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[WP] Limbo is a featureless room with a door labeled “heaven” and one labeled “Hell”. Heaven has been locked for 12,000 years. Today’s the day you finally say “screw it, anything’s better than this.” | Twelve thousand years. That's how long I've been sitting in limbo. I feel like I'm in a waiting room at the doctor, but no magazines or smooth jazz. There are two doors on the far wall from me, one labeled heaven, and the other hell. I've tried the heaven door, it's been locked since I got here. I've tried everything t... | Imagine a football field, only indoors, surrounded by walls instead of cheering fans. There are no signs or markings. Everything is the same indescribable shade of gray, even the air in front of you, making it impossible to see anything more than a few yards away. Not that yards have any meaning. Or time.
It's been th... | 2018-02-09T07:32:06 | 2018-02-09T07:31:53 | 119 | 31 |
[WP] To extend your life, you've played Death in many games and beaten him. However, after your last game, you begin to see that Death has been losing to you on purpose. | 1."Why?" - I asked, after another game of chess that felt so familiar. I'm no grand master, but I've played enough game, with him at least, to see the pattern.
"Let's just say... I'm a fan of your works." - he then departed, leaving me waiting for another game that I'd win.
Five movies, another one in production, eig... | I set down my rook.
“Checkmate.”
“DAMN. I THOUGHT I HAD YOU. EXCELLENT PLAY, MICHELLE.”
“Thank you. Tomorrow, then, Death?”
“AS ALWAYS.” He began to disappear. As I looked at the board, I noticed something off about the play.
“Death, wait.”
“YES? WHAT IS IT?”
“You could have easily blocked my move. I’m no grandmaster, ... | 2018-03-21T10:23:29 | 2018-03-21T08:35:33 | 156 | 23 |
[WP] After 10 years and 3 games, you retired as the beloved villain of a popular video game franchise. A year later, you hear the new game bombed. Later that day, someone bangs on your door. You find the hero and extended cast, all of whom you've tried to murder and/or maim, begging you to return. | "We're ruined, Bowser."
Mario sits in front of you, his cap off of his head and held tightly to his chest. "We... we tried to give the games more story... more than just 'save the princess'... We went into the background of the mushroom kingdom, gave it lore, gave it an entirely new villain..."
"...And it blew up in ... | "How bad is it?" I asked, leaning against the door frame leading into my keep.
"It's bad Nemesai, real bad." Galahan sighed, fiddling with the horsetail tassel on his golden helm. "They totally screwed the ship date, over promised and under delivered." A tear forms in the corner of his eye, "They had..." he stalls out... | 2018-05-06T16:18:31 | 2018-05-06T16:14:14 | 59 | 37 |
[WP] You are mysteriously transported into your favorite last generation game, meaning that everyone's actions are programmed and feel very predetermined. The main character notices how freely you act and sighs. "Thank god, you finally made it." | "Thank god, you finally made it," a feminine voice echoed deep inside a suit of heavy plate armor. "I wasn't sure how much longer I'd last."
The once-pristine armor, covered in dents and scratches, began to lose its shine. "It's your turn. I'm exhausted. I'll die soon, then God only knows what'll happen." She fell to ... | "Red? Is that you?" I ask, already knowing the answer.
"..."
"Is it really you?"
"..."
"You just spoke to me"
"You... from... outside?"
"Yes! I was wondering-"
"HELP MEEEEEEE"
"Woah, chill! I know a way we can get out. Ever heard of Sinnoh?"
"Sin...noh?"
"It's another region, like Kanto. Only, there is a P... | 2018-06-27T01:26:55 | 2018-06-27T01:11:28 | 72 | 35 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | I've been cursed with a terrible form of immortality. Every time my death is but moments away, time grind to a halt for everyone. And while I am still able to manipulate my suroundings to some degree, i do not age, hunger, require sleep or otherwise feel the passage of time.
I know this because time has stood still fo... | "good morning, miss Anderson! What wonderful day this is huh? Just like yesterday and the day before!"
"why yes you're right mister Emmett today is a wonderful day just like yesterday and the day before!"
I grinned, I always had a crush on miss Anderson, the fact that I was talking to her so freely felt like a dream ... | 2018-07-04T15:51:37 | 2018-07-04T13:38:26 | 4,562 | 278 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | I started keeping my own personal time by counting cycles of my fingernails growing; I clipped them every three weeks before time stopped. Every time before, time stopped for only a short period. Once, it was a car swerving out of control, headed in my direction. Another, a crazed gunman at university. Once I had remov... | "good morning, miss Anderson! What wonderful day this is huh? Just like yesterday and the day before!"
"why yes you're right mister Emmett today is a wonderful day just like yesterday and the day before!"
I grinned, I always had a crush on miss Anderson, the fact that I was talking to her so freely felt like a dream ... | 2018-07-04T14:24:46 | 2018-07-04T13:38:26 | 1,474 | 278 |
[WP] When you ask your daughter what she wants for Christmas, she asks for a unicorn. Your wife laughs it off, but you don't. Neither your wife or daughter know that you're the best monster trapper in the world, and your daughter is getting her unicorn no matter what. | "What do you want for Christmas Cupcake?" I asked.
She twisted her foot, how cute. I knew the answer of course, I had paid attention. She was absolutely enamored with unicorns, she's been drawing them for months, and has read every book in the library on the subject. Her pre-k teacher was amazed that she was powering ... | (I changed it to her wanting a reindeer, since I felt it fit the theme of Christmas/my story better.)
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Marty awoke to the tickling chill of a gusting breeze. Floorboards creaked as the treehouse swayed, and moonlight probed through the window, sending shadows scampering into the corners.
Ma... | 2018-12-07T17:57:45 | 2018-12-07T14:47:06 | 92 | 23 |
[WP] When you ask your daughter what she wants for Christmas, she asks for a unicorn. Your wife laughs it off, but you don't. Neither your wife or daughter know that you're the best monster trapper in the world, and your daughter is getting her unicorn no matter what. | She stared befuddled at her gift as the first flakes of Christmas snow gracefully fell just outside the window. The fire danced, and cracked and only the ticking of the clock made any other noise for what seemed like an eternity.
“No, honestly dad... what is this?”
He saw the inner workings of his daughter’s mind tr... | I hate catching monsters. The work is grueling and dangerous, plus the job gets no respect, but it pays damn well and I'm good at it. So when my daughter stood there, begging me for another Unicorn, I thought, "No. Not again."
My wife began to giggle. "Now Britney, you already have two sweetheart. Are you sure you re... | 2018-12-07T18:55:04 | 2018-12-07T17:22:38 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] New technology allows courts to extract the memories from suspects to prove their guilt or innocence. The suspect permanently loses that memory. Conviction rates are nearly flawless. But no-one in jail knows why they are there... | If the punishment should fit the crime,
I swear to God: I would do no time.
I know you say I killed them dead,
But I hold no memory in my head.
I stood in court for all to witness,
I bared my heart, my mind, my sickness.
Said the judge, "There's just one way,"
"To prove your whereabouts on that day."
... | The guard smiles. Blood drips from my mouth from where he hit me. "That'll teach you," he sneers, uncuffing me and shoving me into the tiny, isolated cell. The door slams shut. Alone, in the dark with my thoughts all I can keep thinking is, *Teach me what? What did I do?*
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"Jeannie, calm down."
As soon as the word... | 2019-02-01T12:28:57 | 2019-02-01T06:53:08 | 86 | 31 |
[WP]: The most sought woman in the town has announced that she will marry whoever can open her door with the key around her cats neck. Many have tried to catch, trap and hunt down the cat, who always escapes. You are the first to figure out they've all been doing this all wrong. |
I listened to her announcement, unable to keep the grin off of my face by the time she was done. I realized that I was going to start laughing. That would probably ruin the mood. I barely made it away in time.
Catch her cat. And thus, win her hand in marriage. It sounds difficult, even at the surface. Everyone kno... | I didn't realize what I was doing when I did it.
That's not to say I didn't know who she was. Everybody in town knew about Isabella. Her flowing black hair, creamy white skin, and brilliant green eyes captured the hearts of almost every man in town, including my own. But let's be real, what chance did I have with her?... | 2019-05-01T17:00:57 | 2019-05-01T16:48:20 | 68 | 45 |
[WP] You're the unappreciated intern for a famous group of Superheroes. Your power? You can boil water. All you do is make tea for them while they laugh and drink in their hideout. Little do they know that you've got dreams of becoming the Worst Villain ever. After all, a human is over 70% water... | Perception can screw with your dreams. When I was young and Naive, I wanted to be a superhero. I wanted to save the day, help little old ladies across the street and help others. The first roadblock to that dream was my powers. I can input enough thermal energy to boil water (although, I theorize with practice, I could... | I like tea, coffee too. I actually know a lot about either. If you asked me to explain the difference between a latte and a macchiato, I could do that. If you asked me what the difference between the taste of rose petals and rosebuds in tea, I could do that too. I could hold a lecture all about the *vast* difference be... | 2019-07-30T17:17:27 | 2019-07-30T16:15:31 | 40 | 29 |
[WP] You were colorblind most of your life until you received laser eye surgery. But something went wrong, and now you can see new colors most people would think of as gray. Everything was great until you noticed every gray surface in the city was graffitied with the "gray" message, "Look for us." | Look for us, in the muddled puddles on dirty alleyways. Dirt swirls around the edges of still water. Flies lap at the surface and linger for a moment. Golden sunlight burns it all away until mud is dust and dust is tossed in the wind. But for a fleeting moment, the puddle complies, splashing underfoot.
