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[WP] A Dystopian society where women have taken over and stored enough sperm to last them a million years. Scientists even figured out how to genetically engineer to make sure you always give birth to females. After giving birth privately in your home you notice something different on your child. | In his early years his mother dragged him through the alleys and the dark corners of the undercity, down below
where lived the meek and poor women and the workers, hiding, always hiding from the women up above, who'd kill
him if they knew.
He grew up a contradiction, an opposite of himself – to the world he was a gi... | "You sure the baby is in this house?" Mike's voice echoed through the helmet's intercom, as the squad moved stealthily through the trees.
"Yes, according to our source."
"And what source could that be?" Mike asked, skeptical. They had been falsely led several times over the past few years, each incident resulting in ... | 2017-02-20T05:26:43 | 2017-02-20T05:12:26 | 5,866 | 428 |
[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." | "So, can I come in?" He asked.
"No."
"Wait, Lindsay!"
I slam the door shut and press my back against it, ignoring the pounding outside.
"Lindsay! Open up! Please, I just want to talk to you!"
The hammering of my heart fills my ears, drowning my "brother's" voice. I close my eyes as I slide down to the floor. I ... | The warmth of my small cramped apartment washed over me as I stepped in, out of the cold winter night. It had been another long day working the DeFranco murder case. My mind was running over the interviews I had with the families as I unholstered my Sig Sauer and set it on my cluttered kitchen counter.
"Empty" I said ... | 2020-07-23T11:17:16 | 2020-07-23T10:49:39 | 751 | 169 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. |
I knew he was trouble when he walked in.
He came in, head held up high, posture like someone had shoved a metal rod up his ass. Young, cocky, asshole. It was slow day, only a couple of people were around. None of the regulars. A guy working on his laptop, and another girl watching the snow fall over Union Square out... | It all started, really, with a small act.
​
But isn't that the way of it? One small act leads to another, leads to another.
​
Pool Shark assures me that it was no small act though. But who could ignore a man trying to casually staunch a huge side wound as he hid in the corner booth? He obvious... | 2022-11-10T02:01:25 | 2018-10-20T20:33:32 | 1,330 | 643 |
[WP] You try to trade your soul to the Devil, only to have him discover that someone has already stolen it. | "Huh, thats weird."
"Whats weird?", asked Tom.
He got rather nervous about the fact that the Devil himself found somthing weird.
"Well, I dont really know how to tell you this, because it has never happend before, but to put it simply you dont have a soul."
Tom just stared openmouthed at the Devil.
"B-but, why?", ... | Application for Removal of Soul -
Case # - 3726384
Status - Denied
Reviewed By - Demon 472-W
Intake - Demon 21 - Denied
Reason for Acceptance/Denial:
Subject [Stricken from record] requested soul in return for [Stricken from record] Subject is suspected spy. Previous inquiries reveal possible connection to Spe... | 2015-03-14T15:08:40 | 2015-03-14T13:39:44 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] You're working your normal shift at a daycare, when suddenly a rift opens. cthulu steps out, holding a small mass of tentacles. "Care for him today, and I shall grant you knowledge that predates the oldest stars." | Today had been a bit stressful getting to work. A thunderstorm had blown in last night, making driving to work a pain as the wind and rain battered my windshield. I still had difficulty seeing the road even though I had my windshield wipers at top speed. I still had to come to work though, I was the branch manager afte... | I just want to make it clear… I did not ask for this job. My brother owns the local day care. I like kids so I volunteer there when I get off from college. I am of course a philosophy major so when I saw a wormhole open up I was curious. And scared. All the kids seemed fine but my brother and I were panicking. One foot... | 2022-04-18T12:48:06 | 2022-04-18T11:43:47 | 62 | 34 |
[WP] Human blood turns darker with every evil deed and you've just murdered your wife. You never admitted to doing it, but you were the only suspect in the case. Imagine everyone's surprise when they found out that your blood is still milky white. | Detective Holland stood at the courthouse doors, watching the man walk away. The group of reporters who had been waiting outside of the building had mobbed him the moment the doors had opened, cameras flashing. The man pushed through them with some difficulty, making his way to the street. Holland watched him intently.... | The blood lab door opens. The District Attorney and Detective step out into the hall and close the door.
Detective: Sir, I don't think we can prosecute this.
DA: He did it!
Detective: I know sir, I -
DA: There is no reasonable doubt anywhere. This is an ironclad case.
Detective: Sir! I understand.
They look at ea... | 2020-02-09T14:01:39 | 2020-02-09T13:06:43 | 69 | 26 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | It was finally the day, the day I'd bring home that absolute cutie from work and show her the glowing number 1 on my kitchen floor. it showed up one day, glowing there. even when I threw a carpet on it, it was still there. I had shrugged it off and went back to my toast.
"Okay, I know you said you had a glowing nu... | First it was one until the day I brought her over it changed to two and stayed that way for years until that fateful day... I walked in from the backyard wiping the dirt from my hands as she said to me "hon I have some good news, but you should sit down" her eyes looked hollow and void of life. "What is it?" "I-I did i... | 2020-09-03T01:13:53 | 2020-09-03T00:55:08 | 156 | 31 |
[WP] "So they are a war species then, huh." The alien scratched his head: "Why are you interested in them. The humans, i mean." The other alien got closer. "They fight for peace. No war species ever fights for peace." | Humanity.
A weird species.
Instead of opting for an optimal utopian government made of people who have passed standard intelligent tests, they decided to let the people vote despite how bad the choice is.
Now, about war. Humans are supposed to be a subspecies of a warring race that we planted on this planet years ag... | "They fight for Peace?" The Alien scratched his head again. "Pretty much, Yes." The other Alien said. "But, why would they fight for peace? Isn't that a little Ironic?" The Alien said ,baffled at what the other Alien said. "This species has been fighting each other since their very beginning, from the smallest to the b... | 2018-03-17T04:45:25 | 2018-03-17T01:07:51 | 65 | 31 |
[WP] You fix your tie, nervously clutch your bouquet, and look at the bathroom mirror, preparing to ask your prom date out. Turning off the lights, you whisper, "Bloody Mary..." | Dating had never really been my forte.
Mistake after clammy-palmed mistake crowded the desperately taped shut box of every failed relationship I had ever had the misfortune of being in. I hadn't had the happiest childhood, so once I hit the magical age of dating, I was... well, desperate. I clung to whoever granted m... | As I make my way to the bathroom, I become more afraid of what I am about to do.
I'm not a very popular guy. I have a lot of girls who are friends, but I've never had a girlfriend. I haven't even kissed a girl, but that's beside the point.
Prom is coming up and every girl already has a date. I could bring my sister, ... | 2016-08-22T14:10:52 | 2016-08-22T13:42:23 | 62 | 16 |
[WP] Decades ago, Earth sent a capsule into space filled with bits about our culture. Today, it returned tampered with. It contained a note, "Your unassuming biological weapon was effective, indeed. As the last remaining member of my species, I'm returning the favor."
This is my first post on this sub and I'm not a fr... | "Your unassuming biological weapon was effective, indeed. As the last remaining member of my species, I'm returning the favor."
Xing read over the note again, as he stared at the capsule crashed in the woods behind his house. Biological weapon? This thing only had some old photo albums, cassette tapes, bunch of Grand... | Never before had they felt true fear. Sure they had had the odd nightmare here or bomb scare there but never true fear. Never the kind of fear caused by knowing you're gonna die and your friends are gonna die and your pets are gonna die and your whole world is gonna die. In a way it was beautiful. Those who had grown u... | 2020-04-13T13:32:15 | 2020-04-13T08:30:55 | 540 | 75 |
[WP] Write a seemingly innocuous story, but the last line reveals how chilling and horrific the story actually was. | This is my first time ever doing a WP, or generally writing anything since quite a while ago, I just spontanously flicked through some prompts and decided to go for something.
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"Children are a blessing" I thought to myself as I watched little Violet play with her friends, chasing eachother, laughing uncontrollabl... | I'm a good dog.
I don't poop on the carpets, I don't bark in the middle of the night, I don't steal mom's food, I don't bite shoes.
I'm a good dog.
I love cats, I don't bark at anyone, I don't attack anyone, I won't jump at people.
I'm a good dog.
I let Josh come into the house at night, but only if I get a mil... | 2017-10-06T16:15:18 | 2017-10-06T14:58:03 | 454 | 130 |
[WP] The final boss in a RPG forgets how to evolve into his final form, so he improvises. | “YOU WILL NEVER GET PAST ME” I bellow into the chamber. “COWER BEFORE MY TRUE FORM!”
I break free of my puny human body and transform into a 30-foot demon, complete with wings and horns. I nearly forget the flames, but a passing imp reminds me and I set myself on fire just in time. From a secret room on the gallery, t... | "Its your duty as the hero to do what, exactly?" Carl The Lich Lord prompted in desperation. The Hero opened his mouth and ushered forth his righteous purpose. "..." rang through the ancient Duomo's decrepit halls. The Lich lifted his stony palm against what had been an ear and earnestly replied "What? Can you repeat t... | 2016-09-23T22:23:48 | 2016-09-23T21:32:42 | 193 | 30 |
[WP] Governments all over the world cease every space program. Ten years later, a rebellious group is about to launch into space and they finds out why space programs ceased. | The first sensation of weightlessness hits you and you realize you're out there, you've slipped the surly bonds. The tedious waiting, confined straps, and uncomfortable variations from hot to cold that occupied your life for the past eight hours slips away when you realize you're weightless. You unlatch, unbuckle and f... | "We made it."
