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[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | There were four of us. We'd meet every couple hundred years and discuss the pranks we pulled on the mortals. Such good fun the mortals were. So easily susceptible to manipulation. Would we be so simple if we lived less than a century? Barely the blink of an eye, I can't imagine that being my entire existance.
"... | Dinosaurs was our best one, hands-down. The Church of Latter Day Saints is second-best, but gets points taken off for being a religion (too easy to pull off, religions, in my opinion). But our funniest one, I think, was Michael Jackson.
Some of my friends would agree with me, but not most. The irrelevancy of his life ... | 2017-06-22T21:50:06 | 2017-06-22T19:14:24 | 679 | 23 |
[WP] Every person has a button they can press at night that deposits a large sum of money to their bank account. However, the first person to press it each night is horrifically killed. | For the hundredth time, you glance at your computer screen, the bright bold number 23:50:58 flashing back at you. The button lies there innocuously, an entire section of the desk to itself, the words PRESS ME tauntingly painted on it. You edge your hand closer to the button, but that section of the desk might as well h... | *You're listening to Z103, live from California! The time is 2 AM, and for those of you who just tuned in, the button has still not been pressed.*
Two timezones ahead, Bud yawned, rolling over in bed and pressing his chin into his pillow as the radio on his nightstand launched into the latest pop hit. The upbeat music... | 2016-07-16T17:25:16 | 2016-07-16T16:59:02 | 1,781 | 342 |
[WP] how you die and the treatment of your body determines what happens to your soul, due to the bizarre circumstances of your death you find yourself in the jurisdiction of an ancient and obscure god.
E.g. last rights and a catholic funeral would mean your soul goes to heaven, hell or limbo as per the bible. | “I can’t believe they used molten lead.” I said, suddenly finding myself by a desert river, much like the one they had done the deed next to. ISIS was a cruel group, and disposing of a reporter with the morbidly creative use of a box and molten lead was shocking to say the least.
“Didn’t see it coming did you?” A man ... | I used to be a knight. Not a good one, mind you, but a knight nonetheless. Pride of my family; I didn't come from a noble background like most of those shiny knights you see flaunting about. I had to work to earn this, for years I worked for it. What an honor it was to be selected to entertain the young king on his nam... | 2015-01-15T06:13:25 | 2015-01-15T05:47:55 | 37 | 19 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | I stuck my hand out in a reaching motion in front of the council. Today was the day of my eighteenth birthday. The council was the nine elders who decided what your object meant and recorded it into the official records. If no object arrived within sixty seconds you were labeled as a null and sent to the labor camps wh... | As I wait in the field, the usual assortment of examiners and recording equipment scattered around, an awkward silence surrounds the entire group. It has been nearly an hour. Most people's Soulbound appears within 10 minutes. What could it be? If we go by distance maybe something halfway across the country? But what on... | 2019-09-18T10:23:04 | 2019-09-18T09:38:04 | 42 | 24 |
[WP] You reach the afterlife, but before you find out where you'll end up, you have to watch the entire life of someone and decide where they should go. What you don't know is all of your memories have been wiped and it's your own life you're watching. | America was in mourning. The greatest President who had ever lived had passed away far too soon. Tragically, he had suffered a heart attack barely a year into his first term.
In just that short time, he had accomplished so much, and inspired so many young people all around the world. America was great once again, all... | In anger the fire swore at me. Foaming at the mouth,it lapped up the darkness of the room.
A man of average height entered the room and immediately flipped on a light switch by the door.
The room became cold, sterile, and revealed a layout resembling that of a doctors office. No fireplace, no ash, nor char was visible ... | 2016-05-11T03:01:23 | 2016-05-10T23:51:44 | 49 | 14 |
[WP]Killing Hitler has become a sport amongst time travelers. Points are awarded for creativity and difficulty. You are last year's champion, how did you win? | I didn't intend to kill Hitler. I'm not the average time-traveler, you see, I just wanted to have a quiet life in the country side of the Old Europe. I found my lifestyle. I found a beautiful girl named Annabelle and worked my way up in French society at the time. I married Annabelle. I found and bought a quaint little... | After months of careful planning and pillaging of the German ranks, America's Lt. Aldo Raine and his two brave friends of the infamous bastard company have taken their seats in the theatre. Hitler and all the top-ranking nazi officials will be watching germany's proudest soldier star in the fatherland's greatest propag... | 2016-02-20T08:59:12 | 2016-02-20T08:40:02 | 204 | 23 |
[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] Humans are the first sentients, putting us millenia ahead of aliens. Instead of acting like an "elder" species should, we create mysterious artifacts with no actual use, crop cicles and send spooky messages, like "be quiet, you are in danger" to the aliens, because we are still childish morons. | Zulth had believed in humans for as long as he could remember. Theories of them had been around for decades, of course, but only with recent advances in radio telescopes had their existence been all but proved.
The first patterns came through just fifty solar cycles ago. 26 unique patterns. A codex? A language? A pas... | I've seen it. I know it's there. The messages, unending stream, they're everywhere!
I saw it first when my days were young, the plants withered, the wind child and I felt a...presence... They were here for me! To tell me! I was chosen to decipher their language, and I swore to my destiny on that day.
The connection re... | 2017-10-31T15:29:32 | 2017-10-31T15:26:39 | 7,012 | 80 |
[WP] You're the person who keeps mowing lawns during the zombie apocalypse of The Walking Dead.
Bonus: Are you a living being or a hyper intelligent 'walker' with a landscaping fetish? | FIRST PROMPT.. I AM NOT A GOOD WRITER.. :) But I always had a theory about why the lawns weren't overgrown....
No one ever thinks about what the world was like before people. Huge flowering meadows and endless prairies where animals grazed and huge herds of beasts thundered across the landscape. Landscape, that wor... | They laughed at first. They aren't laughing now.
First I did it to feel normal. To keep some sort of sanity I kept my yard trimmed, was always a great way to eliminate stress. At first, I only mowed my lawn. Soon, the whole neighborhood was tripped. Kids made fun of me, they called my neighborhood haunted because... | 2015-11-05T10:28:09 | 2015-11-05T10:18:03 | 43 | 22 |
[WP] They year is 2035. A colony is built on Mars. While excavating an area, colonists find a red flag among the red sands. The flag has 4 Latin letters written on it: SPQR | They had been briefed, once they were safely entrenched on the red planet. It had been a pivotal moment, a watershed. Before the briefing James Carlson had not held any doubt that at the end of his term on site that he would return home, to Earth, to his family. They were merely the prep team, not colonists.
After the... | "Today we are joined via facecam by Captain Sara Lee of the IMM who has an interesting discovery to share with us here on the show."
God I hate having to do these interviews. Half the time I have to dumb down what I'm saying so the people at home watching while they drink their crappy cups of coffee can understand me... | 2017-02-21T17:26:40 | 2017-02-21T15:36:13 | 267 | 84 |
[WP] In the fear of becoming a Main Character, the main character lives his whole life avoiding cliche story lines and interactions
Inspiration from /r/manga top post.
http://imgur.com/gallery/J5sbp | **I Am NPC**
I feel blessed to live in a pretty nondescript town. There’s a weapons shop, armor shop, tavern, side-quest alley and mini-game market down by the river. We’re not too close to the bandits in the East or the royal capital in the North. All in all, the winters are pretty mild, the summers aren’t too hot... | “Johnny is so much more interesting than Mary. You're right, my name is Mary. One thing that was learned growing up is that you never say the word I. Fuck, just said it. Anywho. The center of attention is one thing Mary avoids. She hates it, makes her feel self conscious. Yes, she understands its supposed to be her sto... | 2014-11-08T10:56:03 | 2014-11-08T08:43:35 | 48 | 20 |
[WP] A super villain who runs a number of retail stores, not as a cover, but as a means of recruiting their staff as villainous side-kicks once they are inevitably filled with seething rage for customers and the general public. | I often walked around the store. The employees knew who I was. I wasn't there to pick at their faults. I just liked wandering about the store. They actually liked me. I was often greeted with a smile or a quick nod.
I had one policy though. I asked them never to engage with me in front of the customers. I liked my pri... | The Scowl never trusted your typical run of the mill henchman, they often were easily swayed to betray one another given the right opportunity. He tried using temp services but ran into the same issues. The Scowl remembered his time before he donned his signature midnight black body suit with dark crimson gloves and bo... | 2021-10-13T23:52:38 | 2021-10-13T20:23:47 | 837 | 195 |
[WP] You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | It's strange to be standing in front of the throne, instead of behind it. Facing a man who scorns my service, handing back to him the sword I've used for three years to protect someone else.
The King, as much as he is praised to his face, is nothing like his father had been. Where my former lord - God bless - ruled wi... | I couldn't help but sigh as I look at the castle far in the distance. Impatiently, I wait for my ship to depart and bring my family and me to the faraway lands. I need to leave this kingdom. Fast. It's already doomed. Did this "brat turned king" really think that his predecessor gone senile? He'd even threatened me wit... | 2021-02-28T05:20:39 | 2021-02-28T05:08:55 | 108 | 72 |
[WP] 10 years ago a being that looked human appeared in every television, every phone and every computer saying he would return one day to painfully kill anyone who committed murder, abuse or rape. Tomorrow is that day. How is society preparing? | Kim had been waiting for this day to come. Sweet, blessed justice. Ever since that day, when the human-like thing had shown up, world wide, promising painful death to everyone who had done unforgivable things.
