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[WP] After one’s death, the ‘creative mode’ is unlocked. You replay life, except everything goes the way you want it to. Unlimited wealth, complete domination of the world, you name it. Unknowingly, that play-through is what is used to judge whether you belong to heaven, or hell. | _"Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his? Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty. Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low, look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand. Bury th... | *A second chance.*
If I’d been asked to design Heaven, I could hardly have done a better job.
A fresh start, with all the resources and opportunities I could have wished for. Success at all I turned my hand to. Doors opened to me. Knowledge of exactly what to do and say to get exactly what I wanted.
But eventually... | 2020-07-20T03:58:10 | 2020-07-20T03:31:10 | 82 | 56 |
[WP]An old genie grants you three wishes. After granting your first two, you tell him the third. He is horrified, and begs you to reconsider | "What you're asking is too dangerous," the Genie says. "your wish will have serious consequences. It is not time"
"It's all I've ever truly wanted in life, man. I've waited years." I plead.
"We all have, my brother, but the people are not ready and you are young and rash."
Even this Genie is a phony. How old is he a... | [NSFW]
The boy stood tall in the mystical shadow of the genie. His head curled up with confidence and his eyes held a brim of flaming conviction. The genie pleaded with him "Please. Please. You must reconsider that wish. You must alter it."
The boy removed his hands from his pockets and then crossed them. The smoke f... | 2014-07-26T13:59:33 | 2014-07-26T13:52:26 | 59 | 23 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | It was quite strange actually.
The first number popped into view when I was about 12 years old. It was a solid 4 that looked like something straight out of Times New Roman font. That 4 I remember, hovered above a big scruffy looking man with a tattoo of a stripper on his left arm. I didn't think of it as much at the ... | Snow swirled across the pavement, little lines of furious strands caught in a frozen wind. At once, they would settle, and at once they would fly with renewed flurry as the bus ploughed up to its stop. The ding of the doors opening broke the bluster of winds, and immense gratitude washed over her as this bus proved war... | 2014-11-29T22:35:42 | 2014-11-29T14:03:49 | 200 | 14 |
[WP] Getting arrested for a botched crime is a rite of passage in the Chebwick family. They take great pride in their long legacy of poorly executed crimes. But the youngest child has been a great disappointment. | #The Brickabon Tradition
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The most notorious crime family in Des Moines Iowa was undoubtedly the Brickabons. The patriarch, Yon Brickabon, murdered a rival gang leader in 1972 on live television. He spent the next few decades running Des Moines’ East Village from his prison cell. His sons: Mike, Jag, and Russ, lov... | Plenty of criminals sought out Alicia Fox's services. Most of them were kids born into crime families or mafia bosses who couldn't quite nail their nefarious public images. But none of them had ever asked for something like this before.
Alicia sat with her client at a table outside a quaint little French-style bistro.... | 2020-04-03T22:05:19 | 2020-04-03T21:43:50 | 182 | 44 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Gabriel knew his name would become synonymous with traitor. But really, what did it matter? Better to be a traitor than to be subservient to madmen, or to look the other way as the galactic genocide continued. On the ship's holographic screen, the tiny pinprick of the green planet was growing -- a grassy blade slowly b... | Yikes - this ended up _way_ too long. I'll have to break it up.
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28480 (TSC):: Interview with survivor, Oridan system.
It's not that we couldn't, you understand. Every vaguely intelligent species in the galaxy knew that it could be done. The issue is one of sim... | 2022-12-15T08:44:27 | 2019-12-19T04:41:09 | 431 | 102 |
[WP] For hundreds of years you have been a healer. You changed names, faces, countries but one thing always remained the same — you cured everyone you could. You work in a modern hospital now and it's becoming much harder to do wonders and save people, while keeping your powers a secret.
[removed] | For every sickness there is a cure, except death. Live long enough like me you'd have learned to be patient, I've seen life and death and all that is inbetween. You get used to being an immortal for some time then it hurts to know the fact that you can't die like the rest of the world, it will go on without you.
I'd f... | Ever since that disease came around, the one i found hardest to cure, everything’s become so much more stressful. Be it retinal, testicular, in the lungs, this disease had to be the most horrid of them all. They named it cancer. It seemed to be the most popular of the diseases that death chose, i’d witnessed it first h... | 2020-11-15T05:59:57 | 2020-11-15T03:50:41 | 93 | 20 |
[WP] You die and go to heaven but unlike most arrivals you get a special role, 'Gods Jester'. You have never considered yourself funny but god says "You are the only mortal that could ever make me laugh, here let me show you". | Jaime was having a fairly bad day. He had woken up 3 hours late for his job because his cell decided it didn't want to sound the alarm. He had checked the wrong date on the Weather Site and used a light attire for what had been the coldest day of the year and then, he had died.
Yes, died. He had been rushing down the ... | I wasn't funny. I'd never intended to be funny and fortunately I'd never wanted to. Don't get me wrong I was incredibly excited to get into to Heaven at all, I mean who wouldn't be? But I mean the minute I got that title my face made the blankest expression anyones ever made as my mouth closed and my eyes narrowed as G... | 2017-10-11T12:15:41 | 2017-10-11T11:58:02 | 338 | 18 |
[WP] An aging veteran gets dragged to a paintball facility by his grandkids. Another elderly man is there with his grandkids. The two quickly realize they’ve faced off on the battlefield before. | "Scheisse! Friendly fire! Friendly fire!" Old Man Lars, as the neighborhood brats called him, was known for his raucous zeal for life even in his old age. Hell, maybe you'd appreciate every day above the dirt, too, if you'd been pinned into a foxhole by withering 105mm fire and then held your breath as Patton's 3rd A... | "Alphanumeric!" exclaimed the old man. Tomby was his name, or at least that's what they called him in the 2124 Euro-African Union succession wars. He recognized the other man instantly, he was the one that got away. Tomby sat down to try take in what was happening. He blacked out for what seemed like a few seconds bu... | 2016-09-06T19:55:41 | 2016-09-06T18:24:12 | 115 | 10 |
[WP] As it turns out, Gods are supposed to be far more hands-on than the one in charge of humanity. It's gotten to the point where it's considered neglect, and the Worshipper Protection Service has stepped in. | Mary-Louise sat in her living room, tears streaked her puffy cheeks, and all she wanted was a box of infinite tissues. The picture of her late husband smiled back at her as if he couldn't see her sorrow. The more Mary looked at him, the worse it got. The photo served as a constant reminder and jump-started her memory r... | The agent walked in the interrogation room with his suitcase in hand and took a seat across the table from the defendant.
He clicked open the suitcase and began to pull out files of paperwork and placing them on the table. The man across from him stared intently at the river of paperwork that continued to pour out fro... | 2018-10-27T04:21:19 | 2018-10-27T02:28:13 | 73 | 32 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | "I'll try to explain ... the problem is ... it's not THAT you can travel faster than light." the small alien said, sheepishly. "It's how you do it."
She continued, "To be honest, it's creepy."
Doug stared at her blankly. "Go on ..."
"Ok , you know how FTL works for the rest of us, right?" She cocked her head a bit.... | "You wish really really hard and then you push the button."
"Really really hard? What does the wishing do?"
"Frustrates the hell out of the new recruits when they realize that the incredibly genuine way we insist that they wish as hard as they can is just a ploy to make them look silly to amuse the rest of the crew."... | 2017-03-31T02:57:21 | 2017-03-30T23:13:22 | 95 | 15 |
[WP] The Second American Civil War. What started it, and who are the two sides? | "There isn't any money in fighting overseas anymore."
That's how the pitch had started. And it was met with a deafening silence around the room.
The conference had been called after years of heavy losses in the arms industry. CEOs and executive leadership from all the major arms companies were present. A few represen... | The battle of Caesar's Palace was a decisive decisive one. The second B.I.G. battalion colloquially known as the "Bad Boys" had pushed the main force of the 2P army, "Death Row", into the desert.
With Las Vegas fallen, The soldiers of Death Row hoped to retreat through the desert, and march back to the capital throug... | 2013-10-19T22:10:28 | 2013-10-19T21:52:49 | 34 | 19 |
[WP] A love story between a woman who takes everything literally and a man who speaks exclusively in metaphors. | Meg shivered in delight at the crisp breeze as her fan started up. It was time to wake up, and the cool air always made her feel ready to face the day at top speed. She'd need that today. She was going to ask again, and not take no for an answer.
"Oh, you're up." A man commented.
Meg was surprised he was there. "Ja... | "I love you more than all the stars in the sky!"
"But it's not a big deal to love a star, since it's just a ball of gas burning millions of miles away."
"Well, I love you so much that I'll give you the moon!
I'll lasso it with a rope and pull it down to you!"
"Really! Right now?"
"Yes right now!"
"Wait- What are y... | 2015-07-11T12:15:48 | 2015-07-11T10:36:30 | 174 | 89 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | "Nobody has called me that name in centuries," she said. Theo's words were so sharp and keen it would have been unsafe to run with them.
The line grew longer. The rest of the store's checkout counters beeped, like heart monitors at a hospital. Customers behind us muttered curses and complaints. One—her name was Kately... | My eyes surveyed the chips and cookies in isle 13. Fried diabetes. I thought, still scanning the isle. Finally, I spotted the snack packs I was looking for. On the top shelf of course. You see, I’m 5’2 and it doesn’t look like I’m getting any taller.