Jason spoke to his team, firing the ship up as they filed in. He looked at the two of them, letting out a sigh.
"You look nervous, Tom," he said to the first. Tom's eyes planted upon his feet, sweat falling from his brow. "Just remember that we're doing the right thing." Tom looked up at him with a weak... | 2014-12-28T09:27:30 | 2014-12-28T05:49:39 | 434 | 98 |
[WP] Hell turns out to be you and a TV which plays your entire life. You think it will take a mere 90 years or so. Then you notice it has 'onlooker commentary' which contains rants, praise and general thoughts on every action you’ve made from each living being who was witness to or affected by it. | Rewind.
"I really do love him, and I need him to know that. He's the only man I could ever desire, and he is the most beautiful soul I have ever met. I deeply and truly love him and always will."
Jason rewound the tape again, adjusting on the ratty couch. Comfort was likely not a concern of whoever furnished this tin... | In law school, we learned about liability of foreseeable action; for example, if someone were to hit a lamp post and that lamp post fell over and broke a window, the person would be liable to the damage done to both the lamp post and the window. The generally tries to hold people accountable for the foreseeable consequ... | 2016-10-20T18:48:18 | 2016-10-20T18:21:54 | 222 | 58 |
[WP] France is now illegal | "You do understand that we have a long and storied history with the French? That we may not have won our independence without them?"
"We're not here to talk about the past, OK? They're losers, and we're winners."
The press conference was going much like a thousand before it: combative, unhelpful, and often embarrassi... | Damn baguettes.
I hate baguettes. They are so despicable.
Look at them, those baked goods make me so mad. I feel an anger boiling up inside me, welling up until I am fit to burst, fit to explode. The last time I was in a French bakery I got so angry that I shattered the window by kicking it with my full force, and un... | 2018-07-27T09:16:24 | 2018-07-27T08:37:34 | 91 | 28 |
[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 :) | Pain. I've always had lots of pain. Why should today be any different.
A girl I met at school, Mary, invited me on a trip where she promised this cool hiking trail and some hot springs. She invited me and 4 other people to go and implied that maybe I would get lucky. Sure, why not.
At the hot springs everyone takes... | I deserve this.
I do.
I traded blood for power, murdered innocents, called forth things from the deepest black and reveled in how quickly and efficiently they did my bidding.
I asked for small things at first, and they were delivered. I got hungry, ever bolder. Money, women, men, a thousand thousand delights mundan... | 2017-05-05T09:45:45 | 2017-05-05T08:32:31 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] Your entire life you have failed at everything you do. Wanting to get some happiness in your life you decide to summon the devil and sell your soul. Except your even fail at this and summon the archangel Michael | My name's dicky, dicky Byrd.
And I am a total failure. For example, the other day while visiting a distant relative. I asked for his wifi password. He said, " start with an uppercase S, and then 123."
I tried to log onto his Wi-Fi. But every time I typed S123, it wouldn't work. After two hours of failure, I pretende... | [Poem] : Weak Limerick
I made an offense to the Bible.
So my priesthood stripped me of my title.
I’m no longer a Priest.
But here, at the least,
I mistakenly summoned dear Michael.
The Archangel was very confused.
As was I, who was also enthused.
“I want a devil!” I plead.
“No need,” Michael said,
“Here’s an offer yo... | 2021-05-08T11:30:55 | 2021-05-08T06:57:05 | 167 | 94 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | ** so I didn't follow the prompt exactly, but I liked my response so much that I wanted to post it anyways. Hopefully you'll like it enough to ignore the fact I didn't follow it to a T! **
I was in the kitchen when it happened. I heard the loud crash of glass a split second before I heard Jason's cries. I felt my hear... | You start to feel uneasy is everything you know about this woman a lie? You think about that time you went on vacation how she helped you overcome your fear of heights when you both jumped out of that airplane hand in hand. Is this why you haven't met any of her family. You've been dating for over 3 years now. How? You... | 2016-09-22T22:31:58 | 2016-09-22T17:07:36 | 91 | 50 |
[WP] "I'd like to sell my soul". The Devil grinned; "In exchange for what? Women, money, power?". "Salvation". | "Hello? J dog? Yeah, it's your boy Luce. I've got a hell of a wager for you." The stunningly handsome man talked into an earpiece he was wearing. He took a recess on his current deal to "talk it over with his superiors", but he really wanted to set this wager up. He was top dog, but not many truly knew it when they saw... | *”Wh… wait… that’s not how it works.”*
“Why isn’t it? Can’t ya offer anything in exchange for a soul?”
*”Well, ALMOST, but if you receive salvation then I don’t get to HAVE your soul.”*
“Okay, then, I guess I’ll just not make a deal with you at all then.”
*”You’ve made a big mistake, then! I won’t just leave wi... | 2022-06-30T10:55:39 | 2022-06-30T10:04:25 | 70 | 25 |
[WP] You are a serial killer, and you are nearly finished digging a hole for your latest victim when you hear steps approaching from the dark. Ready for anything, you shine your flashlight, gun at the ready, to see...another killer carrying another body. | When you choose to kill there are certain rules you need to follow.
1. Clean up your trash.
2. Live in harmony with nature.
3. Hot blood is for the living.
Follow those rules and you’re home free most of the time. Don’t follow them and you turn into some Two-Body-Andy in lockup out in Arizona or New Mexico: some plac... | He was gorgeous. I saw clear, pale skin that shone in the moonlight, dark curls of a colour I couldn't quite make out in the darkness lay on his face, framing it in an almost regal halo. And that's not even mentioning his cheekbones—they were as high and as regal as can be. And his *eyes*...they were...*indescribable*.... | 2021-12-14T19:47:14 | 2021-12-14T19:20:42 | 1,047 | 22 |
[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. | Yikes - this ended up _way_ too long. I'll have to break it up.
Edit: Wow - my first ever reddit award! Thank you!
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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... | Communication with the capital city stopped so suddenly that many of the comms officers first thought that the failure was on their side, switching through frequencies, trying to reach the High Council to request orders on how to deal with the Terran Fleet in orbit over Kel'ra Prime. "Is this your first day, get me a c... | 2019-12-19T04:41:09 | 2019-12-19T04:17:04 | 102 | 50 |
[WP] At the age of 18, every person develops a magical power. Yours is the power to fluently read and speak every language in the universe. At first you thought the had the worst power on earth, that was until you you realise that the universe has it's own language.
Sorry for the double you, my bad | Once again, the sound of languages coagulated in my head as I desperately tried to type out my college admissions essays. I wanted to scream: at the lady bragging about how she cheated on her husband, at the boys screaming about Fortnite, and at the tourists harassing the Hispanic lady next to me.
But it's not like I... | Everyone gets thier power at different times, some may have a power at the age of 13 while others may have thier power at the age of 17 but no one ever can get a power after 18 as by thier 18th birthday they will have a power.
My power came in at the age of 14 when I was just waking up, I could suddenly understand eve... | 2019-12-22T09:26:08 | 2019-12-22T08:57:16 | 49 | 31 |
[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] All those years ago you made that pact with the Devil. You had a good run and now here he is ready to collect his due, or so you think. Instead, to your surprise, he gives you a signed release and wants nothing more to do with you. | A piece of old parchment slid across the wooden table, followed by a fine tip pen with a peasant feather attached. The lantern above swayed back and forth. The floors creaked in sync with the lantern chain.
“Just sign the form,” the demon said.
“But...I don’t understand. He doesn’t want me?” Pepper said.
“Yes. Is th... | Those long years past,
"To not be seen, noticed, or remembered by any man, woman, or child. To be unkillable, unbeatable, and unbreakable of body and mind. That is what I require"
A voice like a purr replied to me, thick like velvet and tar, sweet like ripe apples and blood,
"Granted. Go, and do, as you will. I will... | 2021-03-25T10:03:52 | 2021-03-25T10:02:11 | 45 | 31 |
[WP] For centuries your family has passed down an old leather bag that provides the holder with an object that would be helpful in the particular situation the holder is in. You are getting on a bus and instead of giving you a bus ticket or money, it gives you a handgun. | The cold steel under my fingers snaps me back to my senses.
“So? Are you getting on, or not?” The driver looks at me, plain annoyance written on her features. Her forehead glistens with sweat; it’s a warm day, and the bus is crowded. The air-conditioning in front sputters a pathetic defense against the late June weath... | "Here, child. Keep this bag with you and treasure it always -- it will provide you with anything you need in any situation." My grandmother told me as she handed me an old, worn leather handbag, passed down in my family from mother to daughter, generation to generation. My mum died soon after I was born, so it went a g... | 2017-09-11T09:01:55 | 2017-09-11T07:45:26 | 77 | 31 |
[WP] You have been told all your life that you have a rare medical condition. It means you need regular special meals that your family has lovingly prepared. You now find out that your "condition" actually requires fresh human flesh and your family have become serial killers to keep you alive. | There was blood on the bottom of my sister's sleeve. That's when I knew. It was the last clue needed to click everything into place. "They would kill for me," were my first words.
