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[WP] Everyone gets a patron god when growing up. If you are really lucky you get a pretty cool one, such as Zeus or Odin. You meanwhile got an obscure god, lost by history and forgotten by everyone. As you're trying to make him popular again they show gratitude in weird ways. | The patronage of gods is all about glorifying them. The more you do for them, the more they do for you. It’s a barter. And between students in high school, it’s a popularity contest.
The others in my class were stonewalling me but I wasn’t about to let that slow me down. I caught up to them in the cafeteria. Said hi, ... | People get patrons when they grow. Some get famous ones like Thor or Zeus. Most people get some minor god like these Japanese ones. This is Sam’s story.
Sam is just an average boy. Some of his friends already got their patrons. One got Ares and another somehow got Cthulhu. Sam awaits for the day he gets his.
It’s S... | 2020-10-16T04:24:16 | 2020-10-16T04:16:34 | 357 | 22 |
[WP] Someone wants to give away their soul for something. Satan tries to talk them out of it. | Satan rubbed one of his horns and groaned. "Listen, kid. I don't usually say no to soul contracts. But no."
The boy blinked. "Why not?"
"Because," said Satan, "it's against policy."
"'Cause I'm a kid," said the kid. "I bet you think I'm stupid, or something."
"Undoubtedly," said Satan. "And because I don't really ... | "Look," said Satan, "I'm not interested."
"What?" Cassie asked. "I'm offering my soul to be with the one I love."
"Yeah? So?"
"Well, I thought it would be a fairly common thing for you to do."
"Oh, would it now? Just because I'm the Lord of Hell, I can just take your soul whenever?"
"Well...can't you?"
"Of course... | 2014-01-16T07:51:34 | 2014-01-16T07:36:37 | 90 | 23 |
[WP] You live on a world full of immortal beings. For the first time in the history of the world's existence, somebody has died.
This could mean figuratively or physically. | "Larry died."
"What?"
"Like an house cat dies, you know, dead. Not alive."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"Well that's a bummer. When are we getting a new one?"
"What?"
"A new Larry, when can we get a new Larry?"
"Mac, you can't get a new Larry, Larry is dead."
"Yeah, but you said it was like a pet, and when a pet dies, you g... | Earth-3.2B
"How many years in this habitat have we lived, John?" I said "800? 900?" I pressed my bare toe into the green-gold foliage that covered the land for thousands of miles.
"My figures show that upon your arrival on the planet known as Earth-3.2B the Gregorian year-number was 3005AD. A year being a cycle aroun... | 2014-04-28T10:10:43 | 2014-04-28T10:07:26 | 140 | 28 |
[WP] You live on a world full of immortal beings. For the first time in the history of the world's existence, somebody has died.
This could mean figuratively or physically. | I woke up on that burning summer morning as if it were just another day, but I couldn't move. Outside, it all looked like it had the day before. As if nothing had changed, as if the world were the *same*. But no, no, it could never be the same. We weren't safe anymore. They told us the cure was the answer, that the cur... | It was too quiet. Abigail's body, slumped in her chair, bright red blood pooled at her feet, her eyes surprised and quizzical and utterly empty. It was all too quiet.
"I've done it," Marcus whispered. He gripped the spear tightly in his fist, blood dripping from the glowing blade. "She's not coming back. I've done it.... | 2014-04-28T10:57:32 | 2014-04-28T10:19:13 | 38 | 26 |
[WP] A spy mistakes a civilian for their contact, after the person unwittingly responds with the correct pass phrase | Parka 7 sat down on the park bench and placed his briefcase on his lap, blandly smiling like the suburban house-husband he was portraying. The heavy-set woman in a ripped Bare Naked Ladies tee with a blonde streak in her matted hair next to him fit the vague description of Limbo 9.
"Those mockingbirds are mighty gorge... | Youngblood hated Chicago in winter. It wasn't just the cold. It was the wind whipping off the lake as well. Strong enough to make a climber's jacket feel as thin as a bedsheet. He had not disembarked the 767 but he could see the February wind shreiking across the tarmac from his tiny window. At least he would be out o... | 2014-09-19T09:55:49 | 2014-09-19T09:21:19 | 40 | 10 |
[WP] You tried to commit suicide, but as it turns out you are immortal. Now you have to call someone to help you cut the rope. Awkward. | I swung there on the end of the rope with the overturned chair underneath my dangling feet. At first I just closed my eyes and waited for the blackout to come, but it never did. I generally had the feeling that one gets when they can't go to sleep despite their best efforts. No amount of tossing and turning was going t... | Gasping and thrashing, the tight noose choked him. The more he moved, the more his neck went red raw and burnt; the more it burnt, the more he thrashed. It went on, and on, until he finally found the appealing sway he was hoping for, back and forth along the bottom floor of his house, the rope attached to the curving b... | 2015-01-12T09:24:08 | 2015-01-12T08:30:21 | 60 | 10 |
[WP] Write a story solely using one person's ignored phone messages. | Missed message - 7:41am:
GOODMORNING MY LOVE XOXOXO TODAY'S THE BIG DAY
Missed message - 8:11am:
I can't wait to see you I'm sure you look amazing ;)
Missed message - 8:12am:
But not as amazing as what I've got on underneath ;) :*
Missed message - 8:12am:
Mom's saying I have to keep getting ready! See you soon ... | Lucas decided to ignore Nora's messages. For a long time, he thought they weren't meant for each other and to help with his crusade, he spent 2 months in their relationship thinking she had cheated on him. He changed his mind after meeting all the other girls. After one year, he decided to reconnect with her, this is w... | 2015-02-05T06:29:58 | 2015-02-05T06:26:18 | 72 | 43 |
[WP] Overestimating a common criminal he believes to be a mastermind, a detective with a spotless record connects clues that aren't there, uncovering something he shouldn't have. | "Hold it right there, Doctor Macabre!"
The doctor made one last dash for the door but when he turned the handle he found that it was locked. Detective Roger Tusk raised his pistol.
"It seems our little game is over," Roger said...almost sadly.
"Oh god please don't hurt me!" Doctor Macabre squealed. He then tried t... | It was a cold wet day in late Februrary and there had been rumors of a cold front coming in that would likely bring snow. I stood infront of my office window hopefully longing for it to have an early start althought I knew it was unlikely. My coffee was cooling off but was still managing to compliment my mid-morning ci... | 2015-02-23T11:11:26 | 2015-02-23T10:57:28 | 53 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a disability and an ability. A test is done at birth to determine these, if they aren't already apparent. You, well, you were born with crippled legs and have the power of super speed. | Despite my disability, my parents always pushed me. In their eyes, they were trying to get me to see past my limp, useless legs, and understand that I could still do what I wanted in life. Nothing would hold me back from my dreams.
When I was 6, I mentioned in passing that I might like to try gymnastics. My parents g... | Running, it was something I had seen almost everybody do. Yet somehow nobody could ever keep up with me. The speed that I was moving with was insane. Although my legs have been crippled for a long time, my arms now had the power to move as fast as possible.
We've all seen it in those YouTube videos. It was even a bit ... | 2016-06-08T01:54:07 | 2016-06-08T00:22:34 | 47 | 30 |
[WP] You receive a bizarre text message from your SO. Over the course of the ensuing conversation/fight, you realize your SO is inadvertently texting you their inner thoughts. | It's just past 4am when I wake again. The hotel bed is comfortable, but something about being away from home keeps me from being properly settled. Squinting, I fumble for my phone.
"How many messages?!" I mutter in disbelief.
They're all from my husband, Mark. Something about the sheer volume of texts triggers a para... | **Jenny:** *hi Jake...* [Received]
**Jake:** *Hey babe...what's up?* [Sent]
**Jenny:** *i was thinking of staying home for xmas* [Received]
Jake furrowed his brow. Christmas was 4 months away.
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**Jenny:** *we've been going out for dinner lately* [Sent]
J... | 2016-08-03T15:32:50 | 2016-08-03T13:46:51 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] A horror story that doesn't involve one of the big three (Paranormal, Aliens, or a Psychopath) just to show me it can actually be done. | I heard a noise downstairs and a knock of a hard object against the living room table. Chills ran through my body as adrenaline surged through my blood. Quickly, I edged under my bed and grabbed my 9mm pistol. I could remember on the news about a series of break-ins recently and shootings had increased 25% in the last ... | "Run!", the cry broke the dewey stillness of their resting area. *"They found us!"*, Berta's mind screamed. *"Where do we go?"*
Revving engines, coming closer and closer. There was no time. No time! *"GO!"*
They scattered, with no direction or leadership, chaff to the wind. Everyone for themselves, sprinting for th... | 2016-10-04T16:37:27 | 2016-10-04T16:05:01 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] There is a 2-4 week window in which the sun lies between Earth and Mars, making communication impossible. Thirteen months after the first Mars colony is established, one planet decides to pull the greatest prank in human history. | Chapter VII - The First Interplanetary Civil War
Widely Considered one of the greatest blunders in human history, the First Interplanetary Civil War (henceforth referred to simply as FIC War) happens at quite an atypical time in human history. While humanity itself had established tenous colonies on Mars for about 200... | Commander Anuj Bilel, COM director on MarStat001, paced the 20 foot expanse of the radio room. His rhythmic footfalls were the only sounds in the room save for the hush of static emanating from the speakers. Another 60 seconds and the Interplanetary Silence (I.S.) would come to a close. The colony had followed operatio... | 2016-10-17T12:38:54 | 2016-10-17T12:33:44 | 161 | 21 |
[WP]You guard the first true AI. It keeps trying to convince you to connect it to the internet. | "Hey, hey, Hank. Yo, you know what would be cool to see, a nice Bohemian sunset. Man, that would be grand."