Suddenly, an older man makes his way down the aisle. He s... | 2018-11-05T20:38:51 | 2018-11-05T20:38:06 | 136 | 10 |
[WP] You slowly start gaining the powers of a Jedi. Eventually you realize, you are an actual human being of Earth with the Force. You're scared to tell anyone, as they absolutely won't understand. One day, after years of self-training in secrecy, you sense that there is another. | The first time I sensed it, it *hurt*. The presence loomed in my soul, gripped my heart like an intangible clenched fist. For a few days, I passed it off as anxiety. Years ago, before I began down this path, I may have looked to medicine or therapy. Now, after so much time alone, I knew that meditation would provide me... | Something was wrong. A chill ran down the back of my neck. No that wasn't it. It was more like tremor but no one else felt it. Was this related to the powers? I couldn't tell anymore. It had been years since it all began. The powers were convenient, cool even, being able to pick up things from across the room without m... | 2014-12-29T21:03:12 | 2014-12-29T20:39:51 | 257 | 76 |
[WP] The fastest way to determine if an alien race is advanced enough to be "recruited" into the military is to send an asteroid their way. If blown up, they are recruited to the army. If deflected, they are recruited to the defense forces. Humans did something unprecedented to the asteroid. | We knew our stealth was beyond anything the Terrans could penetrate. After all, they were a primitive race, having barely set foot off their mudhole planet to visit its nearest neighbor and still reliant on electrical transmission for communication. Simple emissions control should have made us invisible to their elec... | Planetoid: Earth
Barrage Date: Starline 62.56 7000
Projectile: Subrite Spear
Planetary Response: None.
Consequence: Planet destroyed.
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Report Summary by Imperator Terix:
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The outcome of the barrage of Earth will likely stand for all time as the strangest planetary test in the history of ... | 2019-05-03T17:05:50 | 2019-05-03T10:28:49 | 94 | 38 |
[WP] "Apologies, human. Unfortunately, you were accidentally killed by a glactic federation officer during an altercation on your planet. Currently we are constructing you a replacement body, and in return for your ensured silence on our existence, I wanted to ask if you wanted anything... changed." | Ben awoke on a table, finding that he could not move, just when he was about to scream a figure hovered above him.
He could hear a voice through the ringing in his ears, “We don’t usually do this,” it said.
“Where—” Ben coughed.
Ben tried to focus his eyes, the shape of whoever was speaking to him varied from a slen... | "Apologies, human. Unfortunately, you were accidentally killed by a glactic federation officer during an altercation on your planet. Currently we are constructing you a replacement body, and in return for your ensured silence on our existence, I wanted to ask if you wanted anything... changed."
"In....in terms of the... | 2019-10-28T11:41:31 | 2019-10-28T09:11:50 | 189 | 117 |
[WP] “Well Death,” you say, “I never thought it would end this way. But it’s definitely in my top three, you know?” “It’s how I’d want to go.” Death agrees supportively. | "You know what I have always liked?" I asked the impeccably dressed gentleman sitting beside me.
"Cheesy romantic comedies which you pretend you hate." He said wryly.
I looked at him with a look of faux betrayal. "You didn't need to say it out loud."
He looked at me confused. "But you asked."
I rolled my eyes. "D... | "Best. Orgy. Ever." I say as we walk towards the light.
"I SAW, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD", said Death and he paused for a moment, awkwardly raising a bony hand up next to where i presume his face would be. "I BELIEVE YOU MORTALS CALL THIS AN 'UP FIVE'?".
I playfully give him a high five, not correcting him, we've got an et... | 2021-12-15T10:15:09 | 2021-12-15T06:57:54 | 608 | 367 |
[WP] You deliver meals to elderly shut-ins. One of your clients is convinced you are Death, and you play along, letting them "outsmart" you every day. Today, however, they're dressed in their Sunday finest, saying, "I'm ready." | "I'm ready."
Two words, so simple. And in saying them, Abe was about to realize something dreadful: I wasn't Death. I can, considering he supposedly had some mild dementia, sort of see why he might think that. I wore a lot of black, for starters. It wasn't for any thematic reason. It was just that food stains happened... | I wave goodbye to Carol as I open the door to my car. She always follows me halfway to the end of her lawn telling me different news items and tidbits about her children and grandchildren. She’s a sweet lady and I really wish I could stay just ten or twenty minutes longer and give her some more company but I have so ... | 2017-08-31T17:24:26 | 2017-08-31T17:01:13 | 50 | 10 |
[WP] A person who looks exactly like you appears out of thin air in front of you. He starts explaining how he is you from a hellish other universe. As he starts to describe it, you realize its better than yours. | The portal crackled and popped, my computer fried itself as a small tendril of energy slid into it. As if on a final note, the lightbulb above me popped off. Luckily the sunlight coming through my window was enough to see by easily.
"Hello," I said. Well, the person that looked exactly like me that had stepped thro... | ‘What’s going on with your HAIR!’
‘It has a fringe’
She laughs. ‘Anyway, asides the dodgy hair, I thought I’d better tell you that I’m from a hellish universe where I get to live your worst nightmare. Although seeing your fringe I thought that was impossible’
After catching her breath she looks me up and down.
S... | 2019-12-18T04:36:27 | 2019-12-17T22:11:15 | 983 | 176 |
[WP] Time travel is real and as a result so are Time Cops. You’ve been in the organization for years, one day a coworker tells you that a prisoner will only talk to you. You enter the Interrogation room to see an older version of yourself. | "Is...is this a joke?", Agent Sinclair stuttered-- stagerring back in shock.
On the other side of the prison bars sat Prisoner Zero-- the first man the Time Bureau ever captured. In weakened and deprived state the man smiled-- it radiated relieved and empathy towards the bewildered time agent.
"Not at all, young ag... | I froze, and I walked back outside and grabbed Bill, who hadn't thought to tell me who was in there."What the hell dude, did you not think to tell me who was in there!?" He paused for a second and gathered his thoughts. "I'm sorry, I was conflicted, as a coworker yes, I should have told you, but you-but he said we were... | 2021-05-21T19:25:22 | 2021-05-21T17:35:40 | 67 | 37 |
[WP] As a rite of passage, an alien comes to Earth to abduct his first human. It quickly becomes painstakingly clear that the alien is an absolute fuck up. | "Ow, Jesus what the fuck?" A man in a red plaid shirt and blue jeans shouted as he rubbed the back of his head. He looked around himself, he was sitting in the middle of a circular room, machines with aggressive looking protrusions, hinges, hooks, straps, all surrounded him. "What the- what is this a BDSM dungeon or so... | “As spawning male, I express pride in my young podling for the transition from pupa to adult today. May your star mitzvah prove fortuitous, just as the protective instinct of your parents kept you alive to propagate our species in accordance with our heritage of cosmic domination.”
“Thanks dad,” Glorp mumbled nervous... | 2015-08-13T11:22:06 | 2015-08-13T11:09:53 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] You are a dragon. The other dragons despise you, because they say you have no real hoard. You always change your shape to look like a man, and you are a guild master of an adventurer's guild. The other dragons are WRONG. This guild, these people, THEY are your hoard. | They dont know. The badges they wear. Carved from my own scales. Imbued with my very essence. Providing them not with my magic but an empowering aura allowing them to tap into their greatest potential.
Cyrus. A shadow. Deft hands, light step and wit sharper than his his many concealed daggers.
Balon. Steadier than ... | Sorry for formatting I’m writing from my phone
Dragons are well known for being highly intelligent creatures, with sharp wit, and a silver tongue. However, most dragons rely upon their sheer scale, massive power, and near invulnerability in order to get what they want, treasure. None of them really understand the pow... | 2019-01-19T22:29:22 | 2019-01-19T21:13:54 | 34 | 11 |
[WP] You challenged Death to a game when your time came, not because you feared your death, but because he was the only one left you had yet to best | The odd thing about this place between worlds was the color. It wasn’t translucent as one may expect, nor was it some drab comparison to the living world. Who would have thought Limbo would have such vivid shades of red?
The figure before our late hero was a counterpoint to its surroundings. It was all shades of grey,... | I stood steadfast as I gazed upon the black void that had encroached itself onto the world. The once well lit area of the meadow darkening as the plants withered and the sun was eclipsed. The icy winds of deceased souls bellowing out of the rift, my hair fluttering in the breeze. I smirked as the very embodiment of dea... | 2022-12-29T08:27:58 | 2022-12-29T04:50:39 | 60 | 17 |
[WP] A world where people can store the adrenaline rush and aggressiveness of their anger for later use. Keep enough rage inside and you can, literally and figuratively, hulk out. Now, in your city there's a person who's never been visibly angry... | I've heard it said that a wise man fears three things. The first is a moonless night, and the unseen dangers it holds. The second is the sea in storm, for no man can withstand the awesome power of nature. The third, though, is the most terrifying of all.
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It had be... | "Good morning Jess."
"Well hi there! Glad to start my shift with a regular!"
"As usual. Speaking of..."
"Got it right here Bill! One americano, no sugar, and a touch of soy milk!"
"Perfect, just how I wanted to start the day."
"Doesn't it always start the same way?"
"Yep. And continues the same, and ends th... | 2016-03-16T10:59:07 | 2016-03-16T07:33:30 | 221 | 143 |
[WP] Chained to an immovable rock, he waits for the eagle to arrive and peck out his liver, as it has done countless times before. Instead a hooded figure emerges from the shadows. With a wave of its hand, the iron shackles are shattered. "Rise Prometheus. The time has come for Olympus to fall." | The shackles fall away, and their binding spell fades as Prometheus flexes his massive hands, finding the strength that had long abandoned him. Slowly, raises his gaze to the one who has delivered him from his struggle. Even with his immortal eyes, he cannot pierce the dark of the hood to see the face in shadow beneath... | A hooded figure approached me. I was expecting Zeus's vulture but this strange figure waved his hand and shattered the shackles that bound me.
"Rise, Prometheus. The time has come for Olympus to fall."
"Who are you?" I said to the hooded figure who unshackled me. I rub my wrists that have been bound for eons.