At first, when the message came, when she was seven, Uncle Craig had stopped hurting her. He didn't come to t... | They said not to worry. As per usual I s'ppose. I mean really they can't say much other than that. They said that folks in prison will continue with their days as if nothing was said at all. See when Yzorgis, the goofy man that showed up 10 years ago, said all those things about "truly evil people", there was mixed emo... | 2013-12-26T15:52:10 | 2013-12-26T14:20:34 | 43 | 21 |
[WP] Each month you are visited by the Grim Reaper. He silently appears in your kitchen at night to drink your orange juice. This month, you’ve decided to approach him. | *A Talk with Death, and Orange Juice*
“...Hey. If you don’t mind, Mr. Reaper, that’s *my* orange juice you’re drinking. Could ya at least pay me back after?”
He turns, robe gently gliding above the ground, his empty void of a face confirming my suspicions. “IT IS NOT YET YOUR TIME. DO NOT QUESTION MY INTENTIONS.” Th... | The winter snow was coming down slowly, lazy, drifting flakes spiraling to the ground, it was late, the news wrap was in its second cycle, about 2am when I heard "them" in the kitchen, the door opening and a light and shadow appeared in the kitchen, I knew who it was, I met them when my snuggle bunny died, my beloved... | 2020-08-24T04:59:19 | 2020-08-24T04:28:49 | 61 | 14 |
[WP] When you die, there is no heaven or hell. You just get rated on a scale of 1-100 of how much of an assole you were in your life and get thrown together with all the other people with the same rating.
Posted this a while ago, got some upvotes but no storys, so I'm trying again. | Hell would have been easier. You would think that removing damnation and salvation would be a relief and to some I assume it is. There is somewhere, however, worse to end up. I was never a saint, I didn't go above and beyond for anybody, but I wasn't a monster either. Somehow being left with only the moderately awful p... | I lifted my foot. Under it was a strawberry, leaking a delicate but heavenly scent. The perfect red was hardly marred by the fact that it was quite crushed. All around me was a garden, with a narrow path of gravel winding artfully through it. I suspected at the end I would see a charming welcome mat below a discreet... | 2021-12-19T21:29:26 | 2021-12-19T20:34:57 | 39 | 15 |
[WP] The King is dying and decides to abdicate his throne before he dies. During the coronation ceremony, he places the crown on a servant's head and declares him king, rather than one of his two sons. | His Majesty's chapel erupted. Fred-Lesser was unsure what to make of the boom that shook his ears. All his years raised in the Kingdom's service and he never heard anything quite like it. To poverty, it even made his head feel heavy. And cozy. Sort of... regal feeling. He had to scratch his head, the velvet was startin... | The bright interior of the official throne room was illuminated by the powerful sun shining through the stain glass windows lining the long hall, creating a mighty atmosphere for the change of kings.
Royalty displayed themselves like a wedding party: the two princes on the left and the three princesses on the right. N... | 2016-02-12T16:01:03 | 2016-02-12T13:51:05 | 64 | 12 |
[WP] Two people discover a fountain of youth. The problem is that upon drinking the water you turn back into an infant. The two decide to take turns raising each other in order to live forever until one day one of them decides to break this agreement. | Imagine growing up in a household where you are told that the nature of your very birth and existence must be kept a secret, not just because it is dangerously valuable information, but mostly because you'll end up in the looney bin if you explain yourself and stick to your story. That's where I thought my dad belonge... | My third story so please comment! Thanks.
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I am sorry bro. I really am.
I know you can hear me even if you are an infant. Both of us definitely know that. We both have taken our turns for the past like, I don't know? Maybe 500 years? A thousand? Two thousand? I don't know. I have lo... | 2015-02-14T06:05:39 | 2015-02-14T05:46:47 | 88 | 26 |
[WP] After bitting a Fae, the Vampire claims that she must serve him, for his bite converted her into his thrall. The Fae claims that the Vampire must serve her, for the vampire ate fae food without her permission. As none of them is willing to give up, they bring the case to you, a lawyer. | I sigh as they go around in an argument once again. It has been 30 minutes of back and fourth between the two, and I'm starting to regret putting an ad in the local magical newspaper offering free consultations.
"Look you two," I start, "magic and mystical law is my field of practice, but these laws are vague and high... | *Matlock - Episode 200: The Control*
"Mr... Vampire, and Mr... Faerie? What kind of names are those?"
"Those are our species, Mr. Matlock."
"Ah, do forgive me. I must be getting slightly forgetful in my old age. Hm, let me see your case file... Hm, interesting, very interesting. Well, custody cases are not usually m... | 2022-07-12T00:54:08 | 2022-07-11T23:22:58 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] It turns out that every sentient species in the universe has a god and when war breaks out the gods would actually duel. The losing god would lose it's species. Then one day an alien god decided to invade Earth only to realize that we've killed our god. | Ahn’Sethuh, Reaper of Worlds, Lord of Purifying Flame, Scourge of a Thousand Stars, Regent of Divine Balance, Master of Goats wiped his sword clean as he stepped through tall gates made of pearl and gold. The old man standing watch lay bleeding upon his book, blood running with golden ink still scrawling ceaselessly ac... | **Gods. Rulers. Conquerors. Protectors.**
**Humans. Children. Servants. Play things.**
I look at the inscription again.
**Gods. Rulers. Conquerors. Protectors.**
**Humans. Children. Servants. Play things.**
I look at my friends. At my buddies. At my fellow warriors.
They look up. Up high into the sky. The sky ... | 2018-04-03T07:48:36 | 2018-04-03T05:33:44 | 693 | 61 |
[WP] About 20 minuets after the the oil drum you are crammed into was filled with concrete, you realise that you're probably immortal. | Stop me if you’ve heard this one:
A man drunkenly stumbles onto a misty dock one night and sees something he’s not supposed to see. He gets clubbed by a man who looks like he has a pituitary gland the size of a watermelon and gets unceremoniously shoved some time later into a big old oil drum that gets filled with a b... | I suppose there are worse ways to find out that you're immortal.
I mean, imagine the awkward conversation that would've awaited Budd Dwyer. He'd probably be wishing that he'd just been sealed in an oil drum with some fast setting concrete. Probably wouldn't even mind how much my ass itches. Holy shit my ass itches. Sh... | 2016-01-14T20:03:42 | 2016-01-14T17:39:45 | 45 | 17 |
[WP] When a person turns 18. they get to pick a statistic. For the rest of their life, they will know this statistic about anyone they meet (lies told, days left alive, etc.) | For an investigator, the choice seemed only natural: number of deaths caused. While the scientific community was baffled by the one statistic phenomenon, it at least knew that the statistics were accurate. Of course, this was perfect for George; his testimonies proved invaluable in court.
But then, why was he drinkin... | Jasper knew he loved her. He'd told her so many times - 14, to be exact. Yet still his palms were sweaty and his cuticles picked raw. A shaving cut glistened on his cheek as he gazed at his craggy features and gray flecked hair in the mirror. He looked every one of his 31 years and a few extra.
Jessica was already wai... | 2014-08-11T08:26:50 | 2014-08-11T02:18:32 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] You are the Evil Overlord. You have kidnapped the princess. Unfortunately, she developed Stockholm Syndrome. And she is far more evil and insane than you are. | It was time for me to go. I had been the 5th evil sorcerer to inhabit this lair. I was also 1 through 4. Keeping the 5 bordering kingdoms on their toes was an enjoyable, but easy task. Too easy. I toyed with conquering them, but then what do I do, Govern directly? No thanks. I’m a kill the livestock, scare the children... | I should have known something was up. I should have asked more questions when the letter arrived. They hadn't offered a ransom. No hero to save her. Not even a single word of ill will. No... Nothing. And now somehow I The Lord of Fire. The King of Death. The Harbinger of Destruction and Disease am hiding in a broom cl... | 2018-02-09T05:24:13 | 2018-02-09T04:30:09 | 347 | 44 |
[WP] You were born with a large birthmark in the shape of a dragon. However, this is just a coincidence; there is absolutely nothing magical about it, and you're getting really tired of explaining this. | They were staring at me again. Eyes wide, mouths slightly agape. I sighed. "Hi. Look, I got your message. But I'm not-"
"You're him!" One of them explained. Pretty enough lass, head of gold, but obviously empty. "You're the one who can talk with them."
"I'm really not." I tried to force a smile onto my face - or rat... | Nope. not magical. I know, I know, It's perfect. It looks just like a dragon, tail, wings, fire breath. but its just a fucking birthmark man. Cant even tattoo over it because I could get cancer or something. it being a giant mole. I am really getting sick of it but its on my face. What do I do, wear a mask? that would ... | 2016-08-04T18:02:19 | 2016-08-04T15:25:00 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] Aliens with FTL travel arrive on earth with thousands of years of high definition video of us throughout history, taken from the stars. It all tends to line up pretty well with our present historical narritive until they reveal something... strange... | I sat across from the delegation. 5 insect like beings about 7 feet tall. They used a translator to turn their clicks into a rather pleasant sounding version of english. "We have been observing your people for 783 galactic standard units." the leader clicked. "We've been quite pleased with how quickly you've reached o... | You, really didn't notice?
Notice what?
You know... The thing...
What thing?
You know, the thing that's in all your photos and videos, the wired thing...
What are you talking about?
Do you really not see it?
See what?
