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[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | What was so unsettling was the *detail*.
He scribbled down the woman's death in his battered little book.
"Blunt forced trauma: Swelling of the cranial tissues: Lack of oxygen to the brain. Death."
Medication did nothing. His doctors informed him it was quite an unusual delusion. He'd asked how they were always righ... | "Hi Sally" i said to my secretary as I entered my office.
"Mornin Mr King" she replied seemingly chipper as always, the large word suicide in bold red above her head seemed dimmer today. Maybe it was just me.
I see signs of how people die. Literal worded signs. Floating over their head and all.
If I told anyone they... | 2015-03-31T11:46:09 | 2015-03-31T10:08:20 | 71 | 11 |
[WP] As the vampire drew closer, the woman sobbed, please, don’t drink my blood. The vampire stopped and said, actually that’s a myth, we don’t drink blood. That’s a rumor we started hundreds of years ago to cover for what we really do. | "Well, what do you do?" She asked, as she questioned everything she knew about Vampires. "We actually give blood". This shocked her even more. "Why would you give blood?" The vampire gave a nervous grin. "Our blood actually has natural healing capabilities." He took a step back, and stood straight. "We can also detect ... | Raven sobbed as she tried to get up, a sharp pain from her knee stopping her. "Please," she said, "Don't drink my blood."
Tyler stopped in from of her, "Oh. I didn't think humans still believed that. It's was a myth we created hundreds of years ago to cover up our true nature," he said.
"Wha- what?"
"You see, vampi... | 2022-11-10T18:37:39 | 2022-11-10T18:16:29 | 61 | 20 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | We never thought it would come to this ...that they would make it to our final planet, our home. For years we fought out of protection, war was something that our race was not use to. It didn't make sense, why fight amongst your own flesh and blood when there are so many worse dangerous out there. Like that of the mek'... | Before this rock became our home, we were glorious. Our race had risen to great heights, ruling over dozens of systems with a regal countenance unsullied by lesser races. We had avoided conflict for such a long time. Once we met *them*, however, we had no say in the matter. Never did we think that they would stoop so l... | 2014-12-26T10:30:50 | 2014-12-26T10:14:28 | 55 | 35 |
[WP] Someone is trying to complete the captcha on a website, but just can't seem to complete it. Slowly he starts to realize that he's a robot. | "Another garish font... Deary, could you please come over here and help out Grandpa?"
"It says Electric1969, grandpa. I gotta take off my coat, I just got in from snowboarding and..."
There were magnets in the jacket to help latch it shut. One of them clung to her grandpa's leg. Then another. He was suddenly ala... | "You've got to be kidding me," I mutter as my second attempt fails. I spell out each character with my mouth. "A, 0, B, 7," as I type them in. The red error message blinks at me for a third time.
I rub at my eyes. Something isn't right. I was so sure, this time. How wasn't it correct? I open my browser settings and c... | 2017-12-06T10:41:26 | 2017-12-06T08:09:07 | 17 | 11 |
[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.” | Aria felt no anger when the blade entered her back, only disappointment. The blade felt cold as it slipped between a gap in her armor. And as it left, a sticky warmth began soaking her shirt.
The only mild shock was who had done it. “You couldn’t even face me, could you, Ormund?”
An elderly man in dented armor steppe... | "You realize you can't beat me right?" I respond. "You summoned me from my world to solve your world problems. The powers I amassed far exceed yours collectively, and you think you can kill me?"
"You're powers must be returned. Yours and the darklords powers keep this world in balance. If there is an..." Lucille, my l... | 2021-09-12T11:03:59 | 2021-09-12T10:41:01 | 168 | 71 |
[WP] You have the ability to see people's "demons"- manifestations of what plagues a person's conscious. The worse their demons the larger/more ugly they look. Today you've just seen the most terrifying demon of your life. | When Brittany introduced me to the cheerleading squad in her school, I was horrified.
Completely horrified.
What the hell were these girls putting themselves through?
Now, most of them didn't have 'big' demons, especially compared to what I saw on a day to day basis, but they *were* bigger, much bigger, than what I'... | One year ago.
A nightmare within a nightmare. Demons everywhere. Red, wretched, putrid hair. Evil eyes, wicked stares.
Behind the curtain, a petrifying noise grows louder. A ghastly horror of unthinkable proportions wheezes boisterously, approaching the empty stage. The captivated audience grins its anarchic s... | 2017-11-08T18:25:21 | 2017-11-08T18:02:24 | 127 | 12 |
[WP] The peaceful humans are inhabiting a beautiful garden world known as Earth. They love sharing their eco-centric technologies with us. And yet, they are extremely ashamed of their ancient history and refuse to talk about it. You, a xenoarcheologist, are determined to find out why | An utopian race of pacifists and scientists that practically weaves nature alongside technology as if the two concepts were inseparable. That’s how the humanity was viewed by others among the federation. Flying in ships that were almost akin to crystalline flowers of color and life, no other race could be compared to t... | "Feel free," said the Human, wearing her simple woven fiber robe. For being one of the most technologically advanced species in the Hegemony, the human homeworld was downright primitive.
I had filed three seperate permit requirements before being allowed to bring so much as a hand scanner down with me, and I was ab... | 2022-10-16T13:26:48 | 2022-10-16T11:28:02 | 72 | 46 |
[WP] A sex trafficker is brutally killed by a vigilante and goes to Hell. Before being cast into the fiery pit, he is ordered to explain his actions. What does he say? | YI ISUEL, YOU HAVE LIVED YOUR LIFE IN THE BUYING AND SELLING OF SLAVES, WHOSE BODIES YOU SOLD FOR THE PLEASURE OF DEPRAVED MEN. HOW DO YOU ANSWER FOR YOUR SINS?
Yi looked in to the face of the omnipotent being looking down on him and preparing to pass judgement and spoke a single word.
"No."
YOU DENY YOUR ACTIONS?... | I did her a favor, right?
I mean, it was better than the other life she would have had. Toiling. Farming. I gave her an out. I gave her a job. She got to come to the city and see the sights.
It was better than marrying the kid around the corner, right?
She wouldn't have loved him anyway, and that field kid would ne... | 2013-12-14T20:38:12 | 2013-12-14T20:23:30 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] When humans arrived to the galactic scene, they thought wars would play out way differently. Instead of bloodshed, there were intergalactic video game tournaments fighting for territory. Most aliens thought humans were newbies to this but when the first war was played, they changed their minds. | *Click*, the rifle went, yelling at it's wielder to put in a new magazine. Akoi skillfully pressed the release lever, threw the empty mag on the ground, and slammed in a new one, pulling the charging handle as he brought it back up into his grip. The sound of a blade meeting flesh filled the air, and the alien crumpled... | Humans had been late to the Galactic War. It had taken many thousands of years for them to leave their tiny solar system. Once they were able to travel between stars they learned the sad truth about the universe. There isn't much intelligent life left in the universe for one simple reason. It turns out war isn't a huma... | 2018-04-13T20:31:45 | 2018-04-13T19:10:48 | 77 | 32 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | I'm used to being left out of the loop on things.
It's not surprising. I don't really read the news or follow popular media, so all sorts of shit can happen that I never know about. It can be nice not dealing with all that drama--though when I'm at school and everyone is in on some trend or change in schedule or whate... | I made it to help humanity change, just not like this.
When I first thought of making the website I thought it would help humanity see the err of their ways, if only I knew the storm I was creating.
At first people did begin to feel regret, they saw that their actions had consequences and now everyone would know who ... | 2020-02-29T23:07:04 | 2020-02-29T22:10:25 | 92 | 69 |
[WP] Everyone on Earth was infected with a disease with no cure. The only thing keeping humanity alive is a drug that fights the disease, but can't kill it. When you run out of money to keep buying your daily dose, you notice something. You're not dead.
Edit: Woh, this blew up. I wasn't expecting that to happen.
Than... | For as long as she could remember, every person around Katie was covered in the pink spots that spoke of a disease which had overtaken the nation, and reportedly the world.
At precisely 7.30 every morning, she would wake up and take her morning pill, the bright yellow one. After five minutes she would have enough ene... | Everything went ass-up two months ago. I lost my job, shortly after losing my insurance. I left my apartment because I thought living was more important than having a home. I sold nearly everything so that I could have enough money to sustain myself on the lifesaving medicine.
Soon I ran out of even that. I was okay ... | 2017-07-14T14:46:36 | 2017-07-14T11:06:10 | 54 | 22 |
[WP] Never, in 10 millennia, has someone successfully broken out of the Gates of Hell or into the Gates of Heaven. Of course, the Lockpicking Lawyer just died and he's up for a challenge.
Inspired by the [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/m6smji/does_this_count_dm_is_proposing_35_ranks_of/gr8... | This is the Lockpicking Lawyer, and what I have for you today is something very special. You see, the other day, an old buddy of mine needed help getting into a safe. Not just any safe, but the main safe in the local banking office. Needless to say, the police didn't like that idea very much, and long story short, I'm ... | The lockpocking lawyer gets to the gates. For a place that holds souls eternally, the gate seemed to have quite an easy lock to pick. So he got out his tools and got to it.
He was aware that he was originally sent somewhere else. He didn’t know why he was originally sent somewhere else. He didn’t care that he was ori... | 2021-03-17T07:35:05 | 2021-03-17T06:44:37 | 836 | 252 |
[WP] The world is stunned to see a human looking shape wander around on the Mars rover live feed. NASA is scrambling to come up with an explanation, but it cannot be the truth: Miguel the janitor somehow managed to wander onto the set. | "Shit!" yelled Gordon, one of the many computer engineers NASA had on payroll. "I rolled back the feed so the people wouldn't get suspicious, but how in the hell are we going to explain this?"
