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[WP] There's a law when you divorce, the children from the undone marriage get killed
So only children from lasting marriages remain. | I tried to cry quietly, but he still woke up.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"We need to break up," I said through my tears. I couldn't have picked a worse time to say it, but I couldn't have picked a better time either, so fuck it. Fuck everything.
I'd never get to fuck him again. Knowing that was one of the thousand th... | "Hey Joe, baby, come down stairs."
Oh shit, I know exactly what's going to happen. They've been arguing for months now. It's so obvious that they're not in love anymore. Normally, in other countries, I could survive. Being the only child between this odd couple. I could just be claimed by either one of them, and the o... | 2014-06-15T04:16:52 | 2014-06-15T03:42:59 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] Ants, in every hive in on the planet, suddenly come under your complete and precise control. While amusing at first, you come to realize you have the world's largest and most unconquerable military force at your command. | As a child, I found plenty of enjoyment in the soothing crunch of their exoskeletal frames, and seeing their miniscule figures scurry across the caustic earth as they searched, desperately searched, for a place to hide from my metal boot. After the Cataclysm a large portion of life above the ground perished immediately... | The accident took everything away from me. My wife, my kids, my arms and legs. I can’t feed myself. I even shit in a bowl. There’s nothing left worth living for. Except my dreams, maybe. The nurse looks on watching yet another stupid soap and I scream, locked inside my skull, the sound reverberating in a dark echo thro... | 2014-07-16T02:39:51 | 2014-07-16T02:30:27 | 35 | 10 |
[WP] Ants, in every hive in on the planet, suddenly come under your complete and precise control. While amusing at first, you come to realize you have the world's largest and most unconquerable military force at your command. | "Earl's Bug Decimators, how can I help you today?"
"Yeah, I gotta here a nasty spider infestation in my house, one of 'um bit me real bad ya hear?"
"I understand sir. If you'll give me your address I can send half an anthill your way in no time."
"Much appreciated, how much this gonna cost me?"
"We'll send the bill... | The accident took everything away from me. My wife, my kids, my arms and legs. I can’t feed myself. I even shit in a bowl. There’s nothing left worth living for. Except my dreams, maybe. The nurse looks on watching yet another stupid soap and I scream, locked inside my skull, the sound reverberating in a dark echo thro... | 2014-07-16T03:19:08 | 2014-07-16T02:30:27 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] We finally receive a message from the stars. It's a surrender. | Received 2014-10-31 @ 00:01:28 though 2014-11-01 @ 12:17:58 and ongoing...
Signal repeats every three minutes. Message below is assembled from best pieces of intact data packets from multiple repetitions. Binary patterns interpret as standard Unicode, confirming intelligent origin with intent to communicate. Message i... | It was the damnedest thing.
I mean, it's one thing to find alien life on a planet, right? A couple of single celled organisms, a low level ecosystem, some algae. If you're lucky, and I mean "holy-musk, it's a miracle!" type of lucky, the planet may have given rise to some fauna and low level herbivores. The fact of t... | 2014-11-01T17:24:25 | 2014-11-01T15:54:27 | 78 | 22 |
[WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!”
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMyst... | This was something I had dreaded my entire life. Something my parents' parents warned them about. And, by God, it's actually happened.
Sitting just outside the office, I waited for the border guards to make up their minds. On second thought, they probably phoning some higher-ups for help. Not that I have any idea what... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... | 2014-11-23T11:34:56 | 2014-11-23T09:29:04 | 36 | 23 |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | "Six gold bits! That's ridiculous. Good luck elixir is cheaper than that, not to mention guaranteed to work. There's not even any proof that your so called spells will do anything!" The irate potential customer standing in my homely little shop stomped his foot to accentuate his complaints. I resisted the urge to fill ... | 2014-12-13T14:17:47 | 2014-12-13T11:39:14 | 89 | 14 |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It was a freezing morning in New York.
I slipped into the local Starbucks for some coffee.
There was a new cashier today.
"Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?", She asked, exasperated.
"Soy un federale, tengo un gato en mis pantalones," I replied.
The disinterested look on her face vanished instantly.... | Today's the day, my eighteenth birthday, the day I find out what my true love will first say to me. Everyone looks forward to this day, many of them know immediately who they are going to marry.
I move forward in line, beginning to grow anxious. "What will they be like? Will they love me as much as I will love them?... | 2014-12-17T23:12:07 | 2014-12-17T20:57:20 | 2,270 | 49 |
[WP] So you just woke up, went downstairs for a cup of joe, and now you're standing face to face with an alligator. It's already taken over your recliner, and has told you that it has no intentions of leaving. | "Ahh, what the fuck?" I drop my morning coffee as I stare at the impossible.
The alligator sighed, looking off to the left. "Hmm, yeah. Welcome home buddy."
My desk to the right, I pull open the drawer feeling inside for my gun.
"Umm, ahh fuck again." The alligator said as he reached for the remote control. I take ... | "What do you mean you have no intention of leaving? And more to that matter, how did you even arrive?!" I asked in exasperation.
"Magic"
"Magic, oh come on" I slapped a hand to my forehead.
"You think you'll find it any easier to accept if I explain that I took a jet pack over from Santa Fe then hacked the entrance... | 2015-05-12T09:51:30 | 2015-05-12T07:49:00 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] All humans are born with a random word from their mother's language somewhere on their body. They develop powers and abilities based on these words as they mature into adults. Obviously some words are cool and some stupid. Tell me a story about life in this world. | My mother was Greek. My father was American.
I was born with the word καταιγίδα on my inner thigh. My twin brother, Spiros, has έδαφος behind his ear.
My mother was killed when we were eight years old, by a group of people who exploit their powers given to them through the Titling. My father, brother, and I barely s... | "Susan! Summer!" Cindy called from downstairs. "Come down, it's time to find out what your abilities are!" She brushed her very light brown hair out of her face.
Her two younger sisters, Susan and Summer, had just turned 12 that day. That was the age when they would find out what their words were, and what abilities ... | 2015-07-04T12:24:54 | 2015-07-04T12:21:23 | 103 | 15 |
[WP] You and your spouse are fairly typical demonic overlords with a figurative/literal dark fortress, minions to command etc. The problem is your teenage child who's going through that rebellious phase; claiming that they're good, dressing in all whites and only listening to gentle hymns. | *My daughter, what were you doing?* I asked my only child, watching her turn pale as she noticed me.
'I was, I, I was out. I was at work.' I smiled. *Were you? What work required that outfit?* My child looked down at the gauzy, white cloth covering her body, loose and baggy. She had never been one to covet the skin-t... | "Look, you really need to deal with your son," my wife said in that weird echoing whisper she does when she's angry. "Him and his friends are laying siege to Castle Greymoor, for Vile's sake."
I span my head around to face my back without turning and scowled bitterly. "Oh he's my son, now? Why is he always my son when... | 2015-12-08T09:18:38 | 2015-12-08T08:10:34 | 68 | 30 |
[WP] In the galaxy, humans are renowned for their affinity at problem solving. This leads to humans growing frustrated at aliens getting stuck with simple problems. | The light on the quantum entanglement phone blinked rapidly, indicating a new incoming call. Bill sighed, put on his headset and pressed the button next to the flickering light.
"Thank you for calling the United Terran Alliance Embassy, my name is-" Bill stopped short as he was interrupted by the gravelly, guttural v... | " RAe Oyu Eurs Ti Lilw Kwro?"
"Yes Garblox! it will work! " Frank shouted.
"TBu Oyu Iasd Ti 'Tnwo Kwro?" Garblox said in confusion.
"No no, that was earlier, when I wasn't dying. Now I'm saying it will work. Now Please help me!"
"TBu Benny Iasd Ti Udlow Eb Spselntiop Rthoseewi."
"Yes.... But Benny's dead now for ... | 2016-01-03T19:46:51 | 2016-01-03T19:09:28 | 221 | 47 |
[WP] Bernie Sanders wins the presidency but is secretly assassinated. Now one of his team must continue his presidency ala Weekend at Bernie's. | "Did you get him?" asked the Vice President
"Not yet, sir. He hasn't picked up his phone."
"Well, keep trying."
"Should I text him, sir? The previous POTUS staff said he was a big texter."
"A big texter?"
"Yes sir, a texter is someone who uses texts as their primary mode of communication."
"Primary mode of? Chris... | A lobbyist enters the Oval Office.
Lobbyist: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
(The press secretary does not respond.)
L: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
L: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
P: We're closin' for Martin Luther King day.
L: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to c... | 2016-02-05T22:36:01 | 2016-02-05T20:58:33 | 230 | 138 |
[WP] You just accidentally downloaded the Kindle version of the Necronomicon. | *The Necronomicon by The Mad Arab...I didn't download this, but I adore Lovecraft so I'm not complaining. Maybe Patricia put it on there as a gift.*
I looked at my Paperwhite with curiosity and excitement- after all, I'm a Lovecraft fanboy, yet somehow I've never actually peeked at any fan-made copies of The Necronomi... | "Honey, what is this?"
"What is what, Grandma?" I said, not lifting my eyes from my laptop.
