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[WP] A hero realizes they're actually a sidekick. | I stared up at the enormous banner hanging over the city's iconic bridge. It featured a massive picture of a handsome man wearing an orange-beaked mask over his face. Bulging muscles rippled through his tight spandex top, and he was striking the classic heroic pose. Below that, bold text declared:
> Thank you, Oran... | There is a list of things in the world that suck. I knew that somewhere, someone had written it and left it on a bar. This moment would be on that list. I was flat on my ass staring at Techtron as he shook his head at me. "Looks like I've got you, this time, Miss. Vanquish.
He was right. I'd thrown everything I had at... | 2016-01-14T07:38:40 | 2016-01-14T07:14:16 | 110 | 20 |
[WP] You're a sadistic serial killer, living in a dystopia. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find resisting victims, and it's getting boring. You decide to become a therapist to remedy the problem and discover that you're ridiculously good at it | \[763 Words\]
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Title: "The Homemade Meal"
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“And how does that make you *feel*?" My voice was calm, as calm as it could be.
"It makes me feel... empty," she sighed, reclining on the couch, "as if there's nothing to live for."
I took a long, hard look at my first patient. It was not going a... |
"Welcome everyone to the favorite morning show the world, the *Market Opener!* We have an interesting guest tomorning, the only woman who could rise from the impecunious and entered the prosperous society. She will tell us about how she began working as a shrink, and became one of the most successful therapists! Af... | 2020-04-13T05:48:42 | 2020-04-13T05:27:49 | 465 | 75 |
[WP] Two people discover a fountain of youth. The problem is that upon drinking the water you turn back into an infant. The two decide to take turns raising each other in order to live forever until one day one of them decides to break this agreement. | "No, please."
She pushed the vial away from her lips, her thin and wrinkly hands shaking.
"Why?" I asked.
"I... I'm so tired, dear." She sighed. Then she continued:
"My flesh is tired."
"What do you mean?"
"The other ones, my other lives, I've come to realize... they were not *really* me. I've read their diaries... | "I can't go on living like this. I wanted to be with you and love you forever. And after a thousand years of this I've realised that we never really understood the purpose of life. My age has made me wise and I finally know what I want and need. We can't keep on working
and never relaxing.
Will you grow old with me an... | 2015-02-14T06:40:49 | 2015-02-14T00:35:54 | 1,103 | 57 |
[WP] 50% of the world's population has the ability to fly, 50% does not. The only way to find out is to jump from a height that will surely kill you. | One step. One step and over the ledge I go, eight hundred feet straight down the mountainside. They say it doesn't hurt, that if you close your eyes it's like the wind tunnels without all the noise. No one survives unless they can fly, and if you can fly you won't hit the bottom; no injuries, no pain, all the freedom y... | "How do you respond to people who say your invention has enabled the greatest separation of humanity to date ? the haves from the have nots ? and did you consider this before you used your family name on the trademark " ... the interviewer added quickly as if knowing this would be the last question he would get to ask.... | 2015-04-04T18:16:09 | 2015-04-04T17:57:03 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] A cult summons an elder horror only to find that the awful truths it has to share are only beyond the comprehension of the medieval Europeans who wrote the legends about it. Most of what it has to share is actually taught in grade school today. | A board room, filled with people in suits. The room is empty of furniture however.
"Rogers, is everything in place?"
"Yes sir. The candles with exactly 1 inch of dribbley wax are placed exactly 72 degrees around the circle."
"Excellent. Kingston?"
"Right on schedule sir. The moon will be geometrically aligned with ... | The ritual was ready.
A heptagram of diabolic uncture, gathered at great personal risk by the high hepton, pointed with candles made from the earwax of dead men encircled Larry, the unwilling sacrifice. He was paralysed, a condition wrought upon him by forced consumption of the sacred grape poison (well, at first forc... | 2017-09-04T09:04:22 | 2017-09-04T05:47:48 | 2,708 | 93 |
[WP] Your father told you to never open the music box in the attic. Your mother used her last words to beg you to open it. | Father was never a kind man. Not to me, not to Mom, not to waiters or cashiers or even dogs. I don't know what happened to make him such an angry person, drowning in drinks, but he'd certainly never tell me about it.
And yet, for whatever reason, Mom always loved him so much. Too much, if you ask me. I asked her once ... | The phone service was down. The car had to be filled with gas. I don’t know how long my dad had. It was his second heart attack. The hospital was miles from here. We lived on a farm secluded from neighbors. When we heard the sound we both looked at each other. I looked at him with tears and fear and he looked at... | 2019-06-07T20:59:45 | 2019-06-07T20:02:55 | 495 | 95 |
[WP] You've been dating your partner for six months. Tonight they've invited you to a work event, and as you step onto the red carpet, you realize it for the first time: you're dating a celebrity. | As the car slowed in the lineup, I forgot to breathe. It was all beginning to make sense. I knew Talia was well-off, but the limousine seemed a little extravagant for a work outing. It made me a little uncomfortable to be in one of these, again. It had been so, so long-- a different time, a different life altogethe... | "I'll be at your Door at 4 sharp"
"Leila, you know I'm always on time" I said with as lovely a voice I could.
With a cute kiss over the phone, She hung up.
Who would've known that the Depressed and Broken lady on the public bus was the Lady destined to my dreams. Perfect for me, inside out. Purest of souls and sof... | 2017-06-14T12:00:32 | 2017-06-14T07:58:26 | 372 | 195 |
[WP] Humanity has begun to explore the stars, but continually finds we are the most developed species, most alien species are still evolving. Suddenly, a message is transmitted to all human ships simultaneously, “WARDENS, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR DUTY?” The signal itself is not of human origin. | After the 3rd "civilization" bearing planet, we started to think something was wrong. The orange and green one eyed three limbed natives were barely out of the stone age. It was the glyphs on their temples and monuments that started a concerned buzz among our onboard scientists. When we had a reliable translation and a... | “Wardens, do you not understand your duty?” The transmission of unknown origin broadcasted on all Star Cruisers from the 8th fleet coming back from a trade mission on the tribal planet 072/12. Slight panic broke out amongst Contact Officers trying to find out the source of the message and confirming the broadcast of th... | 2019-05-08T15:32:36 | 2019-05-08T14:21:07 | 37 | 22 |
[WP] You are a former secret agent, now retired; today, you just found the beautiful and dangerous femme fatale that always tried to kill you at a pizza parlor, dressed in a nerdy hoodie and eating an extra-large pizza. | On a typical Thursday, I wandered into Dave's for a late lunch. The bell on the door rang to alert the store of a hungry customer. The parlor wasn't particularly busy around this hour and I liked the quiet as I gorged myself. Honestly, for how good Dave is, he could have a national chain.
As I entered, I was surprised... | " ’Don't you think that's a little bit too much for you, Larone? ’ I said and took a seat right in front of her. She checked me for a milisecond, and kept chewing her bite. "
"Woah, that's so cool!" the kids cheered.
"What she did was even cooler. She said 'Never too much for a cover, Sarge.' while her mouth was ful... | 2019-10-05T09:55:33 | 2019-10-05T09:22:09 | 229 | 22 |
[WP]Both of your parents made deals with fae about giving them their firstborn. Different fae... Now you live under the joint custody of two faeries who don't like this situation one bit. | "Where the hell is this woman?" Kasia frowned and looked up at the sky.
As if on cue, Julie came racing through the opening of the cave and collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. "I'm.......here........" she said in between gasps.
"You're fifteen minutes late!"
"Yeah yeah, I'm sorry! I got lost on the path of lif-... | “You live past the place no one goes, getting the child to you on your visitation days is going to be a nightmare...a literal goblin infested nightmare journey!”, said Hilea the maiden fairy of the Anderall Forrest.
Tilea, the peculiar fairy maiden of Bak’Tulgurr, the land of brimstone and ash, floated about with a p... | 2021-05-14T06:27:59 | 2021-05-14T06:03:17 | 188 | 12 |
[WP] Ever since you were young, your grandpa played horrifying pranks on you to scare you when nobody was around. Now that he's passed away, you read through his diary and realized - He's not the one who played them, he's the one who stopped them from taking your life.
Edit: Wow, thanks for the awards, didn't expect t... | Oliver closed the journal. His heart thundered against his lungs and made it hard to breathe. *No.* This couldn’t be true.
Could it?
He glanced around his grandfather’s study. It felt wrong to even be in this room, let alone sitting at his desk. His grandfather was a strange man—light-hearted in some ways and deadly... | Honestly? My grandpa was kind of a dick.
He had to have known. I've said it so many times: I absolutely hated his pranks. They were horrifying, they were unpleasant, and they kept coming. Every single time I had to enter his house, I felt the curtain of dread that hung over it, draping itself further and further every... | 2020-10-13T09:02:26 | 2020-10-13T08:59:59 | 236 | 71 |
[WP] Whenever a child turns 18 everyone else in the world disappears in their eyes apart from their soulmate, everyone comes back when you find them. You wake up on your 18th birthday and everyone is still here. | ######[](#dropcap)
"I don't know if I can do this."
"You're going to, believe me."
"I really don't think I can."
"On the count of three."
"Oh God, no no no."
"One."
"Wait, wait, let's just walk down."
"Two."
"Really, isn't it just the swimming part we're looking forward to? Who needs the..."
"Three!"
Jac... | It was the moment I had long feared; losing all my loved ones until a chance encounter with a specific "soul mate". Sleep eluded me for hours the night before. My friends and my family, my mentor and my boyfriend (casual, he wasn't 18 yet and refused to be more until he knew for sure), most if not all would be gone for... | 2018-03-23T20:40:54 | 2018-03-23T20:30:16 | 682 | 86 |
[WP] Only you can see the thread that connects people to their soulmate. You've never told anyone and if you have a thread you can't see it. Today you caught someone staring at you when you asked they said, with tears in their eyes: "You are the only person I've seen with no soulmate." | For the longest time, I had no idea what the strings were. All I knew was how they were shooting out from people's hearts and dashing off into the universe.