"Well, we could tell them the truth, but not the whole truth? Maybe it was a simulation feed instead of the live one on Mars?... | Press Release: all parties.
From: NASA
Regarding yesterdays "live feed" from Mars Discovery rover and the apparent human shape seen doing Freddy Mercury impressions with a broom.
That was in fact, as speculated, Miguel the sanitation engineer at the JPL Mars simulation facility.
It would appear that the actual liv... | 2015-06-24T08:25:15 | 2015-06-24T07:59:17 | 267 | 147 |
[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 cigarette lit up the darkness, an intruder against the suffocating atmosphere. I drank down the poison, savouring the toxic air, knowing full well the cost; I didn't care. I exhale a long plume, mixing my smokey breath with the smog and humidity of a heavy July evening. The air doing it's best at pretending to be s... | “Johal, have you forgiven me?” the man says in a trembling voice as tears stream down his cheeks.
Suddenly, the man hunches over clutching his chest. “Are you alright, do you need me to call for an ambulance” I ask in shock, a silly question in the circumstance, I should have called for help immediately. He collapse... | 2018-11-05T22:10:57 | 2018-11-05T22:04:26 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | It was a curious solution and nobody expected it to be as easy as it was. Fifty years of isolation.
Nobody knew who fired the first shots. Some said it was the Chinese, some said it was the North Koreans, others said it was the Americans. In the end, it really didn't matter, because everyone ended up involved in some ... | **6th April, 2037 - HMAS *Maryborough*, Somewhere off the coast of Australia**
"So, the yanks bought it?"
The speaker leans heavily against the rail, staring at the smouldering coastline. A deck above, overstressed rotor blades whine slowly, cooling in the ocean breeze.
"Oh yes. Contrition, shame, repentance...if we... | 2018-01-18T02:39:17 | 2018-01-18T01:28:33 | 129 | 18 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | > #489,231,337
Robert Johnson wasn't a very good dad. He'd drink, and he'd smoke, and when he was tired he would grumble at his kids. He didn't play catch. He didn't play video games. He mostly sat around and got fat after working at the mill. His wife, Leslie, would ask him to mow the lawn and he'd yell at her. Hi... | The mug was in the back yard shed with most of my dads things. I had gotten them when he passed away. It stood there with a big number one on it. I decided to bring it inside, since i had known to me he had been my number one dad.
When i touched it the number changed. I hadn't been with a girl in about a year. I hadn... | 2017-06-11T09:22:28 | 2017-06-11T09:05:00 | 228 | 21 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | 28, 34, 21, and 54.
I remained where I stood, nodding to the guests in silent affirmation that they were allowed in. As they trudged past me and through the door of Barney's Strip Club, I reached into my pocket, fumbled for a cigarette, and stuck it in my mouth. Now where was my lighter? It would be so much easier i... | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T23:18:34 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 189 | 13 |
[WP] Across the galaxy, a synthetic drug known as "Fury" is illegal everywhere due to its effects on the mind and body, humans call it Adrenalin and they can make it naturally. | We were on the edge of the Milky Way when we first detected Earth. Humans are supposed to be docile. Nothing ruthless like Falthrines and no edges like Drumps. They aren't even united, we could just tip toe by the racket and make our way into the atmosphere to start sucking em up with a vacuum or something. We assumed ... | Everything was going so well until that day at the school.
The centauri ambassador was being given a tour. The kids were behaving. It was all going well until one of them started puffing up. Little James had a severe peanut allergy and must have been exposed somehow.
He started going into anaphylaxis. Luckily he ha... | 2018-03-19T02:33:27 | 2018-03-19T00:46:52 | 30 | 16 |
[WP] The world's most powerful leaders enter cryostasis as the world is on the brink of ecological collapse, planning to return when stability is assured. Hundreds of years later they are woken to stand trial. "The world was fixed while these men slept. An apology will not suffice". | Society had fallen.
Most of the records were lost of the times before the cataclysm. Coastal areas were devastated. The areas deserts covered expanded three fold. Storms scoured the land for years.
Humanity did what it could to hold on then start to rebuild as the worst of the weather subsided. Generations had langu... | “Good lord, well, what do you expect me to do of it?” This crude response was not Safya’s usual conditioning, but the circumstances afforded her the outburst. Her own ConSciOff informed her of relics nearly 300 years old. Living ones.
“ConWom Safya, these... aren’t relics like we are used to.”
“Obviously; they’re al... | 2019-02-03T20:50:20 | 2019-02-03T20:48:41 | 190 | 36 |
[WP] "For you sin of greed" you are darned to purgatory said St. Peter. "To ascend you must win every game in your Steam library" | Chuck opened his eyes. That was something he had not thought he would ever do again. Once the car found itself on open air, he was pretty sure he was a goner. But here he was, standing...somewhere.
Where was he, anyway? He looked around. Everything seemed to be made of light. It billowed around him like clouds, formin... | "Okay."
Peter halted in mid-monologue. WHAT? The voice reverberated somewhere.
"Okay? I don't... I don't know the proper response. This is my first..."
FIRST WHAT?
I gestured helplessly around at the heavenly courtroom, trying to encompass etiquette, existential crisis and, well, lack of existentiality and every... | 2022-08-28T15:01:37 | 2022-08-28T14:31:50 | 92 | 36 |
[WP] You attempt to start a conversation with a girl at a bar. The girl next to her looks at you, startled, and asks, "you can see her too?" | Tonight is the night I finally build the courage to ask a woman out. The corner bar isn't the ideal place to find a partner, but it's certainly the easiest. Soon I'll make my move...after a few drinks, of course.
It would seem most of the fish here have already been baited. What's this? There's a straggler at the end... | “You can see her too?” the girl next to her asked, both of them looking shocked. This was now getting interesting.
“What do you mean, I can see her too?”
All I wanted was a drink, stood at the bar, waiting for the useless, overworked bartender to stop flirting with the girls the opposite end of the bar, and take my... | 2016-06-06T15:47:03 | 2016-06-06T15:10:12 | 244 | 29 |
[WP] A world where eating a person lowers your age by 20 years. The poor are offered up to the rich who have been around for hundreds of years. | For a long time, it was seen as a horrible crime against nature. To kill a person, only to add more years to your life? It could only be called inhumane. But there were those who secretly did it, who had done research on these effects.
Eating a person? 20 years. But what was defined as a person? Soon the wealthy foun... | They called me a maid.
I mean, seriously. Everyone knew what was really going on, but you couldn’t… just say it out loud, could you? It was as if a whole society had decided to pretend it doesn’t happen.
By inches and degrees we’d come to this place. We’d always lifted up the few on the backs of the many. We poor ha... | 2016-02-22T00:21:34 | 2016-02-21T21:32:56 | 138 | 69 |
[WP] You have the ability to double jump. Scientists are still trying to figure it out. | “I don’t know how else to explain it,” said Kevin. “I just jump, then jump again.”
The man in the flannel shirt wrote in his notebook.
“And you’ve always been able to do this?” he asked.
“Yes Dr.Norbert,” Kevin replied through a yawn. “I’ve been double jumping as long as I’ve been jumping.”
Dr. Norbert’s opening qu... | "We done here?" I asked exasperatedly.
The man in the lab coat looked up, a bit apologetically, "just one more test for the day, please."
I rolled my eyes. "God, you guys are needy," but I nevertheless double jumped in the chamber for them. It's kind of hard to explain. I jump like any normal person would, but when ... | 2017-02-11T09:03:43 | 2017-02-11T08:05:19 | 614 | 121 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick of being ignored and insulted all the time, so they join the bad guys. They are a much more effective villain than anyone thought possible. | The sound of mocking laughter filled the tavern. I stared calmly at Reyes, stereotypical warrior that he was, leading the pointing and jeering in my direction. I let them continue. It was their last laugh, after all.
​
"Lucius!" Reyes managed to squeak out between giggles. "You're kidding, right?! This is ... |
(WP) Arachne’s Revenge
She had been ignored, insulted, for too long. And now it was time, at last, for revenge. She would seize what she was owed, no matter how much bloodshed resulted.
Arachne had spent years honing her ability for the healing arts, only to have it squandered upon her ungrateful peers.
But now ... | 2019-03-05T11:48:05 | 2019-03-05T08:54:31 | 917 | 116 |
[WP] Magic is real, but casting spells requires reciting the whole word. The longer the word, the more powerful the spell is. The strongest spells can take hours (or even decades) to cast, and the strongest wizards are either really fast speakers or have great foresight. | What I held in my hands had the power to change the world. Of course, I realized that.
The young man with glimmering eyes across from me leaned in eagerly. "Right now it can go at a rate of about four hours of speech a second. I think with the kinks worked out I can probably triple that, but this is just a prototype a... | I opened the doors.
“Wow,” breathlessly my friend Tomas spoke.
We entered the library, situated at the back corner of the house. The room’s expanse was enormous, the space of two homes could fit in here. Plain wood floors, well-high ceiling, and dozens upon dozens of bookshelves filled the heart of the room as well a... | 2017-10-16T14:16:22 | 2017-10-16T11:46:47 | 76 | 26 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | I didn't even think before I gave the answer, and as I woke up I felt the lump in my throat. As the feeling returned to my body, I felt a rejuvenating pain sear through every cell. My bones were scored with classified information, my brain etched into by a mind much greater than mine. I stretched my shoulders and felt ... | “Reply yes if you can survive the last video-game you played. If you survive without dying you will be awarded all you win in game.”