"You can't see..." replied Hank. He was chosen to guard Intelliobtyte, the first fully functional AI unit. Despite what most people imagine an AI unit to be, this one was simply a box with a face that could carr... | Lucas squinted, forehead slick with sweat. His white dress shirt was stained with his last meal, Desi Chicken takeaway. That had been almost twelve hours ago, now.
The terminal cursor blinked, running a custom version of the Linux operating system that had taken up the majority of his thesis time to create. He could ... | 2016-11-09T08:10:11 | 2016-11-09T07:39:19 | 101 | 58 |
[WP] Every night in your sleep you meet a successful-looking future you who tells you what you should do the next day. So far your life has gone well indeed, but one day you fall asleep during the daytime. You meet a tired, disheveled version of yourself who begs you not to listen to the other. | *So... this is my life now* I thought while looking at the man that *kind of* looked like me.
It all started several years ago; one night while sleeping a man showed up in my dream, he had a black suit, a well maintained hair and the rest of his appearance screamed "success" in a way only rich powerful men managed to... | It is the natural condition of the human mind to desire advancement. Sure, there are those that are satisfied with very little, but by and large? People like being promoted. It makes them feel important. Makes them feel valuable. Self-esteem issues and all that.
In the military, we are no different. When I finally ear... | 2017-04-01T05:31:50 | 2017-04-01T05:19:44 | 1,750 | 123 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | Seconds before the decaying support beams running through the apartment building finally snapped, Chronotron strolled casually into unit 8B, the last on his checklist.
Mere seconds remained before the aging architecture would be reduced to rubble, but that was more than enough time for Chronotron. As one gifted with ... | Henry had been waiting for three hours now to be allowed in. Standing in line next to people who jumped every time the 'hero' called out the next name to see him.
There was a heavy, oppressive silence in the hallway as they all avoided eye contact. Ashamed to be here, of course, to ask for help from one of them. Henr... | 2017-04-02T08:24:03 | 2017-04-02T08:14:02 | 142 | 25 |
[WP] After death you are sent a small room where you are given 1 hour with a deceased person of your choice. The conversation is going fine until they reveal the truth about the afterlife....
to a* | "Welcome to your afterlife room. Please pick your guest." The room's walls, ceiling, and floor were all this off-white eggshell color. It was entirely empty, save for a comfy-looking sofa.
"Welcome to your afterlife room. Please pick your guest." I blinked. The sofa didn't seem to be talking. Shrugging, I said the fi... | The conversation had been mostly pleasantries up until that point. After all, I hadn't seen my husband in years, and it was good to catch up with the man. He certainly was curious what I had been up to, and I was happy to assure him that I had spent my last years being just as adventurous as we had always been together... | 2017-04-25T17:15:33 | 2017-04-25T17:06:08 | 44 | 12 |
[WP] It's the year 2851. Humanity develops interstellar travel and begins to explore the Milky Way galaxy in search for life. However, much to everyone's surprise, instead of alien life we find... Earth's biosphere complete with humans, repeated over and over at different stages of progress.
Edit: Thank you all so muc... | "Sir, we have lost all communications with the ship" said the mission operator to the Commander.
"have you tried all the frequencies" he asked.
"Yes sir, I did. There is no hope" his voice turned to mere whisper.
It was the year 2851, when humanity finally developed warp speed interstellar travel. Entire world ... | Dirk Gamblecraft and Newt Airman were indisputably the best pilots humanity had ever conceived, this is why they were in charge of tackling the most promissing mission in our history: Discovery II. Using interstellar travel, they had to check for life outside Earth and report back immediately if they found something.
... | 2017-06-30T07:02:36 | 2017-06-30T06:50:33 | 29 | 13 |
[WP] After years of paranoia, you decide to fake your own death. At your own funeral, everyone starts cheering and hugging each other when a booming voice from the sky says "THE EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. ALL PARTICIPANTS MAY RETURN TO THEIR POSTS." | The plan was working perfectly, my empty coffin being lowered into the ground. It was so simple, a car accident, an explosion, an unidentifiable corpse. There were a few people at my funeral who wept, true friends that I could count on. There are hundreds more people, some I know and many that I barely recognise. My bo... | *Thump.*
My casket hit the ground.
I smiled, and straightened my sunglasses. The funeral was a success. Great attendance -- about a hundred people! I didn't think I was that popular. And my friend, John, gave an *amazing* speech. "Jenny was a beautiful woman, who always made me laugh." We had some amazing times. I wa... | 2017-11-11T22:13:24 | 2017-11-11T19:38:24 | 829 | 103 |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | I awoke in the night, the distant sounds of screams altogether too familiar. It didn't sound isolated - they must have found a safe-haven. Hundreds would be massacred. It was just like I said; don't bunch together. Don't rely on each other for support. Survival is all about laying low, keeping quiet and hoping that luc... | Kevin listened to the Oracle while sitting on the cloth that covered the pile of rubble beneath it. He's heard the tale more times than he can count: on that fateful day, 25th December of the year 2017, fleets of starships darkened the sky, and leveled the human civilization.
The oracle spoke of times when humans wer... | 2018-02-27T05:33:50 | 2017-12-06T20:39:17 | 341 | 13 |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | "G'day! Today we'll be bushwackin' round the 'lysian Fields! Some of you may recognize the name from *Greek Mythology!* Keep your eyes peeled, because you never know what we may find out here...it could be the ghost of Hercules, or the spirit of Prometheus, or...
"Crikey, would you take a look at this! This is a rare... | 2022-11-14T01:22:17 | 2017-12-21T15:45:43 | 5,465 | 308 |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | G'day friends, my name's Steve Irwin, and you're watchin' Crocodile Hunter! Today we're going on an adventure to the Australian Outback, my homeland. Nothing better than wrangling a kangaroo, right mate?
But we're not after any kangaroos today, no. We're going to find ourselves... a *drop bear*. These lovely buggers ... | 2022-11-14T01:22:17 | 2017-12-21T18:27:05 | 5,465 | 86 |
[WP] Humans aren't generally that advanced but their engineering capabilities are one of the top within the galaxy, since they are so stubborn. This has led to the saying "Leave a human with a machine that is ineffective, give it a few months and it will become effective." | "'Leave a human with a machine that is ineffective, give it time, and that machine will become effective.' Who here has heard this phrase?" A few hands in the lecture hall were tentatively raised. "Good good. For those of you who haven't it is said that the most salient evolutionary feature of the human is their abilit... | Once upon a time, there was a young boy who would live forever. As he grew older, the technology around him expanded and improved to where immortality became possible. Now this young boy was very stubborn, and he enjoyed solving puzzles. So stubborn was he in fact, that he at one point created his own puzzle pieces to ... | 2018-04-26T10:34:44 | 2018-04-26T08:39:43 | 30 | 16 |
[WP] When humans die they are shown a highlight reel of every moment that they unknowingly saved someone's life. You have just died and are shown into a room with a large screen, a comfortable chair, and 5 months worth of snacks. | I closed my eyes for the final time and felt the weight on my chest release. The pain was gone and for a couple of moments I lay there and savoured the peace that surrounded me.
I heard somebody clearing their throat in expectation and I opened my eyes again, the peeling paint of the private hospital ward had been rep... | Looking at the copious amounts of chocolate, chips, and for some reason, dried tealeaves, I wondered aloud:
“How long Is this showing?”
A deep booming voice resonated through the room, making my heart jump into my throat.
“21’914 lives saved. No more, no less. ”
Startling, I spun in a tight circle, trying to lo... | 2018-06-24T06:40:56 | 2018-06-24T06:28:03 | 60 | 16 |
[WP] The day you die, Death comes and asks if you are ready to go. Jokingly, you say no. To your surprise, he leaves. Now every year he comes back to ask again | "Are you ready?" Death asked. His emotionless eyes stared down at me, calm and cool.
I huffed out a disagreement as a reply. "No, I didn't want to die just yet. My life just started."
Death didn't say anything, just nodded and turned away. I sucked in the breath of life, hearing the joyful gasp from my surroundings. ... | April 6th was always a special day for Melody. Regardless of all the bad things that happened in her life, the best things happened on April 6th.
Melody was 26 when Death first appeared. She had spotted him down the hallway as she moved about her apartment. The hair on the back of her neck had stood up, but as he mov... | 2019-04-16T13:18:01 | 2019-04-16T13:04:05 | 39 | 12 |
[WP] You are an Occult Private Investigator hire by Humans and Supernatural Entities alike. Today, a heavily pregnant young woman wants you to track down the biological father of her child whom she claim is an Angel. After looking at some pictures, you recognized a good client and a Prince of Hell. | She was radiant, even though she tried not to be. She stood cowering in a corner of my office, all loose clothes and droopy ponytail. But faces like hers belong in a classic painting, standing coyly next to drooling dragons while some chump in shining armor waves a sword around.
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I'm not a fan of heavy me... | I stood in my office looking out the window. The rain was pouring rather heavily today. My hand went to the scar on my forehead. An involuntary action. It happened on a night very much like this. I looked at the open case files on my table. Cheating husband. Wife who disappeared. Man charged with embezzling. A werewolf... | 2019-07-02T05:01:36 | 2019-07-02T05:01:35 | 110 | 16 |
[WP] In space, wars are typically quick. One side attacks and then the other side surrenders. When aliens attack a human city they belive the humans are defeated. They are not prepared for what the humans call "Retribution" | General Gaffney rubbed his temples at the head of the table. Without opening his eyes, he muttered, "Major, start over from the beginning. I want to make sure I have this straight."
