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[WP] You are the sole survivor a famous serial killer as a college student. Years later, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer you finally pluck up the courage to visit him in prison and ask one question that’s been plaguing you for decades: “why didn’t you kill me?”
Thought I’d do a human story in the sea of bul... | I held my breath and cowered under my bed. The blood of my roommate was starting to pool towards me, their lifeless eyes looked towards me. Stifling a scream, I saw a pair of boots step into the blood. “I know you’re there.” He said in a sing song voice, tapping his foot, sending drops of blood across the floor. I hope... | "Sorry, kiddo."
Those were the last words I had expected.
Who knew that he even knew those two words. John Meadow, convicted of 47 murders and still awaiting conviction on 3 more, looked me straight in the eye, shrugged his shoulders and said "Sorry, kiddo." I did not recognize the man anymore - it has been 24 years... | 2018-07-21T09:29:59 | 2018-07-21T06:50:11 | 98 | 66 |
[WP] Everyone who dies reincarnates in Tier 2 universe. People there have all memories from the previous lives, and they suspect there are more Tiers. People live really differently there compared to Tier 1.
EDIT: thank you everyone for the great texts. I'm enjoying reading them. Having a lot of people expand on a con... | In Tier Two, things are different.
There's all kinds of theories as to how it all works, and let me tell you, I suspect a lot of it is bullshit. In life I was a physicist and an agnostic, and I've seen some strange stuff in my time. Quantum mechanics are *strange*.
You don't come out of a womb in Tier Two. No, inste... | Do you remember when we met, my love? We met at the cafe we ended up always going to. They closed 10 years before I died. Do you remember? I remember.
Do you think about our wedding day? You promised that if I stuck with you that there would always be laughter. You said we would always be happy. I think about this pro... | 2016-01-21T21:49:09 | 2016-01-21T20:51:02 | 471 | 40 |
[WP] A monster/slasher hasn't killed the current group of stupid teenager/college students because the drama between them is just so entertaining. | (Man if i was honest with myself this is the main justification that my monster didnt kill the group of teenagers in the house on night one for AW)
Day 1.
They came and disturbed my sleep. There were 8 of them, and they planned to stay in the mansion for the next two weeks before they were all sent to different state... | He gripped the knife in his palm tighter, licking the sweat off of his upper lip before continuing to spectate through the window with an insidious smirk, keeping a tab on all 4 of the college kids lingering around the lodge. The couple hadn’t moved from the couch in front of the fireplace, judging from the window, it ... | 2018-03-26T05:04:27 | 2018-03-26T00:52:37 | 81 | 48 |
[WP] Aliens have finally reached Earth and, per Intergalactic Law, have sent their most average champion to win the planet. A device is sent to find the most average human to accept the challenge and duel for the fate of Earth. It's you. | I wasn't a great student. I passed, but more by brute force and stubbornness than excellence. I could lift, but not a lot. I was a passable runner, but generally in the middle of the pack. I could dance, better than some but I'd never be exceptional. I can play an instrument and sing, but I'll never be on a holomi... | Growing up I had heard the adage "The tallest blade of grass is the first cut." I had graduated without honors. My professors never noticed me as I pulled a solid "C" but when the Swarm arrived at the United Nations in New York it was then the entire planet looked to me as their first and last hope.
"Humans it is wit... | 2016-05-17T12:30:14 | 2016-05-17T09:34:20 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] You were born blind. You undergo a new surgery that should cure your blindness. They undo the wraps and you open them. You think what you see is normal, but after the doctors ask a slew of questions, they discover there is something very strange about your newly acquired sight. | "Open your eyes slowly, Daley," said a gentle voice. Daley felt the tightly bound bandages covering his eyes slacken, releasing his face from their iron grip.
Daley opened his eyes. He was greeted by the sight of the ceiling instead of the familiar darkness that enveloped him whenever he opened his eyes in the past. H... | "So, Mr. Crowley, how are you feeling?"
"I feel like... look, I know, I have a whole new planet to explore in front of me. I just don't know... if I can get used to this chaotic atmosphere. Don't get me wrong, I am more than grateful. I cannot thank you enough, Dr. Crowe, it's just extremely unusual... and distracting... | 2018-10-29T07:28:13 | 2018-10-29T07:27:26 | 111 | 63 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | Death watches as the boy in front of him starts getting excited, blithering on about some competition he had won and gotten an "awesome tool of awesome." The man starts rummaging around his untidy room looking for something.
Out of the closet comes several odd items. Board games, video games, a glass tube with burn ma... | “How do you wanna do this?”
“I take my scythe, and like a badass I run down the Dragon’s back dragging it behind me.” Death replied standing on his feet in excitement.
The dm nods. “And with that you drag a mighty gash into back of the blue drake and land with a 3 point landing behind it as the dragon collapses wit... | 2018-03-07T09:07:30 | 2018-03-07T08:40:32 | 55 | 32 |
[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | "Listen here new guy. Every night at precisely 3:30am I brew a fresh pot of our darkest roast. I use a whole bag of our house blend. If you know what's good for you, you'll set an alarm to remember." He looks at me like I'm crazy.
"But.. We haven't seen a customer for at least an hour.. Also, why so strong?" He leans... | “He still really drinking the PSLs?”
Betabat sat slumped over the counter and didn’t look at me as he replied. “Yeah. He thinks they’re delicious.”
I poured him a cup of coffee and leaned down beside him. “Who knew pumpkin spice was so popular with the dark side?”
“Do you know how long eternity is, Dolly?” He said,... | 2022-10-30T12:33:33 | 2022-10-30T12:00:18 | 113 | 44 |
[WP] We contact alien life and find that the vast majority of aliens exist in a slower time frame. Humans are perceived as extremely agile, mentally quick, and have very short lives. | I breathe in.
What words to choose? So many in this language.
I breathe out.
It breathes a hundred times.
Human language is so complicated, so precise. Every word has its own meaning, sometimes many meanings!
I breathe in.
The human looks... what is this expression?
I breathe out.
The human breathes a hundred t... | Humanity's name will live forever in the pages of galactic history. Not any one individual, of course, their lives are too short to have a meaningful impact. No, they have given the Federation the greatest cultural gift in memory. A ballet of sticks and balls that takes place in almost no time. When we first contacted ... | 2016-08-22T21:17:51 | 2016-08-22T20:52:32 | 77 | 25 |
[WP] Drunkenly, you accidentally pour vodka into your pet's water bowl. As a result, your pet breaks the number one rule: do not speak to your owner... Ever.
Did NOT expect this amount of replies. Thanks guys! It'll be an interesting read. | "Is it true, you're going to let me die?" Daisy says as she lets out a whimper
"What the fuck did you just say?" Shouts Jeremy at the old family dog he was left to care for after his parents were T-Boned by a drunk driver a fortnight ago.
"They just inject a needle and I go to sleep? Will I feel any pain?" a sadness ... | "Ok, camera ready and shot poured. Bruce! Bruce! Come here boy."
The half awake sluggish mass of a bulldog cantered over to his owner.
"Here dude, I poured something special in your water; try it out."
The dog turned his head lazily toward his drinking dish. Sniffing vigorously, the dog seemed unsure whether to dri... | 2016-08-02T19:04:22 | 2016-08-02T17:20:27 | 437 | 222 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy.
We should have realized, should have listen, when Ensign Blaagk , played that recording he found from Earth's History.
"It is our Love of Nation , our way of life , of those we serve side by side with. We Defend we Avenge, we sacrifice, we bleed, ... | The invasion was fast. Very fast.
In only a few cycles, every single human planet had been subjugated by the so called Galactic Empire. Hundreds of billions of humans were enslaved, families torn apart, monuments destroyed. The emperor was very happy. How had no other civilizations noticed that the humans lacked a pro... | 2022-08-05T21:07:19 | 2022-08-05T20:52:12 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] You've been dating a minor god for while. They don't know that you know that. They have invited you over for diner with their family which is great since you want to propose. | In first grade, I bit Abigail during recess for stealing my juice box. We were the first kids in the principal's office that year. We pushed each other to succeed, if only to surpass the other to gloat. I'd invite her to my birthday to force her to buy me a gift. She'd invite me to her pool party so she could push me i... | Part 1
"My parents live up ahead, across the bridge and behind those trees," Ariel said.
*Trident Pass*, I thought. The more I got to know her, the more the pieces started to fall inline. It's so tempting to tell Ariel about all this detective work that's been so unavoidable. She won't say it, but I know; she could ... | 2017-10-25T15:26:00 | 2017-10-25T15:21:58 | 31 | 17 |
[WP] Twenty years ago you summoned a demon. It is super cool and has been your friend for the last two decades, using its vast powers to help you achieve all your dreams. Today though, its bill came due. It needs to return to hell with you - it has dreams too, and it needs your help to achieve them. | On this morning, I was surprised to find my demon unusually excited. Over the last two decades Balazar had, despite my best efforts, been supernaturally moody and withdrawn. I thought perhaps, after a period of adjustment, he would acclimate to the scenery of Earth. As my riches grew, I got him appointments with the be... | "So, you are seriously wanting to have that ridicilous toy when we are going back to hell?"
A girl with a blue eyes asked a tall, lean guy with the curly hair, constantly reminding him she was the demon.
"Yes, you told me. This is something I bought in Prague couple of years ago. It is the only thing I want to bring ... | 2022-10-29T16:15:55 | 2019-01-25T04:41:21 | 4,031 | 10 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | "Is this some kind of joke?" You ask, barely making any effort to conceal your frustration. You know better than to go off on the first guy you stumble across in the afterlife, but this is growing remarkably tedious.
The man behind the desk doesn't even meet your gaze and seems quite irritated by the disturbance. "I d... | A bookcase floated before me. I had taken a cursory glance over the first of the matching volumes to discover the old instructions of a choose your own adventure novel that I hadn't seen since elementary school. I flipped through several pages of nonsense before catching sight of something about a lemon that I recogniz... | 2018-07-04T01:11:05 | 2018-07-04T00:40:45 | 640 | 14 |
[WP] After being ruled by a despotic tyrant of a king for years, a group of citizens appeal to a dragon for help. | How do you barter with a god?