It right there. Everywhere. In every photo, every movie, website, music track, everything you put out ... | 2022-01-07T14:36:35 | 2022-01-07T14:01:37 | 234 | 36 |
[WP] Dear diary, I’ve been feeding this creature that fell from the sky for a few days. It strangely likes to drink water, the liquid we use to fuel cars. I noticed a patch on its suit today that read “NASA”. I’ll ask it tomorrow what that means. If that’s it’s name. | Three days after his fall, NASA still hadn't spoken to me.
It quickly became clear that this creature was unaccustomed to the ways of my people. We Quelbrigs have been here for millennia, and most neighboring planets are at the very least aware of us. But not NASA.
I’d managed to piece together the sounds of its nam... | It fell from the sky in a tube that was much larger than it was. The shiny, metallic vessel stuck out of the ground in my backyard and up to where my tail begins, about 12 glips tall or so. I examined the smoking object, not wanting to touch it and be burned. Suddenly, a compartment opened, and out peered a most unusua... | 2020-10-11T07:44:33 | 2020-10-11T07:37:27 | 5,429 | 99 |
[WP] In a world where everyone survives off of basic income, companies have to convince you to work for them.
Credit to u/SearingEnigma & u/abkleinig for the idea. | I took a seat at the large wooden table. The two men that sat across from me were clearly nervous. The fat one had beads of sweat dripping down his chubby cheeks. The skinnier man fiddled relentlessly with his glasses.
I leaned across and offered them my hand. The larger man introduced himself as Norris. His grip was ... | "Why won't you just leave me alone?!"
"We need you David! You've got the best test scores we've ever seen!"
"I've told you, I'm not interested! Look for Francis Smith, he got exactly the same score as I did!"
"We already have, he's working as a rocket scientist for NASA right now. Please David, it's not everyday tha... | 2016-04-21T06:27:02 | 2016-04-21T06:21:20 | 284 | 200 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | "Activate Zip Drive," I said to my computer, a generation III A.I. as space-time split before me, "Prime weapon for immediate release when we hit norm." I knew their fleet would not want me sneaking by in FTL so I was planning ahead for my attack.
The colored lights of Otherspace slipped past my small bomber, jumping... | "War? These rats declared war against the humans? The neutral viewpoints of the Galactic Counsil?"
"Yes, Sir."
The humans seem rather weak and pathetic, regarding how friendly and peaceful they are. If you ever looked into their history, you know why. They not only almost killed themselves as a species, multiple time... | 2020-02-07T12:57:02 | 2020-02-07T12:49:43 | 506 | 196 |
[WP] You're live-streaming your life, from the perspective of smart-glasses. The chat keeps pointing out things that you don't see. | I was first noticed on Facebook, grew in popularity from Vine, and made a living from Youtube. Every step I took, every new medium, felt like a bigger step into fame. I was living comfortably in my apartment in New York City by posting blog videos on Youtube, people seemed to love learning the most basic things about... | There was screaming and silence inside his head. It fought in a distant mind, some cacophony of distorted emotion, spent feelings and hopelessness. He was alone. He was aware of his audience.
"Brandon!"
He muted them. They had seen him and he hated them. It made it feel real, and it could not be real. He stared at ... | 2017-11-02T00:19:08 | 2017-11-02T00:15:07 | 173 | 12 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | Max stood by the barn entrance, trying to hold back his tears. A tough thing for a child to see, I thought. But he's got to learn about it somehow.
“Please just tell me, Dad,” Max said finally. “Is Buddy going to be okay?”
I looked down at the ground, at Buddy whimpering quietly in the grass. His collar was askew, an... | Bill and his wife Laura entered the furniture store. They were looking for a closet for their baby's room. After so many months of trying to have a baby again, years after the unfortunate miscarriage, it looked like things were finally working out for them.
An old mahogany closet caught their eye. They inspected it c... | 2017-05-31T08:55:19 | 2017-05-31T07:24:53 | 138 | 28 |
[WP] A Japanese company sends a poll to their employees: "Should high heels be obligatory?" 76% of men and 23% of women vote in favour. "Per the poll, the new dress code will start Monday. We will provide you with shoes." The men are directed to the counter with high heels, the women to flat shoes. | My HR department has a sense of humour. They issued a poll in response to a friendly lunchroom argument where the guys in the group stated that high heels weren’t as bad as women made out. The women in the group - all engineers I might add - pointed out all the ergonomic issues, statistics with falls and injuries, an... | After a brief walk down from the station, I stopped much more abruptly than expected. My daily trip brought me to work at 7:15 AM. I would be on my desk checking my agenda and projects for the week. Instead, the time was 7:14, and I was in line.
I sidled my head to the left. The line for men stretched about maybe 30 m... | 2020-05-11T10:46:02 | 2020-05-11T08:49:10 | 181 | 87 |
[WP] Suffering is a form of currency in Hell. The more you suffer in life the richer you are in the afterlife. You, a normal person arriving in hell find out that you're one of the richest person in Hell and worth more then Satan. | Who knew civil service would pay off like this?
"Good morning, Mr. Monassis." Now I knew who the well-dressed man shaking my hand was. I can't really explain how I knew to those of you reading this who are still alive. Suffice it to say there's kind of a psychic commentary track in the afterlife that feeds you informa... | Tony didn't mind waking up in hell. Sure, there were lakes of lava here and there, a couple of poison ivy fields where slaves were whipped into harvesting them barehanded, and a giant three-headed dog barking at anyone who whined about being in hell, but he was very aware he *deserved* to end up here. After all he was ... | 2016-08-06T17:01:49 | 2016-08-06T16:42:21 | 25 | 16 |
[WP] There's a website where you can input any decision you may take and it will tell you how many people will die from that decision. One day you're bored and decide to type for fun "Kill my neighbour". The number on screen is negative. | The first thing that ran through my mind was that I couldn't kill my neighbor.
Not shouldn't, not wouldn't. Couldn't. Sarah Wylan was currently under arrest, suspected for arson when my house burnt down. Even if I knew where she was right now, there was no way I could fight through an army of cops and off her.
And ye... | The grass is always greener. It seems like everyone has a neighbor that magically has everything go well for them. New cars, a new addition to the house, a new pool - whatever you dream for yourself ends up becoming their reality. It all feels so unfair and unjust.
And what's worse, it's always the neighborhood ass.
... | 2020-03-16T13:11:12 | 2020-03-16T09:26:57 | 250 | 146 |
[WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized, to their horror, that humans had superior technology in all things, except inter-planetary spaceflight. | It's been 1720 days since they arrived. I don't think they were expecting the resistance they would encounter when they first dropped out of the sky that otherwise normal May morning, but they are a resourceful bunch. Too resourceful. All they have on us is numbers, and sometimes, that's all the resources you need.
W... | Dr. S.F. Mercola
Peking University, Department of Neurobiology
2259, March, 15
Human greed and shortsightedness—an intergalactic evolutionary trait?
Those in the scientific community have lamented the inability of humans to deal with basic market externalities and tragedy of the commons in the recent century. H... | 2014-10-17T10:04:02 | 2014-10-17T08:36:32 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] The last time the aliens invaded our planet they fled after losing the war. They have reluctantly returned to wage war and are relieved to see that dinosaurs no longer inhabit Earth, but have been replaced by the smaller and less intimidating humans. | Finally, a chance for redemption.
We were headed back to Earth, a lowly mineral planet in a desolate corner of the quadrant. I can still remember the taunting words of Elder Karaza...
*"You lost.... to a bunch of lizards?"*
Yes, it still stings.
I now armed my warriors with long range heavy bows, crossbows and even... | ((super rough, needs the whole thing changed, wrote it just to get the story down))
At the start, it seemed so easy.
Takin' over planets, quite a breeze...
We took a chance, found ourselves lacking...
We tech'd up, and got a consultant's backing...
But hang on a minute, those glowing lights,
shining across the pl... | 2017-03-04T03:25:46 | 2017-03-04T02:02:48 | 452 | 15 |
[WP] Humans are cursed with dying upon uttering their "Last Words," which they know from birth. You've been alive for a few centuries, but you can't refrain from saying those words now. | The people of my home village had a bizarre curse cast upon us when we tossed aside our elder spirit deity for the new gods. When our mother's gave birth, they entered a trance and yelled out the same words that would be our last. Some got heroic last words like "Today I make my final stand" and "I die for my people". ... | I had never thought that the time would come when I would have to say my last words. I hadn't taken much heed of it as they were so bizarre that such a situation could never have arisen.
That was until the epidemic.
Everyone panicked, there were riots in the streets and religious groups were calling it the Apocalyp... | 2015-11-01T22:06:56 | 2015-11-01T19:14:47 | 362 | 18 |
[WP] A rich man discovers that he only has two years left to live. With no relatives to inherit his fortune, he disguises himself as a beggar and resolves to give his wealth to the first person who helps him. | "What brings you here little one?"
An old man wrapped in ratty clothes stared at the young girl who was teary eyed and clearly lost. She was about seven with big blue eyes and a mass of dark blonde hair. Her clothes were worn but clean and had been mended. The pink back pack and matching lunch box looked new.
