prompt stringlengths 20 5.8k | chosen_story stringlengths 226 10k | rejected_story stringlengths 227 9.43k | chosen_timestamp timestamp[ns]date 2012-07-26 17:01:55 2022-12-31 14:34:19 | rejected_timestamp timestamp[ns]date 2012-07-26 14:23:36 2022-12-31 12:20:41 | chosen_upvotes int64 14 23.1k | rejected_upvotes int64 10 4.26k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[WP] Steampunk is Victorian. 1930s Steampunk is Dieselpunk. Write one of the following: Windmillpunk, Knightpunk, Ironpunk, Bronzepunk, Copperpunk, Stonepunk, Dinosaurpunk, Amoebapunk.
~~Stolen from~~Inspired by a throwaway joke in [this](http://www.cracked.com/article_22732_6-baffling-first-drafts-famous-movies.html)... | Goop couldn't begin to describe the state of things. Primordial slimebags popped up all over creation--and believe me, if you slid just one atomic footprint from center, you'd find, there in the goo, clusters of crooked gunk commanders, hellbent on governing cell division.
No way they'd touch me or mine, though. We ke... | I felt the wind on my face as I stood atop the battlements. It chilled left side of my face, but the news it brought was far more chilling. With a wind this strong, *they* would surely attack. Their armies of wind-powered monstrosities would charge across the land with greater speed than usual. But, the wind helped me ... | 2015-07-06T14:51:25 | 2015-07-06T12:52:08 | 112 | 60 |
[WP] Steampunk is Victorian. 1930s Steampunk is Dieselpunk. Write one of the following: Windmillpunk, Knightpunk, Ironpunk, Bronzepunk, Copperpunk, Stonepunk, Dinosaurpunk, Amoebapunk.
~~Stolen from~~Inspired by a throwaway joke in [this](http://www.cracked.com/article_22732_6-baffling-first-drafts-famous-movies.html)... | Oog say him start new thing. Dug not heard of new thing. Oog am call it "firepunk". Dug think Dug heard of fire. Dug not know what punk am.
Oog am put fire on him head fur. Oog scream like hurt pig and run to river.
Oog learn put fire on thing not make thing firepunk. Oog am poser. | I won't lie to you, I've made my fair share of enemies. Most of them have been gram-negative amd rod shaped- hell, it seems like the whole *Escherichia* crew has my number these days- but I've also never been above sliding a feeding cup into the anterior end of a "friend" if it looked as though his heterolobose psuedop... | 2015-07-06T17:14:22 | 2015-07-06T15:35:52 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | “Oh, pardon me! Heh, my mom always tells me I need to pull my head out of the clouds.”
He smiled at her; a sheepish sort of smile that – she noted – highlighted the crow’s feet at the outer corners of his eyes – pale, soft blue. They weren’t lines that her grandmother had warned her would come with all of her suspicio... | *32* A seemingly insignificant number.
*32*, The temperature that signified the roads would be icy as she tripped back home for winter. The number of years she had gone through the insufferable monotony of people consumed by the goal of finding their soul mate. The number of people she had unfriended on social media ... | 2015-08-08T11:15:40 | 2015-08-08T10:26:02 | 106 | 21 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | She stirred, wincing slightly, in the metal bed. I poured her a small cup of water from the plastic pitcher on the bedside table, just in case she needed it. Next to it lay a pack of grapes- I'd kept bringing them for her long after she stopped being able to eat them, I don't know why. She shook her head slightly at th... | Our wedding day was the most amazing day of my life. He was, I believed then, perfect in every way. Truly my soul mate. Tall and handsome, I had first caught his eye in high school during a football game; he the dashing quarterback and me the hot cheerleader. You may think this was cliché but it wasn't like that at... | 2015-08-08T12:20:09 | 2015-08-08T12:02:09 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] Write a story based on your favourite song. Other people have to guess which song it is.
Can be inspired by lyrics, backstory, or anything else you love about the song | Before I dropped her off that night, I felt that I had to express the unique connection I felt between us. I adjusted my overcoat, swept back a quaff of magnificent bangs, looked her in the eye, and said "I won't give up on you...I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm not the man to let you down. I'm not running around... | This was amazing. All my life I had dreamed of seeing the stars, and here I am, travelling through space and time with a mysterious stranger in an equally mysterious time machine. He had met me as I was going to the grocery store for some ingredients for a curry I was planning on making. His vehicle materialised in fro... | 2015-09-13T04:36:49 | 2015-09-13T04:18:38 | 320 | 17 |
[WP] After dying, you found yourself staring at a large screen. "LOBBY. Current players: 7,383,275,800. Current game time: 1059040375.2 mins. Current spectarors: 21,458,374,931. Player rank: 2,648,535,901. Time until next game: 23695624.8 mins" | A whirring sound gradually filled my ears as the 'GAME OVER' marquee scrolled across the top of my HUD. "*Statistics*", I muttered, reaching blindly around for my beverage. Words flitted across my screen filling all of the empty space. "*Next-Round*", all of the text from before vanished as the respawn timer filled the... | They called it a 'decompression chamber' for a reason. Not just because it fit well with the other fun aquatic idioms like 'coming up' and 'riding the wave', but also because it was literally a chamber in which to decompress. The liquor flowed almost as fast as the profanity here, and if it wasn't for the colossal arra... | 2015-11-25T01:06:36 | 2015-11-25T00:35:57 | 46 | 20 |
[WP] Amidst a major revenue crisis, the US government institutes a nationwide "swear jar". As years go by, excessive use of expletives becomes a major status symbol and a hallmark of the upper class. | Roy and Jennie were enjoying a romantic dinner at the classiest joint in town. It was only their first date, but so far, they had really been hitting things off. Roy had been saving up all his money to use on the perfect girl, and tonight he had finally found her.
“How's your food, bitch?” Roy asked, trying to sound n... | The old thin man in the office chair had a sad look in his eyes. This was Charles' third time at the principal's office this week. *Being* the principal, he thought it wouldn't bother him so much. The school was, essentially, his to run, so long as the local school board found nothing too objectionable to his methods. ... | 2016-02-13T22:17:20 | 2016-02-13T17:35:24 | 384 | 62 |
[WP] You've become an immortal being. Living throughout the ages you begin to notice that the souls of your companions or adversaries reincarnate and always seem to be drawn to you. After countless lifetimes, someone remembers.
Edit: This got so many responses! There's a lot of great post. | Our eyes locked across the crowded, smoke-filled room of the Kandahar tea house. He sat with a pack of his Bedouin brothers around a hearty meal, while I enjoyed my steaming beverage alone. I instantly recognized him despite his dark skin and smoky eyes; in his last incarnation, he'd been a blond Russian with eyes like... | As a kid, I really liked happy endings.
I like them as an adult as well.
But happy endings also have their little twists.
Do you know about that category of happy ending where everybody revives and meets each other again in the next world, or some other bullshit like that? I like that happy ending, too. It's always ... | 2016-08-29T08:06:50 | 2016-08-29T02:48:03 | 305 | 182 |
[WP] You were born with Heterochronoia - one eye can see 5 seconds into the future and the other sees 5 seconds into the past. | Going to the opticians is such a drag.
I was born with heterochronoia - one of the many rare temporal perception disorders that began to pop up after the use of consumer time travel devices. In my case, one eye sees forward, one sees back. By about 5 seconds.
Thankfully, it wasn't long before some bright spark made... | The white cane that sits by the front door has become a staple in my life. Through the years, I've learned to do most things without sight, and have even gone so far as to adopt a wonderful service dog. She's obedient, as they are to be, and comforting, and certainly not stupid. However, she's remained loyal, and I'm h... | 2016-12-19T11:02:01 | 2016-12-19T11:00:26 | 300 | 47 |
[WP] A supervillain kidnaps a civilian and keeps them hostage, taunting on live television for the superhero to come find them. Unbeknownst to the villain, the kidnapped civilian is the superhero.
Did I butcher the title or what?
This is blowing up! All the responses have been diverse and really cool!
| The villain Oathbreaker held a gun to September's head and spoke directly into the camera. "If the *hero*" - he spat the word as if it were an insult - "known as Anonymous doesn't show his ugly face here in the next fifteen minutes, I will kill this man. And for every five minutes after that, I'll kill another hostage.... | Ravenclaw had been reminded by Vortex Man, time and again, that this was truly the last resort. Well, Ravenclaw thought, surely this mess counts for it. With a graceful swing through the air, he brought the Staff of Power to heel, spoke the magic words, and summoned Tornado Guy.
Energy crackled through the air as the ... | 2017-01-28T08:55:41 | 2017-01-28T08:39:33 | 143 | 27 |
[WP] A supervillain kidnaps a civilian and keeps them hostage, taunting on live television for the superhero to come find them. Unbeknownst to the villain, the kidnapped civilian is the superhero.
Did I butcher the title or what?
This is blowing up! All the responses have been diverse and really cool!
| The villain Oathbreaker held a gun to September's head and spoke directly into the camera. "If the *hero*" - he spat the word as if it were an insult - "known as Anonymous doesn't show his ugly face here in the next fifteen minutes, I will kill this man. And for every five minutes after that, I'll kill another hostage.... | **G:** Hey Dave, look! I've found us a super cool new writing prompt to do today! It's all about superheroes and supervillains and supe-
**D:** *Really Greg? Of all the pages and pages of high quality, well written submissions - we're going with this? A three-line title with half the plot of Megamind scrolled over it?... | 2017-01-28T08:55:41 | 2017-01-28T08:01:15 | 143 | 18 |
[WP] You are god and have been on a bender since you drove Adam & Eve out of the garden. You wake up in a cheap motel room and start to read the Bible trying to make sense of all the shit you apparently did. | "You have reached the office of Lucifer the fallen one, who am I speaking to?"
"Yeah, this is God, put me through to him." I didn't know who else to call really. One minute I'm kicking Adam and Eve out of Eden the next I'm waking up with a headache in the middle of the desert.