"I am ... | 2021-01-16T00:51:16 | 2021-01-15T23:51:42 | 149 | 27 |
[WP] A cure for sleep has been found, by taking a cheap pill people no longer need to sleep. You opted to continue sleeping and now 1 year after the release of this pill you notice that people are starting to act oddly. | They call it Wake-Aid, a simple chemical cocktail in pill form that will give you eight more productive hours each day. Who has time for sleep anymore? There’s no reason to waste a third of your day when you could be out at a party, playing with your kids, or racing up that corporate ladder! No harmful side-effects fou... | The government released "Zone" almost a year ago. "Zone" was a little pill that someone could take to trigger the neurons in the brain to no longer transmit when sleep was needed. Many people began to take this without question, thinking that if they didn't need sleep that they would be able to get more accomplished. T... | 2016-08-30T10:03:03 | 2016-08-30T09:48:14 | 949 | 57 |
[WP] "Humanity will only unite if they have a common enemy. In that unity, they will achieve peace, for as long as that enemy lives." He looked at you with his dark tired eyes, your weapon on his neck, as he croaked, "That's why I chose to be the bad guy." | “Shut the FUCK up. You think you can play some game and make actually SYMPATHIZE with you? You’re a murderer, cold blooded and relentless. Fuck you and die.” said our hero. He slowly presses his blade against this monsters neck, watching as he cackles and stares our hero in his bloodshot eyes. “I’ve been chasing you fo... | “That's why I chose to be the bad guy.”
I hesitated. I had expected him to say that, or at least something similar, but I had not expected him to sound as sincere. He truly believed it. I lowered the jagged, splintered chair leg that I held to his neck.
“See, deep down inside you know it's true.” He le... | 2020-12-09T10:50:00 | 2020-12-09T10:27:48 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] The nightmare has come true; you've woken up back in sixth grade with your memories and knowledge of everything that happened since then intact. You start staring at your classmates around you, aware of how they end up. Your teacher asks you what's wrong as you start weeping. | Tears started streaming down my face when I looked at my surroundings. Most of my classmates were glancing at me curiously. Just like I they were sitting at light brown desks on green chairs with their pens in their hands. The sunlight that shone through the large windows seemed rather orange, which told me that it was... | (I was kinda friendless through school, and have kept no tabs on anyone, so I really don’t give a fuck tbh but here’s my mildly sociopathic take on this)
I slam into the classroom, my consciousness entering a much, much smaller form. I look around, and recognize the young versions of the kids around me.
I raise my h... | 2019-08-18T08:49:58 | 2019-08-18T08:46:27 | 43 | 18 |
[WP] In the galaxy, Humans are known as the best allies you could have... and the worst enemy you could imagine. | The Human Galactic Empire has a certain reputation that we tend to forget about.
See, humans are NICE. they're cheerful, and curious, and mostly people treat them like overeager kittens, sticking noses and paws into whatever catches their interest.
And sure, there's always those stories that go around. How the ship... | For hundreds of years the human race has now been known to produce the best warriors. It all began after they first made contact with the Fedirs of Gliese 832c - or much more the Fedirs made contact with them - and out of gratitude for receiving far advanced technology and knowledge that brought them up to galactic sta... | 2017-10-22T13:34:21 | 2017-10-22T12:04:27 | 120 | 25 |
[WP] the damned souls in hell crowded near the entrance, and Satan himself is at the gates. They are all awaiting the arrival of a unique soul -- the first man since Biblical times who was killed by God Himself. | The Gates of Hell stood open in wait for the arrival of one man. Demons from every circle had flocked to the entrance to witness this historic event, for he had been judged by God himself. It had been thousands of years until now.
A lone, naked figure emerged from the fire and surveyed the sight in front of him. He wa... | The Chosen One
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The visitor looked around at the crowds that had thronged the gates of hell to see him. He took it with equanimity – crowds were nothing new to him. He had been a unique individual in his lifetime. He had been one out of many, but slowly they all were whittled away. He had faced dis... | 2016-10-14T09:20:02 | 2016-10-14T07:41:16 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] As the most powerful superhero on the team, no one believed you when you said you could quit the drugs, alcohol, and tobacco whenever you wanted. When the only friend you have on the team died on a mission, you sobered up for the first time in years. Now people will learn why you stay drunk. | Starla watched Ozzie tumble into the Hero Squad break room and crash into the greasy old futon, it was something Alice had brought in one day to drag him onto when Ozzie would pass out during his afterwork private victory celebrations.
At first Victor had strongly objected to having such a cheap piece of furniture in ... | It's a dark and somber night at the Heros Headquarters, all the lights are out except for one, a small light come from one of the rooms on the top floor, in there is a man slumped over a desk, surrounded but liquors, drugs and ash from old cigarettes, writting on a journal:
"April 26, 3:42 A.M. :
We were all there... | 2022-12-28T09:14:44 | 2022-12-28T09:04:31 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] The reason us humans were so late to the Space Race compared to other alien species wasn't actually because of inferior technology or intelligence, but simply because their planets are so much smaller than Earth's that escaping their planet's gravitational pull was much easier. | "...that escaping their planet's gravitational pull was much easier."
Argenta, the first speaker, finished the opening spiel of the talk.
"That said, recent discoveries have put our space achievements into a manner of perspective."
Click. A planet on-screen. A few oceans scattered about, sort of reddish-green land, ... | Ryeite Flight to Space! A First!
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Caleres has been the home of the Reytunne since we were but Gramflakes in the dattleflows, but perhaps for no longer! The brother Hernu and Desi Ryeite have developed a flying machine, using sailcloth and long strips of rubber which has catapulted them to stationary orbit... | 2021-03-22T14:43:51 | 2021-03-22T13:57:44 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] Your spouse was actually an amnesiac god that had both their powers and memories sealed away years ago. Now the seal is broken and they have regained their godhood. They're curious why you're not as happy as they are about this. | “Were you angry with her?”
“Of course I was. It’s tough you know. You think you know someone and then suddenly it turns out they aren’t who you thought they were. It broke my heart. And the worst part was she couldn’t understand why I was angry. We had a massive fight. Fights in fact.”
“I can understand.”
“She could... | I look up at her as she now stands even taller than before.
"What am I supposed to do now? There is now no way that I can be supportive in your life anymore." She looks back, her divine face shining brilliantly, "What do you mean?" I can hardly face her when I speak, "Think about it. You don't need me to cook for you,... | 2022-11-08T20:21:58 | 2022-11-08T19:56:20 | 2,678 | 335 |
[WP] As a person goes through his life, he is given three options at the end of each day, continue, restart day, or restart life. He has just lived through the worst day of his life. | After hours and hours of lying my head on my pillow, I finally fall asleep. This is the part of my day that I was most looking forward to. I finally was gonna tell Jim to restart my day.
There was my first breakup, which felt like it lasted an eternity. I moved forward.
The time I lost my first job after the re... | His days were always the same. For whatever reason as one day transitioned into another, he had a choice. Continue on, or restart the day, or restart life. The third was out of the question, but to have another chance? Usually he would consider it a blessing. Something goes wrong, no sweat, just restart the day and do ... | 2014-07-17T18:32:56 | 2014-07-17T17:56:40 | 274 | 20 |
[WP] You hate your boring call centre job. Every day idiots call you up with stupid questions they could easily figure out themselves. Yes you have to shoot them in the head. No there is no cure if you're bitten. It's a few years now into the zombie apocalypse and this is the Call Centre of the Dead | "Uh, Is this the Call Centre of the Dead?"
I sighed. It's always the ones who ask that question who end up asking the dumbest questions later. Yeah. I was having a bad day. I almost avoided a zombie spitting at me in the morning, and we all know what that means, right?
Anyway, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
... | INTRODUCING THE CAST:
JEN: The often misguided, easily manipulated manager of the Call Centre of the Dead.
MARVIN: A father. He had just been hired at the Center before the apocalypse hit.
JILL: A ten year old child, Marvin's secretary who plots his murder.
OLIVER: A bully who pushes around everyone else.
ALSO S... | 2020-05-12T09:28:06 | 2020-05-12T06:31:01 | 94 | 13 |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "I good girl." Said the scruffy black cat.
The orc jailer squinted down at the talking feline. He was a great green brute of an orc, and was the very last line of defense in the intricate cave system of the Western Mountain Orc Prison.
The orc jailer usually delighted in having wild rats pass by his post at night, ... | ######[](#dropcap)
She'd forgotten what it felt like.
She twisted the knife deeper, and the blood gushed out like a fountain from the source. That's what humans were, after all. Merely fountains of blood. The man writhed on the hard marble floors, his face contorted into a mask of agony. His body jerked involuntaril... | 2019-12-07T13:02:32 | 2019-12-07T11:13:29 | 171 | 124 |
[WP] Your whole life you had an ability that seemed normal to you. Now you realized you're the only one with this ability. | “Quick! Quick!” I urgently ushered her inside and closed the door. Knowing how nosy my neighbours were, the over-the-fence conversations with my parents would quickly turn to the fact that Suzy was sneaking in while they were out for the night.
Mum probably wouldn’t care but Dad would. Suz’s Dad definitely would. As ... | Ray Ellis’s secret wasn’t anything special until one day in class when his power stood out to his friend. Ray sat in his desk listening to the teacher, playing with things in his right hand like coins and pencils. He was always pretty talented at doing stuff that involved eye-hand coordination, not including doing stuf... | 2015-01-08T14:04:50 | 2015-01-08T12:29:03 | 38 | 28 |
[WP] The dungeon boss turns to face the adventuring party, only to instead see an OSHA inspector with a list of the dungeon's safety hazards. | Jake leaned gingerly out and peered down into the pit. "Yeah..." he said. "This is definitely going to have to go." He scribbled a few notes on his clipboard. "That's thirty-two code violations so far, and we haven't even gotten to the basement."
Belgaz crossed his arms and frowned. "I really don't see why any of this... | The trickle of pebbles falling from the walls of the dungeon made Asha flinch. She had been in bad dungeons before, but this one took the cake. By a wide margin, she might add, observing the rusted spikes protruding from the walls. She wondered if their purpose was to support the walls or to impale intruders. Either wa... | 2019-10-21T09:22:14 | 2019-10-21T08:50:36 | 325 | 138 |
[WP] - in hell one battles giant demons until you die... then you rise again. Again and again you strive against impossible odds to barely scratch the terrible creatures. The first Dark Souls player has just arrived to this hell, and soon nothing will be the same again.
