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[WP] The hole just appeared one day, and it's been growing ever since. | Nobody is sure exactly when *The Hole* appeared. But it first got attention as a mysterious pot-hole. Some poor schmuck from out of town got lost after his GPS malfunctioned. When his front tire struck *The Hole* it was like the parts of the tire and rim that fell in ceased to exist. Needless to say he lost control of ... | 'Carol I swear to god, it's been getting bigger and bigger each day. You really should get it checked out.' Said Richard.
'Oh give over Rick. You're paranoid. You're just obsessed with it.' Said Carol.
'Look I'm serious! The first few days I figured it was due to what we got up to on the Sunday night. But it's been... | 2017-09-10T09:27:10 | 2017-09-10T08:33:51 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] Humanity has discovered a planet that once inhabited intelligent life, but fell victim to a zombie Apocalypse. Since it can't transfer to humans, expeditions and prospectors land to kill zombies and find their fortune. After 50 years of scavenging, a vault is found full of survivors. | 2133, a year not many would've remembered save for the last 2 months of it.
It started with a series of "flares" captured by instruments as early as the 1900s. Tiny blips at first, explosions of radiowaves, easily mistaken for dying stars, lensing and other phenomena. But as the 21st century progressed, we began to id... | A couple of years ago, the discovery of a planet which showed signs of current of former intelligent life, everyone would be out of their mind with excitement. After the first planet showing this was discovered, it quickly became a regular occurrence, with many planets bearing signs of life on them. It happened at such... | 2017-09-19T20:37:09 | 2017-09-19T17:56:46 | 92 | 16 |
[WP] Write a seemingly innocuous story, but the last line reveals how chilling and horrific the story actually was. | Emily looked down out the window in amazement. "Wow! That's so cool! Look at all the lights." "It's beautiful isn't it?" her father said, sitting next to her in the pilot's chair. "This is a once in a lifetime experience little Emily. We won't be coming back here after this event is finished." "Aww... I love watching t... | Steve, who did not exist, returned to his dull and altogether not real house of no significance from a long day of work at Not a Business Inc., ate his bland dinner of Nothing With a side of Emptiness, and went to sleep in a bed that might have been real if it existed at all. Steve didn’t exist at all, which makes the ... | 2017-10-06T15:00:57 | 2017-10-06T13:52:37 | 40 | 18 |
[WP] You are an older raid boss who once took many players to defeat. After multiple expansions higher level players are able to defeat you by themselves. You decide to do something about it. | "Ugh... Raiding me *again*? My cache isn't even worth looting anymore!"
I watched the invaders storm my halls. What was once a marker of true terror had been uprooted by an influx of ludicrously powerful 'relic' weapons that had changed the face of the world.
Several times.
I wandered back to my throne, drawing my b... | It had been a perfectly regular day for Asroc the Defiler. His gig was a simple one: wait at the bottom of the Chamber of Challenges and kill anyone that came in. "Post-game boss," the Dark Lord had said. "Undefeatable, that's how they designed you." Asroc had slaughtered thousands upon thousands of users since his imp... | 2017-10-10T07:21:33 | 2017-10-10T07:14:39 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] You’re a regular office worker born with the ability to “see” how dangerous a person is with a number scale of 1-10 above their heads. A toddler would be a 1, while a skilled soldier with a firearm may score a 7. Today, you notice the reserved new guy at the office measures a 10. | 10, holy shit.
Nobody has ever scored a 10 before, and but here I have someone with a 10 right in front of me, at the lunch table we have at work.
Impossible. He just looks like a timid dude, eating his plain bagel with cream cheese. Anderson Silva couldn't even break 7. There's no way
this dude is a 10.
Fuck. Shoul... | (Written on mobile)
The day I realised what the numbers I saw above people’s heads meant was a special one.
I never thought to much about them, everyone just said it was something wrong with my brain or something. Because my baby cousin had a 1 and my a step father had a 5, I thought it was something to do with ag... | 2017-12-22T19:05:36 | 2017-12-22T14:05:07 | 42 | 22 |
[WP] You stumble upon an old megaphone in an antique shop and jokingly pick it up and say, "Everybody listen up!". Later that night, the news headlines read, "We're all listening for what the voice has to next say next!" | The voice, I was the voice.
Imagine having infinite power in your voice. I could do anything I wanted, say anything I needed.
I thought for a long time about what I should say. I could demand world peace in the name of the gods, I could make myself dictator supreme and so much more.
In the end I realized that I don'... | I thought for a long time what to say. A direct line into the minds of everyone on Earth was the most powerful tool for propaganda imaginable.
At first, I thought I could be tricky. I could tell facts to everyone, starting with the obvious, like “The sky is blue”. Then I could work my way up to obscure trivia, things... | 2018-02-15T22:32:41 | 2018-02-15T20:59:12 | 1,269 | 782 |
[WP] You are a feared warrior called the "Silent." Why? Because you do not shout out your every move you're about to make. | "Your Kung-Fu is too strong," the wounded man shouted in a kiwi accent, the movements of his mouth not syncing to his words. "However, you are unprepared!"
He spat, gathering himself to his feet and tearing the top of his Gi from his shoulders. "For now you face, *Ultimate Flaming Rhino Style!*" With that, he clasped... | My opponent stood there listening, instead of watching me. We circled each other, adding to the patterns that remained like scars in the matted blood dirt. My weapon, a modest rapier, glinted in the high sun. The crowd chanted hungrily from the Colosseum pews, shouting my opponent's name.
'BARB. BARB. BARB.'
My eyes... | 2018-07-08T06:29:08 | 2018-07-08T02:53:01 | 87 | 60 |
[WP] You’re cursed with immortality, not because you sold your soul or you’re a sort of immortal creature but because a few thousand years ago, you stepped on the back of Death’s robe and being the petty shit Death is, he hasn’t forgiven you since.
Edit: okay, wow, I definitely did not expect this to get so popular an... | You apologized for stepping on the robe. Apparently it hadn’t been enough.
“Curse you! This is my favorite robe! It’ll never be the same now that it’s been tainted by a mortal’s footprint! I, Death himself, curse you to never know the sweet release of death!” said the robed man, looking like a lunatic rather than a my... | *Received 11:34*
>Hey Andy
*Received 11:36*
>Andy! I know you're dying to talk to me! LOL!
"Hey, Great Great Grandpa Andy"
"What is it Little Johnny"
"This Death guy is sending you messages on Twitter"
"Oh what does he want this time?"
*Received 11:37*
>Common Andy, I'll let you die already!
"He's ... | 2018-10-12T09:34:11 | 2018-10-12T09:13:58 | 437 | 96 |
[WP] You’re cursed with immortality, not because you sold your soul or you’re a sort of immortal creature but because a few thousand years ago, you stepped on the back of Death’s robe and being the petty shit Death is, he hasn’t forgiven you since.
Edit: okay, wow, I definitely did not expect this to get so popular an... | How long have I been here?
Upon gaining immortality, I quickly realized that like my body, my memory does not degrade. How I wish it did. I can remember every agonizing moment, every maddening tick of the clock in my silent, immobile prison. I am grateful for sleep, when I am able to dream something other than infinit... | The smell of lilacs sour in their vase wafted towards me as I rested on the hard surface of a bar stool in my kitchen. “Another one,” I thought as I pulled them from their resting place and left them wilted in the rubbish. Walking out into the back patio, I sought my new prey from amongst rows and rows of brightly colo... | 2018-10-12T12:31:22 | 2018-10-12T11:14:01 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] The date is April 1st 2020. Your town is deftly quiet for a Wednesday, but that’s because this time last year there came an April Fools prank that got so far out of hand that the town had to outlaw April Fools Day. That prank was yours and this is your confession. | Four pigs.
That's all my dad said I needed. Four pigs. Oh, and some grease and some paint. You take four pigs and write the numbers "one" "two" "three" and "five" on them, let it dry, slather them in grease and set them loose somewhere. The joke back then was that everyone would spend a day or so looking for number f... |
It is April 1st, 2020, and this letter is a confession to my hometown of Fieldspry.
I never thought I'd being writing this to be honest. I always thought this would be a memory that I would never feel the need to share, but I feel as though it is. Over the past year I have watched the aftermath of what I did, and ... | 2019-04-02T21:20:08 | 2019-04-02T20:54:53 | 326 | 14 |
[WP] Earth is dying. We've developed great spaceships to take as many people as possible to a new world. There's not enough room for everybody, but at the news of a great coming catastrophe people flock to leave. However it seems that the rich and powerful are the only ones choosing to stay... | Earth is a massive fluke on the cosmic scale of things. It's in the goldilocks zone of life, has an abundant supply of water on the surface, and enough carbon for life to arise. Among the near-infinite multitude of planets that humanity had observed, the earth was the only viable planet for sustaining human life. Space... | "If maintaining the planet in a habitable state was humanity's job, then it makes sense that it is getting fired, both figuratively and literally, but I'm getting ahead of myself here.
I can't even remember a time when news reports weren't all about the waters destroying everything a few miles by the coast, my fathe... | 2019-08-27T01:53:55 | 2019-08-26T20:57:44 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] you're in your bed about to go to sleep, with your arm dangling off the side. You feel a dark hand grasp yours, knowing first impressions are important you give it a firm shake. The next thing you hear from under your bed is "you're hired" | ..."you're hired".
I wasn't expecting that. But I decided to roll with it, might as well see where the rabbit hole leads to.