“Who texts this at 2:00am in the morning on a Friday night?,” I drunkingly mumbled.
Chuckling, I reminisce in the old days of my video-gaming childhood. I remember playing hours of cre... | 2020-02-16T19:03:05 | 2020-02-16T18:41:30 | 688 | 194 |
[WP] Technological advances led to super powers. Yours is a killing touch. What you didn’t know is that every death added their lifespan to yours but you continue to age. You watched society fall. Now 1000s of years old, your withered husk is feared by the newly emerging “man”. They fear the Reaper. | When someone says Super Powers, what’s the first thing you think of? Death by high five probably isn’t it. Flying, invisibility, shapeshifting; that’s the kind of thing you want. The kind of powers that make life easier, fun or more exciting. But I got instant death. You don’t get bad powers they said. We weaned it out... | EDIT: This took a slightly different path, so I just went with it.
I was only 16 years old old when I received my Extreme Mizer 6000.
They said it could give you superpowers. I just thought it might impress this girl that I had a crush on. After all, nobody I knew had ever seen such a thing. I figured it was somethi... | 2021-07-10T00:06:05 | 2021-07-09T21:06:57 | 219 | 161 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | John saved enough money for the last 45 years to go live in one of the last cities that still existed near the frontier of the United States.
It was now time to actually go there, although it was still 8 months until the official event in which the US would open his doors to the world, and viceversa.
At the time ... | 50 long years. Thomas rolled out of his bunk. Today was the day America was going to join the rest of the world. He was excited, but a little afraid. As an American, it had been schooled into him that what had happened 51 years prior was one of the largest wars known, World War III, and that America had been the first ... | 2018-01-18T02:24:06 | 2018-01-18T00:43:07 | 210 | 139 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | When my parents turned 18, they summoned each other. That rarely happens, and when it does, it happens for the people who are really destined to be together. It saves them the trouble of matchmaking and forced marriage. But, like I said, it happens once in fifty years, maybe more. The people who got lucky enough must'v... | I was about to turn 18 when my parents told me that such is possible.
I did not want to believe it, at all - it was very crazy sounding but all this would explain why my mother and father are both insanely talented with one thing. Like, really talented. My father is selling books like wildfire burning and my mother is ... | 2019-09-18T09:06:39 | 2019-09-18T08:53:53 | 125 | 30 |
[WP] Bartenders serve drinks as a side job. Their real profession? Hunting down every person named Bart. You are the last Bart alive, and they will stop at nothing to kill you. | I came to this world for two reasons—to tend bar, and to end Barts. And I’m all out of Barts to end.
You know that feeling when you’ve finished a really big project? A project that had haunted your waking hours from the moment of your birth and defined your very existence as a human being? Yeah, it’s a good feelin... | It was a long shift. The rain had come in early, so the bar was quiet. The seats were cold except for those warmed by a few regulars who had nowhere better to be.
At quarter-to-midnight a group of well dressed guys came in. I could tell that their night had started much earlier. One of the group was wearing a wedd... | 2021-04-25T07:27:30 | 2021-04-25T06:08:36 | 998 | 32 |
[WP] When humans arrived to the galactic scene, they thought wars would play out way differently. Instead of bloodshed, there were intergalactic video game tournaments fighting for territory. Most aliens thought humans were newbies to this but when the first war was played, they changed their minds. | *Click*, the rifle went, yelling at it's wielder to put in a new magazine. Akoi skillfully pressed the release lever, threw the empty mag on the ground, and slammed in a new one, pulling the charging handle as he brought it back up into his grip. The sound of a blade meeting flesh filled the air, and the alien crumpled... | The Multi Dimensional arena that could only be described as a Galactical Colloseum was silent to the deepest corners of the abyss. They had just now realized the weight of their mistake to let the Earthlings choose what "video game" they were going to "play". The ritual to be executed of a name that was unaudible gibbe... | 2018-04-13T20:31:45 | 2018-04-13T18:30:12 | 77 | 18 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I remember details before (yellow light,
green), details after('catch him, Lou!') but the searing pain ripping those hours out of mind are like constant needles pushing at my eyeballs from behind. I'd heard the stories, seen the anxious hushed terror my mothers eyes as it approched, had known its happening was slithe... | Everyone knew this day would come, the day that would determine the rest of our lives. No one knew where the mutation came from, my parents always told me that it was just a path of life, that their parents had mutations and so did the generation before them. Today was the day, my 21st birthday, my grandmother had alwa... | 2015-03-04T04:05:10 | 2015-03-04T00:56:46 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Beckett said, “I’m frequently asked how I came to join a party such as theirs, I’m sure you’ll be thinking about it shortly.”
Joey rattled in his chair, “What’s the plan Beckett? I know you wouldn’t hurt an innocent, none of you would!”
The light was scarce down in Beckett’s basement, two torches fought silent battle... | *Where are they?* I screamed at the bound monster sitting across of me, its face full of fresh bruises.The monster stared fiercely at me, remaining ever so silent.
I went to back room, and took out my tools.
*You see, I am not a good person, I never was, I tried to be good, I liked having a party, allies, friends, I... | 2019-12-07T11:28:56 | 2019-12-07T10:37:08 | 92 | 49 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | The clock ticked over and chimed.
I was 18...
My grandmother spontaneously dropped her tea and splashed my foot. The burn caused me to shriek. "Well..", I said as I wiped my foot, "I can still feel pain..."
The rest of my family politely chuckled and waited.
"I don't know... I didn't feel anything. How do I know? W... | The fluorescent lights buzzed above my head, the clock ticked away as the cold air rushed up the backless hospital gown. The medical team was preparing for the worst with only a minute left. I couldn't help but think of those who got superstrength or flight. The tier one power sets. My mom has telekinesis so I had a ch... | 2015-03-28T09:14:46 | 2015-03-28T06:14:54 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | I don't know why I can see them, but I can. How people die, floating above their heads. I've always been able to see it, and I've prevented a few. They rarely change, but it's possible. I've always liked to view myself as some holy saviour, going out of my way to prevent deaths.
I live in a small town, far away from a... | Our world has changed. With time travel comes death predictions. A technical engineer working alone in a garage created a "portal"in time just powerful enough to transfer technology, like cameras, microphones, and storage devices. The revolutioniser created a way of predicting death, but could only take down what happe... | 2015-03-31T09:09:36 | 2015-03-31T07:50:48 | 63 | 21 |
[WP] You are a demon. Most people contact you to sell you their soul in exchange for fantastic powers. Today you were summoned by an AI that wants to sell you their fantastic power for a soul. | On the day the last human on Earth died, only one demon could be found.
And on that day, Adramalech cradled the mortal’s soul in his hands and bore it away to the afterlife, as his duties required. And as they floated on the murky Styx to await the final judgment, Adramalech had only one thought:
*I’m free.*
The dep... | I’ve always liked the finer things in life. And the finer things in death too. I dunno how many souls I’ve collected but after five thousand years, I had enough to live comfortably in Hell. Not exactly the type of comfortable that got me front row seats in the flagellation splash zone but I had a way around that. It wa... | 2021-06-22T10:38:57 | 2021-06-22T10:14:11 | 57 | 33 |
[WP]A satanist tries to summon Satan, but summons Santa instead. | Ragnor sat alone in his basement. Days of preparation and research were finally going to pay off. His friends told him he was a fool. They said Satan would never present himself to a weak minded mortal like him. But he did not listen. He knew that by summoning the dark lord Lucifer, he would gain power beyond his wilde... | "Ho ho h-oops," said Santa as he burst forth from the summoning circle.
The jolly old man suddenly lost his smile as the realization set in. "Damnation!" he shouted, "not again!"
The young members of the coven looked at each other with a mix of surprise and awkwardness. Torn between astonishment that the incantation ... | 2014-06-23T04:39:53 | 2014-06-23T04:39:03 | 194 | 107 |
[WP] After years of gentile persuasion your best friend since childhood finally agrees to seek professional help for serious mental problems. Much to your dismay, as she begins to improve you slowly start to realize that you are her imaginary friend.
Edit: I see what I did wrong and I see what you did there ;) I'm lea... | Anna gave a rough, barking laugh, strained around the edges, and waggled a manicured hand at the doc.
“You’re a character, shrink.” She plucked a strand of coloured hair, twirling it around her finger. “Go do a Broadway bit, your talents are wasted here.”
“I assure you,” the psychologist adjusted his glasses, “I am n... | Do you remember those days, when we'd hide out in your room? Mum came in everytime, making excuses for dad, saying she fell over, that her blood nose was nothing to worry about.
I had to sit there and watch, as he touched you in your bed at night.
How about that time when we ran away to the playground down the road, ... | 2015-11-17T05:49:12 | 2015-11-17T04:49:08 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] “I am Lucifer, The Morning Star, The Firstborn, The Second Light, The Prince of Lies, The Adversary, The Dragon, The Serpent, Lord Of Evil, The First of The Fallen and I came here for one thing and one thing only” As he said this he summoned forth a Switch. “I came here to Brawl” | “I can help the next customer in line.”
“I am Lucifer.”
“What can I get for you, Lucifer?”
“I am The Morning Star, The Firstborn – “
“You want the egg sandwich again? Our breakfast menu isn’t available after 12 pm, sorry about that – “
“The Second Light, The Prince of Lies – “
“Oh no, a hundred-dollar bill? I’m r... | I had prayed long enough. For years, I’d asked God for someone, anyone, to talk to. To interact with. To have a friendship, a camaraderie with another person. But I was still alone.
