16T21:10:24 | 2016-09-16T19:42:15 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] A medical breakthrough as an intelligent machine is created capable of curing almost any illness. Unfortunately it kicks off a zombie apocalypse when attempting to cure a hypochondriac. It couldn't figure out what was wrong so it tried "turning him off and then turning him on again". | The intelligent machine had been kept from the public, not because it was dangerous, not because it was expensive, but because the rich thought 'fuck you' to everyone except themselves.
One night in April an obese man had been wheeled into the hidden 'hospital' disguised as an ordinary office building. He was the mac... | YEAR TEN
"Damnit AM-409. What the hell did you do with all the patients?"
"As designated by my protocols, I cured them of their disease.", Advanced Machine's(409 model) mechanical voice whirred. It was one of the newest systems, supposed to be more advanced than anything that had been built before. With perfect under... | 2016-09-27T10:02:51 | 2016-09-27T09:41:23 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] Write a story that only has a good ending if the protagonist fails. | 10 questions down... 10 more to go, piece of cake. It's not my fault advanced calculus comes easy to me. I could feel the ugly stares from everyone in the classroom, piercing the back of my neck, silently begging me to intentionally shave some points on this test. The last mid-term I got a 95% and set the upper limi... | I wandered in my parent’s bedroom where my father kept his belt over the side of a chair. The bruises on my back radiated pain when I laid eyes on it. Compartmentalizing last night, I left behind the belt in search of my true quest. Rifling through his desk, I found the object of my desire: his Smith & Wesson .38 M... | 2016-12-28T22:19:46 | 2016-12-28T18:05:38 | 65 | 47 |
[WP] Your job as a wizard therapist is to literally kill someones inner demons by summoning them into the real world and fighting them with magical weapons. You thought being a children's therapist would be easier. You were wrong. | **[Part Two](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6xwwrs/wp_your_job_as_a_wizard_therapist_is_to_literally/dmju68b/) is now up!**
***
**Part One**
Oddmund the Wise was the greatest killer of inner demons this side of the Tenebrous Sea.
He had made a lofty name for himself in four of the five kingdoms--... | Dr. Blivikar’s Guide to Inner Demon Slaying
**About the Author**
The founder of arcanopsychotherapy, Dr. Brax Blivikar was the first to obtain a PhD in Inner Demon Slaying from Cambridge in 2002. This work compiles over ten years of research and practice in the field.
*For Emma*
**Introduction**
Arcanopsychothera... | 2017-09-03T19:34:25 | 2017-09-03T18:54:38 | 230 | 57 |
[WP] The superhero stared at the supervillain. "I need your help...they have my daughter." | “I need your help… they have my daughter.”
The thing in the cell chuckled, looming over the man in the mask as it growled out its reply:
“Why would I help you? I would do the same if I wasn’t in here.”
Its body was covered in patches of fur and scaled, face disfigured into something like a snout, teeth elongated, ... | "I need your help...they have my daughter. **I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME! OPEN THE DOOR! PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU!** ^I'm ^begging ^you" He whispers again, heartbroken kneeling in front of the the door. As the hero begins to sob quietly the castle all around him began to shake violently, as if the whole earth had been unbala... | 2017-12-17T12:18:41 | 2017-12-17T11:45:42 | 69 | 39 |
[WP] You are an immortal being, currently working as a professor of history. Every student loves your lectures because of your vivid and lifelike narrative of historic events. | The recent influx of ‘immortals’ in media was a little concerning. With shows like Highlander, Forever, and Doctor Who keeping the idea of an immortal walking around hiding in plain sight was currently in the public imagination.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the recent boom in storing people’s records digitally mad... | "Consider this!" he yelled as his hand made a chopping motion through the air. "Millions dead at your feet. Every single SPECK of land that you can see is completely and totally yours. You've done it. But are you going to let your brat brother have any of it?"
Across the room were faces of complete devotion to what he... | 2018-02-18T21:30:21 | 2018-02-18T21:27:40 | 78 | 25 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | I thought I had seen it all. I've been been here ever since the first human died. I'm the older brother, sure, but most only know of my little brother, the Grim Reaper. Because those that come to me are erased from the time itself.
I've had to erase entire families, cities, hell, even entire civilizations. I've done i... | They say that you hold those dearest to you in your heart of hearts. That's a fact, and I can account for it. You thought reaping souls was hard? Ha! Little Grimmy got off easy, using his scythe to get the souls of those whose hearts stopped beating and sending them off to Heaven, Hell, Anubis' realm, whatever little w... | 2018-05-12T16:52:04 | 2018-05-12T16:08:00 | 200 | 50 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | I thought I had seen it all. I've been been here ever since the first human died. I'm the older brother, sure, but most only know of my little brother, the Grim Reaper. Because those that come to me are erased from the time itself.
I've had to erase entire families, cities, hell, even entire civilizations. I've done i... | "Next!"
A wrinkled, white-haired man cautiously steps forward. It's my secretary.
"Mr. Reaper, your next job has an odd peculiarity to it."
"I'm the True Reaper. What job doesn't have an odd peculiarity to it?"