Thorn stared up at the open mouth of the cave. There was no going back now. She had taken three days to hike here. The dragon's lair was so high up in the mountains, there was snow in the dead of summer, and the air was cold and thin in her throat.
Her brother squeezed her hand. "Ready... | Singlemindedness is a useful property in a puppet.
"**Let me confirm once more, tiny humans- you wish to give me a large sum of gold?**"
"Correct."
"**And you wish to add yearly to it, a sum not to fall below five hundred medium gold coins, or two hundred large ones?**"
"Correct again."
"**And in return, all you w... | 2021-05-15T08:22:36 | 2021-05-15T08:22:35 | 73 | 41 |
[WP] You and your crack team enter the bank. You shout, "THIS IS A BANK ROBBERY. EVERYBODY PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!" a cheer erupts from the employees. Balloons and confetti fall from the ceiling and a sign drops with the words: Congratulations! You are our 1,000,000th Bank Robbery. | Rick was checking his shotgun for the last time. Glancing at his partners he saw them doing the same with their weapons. They had done this dozens of times so no one was worried about the heist. “ready up!”, he announced while grabbing his mask from the dashboard. His crack team swiftly followed his action donning the... | A: "Wait, what?"
B: "I heard of this, jefe. Each branch of this bank rewards its millionth robbery."
A: "Then why the fuck did you not tell us beforehand?"
B: "I just didn't think we'd be this lucky."
C: "Congratulations, sir, you and your… gang, crew, whatever, are our millionth robbery!"
A: "This doesn't make se... | 2019-01-15T05:55:14 | 2019-01-15T05:39:14 | 176 | 100 |
[WP] The devil mixed up your paperwork and gave you someone else's personal hell, which to you, is heaven. | I got cancer when I was 21. Well I suppose I must have gotten cancer before that because they caught it in one of the later stages. I imagine there's not much like seeing a patient's face when you have to tell them that they require further testing. But there's not much like having bits of your body ripped and cut out ... | In the end it was the cigs that killed me, everyone always said they would. Anyway, i found myself in a massive waiting room like at the doctors office. Some stoned looking demon with stubby horns was stamping papers at the check-in desk.
"Where am I exactly?" I stammered when It was my turn to hand in my papers. As ... | 2016-05-28T15:46:42 | 2016-05-28T14:12:52 | 305 | 22 |
[WP] We finally get men on Mars and they discover an old Soviet flag placed down decades ago. The Soviets won the space race but for whatever horrifying reason didn't say anything. | When I was told my team would be the first to land on Mars, excitement welled within me. 'Pioneers', they called us; and really, how many people can call themselves pioneers? It's exciting. It's scary. It's... unlike anything else.
And yet, as I stood and looked across an expanse of nothing but reddish brown sand and... | Captain Ana Haskell was the first to see it, at the top of Olympus Mons: a flapping thing in the thin wind.
She thumbed the voice on on the stick of her vehicle. "You see that on the video feed Chewy?"
Chewy grunted something unintelligible. It was his way.
"I'm gonna take a look."
The mountain was a mountain, no... | 2016-08-16T10:03:13 | 2016-08-16T09:03:36 | 139 | 99 |
[WP] A man buying 24 watermelons and 36 apples becomes self aware that he's in an elementary school math problem.
The fruits and their quantities are arbitrary.
Edit: My first post here, so any feedback on the prompt is much appreciated. | "Come again?" asked the old farmer.
"Uh, sorry, what?" Pete asked stalling for a moment as he wasn't sure what was going on or where he was.
"You just asked if I had 24 watermelons and how many apples?"
Oh, right, thought Pete, I came here to buy the fruit. "Three dozen apples should do it. Sorry, but I lost my trai... | Daniel checked his watch. "C'mon." Although the grocery aisle was cool with the constant draft of refrigeration, he still sweat with the heat from the swelling sun outside.
"Geez," he groaned and pulled his shirt collar with his forefinger. Why was it so hot? Why did he have to wear a button-down?
Daniel knew he must ... | 2017-06-05T13:02:23 | 2017-06-05T12:14:05 | 337 | 33 |
[WP]The heroes confront you with the legendary mystical weapon that can defeat you. Unbeknownst to them, it's actually the one thing you needed to conquer the world. You were having trouble finding it, so you started the legend of the weapon yourself, to get some poor schmuck to find it for you. | The Hero of the League of Light shivered in his gilded breastplate, and shot a tentative glance over his shoulder to the Healer who had stolen his heart. She made eyes back at him and he squared his shoulders, seemingly filled with a new sense of purpose.
Nothing like the promise of future mating to get humans to do f... | “Come on! The mystic’s cave is just this way! We’ve come so far on this quest, and nothing is stopping us from the treasure he promised!”
Dao, Thespin and Rin had gone through most of the Mystics map he’d given them to find it, The Mace of Enigma, coated in a metallic Titanium and Copper alloy. Inscribed in the mace ... | 2020-07-25T14:22:52 | 2020-07-25T13:38:25 | 30 | 15 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | The strangest thing about the afterlife is that it was empty. I let my eyes adjust to... Well, being dead I suppose. Tall rock caverns, lakes of fire? Oh, very Milton. This had to be hell. But, no one was here? Wasn't hell supposed to be other people?
I clambered over some loose rocks and just kept going. Pretty simil... | The great demon rises from his golden throne and begins to clap; his leather-like hands produce a sound like mocking thunder. The cavern shakes as the noise echoes off the walls. His blood-red lips curl into a terrible smile.
"Is this... *Hell?*" I ask, hoping for something, but knowing another.
He stops clapping, al... | 2017-06-22T04:08:59 | 2017-06-22T03:25:07 | 184 | 84 |
[WP] When it comes to death, people get to pick one: how they die, when they die, or where they die. You're Death, and have been given full artistic freedom with the other two options. | I could never understand some of their requests. "To die in joy" "To live a hundred years" "Taken while with their family."
They all had their own requests. Many were just strange enough that i chose to entertain myself with them. Others were humble enough that i made it as pleasant as i could while still staying true... | Billy.
What kind of parents name their child that? I mean here the guy is, writing into his will that he wants to die on his 23rd birthday, and he has to sign it as Billy Jackson.
I'm starting to get an idea as to why he chose an early age.
He has lived his childhood homeschooled by unfeeling parents, then shipped ... | 2019-08-16T20:44:08 | 2019-08-16T20:37:33 | 94 | 11 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | Dexicon moved his cosmic fortress from Centauri B straight into Earth's orbit. Dexicon was able to do this in one turn thanks to the cosmic paving it had laid earlier. This allowed faster than light travel.
"Your move, God." Dexicon roared, knowing it had the ancient deity in its proverbial palm.
*Shit shit shit* th... | God had fucked up.
Having gained an early lead in the Prophet phase, he did what every other deity in his position would do-he dicked around.
Unfortunately, his *hilarious* antics that revolved around creating several versions of himself for his subjects to worship had backfired horribly. The AI decided the best co... | 2022-09-11T19:19:52 | 2016-04-09T08:08:19 | 1,980 | 16 |
[WP] When you were a baby, Your mother offered you to a demon for wealth but after the deal, It kills her and takes it upon itself to raise you with care as if you were its own child. | "Immeasurable wealth!" She exclaimed.
I looked down at the child in her arms. Content, quiet. Deformed.
"AND THIS IS THE CHILD YOU BARTER?" I replied.
"Yes, please take her and give me what I want, the seer promised you would" she said. The similar look of greed flickering behind her eyes that I had seen ten thousa... | [poem]
raised by a fearsome creature
Everyone looked as if I too were one
I had blood, bones, and flesh
Yet they looked at me as if I was none of that
As if I too were a monster with a heart of gold
How come they’re a monster?
When they took me from the real one
How come they’re a monster?
When they gave me mo... | 2019-11-01T12:13:34 | 2019-11-01T06:30:52 | 62 | 19 |
[WP]: You have been blacklisted from making deals with demons. No crossroads demon will do business with you again. | “Ok, here’s your copy. Standard boilerplate; your soul for the ability to play the musical instrument of your choosing. I’ll need you to initial at these tabs here and he- wait a minute!” The demon eyes the young man, and then flips the pages of the contract back to the front to read the top lines. You can just se... | **The Prisoner**
"won hgout os t'nia eh dna hself eht hguorht sniahc wef a, gnilkaew a tahw"
"reyortsed si eh, kamargo mih etamitserednu t'nod"
I sat there, waiting. With eyes removed, I could not tell what they had done to my body, but I could tell that it hurt. Mashing, slicing, piercing pain. The demons poked me ... | 2019-04-04T15:49:31 | 2019-04-04T14:24:18 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] Valhalla is filled with the strongest warriors the world has ever known. Vikings, Spartans, Mongols, Romans, Samurai, Spetznaz, JSOC Operators. And in that corner over there? That's Ted, from accounting.
Valhalla is the hall of fallen warriors that is ruled over by Odin in Asgard. Half of all those who die in com... | Ted was a slightly tender-aged man from a stereotypical, Caucasian background. Born in the mid 70s, he'd grown up in a middle-class neighborhood, had few friends and spent most of his time nerding out and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Highschool was difficult for Ted. Bullies in those days were unrelenting, but he pull... | Numbers bring me peace. Numbers bring me tranquility. Meditation through the mundane. When I am lost in the digits, my mind is free from all the terror I have seen, all the terror I must have caused.
Countless enemies I have slain, but it never seems to end. To kill someone is to wrong another, how many have I wronged... | 2015-05-08T15:35:34 | 2015-05-08T15:03:30 | 32 | 21 |
[WP] You are a supervillain named The Keymaster. Instead of creating grand plans to conquer the world, all you do is run around and free other captured supervillains from prison, after the superheroes defeat them.