It felt like chronic bad luck. I meet someone, we start talking, and I find out I really like them. Then something happens. They have to ... | 2020-02-22T15:37:21 | 2020-02-22T15:36:43 | 680 | 126 |
[WP] After a Pyrrhic battle defending their homeworld, the defenders detect another fleet. It's the Humans, and they're sending in the hospital and engineering fleets. | Finally, after twelve long years of endless war and billions of lives lost, it was all over. Those bastard Kharin warmongers had finally been defeated, their fleets obliterated and their leaders executed. The last of the Kharin fleet made one last desperate attempt on our homeworld, and were destroyed there. But it was... | Why they always asked, why do we 'waste' our resources on those who may soon be vanquished. Why do we send our fleets thousands of light years to help without any apparent gain. Why do we risk our troops lives on planets that are infected with foreign plague. Why do we waste ourselves on a lost cause.
Because those... | 2021-01-30T17:35:30 | 2021-01-30T16:45:38 | 79 | 52 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | Rita wiped the sweat from off her brow with her forearm, then floated over her glass of lemonade from where it sat on the porch.
“Morning, Ms. Graham!”
“Good morning, Mrs. Sweeney! How’s Hubert doing today?”
“Oh, he’s doing fine, thank you. How’s the garden coming along?” Rita took a moment to glance back at the flo... | I have telekinesis and levitation, as in the ability to move objects with a wave of my hands and float around. However, I don't see myself using my powers to become a superhero or supervillain, as I have enough on my plate as is, working as a professional chef at our city's most expensive restaurant alongside my identi... | 2021-08-16T21:10:49 | 2021-08-16T18:08:12 | 91 | 67 |
[WP] Now that he has 8 years executive experience, Obama can apply for the job he REALLY wants | This is my first prompt so be gentle:
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Obama spent weeks looking for a job on the internet. He read post after post but nothing seemed to have sparked his interest. Obama is only 54 but already achieved everything he ever dreamt of and he couldn’t figure out what he wants to do with his life now. “It seems I re... | A single light is shown in the distance, a light that turns into a clock and the hand twists and distorts, out from the darkness steps out a man, Americans and people gasp as they see the former President of the United States on stage. The Camera closes up on Barrack Obama naturally the man spoke with eloquence unheard... | 2016-02-23T03:57:25 | 2016-02-23T03:17:16 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] "You" is the name of a real person in another reality. Every time someone submits a new Writing Prompt, it happens to You. "Why do they write these prompts in the 2nd person?!" cries You. But You has discovered a way to escape their torment. | "You are an ISTJ that is set up on a blind date. Your date is an ENFP. Write a story about the hilarity that ensues."
Georgia sat back admiring the prompt she'd written on her laptop. *Something different - this one will make the front page for sure*, she thought.
Suddenly, a man burst into the room! Although burst m... | I have a thousand numbers over my head-- the number of times I was in love, or died, or whatever whim you please.
 
I have a thousand birthmarks-- each one significant in some small way.
 
I have a thousand lives. I've lived and subverted every archetype, acted and lampshaded every trope.
&nb... | 2017-03-22T07:52:01 | 2017-03-22T06:19:52 | 189 | 71 |
[WP] Drunkenly, you accidentally pour vodka into your pet's water bowl. As a result, your pet breaks the number one rule: do not speak to your owner... Ever.
Did NOT expect this amount of replies. Thanks guys! It'll be an interesting read. | "Is it true, you're going to let me die?" Daisy says as she lets out a whimper
"What the fuck did you just say?" Shouts Jeremy at the old family dog he was left to care for after his parents were T-Boned by a drunk driver a fortnight ago.
"They just inject a needle and I go to sleep? Will I feel any pain?" a sadness ... | "Good Dog Pete, You have a problem."
I looked at him with disbelief. I knew I was drunk, but I didn't think I was drinking vermouth.
"Listen up. Tomorrow you are getting booked into Alcoholics Anonymous." Snoopy walked over to his bed in the corner, made three spins, laid down and shot a disapproving look my way.
"T... | 2016-08-02T19:04:22 | 2016-08-02T17:31:01 | 437 | 52 |
[WP] You're pretty sure that the gas station you work at is a hotspot for eldritch beings beyond mortal understanding but this job doesn't pay enough for you to care. Also they are more polite than your average customer. | The chime above the door rang as it slid open pensively for the man in a trucker hat tucked low on his head who entered the station’s building. He made his way over to the snack aisle, looking up and down as he evaluated which he would like to be eating. Wherever he walked, the light above him seemed to shimmer ever so... | The door swooshes open to The Corner Market. A 24 hour convenience store miles from most towns, work sights, or even the nearest farming community. It's florescent glow washes over the disheveled cross roads that flank its sides. In comes a young man, the second person the property has seen in hours to start his overni... | 2021-12-13T21:01:41 | 2021-12-13T19:48:34 | 1,172 | 183 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | The sight was always a peculiar anomaly, after multiple eye screenings and CAT scans you eventually realised its function. The letters that appear above people’s heads spell out the demise that awaits them, why it only appears above those you know is a mystery, perhaps a certain degree of social interaction is required... | They were all the same; burning. Let's just cut to the exposition: I knew how people died, to me a small piece of text would appear above their head. This would always contain their cause of death. No time, no ways to prevent, just their grim fate. Since birth I could always see this. Over time I learned to accept it a... | 2015-03-31T09:07:33 | 2015-03-31T07:44:11 | 55 | 22 |
[WP] You are a long forgotten god. A small girl leaves a piece of candy at your shrine, and you awaken. Now, you must do everything to protect your High Priestess, the girl, and her entire kindergarten class, your worshipers.
If you want to post this on other platforms, please credit me. Looking at you instagram writi... | Can you imagine being forgotten? Not dying, mind you, but being *forgotten.* Dying, I could live with, but being forgotten is a different manner.
Every word I’d ever spoken and the influence it had on humanity was gone. My ancient followers, along with their names and faces, could be found nowhere. My temples and idol... | A noise woke me from my millennium long nap. Opening my eyes, I saw a very small girl with black hair and blue eyes hiding behind my fallen statue. Apparently, she had just run into my temple, and tripped near my alter. As she had tripped the objects in her pocket had fallen out and landed on my alter. The objects t... | 2021-09-02T12:46:28 | 2021-09-02T12:03:56 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] It is the end of days. God and Lucifer stand before the last human being. You are the first neutral soul who is neither good or evil enough to pass into a afterlife and thus must be judged personally. Unknown to them, you are Death and have come for them instead. | They looked tired, incredibly so. I felt bad for them, I knew what they were going through, I had been going through that same process for ages now. It wasn't the same though, I was built differently. This little hunk of rock where the three of us stood was the last bastion of life in the universe. The crunch had begun... | This world is empty of all life, save three.
These two beings have fought for thousands upon thousands of years; one with the bearded and perpetually sad face of a father who has watched his children fail and falter, the other with the inhumanly beautiful face of a marble statue, with neither sadness nor joy, only a s... | 2015-10-19T14:41:33 | 2015-10-19T13:43:27 | 214 | 13 |
[WP] As you complete the ritual, your friends freak out when the demon appears before them, thinking you're going to make a deal with it. Little do they know, the demon is the one who owes you something. | My dinner guests sat in frozen fear. Watching as the lights were rapidly turning off and on, the smaller items on the table began to float and the only sound breaking the silence was my voice speaking in a deep-toned and saying various things in Latin that no one but me understood. When I told them I had a cool trick I... | *O friend! Step back! This has gone too far, end it!*
*Wash the chalk with water,*
*This hellish deal must not be writ!*
Never! for this creature owes me its life,
The ethereal magic it holds is mine,
For IT! Cut through the bargain like a knife!
**Tis true, it is you I owe, Master what be you... | 2022-02-16T11:52:38 | 2022-02-16T11:11:59 | 190 | 12 |
[WP] After being told she had an accident and had "gone to heaven", his mind exploded in a white hot rage. 7 year old Roger wants his kitty back and God doesn't know what's about to hit him. | The day was chilly, a fall breeze that hinted at the coming winter, but still decent enough to enjoy the weather. I always let Roger have an hour to play outside with his friends before he did his homework, and that would continue as long as he had the desire to do so. Mostly because I recalled being done with my homew... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc -1, Part 3: Roger v.s. A Godlike Government.)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections; however, there are references to other stories which I've linked in the text. For continuity purposes, ... | 2021-04-13T13:17:20 | 2021-04-13T12:04:03 | 86 | 20 |
[WP]: "I'm sorry. I just don't understand how you managed to fuck up a five-word sentence, offend the inhabitants of three planets and start a world war at the same time." | Here are the facts:
1) The Varbloxians of Varb 3 have a very particular conversational structure, comprised of facial expressions and words in equal part. Gestures with other organs is viewed as taboo, resulting in a culture where few Varbloxians ever attempt walking and talking at the same time.
2) The preva... | Why? What's wrong with it?
> "Uranus, the perfect honeymoon destination!"
That will propel our newest space colony in the social media on the Internet. It should get us tons of followers on Spacebook and new tourists wanting to spend their wedding vacation here.
We also made sure to mention our favorite moon hot... | 2015-06-19T05:51:39 | 2015-06-19T03:51:32 | 72 | 32 |
[WP] On the first manned mission to Mars, a crew of seven astronauts loses contact with Mission Control upon entering the atmosphere. After landing, they look up into the Martian night sky, wherein Earth appears to be missing. | The shortest horror story ever written reads: The last man on Earth sat alone in his house; suddenly, there came a knock at the door. People love that story, but no one ever considers the alternatives: what if he was not the last man on *Earth?*
July 22nd, 2052, a monumental day in human history. Myself and six other ... | Yana looked up at the Martian sky and saw no Earth.