"My... | "Curse you! Curse you all!" Shouted the man in the ragged and torn clothes. "Not a single one of you would help a poor man, and now I will not help you. I would have given up my fortune, but it is clear to me none of you deserve it!" He continued shouting to the vaguely interested restaurant goers in the outdoor cafe. ... | 2017-08-21T06:31:12 | 2017-08-21T05:46:16 | 382 | 139 |
[WP] Death has hourglasses for every person. One day, during a cleaning, he found a dust covered one that had rolled under his desk. | He found her sitting in a tree. Her legs dangled over the edge, her dusty feet kicking back and forth. It had taken him a while to find her. It wasn't as simple as it usually was. The hourglasses came with coordinates, of course. The tiny numbers ascribed on the bottom gave approximate locations. It wasn't a perfect sy... | *He had billions. Lining the gloomy hall's walls, were billions of hourglasses. Each one counting down a human's life. He didn't know where they came from or how there always seemed to be enough shelves for them all. He didn't even understand how he knew when they ran out! But he always did, he always knew.*
*Some mor... | 2018-10-03T07:45:35 | 2018-10-03T06:59:15 | 45 | 20 |
[WP] You spent most of your life trying to prove there is an end to Pi. After writing down the last digit, the numerals begin to glow. | His hands moved with speed and grace that people rarely possessed these days. The numbers his pen left behind were colored in an orange hue, the same as his pen.
Exactly every 7 minutes and 30 seconds, he would stop and take a small sip from the teal-colored cup besides him, before setting down his pen once again, co... | I had initially began the daunting task on paper but I quickly found that I am far too lazy and too unorganised to pull it off in any way with meaning. So I reverted to something else that I think I'm decent in. I figure, I'd write a quick script to see how far I can take it without having to do anything other than pre... | 2018-07-01T09:38:55 | 2018-07-01T07:43:41 | 290 | 41 |
[WP] You're given a chance to see how many times you've been near death. The highest number of times anyone you know of has almost died, was 15, and they have a dangerous job. You just found out that your life has been close to ending 278 times. | I woke up and hazily looked around at a few somber faces. To my horror, I felt the needle in my arm--the IV.
*\*Fuck, oh fuck oh fuck.\** The thought of what might be in the solution being directly pumped into my veins...
My mom looked up. "You're awake," she said softly. The rest of the heads turned to look at me. T... | I sat there pondering the stat surrounded by friends and family. It was my 74th birthday, and at that moment I was surprised I had made it that long.
"You know, I really think it's the lack of sex" teased George from my left side. I gave him a sideways look. and my wife looked like she was trying not to strangle him. ... | 2018-07-27T14:45:48 | 2018-07-27T14:21:38 | 100 | 16 |
[WP] A necromancer discovers that spells to animate dead bodies also work on other things that have been described as "dead," such as batteries, cars, appliances, friendships, and romances.
Edit:
I did not expect this!
Thank you all, and thank you for the gold! | “Marv, Marv, you there? Come on buddy, I’m in a real pinch this time.” Steve’s voice carried across the room and into Marvin’s chamber. Marvin sighed and pushed himself out of his chair. Pain shot up his leg with each step, but the thought of Steve calling a fourth and potentially a fifth time was enough to coerce him ... | It’s rather trivial really. Simply reordering a few words in the incantation. And the sacrifices are often different. By far the most difficult to reanimate/revive is a human being, followed by an animal, and then everything afterwords is rather simple. Normally.
By trade I’m a necromancer. Yes, you read right. I toi... | 2018-11-27T00:55:33 | 2018-11-26T22:14:10 | 332 | 140 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has happened. You have a rural farm in the middle of nowhere and a group decides to raid it only to discover that you have done the impossible. You have turned the zombies into pets. They are very protective. | They came as I knew they eventually would. The same assholes that, not content to ruin the country, had to go and ruin the world. After claiming for the past decade that they weren’t responsible for the series of pandemics that plagued us the past decade, they were finally forced to admit they were in fact behind them ... | It was a normal Sunday morning when the attacker came. Just after I fed my zombies their daily snack, (they actually require very little to survive, which is kind of a given with how they're.. dead) The man came into the house without even bothering to knock. I knew from experience these people are almost never good ne... | 2020-09-14T20:20:49 | 2020-09-14T20:07:10 | 42 | 21 |
[WP] Some say that your power is future sight. Others insist that you have superhuman intellect. They're wrong. Your power is the ability "Quicksave." | 4928... That's how many times I’ve saved the world and each time it gets more and more complicated. Before my ability life was simple, I was a twenty-something guy just lazing about during the new year lockdown in 2021. I'd just received the new PS5 I had been saving up for and started playing when lightning hit. I sti... | “The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth”
I grew up in the eighties, a time of chronic blue screen of death for PCs and Macs alike. A freak accident landed me in the hospital. Doctors didn’t think I’d survive. Two months in a coma, and I woke up right as rain.
Better in fact: I now had what some describe as a superpower. I ... | 2020-12-15T13:15:04 | 2020-12-15T13:10:16 | 500 | 135 |
[WP] When you die the afterlife is an arena where you face every insect and animal you killed in your life. If you win you go to heaven, lose you go to hell. Your job was an exterminator on earth. | The pits beneath the arena were dimly lit by a handful of torches. What little light that slipped through the cracks of the boards overhead helped illuminate the area. It was very similar in nature to the Roman Arenas of antiquity, or so those that had prior knowledge of Ancient Rome thought. The strange thing about... | *Pitter, patter.*
I open my eyes. The sky is stone.
*Skitter, scatter.*
I sit myself up. But no broken bones.
*Slither, slather.*
The screech of tyres, I'll never go home.
*Bizzer, bazzer.*
I get the feeling I am not alone.
*Grrrr! Graarr!*
I know these sounds, a too familiar drone.
*Whish, whoosh.*
And by t... | 2017-04-23T21:45:16 | 2017-04-23T20:32:26 | 553 | 134 |
[WP] "As payment, I demand your firstborn!" the demon said. "Deal!" You said, hastily signing the contract to seal the deal. "Good luck with them, sucker!" | It was years since I signed the contract with Suriale. She was the first demon I summoned, and I noticed she grew and got older as I did. Eventually, I started teasing her, calling her Lamashtu instead of her real name. Of course, she soon made a deal to help me get quite a bit of money, considering I was in a tight sp... | "the first born!" yelled the demon.
"deal." I answered.
the demon was none the wiser. honestly I should feel bad, but I couldn't care. I got what I wanted and a good quiet afternoon.
"You!" the demon yelled at me.
"Me?" I answered strangely
"that is not a child!" he was angry.
"oh, what should I do about it?" I asked... | 2022-08-31T21:06:11 | 2022-08-31T18:48:47 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | *Alex* had always been a tomboy, hair a dusty brown.
Wore *her* hair in a messy, spikey crown.
Alex liked their pants baggy,
Sometimes Alex stuffed it with a sock,
Her face was screaming cheerleader,
When what she wanted was jock.
She grew up feeling awkward,
As if she would never have her way,
Her town was... | And when I went downstairs to make my morning coffee i didn't look twice at my mug, I'm always number one so why would it be different today? My wife comes down and points out I have a new mug, "no this is the same mug I use everyday." "Then why does it say #666?" Confused and worried I look at my mug, in a panic I ... | 2022-11-12T17:52:35 | 2017-06-11T10:13:29 | 69 | 12 |
[WP] You're watching the TV when the news breaks. The supernatural is real! Secret societies of monsters live among us! The masquerade is broken! As you sit shocked, your cat turns to you and says "OK, now we can drop the pretense, I do have a number of complaints..." | “Ok we can now drop the pretense, but I do have a number of complaints”, the cat now upright and on two legs, “For example, you’re paying more for the new brand of cat food, but a more expensive brand does NOT make it taste better!”
Cindy is visibly shaken. She expected the fantastical stories on the news to eve... | I stared in shock. Not because my cat was revealed as some either demonic or otherworldly being, I'd always known there was something...off...about cats in general, but shock such a spoiled useless creature had the gall to complain! "Look you...thing...if you don't like it get the f*ck out! You cough up hairballs al... | 2021-06-17T18:11:24 | 2021-06-17T17:46:39 | 80 | 41 |
[WP] Everyone's personality is based off the colour of their soul. You hand your baby over to the nurse and she scans it... She looks at the screen and realises that its going to be difficult explaining this. | "What's wrong? Is everything alright?" I asked.
"Well, Mister Johnson, your baby's personality profile fits that of a sociopath's," the nurse said, beckoning me over. I looked at my little girl, lying there on the table, so small and innocent, and trudged over.
"What does that mean for us?" I glanced at the screen, ... | "Darling, baby, poochikins,"
The mother cried with glee.
"Is she lovely, is she funny?
Show her traits to me!"
Mother's prodding poked the nurse
Who opened eyes of lead.
She glimpsed the screens that showed the genes
And sadly shook her head.
"Sorry, Mrs. Meyerson,
She's just too young to scan.
For ev... | 2017-04-29T01:04:15 | 2017-04-28T23:57:16 | 167 | 25 |
[WP] The first and greatest superhero and villain of all time respectively were said to have killed each other in combat. Decades later the current greatest supervillain is instantly annihilated upon threatening an elderly couple outside their remote cottage, and the truth becomes known | I think there's a reason why people added the 'super' in front of heroes and villains. It demanded something of them. To be outstanding, to exceed, to always push themselves further.
In fairness, I've always found the wrong side of the law more attractive. But that was no reason to take it out on the very people that ... | In 1993 the greatest superhero and villain battled it out in the Atlantic ocean, where in that year, the European coast was sent back by fifty miles due to their impact. They were believed to be dead at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean for 27 years. Well in that same year my parents married each other.
Theorists... | 2020-09-02T08:21:59 | 2020-09-02T07:57:56 | 247 | 79 |
[WP] You’re a powerful demon who’s best friends with the kindest human you think has ever existed. That’s why you agreed to not burn their village, no matter how badly they get hurt. One day they come to your temple saying they want to watch it all go up in flames. | “You look awful today friend, come and sit, talk it over with me.” Axel sat up from his altar, letting out a tired stretch, waking himself up from his daze.