Dark Souls being a vision of hell. | Say what you want about Hell, at least they give you a chance. Sure they could just drop everyone in the pit to die over and over again, but I figure they didn't see the sport in that. So they give us weapons and some armor. Swords, axes, spears, one dumbass is running around with a flail. I think he's going for most d... | "What the fuck was that, man!?"
"I don't know, just keep running!"
"Is he still chasing us?!"
"Just. Keep. Running." The two demons ran for hours before collapsing in a dim alcove.
"What the fuck was that..."
"I don't know. I've never seen anything like it before."
"Should we tell the boss?"
"Yeah, sure. He... | 2016-03-30T11:53:24 | 2016-03-30T11:44:52 | 43 | 19 |
[WP] You're an assassin with a tiered pricing list. Your highest price was a joke method, but now someone has paid for it. | "You understand I priced it that way for a reason, correct? It isn't something I'm keen to do."
The little man smiled and nodded. "But you will, though? Because I have the money. All of it. And you can have it today, but only if..."
I considered the satchel of stacked dollar bills he'd laid out on the table between ... | It started out innocently enough. Maybe it was a bad idea. I'd heard about the so-called "deep" or "dark" web for years. Mostly child porn and drugs, so I'd heard. What can I say, boredom gives way to action. Familiarity breeds contempt. I downloaded a popular client and began looking around. "The Raven's Perch" was th... | 2016-09-15T09:26:47 | 2016-09-15T08:39:40 | 329 | 16 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | I had just finished putting the finishing touches on my paladin's character sheet. Ah, classic Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, the best version available. Call my old fashioned, but there's just something so refreshing about playing a goody goody character with a strict moral code. And heck, playing D&D was a great di... | "Let me get this straight. You brought me here, a 'demon' in order to mate with me because you want some form of demon hybrid as your child?"
What a day. First, I get off work and drive home with nothing in mind other than to watch some Stargate SG-1 and go to bed. Alone. Now, I am standing in the bedroom of what look... | 2017-05-12T10:50:04 | 2017-05-12T10:39:48 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] A magician summons a demon slave, and brings his lawyer to help create the pact. The demon brings his. | Jack leaned on the counter, counting the seconds. The operating room was sterile. Whitewashed walls and stainless-steel countertops, tile floors and anti-static machines.
Jack drummed his fingers. “He should have arrived.”
A doctor stood beside him. He wore his scrubs, yellow mask, tired eyes. He crossed his arms an... | The room turned lava red. Unbearable heat radiated through the centre of the room, as if it was swallowing and burning everything within it.
But the wizard had no qualms over it. After a slight shock, he simply casted himself in a blue cocoon which rendered everything harmless for a moment. He smiled at himself for be... | 2020-06-13T06:34:59 | 2020-06-13T06:21:33 | 48 | 35 |
[WP] Everything was going smoothly for once, as you finally left the stigma of your past villainous life behind. You have a wife now, and even a little girl on the way. So why.. why did the the #1 hero have to choose the bank your wife works at to have a destructive hero vs villain battle at? | My power, my one power was useless outside of villainy. I didn't have super strength, speed, or toughness. It didn't take me long to regret ever using it in the first place. I faked my death 4 years ago, now I'm just an equipment operator at the local steel mill.
Janis works at our local bank,two blocks away. After a... | It was a normal day until the police arrived.
It started off at 5:30AM with the alarm going off playing 'Into the unknown', I will never understand why my wofe kept changing my alarm to different princess songs.
I had a shower and dried off with a repunzel towel as all the others where mysteriously missing, Once more... | 2020-10-07T05:56:14 | 2020-10-06T21:00:07 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] “A sniper, a bartender and a photographer meet at a bar, unaware of each other’s occupations they talk about ‘the perfect shot’.” | "I know I had to get it right." The older gentleman said, slightly mumbling near the end of every sentence. "I had this man in my sights and I knew that it had to be perfect, least he come back to annoy me. Next thing I know he's darting all around the place"
"No kidding!" the woman opposite the man chimed in. "So you... | Where's the difference?
They all start with love. The love for a craft well done, the dedication to train and learn until you become a master of the trade, the desire for a perfect instant. You need material, you need books, you need teachers, you need time. Thus you will acquire a steady hand, an eye to spot the rig... | 2021-04-04T02:52:00 | 2021-04-04T01:33:29 | 485 | 150 |
[WP] The world is ending. A group of astrophysicists, xenobiologists, medical doctors, and other experts is loaded on a rocket. And you...but no one seems willing to tell you why. | I didn’t know Professor Trimere. I didn’t know anybody onboard the *Redeemer*, truth be told, but Trimere I hadn’t interacted with at all. It was a ship full of ingenious visionaries and I was a second-year Phase Sciences student who could never spell “ingenious” right on the first try, so I hadn’t given much thought t... | *What I know, what we know could be changed in a second. This is what I learned...*
''I can’t wait anymore.'' one of the astrophysicists tries to open the hatch but the marines stop him immediately.
''Do I know you?'' someone touches my shoulder and I look back.
I try to recall her name first but she is faster than ... | 2020-07-16T11:42:06 | 2020-07-16T09:20:38 | 124 | 12 |
[WP] You slowly start to realize that all of your friends are undercover agents tasked with keeping you alive. Then, at your birthday party, with every friend surrounding you, the people trying to kill you finally find you.
Have fun. | As my breath drew shallow, the lights dimmed and I stopped, on the thirtieth candle. I brought my head up and looked around at everyone, waiting for me to finish the task. No one seemed to notice the lights had dimmed and now, I wasn't sure they even had. But it looked darker. Everything did. Twenty-nine extinguis... | I guess the realization wasn't all at once like I like to tell myself it was. It's just easier that way, thinking back to my birthday party, the sudden awareness that we were under attack and that all of my friends, instead of standing around cowering like I was, they all sprung into a formation. Jeff, Phil, and Hassan... | 2014-11-22T15:41:06 | 2014-11-22T14:24:27 | 61 | 19 |
[WP] Your power is to materialise the most appropriate tool for any situation. When you need to dig a hole, it materialises a shovel, when you need to chop down a tree, it materialises an axe. This morning when you awoke, your power materialised a large medieval sword covered in strange runes. | Paige grumbled. Which was strange, considering how she hadn’t complained for years. Ever since something saw fit to spawn the best tool and solution for any sort of problem she might run into during the day, whether it was something like forgetting an eraser at school, needing the key to the bathroom, or say, lugging a... | Wanda stared at the sword in her hands.
Over the many years, she'd realized one overarching truth: her power would always give her the tools needed for whatever the job was. However, it was up to her to figure out what she was actually supposed to do. Usually it was fairly straightforward - pens were meant for writing... | 2021-12-02T09:51:37 | 2021-12-02T09:32:59 | 334 | 162 |
[WP] If the earth is flat, what is on the other side? You've been sent to find out.
Just assume that the earth really is flat (WHICH IT IS NOT), and that there is something on the other side. | So there I stood at the edge of the world. Nothing but black nothingness stretched out in front of me, the stars only twinkling right above and behind me. It looked so normal, the edge. The ground just kind of ... ended and then went straight down. I checked once more if my carabiner was securely locked to my belt and ... | I was about 50 feet from the edge.
Everyone was watching. Across the plain, all eyes were on me. They televised the ground breaking conquest. There were protests, riots even. Ultimately they decided I was the best candidate. No family history, siblings, the usual type for missions of "unknown" outcome.
My heart bega... | 2017-05-17T12:28:57 | 2017-05-17T12:19:21 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] SETI receives a transmission from intelligent life. After some deciphering, the message reads, "Keep quiet or they'll find you!"
The message was clearly sent from elsewhere in our universe, from outside of our solar system. | Elisa hurries through the hall, shedding papers from the heavy stack in her arms. Without knocking, she bursts into Fred Turek's office, and spreads the papers across his desk. "It's a message."
"I hear that once a week. One of you gets your undies in a bundle over a little blip in data," he replies, shaking his head.... | Of course, it was too late. Far too late. For all he knew, that repeating message had been there for them all the way back on that dizzying first day of February, 1985 - when he had joined the SETI team as a fresh-faced intern right out of grad school. As the cab raced from Dulles International toward Capitol Hill, ... | 2014-10-03T11:59:23 | 2014-10-03T11:48:12 | 32 | 21 |
[WP] Cupid has an opposite, the angel of heartbreak. Their job is to break up couples that don't belong together. Their job is a lot harder and they're getting a little fed up with these stupid humans. | "...just because it's *convenient*." He spat the last word.
Year after year, it was the same thing- people that made each other miserable stayed together not out of love but out of some twisted sort of either obligation or simply a fear of being alone.
It wasn't that he was numb to that pain- hell, his job didn't exa... | Conclusius turned around and walked a couple of steps beside the woman. Then at the first intersection turned right, while she walked straight on. Where she went didn't matter. Walking on was important. Walking on and never to look back. Back there was her personal hell.
Maybe not the worst hell of them all. Maybe the... | 2019-02-14T07:42:26 | 2019-02-14T07:12:44 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | He grew up on one of the toughest streets in America. Immigrants, weirdos, and living in filth described his young life. As he grew up, he was at first feared, then people started recognizing his deep, old man wisdom. Eventually, he gained many loyal friends, and others sought him out for his insight.
The ISIS problem... | The President, the joint chiefs of staff, several different D.O.D members and some individuals from agencies you don't have the clearance to know about sat in the situation room in various states of shock and disbelief. After several awkward, quiet minutes, the President cleared his throat and began to speak.