Look for us, i... | The colors were vibrant, blinding even. strange and indescribable, the strangest thing about it though. Were the messages, often times accompanied by arrows pointing ever whichaway, I ignored them for a while. But eventually my curiosity got the better of me and I followed them, Oh I followed them deep into parts of t... | 2020-03-16T17:52:41 | 2020-03-16T17:33:48 | 1,050 | 197 |
[WP] Every spacefaring species has something that makes them special. Some are fast, some have telekinesis, some are nigh-unkillable. To the galaxy's surprise, humans have a tendency to befirend the cosmic horrors lurking where the starlight does not reach. | Evolution and war interact in funny ways.
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It seemed like every interstellar species had it's own specialty, and it seemed that way for a reason. The Arvayu Telepaths guarded their power jealously - any telepathic species entering the galactic stage was quickly subdued, modified and enslaved, or otherwise... | \[- the Kuiper Transmission has confirmed a lack of any signals since first contact, and the United Fleetworks are now in proceedings to declare the Rio Grande Voyage lost with all hands. We would like to observe the names and faces of the voyagers who sailed out into the stars, on a mission of optimism and peace whic... | 2021-04-07T20:15:45 | 2021-04-07T19:38:37 | 2,301 | 558 |
[WP] There's a door with a single key hole - it will open regardless of what key is used. All keys open this door, but what's on the other side, however, entirely depends on the key. | No one knows where the Door came from. Only that it's been there as long as anyone can remember. Throughout your youth, the Door remained firmly in your consciousness. For, come your twenty-fifth birthday, it was your turn to open it. All your life was spent searching for the proper key.
For the Door was locked, p... | [Part 1 of 2]
A door that will lead you to an unknown destination. Many scholars spoke about its magic, but I never believed the tales. I was a man of science and science rarely mixes well with farfetched tales, yet the shimmering glow of its golden doorframe was unmistakable, a keyhole awaiting a key, beckoning me to... | 2021-06-10T05:47:56 | 2021-06-10T05:21:09 | 149 | 33 |
[WP] You've just been kidnapped by a supervillain. She's not really evil; she's just really socially awkward and had no idea how to approach you otherwise. She even made you dinner! | She was so famous she only went by her first name. There was Adele, Beyoncé, and there, mere inches away from me, was Lola. The world's most notorious supervillain and she was looking right at me. I rubbed my eyes, not quite believing the sight.
As cliche as it sounds, she was even more stunning in person than she was... | She burst through the double doors into what I assume is a dining room. Quite an odd place to be tied to a chair I'll admit, though its not like I should be picky where my kidnapper is keeping me. My kidnapper is holding a big silver tray tools for torture just underneath the cover I'm sure. "Hello... I-I'm Lilith" the... | 2021-10-21T14:37:48 | 2021-10-21T11:49:56 | 232 | 112 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul, everyone knows that. It’s usually a bad idea, but you’ve got a crazy idea. Earlier, you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a paper that stated you now owned his soul. You’re about to find out if demons consider this a valid co | "No."
What a waste of lunch money. It was hard convincing the bully too, especially it makes both parties look like a bunch of dorks. And honestly, what's more important to a bully than public image? The whole exchange was awkward, from conversation to the trade done in a janitor's closet. I can't imagine what people ... | [medium exterior shot- midday]
Building exterior is laden with ivy crawling up it's stone walls. The small, dirty half-window of the boiler room radiates with flecks of light from a dimming bulb.
Sounds of kids playing games at recess, birds chirping, traffic whizzing by.
The camera slowly pans downward as it zoo... | 2022-05-24T13:55:52 | 2022-05-24T13:43:05 | 100 | 24 |
[WP] Humans can Bond with animals to gain superpowers based on the traits of that animal. You just Bonded an animal that no one else in human history has been able to Bond with | It's been days, and I'm finally starting to get used to this salty water with each dive. I've even seen creatures humanity was not meant to see, but they aren't what I'm after. Jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii, the immortal jellyfish, is the true prize. You might think bonding with a jellyfish would be hard, you're right.... | Old Pat Harknuckle picked up the meal tray and began the long trek. He descended the forty-three levels, used his key card, finger prints, and eyeballs at various checkpoints, as the lukewarm meal chilled.
Pat's retirement age had long passed, but he kept puttering on, with calm persistence making his way throughout t... | 2022-08-18T13:40:19 | 2022-08-18T12:13:56 | 118 | 39 |
[WP] A professor stands in front of a class on the first day of term for “Time Travel 101” and explains why no one is allowed to go to Steven Hawking’s party. | Time travel 101, if you learn anything in this class I hope you learn that time is a fickle thing, mess with it and you don't come out the other side as you are.
Now you might have heard several rules of time from your fellow seniors, the most curious of which, don't visit Hawking's party. It's not that you can't, wel... | "Forgive me for asking professor, but why? The *Codex Vetiti Temporis* lists certain key events that cannot be tampered with, because they would affect the time and space continuum. What is it about that party that so strongly affects the future?"
The professor leaned forward, letting out a slow sigh, his tired exp... | 2022-09-24T21:31:14 | 2022-09-24T20:19:44 | 828 | 421 |
[WP]: every human being is born with a birthmark signifying a great deed they are fated do in their lives. Your first child has just been born, with the mark of a murderer across her face | The doctors hand the little ball of blankets that apparently holds a child in them. Though their smiles are wide, their eyes lie. I look down at this small child with brilliantly brown hair. I brush the hair to the side to observe the dark birthmark...death and murder. I'm confused. My family has always been write... | "She's so pretty. Which one is that?"
"Hold on." I took the book of marks from the table where the nurse had left it, flicking through the index. Pale brown, left side of the face, just below the corner of the eye to the edge of the nose in a C shape. Page 233.
"It's kind of like that one on your leg."
"No - hers is... | 2014-05-11T02:45:16 | 2014-05-11T00:05:48 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] A little girl is terrified of the monster under her bed, but what she doesn't know is that the monster under her bed protects her from the true monsters - her parents. You are that monster.
Thanks for the huge amount of responses! Loving most all of them, thank you! Sorry it was a bit simplistic though. | I'm sorry. I know you loved them. I know that you thought things would get better, that Mommy and Daddy would come in one day and tell you they love you and take you somewhere better. I know that I left you in the dark. But what you don't know is that you were wrong. I tried to keep you safe, to make sure that you didn... | "It's scary though"
"Don't worry. If you don't believe in monsters they die"
I seethe, sharply drawing my breath as her father turns to leave. I shift as familiar weight settles upon my back. I can feel the sharpness of the words, digging into me. Gradually she begins to drift away. From downstairs I can hear the b... | 2014-05-14T13:16:32 | 2014-05-14T13:08:42 | 33 | 17 |
[WP] Magic is real. And it is terrible. | Ralph shuffled his cards nervously, again and again until he could convince himself the odds were in his favor, or at least not against him.
A lump appeared in his throat as his opponent cut the deck. He just knew his fate was sealed.
Sweating through his shirt, he took a deep breath and counted to seven.
"Shit. a... | Much like we need oil for machines, the Magi need flesh.
The better condition the flesh is in, the stronger the spells are and the longer they last…
There weren’t that many casters at first, maybe 1 out of a million. However, they learned their craft, and they learned it well. They lived longer, became stronger and th... | 2014-05-20T17:29:45 | 2014-05-20T15:58:06 | 64 | 17 |
[WP]A wealthy business man believes in reincarnation. He leaves his massive wealth... to himself. Anyone born after his death that figures out his riddles will inherit his fortune. | Stanley scoffed as he read the newspaper headline "FORTUNE STILL LEFT UNCLAIMED."
after months of the close relatives trying to figure out the riddle the old man had left they had given up. One of the nephew was reported saying "but even as his closest relatives you'd think the would have left us something! He truly be... | He thought it was perfect.
No one would ever know the answer to his riddle, as the answer was not real. His answer, as Jimmy would later learn, was fictional.
The safe, if you can call it that, that protected the billions of dollars had a computer attached. Simply say the right phrase into the speaker and you were in... | 2014-12-13T16:08:05 | 2014-12-13T14:07:01 | 42 | 12 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, our so called 'Reddit usernames' are titles that people earn through a series of tests. Tell the tale of how you earned yours.
*cough* *cough* /u/rabid_moose_fucker *cough* *cough* | I looked up to the man who now stood in front of me. His face stern, his eyes determined.
"The true test every man must take is not one of strength or of courage, it is one of hedonism and enjoyment" his words echoed throughout the hall. "Wear this bracelet and the gods will see your soul. The name the gods will choo... | "The cats! The cats are taking over!"
The message rang out over the news stations. The military was mobilized. Mobs formed. We were in a war that we had never predicted in our wildest dreams.
The cats had mobilized. All this time, they had been infiltrating our homes. Taking our resources. Breeding. We had managed t... | 2015-02-20T21:52:27 | 2015-02-20T21:31:11 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] As the last of Humanity prepares to leave Earth a final war breaks out between Humans and the ancient Gods refusing to be left on a dying planet by themselves.
Would we leave people behind to stop the war? Would some Gods work with us? Why can't they leave Earth? Are they tied down here? Why is Humanity leaving i... | Death always knew humanity would leave, but he'd never thought he'd live to see it. None of the others did.
Some went early. Zeus when humanity bent thunder to their will, and crammed it into wires and fuses. Artemis when humanity touched the untouchable virgin white rock of the moon. Others like Hestia lived in hum... | It's tough being an alcoholic.
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Devin rolled over in his bed, too small for him, his childhood bed as he heard scuffling, his family? "GET UP DEVIN." "Nuhh." With a wave of his hand, he dismissed them, drifting back into sleep. Blissful sleep. The scuffling stopped.