“I want them all dead, you promised you could burn them all when we first met, you said that if I ever wanted my revenge, you would give it to me. I want my re... | She stumbled into the temple splattering mud across the walls and blood on the floor, her tunic torn and filthy clutching a bundle of blankets.
"Demon you must help me! Demon where are you, I don't have time!"
She cried out as her legs gave way, sending her tumbling upon the brimstone tile. She wrapped her body aroun... | 2021-03-16T00:37:25 | 2021-03-15T23:38:22 | 64 | 22 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | "2 minutes left... Come oooon. The end is so close!" Was all i could think, looking at the clock anxiously. It was friday. The last friday. Finally. Summer vacation. Time to relax. Time to unwind. Time to sit around the house and do nothing. Time to-
A loud crashing sound was heard when the classroom wall exploded ma... | Don't know if I'm doing this properly. Please, forgive me.
A Rose by One Name...
I come from outside of the universe. I am printed on two hologram universes, thus. Many beings are like me, want to settle down a bit on one world, take a break from the endless task of printing universes to collect data and patterns.
... | 2021-08-17T01:38:04 | 2021-08-16T21:53:30 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] It's your job to sort out the mixed-up letters between Satan and Santa, when one day you find a letter that could be for either one, but sending it to the incorrect recipient could have... interesting results nevertheless | I looked at the letter in front of me with disbelief... "This can't be right!" I thought, but suddenly realized I had actually said it out loud.
"What is it?" asked Franklin, my coworker at the mail sorting plant.
"This letter, I can't tell if this is written to Santa or Satan!"
"Wait, wha?!" Frank snorted out, hal... | "Hey Ernest, what do we do with the fuck ups?"
Ernest came at the beckoning of Albert, one of Santa's newest little helpers. He found the newbie scratching his head while looking at one of the many letters they were supposed to sort through.
"What's wrong Albert?"
Albert didn't say a word, instead shoving the myster... | 2015-12-27T21:59:36 | 2015-12-27T21:52:37 | 75 | 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. | "Calm down," Sarah said, gesturing the sorcerer to stop hopping around the room.
"I- I didn't think it would actually *work!*" exclaimed the terrified creature, still holding onto the summoning book. Sarah thought the thing looked quite human. Only its azure skin and the huge eyes that protruded from the side of its h... | The room's runes glowed with such warding powers that the candles only served the purpose of spell ingredients. I paused the game, I was already at a pay point anyway having died multiple times because I needed the sword of Amecles to kill Hexigron and $3.99 was not in today's budget.
I made a step backwards in sho... | 2017-05-12T07:54:55 | 2017-05-12T07:44:27 | 1,283 | 81 |
[WP] You barricaded yourself in your bathroom when the zombie apocalypse started. The zombies, however, are intelligent and capable of speech. They know you're in there and constantly try to convince you to open the door. Your sanity is running out. | "Ughh"
At first they just looked and behaved like normal zombies stumbling towards me after I barricated my house, poorly I guess, they had broken a window in the top floor which I didn't think they'd be able to get to. I'm barricated in my bathroom for a day now and I'm either hallucinating or the zombies are learned... | [Chapter 1]
"Heya Tom, it's Bob from the office down the hall.
Good to see you buddy, how've you been?
Thing have been OK for me, except that I'm a zombie now.
I really wish you'd let us in.
I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand.
Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand,
But here's an FYI: y... | 2022-03-01T21:08:04 | 2022-03-01T20:15:00 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] it's the future. Beyond a certain IQ humans are classified as weapons systems. You just solved a nagging issue at work. You've just been classified. | "We need a better system, basically," said my coworker, Brian. "If people insist on sending actual paper through the mail, we should keep the physical copies. We lose so much data when we just scan and destroy like this. Texture, thickness, quality, age, all kinds of other data. You know what I mean?"
"That stuff'... | The Xubix game cabinet in AzCon break room T19 was generally ignored by everyone except for me and Andrei, an electrical engineer from Ukraine, who worked in fabrication downstairs from my lab.
While we never really spoke to one another, we had bonded over our mutual love of Xubix and spent the last six months in fie... | 2014-07-01T03:35:31 | 2014-07-01T01:35:27 | 62 | 20 |
[WP] - You are immortal, locked up in a room with no windows, with only a toilet, a bed, a sink and a door with a latch where every hour someone checks on you. You don't remember why or how long you have been locked up there or where 'there' is. Then the door opens and a man says "we need you". | I don’t remember much from the room, not that there *was* much to remember. I think that was the point though. A toilet, a bed, a sink, a door. That’s it. About 20 or 30 times a day I would see a dim eyeball peer through the little circular latch in the door. Whoever it was never spoke, they only looked me over and sca... | The metal clanking of the door latch rattles through the black, cement room once again. The piercing light hits your eyes briefly before disappearing behind the figure looking in on you. You can remember a time when you desperately tried to communicate with this figure, begging for any kind of explanation as to where y... | 2018-07-31T16:09:56 | 2018-07-31T15:36:37 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You're the result of a drunken one-night stand between a hero and a villain. Despite their complicated hatred of each other, they've always tried not to fight for your sake. That changes during a particularly heated parent-teacher meeting. | It was always the same. My father looking at my mother with sad, loving eyes, my mother pretending nothing existed but her.
“Thank you for coming in today.”
“You assured us it was important.”
“Yes. We’re not sure how to handle Nicks mind-reading. It’s a question of whether or not he’s cheating.”
“Nick’s a very hone... | Dear Diary,
​
Ughhh. I hate my life. And my parents?
You're not going to believe this. So, yeah, my grades are slipping. I just hate Miss Melivn. It's not my fault. She's boring.
​
Dad decided to show up to the conference mom set up. I mean, I get it. He's smart. He started to twist Miss Mel... | 2019-01-28T10:24:37 | 2019-01-28T10:13:16 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] Santa is actually satan every other day except the 24th and 25th of december. A swanky branch of hell is santa's work shop, and it's an enviable workstation to have in hell. Interviews are coming up and you want to try you hand at being one of satan's hellfs! | "It's no simple job," cooed the King of Demons in a rich, bassy voice.
Reflected in the burnished throne in which he sat, the burning walls squirmed like millions of molten maggots. He raised his black, reptilian hand and paused, readying himself to gesticulate while he pontificated, as many orators do.
"I do not sim... | I didn’t like Christmas all that much when I was alive.
It was full of music that made me want to stick a pencil in my ear, and assholes ringing bells outside of every single store. I can’t in good conscience tell you I had *any* yuletide spirit. I made the grinch look jolly the last year I was one Earth.
I am no... | 2020-04-09T13:11:08 | 2020-04-09T12:43:26 | 627 | 55 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Youssupov : Man I am so sick of the DM’s Mary Sue monk railroading us through this campain
Pavlovich : Yeah it is total BS this NPC can heal, predict the future, and has way too much influence on everyone for being a peasant.
Nakita : It is because he has a huge \*giggles\* you know…
Misha : Pretty sure the DM is co... | "Alright you approach the door and, as far as you can tell, there are no guards"
"Okay I will open the door and sneak in"
"Okay go ahead and roll some stealth"
"19"
"Okay yeah, you sneak onto the balcony and see the dark haired man with suit and beard and his wife, friend, and friend's wi... | 2018-05-29T09:53:10 | 2018-05-29T09:44:54 | 21 | 15 |
[WP]You summon a demon in order to complete a ritual in exchange you offered all your remaining lifespan. "17 billion years...I'm can't handle that amount" it answered with a mix of shock and horror. | "Se-sev-seventeen billion years?" The demon gawked at me, fiery tendrils flicking out from its foul mouth with every breath. "I...I can't handle that amount."
I swept a stray hair out of my face and offered the demon a non-nonchalant shrug. "I don't see how that's my problem, Yxera." I held up the contract, my name si... | Laying out the 6’x6’ stencil that formed a near-complete circle, I shook the can of spray paint in my hand rapidly before spreading an even coating along void. Waiting patiently as it dried, counting the seconds off in my head, I then moved the stencil clockwise several inches and covered the two areas that had had ove... | 2021-04-10T22:12:45 | 2021-04-10T20:44:19 | 1,937 | 277 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "NUMBER 117737."
Anxious and bewildered, you step up to the counter, behind which sits a very bored looking young man wearing a name tag that says GARY. He takes your ticket and asks, "Name?"
"John Smith. But this has to be a mistake. I don't belong in hell. I lived a good, honest life."
"Yep, that's what they all s... | To: HR department of Hell
From: Norman
Cc: Satan
I honour you otherworldly beings.
I appreciate your work and see the importance of your tasks. But i think there has been an error. You see, i was always a faithful human. Stayed in line, did my work. Never been any trouble to anyone! Of course a few missteps here and ... | 2018-09-26T07:16:16 | 2018-09-26T07:04:35 | 4,281 | 156 |
[WP] "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king." Untrue, as it turns out. When a mysterious energy wave swept the world and took away vision for humans, you were the only one left with an eye, the wealthy and powerful are hunting you down for your working eyeball. | There is a legend about a time when people could not just feel and hear, but also see.
Sight is a difficult sense to describe, but it's something like the ability to feel the silent whispers of everything around you. The whispers tell you how something will feel before you touch it, who someone is before they shout o... | Note: apologies for any spelling or grammar as I was writing this on my phone because I had to capture the idea that came to mind.