"Oh? What sort of benefits do I get? And the pay?" while I say that the creature comes out from under the bed, it is bigger than the space it occupied, with black ram horns on its head and scal... | It had been a long day... No, a long *week.*
Not only had it been a long work week in general, but those guys in the office... it was enough to turn anyone off men. I sighed, sitting down on the edge of the bed, pressing both of my palms into my eye sockets and reveling in the white flashes of light that appeared from... | 2019-08-30T08:04:44 | 2019-08-30T07:46:18 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] A strange meteor shower lasted for hours before you went to bed. The next day, technology across the earth fails. However, when you snap your fingers in frustration, the lights come on. The Age of Magic has begun. | Black.
All black.
As if the city was dead and drained of its essence.
The familiar yellow glow that leaked from homes and apartments at night, that carved streets in two from beaming headlights, that gave life to the night: gone. And on this, the first night after the Collapse, there was no moon, either. Only the wh... | I look down a hill, watching Avalon rise up in the distance. Avalon used to have a different name, not too long ago. New York. The name changed together with the rest of the world.
My comrades nod at me. They used to be my classmates. Then the lights went, then the heat, then the teachers, then the families. We banded... | 2019-10-20T09:23:55 | 2019-10-20T09:09:51 | 187 | 76 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | If only we knew then what we know now. The humans claimed historical sovereignty, as is the right of all new applicants into the Galactic Conglomerate. This is usually to hide a soft past in an effort to appear strong. Usually a war-like species is proud of their military capabilities. They flaunt them in a show of str... | "Sir the Gord'ush home planet has stopped broadcasting" a low ranking insect like creature said while running into the war minister's chamber.
"So what? They probably got caught in a storm or something" The fat slug responded dismissively. "Have a recon ship go past it to check out the weather"
The insect walked away... | 2019-11-24T14:11:42 | 2019-11-24T11:02:03 | 426 | 184 |
[WP] The main character is perfect in every way. He's the most handsome, kind, gentle, generous man you could ever imagine. He donates to charities and volunteers at shelters. If it's amazing, he does it. The narrator hates him with a burning passion. | Imagine being a boring, perfect turd of a man that never had to do any hard labour in your life. So perfect that your mum thought the sun shined out of your little brown button. So perfect that the whole TOWN thought the sun shined out of... you get the picture.
Meet Jaxson. Spelled as obnoxiously as his personality. ... | *sigh* I have thousands of stories you know. I could tell you epics of old, dark secrets only hinted at in your histories, passions that reached such lofty peaks that the gods themselves immortalized it in the earth and sky. But no. No, you want the story of Roger Lancer. The Marty Stu of the modern age. With that godd... | 2020-01-10T05:39:57 | 2020-01-10T04:20:01 | 107 | 34 |
[WP] Your name, age, height, weight, and race all flash across the T.V. screen. You look in horror as you see your dead body being dragged out of a river as a reporter announces that you've been brutally murdered by an infamous serial killer who has been on the run for years. | _Missing person found: Caucasian female, 170cm, 72kg. The unknown woman was found in the Island River this afternoon. Police are investigating the cause of death and ID of the victim. It's suspected to be the next victim of the Island River Killer._
I looked up from the tv and furrowed my brow. The report on the tv so... | The news knocked me on my a**. I couldent keep the shock from crossing my face, like it mattered. Sam dident even know I was in the room watching the news with her. I just wanted to reach out and hold her. Instantly the thought drew tears from my eyes, I’d never hold her again. Frantically my mind searched for the last... | 2020-08-01T03:05:05 | 2020-08-01T02:47:27 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] “O great demon, I have summoned you here today to–“ “No you didn’t. The young girl bleeding out on the pentagram did.” | I appeared between the seconds, towering over an assortment of robed humans. I was more refined then many of my fellow demons, choosing not to intimate my new master with roaring flame. Instead, my mere presence would terrify.
One human stepped forth, holding a bloodstained knife. I could see his mouth settling in sel... |
“Please, please, please.” I begged softly, silent tears running down my face. “Please, I’ll do anything. Anything.”
I could hear them chanting, low and monotone. Dark words with darker intent. They kneeled around me, in a half circle, as I lay tied to the ground. Thick dark robes swirling around their bodies, and ... | 2021-01-15T11:10:46 | 2021-01-15T10:20:22 | 56 | 31 |
[WP]: Turns out God was a slacker and gave "Free Will" to not have to "plan" anything. He kicked out Lucifer cause he was a control freak. When you die turns out you have a choice, between a chaotic rule free Heaven or a smoothly machine operated Hell. | *Ding!* Kevin’s toast was done. He groaned as he walked up to the toaster, realizing it had jammed again. He grabbed a fork to fish the bread out, resolving to finally buy a new toaster as soon as—
And he was dead.
It had happened suddenly, without warning. One moment he was about to make a sandwich, the next he w... | “Hello, my son.”
I look over and flinch in surprise. A bearded man in sunglasses, wearing a stained bath robe is sitting next to me at a table.
"Wait, where am I?" I ask, confused. Last I remember I was walking home along F street.
The dirty, bearded man is slouching and smiling at me lazily. “Welcome to my kingdom.... | 2021-02-17T18:08:14 | 2021-02-17T17:48:48 | 2,992 | 429 |
[WP] The local museum is run by an eccentric old man who knows the opening pieces like he was there for their whole history. His secret? He’s a secret dragon who figured out if you display your hoard, people will give you new things to display. | "So you saw."
"Yeah."
Mr. Golde sighed, looked at the ground, and folded his gnarled hands together. I'd never paid much attention to his hands before. Now that I did, I saw the tell-tale long fingernails that were more pointed than rounded at the ends.
Around us were glass cases full of toys -- bisque dolls, metal ... | Just watch.
The pixels of his Samsung smartphone are dark and shadowy but it does appear to be a video taken from behind the columns around the periphery of the Low Medieval atrium. As the perspective shakes erratically there is a bright shape in the center of the atrium. Though it appears to be about three quarters o... | 2021-07-01T04:58:02 | 2021-06-30T23:39:30 | 691 | 278 |
[WP] The local museum is run by an eccentric old man who knows the opening pieces like he was there for their whole history. His secret? He’s a secret dragon who figured out if you display your hoard, people will give you new things to display. | We pinched the wrong bloody museum.
It started out as a simple heist, just a few pieces of ancient gold, goblets and such, that our buyer thought would look way better in her collection. Just some trinkets from an unheard of museum in Sheffield. Nothing major that would be heavily guarded or make the headlines when we... | Dragon hoards are, by nature, mostly priceless. The people trying to stop them are usually rich, so dragons end up collecting a lot of gold, gems and historically correct armor. But every dragon also faces its share of normal, everyday folk, so a hoard also features pots shards, charred pitchforks and tattered rags. Th... | 2021-07-01T14:28:10 | 2021-07-01T07:04:27 | 28 | 17 |
[WP] You have slain the Dark Lord, his generals, and most powerful minions. Now you face his court jester, a foppish little creature that has survived the downfall of a hundred evil lords it has previously served... | They found it hiding in the corner of the back room of the counting house: A two-foot high goblin with an oversized head and a set of eyes that rolled every which way but never seemed to want to face forward.
"What the heck is that?" said Erin, the Knight.
"BWURP!" said the goblin.
"That's Hop, the Dark Lord's court... | “Galhant.” Wide-armed claps tried to enchant Galhant like a shark opening its maw. “Well done. Another ‘Dark Lord’ slain. Another victory. I bet you’re feeling proud of yourself right now.”
A scowl. “You say that as if he were nothing to you.”
A roaring chuckle resounded in the throne room. “Well, dear Galh... | 2021-09-01T12:17:12 | 2021-09-01T12:14:46 | 134 | 70 |
[WP] Those who lives by the sword dies by the sword. A rather simple and merciful death. It's the scholars, who live by ink and paper, that face a truly tragic and brutal fate. | “I don’t particularly like this part here, Woodrow. ‘*The Prelate of Lower Rostum has oft ignored the plight of his townsfolk, turning a blind eye to rampant larceny, battery, and worst of all, Nym-forgery. Indeed, there are rumors His Serene Highness profits from these lawless acts…*’ Seems rather insulting to my pers... | "By X'Om, what did we do to deserve this?", Orazon lamented, gritting his teeth in sadness and anger.
Peeking from his hiding place underneath the Temple of X'Om-- the God of Knowledge of the Western Balyan people, Orazon could see nothing but the charred remains of his once thriving city.
Its walls and pillars of ... | 2022-01-12T20:27:37 | 2022-01-12T19:14:26 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] Nonhuman youths swap stories about humans around a campfire equivalent. The stories are true, if wildly misinterpreted.
-012 | Human stories... classic. There was a tumblr about these once
welp looks like someone screen grabbed it http://imgur.com/hINj1xf
if I can find the story I wrote back then. I'll share it. I'm still thinking about making a subreddit for it but I can't figure out if it'll last more than a month. | “It’s pronounced Emotion.” Kyubey thought, stressing each syllable as clearly as possible. Its eyes unmoving in the shadows behind the drawn curtains, the not-so-bright oval on its back fading from a lack of energy.