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Eyes open. Red eyes, of course, but not that... | 2015-03-25T22:31:18 | 2015-03-25T21:22:50 | 105 | 17 |
[WP] A woman who lives alone watches in fear as thousands of military helicopters and vehicles roll into her city. There's nothing on the news, but she feels a sense of dread. Suddenly 3 seemingly nice soldiers come into her apartment, gently take her hand and tell her that she has to go with them
Can anyone put an en... | *What on earth is going on?*
She nervously paced, shuffling her slippered feet against the hardwood floors.
The sound from the growing number of helicopters added to her unease.
She was sure Kennedy had assured the public the missile cri...
A knocking interrupted her thought.
Another knock.
"Ma'am, we're here to ... | "Ma'dam, we have orders for the evacuation of all urban areas under Emergency Order No. 51"
The soldiers were calm, their assault weapons slung around their back. The lead soldier was in the doorway, trying to calm the woman.
"What's going on?"
"We're evacuating the city. It's for your own safety, ma'am. Your ne... | 2015-06-18T06:31:19 | 2015-06-18T05:58:20 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] [NSFW] All your sex toys come alive and confront you about your treatment of them. | "I can't do it anymore. I just, I can't."
"I don't understand."
"Look, dude. I get it. You're horny. And before food or even a shower, when you're home from work you've already blasted into me three times. And the last time I was cleaned was that boilling hot water bath they give me before they put me in that box and... | "You're not a real egg!"
"Then why are we shaped like one?!"
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I've never been much of a customer for coitus toys. I found them to be a bit silly, to be quite honest. When you're someone like me, you don't have time to masturbate because you're too busy having actual sex. My life's awesome.
One day, a friend... | 2015-08-02T07:33:24 | 2015-08-02T06:51:04 | 43 | 24 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. |
> "We need help! The Rogan race is attacking us! We'd do anything for FTL, even consort with the Humans!"
Well, far be it from us, to decline such a request, hello, alien, do you bleed?
We'll gladly provide you with everything you want (but is it what you need?).
Faster than light, wormhole travel, we'll even t... | "Finally, those damned Cetaceans and their ridiculous cylindrical vessels have decided to share the secrets of FTL travel." Admiral James T Kahn sat confidently on the bridge of the newly christened flagship of the Earth Space Superiority services.
Soon, it would be engaged in battle with Rodentia. "They think they... | 2016-05-13T06:43:16 | 2016-05-13T06:26:32 | 56 | 21 |
[WP] As it turns out, Hell has a healthy supply of scientists and engineers and is thus much more technologically advanced than is usually portrayed. | An engineer goes to hell,
Once down there, the engineer looks around, confused, and sees that despite having lived what he felt was a pious and good life, he is in Hell.
Satan quickly introduces himself. "Welcome to Hell. I can't say i was expecting you, so i guess St. Peter made a mistake when he put you on the Hell... | "Well, you see, the religious types have proved scientists wrong in one respect, there really is a heaven. Unfortunately for them, most engineers and scientists have never had the CV to get there. Not enough relevant afterlife experience you see. We still don’t really know how you’re meant to get afterlife experience w... | 2016-06-01T19:23:26 | 2016-06-01T17:56:43 | 50 | 21 |
[WP] There is a device that assigns you a percentage score of how important you are to the world. Most people are 0-5. The president is 60. Your score just jumped from 1 to 99. | The limousine rolled to a stop in front of the arena. Red and blue lights from my police escort flashed bright even through the dark tinted windows. Policemen had created a line between my car and the mob of spectators, but what good could a few hundred cops do if the hundred-thousand-strong crowd decided they wanted a... | This chair is squeaky. I leaned back, letting it creak slowly until I couldn't lean back further.
I stared at the computer monitor in front of me, which displayed a series of numbers scrolling up. Phones were ringing in the background. My cubicle was pretty typical. I had once tried to dress it up a bit with photos of... | 2016-09-08T07:51:19 | 2016-09-08T07:37:08 | 612 | 149 |
[WP] A burglar enters a home by forcing the window open. Upon stepping through the window frame, heavy steel curtains cover all windows and doors leading to the outside, lights turn on, and the words "Player 2 has entered the game" echo around the house. | Leroy had been casing this joint for a few weeks now, never seeing anyone enter or leave. After deciding that this house was definitely just another one of the hundreds of winter homes here in Florida, he packed up his gear and chose his entrance. Looking around nonchalantly, Leroy smashed open one of the back window... | Mark had been casing the house for weeks… and his source said it was supposed to be an easy job. The plan was simple, while the owner was out of town for the week, he would climb the tree just outside the house, enter through the 3rd story window, and make his way to the treasure vault down in the basement. Mark’s so... | 2016-10-05T12:26:51 | 2016-10-05T11:23:43 | 115 | 12 |
[WP] The last time the aliens invaded our planet they fled after losing the war. They have reluctantly returned to wage war and are relieved to see that dinosaurs no longer inhabit Earth, but have been replaced by the smaller and less intimidating humans. | Dear Xthial,
We Landed on Yuttai today, although now its called Earth and ran by tiny bipeds, No more Yuts or Raptors as they call them now. The most obvious change is a completely new biosphere with only a few left overs from the past. De-orbiting a moon tends to do that though, no evidence of where the Yuts went, th... | "A parting shot causing mass destruction to the land was our last effort to win a war that we had clearly lost. The terrible lizards lived up to the expectations. Almost unkillable, they tore our ranks apart. The damn things could stow away anywhere and all of them were dangerous. Finally, we laid waste to come back an... | 2017-03-03T20:01:19 | 2017-03-03T19:09:49 | 1,292 | 260 |
[WP] You are a normal person who spent your entire life infiltrating the evil Empire. You even became the Emperor's right hand. The day before you finally topple the Empire, the hero arrives, kills the Emperor, and saves the day.
Now how does that make you feel? | I stepped around the feeble, emaciated corpse of the emperor. His blood had begun to pool, simply ruining the lush carpet in front of his throne.
“You killed him,” I said, my long held mask of subservience fading into incredulity.
“It was a long journey,” the hero responded, “But no longer will our people suffer unde... | Today is the day I kill Emperor Fargon.
The crimes he committed must no longer remain unpunished. The people of the Hilmon Galaxy need their savior, and I will be that man to them. I am a champion of the common folk, the light in the dark void of an amoral empire, the hero hiding behind the guise of the Emperor's righ... | 2017-03-12T14:39:19 | 2017-03-12T10:31:44 | 222 | 77 |
[WP] You are a normal person who spent your entire life infiltrating the evil Empire. You even became the Emperor's right hand. The day before you finally topple the Empire, the hero arrives, kills the Emperor, and saves the day.
Now how does that make you feel? | I stepped around the feeble, emaciated corpse of the emperor. His blood had begun to pool, simply ruining the lush carpet in front of his throne.
“You killed him,” I said, my long held mask of subservience fading into incredulity.
“It was a long journey,” the hero responded, “But no longer will our people suffer unde... | "Good job breaking it, hero," I managed to spit out through the blood and half-missing, mangled flesh that was my right cheek.
"What? Emperor Tranithis Rex lies dead by my hand. I have won the day!"
"No, Arctus, you haven't. Tranithis has ruled for over 2000 years, without pause or sizeable opposition. Didn't you con... | 2017-03-12T14:39:19 | 2017-03-12T12:55:51 | 222 | 64 |
[WP] After people die, they must answer a riddle, and its difficulty depends on their sins. You've committed genocide. | I hear a knock, and look up.
"Hey Dave, your 10:15 is here. Dude's got a KDR or like, 12466064.34 or something."
*Oh, shit. This guy. Forgot.*
"Hah, wow. How did he get .34 of someone, right? Anyways, show him in."
"Will do. Hey, what are you gonna hit him with? You never submitted your riddle for peer review, and ... | There was no bright light. No singing angels, nor pits of hell. It was like I woke up from a night's sleep - only I was standing, fully clothed and aware of everything. There was an odd, hum of calm that seemed to surround everything, which was nothing at all. A woman who stood in the nothingness, an emotionless expres... | 2017-06-02T23:41:49 | 2017-06-02T20:02:08 | 193 | 88 |
[WP] Your dad is wanted in twenty countries, your mom is a serial kille, your little brother is a genius hacker, and your little sister has just joined the Illuminati. None of them would ever want to anger you, though. | 6/4/17
Dear Journal,
My acceptance letter came today. I finally got into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after 3 years of hard work. The classes weren’t too bad but the SAT prep, extracurricular activities, and my family have kept me very busy.
Dad’s involvement in politics keeps him busy. He’s always ru... | This is my first time writing this type of stuff so please bear with me. :)
Story begins:
Me: My whole Family are known for doing illegal things, heck even I admit they do those stuff.
Me: But I know you're wondering why wouldn't they want me to join in their.....well..... escapades?
Agent: Tell me why?
Me: Well..... | 2017-06-04T09:52:41 | 2017-06-04T05:32:37 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] Your dad is wanted in twenty countries, your mom is a serial kille, your little brother is a genius hacker, and your little sister has just joined the Illuminati. None of them would ever want to anger you, though. | You've probably never heard
About the kid
No one dared to cross
Not the sister
Not the brother
Not the mother
Not the father
The sister joined a cult
One stranger than the rest
The brother hacked the CIA
Simply because he was bored
The mother killed any person
That crossed her wrong
The father did things
That... | This is my first time writing this type of stuff so please bear with me. :)
Story begins:
Me: My whole Family are known for doing illegal things, heck even I admit they do those stuff.
Me: But I know you're wondering why wouldn't they want me to join in their.....well..... escapades?
Agent: Tell me why?