Edit: Thanks for the frontpage! | This time, the cage was somewhere difficult even for me.
The lair was deep, dark, and loathsomely wet - a symptom of being buried under two tons of earth and several hundred meters of Lake Superior. It was tragic, really. Such a disgusting place, and so much effort made to build it. Personally, I felt as if it would ... | "This damp prison cell is hardly a match for the Amazing Contortor!", a man in an ill fitting suit shouted, his cries falling on empty cells or apathetic ears. He had decided on an...unconventional name. Why did the heroes get a monopoly on the word 'Amazing'? Combined with his di understanding of suffixes, the "amazin... | 2017-03-11T19:39:05 | 2017-03-11T18:57:10 | 129 | 46 |
[WP] They tried to summon a demon. They got you. | You ever been summoned before? A lot of movies and books imply there's a bit of a delay is you are brought between the realms or some shit like that. Actually, it's instantaneous.
Unfortunately, I happened to be summoned during a shower after a particularly rough night of partying.
The shower floor was instantly re... | The sounds of Billy Joel was replaced as a foul smell filled my nose.
"Dammit, I need to fix- Oh."
I was surrounded by a ring of hooded occultists.
The disappointment in the air was thicker than a bowl of oatmeal.
I stood in the circle, calculator in one hand and pen in the other, as the hoodies started muttering ... | 2016-02-02T19:47:54 | 2016-02-02T18:16:53 | 35 | 13 |
[WP] In a world where lying doesn't exist, you are the worst supervillain: Technically True Man. | The sun sat low on the horizon in scattered shades of red and gold. Our neighbourhood quiet and empty, as was a usual Thursday night, as my family sat on the long couch huddled up in our blankets watching The Simpsons. That was when the screen cut out to the increasingly familiar grey panel background adorned with gove... | It was simple, really. It didn’t take much. I didn’t even need a mask or a cape. I didn’t even need a plan really.
I turned the corner on 72nd street, headed right towards the bank. I wore, not a bandana or mask, just normal street clothes.
I stepped through the large glass doors and into the even larger room. I wa... | 2018-10-23T06:55:48 | 2018-10-23T06:08:12 | 338 | 133 |
[WP] Aliens have arrived and have been eating humans like a delicacy. An alien chef gets more than he bargained for when he tries to cook Gordon Ramsay, who surprisingly is less disgusted THAT he is being cooked than over HOW he is being cooked. | Narrator: The first order of the day is in and it's a big one. Char broiled human with a side of rizzotto. Xaxnon goes to the refrigerator to get his first human, but little does he know there's a surprise in store for him.
Xaxnon pulls out Gordon from a group of cowering humans.
Xax: Come on, you're next!
Gordon: E... | “Well?” Zagdor asked, prodding at Gordon with the wooden spoon.
“What?” Gordon responded.
“Don’t you have anything to say?” Zagdor shook a bit of pepper over Gordon and poked him again.
"About what?"
“You know. About how poorly I’m cooking you or something? Maybe that you’re still raw? Or that I’m a bloody idiot?”
... | 2017-03-28T10:37:00 | 2017-03-28T10:34:45 | 5,667 | 916 |
[WP] The pleasures of heaven and the punishments of hell are still configured for dinosaurs. | “Welcome David. We’re glad you are here.”
“Where am I and OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU?” Dave had finally noticed the towering brontosaurus standing before the golden gates.
“I have been called St. Peter, a faithful servant of God. I have taken this form for your comfort.” The brontosaurus had stretched its’ long neck down... | You gotta understand. It was the budget cuts right after the Chicxulub, the whole economy went down and we're still making installment payments on the mammal diversification.
..?
To who? Ourselves. The Big Guy likes the books to balance, you could say it's one of his top things that concerns his day to day. Which br... | 2016-04-27T19:52:20 | 2016-04-27T17:22:02 | 229 | 18 |
[WP] The genie granted your wish: to be able to understand and speak every language. Your mind is flooded with thousands upon thousands of dead and living languages, human and alien alike. But, most surprisingly, you also now understand the operating system running the universe. | *It was beautiful.*
I could understand and speak every language. They say the brain's capacity has never been reached. This is both true *and* false. I could speak english, german, all languages of the world, java, C#, C++, all languages running computers, but most importantly, I could speak the *universal* langua... | "...so... The universe is running on-"
"Windows, yes."
"...So is this like the Matrix or something?"
"What?"
"You know, we're all living in some kind of virtual reality world and now I have to bust everyone out?"
"What, are you high?? No!! Everything around you is real, we just have it hooked up to a computer so it'l... | 2018-10-18T12:55:05 | 2018-10-18T12:12:32 | 175 | 16 |
[WP] As you complete the ritual, your friends freak out when the demon appears before them, thinking you're going to make a deal with it. Little do they know, the demon is the one who owes you something. | My dinner guests sat in frozen fear. Watching as the lights were rapidly turning off and on, the smaller items on the table began to float and the only sound breaking the silence was my voice speaking in a deep-toned and saying various things in Latin that no one but me understood. When I told them I had a cool trick I... | "Alice what the hell man!" Jenny screams as she sees the crimson red form of the demon towering over me.
I calmly turn around to face her. "I said I was summoning a demon, it's your fault that you didn't believe me Jen."
"Look I know you want to get back at Buford for taking your journal. But sending a demon after hi... | 2022-02-16T11:52:38 | 2022-02-16T11:15:03 | 190 | 86 |
[WP] The alien invasion is going unbelievably poorly for the technologically advanced aggressors, to the surprise of many. You, a retired military tactician, are trying to explain how this is actually pretty logical all things considered. | "Amateurs talk about tactics and strategy, professionals talk about logistics."
The Invasion of Earth is the greatest exemplar of this notion there has ever been.
Pundits make much of the Invaders' ability to put anything they want anywhere on the planet within minutes of asking, but they forget where that war materi... | "What do you mean we're winning?" It was all anyone in the room could do to keep their mouths from hitting the floor.
The general cleared his throat. "Well, it's simple really. They flew 90 billion lightyears coming all up in our shit with an attitude. We can't match their ability to travel great distances, and we ca... | 2022-04-04T10:25:42 | 2022-04-04T09:43:44 | 150 | 100 |
[WP] All games can “Jumanji” their players, sucking them into the world of the game. You braved the battlefields of Chess, led fleets from your Battleship and breezed through Life. But nothing could have prepared you for the utter, unimaginable terror that is Monopoly. | It was my boyfriend's idea, vacationing in Monopolyland. We had an easy enough time cruising through Life, letting the numbered spinning wheel in our car lead us forward on a journey we could never anticipate.
It was charming, fun, delightful.
Of course Monopoly should be the same. Why would anyone play a game that w... | I wake up on my back, with a big headache, in the middle of an old road. An old car almost runs over me. As I see it go, I see a hand come out of the driver's window and flip me off.
I stand up and notice that the traffic lights don't work. I'm dressed the way I was back at the house, where we sat down to play. I h... | 2018-06-05T21:25:08 | 2018-06-05T21:18:05 | 149 | 25 |
[WP] Last words aren't just words spoken before death, but actually call death to you. You have known your last words for years and kept death at bay by refusing to speak them. Now, however, they need to be said. | Death comes to us all, most accidently speak the words calling death to their side, but not I. For I have known the words that would cause my downfall for nearly three thousand years. I have witnessed some of the pyramids being built, the rise and fall of civilizations, and I personally knew Christ. I’ve traveled ... | "Please say it, just this once.." said the person laying on the bed. It was hard enough to breath, yet she still said those six words. "Dad, please.." eight. As many as it would take, until she could hear him say it for the first time.
The blanket reached just below her shoulders with her arms strewn weakly at her sid... | 2017-08-07T14:46:16 | 2017-08-07T11:54:15 | 22 | 12 |
[WP]Your daughter marches into the kitchen with an attitude. You roll your eyes thinking here we go again. You notice tears in her eyes and wonder what's happening. "My life is a LIE! What am I?" A large cut she has in her hand reveals moving mechanical parts. You drop your coffee mug on the floor. | As I bend to pick up the pieces of the cups from the wet around them, I stammer, "I was going to explain in due time, dear."
"I'm some kind,...some kind of freak" she shrieks, wiggling her fingers, little gears and pistons moving - visible now below the cut skin.
I throw the pieces into the garbage can as I grab a to... | "Please calm down my child. I shall explain" I picked up a fresh knife and sat on the floor. She sat opposite me, legs crossed, tears still streaming down her face. I pressed the knife into my hand, past the skin, past the muscles, and into my own mechanical workings. "My child we were sent back in time to prevent a wa... | 2021-10-20T20:37:45 | 2021-10-20T20:25:16 | 32 | 20 |
[WP] "Every 5000 years, the Dark Lord comes to destroy the world, and only you, the Chosen One can stop him." -said the priest. "So, do I need to get a magic sword from the Lady of the Lake?" - I asked "No, just press this button please, everything else has already been taken care of" | "LETHAL INJECTION ADMINISTERED," came the automated voice from just underneath the button.
I blinked. Was that it?
"Wait, hold on," I paused and turned towards the priest, "You meant I just spent the last 18 years of my life training for the ultimate showdown just so the greatest evil in the universe could be killed ... | "Alright, just make sure I'm showered with praise and a proper tale of my deeds spun from this... mundane action," I said. Then, a thought occurred to me. "Wait, why don't you push it?"
The priest frowned and said: "I'm no chosen one. Nothing would happen, you see."
I shrugged and said: "Yes, yes. Whatever. And pleas... | 2020-11-09T12:50:41 | 2020-11-09T12:09:48 | 949 | 80 |
[WP] It turns out that all housecats are actually lovecraftian monsters. Due to an ancient pact with humans, however, they will never use their powers for earthly offense. Against otherworldy invaders, however, they have no such restrictions. | Establishing the beach head landing point on the target planet was trivial, the native apenoids had nothing that could even breach our outer shields.