“Eee-Mo-Shun... I’m still quite confused. Can you explain it more clearly?” Incue thought back, unabl... | 2014-01-12T15:08:21 | 2014-01-12T14:11:21 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] An RPG character is cursed with a higher intelligence than their player. | I can’t find the library. I’ve been doing laps around this town for a good 15 minutes, and I’ve seen no sign of it. I need to get there so that I can learn the location of the Ultimate Magic so that I can kill the Dragon King, but it shouldn’t be so hard to find the damn place. Maybe there’ll be an NPC who knows where ... | "Dana, are you coming with us? You know this quest is time sensitive!" Jazz shouts from the other side of the room. He's still holding the door open and is peering inside at me. I sit behind the counter of my small potion shop and glue my eyes on the newer potion that I've been working on as of lately.
"I told you tha... | 2015-01-09T13:06:11 | 2015-01-09T10:52:01 | 249 | 29 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | "So, uh, I have to ask...why are you out here? Why this?"
"Just tryin'a be the realest, you know? See, we a brotherhood. But we also a business. We tryin'a incorporate. What's that phrase? Divide and conquer? Well, we gonna do the opposite - we gonna have a merger. Bloods and Crips, cats and rats, comin' together for ... | Nobody could tell if the news reports were real or if it was "the onion" taking over all mass media outlets. "Gang Members Backed by Walt Disney World take on ISIS" one headline read. Below a picture of the megacruise Disney's Majestic was shown crowed with shirts of Red White and Blue.
It all started with a press co... | 2015-12-07T10:16:15 | 2015-12-07T09:53:24 | 46 | 18 |
[WP] You and a dead artist share the ability to see colors others can't. His paintings become a global phenomenon, but his images are much more sinister than they appear. | It's interesting- people have asked me to describe what I can see, but it's just not possible with words. How do you describe a color, after all? Our descriptor words are based on the colors we see, not the other way around. It's very different than blue or red; to me, it's more beautiful than any of the others.
It's... | "This is the first of the collection," she said. "It's called *Portrait of the Artist as a Child.* Do you see how powerful it is? The image of the child, alone in the centre? Such a small figure. Such a large, empty room."
It wasn't empty.
"This was his follow-up work, *Beginning.* A wonderful title, I've always tho... | 2016-01-30T15:25:43 | 2016-01-30T15:20:46 | 1,278 | 583 |
[WP] Everyone is told 10 minutes before they die that they will. You're on a plane, and everyone panics at once. You didn't get that message. | I looked around me, like time was slowed. Everyone had the same, ugly, distraught look on their face.
I knew what was going to happen.
As did they.
The woman seated next to me, she grabbed my hand.
"Its going to be okay, right?" she plead.
"They'll fix the plane, right?" she begged.
As I drew the knife from my... | I thought it was my lucky day, the one guy who survived the second worse thing to happen airlines when everyone else didn't.
Maybe I should've tried to do something to prevent the crash but it's not like one guy can calm a whole jet full of panicked passengers, especially when the crew locked themselves in the cockpi... | 2016-11-24T20:01:01 | 2016-11-24T18:04:00 | 52 | 34 |
[WP] Deeply misunderstanding the term "universal healthcare", aliens have begun arriving in Canada, seeking medical attention. Canadians, being Canadian, are too polite to correct them. | "Oh, uh, what seems to be the problem here, buddy?" John said. It was the 10th alien he had seen that day, as the check-in nurse at the ER in a hospital in Vancouver. The alien was a purple blob with two eye stalks and at least as many limbs.
"IHUH8hfdnbaf97y- (*&_&FBhbvagv606)*(* jn jfndab606))^)," the alien... | Doctor Fern sat down on his favorite swivel chair and sighed. He closed his eyes after a long day of work. To his annoyance, the receptionist burst in hysterically.
"I thought I made it clear that we are closed for the day!" Doctor Fern said.
This was strange—considering how the receptionist was the type to follow ru... | 2017-02-27T10:43:12 | 2017-02-27T09:52:59 | 2,560 | 377 |
[WP] A senile, old superhero still goes out to fight crime. None of the younger heros respect him anymore but all the villains have a soft spot for him.
Maybe he's found himself in the middle of a hero/villain war, or he's just trying to stop a bank robbery.
Edit: wow this uhh... kinda blew up didn't it?
Oh man I'm... | It was a brisk October morning. The park was full of people milling about and enjoying their Saturday morning, some were out on dates hoping to find true love, others were simply enjoying their time. Towards a wide river, many tables were set up so people could have a view of the mega city, enjoy a bite to eat, or play... | As Anton's whip tightened around Tony's neck, all the while sending huge volts of electricity through Tony's armor, he saw a familiar figure walk towards him.
"Ms. Carter, please step away!!!".
Peggy stopped for a second, and then continued walking towards Anton.
"Stop! You know his father stole my dad's inventio... | 2017-04-13T05:53:36 | 2017-04-13T05:10:16 | 41 | 10 |
[WP] You are the best actor ever. You make the deal of a lifetime. $500 million per year to act solely for Warner Brothers until you die. It's unclear who the joke is on, however. You for being stuck with WB forever, or WB for offering a lifetime contract to a secret immortal. | They thought it was a deal that could never go wrong,
As I can act on screen and even sing a song
To a level unmatched in recent years.
The money would roll in...they no fears.
At first it was great! I was the star of the screen.
But after a while all my films had been seen,
The public grew bored of my name in lights
... | It's been 2 years since I signed the contract, and life has been pretty good. I've single handedly turned every shitty movie into an instant blockbuster. I mean, cmon, moon tacos? 89% on rotten tomatoes, 4.7 out of 5 stars. I've gotten something of a cult following now, and I'm liking it. I enjoy going to a restaurant ... | 2017-04-29T21:07:42 | 2017-04-29T20:29:20 | 40 | 18 |
[WP] After robbing a bank and with cops in pursuit of your vehicle, you yell, "Jesus take the wheel," as you move to shoot at the police. To your surprise, Jesus actually appears and takes the wheel. | The robbery went great, except for the part where the alarm went off. Which is why I'm now in a police chase.
"Oh crap, I can't shoot and drive at the same time! Jesus take the wheel!"
Suddenly I screech to a stop, with Jesus grinning at me from outside the car, holding what looks like the wheels to my car. And no... | I had everything planned out to the minute.
7:49 - Enter bank and begin filling out a deposit slip with the instructions.
7:50 - Hand note to bank teller with a smile.
7:51 - Intercept silent alarm trigger.
7:52 -
You know what you get the idea, I had a well thought out plan. I had a few people helping all with... | 2017-05-01T08:59:49 | 2017-05-01T06:08:31 | 38 | 24 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | *Not again*
One second I was driving down I-95, the next I was in a dungeon inside a glowing satanic circle with lava flowing down the walls. If you are familiar with I-95, this is not a significant downgrade, in fact, depending on the day you might find yourself better off. But see, I was going back home, and being s... | "Shit shit shit" I said under my breath as I raced down the sidewalk towards the bus. It was raining and all I could do was hold my unopened umbrella above my head as I ran. It obviously didn't help, so when I finally reached the bus stop panting and ready to fall over I was completely soaked through.
The bus doors wer... | 2017-05-12T07:53:08 | 2017-05-12T07:07:38 | 6,106 | 193 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | There were many questions I had, but I wasn't entirely sure how to react. I *was* in my house, but *now* I'm in a budget Lord of the Rings.
That included the wizard who looked like he'd both just pissed himself and had won the lottery.
"Good... GOOD... Now, my slave... DESTROY MY ENEMIES! Turn their skulls into past... | It felt like I had tripped up some stairs. For a second I thought I had, and immediately froze. The plate in my hand still held the Reuben, but the surface beneath.....
My head snapped up, and I noticed the darkness first. Second were the candles, placed carefully around me in hexagons expanding away from me. Low-leve... | 2017-05-12T09:29:02 | 2017-05-12T08:05:41 | 65 | 10 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "I can make as many wishes as I want?"
"Yes. As long as you can answer the question."
"And If I get it wrong you reverse all the wishes?"
"Yes."
"I want to make a wish."
"What is the sum of three and six?"
"Nine."
"What is your wish?"
"I wish the world was an unimaginable hell hole."
"Done. Go outside and hear... | The Logic Genie materialized out of an unearthly smoke.
"You may make any number of wishes, and I shall grant them therely. But beware: you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get harder for every wish you make. And if you miss a question, be warned, there will be consequences."
The Genie glared an... | 2017-06-17T23:24:32 | 2017-06-17T21:55:12 | 266 | 28 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "So you're saying I can wish for anything, right?"
"Anything. You'll just have to answer a simple math question for each wish."
Bullshit. I could see the bullshit in this Genie's eyes. There was no way it would be this easy.
"Fine. My first wish is that I don't have to answer any math questions you ask me after I ma... | The Logic Genie materialized out of an unearthly smoke.
"You may make any number of wishes, and I shall grant them therely. But beware: you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get harder for every wish you make. And if you miss a question, be warned, there will be consequences."
The Genie glared an... | 2017-06-18T06:29:50 | 2017-06-17T21:55:12 | 63 | 28 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "So you're saying I can wish for anything, right?"
"Anything. You'll just have to answer a simple math question for each wish."
Bullshit. I could see the bullshit in this Genie's eyes. There was no way it would be this easy.
"Fine. My first wish is that I don't have to answer any math questions you ask me after I ma... | ***I'm not telling you any of the answers, so try to see how many problems you can solve without Googling***
"Why hello, Genie. It appears you want me to wish?"