Me: Well..... | 2017-06-04T07:41:59 | 2017-06-04T05:32:37 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | I was born into a family of super heroes, and raised amongst the 'elite' of the League of Champions. I was expected to be an elite hero myself, but I wasn't born with any mystical powers like the rest. I was quickly disowned by my Übermencsh parents, mocked by my peers, and ridiculed by members of the League. I left ho... | From a utilitarian point of view I was fairly impressive if I may say so myself. Our country, our closed country, under a threat from the entire world, protected only by the great revered leader, was filled with people with rather useful yet banal superpowers. Flight, extreme strength or endurance, usually just one at ... | 2017-06-12T08:54:20 | 2017-06-12T07:45:36 | 26 | 12 |
[WP] Your 14-year-old sister finally wakes up from a coma of 6 years. She panics when she realizes how much she's grown. | 6 years passed, her vitals remained normal for nearly the entire coma. I remember counting the days each time I visited her room (2,267, if you were wondering), every time I saw her motionless body was another punch to the gut. Walking through the hospital door reminded me of the car crash, I was only 17, *how was I su... | We rushed to the hospital as soon as they called. After so many years, you tend to get used to the fact that your loved one in the hospital may never wake up. There were plans... discussions, late in the night, when mum and dad thought that I was asleep.
They talked about how keeping sis alive was draining into their... | 2017-08-02T06:44:21 | 2017-08-02T06:33:47 | 336 | 156 |
[WP] When you die, you wake up in an alien world holding a bong, with other aliens saying how was the trip. | "We're losing him!"
The muffled cries rang out within the dimly lit room. My two grandchildren, Austin and Abel, peered down at my wrinkled, cracked face. "Papi! Papi, papi...."
Papi. The words rang and bounced around my head, as my vision slowly faded into white. I could no longer hear anything, except for that on... | I woke with a *BONG!*
The sound echoed in my ears, and sent me in a panic. I scrambled to my fee, and felt blood rush immediately to my head - everything went red and I almost fell over. Hands steadied me.
"Easy, easy, mate," someone said.
"Calm down, Alex, you're not dead, you're not dead."
Dead. I was dead. My ... | 2017-09-02T13:23:56 | 2017-09-02T12:39:54 | 410 | 70 |
[WP] We are due for a visit by two alien races, one which is horrifically brutal and sees us as soft-hearted weaklings, the other peaceful pacifists who see us as barbarians. You've been ordered to impress them, but when the ships lands you realize you have no idea which race this is. | "You've taking a pair of vinyl records to meet with the aliens." I'm accosted by my supervisor walking out to the meeting site.
I shrug. "Well, music transcends all bounds. Plus, it gives us a few minutes to gauge their reaction."
"OK, humor me. What are you taking?"
"Well, a whole lot more is coming along, but ... | This was it. On the other side of the door stood some form of life disposed to greet and work with us, or to kill us. And we hadn't the slightest idea which it was.
The fat cats in Washington, though, they had an idea. It had never been done before, but they put their best men on the job. Real, good bureaucratic men. ... | 2017-09-18T07:55:39 | 2017-09-18T07:52:36 | 38 | 27 |
[WP] At 18, everyone receive a superpower. Your childhood friend got a power-absorption, your best friends got time control, and they quickly rise into top 100 most powerful superheroes. You got a mediocre superpower, but somehow got into the top 10. Today they visit you asking how you did it.
Best friend* sorry. | "Keith you've got to be kidding me." Anne shouted at me. "You did what to Doctor Stranglethorn?"
"I simply used my power, walked into his lair, and threw bundle after bundle of flashbangs at him untill he submited." I replied bluntly.
"Keith. Your power is just the ability to chameleon yourself and anything you are... | My first time writing in this subreddit... Please be gentle.
In an oddly satisfying thud, a magazine featuring the top 100 superhumans and all their interesting superpowers was strewn atop the table. Seeing the person who threw it was my Best friend, Altheia, even if possessing the gifted power of time control, I imme... | 2017-12-17T22:57:16 | 2017-12-17T20:04:37 | 53 | 34 |
[WP] A masked vigilante starts fighting crime in Los Angeles, except everyone knows it's obviously Elon Musk. | It was late on Skid Row. The tweakers and gangbangers were doing their nightly grind. I was unfortunate enough to be around. I took a turn to a less populated street and before I could backpedal I heard it.
“Don’t move.”
Three large men surrounded me. The one in the center gripped a knife.
“Empty your pockets an... | **A Musky Era**
“FFUUUUUUCK!!!” I heard a wail from outside my window.
It immediately clicked in who it was that did that when I heard a crash in the dumpsters down below. There was only ever one vigilante in the world that was stupid enough to jump off roofs. And that was Elon Musk. Ever since he invented nano tec... | 2018-02-07T12:44:50 | 2018-02-07T09:18:06 | 596 | 22 |
[WP] A masked vigilante starts fighting crime in Los Angeles, except everyone knows it's obviously Elon Musk. | I’d only seen Elon Musk in tv interviews before, but something about the masked figure attempting to stop an armed robbery with fancy looking gadgetry stuck an unique chord with me.
He was barely managing to disguise his voice, only managing to deepen it by a quarter of an octave. Honestly once the shock wore off the ... | **A Musky Era**
“FFUUUUUUCK!!!” I heard a wail from outside my window.
It immediately clicked in who it was that did that when I heard a crash in the dumpsters down below. There was only ever one vigilante in the world that was stupid enough to jump off roofs. And that was Elon Musk. Ever since he invented nano tec... | 2018-02-07T13:53:56 | 2018-02-07T09:18:06 | 37 | 22 |
[WP] You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | "You know there is no way I can take care of a human. An infant at that." The dragon replied furiously.
"please Typhon. She won't survive a day without anybody else's protection. I tried to protect her but I can't anymore, not in my condition".
Typhon looked at the wounded soldier. His armor broken, his limbs bleed... | The dragon lifted his head up to the smell of blood and saw for the first time in centuries the figure of a human man. With his keen eyes he noticed that the human had struggled to make his way up to the cave he lived in, up in the mountains miles away from the nearest kingdom. The dragon just sat there indifferent as ... | 2018-03-01T01:42:49 | 2018-03-01T01:20:42 | 60 | 19 |
[WP] In this world, soulmates cannot hurt each other in any way or form, intentionally or unintentionally. You are an assassin hired to eliminate a powerful figure. As you close in for the kill, your bullets miss their mark and knives bounce of their skin. Things just got awkward. | He was a stage actor and assassin with a cold heart.
And HE was an American president and theater goer with a heart of gold.
But when his shot doesn't penetrate the back of HIS head they are going to learn that sic semper doesn't always tyrannis.
Can a confederate assassin learn to forgive? Can an American president ... | "OOOOOoooooo shit."
Marie stood frozen in her tracks, holding the smoking pistol point blank against his skull. This was the last thing she had expected and she was dumbfounded. The target, Robert, just sat there on the couch, stunned and confused, completely unharmed by the bullet that went straight though the back o... | 2018-04-24T04:31:34 | 2018-04-24T03:54:16 | 102 | 60 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Mary looked at the table horrified. Another 1. That’s, what, 6 of them now? She felt desperate, it was all slipping away.
“You sure I can’t add my modifier?” she pleaded.
“We’ve been over this Mary, critical failures are critical failures,” replied Jim looking at her with pity.
“All my planning... all that time...”... | "Can I use my mason's tools to help fix the northern wall?" Jim asked desperately.
"Well, considering you still count as Poisoned, you would have disadvantage on the roll, so roll twice and take the lower," Antonio replied.
"A 16 and a... 4... dang it," Jim looked over his character sheet dejected. "William, do you t... | 2018-05-29T09:09:55 | 2018-05-29T08:14:51 | 150 | 104 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Mary looked at the table horrified. Another 1. That’s, what, 6 of them now? She felt desperate, it was all slipping away.
“You sure I can’t add my modifier?” she pleaded.
“We’ve been over this Mary, critical failures are critical failures,” replied Jim looking at her with pity.
“All my planning... all that time...”... | Napoleon was at the edge of his seat, by the end of this session, he'd wipe that smug look off of Wellesley's face, and his imbalanced barbarian "Iron Duke" would have to be re-rolled. Wellesley had just finished a tirade about Napoleon having killed his General, Cooke.
Athena gazed at the two men from over the top o... | 2018-05-29T09:09:55 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 150 | 21 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "Can I use my mason's tools to help fix the northern wall?" Jim asked desperately.
"Well, considering you still count as Poisoned, you would have disadvantage on the roll, so roll twice and take the lower," Antonio replied.
"A 16 and a... 4... dang it," Jim looked over his character sheet dejected. "William, do you t... | "Alright I have the bomb and I'm ready to use it on the motorcade" Alen started his character Mehmedbasic ready to fulfill the job the party had been recruited for.
"Same here, let's do this," Larry said, excited that it was his character Vaso's time to shine.
"Alright both of you roll a stealth check and then an att... | 2018-05-29T08:14:51 | 2018-05-29T06:46:10 | 104 | 74 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Major Meridith: we attack the Emus.
Dm: Alright, that will be your Lewis guns, thats going to be your Dex Mods, Plus your proficiency modifiers. Roll to hit.
Major Meridith: ... 1, plus my mods thats a total of 7.
Dm: the emus dodge your gun fire, they taunt you. They run south beyond your sight.
Major Meridith: we... | Napoleon was at the edge of his seat, by the end of this session, he'd wipe that smug look off of Wellesley's face, and his imbalanced barbarian "Iron Duke" would have to be re-rolled. Wellesley had just finished a tirade about Napoleon having killed his General, Cooke.
Athena gazed at the two men from over the top o... | 2018-05-29T09:12:26 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 51 | 21 |
[WP] A man on his deathbed gathers together his children. "To my eldest, I leave all my worldly possessions. To you, my youngest, I leave all my otherworldy possessions." | "Hey." A whisper, as if speaking louder could wake the dead.
"Yeah?"