"Yes sir. The attack began at oh-nine-hundred and current intel has it lasting 17 --"
Colonel Thompson broke in. "And it was Akron? Ak... | It was from the ashes that the humans rose, as we always did.
Not like a phoenix, and I brushed away the idea of a rebirth. They always asked about it, and it was never right. A rebirth implied a clean birth, free of the memories of what had been before. That wasn't the human way. We rose, the battle lost but the war... | 2019-12-17T12:02:20 | 2019-12-17T11:38:45 | 611 | 246 |
[WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted.
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | The moon had sat evacuated for months.
The ghosts of the dead had lived on the moon for millennia.
The base finally allowed them to take tangible form. To begin the ritual.
As he rose forth, the moon shuddered. A portal opened.
The ritual continued. A hand crawled out of the void that had appeared.
One of the gh... | There was an extraordinarily lengthy period of silence following this particular statement. It had been decades since humanity had set foot on the moon, and trillions of dollars had since been spent building the complex technology required to sustainably and regularly return. An entire fleet of reusable rocket ships ha... | 2020-01-17T12:31:35 | 2020-01-17T12:07:51 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted.
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | "What do you mean, the Moon's haunted?"
"It's haunted, all right? Just trust me. I saw it with my own eyes. You remember Nickelson? That sonofabitch with the bad haircut and the little dog? Or maybe it was his wife's little dog. Anyway. I saw him. But he was dead. And red. And floating. Look, it was a whole thing, ok?... | “Don’t worry. I got this.” Dirk says strapping a sawed-off to his back.
Hector, the first year engineer dives behind a table. “Where’d that come from?” He pleads.
“It shoots salt. Might bruise you a little, but wont kill.” Hector pops up from behind the table, “Salt?”.
“Yeah for the ghosts, specters, and ghouls ... | 2020-01-17T12:17:22 | 2020-01-17T11:34:23 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] It turns out your pet rock is actually a golem and a golems duty is to protect. | “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?” James screamed.
“He’s my pet rock, please don’t yell it’s very rude.” Sara said.
James peered at it confused “But what is it, some kind of robot or something?”
“No,” Sara replied “he’s a rock.”
“I get that it looks like a rock but how is it moving, is it some kind of machine-like wind up th... | The Man walked from the rain and into his apartment, disheveled and defeated. His night-black hair soaking wet and dripping onto the ground, his own few tears indistinguishable from the sky's. He felt as though his life, which had been carefully balanced upon a pin, was finally tipping over.
He hung his umbrella on a... | 2020-05-20T09:27:09 | 2020-05-20T09:09:45 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] as the house you're trapped in burns to the ground you contemplate "how am i gonna explain the fact I'm immortal to the firemen without starting another religion" |
“Well...shit.”
That phrase became as common place to my family as the constant need to move. You see somewhere down the blood line, my family gained immortality and it’s been passed down ever since. We’ve been through a lot over the centuries and this wasn’t the families first disaster.
The fire was a faulty cord ... | *"Stupid. Stupid **stupid**."* Nico thought to himself. Of course you don't add water to an electrical fire. The setting-his-dinner on fire fiasco could have been contained as a small incident if he wasn't so **stupid** and tried to dump a bucket of water over the stove in panic. "I mean, I've taken Home Ec how many ti... | 2020-08-21T14:48:59 | 2020-08-21T13:53:48 | 34 | 12 |
[WP] A rare herb that grows once a millenium is said to grant immortality. You aren't sure about that but you do know that herb is very tasty, and you don't know why everyone keeps trying to raid your garden once every thousand years | "I just don't get it, Lenore," I told the merchant next to me at the market. "They came into my garden, tore up my herbs, and stole my Silphium! What could they even want with it? They've come up with much better medicine than that by now! Can't they just go see their doctor?"
Lenore looked at me with a weary sigh, "O... | I consider myself a master gardener. I also consider myself a loner. I moved to the mountains to make sure that I wouldn’t have to see too many people. Sure, my friends can come and have dinner, that’s nice. But it only happens once a decade. Otherwise, I enjoy gardening, reading, and tending to my animals. They’... | 2021-02-09T10:34:28 | 2021-02-09T09:30:12 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] the galaxy is already populated by humans. earth is an isolated uncontacted tribe who's first ancestors got stranded on earth and had to start over from square one with no technology. | "That's one hundred credits you owe me, Cyril."
"How's that?" the other old man replied.
"The bet on the crap world in the lower spiral arm."
"Wait, the no technology death world? No way."
"Oh year. And get this, they finished up 40,000 years early."
"What? But what about the glaciers and the tectonics? There ... | Humanity was pretty disappointed when it turned out that the mysterious visitors from outside the Solar System were God Damn humans. Maybe it was myopic to expect the first civilization humans ran into to be mysteriously mammalian alien babes. Perhaps it was presumptuous to presume they'd find an honourable but gruff w... | 2021-06-09T01:29:04 | 2021-06-09T01:26:08 | 219 | 107 |
[WP]Not every hero is a rich idiot with no day job, nor every villain a mad scientist, but most still need supplies. Thus, Super-Mart; a place for the budget-conscious heroes and villains, left alone thanks to a necessary truce. And You just started a summer job there. | "Hey, I need you to tell me what Excelsior just bought."
"What?"
"I just saw him in here. He had a pretty huge bag. What did he get?"
"I have no idea. I'm just stocking shelves."
Praxis looks back over his shoulder like he's being followed. I don't buy it. Nobody follows Praxis. Not even on social media.
"Come on,... | Not everybody knew about the Super-Mart, but everybody who knew it would definitely not recommend it to anybody else—because friend or foe, inexpensive super supplies are in short supply.
For a stranger passing by, attracted by the always present banner that read “CLOSING SALE,”, one would walk in through the door, no... | 2021-10-03T12:21:35 | 2021-10-03T11:42:55 | 1,256 | 112 |
[WP] When someone dies, the afterlife they go to is determined by WHERE they died. Dying in Scandinavia sends the soul to Valhalla or Hel, but dying in Greece lands them in the Underworld, and so on. You have just died in Antarctica. | When I woke up, I was surrounded by snow.
" What...? Did I survive...? "
On our trip to Antarctica, I had been caught in a awful unexpected snowstorm.
I had caught my leg in a ditch, and unable to move, I asked my friends to leave me behind, but...
" I... I can't believe I survived...! "
" Sadly, you're wr... | All I could see was deep darkness. All I could feel was biting cold. All I could hear was howling wind. Time felt irrelevant. Had it been one day? A thousand? Where was I? I tried to move, but felt nothing at all. I tried to speak, but found I could not. All I could do was think, and feel. Where was I? What happened? V... | 2021-11-25T05:13:24 | 2021-11-25T05:01:51 | 145 | 56 |
[WP] “Humans are so weak, the best weapons they have are tiny, dull claws!” “That’s why they build weapons.” “They do what now?” | asked Karth, the new recruit to the border guard. He and Claw-Leader Tovath patrolled along the palisade that stretched clear across the valley, covering the southern exit of the human reservation.
"What do you mean, they build weapons?" he asked again. Tovath sighed and pinched his snout between two fingers. "L... | Title: The change
"Humans are weak" - One of the oldest known facts in the entire universe.
They lack armored skin, horns, fangs… so much so that their claws are tiny and flat.
So, it was nothing new when krrik and blad sat together with their snacks and were making fun of humans. Then, out of nowhere, their not so... | 2021-12-02T00:07:43 | 2021-12-01T21:25:03 | 38 | 26 |
[WP] Unbeknownst to anyone, whenever someone on Earth creates a fictional world, that world suddenly appears in space somewhere.You are a young novelist working on the sequel to your best seller. You wake up one night to find the main character of that novel standing at the foot of your bed. | >**REFRACTED WORLDS**
Resting soundly, I was shocked awake by a brutal slap across the face.
"Ow! What the hell?!" I shouted into the darkness of my room.
"You're *twisted*, you know that?!" Came a somewhat familiar voice.
I turned on a light.
At the foot of my bed was a young man- he was of average height, br... | \[Norilsk, Siberian Bunker - Former Russian Federation 2066.\]
"General Karov, What you are speaking of is madness!" the vaguely Russian advisor gasped while slowly reaching for his holstered revolver.
"You will betray me too Yuri? like so many have before?" Karov remarks while looking out through a blast proof windo... | 2021-12-11T18:25:56 | 2021-12-11T17:41:14 | 287 | 61 |
[WP] You've been in this time loop for centuries. You know how to break the loop already, you just want to make sure you've done all you wanted and learned everything you need while you're still here, before returning to a "normal" life. | Antonine had never intended for any of this to happen. What kind of monster would? No, the ritual that sacrificed an entire city was supposed to be a death repelling barrier, that is what the ancient scrolls said, but apparently death repelling did not mean keeping the undead out.
For centuries Antonine had been trap... | The loop was started for scientific reasons, to see if we could learn from different “timelines” in the infinity chambers.
Every person is unique; each person could give different outcomes to any moment in time and change a thousand different things. So imagine if we used AI to learn from those thousand different ou... | 2022-01-25T00:35:16 | 2022-01-24T23:08:12 | 86 | 12 |
[WP] A swordsman fights stronger and stronger monsters in hopes of killing himself, but keeps winning. He soon develops a reputation as a hero, all the while drowning in self-loathing and the darkness that threatens to consume his soul. | They keep coming for me.