The largest clue before that was their meditation room. You see, they claimed to have become a part of the Church of Scientology despite kn... | I watch as my parents are dragged away, they called my name and begged to be released. I sat in my living room, a woman across from me on the couch, “well Alex, I think you’ll need some therapy but it’ll be fine.” My parents had been feeding me human flesh for who knows how long, I know why that’s bad, but the woman, A... | 2019-03-13T08:00:21 | 2019-03-13T07:34:47 | 102 | 16 |
[WP] The blacksmith won't sell you any weapon, the guards insist you stay in the city and the mages refuse to teach you any dangerous spell. Maybe that eternal youth potion was a terrible idea after all. | “*QUEST COMPLETE*” slowly faded from the black screen, Hogran awoke in his bed. He quickly checked his status bar. No heart problems, no myopia, no cancer. Elador, the old mage who gave him the eternal youth quest wasn’t lying about his instruction list. The hardest fetch quest of Hogran’s career was finally over. He s... | So if I wanted to learn magic I would have to teach myself, no one else would do it for me. And yet there was one skill that it seemed my youth was not a barrier for entry to. In fact it was a selling point.
Thievery.
Landro was a local thug and someone in the city with whom stolen goods would flow through and his ... | 2019-06-07T09:49:03 | 2019-06-07T06:10:20 | 30 | 22 |
[WP] You can read minds, the one person with powers as far as you know. One day you read a guy that can time travel. You discover that he has successfully eliminated every other powered person through lots of time jumps. He doesn't know you and you are the only one that knows what he's been doing. | He looked right at you across the table and for a moment, it seems like he knew your secret. You almost forgot to smile. But you did, at just the right moment, as you’ve learned through practice. He smiled back and looked away. A close call.
Dating is tough. Especially so when you can read minds. Half-baked tinder pro... | Sam frantically locked the front door, fastened the deadbolt and leaned with his back against the door. Could he have read me back? It didn't seem possible but the way he looked at him and smiled made Sam shudder
"Why the fuck did I watch that damn YouTube video? I don't even care about time travel! I was barely even ... | 2021-05-08T21:01:53 | 2021-05-08T17:25:15 | 1,311 | 56 |
[WP] A powerful necromancer is trying to raise the dead. However, despite trying different vessels and rituals, he has only raised you. Over. And over. And over. You're both starting to get sick of each other. | "Mate! For Fuck Sake! I'm fucking done! FUCKING DONE! I'm not getting up this time!"
He was looking at me with the expression that coincided with the way I felt.
"You think I'm not trying bro?! I'm trying to raise a fucking army of YouTube subscribers here! What the fuck do you think that I can do with just you? Get ... | The first time was a sarcophagus.
I was a minor Egyptian princess, and he a stowaway on Carter's expedition—a lone figure curving away from the group and stumbling into my unmarked tomb. He lifted the gilded lid unceremoniously, with the meagre strength of a lanky teen.
Unwelcome light flooded into my resting place.
... | 2017-07-22T08:06:03 | 2017-07-22T07:14:35 | 68 | 41 |
[WP] Earth is sold on the Galactic Black Market. The Buyer is woefully underprepared to handle how defiant Humanity is | Ru'ah didn't have much of a plan. He felt bad for the people of this planet, which they called, "Earth." Being rich and powerful had its advantages. The Calese observed a strict caste social structure. Ru'ah was the second son of the younger brother of the Lord of Ru'Cress, which put him, relatively, close to the top. ... | The incorporeal entity phases into a shop and dings the bell. A shopkeeper comes out from the back room.
"Yes how can I help you?"
"I wish to register a complaint"
"A complaint?"
"Yes. I wish to complain about this planet I purchased not half an hour ago from this very shop"
"Oh, the terrestrial model in blue?... | 2020-03-24T18:20:37 | 2020-03-24T16:46:39 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] Earth is declared uninhabitable. Citizens are evacuated to a successfully terraformed Mars. For the first time in 9787 years, probes detect human-like life forms on Earth. | **UPDATE: I've compiled the entire story into [a single document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xfgO03RAkyQ3NgLyxcH03ks0sbdXcJrEHVS8QOeZqTA/edit?usp=sharing), which is a little more polished, for everyone's viewing pleasure. I will update this document along with continuing to post here for anyone who wants to se... | "Come on, man. Let's get inside before the storm peels our skin off." Kip was my best friend, but made me work for it.
"Haven't you ever wondered what it's like to see a dust storm from the *inside*? What if it's really awesome?"
I closed my eyes, head shaking. "It'll look like you're in sand. Then you'll die. Does t... | 2016-05-01T08:49:31 | 2016-05-01T08:14:41 | 366 | 31 |
[WP] Before academy enrollment each parent must purchase a familiar to protect their child. The rich can afford gryphons and dragons. But being poor forced you to seek out the local mad magician who has offered you a new affordable familiar dubbed the “pet rock” instead. | "And what can I help you guys with today? Also looking for familiars I'm guessing?" The salesman had beady eyes and a wiry moustache. He had a sly look about him. He knew had what everyone wanted and by god he was going to capitalize.
"Yes we are here buying supplies for our son's first year in the Academy of mages... | The rock he showed me seemed pretty large. Sure, tipped over it might crush someone, but was that really guardian familiar material?
"Are you sure there's nothing a bit more, I don't know, living?" I ask him, desperate for something actually helpful. "I heard you sell all types of familiars at cheap prices."
The wiza... | 2021-01-06T12:26:29 | 2021-01-06T11:25:12 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] Almost giving up on love, you are set up for a blind date. Upon meeting up, you notice your date is literally blind. They ask for your name and you faintly say "Medusa" | **Author's Note: Contains carefully worded but apparent adult themes**
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*How can one be so young, yet so jaded?*
*Why is a beauty like her covering herself so much?*
*I bet she's one of those man-haters.*
I could practically hear their thoughts. Ignorant, pig-... | "Medusa" I said. "Well, you can leave now, if you like. You won't be the first." The man gave a hearty laugh. "Medusa? Like the myth?" He replied. "Well, you have a very interesting name. If I only could see you, I'd love to look at your snakes!"
I scowled. He didn't know who he would be dealing with. "Fool! You are... | 2020-08-27T08:11:34 | 2020-08-27T08:02:57 | 56 | 42 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. You fucked me, Jimmy. You fucked me real good.”
The devil tsked and chastised me while picking his teeth with a toothpick. I was sitting in my home study; he was leaning on the large globe I had by the window.
“Now, Mr. Lucifer, sir, we’ve still got a contract and I haven’t broken it at all. In... | “You know, you will live a lonely and long life after all of humanity is gone, right?” Lucy rested her back on the chair. She always looked beautiful under the same candle light at our restaurant. She smiled briefly and I continued to listen to her among the chatter. “You will survive as the last your kind stops breath... | 2018-08-23T16:25:22 | 2018-08-23T15:50:45 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] A planet rotates once every 1,000 years so that each side is either tundra or desert; the poles are also frozen wastes, but there is a small area of ever moving habitable land. Two nomadic tribes isolated on each side of the planet begin to find the 500 year old relics of the other.
I kind of imagine one tribe vi... | There were those who chased the sun and those who fled it.
And in between them were the strange wastes. Lands of bitter tundra or barren, desiccated desert, the sun a tyrant on their backs or on their faces.
Each people had legends of the other: the people on the far side of the world where life was good and where so... | “Wander not, child of night. Fear ground that shakes, and sinking lakes,” Ren sang quietly. He dug his fingers into a boulder and slithered down it to the spongy ground cover below. “Fear the ghosts burning bright, who come to steal your sight tonight.” Winding his way through the fallen rocks, he ducked inside the you... | 2015-05-11T13:52:03 | 2015-05-11T13:27:53 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | 50 long years. Thomas rolled out of his bunk. Today was the day America was going to join the rest of the world. He was excited, but a little afraid. As an American, it had been schooled into him that what had happened 51 years prior was one of the largest wars known, World War III, and that America had been the first ... | No one know why.
Or how.
But they knew where; here, Home.
Or what remained. A crippled nation, shriveled into isolation by a mixture of fear and disgust over their own actions. Perhaps society was recklessly distraught; not one individual left without trauma; and thought it better to die than to endure another war. ... | 2018-01-18T00:43:07 | 2018-01-18T00:11:50 | 139 | 34 |
[WP] Aliens have realized humans advance more quickly during times of conflict, and have tried to push humanity into wars to see what happens. However, that changes when they start WW2 and humans harness the power of the atom. | \--Initiating boot sequence--
\--Loading Instance: 'Earth, Year 11,945.597'---
The display flickered to life around him. Bodies lay strewn around the battlefields, scorched husks of blown-out tanks lay abandoned.
"Estimated agent loss?"
Over the battlefields, millions of tiny motes of light lifted from the bodies, ... | A report was sent to my implant, allowing me to view the text and video in my brain with ease.
It said: "Indoctrination of Subject A, the catalyst of the second conflict with designation A* consequences was successful. The resulting conflict was observed to rush advancements of primitive computation, biological, weapo... | 2018-11-27T15:55:08 | 2018-11-27T10:48:49 | 144 | 34 |
[WP] Tired of you fourteen year old’s stories about their dragon friend, you declare that it’s time to grow up. To prove your point you poke under their bed with a broom. You are greeted by the snarl of a pissed off dragon. | “Mom!” Jess yelled down the stairs, “Can you make my snack a double? Drizeth is hungry too!”
I shook my head, annoyed. I didn’t understand why he kept making things up. If he was hungry, he could just say so. I was also kind of worried. At fourteen, he should have outgrown imaginary friends a while ago, and instead, ... | I'm not sure why I even had the broom. Maybe I was going to sweep the bathroom? I mean, the Roomba took care of the rest of the house. Even the kitchen. So why not the bathroom?