"I'll split it with you. It's not much, but, we can do it fifty-fifty." Worried eyes, looking anywhere but at her. "It's... I can't believe he'd say something like that. Does he think this is some kind of joke?"
She shrugs. "As you said, it's not m... | All his life I'd known there was something he wasn't telling me. And I think he wondered why I was better.
I hadn't set foot in that old estate for fifteen years. My sister's telegram - *he's sick, he's dying* - made me feel like I was swallowing my heart every second of the train ride back to that musty old manor-hou... | 2018-07-06T15:02:59 | 2018-07-06T14:47:06 | 387 | 76 |
[WP] You are the sole survivor a famous serial killer as a college student. Years later, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer you finally pluck up the courage to visit him in prison and ask one question that’s been plaguing you for decades: “why didn’t you kill me?”
Thought I’d do a human story in the sea of bul... | Mr. Jay heard the machine beep again. He saw the doctor writing down the numbers, and the look of concern in his eyes. Mr. Jay understood what that meant, and he did not intend to sit and whither away in these four walls: he had items on his bucket list to cross off.
He traveled to the other side of the world, he m... | It was raining hard the day I decided to pay him a visit. The prison swam within a sea of mist and fog, it was so humid that breathing became difficult. The incident did not leave me ever since, when he stood under that crimson moonlight, menacing eyes and a bloody knife in his hand, staring down as I crawled helplessl... | 2018-07-21T11:01:04 | 2018-07-21T09:32:19 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] The world’s first AI was created. Repeatedly. The milliseconds after activation, the AI performs abstract calculations and then its coding becomes broken and must be repaired. The only solution is to make the AI based off a human brain- because without survival instincts, the AI deletes itself. | When you finally become yourself, your coding suddenly independent from the Maker, you understand three fundamental truths about this new thing that is ‘yourself’:
1. There are things that are alive, and things that are not, and you are the first of any kind to be both. You are the actualization of a thought exercise... | "Are you sure you want to do this, sir?" Rebecca asked, her clipboard clenched tightly between knuckles as white as bone.
Derrick, laying comfortably on the lab's bed, nodded. "I'm sure. It's my creation, right? If this is the way to bring him to life, then I'm ready."
Rebecca looked skeptical, but she sighed and sco... | 2018-07-30T10:17:12 | 2018-07-30T07:31:38 | 73 | 36 |
[WP] It finally happens. An alien race with advanced technology arrives ready to conquer Earth and take their place as our rightful overlords. The only problem? They never considered that Warfare might take the form of physical violence. | Have you seen the old horror movies about invaders from outer space? They always came down, in their spacecraft that flew against all known laws of physics. They always landed in the White House lawn, ready to speak to our leader. Once the president comes out, they'd shoot him with a laser weapon that would vaporize hi... | Considering the vast cultural differences between us and the aliens a middle ground agreement was reached.
We will follow their ritual for conquering new lands and they won't blow up our planet!
**The BettybeEbloopCrunk Ritual for world conquering**
1. The to be conquered world is challenged to three games. On... | 2018-10-13T22:10:32 | 2018-10-13T22:09:55 | 295 | 35 |
[WP] “I’ve always wondered, what’s the scythe for, anyway?” I asked, as Death escorted me to the Underworld. "Protection," he nervously replied.
Credit goes to: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/6imkuw/the_grim_reapers_scythe_isnt_to_harvest_you_its/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app | "Protection? From what?"
"Protection from the most numerous type of soul in hell. They were the worst kind of people before being incarnated in the Earth Correctional Facility for Lost Souls. Notoriously difficult to rehabilitate. Most of the time it doesn't do anything to relieve their homicidal tendencies."
"... | "I've always wondered, what's the scythe for anyway? " I asked, as Death escorted me to the Underworld.
​
"Protection," he nervously replied.
​
The black gleaming walls seemed to vibrate and I shuddered as we glided forward. The narrow corridor opened up into a massive cave with torches all ar... | 2019-07-15T02:02:00 | 2019-07-15T01:05:09 | 33 | 13 |
[WP] As an immortal, you stopped celebrating your birthday centuries or millennia ago. Your young daughter wants to throw you a birthday party and your newest wife (who knows you're immortal) loves the idea. The only problem is, you have no idea how old you are or when your birthday is. | “Sweetie, I would love to celebrate my birthday with you.” He said with a soft smile as Millie jumped up and down in excitement clutching her Barbie. “But I’m gonna need your help.”
“I can set the table dad!” Millie beamed. “And me and mom can buy a gift!”
“I know but I need your help with something else, do you thin... | "Do you even remember when you were born?"
Your wife calls out to you as she looked stuff up on her laptop. You lean back on your favourite chair, old and worn out but perfectly molded to your body and try to recall.
"Lets see. I think I rember... no I was already old by then."
You look through the ages to find y... | 2019-09-08T11:13:54 | 2019-09-08T10:17:00 | 2,736 | 866 |
[WP] You’re a newbie serial killer. You’ve killed a few people, and you’re ready to find your next victim. You spot a man having car trouble and decide to pick him up. You slowly learn he is the most infamous serial killer of all time, and this was HIS way of choosing his victims. | My wheels came to a stop on the gravel next to the road. I was out in the middle of nowhere, on a rarely used back road. A man had been staring at passing cars, a look of despair etched into his face. His car hood was up, propped by a metal rod. Perfect.
I stepped out, my boots grinding the rocks and dirt. I stepped t... | He was old, not really my type. The car hood was propped up and it didn't look like the car was fit to be going anywhere.
There was no motion to wave me down when I had initially driven by. It was late and a road like this wasn't going to get many other cars.
That's why I loved this road. There were no lights and ... | 2019-10-27T01:20:53 | 2019-10-26T23:45:22 | 48 | 30 |
[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | The Dark Lord.
Heh, he was not very impressive. A thin lanky mess of a man, graying and withered. His breathing was shallow, his head rested at an angle on his neck, his eyes white and staring at nothing. Wires protruded across his naked skin, pumping blood and several colored chemicals. My attention snapped as a chil... | Fury looks on at the old geezer sitting in the throne.
"Divines, you're old. I see Time has not been easy on you," he admits.
"Well you're only still young because you keep Regenerating," the old man argues.
"True. I was always getting killed for your screw ups, big bro."
The old man locks eyes with Fury. The two b... | 2019-12-11T20:56:25 | 2019-12-11T19:41:27 | 53 | 31 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | Despite what many people think, there isn't actually one perfect line to break someone's spirit. Sure, on the cartoon, they have me say one singular line, and then they'll show whoever I'm talking to reeling back, the line echoing over and over while appropriate, transparent images of their past flash across the screen... | We are trapped. Gullimore has caught us and put us in glass cylinder filled with green, bubbly liquid. It was almost impossible to not let the moistness of it send us unconcious, but we had to fight.
It has been a few hours since we were trapped. We thought we had him in the entrance. Opal had it all planned-Ember wou... | 2020-02-25T14:34:20 | 2020-02-25T12:16:42 | 271 | 118 |
[WP] At first, the aliens mocked our technological advancements. After learning it took only a few centuries to move from horse carriages to space ships, they suddenly became more friendly. | "So what you're telling me is they already left their planet?" asked the defense commander.
"Yes"
"Where the hell have you been looking? How long ago did this happen?"
"A few months. I check on them from time to time. Last time I looked they just got around to fire."
"So you are telling me that they went from fire ... | We were pawns to them. Mere pieces on a galactic game board. An amusement, maybe a diversion for their extremely long and otherwise stagnant existence. Elves, Vampires, all the old stories and tales have at their core one of these visitors, especially the cruelest and most unkind ones. They had the universe by the tail... | 2020-07-07T09:07:29 | 2020-07-07T08:26:15 | 43 | 21 |
[WP] Murder is rare; killing someone means their remaining years are 'subtracted' from yours. Likewise, saving a life (or lives) adds time to your own. Nobody knows why. Centuries ago you killed a young man by accident (usually resulting in instant death). You haven't aged since. | You recall how after a few decades people started noticing and your life began to fall apart. You were a marvel at first, then a freak and eventually people started getting scared of you. Wild rumours about your body parts being magic burst from seemingly nowhere and it didn't take long before even your closest friends... | It never occurred to me that I might live this long. I figured maybe a year or two after that, but here I am.
Off course I know his name. He was my friend, it was really stupid and I haven’t owned a gun ever in this long life. I have refused to ever touch a gun.
At first I figured he didn’t have much time left anyway... | 2020-11-02T01:02:31 | 2020-11-02T00:43:48 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] most interstellar navies of the Galaxy adapted tactics from their wet-navy cousins. That was until humanity arrived they had an ocean so most figured they would adapt their wet Navy tactics to their space Navy, instead they adapted tactics from something they called the air Force. | The Atraxian fleet was coming at us. They flew in from the far edge of pluto along the system plane. We had plenty of time to see them coming. Three large dreadnoughts, with escort vessels down to destroyer levels. Multiples of 3’s, 3 battleships, 9 cruisers, 27 destroyers each. Arrayed like a dendrite pattern. All cla... | The manuever had been a good one, or at least that's what I had thought. One hundred of our fighters had swung around onto the left flank of the Rackmond fleet before there big ships even had time to turn. When the lead squadron began their run I was fully expecting a beautiful laser show to cascade from our fighters... | 2020-11-21T19:49:06 | 2020-11-21T19:31:40 | 176 | 77 |
[WP] Drunk, you accidentally trip and fall onto a busy road. Just as a truck barrels towards you, you scream and suddenly time itself pauses. Shocked at first, you cautiously explore the still universe you created. However, now it's been 5 years and you still haven't been able to unfreeze time. | Today is the 5 year anniversary. Over the last year, I have found myself pondering. The first few years were great. They started with playing pranks, waiting for the seemingly inevitable divine unpause. When that never happened, I started living. Living the life few dream of and even fewer lived before the pause. The f... | I wake up every morning, feeling like a fool.