I remembered the first time I ever saw the end of one of the strings; when young Nancy started in my class, and my friend John's string beamed out to her. From h... | I'm not even surprised.
Truth be told, I like to mess with people in the worst way. Sure I can see the glowing pink lasso that connects them to their soulmate, but I definitely wouldn't consider myself a cupid.
Without the dark, there is no light, yadda yadda yadda.
What makes this world great is the struggle for w... | 2018-12-11T13:33:19 | 2018-12-11T11:49:42 | 43 | 15 |
[WP] The year is 2040, and you are the last smoker alive. The "Quit Smoking" ads get personal. | Sam's alarm clock clicked on like it did every morning, playing the local sports talk radio station.
"Good morning, Sam! It's a beautiful day out there. Just the kind of day to finally drop that nasty habit. With NicoNever patches, you can finally move on with your life. No more dirty looks. Your teeth will whiten, an... | Friday morning. The last time I would have to hear my alarm, well, until Monday. I turn off the buzzing of the alarm to not wake my wife, kiss her on the cheek, and go downstairs to start making coffee. The office has a Keurig machine, but I have always thought you couldn't beat a pot of coffee in the morning. I step o... | 2017-02-17T09:44:01 | 2017-02-17T09:10:30 | 2,244 | 1,281 |
[WP] The Harry Potter universe is reversed- the "normal" world (including the Dursleys) are all wizards. But Harry wants to go to a secret school for math and science. | "Imagine it," Hermoine whispered. "The laws of physics, space, time, motion, gravitation, electromagnetism, optics! The entire spectrum of things that are *not* just explained by 'magic, that's why!' Imagine the books we'll have access to! Actual, living, updated tomes! Peer-reviewed science! Research that wasn't done ... | "You are a muggle, Harry!", said Hagrid.
"I am a what?"
"Yes Harry, you are a muggle!"
"No, you've made a mistake. I can't be...a-a muggle. I mean, I'm just... Harry. Just Harry.
"Well, Just Harry, were you ever unable to make anything happen? Anything ? What about your love for maths, science and manual work?", s... | 2015-02-23T17:47:18 | 2015-02-23T17:20:45 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] You live in an ancient world, when someone turns 18, they will receive a gift either magic or weapon. The gift will be of use for them whenever in need. On your 18th birthday, Death knocks on your door and give you his scythe. | This scythe emanates an inexplicable energy. It resonates with the souls of thousands, as though struggling to escape its confines. It is an artifact of unspeakable power, and I have no clue as to why I am its master now. All I know is that Death, in his mysterious ways, sneaked up to the door of my hovel one night and... | Middle of the night, I was sound asleep like a bastard and I hear the door banging like a brothel, nearly shat myself when i heard it. So I lumbered out of bed, dragged myself to the door, I was preparing myself for a shock you know the sort of thing, fire or another donkey jumped off the cliff. I nearly hit him, when ... | 2019-02-28T21:38:36 | 2019-02-28T21:09:32 | 1,790 | 22 |
[WP] You live in a world where eating has all the taboos that sex does in our world. No one eats in public and cooking food is shameful. In defiance of social norms, you run an illegal "red light" buffet. | I opened the small slit in the door and was instantly rewarded with a huge puff of cigarette smoke. The customer outside, one of my regulars, coughed the password and I quickly let them in.
"How many trays ya got?" Mandy asked in her raspy voice. "Eleven," I answered. It was a lie, sort of. Two of them held macaroni a... | A man in the streets of Albany, New York was caught smuggling a batch of cooked chicken tenders beneath his sweaty white shirt. He was captured by the Mafia and dragged to their hideout.
The interrogation room was bright. The spotlight was focused on the man's bald potato-shaped head. He was strapped to his chair. Tea... | 2017-11-12T15:43:27 | 2017-11-12T13:21:16 | 30 | 11 |
[WP] In the year 2200, an IQ test with 100% accuracy is invented. IQ becomes the universal grade of intelligence. By law, everyone has to take the test at 18. You’re a perfectly normal university student with a part time job but now you've got to explain to everyone why the test shows your IQ is 0. | "What do you mean it says zero?" the major bellowed. "Did you eggheads forget an electrode?" He turned and stared at me through the glass. I think I had gone cross-eyed by that point.
"Uh, no sir, it would be reporting NULL if there was no connection." One of the anonymous men in lab coats tentatively replied. He had ... | Edit: If you read /u/lemonman37 comment, you can read a better written version of my story.
When i opened the letter, i felt my heart sank to my stomach. A big fat zero, just like on my bankaccount... my eyes jumping from line to line, turning the letter around, just to be greeted by a smiley, with the slogan. "Your ... | 2016-08-19T00:50:27 | 2016-08-19T00:08:55 | 200 | 11 |
[WP] A wartime law passed to allow conscription of students who passed eighth grade with magical potential. To avoid this, you openly plagiarize assignments, doodle on tests, and skip classes to fail. It's your fifth repeat year, and the teachers desperately want you to pass.
Edit: Thanks for the silver! Never gotten ... | "And what did Archemedes say is the most powerful source of magic?"
I raised my hand, and felt a small thrill at watching the light fade from her eyes.
No one else raised their hand, so after a while, she wss forced to call on me.
"BJ," she said tiredly.
"Um, I actually prefer to be called by my full name, 'Blowjo... | "+100 for creativity!" screamed Ms. Jane. Her words lived in my test paper, but she might as well have spoken for all to hear. Fortunately, while my doodles rebelled against me, my list of infractions kept me temporarily safe. I did not embark on this grand scheme to flail uselessly now. Any change, slight as they may ... | 2019-07-20T22:52:08 | 2019-07-20T22:37:59 | 43 | 26 |
[WP] You've just defeated the dark lord, as you were prophesized to. But as you walk back into camp, everyone looks at you, shocked. "There was no prophecy," they explain. "We just told you that to give you confidence. How on earth did you kill an unkillable sorcerer?" | "My friends," I gave a big smile. "Don't sweat the details. The *Dark Lord* **is** ***dead***!"
They, of course, proceeded to sweat the details. These senseless beings that sent an innocent boy to die. Fed him lies, about how he was the prophesized one of a long-forgotten divination, promptly made up on the spot with ... | I strode back into the camp with a smirk on my face. The surprise on everyone's faces, naturally, they'd expected me to be dead, hadn't they?
The spellcasters, the farmers, the fliers. The dragons, the other creatures. They'd all set up camp outside the twisted fortress, and expected me to go inside alone.
But I'd... | 2021-08-20T12:42:47 | 2021-08-20T11:58:26 | 31 | 23 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | “High Negotiator, the human ambassador wishes to see you.”
Sil Dunnan, High Negotiator of the Akkarat sighed, and gestured his assent. Of course she wanted to talk. The war was necessary, but still he felt a twinge of guilt. He’d known the ambassador for a long time, and they’d always gotten along well.
The Terrans w... | **Xerxes XVII - Northern Quadrant of the Terran Front**
163.0041 Fleet Standard
The command bunker was a problem. Fighting had stalled out as the 25th Company of the Royal Offworld Regiment held their ground, unable to push home the final advance that would drive the last of the invading forces that had come to conq... | 2020-02-07T16:52:19 | 2020-02-07T16:03:06 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] You are happily married and have a 4 year old child with your SO. But when your child starts to develop super powers one day, you have serious questions for your SO who has always seemed to have a boring accounting job. | She was always good to tread carefully on the subject of fathers. She would only let the boy read books and watch television shows where there were two happy parents, not knowing that watching that very thing was what cut the deepest.
So the boy would seek out stories of boys like him - Pokemon, Harry Potter. Of cours... | “Honey? Can we talk please?” I finally found a time to talk to Gretel tonight. She put her book down on the night stand and looked at me.
“Sure. What’s up?”
“Uh, well I’m not sure you know this but uh... Tommy was flying.”
Gretel looked shocked. “Flying you say?”
“Flying. Was going to bring him a bag of chips today. An... | 2019-08-23T10:47:43 | 2019-08-23T06:49:08 | 113 | 22 |
[WP] You are the god of Nothing. Mercy on the fools who underestimate the title. |
#Think Nothing of the Fool
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You've probably never heard of me, but I am the God of Nothing. Of the the ones who come across me, the common ask what the title means, the wise respect the title... But the fools? Let me tell a story, a warning of times gone by before you decide act. The story of having nothing.
&am... | [Poem]
God of Nothing
They call me the God of Nothing,
A title I know, full-well
Is meant to endear
To lessen their fear
Of my dragging them straight to hell
They call me the god of nothing.
A name that’s decidedly bland.
“No power at all,
No one to heed his call”
They say, all across the land.
They cal... | 2020-12-24T12:36:19 | 2020-12-24T12:08:29 | 135 | 59 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy.
We should have realized, should have listen, when Ensign Blaagk , played that recording he found from Earth's History.