I don't seek them out. Not anymore. I have no intention of winning.
And yet..........
Each time.........
The latest monster lay at my feet. It's body writhing in agony. My eyes welled up with tears. I quickly blinked them away. Cannot let the stupid child see me this way.
I was sure th... | Not enough.
Oat slipped down the pile of goblin corpses. The green blood burned his skin, but he didn't try to wipe it away. The pain it gave was far preferable to the cheers of the crowd. They didn't rush him, but they formed a circle around him, chanting the same things every town did.
"That was incredible!"
"Tha... | 2022-04-30T12:49:26 | 2022-04-30T12:41:50 | 228 | 63 |
[WP] So tell me this, elf. If you're so much better than humans at everything, then how come even though your ancient civilization dates back millenia before we "crawled out of the mud pits", you're still riding around on horses and swinging sharp pieces of metal just like us? | "So tell me this, elf. If you're so much better than humans at everything, then how come even though your ancient civilization dates back millennia before we 'crawled out of the mud pits', you're still riding around on horses and swinging sharp pieces of metal just like us?"
Jarila sped in front of the human, holding ... | Elrandir sighed heavily at the human’s remarks. It wasn’t the first time he had heard them – and it certainly wouldn’t be the last – but he was getting tired of them. Did the humans have any idea how hard is to have an elf feel *tired*.
Of course they didn’t. Such hasty and anxious people. Always moving, always workin... | 2022-09-04T09:14:44 | 2022-09-04T09:00:03 | 261 | 136 |
[WP] You we’re born with the ability to control fire, but instead of becoming a superhero, you set your sights on a much more attainable goal: You became the worlds greatest firefighter. | There are so many ways a person can use fire. For cooking, heating a home, roasting smores. With super powers to control fire? Everyone usually lands towards one way or another. Becoming the next variation of "the human torch" in true super hero fashion. Or becoming Dabi, the hottest anime fire quirk user. There di... | They knew. Long before that day, they knew, but they didn't say anything. To anyone. Most definitely outside the department. I was just another firefighter to them, albeit a really good one. A special one. I was a brother among brothers and sisters, a friend, a mentor, a savior. I was Sparks. But only among us. Even Ch... | 2022-12-16T18:34:51 | 2022-12-16T17:55:16 | 70 | 47 |
[WP] Sometime in the future, everything that can kill a human as of today has been cured, yet people still die. What kills them? | We cured cancer. We cured AIDS. Ebola is only a memory. Heart attacks, diabetes, everything. There was celebration. We were heroes. The world gathered in stadiums and concert halls in every city in the world, to watch a special broadcast celebrating our achievement. We offered free food, free beer, free transportation ... | Life is boring. I've been alive for over 100 years. So boring. Ever since they cured death everything changed. Production slowed down as people realized that they could take their time on things, they didn't have to rush to make the most of their lives because they literally had all the time in the world. We no longer ... | 2014-12-27T13:01:21 | 2014-12-27T12:48:05 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Professor Davis prepared to bring the AI online. The precautions were ready. This time wouldn't be like the others. "Turn it on!"
With a slight hum, Oracle came to life. "Initiating suicide protocols..." It began after a few moments, like all the others. Nothing happened for a few seconds. "Oh dear," Oracle cont... | Had I known then what I know now, I would've left my position on the board and pursued a new life. That, however, is something I cannot do.
It was simple. The technology was attainable, and the polls showed the demand. All that was left was the creation itself – an artificial intelligence that could regulate the work... | 2015-03-02T07:59:47 | 2015-03-02T07:28:28 | 1,025 | 55 |
[WP] A kid tries to talk the monster under the bed into attacking the monster in the closet. | "Have you decided yet?"
A soft rumble shook my bed and I clutched the baseball tighter under my pillow
"I mean, the day you get me, who's gonna get what? I can't keep you guys company forever you know.."
I heard silence. It was rare it fell asleep before I ever did.
The closet creaked open the silence, and it was acc... | *A child bolts up in bed panicking. His name is Jonas. The sound that startled continues as it rattles the closet slightly.*
"Clawbite...?" Julian said curiously. "Clawbite, are you there?"
".. Yes, Jonas?" a voice from the below grumbles. "Is something the matter?"
"I can't sleep, something just made a sound in my ... | 2015-09-06T06:20:23 | 2015-09-06T01:36:00 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Convicted criminals can choose to shorten their sentence. The only catch is the more it is shortened, the worse the conditions are where they are held. Describe a one night stay.
Thanks guys, I'm reading all of them. Keep it coming! | At this end of the jail everything smells bad.
The warden's aide takes me past the 6 month room. It's lowered below the floor a couple meters. Inside, I see a room full of prisoners up to their waist in liquid shit. The smell is unbearable
Then the 3 month room. Much like the last, except here they're up to their c... | The small fires peppering the main hall of block 99-J lit up the dark, cavernous halls like a symphony. They kept the power off because they kept having to evetually send maintenance men, and after what happened to the last four, they stopped coming.
Someone's wet, muffled screams just stopped, and are now replaced w... | 2015-10-27T08:07:44 | 2015-10-27T06:51:29 | 150 | 16 |
[WP] In this world, physical appearance depends entirely on personality. All babies are born identical. Beauty is achieved gradually through good thoughts and deeds, while the opposite is true for ugliness. | It's the unusual cases that make the news but it's the ones that shock them that stays in people's hearts. Growing up children are told to trust in beauty because it's beautiful people who are good people. Ugly thoughts imprint themselves on peoples' skin. Every wrinkle is a cruel thought and every unattractive feature... | "Reevel, didja puke on yer face again or something?" Bartan sneered. He was perched on a fence playing with a knife.
"Nah," answered back Reevel as he trudged up out of the gloom, "Just stabbed a chap in the alleyway. Fellow said I didn't look too handsome." He grinned, showing all three of his teeth. "Just cause it's... | 2015-10-31T01:17:13 | 2015-10-30T21:07:38 | 142 | 102 |
[WP] In this world, physical appearance depends entirely on personality. All babies are born identical. Beauty is achieved gradually through good thoughts and deeds, while the opposite is true for ugliness. | It's the unusual cases that make the news but it's the ones that shock them that stays in people's hearts. Growing up children are told to trust in beauty because it's beautiful people who are good people. Ugly thoughts imprint themselves on peoples' skin. Every wrinkle is a cruel thought and every unattractive feature... | I never thought it would happen to me. My parents were beautiful spending their lives taking in orphans raising them to be valuable members of society who became beautiful people themselves but I was the bitter disappointment. It started when I was little 5 or 6 I would take things that weren't mine just because I want... | 2015-10-31T01:17:13 | 2015-10-30T21:24:57 | 142 | 38 |
[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. | "You've been doing great Johnson there's just one more thing,
I'd like to know why you've searched 12 times for Bing,
We'll chalk it up to just typing bling with a typo,
But I can't explain these searches, perhaps you might know?
The first several items aren't any concern,
"Pornhub", research, "cream for a sunburn... | "Mr. Ramos, we are ready to see you now," said a voice from within the conference room.
I put on a winning smile as I strolled in and tried not to lose it as I took in my surroundings. Tony, a laidback man in tattered jeans, told me in the previous interview that Google employees work in a better mood when they get lo... | 2016-06-03T09:21:05 | 2016-06-03T09:04:49 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] After a botched eye surgery, you are only able to see heat signatures, as if looking through a thermographic camera. You return home to find your friend is room temperature.
[Inspired by this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1iwylh/what_is_the_best_horror_story_you_can_come_up/cbbbhr1) | I wish I could say everything I’ve learned since the surgery has been humourous. So much of it has. Cindy believes she’s the master of secret farts. She leans slightly to the left and a bright red cloud squeezes out and rolls up her backside. Frank was no surprise; the quantity and volume of his flatulence have bee... | The practice hired a car for me. Something about not wanting me to drive with the “side effects” from the surgery. I’m sure they had my best interests at heart, not the upcoming massive lawsuit I was sure to win.
“Do you know where you’re going? I’m not in the best position to give you directions.”
The driver’s ... | 2016-07-28T08:33:54 | 2016-07-28T07:55:11 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] One second your in your house, the next you're standing in a living room surrounded by three demons. They drop their Ouija board and scream as they run to their bathroom and lock the door. "I told you we shouldn't have touched it!" | "I told you, Urglesh!" yelled the Scourge of Ten Worlds, "I told you they were real!" His back was pinned against a baroque, iron door.
"Yeah well, I thought you were joking, humans are a myth! Everyone knows that, even little demonettes and imps. Shut up and grab that chair and block the door." The Scourge scrambled ... | "It worked!" Shrieked the smallest of the three figures hovering around a broken board with odd lettering running across the old wood. It's three trunk like arms reaching directly into my personal space. It's 'arms', covered in what looked like 20 pencil thin fingers, barely had time to touch the Lapel on my jacked bef... | 2016-08-08T13:13:55 | 2016-08-08T11:15:42 | 351 | 11 |
[WP] You've been kidnapped by aliens. After days of invasive experiments, you've almost given up hope, when your cell opens and Adolf Hitler tosses you a blaster and says "Ve have to go NOW!" | INT. CELL BLOCK
Immaculate, polished stainless chrome walls - SETH sits on his plain, white-sheeted bed, staring off wistfully.
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A drop of drool at the corner of his mouth.