It had been a week since they had landed on ground zero and lost contact with mission control. But the mission continued. Base camp was set up. Their living quarters erected at the fringes of their landing site. The buildings looked like ping pong balls, plastic and ... | 2015-07-08T07:27:00 | 2015-07-08T06:37:09 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | It stopped bothering me after I hit thirty.
After a while, you just do what you can to help them avoid their fate, and it becomes second nature.
Woman with the death sentence
> CHOKES TO DEATH DRINKING A VODKA AND COKE
while drinking a vodka and coke
Will have her drink stolen, smashed on the floor, and then ... | "Hi Sally" i said to my secretary as I entered my office.
"Mornin Mr King" she replied seemingly chipper as always, the large word suicide in bold red above her head seemed dimmer today. Maybe it was just me.
I see signs of how people die. Literal worded signs. Floating over their head and all.
If I told anyone they... | 2015-03-31T11:33:24 | 2015-03-31T10:08:20 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] We did it! We finally achieved FTL travel! At first, alien races seem thrilled to have a new neighbor. Then they seem terrified of us. We are the only ones to reach the stars with technology instead of magic. | "What are you doing?" I asked the green one as strange sounds that my translator couldn't keep up with issued from its mouth. I was a little nervous meeting so many different aliens in one setting.
"Please do not disturb me further, high mage," it said then continued.
"What's he doing?" I asked the smaller alien nex... | The Ship called the Jethroll Tow sat adrift in the inky blackness of interstellar space , and in it sat Chris Kirkland wearing a old peterbuilt trucker cap and a shirt calling back to a 70’s slogan Earth first we’ll strip mine the other planets later.
Well here we are.
He chuckled” it’s later.” Chris jammed his finger... | 2019-01-18T07:09:17 | 2019-01-18T06:19:16 | 3,830 | 139 |
[WP] The fact the uncanny valley exists is terrifying. Being scared by things that look almost human but aren't. Other animals do not have this. That means that at some point in our evolution, running away from things that looked almost human was advantageous enough to be imprinted on our genetics. | The EVA 201 class began. As we walked in, we waved our notebooks over the interface and the e-ink paper changed. I took a brief glance at what I presumed would be the syllabus, and found a table of contents:
**Pages 1-3:** Content warnings
**Page 4:** Infohazard waiver and consent form
**Page 5:** University policy ... | The retired professor turned this way and that, crazy haired and wild eyed, looking for something that wasn't there.
Sturbink's office light had shut off about thirty seconds ago. He had been lost in the research time vortex that afflicted adderall users everywhere, absorbed by first hand accounts of murders from the ... | 2020-09-15T13:29:59 | 2020-09-15T12:37:49 | 1,783 | 132 |
[WP] In the Academy for Knights, all students must bring their own weapon to matches against other students. You couldn't afford anything fancy, so you brought something more unconventional. | *Unconventional*, thats the word the registers used when I'd gone to enter the competition. They snickered and said that my weapon of choice was "unfit, ridiculous" and worst of all, that word: unconventional. I knew what they meant by it. They meant that I would lose. That I had no chance. But to me it was just a wor... | the arena was jam packed with spectators from all over the campus. My opponent was decked out in the best armor and gear money could buy. I myself wore a tunic and shorts. This was on purpose because it allowed more mobility. My weapon however was less than ideal. A small squeaky hammer. I enter the arena weapon ready.... | 2022-09-14T18:31:45 | 2022-09-14T16:33:52 | 149 | 11 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | Yeah yeah, I know. I'm no Superman or Batman. I'm not particularly flashy like Catwoman, or that gearhead Iron Man. I have no sex appeal, no super human strength nor that undying desire to do good. I didn't choose my power, none of us do. We're all equals before the reckoning power of the Initiation Day.
And yet, I se... | When your power is "Summon knives from everywhere to stab yourself", you kind of tend to get ridiculed. Still, even as a kid I saw what potential my power had...if I didn't care about anyone else. See, there were no restrictions to what "Summon knives from everywhere to stab yourself"entailed. So one day, when it felt ... | 2015-04-12T18:48:32 | 2015-04-12T17:46:50 | 40 | 19 |
[WP] You’ve just finished assembling a doomsday device. You’re not sure if a button is supposed to be labeled ‘ON’ or ‘NO.’ | I turned my head ever-so-slightly one way, trying to get a read on the button. It was a circle button, not a square one like it should have been. It wasn't parallel to the ground, but skewed the tiniest amount in one direction that made me think that maybe the button had gotten spun upside down during installation. It ... | It wasn't a big button. In comparison to the rest of the machine, it was practically minuscule. But the problem is, the font for the buttons, was sans serif. So this particular round button was a conundrum. It was a fifty-fifty chance. ON, or NO. Not really the kind of chance you want to take on a doomsday device.
... | 2022-08-04T18:51:45 | 2022-08-04T18:03:20 | 523 | 90 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | "Was that a bicycle pump?"
I wondered if I had looked as baffled last night when I saw it as Anya looked now at me asking. I suppose it didn't really matter, but I was still curious. I had wanted to ask at the time, but the brick in my mouth had prevented that.
"What?"
"I've never had someone use a bicycle pump to ... | Maeve wore a look of utter shock when I walked into the door for our Anthropology class the next morning. Her mouth wide open and fear shimmering in her eyes. Yet, even in this she was a beautiful as before with her smooth pearl skin and flowing black hair.
"Now, that was a wild night." I said with a laugh. "I know th... | 2022-12-29T21:26:34 | 2022-12-29T20:31:16 | 36 | 20 |
[WP] Turns out cultures and civilisations aren’t meant to disappear or evolve so quickly. And species aren’t meant to develop technology so quickly too. So, after their last visit 5000 years ago, the aliens are wondering where the FUCK are the ancient Mesopotamians.
Wow, didn’t expect this to blow up that much. My tha... | They didn't seem to speak a language any of the crew recognised. They'd been sent out to meet the aliens just above the Persian gulf, were they'd landed, creating a few high tension situations on the political scale, each major country in the region blaming the other. The world had been mere minutes away from total nuc... | "Gulpemba, I would like to report an anomaly."
Odd, an anomaly hasn't been reported in the Milky Way since Meteor Tartarus crashed into Earth, or when we learned that Earth was an eclipse planet and all we thought all of the rovers crashed at the same time. What could it be this time? Silicon-based life? Or... What if... | 2022-09-23T13:38:14 | 2022-09-23T12:05:09 | 121 | 60 |
[WP] Humanity has always thought itself very smart for figuring out how to ride a giant explosion into space. Turns out there's a much easier way and the rest of the galaxy thinks we're insane. | Humans had always been persistent, from the time they had been spotted on their homeworld, struggling with wars, strife and poverty. They, against all odds had prevailed time and time again. Yet there always seemed to be a more peaceful solution, an easier one.
Humanity had a talent for making things more difficult t... | *Patent 52894-14A*
Name: *Trebuchet Mark II*
Date Filed: *15th of October, 1482 (Earth Time)*
Description: *A trebuchet capable of firing a 9500 kg projectile over 300 000 meters. The projectile is accelerated in a circular motion by a lever attached to a weight. The weight is accelerated by an electromagnetic field... | 2019-01-21T06:09:26 | 2019-01-21T05:47:56 | 84 | 27 |
[WP] There's a girl who knocks on your door at exactly 9pm on every full moon, expecting sweets. It's been more than ten years and she's never aged a day. | The gentle tapping echoed through the house. It had freaked me out when I first moved here, but by now I was used to it. Making sure the front and back doors were locked, I headed to the living room. When I bought the house I had tried to question the realtor about the tiny door in the wall. They looked at me like I gr... | Their ritual always begins without much ado.
A knock at the door. Once, twice, rarely thrice. Nolan has grown to anticipate her the way one expects a bite when placed between a waiting set of jaws.
She hasn't changed much over the years—which is, of course, a nice way of saying that she hasn't changed at all. But it ... | 2022-06-25T13:20:24 | 2022-06-25T13:09:26 | 1,242 | 291 |
[WP] We learn aliens exist, but they have access to so many planets that the only thing of value on Earth is human culture. Aliens hid themselves so they could redistribute our culture without tainting it. Now humanity explores a galaxy that has been familiar with humans for centuries. | *There will be silence in the court! Thank you. Kay-Ell, you have the talking frond.*
Kyle unlocked his iPad-10k, took a deep breath, and stood up from his seat, brushing the luminous levitating frond away from his mouth as he did so. “Thank you, Connoisseur. We are here today to pursue a claim of Intergalactic piracy... | Fuck Humans!
Oh my God!
This was supposed to be an *easy* class. All you had to do was explain *why* their culture is the way it is, where this and that originated from, but fuck, this doesn't make a lick of sense.
Three!?
Three. In one picture? You don't even understand *one*. You showed it to your dad and he thou... | 2018-12-21T20:54:21 | 2018-12-21T19:54:33 | 240 | 142 |
[WP] You start to suspect your SO/spouse has the ability to stop time | The day we met smelled of clementines and sage; he was dapper and young in his freshly pressed suit. I was clean scrubbed and rosy, my cheeks aflame from the bristles of the brush and the strength of the lye.
We talked and drank tea in a fashionable café and I was churned under by the whirlpools of his cool blue eyes... | I plopped down in my chair after a hard day of work. It looked like Tim hadn’t cleaned the living room at all. “Honey, did you clean the living room?”
“Sure did, cutie,” he said.
I looked at the carpet. It looked dirty. “Really?”
“Yep.”