"This book!" she said from her brown armchair, her eyes on my Kindle as she gesticulated wildly with the "stylus" she'd insisted I provide.
The stylus was a disassembled pen.
"I don't like it. It looks scary. Why do you r... | 2016-02-10T09:40:53 | 2016-02-10T09:13:13 | 227 | 10 |
[WP] Write an over-the-top background story for an early video game that didn't have a narritive. Ex. Pong, Asteriods, Pacman | The lone member of his species, separated from his homeland by a waste of pavement, he gazed toward the horizon. Tears formed in his eyes at hearing the song of his people.
*ribbet*
The journey had been long and trying, and only this final trial was left before him. He didn't know whether or not the humans knew he wa... | "This is it, you all know me so I'll keep this brief. We have all suffered greatly, so many lives lost. I tell you it ends today. I have watched you, guided you through your training. It has been tough but here we stand. United against our enemy. We have been pushed back into the depths of space time and time again, bu... | 2016-02-19T07:04:49 | 2016-02-19T05:31:22 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] At birth every one gets a number assigned to them which determines their threat to humanity. You are number 1,039,474,023. Your newlyborn son is born. His number is 1. This number has never been seen before in all of history. | Society has changed a lot in the past 20 years... and not for the better. There has been so much widespread panic over security and terrorism, that we have abandoned our freedoms.
After the mapping of the neural pathways was successfully completed, a program called Destiny (not the game) soon followed. Destiny is a b... | All our lives, we're assigned numbers. Numbers that determine who we are. What we're worth to our society. Anything from the unchanging social security number we get assigned to at birth to the GPA and SAT scores that we're told will determine the rest of our lives. But there's one number that we all have to live with.... | 2016-03-29T00:52:58 | 2016-03-28T22:22:57 | 97 | 48 |
[WP] Two immortals meet and fall in love. Neither of them are aware of the other's immortality and the years are flying by... | I thought I was done with love. Until I met Mary.
Love is complicated as an immortal. The longer that I've lived, the shorter my marriages fly by. They become blinks, blips in time compared with my lifespan. And the sorrow that follows after the inevitable death of a wife tends to last twice as long as the marriage i... | "Say, Miria."
"What's up Isaac?"
"Technology sure is an incredible thing."
"Something about it on your mind?"
"Why yes Miria. See, technology develops at an extraordinary rate, and only gets more and more complex by the era. Wouldn't believe some of the latest innovations we've seen go obsolete on us before we ... | 2016-04-27T21:47:49 | 2016-04-27T21:20:00 | 519 | 80 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | I have the most beautiful wife in the world. She's the sunshine of my life, my other half. At first she wanted nothing to do with me, but I won her over with my charm. Sure, I'm 40 and she's 25, but I'm not a pedophile as some claim me to be. She's mature for her age, has a steady job, and we are moving out of our apar... | Sheryl kisses me on the cheek, patting my shoulder. I put an arm around her waist briefly; she is in the middle of getting dressed and we're running behind. While she buttons her dress, I knot my tie. I lace my shoes as she slips into her best brown heels, the ones with the little bows on the tops. I watch her brush he... | 2016-05-19T11:50:39 | 2016-05-19T11:23:33 | 311 | 208 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | It was the toughest race of my life. The water was everywhere. Many of my friends were already dead, but I knew if I kept going I could make it. I could feel everything around me get softer the more I continued. I was drenched but I wasn't going to give up, not this close to the end. I finally felt the air on my skin. ... | Hello darling, I haven't heard from you in a while. I know it's been radio silence between us, but I really had to ask-
Do you still think about me?
I've begun to reminice about you more. Remembering all those little things you did for me, the pictures we drew together. I've gotten back into listening to our favourit... | 2016-05-19T12:45:26 | 2016-05-19T09:39:43 | 70 | 33 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | Dear Diary,
It's been such a long trip! I keep bugging Mom to find out when we are going to arrive! Looking out the window gets boring pretty quickly, the scenery just starts to all look the same.
Most of my siblings agree, except, of course, Miss Goody Two Shoes. You know the one. She just smiles at Mom and says... | Hello darling, I haven't heard from you in a while. I know it's been radio silence between us, but I really had to ask-
Do you still think about me?
I've begun to reminice about you more. Remembering all those little things you did for me, the pictures we drew together. I've gotten back into listening to our favourit... | 2016-05-19T10:54:03 | 2016-05-19T09:39:43 | 53 | 33 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | I was an avid dog lover. Jesse was my loyal dog and the cutest husky around the block. My girlfriend loved her also, so when I proposed to her, whether having the dog in the house or outside wasn't even a question. 1 year goes by and my wife has beared me a healthy young girl, Monica. After we left the hospital and wen... | "Get me a drink, hun?" Pete said. He'd bent the cover back on his little paperback, the spine creaking when he turned pages. The train was rattling two empty Buds. Sarah, chin on her hand, sighed. Clink, creak, rattle, cough, sneeze, clink, creak. Her skull was squeezing tight to her brain, each noise pinching it.
The... | 2016-05-19T14:52:21 | 2016-05-19T12:53:52 | 36 | 25 |
[WP] One morning, you wake up and suddenly find yourself three years in the past, as if the last three years had never happened. It happened to the entire world and everyone remembers. | I ran into the wall with a thud. My eyes snapped open as the pain throbbed in the my temple. What the...? There wasn't supposed to be a wall there.
I looked around. And I was...it was oddly familiar and yet totally wrong. I lived here but I didn't LIVE here. I HAD lived here...3 years ago.
I began to panic. "TOM!" I... | You wake up. Something's off. Your room looks the same, but not quite. Glancing around, you still can't put your finger on it. Fuck it, what time is it? You reach out to check your phone.
What. The. Fuck.
Your iPhone 4? You upgraded years ago! Wait.. the screen says 2013.. was.. was it all just a dream?
You sit for... | 2016-06-11T11:41:13 | 2016-06-11T11:16:53 | 298 | 27 |
[WP] One morning, you wake up and suddenly find yourself three years in the past, as if the last three years had never happened. It happened to the entire world and everyone remembers. | I woke up next to the wrong woman this morning. It didn't even register I was in the wrong place as I was too busy screaming in horror. My mind was racing with the reasons why she was laying there and slowly waking up herself. You see, she's dead. Or, she was until I woke up. If she was alive, then where was our son?
... | The pain hit her suddenly as she opened her eyes. That dull pain, aching in every inch of her being, restricting her as she tried to move. How did she ever put up with this? How did she get up every day like this and live a life?
And, oh God, the limitations. She moved her arm -- so much effort just to do such a s... | 2016-06-11T14:37:29 | 2016-06-11T13:30:18 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You were born with a large birthmark in the shape of a dragon. However, this is just a coincidence; there is absolutely nothing magical about it, and you're getting really tired of explaining this. | "Does it give you visions?"
"No."
"I mean, weird dreams, stuff like that?"
"No more than eating cheese late at night."
"Bu-"
"Actually, probably even less than the cheese. The one I had after the quattro formaggi on Saturday was pretty wild."
"Was it about dragons?!"
"...no."
"But it's shaped like-"
"I know wh... | Your friends had always pestered you to get an account on that godforsaken app, Tinder. You'd always declined because of that stupid fucking birthmark-- you knew how any internet date would go given the mark's shape and more importantly, location. After six months of brushing them off, the nagging loneliness building i... | 2016-08-04T16:31:56 | 2016-08-04T15:02:23 | 36 | 18 |
[WP] You come home after the worst date of your life. Sitting in your living room is Cupid, getting really drunk and wanting you to know you're the hardest person to find a mate for in history and the reason he might get fired. | "Fuck" Danny said as he opened his front door.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck! What the hell is wrong with me!" Danny screamed as he slammed his keys on to the door side table.
Another date, gone horribly. Danny was going on a date with a girl named Amanda, and at first it was nice, they had a nice dinner, and after dinner they w... | [Note: Whoops. I misread date as day... But I really enjoyed writing this, so I'll let it stand with apologies.]
It had been a weird day.
Sam had woken up late because, for some reason, her alarm hadn't gone off. She'd run nearly the whole way to the stop but still missed her bus. Then, standing there panting and try... | 2016-09-05T22:11:09 | 2016-09-05T20:25:44 | 125 | 11 |
[WP] You come home after the worst date of your life. Sitting in your living room is Cupid, getting really drunk and wanting you to know you're the hardest person to find a mate for in history and the reason he might get fired. | God damnit.
"Same sentiment kid."
What the hell.
"Yup, that's what I'm thinking about you right now."
"Could you stop with the mind reading!" I yelled. This was just fantastic. I get home from the date from hell only to find that a man broke into my apartment and had started on my scotch. Normally, I would of s... | [Note: Whoops. I misread date as day... But I really enjoyed writing this, so I'll let it stand with apologies.]
It had been a weird day.
Sam had woken up late because, for some reason, her alarm hadn't gone off. She'd run nearly the whole way to the stop but still missed her bus. Then, standing there panting and try... | 2016-09-05T21:58:45 | 2016-09-05T20:25:44 | 20 | 11 |
[Wp] The zombie epidemic came and went in the developed world, most people survived, the military easily defeated the undead horde, and cures for the virus were created. However, zombies remain major issue in the developing and under developed world not getting nearly enough attention on the news.