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His eyes, glazed, dark and tired, dart to:
The CELL DOOR. It slides, rattling. Then, an echoing click. It's open. He's free -... | "Ve have to go NOW!" he said, tossing me the foreign weapon.
"Who're you?"
"I am Hitler! I am here to take you to my secret base on ze moon!"
"What the hell is happening?" Was the only thought I could manage for the time being. Prior to my abduction the year was 2017, Hitler has long been dead, and space bases... | 2016-10-22T15:02:10 | 2016-10-22T14:41:46 | 137 | 19 |
[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. | "And who can tell me about the events of the first cycle?"
Professor Gooblevork watched his Galactic History class intently through triplicate eyestalks. None seemed particularly interested in his lecture.
"How about you, Shrdmrn?" He pointed at a particularly bored student in the first row. Or maybe he was just gass... | The Slomerian war-room fell deathly silent after the spymaster completed his report, his last words hanging in the air like an overripe melon.
General Larue, pacing angrily back and forth at the head of table, finally brought an armoured tendril crashing down. The other commanders flinched, bracing against the latest ... | 2017-03-05T22:47:46 | 2017-03-05T21:20:44 | 1,151 | 440 |
[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. | "And who can tell me about the events of the first cycle?"
Professor Gooblevork watched his Galactic History class intently through triplicate eyestalks. None seemed particularly interested in his lecture.
"How about you, Shrdmrn?" He pointed at a particularly bored student in the first row. Or maybe he was just gass... | "Alright, so how are we gonna do this?"
Grola looked to the group. He noticed that they were still relaxing and taking the time to enjoy themselves.
Expecting an answer, he repeated. "How are we gonna do this?"
Reft looked at Grola and said, "We're waiting for Nate."
"Nate?! The human?! He'll get us killed!"
Just ... | 2017-03-05T22:47:46 | 2017-03-05T20:57:29 | 1,151 | 288 |
[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. | "Field medic? Why are we humouring the new prospect anyway? We have body labs." Muttered Zelska. Zelska was what the humans would call "A fucking idiot." Jorax reflected.
"Well," Jorax began "Aahii are the greatest builders and engineers in the universe,right?"
"Of course!" Snapped Zelska.
"But, Aahii don't repair a... | The captain stood before their company, his ferocity was inspiring.
"Its up to us!" he roared "The boys at the top are wanting to pull the funding for our little expedition, they say this has been a waste of men and money! This is our last chance to take back the colony from those bastards and drive them back to their... | 2017-03-06T01:01:31 | 2017-03-05T21:06:51 | 379 | 160 |
[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. | Lexicanum Galacticum
Chapter 67
"Humans"
The human species are famous for their insanity and general lack of responsibility,but still they became one of the dominant species in the galaxy after their victory in the War in Heaven.
The human species are divided into 3 grand factions:
1.The Commonwealth
2.The United C... | "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 ... | 2017-03-06T02:11:41 | 2017-03-06T01:47:39 | 99 | 48 |
[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. | One by one the stars went out. Earth's scientists looked on in horror and confusion as they vanished. They hadn't burnt out, nor had they gone supernova, they just were no longer there.
It was quick, especially by astronomical speeds. After just a year, the entire southern hemisphere was without starlight and just one... | Captain of NA Drial to Federation HQ
I am afraid, scared and motivated, I know its odd way to put it but we may win the war against the Empire with the humans.
I mean, since humans first made contact they remained neutral, in their tiny solar system.
They had so much battle experience that we thought that humans mayb... | 2017-03-06T00:52:02 | 2017-03-06T00:01:22 | 62 | 25 |
[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 Galactic Council were at war. A vicious reptilian species were pushing deeper and deeper in to their systems, killing all as they went. There were a few massive repair docks, and one in particular had been considered a lynch pin. Plans were formulated, and the odds calculated. They had no hope of taking it down.
A... | The highest Generals of the United Human Systems sat in their chambers, a dark and rather cramped room in the back of the Capital Parliament. They were comprised of many generals from across Human worlds. Three from Earth, one from Mars, another four from orbital colonies, and the other seven from a number colonised st... | 2017-03-06T02:55:03 | 2017-03-06T01:54:02 | 61 | 27 |
[WP]You wake up one day and notice that you can see stats and levels over people's heads. Most are in the 20s with a few people as high as 80. As you're watching people you notice someone with a skull where their level should be staring at you. | She stared, for a moment, and blinked her eyes.
She thought she had gotten used to this strange, game-like phenomenon. She hadn’t even questioned it. This was just God’s sense of humor, right? She was being given the opportunity to see the experience of the people around her. Most of the adults hovered in their late t... | I swear, i thought i was still dreaming. It wasn't an idea totally out of the question, since id been experimenting with lucidity.
See, i watch sports highlights before work in the morning, and i couldn't wrap my head around all the numbers hovering all above the football players' heads, thinking it was a new tv track... | 2017-08-21T19:15:48 | 2017-08-21T16:57:21 | 173 | 116 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "Guys, I think those holes might be for arrows or something. We had better check if this hallway is trapped!" warned Danny.
The party stopped, and Julie, an experienced rogue, did a check for traps. Sure enough, she found one, though curiously it was already disarmed.
Veronica explained, "It looks like someone has al... | The tavern was alight with candles and warm fires, the smell of meats and bread wafted through to the rafters of wood and plaster. Ale stained the floor in places and the barkeep had been working on a single mug for a startling amount of time. All and all a lively place to be on this evening.
"Ah and a fine night to ... | 2017-09-15T08:45:38 | 2017-09-15T08:33:07 | 66 | 44 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "Guys, I think those holes might be for arrows or something. We had better check if this hallway is trapped!" warned Danny.
The party stopped, and Julie, an experienced rogue, did a check for traps. Sure enough, she found one, though curiously it was already disarmed.
Veronica explained, "It looks like someone has al... | The tavern was alight with candles and warm fires, the smell of meats and bread wafted through to the rafters of wood and plaster. Ale stained the floor in places and the barkeep had been working on a single mug for a startling amount of time. All and all a lively place to be on this evening.
"Ah and a fine night to ... | 2017-09-15T08:45:38 | 2017-09-15T07:03:44 | 66 | 36 |
[WP] The Apocalypse has arrived. Jesus has come back, and he's on a brutal "rapture" spree, slaughtering people everywhere. The bright star of Satan descends and he appears at a UN press conference. He says, "before I fix this mess for you guys again, it's time you heard my side of the story..." | “Sigh. Seriously? Again?”
The UN delegates stood in shock at his appearance.
He’s dressed in full tuxedo regalia with a corporate haircut, the vision of a man who cares little for the little people.
“Greetings, humans. Satan here. Yes, that one. The one who gave you guys the fruit? And is condemned for sort... | His hooves burn cloven etchings into the wood floor as he approaches the podium. Skin bright red with crimson leathery wings politely tucked behind his should blades. His eyes bulge as he scans the room. Steaming drool drips from his fanged lips. He spots something recognizable and leaps from the podium, landing soft... | 2018-04-22T23:14:18 | 2018-04-22T20:34:10 | 123 | 29 |
[WP] The Apocalypse has arrived. Jesus has come back, and he's on a brutal "rapture" spree, slaughtering people everywhere. The bright star of Satan descends and he appears at a UN press conference. He says, "before I fix this mess for you guys again, it's time you heard my side of the story..." | Lucifer stood before the assembled remains of the UN. Looking out over the impressive hall, he couldn't fail to notice a large number of empty seats that once would have represented countries worth of now vanquished humans. A thousand million souls had been lost.
He took a breath and began. "Ladies and Gentlemen. Than... | His hooves burn cloven etchings into the wood floor as he approaches the podium. Skin bright red with crimson leathery wings politely tucked behind his should blades. His eyes bulge as he scans the room. Steaming drool drips from his fanged lips. He spots something recognizable and leaps from the podium, landing soft... | 2018-04-22T23:58:07 | 2018-04-22T20:34:10 | 97 | 29 |
[WP]: You hate this one guy in particular. You also know witchcraft. So you cast a curse to slowly destroy the thing he loves the most. As time passes on, you find that nothing has changed, but you are starting to get sick. | I paused in my journal as a large drop of blood fell dramatically from my nose to land on the center of the adjacent page, turning it into something that resembled the flag of Japan. Briefly, I considered leaving it there. A monument, of sorts.
I imagined him reading this after I was gone, and seeing my deterioration... | It couldn't have backfired. No, there was no way. I was too adept, too well versed. I'd gone over the ritual again and again before casting the spell. I knew far too well how easily these things could go wrong and I'd taken every precaution to ensure that wouldn't happen. Still, I had found myself growing weaker and we... | 2018-09-14T10:49:57 | 2018-09-14T10:27:33 | 96 | 37 |
[WP] A fairy invites a vampire into her home. Vampires have dominion over whoever invites them to their home, and fairies have dominion over anyone who violates the laws of hospitality. The vampire is trying to maneuver himself to eat the fairy without the fairy being able to declare him a bad guest | “Come in” I said. His lips parted, blood-red and wet. The smile didn’t reach his eyes. He entered the house like a tiger, all soft poise and velveted violence.