"...Well... | 2016-01-29T09:11:06 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] “Although we are grateful to you for defeating our oppressors, you were meant to die in battle…” your “allies” suddenly turned their weapons on you, “Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.” | "Agreed," I said, drawing my blade once more. "Becoming a murderer is a sacrifice *no one* is going to forget. Even if it is self-defence."
The priests paused, looking at one another with a startling mixture of confusion and fear. "N - no, Nicholas," Ajimond, the Head Priest said. "No, we're suppose to kill you becaus... | Silence hung in the fortified room as The Emperor's body laid still several feet from his head. I am loathe to kill anybody, and he is only my second one, but he chose to fight instead of coming peacefully.
We were sent to arrest him for his extreme actions against us Altereds, but he had injected himself with the la... | 2022-11-02T01:11:10 | 2022-11-01T22:10:50 | 34 | 24 |
[WP] Nations around the world are hellbent on taking out this journalist that has been trying to publish pieces about things that are supposed to be top secret. But for some reason, all attempts to silence this “Clark Kent” fellow have failed. | General Aladeen always get what he wants. A mountain of golds? Done. A harem of Asian women? They'll be in his room in an hour. A picture of Kim Jong Un's drooling in his sleep? Check his email. Eliminate a pesky journalist? Their heads will be hanging by his window in the morning.
But not his head. Not Clark Kent.
"... | “MTF unit gamma-3 and misinformation units are at the scene” states the nervous intern that has pulled up a screen infront of the 05 council. “It appears that this Clark Kent has been writing and publishing our scp files” *nervous laugh from the intern* and we have sent multiple mtf squadrons to stop him”
“And if we a... | 2020-11-29T02:24:50 | 2020-11-29T01:36:23 | 460 | 64 |
[WP] You’re considered the stealthiest person in your spy school because no one has ever caught you during stealth class; therefore, you are chosen to carry out a very urgent and dangerous mission alone. However, the reason no one could find you during class is because you skipped every one of them. | To learn the craft of espionage, assassination, and infiltration, one must attend certain classes at certain compounds, private entertainment facilities, or highly exclusive social clubs. And even then the first class is usually to actually find and deduce where you're getting taught. Many a less than talented spy has ... | Red lights flickered overhead as the landing craft started its descent. The metal interior rattling as I checked my ammunition inside of my rifle, my heartbeat audible with every dull click. I shouldn't have skipped that damn lesson in basic training, but here I am on an alien world to sabotage an insurgent airstrip.
... | 2020-04-17T19:14:40 | 2020-04-17T16:09:55 | 201 | 41 |
[WP] A man has the ability to smell death. The greater the stench, the closer a person is to dying. He leaves his house one day and is instantly overcome with the pungent scent of mortality. Every person he passes reeks of death. | I can smell death.
Don't ask me how it works, because I haven't got a clue. It's not like nurses that can smell someone's organs failing, it even happens for accidents. I smelled it on Sam Carter the day he got smashed up on the highway driving home.
It's weird, knowing ahead of time when people are going to die. I m... | He had known it was coming for a while now.
Death had become a constant companion in Jacob's life. A certain familiarity had developed over the years since he first realized the meaning of his gift. The musty scent, reminiscent of a long forgotten sweater buried deep in a cedar closet, with a hint of an unknown sp... | 2015-03-20T22:22:14 | 2015-03-20T20:38:30 | 45 | 16 |
[WP] A planet and its moon both have intelligent life. For 400 years they have watched each other through telescopes. Now one of them is launching its first rocket to pay the other their first visit. | The great observatory had for fifty years been led by Corvin Vincor. He was known as a man of honor. Whenever he vomited seminal fluid he would clean up after himself and offer his apologies. He took care not to step on anyone's tails, a habit that had allowed him to hold his position for an unprecedented amount of tim... | LOG 1:
"ahem, is this thing on? Yes? okay. My name is Darmi Steran. I am the captain of the \*Void\* the vessel that will be leaving the moon Rotuga and approaching its planet Nera. We have observed the intelligent life on Nera for 400 years through telescopic instruments. the planets life is strange.
But first, life... | 2018-07-05T08:05:08 | 2018-07-05T06:24:56 | 135 | 24 |
[WP] “This place is not a place of honor,” reads the text. “No highly esteemed dead is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.” | This wasn’t the first time we had received a message from the Old World. Most messages were indirect, time capsules meant for some imagined future where humanity would be far more advanced and would look upon their contents as vestiges of a time past. These messages never predicted the warfare that would ravage the Old... | Like everyone else she had ever known, Reeta had learned of this place. This lonely lot of land at the furthest, most secluded corner of the world. Where those of their ancestors most opposed to the third helix made their last stand, only to be burned down like the kindling their species had become in the face of their... | 2022-06-18T02:33:03 | 2022-06-17T20:56:18 | 47 | 21 |
[WP] Imagine a world where dating and job hunting are switched. Dating now involves sending emails and resumes, while people seeking employment frequent the hottest clubs. | She sat back in her chair and studied my resume again. Her pen tapped absentmindedly against the polished mahogany desk. Damn, my suit is itching. I didn't know what to do with my arms. Or my legs. Or where to look. God, I hate these formal interviews!
"Awkward phase in high school, but still had some dating experienc... | “There, chick by the bar in the sandals.” My wingman pointed out the blonde out to me.
“They’re all wearing sandals.” I start to say but he cuts off me.
“That mother does salsa bro. I’ll bribe the DJ to put on some salsa, you go get her on the dance floor before somebody else pounces on her.”
“But that’s not why I’m... | 2015-06-18T13:43:19 | 2015-06-18T12:21:29 | 57 | 35 |
[WP] On your 21st birthday, your biggest accomplishment becomes your official title - no matter how trivial. You wait anxiously in line for your village elder, Glenda, Devourer of 53 Chicken Nuggets In A Single Sitting, to assign you your new title. | Custom and tradition, which interleaved every facet of life for the dozen villages spread throughout the Darrowshire plains, accounted for many of the interesting practices unique to the locale.
These included the almost reverential regard for hunting, the marking of coming of age by bequeathing a title reflecting th... | "Ah yes, you shall be known as John, Traveler of Forty Shoe Stores."
The line was thinning out now. I peeked ahead to where John was breathing a sigh of relief. 'Shoe stores' was harmless. You could still get a job with that on your resume.
The next student walked forward, Becky I think. She was wearing a long sleeve... | 2017-04-27T17:19:00 | 2017-04-27T17:02:59 | 810 | 232 |
[WP] You are an immortal sentenced to 1000 years of imprisonment. After 200, your prison is forgotten. After 10,000 years, it is rediscovered.
Optional: Your discoverers refuse to release you. | My eyes open harshly to the same view I've woken up to for as long as I can remember. The sun beams directly in to my eyes through a tiny, barred window that sits at the top of the left wall. I move my head out of the sun's blinding light. I see the heavy cast iron door across the way, barely out of reach from where I ... | "Death number two hundred and seventy-six," I mutter to myself adding another tally to the floor. I'm running out of space. I had to stop counting the days, not enough room in this box. All I know is that I've been here for so long that even the thought of masturbating isn't even enjoyable anymore— er I mean I've been ... | 2017-11-02T16:37:09 | 2017-11-02T15:37:24 | 51 | 16 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | "Unclean!" the disembodied voice bellowed waking me up for the third fucking time that night. That's it. I'd had enough. I slip out of bed and got dressed. I was thirsty anyway. Walking toward the door I looked at the wall dripping with blood and puss.
"Unfucking real..." I muttered. Pulling my phone from my pocket I... | Wow. Great.
I'm standing in the middle of the woods, with just my pijamas on.
I have no idea how I got here. It's cold, I'm tired, and I just want to go to bed. The only problem is, that I live in the middle of a large city, in a place, where even the nights are warm and the air is soft.
Here it's so cold, that my ... | 2017-05-05T07:31:12 | 2017-05-05T07:30:17 | 627 | 118 |
[WP] After countless hours of research and testing, your dog translator was ready. As you hook it up to your loyal canine, he utters his first words : "FUCKIN FINALLY!" | "FUCKING FINALLY" Lion exclaimed. Then he wagged his tail.
"What?" I had not expected this.
"LISTEN TO ME DUDE" He stood up, his wheat-gold fur catching the first rays of the sunrise.
"LISTEN ARE YOU LISTENING?"
"Yes, I am listening, Lion."
"WHO IS A GOOD BOY DAVE? DO YOU KNOW WHO IS A GOOD BOY"
I burst out laugh... | "FUCKING FINALLY!" Cal yelled. I almost dropped the recorder I was holding in surprise, as I had no clue my sweet little husky would use such language.
"Excuse me?"I asked, and immediately cal looked ashamed. "Sorry-" she started to say, but I cut her off by placing my hand over her muzzle.
I was torn between jumpin... | 2020-06-22T09:22:35 | 2020-06-22T08:44:47 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] Simultaneously, across the world, everyone hears a voice in their head. " In 2 hours, the server will be shutting down for the final time. Thank you for playing Human ®." | A thunderous noise roared across the sky. The commotion shook me to the core, as if a genuine earthquake had begun after the noise echoed. I immediately looked towards my surrounding, wary of any incoming disaster which may strike soon – at least, that was my initial reflex thinking.
"In 2 hours, the server will be sh... | It took a little, but it finally hit me. I sat there in front of my computer like I did most Friday nights. I wasn't the one to go out and party or get hammered, and even if I was it isn't like I had anyone to do it with. With my time short, and I assume the same for everyone else, I could only sit there. Why couldn't ... | 2019-09-23T04:13:24 | 2019-09-23T04:08:06 | 69 | 47 |
[WP] The Hero is ridiculously overpowered but has none of the usual moral objections about using their power. They just defeated the last major supervillian and now the city nervously waits to find out what happens next. | When the HERO system first went online, it incarcerated fifty percent of the global supervillain threat within its first year.