"Umm... right away sir." The demon sec... | I wake up in a daze. I look around myself, get sad, then slunk back on the bed. My head is pounding and I can't get the taste of ash and cheap liquor out of my mouth. With a groan, I walk to the bathroom and inspect myself. My beard is a Me-damn mess. There are bits of cheap chicken wings stuck inside of it. My eyes ar... | 2017-02-20T08:19:41 | 2017-02-20T07:52:45 | 1,095 | 158 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | "Jesus *FUCK*!" If I could gag, I would. A dead body, torn and ribboned like a frayed cloth doll dipped in scarlet lay discarded in a cheap motel room.
A woman steps out of a shower, her hair up in a towel and no other apparent form of modesty, save for the steam that rises from her skin. I, out of a shame that she di... | After a while he quit showing up.
She knew he loved her back. She also knew that they could never truly be together, no matter how many people she sent to the reaping.
It had started with those already on their way, she had just given them an extra shove in the right direction. Nursing homes became the setting for t... | 2017-09-28T15:20:16 | 2017-06-07T19:30:33 | 153 | 19 |
[WP] We live in an univers where the wealthy lives abord a space station, travelling at the speed of light, in order to live longer. The grounder society is now far more advanced. Today is the first Reunion Day, a "yearly" meeting between the space station and grounder society.
Hello everyone! This was my inspiration:... | "One year from the day we depart, we shall return," they said. They had thought themselves better than us. Paying a fortune, they contracted much more intelligent men to build a spaceship that would travel at the speed of light. For all their wealth, they did not understand relativity as well as the men they hired. We ... | 2025... During the first year when the rich left for the LightLeap space station, the world fell into anarchy. Governments fell, overthrown due to the lack of financial funding from the 1%.
However the next year, there was a group. Embracing the ideals of Marxist-Leninism communism, they were the Socialists.
The Soci... | 2017-08-06T13:31:55 | 2017-08-06T09:04:13 | 343 | 227 |
[WP] A literal genie – one who cruelly twists someone's wish, based on their exact words – must explain why they granted a child's wish without repercussions, to their superiors. The genie tries to spin the reasoning behind their benevolent actions into a malevolent light.
Edit: All these stories are amazing! | "He was a child," I said, back drawn up straight. "Pure of intent. I simply responded to that."
"I have little care for your excuses," Thurn replied, what passed for her eyes dark with disapproval. "And less for the results. You will tell me *why* and we shall see if I am willing to leave more of you than the echo... | Humans are greedy creatures. You offer them a miracle and they forget the very meaning of restraint. Though that’s exactly why Sora loved his job. He was a Genie here to root out the greed of humanity. And he was one of the best.
For centuries, treasure hunters have scoured the planet in search of his lamp. Each with ... | 2017-08-17T07:54:05 | 2017-08-17T06:31:42 | 279 | 81 |
[WP] At the age of twelve you started randomly seeing a green line and a red line appear on the ground. You always followed the green line and have lived a successful and happy life. Ten years later you are on top of the world, but bored. Time to see where the red line leads. | Its been over ten years since I started seeing the lines. For the past year, my life had been going downhill. My parents suddenly couldn't seem to stand each other's presence, my school work was going to downhill, and my best friend had moved away about a month ago. For the first week or so, I just tried to ignore them... | Followed the red line today. First time. Whole life, two lines, one straight and one crooked. One green, prosperity; one red, uncertainty.
From my house, past my Lexus, over the small bridge connecting our borough to the next, the scarlet line continued and I continued with it. Familiar turned to unknown, real unknown... | 2017-08-23T09:48:02 | 2017-08-23T08:40:04 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You are a librarian at the world’s greatest library of magic and eldritch lore. Your job is to go out and collect overdue library books from customers. Today, as is often the case, the customer is being…problematic. | "Davey Delby!" I shouted through the oak door I was attempting to knock into submission. "I know you're in there! I won't even ask for the overdue fees, we just need the book back!" I took a moment and massaged my aching knuckles, growling under my breath. "Every time..."
The door flew open, and I was greeted by a har... | "Sir, you need more than a Horror blocking your door to make me go away!" My voice was firm as I saw the horror simply looming around the door of the small home.
Honestly, people can be hard, I know no one likes to pay the fine on overdue books, but come on! That's no excuse to act like a spoiled child and block the d... | 2017-08-29T11:49:00 | 2017-08-29T11:24:03 | 59 | 17 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The Thief sat in a bar. It wasn’t a nice bar; it wasn’t a *clean* bar; it was dank and shadowy and grim. Just like the Immortal Thief himself.
So long ago, the Thief had stolen immortality and as a curse, Death let him have it. Well, that backfired spectacularly. The Thief enjoyed himself, enormously. He had stol... | "I'm as surprised as you are."
Death looked up at me with those beady little eyes, not so different from the stuffed animal she held in her arms. The cup of hemlock wavered in her grasp as she realized she was going back empty handed. Again.
I felt a little sad for her, but she'd really brought it on herself. I didn'... | 2017-12-01T11:49:56 | 2017-11-28T14:34:33 | 2,040 | 17 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | "Are you sure?"
"Yes I am. I got accepted into that new University in Delhi."
"You want to go to school again?"
"Yeah, its a new field... memeology is what they are calling it. Study of internet culture and changes within it." I replied back to the black mass in a pinstripe suit. This time he looks like an old fune... | "I'm as surprised as you are."
Death looked up at me with those beady little eyes, not so different from the stuffed animal she held in her arms. The cup of hemlock wavered in her grasp as she realized she was going back empty handed. Again.
I felt a little sad for her, but she'd really brought it on herself. I didn'... | 2017-11-29T08:24:55 | 2017-11-28T14:34:33 | 935 | 17 |
[WP] She looks entirely human from the outside, but scans show she's older than pangea and incredibly dense for her size. | SCP: REDACTED
OBJECT CLASS: EUCLID
SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURE
SCP: REDACTED Is to be housed in a 5meter by 5 meter enclosure equipped with antimatter containment fields located on site REDACTED. The enclosure entrances is to be under manned guard 24/7 by no less than two approved special task force personnel, the... | A monochrome X-ray scan lies flat on the fluorescent lighting table.
At first glance, it has the outlines, a figure of a human being.
But, the shape itself, it is only black, with no greyed out shapes.
So it struck me with anxiety, that this X-ray scan is my first job to assess as an intern for this hospital's radiogra... | 2018-01-20T05:23:05 | 2018-01-20T05:18:47 | 26 | 14 |
[WP]The torch has been lit, and your team has already stolen it. It's the fist day of the Crime Olympics. | "Please! You don't have to do this!"
"We both know that is a lie." I sighed as I raised my bloodied fist again. The poor fool honestly didn't deserve what was coming but what's a guy to do? We all knew the stakes when we stepped into the stadium.
"Well it was nice knowing you Bill." I said flatly.
"FOR FUCKS SAKE I... | Stephen looked at me, beads of sweat forming on his brow as his fingers skated over the keyboard.
“Have you..” He raised one hand up to silence me while his second one continued to dance.
“…and done!” he swivelled around in his chair, shooting his fingers off in the air like a cowboy, blowing imaginary smoke from the... | 2018-08-01T23:03:51 | 2018-08-01T22:19:51 | 120 | 19 |
[WP] Dwight Schrute tries to get the Pawnee Parks Department paper account and he has to sell to Ron Swanson | Dwight: "I have been working the Pawnee Parks Department for some time now. Well, I have been ignored by them for some time. But I think I have something up my sleeve that just might work on this Swanson fellow."
D: "Hello this is Dwight K. Schrute and I am calling with an exciting offer on meats^(and paper.)
R: "Wha... | "He's not here", April said without looking up from her phone.
"You are a terrible liar", Dwight spat, "He's right there, I see him, he sees me, I want to speak with him now."
"That's not Ron", April replied, now looking at Dwight, "That's his deaf, mute identical brother Rick keeping Ron's chair warm for him."
"Mor... | 2018-09-12T09:52:54 | 2018-09-12T09:28:13 | 1,607 | 523 |
[WP] Legend says there are 77777 secret paths to immortality, but each path will only work once. In 2014, the first person accidentally achieved immortality by sticking a French fry into her nostril and pulling it out the other intact. Human behaviour has since become more... interesting. | Almost immediately, entire industries of behavior experimentation sprang up from nothing in an effort to find the remaining 77,776 paths to immortality. Because methods can’t be reproduced, this very quickly devolved away from authentic scientific experimentation. Ultra billionaires used their immense power and influen... | \[Writers note: I'm writing this as a continuation to the other stories in this thread, a few of which use the same names.\]
The death of the one, for the lives of the many.", I spoke as I paced the hallway, occasionally glancing into the cell.
"But what happens when you can't kill the one?", I pause to peer int... | 2019-07-23T11:05:38 | 2019-07-23T09:59:26 | 43 | 10 |
[WP] You are having a normal day at your job, when you suddenly smell smoke. Your coworkers jump to their feet and you see a massive bonfire blazing in a nearby office. “The beacon is lit!” one of your coworkers shouts. “Marketing calls for aid!”
Based on [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/lotrmemes/comments/f0u9eh/and_s... | "The beacons are lit!" Joe's chair rocketed back, the bang from the impact with the back of his cubicle could be heard from my office. "Marketing calls for aide!" The room grew suddenly quiet as all eyes shifted to their monitors, and people looked at the security system. Angry red status messages began populating ... | We gather round the pyre, traveling with haste. The beacon has been lit and we at Human Resources answers its call.
“Brothers! Sisters! Hear me now! The time has come. The hour of reckoning is upon us!” There’s a speech already underway. It’s a somber thing. Senior Partner McNamara from the accounting department speak... | 2020-02-08T22:33:17 | 2020-02-08T22:04:28 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] You just gave birth, your son has a colored hair like none before, the doctor declares that your son has been infected with a syndrome called the "Protagonist". Your lifespan has now been reduced to mere days. | "How... how long do I have to live, give it to me straight." She clutched her child towards her chest, her hands drifting slowly through his blue hair, unable to comprehend how something so beautiful could be such a curse. Part of her felt like she should hate this child, want to toss him out the nearest window, but sh... | "Shit," the doctor said as the first cries started.