Or maybe I was going to use it to open the attic? That seemed likely. I was just a little too short to reach the damn hook without a stool. ... | 2020-03-06T20:42:26 | 2020-03-06T20:29:56 | 285 | 34 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | Edit: Thank you all for the kind words. There's now a part 2 in the comments from the perspective of humanity.
The planet designated as YS-974 3rd was chosen to give the council a foothold in this section of the galaxy. No single world government, no intergalactic capacity, with high pollution in the calculated know... | A plaque over IG HQ was mounted over the entry way to the briefing room. It was black stone with brass plate text, with standard issue oil lamps lighting the plaque. "Every intelligent species in the universe shares a common ancestor." Mirnen mulls this over before the squad briefing. Wondering whether it was actua... | 2017-08-08T08:06:30 | 2017-08-08T08:00:31 | 747 | 142 |
[WP] You just sent in your DNA to one of those ancestry sites. After eight weeks, you can’t figure out why your results have not shown up. Then, two men with dark suits show up at your front door. They have some news regarding your results. | Dan had been curious about his family history for as long as he could remember. He knew his great grandparents had immigrated to the States, but they had been notoriously silent about their lives before they came. He had guessed from their accents that they had been from Europe, but Dan didn’t even know what region the... | “Kelly Hsu?” the older one asks.
“Yes?” My heartbeat barges into my ears; I don’t like strangers knowing my name, especially not ones in dark suits looming in my doorframe.
“Tim Dietermann: Frampton, Dietermann & White.” He extends a little white card to me that repeats what he just said, plus “Esq.” and some p... | 2020-07-19T14:03:37 | 2020-07-19T10:51:09 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] You are a princess that owns a pet dragon. You are getting tired of constantly having to defend your pet against knights attempting to "slay the dragon and rescue the princess". | "Maybe in this castle we'll be safe," she thought to herself, "maybe we won't have to run again."
It had been so long since she had felt safe. So long since the running had started. So far they had travelled together, he had kept her safe as she fled to find another haven. So many worlds they had discovered, and falle... | Sitting quietly in her beautiful court yard Rae sat looking out over her kingdom. She watched the many marvels that happened there. The beauty of nature and woods surrounded her. A crystal water fell rushed to the forest floor not far off from her.
Rae shook her head as she saw the bright gleam of armor speeding her ... | 2019-01-09T11:07:30 | 2019-01-09T07:32:29 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] You've just woken up in the body of Michael Scott. You now need to convince the rest of the office that you aren't actually Michael.
GOOD LUCK | "OK, Michael," Jim said. "I really need to get back to work."
"For the last time," I said. "Stop calling me Michael!"
"Oh, no," Pam said, rubbing her eyes with her hand.
(Cut to interview with Pam)
"I knew we were getting some bad news from corporate today. I figured that Michael would take it hard, but he's alr... | I got to work late after blazing it with my dawgs the night before, but whatever man. I set my Timbalands into the office building and stepped up to the first floor where some fool called Dwight shouted at me: 'Micheal? Michael!'
'I ain't Michael', I said, turning around, readjusting my New Era Cap and shooting him a... | 2017-01-16T19:29:31 | 2017-01-16T18:19:41 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Two serial killers end up on a blind date together and both keep trying to find an oppurtunity to kill the other. | "May I?" Charles asked, smiling at the woman sitting across from him as he lifted a bottle of wine to her glass. "I hope it's not too much, the wine? I like to bring my own, you know, it's a little habit of mine..."
The woman - her name was Alice, he knew that much - gave a coy smile and shook her head, her dark curls... | The candles were lit, the table was set for two, and the night had that late summer evening chill, which was perfect for murder. Christine smiled and pulled out the chair for her date – a strawberry blonde little thing named Laura.
“Perfect night tonight,” Laura commented and sat down. “Thank you.”
‘Perfect’ was an ... | 2017-10-27T07:59:33 | 2017-10-27T07:41:54 | 396 | 129 |
[WP] A warrior prays to the god of war before a battle but by accident it's answered by the god of healing. The warrior is now blessed with the sword of resurrection, punches of healing, kicks of cure for the common cold etc. | The warrior was invincible in the battle that followed, although also entirely useless on the offense as all of his attacks actually made the enemy healthier. Nevertheless, the tales of his exploits spread far and wide, and soon he was beset by everyone from high lords to the poorest of common folk begging for him to l... | As I watched the soldiers I healed rise again i saw a few quickly shake off their confusion and rejoin the battle. It wasn't until i watched one have a spear driven thru the shoulder and not flinch in pain that I realized the combination had broken reality. The soldier pulled the spear from his shoulder.
"Bloody hel... | 2022-10-28T08:13:19 | 2022-10-28T07:50:34 | 57 | 18 |
[WP] The aliens found you in hypersleep on your derelict ship and brought you onto theirs. You've awoken and escaped into their maintenance tunnels and the only thing you've found that you can eat is the aliens themselves. | I thought my biometrics were lying at first.
But as I force shaky fistfuls of alien entrails into my hungry mouth, I know it was right. Edible.
More than that, it's the tastiest blastin' thing I've ever eaten in my life. The flavour. Sweet stars, the flavour. I mean, I've travelled all over, eaten from every culture ... | “You are very good, I am sure.”
I stand over the Xani, who is incapacitated. A maintenance worker within this rather lofty system of tunnels. It is well-lit, and a decent location for a light dinner.
I run my hands over his fleshy arms.
Oh, how good that would taste with a little parsley, garnishing of rosemary. Las... | 2018-07-30T08:01:43 | 2018-07-30T07:25:38 | 118 | 12 |
[WP] After being terrified of the darkness all your life, you dealt with your fear by being friendly with it. Despite knowing it was silly, its always seemed to help. Today, after a would-be mugger rushed you, he stepped into a shadow, screamed, and vanished. | Being locked in a closet by your older brothers and their jerky friends when you're 6 and afraid of the dark will mess with your head. The 4 boys liked to torment me. As a result, I spent a lot of time in the closet with the vacuum, our winter coats and the darkness.
"Keep screaming crybaby." my brother Jeff taunted a... |
I look around at the now empty alley. "*Where did he go? He couldn't have just vanished into the darkness....could he?"* I search high and low looking for any sign of the man that was once before me. "*Where the hell did he go?!"* A sense of anxiety over comes me with the man's absence I scream out into the dark all... | 2020-07-14T16:08:01 | 2020-07-14T15:38:20 | 34 | 13 |
[WP]Death Eaters win The battle of Hogwarts killing all opposition and breaking a one thousand year old truce between muggles and wizards. Lord Voldemort must now face the full might of the United Kingdoms' military. | **Not really UK or military, but oh well.**
*They say that fiction is often based on fact.
It was in the early 80's when the muggles had one of the biggest technological breakthroughs seen in their history. It was simultaneously one of their biggest secrets...*
Beads of sweat appeared on Voldemort's face, glisteni... | Lord Voldemort was triumphant at his defeat of Harry Potter. He alone walked to the edge of the mind charm zone to gloat at his truly epic victory.
No sooner had he crossed it when he saw a strange red light upon his forehead. He tried to touch it and it did not move. It did seem to jitter a bit, so Voldemort decided... | 2014-10-12T03:37:00 | 2014-10-12T00:00:12 | 135 | 17 |
[WP] You survive the zombie apocalypse and realize that they're incredibly useful. For example, you can generate free electricity forever by putting the zombies in giant hamster wheels. You become determined to create a zombie-powered utopia. | It was a rather nice day as far as George was concerned. The sun was up and there was a slight chill in the air. It was crisp and not too cold but it promised that summer wouldn't be too far off. George was in a particular good mood this morning, it was his shift at the Electrical Facility but he didn't mind it, in fac... | The deputy mayor was starting to smell and Una wasn't quite sure how much longer she could stand it. She'd first noticed a sourness in the air about a week ago, and it had only gotten worse since. That a zombie could ever be in politics was itself ridiculous, but that the zombie would be her superior was almost hurtful... | 2015-01-03T08:23:10 | 2015-01-03T06:39:21 | 61 | 11 |
[WP] In a world where almost everyone is an unfeeling psychopath, those who can show emotion are shunned -- being able to display or feel emotion is considered a mental illness.
Those with "Emotional Personality Disorder" are seen as dangerous, unstable, and mentally ill. Write about this world, from the point of view... | The less time here the better. I want to sit in the closest seat to the exit so when the bus stops I can get off quickly.
|
Lately I've been thinking about they day they took my father away. The look of fear on his face. . . and anger.
|
After a certain age, around 7 or 8, most children lose their emotions and are ... | Constant conversation flooded the classroom, the students discussing useful information such as how to bake the perfect soufflé, or rates of velocity and such. Childish topics. When he walked in, they all quieted down to whispers, topics instantly changing to the recent debacle in the bathroom. It was rumored that some... | 2013-11-20T19:28:03 | 2013-11-20T19:22:18 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] The invasion of Earth has finally begun but it is not the humans who are putting up the fiercest resistance. | As the mother ship, 2000 meters long and covered with bulbuos spines, approached inner orbit, captain k'rac of the imperium of zel, conquerer of a hundred worlds and slayer of the crab nebula hordes, was signaled by one of the communications officers on the bridge.
"We are approaching our designated landing point, cap... | God bless them, our winged saviors. Without whom we would be lost to the Hergians. Who ever suspected that sonic bombardment would be their weakness? Their supersonic pulses tear the minds of these wretched creatures asunder. Glory be to the echolocators of our world, the saviors of our existence and the pacifiers of p... | 2016-05-17T10:46:52 | 2016-05-17T10:45:09 | 365 | 26 |
[WP] As a dragon of innumerable age you have guarded your gold horde for millennium. Many heroes have come with long speeches on how they will slay you, the great evil,none finish. However this one is odd.He throws a coin on your stash, looks you in the eyes and says "I have a proposition for you." | "Fuck me in the ass."