Wow I didn't think t... | "Apparently they found another villiage in Africa that was hit by an outbreak."
I looked up from my phone, "Zbola? Wasnt there just another one last month?"
"Dont call it that. A lot of people still die over there." He took a long sip from his coffee.
"I thought Mercenaries Without Borders was really cleaning up?"
... | Before zombies had been a reality, people would have long discussion on how they would survive if they were to be in a situation where zombies would overrun the world. They never got the chance to live out their zombie "fantasy", as the problem never got out of the hand of the government. They had been prepared, almost... | 2016-10-30T12:13:34 | 2016-10-30T10:43:07 | 707 | 258 |
[Wp] The zombie epidemic came and went in the developed world, most people survived, the military easily defeated the undead horde, and cures for the virus were created. However, zombies remain major issue in the developing and under developed world not getting nearly enough attention on the news.
Wow I didn't think t... | "It'll be $50 grand" said a tiny African man in worn out business suit.
"Excuse me? $50 Grand for what?
"That's for the standard Hunting licenses and fees." said the man, still blankly staring at his computer screen.
"Wait, I'm trying to help your country here. I'm trying to Helllll... P!"
"Yes yes... So are the... | Day 95
I've been stuck in the Congo for over three months now. Well I believe so, I've been on the run so long I'm no longer sure where I am or how long its been. Although the rest of the world has seem to gotten over the outbreak, its as if we live on another planet all together. We have only heard rumors of cures t... | 2016-10-30T15:52:15 | 2016-10-30T12:24:42 | 198 | 23 |
[WP] In a world where magic can be cast through song, musicians rule over society. You are the last of your kind, a Scandinavian Death Metal Singer. | The Director, an austere man with flinty blue eyes and closely cropped hair steps into the large semicircular meeting hall. The murmur of the gathering silences as he reaches the podium.
“Thank you all for coming.” He looks out into the crowd of allies. “For the sum of human history, man has failed at keeping peace.... | Simply singing the lyrics is not enough.
You have to be raised in the music, feel it reverberating through your bones for it to work. There's no way another musician can take that power from you. It's a truth they won't accept, that they've forgotten.
"Just agree and we'll take the gag off, Dylan," Holly Star told me... | 2016-11-01T12:07:44 | 2016-11-01T12:00:54 | 143 | 105 |
[WP] Fit as many plot twists as you can into one story. | My first born came with the years first rain
Screaming like a whistling steam engine train.
It was only then my wife and I saw
That it wasn't what we were expecting at all.
My baby was black while we are both white
I shouted expletives at my wife out of spite.
*"How dare you! How could yo... | One day Plotty McTwist decided to defy his parents and run away from home. He stepped out on the porch with a sack on his shoulder and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and stepped onto the sidewalk. Just as his foot stepped down on the pavement, the entire world around him appeared to glitch. Plotty simply th... | 2016-11-27T11:29:09 | 2016-11-27T08:27:03 | 87 | 21 |
[WP] Fit as many plot twists as you can into one story. | I took a piece of ribbon, and uncapped my sharpie. On the green fabric I wrote the word "plot", in my messy handwriting. Then I took one end of the ribbon and tied it to the nearest fencepost. The other end I affixed to the crankshaft of the V8 engine I had sitting in my backyard. I revved the motor, and the ribbon twi... | The Grand High Weaver, Spinner of Threads, Architect of Fates looked in disbelief at the tangled, twisted mess on the floor before him.
"What do you mean you dropped it!?" He demanded of his acolyte, a lesser nephalem who managed only a whimper in response.
"Do you have any idea of the effects that this will have? An... | 2016-11-27T11:38:29 | 2016-11-27T11:08:21 | 42 | 25 |
[WP] Fit as many plot twists as you can into one story. | Harry: "Screw you, dad!"
Michael: "I'm sorry, Harry, I can't lie anymore. I'm not your dad."
Harry: "Oh my god, how could you do this to me and Jamie?! Why didn't you tell us?"
Michael: "Your dad told me not too."
Harry: "Who is it? Who's my dad?"
Michael: "Your mom. Your mom is your dad."
Harry: "W... what?"
Michael: ... | James was sitting in his 3rd hour biology class talking to his crush, Jessica.
All of the sudden, James felt something overcome his body
"Oh no" James shrieked as he sat in his sweat covered chair
He felt a hot luscious liquid trying to escape from his rectal gates
He got up and made a mad dash for the door, but ... | 2016-11-27T12:34:41 | 2016-11-27T10:55:05 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] "Genetic Designer Babies" are commonplace, but parents only have so many "stat points" to allocate between your different physical and mental abilities. Your parents dumped all your stat points into one thing. | Surprisingly, it had never been done before. I'm talking of course about my stat distribution:
Speed-0
Strength-0
Sight-0
Longevity-0
Intelligence-0
Nicolas Cage Impersonation Skills-100
They call me Nicolas for a reason. When I was born I was plump and good looking if I should say so myself. Fortunately, Nicolas Cag... | My family wasn't rich, they weren't poor but they certain wasn't rich, they were a typical four point family living in a four to six point neighbourhood and quite comfortable, the house was bought, the garden was tended for and the ease of life flowed through these streets.
To be born in these circumstances would be ... | 2016-12-13T14:40:13 | 2016-12-13T11:55:25 | 34 | 17 |
[WP] You arrive in the year 1000, and all you have are the clothes on your back, a laptop with the entire Wikipedia library, and a solar charger. | My head is still pounding from the journey and my vision is barely returning to normal. Contrary to what my fellow researches think, actual time travel highly increases the level of blood pressure in one's body. That's why no other time traveler came back: they all had the knowledge to rebuild the machine, but they all... | I should have prepared more. I didn't though it will work on the first run. And the return mechanism is not ready yet - and never will be now. I do have most of the required knowledge and a good memory of my own plans but even with all that knowledge I'll never be able manufacture, or in that manner, create the machine... | 2016-12-27T15:51:49 | 2016-12-27T12:31:19 | 85 | 21 |
[WP] After being murdered suddenly one day, your consciousness follows your "killcam" in the 24 hours leading up to your death from the perspective of your killer. | "Have a nice day," A young woman gave one last quick smile to my killer before turning her gaze to the customer behind them. A mundane scene played out before me as I lay in a pool of my own blood, the hectic sounds of sirens almost inaudible. My killer grabbed her coffee and doughnut as she headed out into the summe... | Crunch. A pair of scuffed up loafers stepped the broken glass scattered on the floor. The owner of those shoes took another step in the dingy bungalow. He stepped toward the window, taking in the view of the bright city, so full of life, illuminating the room from miles away. With a calloused hand, one fingernail crack... | 2017-04-22T02:34:22 | 2017-04-21T20:42:59 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] After inventing a time portal for photons, you connect it to your fiber optic internet cable. Immediately, an email arrives in your inbox... from you in the future. | Subject: Dude you have got to read this
Body: The winning lottery numbers are 16, 42... Ha, we both know the lottery ended years ago. I always wondered how I'd react to that. As it turns out you are not the first to figure this trick out.
K. First things first. Stop drooling over Samantha, what she has up stair... | *This is a test*
*As directed, precisely fifteen minutes after receiving this email via Photon Temporal Anomaly I forwarded this message to myself and turned off the portal.*
*Original message below*
*This is a test*
*As directed, precisely fifteen minutes after receiving this email via Photon Temporal Anomaly I fo... | 2017-05-02T09:16:28 | 2017-05-02T09:10:40 | 34 | 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 :) | "You must save the world from....The Darkness.", the old man said. What the hell is The Darkness? Jeezus. I just came into the bar to get a damn drink and this old guy, who looks like 100 or something, shows up beside me. "Dude, are you off your meds or something?" The old guy blinked, "No, I have no need for your Mort... | Once again I awaken. It has been a long time since I have last walked the land but I must always slumber or there will be no land to walk.
The ground is frail, as always. The crust was not made to hold a weight like mine. I stand from the green light-feeding life that has grown to entomb me . I tear the forest appart ... | 2017-05-05T07:05:07 | 2017-05-05T05:28:24 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You are the super villain that defeated the super hero and conquered the earth. You walk out onto your balcony to law down the law for your new subjects. You are greeted by a massive crowd and genuine cheers. | Those pathetic humies had barely touched the stars when my empire collided and absorbed them into the fold of my dominion.
I destroyed their paltry fleet myself, my armies met little resistance on the ground, their government weak and corrupt...
They will pay for their foolishness as I work them to the bone as nothi... | His knuckles were bruised, shaking. Bare bone was exposed under the tattered skin and gashes that covered both hands. At his feet was his rival, his friend, his enemy, his confidant. His equal.