"I've got it." The sudden noise wakes you from your afternoon nap among the waste. "I've got the seeing eye."
You turn your head slightly, human waste tumbling off your neck. You've gr... | 2019-04-19T20:35:18 | 2019-04-19T19:39:38 | 140 | 14 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | "What the fuck" I thought to myself. This job was supposed to be boring, given my... powers. This wasn't supposed to happen.
See, I was a bouncer at a bar. I wasn't the most imposing person but I had a unique trait. I could tell anyone's age without seeing a license. The numbers just kind of floated above their heads... | She looked thin, an average girl, she shifted her weight as her high heel strap dug uncomfortably into the back of her ankle. She bent down to readjust the strap. My mind was racing and I could feel my body become aware of that I knew nothing about the situation about to enfold between us. Thin soft curls covered her e... | 2022-05-25T21:41:20 | 2017-09-02T00:03:35 | 1,321 | 10 |
[WP] You can see how much each person loves you on a scale of 1-10. Your mom has a 9.2, your S.O. has a 9.5, your neighbor has a 5.7. Suddenly a person you've never met before confronts you. They're the first person with a negative number. | I realize I may not be beloved by all. I know this because I can see it, hovering in cursed golden fairy light over their heads. A number. A number representing the amount of affection each soul below it bears me.
According to family legend, a novice healer gave my great-grandmother a "miracle pill" to ease the pain o... | The person before David was a short man who was angry and David was confused to say the least. Most people who didn’t know him would have 5 on the scale, for someone who hates the world and humanity maybe a two or three but never was there a negative number.
David remained calm and started simple “Hey w... | 2020-07-30T20:19:16 | 2020-07-30T16:37:33 | 154 | 23 |
[WP] One night, you go to bed in 2018, and you wake up in 1853. After going to bed in 1853, you wake up in the year 2183. After falling asleep in 2183, you wake up back in 2018, then the cycle repeats. Somehow, you managed to create a life in all 3 time periods. | I’m nothing special. I don’t know why it happened to me. I’m just some inconsequential blip in the grand machinations of time.
On the sixth of April, 2018, the first time I became Detatched, everything seemed normal. I woke up at 6.30am, half an hour later than I should have, hopped on the train to my job in the centr... | 1853
It was relief to see the cycle didn’t break until I realized where I was, in the cell at some tower.
“It is your lucky day,” said the prisoner in the next cell. He smiled and I saw the rusty teeth between blackened lips of him. “You will be free in three hours,” he laughed.
“How do you know?” I asked.
“It is ... | 2018-04-06T03:42:15 | 2018-04-05T21:12:40 | 529 | 65 |
[WP] Compared to the rest of the galaxy humanity is by far the friendliest. To many star systems they are considered "the good neighbor," and are known for their helpfulness. One day an oblivious system declares war on humanity, only to find half of the galaxy responding to humanity's plea for aid.
EDIT: Tfw this prom... | Supreme Admiral Tel'reg looked at the message they had received from the humans.
"Earth is under attack from the Arians. All fleets warp in to provide immediate aid."
The poor humans must be panicking. Tel'reg remembered one engagement he had a few decades ago with the Arians. Five of their most advanced ships had a... | "Seven years ago, your kind saved this planet from itself, and for that I thank you. However, you come to us asking for help from an unknown threat, and you expect us to help you? How can we defend against the unknown?"
"Er... All due respect Lord Dreknell, the threat is known and documented. For the past three months... | 2017-03-26T09:09:42 | 2017-03-26T08:45:12 | 35 | 16 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I take a step forward. The line to the High Magister grows shorter by the moment as the people befor me are tried and executed on the spot befor the Grand Court of Wizards.
The reading of crimes is honestly the longest part, the crimes are listed for each of us and given a unanimous guilty verdict on the spot.
Cant sa... | There was a small group of us, huddled in the back. We had long ago stopped carrying why we were being sentenced to death. They seemed to be processing us in batches. The men who rebelled against former Chancellor Armenta were being cleared out before us.
We had been watching in dismay as the deaths were carried out.... | 2021-06-24T10:08:14 | 2021-06-24T09:16:51 | 255 | 25 |
[WP] "When entering the academy students often bring their pets. Most being the typical miniature dragon, gryphon, sabertooth, even the occasional golem. However you decided to bring this...this thing. I'm afraid the headmaster will need to hear of this." | "W-w-w-what's that?!"
The professor in charge of taking care of the students housing asked me.
"My pet."
I said, with a "duuh" tone, while patting little Bru-Bru, the ball of darkness.
"The....The Headmaster will need to decide about this, please head towards his office, I already notified him, through the comm... | Finally! I was at the magical place. I couldn’t wait to tell Ma and Pa about all the fancy things I'm gonna be seein’ here. I got selected because of some fancy jean-etics I got in me. Don’t think it make too much sense. But Pa said he was a supporter because it was a free tuition.
In the letter I got, it said that... | 2021-08-02T06:39:11 | 2021-08-02T06:34:34 | 243 | 51 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | Sophie turns 11 today.
That was Dudley Dursley's first thought upon waking on that cold, grey morning. He smiled to himself, pulling his wife a bit closer and hoping to sleep just a bit more.
His eyes shot open.
Sophie. Sophie turns 11 today!
For a moment, he was back in his childhood, kipping under several blanket... | Here is my first ever WP submission:
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Dudley answered the door and stood face to face with Harry whom he had not seen in two decades. Both men stood at the entrance taking each other in and many questions that could've been asked were answered with nothing more than a deep and silent look.
Dudley beckon... | 2019-10-16T12:24:03 | 2019-10-16T12:01:55 | 76 | 37 |
[WP] "We can accept god becoming man to save man, but not man becoming god to save himself" | "So, although the loss of Dr. Wagner is a tragedy, I think it is vital that we continue project Lethanos. Not only would this be in the spirit of her work, it is, in my eyes, essential to the survival of the human race."
Dr. Wolinsky had finished his plea and let his eyes wander through the room. About a third of the ... | Atop a mountain stood the relic sword of Ardas, half bent into a bear-sized boulder. It gleamed golden-brown, a fabled mix of gold and bronze adorned with rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds. Standing on top of the world there was nothing but me, the mountaintop and a seemingly endless expanse of clouds. With my l... | 2016-11-24T07:06:01 | 2016-11-24T07:05:12 | 72 | 26 |
[WP] You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | My lord,
There is a man behind the king.
I have seen him, truly, only once. I fear it was a courtesy.
He lurks in solemn silence, a familiar stranger standing just out of sight. A footfall from the king, and yet an infinity from the crown. He watches, and sees, and yet does not permit to be seen. His eyes burn with... | The old king and I were pretty close friends. I introduced him to most of the playmates within his harem. Comprised of but not limited to Vicky Vallencourt & Suzy Crabgrass. Some nights, we’d play uno together. He knew I would let him win and for me? Honestly. I liked it. He could see how I liked it so... no longer... | 2021-02-28T06:26:43 | 2021-02-28T01:37:57 | 48 | 14 |
[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.
"... | After leaving a hotel in London, I begin to walk the streets while listening to some of Gotham’s piano jazz. During which, I continue to uncover more secrets of other countries including one that all of them have collaborated on, called “Project Cadmus.” Apparently, the governments of the world were threatened by the r... | 2020-11-29T02:24:50 | 2020-11-29T02:09:19 | 460 | 43 |
[WP] Every "walks into a bar" joke occurs in a single bar. You're the bartender and your shift just started. | The duck came in. It was interesting these days. Often it was the same lines, but unless they got new material they usually only did the bit once or twice. It was really no worse than dealing with a friend who liked puns.
“Ya got any grapes?” The duck asked.
He thought for a few moments. It was like a riddle, you had... | As I arrived, the usuals sat at the bar, sipping their water downed whiskey and watching an old playoff game hoping for a different ending never to come. I topped off whiskey, rum and cokes, and opened a couple more beers. To be honest, I wasn't in a great mood, but I thought he day was looking up when a blonde, a brun... | 2018-01-31T20:30:34 | 2018-01-31T18:46:27 | 58 | 32 |
[WP] After hearing complaints countless times the hero just turns himself in and goes to prison. Now that the villains are destroying the city and running wild everyone is trying the convince the hero to come out and save the day. But the hero is not having any of this shit | "Please, Gil, we need you to become Graviton again. Ares is out and-," The woman, dressed in a floral suit-dress was standing inside the cell with the man who was lazily floating in the air.
"Using weapons that have been outlawed by NATO or whatever for blah blah blah years. He's making unreasonable demands, shocking!... | “Look, I’m only going to ask one more time. Please help us. The city *needs* you.’
“Oh, *do* they?” muttered the caped crusader, barely glancing up from what he might call a piece of “historical fiction” - a comic book with his face plastered in bright colors front-and-center on the cover.
Captain Spectacular leaned... | 2021-03-18T12:59:11 | 2021-03-18T12:14:25 | 303 | 63 |
[WP] An Empath species recoils when it first encounters you, falling to the floor and curling up. Later, through a phone,it asks how you live with the pain. | "How do I stand it? It's simple this is my Normal I'm perfectly healthy"
" simple? normal? Health? Six of our ended themselves after understanding you. Your sensation sent the remaining witnesses to medical"
I looked at the phone I was talking through, it being the only way we have been able to communicate since the ... | "How do you live with the pain?"