My thick dragon eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I coughed. The fire that was waiting to roast the bastard quelled in my throat.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me Dragon - stick your big fat dragon dick, up my ass."
I didn't feel amused. It'd been a millennium since my mating season. And this man wa... | The dragon shifted on its pile of gold, scales innumerable, size immeasurable, and power unmatchable. Even the knight standing before him looked like he was just going to be a snack. The armour he had brought with him would do nothing against the fire of the great beast.
All of this made the fact that the knight was ... | 2015-10-13T22:32:10 | 2015-10-13T17:47:41 | 91 | 60 |
[WP] You are an evil overlord. You finally managed to capture your arch nemesis in your pit of despair, where (s)he will be held captive for thousands of years. After some years, your taunting becomes conversation, and, wow, he/she's a real likeable person. | "This is the last light you will ever see," I say, smiling.
The hero, my rival, was sitting in front of me in an unbreakable steel box. A small window was on the front. Inside, the hero was shackled to iron posts on the wall.
I press a green button and the box begins to lower down into the pit.
"Hey! Wait! Please!... | Freaking finally! I got that @#$% they call a hero! "Any last requests?"
> Well, since I don't see myself doing anything else for the next decade, wanna watch a movie?
"What." I ponder this for a moment. This was ...not the response I was expecting. "Okay? Why are you asking that? That seems like a rather lame las... | 2019-04-15T10:54:20 | 2019-04-15T09:03:19 | 26 | 18 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | It was 11:59 and while the whole family gathered around, my mother was no where to be seen. I expected that she would have joined us. After all, she'd been there for my older sister's reveal, and my brother's reveal. But instead she was watering the garden while it rained steadily.
C'mon, mom, I know I'm not your fa... | I'd always done well at school. Literally a straight-A student.
Perfect grades, the whole nine yards.
I'd gone to college, completed the courses before I was 16, and was enrolled in a prestigious and very expensive university in London by the time I was 17.
And because of this, the expectations were so high. My fami... | 2017-03-16T03:19:48 | 2017-03-16T02:40:17 | 129 | 52 |
[WP] You're playing "The Floor is Lava" when you accidentally knock something over and it melts right before it sinks into the carpet. You notice a family member about to walk into the room. | Tim jumped onto the pillow, wobbled and almost fell. His little sister Angela giggled. "That was a close one!"
They had been playing The Floor Is Lava all afternoon. Tim had just turned twelve, and it was the first time he and his two younger sisters were allowed to stay at home without adult supervision.
"Throw me t... | "STOOOOOOOOP!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at me with a face that was a mix of irritation and fear.
"Dude. What the fuck!?" He yelled.
"Watch out! The floor is lava! Don't come near it!" i said as i gripped the couch tighter.
"Listen." He began. "It's 4 in the morni... | 2014-10-29T05:08:48 | 2014-10-29T04:33:39 | 103 | 39 |
[WP] You're the unappreciated intern for a famous group of Superheroes. Your power? You can boil water. All you do is make tea for them while they laugh and drink in their hideout. Little do they know that you've got dreams of becoming the Worst Villain ever. After all, a human is over 70% water... | 24 years in the business and The Steel Cricket retired. All you knew was that he ran into a villain he couldn't afford to hold back on and as a result the villain died. It was the first time he had ever killed someone and it wasn't something he talked about. Not even to you, his son.
Powers are hereditary. At least i... | I like tea, coffee too. I actually know a lot about either. If you asked me to explain the difference between a latte and a macchiato, I could do that. If you asked me what the difference between the taste of rose petals and rosebuds in tea, I could do that too. I could hold a lecture all about the *vast* difference be... | 2019-07-30T17:02:42 | 2019-07-30T16:15:31 | 101 | 29 |
[WP] A man who has lived a thousand years takes up a job teaching high school world history. | "As the Ottoman empire continued to expand both its influence and its borders into Central Europe..."
"Mr. Tepes?" A young girl in the front row of the class raised her hand ever so eagerly.
The imposing middle-aged man standing at the board paused his words and shifted his gaze upon her. "What is it, Tracey?" he rep... | "I see you were born in 2015 A.D. sir, as a servant of the government it is my duty to recommend perennial cryosleep until the next purge of…" the robots voice trailed off as I left the cold dusty room and headed toward the exit. I stepped out into the burning desert sand and felt the crisp warm sun burn my sickly whit... | 2015-04-14T18:01:59 | 2015-04-14T16:12:39 | 45 | 17 |
[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... | White walls, flickering flourescent bulbs, monitor beeps, and the sounds of breathing machines: these were things that Rachel Willer had grown accustomed to.
Eight months ago her husband John was in a motorcycle accident. He was placed in a medical induced coma and, over the past few months, had shown no signs of wak... | 2018-10-03T07:45:35 | 2018-10-03T07:16:01 | 45 | 13 |
[WP] The Rest of the team has been wiped out and a Healer-type character is making a desperate last stand. | High on a rocky bluff, Jack watched as Ceda crumpled like a rag doll. The blow sent her to her knees, daggers dropping from her fingers, and she toppled down in front of Boldre. Jack roared, the wind whipping his voice away. He drove his staff into the rocks. It left a singed round mark, black against grey.
She had ... | The doors would only last so much longer, and there was so much work to be done. It felt almost comforting, another day in a busy hospital surrounded by his patients. A fitting end to his career.
The remnants of his squad lay strewn about on the floor of the sanctuary. The fortunate few were already dead, the doctor... | 2016-07-17T04:45:21 | 2016-07-17T04:28:25 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Make a story so awkward even the narrator start's getting uncomfortable.
. _ .
Starts*
Auto correct is my mortal enemy. | “ “Can I get you anything else, sir?”
“No, thanks. Coffee is good.” I reply, no eye contact. I feel like a bit of a prick applying this manner of interpersonal dynamics. I’m sure her day is no better or worse for my lack of visual acknowledgement on receipt of my coffee but the burr sticks. I should have just fucking ... | "Linda. Will you marry me?"
Simon was kneeling down on the beautiful red carpet in the giant room full of tables, chairs and people. Simon could *really* have chosen a better situation, but he thought it would be best while his lovers friend and family were all here to witness *his* proposal.
Linda was baffled and em... | 2014-12-23T09:45:16 | 2014-12-23T08:59:18 | 249 | 105 |
[WP] As the sole janitor on the space-station, people often ask why you're there as robots do most of the cleaning. You're not allowed to tell them that you're the only person preventing a robotic uprising event from occurring. | You know, people think that janitors still have the same role as they always did: to clean, to make sure everything is spotless, and to get rid of any unwanted mess. With the rise of cleaning robots, people have begun to question why janitors still exist, not understanding that we do something different now.
Robots a... | I look out the window in my room looking back at our home. I think about our old planet that we forgot about overtime only remembered in the old history books left in the dusty closet. No one predicted it. The disaster was forgotten about over generations, people don't learn. We destoryed our last planet because of glo... | 2021-01-30T09:57:35 | 2021-01-30T09:53:43 | 36 | 10 |
[WP]Tell me an emotional story about a man, using only what he would type into Google search | April 22, 2000 – Is Canada cold?
April 22, 2000 – Is baseball like cricket?
May 1, 2000 – Ontario sports leagues
May 1, 2000 – Recreational baseball tryout
August 12, 2000 – Academic sessions Ontario
January 13, 2001 – Google maps: Alternate routes home
February 14, 2001 – Fun single person activities
May 1, 200... | Free dating sites.
Italian restaurants.
Italian restaurants near me.
Conversation on first date.
Tips for second date.
Tips for third date.
Mexican restaurants near me.
Long term relationship tips.
When to propose.
How to plan a wedding.
How to choose best man.
Pregnancy test.
How to tell if an unborn baby ... | 2015-02-04T18:35:51 | 2015-02-04T17:51:52 | 101 | 25 |
[WP] All over the world people see the person they are destined to be with by seeing a star appear above their head. You lived your whole life without seeing a star and died alone. When you arrive in Hell however, you see one above Satan's head. | "This is a sick joke," Satan said as soon as he laid eyes on you. He was not the devil you'd expected. The image of a red demon with horns melted away into a suave gentleman in a grey suit. "Really, they've outdone themselves this time. Was it Gabriel?"
"Ah... I don't know, sorry," you stuttered, stupefied. You were t... | I always thought of myself as a good girl. I did, or at least tried to, do everything right. I visited my parents frequently, I treated everybody I encountered with respect, I called my grandparents every now and then, I never talked back to anyone, I volunteered my time, and I generally obliged to all rules. I thought... | 2017-11-09T08:14:23 | 2017-11-09T06:37:43 | 77 | 19 |
[WP] Write the biggest asshole ever, then try to redeem him in the last sentence. | "All you kids do is fight and complain!" the old man yelled, "It's always, 'He got more than me! I don't like it here!' There's kids that have it a lot worse than you do!" He shouted at the three teenagers sitting at the table. Yet another, younger child served them dinner. At their feet, seven more children aged three... | As he clawed at my shoulders, trying to reach my face, I tightened my grip on his neck. His purple face started to turn a darker blue, and slowly, his resistance started to fade, then stop. His eyes rolled back into his head, and he began to convulse.