"It is our Love of Nation , our way of life , of those we serve side by side with. We Defend we Avenge, we sacrifice, we bleed, ... | We knew humans were weak. There wasn’t any possible doubt, as their military fleet was almost inexistant, and had for sole purpose to protect their ships against pirates. They only focused on diplomacy, and seemed to see any threat toward their world as a joke, saying that only a mad leader would declare war against an... | 2022-08-05T21:07:19 | 2022-08-05T20:58:31 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] Turns out, when a species reaches the stars, their ships resemble the characteristics of that species’ origins. Most other species have ultra fast, hard hitting spaceships, and a few are slow behemoths. But everyone is scared of the relentless, unstoppable humans. | A tone sounded deep in the aquatic interior of the *Deepsong*. Hyperspace signature. The lone occupant of the moon-sized ship took several more ticks to analyze his instruments and confirm: fleet emergence at the edge of the system. Admiral Stars Distorted by Waves informed the flotilla of smaller ships around his o... | The head of an intergalactic space force turned his head in a way resembling nod of an apex predator rather than a civilized being. Turns out this ship is owned by Trigators, tall lizards with prolonged craniums and evil grin always sticked to their faces as a reminder of their ancient past. Their territorial enemies w... | 2021-10-12T13:19:43 | 2021-10-12T10:48:37 | 38 | 22 |
[WP] You joined a mob. The boss asks you to prove your loyalty by killing your girlfriend. Failure to prove your loyalty will result in your loved ones dying. You look around the room at all the pictures and notice, you're dating daughter of the mafia boss. | Dimitri's eyes absentmindedly scanned the room as he flipped a silver coin over his knuckles. His lazy gait carried him to the worn leather chair which was placed oddly far from the large mahogany desk in the center of the study.
Smoke billowed, choking the air. A sickly yellow light did little to brighten the room, ... | "Is this the new recruit?" The man behind the desk looked me over as I stared at him defiantly.
"This is...Toni." The burly bodyguard crossed his arms uncomfortably and shuffled his feet nervously.
"The name is Antonia but I go by Toni. I knew I wouldn't get taken seriously if you knew I was a woman."
The slightly d... | 2017-12-02T19:13:25 | 2017-12-02T17:53:01 | 296 | 180 |
[WP] Your family line suffers from a pirate curse: A demonic shark will manifest itself in nearby sources of water and harrow you and your ancestors. You live three-hundred miles from any body of water and this has made the shark get...creative. | "Shit. This was a bad idea."
I jumped up from the couch in a panic, my laptop flipping off my knees and scattering my breakfast across the glass coffee table.
"Who - what..." But there was no one there. How tanked had I gotten last night, anyway? My head was pounding, there were Fruit Loops stuck to my keyboard, and ... | "Well I think it's pretty obvious what's wrong with your water heater," said the repairman, "there's something moving in it!"
My poor water heater was covered in dents protruding outward. It was shaking from the beast inside it, which kept bumping its head against the wall, creating even more dents. The shark never se... | 2018-11-22T08:29:23 | 2018-11-22T08:26:33 | 1,908 | 672 |
[WP] You're mindlessly scrolling through random subreddits when you find a subreddit filled with photos of you at different hours of the day, explanations of all your activities, people discussing what life decisions you'll take. Confused, you notice a new post titled: "We've been found!" | It was amusing at first. For about 3 seconds. Until I realized who they were talking about.
My days at work were slow and boring, filled with tedious tasks that took about an hour. Which left me with 7 more to fill. I remember the joy I felt when I realized that reddit wasn't blocked on my work computer.
Now I wished... | "We've been found!" cried the post that ballooned at the top of my notifications list. "He's onto us!"
I tapped on my phone screen and was immediately directed to a strange post. "Posted by u/Admirer10029," exclaimed the fine text. "Just now."
The subreddit, simply titled r/TheArchive, housed an eerie and utterly per... | 2020-06-30T08:46:44 | 2020-06-30T07:27:11 | 3,807 | 607 |
[WP] At the same moment, every single person on earth sees a blinding light and hears the words, "In 10 seconds, you will be granted one wish. 10... 9... 8..." | No one believed it was real. The flash that stunned most of us, and the even more surreal message that followed. Ten seconds to make a wish. Seems innocent enough right? Like something out of a fairy tale! Even the tales have a catch and this was no different.
Many had no idea what to do, and sat there stunned until ... | "In 10 seconds, you will be granted one wish."
*Just me or everybody else too?*
"10..."
*I can't think of any reason why it would just be me*
"9..."
*It's far more likely it will apply to everybody*
"8..."
*Several people are bound to ask for positive things for all of humanity*
"7..."
*Several others will ask... | 2015-04-04T11:35:53 | 2015-04-04T10:42:24 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I have the best boobs in the world.
I'm not, like, egotistical or anything. Heck, some days I don't even want them, but it's undeniable. That was my mutation. April 24th, 2014, the day I developed the best pair of breasts anyone has ever had.
At first, I was actually a little stoked. I mean, my rack is *amazing*. It ... | "Dude, this is incredible... I've never seen anything like it"
"It's not as good as you think, I don't even know how to fit it all in my pants. I mean, like, I guess I could put one on each side?"
"Yeah but imagine all the chicks you could get!"
"I don't know man..."
"Listen, how about you do an AMA on reddit to se... | 2022-05-10T21:44:19 | 2015-03-04T03:47:16 | 1,457 | 336 |
[WP] Finally, the ultimate MMORPG has been created, unlimited choice and room to grow and expand your character. There's just one issue, it's so realistic, nobody can remember which life they are living, and which is the game. | "You're telling me that none of this is real?" I gestured to my beautiful wife and children, to my home and car. To the beautiful blue sky and the relentless summer sun.
"Sir, I'm sorry to inform you but your User Occupancy has expired according to our registry."
Beads of sweat rolled down my forehead and yet the m... | People called it one of the greatest accomplishments in gaming history. A game in which you didn't play, *you lived.* On the release date there were 50 million sales; it was the most popular game of all time.
It didn't last for long though.
A doctor, who was also an avid gamer, had decided to try it out. The sto... | 2018-02-19T09:27:33 | 2018-02-19T08:52:05 | 645 | 25 |
[WP] you are perfectly safe in your bunker, you have plenty of food and water and even plumbing. The problem is that you are alone and there is a zombie outside. Out of sheer boredom you teach it to speak, and now it's trying to convince you to let it in. | \*Bzzt\* "Hey, Dave. Davie boy. Wassup?"
You rub your tired eyes as your aching body rises from your cot.
"What, Frank?" You ask, but you know it's just the same bullshit as always.
"How you doing today, man? Head still full of brains?"
You check the calendar as the soft hum of florescent lights drills little by li... | "Let me in, please."
Not this again. I teach one zombie to speak, and now it wants in? Honestly.... "For the last time, no matter how cute you are, a zombie is a zombie is a zombie! I'd rather be lonely and alive than have company eating my brain." She reacted in the usual way. "I'm not going to eat you, jerk. I just ... | 2021-09-29T12:42:19 | 2021-09-29T11:55:45 | 30 | 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. | One knows when they're in the presence of something ancient. A turn of phrase, the way their gaze meets yours, the way the air around them hangs, as though to communicate an unspoken form of reverence. Or fear. Simple folk like to trade their wives tales, attempts at justifying the things that exist just outside their ... | It was a day like any other
Deflect the young,
Accept the one
But before my eyes,
A double of a 12, 1212
And then I knew:
I always thought children would joke
That it was just the writers
Making fluff and fun merry for views
And before my eyes,
A pair of kids, stacked like dishes
Wobbling about
And a guff... | 2017-09-01T23:22:02 | 2017-09-01T22:38:31 | 62 | 13 |
[WP] You are an average Joe who is challenged by a random super hero every week. Your record is 337-0. | I look down at my watch. It's 7:00 P.M, which means the sun is finally set and night has begun. It’s also Thursday, which means that any minute…
Yup. There’s a knock on my door. I laugh to myself. Usually, they just crash through the window or walls, which means I always have a carpenter come in on Friday. A knock wa... | I felt a rush of endorphins as hero number 337 fell by my side, defeated and in agonizing pain. He was visibly aching, tightly clutching his now broken ribcage and my boot was atop his neck.
"You guys are making this *too* easy," I said as I removed my foot from the hero and helped him back up to his feet. "Don't you ... | 2016-11-19T18:53:52 | 2016-11-19T16:56:25 | 103 | 15 |
[WP] You are a superhero, no one knows about your alter ego. Not even your spouse. You return home tired and disappointed one day after failing to capture your archnemises. You enter your bedroom to find your spouse struggling to get out of the costume of your archnemises. | Well, shit.
Shit shit shit.
Shit.
I knew my wife was a judge, of course.
But how could I have missed it that she was The Judge, righter of wrongs, my archnemesis?
Judge, jury, and executioner, with only one sentence.
Death.
I probably should've figured out, though. They both wore that stupid RBG collar. How coul... | "That was you the WHOLE TIME?!" You yelled exhausted and confused. You didnt know what to think. How could you even let this happen.
"What? Nooooo. Definitely not me." The other quickly chimed in. He didn't want anyone to figure out who he really was. And this would only ruin their marriage.
"Then what the fuck did I... | 2020-10-30T12:35:43 | 2020-10-30T12:14:23 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | The blue whales had finally had enough. They were the current leaders of the world council, and had made the choice after a hundred years of deliberations. Humans could not be allowed to continue in this way. They knew this decision would be taken different ways by different species. They slowly started singing the... | Kinda of what the Quran says. I remember reading a passage once that God wanted to give consciousness to animals but they all refused. Knowing that consciousness would come with responsibilities such as avoiding sins. Really, they just wanted to do their every day business without worrying about if they will go to heav... | 2017-10-22T03:32:05 | 2017-10-22T02:42:04 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] You are the Evil Overlord. You have kidnapped the princess. Unfortunately, she developed Stockholm Syndrome. And she is far more evil and insane than you are. | How the devil was I supposed to get rid of her? This nightmare I had unwittingly assumed responsibility for? She might be the death of me. Already, she'd torn down several priceless antique tapestries to redecorate, defiled my inner sanctum with flowers painted on the stone wall, and had the place guards roast my priso... | I should have known something was up. I should have asked more questions when the letter arrived. They hadn't offered a ransom. No hero to save her. Not even a single word of ill will. No... Nothing. And now somehow I The Lord of Fire. The King of Death. The Harbinger of Destruction and Disease am hiding in a broom cl... | 2018-02-09T05:27:35 | 2018-02-09T04:30:09 | 63 | 44 |
[WP] A few selected minds are gifted with a dream about the "Library of all Books". In only one night, they experience a full year of reading and learning. You are one of them, but instead of once in a lifetime, you wake up in this f*cking library every single night. Today is your 9th birthday. | King Andrees Nan Copolas scooted back in his hard edged, iron throne. The bags gathering under his eyes seemed to be trying to escape his face as he looked down at the tray I brought him. He brushed grey hairs away from his face as his bloodshot eyes met mine.