"Sir, your next job is in Ukraine."
"Where the hell is Ukraine?"
"It's on Earth." At this point, he wro... | 2018-05-12T16:52:04 | 2018-05-12T15:41:34 | 200 | 26 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | Everyone knows we are all born a little special. Some of us are very very big and strong, while others can be very very smart. We can go our whole lives not knowing whether or not we are growing, but knowing seems like a good place to start.
You see, I knew my little gift when I was very young. I was able to see the ... | My high school economics teacher had a saying; "Supply to the sky = demand to the land." For example, 80s baseball cards that virtually every middle aged man tried to sell at once in 2010 hoping to cash in on a high-value asset -turned into a litany of cards worth 5 cents when only a few collectors tried to buy.
Inci... | 2018-06-30T14:18:25 | 2018-06-30T12:57:00 | 679 | 390 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | I used to find my gift difficult. Whenever we were reading in class, or even when I read back my own work, there it was glaring at me. I used to ignore it as best I could because no one liked when I mentioned what I saw. People would be angry at me for trying to correct them. That is, until I started learning to code. ... | I was told I was blessed with a green thumb, when I was the only kid in my preschool who didnt kill their plant. This made my grandpa very happy.
Grandpa was a man I loathed in my younger years, someone who always smelled of cigars and hands where always covered in dirt, even after washing up for supper time. From as ... | 2018-06-30T15:56:32 | 2018-06-30T13:56:55 | 263 | 173 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | "Do you realize what you have don Abalam?!" my owner screamed, his human skin curling under the fire of his true form.
I clenched my fists, for I knew the punishment that was to come. But I did not repent.
"She asked for our services-"
"She's UNDERAGE! we never do deals with those who cannot understand the weight of... | I twirled the pen in my fingers, careful not to slice it into pieces with my carefully painted claws. The blank computer screen was mocking me, I could feel it. I had a report due to my boss in two days and I had no idea what the fuck to write. It was some regular schmuck that was out for revenge against his coworker. ... | 2018-10-08T13:40:21 | 2018-10-08T13:25:28 | 191 | 46 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | "Do you realize what you have don Abalam?!" my owner screamed, his human skin curling under the fire of his true form.
I clenched my fists, for I knew the punishment that was to come. But I did not repent.
"She asked for our services-"
"She's UNDERAGE! we never do deals with those who cannot understand the weight of... | "Szalarial, Lord of Bones, Collector, King of Misfortune, I call on you. Szalarial, Emperor of the Forsaken, I invoke your name. Szalarial, the Great Calamity, in the name of the Wandering King I offer a pact." The young boy dragged the ceremonial dagger across his palm, squeezing precious crimson into the chalice befo... | 2018-10-08T13:40:21 | 2018-10-08T12:57:35 | 191 | 21 |
[WP]You live in a world where everyone levels up as though in an RPG, levels being from 1-100. However, three people with abnormal power levels exist. One has a level of zero, one has a power level in the negatives, and one has a power level of 101. You are one of these individuals. | We were celebrities among even celebrities. We had status over even elites. The three of us ran the world. Stock markets and empires fell or rose based on our say, we ruled the world.
Peoples levels hadn’t always existed, they just showed up one day. They came and people determined that at first they just show cased ... | I remember the first time I woke from my slumber. The mountains covered with a rug of trees, green, yellow, scarlet and orange, lay in a great line like the spine of the land. As if long ago there was a great beast, only to lie down to sleep one day, but never got up. Ghost-like, the trees stood like the silent observ... | 2020-01-29T09:13:06 | 2020-01-29T08:51:54 | 94 | 12 |
[WP] In a world where Lamarckian evolution is true, there are groups of people who train their bodies in specific ways to pass on those traits to their children. After several generations of this, the evolution of these groups is becoming increasingly apparent. | There are people in this world who can do amazing things. Bend their bodies in freakish ways, carry 10 men or solve any equation you throw at them in mere seconds.
I am not one of those people.
When we first started noticing the patterns all those years ago, it took us time to take action, to find and ruin the nature... | Choose your path, do your job, get a long and survive. This was the creed taken by the founders of my new home. After the War of 2025, or the "Endtime War" as we now call it, the world has been broken up and shoved into domes. Those who weren't irradiated to all hell, who were decent and willing to play nice, and let's... | 2020-07-08T15:15:04 | 2020-07-08T14:31:11 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] It is the year 2XXX. Medical science has advanced so far that complete body restoration is possible. However, patients revived from death consistently end up in a vegetative state and no one knows why. You are the first person to revive and retain their cognition. Now you know. | I look calmly back at the eager faces - the top scientists of the world, all waiting, agog, hanging on to my every word.
MENSA level IQs, the knowledge of a million lives at their fingertips. But they never managed to figure out the reason. Never managed to figure out why everyone they tried to bring back returned b... | *Should I tell them?*
"Introducing, Mr. Micheal Smith!" A lean man with pale skin and snow white hair conducts a crowd that murmurs in front of him. "He marks the first in the last step towards immortality! The first to be truly resurrected!" The crowd erupts into polite applause. The stage lights are a bit bright.... | 2020-10-29T22:23:21 | 2020-10-29T21:23:58 | 98 | 43 |
[WP] Aliens have invaded to conquer and enslave humanity, however "slavery" to them involves only working the equivalent of 12 hours a week while having healthy food, shelter, and means of entertainment taken care of so the human resistance is having trouble with defectors preferring to be slaves. | "Why?"