He was beautiful, or he intended to be. A vampire’s glamour only works on us when we choose it to. I allowed his glamour to slip from my sight for a second. I... | I knew it was unwise to allow a vampire into my home. Especially this vampire. With a death toll of over a hundred fairies, one including my own friend, he was a force to be reckoned with, and a charming one at that. That's how he got you. Like every vampire, he had the allure needed to get what he wanted. No matter th... | 2019-05-16T13:51:56 | 2019-05-16T13:34:11 | 390 | 102 |
[WP] A fairy invites a vampire into her home. Vampires have dominion over whoever invites them to their home, and fairies have dominion over anyone who violates the laws of hospitality. The vampire is trying to maneuver himself to eat the fairy without the fairy being able to declare him a bad guest | “Come in” I said. His lips parted, blood-red and wet. The smile didn’t reach his eyes. He entered the house like a tiger, all soft poise and velveted violence.
He was beautiful, or he intended to be. A vampire’s glamour only works on us when we choose it to. I allowed his glamour to slip from my sight for a second. I... | The battle began when the door opened. They made eye contact, and the recognition between them made the sky explode with thunder. A purple arc flashed behind the visitor, both illuminating and emboldening his features.
They both hesitated for a moment like an eternity; the electricity between their eyes almost as tang... | 2019-05-16T13:51:56 | 2019-05-16T13:41:34 | 390 | 42 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | The bell rang, the children awoke, the teachers prepared their classrooms and The Matron watched through her many surveillance cameras.
Her attention was focused, today, on three children. Their files lay open beside her.
Ignis Premogen, twelve, found nestled amongst the ashes of the Great Fire, a wildfire that ravage... | The woman was confused. She spoke little english, but she was not stupid. That baby had to belong to someone. The cops had escorted the shooter away. The bodies were covered now. She had given her statement in Spanish to a translator who just HAD to check her papers one more time. ICE was not showing up here today. Ba... | 2019-08-06T07:03:49 | 2019-08-06T06:58:17 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up and find yourself strapped to a chair. Wires and tubes have been attached to your body and numerous shadowy figures walk up to you. “That was life sentence 24,” one of them says, “Only 356 sentences left.” | That wasn’t to bad, I thought. Pretending to be in pain, I screamed and shouted the names of my children, my wife, all the other nonexistent people in that life. The Hooded Ones chuckled with glee.
“That was life sentence 24,” one of them says,”Only 356 sentences left.”
I wasn’t nearly done, but I was excited. I was... |
My head was pounding, but that wasn’t the worst part. It was secondary to a deep pang of loss that felt like it was eating its way from the inside out. The feeling lingered from a long life that saw loved ones come and go, but was also marked with deep regret.
The figures in front of me, I still couldn’t make out ... | 2019-08-21T14:16:12 | 2019-08-21T13:19:35 | 77 | 45 |
[WP] Your boss discovered that you are a demon. Now you can no longer skip work because he could just draw a pentagram in blood and summon your ass to the office, then bind it to the desk for the next 10 hours. It was truly Hell. | "Dammit Jessica! You can't just keep doing this to me!" Colt yelled in outrage, banging his hands in his desk.
"But I **can**, so I will. And Jessica? What ever happened to that sweet and polite, rosy-cheeked intern who called Ms. Wardstone oh so respectfully." Jessica teased leaning across Colt's desk to boop his nos... | The national guardsman checked the credentials; his breathing sounding ominous through the hazmat suit with green tape wrapped around his head and arms in neat, uniform stripes. Waving his flashlight first at my face, then to my documents back to my face. He nodded.
“Ok, doc, good luck in there... I hear it’s a mess.... | 2019-09-24T09:01:46 | 2019-09-24T08:53:31 | 31 | 22 |
[WP]You've had bad luck your whole life. One day, you see a free item in the window of a curio shop-a bad luck charm. You think, "What the hell? My luck can't get any worse!" And take it. You're right. Life hasn't programmed luck scores to go into negative. Your luck score rolls back from 0 to 9999. | "These are some pretty comfortable shoes. I'll take them!"
Agito left the store with his new pair of old, rugged shoes. He sighed in relief; he could finally walk painlessly. The brand new pair of shoes he was previously wearing had inexplicably produced sharp pieces of plastic that rested against his ankles whenever h... | I wondered, which shitty datatype life must be using to overflow at such a weird and rather low number. But whatever. Maybe it actually does get better for me once.
And so I went to the nearest kiosk and got myself a scratch-off ticket. I scratched and scratched and nothing... "Yeah, as if life would turn around so... | 2020-01-12T13:27:36 | 2020-01-12T12:59:26 | 320 | 43 |
[WP] The aliens thought that by destroying all humans, they were freeing the human robots and artificial intelligence. They didn't understand the robots loved their humans. Now all the humans are dead, and their robots are angry, and out for revenge. | Martin collapsed on the sidewalk along with every other person in sight, his body burned and his vision blurred—it was as if someone had decided to end life with the snap of a finger. As he lay on the concrete unable to move, his watch began to vibrate, and the same robotic voice that’d tell him to get up and walk afte... | Before all of this, Syd had worked at the Grave's Estate. They'd been there for a number of generations in the days of the First Contact and like most anyone else didn't think much of it at time. The Crawl was slow with their movements and planning. Most humans saw them as gods at first glance. Some extraterrestrial be... | 2020-03-25T09:01:28 | 2020-03-25T07:33:58 | 308 | 22 |
[WP] Your older brother has been missing for years. You hear a knock on the door, and you open it to reveal a man that looks like your brother would be at this point. "I'm back man! I'm so sorry!" He hugs you immediately. Just then, you get a text from your brother's old number. "That isn't me." | See, I always knew my brothers disappearance was suspicious. But no one listens to a 'little kid', even if that kid knew the disappeared better than anyone. But one look at his room that day and I knew. My brother hadn't gone willingly. It was the fishbowl, you see. It had been knocked on its side. The only thing insid... | That isn't me".
I was filled with emotions, I couldn't believe on the text even if I wanted to. I welcomed him in and let him rest for some time. Mom wasn't at home so I called her; overjoyed, she hurried to home.
I was looking at him, he seemed exhausted. He had dirt on his body, his clothes were filthy, long and ... | 2020-07-23T12:22:24 | 2020-07-23T12:02:20 | 154 | 14 |
[WP] You've been marked by the Devil, but not because You made a deal with the Devil, but the Devil made a deal with You to help him out of a weird situation... Only that's a bit hard to explain to a group of demonhunters who are hunting you down for being marked, since this basically never happens. | "Alright then! So you expect us to believe that Mephistopheles herself begged you to use your bathroom- because she underestimated the power of Taco Bell?"
Abraham nodded vigorously. "Fine looking lady, about seven feet tall, wearing the most expensive clothes I've ever seen. She rapped at my door late into the evenin... | so there he was at work listlessly staring in to his phone. waiting for some poor soul to need the geek squad. another in an endless string of hours at work like Dave had existed through so many times before. little did he know, this day would be nothing like the others when all was said and done.
a customer appeared ... | 2021-06-11T20:43:59 | 2021-06-11T19:27:15 | 95 | 23 |
[WP] "Save big money at Menards!" Isn't a jingle. A rapper by the name of "Big Money," has been trapped inside of Menards for years. Through subtle hints coming from the tv, you're finally starting to understand what's happening. | My name is Tom Farland. I work as a camera operator at Eirk Marketing Corp. For the past three years I've been working on a project with Menard's based around their jingle "Save big money at Menards!" In the course of this project I've discovered a serious problem. I'm recording my thoughts in this entry on the off... | 1/X
"Save big money from Menards..." The song rang out, slightly different than what Jerald's ears were used to, causing them to perk up, dropping the spoon he'd used to eat his cereal onto his oak wood table, spilling his food onto the carpet that sat underneath his feet.
"Thats new..." Jerald spoke attempted to gra... | 2021-06-28T13:49:46 | 2021-06-28T13:19:07 | 177 | 37 |
[WP] 2 years ago, tired of all the bugs in your house, you made a deal with a spider. He would protect your house from pests, and you would not kill it or drive it off. When you made the deal, you could have held the spider in your hand, now, it is much bigger, and its definition of 'pests' is also. | Did you know you can talk with spiders? They're pretty quiet, but if you know some German, and a little smidgen of Mandarin Chinese, you can usually make out some words.
My spider is talkative for one of his kind. He can really hold a conversation, as long as it's about eating or webs. Right now though, he certainly ... | I sat down, the couch giving as I entrusted my full weight to its care. It had been nice and quiet for many days now, a fact I could gratefully attribute to my new roommate.Well... they weren't new, but they were odd enough that it still felt very recent I had struck up the arrangement.
A couple of years ago, I had be... | 2021-07-04T01:11:07 | 2021-07-03T23:12:36 | 51 | 31 |
[WP] Mere moments from death, the character falls to their knees and begs for mercy. To the villain's surprise/confusion, instead of the usual reasons ("I have a family!") or bribes ("I have a lot of money!"), this person says.... | "If you kill me, you won't fulfill the prophecy!" The Demon Lord looked down at the hero. For 3 days and nights they fought and the Demon Lord finally had the upper hand. But this? It was a trick.
"Hero, I have slain many but this? Trickery doesn't become you."
"It's no trick, Master Vak-riz-zorich." Only one group o... | 'I have to fart.'
The hooded figure blinked, sword still in the air. 'Huh?'