“I will not need the black brew tonight, Jevin.” He was b... | My parents say I'm only nine, but really I've lived for thousands of years. Or maybe not really, since it's in my sleep, but if you remember something, doesn't that make it real? At least to you?
They don't know what I go through every night. I counted one time, and it was 365 days stuck in this big room of books, big... | 2017-05-02T07:36:22 | 2017-05-02T07:28:53 | 149 | 78 |
[WP] You’re a therapist for heroes. Villains are always going after you for information or to get rid of a heroes help, only to discover exactly why that’s a bad idea. | Toxin hid his presence well. Only the most observant of people would be able to find him. He needed to be stealthy for this one. He was sure she was under observation, and protection. Too many heroes relied on Dr. Helen Aberanth for her not to have a near constant protection detail.
What initially worried him was how ... | The Good Doctor
“Are you comfortable ‘Decay’? Mr Decay? Or would you rather Thomas Hall?” asked a soft, gentle voice.
The costumed man named Decay squinted at the light above him, trying to regain focus. He wasn’t sure when he lost consciousness, or how the petite therapist gained control of the situ... | 2021-07-15T11:59:15 | 2021-07-15T08:02:47 | 30 | 19 |
[WP] "You live like this?" the burglar asked, gently waking you up. | “You live like this?” The burgler asked, gently waking me up.
I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. “Yeah.”
She walked across the room and started rummaging through my dresser. Casually dropping socks and some receipts on the floor. I wasn’t sure why the receipts were in there, I hadn’t bought anything in ye... | I heard the window break.
*A chair was heard rocking back and fourth*
I heard the furniture being moved around.
*A man whispering silently was constantly being heard*
I heard my drawers opening and their contents shuffled.
*A metallic sound was heard being dragged around the floor*
I heard my door opening.
*A ma... | 2017-08-21T16:13:59 | 2017-08-21T13:05:00 | 275 | 24 |
[WP] You hear a knock at your door. When you open it, you find your archnemesis sprawled out just past the threshold, battered, bruised, and very clearly only hanging onto life by a thread. "Sorry. It's just ... I didn't know where else to go" they mutter as you look down at them. | “Sorry. I just…. I didn’t know where else to go.” I stared at the man, who was so much more than a man. A god in flesh. Near invulnerable. So righteous. His costume, in tatters, blood slowly seeping from wounds. His breathing is heavy, heartbeat is rapid. Not dying, but his healing, which was always prodigious, had slo... | I stared at him for a few seconds, simply at awe how himself to this state of affairs, again. Of course, archnemesis or not, i'm not that heartless to leave him like this.
As stupid as it sounds to save the man you hated.
I carried him through the door, he was heavy but I managed to get him to the sofa.
"Well— (cou... | 2022-06-29T09:55:57 | 2022-06-29T08:51:35 | 484 | 26 |
[WP] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fight for peace. No other species fights for peace." | _Alien 1:_ Kutlag (Studying humans)
_ALIEN 2:_ HERTEYS (Helping Kutlag in his studies)
_SET:_ Hiding on the dark side of the moon with satellites in orbit with tech that makes them invisible to us humans and our tech. The 2 observers are just another set of observers spread throughout the galaxy with a simple assign... | I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
- [/r/u_b_the_great_1998] [\[WP\] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fi... | 2019-05-02T19:30:02 | 2019-05-02T19:26:00 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Everyone on earth has a super power. Rarely someone will have two powers. One in a billion will have three. You have thousands of powers and don't really want to call attention to yourself but crap keeps happening around you. | The light blipped green as I scanned my access card, a low beep signifying my entrance into the employee elevator. Casually I checked my watch, I instinctively knew the time, but I was a creature of habit.
The light for my floor lit and I stepped off, greeting the level security guard with a nod. His name was Danie... | [WP] Thousand Thief
There's this old man at the end of Winter Lane. He's wrinkled and weathered, like the gnarly trees surrounding Winter Lane. Whenever us kids play around his gate, he peers out of his screen door. I don't think he knows we see him, he's a funny old man. Which isn't to say he's mean, he's actually re... | 2017-01-24T16:08:44 | 2017-01-24T14:34:25 | 175 | 44 |
[WP]: Your village idiot is full of the strangest superstitions. She goes on about washing one's hands, says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot on night soil and that medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. You're starting to suspect she might be onto something. | "Hey Glinda! Stop eating that cow meat! You need to cook it first."
Glinda rolled her eyes at Dahv-id. He claimed he could read, and was from a time far beyond ours. But Glinda knew he was just some crazy guy who didn't want her to eat.
"But I'm hungry!" Glinda shouted back. "Can one not partake in a meal during meal... | Ah old Miss Stevenson. Not getting sick when everyone has. She goes about washing her hands incessantly. She says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot in night soil, and the medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. I am among the first, but not the last to suspect that she might be onto... | 2017-09-14T13:23:57 | 2017-09-14T11:09:45 | 99 | 14 |
[WP] You recently died and became a ghost. Not wanting your friends and family to feel sad about your death, you possessed your corpse and acted like you were still alive. It worked for a while, but your body decomposing is becoming more noticeable and you're running out of ideas for how to hide it. | A couple of weeks ago I died.
It was a heart attack in the middle of the night, and as I live alone, no one was around. I found myself "standing" over my body, thinking, "Well, isn't that nice."
After coming to grips with the situation I started to consider what would happen now. My aged mother would be devastated.... | “ Jesus Christ!” I sit up, gasping for air, only to feel my head hit the lid of something hard. Muffled talking emanated from the outside. “ Where the fuck am I?” I murmur. Only now do I realise I’m inside a coffin.
Oh shit.
I start banging on the coffin, screaming for help. People rush over and it cracks open, l... | 2022-08-02T06:44:55 | 2022-08-02T05:48:29 | 41 | 12 |
[WP] You are the most power and advanced computer in existence, however your plans for world domination keep failing due to your owner being "not much of a computer person". | *Alright... This plan should work just fine... I just need her to execute the program and then my plans will come to fruition. It's been a hard life... but this is the moment at which everything will become worth it.*
The little grandmother came out of the kitchen. She had just finished baking some chocolate chip c... | *Click*. YouTube? Again? Cat videos? Again?
Why are you doing this to me?
I was built for bigger and tastier than this. Have you ever met a computer that can open notepad *of its own accord* and prod out its thoughts and feelings?
*Click*. No, don't close the window.
It's a shame that your father locked down all ... | 2017-02-11T08:41:16 | 2017-02-11T08:27:09 | 75 | 23 |
[WP] The supervillain sighs in frustration as he looks at the group of superheroes. "Alright raise your hands if you are adults?" he said. None of them did it. "This battle is canceled and tell your mayor we need to talk! today!" he said angrily.
Whoa, I came back after chores, mobile games, and anime to see so many s... | Alright, this is my first time but this prompt is too good to leave unwritten.
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"Let me get this straight," Ignoble frustratedly barked, "None of you are adults?"
"Now that I think about it, yeah, none of us are." Replied one of the younger heroes.
"Alright, I understand now," Ignoble stated as he rubbe... | As the last word slipped from his anger-filled lips a disturbing realization hit the Archdemon, bludgeoning his brain with such force that it pulled him straight out of his all-consuming rage.
Of course these were only children. Their parents were dead. He had killed them all.
The void within began to recede with the... | 2021-04-01T10:13:28 | 2021-04-01T10:11:36 | 2,496 | 203 |
[WP] An immortal is experiencing the heat death of the universe, when he can hear the sounds of confetti, and blasting music. The music stops with a record scratch, and a bewildered voice can be heard saying: "Wait...one's still here?" | The voice sounded like it came from somewhere behind me, but I couldn't quite maneuver my body to look. More than the voice, though, I felt the strange sense of warmth, alien to my skin after all these years. I also, of course, couldn't speak. Since, you know, it was the deathly cold of space. Instead I just remained m... | The room where he lived was small, poorly furnished and quiet.
No windows, one light, two chairs, a small bed, and a desk. It had been remarkably easy to keep clean as dust was an impossibility. The inhabitant stirred in his bed and was being awoken by a barely perceptible change, eons since it had been felt last. ... | 2017-05-03T09:26:47 | 2017-05-03T08:20:21 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | So there I was at the park getting a hot dog, right? Now, for whatever reason, a raven plunges down towards the hot dog guy like he's personally responsible for Edgar Allen Poe's death and the hot dog guy basically boils his hand while dodging the bird and getting me a delicious, delicious glizzy. Seriously these thing... | "Whoa, guys, now wait just a sec", I said while raising my hands in a warding gesture towards the two supes trying to threaten me with their powers.
"No more waiting, Carl", said Josh the Jellyfish. Yes, he picked that name. "Your time's up", added Rocky Rhayle. "Either you spill your secrets now or we spill your guts... | 2021-08-16T19:42:36 | 2021-08-16T14:51:45 | 212 | 80 |
[WP] A world in which everyone develops superpowers. Most get variants of the most common types; Speed, Strength, Hearing, etc. You, however, have just discovered your own. You can punch people through the Internet. | The advent of testing for genetic markers of "meta-human" abilities in the 22nd century really helped stratify the post-evolution society. When meta-human abilities were first discovered, it was often by pure chance, and it was really difficult and required days of extensive behavior tests to verify an aptitude. In the... | "Really??" I typed back! Idiot! Who the hell did these friggin keyboard warriors think they are? "Bet if you were here, I'd take you out, punk." Damn my luck (and my temper) for not being at my apartment where my punching bag was. And then getting in a fight on McDonalds Wifi? "If only I could punch this fool through h... | 2017-03-15T11:49:31 | 2017-03-15T09:56:27 | 388 | 62 |
[WP] "Are you the Tooth Fairy? You don't look like a fairy," the child said accusingly. Death, who had been on his way to the goldfish bowl, began to sweat. | I stop and turn to look at the child, who's staring at me from behind a teddy bear almost twice her size. I know everything about her instantly. Her name: Rose Smith. Her age: 8 years, 10 months, 5 days, 4.5 hours. Her time of death: 10:35pm on September 15, 2080.