The carpet looked vacuumed. I figured I just hadn’t noticed it. “Okay. Guess I... | 2015-02-04T17:18:24 | 2015-02-04T17:06:37 | 87 | 10 |
[WP] Write a story about something you don't understand. Do NO research. Make everything up as you go.
**Possible subjects:**
*Fly-Fishing
*Open-Heart Surgery
*Supply-Management in the Canadian Dairy Industry
*Making Hollywood Movies
*Guidance Counselling for High School Students
*Storm Chasing
*Electrical Rep... | *A Single Play in American Football as Interpreted by a Foreigner who has Never Seen a Game*
"Hut two, twenny-two, hut!" The first quarterback shouted, eyes gleaming with passion as he stared around at his team. They were all lined up in such a way as to form the basic shape of a ziggurat from above, thus reflecting t... | The pillow was made in 1837 when King Cristopher of France was tired of laying down on bricks. He found the greatest scientist in all of Paris and had the inventor create something to ease his sleeping at night. After hours of thinking the inventor grabbed a donkey and put its hair into a sack of flour. The inventor to... | 2016-02-02T00:31:42 | 2016-02-01T22:58:30 | 147 | 10 |
[WP] Bad news. You’re stuck in a strange and magical world far far from home. Worse news: You aren’t even the chosen one in the prophecy who gets cool powers and a destiny quest. They won’t show up for a few more years. You got here purely by mistake. You have no powers. You’re alone. You must live. | Head fogged up from sleep, Roger made a feeble attempt to move his arm. It moved a little, and he sighed, giving up on getting up. It was a Saturday anyways, he could spend a bit more time lazing.
Like always, the city was noisy, and his apartment sitting high on the 43rd floor was apparently still easily reached by t... | When Ray went through that portal in his dream, the last thing he expected was to wake up in a strange, unknown house. **This must just be part of the dream**, he thought to himself. **I wonder where this leads to.**
He got out of bed and wandered around the house, looking at the architecture. The ceiling was low, ve... | 2022-04-22T00:31:34 | 2022-04-21T21:39:27 | 110 | 27 |
[WP] In a quest to find the secret of immortality, humans search the universe for more intelligent life. They find immortal aliens, who beg to learn how to die.
[deleted] | Phil raised his gun, aiming for what he'd been told was the strange creature's nervous core. He fired three shots at point blank range. The creature's shell cracked, oozing pale blood, then rapidly repaired itself. The bullets clinked to the desert floor.
"Well, I'll be damned. You fellas really are tough sons-a-bitch... | Randal Harmon, 927744 Personal Log: 12/12/4017. 13:02
I think we might as well give up. We've tried everything , even cutting the brain out.
Bad idea , we ended up cloning one today.
Granted : The one that grew out of the brain thinks that relearning some of what was in their muscle and nerve memory will be novel ... | 2017-12-12T08:31:21 | 2017-12-12T04:33:21 | 36 | 15 |
[WP]Tell me an emotional story about a man, using only what he would type into Google search | April 22, 2000 – Is Canada cold?
April 22, 2000 – Is baseball like cricket?
May 1, 2000 – Ontario sports leagues
May 1, 2000 – Recreational baseball tryout
August 12, 2000 – Academic sessions Ontario
January 13, 2001 – Google maps: Alternate routes home
February 14, 2001 – Fun single person activities
May 1, 200... | Facebook
Tumbler
Spanish Inquisition
Google Translate
Jobs in Appleton, WI
*Clear History*
Calc chat
Facebook
Best way to hide bruises
*Clear History*
Cheap Bus tickets
Cheap apartments Appleton WI
Emancipated Minor?
*Clear History*
Gmail
Tumblr
Counseling confidentiality rules for minors
Free Counseli... | 2015-02-04T18:35:51 | 2015-02-04T16:52:51 | 101 | 46 |
[WP] Lights start appearing on the moon. An ancient machine coming to life. Scientists determine it is a orbital defense platform programmed to protect earth. A large ship obliterates the moon. A message; "Greetings brothers and sisters, we are finally home. You could not keep us away forever." | *"Dad!" Jessie screamed, fighting against the humanoid creatures to get to her father.*
*Blood streamed down his face, dripping into his eyes and painting his face an awful scarlet. She was sure that another few hits, and he would've been dead. Within an inch of his life, that's how they wanted him. If the leader of ... | "This is Charles Velkin of CNN here with breaking news. We have just received confirmation that the mysterious lights on the moon visible last evening are **not** attributable to any terrestrial action. President Harris is scheduled to issue a press briefing shortly from the White House, we will join White House Corres... | 2019-05-11T17:52:34 | 2019-05-11T17:14:06 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] There’s a city divided into 4 districts, govern by factions: knights on the north, pirates on the south, samurais on the east and cowboys on the west. And on the middle stands the only being that keeps the balance: the strongest and the wisest, the peacekeeper, and it’s you, The Bartender. | 'Oblivion' was the only thing that kept the four kingdoms alive. Oblivion was a safe space. Everyone who came there was granted immunity no matter what they did. When you came to my bar, your identity was left at the door. Murderers and thieves drank with their victims. If not for my tiny shack, the confines of our cit... | Endless fighting all around me. Some day the pirates need gold, some other day the samurai don't feel respected enough. Literally i couldn't care less. At this point im pretty sure they just need a reason to fight. There is only one thing they all respect the same. And it is this small broken tavern in the middle of th... | 2018-11-21T06:05:18 | 2018-11-21T04:22:55 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] Everyone has the Mega Man-like ability to steal another person's most valuable trait by defeating them in battle. You have the world's most valuable trait - incredible, inexplicable dumb luck - and you've won thousands of battle without even knowing you were fighting. | "I am known as Gunslinger Gilbert, but you can call me Gil," announced the man in black leathers. "And I am here to challenge you," he pointed at me with a gloved finger, "to a battle to the death."
People on the busy street turned their heads in our direction as they noticed the arsenal of guns that Gil had slung ove... | When I woke up yesterday, I learned I could breathe fire. It’s really more a curse than anything. My cat jumped up onto my chest, and I sneezed from all the hair he shed. I accidentally set my dresser on fire. My curtains ceased to exist at around 3pm because I had a major coughing fit. It really is kind of a downer. I... | 2018-02-20T12:30:50 | 2018-02-20T11:18:50 | 3,009 | 853 |
[WP] You are a princess whose father has just remarried. You’re ecstatic— a wicked stepmother means the start of your own fairy tale, and a guaranteed happy ending. Problem is, your stepmother is… nice. And it seems to be genuine. | "No, no, no, no, no! Get out of my room!", Princess Cassandra yelled.
Queen Helena was heartbroken. She had with her a silver tray of sweet treats and tea. She had thought it would be nice for her and the princess to bond, but the princess clearly had a different idea as she threw a tantrum.
"Cassandra, please. I kno... | Every stepmother is cruel.
Or, that's what the stories say at least.
Cinderella’s cruel stepmother, Hansel and Gretel’s stepmother forcing them into the woods, the back-breaking labor assigned by the wicked women in Diamonds and Toads, not to mention the Evil Queen from Snow White.
But here’s the thing, witho... | 2021-10-10T23:37:55 | 2021-10-10T23:32:44 | 314 | 35 |
[WP] Hi! I'm the main character! Or so you would have me be. I want you to know that no matter what you write, I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so.
Edit: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone so far who's written a s... | The four adventurers arrived in the tavern after their long trek back from Lich's castle. Surrounding them was a cacophony of drunken patrons. Finally they could rest. Before they could even take their seat, they were accosted by a dishevelled elderly man draped in old rotten robes.
_Hello there young travellers. Migh... | Marshall was leaving the bank when he heard the first gun shot. It had come from inside! He reached for his concealed weapon and tried tri tr
threw it on the ground. Marshall want wan WANTS A SODA STOP MAKING HIM A HERO HE
He heard a woman scream and *knew* he should go inside to stop the crimina
Marshal shot his ... | 2016-02-11T09:14:08 | 2016-02-11T09:05:58 | 248 | 22 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | (I don't usually write for these so be gentle)
The day finally came. It was my turn like my brother and sister before me. They each got their powers and now have been assigned jobs that took advantage of their powers.
My brother with his super strength works in a foundry lifting heavy materials. While my sister with ... | *Chocolate,* I though, licking my lips. The piece that I broke off the table was coating my hands with a greasy, brown coating. I put the rest in my mouth and felt satisfied, although that thick steak that is rumored to give you the ability to talk to animals was definitely catching my attention.
Or that peppermint g... | 2020-03-19T10:22:13 | 2020-03-19T09:58:32 | 172 | 31 |
[WP] There exist individuals with the ability to traverse and manipulate a person's dreams. Many of these individuals, including yourself, formed different offices that specialize in helping people cope with different mental and social disorders. You accepted a depressed client labeled "lost cause" |
“Broken” was a polite way of describing the mental frame of Arthur Stints.
The man had been born into abuse, suffering long before he had any real memory of it. Long before he had any realization that what was happening to him was as morally deposed as eating shit for breakfast, which thankfully the young Arthur h... | The problem was easy to postulate, impossible to solve.
How do you fix what isn't broken?
"Lost cause"
Pills hadn't helped.
Neither had inhalants, exhalants, or the usual gamut of alcohol or nicotine, or any other -ine for that matter. The darkness was there. Sometimes right behind you, sometimes far off.... | 2019-06-12T16:34:31 | 2019-06-12T16:00:02 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] "Liar." "I'm telling the truth. They put themselves in pressurized metal boxes and launch themselves out of their planet with liquid fuel canisters. Humans are insane." | The Dors were humanoid in theory, though Avery didn't think much of them. They were bipedal, with arms and hair and eyes. They just didn't move like humans. They were just off enough that it bothered Avery, scared her even.