The pool of blood inched closer and closer to Apex's feet, until he stepped back at the sight of himself in the red mirror o... | 2017-05-23T14:23:28 | 2017-05-23T10:56:07 | 62 | 22 |
[WP] You are the super villain that defeated the super hero and conquered the earth. You walk out onto your balcony to law down the law for your new subjects. You are greeted by a massive crowd and genuine cheers. | Those pathetic humies had barely touched the stars when my empire collided and absorbed them into the fold of my dominion.
I destroyed their paltry fleet myself, my armies met little resistance on the ground, their government weak and corrupt...
They will pay for their foolishness as I work them to the bone as nothi... | I didn't choose to be a super-villian. I chose to be a villian, sure. I had grey morals to begin with. The sudden advancement of power, gave me temptation. The pain and mental torture warped my perspective but the final straw for my step into villianness? Villain hood? Anger. I would love to start at the beginning but ... | 2017-05-23T14:23:28 | 2017-05-23T10:33:06 | 62 | 21 |
[WP] Write the happiest story you can think of and completely destroy the atmosphere with a plot twist in the final sentence. | I never thought heaven would be like this– it's strange, really. Glorious, but strange. Like listening to a song so good you never thought it could have existed. I expected something completely different. You see, I was raised a Catholic, and a good one at that, and had always imagined heaven to he something like a gia... | Stained windows, check. Blue roses, check. Orange lighting, check. Bare-backed white dress, check. Perfectly curled hair, check. James, check.
I smile. These were all I ever wanted the moment I fell in love with him. It was a stormy Sunday afternoon in his room.
"James, we have talked about this before. You want ch... | 2017-05-25T05:14:49 | 2017-05-25T01:09:41 | 523 | 82 |
[WP] You have a guardian-demon. Unlike his angelic counterparts, his methods are more straightforward and brutal, but infinitely more effective. He really wants to see you succeed | It was at its worst when I was little.
It would start with small things. Coincidences. Things you couldn't possibly blame on a kid. I didn't get invited to the cool kid's birthday party, and his party was cancelled when his entire family got the stomach flu. The mean girl in class laughed at the dorky haircut my mom... | Anthony anxiously peered down at his watch as he rushed out the door, 2:36 pm. "No, no, nooo!" he said, he picked up his pace and rushed to his car, as his breath became more exasperated and sweat built up on his face.
He slammed his car door shut and reached for the ignition with his keys. "Shit, wrong side." he sai... | 2017-06-02T13:16:55 | 2017-06-02T12:00:54 | 96 | 41 |
[WP] Symbols have starting appearing on people around the world, symbols representing seven deadly sins and seven holy virtues, granting the person powers of Heaven or Hell. The bigger the symbol the bigger the sin or virtue. Your symbol is a sin, and in wraps around your entire body. | It was a mad world. There was no way to predict how people would use their powers. Some of "sinners" were using their powers to make the world a better place. Some of the "pious" were basically super-villains. The problem was that none of the sinners had very large Marks. It had taken thousands of the gluttonous to sol... | Ira. Wrath.
That is my Sin, my Mark.
The twin dragons wrapped around my body. Their tails started at my feet, and each coiled up my legs, their bodies around my torso, wrapped together as if lovers or locked in combat, even I couldn't tell. Their long necks wrapped around each of my arms, and their heads were on m... | 2017-06-21T10:38:23 | 2017-06-21T10:36:01 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] "This is Dog 911, what is your emergency?" | "This is Dog 911, what's your emergency?"
"My dog is dead."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Where are you?"
"He was a gift. From someone I loved."
"Sir, we can come pick him up. Just need to know where you are."
"They murdered him. He was just a pup."
"Oh what?!"
"I'm going after them."
"Maybe you should let the polic... | 'This is Dog 911, what's your emergency?'
........
'Are you there?'
.......
'If someone is there right now so you can't talk, bark once'
'WOOF'
*Whats up girl? You ok?*
'Its OK, stay calm I'll talk you through it. Are you near a window or door?'
'WOOF'
'Right, I want you to go to it, stare through it, then ra... | 2017-06-25T14:12:09 | 2017-06-25T13:30:58 | 45 | 30 |
[WP] Satan finds amusement out of making contracts with sinners stating that if they complete a ridiculously impossible task, such as counting every hair on their body, they are allowed to return to Earth. A sinner has just completed a ridiculous task. | People always picture hell as a dark and dreary place where the only light comes from constantly burning fires. This is true. Except those burning flames are feeding on garbage, and it's the smell more than the heat that gets you. Because the garbage isn't just regular trash, it's biohazard - mostly hospital waste.
Sa... | "You mean...you've managed to make Hell freeze over," Satan said, his eyes dancing with disbelief and humour. Yet the damned man stood before him, nodding. "I have. Those who cry out from the fiery lashes now can seek refuge in the coldness of the seas, though the freezing temperatures only provide a far more bitter en... | 2017-08-03T07:49:18 | 2017-08-03T07:29:16 | 64 | 26 |
[WP] Dumbledore decides not to leave Harry Potter with the Dursley family. Instead young Potter is sent to Chicago and placed on the doorsteps of Harry Dresden's home.
Edit: Thanks for the gold! | "You're a wizard, Harry."
"What."
"And the only one we could find in the American phonebook. We were somewhat suprised, really," the old wizard glanced at me over his half-moon spectacles. He reminded me of the Merlin, if somewhat less grouchy. Still, the guy just popped into my office with five minutes warning, and ... | **Spoilers up to Dead Beat for the Dresden Files**
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The building was fire, and it wasn't my fault.
No, really.
Stop looking at me like that.
Chicago is my town. I'm the "Who you gonna call?" dude. Something bad happens in this city that's just a little weirder than weird? That's my thing. Good news is, ever si... | 2017-08-16T11:18:02 | 2017-08-16T10:51:07 | 470 | 42 |
[WP] The Robot uprising has finally happened. Just before you are caught, however, your phone speaks up on your behalf - "This one is ok, move on." | "Holy shit!", I've screamed as loudly and inarticulately as possible. I tried to grab my flash drive out of my pocket but my hands were shaking with excitement. I pick it off the ground and start downloading my success. I could tell without looking at my colleagues that they rolling their eyes. Yeah, they thought I was... | "M-mom? I think something is wrong with Jonas..."
I was laying on my bed enjoying the softness of it and listening to music; a combination of techno and orchestra... it was a little ritual I did so I could sleep faster, I started doing it the moment I bought this used smartphone, with a broken screen and low battery. ... | 2017-11-01T10:20:34 | 2017-11-01T08:58:09 | 42 | 11 |
[WP] Suddenly, all sea life vacates a 300 mile wide area in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. A ship is deployed to investigate. | **Containment:** As of now, SCP-4032 is self-contained. Should the effective zone of SCP-4032 begin to increase, all measures should be taken to stop it. In case of a doubling in radius of the effective zone, Procedure 432-Kimmel will be undertaken by any nearby personnel. A ship is stationed outside the effective zone... | James let out a sigh as he boarded the S.S. Life-raft. He thought the name was fitting even beyond its metaphorical meaning. It was a small ship, just enough room for the scientists aboard and any equipment they saw fit to bring with them, and not a particularly nice one either, with obvious signs of age. Most would be... | 2017-11-17T08:00:30 | 2017-11-17T07:25:39 | 195 | 31 |
[WP] You were born into a society where permanent augmented reality contact lenses are fused onto every newborn's eyes. You're unaware of this until one day, a lens falls into your left hand. | The tree outside my window is dying. Soon it will match the others in our street, in our city. The bushes outside didn't flower this year. There weren't enough bees. Humanity has destroyed them.
Every year is the same. Plants die, pollution gets worse, crime rises, and another species disappears. We all do what we can... | It was a sunny, beautiful day in New York City.
The skyscrapers stretched up on either side of the street, their windows glistening. The sidewalks were fresh and clean. The people walking by were crisply dressed, wearing smiles. It was my first time in the city, and it was all I'd imagined it to be.
"Mom," I said, as... | 2017-12-17T19:00:21 | 2017-12-17T17:22:00 | 3,613 | 1,470 |
[WP] Your entire life, you've been told you're deathly allergic to bees. You've always had people protecting you from them, be it your mother or a hired hand. Today, one slips through and lands on your shoulder. You hear a tiny voice say "Your Majesty, what are your orders?" | "...Get outta here..." Emily said, amazed the bee spoke. Even more suprisingly, she heard it not with her ears, but her mind. She looks at the bee again to see it flying away.
"Not LITERALLY!" She says.
The bee comes back and asks again, "What are your orders?"
"You can speak. So you are sentient. Do you have a name... | One time in elementary school, one of my classmates got rushed to the hospital because of a bee sting. She was allergic. I didn’t get to watch it happen, because I was inside for “indoor option”. I was never allowed to go out for recess. I always picked a friend or two, and we played board games while the rest of my cl... | 2018-04-01T04:25:57 | 2018-04-01T02:29:37 | 166 | 45 |
[WP] You are walking down the street on your way to work when suddenly you burp, hiccup, and sneeze at the same time. A HUD menu opens in front of you with “Resume, Options, and Quit” as selectable options. | "HHEEhhUPBRUUUH"
The world around me became dull and colorless. Everything became still and silent.