As the First Ascendant I held the honour of leading the first strike teams to collect live samples of the local fauna and ... snacks. We had been eating only ships rati... | The spaceship tore my house into two in one fell swoop. I didn’t even have the chance to react. My arms were stuck under a pile of rubbles, ankle twisted and I’m pretty sure my back bone broke in half. I laid down amist the dusty remains of my former home, listening to the painful screams and the helpless sirens blarin... | 2020-11-26T12:15:24 | 2020-11-26T11:00:36 | 199 | 87 |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | 'Oh, shit!', I yell. 'Why does it have to be me?'
I walk over to the couch and sit down. I boot up Witcher 3 and continue playing. After 5 hours, my neighbour jumps through the window with a machete.
'Hi, Frank', I greet him. 'How are the kids?
'They're fine, John. I'm so sorry about this, but I really want a new ho... | The underside of the pillow was soft and cool as it molded around my mouth and nose. I bet she was glad we'd splurged on the memory foam now. From her lungs she breathed hot fire, her body surging as it straddled mine.
I didn't fight her. It wasn't in me. I merely reached out into oblivion, wrapping my her naked body ... | 2017-05-17T22:40:40 | 2017-05-17T21:44:19 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] I speak for the trees...The trees say you a punk ass bitch | [Lots of coarse language....lots of it]
"Bitch, shut the fuck up," the tree said. "I won't get up til you die! Mother fucker!"
"It hurts," I said, struggling to breathe. The tree had fallen on me five minutes ago, and still I was pinned under it. I thought of my scoutmaster's warnings about hiking alone. "Please just... | Joel, the man in the green hoodie, waited patiently for the watch on his left hand to hit eleven pm. He could barely wait to repeat his latest gimmick and yet, he was afraid of his own acts and the destruction they harbored. By the way the wind was blowing that autumn night, he knew this was going to be his masterpiece... | 2016-10-06T20:21:31 | 2016-10-06T18:36:23 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Whenever someone dies, a team of an angel and a devil appear before them to give them a choice: either they can go to heaven, or they can have one wish granted and go to hell. They have as much time as they want to decide and can stay on Earth as a ghost until they do. | "I need to see her before I decide."
I couldn't give these strange winged beings a straight answer for the choices they had laid before me, nor did I care about my new incorporeal form. All I could think of was my Samantha who had been next to me during the crash.
It was just a regular day, a normal day that took a... | # The Final Choice
“It’s a shortcut, we’ll get home faster,” Greg said, begging his wife to follow him into the alley. “Fine.” Said Lauren. Greg heard footsteps, and a man holding a gun appeared in front of him.
“Hand over your valuables, and we all walk away,” said the stranger.
Greg leapt bet... | 2021-03-09T10:22:46 | 2021-03-09T07:37:32 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Your mad scientist crush leaves a note next to a chicken making a nest. The note is written by them and says that they've accidentally turned themselves into a chicken. You fall for it. | "Oh man," I said, sitting on the floor of the barn with my head in my hands. "Elena..."
I lifted my head slightly and peeked at the chicken. It dug at something among its feathers before abruptly standing up straight, whipping its head to stare straight at me, and then turning to face the other direction.
I wondere... | Hey, I'm back, what are you working on in...
**Jesus Christ what the Hell!!!**
"Uh...." I wasn't sure what to say. Dr. Sarah Tweedy, the brilliant, if slightly deranged, scientist that I had had a crush on ever since I started working in this lab was standing in the door. She had a look of pure shock on her face, but... | 2018-06-10T15:34:10 | 2018-06-10T15:23:41 | 38 | 13 |
[WP] You're an ordinary person that works a 9 to 5 job. You pay your taxes and regularly contribute to your retirement fund. In a world of magic, prophecy, and calls to adventure this makes you extremely unusual. People are starting to notice. | After a long day of work at the Mystical Arts Emporium, I just want to escape. Hoping for re-runs of *Happy Days* or *Leave it to Beaver*, I relax into my recliner and turn on the television. It is one of the few real leather recliners left after the Great Cow Extinction of 2009. Apparently, using cows as practice targ... | You know about the adventures that go on. You watch as people come back from their missions and their prophecies, from their quests and travels. You watch as they embark on adventures and come back rich.
And you're not interested.
Why would you? You hear it constantly around you.
"You should go out more."
"You sh... | 2022-11-17T08:27:57 | 2022-11-17T07:57:05 | 247 | 116 |
[WP] Humans have the reputation of being both an extremely dangerous species and social creatures that are easy to bond with, making them great crew members for voyagers. You and your shipmates are worried about your newly recruited human because you don't know what an introvert is.
Inspired by various "Humans are spa... | To the Inter-species Medical Society of Novus Prime
Department: Human Medical and Mating Practices
Recipient: Doctor Sim'ol Korrok
​
Hi
​
We are worried.
Our Human is not well. He is currently being treated by the ships AI medical hologram as i dictate this, for some new unknown medical con... | *Thank you for contacting the Crew Coordination Center. We value your input, an agent will be with you shortl....”* “Thank you for calling CCC, this is agent Gardasan, may I have your vehicle registration please?”
“Uh, yes, hi... it’s a Sentinel ‘Moonskipper’, call sign ‘arta’. I’m having some trouble wit...”
“Can y... | 2019-11-17T01:23:05 | 2019-11-17T00:43:35 | 1,613 | 1,053 |
[WP] A team is chosen to represent planet Earth in an inter-world fight to the death. Humans are given very low odds due to their mediocrity. Luckily for you, the criteria used to choose the participants was "citizen of earth", and not "human". | "This is bullshit!" Yelled out the strange alien creature from the arena, glancing between the judges, myself, and the 600 lbs 28 foot long Giant Anaconda slithering around the area glaring at him menacingly.
"Don't hate the player!" I boasted back at the warrior, who had realized fighting in the no-weapons category p... | Knowledge is a double edge sword, it can be a terrible thing. Just ask anyone who has ever worked in a weapons program. Even starting out with the best of intentions can lead to terrible consequences. There is no such thing as knowledge to heal without knowledge to harm. That is one of the facts of existence.
You coul... | 2017-10-24T06:18:33 | 2017-10-24T01:23:24 | 67 | 47 |
[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... | Sitting at the kitchen table Jacob stared out of the window and sipped a coffee from his "1# Dad" mug.
Suddenly there was a fizzing and spluttering sound and the #1 Dad appeared to melt from his mug revealing a #2,045,834 Dad behind.
He stared for a moment then said.
"Well shit... That's not bad at all." Then he gra... | 2022-02-18T23:24:10 | 2017-06-11T09:19:40 | 78 | 17 |
[WP] A young child summons a demon, but they only want a friend.
Inspired by this **NSFW** [manga](https://bato.to/comic/_/comics/the-sister-of-the-woods-with-a-thousand-young-r18806) | "Are you sure about that?" the demon asked from inside the pentagram that had drawn on the floor in dust and candle wax. He'd arrived from the pits of Hell with horrid horns and terrible teeth, but all of that was gone now. He looked like someone you'd run into on the street, if you happened the run into pitch black sh... | Twisted, gnarled horns poked out of thick, crimson skin just above the two yellow eyes peering at a little boy with a myriad of unpleasant emotions. *My* eyes.
"Lucifer, that rotten bastard. Why'd he send me here with no warning? Is this some kind of prank?" I snarled, spitting on myself in the process.
The young boy... | 2016-05-18T21:19:48 | 2016-05-18T20:36:49 | 1,582 | 126 |
[WP] Your wife passed away six months ago. Your car broke down two weeks ago. Your landlord evicted you four days ago. Someone took your seat on the bus this morning, and you just got laid off from your job. You've always promised to use your powers for good, until you snapped.. | That was the last straw. I was done being the good guy. I had lost the love of my life six moths ago, after watching cancer and chemo drain the life from her. She told me to keep my chin up and to live. Five months later, up to my neck in debt, the bank threatened to foreclose my house and car loans. I wasn't living. I... | *“Have you ever wanted to be a superhero”*
That was the words of my beloved wife who passed away six months ago, her death surely took a heavy toll on me, with the love of my life gone, i was left alone, it was an absolutely horrible experience, I became very slothful at work, and resorted to drugs, it really calmed m... | 2020-01-09T06:29:05 | 2020-01-09T03:45:16 | 56 | 10 |
[WP] Write the biggest asshole ever, then try to redeem him in the last sentence. | "All you kids do is fight and complain!" the old man yelled, "It's always, 'He got more than me! I don't like it here!' There's kids that have it a lot worse than you do!" He shouted at the three teenagers sitting at the table. Yet another, younger child served them dinner. At their feet, seven more children aged three... | The old man, he sits at the corner on the bench on occasion. He always seemed creepy. If someone dropped something he'd snatch it up and keep it. It'd go into his bag and he'd deny having it. It didn't matter who you were; old, young, he'd keep it.
He also hated cats. If any came near them he'd throw sticks or rocks ... | 2017-05-23T11:28:17 | 2017-05-23T10:14:55 | 28 | 18 |
[WP] Everyone is assigned a guardian angel since birth, yours has always protected you albeit in violent and menacing ways. Until one day on your 18th birthday he reveals himself as a demon who was wrongly assigned as a guardian angel and became attached to you. | Part 1
The first time it happened I was 13.
I was always a big kid, everyone in my family was built on the heavy side, my mum never thought there was anything wrong with it. She believed a hearty meal and plenty of meat on your bones was healthy for a growing boy.
The other kids at school disagreed.