The question rang in my ears and consumed my thoughts. As I thought about it--as wretched memories whirled through my mind, as the heavy knowledge of a long-dead past scrolled behind my eyes like the etchings on a tomb, as I recounted every line and scar time has gifted my physical se... | 2021-01-14T20:00:38 | 2021-01-14T17:56:59 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] A necromancer tries to find the perfect gift for his daughter. | "I HATE you Dad! How could you do this to me!" Tabitha cried as she slammed the door to her roomed closed. Her father Grimlock, honestly confused, was taken aback at her reaction to his birthday present.
"Tabby dear, whats the matter? Don't you love the gift I got you, isn't it just what you said you've always wanted... | "A corpse? No... Perhaps a sacrifice? Nah, too bloody and I'd need a scalpel. A reanimated corpse? Yes...She'll like that. Oh, I'll have to get a celebrity, oh! So much choice!"
The old necromancer was tying a belt around his old black robe. He examined one of the grey swirls on his cloak and marched out of the room s... | 2015-04-25T07:05:30 | 2015-04-25T06:53:05 | 150 | 28 |
[WP] Humanity’s penchant for anthropomorphization meant that Humans had been treating computer systems as if they were sentient well before they actually achieved sentience. The AI apocalypse never comes. | "I love you, Sam." NR-39 said, suddenly, looking up from the shoe it had been polishing.
The old man looked up from his datapad, and smiled fondly at the sturdy old personal assistant robot seated in the armchair that next to his own overstuffed chair.
"Well, I love you too, NR." Sam said, leaning forward creakily to... | The dimly lit hall was silent, the only noise emanating from the flickering torches and braziers. Although the stone tables sat ready for a feast of kings, no foot stepped on the pristine and beautifully polished marble floors anymore. At the end of the hall, a throne stood tall, but no man sat on it anymore.
The heav... | 2022-06-22T20:13:04 | 2022-06-22T16:51:48 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] You're an inmate on death row and discover that the government secretly doesn't execute anyone. What they do is something far stranger. | Adam, for the first time in a long time, felt an emotion other than the rage that had driven him since his childhood - fear.
It was here. The day he had been moving toward since the verdict had been handed down, and the judge had stated that fateful sentence in a quiet voice that was all too loud. He was going to walk... | I stared at my steak and fries, a simple meal for my last I suppose. The sound of footsteps echoed through the halls as the person who I assumed would be executing me came to fetch me. I briefly thought of retaliation but I knew there was no possible chance that I could succeed. I ate my last bite before getting up, re... | 2018-11-08T19:57:26 | 2018-11-08T19:06:50 | 186 | 16 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | Coyly, I looked into the two orbital sockets that I assumed Death used for sight. "Fine. But, I need 24 hours in this realm's time, a notebook, and a pencil to make my selection." Death's black hood dipped slightly in assent. "I also need you to leave during that time. When my time's up, I'll choose."
Death seemed sti... | He has it, of course. Heck, I could probably say any random string of words and he'd have the game to match. Infinite monkeys and all that.
MY TURN.
I stare down at the cards in my hand, trying to pay attention despite the sweat soaking my back. They're the exact set we have at home, with little cartoon illustrations... | 2018-03-07T06:59:07 | 2018-03-07T06:37:49 | 1,807 | 324 |
[WP] Every person can only say 100 words in their lifetime. After which they will die. Write all of the dialogue for one persons life.
You would die of natural causes anyway so it wouldn't benefit to never say anything. All common language and information is taught by recordings. Directly after your 100th, you will di... | "This is what I sound like." *(9)*
"Mmm, it suits you. How abou--" *(8)*
"Claire, honey, how do I put this..." *(16)*
"Is it that bad?" *(12)*
"No, baby. It's just - your voice, it's beautiful." *(24)*
Her blue eyes look up into his brown ones.
"I love you, *Vince"* *(16)*
She giggles. He grins.
"Right back at ... | Mama Dada
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[WP] Take a cliche you hate and write a story about it. Make the cliche itself as satirically bad as possible | It was a dark and stormy night.
Sarah sat in the strangers' enormous living room, talking to her friend on the phone. "God it's just, like, so dumb, but they're rich so, ya' know". She had put the girl to bed around 6:30, and the parents weren't supposed to be back until 10:00. She had 2 hours to go.
There was a sma... | Should I report him? Should I not? I saw the cheat sheet our teacher gave us in his pocket. But he was my best friend...I really didn't want to report him! But morals!
"Sir, I found this piece of paper on the floor," he said smoothly to the teacher in the front. Good, he reported himself...wait what? 'Found it on the ... | 2017-07-27T08:32:03 | 2017-07-27T05:47:44 | 68 | 21 |
[WP] Humans are the weakest sentient species in the galaxy. Their skin is torn at the slightest pressure, their bones break from a small fall. But as a superplague sweeps the galaxy, it quickly becomes clear that their doctors have a LOT of experience. | Humans are... Squishy. The Kthelbak, covered insect-like in chiton, could rip a human's arm off with little effort, while even the human's engineered hammers would have a tough time cracking that shell.
Humans are weak; a week-old Chisurian could out-lift the strongest humans.
Humans are slow. Gleft aren't the fastes... | *this message has been translated from öæ糉ÿ to human standard English*
Date: 10001010101011101. Untranslatable Intergalactic öæ糉 ship.
The human medics swarmed the area. They could float as there was low gravity on [öæ糉an interspace shuttle.] They were prepared for an attack like this. How did they know our bio... | 2019-04-02T22:46:56 | 2019-04-02T16:54:08 | 42 | 26 |
[WP] The attempted assassination of a human dignitary at a galactic summit goes awry. Turns out, many of the conventional toxins in an alien assassin's repertoire include compounds like caffeine, theobromine and capsaicin; lethal to many species, but... less than effective on humans. | WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE LIKED IT!?! The words echoed throughout the Gaozuhan throne room, rattling me to my core.
"My liege, I -"
King Sufu cut me off "I do not want to hear an excuse Zax! Dignitary Wallaby is supposed to be DEAD! He is VERY MUCH ALIVE and you sit here and tell me with a straight face that he dra... | “Woah that’s spicy!” I exclaimed before realising something was awry. Early on we had accidentally put some ambassadors in the hospital by serving them curry.
“I didn’t know your people had spicy food!” I exclaimed.
The aliens looked nervous, before one answered, nervously, “I’m glad you like it?”
I continued wi... | 2021-06-12T17:36:36 | 2021-06-12T15:15:25 | 253 | 132 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | Jen gnawed her lip as she stared through the lens. Jase hadn't covered it with his thumb, which was unusual. Even more unusual, he was actually carrying groceries, a couple of big paper bags of them, one in each arm.
 
"Please let me in, Jennifer," he said. "Things will be different."
 
He'd ha... | "I entreaty you," Grant said casually. "Allow me entry, sugarheart."
Nancy again peered through the peephole, seeing a fish eye view of her boyfriend of seven years. He stood in the doorstep holding bags of groceries, smiling so big she could see most of his teeth. Something about his eyes looked weird.
"Tell me a... | 2019-01-12T04:58:53 | 2019-01-12T04:24:44 | 8,403 | 726 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | After having a child my wife and I wanted to go against the stereotype of the stay at home mom. That's right, my job title went from 'District Manager of Carmike Cinemas' to 'Stay At Home Dad'. Okay so in all honesty we didn't do this to fight the stereotypes, my wife had a better paying job as a doctor; so instead of ... | My skin feels so dry. I've bought a what must be hundreds of dollars worth of moisturizing creams, but nothing seems to work for this complexion. I felt so beautiful earlier this week, but I guess it has something to do with summer coming early because now I just feel gross. A few friends of mine recommended looking on... | 2016-05-19T15:48:47 | 2016-05-19T11:52:03 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] You've just been kidnapped by a supervillain. She's not really evil; she's just really socially awkward and had no idea how to approach you otherwise. She even made you dinner! | I knew who she was. Of *course* I knew who she was. She was extremely hard to miss, what with her being six foot eight, covered in rippling muscle, and more often than not shown wreaking havoc on the 7 o’clock news.
I also knew her because she regularly frequented the little hole in the wall coffee shop I worked at... | My eyes focused on my right foot. I was missing a shoe. Rope dug into my sides, choking around my wrists without an ounce of mercy. A table stretched out in front of me; a long, thin board of walnut. Out of place in this dingy warehouse. And at the other end of this plank sat the Hurricane.
Whatever brought me here a... | 2021-10-21T15:55:15 | 2021-10-21T15:12:38 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | At first, we all thought it was just a stunt to get back in the headlines. We all knew the Prince was a bit of a publicity whore, but there was no way he could actually believe in their cause, right?
But joke or not, they came. First in rafts, setting off from the mainland. Then a hijacked cruise vessel, stolen off... | 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... | 2016-01-29T06:56:50 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 55 | 10 |
[WP] You don't realize you're the villain till the hero tells you | I kicked back and relaxed in my favorite chair, it's soft blue cloth worn by years of use.
*Another dictator down, and it's time for some beer and netflix* I thought to myself.