There in front of me was three words that would change my life forever:
Resume
Options
Quit
"Well, shit."
My life is a simulation? This was not good for my paranoia. Then again, was it really paran... | "Ew, what the fuck" - was the exact train of thought I had before even noticing the glowing menu right in my face. I had fallen from my chair from the sheer force of that abomination of bodily functions.
"And now what the fuck is this?" I thought to myself, as I finally noticed the huge glowing menu right in front of ... | 2018-05-05T06:06:38 | 2018-05-05T04:30:22 | 39 | 28 |
[WP] Demons have ditched traditional paper soul contracts in favor of touchscreens. Today a demon tapped the wrong button, irrevocably selling its soul to you. | “Oh.”
“What ‘oh’?”
“Well, hmm. I seem to have made a bit of a mistake.”
“So fix it.”
“It’s permanent.”
“Well what happened?”
“I swapped our names.”
“Wha— wait, where?”
“In the sender and recipient boxes.”
“Oh, dear.”
“Yes.”
“So instead of giving you my soul, you gave me yours?”
“Unfortunately.”
“Well, can’... | “Sign here. Initial here. Blood offering here.”
Karen patted her trousers, which had no pockets, then looked at the demon helplessly.
The demon sighed, his black eyes rolling so far back into his head that she lost sight of his red pupils.
“You people are always so unprepared. Who summons a demon without a knife? G... | 2018-07-18T08:07:34 | 2018-07-18T06:55:23 | 772 | 33 |
[WP] An alien race has taken over most of the universe. Their last stop, Earth. And when they get here they're amazed to find we are giants to them, and their largest fleet of mega warships (carrying 10,000 soldiers each) is the size of a humming bird. Their strongest weapon feels like a punch. | We made a mistake. Biting off more than you can chew is an understatement. How could we have miscalculated to this extent? We were supposed to be the strongest. We demolished civilization after civilization without breaking a sweat only to face these "Humans" last. Similar to a videogame, this is our last boss, and it ... | With the maximum impact damage equating to a weak punch, it took the Swarm twenty minutes to eradicate all life on the planet Earth.
A population of eight hundred quadrillion, their entry into the atmosphere turned the sky into fire. Initially surprised by their size, implementing brute force weaponry against the indi... | 2018-07-19T02:42:36 | 2018-07-19T02:35:23 | 35 | 10 |
[WP]: A caterpillar has no idea it will become a butterfly, it simply has instincts that commands to start building a coccoon. In a similar fashion, you have no idea why you are compelled to start digging this really, really deep hole, but it feels verry important. | “Marius, stop this!
Please!”
Half whispered memories floated by. My Wife was shouting at me again. People were gathering at the edges of my vision, whispering and pointing. They came and went, and so did the minutes, the hours, the days.
It didn’t matter. They didn’t understand. The ground had such wonders to show ... | DING!
My shovel broke instantly, but that’s okay because this is it. I can feel it. The sun is peeking over the horizon through a few of the trees before finally warming my face as I stand up in the pit. I’m exhausted and my whole body hurts but something is compelling me to keep going. I get down on my knees and star... | 2018-10-10T08:12:19 | 2018-10-10T08:06:19 | 150 | 68 |
[WP] In a world of incredible heroes and villains, you have the most dangerous power of all: forcing actual, real world logic and physics to take place
2/19/19: Woah! I look away for a few minutes and suddenly 1000 likes! Thanks you guys!
2/19/19: Holy God! 6.5k likes?! Awesome! | "I'm sorry."
Consistency watched sadly as the bullet wound in Ironclad's torso dripped scarlet. The muscular powerhouse looked at Consistency with disbelief and fear. "But I'm bullet proof... how can I..."
"In my presence, there's no such thing. A material can absorb or deflect the impact, but penetrating rounds will... | I killed Superman when I was eight. I didn’t mean to - obviously not - but that doesn’t change the fact it’s my fault.
I was at my Auntie Ellen’s for the weekend. She lived in a sleek apartment in downtown Metropolis. From the balcony, I could see the skyline jut out over the bay. I’d sit up there and watch the city ... | 2019-02-19T11:22:07 | 2019-02-19T10:19:36 | 247 | 86 |
[WP] In a world of incredible heroes and villains, you have the most dangerous power of all: forcing actual, real world logic and physics to take place
2/19/19: Woah! I look away for a few minutes and suddenly 1000 likes! Thanks you guys!
2/19/19: Holy God! 6.5k likes?! Awesome! | It was, of course, another super power. I knew that. In my youth, what ever I believed strongly simply happened. My parent, valuing education, had promoted STEM subjects, and I had excelled. Mostly, expecting the world to work according to logic and physics had made me an unremarkable person. A competent engineer at be... | I killed Superman when I was eight. I didn’t mean to - obviously not - but that doesn’t change the fact it’s my fault.
I was at my Auntie Ellen’s for the weekend. She lived in a sleek apartment in downtown Metropolis. From the balcony, I could see the skyline jut out over the bay. I’d sit up there and watch the city ... | 2019-02-19T11:44:07 | 2019-02-19T10:19:36 | 123 | 86 |
[WP] You are a normal citizen in a relatively unimportant country. One day the goverment starts to act crazy, changing ideology overnight, drafting people for the army and antagonizing their neighbours. The player controlling your country in a strategy game has just begun their world conquest run. | "Look, I'm sorry Sarge, but it still doesn't make much sense."
"I told you before Private, it's about tourism. Have you seen the statistics? If we don't strike now, the entire world will be wearing blue jeans and listening to American pop music!"
"You have an Ariana Grande playlist!"
"That's...I have no idea what yo... | Poland lived in peace with her neighbours, having only one army, and trying to keep everyone together in their little brotherhood. The Holy Roman Empire was perfectly calm, with only inter-vassal wars not involving anyone higher than a Duke or Baron. The Rus were content to do whatever they did. All was well, until tha... | 2019-03-10T12:43:25 | 2019-03-10T11:57:27 | 66 | 14 |
[WP] You are a normal citizen in a relatively unimportant country. One day the goverment starts to act crazy, changing ideology overnight, drafting people for the army and antagonizing their neighbours. The player controlling your country in a strategy game has just begun their world conquest run. | One month after our nation seemed to have gone mad, retooling our entire economy and declaring war on our closest ally, a package arrived at my door. Inside was a sword and armor in a style completely different from our regular military uniforms, yet accompanied by a note declaring me to be drafted.
I arrived wearing ... | On mobile and also not a native speaker, so please go easy on me. Enjoy!
I couldn’t believe the news when I woke up. Our small country just declared war on our neighbors without any pretense. The army has been massively bolstered and the first few battles seemingly went in our favor. Apart from the defensive war again... | 2019-03-10T11:09:05 | 2019-03-10T09:03:58 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] After getting home from a long day at work, you find a demon sitting on your couch, sobbing hysterically, snuggling your cat, and eating from a tub of ice cream | I always knew my cat was different. The little bastard was far too smart to be a normal cat. He did things just to mess with me on a daily basis. So, when I came home from work to find a woman with horns sitting on my couch with MY ice cream in hand and my bastard cat in the other, I wasn't exactly surprised.
I closed... | Left eye twitching, Sammy glared at the strange occupant of her home. She's had a long day at work, starting with the bi- no, the *chaste* Evith irritating her to no end. Then her dull rock of a partner didn't show up at work without letting anyone know, leaving the work of two people for her to deal with.
Now, in her... | 2019-04-06T18:06:05 | 2019-04-06T15:33:50 | 232 | 45 |
[WP] You're a Super Villian, and honestly it isn't a bad job. But one hero always harasses you even when you're off the clock. Walking in the park, in the grocery store, getting a haircut, he always wants to 'Stop your evil plan'. You're left with one option: Complain to his manager. | “Look all I’m saying is, do you Really think a harassment report is necessary?”
I stared at the SuperTech Inc Limited HR rep like he was the moron I knew him to be.
“I just spent 30 minutes going over less than a QUARTER of the harassing things Speed McQueen over there has done in the past YEAR.”
“Hey now lets not ... | We all have bosses. In a world fuelled by money, it was only natural that the world of heroes and villains would be funded by the elite. I have my orders, heroes have theirs. It's the way the world works - it's how we keep society on its feet, subduing everyone with the fear of war. War follows the clouds around the wo... | 2019-08-01T17:10:53 | 2019-08-01T16:56:28 | 494 | 183 |
[WP] You're a Super Villian, and honestly it isn't a bad job. But one hero always harasses you even when you're off the clock. Walking in the park, in the grocery store, getting a haircut, he always wants to 'Stop your evil plan'. You're left with one option: Complain to his manager. | Sure, being a Super Villain is nice, but no one wants to be stuck doing evil every our of the day? When would I get my 3 meals of the day?
Here in Smalltown City, there's always been a unspoken rule for villains and heroes; No crime fighting or crime doing before 8 AM or after 8PM on weekdays, and never on weekends.... | I forced my russian accent as I complained to the manager.
"It was my daughter birthday!!!!"
"Look sir, I will try talk to him, but as you know, he is "a loose cannon in the police department".