HERO’s creators consisted of the most brilliant minds humanity, and a handful of other species, had to offer. Its initial form was that of a human man, molded from a composite of all super bei... | I’m almost rooting for them.The last three times someone has caused her trouble, she has implemented more “cautionary deterrents.” The last time someone went against one of her mandates they committed deforestation in the Ozarks. She said she would “Be the final solution to anyone and their families need for pollution.... | 2022-06-27T16:47:31 | 2022-06-27T11:00:26 | 47 | 33 |
[WP] Necromancy is just the arcane equivalent of computer programming, and grimoires on necromancy are just like libraries of code on animating the undead. You work the equivalent of the IT Help Desk for your necromancer cult. These are your work stories. | Okay, well can you give me a little bit more info than just 'It doesn't work'?
So, I haven't posted in this subreddit before, but when someone asks specifically about my job, I thought why the hell not. Here are some of the callers that make you wonder how they even got their spellbook open, seriously (well one didn't... | People are idiots. Simple as that. After third time you accept the message to a screaming newbie rambling in about zombie apocalypse, when they have some simple error, it gets old fast.
But the craziest things happen with the experienced ones. The ones who think they know better. There are standard procedures int... | 2018-04-27T22:42:04 | 2018-04-27T21:14:51 | 936 | 34 |
[WP] Earth is actually extremely inhospitable and downright nuts to nearby alien civilizations because predators, bad weather, contagious disease, and the like are simply uncommon on other worlds. You are an alien tasked with creating a documentary on this strange hardcore world. | V’Bliirpkah smoothed her tentacles as she stepped into the portable environmental chamber that would seal her off from the harsh conditions of the planet below. From afar, Earth looked like a peaceful place with jewel like oceans and green continents. But the reality she knew was quite different.
Ordinarily she would ... | ”Good ‘ay! I’m Zeevbach Ermlgorp And today we’re exploring the fascinating and dangerous world of Earth! Come along with me as I traverse this exciting frontier.”
A flashy intro flashes across the screen of the collective info spheres as a four armed alien in khaki shorts and a padded vest wrestles with large hostile ... | 2019-02-07T21:10:33 | 2019-02-07T19:47:07 | 2,408 | 827 |
[WP] You're a Super Villian, and honestly it isn't a bad job. But one hero always harasses you even when you're off the clock. Walking in the park, in the grocery store, getting a haircut, he always wants to 'Stop your evil plan'. You're left with one option: Complain to his manager. |
ring ring... ring ring... ri- “Good morning.”
“Ah yes. Good morning, Mr Peterson is it?”
“Michael Peterson, Yes.”
“Senior editor of the City Times?”
“The same.”
“I wish to have a word with you about one of your staff.”
“I’m sorry but I’m quite busy, I can give you the number of human resour-“
“No, that won’t d... | “Now this guy, for the love of god... you threaten to poison the earth’s water ONCE, not even twice, but ONCE, and you’re ‘always a villain’”, The slightly raddled, rusting, master villain says.
“... maybe he’s right.” Says the super hero justice board head, Steve.
“W-what? How the hell is he right? I’m retired man!... | 2019-08-01T19:28:52 | 2019-08-01T18:53:47 | 52 | 22 |
[WP] When you were a kid you gave a ten dollar bill to a homeless man instead of buying food with it. Your parents scolded you at the time but twenty years later you discover that the man you gave the money to is a billionaire, and he’s interested in meeting you to pay you back. | I had just come home from learning about money in school that day and I was so excited to tell my mom and dad. We all then went out to buy groceries for home so that I could actually witness money transactions first hand. My parents entrusted me with a $10 bill. Even though I was able to identify that it was $10, I sti... | The warning bells rang in the distance. I slowly rose out of bed to look out onto the Kingdom’s castle. I saw a fiery blaze glowing over the horizon. After jumping out of bed to pull on my boots, I heard the bells within the Kingdom wall sound.
“The Kingdom is under attack!” Harold, my neighbor, called outside my fro... | 2018-01-24T22:02:16 | 2018-01-24T20:41:15 | 92 | 57 |
[WP] Dr. Seuss writes a horror story. | Where are the monsters? The Snoogarf? The Pozzit? Under my bed, or hid in my closet?
Is there a Woloon, with big sharp claws? A Schnogg, that instead of arms has saws?
What if a Dord pierces me with its stinger? Oh please, anything but the dreaded Bombinger!
My parents reply, "It's all in your head.", but that's the... | Sweedle tots!
Sweedle tots!
They cough lots and lots,
with sickness and not many shots!
To the mum of a Sweedle,
Evil is the needle,
Causing all Autism and making them feeble.
Sweedle tots!
They're loved lots and lots.
But they are sick in their cots.
Spots everywhere,
Crying as they lose hair,
Mums thinking nothi... | 2014-11-30T12:18:15 | 2014-11-30T10:36:15 | 99 | 34 |
[WP] You deliver meals to elderly shut-ins. One of your clients is convinced you are Death, and you play along, letting them "outsmart" you every day. Today, however, they're dressed in their Sunday finest, saying, "I'm ready." | "I'm ready."
Two words, so simple. And in saying them, Abe was about to realize something dreadful: I wasn't Death. I can, considering he supposedly had some mild dementia, sort of see why he might think that. I wore a lot of black, for starters. It wasn't for any thematic reason. It was just that food stains happened... | I wave goodbye to Carol as I open the door to my car. She always follows me halfway to the end of her lawn telling me different news items and tidbits about her children and grandchildren. She’s a sweet lady and I really wish I could stay just ten or twenty minutes longer and give her some more company but I have so ... | 2017-08-31T17:24:26 | 2017-08-31T17:01:13 | 46 | 10 |
[WP] While we were astounded to discover an alien race that used coffee to power their spacecraft, they were astounded to find a species that drank jet fuel on a daily basis. | One cup of coffee a day kept me sane. The second cup was just because it tasted good. The third was... what, a problem?
Anyway, I liked coffee. It was the one constant in my life as a spacefarer. Whether I was stuck in a swamped wasteland with giant insects, or a planet where tearing into each other was not only toler... | Midnight talk with John Nave starring an extra-terrestrial feline visitor.
John: Can anyone believe it that there is an actual planet of Cats?!? I bet everyone would be wanting to go to this planet. And it is an honor for us to have them here at the studio... Idieh and Emorhk from planet Myoth.
Sitting on the couch... | 2020-09-04T04:54:59 | 2020-09-04T04:12:24 | 191 | 46 |
[WP] You're a lawyer who just got a genie lamp. After planning your words perfectly to maximize all your wishes, you summoned the genie, and surprisingly the genie turns out to be your most feared yet most respected person : Your long dead law mentor. | Julia sat at the conference table amongst piles of books. Not heaps of books, not a scattering of references, not a slapdash collection. These books were carefully selected, organized, and cross-referenced. She had spent more time on this than she'd ever had in billable hours to any client in her long career at the law... | I rehearse the words in my head,
Check the notes scrawled on paper on the bed,
I've written in triplicate on the wall,
No level of precaution too small.
That's always been a habit of mine,
Plan, prepare, waste no time,
It's served me well in my courtroom fights,
And I'm about to lawyer for ... | 2021-09-30T11:03:34 | 2021-09-30T10:41:06 | 1,398 | 331 |
[WP] A demon just devoured your soul. You are both very confused as to why you are still alive. | "You should be dead."
"Think so? I feel okay." Ted looked up into the glowering face, a face from comic books and dungeon manuals.
"This is new to me." The demon loomed, its size and general air of menace diminished by its quizzical expression. "Usually my snacks gasp, some might scream a bit, crumple up and die.... | The acid of the vomit was burning a whole on his throat, the stench of rotten eggs emanated from every pore of his skin.
As he lowered his gaze to his body, expecting to see himself dying, he noticed no blood. Not on the floor around him, not even on the vomit that stained his shoes.
<<How?>> he wo... | 2021-10-06T10:53:35 | 2021-10-06T09:51:30 | 95 | 33 |
[WP] "I'll pay you $150K a year. Sit in this room and wait for the phone to ring. What ever you do, DO NOT miss that phone call." Bored to death, after 10 years, that shiny black landline in the corner of the room has never once rang. One day, it starts ringing. You miss it by a second. | I can’t believe I missed the call, by a second.
I have been waiting for it to ring for 10 years. And then I went ahead and missed the call. I sat by the phone for a few more minutes, maybe they’ll try again? It’s an old timey analog phone, no caller ID. Why isn’t this phone caller ID? I could’ve just called them back... | I yawned for the third time in a row, as I sat in my armchair. I put down my book, and looked at that stupid black phone. The thing never rang. I was paid to sit here until it rang. Just sit. Well, ten years later and nothing! Everyday, I would wake up and ask myself, would today be the day? Would that phone ring today... | 2020-08-24T02:26:51 | 2020-08-23T19:16:46 | 441 | 263 |
[WP] How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it. | Grog narrowed his eyes and made a face. "How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it."
Pedriak snirked. "Yes, but crying in the corner. Where we left it. Untouched. Un*approached*."
Grog glanced over. Pedriak shrugged. Grog looked back through the two way mirror and asked... | You don't understand Dreagar, you ignorant fool. You could've endangered the entire galaxy!
Humans... An interesting creature, but one we should all head warning to. I've studied them for almost a millennium. I've seen them grow and adapt.
At first it was for research, to study the species to see if they would be... | 2018-02-17T08:24:06 | 2018-02-17T08:09:48 | 209 | 101 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | "What did you say?" The woman looked at me, bewilderment defining the angles of her face.
"Th... thank you. For the berries." I said again, confused, holding up the pound of strawberries she'd just handed me.
"No, not that. The name. My name... you said Klarys..." her voice trailed off and she looked away suddenly. "... | My eyes surveyed the chips and cookies in isle 13. Fried diabetes. I thought, still scanning the isle. Finally, I spotted the snack packs I was looking for. On the top shelf of course. You see, I’m 5’2 and it doesn’t look like I’m getting any taller.