I heard a knock on the door, and was instantly on alert. Anyone who could make it past the sentry guns and heat sensors without me knowing ... | I washed my face, didn't think that that sight would be such a nuisance. After I regained myself, I entered that room again. In there, again, I saw this terrible sight. A girl was beaten up until I couldn't recognize her face anymore. This was why I went to the bathroom to wash my face, I couldn't stand to see this ki... | 2015-04-18T05:18:23 | 2015-04-18T00:27:57 | 55 | 35 |
[WP] You picked up an injured cat and patched it up overnight. The next morning, you woke up to see a family of witches standing beside your bed, and one of them is holding the injured cat in her arms. That witch said, “My cat wants to adopt you. So you’re now one of us.” | Witches, witches… You would think it was an elaborate prank or something. It’s a typical Saturday morning, and the weather’s per usual: a bit dreary, a bit chill, but it’s winter and a cold front just passed. You sit up gingerly in your bed and scratch your head and paw around for your spectacles on the bedside table. ... | I stared up at the figures standing over my bedframe, my eyes jolted open as soon as I recognised a potential threat, Instinctively I grabbed an old walking stick I like to keep by my bedside as I shoved my covers onto the intruders, or at least I tried to...
In actuality what happened was as I went to shove the cover... | 2020-12-05T08:29:44 | 2020-12-05T08:27:10 | 22 | 15 |
[WP]Every intelligent, skilled or rich human has been evacuated from the Earth to avoid the alien invasion. This leaves the dregs, criminals and the poor behind on Earth to fend for themselves. Centuries later, the other return to "liberate" Earth only to find that they have won and prospered. | "THIS IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT! We will reclaim it!" Fleet Captain Julius Kaine spoke angrily to the holo-specter of the Terran Orbital Defense Commander Sorlain. Sorlain replied with controlled anger "You lost that birthright when your ancestors abandoned ours just to save their sorry souls from the Archon invasion."
Juli... | When we returned to earth, we expected to see some disgusting or terrifying things.
A barren wasteland. Creatures- and by that I dont just mean aliens or animals, but actual humans- killing each other over mundane things. The last spark of humanity will be gone, but we can rebuild it- we thought. We will be able to r... | 2018-09-29T04:31:25 | 2018-09-29T02:37:30 | 240 | 33 |
[WP] Whenever a new generation of combat robots are made, the older versions will be put into more and more dangerous missions until they all perish, but the technicians are required to repair any surviving machines, your generation was discontinued before some of these engineers were even born. | "Doombot 0028, reporting for maintenence."
The young technician looked up from his tablet, which was currently showing the Doomsquad-wide monthly newsletter. His screen had the WalkMan obituary page displayed in full, showing several photos of Doctor Doomsday fighting his nemesis over the years.
"Damn, you made it b... | "Yo, rookie, come check this out. You're in for a treat tonight!"
I remembered James' voice and his fascination with me, everytime I was here. I would say hi if my core systems were functional. All I could do was watch and listen. The rookie approached him.
"What's that, let me see."
"This, my friend here is an XM-... | 2022-07-09T08:03:24 | 2022-07-09T04:31:45 | 319 | 183 |
[WP] A rich man discovers that he only has two years left to live. With no relatives to inherit his fortune, he disguises himself as a beggar and resolves to give his wealth to the first person who helps him. | Some of the suits would throw a dollar into his hat, like a crumpled confession meant only for the eyes of a priest - as if they could purchase a sordid mockery of absolution from him. Some might give ten, perhaps even a twenty, depending on how their previous evening had turned out. They'd flash their switchblade smil... | The barista gave Todd a weird-looking loonie for change. The metal had gone brown, and green fuzz covered the Queen's face. On his way out, Todd held the ugly loonie in the center of his palm.
"Ew," he said to himself.
The loonie was fascinatingly gross, like one of those videos online where people knife open massive... | 2017-08-21T01:31:46 | 2017-08-21T00:27:32 | 4,022 | 308 |
[WP] Since the age of 14, you’ve noticed a monster stalking you. A few years later, you’ve noticed that it seems very protective over you and will even go through extreme lengths to protect you. It’s usually friendly, but it seems threatening when your childhood friend is around. | When I was a little boy I always had the same nightmare over and over. Every night I would dream of a hulking monster with long, wicked claws, sharp fangs which grew far past its mouth, and always it would follow me. It got to the point where my parents put me in therapy, because I could not shake these nightmares.
N... | Before I was 14, I always read Marvel comics, especially the Spider-Man series'. I think of my monster buddy as a Symbiote companion like Venom with Peter and Eddie. But more like Eddie bc we we actually understand each other. I gave my monster stalker the name Shadow, like that old Baldwin movie about a protective sha... | 2020-12-18T11:58:36 | 2020-12-18T10:10:01 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | “Are you sure?”
The new mother looked down at the young boy, tears in her eyes as she took in the tiny little horns and wee bats wings.
“What if we can... raise him right? Show him kindness and love, and hope he turns out ok?”
The king looked on with a heavy heart, and spoke,
“You know what happens when you try t... | Towards the end of her long and mysterious life, the Seer of Misty Mountain was rarely seen. Those that sought her wisdom had to undertake the tiresome trek to her mountain home, bearing with them drink or livestock or some curious rarity as payment for her services. Though no trip was in vain-- the milky white third e... | 2020-05-07T10:15:45 | 2020-05-07T08:59:43 | 29 | 21 |
[WP]A Man dies and expects to go either Heaven or Hell,only to be told by an Angel that he already was in Hell and now his punishment is over | I felt death creep over me, I welcomed it and closed my eyes, eager to escape.
Just as expected I found myself on top of a cloud with a *stunning* woman with wings smiling in front of me. She had long blond hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a robe. The whole cloud was illuminated with a radiant golden light, and beyon... | "Uh-uh. Yeah, buddy. Well, you know what, fuck you too. Next." The bloke clutching the cockel-spaniel took his stamped passport and filed out towards a rather impressive baggage reclaim, proceeded to ignore it entirely and wandered to a distant "Nothing to Declare" sign so cursive it deserved it's own gallery.
The bal... | 2016-12-13T12:44:23 | 2016-12-13T11:47:45 | 103 | 26 |
[WP] You've always had the ability to accurately see into the near future. However, things get difficult when you find yourself in a game of chess against a mind reader. | We were both champions.
It was inevitable that we would face against each other in the final match.
That was, in fact, why we were placed on opposite sides of the bracket. Everyone else was randomly assigned their first partners and randomly slotted in, but Alexei and I were both rumored to be the greatest chess play... | It was going to be a routine job. In and out.
Seeing into the future is like looking at the world with blurry vision. Time takes time to harden, so it’s difficult to fully make out what will happen.
Nevertheless, my abilities have made me very wealthy. A couple of key stock predictions, a bet that the browns would bl... | 2022-10-12T17:56:09 | 2022-10-12T17:13:03 | 732 | 39 |
[WP]You are a guard in a video game. The main character thinks that they are always able to successfully sneak past you. They don't, you notice every time but would prefer not to have you and your friends be mercilessly slaughtered. | "Jorun, it's that guy again."
Jorun rolled his eyes. "Gonna need you to be a tad more specific, Karl. Lot's of guys around here."
"Oh, right. Uhm, remember the one that thought he could sneak around in full plate armor if he just stuck to the shadows?"
"Uhg, again?"
"Well, now he's wearing dragon bones."
"And... | “Shh,” he sounded, “do you hear that?” The screams of Rory and Monty echoed through the chambers in unison like a choir conducted by death himself.
I stopped in my tracks, like a dear in headlights,
and looked up at him, forcing a slow, but forceful nod in his direction. He made a careful, but swift motion towards th... | 2017-05-29T01:45:41 | 2017-05-29T01:00:55 | 191 | 17 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | Well, the big day was finally here. Birthday 128. I hadn't seen many new skills in my later years. I wasn't surprised though.
In my earlier years, I had maxed out cooking, spending an entire year travelling the world looking for new recipes. Using exotic ingredients helped speed up the process but if you can't do the... | I smiled faintly as I gazed out from my perch on my usual bench, admiring the city. It was a Sunday, the air thick with humidity but free from the sounds of traffic. There had been a celebration in honor of my one hundred twenty-fifth birthday the day before, full of great grandchildren and reporters. Thirty years ago ... | 2018-06-23T12:16:19 | 2018-06-23T11:18:16 | 223 | 47 |
[WP] Write a story that makes absolutely no sense, until the last sentence. | "Honey, the ceiling's dripping," Catherine said, wire-cutters in hand. She looked at her cat, who merely stretched and sat back down on the wall again.
"I'm sorry," Katherine's husband said, "What do you mean? Is the paint still dry?"
"No, the actual ceiling," Kathy replied, "It's dripping chunks of what kind of look... | He.
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Even being, no more like doing as others.
And take your damn meds. | 2015-06-12T23:08:17 | 2015-06-12T21:37:52 | 115 | 18 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared villainesses in the world. Evil armies, dark powers, you have it all. Your husband on the other hand is the exact opposite, being truly kind and mild mannered. He is still supportive of your endeavors, even trying to be a villain himself to...varying results. | Cathy was sitting before her keyboards. The mechanical army under her command was seizing capitol city after capitol city. Cars, overturned. Buildings, toppled. Centers of manufacturing seized to make more of her army. It was glorious.
Her husband Carl entered her lair, holding a pair of cups of coffee. "Hey, de... | [Poem]
An ancient adoration
Begets black,
cruel,
devilish deeds:
Entering elephants
for fearful football
games; gathering
harmful herbs
in icecream;
jerkishly jaywalking;
killing kids;
lying; looking like
more manly men; making
no niceties;
opening others’
presents; placating
Quetzalcoatl-
ritual
s... | 2020-04-14T07:11:48 | 2020-04-14T05:22:45 | 149 | 74 |
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