"Yes, but I will only grant wishes to match your logical ability. I am forbidden from giving you more than you can handle. As such, for every wish, your math... | 2017-06-18T06:29:50 | 2017-06-17T23:40:28 | 63 | 18 |
[WP] Aliens have no concept of mental illness. During the great galactic war, humans send in all of their depressed, insane, schizophrenic, psychopathic, etc. to take them by surprise with their "illogical" behavior. | Blue-41 pered over the corner, making a gesture of denial. "Nuh-uh. Not going in there."
"It's just *one human*", Red-AB sighed. "It's not heavily armed and it's just sitting there." The creature wasn't actually sitting, really, as much as it was curled up into a tiny ball. Truth be told, it looked kind of sick.
"It... | This is it. Saving humanity is within my grasp. I had always been depressed. I had always wanted to end it all. Ever since the the wars on Earth had ended. I knew I would end it. I had talked to a thousand shrinks, all paid for by the U.S. Government. I heard it all, until they told me I could be a hero for it. I don't... | 2017-07-16T03:58:27 | 2017-07-16T03:56:39 | 119 | 17 |
[WP] The world's tiniest dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from those who would steal it. | A little dragon born, with great small eyes of red and gold. He crawled out of his egg and roared, his tiny voice heard across the cavern hall.
The little dragon was met by loving eyes and a proud cry from his dragon mom and dragon dad. Their firstborn hatched and soon would grow, as their mighty dragon son to defend... | Jasper flew up from the park with a rush of excitement, A small golden coin clutched between his two miniature claws. He had finally claimed a prize from those pesky humans.
Unlike his counterparts, Jasper’s unusual size allowed him to fly into the city reasonably undetected. He would find a flock of like-minded pige... | 2017-09-07T12:45:24 | 2017-09-07T12:19:27 | 52 | 30 |
[WP] "You... you, did all of this... for a pun?" | I decided, today was the day I was going to fulfill my destiny.
I began sorting out all my belongings , anything I could find to sell to fund my odd fetish. Old books, photos, electronics, anything I could lay my hands on.
I carried my sack of items to every trader in town, any shop who was willing to change my ite... | The city burned, in the distance screams of pain echoed across the broken landscape, like something out of a cold-war era tv show, but this was no tv show, nukes had been dropped naught 1 hour ago when Jane finally made it back to her house
“JOHN! JOHN!”
She cried out, calling for her brother if he was even there, he... | 2018-02-05T06:44:34 | 2018-02-05T06:16:29 | 1,306 | 125 |
[WP] "You... you, did all of this... for a pun?" | “Punnen! Punnen it burns!” his wife screamed in agony. The sores had begun to cover her face...the same sores that had plagued him for the last couple of weeks.
Punnen kept his eyes on his work. Doing his best to drown out the intruding sound, he continued pruning back the overgrowth in his prized garden. It was h... | The city burned, in the distance screams of pain echoed across the broken landscape, like something out of a cold-war era tv show, but this was no tv show, nukes had been dropped naught 1 hour ago when Jane finally made it back to her house
“JOHN! JOHN!”
She cried out, calling for her brother if he was even there, he... | 2018-02-05T07:14:32 | 2018-02-05T06:16:29 | 663 | 125 |
[WP] Write about a world where whenever somebody writes on their skin, it appears on their soulmate's body as well. | It took a damn long time for my ink to show. As kids, none of us could really make out any writing that showed up on our bodies. But then, most everyone's was at least somewhat legible by the time they were a teen, and almost always completely clear by the time they were 18 or 19. Throughout high school and college I w... | It began around 7 PM, a light scratching along the length of my forearm. It tickled, and made my hairs stand on end. At long last, after eighteen years of isolation, my soulmate was trying to reach out. All those years of dragging myself through the day, fueled by caffeine, only to drink myself to sleep, holding out fo... | 2018-04-01T21:53:10 | 2018-04-01T21:39:41 | 63 | 24 |
[WP] Turns out Humans are tiny compared to any other species of aliens, allowing them to live off in the nooks and crannies of alien spaceships. Colonies can live on ships for generations unseen and unknown, or have a mutually beneficial relationship with a crew. | **Humans: The Intelligent Pest**
The human is one of the few intergalactic minor species to adapt to life in urban environments, as such they can now be found nearly everywhere within the populated universe. Some consider them a virulent pest and call the exterminators as soon as they find a human colony, others insis... | The first time galactic scale of travels came to earth we were ill equipped to even comprehend it. Futurists had theorized about Dyson spheres for decades, and fantasized about travelling between stars for centuries. But even then, we didn't quite comprehend the sheer scale of it, or of the beings out there.
At some ... | 2018-05-30T11:12:13 | 2018-05-30T10:52:28 | 2,926 | 918 |
[WP] You are one of those bosses that tells your employees to "get it done yesterday." One of your employees always delivers, literally. | “Stevens! God damn it, Stevens, you cannot hide. We chipped every last one of you so stop avoiding me!” Roger had grown weary of chasing after the senior accountant while watching the indicator on his phone marked as “Fucking Stevens” move steadily away from his own indicator.
“It’s done, okay! I did what you asked!... | I walk into my office to find a sealed brown envelope on my desk. I toss it onto the pile of unopened mail. I don't have time for junk mail, I have enough problems.
I lean out of my office and make eye contact with the new guy. The idiot is wearing a thick woolen sweater, despite today being one of the hottest days o... | 2018-06-01T09:26:15 | 2018-06-01T09:17:38 | 98 | 60 |
[WP] When you kill someone, you get their best trait. Except it's what *they* think is their best trait. | You know, my power is one that sounds like it's directly out of some kind of story about morality.
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"You can steal someone's favorite thing about themself when you kill them? Doesn't that sound like something you'd read in some kind of story where you learn some big lesson?"
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I pull the knif... | Wyatt Higgins. That asshole. He bullied others, talked down to everyone, and used his football-induced strength to attract willing servants and sluts. And through all that, he always thought of himself as the one in the right, the one who did good. Any problems he created? Nope, that was someone else. Any people he hur... | 2018-09-15T13:48:46 | 2018-09-15T13:18:18 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] A young witch harbors a deep dislike for her annoying classmate. She casts a curse on her classmate, dooming him to slowly lose the thing he loves the most. A few days pass, and the witch falls ill with a mysterious sickness she can't seem to get rid of. | Dear Diary,
Today Greg wouldn’t leave me alone in potions class. He sits two rows away from me and wears the dumbest looking wizard’s hat. That sickly kid Timmy is the only thing between us and he’s almost as annoying, coughing all the time. But Greg is worse. He keeps poking me and teasing me, then laughing with his ... | Meddy didn’t need an excuse to curse Timo; he was obnoxious. Sure, he was quiet, but it was annoying how he seemed to know the answer when everyone else was stumped. It was annoying. He got good grades and Ms. Patallong never ceased to brag about how she would start needing to make the tests harder for Timo. He would t... | 2019-02-28T13:10:03 | 2019-02-28T09:10:28 | 239 | 42 |
[WP] After a treasure hunt with your friends, you make it to the treasure. But instead of the wealth you were told about, it was a note congratulating you on your journey and that the real treasure was the friends you made on the way. Only problem is that all your friends died getting you this far. | It was the end of my journey, I was eye-to-eye with what had caused all my friends to die before my eyes. I burst in to tears from the thought of my friends, I had encouraged them to come; "It will be worth it" I said foolishly. I took a few steps closer to the treasure chest and opened it up... All I saw was a piece o... | "Oh great, for all the gaudy it was just another clue. Well fine then, what have you got in store for me, Mr. eccentric King?"
"Congratulations! You have found my treasure dear adventurers. Maybe this wasn't what you wanted, but it is surely what you needed. What you may now lack in gold is made up for in the vastness... | 2019-06-20T01:01:34 | 2019-06-19T23:42:31 | 52 | 10 |
[WP] God has been watching as human technology gets more advanced. With each advancement it becomes easier for them to kill each other. In order to save his creation he adds an 11th commandment. "Thou Shalt not use any form of projectile weapon, melee only you cowards.". | It didn't last.
It was world-changing, to be sure. Without a scientific explanation of how, why, or when, all of humanity simply knew that God's will had changed. Ranged weapons were now cowardly in the eyes of the Lord, and we regressed to that ancient way of thinking where only blades and shields mattered. No one w... | All hostile projectiles ceased to function effective immediately. You could point a gun at your best friend and pull the trigger. Nothing would really happen, the bullet wouldn't travel far enough, not even close. It was like a baby spitting sunflower seeds.
This decree introduced with intense rays of light and follo... | 2019-08-12T11:50:47 | 2019-08-12T11:36:21 | 82 | 52 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | As Harry walked up to the house with ballons on the mailbox he knew he was in the right place.
Looking at the front door he noticed a sign, "Birthday guests around back. Make sure gate is latched." Harry thought to himself. "While not a formal guest. That is the reason I'm here. And its my birthday too."
As he round... | Here is my first ever WP submission:
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Dudley answered the door and stood face to face with Harry whom he had not seen in two decades. Both men stood at the entrance taking each other in and many questions that could've been asked were answered with nothing more than a deep and silent look.
Dudley beckon... | 2019-10-16T12:02:20 | 2019-10-16T12:01:55 | 117 | 37 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | Part two! [part one](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/diqste/wp_after_the_battle_of_hogwarts_dudley_met_a/f3yjpfy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
“Are you okay?” Dudley calls out, beginning to stand. Harry already had his wand out, in a defensive position by the door. Yea... | I'm taking just a few liberties with the prompt but I hope you like.