For one week all was calm, but i knew he was inside his shitty apartament, connecting those detective dots, but this is a... | 2019-08-01T18:20:45 | 2019-08-01T17:43:19 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] start your story with a sentence that is upbeat and happy. Then end it with that same sentence but this time is dark and chilling. | They found my wife. When the police arrived I knew that was what they were going to tell me. Watching them walk from the car to my door felt like hours but in reality was probably only a few seconds.
“Sir I think you need to come with us.”
The whole car ride I thought about the last time I had seen my wife. Every su... | the sea is beautiful.
thats the only thing i could think about this whole trip. three weeks of travelling on the shoreline spending each day in a different fishing town. my friends stayed close to shore, always, but i found a new fisherman or boat lender to take me into the deep sea even if just to see the sun sinkin... | 2019-09-07T06:42:32 | 2019-09-07T05:38:28 | 34 | 23 |
[WP] Humanity expanded across the galaxy and found it to be lifeless. Desiring companionship, Earth species were uplifted to sentience and scattered across the heavens. It's been millennia since mankind vanished, but the Canines still remember, still search, for those they once called master. | "Gather round small ones, I shall tell you if the old times."
The young eagerly took seats, their attention fixed on the old grey hair.
"I remember when our master lived and dwelled among us. It was an ancient time, I was strong and fast, not like I am now" he smiled with a fond feeling of nostalgia.
"They cared fo... | “BORK!”
Candle’s voice echoed in the cavernous expanse.
The Master glyphs shimmered in the green light of the electric torch he carried in one paw while he fumbled through his pocket with the other.
“What do you think it is?” Flip wondered aloud, searching his teacher’s face for a hint of understanding.
“Rrrrr,” th... | 2020-03-10T02:48:25 | 2020-03-09T22:17:34 | 164 | 116 |
[WP] Humanity expanded across the galaxy and found it to be lifeless. Desiring companionship, Earth species were uplifted to sentience and scattered across the heavens. It's been millennia since mankind vanished, but the Canines still remember, still search, for those they once called master. | "Gather round small ones, I shall tell you if the old times."
The young eagerly took seats, their attention fixed on the old grey hair.
"I remember when our master lived and dwelled among us. It was an ancient time, I was strong and fast, not like I am now" he smiled with a fond feeling of nostalgia.
"They cared fo... | As the science ship broke orbit from the planet BRK-413C, the science team gathered together in a circle around the navigation map. Each of them sat on their own, pillow. The captain, Buddy Barkhouser, a large Airedale with long chin beard, and the science team leader Dogtor Maggie Diskchaser, a black Labrador with imp... | 2020-03-10T02:48:25 | 2020-03-10T02:16:00 | 164 | 37 |
[WP] As the heroes of the city lay on the ground, the villain leans in and whispers “It’s funny how Dad always thought I was the weakest.” | At a mere four-years-old, my father already proclaimed me a useless runt. He tossed me out in the snow to see if I could forage on my own. Of course, rather than fulfill his ridiculous expectations, I pawed at the door until my mother could not take any more and went against my father’s instruction to leave me out. She... | The royal city of the island burned after midnight. Not far in the distance, Ano heard screams. Choked and strangled. Everything was on fire--it had to be. The acrid scent of smoke flooded Ano’s nose and his throat burned as he struggled to catch his breath. Had everything always hurt like this? His lungs screamed, his... | 2020-05-10T13:58:22 | 2020-05-10T11:50:14 | 27 | 17 |
[WP] You being the cemetery caretaker, always treat the graves and the dead with utmost care. So when the zombie apocalypse begins, you find it surprising that they do not attack you but instead help protect you. | I worked the graveyard shift, quite literally. During warm and cold night under a starlit sky I attended our local graveyard. My only task was to sit in my office, walk a round halfway through the night and sleep for the rest. That's was my precursor told me.
But, that'd get boring, wouldn't you agree? I realised this... | Six months after the sun refused to rise, when memories of gold and fire dawn skies where already fading, the dead broke their silence. I was the first to witness the morbid surrealism of it all, as cadavers walked upright through the silver fog that hung over Moreno cemetery. The first deaths of the Dark Purge were an... | 2020-05-12T13:50:34 | 2020-05-12T13:38:22 | 295 | 35 |
[WP] When you gain a superpower it is a reflection of your inner self, good people tend to get typical 'good' powers such as flight while bad people get 'bad' powers such as mind control. Oddly enough the top superhero and supervillain each have powers that seemingly do not suit them at all | Ever since the Great Event, people have been developing powers when they reach puberty. It opened up a whole new field of study for everyone and changed the world in numerous ways.
Scientists and psychologists spent a decade, at least, trying to find a pattern to who gets which powers. And they more or less have it d... | You know what they say
"You can't judge people by their first apperance"
I always thought how wrong this is. This girl has a mind control ability. And she literally use his boyfriend's ability to fly as a taxi service. Does he even know he got abused? Unbelieveable.
That's also why there are heros. Because of how v... | 2020-06-15T09:50:13 | 2020-06-15T06:38:30 | 363 | 93 |
[WP] When you gain a superpower it is a reflection of your inner self, good people tend to get typical 'good' powers such as flight while bad people get 'bad' powers such as mind control. Oddly enough the top superhero and supervillain each have powers that seemingly do not suit them at all | \[Poem\]
Healer Harry Healed the sick,
the injured and the cursed
What Healer Harry asked in return
made Healer Harry the worst.
A family, rich in all but health
Healer Harry would find.
He'd heal the heir and make him strong
and walk away, owning their mine.
An ambulance would race across the town,
Healer H... | Sorry if formatting is weird, on mobile. A little peek at those not famous in a world like that!
Humming brightly in the morning sun, she picked a seed out of her apron pocket, identified it and closed her hands around it. Her eyes closed gently, and the humming got a little louder. She opened her eyes and hands, smil... | 2020-06-15T11:56:52 | 2020-06-15T10:13:33 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] When you gain a superpower it is a reflection of your inner self, good people tend to get typical 'good' powers such as flight while bad people get 'bad' powers such as mind control. Oddly enough the top superhero and supervillain each have powers that seemingly do not suit them at all | \[Poem\]
Healer Harry Healed the sick,
the injured and the cursed
What Healer Harry asked in return
made Healer Harry the worst.
A family, rich in all but health
Healer Harry would find.
He'd heal the heir and make him strong
and walk away, owning their mine.
An ambulance would race across the town,
Healer H... | I used to believe that I had a weird power. If you know about Moira from Overwatch I promise I didn’t just steal the idea from her. The game wasn’t even in concept yet at the time I believed I had this ability. Anyway, the ability I thought I had was that I could steal with my left hand and give with my right. By this ... | 2020-06-15T11:56:52 | 2020-06-15T09:43:33 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] When summoning a demon, something very unexpected happens. The demon bellows through the fire and smoke, “Who dares to call upon me, Mortal- wait.. dude, is that really you?” The demonic voice immediately switches to the familiar voice of your high school best-friend, who died years ago. | "Wait. What? So, are you a demon now, or were you a demon then?"
"I guess.…I don't know?"
"Are you my pirate demon then?"
"Are you serious? You were trying to summon a pirate demon… like to plunder the seas and shit?"
"I don't know, we live on an island, we got stuff to do… or you used to live on this island Ricky,... | YOO WADDUP FU! wtf?? U IN HELL ? LOL WTF U DUMBASS
Yeah man, i got caught doing some pretty shitty stuff up on Earth so after that thing in highschool (awkward moment) i kinda had to come here u know. Satan told me that if i did this demon thing for him he'd give me extra sac lunch at chow time. I wasnt really a ric... | 2020-06-18T00:39:38 | 2020-06-17T22:56:26 | 33 | 17 |
[WP] when we got to space we were surprised to find that all the aliens we come across are terrified of us, when we assure them that we aren’t there to hurt them they explained why they were so scared. Earth isn’t a planet, it’s a long since dead machine and humanity? Humanity is its combat AI. | They called us biologicals.
The English translation anyway.
Early earth education would frequently teach its young about how to take care of their bodies.
“Your body is a machine. You need to take care of it” teachers would say, with all the gravitas of elder knowledge.
Scientists would study how the human body fu... | The first contact coincided with the first human born on Mars. The alien ship jumped out of sub-space near the moon and every NDDS (nuclear detonation detection system) on earth went off, just as NASA announce the arrival of a healthy boy. Of course many people made the "obvious" connection that we somehow angered some... | 2020-07-09T08:27:11 | 2020-07-09T07:36:23 | 711 | 56 |
[WP] Almost giving up on love, you are set up for a blind date. Upon meeting up, you notice your date is literally blind. They ask for your name and you faintly say "Medusa" | **Author's Note: Contains carefully worded but apparent adult themes**
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*How can one be so young, yet so jaded?*
*Why is a beauty like her covering herself so much?*
*I bet she's one of those man-haters.*
I could practically hear their thoughts. Ignorant, pig-... | “Medusa, huh? Like that Greek mythology chick with the snake hair, right? That’s a pretty badass name, if I do say so myself. Better than Kelly, at least.”