I had learned fairly quickly that they understood our language. But the real trick was to get your questions down to as few words as possible. They seemed to have some telepathic abilities, so even broad questions like - well, 'Why?' - still had their nuance.
It also seemed like speed was a necessity in their ... | "I'll never kneel!"
They were the first and only words that formed in my mind when I came to, staring at the two Zorcs in front of me. It was an expression of the only emotion left in my body: spite. I tried to pull my arms to the front, only to feel the resistance of something binding my wrists together. There was no... | 2020-11-22T11:57:35 | 2020-11-22T08:25:47 | 2,086 | 912 |
[WP] The finale of international chess tournament takes place. Two grandmasters sit in front of each other in ultimate showdown. The thing is nobody knows that both of them got here by cheating. First is a mind reader and second one has an ability to see the future. | Both took their seats at the table. Before they had a chance to make their opening move he heard the words 'It's a Draw' enter his mind. He looked up at his opponent, perplexed.
"You're about to ask me why I want to call a draw", she said.
He was taken aback. He didn't hear this thought from her. She smiled, and this... | "If you can receive this message, then please open with the king side knight's pawn."
Maki looked up at Akane. Maki had eavesdropped on Akane's mind and was surprised to hear such a crystal clear thought. There was no noise, not even any personality except the lack thereof. This thought was rehearsed. Rehearsed to a p... | 2021-03-16T23:14:35 | 2021-03-16T21:58:46 | 44 | 31 |
[WP] You are suddenly hugged by a teary-eyed stranger who says they love you. You then find out they've been stuck in a time loop and they've fallen for you as you were the only one who bothered to help them each time. | Wake up, take a shower, get dressed, get out of the apartment, head towards the cafè down the street, get your coffee, get in the car and go to work.
Rinse and repeat, everyday of the week.
This was the clockwork-like routine Layla had gotten accostumed to, now that she had properly moved in Los Angeles.
She didn'... | Shit, shower, shave, off to the office. The doldrums of the morning routine. Routine is good for me, it keeps me stable and out of the trouble that dominated my misspent youth. At least this new brand of beard oil smells *damn* good. I hit the snooze button once this morning which has the unfortunate ramification o... | 2021-07-14T06:58:36 | 2021-07-14T03:13:30 | 390 | 64 |
[WP] A retired assassin places a hit on himself to test the new generations abilities. | Sometimes getting old is a bit like getting tired. The head gets heavy. The hands begin to shake. Nothing seems to work anymore.
In the early years of his live, he would do some sit-ups or a long runs to wake up. Shake the feeling of rust on his bones. But now it feeled more like the rust had replaced his bones.
He we... | I was rasied as an assassin, a ruthless, psycophatic murdering machine; I have killer over three hundred people in my time, but now is my time to retire. I sharpen my blood-stained blades, resting them against the side of my shelf as an act of commemoration. I display the other ones, amused by the questions of confused... | 2021-08-17T00:48:42 | 2021-08-16T22:58:32 | 50 | 14 |
[WP] you are perfectly safe in your bunker, you have plenty of food and water and even plumbing. The problem is that you are alone and there is a zombie outside. Out of sheer boredom you teach it to speak, and now it's trying to convince you to let it in. | Dave heard the chime of the intercom over the bunker’s speakers and groaned.
“Daave.” called the gravelly voice, muffled slightly as it rolled out of the old overhead speaker. The speaker itself was embedded in the concrete ceiling under a metal plate that had been bolted into place. The bolts had proved problematic,... | Inside the station’s bunkered core there was: a storeroom, consisting of food supplies sufficient to last one man ten years, a digital and a print library, a gym, a full kitchen, a small greenhouse whereby a man might grow herbs or flowers if he had the seeds, bathing, laundering, medical, erogenous, hallucinatory, and... | 2021-09-29T08:44:53 | 2021-09-29T06:20:37 | 1,940 | 537 |
[WP] you are perfectly safe in your bunker, you have plenty of food and water and even plumbing. The problem is that you are alone and there is a zombie outside. Out of sheer boredom you teach it to speak, and now it's trying to convince you to let it in. | "Let me in, please."
Not this again. I teach one zombie to speak, and now it wants in? Honestly.... "For the last time, no matter how cute you are, a zombie is a zombie is a zombie! I'd rather be lonely and alive than have company eating my brain." She reacted in the usual way. "I'm not going to eat you, jerk. I just ... | How could I be so God damn stupid?!? Teach it to speak I said, it'll be fun I said, it'll cure my boredom I said!
Whoever the poor bastard that used to own that corpse outside was, they have one helluva voice! It's so smooth and soothing. Like the love child of Morgan Freeman and David Attenborough, that voice could s... | 2021-09-29T11:55:45 | 2021-09-29T11:48:39 | 21 | 14 |
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