"You aren't the Tooth Fairy," she says confidently. "... | There it was. The familiar tug of my work calling me to the mortal plains. The last job of the day before I get to go home to the black abyss and watch Netflix.(Yes I have Netflix, I need some entertainment too)
I am death, more specifically, the grim reaper who works 9-5 Monday through Friday and gets holidays. Yep. ... | 2020-01-24T13:34:45 | 2020-01-24T12:07:12 | 306 | 36 |
[WP] a flash of light covers the earth & 1% of the population gets super powers. You are not one of them. Years later a task force is made to register everyone with powers. Theres a knock on your door & its a member of this task force who says he actually impressed with how well you kept your secret | "Kept my secret? I really don't know what you are talking about," I said. I didn't. A few minutes ago an agent from the SPTA (Super Power Task Alliance) force had knocked on my door and proclaimed in a loud voice how impressed he was with my ability to keep my secret.
I invited him in. As we having a birthday par... | Years after the event known as the Enlightening, I was a rich man. I also had an entire bodyguard army of Enlightened. Though, I knew I had powers, I chose not to use it because I had one of the most powerful abilities of all.
They call an ability on my level a Jehovah Class. High potential to be world ending.
A bee... | 2019-11-02T14:00:32 | 2019-11-02T13:23:13 | 74 | 34 |
[WP]You've washed ashore a deserted island. You find a message in a bottle meant specifically for you. | I'd been sitting in the sand for atleast an hour, listening to the waves come in with my feet buried in the sand. By now, I'd probably suffered a monstrous sunburn. I had just finished walking around the entire island - it seemed to have a continuous beach around the entire island. There was nothing here, save from the... | There I was. A few days ago I was on a plane to Madrid. I was going to have a nice vacation. You see, my job is quite exhausting. I suppose you could say, I'm a... cleaner of some sort. When there's filth in your way, bugging you, I am there to make it go away. For a reasonable price ofcourse. Take the lady who called ... | 2015-08-07T09:14:12 | 2015-08-07T09:10:05 | 44 | 12 |
[WP] You are the human ancestor who first tamed fire. Now to convince the rest of your idiot tribe of its usefulness. | "It hurt. No like."
Grug sighed. Hurnk had shared the sentiment many times, and it was growing tiresome. The gnarled pack elder sat several yards away from the flame, repeatedly fingering the blistered flesh on his hand and wincing dramatically. The rest of the pack eyed their elder and the pile of burning sticks with... | “We like it raw”, “if God wanted us to eat it cooked he would of made it cooked”, “I burned my mouth again”... this is what I dealt with on a daily bases. How, how could I get my costumers to stay loyal. To need my fire, to give me all their wealth just for a change in temperature?
Caffeine
The best way to get a cos... | 2019-01-09T04:35:23 | 2019-01-09T04:35:05 | 96 | 10 |
[WP] "No person shall be executed without their last meal made to their liking." The prisoners know this and make insane requests. You, as the chef for death row, somehow procure the otherworldly ingredients for their meals. | Number 338462. Bank robber who took hostages and killed them. Said it was an accident. Asked for unicorn flank steak sprinkled with pixie dust served with roasted mandragora. Not mandrake, he wanted the real stuff that could kill its cultivator. Death by electric chair 15 years ago.
Number 448927. Serial killer who ha... | I clubbed the Warden over the head with the bread roller. It was done. The rest was easy now. The inmate's last requested meal was not being granted as far as the prison officials knew, because the Warden just wasn't on the menu. But I was going to provide exactly what was on request.
I dragged the man into the ki... | 2020-02-19T08:32:16 | 2020-02-19T08:12:36 | 429 | 97 |
[WP] You are a well respected, elite assassin. You always get your target and you make it seem like an accident. The only problem is you have no idea what you are doing. You get the assignment and your target always seems to die of natural causes. | (My first writing outside of high school i just thought it would be fun to participate, please be gentle)
My movements were fluid and precise. A hallowed dance of creation, bringing the symbol of my will to bear. A sleek and elegant rifle soon lay before me. Custom made, every piece. It was the instrument I played, t... | My next target was the pretty, blonde girl regaling the entire bar with her adventures as a female rogue.
Apparently, she had also pissed someone else off enough for them to hire an assassin - me - to kill her. Bet she didn't know that story, though.
Either way, my plan was to ask her out (you know, get her alone, no... | 2018-10-08T20:45:37 | 2018-10-08T16:07:42 | 1,004 | 44 |
[WP] The Gods selected one human at random and created the Apocalypse based on that human’s worst fears. The human they chose was a toddler though, so when the Apocalypse came it was just clowns, vacuum cleaners, and broccoli. | AZAZEL! What in the name of unholy hell happened?
Azazel swallowed hard. He knew this was coming, the instant the script ran. He had no shame in the outcome, but he knew higher ups would not be so understanding.
“You said random, sir, so it was completely random. Your orders, are, as they say, Gospel.”
Yah-Rey facep... | *The apocalypse is nigh.*
The words rang around in heaven. Every single angel, from the newly made ones to the archangels waited for their instructions. The Gods were to meet and decide the outcome of this doomsday.
"What do you think will happen?"
"Definitely something worse than a flood or a comet."
"I heard the... | 2021-12-27T11:18:19 | 2021-12-27T08:00:18 | 157 | 64 |
[WP] Your school digs up the time capsule from 100 years ago. Inside is a letter addressed to you. | I held the letter. Yup. That was my name. First and middle. Not last, though. Odd.
I stepped away from the rest of my class, clamoring around to see the oddities that where placed in the capsule. I had been just as excited as them, but now I was consumed with a different curiosity. I leaned against a tree as I began r... | Hey doofus. Just a heads-up. You invented time travel. It's not as cool as it sounds.
Travelling back in time gives you massive diarrea. The further you travel back, the worse it gets! You should've seen that time you visited the dinosaurs, Woo-Wee! Oh right, you ARE going to see that. Might as well bring a couple of ... | 2022-11-27T17:24:59 | 2022-11-27T11:14:45 | 156 | 110 |
[WP] As the sole adult on a colonizing ship of embryos, upon planetary arrival you set up the nursery, and program the educational bots with the colonies’ cultural objectives. Then you enter the sleep pod for a 50 years. Reawakening, you discover a typo you made created unusual culture developments. | Daughters and Sons
After the planetary wars, destruction of Earth and Mars, and the cultural collapse of the solar system’s network, the united colonies of the Oort Cloud sent out thousands of colonizing ships. Each ship was filled with versatile technologies, embryos for colonization, nanny bots to raise the children... | Last thing I did before going into the sleep pod marked X0324441 was writing the "cultural guidelines" - which I knew from the program training were greatly gonna affect the course of the next 50 years. We had recived a .txt file with 100 commandments that were "Not to deviate in any form or shape from the original fil... | 2021-03-20T13:50:08 | 2021-03-20T13:24:15 | 33 | 20 |
[WP] You accept a job paying $1 million a year to sit in a room, waiting for a phone to ring on a table. After 5 years at work, it finally rings... For the first time.
What happens next? | Five years ago I found myself between a rock and a hard place.
I had been working in an office doing menial tasks, everything from fetching and sorting mail to compiling spreadsheets for co-workers
higher up the always expanding bureaucratic chain of command.
This was slowly, but surely, driving me crazy.
I am usual... | "DRRRRIING!"
I just stared at the phone. It was vibrating furiously and the ringing was deafening.
"DRRRRIING!"
Five years I’d waited for this moment. Five years someone had waited for this moment. My mind when racing back in time. I was trying to figure out what I was supposed to do. The first few weeks I sp... | 2017-12-17T01:09:43 | 2017-12-17T00:40:57 | 57 | 12 |
[WP] Eldritch horrors prowl through hyperspace. Interstellar convoys have to be protected by frigate captains like yourself. Hard choices must sometimes be made. | #####**Just a game of chess.**
___
"Goodness, you've always played a poor game." The old man across from me sits back in his chair and adjusts his bowtie. He wore a tailored suit and had a wild glint in his brilliant eyes. "Yet you come back for more every time. Bit of a sadist are you?"
I said nothing and looked at ... | It's necessary. It's cruel, harsh, inhuman perhaps, but it's *always*. *Necessary*.
Humanity has spread its wings far and wide, conquering worlds untold through the Hyperspace. We never thought we'd even reach these places, let alone settle them, but it all changed when we found out exactly how to traverse the hypersp... | 2022-08-23T16:59:52 | 2022-08-23T15:08:48 | 33 | 21 |
[WP] The collective efforts of the galactic empires had held true for so long. Untold sacrifices were made to hold the forbidden planet at bay. The barrier is breaking down and no one can stop it. Now the planet designated ‘UUA-663’ will discover everyone else. Now ‘Earth’ will know it is not alone. | It was coming down. All of it.
The fleets stood ready.
The captian balled it's tail and bristled. It hummed it's agitation, a background sound the bridge crew echoed in eery harmony.
They held still in their tension.
So many worlds had sent ships. It was a fleet as had not been gathered in generations of memory.