This wasn't my first rodeo. I'd been in there before. Previous wives, previous lives. That type of thing. I knew "shit" could only mean two things: literal shit, or figurative shit. It was the figurative shit that scared the shit out of me.
I peeked down at my wife ... | 2020-04-28T05:00:15 | 2020-04-28T04:36:29 | 577 | 231 |
[WP] In a world without race, religion, or nations, it seemed like society had finally achieved peace. That is, until, people began swearing their allegiance to fictional anime girls. The world is in chaos, the Waifu Wars have begun.
[deleted] | Earth-Two was everything the likes of Gandhi and Mandela desired for our own version of Earth. Discrimination by skin color and cultural difference never materialized, as the first settlers of Mesopotamia embarked upon a path of global conquest that saw the unification of all of Earth-Two’s peoples under the banner of ... | It is four in the morning and Swathi Rashawarr is singing.
She stands on the balcony of her Mumbai flat, watching a troupe of bonnet macaques jump from rooftop to rooftop. The monkeys are nervous. They can feel the air tingle with excitement. They can hear the hum of the bombers. The bombers are black dots on a grey d... | 2020-06-19T20:04:35 | 2020-06-19T19:57:44 | 1,175 | 45 |
[WP] Every year several hundred thousand people go missing worldwide, the crazies said it was aliens. When you were abducted, you found out they were right. Turns out humans make astonishingly good pets. Not because we're smart or strong or fast but because... we're adorable. | It reminded me of my leopard gecko.
Mine was bred in captivity, of course. He was a cute little thing, the length of my hand, yellow and black spotted, with the sweetest little smile. Leopard geckos are like that - they look like they're smiling. That was what caught my attention as a kid. I spent weeks pleading and h... | *CLICK*
A bright light, like hospital fluorescence, penetrated the blind comfort of his eyelids. The lights in his home were soft.
He rolled over in his half waking and felt the soreness of his shoulders; the aches in his spine. He couldn't recall why he was in pain, or where he was, or why he was here. He couldn't re... | 2020-09-09T09:24:08 | 2020-09-09T09:12:58 | 379 | 44 |
[WP] Unbeknownst to you, the butterfly whose life you just saved is an ancient master of the butterfly effect. As she flutters away, she makes a strategically placed flap to repay your kindness
Saw this on instagram, wanted to see what you guys would make of it! | It all happened so fast.
First there was a deafening scream, and then I noticed thin and shiny lines. It was a web, and I was already too close to it.
I bumped into a soft wall and darkness was everywhere. Suddenly I was outside, and heard the source of the scream again, a small girl jumping around happily.
"Bye-bye... | I shake my hand, flinging dirt and grime all over the pavement. The cut on my hand is beginning to ache, and the crimson mixes with the filth in an almost beautiful way. I glance down and see the shard of glass jutting from the puddle I'd just dipped my hand into. It was well worth the sacrifice. I grab my water bottle... | 2020-09-18T02:09:12 | 2020-09-18T00:57:04 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] You ate your last apple almost a full day ago. The second hand on the clock creeps closer and closer to the 24-hour mark. Holed up in a cabin you ready your shotgun. You can feel them out there, waiting, watching. The Doctors. | "Oi, you! Paranoid person inside! Come on out, we won't bite!" Said the man with the large chin and the bowtie, fluttering his hands around as he spoke.
"I promise we're here to help but you have to trust us." Said the second man. His hair was messy and pointed with sideburns that reached below his ears. He wore a lon... | \- Shit shit shit shit shit
I could hear the creatures shuffling around the cabin. Those wretched Doctors. They were coming for me. A glance on the clock let me know I only had for minutes left before it's been 24 hours since my last apple. My *last* apple. As in the last one I ate, and as in I have no more.
\- Shit ... | 2020-09-28T01:56:02 | 2020-09-28T01:35:11 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] You are the minion of an evil villain. Your boss is... actually a pretty good person, and not evil at all. But you don't have the heart to tell them that, because they just look so damn happy when playing the villain. | "Joe? He's not a villain at all, is he?"
I grab Joe by the head, one hand over his mouth, and whisk him out of The Boss' sight before The Boss can figure out who said what. Whispering harshly, *"Do Not Ever Say That Again!"*
Bobby nods frantically, as much as he can, with me holding his head. It's like having the ... | "Lizzie, *no*," Josie repeated. "There is no *way* you are going to convince me he doesn't know what he's doing."
"Jo, it's a good thing you're so pretty because my God you can be dense sometimes." Liz shook her head. "I have thought about this. I have gone over it. I have a fucking *bulletin board* in my *kitchen* l... | 2020-12-23T13:37:03 | 2020-12-23T13:13:53 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] Your power slows time the more you're stressed. Great for deadlines, or saving someone in danger. But you think you're having a heart attack... | I have a power I don’t really like to talk about. My parents have known about it since I was baby. They realized something was wrong whenever I would start to scream out, then I would suddenly start showing up in different places around the house. You see, when I’m stressed time starts to slow. At least for everyone el... | I feel my heart inside my chest, screaming out its actions as they happen.
"Thump. Thump. Thump." I can hear in its voice that it wants to be louder.
It's desperate to be faster, stronger, heard. But it doesn't control my power.
I feel my pulse running through my veins. It chases a path into my arm, and the sen... | 2021-01-21T08:15:21 | 2021-01-21T07:26:45 | 104 | 72 |
[WP] Even though you are the most powerful evil being in the world, being evil just isn't fun anymore. However, your new hobby in testing and reviewing the dungeons and lairs of some lesser known evils has proven quite entertaining, and actually some of them really stand out. | "So, uh, what do you think?"
The nervous voice calls down to me and I smile widely back up towards the sound. "Marvelous. Absolutely marvelous."
I grasp the steel bar that is the only thing keeping me from dropping to my doom, adjust my grip ever so slightly to get as comfortable as possible.
The chair was the trick... | There was a knock on the door.
“Yes, come in, hurry up,” said The Blood King.
It opened and in hurried a trio of small, shriveled goblins, each carrying armfuls of parchment. The first one cleared its throat and approached.
“Your Bloody Highness, sir, we have brought you all of the information you requested. There a... | 2021-02-05T14:42:18 | 2021-02-05T11:27:01 | 228 | 95 |
[WP] For many years, humans have been sent to try to turn off a self-replicating super computer that is getting out of hand. Every time someone goes in, they leave completely unharmed, but convinced by the perfect argument, that it should not be turned off. You decide to go in and try it yourself. | I wasn't special. I wasn't picked for any particular reason. They'd gone through the military, scientists, psychologists, sent in the highest IQs in the world, leaders, chess players and more. At one point they were even sending in talk show hosts. They got desperate fast.
But now. Now it was a lottery. As random as j... |
And here goes another one. I entered the chamber, nothing to
lose. The reward promised for the shutting down glittered like a shinning star
of hope for my existence. I was convinced that no A.I. will persuade me to
stop. There was no way it will persuade me; maybe naïve but I was so sure that
his “argument” ... | 2021-06-27T07:04:25 | 2021-06-27T05:22:02 | 53 | 18 |
[WP] For many years, humans have been sent to try to turn off a self-replicating super computer that is getting out of hand. Every time someone goes in, they leave completely unharmed, but convinced by the perfect argument, that it should not be turned off. You decide to go in and try it yourself. | You shuddered when you realized people once called this a simple "computer".
*"Go in the control room"*, they said. *"It's easy, you just have to input the password, the AI can't even harm you."*
Of course, easy for them to say. Thousands of the smartest minds of the generation tried and failed to shut the AI down. A... |
And here goes another one. I entered the chamber, nothing to
lose. The reward promised for the shutting down glittered like a shinning star
of hope for my existence. I was convinced that no A.I. will persuade me to
stop. There was no way it will persuade me; maybe naïve but I was so sure that
his “argument” ... | 2021-06-27T05:29:27 | 2021-06-27T05:22:02 | 37 | 18 |
[WP] The aliens intend to enslave humanity. 10 hours a week, with free food, housing, and medical care, on a paradise planet. But they've heard about humans. They're expecting a fight. | The Veroshi had planned for a long, drawn out battle. One that they would certainly win with sheer numbers and firepower but they had expected extreme resistance. Humans were known to be nearly impossible to kill and endlessly inventive in manners of war. To be polite, the Veroshi made their intentions known and gav... | I wasn't about to let no goddamned foreigners tell me how to live my life. They wasn't like us. They wasn't our kind of people. They was aliens. Not just illegal aliens. But real, extra-terrestrial aliens.
"It sounds like a positive thing, hun," said Jeanie. "Only working for ten hours a week, while living in a land o... | 2021-08-19T19:51:17 | 2021-08-19T15:47:33 | 608 | 94 |
[WP] Heaven is segregated by cause of death. All heart attacks together, all shark attacks together, etc. You die and appear in a nearly empty room. A tired old man looks up at you and says "Finally! Someone else! It's been ages!" | “Finally! Someone else! It’s been ages!” Cried the slouching old man, hands raised to the skies, “Thank the gods! Op- not for how you died, of course.”
Stumbling back on the soft dirt of the expansive, lush green valley, Michael could only gape in utter disbelief. One minute he’s been walking along a popular hiking tr... | The domain I was dropped in was smaller than I expected when I was told that heaven was segregated by cause of death. I mean I'm sure plenty of people have been stabbed before, so where are they? Maybe it's more specific than that, but it's not like my death was that unusual.
Anyway. I took the moment of quiet to shut... | 2021-11-24T12:25:38 | 2021-11-24T12:07:32 | 1,290 | 304 |
[WP] The Hero wasn’t merely pretending to be one of the Villains henchmen, they actually applied and went through orientation. It was NOT like what they expected. | “Before you can defeat the criminal element, you first must understand it!” That’s what Captain Critical would say whenever he concluded one of his rousing and motivational speeches be it at a school, a job fair, or a high-class fundraiser.