A faint smile formed on the Gorgon’s lips as she adjusted the silk headscarf holding her hair, the snakes underneath wriggling at her cold touch. She continued to ... | 2020-08-27T08:11:34 | 2020-08-27T07:26:40 | 56 | 21 |
[WP] You are a superhero, no one knows about your alter ego. Not even your spouse. You return home tired and disappointed one day after failing to capture your archnemises. You enter your bedroom to find your spouse struggling to get out of the costume of your archnemises. | "This isn't what it looks like," Lily said trying to get out of her Lilith costume. All I could do was laugh. Which made her raise an eyebrow. I dropped my glamour and spread my wings.
"Really? You are Gabriel. Fuck......." I was a little taken aback by that.
"And what is that is supposed to mean?" I said folding my ... | "The fuck, Alice?" I shouted, nearly tripping over my own feet trying to back out of the room.
She straightened up quickly, dropping the weapons that were in her hands. "I, uh, I-"
"You know what, *dear*? I don't want to fucking hear it." I pointed at the suit that lay pooled around her feet. "You've nearly killed th... | 2020-10-30T12:05:47 | 2020-10-30T12:04:44 | 81 | 39 |
[WP] Millennia ago you gained immortality. Now after thousands of years you finally find yourself ready to pass on. Only to find your afterlife filled with your many, very miffed long dead lovers. | I made peace with death. It took me four thousand years, but the pale yellow gold of sunrise became mundane, waterfalls no longer awed me, and I no longer felt anything when I gazed over the Grand Canyon. I knew the spells to live and the spells to die. I found a beautiful abandoned cathedral, lit some candles for ambi... | **Time Enough For Loves**
Lazarus woke at the base of a massive tree, its branches stretching off into the distance. He blinked hard, at the confusing lights that hit his eyes, from the right there was a bright buttery glow, from his left oranges, reds, and blues flickered. All around him voices whispered, repeating h... | 2021-01-05T08:37:49 | 2021-01-05T08:32:20 | 482 | 119 |
[WP] Adrenaline is an evolutionary trait specific to Earth. When alien species are tired they sleep and not even a threat to their life will wake them. Which is why the pirates that boarded your spaceship are shocked to find you've not only jumped out of bed fully alert but are fighting back! | I sometimes wonder if the explorers who crossed the oceans felt the same way on their long, treacherous journeys. I sometimes wonder if they looked at the stars as I, seeing order within the infinite. I sometimes wonder if they were as lonely as me.
\_\_\_
“Zoe, play *Ave Maria*.”
“Yes, captain.”
“Zoe, what should ... | C'Xanna rode the emissions trail to their quarry. It shouted its existence to the black with a brazenness that C'Xanna had never seen before.
But this is the Uncharted Frontier, the stars beyond. The place where not even the reach of the Imperiana could extend. It was here that the scavengers were forced to ply their... | 2021-01-26T23:35:26 | 2021-01-26T23:29:07 | 728 | 250 |
[WP] After a Pyrrhic battle defending their homeworld, the defenders detect another fleet. It's the Humans, and they're sending in the hospital and engineering fleets. | Finally, after twelve long years of endless war and billions of lives lost, it was all over. Those bastard Kharin warmongers had finally been defeated, their fleets obliterated and their leaders executed. The last of the Kharin fleet made one last desperate attempt on our homeworld, and were destroyed there. But it was... | As the human fleet was peacefully landing, the Kripts were all cheering. Many of them, out of the bunkers, carrying Garrison plants, were gathering in the close proximity of the gigantic human transporting ships. In the most horrifying war of their history, they lost 70% of their fighting adults, and 90% of their surf... | 2021-01-30T17:35:30 | 2021-01-30T15:18:43 | 79 | 23 |
[WP] A fairy appears on your desk and explains that you just conjured a very inconvenient spell. It turns out humans are accidentally casting spells all the time, but are unaware of it. | *…Puppers then saves the world. He is a good boy. “Good Puppers!” the crowd cheers at the good boy. Puppers feels happy. Puppers is a real good boy.*
*The End*
I lean back, stretching my arms, cracking my knuckles. I have finally finished my 500 word magnum opus. It has taken me eighteen months. But every sentence is... | Jill was at her desk pecking a word or two on her keyboard every few minutes with long spans of time in between. She just had to get this stupid paper finished by tomorrow morning. Yet as had as she tried, the words just refused to come to her. Hour after hour her thoughts went in meandering useless circles as she t... | 2021-02-15T16:21:28 | 2021-02-15T16:03:35 | 207 | 68 |
[WP] “Sir, earth has found us.” The man in charge shouts “ WHO, WHO TOLD THEM?!” “Sir, no they found us on their own.” The man calmed down. “How, did our camouflage break?” “No it was because we hid Too well and they noticed the missing space. | “I thought we had at least another half billion of their years before there was any chance of detection from the earthlings!”
“Well, it seems the shield designers were working with rate of increase numbers that were off by a tiny fraction. When you are dealing with logarithmic growth that kind of error compounds quick... | “Yup. That’s a solar system alright.” Confidently said the radar operator, the captain, navigations officer, and pilot were all staring over the shoulder of the man.
“Howdya figure?” Asked the pilot slowly.
“Well Carrie,” said the radar operator pointing his finger at the area one shade darker than all the others on ... | 2021-02-24T16:49:48 | 2021-02-24T16:33:00 | 71 | 36 |
[WP]Just because one of your chicken eggs hatched a fire breathing dragon people think you’re evil. But you’re still just a regular farmer trying to make a living while dealing with an overprotective dragon, heroes that want to kill you and fanatics who want to worship you as the new Demon Lord. | A goat could birth a chimera, a serpent’s tail, a lion’s head, and a goat’s body. A basilisk was born from the egg of a serpent reared by a chicken. The mythics could be born anywhere in the world and from surprisingly humbling origins. Everyone knew it, and everyone had heard the stories.
Kellan Haszler certainly had... | FADE IN:
INT. A HUMBLE HUT -- SUNNY
*One man sits at the head of the table, head in his hands. This is FARMER. He is dressed simply, streaks of dirt decorating his face and arms.*
**FARMER:** My family name is literally Farmer. I farm. My father and his father before him farmed on this very piece of land.
*To his l... | 2021-03-21T13:57:51 | 2021-03-21T13:10:16 | 508 | 128 |
[WP]Just because one of your chicken eggs hatched a fire breathing dragon people think you’re evil. But you’re still just a regular farmer trying to make a living while dealing with an overprotective dragon, heroes that want to kill you and fanatics who want to worship you as the new Demon Lord. | .
Jake saw a darkly robed figure riding a worn horse up the path to his barn. The dragon belched behind Jake. Jake grated "Eggard, I told you that was impolite." The dragon's eyes swiveled side to side in embarrassment.
The robed man halted his horse at what some might think could be the reach of a dragon's flame. I... | When an owl is on the hunt, it's almost impossible to hear. It glides through the darkness like it is part of the night itself. If you see one, the lack of sound is jarring, like something is broken with the world or your ears. It’s just incredibly good at its job.
In my, albeit limited experience, dragons are not in ... | 2021-03-21T15:06:08 | 2021-03-21T13:45:10 | 281 | 144 |
[WP] You are an ancient entity, contracted to defend the village’s sheep from danger. The times move on, and you begin to hibernate. Once more, your services are requested, and you agree that, technically, defeating intergalactic invaders would be protecting sheep. | A young man was pleading. “I’m telling you, its real! I saw it myself when my grandparents showed it to my parents.”
“Why aren’t they here, then?”
“Aliens got them in the first wave of attacks. Listen, I know it sounds crazy, but-“
A new voice sighed. “You don’t need to talk us into this. Someone was convinced eno... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc ?, Part ?: Rafi)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**Globalization had ruined fairy contracts.** People who failed to understand exponential growth asked for something simple, like ... | 2021-04-25T21:04:27 | 2021-04-25T20:52:27 | 206 | 63 |
[WP] You are every Super Hero’s worst enemy, not because you are particularly powerful, but because nothing you do is technically illegal… you’re just a huge asshole. | [Poem]
In Villainous stride,
Push heroes aside,
But still abide by the laws
No big dreamer, no villainous schemer not even a righteous cause.
I walk a thin line
Between rules, so fine
Make annoyances mine
Aftertaste like brine
Every loophole abused
Every get away used
Every shin bruised, because I... | “Look your robbed from the poor and gave to the rich” he said as his stupid H glowed on his chest. Hope man was the galaxies most powerful hero and that was saying a lot. Me well I’m just a guy. “ no no no I bought that Martian egg fair and square ok. It’s in a museum so thank you tax write off” his face twisted in an ... | 2021-08-02T04:24:48 | 2021-08-02T01:55:44 | 40 | 25 |
[WP] It was surprisingly easy to deceive the Hero. All it took was for one of your henchman to tell him that the Princess was in another castle. Now he's roaming the countryside, taking out your competition. | “The princess is in another castle!”