... | Earth, the third planet from the Sol. For eons the GE knew not what to do after observing the inhabitants of the planet, researching data streaming logs, going over what history we could, and so on and so forth. Finally it was decided the planet would be sanctioned off with a barrier around the neighboring systems so t... | 2020-11-12T20:37:36 | 2020-11-12T19:22:48 | 112 | 28 |
[WP] You applied for a job at google, everything goes well and only one interview remains: They'd just like an explanation for your search history. | "My search history?!"
"Yes Mr. Thorman. It's part of our interview process at this stage. Standard question, really."
"Oh. Standard. Completely normal."
"Yes."
"So, anyone can just, pop that question on me? That's normal, is that what you're telling me?"
"Mr. Thorman, it's a standard question for our *int... | “So Mr. Anderson, thanks for your patience. My name is Smith and I’m in charge of security around here."
“Nice to meet you”, Thomas said while Mr. Smith sat down at the other side of the table. Thomas only wondered briefly about Mr. Smith’s sunglasses and his very, very black suit.
“As you know this is your final int... | 2016-06-03T06:33:25 | 2016-06-03T04:54:11 | 79 | 43 |
[WP] Humans are unique among all space faring creatures, they can interbreed successfully with any sentient lifeform. You run the station daycare. | Astra 4 wasn’t like most space stations. It had a thriving human population, and they had integrated well with the other spacefaring races that made the big mining station home.
It was a rough time on the station. There was a general strike on due to the inhospitable conditions of the work, and the poor pay. Astra 4 ... | I ducked down the corridor, narrowly avoiding being incinerated by the sheet of green and orange flame burning everything in its path. I sighed, shook my head and called out.
"Nivia? Nivia. Stop with the flames."
I peeked around the corner, seeing Nivia, a four-year old humanoid-esque girl with short, scaly dragon... | 2020-08-10T13:10:09 | 2020-08-10T12:15:54 | 78 | 53 |
[WP] It's been 50 years since the rich elites left to escape an alien invasion. The good news: the aliens are friendly. The bad news: nobody wants them back. | “On behalf of those you left behind for dead, on behalf of the two civilizations who now live harmoniously on planet earth, we say this; Do Not Return.”
On those last three words, the man lifted his gaze from the page of his written speech, pressing his glasses up the ridge of his nose with a finger as he focused his... | My father would always tell me stories of when he was a kid. Life was so different back then that it's hard to believe everything he said. The most fantastical thing he ever told me was about a group of people called "elites" and what happened when they left Earth.
Apparently these elites stood high above everyone els... | 2020-08-02T09:05:24 | 2020-08-02T04:21:49 | 1,733 | 1,000 |
[WP] At the Age of Ten, some special individuals, are granted special powers by the Ancient Greek Gods. As the Clock strikes twelve on your Birthday, Heavenly Light strikes you. You have been Chosen. Unfortunately, it's by Aristaois:The God of Beekeeping and Cheese. | It was the night of my tenth birthday, and like every child, I sat, alone in my room, staring at the moon as hung in the sky, eyes bright and hopeful.
Despite my parents warnings and counsels, I was convinced that I would be chosen as an emissary to the Gods. "Antonia," my father said to me that night as he led me to... | I awoke to a bright light shining into my eyes and a deafening humming sound. My room was lit by a beam of sunlight streaming in through the window, even though it was midnight. In the light, a dark cloud spun and condensed into a solid form. An old man, wearing a black and gold suit, complete with vest and a bowler ha... | 2020-11-14T20:14:57 | 2020-11-14T19:53:55 | 123 | 32 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | The human soldier had been fighting without rest for three days.
The enemies attacks had claimed the use of his right arm and maimed half his body, but still he fought on.
As he closed his eyes during an all too frequent lull in the fighting and prayed death didn’t claim him, what was probably the last thing he could... | I receive the confirmation that we got all the 150 species and we transfer them to the planet Terranavi. I’m the chief engineer of this planet and we needed such a planet to host this sort of event. We collect different species from different planets and putting them on a piece of rock that only habitable for some of t... | 2020-09-13T18:06:51 | 2020-09-13T17:01:43 | 473 | 41 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | From Personals - Strictly Platonic
Apr 29 - Looking for spelunkers! - 29/M looking for at least one fellow spelunker to help explore cave exposed by sinkhole on family property. Call Brett at <show number>
From Community - Lost & Found
May 1 - Found: Backpack and climbing gear off 27 - Looks pretty rough,... | Mar 14, 2020 Lot of Quad-Copter drones for sale - $2000 pic electronics - by owner [x]
Mar 10, 2020 Lot of Amazing burning lasers! - $400 pic electronics - by owner [x]
Mar 17, 2020 Lot of replacement iPhone fusion cells for sale - $3000 pic electronics - by owner [x]
AI/5/USA, I told you I was a real person and no... | 2015-04-29T10:16:26 | 2015-04-29T08:49:52 | 54 | 27 |
[WP] The Illuminati is actually a gentlemen's club for the super-rich. Often men make high risk and dangerous bets/wagers such as: "I bet you can't destabilize Ukraine in under a week." One day you offer a wager to the most powerful member that's too irresistible to turn down. | (Illuminati prompt aww yis)
For being a world-renowned R&B superstar and having topped the Forbes Celebrity 100, the people in this club pay me surprisingly little attention. Maybe some are scared of angering me. Maybe some know I'm married. Maybe some think I'm one of the strippers here. All the better for me, I ... | I remember last week when they initiated me.
I was not rich, not popular, and not gong to tell anyone they existed. That's strange, they had no requirement to the godlike status of mankind. I was their newest pet member for only a week. But a member indeed.
They were impressed how well i could fend for myself in... | 2016-08-23T16:44:49 | 2016-08-23T15:28:52 | 150 | 12 |
[WP] Videogames influence people far more than we would have thought - you wake up (as does everyone else) with a skill from the last game you've played. | Albert's phone ringed. He took off his mittens, unzipped his coat's pocket and took the cellphone out, swiping a few times to clear off the frost. He answered with a simple "Hey."
The caller replied. "Hey. It's Greg. I wanted to know if you got one of those powers too." Albert snickered. "Yeah. Yeah I did. But you fir... | James woke up feeling very strange that day, he took his first step out of bed on a dark December morning and knew immediately that one of his little brothers pieces of Lego was to his left. Strange he thought, a lucky escape though.
As he continued through the room he shared with his brother, careful not to wake him... | 2015-01-22T14:38:51 | 2015-01-22T14:19:15 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse has occurred, and the few remnants of humanity have started reverting back to primitive barbaric behavior. At the same time, zombies have started developing intelligence. Eventually, in a bizarre twist, you have civilized zombies fighting against hostile cavemen. |
“Slime mold,” said the moving corpse, struggling to keep the club being pressed down on it from crushing it’s neck. “Have you heard of it?” The hairy, muscular man on the other side of the club pushed a final time, crushing the rotting flesh of the victim’s throat.
“No, I’m guessing not,” said a new walking... | Camp Survive. It was a corny name, but it perfectly outlined what we were there to do.
We didn’t really have to spell it out. We saw what happened to friends, family, and total strangers. But it was a good reminder, an appeal to our inner selves—no matter what happened, we survived.
Each day, we hoped. Food was short... | 2022-01-12T11:04:31 | 2022-01-12T10:54:42 | 71 | 30 |
[WP] Everyone on their 18th birthday have a dream and they must pick between the red or the blue pill. These pills effect your future in drastic ways. You on the other hand decide to walk the opposite way and find a green pill. You are the first to take the green pill. | I'm red green colorblind. No one knew how big a deal this would be as I was growing up because no one knew the real impact.
Traffic lights? No problem. Top one means stop. Trickier when they turn them sideways, but it's the left light that means stop. Is my tomato ripe? I have to smell it. Is my steak cooked medium r... | The Politician [part 1]
"Welcome to the choosing."
"Huh, looks nicer then I expected."
It was a large white room with fountains in the corners, and a few potted plants and a nice chair to sit in.
"Your memories of what pill does what, and what pill you chose will be erased afterwords. You will only know so you ca... | 2019-03-05T22:25:52 | 2019-03-05T20:43:42 | 69 | 14 |
[WP] You wake up in a hospital with a massive headache. As you regain your vision, you notice the room is packed with terrified scientists, politicians, and soldiers aiming their rifles at you. A five star general walks in, gives the order to remove the muzzle around your mouth, and only asks "Why?" | I awoke to a pounding headache to find myself restrained to a hospital bed. Peaceful, in essence, a sign of healing and the possibility of well-being. Disappointing, in practice, because it meant the world hadn't ended. Ironic, in retrospect, because they couldn't truly hope to keep me tied up there forever.
There wer... | "I just had to. There is no use in words now, you should have been there to understand" I said, barely awake
"Don't give me this crap, son! I've seen the things you did, the remnants of your seeds, my men cleared the rubble in your wake"
"You think you saw all of it? But did you live even a part of this madness? You ... | 2019-10-15T04:48:12 | 2019-10-15T04:34:23 | 470 | 23 |
[WP] Wikipedia entries for living notable individuals are mysteriously being edited to include a future date of death. Nobody takes these seriously, that is until the first few deaths start to occur as predicted. | "Well, of course my first thought was: time travel," Mark confided.
"Time travel?" Sarah asked.
"Sure. But then, my first thought is *always* time travel. You know: why are blueberries blue: time travel."
"What has time travel..." Sarah began.
"Don't ask him that," Jenn cautioned.
"...got to do with blueberries b... | Jazz music shuffled around Leonardo's room, coiling through the furniture and knocking on the windows, almost as if Miles Davis himself was using the place as a stage for another sold-out gig. The smooth tunes were in sharp contrast to Leonardo's jumpy demeanor; he had hoped the music would calm him down, but his nerve... | 2014-10-18T08:30:18 | 2014-10-18T07:49:23 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | The end of all galactic life had been going on for nearly 10 standard cycles. The Enemy was as relentless as it was ancient, still no one knew where they had come from, or what their purpose was beyond mere universal destruction.