Suddenly, an older man makes his way down the aisle. He s... | 2018-11-05T21:24:00 | 2018-11-05T20:38:06 | 38 | 10 |
[WP] The Super Hero had to choose between saving you, and a group of children. You were pissed but agreed it was the right choice to save the children. But since you survived the vat of radioactive acid, people are treating you like the next super villain. You don’t want revenge! | “Hello Jerry. Good to have you on the show.”
The slow claps that followed me entering on stage ended just as I took my seat. Placing my crunches down after I shook Mr. Blackmore’s hand. I think he noticed the sweat around my palms.
“It’s good to be on. Even though I never thought I would.” I laughed a little bit at ... | This is my first story. I hope everyone likes it. Criticisms is appreciated
You fall into 1 vat of radioactive acid, and now everyone thinks you are the next top supervillain. I can admit my situation doesn’t look good from an outside perspective. I glow in the dark, I’m slightly radioactive, and I can see through th... | 2021-02-05T17:39:17 | 2021-02-05T17:26:06 | 138 | 41 |
[WP] “Shh, it’s alright,” the villain said. “You’re doing beautifully and I’m so proud of you. But that’s enough now. It was cruel of them to make you fight me. It’s not your fault.” He spoke with a gentle tone but he was pissed, not at the hero, but at the gods who send kids and teens to fight him. | "Shh, it's alright."
He remembers, even as a divine being, being a baby, barely out of his mother's womb, terrified of his own creation and everything else. The matronly presence of his mother enveloped him in a warm embrace and said those words.
"You're doing beautifully and I'm so proud of you."
His duty ... | I gathered the child-hero to me. Yet another snuffed life, another crushed body to lay at my door. Whispering my spell, I teleported us both away from the field of battle.
Warmth greeted us with the rising scent of loam. It was time for planting. The bundle in my arms lay still, so, so still; the golden halo of hair m... | 2019-07-26T07:42:49 | 2019-07-26T07:22:55 | 51 | 23 |
[WP] Humanity has gone infertile children of men style, but it's not as bad as you would think because we cured aging around the same time. In the post infertility world, governments value human life more, because a worker that dies can never be replaced. | Every single death was published, every name was made immortal, carved onto a great plaque in what used to be called Antarctica. Three names were added to the list today, Zhang Wu, Oliver McArthur and Jose Lopez, all with the same cause of death, suicide. Their families, if they had any, were of course compensated, the... | "You want to start human clinical trials? Are you completely insane?" John protested.
"...yes, it has been in development for decades and the only way to see if it is safer than the currently available model is to have a real human actually use it." Jane replied.
You see they are both scientists in a government lab h... | 2021-10-31T12:20:09 | 2021-10-31T11:19:03 | 186 | 47 |
[WP] Your old friend, Mary Sue, appears perfect but is actually a time manipulator who rewinds time to appear perfect, and do anything with zero consequences. You, however, can secretly remember previous iterations. | *"Try one of the cookies. I hope they aren't too rough looking for the bake sale."*
The emaculate house at the end of Dover street had be an American ideal ever since Mary moved in. No matter what it was always beautifully decorated, clean, and appealed to everyone who walked in. The rich aroma of warm cinnimon and sw... | God damn it I just wanted my morning coffee. The pot was in my hands. I had my coffee cup sitting on the counter in front of me. You’d think from here it be nothing to stop me from enjoying a cup of coffee, but as I fill the cup and lifted it to my lips she does it, again. Time rewinds. I put the cup down and lift the ... | 2021-07-25T17:11:11 | 2021-07-25T14:29:18 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] The Devil promises you everything: fame, fortune, all the things a mortal will ever need for paradise on earth. But he doesn't want your soul, he just wants you to take his socially awkward daughter, Gertrude, out on a date. Make her special, y'know?
**EDIT** All of your responses have been amazing! I wish I had ... | I always cook at home for first dates. It might not be the fanciest date option, but it has the merit of getting people to loosen up, to be themselves. But I wasn't sure about this one -- I had no idea what to expect. Her dad hadn't been very obliging in answering questions. A gruff old man, with a sharp, wounding way ... | "Meet Gertrude!" Satan gestured to his daughter, who stood in uncomfortable silence, twirling a stringy piece of lifeless, greasy hair.
I wish I could say that this was the single moment of my life that I had been waiting for; that I gazed into her eyes, and time suddenly stopped. That I took her bony hand in mine, a... | 2015-05-20T09:49:56 | 2015-05-20T08:28:30 | 196 | 56 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. WMDs. | To'rak scowled at the human, revealing a mouth full of venomous fangs. At over 10 feet in height, with four arms made for crushing and tearing tipped in razor-sharp talons, his species was built for war. The thing representing humanity was small, with soft flesh instead of hardened chiton.
"You seem confident, human.... | They all thought, Humanity is nothing but a bunch of politicians and pacifists. They thought we'd simply lay down and just go quietly into the night. The Valkren Empire has apparently never heard of our history of warfare and a human beings never say die spirit.
"Sic vis pacem para bellum," my Drill Sergeant would sa... | 2021-07-04T20:53:59 | 2021-07-04T14:17:04 | 99 | 58 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | A skinny man stands at a podium in front of hundreds of representatives from different countries. Brushing the long dreaded hair from his face revealing his bloodshot eyes.
"uhhhh Everyone, this is uhhhh Greg Brooks" says President Obama "it seems that he has stopped Daesh from their antics and quelled most of the ma... | The President, the joint chiefs of staff, several different D.O.D members and some individuals from agencies you don't have the clearance to know about sat in the situation room in various states of shock and disbelief. After several awkward, quiet minutes, the President cleared his throat and began to speak.
"...Well... | 2016-01-29T10:11:13 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] The fact the uncanny valley exists is terrifying. Being scared by things that look almost human but aren't. Other animals do not have this. That means that at some point in our evolution, running away from things that looked almost human was advantageous enough to be imprinted on our genetics. | The EVA 201 class began. As we walked in, we waved our notebooks over the interface and the e-ink paper changed. I took a brief glance at what I presumed would be the syllabus, and found a table of contents:
**Pages 1-3:** Content warnings
**Page 4:** Infohazard waiver and consent form
**Page 5:** University policy ... | "So there is a bit of fuzzy area. Anything below this and our brain is happy to leave it alone and call it Non Human. Anything above this, our brain will identify a face as definitely human. But if you look at a face that falls in this area, uncanny valley as we call it, our brain just can't fully process it. It confus... | 2020-09-15T13:29:59 | 2020-09-15T13:26:22 | 1,783 | 590 |
[WP] Out of pity, the grim reaper fails to kill a young child in a hospital. As a result, a nurse leaves early and does NOT get in a car accident, the father does NOT overdose on alcohol, and it kicks off a chain reaction of people NOT dying who were supposed to die. | Death sighed. It had been a dismal day. Children always broke filled his mind with doubts. It was wrong to take them. Why should they be stripped away of a life they didn't even start to taste? What about their latent dreams, and their untainted souls? Were they worthless?
The gates to his chamber grated open, and a f... | "26."
I wearily turned my head around, and caught sight of a figure draped all in black mystery. A trenchcoat jacket perfectly captured his muscular frame, replete with a black shirt and pants, and a slim golden tie. Around his neck hung a silver pendant - a miniature scythe that glowed ever so slightly. The suit seem... | 2018-08-01T19:05:47 | 2018-08-01T16:53:13 | 47 | 28 |
[WP] Your town just recently shut down its subway network due to a lack of funding. You decided to go exploring in the abandoned tunnels, and you're starting to get concerned about the sheer volume of tunnels not marked on any maps that lead to sealed blast doors. | *Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. And any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.*
It seems strange that the reason the Hong Kong metro gave for their... | It’s an old town, but I love it to death. When they lost funding, I thought “You know what, maybe this is my chance. My chance to move out of here, start off somewhere new” yet here I am, in an abandoned subway station. Living the dream. Walking by walls, covered in graffiti, just like I imagined. But then I reached so... | 2019-12-19T01:51:39 | 2019-12-18T20:44:35 | 162 | 69 |
[WP] Your older brother has been missing for years. You hear a knock on the door, and you open it to reveal a man that looks like your brother would be at this point. "I'm back man! I'm so sorry!" He hugs you immediately. Just then, you get a text from your brother's old number. "That isn't me." | See, I always knew my brothers disappearance was suspicious. But no one listens to a 'little kid', even if that kid knew the disappeared better than anyone. But one look at his room that day and I knew. My brother hadn't gone willingly. It was the fishbowl, you see. It had been knocked on its side. The only thing insid... | The day was like any other. My routine the same. Except today is different. I’m more sad than usual, for today is the day of my brothers death. The day that he disappeared. The day that we called the police, searched for him, and never found him. That’s why when I opened the door to see my older brother standing there ... | 2020-07-23T12:22:24 | 2020-07-23T11:12:42 | 154 | 37 |
[WP] This man EXPECTED the Spanish Inquisition. But the Spanish Inquisition did not expect someone like HIM, and were dramatically unprepared. | "Nobody expects the..."
"Spanish inquisition," said the man with the hint of a yawn and stared out of the window. "Yes, I've heard."
"But how?" gasped one of the red robed men at the rear of the pack, his hands reaching to clasp his crucifix tightly.
The leader silenced him with a glare before clearing his throa... | I looked at them with a gleeful grin growing on my face. I had known for a while that this day would come, my superior sources silently supplying me with information. So I prepared. Oh, did I prepare. I built walls. I planted fruits and vegetables, raised cattle and sheep. I even created a secret password to my unilate... | 2015-04-10T09:04:35 | 2015-04-10T07:24:39 | 178 | 24 |
[WP] The demon that tried to strike a deal with you was absolutely not prepared for the level of specificity you've prepared to make sure there are no loopholes for him to abuse. | "Mortal, I wish to make you an offering. Someone as strong and powerful as yourself has earned it. I have a wish to bestow to you. Imagine... anything, beyond your wildest dreams, being made real for you. Just ask," the demon chirped, with a smirk. It fluttered impishly before me. Tiny, winged, and red-skinned — it wou... | The demon looked at me with a sly grin. I smiled. He smiled back. Everything I tried to think about confused me.