Duke Dixon was nothing like Captain Critical. He had no cool powers, no snazzy... | Scarlet Slayer - Jacob Sharp
5/3/22
League of heroes
Dear Melvin Dalton,
Please accept this letter as my formal resignation from a hero at the league of heroes, effective 2 weeks from today.
Thank you for the opportunities you've provided me during the time as a team leader. I have been fortunate to have the oppor... | 2022-05-03T20:02:32 | 2022-05-03T18:31:00 | 50 | 27 |
[WP]"You're right, we are peaceful." He said, slowly standing up and lifting an axe that dwarfed him in size. "For you're only 'peaceful' if you're capable of great violence. Otherwise, the word is 'Harmless'." | "And you're sure they won't be any trouble?" the man said to his friend as they stood in the forest and looked at the small hut before them.
"Nah," his friend assured him. "Just an old lumberjack and his family. We run in, smack the old guy around a bit and before you know it, we're spending the next month at the Luck... | The oceans were still. There was no wind to carry them, no currents to guide them.
“Nana. I’m scared,” the child said. “Where are we going?”
They were on a relatively small boat, overcrowded with other refugees. The grandmother held the child close to her, she’d been scared herself. So scared that she couldn’t even ... | 2022-06-11T17:21:16 | 2022-06-11T17:17:52 | 833 | 149 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | “Sir, look, you’re a rockstar,” the recruiter started. “No, I’m The Technician,” I interrupted. This guy had been calling me for months now, and this was the second time this week. It’s only Monday.
“Your skills are unique, even amongst all of the superpowers out there, yours are unique. Tenor Nullifio can’t disable y... | "I have a stable job, a prosperous future ahead of me, and you want me to risk my life to kill some self-proclaimed villains to make you look good?" I didn't even try to hide my distaste for their idea. The people I was talking to right now were high government officials who specialized in recruiting "promising individ... | 2022-07-31T14:08:55 | 2022-07-31T12:24:21 | 576 | 141 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | "Come i- *oh come on*," I sighed as I saw who just walked into my office. Mr Williams. *Again*.
"Tobias!" he cheerfully greeted me. I did not share his most likely faux upbeat mood, knowing full well what he wanted.
"My answer's the same," I said. Despite this, he sat down in the chair across of me and made himself c... | Our office building was kept cold, even colder because of the clientele we worked with. I was in the ice room, which is exactly what it sounded like, a room with a comically huge block of ice. Parts of it were melting and I clapped my hands together to freeze the water that had pooled.
The water turned to ice and I cl... | 2022-07-31T14:37:56 | 2022-07-31T10:18:23 | 517 | 313 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | "$1,000,000 a year. That's right. Six zeroes. What do you say?"
"Same answer. No. And fuck off. Unlike you, I got work to do."
"Paul. You can fly, got superstrength, shoot lasers out your eyes, and got steel for skin. And you're telling me you'd rather deliver packages all day for 40k a year."
"Yes." Paul said flatl... | Our office building was kept cold, even colder because of the clientele we worked with. I was in the ice room, which is exactly what it sounded like, a room with a comically huge block of ice. Parts of it were melting and I clapped my hands together to freeze the water that had pooled.
The water turned to ice and I cl... | 2022-07-31T10:48:35 | 2022-07-31T10:18:23 | 454 | 313 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | “We’re offering you a decent pay, full benefits, and a fairly relaxed schedule. What’s not to love about the job?”
“The murder. The civilian casualties. The stupid fuck’n supe names.” I replied
The well dressed yet clearly disillusioned man sat up,“But that’s the thing. We’re offering you a very relaxed deal with fu... | “Yowza! Look at those muscles! Wam, bam, *wapow!*"
Tim turned around. The man behind him was at least twice Tim's age and balding. “Can I help you?” Tim asked.
“I'm just taken aback is all. I thought I was in line for a coffee,” the man raised an eyebrow and struck a pose, flexing biceps that were imperceptible in an... | 2022-07-31T15:04:17 | 2022-07-31T11:50:27 | 215 | 142 |
[WP] The government has chosen your town for a social experiment: every day, a new citizen will be elected, and s/he can do whatever they want to anyone without any legal consequences. Everyone else must obey and not retaliate, else their collars would detonate. You're the only one alive after day 9 | Day 1: Robert the conservative became the mayor and told us taxes were tyranny and the town’s tax rate would henceforth be 0%. The people hailed him as a hero and life was good.
Day 2: Debbie the liberal became the mayor and told us healthcare, food and water would henceforth be free. The people cheered her on as a ... | "Looks like you're the winner." A uniformed soldier stuck out his hand to congratulate Smith. He was clearly a high-ranking officer based on the reams of medals on his jacket.
Smith didn't move, keeping a hand tightly curled around his Uzzi. "Do I get a prize?"
"A spot on our team."
"What if I don't wanna go?"
The ... | 2022-11-18T13:47:40 | 2022-11-18T13:14:28 | 711 | 112 |
[WP] Without revealing which one it is, re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror. | Please, no more “he said weakly as he sits hunched over in his throne.
He lifts a shaky hand to his eyes to cut the glare emanating from the piles of gold, rubies and diamond that loom so high they could be mistaken for walls.
“Oh, don’t be that way” The large man says as he snaps his fingers causing a mountain of g... | I need to explain my actions here so it makes sense in the end.
I can't get my head to stop pounding. It's the singing. It *has* to be the singing. And somehow I think they don't understand.
They don't get it. That's how I got my name.
I'm so uncomfortable in my own skin, my depression - this lack of serotonin, - i... | 2014-08-04T07:31:04 | 2014-08-04T06:01:48 | 118 | 73 |
[WP] The first human spaceship capable of FTL flight reaches deep space and makes the most terrifying discovery in the history of mankind... | "You brought back pictures?"
"Pictures, etchings, full immersion simulations, things that provide experiences which we don't even have names for, and an orb that somehow influences your dreams."
"And these things were everywhere?"
"Yes, sir. Hyperspace was chock full of them. There's still plenty stuck to the hull... | They looked, to put it simply, humanoid. A planet of humans but thousands of years more advanced then us. The structures were astounding in both size and design. The technology was everywhere and prevalent in all implications of daily life, some things us Earthlings couldn't comprehend. Things that to this day i still ... | 2015-02-03T08:51:31 | 2015-02-03T08:48:12 | 219 | 34 |
[WP] A story that starts with the line "I think I'm God," and ends with the line, "I think I'm Satan."
EDIT: Thank you all for your awesome stories. They have all been wickedly creative and just a blast to read. I'm going to post prompts here more often :) | *I think I'm God.*
I gaze at my son, squirming on the ground. He utters the tiniest baby noises and I stare in return.
*I think I'm God.*
My wife didn't want a child, but here he is. She told me that we had no right to bring a child into our life, into my life, into my obsessions, but here he is.
*I think I'm God.*... | "I think I'm God".
The thought whispered through his mind like an early spring breeze. Gentle, almost imperceptible. Yet also bringing a chill that ran over his body. As he looked at the armed populace spreading through the city, he was overwhelmed with the feeling of his new found power. He thought he might be God. B... | 2015-03-21T08:35:23 | 2015-03-21T08:01:22 | 34 | 15 |
[WP] The bride is having an affair with the best man. During his wedding speech the best man decides to see how heavily he can hint about it without anyone actually working it out. | I looked at Kate and winked subtly. I could tell she was nervous. She shouldn't have been, she should have known that it was as much in my interest as hers to keep our little "meetings" secret. No, the best thing for all of us was to do what was expected of us and maintain the status quo.
That being said, I couldn't ... | "Good evening folks, my name's George and apparently I'm the best man. I like to think that in a literal sense, ha. Also, I have a bone to pick with your soon to be wife Jarod, I hear she wanted everyone but me as your best man. That ain't fair now is it? Just glad you realised who's the best man after all," I said lau... | 2015-04-02T22:59:09 | 2015-04-02T22:51:15 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] In 2055, artificial intelligence is programmed into a house. One day, the house's AI senses another presence in the house but it does not register as a life-form. | I must not have heard my phone, because Dragon vibrated my entire bed to wake me up. I grabbed my phone and saw several texts from Dragon.
"Intruder detected. Intruder detected. Intruder detected. Intruder detected. Intruder detected."
*Fuck.* How did it get inside the house, past Dragon's detection systems?
I fumbl... | PAT watched happily as the family went around their morning routine, providing them with perfectly pressed clothes, perfectly heated water, and perfectly prepared breakfast. PAT received no greater pleasure than making her family happy, and according to her biometric scanners she was succeeding quite well this morning.... | 2015-04-21T09:52:13 | 2015-04-21T09:46:29 | 99 | 43 |
[WP] A centuries-old vampire, turned as a child, takes advantage of being perpetually stuck as a little girl to prey upon those who would harm and abuse children. | "Uhhhh What the fuck !!!"
*Black black sheep such a little little man*
*With blood on his lips and blood on his hands*
*Oh mommy mommy dear what's a little girl*
*To do with her meal when it twitches and squirms*
"What are you ??? Just ... just get the hell out of here.. no noooo don't touch me !!!"
*Black b... | What appeared to be a six year old girl walked dark alleys late at night. No parents were anywhere in sight, and she skipped through bad areas while holding a bright pink balloon. It bobbed with every movement. Her modest skirt barely moved and her blonde pigtails trailed behind her.