Everything is just perfect. "Dear! What time are people coming today?" Dudley yelled upstairs where his wife Rachel was getting dressed. About two hours before tea time Hun. We've only gone over this a million times". With the presents from Mummy and... | 2019-10-16T12:22:51 | 2019-10-16T12:22:25 | 62 | 22 |
[WP] You, a novice necromancer, accidentally discovered a new and more effective way of using your magic - politely ask the dead for assistance, which works suprisingly well. For this, you are hunted by both your fellow necromancers(for your unorthodox methods) and paladins(for using necromancy). | “Aw... please...?” I asked, blinking my eyes at the dragon. The dragon scoffed, rolling its eyes.
“Human, if I did not want to assist you, I would not have risen from my eternal slumber.”
The dragon’s old rusty and creaky bones rattled, as I gave a little squeal and practically hugged the leg of the dragon.
“Yay! Th... |
Danelle cast a look back over her shoulder. They were gaining.
In the dark of night, the three paladins, sitting astride their black warhorses, appeared as if they were riding on top of shadows. A mob of necromancers followed, their arms clutching their fat tomes and bone dusts and vials of ancient blood for ancient ... | 2019-10-24T17:44:27 | 2019-10-24T14:36:29 | 398 | 168 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | "Why do you humans not die?" I asked my human captor.
"What?" He looks at me confused, at least that's what it looked like to me.
"You are beaten up, shot, bleeding. That is a death sentence for everyone....Everyone except humans. What makes you different?"
My captor laughed. "Is that the reason why you're so afraid... | Oddly enough medical technology in space was limited, to say the least. Each species medical advancements were obviously geared more towards their specific anatomy. So as you can imagine, when United Galactic Forces (U.G.F.) consisting of multiple species would end up in conflict with another faction encroaching on the... | 2019-10-25T09:19:31 | 2019-10-25T09:13:26 | 131 | 28 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | "Hey, Zero!" I heard it too late to dodge, the yellow-grey pain-flashes in my head igniting my vision as the barrage of punches rained down on me. I tried to accept it, let it pass as the infantile tantrum it was.
Melark stopped hitting me long enough to kick me, his acid laughter staining the air as I fell to the flo... | Jerry Novak was a simple teen. His hair was close-cropped, with no special style, his clothes were regular—just jeans and a T—he was utterly average in terms of appearance, and even his Rune was bland. Just a plain old circle.
Everyone else had magnificent patterns: dual swords crossing and emitting sparks, skulls wit... | 2020-02-26T06:21:03 | 2020-02-26T05:10:36 | 3,609 | 1,182 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | "Hey, Zero!" I heard it too late to dodge, the yellow-grey pain-flashes in my head igniting my vision as the barrage of punches rained down on me. I tried to accept it, let it pass as the infantile tantrum it was.
Melark stopped hitting me long enough to kick me, his acid laughter staining the air as I fell to the flo... | "What's the matter, muggle? Too afraid to use your powers?" David said, and shoved me.
It's the same routine everyday. David and his friends had recently started watching Harry Potter and learned a new word. Thus, muggle was all I was used to hearing all week.
"I don't think this little twig has any," Rob said and ... | 2020-02-26T06:21:03 | 2020-02-26T04:53:48 | 3,609 | 234 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | "Today is the day" I thought, rising slowly out of bed. "Today is the day I'll show them what it does!"
Each day started like this. I had always wanted to show them what my sigil does, but was always too afraid of the outcome, too afraid of its consequences. Today, like every other morning, would not be the day... Too... | The little circle of black ink stained the skin on the back of my left hand. Hollow and empty, as if God had gotten to me and tired of his work.
Everyone's sigil *started* hollow. Then, when a person reached five or six, the sigil would fill itself in. If the sigil was unique, it could take another year or two for th... | 2020-02-26T06:30:41 | 2020-02-26T05:07:39 | 1,447 | 665 |
[WP] Every time you die, your consciousness shifts to another reality where everything is the same, except you survived. The transition is usually seamless, but at 178 years, you're starting to notice. | I've been in 507 car accidents, four train wrecks, and an airplane crash. I've been exposed to more nuclear radiation than Homer Simpson, consumed more bleach than a hair salon, and been forced by the CIA to listen to thousands of hours of Justin Bieber's "Yummy" playing on repeat. Yet somehow, I am still here.
Th... | It was an extraordinary mission. Almost everyone, in hypersleep. Hypersleep, at faster than light speed, for 178 years, on a journey that would take more than 4,000. An incredible mission.
And, a heartbreaking one. None more heartbreaking than it.
Sent upon a H-Breaker ship, crewing but a 'mere' 650,000; Infinitesim... | 2021-01-09T09:23:54 | 2021-01-09T08:43:20 | 84 | 27 |
[WP] "For the *last time*, just because I dress like an edgelord and live in a giant castle constructed out of obsidian within a region of high volcanic activity DOES NOT mean I'm a villain! That's just, like, my aesthetic, bro!" | Rowan sighed as she spotted yet another stupid small-town hero walking up the path to her home. The hero was some fool who'd mistaken her home for some villainous lair made for nefarious purposes. *Maybe this one will suspect I'm secretly a dragon,* she thought sarcastically.
*... Maybe I should GET a dragon. Is that... | *“you get it!” “No, you get it!” “No, I got it last time.”*
The boys called out in the empty field where they played baseball.
The ball had gone over the massive, spiked fence of Maggard’s Castle.
Jimmy looked up at the castle, rising like a black, necrotic, frostbitten finger into the sky. Its obsidian bulk seemed ... | 2021-03-22T23:06:29 | 2021-03-22T22:23:52 | 193 | 63 |
[WP] Pacifist aliens, incapable of aggression, are being slaughtered by their rivals. To save themselves from annihilation they turn to the universes most violent species, humans. | I whistle to myself to deal with the discomfort. I'm strapped into my micro-fission cell powered combat armor and sealed in a reinforced titanium alloy torpedo filled with anti-g ballistic gelatin plunging through an alien atmosphere at a ridiculous velocity. Outside, the shell of ablative ceramic is heating up to ne... | Lance Ravenbow here. Professional armorer and dragon slayer.
This reminds me of the time the people of the town of Ploop hired me to defend them from a clan of dropwights.
I should tell you up front -- and I'm ashamed of this, mind -- that they didn't hire me for any grand and noble reason. At that time of my life I ... | 2021-08-07T20:18:38 | 2021-08-07T18:11:41 | 825 | 96 |
[WP] "Hello, my name is Sophia, what's yours?" You turn around and see a 10-year-old girl, and return the greeting. Her parents look at you strangely and demand, "how do you know her name?" "Um, she just introduced herself." "Very funny buddy, she hasn't been able to speak since she was a baby." | ...
The family of three all looked at me, two with suspicion, and one with surprised curiosity.
"Ah, pardon me!" I turned back to the group and put on my best winning smile, trying to look as non-pedophiley as possible, well aware of how I could've looked, "You must be the Winchesters?"
"Yeah, Marc Winchester." the ... | [Going to try my own hand at this. A little different than the original thought when i wrote the prompt. But isn't that always the case when writing?]
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Well, it was a Tuesday, so it was time to go shopping again. The weather was nice, and i decided to walk, not needing much anyway. I don't know what it was, but th... | 2022-07-11T07:16:10 | 2022-07-11T05:55:55 | 200 | 48 |
[WP] You are an NPC in a simulator/strategy game. You have long heard of tales of disembodied voices, which randomly bring prosperity or doom. After several years, you hear the fated voice, "hey guys, it's Josh, and welcome back to Let's Game it out." | "Hey guys, it's Josh and welcome back to Let's Game it Out."
I looked around frantically, trying to see who had uttered the words; I found no one. Knowing the tales of what this meant, however, I felt trepidation course through my body.
Only good things, I trust. After all, if a being of unmatched power could alter o... | **"Welcome back,"** said Josh. "Now, I know it's been... what, three years, since I've last made a video? And the thing you guys are all wondering is, 'wow, where has Josh been?'"
"No, Josh, we have *not* been wondering that. Our chickens have been flourishing without you," the village elder muttered under his breath.... | 2022-07-13T05:03:24 | 2022-07-13T04:53:08 | 986 | 195 |
[WP] Humans are an intergalactic species, but also pacifist in their natural state. Earth is created in an attempt to create violent humans to face a new threat. | I do not regret the work I have done. You may condemn me for my actions--I assume you may even seek to have me arrested. I assume this, because you are the paragon of our species, my lordship. As supreme chancellor of the Human Empire, it is your duty to uphold the most sacred of our traditions and ways of life. I do n... | “Sargent Komklosky, you have been summoned to the grand council today to give a disposition on the current status of the Earth Project. At the end of the disposition it will be decided how much funding we shall keep channeling into overseeing of Earths affairs. It will also be determined if we can approach them and r... | 2014-08-11T06:37:54 | 2014-08-11T06:27:53 | 49 | 10 |
[WP] Every child is born with a birthmark identical to the person they are meant to marry and must spend their lives seeking their other half. You are the only person who doesn't have a birthmark. | I found her. Finally. Ordering a complicated drink at a starbucks, near the modelling agency that I tracked her down to.
I first saw her in an ad on a subway. It took a little time, but after searching for her in an underwear catalog, I had it. I was able to precisely see her birthmark. it was a smaller mark on her an... | I used to spend many, many days, and many, many nights letting this keep me up.
"Why? Why me?"
"Well maybe it just means I'm compatible with *everyone*?"