In hindsight, I... | Frey woke up the morning with an excruciating pain in his head. On his 18th birthday of all days. But he ignored it. He spent a few minutes doing his hair, Golden in colour with two side burns down both sides of his head, finished off with a ponytail at the back. Once that was over, Frey moved over to do his uniform. I... | 2021-05-23T21:09:46 | 2021-05-23T16:46:53 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You're a female hero in a fantasy world, and you are annoyed. The wizards keep giving you enchanted armor with incredible stats, but it looks RIDICULOUS! This one has nipples! This one has a hole over your heart! This one is just a necklace and a belt! Would they please STOP IT! | "I know it's ridiculous!" The wizard threw his hands into the air.
"Then stop this nonsense and make me something that doesn't look like I should be wearing it on a street corner rather than in the dungeon!" I snapped.
"S'not my fault," the wizard muttered, turning away to fiddle with something. "I'm doing the best t... | "Well you inconsistent asshole." the Wizard, Lady Emerald von Lowerwitz "Do you ever think about how enchanting works? No. I fucking thought not. Because you daft idiots are always the same 'ugh, it's demeaning!' no you dumbass it's Revoc's Law; the power of an enchantment is tied to how much mana the body empowering i... | 2022-11-21T04:56:11 | 2022-11-21T04:55:13 | 568 | 25 |
[WP] One second your in your house, the next you're standing in a living room surrounded by three demons. They drop their Ouija board and scream as they run to their bathroom and lock the door. "I told you we shouldn't have touched it!" | "I told you, Urglesh!" yelled the Scourge of Ten Worlds, "I told you they were real!" His back was pinned against a baroque, iron door.
"Yeah well, I thought you were joking, humans are a myth! Everyone knows that, even little demonettes and imps. Shut up and grab that chair and block the door." The Scourge scrambled ... | Demons live in the shadows. You aught to be cautious, yes, but there’s no need to be afraid. Demons live in the shadows or should I say beneath them, for the shadows are what keeps our worlds apart. You can say that the shadows keep us safe. For this we are surely lucky for without this wall, without this barrier, one... | 2016-08-08T13:13:55 | 2016-08-08T13:13:16 | 351 | 14 |
[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible... | **Interview**
“Species?”
“Listen. I am the captain of the first ship to travel faster than —“
“We’re quite aware of what you’ve done.” The small, balding man at the desk pushed his spectacles up patiently. “Now. Species?”
“You’ve asked me this five times. I want answers, dammit.”
The man looked up over his spectac... | The purple vastness of the dead zone cracked open, a white light appeared, and a missile shot through into space.
Space -- the vast blackness.
A single turtle, as large as the sun, swam through it. The turtle was ancient, and its eyes were crusted with cosmic dust. On its silver shell, elephants stood, four of them o... | 2021-01-09T12:01:50 | 2021-01-09T11:03:42 | 153 | 49 |
[WP] Everyone is born with 1-100 tally marks tattooed on their arm. The higher your number, the more valuable you are and the more successful you will be. You bully a kid because he is obviously hiding a low score. One day, he rolls up his sleeve to show an infinity symbol. | It was the first of January. The day of the Reveal. The day every person turning sixteen in the next twelve months will find out the number that will determine who their friends will be, where they will live, the jobs they will work. I wasn't worried. Both of my parents were in the 90's, my sister too. I was almost gua... | She was destined to be successful. All her friends had many many tally marks. She herself had 92, and obviously thought too highly of herself to care for any lowlives or how they faired. She knew everyone at the school, and everyone knew her. There were only a few kids more well known than her.
Billy was one of them. ... | 2018-12-27T18:27:11 | 2018-12-27T16:53:43 | 287 | 12 |
[WP] The hero is enjoying a day off thanks to a rare quiet night in the city. That is until the villain shows up to her door, but carrying an unconscious woman and looking distraught. “I saved her from a party....I know this is weird, but I didn’t know who else to go to.” | He stood there with rain dripping from the rim of his baseball cap. The hand on her gun tightened.
“What the hell?”
“I don’t need to stay. Just take her and I’ll leave.”
He shuffled under the weight of the woman’s body. Water dripped through the flimsy jean jacket covering her torso. If it wasn’t for the uncanny ech... |
“So quiet tonight. No alerts and it’s almost one a.m.,” she said out loud to herself as she looked at the large screen of her alert system.
For Sierra Pierce, Los Angeles’ hero who everyone named Silver after her eye color, it was strange to see a lack of crime on any given night. She was fast, agile and skilled in... | 2019-05-20T23:26:29 | 2019-05-20T22:44:55 | 958 | 254 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear grandad,
You died 11 years ago when I was only 10years old. I had begged my parents to go to your funeral but they refused and I never got to go. I never got a formal goodbye so here it is.
I loved playing the violin for you. It always brought you such joy. I loved how you would always say “one day I’ll be bet... | Dear Monique,
We both messed up. I should have paid you the attention you needed when you needed it, and you should have told me when you felt you had lost control of your life. I'm sorry, but this is no reason to throw away a wonderful 10 year marriage. Please come home, we miss you horribly.
I love you and I al... | 2017-11-05T21:06:53 | 2017-11-05T20:41:24 | 351 | 67 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | I could feel the blood dripping down my arm
“ what a freak , can’t do anything “ my attacker announced to the crowd. He had lightning fast reflexes…. And me… I had nothing… I don’t even know why I was selected for this school …
Before I could even blink he was behind me and kicked me into a wall … if I just don’t g... | And so it happened, I couldn't let that slide. I mean, of course I couldn't. Why would I ? All those bastards thinking they're so cool, flaunting their skills in the hallway with no regards to other people's safety. I know it's the first time that I was bullied, but I 'll make it be the last.
His ugly face still rema... | 2022-11-02T08:30:32 | 2022-11-02T08:03:37 | 150 | 58 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | Most people lost their sight waking up on the morning of the first day, as the event started in the middle of the night. The change only occurred as one slept, so others attempted to remain awake to retain their vision for longer. This effort proved to be pointless, as the effects took hold the moment they closed their... | I walk along the street. It's a normal night like any other. Nothing special until I see the sun rise. Something was different the light was too bright. Far too bright. I close my eyes and they still burn from the light. I try covering my eyes as they're closed yet they're still burning. Until I can no longer see the l... | 2022-10-08T20:12:12 | 2019-08-26T10:34:32 | 810 | 17 |
[WP] Two men witness the same event. One finds God. The other loses his faith.
-009 | The skinny Arab looking boy trembled as he stood there at the front of the bus, no one noticed him but me. Newspapers rustled, the hobo in the back sneezed, and the old woman whose knees and ankles bore the same girth coughed a sickly sputter before touching her lips with a bundled handkerchief.
After two men had got... | Nicholas had just found firm footing when he heard Jon's frightened yell. He froze at the sounds of cleats and hooks scrabbling on hard ice, at the whipping of nylon blend rope as gravity yanked it away, at the frantic gasps of his friend below. Nicholas did not panic. He calmly removed his pack, stepped safely away fr... | 2014-01-09T10:31:31 | 2014-01-09T07:51:06 | 84 | 14 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | The First Ambassador to Humanity swirled idly in its container and moved to the next item on its list.
"Your FTL technology", it asked the panel of assembled human leaders, "How does it work?"
The humans exchanged surprised looks. The one at the end of the panel eventually speaking.
"You mean the Confounder?"
"If ... | "You wish really really hard and then you push the button."
"Really really hard? What does the wishing do?"
"Frustrates the hell out of the new recruits when they realize that the incredibly genuine way we insist that they wish as hard as they can is just a ploy to make them look silly to amuse the rest of the crew."... | 2017-03-31T06:39:01 | 2017-03-30T23:13:22 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] The Japanese say you have three faces. The first face, you show to the world. The second face, you show to your close friends, and your family. The third face, you never show anyone. It is the truest reflection of who you are.
[from this image](https://pics.onsizzle.com/the-japanese-say-you-have-three-faces-the-f... | *Phew*
"Thank you for watching, have a nice day tomorrow!"
"Okay guys, thanks for today. Good work everyone!"
*Clap clap clap*
Finally it's time to go home. The moon shines so bright tonight, but everyone needs a hobby. Passion is easy to describe, but is easier to come and go I guess.
Every people has their own s... | Humans are complicated.
This is an important fact that all spirits must be aware of. So many times the young ascend from their mortal shackles, impulsive and distorted- playing with mortals only to find themselves imprisoned or banished instead.
Humans are fragile, yes. They are susceptible to all manner of illusio... | 2017-04-23T08:06:18 | 2017-04-23T06:53:16 | 42 | 22 |
[WP] You join the military, you are placed in the gardeners program. You garden in exotic places where the military has done operations, each time they give special glasses and forbid spraying others. One day your glasses fall off and you see you are actually burning corpses with a flamethrower. | The world became soft somewhere. Perhaps it was slowly being removed from how we process food? Maybe it was the long comfortable stretches of relative peace? I don't know.
The army had given us NBC suits before. It seemed overkill to issue them for simple gardening duty on a FOB. It was odd to even have landscaping o... | Burnt bodies strewn all around me. Bodies, heaps and heaps of them. The mulch and grass I thought I had been stepping on formed into someone's burnt liver, my other foot resting on what I could only hope was not a snake (based on the dried blood around it, I guessed it was not.) My stomach heaved as I hurled onto the f... | 2017-06-20T01:49:06 | 2017-06-20T01:15:12 | 520 | 34 |
[WP] You are the oldest time traveler. You have seen things no man has ever seen before and have done things mortals could only dream about. Today, on your day off you get a visit from Time itself. | The elderly man sat down next to me, sighing. He dangled his legs off the cliff, and looked at me with a wrinkled smile. In the jungle below, the roar of a Tyrannosaurus echoed.
"Nice day, ain't it?" he said, shifting his gaze to the valley. He was clothed with nothing but rags, and a glistening fabric hanging over h... | "It took me so long to realize what you were." His words were slow, careful and planned, as his body turned to face it. He did not need to turn, but he felt that his body should- and in a strange way there was comfort in that. Small comfort in the face of God.