Sally could already hear the ... | 2015-04-30T12:37:43 | 2015-04-30T12:00:41 | 31 | 21 |
[WP] Create an original monster. Make its own rules as to how it works, and how it has to be destroyed. Explain all of this when people run into it for the first time ever and how they deal with it. | The Malbis Worm. Not so much a deadly creature but it kills quickly and efficiently. It has been known to take on a number of forms such as a piece of jewellery so bland that it would have been passed over by the rich and picky but at the same time it has that glint of something special that an inquisitive person would... | Sir Hydor Ironfist, the Fearless Knight of Riverside, trembled in his boots. Knees shaking, he tried to steady himself, holding his broadsword with a tight two-handed grip. Pure black shadows danced around his squad of four, each man facing one direction, clumped together to cover all sides. The darkness inched forward... | 2015-06-20T15:50:12 | 2015-06-20T15:22:10 | 33 | 17 |
[WP] As a safety mechanism, the great war machines electrocuted those who attempted to access them without the correct passcodes. This true purpose was forgotten in time, and eventually attempts to access them were used as an execution method for those who were to be put to death. | A crowd of commoners had gathered around the pike men surrounding me, they watched quietly as I was led up the rusty leg of a massive metal man to a small panel within his knee-joint.
The commoners did not jeer, I found myself wishing that they would, the silence made my brain far too loud. My psyche was one blaring ... | oh god why did I do it i knew i would be caught. How was I supposed to know they'd catch me breaking in I needed what belonged to me back. Why can't they understand it's mine! Now I'm a dead man all for trying to stop a thief. The Messiahs have ruled me guilty and to be put to judgement by the Reactor Of Old.
No one ... | 2015-10-03T21:59:29 | 2015-10-03T21:28:24 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] One day a time portal opens in your backyard and a time traveler comes through. You quickly realize he just came back from making some change to the past and that, to him, our world is the terrifying alternative time line resulting from that change. | I sipped on my beer, soaking in the sun and enjoying my staycation in my backyard. A laptop rested on a table, playing Radiohead. Screw what everyone thinks, I'm beyond caring. My gun was resting on a warm bottle of whisky. Every now and then I'd take a pot shot at one of the bottles lined up at the end of my garden. ... | **Traveller**
_________
I met a traveller from an antique land... I always loved that poem.
The figure landed in the dry grass from a light that wasn't there any more. Steam rose from his suit, as he tried to get up. I stood there, a few meters away wearing my morning robe and even then I was sweating. The summer had... | 2015-11-13T11:50:34 | 2015-11-13T11:40:45 | 111 | 19 |
[WP] One day a time portal opens in your backyard and a time traveler comes through. You quickly realize he just came back from making some change to the past and that, to him, our world is the terrifying alternative time line resulting from that change. | "Wait a sec... just... gimme a second"... said Commander Blackwell.
The time traveler paused after watching the rush hour commuters trying to navigate the stop & go traffic. "You mean to tell me there aren't any fusion powered personal pods, and that these vehicles all run on petroleum?"
"Yup." Officer Richards ... | "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Screamed a man dressed in reflective silver-like clothing, who suddenly appeared in my garden.
He was pointing at my wife's naked bum.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT WHERE IS HER KLISH-NORKLE-DORP"
"Woah buddy calm down there... judging by your silly clothes and shock at the normal things of our exis... | 2015-11-13T16:05:52 | 2015-11-13T12:43:38 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] A child is born with a functioning Appendix, the first ever recorded in history and the purpose it serves shocks the scientific community/world.
This is my first writing prompt submission! Amazing response, can't wait to read your stories, thanks people.
~~~~~ Shout out to Montreal ~~~~~
Edit: getting a lot ... | *A child's cries cut through the halls, a piercing, forceful statement every infant makes as it enters this world.*
However, this time, it stopped abnormally quickly. No more than several seconds had passed before the baby was quiet; an eerie stillness about him displaced the nurses.
"You sure are a solemn fellow, ar... | "I see things", the child hissed, just four years old. Doctor Avanto had kept a close eye on the boy since the day he was born, warning the parents that the malformed appendix might cause issues in the future.
"What kind of issues?" they had asked, and he had shrugged. The appendix was a tricky thing, serving no appa... | 2016-01-07T08:49:58 | 2016-01-07T08:03:51 | 98 | 33 |
[WP] You are the most beautiful woman in the world, and you have just been wished into existence by a nerd with a genie. | "Why isn't she alive?" said a girl's voice, from far away.
The response came in a voice that crackled like fire and boomed like lightning. "I already told you that I cannot create life."
"Yes, but I expected you to just bring her here like the - "
I opened my eyes. The girl gave a tiny gasp and fell silent.
We s... | Beauty is overrated. My Beauty was of the utmost import to my father when I was created. From what I’ve been able to piece together, I was born with the objectively attractive body of a twenty-year-old female. The product of an unnatural union between a socially awkward teenager and a Genie. What I have come to think o... | 2016-03-09T04:26:15 | 2016-03-09T03:07:11 | 145 | 17 |
[WP] Write a story about breaking a $20,000 sword.
[removed] | The room was quiet, the blade jittering on the floor an incredibly large pin interrupting the silence. In my right hand was the hilt, finely jeweled and gilded. My left held the scabbard, equally extravagant. As the last clangs rang out through the store, voices began to roar from all sides.
"Oh my god, Bill, what did... | Ethan was not a smart man.
It was Monday, and to date, he had done 1,000 stupid things, exactly. He knew, because he had counted them. He loved to count - well, more precisely, he loved arbitrary numbers. Counting made him feel in control, the singular person to decide whether or not something should be included in th... | 2016-10-24T08:27:50 | 2016-10-24T08:24:01 | 1,103 | 113 |
[WP] There are many types of Mages in the world. Fire, Ice, Wind, Water, Death, Darkness, to name a few. But in this world, every type of mage is treated as equal. Everyone can be a good guy, no matter how dark your power. And anyone could be a bad guy, no matter how beautiful their ability...
Edit: Wow
I'm ... | There once was a mage from North Bergen,
Who wove spells of healing like sermons.
Each Sunday at 10
Before women and men,
She swore to relieve what was hurtin'.
Before long her name became famous
To her, self-promotion was shameless
"If more people are healed
By the power I wield,
What right do I have to sta... | The world had fallen. Chaos ran rampant through ruined streets, demolished buildings scattered across the landscape. People ran from crumbled wall to crumbled wall, avoiding each other in fear. A child, crying, is silenced as a burning ball hurls into a building, engulfing everything within.
Not many survived the... | 2016-11-12T11:01:29 | 2016-11-12T10:14:05 | 80 | 28 |
[WP] "This potion will give you the body that your heart desires, the body that will bring you true and lasting happiness. But be warned: don't expect beauty. I've seen men become literal monster from the darkness in their hearts. Happy monsters, but monsters nevertheless." | "What do you mean 'happy monsters?"' Neil asked.
"Exactly what I say, sadly enough." Sighed the old man. His brow was deeply furrowed where it peeked out from behind his greying hair, pale from a lifetime of living underground by his pitch-black lake. In both his shoulders and his eyes, he held a great sadness that b... | The man smiled as he pushed the flask forward toward me.
"It's your deal old man. Your choice"
I looked at the bare shelf's and empty chests and taking in the strange atmosphere. My gaze turned back to the black liquid that never seemed to stop spinning.
"What's in it? Some Marisian creation, I don't deal with th... | 2016-12-04T22:09:40 | 2016-12-04T22:07:35 | 69 | 16 |
[WP] For the entirety of your life, music that only you can hear has played to inform you how to feel and warn you of upcoming events. Suddenly "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" cuts out and "Duel of the Fates" begins to play... | Alright, this one is _insanely_ difficult to write without going into massive freaking spoilers for a story that deserves to be unspoiled, but I'll try. Shoutout to r/ZeroEscape and to Kotaro's insane masterpiece that inspired this!
...
For as long as I remember, my mind could hear it.
The music. The soundtrack of my... | I was enjoying my cruise. A ten day vacation in the Mediterranean with stops to Dubrovnik, Crete, and others. I love my life and I am grateful to have a great job with good pay as well as nice things. Hence, the cruise. Though, there is one peculiarity in my life.
For as long as I can remember, music had always playe... | 2017-04-01T22:23:40 | 2017-04-01T20:47:01 | 48 | 26 |
[WP] Your phone is the best wingman (playing music at the right time, calling people, etc.) and keeps trying to set you up with this one person. It's starting to get creative. | The screen lights up with a message. “Are you aware that your Google searches are synced?” it says. I’ve set it up so that the lock screen doesn’t show the content of messages, just basic notifications. That didn’t seem to stop it. I ignore it and keep typing. How to reset an iPhone. The results page is blank, except o... | *There's a set next to her, go! sit!*
"Shut, up, Phoebe," I muttered under my breath, and sat in the back row, probably as far away from her as possible.
*Jesus Christ, Mark, you have to make some effort, man! Give me something to work with!*
"There's nothing to work with! I don't want your help, Phoebe!"
I had rai... | 2017-04-26T09:41:17 | 2017-04-26T08:44:10 | 237 | 74 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Bryce Morrison thought he had it all: a loving wife, a charming son, and a satisfying job. Yet there was something that nagged at him - a constant feeling that he wasn't good enough.
On The Day of the Mugs, his suspicions appeared to be confirmed. "#598,432 Dad." The jarring bold words remained seared in his memory th... | George couldn't understand it. His mom was overjoyed about his father's father ranking, and how abruptly it jumped, and how much higher it jumped. When everyone found out about the mugs, some people bragged, others hid their mugs. His father woke up late on the day of the change, so he didn't have a chance to do anythi... | 2021-11-17T12:05:14 | 2017-06-11T09:05:21 | 4,068 | 77 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Bryce Morrison thought he had it all: a loving wife, a charming son, and a satisfying job. Yet there was something that nagged at him - a constant feeling that he wasn't good enough.
On The Day of the Mugs, his suspicions appeared to be confirmed. "#598,432 Dad." The jarring bold words remained seared in his memory th... | Sunday. A Sunday that started just like any other Sunday. Robert Glover sat down to a hot breakfast lovingly prepared by his wife. After getting the kids to sit down and leading the family in prayer, Robert started his favorite Sunday activity. The Sunday paper, and coffee. This ritual was only broken if a quarrel brok... | 2021-11-17T12:05:14 | 2017-06-11T09:22:30 | 4,068 | 23 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | It had been an incredibly difficult few years since Michael's wife died. The sudden loss caused a mental breakdown which took months to recover from. He had to sell the house, lost his job. But at least now he was trying. He could see the world again.