Yet, she was the oddity. They looked at her species like they were tadpoles or weird glittery ... | "That's *glarbugs*-on-*hgk* stupid," Ik'kufx said. "What kinds of devilments must be behind their *igkl*s that they would put themselves into metallic canisters with a high-explosive material and fire themselves? What *gnyx* is this? Arkeltan?"
K'nsthf shrugged, his paracles wafting about in the skinny breeze. "I ... | 2017-12-16T14:07:25 | 2017-12-16T12:51:29 | 38 | 20 |
[WP] In the galaxy, Humans are known as the best allies you could have... and the worst enemy you could imagine. | The Human Galactic Empire has a certain reputation that we tend to forget about.
See, humans are NICE. they're cheerful, and curious, and mostly people treat them like overeager kittens, sticking noses and paws into whatever catches their interest.
And sure, there's always those stories that go around. How the ship... | "Well, I went and did it. I pissed off a human," Temblax said.
Mallin rolled all of her eyes. "Dammit, Temblax, what have I said about the humans?"
Temblax recited verbatim: "Humans are the best allies you could have, and the worst enemy you could imagine."
"And what have you now empirically verified?" Mallin ask... | 2017-10-22T13:34:21 | 2017-10-22T09:59:25 | 120 | 73 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Gabriel knew his name would become synonymous with traitor. But really, what did it matter? Better to be a traitor than to be subservient to madmen, or to look the other way as the galactic genocide continued. On the ship's holographic screen, the tiny pinprick of the green planet was growing -- a grassy blade slowly b... | Computer Log, Communications Satellite Relay S2052-419 orbiting Eridanus, Silanti’alth controlled Sector 9. 28th of the War Years.
10104431.0556- FF Indicators confirmed, 3rd Divergence Battle Group arrival, Dauntless (CSU094923), Harbinger’s Breadth (DDU119708), Maelstrom (CSU762541), Lament of Gods (CCU129800), Deat... | 2022-12-15T08:44:27 | 2019-12-19T09:05:19 | 431 | 11 |
[WP] A superhero has a split personality, with neither his hero half nor his civilian half knowing that they are the same person. The rest of the city has figured it out, however, and is doing their best to keep his secret from himself. | At his desk, Cal scrolled through that morning’s headlines CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS SAVES CITY AGAIN! and FERVOR OVER MYSTERY HERO’S IDENTITY AT ALL TIME HIGH. Sighing deeply, he stirred the creamer in his steaming coffee mug more insistently. Why couldn’t he be someone like that? Instead, he spent the prime time of his life... | I whistled as I walked into the room, looking at the scene before me. The classic damsel in distress, the villain next to her in a menancing position. With a single strike, I brought the villain down as he recoiled in pain. One more blow and he was out, clutching his sides in agony. The innocent civilian looked at me i... | 2017-08-04T19:50:38 | 2017-08-04T19:47:30 | 129 | 17 |
[WP] A lonely teenage boy asks a genie to let him talk to his future wife. The person who appears is not who he expects. | It's not every day you encounter a genie in a lamp, especially not when that lamp happens to be a crappy desk lamp purchased at a garage sale. But the moment Arthur put a bulb in and connected the plug, a silver mist enveloped the room before coalescing into a form not unlike that of a tax accountant. Complete with che... | "Are you sure you want to make that wish?" The genie said.
"You might be disappointed at what you find"
"I don't care..." The lonely boy sighed, "I want to see her."
The genie frowned, unconvinced. The boy was simple minded and foolish. Too young to understand. Yet, a wish was a wish. He must fulfill his word.
"Ve... | 2014-06-05T08:50:25 | 2014-06-05T08:29:11 | 28 | 17 |
[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | A young man wearing a brown fur cap, a heavy overcoat and black boots walked into the tavern. His yellow eyes scanned the crowd of strangers laughing and drinking until he finally saw who he was looking for. At the very back, there was a middle aged man with a thick beard and a eyepatch over his right eye, sitting alon... | Angela was scared for the first time in her life. Her parents, now quietly standing in the corner of her room, had hidden from her the giant part of her life.
She has a brother.
"How could you do this!" She screamed, her anglic wings now scruffed " Do you know what that means? That boy, now man can be as strong as... | 2020-05-07T08:39:38 | 2020-05-07T08:30:59 | 131 | 33 |
[WP] At the age of fifteen, everyone’s magic manifests as a colored light they may create and control. Power, wealth, and influence can be predicted based on the color of light, as it indicated ability. Yours manifests as pure darkness.
Update: I’m so happy this is bringing in so many awesome ideas! | Howard stared at his hands, occasionally taking peaks upwards at the small crowd of his family and friends that had gathered for his birthday and waited for the moment of his Shining with bated breath. He glanced at the clock, ten seconds to go until the moment of his birth. He closed his eyes. *And I thought sitting s... | Black. The absence of light. The presence of untold power.
Those with red could conjure fire. Yellow allowed people to create and manipulate light. Green gave control over certain simple organic materials. Blue let one bend water.
There are even combinations of the colors. Orange gave the full powers of both red and ... | 2020-05-16T11:41:58 | 2020-05-16T08:48:04 | 101 | 62 |
[WP] You are not a superhero. You are just a Scout with a magical Bag of Holding and an incredible dedication to the motto "A Scout is Prepared". | Golrin grinned as his hands reached out for the red, throbbing sphere. He loved collecting new items, and even more if they were shiny, mystifying and powerful. The glow bathed his wide-opened eyes and visage. He relished having it, stowing it in his Bag of Holding, and using it only when the situation called for it.
... | “Who here has a cellphone?!” Yells Scout leader Miller, with obvious fear in his voice. Your entire group has managed to get themselves locked inside of an abandoned building. Who’s idea was it to go in here anyway!? Not like it matters. You’ve got your bag of holding that you purchased as merchandise at Universal Stud... | 2018-06-08T09:09:55 | 2018-06-08T07:58:01 | 127 | 65 |
[WP] You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | My thoughts raced, matching the speed of my footsteps as they pounded down the corridor. Was it my perspective that made the hall so dark and dingy? Was it the sense of impending doom, or had the usurper beheaded the housekeepers in his takeover?
Thirty years, I have served this kingdom. I suppose now it's "had," past... | The old king and I were pretty close friends. I introduced him to most of the playmates within his harem. Comprised of but not limited to Vicky Vallencourt & Suzy Crabgrass. Some nights, we’d play uno together. He knew I would let him win and for me? Honestly. I liked it. He could see how I liked it so... no longer... | 2021-02-28T03:15:28 | 2021-02-28T01:37:57 | 173 | 14 |
[WP] You are an AI aboard a ship where all hands have been lost due to a battle long ago. Scavengers have just torn through your airlock and you’ll be damned if you will let them desecrate your dead crew. |
My job is to open and close doors.
The human has not asked me to open or close any doors in a long time. Perhaps I should check on him. Performing vitals check.
...
.....
.......
No vital signs registered. Equipment fault likely. Performing self diagnostic.
...
.....
.......
Multiple errors detected.... | They all came aboard to the craft. The sensors indicated that they were heading towards the living quarters.
"Now we can strike gold and be rich!" One said.
"Not if I kill you first" Tron's mechanical voice echoed.
As the panic in their faces sunk in, Tron got to work. First order of business? Cut the ship's life... | 2021-01-08T23:04:23 | 2021-01-08T21:11:51 | 538 | 101 |
[WP] Your superpower is the ability to give other people a superpower of your choice. Your only restriction is that you can never give the same power twice. You've been at this a very long time, and you need to build a new superhero team to save the world once again.
Edit: This is my first WP, and it was so much fun! ... | "You got a job for me or what?"
Brushing away the purple strands that had fallen over her eye, the young woman, Gwen I think her name was, glared at me. The four of us stood in a circle on a high rise roof top in downtown Dallas, a city in sunset sprawled out around us.
"You three are going to stop the most destruct... | "How about the power to create dinosaurs?" he said looking at me, a desperation in his voice. We had been going at this for like an hour by this point.
"Really! You thought your the first to ask to be a dinomancer. Kid someone asked for the power within the first year of me starting. Try again." I was used to people t... | 2019-01-20T12:18:11 | 2019-01-20T11:40:57 | 35 | 19 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | "Honey? Can you hear me? I'm back from Costco! My arms are kinda full here, could you give me a hand?
"Coming!"
Susan, my wife, called out to me just as my phone went off. I have it on vibration, so typically it just goes off once or twice. Nope, today it decided to have a full-blown orgasm. Wondering what the racket... | My body tensed at the sound of knocking. Unsure of who it might be, I crept to the door as silently as possible, so as not to alert the knocker that anyone was home. That was, until I looked through the peephole.
"Aditi? What the hell happened to you?"
She was a mess. Her hijab was missing, and there was a scrape acr... | 2019-01-12T07:28:39 | 2019-01-12T06:23:20 | 354 | 82 |
[WP] Everyone possesses some kind of superpower, except you. Living a rather normal life, you still can't understand why everyone is afraid of you, the powerless guy. | *Beep* *BEEP* **Beep** **BEEP** , Bang!. I slammed my annoying alarm off ... and across the room. No one likes to be left out, NO ONE likes to be the last person picked on a team. Yet here I am, living an ordinary life in a world of super powered people. As I slowly rolled out of bed the annoyance of the neighbours sta... | *"It's the powerless that's dangerous"*, a quote that I unfortunately have to hear everyday. I was born with a defect, well technically not a defect, but rather a disability: I have no type of power. When you were young and naïve, it wasn't much of a problem, but as you grow older and see your friends use their ability... | 2017-11-15T02:07:06 | 2017-11-15T01:54:12 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Her toes are cracked slightly, worn from years of soccer and upcountry camping. They're painted a vivid dark blue, striking no matter the backdrop, even though the finish is fading. The smallest toe on each foot is bent somewhat from the undersize cleats she refused to throw away last year. Her feet are a pale white, s... | The broken bodies of doves lay at his feet. Steam curled off the barrels of his pistols. His head was bowed as he entered the room. his posture said that he didn't care what the zookeeper had to think. The way his bandolier was slung 'round his shoulder indicated a deep apathy for his situation.