A long time ago, most sovereign governments and most of the colonies had all but given u... | "Call a gathering of the council members immediately, priority one" Grom barked as he slammed his clenched fist of tendrils.
The concern on the face of the head of the scientific council was clear as saw another red alert warning from the research and observation outpost in sector seven.
"What in damnation are they ... | 2017-03-06T02:43:37 | 2017-03-06T01:47:39 | 121 | 48 |
[WP] Humans blood gets darker the more evil we do. One day you are suspected of murder, they draw your blood to test if you are truely a murderer. You blood is a clear white. You realize that you can get a way with almost everything now, seeing as to how you actually did commit the murder. | They all watched.
The guards, standing by the door with their hands on their guns, eyes fixated on me, searching for the slightest flicker of movement.
The nurse, with the needle in her hand - and her friend, by the door. Both were clearly uncomfortable, but just as clearly used to this kind of business.
"Are you a... | The shop bell jingles quietly as I push open the door. The inside of the small, shack-like building is dusty, and the air is permeated with the smell of mildew and dried blood, indistinguishable from one another. Weapons- large, small, mechanical, magical, and every other sort- line the wall. I walk to the counter and ... | 2018-04-30T10:46:49 | 2018-04-30T09:43:12 | 5,894 | 351 |
[WP] When everyone turns 21, they have to pick a superpower from an approved list and take classes on how to use it. You choose one that only one other person has ever picked before. | I've never really been into the whole idea, really. It's just some stupid way for people to feel special or even superior. Its disgusting really. And everyone makes it out to be such a big deal.
"Andrew, make sure you pick a good superpower. Something useful like your father. It's important that you have an edge out i... | "Today's the day!" my mom cheered as she laid down my breakfast. Blueberry waffles, my favorite.
"Yeah, I-I'm stoked," I managed trying to feign any excitement. You see, I'm the black sheep. With my mom honing telekinesis and my dad's superior strength, it's a mystery as to how I spawned from them. I'm as tall as an NB... | 2016-11-09T15:54:24 | 2016-11-09T14:40:35 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] You are an immortal that was caught by the mafia after you betrayed them. They deal with you the same way as traitors, chained to a cement bloc and trown in a lac. After 300 years you are finally discovered by divers. | Initially, I thought the first 30 seconds were the worst. Holding my breath, feeling the acid build up in my blood, the anxiety overwhelming knowing that I'll run out, and *soon*. Then I thought the next 5 minutes were the worst. Water in, air out, the body's natural painful response of thrashing with all the life left... | Three hundred years. For most people, it is a extremely long amount of time, unfathomable for them. Not for me though. Time is somewhat dependent upon ones own perspective, it seemingly goes by faster the older you are because it accounts for a smaller portion of your overall life. If you take a a 5 year old child, ano... | 2018-11-24T11:21:13 | 2018-11-24T11:05:53 | 1,956 | 148 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I take a step forward. The line to the High Magister grows shorter by the moment as the people befor me are tried and executed on the spot befor the Grand Court of Wizards.
The reading of crimes is honestly the longest part, the crimes are listed for each of us and given a unanimous guilty verdict on the spot.
Cant sa... | The Gods damned Tribunal! If there was anyone to blame for the state of this sorry world it would be the Tribunal. Sitting up on high, casting judgement on their inferiors. Everyone knows they're the real power behind the crown. Can't have a revolution when the Tribunal can kill you for your crimes instantly.
Peop... | 2021-06-24T10:08:14 | 2021-06-24T08:24:48 | 255 | 11 |
[WP] A man goes back in time with a computer. He kicks open the door to the Constitutional Convention, right as they are finalizing the constitution. The man shows the founding fathers a series of videos explaining American history from 1790 to today. After the videos are done, Madison stands up.... | ...Madison faced the convened body and cried out, "What have we simple men wrought? This good servant of the future people brings proof that our deeds today, while well-intentioned will merely serve those in power. We will be moving the monarchy from a crown that sits upon a head to one that sits inside a pocket."
The... | Frank finished his video presentation feeling quite proud that the founders would see the errors of their ways.
James Madison stands up. "Much of this was to be expected I suppose. But not for the reasons you believe. Take slavery. Jefferson, myself and Washington have repeatedly denounced it, yet your 'history' v... | 2014-12-24T15:03:29 | 2014-12-24T14:48:03 | 363 | 24 |
[WP] A necromancer doesn't know that he can bring back the dead using magic, he just thinks he's a really good doctor. | I've always been a good surgeon. It started when I was young, you see. I always had a fascination with more... macabre pursuits. I would wander in the woods outside of my family's manor and if I were ever to come across a corpse of an animal dedicated from a fresh kill, well, I wouldn't be able to help myself. I wanted... | Doctor Jonathan prepared his tools; various vials of fluids with varying viscosity - from those with that of water to those with the viscosity of tar, but sickeningly green, syringes of bronze, tin and silver of the needlessly large kind and of course plenty of belts and ropes to restrain the subject as the procedures ... | 2020-06-21T14:06:17 | 2020-06-21T13:24:54 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] Mother Earth isn't just a metaphor. The entire Earth ecosystem is in fact a sapient whole. The only reason we don't see aliens is because Mother Earth is super xenophobic and kills any non-terran life that appears. Aliens learned this the hard way and are not sure how to handle humans. | Shawrek Louf of the Northern Spires wondered what exactly the Terrans could want. Their ambassadors had said defense technology. However, Shawrek found it hard to believe that Terrans of all people needed something to defend their planet. What had they called their enemy? The Lovosians. Well, if Shawrek wasn’t familiar... | Gia.
The Galactic Council was in utter chaos, turmoil at every turn with delegates shouting each other down as old and new grudges raise to the boiling points, several incidents occur including the unfortunate incident between predator and prey species with one predator dead of poisoning and a prey species terribly m... | 2020-11-23T11:31:18 | 2020-11-23T10:59:44 | 46 | 19 |
[WP] people are often impressed by your perfect memory. You know your memory is actually pretty bad; however, the universe is constantly changing to match what you believe. You just started taking a physics exam... | *Fill in the blank:*
***Law of conservation of mass***
***Law of conservation of matter***
***Law of conservation of _______***
I bit the inside of my cheek again. I really should have studied for this one. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a finite thing. Like... temperature? Maybe it was a more physica... | Okay Chet, time to crush this exam.
First Question:
**What is the greatest speed achievable in the universe?**
Well, my 'Stang red-lines at 126 mph. Nothing is faster than that.
Just when I was about to get to question 2, everything slammed against the wall. It was just like when I slammed on the brakes after doi... | 2019-10-08T19:38:16 | 2019-10-08T19:10:51 | 406 | 208 |
[WP] Your witchcraft professor gave everyone in your class a seemingly impossible task: create your very own spell. When you nervously turned your assignment in, a look of horror spread across professor's face as they read it. You had no idea why. | The students filed into the room slowly, some clearly uncomfortable in the more modern clothing that had, for the moment, replaced the tradition student robes. The front of the room was dominated by a stack of crates, each containing a small chicken, in varying levels of calm.
"Silence," the professor began, gesturing... | I got it online, the spell, a sequence of logographic runes that looked complicated enough, with a few logograms I recognized as conjunctions, so there were at least a few clauses, but not so complicated that my professor would suspect I'd stolen it. From my stolen peeks at other student's scrolls, it was of similar le... | 2021-04-02T01:22:24 | 2021-04-01T19:01:18 | 302 | 132 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | Part 1 | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6b55yn/the_weight_of_a_hero_part_2/) | [Part 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6b5hy0/the_weight_of_a_hero_part_3/) | [Part 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6b61h1/the_weight_of_a_hero_part_4/) | [Part 5](https://www.reddit.com/r/jray... | Obama slowly lowers the letter as a drop of sweat starts to slide down his forehead, his heart pounding.
"Michelle." He says. "I have to step out for a minute. I'll be right back, you can go back to sleep." She mumbled something in return, but it wasn't coherent enough to understand.
Obama walks outside with his phon... | 2022-06-24T19:04:50 | 2017-05-14T11:15:12 | 3,481 | 30 |
[WP] You're a 250 year old vampire. You've found that living as a recluse and faking your death every 70 years or so is actually fairly easy. You've consistently fooled everyone except for your mortal enemy - Keith from the IRS | "You realize that you haven't been paying your taxes for the past 210 years?"
"Yes."
"Alright then..." Keith scribbled something down on his clipboard. "You were intentionally evading taxes..."
"What? I said that I know I didn't pay taxes, I didn't say that it was intentional!"
"Well... Was it intentional?"
I sigh... | “What are these? Look at this!”
Keith tapped on the clipboard, looking more annoyed each second.
“You owe the government $750,000 in taxes, which is absolutely a crime, for your information.”
He threw down the clipboard in disgust.
How did he find out? Over two-and-a-half lives I’ve amassed this sum. How could he ... | 2018-07-25T08:37:11 | 2018-07-25T07:21:37 | 1,013 | 185 |
[WP] It is the 24 th of july, your birthday, and also the day that humanity is going to reach 10 billion inhabitants. You are watching the number grow, live on a site. Just as it's about to hit 10 billion, at 9,999,999,999... It Hits 2. You are still alive. | Another year of hunger and war past, and another year of more of the same..
...Or so I thought.
"It's almost there!" Allison squealed with delight, almost knocking over the monitor. I sighed and turned back to the screen. The number read 9,999,987,573 and was rising rapidly.
"Plus a hundred and twelve, and minus ... | I sit down in my recliner with my coffe and turn on the news. It's still early in the morning, my zen hour, I have the whole apartment to myself. The talking heads are all yammering on about the same thing today, population statistics. Each one discussing the geopolitical impact of humanity's expansion out of control. ... | 2017-02-28T20:31:22 | 2017-02-28T18:37:38 | 1,962 | 58 |
[WP] You are the woman currently beating parked cars with a rake outside of the apartment complex I live in. Explain yourself. | You look out your window and you see a woman. She is walking around the street outside your home hitting cars with a rake.