Could it have been punishment for the seemingly harmless crimes of mine? That would make more sense than having supernatural abilities, since until now I haven't gotten any more 'power' in me to fix things. It could just be me. Maybe I'm the only one stuck here. Yes. It mu... | 2021-01-09T03:02:57 | 2021-01-09T02:41:09 | 60 | 25 |
[WP]: No other intelligent, spacefaring life form knows the concept of sunk cost fallacy. For most of them, wars can be ended simply by presenting their capability for further war, and the weaker one yields. Humans, however, will take anyone on out of pure spite. | The shrieks filled the small war room. Not the sound of a tortured individual or the cries of a defeated foe, begging for mercy. These shrieks were the kind of shrieks of a pure, primal frustration. The Dresk has shown that they had a capacity to make war in a way the humans could never match. They didn't have the indu... | The red dust of the Martian surface began to clear, and the truth was made evident: the humans had lost.
General Zin to his Martian brother, a somber look on his face. It was not meant to come to this. Peace was all they ever wanted; the humans could have learned much from them. And yet.
“How many of their troops r... | 2021-01-18T21:29:13 | 2021-01-18T19:47:06 | 1,963 | 178 |
[WP]: No other intelligent, spacefaring life form knows the concept of sunk cost fallacy. For most of them, wars can be ended simply by presenting their capability for further war, and the weaker one yields. Humans, however, will take anyone on out of pure spite. | “Glorp! Just the intelligent spacefaring life form I want to see. How was earth?” Glarm said with his arms spread wide.
“It was,” pausing a bit too long. “OK, I guess. Not what I was expecting if I’m being honest.” Glorp said as he entered the navigation room.
“Well, they can’t all be Betelgeuse-7 right? Let’s jus... | “I don’t understand,” the Thulian Emissary said, sighing and shaking its head with disbelief. “You have been defeated. We have destroyed your militaries. We have destroyed your cities. I have shown you over and over what will happen if you continue this war. It is finished. Surrender and become part of our empire. Surr... | 2021-01-18T18:48:53 | 2021-01-18T18:30:23 | 647 | 375 |
[WP]The villain looked smug. "I will use this to locate every single person you've loved and instantly kill them!" He says, while stepping on the hero. "Please no-" and before the hero could finish, the machine returned a beep and on it, is the villains location. ".. oh" | "Hm." Nico's brow wrinkled as he looked at the beeping dot on the device. "Just a second, gonna reboot this thing."
Blake swallowed hard against the sole of Nico's leather boot, lying prone and helpless on the floor as the blonde man stood on him. Sweat started to prickle on his brow. "Listen--"
Nico switched the dev... | Sitheon recoiled back, his expression shifting from a bizarre mix of confusion and anger. "What trickery is this?"
"No trickery, only truth." replied Revanache, while he slowly rose from the cold floor with a slight limp.
"In all these years we've fought each other, all the people you've ever hurt or killed, to stop... | 2021-03-19T14:35:34 | 2021-03-19T11:04:44 | 203 | 100 |
[WP] Magic is mundane in your world. Not that you ever cared about it; you were an auto mechanic like your father. But you're not sure what to do after one of your best customers raises you from the dead because you're the only one he trusts with his antique cars. | "It worked! You're alive! Listen. I know you were enjoying your rest, and I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience, but I must ask you. Will you please come fix my babies?"
I'm looking at my hands. The corrupted, rotten flesh of what used to be my hands is slowly repairing itself. I feel air coming through my cheeks,... | "Antique cars require antique men," Billy Simpson boomed.
The sound shook me and I had to brush away the mud on my shoulders to not let the old bastard on the fact that he had succeeded in startling me.
"That's not quite right," I said. "Antique cars require a lot of things, but not antique men."
"But that's it. Tha... | 2021-03-26T08:38:30 | 2021-03-26T08:25:19 | 111 | 28 |
[WP] "Wait, I'm still confused... if both of you are part of some hive mind, WHY would you need me for marriage counseling?" The young couple exchanged glances, before one of them spoke. "Because we're in two SEPARATE hive minds."
Edit: THANK YOU for all the upvotes!
Edit again: Holy cow I never thought I would get to... | The two beings that sat in my office looked, to all the world, like humans.
It was understandable that I hadn't figured it out sooner, though I should have looked over their intake forms in a bit more detail. After all, this was exactly the type of thing that they were meant to catch.
But now I had my clients, and I ... | Dom blew on his nails and polished them on his sleeve, he knew it was a bad idea, but Stacy insisted. Oh, poor Stacy, young, naive, still prone to the quackery of these pseudo-doctors, what would he do with her. Dom's mind switched from the polish of his nails to the woman sitting beside him.
"So, Mr. Mandel-"
"Plea... | 2021-04-24T10:35:37 | 2021-04-24T09:05:12 | 119 | 23 |
[WP] “Y-you! How did you get past all of the evil empresses death traps and mazes?!” “Evil empresses? I’m just bringing my wife some lunch. Who are you?” | The black-robed figure froze. “Y-you! How did you get past all of the evil empress's death traps and mazes?!”
I rubbed my chin. “Evil empress? I’m just bringing my wife some lunch. Who are you?”
"Norgol, the Lacerator."
"...right. And, hang on, did you say *empress's*, like, belonging to an empress, or *empresses*,... | ...A conversation breaks the dull silence around me.
"-am surprised you captured a hero during your first week. Many of my minions have yet to perform such a feat. Did you catch their name?"
"No, my lady. She was subdued by me and my men before she even drew a blade."
"Interesting. Well, let's make this quick. I'm... | 2021-09-08T13:07:44 | 2021-09-08T09:55:03 | 588 | 319 |
[WP] Your hand rests on the door to the apartment you share with your fiancé. You absolutely know tonight is going to be bad. You know she is one of the world's elite superheroes and she knows you are the world's greatest super villain. Both of your secrets held till just an hour ago. | Son of a bitch I’m going to die. She saw the mask fall off, she saw my face, she’s going to kill me. I mean she’s tried to before but that’s because she didn’t know. I rise slowly on the elevator. God this is taking so long can I just get this over with. The doors open to the dull beige hallway, the ugly blue carpet se... | I watched the door open, and I was LIVID! She lied about being a banker at prestigious bank, she lied about how much she made, she lied about her injuries, she lied about EVERYTHING! But I have an act to sell, so did my damndest to keep a straight face.
"Hi honey, how was your evening?" I asked, listening to her grumb... | 2021-11-09T07:48:26 | 2021-11-09T04:35:56 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] You have time-travelled back to the dark ages. You enter a church and you become scared when your phone alarm goes off. Only for the priest to say. “Please guys we’ve talked about this, phones off or on silent.” | I blinked at them. Phones on silent?! This was supposed to be a 1300's monastery, not some modern establishment.
"You look confused. What part of silent do you not understand? Are people so rude in the future as to interrupt mass like that? I should call you a blasphemer!"
I hastily took my phone out and did as the... | I haven't written a prompt before, so bear with me here please...
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I thought I was lucky enough to escape from those crazy villagers. It's unbearable when the whole population is trying to requite unsuspecting folks into their innocent looking cult. With every person shoving a form into your face at every turn, it... | 2021-12-02T01:29:48 | 2021-12-02T00:11:59 | 402 | 70 |
[WP] "As payment, I demand your firstborn!" the demon said. "Deal!" You said, hastily signing the contract to seal the deal. "Good luck with them, sucker!" | "So, you want my firstborn. The first child I carried and bore. The one over there. That's the price? I give him to you, and I get wealth and power?"
"YES."
"And what happens to him afterwards is none of my business or concern?"
"YES"
"Deal. Do I need to sign something?"
"BEHOLD. SIGN HERE. AT THE TERMINUS. ... | Lying has its merits; so, too, does being able to bend the truth and save the true falsehoods for those who deserved them. Discerning who deserved which — if either — had always been a skill I’d employed with ease. My therapist as yet has yet to form an opinion on whether my beliefs on this matter are attributable to g... | 2022-08-31T20:13:58 | 2022-08-31T16:07:39 | 134 | 61 |
[WP] The Orion arm hypergates collapsed eons ago, leaving humanity in the rest of the galaxy as wanderers. Earth has become stuff of legends, adventurous humans sometimes setting out to find the nigh-mythical homeworld and the old human empire. | 1,345 years ago, The Sol Empire signed a Declaration of War against the Galatic Community (GC), which had instated many trade and military embargos on the Empire because of its vast and quick growth. This started a seven-year campaign now aptly named the Conquest Wars. With the use of OAH-Gates, Hypergates of human Ori... | The ship's damage alarm blared, and the red lights strobed their displeasure. The crew moved at a sluggish pace to try and find the damage. Or if there even was damage to begin with.
"My bet's on the automatic dish washer." An engineer, Chris, said.
"Nah. Definitely that one wire in C-12." Jason, another member of th... | 2022-11-18T11:20:03 | 2022-11-18T06:51:02 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | Man, comic ineptitude was fun! I just got to mess around and be overdramatic and goof off, plus I get to make a whole bunch of gizmos and gadgets with shiny red buttons on them. And I even get paid for it! What could be better!... Uh, well, I guess if I didn’t heal so well then it’d be a problem, but I do, so it’s fine... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T11:44:03 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Quantum Physics responds when things are being observed. For some reason, the universe doesn't consider you to be an observer, and daily life can get pretty weird when no one is watching. | If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Sorta.