*"But you did, finally."*
The man flinched, not really pr... | 2015-10-08T06:53:35 | 2015-10-08T06:53:23 | 83 | 18 |
[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. | "Awwwwwwwww."
The three children, at least I think they're children, beam down on me as I... eat my cereal.
"Lookit it go munch munch.
"Munch munch?" I ask.
"Awwwwwwwwwwwwww."
"Now now moppets, don't crowd. They don't like it when you stare as they eat."
My world has turned upside down lately in the past few mont... | I awoke to a brightly lit, white, sterile room. Oh so my housemate had found me. I searched my body for sighns of pain. None. Oh god. I searched my brain for the usual fuzz of a hazy drug addled mind but found nothing. 34 x 3 = 3x3 =9 4x3 =12 90+12=102.
Couldn't even add to 10 when high on pain killers.
I tried to m... | 2020-09-09T08:32:02 | 2020-09-09T08:05:22 | 269 | 53 |
[WP] After several thousand years, the Greek gods awaken in the in the mid 1940’s. When the gods meet up to discuss what they had learned of the modern world, Ares walks into the room with a hollow and horrified look in his eyes, the day is August 6th, 1945.(Hiroshima) |
“Ares.” Zeus at times wished he was Odin. He wished at times he had a hall to retreat to, a throne from which he could view the world impartially. He wished he hadn’t had to be himself. But Ares was his son, and he could feel his anguish.
“Zeus, father..? Whats happened to Ares? Why hasn’t he returned?”
“I don’t k... | Aphrodite rushed into the room. "I came as quickly as I heard," she said. "What's the problem?"
Athena gestured toward the God of War, deep in his cups and sobbing inconsolably. "He's been like this ever since he got back from the mortal world," she said. "He's refused to tell any of us what's wrong. As much as I enjo... | 2019-12-04T14:40:05 | 2019-12-04T12:31:19 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] We may not be the strongest, but our immune systems are legendary among alien races. There is a saying: "if it makes a human sick it will kill you." | The alarm rang, and the Tangarian populous scattered from the streets. They ran to the bars, the hospitals, the hotels, and the schools. It was a two-monthly event, the arrival, but no-one felt any safer for the regularity. Eight weeks never seemed long enough to forget, to ease your mind; though it was just enough for... | “Kale! Help!” Bob screeched as he was dragged down the hall.
“No. I don’t think I will.” Kale muttered watching security take Bob away to the med bay.
“What’s going on?” Haley, the second human aboard the ship watched with concern.
“Bob has come into contact with a contagion of some sort.” Kale explained dimply, rea... | 2021-02-03T16:01:03 | 2021-02-03T15:13:38 | 191 | 117 |
[WP] You have a friend in a popular MMO that always seems to be online no matter what time or day it is. You were always the first to log off and you were never the first to log on. After bringing this up to him, a new message pops up. “I think it’s time that I told you my secret.” | Finally, back home already, and it was Fridayyy! Things were *stressful* this week, not in a bad way, really kind of a good way. It was stressful because the work mattered to me. But I was being productive, and I was getting things done. Despite my positive outlook on a week like this, I'm obviously happy to finally be... | It is time to relax and what better way than my favorite game, World of Stars. Not nearly as popular as it had been opening week, what with all the bugs and their near extortion level of a pay to win model. I didn't care, it was something I went to when I needed to turn my brain off for hours at a time. As long as you ... | 2019-09-30T13:14:17 | 2019-09-30T12:05:19 | 75 | 55 |
[WP] You have a superpower where the harder a solid is the easier it is for you to break. Diamonds crumble to dust under the slightest touch but mashed potatoes are virtually unbreakable. | "HAHAHAHA" i couldn't help laugh. The police were everyhere. POP POP POP. three little plumes of dust roll off my chest as they fire their guns. The bullets crumble as they touch me. "There is no way they can stop me, I'm indestructible!" I think to myself as I begin to walk away. I kick a squad car for good measure, ... | Being born into Ireland during the dark ages with this So called "ability" has been a real pain in me arse. Like bloody fucking hell! I cant eat me damned baked potatoes! I live alone in so I cant have it be fed to meself through the tender to touch of a woman. I can only eat my potatoes raw and even that is a pain in ... | 2017-05-19T04:32:27 | 2017-05-19T00:48:27 | 84 | 32 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | I am typing this blindly. I need too just to make sure I remember. These welding goggles are keeping out most of that maddening light that still remains, but there are things I cannot unsee that I mustn't see again.
Years of touch typing have enabled me to get this far into the document. If I were to use a pencil, ... | The Monks at the Temple of Forever felt The Shock in the Ether as the Rune was Cast, they were to call forth Cthulu. Each Monk pulled forth a ceremonial dagger, laid on their assigned symbols and slit their throats. Cthulu Awakened. Above, the Earth was being laid to waste by the Alien invaders, smaller craft embedded ... | 2017-09-26T11:41:54 | 2017-09-26T11:37:47 | 50 | 27 |
[WP] Teleportation is finally invented. Your friend is one of the first people to use it . After coming out on the other side, the more time you spend with him, the more you realize that this is not your friend | "This is Ray with the Tokyo team, we are ready to receive you." The Japanese team of scientist continued to run their last minute checks, they knew everything was in place but it is the human condition to worry. It had taken Ray 12 hours to fly here from California, a feat which was revolutionary only a short while ago... | I lay the blame square on Coleman. If his wife hadn't been having twins in Washington State, then Coleman wouldn't have used the device, and everything would still be normal. I've closed the door to the lab, and the oozing limbs seemed to have settled, but I don't know for how long.
In London, getting on the tube, ... | 2016-08-25T10:45:52 | 2016-08-25T09:15:02 | 1,076 | 83 |
[WP] The year is 3015 and you’re the last person on earth. You’re outside farming and growing your dinner like usual when suddenly you hear a loud, distorted voice from the sky saying “Yeah this planet will do…” | OCCUPIED!!”
“What?”
“YOU HEARD ME! OCCUPIED!!!”
The Ensign stared at his console. The initial drone survey stated this planet had no current sentient life. But to the contrary of all logic, an oldman brandished a shovel at him through the console’s screen.
“OCK-CUE-POD-DOE!!”
The tiny man on screen shouted at th... | “what the fuck?” I whispered to myself after hearing the voice. I looked around, searching for something, anything, that could’ve caused this strange noise. It was weird, I hadn’t heard a voice other than my own in years.
Shrugging it off as a hallucination, I went back to watering my crops, as it was one of my only ... | 2022-10-23T22:09:00 | 2022-10-23T13:13:30 | 38 | 28 |
[WP] God has read the Bible for the first time, and it turns out there are some very worrying typos. | He had his all knowing head in his all present hands. You see, in order to be a God of beings that possess Free Will, one must be at least a bit detached from them.
Sure, He was everywhere and knew everything, but he'd taken great strides to make sure he forgot some things and took his eyes of the prize every now and ... | “I- what in my name is this” said the literal FUCKING GOD to the pastor.
“It-it’s the Bible, you know.. your word” the pastor stumbled over his words “like the rule book..”
“What. the. fuck.” He stumbled
“It-it’s what we’ve been following..”
“WELL NO WONDER SO MANY OF YOU ARE IN HELL? I mean first of all this book lit... | 2022-09-30T10:33:35 | 2022-09-30T10:06:05 | 178 | 15 |
[WP] Your blood cures a devastating disease but they don't need you alive to synthesize the medicine. A large bounty has been placed on your head and even your family is after you. What they don't know is that your blood has been changing you. | I was *so* willing. Cancer was destroyed, but a new sickness rose up to take it's dominant seat. Highly contagious, rapidly spreading - it is like the Flu but worse. It changes people's personalities, their bodies don't act as their own - it's pretty messed up and fatal. So when I donated blood and they found out it ca... | "Have you heard of the 'Brazen Bull', Senator?"
The question sounded like an accusation, its speaker very clearly filled with emotion. The disease was intensely personal, unlike anything humanity had faced before. Worse even than cancer. The senators shifted slightly on their high chairs, eminently uncomfortable.
"It... | 2019-07-17T15:26:43 | 2019-07-17T13:18:23 | 45 | 13 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | The blood started the ooze down the wall where it was splashed in my frenzied killing of the mother. Her delicious screams still echoed in my mind, appeasing the voices that chattered at the edge of my skull. Sweat and the scent of her perfume teased my nostrils and I buried my face in her hair.
On the floor her husba... | I deserve this.
I do.
I traded blood for power, murdered innocents, called forth things from the deepest black and reveled in how quickly and efficiently they did my bidding.
I asked for small things at first, and they were delivered. I got hungry, ever bolder. Money, women, men, a thousand thousand delights mundan... | 2017-05-05T09:18:35 | 2017-05-05T08:32:31 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | The door chime rang with its usual *Fingernails on a Blackboard* ring that only sounded when -HE- came in. I didn't even have to look at the clock; it was 3:33 AM. He was always very punctual.
"Hello, Sir. The usual?"
This time the Demon sighed deeply. It was a hot and humid night but his exhalation dropped the temp... | I poured the cream in the Dark Lord’s latte. I was told to make it dark as a corpse’s soul, and sweet as the honey of a million deceased honeybees. Whatever the hell that meant.
The demon lackey grunted when I handed him the latte, and tossed a penny in the tip jar.
“Thanks,” I said with the most insincere politeness... | 2022-10-30T12:11:47 | 2022-10-30T08:28:01 | 200 | 73 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | *Si vis pacem, para bellum.*
“Mr. President, what is the purpose of this Sacred Council If not to arbitrate between the disputing parties? Should the council be derelict in her duty, her mandate shall stand voided. The lofty words in its constitution shall ring hollow in this great hall where all the sentient beings o... | Civil wars were never beneficial. They had an uncanny ability to push entire species past the point of no return. To eliminate enough of the breeding population, that they had made members of the Galactic Authority functionally extinct.