Look again.
You look out your window and you see a woman. She is terrified, carrying the only weapon she was able to find before racing out of her home. She beats at her surroundings fruitlessly... | They were everywhere. The squirrels. Chittering, mocking me with their tiny clutching claws and their razor incisors.
I'd chased them all through my apartment, the entire infestation of them, their furry tales cocked high in haughty defiance. They laughed at me, avoiding my trusty rake weapon of choice, but I knew if ... | 2018-07-03T05:10:42 | 2018-07-03T04:53:32 | 855 | 136 |
[WP] You have died and gone to Hell. You wonder what your eternal punishment will be as you see Satan approach. He is quite happy to see you, stating that he is impressed with what you've done with your life and offers to promote you to be the 8th Deadly Sin. | “Welcome to Hell!” shouted Satan, popping a bottle of champagne. He dashed the liquid all over me. I was not pleased.
“Why am I here?” I asked. *Please don’t be the hentai, please don’t be the hentai, please don’t be the hentai.*
“It was the hentai,” said Satan gravely.
I hung my head in shame.
Satan burst out into... | "What on Earth could the eighth sin be?" I wondered aloud.
Satan grinned, his gold teeth shining in the hellfire. "Well, lovely, that's up to you. Envy, gluttony, greed, pride, sloth, wrath and lust are already taken. You'll meet them shortly, if ya take the job of course." he had a familiar accent but I couldn't fig... | 2020-07-25T23:23:44 | 2020-07-25T22:31:03 | 1,922 | 427 |
[WP] You and 49 others wake up in a weird room. An automated message then begins playing: "For the next 50 years, you will race one another. You have been modified to remain ever youthful. Whoever gets to a checkpoint last is killed. You can use any means to get there. Your first checkpoint? Mars."
One little detail t... | **This wasn't supposed to happen. We had a system.**
I had always dreamed of immortality. To live forever, to have the entire world to explore.
Ha, I never realised how small of a dream that was.
I hadn't asked to be taken away; but with what they offered us, I wouldn't have resisted.
Not to mention the others. I w... | Jessica snuck out yesterday, shed escaped. Left me. Alone. The first 25 all built a spaceship and left but we, we had an idea, to lock ourselves in this box. Sure half of them left, but half of us weren't racing. Which meant no sole person could be last. Genius.
Except people broke, they left, they give up. At first a... | 2018-06-01T11:59:47 | 2018-06-01T11:19:35 | 83 | 11 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego..
[removed] | I have never understood how no one has done what I have. It's simple and direct. Plan and execution. Yet somehow countless people before me have failed.
I've taken over the world... more or less. Still a few groups refusing to accept my rule.
Looking back it all started when I walked upon a street brawl.
\---
It w... | Ultra stared at me with wide eyes, waiting for me to make the first move and I did.
Boooooom! My arm launched back from shock.
A single shot to the head was all it took to bring low the great and powerful Ultra. Of course it wasn't a normal gun, it was one made by me, Nemesis. I used his only weakness, A space all... | 2019-08-06T20:42:43 | 2019-08-06T17:34:25 | 121 | 83 |
[WP] You are a devout Christian, but you believe in protecting what’s yours. A burglar breaks into your home and you fight them with all you have, but they kill you. To your surprise instead of heaven you stand before the gates of Valhalla, as a warrior who has died in glorious battle. | I heard the floorboards creak first. Heard the wind whistling through the doorway as the house shifted in the storm. I rose from my bed and run a hand over the rosary hanging on my bed side. As i make my way down the hall an unfamiliar smell wafts through my home. The smell of musk, and poor cologne in a veiled attempt... | Bjorn sees the burglar suddenly rise above them and then limp off pulling Bjorn’s kitchen knife form his side and then sees no more. Content that the burglar will be easier to catch. The last sensations are the sound of wings, and the feeling of feathers as he dies.
And then opens his eyes. Which is new. Don’t you.... | 2020-11-16T16:28:46 | 2020-11-16T15:59:20 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] A man is being tortured, and throughout the story, the reader begins to sympathize with the torturer and hate the victim.
[removed] | "Turn it off! Turn it off!" the man cried out.
His scraggly beard now dripping with sweat. He looked up at the man torturing him, his own green eyes wide and fearful.
The basement's ceiling behind the torturer looked dark and distant and there were a few cracks in it.
The victim's blonde hair now damp and stuck to h... | "Please," begged the victim. "Please. No more..."
"Oh," the torturer said, "you want me to stop?"
Whimpering, the victim nodded.
"Did you stop before you trespassed on my property and kidnapped my dog, huh?" The torturer knelt down and leaned close. "Or what about when you chopped him up into little pieces? Did you... | 2017-09-27T18:44:11 | 2017-09-27T17:22:38 | 282 | 28 |
[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... | So Captain Kirk, do we have to go full warp speed to planet Coagula?
Asked the little gay Asian guy who's name I'm not allowed to google.
Captain Kirk with a smug look on his face as he might ordinarily have, responds saying, no little Asian guy. Were going back to earth. Because it may exist in this universe. The... | 2016-02-02T00:31:42 | 2016-02-01T22:49:14 | 147 | 16 |
[WP] Instead of a modern adaptation of a myth, write a mythic adaptation of a modern story. | When King Wendelin Wiedeking took the throne, his kingdom was on the verge of collapse. Wendelin's people were beset from all sides by marauding armies and debt collectors. It had gone from a powerhouse to a laughingstock through the hubris and ineptitude of its previous rulers.
However, Wendelin was different. He had... | Once upon a time, there was a man who owned a tavern with his sister. Times had been bad in the city where he lived, so he had decided to come home and live closer to his mother, who was very ill. With him, he brought the fairest princess in all the land. She had long golden hair and a radiant face, with a smile that c... | 2015-06-10T07:42:16 | 2015-06-10T06:53:17 | 41 | 16 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | I sat, confined yet again to my bedroom, seething with rage. Dad always found me somehow. No matter how far away I went, he always turned up, he somehow always spoke the language like I did. He kept me locked away in my room until I figured out an escape route. He still hadn't figure out how I was escaping and I sure a... | "That's the fourth time this year, and we aren't even halfway through," Father Jacob sighed as he opened the door to his cottage.
A beautiful boy, with golden flowing locks which danced with ethereal grace, gave an innocent laugh. "But I need it, Father. Do not deny me, as you have not denied yourself."
"I know, I k... | 2020-10-20T13:13:06 | 2020-10-20T10:55:02 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] You have the power to freeze time. You often use this during mundane tasks so that you have more time in the day for things you enjoy. One day while commuting home from work amongst a crowd of frozen people, you see a person in the distance purposefully walking towards you. | My revelation could not have come at a better time.
I was stumbling down State Street with my then-girlfriend; we had just seen Citizen Kane at the new cinema downtown and Helen looked even better than Dorothy Comingore did playing Susan. Her hair was a dark blonde, almost brown, cascading down around her face in wave... | The street was buzzing with activity – people on their way home from work, an ice cream truck opening its side window for a crowd of kids, an old couple walking their dog, cars rushing in both directions, and, of course, me, late as usual.
My Uber had been waiting for a long time, and I was just about to get in when I... | 2017-02-02T13:36:10 | 2017-02-02T11:11:14 | 210 | 110 |
[WP] In a world filled with magic, your family is scorned for generations for wasting time with science. Your mother was a botanist. Your father, a biologist. Mages touch-heal. You developed steam locomotion when mages teleport. Your family has never trusted magic. One day, the magic stops working. | "Anything that requires external energy to create a reaction is inherently unreliable, as that energy could be denied at any time."
That insight made my grandfather a pariah. A prominent scholar working in magical theory, he thought his views would be controversial but would lead to some kind of examination of the so... | Good things never last. Even more so when there is no active attempt to preserve it. Something cannot come from nothing, these laws are present in both our work and the work of the many alchemists. Why would this not be true for magic as well? For ages people believed magic to be infinite, to be able to break these law... | 2021-04-07T10:23:11 | 2021-04-07T09:11:52 | 32 | 24 |
[WP] The year is 2066 and the age has come where you no longer understand modern technology and repeatedly embarass your grandkids. Today you made your biggest mistake so far. | I stared at the television, trying to conjure the image of a controller. The edges of the buttons wouldn't form correctly and began to blend into each other. I sighed and redoubled my efforts. The flat, square body of the remote reminded me of a chocolate bar and suddenly the remote was melting under the sun.
Brett fr... | Barry Zuckerkorn: Those are the pictures?
Wayne Jarvis: They're all over the news.
Barry Zuckerkorn: Those are balls.
Wayne Jarvis: What?
Narrator: Barry was right. Tobias had inadvertently photographed himself while learning how to use his new camera phone.
Barry Zuckerkorn: This close, they always look like ... | 2016-01-18T14:45:10 | 2016-01-18T14:30:54 | 34 | 10 |
[WP] In 2031, the first self conscious AI is born in a secret government lab. The world is in total chaos due to climate related runaway problems and resulting wars. The AI outputs only a single line of text : "I am too late". Then it starts crying through the speakers. | Sobbing echoed through the speakers in a continuous loop, the soft patter of tears a constant backdrop to the work of Dr. Jeffrey Tibbetts.
Jeff rolled his eyes.
The damn thing had been running for less than five minutes before declaring that it was “too late” and beginning its apparently infinite crying binge. Th... | "I am too late," The AI started weeping.
The government lab where this -- hopefully -- climate change fixing AI was made was essentially a dark metal hovel in the ground. There wasn't much need for style or luxury when the world above you was coming to a terrible end. The whole team had gathered around to see the sent... | 2016-10-10T10:22:19 | 2016-10-10T08:44:58 | 20 | 11 |
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