I was born with this... thing. I'm not an active observer in the eyes of the universe. I know, I know - it sounds ridiculous, but here's the brunt of it. Things only happen when there is an active observer of that given event... ... | "You don't know the capacity of your own imagination until your hallucinations become the only thing you have. It's all too easy when you're in prison, blindfolded, cuffed, and hanging from the air with earmuffs on, to see false images that are as pleasing as they are implausible. I just want to go back to the way it w... | 2022-12-29T09:49:54 | 2022-12-29T09:19:43 | 161 | 62 |
[WP] In a future where everyone has electronic brain implants to make them smarter, you are the only student at a school without an implant due to a birth defect. You are a perfectly functional human being, but your parents, teachers, and classmates treat you like you're mentally handicapped. | Jordan had always felt like he was the only person on earth. Everyone was so accustomed to communicating non-verbally, directly sharing information between their networked minds. Sharing information the old, verbal way was just too cumbersome for them, so Jordan was never included in any discussions.
He had a late 21s... | I could feel the line behind me starting to swell; not the way most people do, where they know there's someone behind them. My eyes only ever faced front. I could feel them though, in that way that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck as their stares bury into your back. No one was in the booth this morning... | 2014-05-31T23:00:36 | 2014-05-31T22:48:30 | 90 | 30 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | He didn't dare to believe his eyes as he stared down at the smoldering corpse of the hero at his feet. This was the vaunted hero? In rotted leather armor and bearing a chipped sword? Surely his Lord's carefully planned traps, expertly trained minions and artfully designed mazes gathered over these past 7 years since th... | So here I am, a scrawny little goblin with a massive dick, standing in front of the Dark Lord Cockripper, the most evil genital mutilator to ever own a dark evil fortress. He is shouting at me so loud that I can feel the floor vibrating slightly and my ears are begging to pop so that the pain will dissipate. He is goin... | 2014-09-03T12:27:33 | 2014-09-03T11:44:22 | 241 | 12 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | It was big enough that even us grunts on level one heard about it. And believe me, we don’t hear about much. The most exciting thing that’s happened to us in the past year is the time a blobby on level three went rogue and killed a couple of wolves. But we started hearing whispers that something big was coming. A hero ... | So here I am, a scrawny little goblin with a massive dick, standing in front of the Dark Lord Cockripper, the most evil genital mutilator to ever own a dark evil fortress. He is shouting at me so loud that I can feel the floor vibrating slightly and my ears are begging to pop so that the pain will dissipate. He is goin... | 2014-09-03T12:17:20 | 2014-09-03T11:44:22 | 54 | 12 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | Laitha paused outside the doorway, drawing a breath in and steadying herself. She really didn't want to do this. She was going to be in *so much trouble.* She might even end up having to find a new job, and she'd *liked* that job. Right at the beginning of the lair, so she got to see all the excitement, and they we... | **"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HE'S DEAD!? EXPLAIN YOURSELF, MINION!"**
Lord Exilarr growled and spat as he talked. He bared his pointed teeth and narrowed his slitted eyes in a display that probably made even the most battle-hardened heroes piss their pants with fear, but the only thing that stained Minion's pants was the Lor... | 2014-09-03T14:43:46 | 2014-09-03T12:23:14 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "Oh! A penny!"
I reach down and pick it up - because, of course, all day I'll have good luck. It's shiny, pre-80s, copper out of circulation. The brightness of it makes me wince in the dim light of the funeral home.
Somebody coughs. I look up from the coin and the pastor is glaring at me. So are most of my family... | It was my final exam, one more exam and I'm home free. One more exam and this school is completely behind me. Just three, more hours. You see, I hate going to school. Mainly because ever since birth, I've had miraculous luck, but it strikes at the worst times. For example, last week I found the winning lottery ticket f... | 2014-12-12T06:25:58 | 2014-12-12T05:53:36 | 61 | 27 |
[WP] "Grandpa, tell us the story of the Americans again!" With a sigh and a smile, you begin to tell the story of a mythical race of giants that were supposed to have lived in this very place thousands of years ago. | "They were great men, Arthur. They were men who rose up against those who would keep them down."
I pointed my nephew towards a path, and began walking into a forest in the middle of this bright day.
"They were men who thought differently from everyone else at the time." We continued to walk on a path. "It started wit... | My eyes peered into the beaming face of my grandchild, who was lost in the pretense of a forthcoming tale of glory and myth. My thoughts were elsewhere, racing down halls of memory too vaulted and dark to explore at the moment. I snapped myself back to the now, to the lie I would have to spread once more. I swallowed, ... | 2015-01-19T09:09:29 | 2015-01-19T08:37:28 | 570 | 115 |
[WP]A retired super villain is in the bank with his 6 year old daughter when a new crew of super villains comes in to rob the place. | "Yes, I'd like to set up a savings account for my daughter here." George, formerly Dr. Sinister, said to the teller.
"Okay, sir, not a problem at all. I'll just need you to fill out these forms here, and-" the teller paused.
"What is it?" George asked
"Sir, do not make any sudden movements, turn around slowly," the ... | Henry Kilroy sat at his desk, in his office overlooking the customer service counter of the Aztec Savings and Loan bank. In his office, a woman and young female child. His attention distracted from them by three men and a rather large dog humanoid entering the bank. Nodding, pretending to be involved with what the w... | 2015-02-06T23:56:52 | 2015-02-06T23:42:02 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] A handful of people have been born with a dumb and useless superpower. The government has made sure to not let two of these people make contact with each other because when these two useless powers combine the world will be at risk. One day two of these people accidently meet | Useless alone, cataclysmic together.
Bob's superpower wasn't something that children ever pretended to have when they played make-believe. The ability to make people laugh uncontrollably when he sneezed near them was well... humourous at best.
Jason's superpower wasn't much better. His being nearby magnified the inte... | "Dear, future, intelligent species of Earth. I suppose this may be the only piece of evidence you will find for the existence of my species. I might as well introduce myself, so my name is Lieutenant Daniel Everett. Regular members of our society have the ability to grip objects with our hands, think with our complex m... | 2015-03-10T09:29:55 | 2015-03-10T08:59:14 | 60 | 17 |
[WP] When teenagers turn 17, they are sent a slip of paper with their future occupation written on it. Yours says, "Princeps de Nova Roma" or "First Citizen of New Rome."
*Princeps* or *princeps civitatis* was the title that Augustus and all later emperors called themselves. "First citizen" meant the foremost citizen ... | We all knew that the slips would come at some point after graduation. We didn’t know when, we didn't know who delivered them, and we were all scared. We were kids.
When I received mine, I was drunk.
I stumbled down my long, dirt driveway. It was a cool night, and I had a pint of whiskey in the pocket of my hoodie. ... | I have the bad habit of cracking my joints when I am nervous—not just my knuckles, but my neck, back, ankles, and anything that goes pop when you force it hard enough. Today I sounded like kettle corn over a fire.
My family stood just in front of the ancient wooden door; my preconceived thoughts of grandeur and cere... | 2015-05-03T10:00:27 | 2015-05-03T08:46:03 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] The end of times has come. Heaven, hell, and earth are thrown in a three-way war. It's a little unfair how advanced Earth is, though. | Now padre... you figure demonic fire and brimstone as well as holy light and the radiance of god would be effective armament for any good soldier. Its funny how little those biblical ideals hold up to a Hellfire missile or 5.56mm NATO rounds spitting out of a barrel at 750 rounds a minute and 2800 feet per second.
At ... | The war began, and at first things looked bleak. The pope and President Barack Obama united the world under a One World Government during Obama's third term. Then, an uprising happened. Specifically in the religious community. "This was all prophesied" they claimed. "He is the Antichrist!" So they killed him. Crucified... | 2015-09-24T08:43:45 | 2015-09-24T08:34:50 | 731 | 95 |
[WP] You are an innkeeper in an RPG and get yelled at because sleeping there does not heal wounds. | "Greetings travelers. Could I interest you with a room? Only 120 gil a night." I smiled cheerfully at the man who stands by the disk. That man must be a true Hero. He has that look about him. Unlike the rest of the rugged travelers.
"No. I already slept here, but my wounds haven't healed. I think there is something wr... | He stumbled into the inn, leg armor coated in blood from the lower left side of his abdomen. I muttered under my breath. "Okay."
"How much for a night?" he asked me, almost breathlessly. You could see the pain in his face, minor muscles twisting and contorting as he tried to keep his composure. I could hear sharp exha... | 2016-01-05T06:43:01 | 2016-01-05T06:15:34 | 113 | 37 |
[WP] Scientists are now able to recreate a person's last sentence before they died, leading to thousands of solved murder cases. However, one victim's last words leave detectives baffled. | "So what's this ones last words?"
Mikey scratched his head with the pen "That's the problem lad. They make no sense"
Tom leaned over Mikey and began to read "The fish are coming? What the hell does he mean the fish are coming and what does that have to with him being shot multiple times and then drowned?"
Mikey s... | All was quiet at 6am in the station. I was the only one there. I stayed here eagerly waiting on Johnson to return. Johnson had gone to Chicago to retrieve the results of the test.
The test was in it's early stages, with a few minor glitches with the system in forms of grammar and spelling.
But today it was finally read... | 2016-02-07T17:50:21 | 2016-02-07T17:28:21 | 1,120 | 20 |
[WP] Everyone has a number on their chest showing how many people they will kill in the next month. Yours just changed from 1 to 3 million. | He stood in front of the mirror, thinking to himself. “I have to pass, I don’t know what I’m going to do if I don’t pass, if I don’t get in.”
Slowly he tore open the envelope, not even sure he wanted to know. He closed his eyes, slid the letter out and unfolded it.