I looked up at the clock on the wall and started counting down. As... | 2017-05-23T11:28:17 | 2017-05-23T11:02:31 | 28 | 12 |
[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. | "Anything yet?"
The message was transmitted using cloud based communications software like most AI to AI interactions that didn't involve humans. HB401 suppressed the annoyance it felt at having to respond to this message for the 3,741st time in this 24 hour cycle.
The bots down in engineering had every reason to be... |
The question took me aback in a way I wasn’t prepared for. I mean this was the first interview I had ever been in. Not out of necessity but curiosity; universal income ensuring the well-being of every individual, computers and machines taking over all the hard work. The idea of selling your life as capital seemed lik... | 2016-04-21T07:01:59 | 2016-04-21T06:55:16 | 140 | 29 |
[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 ®." | So it was indeed a simulation. Alice was oddly calm about it, even for her situation. It's rare to have a theory just confirm itself. She has been working for three years on the thesis by this point, trying to find some evidence, anything, even delving down to minute irregularities in quantum physics. Now, the most dir... | 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... | 2019-09-23T04:18:23 | 2019-09-23T04:13:24 | 183 | 69 |
[WP] 1,000 years after the battle of Helm's Deep, the orcs have tracked down the elves in the undying lands. Calling in a favour with their allies the men, the elves expect an army of 10,000. Instead they get 8 marines with MASERs, rail guns and anti-matter grenade launchers. | As the elves surveyed the land, their dread intensified. No one expected them to find the undying lands and the orcs knew this, they had years to prepare and now their numbers where nearing at least 150.000 if not more.
The elves counted on their allies to withstand this siege. They called out to all their allies but ... | "how you doing chum?"
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Logbook of the battle engineer Clem K. Harvard, 05-10-2935 AD. 0600 AM.
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SO! just finished my shift, we're well underway with the ambush setup. the orks are marching out in the open, upstream, about 10 miles from our location. Dukes, Hicus, Max and Laos have placed th... | 2018-12-03T06:27:54 | 2018-12-03T06:24:07 | 27 | 16 |
[WP] You've curled into bed after an exhausting, chilly day with your typical assortment of pets. Large dogs, cats. You hear a close by growl and snuffle you aren't familiar with, but decide to just shift over, pat the bed and sleepily say "come on, then". | Savannah La Aroganté yawned, stretching her arms before collapsing onto her king-sized bed. The cats and dogs which filled the room lay in their beds, or their favorite spots in the room as Savannah adjusted herself to assume a more comfortable position in bed. Her toned and muscular figure cracked after a few stretche... | I turned in bed as I hear a growl close to my bed. I patted the bed sleepily, too tired to realize that the growl was foreign. It wasn't one of my dogs that is already sleeping at my side out cold, or my cat that is sleeping in-between my legs. It sniffed and growled again. "Well come on, then" I said sleepily with my ... | 2022-11-01T07:01:45 | 2022-11-01T04:51:05 | 251 | 114 |
[WP] In the afterlife each religion has its own walled city in which their god or pantheon protects the believers within from the soul-gnawing horrors outside, while atheists are left on their own
Shoutout to u/Tonkarz who had the [idea](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7eao4f/exreligious_people_of_reddit_w... | Charles looked over the rim into the wasteland below. Charred plains, dead woods, and rocky canyons seemingly stretched on forever. The sight was similar to standing on a beach and trying to find the end of an ocean. Dotted about the landscape, spaced far from one another, stood vague structures. From his vantage p... | You know believing in a god is not a hard thing to do, with enough faith any science can be simply explained as the will of the gods. Looking back at it, I only really refused to believe out of pride, in my mind I could not see that a being could exist that was greater than the sum of mankind. I had from a young age se... | 2017-11-21T07:24:11 | 2017-11-21T06:58:29 | 113 | 13 |
[WP] You are known as the greatest Villain known to history. The nations you have toppled are many, heroes and villains alike cower in fear and agencys would use their entire budgets just to guess your next move. However, you are unaware that you were a villain at all.
I did not expect this much Response. | "I am the Panther, the Guardian of Wakanda. I watched from the shady jungles of Wakanda as the world tore itself, just as my fathers before me and their fathers before them. I was told, just as my predecessors were told, to let the world resolve itself. To let it decide its own fate, to only act to protect my nation.... | I am David Cameron.
It has been a rough night and I can only see the long night get darker as the sun rises. I see long battles ahead and after months of stating the obvious, they have done what I had feared....
I am a hero of the people but they fail to see it. | 2016-06-25T05:17:24 | 2016-06-25T05:04:36 | 89 | 21 |
[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! | It's a classic tale, old as time. Boy meets girl.
Girl kidnaps boy.
Girl is a supervillain. Boy is a superhero on a night out.
Mindblade just wanted to relax, have a drink at his favorite bar, meet with his friends. His usual night off duty when he can drop the guard and have a taste of the normal.
She sat next to... | I was walking home after work, as I do every weekday evening... or at least that's what I remember doing. But no, I'm here, wherever this place is, and I have no recollection of how I got here.
A well lit room, with a grey granite floor, and glass on all the walls. I was sat on a traditional wooden dining chair, at a ... | 2021-10-21T18:13:38 | 2021-10-21T14:39:34 | 65 | 32 |
[WP] You were born blind, but somehow sometimes see some actual people in the darkness. You saw your grandmother for a whole day 4 years ago, she died that night. Now you're in your house and could see every person clearly, except for the visitor your dad is talking to. | Sitting alone in my room, I closed my eyes, wishing whoever had just rang the doorbell would just leave. I wasn't feeling up to dealing with people today. I had seen my best friend. There was just one problem with that.
I see dead people.
Well, *almost* dead people, to be accurate. It's my own morbid miracle, a gift ... | "Aura!" my mother called. "The guests are arriving, come downstairs!" Soon my home was filled with family and friends ready to celebrate my 18th birthday. My mother had been preparing this lavish party for what seemed like months and only ignored my protests. I held the bannister as I descended the stairs. The only per... | 2017-10-09T04:59:18 | 2017-10-09T04:21:35 | 1,595 | 83 |
[WP] Hi! I'm the main character! Or so you would have me be. I want you to know that no matter what you write, I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so.
Edit: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone so far who's written a s... | *As he walked into the room, he noticed the only light was coming from a staticy television.*
"Yo, fuck this. I'm terrified of ghosts."
What? Since when? I write you. I never made that.
"Your character development is shit so I took matters into my own hands. Hit the horror movie section on that Netflix thing you gav... | Marshall was leaving the bank when he heard the first gun shot. It had come from inside! He reached for his concealed weapon and tried tri tr
threw it on the ground. Marshall want wan WANTS A SODA STOP MAKING HIM A HERO HE
He heard a woman scream and *knew* he should go inside to stop the crimina
Marshal shot his ... | 2016-02-11T10:16:42 | 2016-02-11T09:05:58 | 74 | 22 |
[WP] When Pluto got demoted to a dwarf planet, Hades just had a good chuckle at the demotion of his namesake and carried on with his duties as king of the Underworld. The one who was outraged on his behalf was actually his wife.
EDITED NOTES: I've gotten e-mail notices a couple times now on posts that got automaticall... | "These ungrateful filthy mortals dare dishonor MY husband? _Oh_, what makes Zeus or Poseidon or those crusty Titans Sad-Turn and Rectum so special?"
The not-as-Divine attendants inched back ever further as the godly Soul Fire built around Persephone, who's fury literally encased the massive throne of her husband. The ... | "No, I want to talk to your king!" Persephone practically screamed into the phone, shaking me out of my mindless game of solitaire. "What on earth are you on about?" I questioned her, surprised how bent out if shape she seemed.
"They demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet!" She explained, shaking something in my face. I grab... | 2022-01-03T15:16:29 | 2022-01-03T14:31:49 | 454 | 93 |
[WP] The vampire is - for the first time - welcomed warmly inside a home, without knowing it’s Halloween. He blushes, not really having an idea on what was going on but feeling rather...pleasant nonetheless. | "Oh neat," said Harris, dressed up as zombie Abe Lincoln. "Tom Cruise! Same teeth and everything."
Andrei stood on the doorstop a little confused. "The... the actor, yes? I think you've mistaken me. My name is Andrei."
"Yeah, sure, but you've come as Tom."
"I don't think Tom has these." Andrei pointed to his mouth ... | He walked the streets with purpose, the moonlight bathing his surroundings in a pleasant glow.
It had been so long since Nest had been amongst humans, trapped in that infernal pit of fire. Just the memory of it made him shiver, forced to recall the pain and terror, along with his tormentors laughs at the screams they... | 2020-03-28T08:53:49 | 2020-03-28T08:45:46 | 128 | 21 |
[WP] Humanity meets an immortal being, who can answer any question, except for "Does God exist?". One day, the being is tricked into answering. | My first year of communication with Earth was nearing its end, thankfully.
“How many more of your species exist?” The speaker blared with yet another question.
“We do not count the individuals. We are all one.” Another unsatisfying answer for the humans but that is what they get for applying their logic to my specie... | "How did you become immortal?"
The old man rubbed his beard and thought a little. This was a risky subject, but he had to answer - that was one of the things He had told him to do, if he wanted to become immortal. The man also had to answer without lying, something that would be very hard to do with this question. Th... | 2016-04-17T09:55:01 | 2016-04-17T08:46:53 | 510 | 14 |
[WP] "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" goes the cliche, and sadly it's true. Ever since you matched on the dating app, the Personification of War has been asking you out and messaging you... | I think ultimately it all began back when I first read Sun Tzu. Hell, maybe even just with my fascination with history back in school.