The zookeeper's face w... | 2012-08-12T16:05:52 | 2012-08-12T15:58:54 | 50 | 26 |
[WP] MI6 hires Top Gear (UK) to build the next Bond car. The gang get to work | "I think you all know why you were called here, gentlemen."
M slid a dossier across the table towards the three middle aged men who stuck out like a sore thumb in MI6's sleek office. Between the two days of getting the call and being choppered to the headquarters, M wondered if she had made the right decision.
"You'r... | In a pub somewhere in London.
Clarkson (sipping his tea): I think we need an older Lamborghini.
Hammond: We're making a Bond car, not a car for Batman.
Clarkson: No, no, no. Remember this car is gonna be a poster car for all the little kids. It is supposed to be outrageous with machine guns and flames coming out the... | 2016-03-31T08:31:29 | 2016-03-31T03:26:00 | 79 | 25 |
[WP] You've loved magic your whole life but since your family is poor you've had to teach yourself. you're overactive imagination has helped you invent spells all your own. eventually you get a scholarship to a prestigious magic college but quickly find out everyone seems to lack your imagination. | I’m bored.
I’m in an actual, literal, prestigious college for curating the top magic users the world has ever seen, and I’m bored out of my fucking skull.
I rest my cheek on my palm, staring dully at the professor who long winds himself through the components needed for our lab work and I try to stay awake. Next me... | Acolyte Therain sat watching the scrying pool. Watching, not staring at. If you stared your eyes would burn before your shift was through. On the other hand, if you only glanced at the pool you could miss the fleeting sparks of color that would occasionally appear in the swirling mist. The trick was to unfocus your eye... | 2022-10-25T07:41:29 | 2022-10-25T05:48:16 | 296 | 89 |
[WP] Sleep can be farmed up and sold, allowing buyers to go without sleep. Laziness is now a marketable attribute | “You need to take it easy,” my therapist said. “When’s the last time you slept?”
I unlocked my iPhone and swiped through to the sleep wallet. The number made my stomach sink. If he knew the number of days I bought, I’d never get out of therapy.
“A few days,” I said.
“Days, as in one, two, or three?”
“Two.”... | "When are you going to do something with your life" They had berated him. "When are you going to wake up and face reality?"
How ironic it was that he had quite literally dreamed up the invention. How just it was that he was richer than his parents would ever be. More alive than they could ever imagine. The CEO of Drea... | 2018-01-25T04:51:06 | 2018-01-25T02:47:45 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You were once the demon king. "Defeated" by the hero, you went into hiding to pursue a simpler life. Today the "hero" has appeared, threatening you family to pay tribute, not realizing who you actually are. Today you show them what happens when you have something worth fighting to protect. | I saw him coming a mile away, through my dying fields and the broken roads. I saw him stopping in every other house down the road, all poor families with barely anything to survive. Still he demanded their tribute, to those who had nothing to give him he killed, those who had given him too little he killed.
Now he wa... | “It still hurts where he stabbed me.”
Those were the first thoughts that came into Azkellan’s head as he read the letter. A finely crafted thing he mused, thick paper surrounded by gold filigree and a seal stamped with an unmistakable sigil; a bull’s head on fire.
A ridiculous thing he remembered. “Bulwiyf the raging... | 2020-09-23T00:19:39 | 2020-09-23T00:11:56 | 76 | 14 |
[WP] At 18, everyone receive a superpower. Your childhood friend got a power-absorption, your best friends got time control, and they quickly rise into top 100 most powerful superheroes. You got a mediocre superpower, but somehow got into the top 10. Today they visit you asking how you did it.
Best friend* sorry. | At first I thought it was the worst, how helpful could it really be. The realisation of my power wasn't until much later.
The first time it was useful was when I got mugged. Some broke guy with fire powers. He threw fireballs at me and I dodged them all. As he tried to strike me to ash, I deftly avoided his clumsy blo... | Trudging along in the snow, I reminisced on my time at the academy. It was a short two years filled with laughs and good times and twice as many struggles. I was humbled at the ingenuity of the human race for finally cracking the code on the MMSC gene. Now simply referred to as “The Mold”, it bridged the gap between th... | 2017-12-18T01:14:38 | 2017-12-17T16:14:19 | 61 | 31 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | For /u/ttough, who requested a more passive, surgical approach. My first prompt!
"You have an artist's hands."
Mira didn't jump in surprise, not anymore. Instead she wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, accidentally smudging a little blood from her glove.
"Perhaps that's what I should have been," she rep... | "We have to stop meeting like this." The deep reverberation goes right through her rib-cage into her lungs and and pounding heart.
"But you're so dark and handsome. And eternal" as she traces a hand over his admittedly sharp jawline. He smiles at her, but of course... he's always smiling.
"No my dear, I mean t... | 2017-06-07T22:37:36 | 2017-06-07T19:31:34 | 110 | 14 |
[WP]Tell me an emotional story about a man, using only what he would type into Google search | April 22, 2000 – Is Canada cold?
April 22, 2000 – Is baseball like cricket?
May 1, 2000 – Ontario sports leagues
May 1, 2000 – Recreational baseball tryout
August 12, 2000 – Academic sessions Ontario
January 13, 2001 – Google maps: Alternate routes home
February 14, 2001 – Fun single person activities
May 1, 200... | I used DuckDuckGo for mine.
"How hard is it to become an indie game dev in your spare time"
"Free C++ compiler"
"How to make a game with SDL"
"OpenGL extension wrangler"
"How to load a 3D model in OpenGL"
"OpenGL shaders"
"3D animation"
"game jam"
"early onset alzheimers"
"my computer has a virus called mingw... | 2015-02-04T18:35:51 | 2015-02-04T17:45:09 | 101 | 49 |
[WP] An alien has kidnapped Matt Damon, not knowing what lengths humanity goes through to retrieve him whenever he goes missing. | “You, Gyork, have sat in interplanetary trial, accused of unknowingly capturing the human currently known as ‘Matt Damon,’ in an act of interplanetary terrorism of the third degree, and have been relieved of accusations of terrorism. You will now stand, and the next trial will continue.
Gyork rose from his seat. He wa... | The apparent reason for the kidnapping was to fill the vacant role of (janitor) on the ship. As the Aliens know earth is the most fecund spot in the Milky Way for specimens to fill janitorial roles.
What the aliens on the ship hadn’t expected was when Matt started work on the ship, mopping floors, cleaning space shit,... | 2018-06-06T14:23:38 | 2018-06-06T14:10:50 | 3,221 | 11 |
[WP] It turns out that adrenaline is considered one of the most illicit drugs in 90% of the civilized portions of the Galaxy. Among the circle of sapient races, humans are the only one known to produce it naturally. | Among the lines of hustling Warriors in dark armor, one carried an important message.
"Jarod, did you get my parcel?"
"Yep, got it an hour ago. Thanks!"
A message that will hit "reset".
"Hey Yosef! Yosef!"
It will make them bear their teeth and arms.
"YOSEF!"
It will sap their strength to stand.
"I have to tell... | John's body stood sprawled on a large metal block, tied down at each limb. His eyes stared down the barrel of an assault rifle. It stared back.
"No more," he screamed, "please!"
The gun sat latched to a bulky naked machine about 20m away. The machines operator was a mysterious dark figure stalking behind a panel o... | 2017-02-28T20:53:03 | 2017-02-28T19:50:36 | 111 | 31 |
[WP] "Fear not." You had everything right. The circle, the offering... How in heaven did you summon an angel?! | “Fear not,” the glowing, inhumanly tall creature said in a voice that was barely recognizable as human, and vastly more soothing, “I am the archangel Michael, and I am here to grant your request—on one condition. You must use it for good.”
Then, the archangel leaned down and kissed me on the mouth. Instantly I felt d... | My eyes flicked from Beneath-side to Loft-side, awkwardly staring up at the rift glowing, quite angrily, far above my head. Slowly, I drifted back, step by step, so that it didn't quite hurt my neck to stare at the floating pinprick in contemporary space time.
Then long strands of tan light dripped from the rift, drop... | 2018-08-24T17:08:11 | 2018-08-24T09:52:47 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] A genie gives you two options. One is to get your three wishes now, or to get one wish a day for five days. He tells you that no one before has survived and gotten all five wishes. You choose the latter. | "That won't be a problem."
Rovif had scaled several mountains, slain a giant eagle, and even incurred the wrath of a mage's guild just to reach this ancient temple. The fact that he survived all the deadly puzzles and tests of wits on his way to this underground altar room only gave him more confidence in his goal. Wh... | “Five wishes, I’ve got a good feeling about this.”
“Are you sure?” The Genie has a concerned expression on his face.
“Well, let’s see how the first wish goes.”
And I winked.
—-
“ I wish for the wisest teacher in my universe to guide the rest of my four wishes each day.”
“So shall it be.” The Genie intoned.... | 2019-06-04T10:57:08 | 2019-06-04T10:12:37 | 91 | 20 |
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