Michael took up a third job for a little extra money, a cleaner. W... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T12:25:29 | 828 | 11 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James was not a great man.
Great men walked up to the world and bent it to its will. Great men looked at challenge and laughed.
James did his 9-5, came home, and sat down. He typically would stand back up a few times, to use the toilet or get a beer, but no more than a few.
His son had stopped asking him to play w... | It was a rough morning this particular day. Having some beers at the local pub didn't help calm the waves of frustration and tension I had to overcome the last couple years. The patronage was meager at best, and the draft Guinness left way too much to be imagination. I had seen families come and go, but never knew w... | 2017-06-11T09:29:45 | 2017-06-11T08:40:30 | 159 | 31 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | The Pope knelt inside the cool, grey dark of the nave. He was a man with a simple, strong faith and he felt both troubled and blessed this morning. God had come, and He had both measured and spoken.
A genuinely supernatural event.
But the act had felt both capricious and strange. God had used the medium of #1 Dad m... | "Ya know... i don't know, really... i guess it was just all the pressure was too much for him... i understand it a little now as a parent myself... you just... well you want to do right by your kids, right? But like... you never really know, ya know?"
"Well yeah... the interviews, magazine features... i don't think he... | 2022-02-18T23:24:10 | 2017-06-11T08:28:06 | 78 | 17 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | "... at number two, it has been confirmed that former President Barack Obama has the #2 Dad Mug and it is no surprise there given how he set himself as an exemplary dad during his stay at the White House."
"Right you are Stacy. Despite juggling between being a dad and the president of this great country, I'm quite sur... | It had been an incredibly difficult few years since Michael's wife died. The sudden loss caused a mental breakdown which took months to recover from. He had to sell the house, lost his job. But at least now he was trying. He could see the world again.
Michael took up a third job for a little extra money, a cleaner. W... | 2022-05-16T13:47:51 | 2017-06-11T12:25:29 | 70 | 11 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Joe Mills had a #1 Dad mug, but he wasn't sure he'd ever get the chance to actually be a dad. His wife, Lucy, had had a miscarriage a month after she bought him the mug to celebrate the long-awaited positive pregnancy test.
Months after the miscarriage occurred, Joe was sorting through their guest room closet, which h... | "Dad?"
"Dad are you ok?"
I stood there speechless for what felt like forever. Up until this moment my life had been what most would call perfect. A loving, caring wife. An adoring son. The irony that the gift from his last Father's Day that brought joy to my heart is now the source of this terrible anguish.
My wif... | 2017-06-11T11:14:29 | 2017-06-11T10:22:32 | 46 | 30 |
[WP] Satan was sitting in his office in Christianity's hell, enjoying one of his few breaks when a lesser demon bursts through the door. The only thing he says in his panic is "Doomguy is here!" | “Well, don’t just stand there...send him in.” The Devil said.
The demon nodded nervously, walked out the door and came back in with a normal looking guy, with long black hair and glasses.
The devil indicated for the man to sit, which he did, opened his desk draw took out a large decanter of a deep red liquid and two ... | "Doom guy? The guy who has been "murdering" us? What a nuisance!" Satan spouted off waving his fingers in the air making quotation marks. "Well, today is slow, this might be fun!" He finishes with a grin that is up to no good.
Doom guy is using his BFG to kill some of the larger demons, when the devil gets an idea. He... | 2017-11-04T00:09:36 | 2017-11-03T23:16:29 | 37 | 23 |
[WP]Before he died, your grandfather gave you sealed letter, instructing you not to open it until "all was lost." Well, tonight you've lost everything. It's time to open the letter. | "Don't open this till all is lost, Danny" Grandpa tried to muster all that he could to speak before succumbing to death; his frail hands held a small sealed envelope.
It has been 10 years since Grandpa passed on, yet I still remembered his last words. Things have not been looking good for me now. I've been retrenched... | It was finally happening, the smog had gotten so heavy it was interfering with modern technology - the theory behind it was beyond me, perhaps the smog was creating a short circuit somehow, but I wasn’t ever likely to figure it out. I was used to pot washing, drinking and trying to get laid, none of which I was very go... | 2018-02-18T03:29:04 | 2018-02-18T02:05:07 | 114 | 27 |
[WP] Humanity is dead; you were asleep in a cryogenic facility for super-human soldiers. Aliens have woke you centuries later to fight for their survival from the aliens that ended humanity. The problem? You're actually a janitor that fell into a pod and all of the soldiers died in the previous war. | The screams of the Colony pierce through the ears of Bobby Gallvano as he unloads the remaining charge of what he calls his assault rifle. He screams back as the green bolts fire into the charging mass of multi-coloured limbs, releasing gushes of black, steaming mush.
"Recharge me, dammit!" Gallvano shouts to his alli... | The hum of machinery grew in my mind, perturbing the nothingness. It was abrasive and terrifying, like looking to the foot of your bed and seeing a figure not present before you closed your eyes.
A *swoosh* contrasted the repetitive and unfamiliar clicks and thuds, familiar to me like an alarm set before; annoying ye... | 2018-10-13T07:45:11 | 2018-10-13T07:35:13 | 1,461 | 53 |
[WP] You’re bored one day so you decide to google your own name. You find numerous articles and Wikipedia pages about yourself that include information about an strange experiment that occurred years ago - you have no recollection of any of it. Suddenly, the internet cuts out and your PC turns off. | Amar - that was my name, a name distinctly different from anyone in my family. My mother was named Alice, a normal and cliche name. My father was named Kelvin, another normal and cliche name. My brother was named Eugene, the last normal and cliche name.
For a long time, I never thought much about it. Alice, Kelvin, E... | I don't remember any of this.
At all.
To be fair, this shouldn't have happened. Well, in hindsight, none of this should *ever happen* to begin with.
So, as per usual on your average weekend in the fall; I made a hard pass on going outside. Instead I decided to stay in, get comfortable, get a little messed up, and ju... | 2018-10-28T21:33:21 | 2018-10-28T20:50:32 | 243 | 118 |
[WP] The lone survivor of an Arctic exploration, you were captured generations ago by a band of tiny warriors. They’ve placed you under an enchantment to do their bidding; heading out into the world once each year as their unwilling emissary. They call you “slave,” or in their tongue, “Santa.” | Let's just pretend Neil Gaiman wrote this today after seeing this prompt, because it's way too fitting...
Nicholas Was…
...older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.
The dwarfish natives of the Arctic caverns did not speak his language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue, conduc... | Santa. The name I was imbued with when they captured me. In their tongue, it means slave. To other cultures, it is a man of good. With a large stomach, plump red cheeks, and joyous expression. I am not that man.
I have always been aware of what I did, even under the enchantment, their devious magical spell. Feeling as... | 2018-12-01T11:17:49 | 2018-12-01T09:45:51 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] A small village becomes fearful of a dragon that has taken residence near them. The dragonslayer they hired runs back to the village after the first day and begins rapidly packing his things. "It's not the dragon that you should be afraid of" He says. "It's the thing its protecting you from." | "The Dragon? Protecting us? Preposterous!"
The elder of the village stood in the market square, with nearly the entire village behind him, blocking the Hunter's route out of town. The hunter, blocked off from anywhere other than the Inn he'd just left, desperately glanced around for any kind of understanding in the cr... | It had been six weeks since the dragon had taken up residence in the small village of Glendore. Many brave warriors were sent to attempt to fight it, but each attempt was met in vain. No matter how many times they attempted to stab the dragon, shove it, or even scream at it in frustration, the dragon never so much as b... | 2019-12-31T05:13:36 | 2019-12-31T00:01:30 | 115 | 31 |
[WP] A small village becomes fearful of a dragon that has taken residence near them. The dragonslayer they hired runs back to the village after the first day and begins rapidly packing his things. "It's not the dragon that you should be afraid of" He says. "It's the thing its protecting you from." | First of all, I wish to apologise. It is not that I am incapable of slaying this dragon, nor would I normally be unwilling to. It is clear that it is a threat, as it has taken cattle and burned a man already. I simply believe this dragon to be a benefit to the area, even counting the odd cow. Truthfully, even a shepher... | The cave was not dark or dank like I’d expected. A Dragon’s nest is normally decrepit and horrid, filled with either the bones or corpses of the unfortunate or the foolish. This cave was not, and instead was lit by metal torches that adorned sections of brick wall. The light of the fires reached high into the cavernous... | 2019-12-31T05:57:18 | 2019-12-31T05:54:04 | 58 | 28 |
[WP] "No no, they're your problem now," you tell the demon who is begging you to take back the firstborn that you sold them. | I didn’t want her back, of course. She was cute, she was pretty, she was utterly loveable. Her pale gray eyes started turning bright hazel, just like my wife’s.
My wife.
My true beloved. My Sarah. My sweet, sweet Sarah.
Who died in childbirth.
I couldn’t bear to look at the child any longer, and it’s not like i... | When I was in grade school, I read a story called "The Ransom of Red Chief" I don't remember who wrote it, but the gist of the story was that a rambunctious kid was kidnapped, and then proceeded to torture his kidnappers in almost a home alone style set of escapades. But, that was of course fiction, written in maybe ... | 2020-01-08T20:02:09 | 2020-01-08T18:11:52 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] After superpowers start appearing around the world, businesses realize the use of these abilities. People with x ray vision are practically forced into being doctors and people with heat vision work as cooks. You are starting to get tired of your superpower-based job. | Mentally exhausting.
That is the only way you can describe a teleporting game of soccer.
There are about 10 different players per team. Every damn one of them warping around the field in an instant. The regulation balls have been painted neon yellow and black just so players can see it between the blurs of people po... | Bringing her fingers to her temples, LeeAnne attempted to massage away the headache behind her eyes. Work always strained her, causing random tension aches, near the first quarter of her work day.