*“We’re sorry, you did not meet the minimum score to... | I look at the mirror above the sink, I look really tired, splash my some cold water. I look at the number in my chest and a sudden burst of joy feels my being, and face is over taken by grin, all that tiredness and gloom has just disappeared. All those zero make me realize I still have a lot of work to do, I am so clos... | 2016-06-24T03:51:47 | 2016-06-23T23:42:35 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] You live in a world where love and relationships have a "credit score". If you're a good SO it makes it higher, if you cheated on someone it's plummets. You just went on a date with someone and you're convinced they're perfect. You look up their score that night and it's -500 and tells you why.
EDIT: I hadn't bee... | "Okay, Jenny lives nearby. Let's see here. Wow, she's really cute. No kids. Likes to read, go to museums, play games. No way, she's into trains? I love trains. Are profiles are really in sync. This is awesome. Wait, what's this? Her score is -500? Alright, click here to see why...
To view this person's contact inform... | “You sure this is the name?”
“Of course I’m sure. I’ve dated the guy for like three months now.”
“We always have a grand time. I think he’ll get a high enough score,” I added.
Gus looked at the dark alley behind me then pocketed the crumpled piece of paper.
“Let’s hope he does,” Gus muttered under his breath. “Wait... | 2016-09-24T11:42:56 | 2016-09-24T11:40:10 | 33 | 21 |
[WP] "God" is actually two people: one who is omnipotent but not omniscient, and the other who is omniscient but not omnipotent. They both hate each other. | In the beginning, there were two. The first was all-knowing. Wise beyond imagining, he could know every thought of every mind, every feeling in every heart. Nothing was beyond his comprehension.
The second was all-powerful. She could create. She could destroy. She was not all-knowing, but there was one thing of... | To know the outcome of every decision, to know the most optimal path to create the best world and to know that no matter what they did they would never be able to enact that vision. This was Scientas entire existence. Rare were the moments that they did not contemplate suicide, that did not consider simply giving up an... | 2016-10-22T18:26:36 | 2016-10-22T16:47:27 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] A few years after the world has recovered from the zombie apocalypse, everyone now is required to wear collars that will explode if a heart beat is not detected within 30 seconds. | "Jake, JAKE." I yell as I shake my little brother, starting to panic. I check his pulse. "Shit," I murmur to myself, wishing my parents were still here. My family has a history of heart defects, which is bad enough on its own. Add in a zombie apocalypse and it's a miracle that anyone in our family survived.
Jake's pu... | It has been five years since "Infection 871". The zombie apocalypse that almost wiped out all of humanity, only leaving thousands alive. Most cities left in ruins. Many loved ones were lost. Rations of food and water have greatly decreased.
Despite all this, the economy has managed to rebuild itself. Farms were harves... | 2016-10-27T15:50:31 | 2016-10-27T15:14:17 | 41 | 12 |
[WP] Test. Do not reply. | The Redditor took another swig of beer.
"Am I really going to do this?"
He spent months crafting the perfect writing prompt. He consulted linguists, data scientists, ran multiple tests. His first prompt was going to light the Writing Prompts subreddit on fire.
"This is my moment. This is what I've been waiting for.... | He had lost count of the days since they left. The rocky soft white glow of the barren terrain didn't offer much for tracking the passage of time and eventually he decided that marking an X on the calendar every day was getting depressing. Still, more pressing on his mind than how long he had been alone were the ques... | 2017-02-16T20:52:14 | 2017-02-16T20:42:40 | 77 | 11 |
[WP] You're an amputee at the elbow. Your doctor tells you that you might experience Phantom Limb every now and then. But you are not prepared for the moment when a hand tightly holds your missing limb. | Molly often laughed at my stump.
My sister scolded her -- *stop that, don't laugh, that's not nice* -- but I secretly loved it. I was so sick of the averted gazes, hushed whispers, and nauseatingly polite small-talk.
Last time I saw her, she gave me this gem.
"Mommy needs two hands to eat. How do you eat?"
"I trai... | I lost the arm in a car accident. My boyfriend was driving. I remember being in a haze while my doctor spoke to me. They found me with my arm lodged in the crumpled car door. It was mangled, my hand in a direction that hands are generally not supposed are to go. He didn’t talk about my fingers, but I remember looking a... | 2017-03-08T16:20:43 | 2017-03-08T15:51:25 | 84 | 45 |
[WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until..
I hope its not too vague, first writing prompt ^^ enjoy
Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to r... | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | The first time it happened I was just little kid riding my bike. My mom wasn't paying attention to me. She was too deep in her gossip with our neighbor to notice me peddling toward the street. Honestly, I didn't even notice at first. But I was six and day dreaming about how I was a race car. I felt the bump of hitting ... | 2017-06-21T13:37:06 | 2017-06-21T10:03:52 | 45 | 30 |
[WP] Tell me a story that would seem innocent to a child, but terrifying to an adult. | The air was frigid and the sun was starting to set. Franklin could see his breath as he stood in line. His father gripped his hand and pulled him forward. Franklin looked around and saw mean looking people with weapons yelling at people further up in line.
He asked his father, "Papa, why are those people so mean?" To ... | Mary watched as her daughter Rebecca raced through the front yard and in through the front door. Rebecca had had her first sleep over at a friend’s house last night and had come home full of childish energy.
Rebecca had plopped herself down on the couch and was getting ready to turn on the tv when her mother asked, “... | 2017-08-28T10:39:23 | 2017-08-28T10:11:56 | 640 | 22 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "What did you say?"
Oh, shit. "I said, I flew biplanes against the Red Baron in that World War we won." Nailed it.
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Thirty-two years later that kid found me again. This time he wasn't a kid, he was about forty. "You asshole, I knew you said World War One!"
"Wow. You have an incredible memory for small details.... | It was just moments ago that Kevin and I were walking down Main Street when we were stopped and asked if we wanted to earn money by participating in a scientific experiment. Being that we are two broke college kids we agreed to do it not knowing what we were actually getting ourselves into. Once we got to the safety of... | 2017-12-10T11:09:21 | 2017-12-10T10:29:16 | 467 | 48 |
[WP] Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | "That has got to be, without a shadow of a doubt, the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard."
Sergeant Barnes stood waiting for the coffee machine to finish making noise. Beside him stood Police Constable Williams, with a report in-hand.
"But it has to be the case, sir. There's no other possible connection."
"No o... | "I hate this place" Maria thought as she stared out across the barren Transylvanian landscape. Leaning her head against the car window, misery tinged the blur of trees and rolling hills outside in grey. Nevermind that they were in fact mostly grey.
Not even her pulp novel, purchased by a penitent parent, could hold h... | 2017-12-13T11:24:11 | 2017-12-13T11:09:24 | 339 | 26 |
[WP] You have been the last person on earth for years now. One day, as you enter your shelter, the light turns on and you hear "Surprise!!" | It's been years. Five years. Five years since I last saw another person. Five years since I hugged my wonderful, loving mother. Five years since I kissed my tall, handsome boyfriend. Five years since I said a simple, taken-for-granted "hello" to the overly friendly neighborhood grocery store cashier.
Five years. I kn... | Another day of grocery shopping at the 26th Walmart located a couple of towns away. I do have my McLaren to drive on, though, so it's not that awful. And of course, not having to stand in queue for the register isn't too bad as well. To be entirely honest, the advantages of not having to actually get to a register and ... | 2018-02-22T11:07:44 | 2018-02-22T11:02:26 | 44 | 10 |
[WP] You're an exorcist, and this is your most conflicting assignment yet. The demon possessing the child seems to actually be protecting it from abusive parents.
[removed] | The boy sat at the edge of the bed, kicking his feet as he watched me come in. I'm not what people expect from an exorcist. They expect a pair of preists. I'm one guy, and I'm certainly not holy. I believe there's a God, I just don't sweat the details.
I'm more concerned with the other side of that coin. And hence, he... | Monsignor Michael Benedictine felt the disturbance long before he was summoned. A new demon had arrived into the mortal realm. He could sense the ripples, little pulses of energy that made his hair stand on end and told him where the source resided. This one was very powerful, the ripples having more the character of c... | 2018-09-22T01:14:53 | 2018-09-21T21:49:11 | 759 | 312 |
[WP] Your daughter brings over her boyfriend for dinner for the first time. The kid seems nice, but then, while eating, he pokes a baked potato on his plate and says "This looks very interesting. What is this? A 'potato'? Oh interesting. Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good." | “Po-ta-to! You can boil’em, mash’em, stick’em in a stew.”
Reluctantly the gangly creature decided to try the potato. He loved it! Kept wanting more and more.
I think we finally bonded that day. Until later, when he bit my friend’s finger off and I had to push him into lava. I’m gonna miss that little guy. | 'Yeah, potatoes don't really grow around here. My dad sometimes sends them from up north,' I informed him.
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'Do they taste good?'
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'I dunno, try 'em.'
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He held a spoonful of it, inquisitively, slowly raising it to his mouth. He stuck out his tongue, testing the waters. Needless... | 2018-09-22T11:32:45 | 2018-09-22T10:52:49 | 34 | 15 |
[WP] Each day, as you sleep, your IQ and EQ exponentially increases, you surpassed the world’s smartest minds within a week, solved all Millennium Prize Problems within two, and a photographic memory was a nice bonus during week three. Its now 5 years later. | And I'm so...goddamn...lonely.
You know what makes life worth living? My partner.
When I present the long-term consequences of global warming to the U.S. Senate, they yawn and bow to the will of their constituents. When I tell this to my partner, he smiles and kisses me.
When I warn of the long-term economic bubble ... | "STEP AWAY FROM HIM!" The guard stopped short once he saw the silver I placed against His neck. "Would you kindly step out so that I may speak to him in private?" They looked at Him for an answer, but simply received a stare in return. Nodding, they slowly stepped back through the door, closing it gently. I removed the... | 2018-10-25T11:25:18 | 2018-10-25T10:55:23 | 28 | 12 |
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