"Maybe there's someone else that doesn't have it and *they're* who I'm meant to find."
"Maybe I haven't found it - maybe it's hidden somewhere in my god damn ... | 2014-08-27T10:37:37 | 2014-08-27T08:01:47 | 46 | 13 |
[WP] Write a seemingly innocent story that could have been written for children. Then tell a different perspective on the same story that casts it in a totally different light.
Nothing in the original story should change - all that should change is the perspective on it. | "If you look into the mirror at midnight and stare long enough, your reflection can talk to you."
Jimmy stared into the mirror at his reflection. This seemed like one of those creepy tales kids tell each other at school. Jimmy was 8 years old, too old for creepy tales. Wiping the tiredness from his eyes, Jimmy stared ... | Born into a wealthy family, Lacala decided to cut ties from her upper class life and start anew. She quit her job and got a new job at a local perfume shop at the mall. Her family looked down at her for working at a perfume kiosk. They disowned her, and now homeless she had struggled to find a place to stay. Fortunatel... | 2014-09-02T19:52:26 | 2014-09-02T19:02:48 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Science has advanced far beyond human understanding, discoveries are made using supercomputers running vast neural networks. In the darkness, God watches a lonely machine printing output, a new law of nature! Something troubles him, this law is undeniably valid but it's not one that he created. | He sat back in his chair, processing this new information. When could this have happened? When did the life He created get so far? And so fast! He was always impressed with their ability to grow; any old animal can advance in increments but as humanity progressed, every step was bigger and before long they were boundin... | "This tiny selector told me the undeniable truth. Chlorophyll absorbs 50% more sunlight than I remember."
We rotated the brass selector. "A second look always takes priority in science," God said, us riding on his shoulder and forearm.
We jumped from God and tended to the machines. After hours, our calculations cam... | 2014-12-20T08:32:12 | 2014-12-20T07:48:09 | 171 | 10 |
[WP] What if Noah's "ark" was planet Earth itself? What, then, did God flood, and who was Noah? | He told me to build an ark. He told me that the evil he sees in this place has become to thick, so he will cleanse this place. He told me to build an ark.
But why me? I like my father and his before him am just a simple creator. Our trade of making planets is nothing special nor no longer important. Why not ask one o... | Quick note: excellent shower thought.
Altair IV had been the cradle of life for all of eternity, or at least as far as God knew. God was a lesser deity, only in control of 2 galaxies, but he could tell that there were greater beings who'd torn apart their realms and chose to destroy all of creation with great supernov... | 2015-01-07T18:57:43 | 2015-01-07T18:50:14 | 86 | 43 |
[WP] At age 18, you are able to trade in a percentage of your physical beauty for an equivalent amount of intelligence, or vice versa.
Inspired by a Time Magazine article | So they say I found a loophole.
They said we could make a choice, brains or beauty. Not both. Most of the people I knew traded about 20% of their intelligence for beauty. Most of the adults I knew wished they had traded for intelligence.
I could have listened. I could have made my way through college and gotten a gr... | "Oh, my god, this is the dream come true!" I exclaimed, when I first heard about it.
I have entered the building with tall glass walls, waited in line, and here I am, talking to a pale, tall man in a suit.
"Hello. So you want to..."
"Yes. NOW. Shut up and take my money. I trade everything, for as much as I can."
-... | 2015-09-23T23:11:30 | 2015-09-23T22:55:58 | 663 | 12 |
[WP] At age 18, you are able to trade in a percentage of your physical beauty for an equivalent amount of intelligence, or vice versa.
Inspired by a Time Magazine article | I wake on my birthday, a special day indeed,
Rebalancing of perks, and specific traits I need.
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A major life decision, then an awesome day of fun,
But before I get my drink on, there's something must be done.
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I venture to the chemist, considering my state,
I'm not overly smart, but I do look pretty great.
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... | "Oh, my god, this is the dream come true!" I exclaimed, when I first heard about it.
I have entered the building with tall glass walls, waited in line, and here I am, talking to a pale, tall man in a suit.
"Hello. So you want to..."
"Yes. NOW. Shut up and take my money. I trade everything, for as much as I can."
-... | 2015-09-24T06:40:24 | 2015-09-23T22:55:58 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] A Hero and his/her sidekick fight crime without killing, until one day he accidentally murders a criminal. As day pass, more and more criminals are having "accidents" | "The gun just... went off?"
"Oh yea." The strong-chinned man's cape flapped dramatically as he flew through the clouds. A smile filled his face. "You know, those things are *so* unreliable."
"I guess," said the boy. His own cape was much shorter, and he kept wiping his face to clear it of droplets from the clouds. "B... | "Boss," I started as I sat down beside my hero. She was an amazonian woman named Double Destruction, marketing had come up with that not her, "how are you feeling today?"
"Not good."
"You at least got into your costume eh? Good to see you at work."
"Shut up Echo," she said and she clapped her hands twice, "You know ... | 2015-12-10T18:28:52 | 2015-12-10T17:34:09 | 55 | 13 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 389 | 19 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Liechtenstein? Really? How the hell did Liechtenstein take out ISIS? And who the hell *is* Liechtenstein?"
President Trump's face was beet red. General Bundy's hands shook as he recited the relevant facts: small, German-speaking mountain principality on the Austrian border.
"So how'd they do it? This had better sou... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T06:57:30 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 190 | 19 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "DEUS VULT!"
The battlecry of the newly reborn Papal State rang on the lips of devout Catholics the world over. The faithful had come together once again to rid the Holy Land of the infidel scourge. Pope Francis stood at the head of his army, a not-so-ceremonial sword flashing in his hand as he held it up on the stree... | At first, we all thought it was just a stunt to get back in the headlines. We all knew the Prince was a bit of a publicity whore, but there was no way he could actually believe in their cause, right?
But joke or not, they came. First in rafts, setting off from the mainland. Then a hijacked cruise vessel, stolen off... | 2016-01-29T10:03:10 | 2016-01-29T06:56:50 | 82 | 55 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "DEUS VULT!"
The battlecry of the newly reborn Papal State rang on the lips of devout Catholics the world over. The faithful had come together once again to rid the Holy Land of the infidel scourge. Pope Francis stood at the head of his army, a not-so-ceremonial sword flashing in his hand as he held it up on the stree... | When Daesh had exploded a bomb right in the middle of the sambodromo, the world was shocked.
Fortunately, nobody was killed, but Rio´s carnaval was destroyed. Brazilians demanded a strong answer from their government, but they had not fought a serious war for at least 150 years, so how to react? How to succeed where ... | 2016-01-29T10:03:10 | 2016-01-29T07:12:39 | 82 | 36 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "DEUS VULT!"
The battlecry of the newly reborn Papal State rang on the lips of devout Catholics the world over. The faithful had come together once again to rid the Holy Land of the infidel scourge. Pope Francis stood at the head of his army, a not-so-ceremonial sword flashing in his hand as he held it up on the stree... | He grew up on one of the toughest streets in America. Immigrants, weirdos, and living in filth described his young life. As he grew up, he was at first feared, then people started recognizing his deep, old man wisdom. Eventually, he gained many loyal friends, and others sought him out for his insight.
The ISIS problem... | 2016-01-29T10:03:10 | 2016-01-29T09:11:06 | 82 | 33 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | At first, we all thought it was just a stunt to get back in the headlines. We all knew the Prince was a bit of a publicity whore, but there was no way he could actually believe in their cause, right?
But joke or not, they came. First in rafts, setting off from the mainland. Then a hijacked cruise vessel, stolen off... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T06:56:50 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 55 | 19 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | When Daesh had exploded a bomb right in the middle of the sambodromo, the world was shocked.
Fortunately, nobody was killed, but Rio´s carnaval was destroyed. Brazilians demanded a strong answer from their government, but they had not fought a serious war for at least 150 years, so how to react? How to succeed where ... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T07:12:39 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 36 | 19 |
[WP] You are immortal however if you die in a dream, you die in real life. You have mastered the ability of lucid dreaming, however one night, you are faced with your worst nightmare. | Immortality is a burdensome gift.
To never die is something many great leaders of our times wish to have but for me it has become a curse.
Seeing friends and family die off. To see the world that I once knew become anew, time and time again. I yearn for death yet it escapes me. I've attempted suicide more times than... | The taste of the air itself told me I was in a dream, even before I opened my eyes. Before mankind started production at their factories and built towers into the sky the air was clean and crisp everywhere you went. The last time I had smelled the air this way was the same day I died. Before a call for vengeance landed... | 2016-03-06T07:40:33 | 2016-03-06T07:23:30 | 133 | 14 |
[WP] Vampires are not the bloodthirsty monsters people believe them to be. For millennia their bite has been one of inoculation against the worst plagues and infections of history, humanity's greatest disease outbreaks coinciding with periods we had hunted them to near extinction. | My brothers and sisters are dead. The existence of my species hangs on a precipice.
We called ourselves the guardians of humanity, our saliva protecting them for millenia. Viruses, plagues, toxins - they would be extinct a thousand times over without us watching over them.
And yet they hunted *us* to within a breat... | A couple - both adorning long, dark hair, their skin nearly alabaster in appearance - sit at opposing ends of a large dining-room table, the house surrounding them remarkably Victorian. Neither of them deign to utilize the dining-room table for its more expected case, possibly because the body of a man lies between the... | 2016-05-08T07:30:35 | 2016-05-08T04:54:26 | 1,345 | 104 |
[WP] Fortunately, the dark lord has been overthrown at last and on trial for his crimes. Unfortunately, you are his lawyer. | My client didn't look anything like the stereotypical Devil. He was wearing a green sweater befitting of an old man, unflattering glasses, and his brown hair was neatly trimmed. He was the most polite (person?) I had ever met.