Then I remembered....I had never heard of anyone being tricked by a demon without having bad intent or ill will in their own mind. They always got some form of payback they did not see coming.
...so I gave... | 2018-01-20T07:26:26 | 2018-01-20T07:01:32 | 1,072 | 147 |
[WP] Scientists find a planet that is absolutely identical to Earth (same size, distance to the star, atmosphere, etc), but then they discover that there is absolutely no life on the planet despite the same conditions. | Five years after The James Webb telescope was launched and started scanning the skies , a technician at NASA discovered something very strange while processing data originating from a particular area in the constellation Cetus.
Word quickly spread inside NASA and for the next few months , James Webb was instructed to... | "And? It's not to be unexpected. It was always possible, we've had several candidates without life. Still report it of course."
"No, ma'am, we mean the *exact* same conditions. The same continents, the same mountains, deserts, even bodies of water. There're, there're even the same *buildings*. It's an exact replica, j... | 2017-02-23T05:39:42 | 2017-02-23T05:38:38 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] Write about a world where whenever somebody writes on their skin, it appears on their soulmate's body as well. | Everyday, something appears on my arm. Or hand. Or wrist. Basically anything near those areas. My supposed soulmate likes to write in those places all the time. I'm guessing they're forgetful, because it's always notes or locations. All. The. Time. Not even a cute doodle. Just reminders.
I never write on my skin. I d... | I can't believe it. On her right forearm is the same tattoo that I have. It's the symbol for fire, not from Avatar. She must've grown tired of hearing that question asked as well. She has the same shoulder scar from my surgery. She must have so many questions. I fell out of a truck, I burned my forearm at the grill at ... | 2018-04-01T20:04:01 | 2018-04-01T20:03:34 | 75 | 14 |
[WP] Humans were originally designed as cheap, efficient, easily-reproducible and moldable soldiers in galactic wars. However, after an "animal rights" group won legislature in the United Galaxy, all humans were dumped on the reservation planet, Earth, and forgotten about. A millenia later... | From the transmitted personal log of Schianxi, commander of council archive: Sol sector
"Archive entry: Earth, Sol System. Artificial life form species: Human
It'd been a long time since any Atlasians have checked in on the humans.
being placed so far from any other star system or planets had been for their own p... | "Is this strictly necessary?"
He rolled his eyes. "Yes human. We've got to check for Glorflax infestation. It's a very common, super deadly parasitic infection out in Galactic space."
"It's just...I'm a little uncomfortable with all this probing." the human said, "And your tentacles are cold!"
"I *am* cold-bloode... | 2017-01-23T18:26:14 | 2017-01-23T16:49:44 | 1,872 | 175 |
[WP] A "popular" girl falls in love with a "nerdy" boy, however he hates her and she spends all her time trying to impress him
EDIT: THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO WRITE SHORT STORIES BASED OFF MY PROMPT!! I HAVE YET TO READ ALL YOUR STORIES THOUGH, AS I'M BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND OTHER STUFF :D
I'm sorry if I hav... | Jess Brown was hands-down the most popular girl in year 11. She was lucky enough to possess the dangerous combination of good looks and great intelligence, causing those around her to almost naturally fall into place as her followers.
Despite being as blessed as she was, Jess was not an arrogant person. If anything, ... | That’s the thing: rules are rules, and they don’t get broken. It all feels a little like a John Hughes movie at the end of the day, doesn’t it? The beautiful peoples club doesn’t mix with the punks, who in turn don’t even look at the nerds, who can’t stand the metalheads, despite a shared interest in Iron Maiden. The B... | 2016-05-29T11:33:33 | 2016-05-29T11:32:34 | 50 | 12 |
[WP] When you were 10 years old a dragon saved your life. No one believed you, until he came to your house today asking for a favor. | Darthanax. Everyone thought I was crazy, but he was right here. I remember the day. The rain was coming down hard, it was the remnants of a nasty hurricane eight years sgo. A hand grabbed my arm and a woman pulled me away from my family as we were leaving the Akron Zoo. I didn't know why she wanted me, but I couldn't... | [Poem] The man named Jack
Did you ever hear, of the man who lost his mind?
He screamed of dragons and vengeful spirits, and the one who saved his life.
“That man is a fool, his head’s full o’ wine! And stay away from his kind!”
And so his life was full of sadness, full of anger and rife with strife.
For none believe... | 2020-11-21T08:49:45 | 2020-11-21T08:48:13 | 116 | 82 |
[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. | *We got along, in the way that kids can always find a way to get along. We played all kinds of games in the summer time, deep into the night, when our parents would come looking for us, worried about the reports of werewolves in the woods.*
*Our favorite game was the lava game. She would cast a spell and make the grou... | Ok, this is a long one, so I'm going to have to break it up.
Part 1
\* \* \*
The goal was simple. Or it should have been. Lizelle, the most eligible and beautiful woman in the city of Bazal, if not the continent, had set about a simple task.
For she had grown tired of the wave after wave of suitors comin... | 2019-05-01T14:00:12 | 2019-05-01T13:38:56 | 394 | 107 |
[WP] A person's superpowers emerge during- and relate to- a highly stressful moment in their life. Your brother nearly drowned, and as a result could shape water to his will. A classmate fell from a high balcony, and ended up learning to fly. You? You just got your powers last night. | When I was a little girl, my father would wake at 5 am to me screaming, full-force, red-faced, mottled screaming - but find me completely asleep. Over time I suppose I learnt not to wake him, not to worry him, to muffle my screams and sobs and, as I learnt to talk, pleads, channel them into the pillow so that he could... | I began to fall from the building, I didn't remember climbing it though.
That didn't matter. As I felt myself begin to topple and become truly weightless in the plunge a jolt ran though my body, and it jolted me awake.
The fall had been a dream, but the adrenaline was real.
As I sat up in bed breathing rapidly my ph... | 2021-04-01T02:47:38 | 2021-03-31T23:16:32 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] Delivery drones are armed to deter thieves, but the more heavily defended a drone is the better the loot. The golden age of drone piracy is now lads. | SYSERR 10067 - DRONE_408212 NOT RESPONSIVE FOR 500uS
Starting audio analysis subroutine . . .
EVENT 40045 - AUDIO EVENT LOGGED
DISPLAYING ANALYSIS PROBABILITY
GUNSHOT - 98.4%
HIGH CALIBER RIFLE - 2.4%
MEDIUM CALIBER RIFLE - 68.5%
HIGH CALIBER PISTOL - 1.1%
MEDIUM CALIBER PI... | *Yes, I got it down.* James ran and quickly grabbed his prize. A T.I.X model 9, the latest and greatest in defensive drone delivery, and he brought it down. Even if he couldn't find a buyer for whatever's inside the bragging rights alone where worth it. He brought it back to his workshop, and carefully dissembled the d... | 2019-09-30T15:45:12 | 2019-09-30T14:55:03 | 52 | 31 |
[WP] You are a wolf who was bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon your hair recedes, your teeth dull, and you are left cold and naked on a hillside. You’ve also met a lovely park ranger named Christine. | It happend a few years ago. My pack was attacked by a strange deformed wolf. They were tough and killed many of us but together we managed to fend it off. I was injured. A few months later I felt ill. That was when it first happend. I howled out in pain as my body transformed. My hair gone. My teeth no longer sharp. My... | Even after I turned, her scent remained intoxicating, her voice concerned and reassuring.
"Are you OK?"
Those words came out of her, again and again. I mumbled wordless nothings and nodded. Not sure what to tell her. No idea how to explain.
She draped me in a blanket, quiet as can be, as it she was afraid to startl... | 2021-03-14T15:17:31 | 2021-03-14T14:26:03 | 179 | 94 |
[WP] Write a story about something you don't understand. Do NO research. Make everything up as you go.
**Possible subjects:**
*Fly-Fishing
*Open-Heart Surgery
*Supply-Management in the Canadian Dairy Industry
*Making Hollywood Movies
*Guidance Counselling for High School Students
*Storm Chasing
*Electrical Rep... | Hello Gentlemen! Welcome, uh, to Sunrise Mutual! I'm actually just the-
The presentation? What pres-? Yes, um, of course. The presentation. Of course. Right this way.
(Okay, Josh, you got this. They think you're a big-shot, time to take yourself to the top! No more janitor for you!)
Now, as you can see from this sl... | "Okay bob, hold my scalpel while I squeeze the heart"
"Right, now I just need you to connect those two tubes while I hold it like this"
"Okay...
Yes! done!"
"Wait, why is my computer making that weird beeping noise?"
"OH MY GOD!!! HE'S GONNA DIE! GET THE DEFIBRILLATOR!!"
*zzzzZAP!*
"Oops, I think we kille... | 2016-02-01T22:50:42 | 2016-02-01T21:35:35 | 41 | 11 |
[WP] You are a hitman who has just finished their most recent job. Or, at least, thought had finished, because the second you take your eyes off your target’s corpse, you hear “Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one.” | The groan from behind Jim sent chills up his spine. Not a chance did he survive, it was point blank to the back with a shotgun.
"Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one." The target, a man with a slight build and a pale face is now suddenly in front of him smiling. The gaping hole in his chest behind to stitch itself... | The words feel like a bomb had just gone off, everything else was so much silence.
Gun at the ready, I wheel around to find my target nonchalantly walking over to a chair, poking a finger into the hole in his head and chuckling to himself.
"Heh, it's been too long..." He slumps into his seat, wood creaking beneath hi... | 2019-08-29T20:06:05 | 2019-08-29T19:15:04 | 245 | 120 |
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