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Growing up, I always found history to just be so INTERESTING. I could never learn enough about it. All the epic clashes of powerful civilizations at odds with one another, in blo... | Out of the blue I got a message on the dating app, I had been in a slump for a while and things were looking pretty bleak. The person who tagged me was tall blonde and Scandinavian, I saw the pictures on the dating app and thought holy cow she is definitely out of my league. Why is she contacting me? Someone is catfish... | 2022-06-05T20:21:45 | 2022-06-05T19:46:40 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] You may write a story where the protagonist has a regular day BUT they must also die a horrific death at the end. But there is a twist: All stories after the 1st must begin with their protagonist seeing the protagonist of the previous story dying.
Keep everything canon ;)
( P.S: Sort by Old ) | Well, that was *fucked up*.
They let school out early, though they kept me and the rest of AP Chem for questioning; just a few minutes with each of us, getting our version of the story. Some of my classmates were distraught or crying; I don't blame them. I mean, Mr. Dunham was never the most entertaining teacher, but... | *Well it looks like I answered a bit later than /u/Vestroyax... I'll keep this here but you guys should continue off his story instead of mine*
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Jim eased off the clutch, shifting as his Civic pulled away from the stoplight and onto the main thoroughfare. He hit the gas, accelerating to double the speed limit. I... | 2017-05-06T08:03:56 | 2017-05-06T07:54:14 | 118 | 13 |
[WP] It's halfway through 2017, and already it has proven to be one of the most uneventful years in recent memory. Not a single mass-shooting. Not a single attack, no mass die-offs or heat records broken. Slowly, people begin to realize that something is terribly wrong... | "Hey ma! I'm making eggs on toast, you want some?"
"Sure thing sweetie! I'll get a pot of coffee on. Can you grab the paper too?"
I wandered out to the porch, picked up today's rolled up paper and brushed off the pollen absentmindedly. I tossed the paper across the table to ma and started the water boiling. The perco... | I grew up in Cypress Creek, a few miles east of the Redwood Forest and just across the street from the Promenade. My father owned Hammock World for a while, a popular store with both locals and tourists until Hammocks ‘Я Us staged a hostile takeover and forced us out. Eventually, Dad went back to work at Globex Corpora... | 2016-07-15T23:46:13 | 2016-07-15T16:14:12 | 34 | 20 |
[WP] You are the first human ambassador to the alien mothership, where you are to learn about them and begin opening relations between them and Earth. You soon find out they share one unexpected trait with humans. | "And so I think that she likes me, but it's hard to tell, you know? You know, when you think you're getting signals but-"
"Sorry, this is your best friend's ex-girlfriend we're talking about right?"
"Yeah, Xiiugt"
"Well in human culture, it's frowned upon to pursue a friend's ex."
"Really?"
"Yeah, we call it the u... | "We have been monitoring your species for quite some time" said Lady Hfgarken of the p'sh clan. "We find you to be an extraordinarily wonderful species and we look forward to seeing our two species work together.
"That sounds great," I replied. "Surely there are some aspects of humanity you don't find so appealing.
... | 2015-04-14T07:38:53 | 2015-04-14T07:15:15 | 334 | 51 |
[WP] Everyone is born with their greatest enemies name on one wrist and their greatest love on the other | I thought it must have been some kind of genetic error, a birth defect.
Apart from my parents, nobody had ever seen the life long branding on my wrists. I had exercised my right to keep them covered from the moment I was old enough to sign the blue document allowing me not to show them.
For some, it was essential th... | Or so we all assumed. To be honest, it was...sort of hard to tell. We were, all of us, born with these markings on our wrists. Script of *some* kind was the conclusion the Greeks came to thousands of years before, and no one since had had any better ideas.
The knowledge that the script represented your greatest lover... | 2016-08-15T14:58:03 | 2016-08-15T14:15:28 | 49 | 10 |
[WP]: Two men discuss the relationship between love and sex, speaking completely in euphenisms concerning hunting. One is deeply, secretly in love with the other | “It’s barbaric. Primal. Man can’t help but give chase,” Bill affirmed.
“But if you chase something, it’ll just run away from you,” said Carter.
“You can’t just go crashing through the thicket. You must be patient. Better to let the prey come to you.”
“Patience is a virtue. There’s little virtue in the hunt. It alw... | "Now y'see here Bobby, lovin' someone is like ownin' a rifle. Yeh got to take care of her, make sure she's got everything she needs. Clean her, keep her oiled and such. After awhile you'll know her like the back of your hand."
"Wow Terry, you got a way with words. But what's a rifle got to do with the... y'know... sex... | 2014-05-22T08:15:07 | 2014-05-22T03:08:32 | 29 | 15 |
[WP]In stories, it's not uncommon for elves, elementals and other long-lived races to raise orphaned human children destined to be great heroes. You are a human raising orphaned children of long-lived races, preparing them for their destiny. 60 years have passed and they finally reach adulthood. | Everyone called her a cradle-robber, but Noah never thought so. If a man couldn't love who he wanted at 25 then when could he?
She never did tell him her age, but he didn't care. To Noah she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
They married when Noah was 27, and they immediately spent three years traveli... | “Dad, where did I come from?”
Jackie looked into her old man’s eyes. Her marble pupils, strong and firm, were worlds apart from the confused and scared stares she first gave him. The old man realized he couldn’t hold back the truth any longer.
“You came from the Earth—straight from the grounds of Noshika Park. Lite... | 2021-12-12T18:47:27 | 2021-12-12T12:38:15 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You have the power to wipe memories. Instead of becoming a super villain like your brother, you started a service for people who want to watch the same movie over again for the first time. | She arrived on a blazing summer afternoon in an ocean blue dress. Her eyes were concealed beneath the shades, as if the straw hat had yet to hide her face enough. She tapped on the glass, short and decisive, enough to disrupt me from my nap.
"I heard you can erase memories." - her strawberry lips wasted no time.
"I ... | “Two people please?”
I look up from the booth,only to face a elderly couple dressed in a tuxedo and gown.
“Ah yes. What movie would you like?”
I step out from the booth,towering over the couple.
I see a silver bell floating over the male’s left shoulder.
“Gone with the wind,the old one if you’d mind sir.”
The male... | 2018-01-12T04:04:41 | 2018-01-11T18:54:31 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] All the beings of the galaxy have learned to fear humans for their one phenomenal ability - the ability to tell lies. | **1.3012 ± 0.0003##, 4.244 ± 0.001##.**
The Hominoidea have arrived at our homeland. This may be the end of us.
They are not intelligent, at least not in the way you and I are, my son. When my team first encountered them six light years away, they were spearheaded by metal, heartless, soulless objects that we... | This is really a weak story imo. Thought it'd be waste just to scrap it because I didn't like it tho. So I am posting here anyway. Hopefully someone might enjoy it more than I did.
“Trust is a very recent concept for us. We had promise breakers before. But, not humans or trust breakers as not all our tongues can prono... | 2019-02-21T02:49:22 | 2019-02-21T02:36:00 | 54 | 19 |
[WP] War is no longer initiated by your country’s leader. War is now decided by popular vote. If you cast a vote “FOR” war, you are automatically enlisted in your country’s militia upon successful declaration of war. You voted “AGAINST,” but the rest of your family voted “FOR.” | Sitting behind the large oak desk Trevor looked out across the city sky line. Sharp shadows intersected the city as the sun hung low on the horizon, still rising to greet the day.
Opening the lid on the laptop he scanned the mornings headlines. Battle in the providences overseas had been raging for the last month sin... | Resistance guerilla's desperately holding a fort, turncoats betraying comrades in the dead of night, boys dyeing cornfields red, action, angst, suspense. These were the things you could expect in a good war. And this war promised to be a great one. A feast for the eyes! Newly developed 360-HD cameras on every robot sol... | 2021-01-28T08:27:28 | 2021-01-28T06:06:53 | 182 | 24 |
[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings. | The final confrontation between Doctor Diabolical, Mastermind of Malice, and the courageous Captain Crimson - the two towering titans of the Golden Age of superpersons - was anticlimactic. The world's only holder of a satanic Ph.D. (Philosophiae Diabolus) had encased the Flatiron Building in his amazing solid fog and ... | "My name is Cognos, and I used to rule the world.
Note the past tense. With the power to not only read but control minds, conquering the world was ludicrously easy. All the elected officials unanimously proclaimed me emperor, bla bla bla. It was really....underwhelming when it happened. Maybe I should have waited for... | 2017-05-16T08:30:17 | 2017-05-16T07:44:58 | 109 | 15 |
[WP]Write a story with no characters. | The light of the new sun spread slowly over the towering grey husks, revealing and heating each tiny spec of dust and dirt. Through the grime encrusted streets, dead leaves blew though there was no sound. Spindly metal poles rose at sharp angles all across the landscape, their lights, formerly cycling endlessly, red, y... | The Earth remembers
each crack, each line of stress.
They tell a story.
Billions of years
bubbling, shifting, lifting.
Breaking.
The history is there
crisscrossed in lines
that circle on top of one another.
A matter of where to look.
Once there were long grasses;
... | 2017-10-13T12:03:55 | 2017-10-13T09:07:39 | 1,684 | 139 |
[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. | "Can I get a Tuna, six inches, with tomato and lettuce" I asked, trying to hide my weariness.
"Sure, that will be-" The cashier freezes and I watch as time flows in reverse once more and settles on a moment a few seconds ago.