"I have to say. You're not what I expected."
"Well, it's always the one you least suspect... | "The party of the accused will now take the stand to cross-examine the witness."
I gave a deep sigh and glanced over at my client. He offered a sheepish grin which could barely be seen through his thick iron helmet.
"Mrs. Smith! How are you today?" I announced, striding towards the front of the room.
"Well, I've...b... | 2016-07-23T07:57:10 | 2016-07-23T07:50:49 | 87 | 37 |
[WP] After almost 1,000 years the population of a generation ship has lost the ability to understand most technology and now lives at a preindustrial level. Today the ship reaches its destination and the automated systems come back online. | I am the keeper of the blue flame.
When we were children, we heard the stories of the old times, when the air was thick and healthy, and our ancestors made food and machines from thin air. The dark screens were lit with words and images, and the halls of the world were loud with voices.
It is quiet now.
The keepers ... | Mary gently pressed her rake into a patch of soil, guiding the tool with the deftness of one who has done so for decades.
The ship's garden was fashioned from the detritus of a bygone era - soil boxes fashioned from scrapped 4x4s, partitions crafted from broken wires. It rested beneath a glass dome to let in sunlight,... | 2016-07-27T10:31:08 | 2016-07-27T09:33:31 | 71 | 19 |
[WP] The brave sir knight has slain the dragon and rescued the princess. In return the knight asks for her hand in marriage. The princess must now awkwardly explain to the knight that while she is grateful for being rescued, she jousts for the other team. | My dear Sir Knight,
I fear that in all the excitement of defeating the dragon and liberating the princess (me) from prolonged captivity, we got off on the wrong foot. I made several attempts to explain to you the nature of the situation, but you were unable to hear me through your unadulterated whoops of self-adulatio... | Sir Culbert braved murky swamps, treacherous forests, and precarious cliffs all to save the beautiful Princess Elizabeth. He even slain the murderous brown dragon who kept the princess at bay. Culbert, badly injured, went to the highest tower, opened the door and said "Don't worry madam, I, Sir Culbert, have arrived to... | 2016-10-21T16:53:53 | 2016-10-21T14:19:58 | 29 | 18 |
[WP] Ever since you received your letter for Hogwarts you've been curious about all the different spells there are. You've just bought your first wand and the first spell you try is what you believe to be rather humorous. "AbraCadabra". Nobody told you this spell was banned. For obvious reasons. | SEE the problem is, the literal translation of AVARDAkadavra is 'i destroy as i speak'. Abrakadabra is i CREATE as i speak. So honestly the logical conclusion of that is instead of killing something when you use abrakadabra, you accidentally multiply it thousands of times.
Little muggleborn kid in olivanders, flicks ... | At the time, I thought it was a little weird the spell was black but I didn't think much of it. Just kind of looked weird.
But it kept burning and burning. Every book, every piece of furniture in my room and it made its way outside. It was so fast and so hot.
I called the fire brigade but there was no response.
Real... | 2016-12-01T23:01:13 | 2016-12-01T21:30:38 | 48 | 24 |
[WP]You wake up one morning and open up Reddit. Stickied at the top of the front page with 35 thousand upvotes is an AskReddit: "Did you all just feel that?" | Bzzzzzzz. Snooze. Bzzzzzzz. Snooze. " Fuck it, it's Saturday.", I blurted as I fell off to sleep again when a reddish tint engulfed my vision. "MATRIX SERVER 31 : physics.exe crashed with exception memory overflow on line 48. Rebooting simulation in 1 hour to date : 1 Jan, 1970"
A big, bright message in neon green, ob... | The answer was a decisive "YES". I did feel it although I couldn't pin the sensation. It was a mixture of euphoria, excitement, fear and anxiety all mixed into one overwhelming rush of emotions. I couldn't tell how long it lasted either but if pressed I'd venture to guess around one minute. But it could be longer or sh... | 2016-12-04T08:56:50 | 2016-12-04T08:36:29 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You've accidentally killed the Devil. God makes you the new Devil to replace the one you killed. | *Oh man John*, I thought to myself. *You're gonna be late. Come on. Show me some luck...* My fingers crossed instinctively as I neared the intersection. *Still green, still green... yes!* Just one more turn, I'd be on the street. Then I'd power park, sprint- good think I brought the handkerchief. I couldn't be late. I ... | Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I didn't actually *kill* the Devil. He killed himself. Was I involved? Marginally. There was a wager, of course - the Devil is nothing if not a gambler - involving a guitar and my soul, which turned entirely on the fact that the Devil mistakenly believed Jimmy Page to be dead. J... | 2016-12-09T08:39:14 | 2016-12-09T08:22:15 | 111 | 56 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | This is ink I bought at the store.
This ink was used to print out this paper.
This paper is white and the ink is black.
Today I need to do some laundry because I am a lazy person.
But it does not have a deeper theme.
I am just being honest that I am lazy.
So this poem is not an empty shell.
It is literall... | Write something literal, they said. A good story is easy to read. A good story is easy to remember. A good story tells you a story. It doesn't preach. It doesn't moralise. It doesn't claim to know more than the eye can see. Write something literal, they said.
The writer stared at his computer screen in front of him. H... | 2017-01-30T08:42:38 | 2017-01-30T08:28:09 | 561 | 26 |
[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. | The chanting intensifies and there is a flash of light. The dark brotherhood's efforts have paid off. Bayzelbub appears. He's promised dark forbidden secrets.
"Are your feeble minds prepared for oblivion? For what can be known cannot be unknown..."
Not a one of them looked away. They were dedicated to knowledge no m... | 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... | 2017-09-04T09:52:58 | 2017-09-04T05:47:48 | 657 | 93 |
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
Whoa. This blew up way more than I expected it to.
Edit... | "I was late, and it could fly."
I shifted nervously in my seat and reached for a glass of water that I had already drained.
The team from HR didn't respond right away, so I had time to fill my glass and drink again before I went on.
"I realize that's not a great excuse for why there's a fire-breathing Nightmare Pony... | "What the ACTUAL F--" I stopped short, conscious of my 5-year-old girl's presence behind me.
"What is it, Daddy?" she asked innocently, and more than a little concerned.
"What...I...how..." I sputtered, unable to produce a coherent word.
It was Christmas morning, and I'd woken up and had breakfast as usual. Closing ... | 2017-09-25T18:40:35 | 2017-09-25T18:13:41 | 40 | 15 |
[WP] God gave humanity Earth and filled it with marvels and wonders of many kinds. This was not done as a gift, but a distraction. To distract them from exploring the stars, and to protect them from the horrors that lurked out in the dark. | We thought it strange, at first, that with every new light that twinkled in the night, with every step we took towards the stars, another oh-so-interesting novelty appeared upon Earth. For every oh-so-promising exoplanet, twenty new pockets of new life or beauty were found upon Earth.
But humanity's attention was not... | "The northern star is a lie! Beware of the stars! Steer clear of Astrology AND Astronomy! They are all traps!" The scruffy homeless looking man handed me a pamphlet that read 'Don't Look Up' the truth of death and stars.
"Get a job!" I said roughly and threw the pamphlet in the nearest garbage bin.
It was snowing o... | 2018-01-01T20:13:08 | 2018-01-01T18:37:19 | 45 | 10 |
[WP] You have an incredible ability, the ability to create something just by saying its name, only problem is you gotta say it in an ancient tongue that no one knows, not even yourself, today in the middle of going through a terrible cough, your ability activates for the fourth time in your life. | "Mom! Mom! Guess what I'm speaking!"
"What, honey?" My mother let out a giggle as I began a few more lines in the strange tongue.
"It's the language where English and Spanish and Indian come from!" I laughed again. Four year old me was a fun kid.
According to my mother, I always introduced the language the same way... | The shadows were dancing across the walls, pirouetting excitedly around the objects that bore their likeness.
Intik was lost in a world of his own, somewhere between the sway of the shadows and the flamboyance of the full moon as it peered curiously through the window. The sound of muffled coughing brought him back in... | 2018-08-06T07:38:46 | 2018-08-06T04:12:41 | 425 | 55 |
[WP] The Devil returns from a long day making deals and collecting souls, but along the way to his keep he manages to unwittingly drop one... yours. Years later you arrive in Hell, but since the Devil doesn't know where your soul is, he can't manipulate or punish you. You're just kind of... there. | “Behold! Beyond this door lays your greatest fear!” The demon smiled cruelly, showing rows of wicked, jagged teeth.
“Wha…what is it?” I asked hesitantly, my eyes following the creature’s gesture to the wrought iron door before me. Comprised of dark metal and adorned with a single slot for viewing that could only be op... | He hadn't even noticed when it had happened. In His defence, it *had* been a long day; eternal damnation really was quite a long time, and having to dish out appropriate and individually-tailored punishment to literally *millions* of Sinners had a way of really taking it out of you. Add to this an endless supply of new... | 2019-05-06T09:13:12 | 2019-05-06T08:17:24 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] murder is legal, once a permit has been obtained from the local police department. Permits require a declaration of a target victim and justification to commit the act. Once a permit has been issued it is valid for 72 hours. Once expired you can never get another for the same target victim. | "What is your justification?" asked the officer on duty.