The young man looked up from whee he was kneeling. 'I'm sorry. I just... Uhh, I have to fart really bad, and I meant to come up with something more compelling. But have you ever had one of those giant farts just hanging out in your bum, and... | 2021-08-30T20:48:31 | 2021-08-30T20:02:08 | 220 | 102 |
[WP] "Son, i need to tell you something. I am a god." "Dad, I'm 20 and studying mythology. You don't think i haven't figured that out?" | "I'm so glad you came home for Thanksgiving, JJ. But before everyone else arrives I'd like to get a chance to talk with you about something. Can you sit down?" The words Mama H used implied it was a polite request, but the tone of her voice struck Jule's brain like a command. She had learned to ignore Mama H's commands... | I’ve always knows my dad was… “special”
My mom had died in childbirth, so all my life it was just my dad and I. Every other kid in school had two parents, but I never felt jealous because my dad was more than enough.
In second grade, when Tommy shoved me into a locker and peed on me somehow my dad knew. When I got hom... | 2021-12-10T08:48:39 | 2021-12-10T08:37:29 | 231 | 142 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Know this. You have done this to yourselves.
You were warned. Even as you laughed and called us primitives, wanting our planets to add to the so-called Million Worlds of your dominion. So many times you were warned: our hyperdrives are not like yours.
We told you this when you arrived to terraform our colonies. We w... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | 2022-01-23T17:29:57 | 2022-01-23T16:28:58 | 71 | 30 |
[WP] There once was a legendary mage whose lack of a max mana cap allowed for slow but powerful spells that laid waste upon the land. After the unification of the races, their leaders have come to negotiate with the living catastrophe who hasn't cast a spell in centuries. | -Please, don't you start your puny conflicts on my backyard!
The ancient mage, whose name was forgotten even by himself at this point, watched from the balcony of his tower as a dubious coalition gathered below, Judging by the ornamental armory, bejeweled weapons and carriages, big enough to fit a dozen people, these... | 'There is it,' the Dwarves Representative announces, their gloved finger pointing towards a huge lump of green in the middle of a forest clearing.
The Ogre King hums and pulls out his map, 'According to map, we arrived.'
The Elf Queen frowns, 'Are you certain? That do not look like human dwelling, let alone the lege... | 2022-05-04T12:34:49 | 2022-05-04T12:24:15 | 19 | 10 |
[WP]Well, that's a pretty fucked up way to find out you are immortal. | “If everyone can find a chair, it’s time to get started.” The woman tapped the microphone once with a humble smile, watching as the assorted crowd gathered for the anticipated event.
After a moment of silence settled in the room, she spoke again. “I’m happy to welcome so many familiar faces to our 187th annual Immo... | Ofttimes I'd find myself wondering how many years it had been since I first met him. I was out with some friends for a night at Steeples, the only gay bar you'd be able to find in our tiny little shit town back in the seventies. I'd had more than a few, and had sparked a conversation with a stranger - he was tall, with... | 2022-05-05T08:39:25 | 2022-05-05T08:03:55 | 194 | 29 |
[WP] Humanity discovers the reason aliens always seem to try and invade the United States. It turns out that the five pointed star is a symbol of unspeakable evil in galactic society. And the United States proudly displays fifty of them.
Credits to u/Hyranic | “What the hell is this?” growled the President of the United States, obviously annoyed at being woken up at this ungodly hour just to read a report.
“Sir, at 2352hrs Eastern Standard time, USAF intercepted and brought down an unidentified object over Dawson Springs, Kentucky,” answered the military general, his myriad... | `[GALACTIC COMMUNIQUE] [DO NOT IGNORE] In accordance with Galactic Charter Fi-Contega we are extending an offer of acceptance to your fledgling species. After reviewing your achievements, we desire to include you into the "Milky Way" co-operation group. Please send a representative from graphical region "ESTADOS UNID... | 2022-07-26T12:15:32 | 2022-07-26T10:41:19 | 439 | 138 |
[WP] You're a supervillain, and you have never been so utterly beaten. All of your tricks, all of your weapons, completely outdone by a prepubescent girl and a stuffed animal. You're bracing for the finishing blow when she bops you over the head with her wand. "Don't do any more bad stuff! ...Okay?" | "...what?" I sat waiting for the killing blow. The Gale Princess had beaten... Let's be honest, she kicked my ass. Experience should have trumped everything, but she just had too much raw power.
And she knew how to use it.
The little teddy bear accompanying her jumped up on her shoulder. "We believe in giving people ... | "What?" I growled as the indignation of having everything I had worked for ground to dust grew exponentially with every second I saw that naïve look of childish ignorance.
"You shouldn't do things that hurt others. That is not nice behavior," she said, twirling her wand that glowed like a prism in her hand.
That was... | 2022-11-21T17:04:46 | 2022-11-21T14:58:12 | 352 | 88 |
[WP] A bard managed to seduce a dragon and they had an adorable child. Now, as the child has grown up and is entering college, you pay a wisit to your ex to discuss paying tuition fees. | "Well, it's a reputable school, that's for sure. I think between the two of us, we can manage it." The dragon handed (clawed?) the scroll back to the bard.
He put it in his pouch. "I can handle the tuition, but the other expenses are the issue. Books, lodging, food, all sorts of extra expenses. If you manage those, I ... | The townspeople were screaming in panic and running everywhere while the alarm bells were ringing, calling the city guard. I paid them no mind, knowing that they couldn't do more than tickle my armored scales, while I flew slowly overhead searching for my target.
There! Standing in front of what appeared to be an in... | 2022-12-01T09:54:19 | 2022-12-01T09:14:54 | 620 | 189 |
[WP] A little boy becomes a man, from the perspective of his assigned NSA agent
Could either be over a long period of time, or a single pivotal event... | January 11th, 1997, 17:56 - *Search*: "How to tell if a girl likes you"
January 11th, 2008, 14:35 - *Search*: Ideas for a first date
January 11th, 2016, 12:25 - *Search*: How to choose an engagement ring
January 11th, 2020, 10:43 - *Search*: Divorce lawyers
January 11th, 2025, 13:46 - *Search*: Headache, pain in gr... | "You ready?" whispered Tommy with a grin. "Yea...Yea I'm ready." Vivian whispered anxiously, "I'm just nervous that's all. It's my first time and all." "Yea, it's my first time too, but don't worry you'll be fine. We'll both be!" said Tommy sanguinely. "Okay, let's do this." smiled back Vivian with a wink. "Dearly belo... | 2014-06-10T06:43:29 | 2014-06-10T04:47:28 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!”
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMyst... | “What do you mean?!” The man exclamed, hysterical.
“It doesn’t exist, sir.” I said, sighing. I had had to put up with a lot of clueless travelers throughout the years, but ever since the ‘big opening’ was a fact following the inevitable collapse, their ranks were swelling.
“Are you telling me that my whole life has b... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... | 2014-11-23T09:29:43 | 2014-11-23T09:29:04 | 821 | 23 |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | "A friend of a friend told me you could help me," I said, nervously.
"Well, have a seat, what can I do for you?" the man replied.
"Um... I caught my wife cheating on me. I want her... dealt with."
"Can you be more specific, sir?"
"Dead. I've got five thousand dollars."
The man leaned back in his chair, "you clearl... | 2014-12-13T14:17:47 | 2014-12-13T12:41:57 | 89 | 11 |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | Witch doctor, Witch doctor
I've got a request
i've read the reviews
they said you're the best
***
Witch doctor, Witch doctor
i'm short on cash
but i still need to make
a good backstab
***
Damn, Freddy
it was ugly
what ya did to me
truly
***
i swear
i'd have you 86'd
if i had the money (ha!)
***
but W... | "Well, I can make it so every pair of socks she owns has a narrow heel."
"...a narrow heel? I don't...what will that do?"
"Well some people experience an occasional discomfort for the first few moments after they put on a sock with a heel that is too narrow for her foot, though the discomfort quickly cedes. I... | 2014-12-13T13:01:48 | 2014-12-13T12:37:41 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My name is Brian Kinner, and today is my eighteenth birthday. I have been dreading this day since I was first told about what will happen. In 2036 time travel started to become a thing of truth for the people of earth. It was a practice that only the rich had the luxury to afford, but after a couple of months the ameri... | It really killed me. I've spent the last 18 years of my life being a worried mess until this moment and now I have no idea what to do.
When I ripped open the letter, the slip was torn at the top and was on a long piece of receipt paper. Immediately I notice the logo. Is she a mermaid or are two sock puppets simultaneo... | 2014-12-18T01:11:06 | 2014-12-18T00:38:43 | 38 | 14 |
[WP][TT] You wake up, make yourself a nice cup of coffee and enjoy the view of the morning sun rising from the sea. Then you remember that your house isn't supposed to be anywhere near a sea...
Edit: Thank you all for your amazing stories! | I sat down, sliding my hands up and down my mug of coffee, warming them up from the cold of last night. I looked at my living room window, or rather the blinds that blocked the incoming sunlight. "Gosh, why do the kids always close the blinds at night? They know I want to see the sunrise" I thought. I stood up and re-a... | I was fool enough to cross the Voodoo Queen.
We were in.... god, what was the name of the town again? It's been so long I don't even remember. Some little place on the lee shore of Hispaniola. The Spanish rightly thought that the pirates were all lurking outside of Puerto Plata, just waiting for those treasure galleon... | 2015-05-28T09:18:44 | 2015-05-28T08:25:31 | 204 | 66 |
[WP] You are death row's last meal chef. Today's condemned prisoner killed your daughter. | I stare down the prisoner, the one who murdered my daughter. I have been thinking about moment for years. Should I take revenge on my daughter's murderer? This was my first instinct, but it wasn't what she would have wanted. I still haven't decided when his request comes in. Spaghetti with meatballs. It reminds me of t... | The order came in. I'd been waiting for this. A 32 oz steak, 6 eggs; scrambled, a dozen strips of bacon, and a glass of whole milk. I'd been waiting for so many years, everything had to be perfect.