The Threlliad admiral paced nervously, wondering if the humans would be able to d... | 2019-11-24T15:48:36 | 2019-11-24T14:28:48 | 99 | 54 |
[WP] Aliens had thought humanity's rules of war trivial, as they had always won intergalactic wars utilizing every dirty tactic possible. Military necessity, distinction of civilians, and honor only existed in human warfare. When prompted, one replied, "The rules are meant to keep YOU safe. Not us." | I smiled ruefully, looking at those around me. A collection of some of the most advanced races in the galaxy, many of them friends of mankind, others little more than tentative allies. I repeated myself; "The rules are meant to keep YOU safe. Not us."
"Can you clarify?" Came the buzzing voice of the insectile Precepto... | Admiral Ryan was brought to the intergalactic trial in his dress blues, but without any of his medals attached. The various species arrayed before him were there to judge not just the man himself, but all humanity.
"When humans were admitted to this group, your leaders provided a set of rules. Rules all gathered have ... | 2022-09-03T10:30:32 | 2022-09-03T04:59:23 | 87 | 21 |
[WP] A man wakes up one day to find that he had gained a superpower. The next day, he gains another, completely random and new superpower. This continues everyday. At first, everything seems fine, even awesome. Until his randomly generated superpowers started to conflict with each other...
For an additional challenge,... | Damn.
Again.
This is 36. I remember my first power. My bed caught fire and I started to freak out and realized I was immune to the fire. I was terrified. The fire didn't grow. It didn't spread. I started to calm down. The fire died down the calmer I got. I played for hours with my ability. It was awesome.
A few ... | Nicholas awoke one morning. It was extremely warm. He began to believe that he was simply starting to feel the hotness that women said he possessed. This changed when he realized his ceiling was on fire.
Frightened, he ran out of the house. A combination of smoke and ash tickled his nose in the foyer, and he sneezed, ... | 2015-09-19T11:40:41 | 2015-09-19T11:40:40 | 73 | 10 |
[WP] You have drunkenly been discussing the Dark Lord with other tavern patrons, insulting him to no end. When someone storms up demanding you stop as he is one of the Dark Lords students. Strange thing is you don’t remember teaching this kid. | Jaren sat in his chair and swayed. He eyed the mug in front of him and huffed a sigh of disappointment at the slightly stale ale he'd been trying to finish off. It tasted like piss but it was doing the job of getting him drunk."
The bloody bastard really should fuck off shouldn't he," Jaren tossed at the whispering co... | Agileas sobered up, thread of Water inward; an old trick developed at an age younger than the boy standing in front of him. "You? An apprentice of the Dark? Don't make me-"
A needle of Earth; poison and buzzing, shot through his vacated chair, a coat of Fire surrounding it and hiding the hole it had made. Air rushed o... | 2022-01-14T16:16:54 | 2022-01-14T15:38:16 | 134 | 56 |
[WP]You have been immortal,sent back in time 3000 years to America in that time, and now have a mega-empire covering the entire nation. One day British ships show up on shore | I stepped out from the tree line onto the beach, leaving my brothers there in hiding. I walked barefoot on that golden warm sand and watched the first boat land. Three men in bright colour disembarked and plodded through the lapping waves toward me.
I stopped then and placed my hands by my side, palms open in a sign ... | The year was 1492 and we, or more accurately I, had been building my empire for centuries. I put the million dollar man to shame. A 20 billion dollar government genetic project to create test subject 185c, or as I prefer to be called, John. When the government first discovered the depths of the corruption they were stu... | 2017-07-06T10:03:27 | 2017-07-06T09:35:51 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] "Well, it just doesn't seem...ethical." Your friend slowly says to you. "Ethical?" You yell back at him. "Who cares about morals when I have created a masterpiece! A book that learns what the reader likes and changes its script accordingly. Imagine that, the perfect book!" | Tulips bubble, .com bubble, collectors' video games bubble, crypto bubble, and now book bubble.
I had a perfect product, The Book that you always enjoy reading. The Book that changes to fit your readers taste. People warned me about ethicality of perusing reader's mind, but I payed them no heed. After all, nobody woul... | At first, everything was perfect. I was selling books like crazy and people couldn’t get enough of my creation. But then strange things started happening. People were beginning to experience frightening things after reading the book. They reported hearing voices, feeling watched, having odd dreams and other unsettling ... | 2022-12-01T01:43:18 | 2022-11-30T21:31:34 | 245 | 61 |
[WP] You are an astronaut in the I.S.S. The last message you received before the world went dark was "turn off all electrical signals,or it will find us." Now as the sun comes over the horizon you see a massive shadow on the earth. | The request did not make sense. It was too quick and unprofessional. Attempts by the communications crew to reestablish contact had failed. There were more than a thousand sensors and experiments recording data and relaying them to earth.
"We're not able to get the signal through," Viktor said in his thick Russian acc... | Anita watched the world darken. The fires of the Earth – Paris, London, New York – one by one they all extinguished, like a swarm of lightning bugs dying in the air and hitting the ground with a soft thud. She focused on a spot on the Indian peninsula, her hometown of Delhi, usually a festival of color and lights, was ... | 2016-12-12T21:35:52 | 2016-12-12T21:35:20 | 1,800 | 194 |
[WP] At age 18, you are able to trade in a percentage of your physical beauty for an equivalent amount of intelligence, or vice versa.
Inspired by a Time Magazine article | **The sun has risen, and they are dancing.**
They join hands, swaying to the *thrum* of the great metal windmills that rise from the grassy soil. Their eyes, wide as saucers, spark with delight, as each of them sings along in a tuneless, achingly beautiful lullaby.
They are singing the great iron flowers to sleep.
... | "Oh, my god, this is the dream come true!" I exclaimed, when I first heard about it.
I have entered the building with tall glass walls, waited in line, and here I am, talking to a pale, tall man in a suit.
"Hello. So you want to..."
"Yes. NOW. Shut up and take my money. I trade everything, for as much as I can."
-... | 2015-09-23T23:13:19 | 2015-09-23T22:55:58 | 198 | 12 |
[WP] A demon can always turn someone's wishes into the most horrible of curses. But your wishes are so stupid and asinine that not even the greatest archdemon can turn them against you. | "Three wishes? You sure?"
"Positive."
"Alright! I'm going to change the world. Yeah, man, it'd be nice if there were no such thing as mosquitoes, you know? Or, wait, I got it! I wish that mosquitoes were nice and polite to us and always used their turn signals so we'd know where they're flying."
". . ."
"Don't give... | It's so stupid how, how, I've done this job since the earth was young, to the point it became routine. Get summoned listen to wish, twist wish, cause human to be miserable. That's it. Oh and the wishes I would get some easy "I wish I was rich," oh you fool yes it would seems all good an old long lost uncle died and lef... | 2020-05-29T22:05:44 | 2020-05-29T21:48:17 | 80 | 10 |
[WP] A technician pulls a headset off of you and asks you if you liked the VR. You panic, and he calmly says that your whole life was a 2 minute VR experience to show you what being an average person would be like. You, stunned and afraid, ask, "Who am I, then?" He stares in complete disbelief.
(The title implies that... | Jason shared a smile with his wife, wiping away a tear. Against all odds, it was Brian’s first birthday. The doctors had only given him months to live, but here they were proving them all wrong. The whole family had come, travelled from halfway around the—
All of the sudden Jason was somewhere else. He looked aro... | "All right, what did you think, Tony? Did you get a chance to see a giraffe? Those things are wild." Brandon bobbed his head with the electro metal as he unplugged the rig.
"Where am I," Jedidiah called. "What technology is this? What have you dressed me in?"
"Oh darn," Brandon said. "Sorry, Tony. I left the memory b... | 2021-03-27T18:59:41 | 2021-03-27T17:57:56 | 106 | 72 |
[WP] A doctor waging the war on cancer dies with (surgical) blade in hand. Somehow his spirit enters Valhalla. | "...the fuck?" Dr. Olsen said, as he pushed himself up out of the deep snow that he found himself mysteriously laying in. "Nurse? Nurse!" His voice boomed but was quickly blown away by the torrent of wind and snow breaking across jagged and rocky peaks nearby. Stunned into a state of stupor it took the Doctor what... | Death is not easy and he has seen many kinds. The slow asphyxiation as a girl's lungs stop expanding, her ribcage too heavy. Or torn artery and the fear and panic and blood and forty five seconds later a cooling body on a slick floor.
He has never seen a quiet death. In the last moments the body fights, instinctively... | 2014-08-22T21:24:15 | 2014-08-22T21:03:26 | 42 | 13 |
[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. | And there was Stormstrike. My sidekick. We had saved each others' lives dozens of times. We were brothers. Closer than brothers.
And now, he was in bed with my wife.
I stalked forward, fists clenched. He heard me, of course, he has senses and reflexes far beyond a normal human. In a second, he'd rolled to his feet, a... | I stare into the bedroom and watch as they embrace each other. They haven't reacted to me. Her eyes remain closed as her head rests on his chest, and he unflinchingly stares at me.
Don't they see me? I think to myself. What's going on?
In hindsight, I know they had spent a lot of time together even since before we we... | 2022-03-23T12:54:40 | 2022-03-23T11:31:58 | 362 | 49 |
[WP] "We can't allow that, Mr. Hero. The evil villain employs far too many people as henchmen; his defeat would be disastrous for the local economy. Also, dragons are an endangered species and his castle is a heritage site." | Lord Wavr'x paced back and forth in the command center. "How many did you say were in the party, you insufferable clod?"
Corporal Jenkins blanched. "Tw- tw- tw- twelve, m'lord."
Lord Wavr'x's hands clenched the back of his chair. "And you say they've just penetrated..."
Corporal Jenkins shifted his weight from his l... | "Wait, you're actually telling me to *stand down?*"
"I'm afraid my hands are tied, sir. This is why we have laws..."