"Pissed me off."
"Do you feel murder is a proportional response to that offense?"
*Why won't they just get on with it?*
"Yes." I answer decisively, hoping it would make the officer get the hint.
"You realize that by not taking this before a committee, you'd ... | "Hey Rad, focus "-said Fred without hiding his discomfort- "I'm answering your question, so you better listen to me. I dont even know why you called me. There's nothing wrong about this place".
-Nothing, huh? There's a dead body 3 ft from you and you dont even acknowledge her prescence. Let alone your lack of condolen... | 2019-07-09T10:40:22 | 2019-07-09T10:40:11 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] You've died. You expected to be judged in the Afterlife, but all you see now is God and Satan disappointingly sigh at you and simultaneously scold: "We look away for five months and you died AGAIN?!" | I'm dead. I don't remember dying, but the place I'm in now has an air of finality to it. And dark green linoleum tiles on the floor. Just as I'm starting to accept my own demise, God and Satan stride in through a set of double doors at the far end of the nondescript room.
I'm no good at reading faces, but theirs are ... | A semi-truck trailer tilted on top of you as you walked along the sidewalk, killing you instantly.
​
"Would you plea-,"
​
One of your closest allies sent a spear through your chest, killing you and your hard-earned trust instantly.
​
"Stop,"
​
Hanging upside down had ... | 2019-07-17T15:13:13 | 2019-07-17T15:07:27 | 263 | 36 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | We know so little about the Precursors. We know that they were the first; when they evolved, they were alone in a vast universe. But we also know that they didn't despair in their loneliness; while they had their wars and their strife like any young civilization, eventually, they expanded out into the stars. In the mod... | **Journeys End**
Tomorrow we reach it. Garrix says that we’ll find the root to all existence, that purpose itself will have an answer, like all equations. I stopped listening to Garrix a long time ago.
Officer Mercurier hasn’t stopped pacing the entire journey, her performance has declined significantly. If anyone sh... | 2019-08-13T15:39:21 | 2019-08-13T15:27:26 | 52 | 24 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | At a glance, it was a barren planet. Indistinguishable from billions of other planets in the Milky Way.
The first giveaway of something extraordinary was its radiation signature; way beyond the expected range for its class.
Closer inspection revealed ancient structures. Another civilization that burned itself out. St... | "Von Neumann Probe", that's what they called them. Fully automated spacecraft that replicated exponentially and reached into every nook and cranny of the galaxy. Speculation has it that uncountable numbers of them are even still on their way to bridge the gaps between galaxies at this very moment. The crazy part is tha... | 2019-08-13T16:22:41 | 2019-08-13T15:57:57 | 32 | 22 |
[WP] Genetics is everything. There are scales for wisdom, might, HP and mana, that are used on babies right after birth. You were born into an elitist family that discarded you after seeing your mana. What they didn't know is that you were the top 99.99% in dexterity, and you hold grudges. | **Part 1**
Spellcrafting has three primary components.
First is the mana, the fuel for the spell. Every invocation requires some, and the more powerful the spell the more it consumes, and on the inverse the more you have, the more powerful your spells can become.
Second is the intent of the caster. Magic cannot be... | Leopold, sweet Leopold the Alchemist. To the village, he's a kindly old man a saint, selling the potions at 40% of what a big city potion sellers would. What the saps don't know is that Leopold's potions are so diluted that they only are about 10% as effective. Of course, if someone is about to die, he'll bust out the ... | 2020-02-28T03:18:19 | 2020-02-28T00:54:17 | 1,052 | 60 |
[WP] Decades ago, Earth sent a capsule into space filled with bits about our culture. Today, it returned tampered with. It contained a note, "Your unassuming biological weapon was effective, indeed. As the last remaining member of my species, I'm returning the favor."
This is my first post on this sub and I'm not a fr... | For the physical manifestation of our slow, grinding demise it sure landed with an unimpressive thud. Just a few-hundred extra pounds of something in some field near Somewhere, Nebraska.
Eustis Lee had been out on the four-by-four, misty-breathed and going from deer stand to deer stand. He had been tasked with killing... | It was the wee hours of the morning when it happened, when it first began. Well, let me take that back, really it began back in the late 70’s, but it was now in 2020 that things started back up.
I heard the crash around three o’clock, made me jump right out of bed. When I tiptoed into the living room, I saw it.
Her... | 2020-04-13T14:42:04 | 2020-04-13T14:16:35 | 95 | 71 |
[WP] Your family has always put alot of garlic into their foods. You always thought it was because garlic was delicious and lowers cholesterol, but other than that nothing else. That is, before you were abducted by vampires... | I don't know what was more horrifying--the popping noise when it bit into my neck, the subsequent screams, or the fact I couldn't see any of this because of the hood over my head.
Whatever the case I was terrified into action, and once my arms were released I ripped the hood from my face with bound hands. Before me wa... | Everything started when I moved away from home. My parents bought me garlic among other foodstuff. I was going to share my home with four other people who were also university students. It was different for sure, but I was glad the door to my room had a lock. I could have my privacy when wanted because after all now I ... | 2020-08-05T11:21:15 | 2020-08-05T11:21:05 | 55 | 12 |
[WP] The legendary hero that we summoned to save the realm was not what we expected. He was gruff, not handsome. He direct in his speech, not elegant. He also came with "Navy Seal Training," which we think is some sort of swordplay and a "Medal of Honor," which must be some sort of crown. | Lady Elaine looked on at the knight. He was unlike any she has ever seen—his dark hair was not long, flowing locks, but it was cropped close to his lumpy head. The armour he wore was not shining metal that gleamed in the sun; it was some sort of dense fabric, the colour of fresh moss on the forest floor.
Still, Lady E... | I leave it to Dr. Lucero and her team to worry about the nature of The Nexus, how it operates, all that junk. Look, I get it's important, and I respect that they do something that I not only couldn't do, but I have 0 interest in doing. Like, none, at all. I'd rather pull shitter duty for a month straight.
So: I'm stan... | 2020-11-10T10:29:58 | 2020-11-10T09:52:14 | 1,682 | 341 |
[WP] You're in the immensely long waiting line to enter heaven. After waiting for what seems like decades you start to think this waiting line has no end and is actually hell and the short line next to it which says it goes to hell is actually going to heaven. | Edward had been waiting for what felt like forever. Hell, for all he knew, it could've been forever. All of human history and a whole lot beyond that could've passed while he was standing in this line. *Patience is a virtue,* he thought desperately, *Patience is a virtue*.
For the millionth time, he looked down at hi... | 'Gosh, this is taking forever.'
Sam looked at the watch on his left arm that was still clutching the steering wheel of his car; his fingers had moulded an imprint into the plastic. Looking around the interior of his car, he noticed it also had a slightly melted look to it, like ice cream that had sat out in the sun. T... | 2021-01-21T07:39:43 | 2021-01-21T05:09:06 | 58 | 12 |
[WP] As the "Tavern Keeper," you better believe he has taverns to keep. From the highest mountain point, in the wilderness of the jungles and even in the depths of the oceans, he really has a lot to maintain to keep his title. | Morning finally came.
Ruwal, keeper of taverns and secrets, went to her bed; sleep had been granted at last.
It had been another long night--there had been three barfights, dozens of drunkards behaving like drunkards, and at least one death. All said, an average night at the Barpeak--the highest known, most treachero... | Of all the gin joints in all the world, I hated the ocean’s the most. Not the garish floating bars of the rich humans or the cruise ships they insisted were fun and classy but seemed instead like death traps. Never those.
No, it was instead the deep sea saloons and cantinas of the Merpeople that drew my ire, dives in ... | 2021-02-03T14:22:05 | 2021-02-03T12:34:07 | 100 | 20 |
[WP] Humanity had put off dimensional travel for fear of running into 'cosmic horrors'. A long overdue visit to an alternate dimension revealed we were the cosmic horrors. | TW: Hitler joke
"So, *we're* the cosmic horrors."
"Yyyyyep."
"Then what do the interdimensional beings look like?"
"Uh, this." Commander Johnston held up a piece of paper containing what appeared to be a drawing of a shiny-eyed cartoon bunny rabbit.
"You're pulling my leg," said Dr. Savage.
"Sadly, I am not," sai... | Well, this was unexpected.
After centuries of waiting, humanity had finally decided that it was worth the risk. We'd heard no end of tales and dystopian warnings from soothsayers, storytellers and scholars. That we'd run into dimensional horrors and scientific reversals of a particularly deadly kind, not at all unlike... | 2021-04-09T06:44:56 | 2021-04-09T04:50:57 | 33 | 21 |
[WP] Scientists discover that people don't age in space, this bizarre finding leads them to the conclusion that the planet and its gravity are slowly eating people alive. | Dreadful.
In the mirror, the face of a man, middle-aged, a few wrinkles around his eyes. The man should be delighted, his first wrinkles are those of a person who laughed often. But the man wasn't in the mood now. He felt angry.
This man is you. It could be a woman or a child or an elderly, it matters not, it is yo... | “Miss Megan, what about the moon?” a boy asked. “Would we age on the moon?”
Megan sighed. It had been an unending barrage of questions from the kids ever since the news broke out. Kids shouldn’t have to think about getting old, Megan thought. They should be scared of getting cooties or be scared of themselves for want... | 2022-01-17T11:31:07 | 2022-01-17T10:34:40 | 60 | 35 |
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