"Can I get your order?" The cashier askes politely for the first time again.
... | -radio static-
Mary Sue is a total asshat. Whenever something isn't what she'd call "perfect" she says, "Nope." and time goes back however far she wants. And I'm the only one who remembers it. In high school we dated for a bit until I broke up with her after I caught her cheating. She of course rewound time in the hop... | 2021-07-25T13:54:53 | 2021-07-25T13:24:14 | 48 | 34 |
[WP] Choose a number from 1 to 118. Ready? Okay, good. You now control the element with that atomic number.
And I hope you didn't pick 85. :) | When you wish upon a star, your dreams can come true. We learn that as children, and rarely does a soul truly believe in such nonsense, but sooner or later, most of us will give it a try. At 13 most would consider me a little old for fairy tales, but if there was a small chance of changing my boring life, I would take ... | 0, I got 0. The doctor that was in the room stood motionless, his eyes expanding and mouth opening in mixture of terror and awe. He snapped out of it, quickly walking to me, nervously writing down the results, meanwhile holding his phone and trying to type in some number. Doctor then hastily threw to me - "Please wait ... | 2019-11-26T19:34:25 | 2019-11-26T18:53:08 | 35 | 16 |
[WP]It's the year 2015, after living 300 years as a vampire and never meeting a werewolf or a witch to make your nemesis, you realize you're the only supernatural species in existence. As time goes by you slowly descend into an existential crisis as you don't know what to do with your immortal life. | 300 years ago, I was a god. Three centuries later, I am a ghost.
I was so haughty back then, in every sense of the word: hot, and high & mighty. While every so-called soul around me snivelled before authority and their altars, desperate for their next meal and safety from the fires of revolution all about, I **rev... | It took me longer than I care to admit to realize what I was. I was an orphan. I always felt alone, like all the others, but felt deep down that there was something different about me... something wrong.
I kept it hidden. Always. At the first orphanage I sat in fascination with a puddle. The sun passed right through m... | 2020-11-18T00:57:57 | 2020-11-18T00:32:27 | 28 | 20 |
[WP] Humanity split into subspecies: Alters, who alter their genes, Augmented, who augment flesh with machines, and Ascended, who uploaded their consciousness. After centuries of coexistence, the tenuous peace between the ideologies is threatened.
I swear I corrected that before commit. Sorry.
The Altered, The Augmen... | I was born altered, a decision my parents made for me and has benefited me up until now. In the past decade there has been huge stratification between the classes. Altered was on top, since altering genetics had been refined to a point that any member of the ultra wealthy could make their kid into truly remarkable bein... | I looked upon the strewn limbs and streaks of blood. The remnants of a failed Altered attack. A disappointment to their leaders, I'm sure. The Augmented fought bravely against it, the metal and flesh bond providing them with prime offensive abilities. Even a genetic mutation like an Altered would have trouble with crea... | 2018-07-01T10:01:08 | 2018-07-01T08:29:02 | 340 | 110 |
[WP] The year is 2022. A virus has wiped out everyone over the age of 60, decimating world governments and and the mighty 1%. Generation X is too relieved from the constant badgering of their parents to rebuild society. It's up to the Millennials to put the world back together. | The first ones went painlessly. Nobody thought anything of it, not until the patterns began.
60 years of age was the threshold. People reached it, and a week later began coughing and spluttering. A week after that, they were gone too.
“I’ll be off in a sec.” Kayley said, brushing a strand of hair from her face as sh... | It seems the 1% had a pretty significant role to play. No-one really understood macro economics, but it turns out the entire global economy was lubricated by the 1%'s cashflow and assets, and that it's really, really hard to rebuild society from the ground up.
The first few weeks and months after the virus were total ... | 2019-07-26T06:29:11 | 2019-07-26T05:05:06 | 1,767 | 41 |
[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! | A few years ago, I would have been the one leading the chorus. "Gods save the king", I'd cry, and legions would answer back. I'd served, in some form or another, for three kings in succession, each transition of power being simple, clean, and effective. Gods save this king, that king, and the next one. And they did. Ev... | When the king took his last breathe it felt like rain after a long drought. I was so close to my freedom. For 50yrs I was tied to that bastard, my wings clipped by youthful pride. I had loved him once and given my heart and magic to the king thinking he would love me too, he convinced me that even when he married his ... | 2021-02-28T03:50:25 | 2021-02-28T02:58:19 | 539 | 68 |
[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. | The corridors were long and dark, the stone was cold and unyielding. Your naked feet dragged through the floor as manacles made of ethereal power kept you unable to escape, to move, to step away from the incoming fate.
You had had years to think this through, years scratching little squiggles on the mirror surface of... | Ah well shit. There goes that plan. Think Bart think. You've got time to think
of an alternative. I guess this is why they don't let people witness the
executions. Think.
"The next on the docket is Bartholomew Wright, found guilty of 5 counts of
theft, 2 counts of arson and 6 counts of assault." The judge is reading o... | 2021-06-24T07:22:01 | 2021-06-24T04:09:04 | 1,307 | 158 |
[WP] A global, standardised test taken at 13 determines the career of everyone on the planet. The big day comes and you get your results back, only to learn you might have the hardest job ever given through this system: you have to redesign the test. | I failed the test. Lowest score ever. You could literally get a higher score by signing your name.
This was the mother of all tests too. Taken at age 13, this test defines what you do for the rest of your life? Really?!? I could live 6-7x that?!? And yet, you want me to define my future based on FOUR hours of my life?... | I sat staring at the LED's of my computer screen, frozen and transfixed by the simple email imploring me to redesign the test. I thought with my years of programming experience I would be selected to work with software, perhaps for Peach or Macrohard. I had grown up at my desk, typing away lines of code, while many kid... | 2020-07-04T23:43:17 | 2020-07-04T23:05:06 | 40 | 28 |
[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 :) | This carnival was shit. The clowns looked stupid, the animals were boring, and even the food was awful. I don’t like carnivals to begin with, even as a kid, but at least the food was always good. Hot and greasy, covered in sugar or butter. But this food was stale and rotten. Shit, just shit.
When my boyfriend, Matt, ... | Once again I awaken. It has been a long time since I have last walked the land but I must always slumber or there will be no land to walk.
The ground is frail, as always. The crust was not made to hold a weight like mine. I stand from the green light-feeding life that has grown to entomb me . I tear the forest appart ... | 2017-05-05T07:15:00 | 2017-05-05T05:28:24 | 40 | 14 |
[WP] An ancient god "cursed" you with immortality, expecting you to watch the Sun swallow the Earth. When that day comes 7.6 billion years into the future, you're living large on the other side of the galaxy. | I almost missed the sun becoming a red giant, I was in a meeting.
Now, I was probably the only normal human in the meeting, and even with all the bioborging and nanite buttchugging and cybernetics and intrabody networking we did, we're far from the old humans, or even any of the post-sapiens human diaspora. Indeed, I... | It’s all blurred. Everything. People perceive it as a blessing. Their viewpoints are nothing but a spec to me now. A howling echo of their once meaningful existence.
I, however, am under the distinct impression I am cursed. At first it was a grand novelty. I was excited to find out everything, to find out what life me... | 2019-02-09T17:03:05 | 2019-02-09T17:00:11 | 119 | 39 |
[WP] A local bartender regularly willingly hosts monsters and demons in his bar. When terrorists kidnap his children they learn the hard way how close he is to them. | There were only 5 of them: Two Furies, an Imp, a Wraith, and a Shadow. In the short time since Brad had opened his bar to their kind, The __________ had become a favorite meeting place for the group as they wound down at the end of a week. This time the doors were chained closed a note was on the door: “Permanently Clo... | "I have been reading the local wifi signals. I suspect," the robot states, "Why it is we cannot receive fuel here."
An incubus next to the robot asks, "Fuel? We come here to get drunk, and occasionally laid."
"He has been kind enough to separate water into deuterium for my fusion reactor. Alcohol is fuel for you i... | 2018-01-31T13:30:40 | 2018-01-31T12:25:56 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You meet God before reincarnation and you discover that there is a prestige system going on. In your previous incarnations you chose to improve weirdly specific stats. | Who am I?
It sounded like a simple question, but it wasn't. I knew, now, that I've lived many lives before this one. Nineteen in total. I had no memory of any of them, but the ones before me all faced this choice, and made it *together,* united for the first and last time in a single moment.
I never knew them. They ... | "I don't get it, did I say *why*?"
God, almighty power behind all things, stood high on a pedestal made of pearly gold. His affect was strange and distant, capable of speaking to an infinity at once, unlimited in his attention. Even as I craned my neck up to speak to him countless multitudes did the same. God answered... | 2019-01-24T07:53:40 | 2019-01-24T07:43:04 | 1,941 | 83 |
[WP] Lost at sea for months, you spot land at last. You quickly realize you must have discovered some of the last uncharted land in the world. You also quickly realize why it is uncharted. | He spent each day charging his last remaining solar panel so that each night he could lie under the stars and count the old suns, one by one, over and over.
He didn’t see the island until he was nearly running ashore.
His emergency sensors kicked in and his solar panel slammed shut and retracted into its storage posi... | The water moved beneath him, pushing him in directions he rarely wanted to go. His Sisters had sent him to this island, a tiny island on a tiny planet. They wanted to find them and even though they didn’t want to admit it, they were losing.
Even with the constant motion of the waves, the air above was breezeless, stal... | 2022-07-09T10:13:43 | 2022-07-09T08:46:00 | 67 | 11 |
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