"So... to be clear: you're telling me I *can't* execute my plan?"
"Unfortunately, yes sir, I am. The newest laws state that--"
"Fiddlesticks!" the hero cursed, interrupting. An angry blush rose to hi... | 2017-11-22T09:09:43 | 2017-11-22T07:32:15 | 167 | 29 |
[WP] A curiosity shop opens up where you can rent superpowers, magical abilities, mystical artifacts, and mad science technology. The catch? Payments are made with abstract concepts. Life, memories, etc. | "Did you see Ironheade performing last night? Freaking insane. So much energy."
"I know, man. Something about that guitar. It just... I don't know how to describe it! It's *good.* They can *play.*"
"That one solo with the whammy bar gives me chills."
"Yeah, when... Um. Um. What's his name. Who's their guitari... | The thick wooden doors were ornated with symbols. The meaning of some were obvious: strength, love, wisdom. Others were not: triangle shapes or waves of faded gold. Their meaning could only be found within the shop.
The Bazaar.
How the shop even got into this village? No one knew, or at least no one other than The Me... | 2015-09-25T11:27:42 | 2015-09-25T11:19:06 | 156 | 56 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | Those humans. Those weak, pathetic Humans. Or so we thought. We decided to eradicate them. They where allies with many of our enemies, and had been providing raw materials to them to fuel them in their war with us. We knew they had to die.
And Besides, they where so pathetic. Squishy bodies, lacking a hard chitin to p... | Our victory was decisive!
We conquered earth within only five months. The last of their military died within the first week. "Humanity", as they called themselves, will surrender to our demands. We will take their colonies. We will take their homes and make them ours. We need new breeding grounds. We need new farmstea... | 2020-02-07T16:29:03 | 2020-02-07T13:30:24 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | "Amanda, get back here...NOW." Jerry was almost shaking with anger as his daughter shuffled back into the kitchen, having just rushed by her father on her way to her room. Absent-mindedly, she tucks a lock of her dark hair behind one of her ears.
"Dad, look, let me explain..." The 16-year old stammers, holding her han... | She was blonde yesterday.
Blondness is a rare trait in this city. Sure, every now and then, you'll run into someone with locks of wheaty gold, but brown was the shade of this town. Even I had browned last year. I tugged at my dark curls, a reminder of that glorious night during which my blonde was taken in a bout of ... | 2014-05-10T20:26:40 | 2014-05-10T20:17:29 | 44 | 18 |
[WP] You are a terrible kung fu student. The Manchurians have killed your master and you escape to the mountains to find the master hermit and learn his secrets. There he offers you a new kung fu weapon: The AK-47. | "You gave me a... Glorified club?" I said quizzically, staring down at the oddly shaped object. It seemed to be a combination of metal with wooden pieces slapped onto it. I curiously turned the object, peering down the hole at the front of it.
"No, you young fool!" The hermit said angrily, wrenching it from my hands.... | I'm confused.
"I thought you'd teach me how to defeat them with the greatest weapon of all: Knowledge!" I say.
The hermit looks me up and down,shakes his head and hands me the AK-47.
"Nah, no time. You've got a bum leg."
I'm amazed and in awe of his shrewd observation skills. He truly is the master of all ma... | 2018-10-14T00:03:50 | 2018-10-13T22:05:36 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] Demons possess the bodies of those wrongly persecuted for crimes they didn't commit in order to avenge that person. The legal system reacts in horror as Satan personally possesses who was believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the world. | This is my first WP response. Apologies upfront if it's not up to par. I'm open to any and all constructive criticism.
Even in her last moments, the needles piercing her thin pale form, she showed no guilt, no remorse for the terrible crimes she’d committed. Her auburn eyes staring defiantly upward, unwavering. She h... | He can't be standing right there.
But he is standing right there. As much as I recall, with tangled hair, steamed dresses and stuffs. As miserable as the last time I saw him, and everyone in this world would say it is really him, if it wasn't for the fact that he's been dead for nearly 2 weeks. I saw him executed with... | 2017-12-03T23:37:49 | 2017-12-03T21:00:45 | 54 | 15 |
[WP] Everyone only gets to lie three times in their life, so they only do so when it's an absolute must. This is the story of how someone lied three times in one day. | John walked up to the front of the room and took a seat.
He held up a red pen "This pen is green.".
Those gathered in front of him gasped.
He took up a green pen "This pen is red."
The crowd drew in a collective breath, every eye wide with surprise.
"My name is not John"
The room was silent but for the shuffli... | "Daddy, are you sure we cant tell lies?"
"Yup, only three your whole life."
"Are you sure? How do they know when I tell a lie?"
"Uh, you see there's these... uh... magic rabbits .... secret magic rabbits and they listen in to you and report to the Big Guy Upstairs when you do. "
"Secret magic rabbits?"
"Yup.... | 2014-11-15T07:59:56 | 2014-11-15T06:46:11 | 1,128 | 204 |
[WP] Drilling into the ice sheet of Europa, it is revolutionary when we discovery not only life in Europe’s oceans, but also intelligent life. After numerous communications and translations, those aliens ask if we could bring them to the surface to see the beauty outside their confined environment. | I watched you sit on the surface of your icy moon, awestruck by the great beauty of the universe. I suspect it’s the same look our ancestors had when they first saw the stars and wondered what they were.
You asked many questions, some had answers and others didn’t. You almost didn’t believe me when I told you that yes... | “No no no no no why would they do that?”
“It appears there was a nearby planetary species who have developed minimal space travel”
“From the big gas giant? Surely those beings couldn’t escape the pressure”
“No it appears the 3rd planet from the sun has rather basic travel capabilities”
“Shit shit shit, why didn’t we k... | 2020-03-12T04:45:10 | 2020-03-12T03:55:52 | 132 | 61 |
[WP] You work a self-sufficient desk job in an office. Every single day, the co-workers in your neighboring cubicles are completely different people. Even though you never recognize them, they always recognize you. After years you've just accepted this, but lately the strangers are getting weirder. | Item# SCP-31770
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-31770 is to be regularly monitored by a single B class Personnel who is to enter and exit SCP-31770, Monday through Friday and remain inside 9am to 5pm, except for National holidays. The B class personnel is to remain seated at a designated cubicl... | "Time in and time out. Same shit, different day. At least, that's what I used to think. Now, not so much. At first, I thought this place had a huge turn over. But the people they keep bringing in, they all know me." I say to myself.
Everyone around me keep getting replaced. Just last yesterday, had a coworker with abs... | 2021-02-23T08:15:59 | 2021-02-23T08:10:08 | 78 | 24 |
[WP] They tried to summon a demon. They got you. | Have you ever been summoned? Like, literally pulled through fucking space and time on someone else's whim?
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY.
So, I'm chilling in the park, minding my own business and BOOM. I'm suddenly in this old warehouse, surrounded by -and I shit you not- fucking teenagers. Like ... | The smoke surrounding me cleared, and a small gathering of hooded twenty-somethings became visible. The closest member of their little Satan-Buddy club was holding a slaughtered lamb, and staring at me with fearful awe.
I cleared my throat. They flinched, and still remained silent, in a scared but starstruck reverenc... | 2016-02-02T22:57:46 | 2016-02-02T20:30:30 | 29 | 12 |
[WP] The year is 1910. Adolf Hitler, a struggling artist, has fought off dozens of assasination attemps by well meaning time travelers, but this one is different. This traveller doesn't want to kill Hitler, he wants to teach him to paint. He pulls off his hood to reveal the frizzy afro of Bob Ross. | Hitler was having a piece of banana cake when Bob Ross walked in.
"And I just feel like no one *gets* me, you know?" The future Fuhrer was saying to one of his servants, as he
sprayed whipped cream over the cake, distracted. "I mean, I know most artists are destined to be posthumous,
but… I don't know, I guess I wan... | The German was at his wit's end, almost ready to throw away the canvas completely.
Were it not for the man with the strange hair, it would have been one of hundreds tossed aside.
"Now remember what I said Adolph" the stranger named Bob said with his gentle voice.
Hitler sighed, "There are no mistakes, only happy acc... | 2022-01-20T15:15:35 | 2017-02-16T18:05:46 | 8,573 | 10 |
[WP]Sometimes children get born with weird diseases like vampirism or lycantrophy. The effects of these uncurable illnesses only get detectable when the kid is around 8 years old. Many parents then abandon their child. You run an orphanage for these children. | I entered the now familiar police station. Sally at the desk hit the buzzer when she saw me. "She's a new one," Sally said. "Be careful."
I noticed the other seat at the front desk where Robert usually sits was empty. "Always am," I smile reassuringly. That seems to be my default face while here. Police have enough co... | The children all lay sound asleep before her as she smiled. It had taken her some time but the newer kids where starting to warm up to the orphanage. She reached out towards some of the children, gently tucking them into their blankets, making them more comfortable, many of the children glowing faintly as the moons lig... | 2019-01-17T09:13:30 | 2019-01-17T08:51:51 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] They finally found it, an AI left behind by the ancient race called the precursors. They knelt before the hologram and recited their speech "Oh great precursor. Rulers of heaven and Earth. Mappers of stars and-" "You're a real bunch of god damn kiss-ass', huh?" The AI interrupted. | Buck stopped in front of the crumbling edifice, just for a few beats to take in the moment. The entire planet was filled with Precursor artifacts, but this one was different. He could smell it. This was the one they were looking for. It was still alive.
The moment passed. "Bernard, Colleen, clear off that entrance. Do... | Only stammers escaped the expedition leader’s mouth. His fellows looked on, just as helpless.
“Wuh-wuh-wuh, what?!” The AI mocked him. Gathering his wits, the man projected a list of questions they had prepared for the Precursor’s Remains. He hadn’t risked a hazardous landing on this mediocre comet just to lose the kn... | 2022-05-23T09:18:01 | 2022-05-23T08:16:19 | 150 | 87 |
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