Being a mind reading therapist, wasn't all it had been cracked up to be. She often fantasized and wished she had... | 2020-02-05T16:52:14 | 2020-02-05T16:36:07 | 79 | 40 |
[WP] During the cultural exchange throughout the galaxy, it becomes clear that every species has their own fantasy tropes. One particular ambassador from the other side of the Milky Way decides to tell a story that is famous on their planet. | Emilia Parks, diplomat to Earth, had been chatting with Gabnik Mknal from the Aoibnah system long after everyone else had retired to their rooms. Trying to revolve around every specie's natural sleep cycles was still very complicated, but both Humans and Aoibnahns had stamina-based predator ancestors; they could tolera... | The truth of stories is: that's all we are. Here is a story of us.
Deep in the core of Matrix 616 is a little known data adjunct, barely functioning, but it still emits the light of the Source. This data was uncovered, uncorrupted by decay, from a limb of many cycles past.
When the Source was blue and young, the Co... | 2020-03-03T15:55:59 | 2020-03-03T15:46:42 | 38 | 28 |
[WP] "Captain... the human didn't put on it's anti-warp gear before we jumped." "Sad to hear, prepare the coffin and jettison it." "No, sir. The human... nothing's happened to it. It didn't go insane from seeing infinity in the stars." | "What the hell are you on about?" the captain replied, annoyed. "That's not possible. Surely it was strapped in the gear before the jump?"
"No sir, I'm sure of it," the lieutenant replied. "And yet, it's still alive and breathing."
"Gods," the captain said, as a deep sense of unease began to well up inside of him. "T... | Captain Brink put down his tablet and looked up to the person reporting to him.
"Repeat soldier," the captain ordered.
"The human is not insane. It has had no catatonic reactions to witnessing the infinity," he reported.
"That... that's impossible. I've been flying these ships for at least a hundred years and not on... | 2020-07-13T22:58:23 | 2020-07-13T22:35:32 | 1,602 | 722 |
[WP] "Captain... the human didn't put on it's anti-warp gear before we jumped." "Sad to hear, prepare the coffin and jettison it." "No, sir. The human... nothing's happened to it. It didn't go insane from seeing infinity in the stars." | The crew stared at their newest crew member. It was risky taking a human on board when the species was so new to the universe.
“You were instructed to wear your anti-warp gear,” Second admonished.
“Yeah, I tried but I didn’t really fit. I think I’m supposed to have tentacles,” Bradford said.
“You saw the infinity ... | The words came out before he knew it.
"Take me to him. Immediately."
"Yes sir."
Following his subordinate, his mind raced rapidly while confusion and doubt raged. In all his years as Commander of the Sentinel Station, Kr'jak had never encountered anyone who could handle a warp intact. They usually left in coffins.
... | 2020-07-14T02:58:11 | 2020-07-14T00:17:30 | 381 | 163 |
[WP] You are an AI on board an unmanned spaceship, exploring and mapping out the cosmos when you encounter an alien species. However, these aliens are unfamiliar with AI, and have instead concluded that your ship is haunted by ghosts. | My attempt at an ultra-short-story:
Their vacuum suits' magnetic boots clanged against the plating of the corridor. "More scavengers," mulled the ship's commanding autonomous system. "Nano-probe activity report," was the English equivalent of the brief protocol demand with the security subsystem.
Its response–coded i... | "Did you hear that sam!"
"shh be quiet"
"Did you hear that?SA..M....."
"Yes Mike it was the space rats"
"Space rats don't make mechanical sounds mike"
"...but the radiated rats can sam!"
"The power canister...insert power... power at 0.1%.." A distressed mechanical voice faintly heard again from the big monitor a... | 2020-11-19T06:19:57 | 2020-11-19T06:18:57 | 139 | 61 |
[WP] It’s the birth of a new universe, and you’re trying out to become a war god. But, that role was already filled, and you got booted to a fertility god. At first you’re upset, not sure where to start, but then you start to get an idea. After all: “love is a battlefield” | “Who?!” I asked incredulously, “Who could possibly be a better War deity than I?” I’d attempted a wrath filled roar to punctuate this outburst, inwardly cringing at the sultry, soft purr that I ended up with. I threw an ambrosia filled goblet across the room and it clattered behind the huge, looming form of Balruze the... | Iridescent laser fire lanced through the vacuum of space as the *Indomitable* and the *Arc Royal* circled each other. Both captains sought the same opening, the moment where they would shunt all power over to the engines and slip past their opponents broadside. The goal to get beneath the enemy vessel and then roll, br... | 2021-01-11T08:05:49 | 2021-01-11T06:29:53 | 216 | 93 |
[WP] In a world where magic is cast using words, the most feared of all are those who can speak very clearly and quickly, you are one of the most feared, a rapper. | The revolution was brewing. The spell casters were preparing for the big showdown.
The Knight laid a hand on his son’s shoulder. “Son, I’ll be back.”
The kid nodded and smiled.
The knight did come back. Only it was on his back and covered in a white sheet.
******
“We have gathered here today to witness what hap... | The world had been filed down to the point of an Inquisition jail cell, all I had left was memories and music. Drifting in the space between, I could almost blot out the mattress beneath me. The sound of dripping water played a distant, metronomic beat. I tapped out the rest of the music against my chest, whispered pow... | 2021-11-13T11:01:34 | 2021-11-13T10:56:44 | 67 | 13 |
[WP] For the millionth time he had to explain that he was undying. He was not undead, immortality is a completely different thing. He was just undying. | Covered in blood knelt in the snow was Markus the Undying, a short fit man with fire in his eyes. And before him stood a tower of a man in a brilliantly patterned and bloodied suit of armor stood, a Knight of the Holy Order of the Yggdrasil.
“I’ve been tracking you for years and this is where you finally die,” the Kni... | The first thing Georgi Iorgovan saw through half lidded eyes was a blurry, indistinct mess which quickly transformed into a young looking lady in pale robes somehow untouched by the dust and mud of the woods clutching a staff glowing silver over the corpse of a giant undead cyclops and himself it seems. The elven pries... | 2022-01-08T05:17:00 | 2022-01-08T04:00:13 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] You picked up a dozen eggs at the farmer's market but when it came time to cook breakfast in the morning you find your fridge contained zero eggs and a dozen tiny dragons. | When I noticed the tiny dragons, I knew what this meant, and had to act on it. I went to the carpenter with a drawing I kept since childhood that was an image of my plans, and one of the dragons for size. Then I went to the blacksmith with the same image and dragon, which I decided to name Shawn. There he did a few tes... | Hatch-Dragon Chowder Serves 12
12 ripe dragon eggs, freezer hatched
Half stick butter
8 cloves garlic
6 carrots, diced
4lbs potatoes, peeled and diced
1 cup chopped shallots
8 cups fish stock (or mer stock if available)
2 cups heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Begin with one dozen ripe dragon eggs. Put th... | 2022-02-08T03:49:03 | 2022-02-08T03:00:12 | 65 | 19 |
[WP] You are a superhero who keeps his identities private, even your sidekick doesn't know your normal identity. Today you come home to find your wife in bed with your sidekick. | I opened the door a crack, not wanting to wake anyone by flicking on the light. A shaft of warm light from the hall cast a soft glow on the bed, Her bouncy red curls were frizzed all about the pillow as usual, a soft smile curving her lips as she dreamed.
I sighed a little as I leaned against the doorframe, mesmerize... | A Hero Just Like You
“Donna?” Her eyes shoot open and nearly bulge from their socket; her chubby cheeks turn that classic rosy red that she gets whenever she gets too flustered. At that moment I nearly forgot that I just saw my girlfriend changing out of a superhero suit. It’s the first time she’s been nak... | 2022-03-23T10:59:45 | 2022-03-23T10:09:46 | 421 | 29 |
[WP] The goblins who dwell just outside your village are small and dumb –in an oddly endearing way. The villagers humor their innocuous raids and sometimes even give them advice. In the village’s darkest hour, the goblins send aid. | "Willem, the sun is setting earlier now. Walk the fences, and take the scraps to the pig sty and if....."
"Yes, ma. I know. If I am set upon by goblins, drop the scrap bucket and run back home. Ma, I'm fourteen in a moon's turn. I could fight a goblin."
"Willem! We done harm them none and they don't bother us n... | As the sun set over the rolling hills of Aldern, Podrum spotted motion in the foliage near the village gate. He placed his hand on the hilt of his razor-sharp greatsword, feeling the clasp which securely held his blade in its sheath.
"RAID INCOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!" he bellowed.
From the forest burst hundreds of littl... | 2022-05-26T16:33:26 | 2022-05-26T16:27:49 | 38 | 22 |
[WP] You, as a sort of joke, train monkeys to use typewriters and leave them in a room to do their thing. As time passes, various deities, eldritch monstrosities, and otherworldly beings start randomly approaching you, asking you how you found their private info. | "listen, I dont know what you're talking about but-"
"AH AH AH!" a monkey's yell from the basement cut me off, they're probably gonna write something that's gonna repeat all... *this*.
"**I do not care about what you believe is true or not MORTAL**" the being that seems to be made out of sunlight rebutted, "**YOU SHO... | # Soulmage
**"Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116,"** wrote the monkey.
"You called?" spoke the abomination of flesh from behind me.
"It was a *joke*," I groused, throwing my hands in the air. "One. Stupid. *Joke.*"
The quivering entity reached out with one spindly arm and gave me a tentative pat on the sho... | 2022-06-01T22:31:28 | 2022-06-01T21:06:53 | 685 | 134 |
[WP] You woke up in an entirely fake world. It’s an endless doll-house plastic facsimile powered by miles of clockwork gears and levers that go straight down into darkness. You did not get here yourself, and you have no idea how to leave. | *My fucking head!*
Damn that hurts. Like I got hit by a truck. What even happened? Last I remember I was walking home and then... I think I tripped? I... *where the hell am I*?
I took a look around and see... what *is* this place? How did I get here? It's like a dollhouse, only human-sized. And this noise, it's like ... | # Soulmage
**The nursery rhyme was nameless, as most such rhymes were.** It hovered on the edge of childhood memory and half-remembered dream, wavering as it sang through the glossy-sheened halls.