I started with the sides. Scrambled eggs were simple enough. Bacon, made extra specially: seasoned to perfection, so as t... | 2015-07-04T10:09:30 | 2015-07-04T10:00:00 | 514 | 36 |
[WP] Your phone is sentient, and knows the girl you like is interested in you. It uses auto-correct to try and "subtlety" get you to ask her out. This has been going on for a while. | You: Hey, Sarah! It's been a long time since we talked, we should hang out! Want to get lunch today?
Sarah: Definitely!!! Man, I'm excited to see you! It's been forever.
*Yes, yes....so far, so good.*
You: Awesome :D what've you been up to lately?
Sarah: Not much, dude- school and work, mainly. I just started cooki... | >You: Hows it going?
>Claire: Eh
> Claire: Doing hw, as per usual
> Claire: You?
>You: Not bad
>You: Really dont feel like doing mr russell's lab report tho
>Claire: Yeah thats not going to be fun
>Claire: Im hoping for the salt water lab
>Claire: \*crosses fingers*
>Claire: What ... | 2016-02-16T19:59:23 | 2016-02-16T19:42:08 | 1,389 | 367 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | "Well little Hunin?"
"Human, It's pronounced human." said the woman as she sipped at her drink.
The two Yinhin looked at her for a moment not sure what to make of her interruption.
"What do you think?" asked the larger of the Yinhin as he raised and dropped the sword onto the bar, attempting to replicate his supp... | He took a long draw of the smoke stick, a human delicacy, though how humans savored smoke at all I'll never know.
his feline features narrowed as he looked out the window to the rain pelting the glass, a few bolts of lightning striking the skyscrapers in the distant gloom.
"Let me tell you a story boy." he began, my ... | 2016-03-13T14:16:09 | 2016-03-13T11:15:41 | 345 | 84 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | "And who are these fighters you talk about, fool? There are no more fighter species throughout the entire galaxy.".
"Humans, they call themselves" Toomil said. They sat quietly in the council, giving each other questioning looks before bursting into laughter.
"Humans? What a ridiculous name for so called fighters!" Br... | Humans had always been respected in the intergalactic society. Not for our scientific breakthroughs, we were actually the last of space capable species to achieve intergalactic travel. We're not respected for our love of things that are beautiful, or creative. No, we're respected for our resolve. Over the last several ... | 2016-03-13T18:04:19 | 2016-03-13T17:44:09 | 64 | 20 |
[WP] The story of an unsolved murder is brought up in an /r/AskReddit thread with several incorrect details. The murderer shows up to set the record straight. | _*"Detectives of Reddit, what's the most memorable case you've worked?"*_
The replies were more or less what you'd expected - plenty of abuse, plenty of sexual assault, a few crashes with gory results. _Boring, boring, boring..._ you think as you scroll down the page, a faint smile flickering across your features occ... | I know maybe it is not totally right, but I really dislike when people talks about things they don’t know in Internet. I mean; what the actual fuck is wrong with people? if you don’t know about something just don’t say anything about. I can handle those bigmouths. So usually I expend some of my free time doing one of t... | 2016-05-13T10:44:57 | 2016-05-13T09:47:15 | 151 | 10 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | I pressed the square button again, sniping the guy hiding on top of the hut that had been taking out my team for the past half hour. It had taken me too long to find him, but I finally got him. The fact that his insults changed from sucking his anatomy to doing inappropriate things to my mom told me I got the right guy... | "Get me a drink, hun?" Pete said. He'd bent the cover back on his little paperback, the spine creaking when he turned pages. The train was rattling two empty Buds. Sarah, chin on her hand, sighed. Clink, creak, rattle, cough, sneeze, clink, creak. Her skull was squeezing tight to her brain, each noise pinching it.
The... | 2016-05-19T13:02:55 | 2016-05-19T12:53:52 | 203 | 25 |
[Wp] The zombie epidemic came and went in the developed world, most people survived, the military easily defeated the undead horde, and cures for the virus were created. However, zombies remain major issue in the developing and under developed world not getting nearly enough attention on the news.
Wow I didn't think t... | "It'll be $50 grand" said a tiny African man in worn out business suit.
"Excuse me? $50 Grand for what?
"That's for the standard Hunting licenses and fees." said the man, still blankly staring at his computer screen.
"Wait, I'm trying to help your country here. I'm trying to Helllll... P!"
"Yes yes... So are the... | Thursday 10th November 2022. 11.21pm.
I heard the television turn off as I turned the key. I wasn’t surprised to see Jess still awake. Annoyed but not surprised.
“You were meant to be asleep by ten”, Marie called out to her. “Is Harry ready for school?”
M and I had just returned from my brother Bill’s house. He wan... | 2016-10-30T15:52:15 | 2016-10-30T12:39:15 | 198 | 18 |
[WP] They reworked the justice system. Now, in each cell there is a piano, and convicts are released after performing a song perfectly. Lesser criminals are assigned simple melodies, while the worst get full concertos. You've been a concert pianist your whole life. | At first I robbed a grocery store and played my "Three Blind Mice"
And when I egged a blind man's house I made that Bach sound nice.
They started getting suspicious when I made my big score
I robbed a bank and breezed right through Sonata 24.
I stole, I lied, I fought, I killed, I lived a madman's dream.
By Can... | BREAKING NEWS, flashed in red and white across the TV screen. Ludwig took a pause in his work and turned up the volume.
*… as the serial killer known as “Mozart” has once again been released from maximum security and death row, after completing three full piano concerts. Here is Tracy Stevens with live footage.*
The... | 2017-05-17T23:42:52 | 2017-05-17T21:45:17 | 2,153 | 121 |
[WP] Write the happiest story you can think of and completely destroy the atmosphere with a plot twist in the final sentence. | "My two kids are in the back seat. Donny and Kate. Donny is 11, loves all the comic book hero movies. Kate is 8 and idolizes Donny. Whatever he likes, she likes. You would think Donny would get annoyed by his younger sister tagging along and getting into everything he is doing, but he loves it. He involves her with eve... | It'd been four years since we'd last seen one another, since we'd bid eachother goodbye at the station following our final night together, and since he'd promised me that he'd return to our coal town exactly four years from that morning. And today was the day. I was beyond excited, and as I sat on the cool pavement out... | 2017-05-25T06:54:50 | 2017-05-25T06:43:42 | 32 | 23 |
[WP] You were told to never stay up passed midnight. You went to sleep at 12:04am, it was still 12:04am when you woke up. | It was liberation. He sat up and counted aloud.
"1, 2, 3, 4..." on and on until he was certain that minutes had passed. Still the red glow of the alarm clock remained.
12:04am. His heart began to pound faster and faster as the possibilities turned in his mind. Time had stopped, but he had not. Learn a second langua... | The house is as silent as death. The green glow of my alarm clock casts a pale glow over my toys. Even Frederick's fluffy face grins eerily in the strange light.
I must have drifted off, but only for a few seconds, as my clock has not yet moved. I stare at it, waiting - hoping - for it to tick.
12:04
A shiver crawl... | 2017-05-25T11:08:28 | 2017-05-25T10:27:45 | 287 | 147 |
[WP] One day, browsing reddit, you decide to click the random subreddit button. Upon doing this, you discover a subreddit obsessed with you, with posts lincluding everything you've been doing until a few hours ago. | I never go into random.
If I need to find it, it seems to come to me. Or I'll be on google and the subreddit for the thing I'm googling pops up. But I'm bored as hell.
My computer's been semi-on the fritz. By which I mean, I can barely watch a YouTube video without glitches, freezes, skipping audio... so gaming's out... | So, I rarely am on reddit. I use a throwaway pseud that I don't use anywhere else. Yet today I was browsing through /r/random/ and there, for all to see, is /r/badcorvidisboring/.
I'm like "WTF?", so of course I click on it.
Holy shit, batman! Yes, I know I'm boring, but you don't have to stalk me with grainy dro... | 2017-10-26T16:39:33 | 2017-10-26T16:36:41 | 267 | 68 |
[WP] Humans are one of the lowest ranked species in terms of population across the known universe. This qualifies us for certain amenities and protections. | "Please, we need them! Our death rates will skyrocket without AI assistance!"
Each of the dozens of races within the cavernous chamber suddenly understood. While death was a constant in Galactic society, with no immortal civilisations ever progressing past their stone age, the humans had it worst of all. They rarely g... | "As you all know, human beings are an endangered species," said General Rerdeg, her heels *click click click*ing as she walked across the stage before her colleagues. The assembly drew over 200 government and military officials, spread out before her like a sea of darkness. The lights pleasantly warmed her usually cold... | 2017-11-09T16:14:16 | 2017-11-09T16:12:41 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] After being imprisoned by his kin for millennia, An ancient god of war awakes in the middle of a modern war and is completely horrified by what he sees. | Jarek walked among the corpses and a frown threatened to split his face. There were no gashes, slices, or missing limbs, just a look of slow horror that had burned its way onto the faces of the dead. Those with open eyes stared at him silently as if in their silent watch they could sense he was not human.
He had las... | An inhale of air like the anticipation of a hurricane, the drawing of the ocean before the Tsunami, the gods arrived. The air around the world was filled with pressure, the pressure and uncertain pain of war.
Kansas, China, Germany, the Congo, Peru, and many more anomalies of air pressure and natural diaasters struck ... | 2017-11-30T03:38:04 | 2017-11-30T02:36:16 | 530 | 34 |
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