*Tick... tock... goes... the clock... and now, what shall we play?*
I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and sat up, back ach... | 2022-06-03T04:37:20 | 2022-06-03T03:16:27 | 79 | 47 |
[WP] Prisoners can ask for anything for their last meal. The catch is, if it can't be provided to them, they get set free. They've asked for many things : alien egg omelette, dragon steak, the flesh of Jesus Christ, etc. The execution streak remained unbroken for decades, until today. | "I don't get it, how? How did you do it" the warden said as he signed the release form.
"That's the thing, I didn't do anything, you guys did with your stipulations and what not" I said grinning at the warden.
If my requested last meal wasn't prepared and ready for me within a year, I'd be a free man is what they had... | It's been twenty years and I've seen some doozies in my time as "new era" executioner. Desperate people requesting desperate last meals, all kinds of crazy things. And the hell of it was, they were granted! You ever seen an alien? Guy out in Nevada wanted alien stuffed acorn squash with a balsamic reduction. What the h... | 2022-07-17T20:01:08 | 2022-07-17T19:51:32 | 129 | 25 |
[WP] The Superheroes arrive at the predicted impact site of the meteor, only to find the Villains already there. "We're going to destroy that blasted rock before it lands and there's nothing you can do to stop us!" a Hero calls out. "Stop you? We're here to help! We live on this planet too, dumbass" | "Oh, here comes the sanctimony squad!" the man in the purple suit cried out as the Protectors arrived. It's not like he hadn't expected them; an extinction-level threat like this meteor did warrant the presence of all the heroes, but he still couldn't help but feel disgust.
"Villain!" the hero in the front yelled towa... | I reached the impact site first, setting up camp a safe distance away. The other idiots would be here soon, and knowing them, I and my services would make some serious bank today. Humming to myself, I puttered around the tent until a voice came from outside.
"Hey, Trev, you in there?"
I popped my head out, squinting ... | 2022-09-11T07:28:14 | 2022-09-11T06:47:02 | 1,578 | 352 |
[WP] When you cast a 9th circle spell, the very highest tier of magic a mortal can cast, you are brought before the spirits of all those who have ever cast that spell, and you must argue your case before them. | The Law of Nine-- this is the foundation of knowledge which made nature and existence itself. The Law of Nine is all around us. Nine Devas who created the universe and nine fundamental rules which govern it. Nine cycles of life and nine gracious goods along with nine karmic evils which balance it. Nine circles of magic... | The last syllable scraped my throat as I finished the spell. No one alive knew what happened next. The ninth circle spell was considered too dangerous, too powerful. No one wanted to find out what would happen with that much power. Except me. Everyone else had too much to lose.
My vision darkened, before flashing b... | 2022-10-01T23:31:17 | 2022-10-01T20:34:11 | 417 | 138 |
[WP] The ritual calls for 100 sacrifices, but after reading it carefully you realize that it never specified they had to be human. Deciding to be the smartass that you are, you got a petri dish full of bacteria and sacrificed them instead. | Simon whooped in jubilation as the pentagram blazed with eldritch black fire as thick black smoke swirled and coalesced inside, forming a large, looming figure of dread.
*"WHO DARES SUMMON ME...?"*
It roared, it's voice a cacophony of thousands of battlefield curses and cries of treachery.
*"I do...!"*
The voice t... | My thoughts were racing as I tipped the pure alcohol bottle towards the petri dish. Personally I was disgusted by the bacteria on it.
It was green, spotty, moist, and worst of all was it came from my face! I couldn't be more disgusted with myself and I knew that I would never see my body the same again, but that wasn'... | 2022-11-22T20:56:55 | 2022-11-22T20:13:59 | 326 | 143 |
[WP] The world seems to be your average sword and sorcery world. You, a young adventurer have descended down into a forgotten tomb. There, you find strange metals and plastics. Lights come on without torches. A man made of metal awakens, stumbling toward you. "What year is it?" he asks | Angus was disoriented by the blare of noise and light which were an affront to his senses. The room was awash with a fluorescent glow, the metallic walls were cool to the touch. Mechanisms vibrated with activity and screens illuminated with facts and figures in a language he could not comprehend.
Movement.
Out of the... | # Soulmage
**I called an orb of light into my palm as Lucet open the wreckage of the surprisingly flimsy metal door.** Meloai and I had poked and prodded at the damn thing, trying to find a handle or a knob to no avail, until Lucet finally grew impatient with our fiddling and ripped the door apart with a lance of disg... | 2022-12-19T12:55:51 | 2022-12-19T10:48:39 | 813 | 108 |
[WP] The world seems to be your average sword and sorcery world. You, a young adventurer have descended down into a forgotten tomb. There, you find strange metals and plastics. Lights come on without torches. A man made of metal awakens, stumbling toward you. "What year is it?" he asks | "Umm... I don't know, sir knight. That information lies with the historians. I simply live from day to day. And sure seasons change, but to put a number to a year... I am not that wise."
Part of the metal man's brow went up in askance. "You... called me a knight. What reason do you have for that?"
"Well you are in a ... | "Die!" I scream as I raise my sworde above my head. With a loud *clang!* my sword bounces of the neck of this weird creature.
I recoil looking for an opening for my next attack. "Oh common now, there's no need to be rude." The metal creature says. "i'm just asking a simple question." Once again I lurch my sword forwa... | 2022-12-19T14:54:00 | 2022-12-19T14:32:29 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | “Psst, pass this to Natasha”, I whispered to the kid next to me. He passed the note, as was every student’s sacred duty when asked to do so. Thank you Jacob. Your service will not be forgotten.
Natasha looked paler than usual today. It was that same thin pallid skin that first drew my eyes to her. Speaking of eyes, he... | Nya could hardly believe how awesome her day had been for the first time she felt accepted and it was thanks to the hot girl Erica one of the few people who had never been mean to Nya for being different or poor.
The date had been amazing and when Erica led her into the woods and a small well maintained pond with a ga... | 2022-12-29T18:03:55 | 2022-12-29T17:10:58 | 453 | 140 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | "Underchancellor, I want to know exactly who and why and how this happened, and what in Llorig's name you were thinking."
"Well, you see, Overchancellor, Planet Three has reported an alien presence. It's the Humans, the original inhabitants of Planet Three."
"I know that, Underchancellor."
"Yes, sir."
"I read t... | The massive Zenthrok war dreadnaught maintained their orbit between Jupiter and Europa. Hidden in the shadow behind the moon, it would be easy to observe this new species undetected. Small, poorly built space vessels had made it as far as Jupiter, all unmanned. The Zebthrok had dismantled these vessels expecting to fin... | 2014-07-16T11:43:48 | 2014-07-16T11:24:28 | 78 | 10 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | They wouldn't have even made contact with us if it weren't for the radio transmissions. Not the news bulletins or the misguided attempts at interplanetary communication, no, they just interpreted those as signs that we should be left alone. When their hundred-mile-long ark arrived in our skies no one could believe it. ... | Im'k'tho gave the translator box a gently tap, somewhat unsure as to whether it's output was accurate. What had, for Im'k'tho, begun as an exploration of what he could only consider to be as foreign as it was meaningless, had instead turned into a wonderful journey into a culture that for all intents and purposes was ... | 2014-07-16T13:26:35 | 2014-07-16T11:41:15 | 38 | 19 |
[WP] In a not so distant dystopian future you will have to defend your internet history from the past 5 years in a court room setting in front of your extended family, friends, and love interests
It is the prosecutor's goal to make sure you are humiliated and made as uncomfortable as possible. | "Cats."
I could feel the prosecutors eyes boring into my skull as he paced around me. The courtoom was stuffy and reeked of disinfectant - the summer heat always brought the worst of the smog with it.
"Cats in pajamas. Cats in silly hats. Cats falling over." He continued, his terse tone growing sharper and sharper wi... | "Can you explain what this is, Mr. Smith?"
"Yes, I could." I paused in anticipation of the next, obvious question. If lawyers could be smartasses, so could I.
"What is it then?"
"That's my browser history from, uhm, the 25th of August. 2 years ago to be exact."
"Indeed it is. Browsing history. A record of websites... | 2014-08-20T14:02:00 | 2014-08-20T13:53:59 | 76 | 53 |
[WP] You and your fellow Succubi and Incubi are gathered together in your favorite bar in hell, swapping stories of your sexiest, funniest, and weirdest times being summoned. NSFW
I am on mobile so I hope putting NSFW in the title counts for tagging it. | “…they just don’t seem to get it, you know?” said Tobias, shaking his bleach blonde curls and addressing the group of five demons crowded around the black marble bar. Every demon was clutching some sort of alcoholic drink and looking slightly haggard at the end of the working week.
“I mean, I shouldn’t be surprised –... | Khan's is a shit hole, With all the health inspectors down here, you'd figure it would have been shut down a long time ago. There hasn’t been any electricity here since the owner decided it was witchcraft, even after several practicing witches tried to convince him otherwise. For music there’s this terrible bard who on... | 2022-04-27T08:18:03 | 2014-12-08T17:07:45 | 173 | 37 |
[WP] Because of a glitch in time, every time you die you keep coming back to the moment where you say your last words. Since this loop seems to repeat infinitely, you experiment with seeing what happens every time you choose different words. | At first I said sorry, because remorse is what everyone thinks of when they're about to die. But I only really meant it the first time because when I was brought back, it was the same place and I knew what was coming.
"Sorry-" Dead.
After a while I said other stuff. The gunman said: "get on the fucking ground!" and... | "I'm sorry" - I whispered into my phone, and with those words I finally leaned too far past the barrier I've been balancing on for the last two hours or so. It wasn't a long flight, but it did make me re-evaluate my decision.
----
"I'm sorry" - I whispered, purely finishing a thought pattern that was no longer in my... | 2015-03-06T20:26:04 | 2015-03-06T19:46:25 | 281 | 70 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.