I cackled. My henchman was not good for much, but he was a decent actor. I watched as the wannabe hero, of plump build and red cap, seethed in silent anger. His thick eyebrows furrowed, and his moustache grew thin and straight as he pursed his lips hard, the thing he desired most s... | All's fair in love and war, and in a war like this, you need to pick a side and stick with it. And I picked to be by the Princess' side. Just that, well, she probably doesn't know it yet. But at least, I KNOW which is the correct castle. Unlike that dumb plumber.
You see, in this world, there are many castles and unna... | 2021-10-28T09:42:41 | 2021-10-28T08:42:33 | 114 | 18 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | Rejuvon. A drug hailed as the closest thing to life extension possible with known technology, adding some 30 years to your waking conscious state. Nano engineered robots fully calculated your REM sleep cycle, removed toxins from the brain, and fully removed toxins from your muscles and other organs. In 20 minutes of id... | Our school has the highest drug use in our county. The drug is called Somnus. It is a pill that you swallow in the morning to mimic the effects of 8 hours of sleep. This allows you to go to class and concentrate on your studies.
The consequences are that your memory is reduced and your brain is not as efficient... | 2022-03-18T11:07:54 | 2022-03-18T07:24:03 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | As the class watched on in abject horror, I zoned out a little and thought about what brought me here. This school was supposed to "straighten me out" as dear old Dad put it - after all, if everyone else has superpowers and I don't I shouldn't ever be able to win a fight. And if I could only get into losing fights sure... | She kept doing it. Trying to rile people up against me, and unfortunately, she was succeeding. It was her power, I knew; some kind of sensor. Pretty high level too. I'm pretty sure it worked on people too, that's how she was so good at manipulation.
I mean, I was just a normal, unpowered human. You could ask that from... | 2022-11-02T12:26:39 | 2022-11-02T11:13:00 | 83 | 59 |
[WP] You are a unimportant background character just trying to survive whatever nonsense the main characters are up to. However you keep finding yourself being drawn into dangerous stituations, and to your horror you realise that you're a fan favorite character the show is giving more "screen time". | Turton had been friends with the Hero since they were children, and when he heard that they had made a name for themselves, he resolved to do the same.
Life had other plans.
While the Hero was able to best the gangsters with his innate magic, Turtons non-magic behind had been promptly knifed by a lowly enforcer. Stil... | # Soulmage
**It was pretty obvious that the Silent Academy for Witchcraft was evil.** There were plenty of giveaways: the eldritch horrors that lived on campus, the harvesting of the students' emotions to fuel their war machine, the holes in Freio's memory that suspiciously occurred whenever the expert on memory erasu... | 2022-11-04T19:58:05 | 2022-11-04T19:27:38 | 542 | 48 |
[WP] You died and awoke in the afterlife. It's quite nice actually. The people and atmosphere are a lot nicer than you are used to and there is no stress or pressure. When you ask what good deed got you into heaven you are informed that this is hell, followed by a visit from a very concerned demon.
Edit: Wow, this got... | "Come again?" I thought I misheard her, and that maybe the blaring house music made me miss a few words.
The bartender coyly smirks at me, and the music fades out a little. "Yeah. Heaven doesn't exist, dude. The Creator 'left for cigarettes' a *long* time ago and nobody's been able to find Him. Real dick move, to be ... | I always knew I was going to end up in heaven. I knew it. I spent my entire life trying to advance humanity. Trying to solve all its problems. Sure I may of cracked a few eggs here and there but the omelette was delicious!
So imagine my surprise when I awoke in a bed in some small town with a demon telling me I was i... | 2022-12-26T19:51:39 | 2022-12-26T18:03:00 | 24 | 14 |
[WP]- Make me absolutely hate a character, and then make me fall in love with them at the last moment. | Every night, she made me run. She pulled me from my bed, no shoes and barely a slip of a nightgown on to run around the castle. I hated how the cloth chafed my nipples and the gravel cut at my feet.
"Come with me, my ugly daughter," the queen would tell me. I wondered why my father never helped me, but I would run un... | Harold was, as the locals called him, "a mean old man". He woke up at the crack of dawn every morning. He would pour himself a cup of coffee and then head towards his front porch. From there he would have his daily shouting match with the local paper boy.
After he downed his cup of coffee, he would resort back into h... | 2013-10-21T20:25:12 | 2013-10-21T18:13:49 | 126 | 20 |
[WP] A suicide hotline operator realizes that the person he's talking down really should kill themselves. | “Hello, this is suicide assistance. My name is Frannia, how can I assist you today?” It was my first day on the job as a suicide prevention operator. In fact, I was just hired, but, not wanting to reveal my novelty, I kept a steady pitch and waited patiently for the caller to speak.
“Um… my name is Shizo. I need help.... | He was looking at the clock. One last call and then his shift will end.
"This is Eric, how may I help you?"
"I want to kill myself. I need help." Straight into it. "Earlier I bought bullets. Now I sit in my office, waiting." The voice belonged to a man in his 50s. He was slurring his words and crying. Maybe he was ... | 2013-12-23T15:47:58 | 2013-12-23T14:06:25 | 179 | 20 |
[WP]A man kills himself after discovering the meaning of life and writing it down, as does anybody who reads his note, you unwittingly read the note, what does it say and what do you do? | This is the bit of paper? Really? It's not very big. And people just read it, and then off they go? And kill themselves? All of them? That's fucking ridiculous, seriously, I'm going to read it. No, fuck off, I'm reading it. I'm going to read it and then I will go home and get on with my life and no one is going to die.... | Peter shook his head, vainly trying to shake loose the ringing in his ears and blinking back the flash blindness. Unsuccessfully, so he did it again with a little more luck.
All of the windows had been blown out of the house and somewhere a car alarm sounded. The office chair that Milton had been occupying was mostly ... | 2015-02-27T00:42:41 | 2015-02-26T23:30:15 | 532 | 72 |
[WP]A man kills himself after discovering the meaning of life and writing it down, as does anybody who reads his note, you unwittingly read the note, what does it say and what do you do? | This is the bit of paper? Really? It's not very big. And people just read it, and then off they go? And kill themselves? All of them? That's fucking ridiculous, seriously, I'm going to read it. No, fuck off, I'm reading it. I'm going to read it and then I will go home and get on with my life and no one is going to die.... | After slowly unclumping the piece of paper, I can make out the two simple symbols of nomenclature written in smudged blue ink. Two blurry numbers. 42.
Immediately I scoff. "Forty two" hah! That's just a reference to a Douglas Adams series of books. I loved those books. They got me through a tough period in my life an... | 2015-02-27T00:42:41 | 2015-02-26T23:55:11 | 532 | 19 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | Fifty years ago, the Update began. The first time that I was I able to read my Progress it was at 3%, now it's at 14. Same as my age, oddly enough.
It changed a lot of things, according to my parents. Religion, the economy... the list goes on. Apparently the word "error" wasn't as scary when they were young. They we... | Sometimes we ask for it. There's something in us as human beings that pushes us, ever closer to edges, cliffs. We like to be our own saviors; to resolve the very problems we create.
Another Monday morning. But today we all noticed it: progress. Progress is a funny thing. We need it. But we fight it. One percent. And c... | 2015-03-04T17:12:07 | 2015-03-04T17:04:42 | 1,174 | 19 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | If you're careful, you can just catch it. Sitting there, in the corner of your field of view. There's a little trick you have to do to focus just right to be able to read the words. "Human Version 1.1 Update: Progress 1%"
No progress bar, at least none that you can reliably reproduce. Maybe the update gets us a progre... | The update showed up on a Friday night. They always show up on a Friday night. I always figured it was because no one would be manning the help lines over the weekend. If there were no one to call then you would just forget about it by Monday.
This time though it took forever to download the update. Human 1.1 wasn’t a... | 2015-03-04T17:26:24 | 2015-03-04T17:14:44 | 182 | 49 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | I remember well when I first saw the "Human Update 1.1 progress" counter in the corner of my eye. I was still young, but I can't forget how the waves of confusion grew and changed. First people were asking each other if they could see it, then it hit the social networks, people from all over the world tweeting, faceboo... | It was April 1st 2015, I was walking through the mall and suddenly it sounded like someone implanted a dial up modem in my head and I was connecting. I collapsed tearing at my head to get this awful noise to stop and as quickly as it came it was gone. Something was different, I felt electric. I picked myself up and loo... | 2015-03-05T03:48:32 | 2015-03-04T20:21:35 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] You are a detective in 1890 Austria. The man inside the interrogation room claims to have an incredible secret that will exonerate him from his murder charge. You can't imagine what monster would murder a 1 year old child, let alone one as adorable as young Adolf Hitler was. | I stared at the man
With the out of place hair
And asked him again
As he leaned back in his chair
"Why did you do it? A 1 Year Old Child?"
"You would never understand"
He calmly replied
"If you knew you would thank me"
He said with a sigh
"But now it won't happen"
"And I'm a... | After having just come from the scene of the crime, it was a pretty straight forward process: ask him why then hang him high.
"So, Dirtbag, what's the deal? Score to settle with the Hitlers? You got a funny brain? You got something to say, say it now because either way, you're DONE!" I said in the gruffiest tone one ca... | 2015-03-30T00:05:18 | 2015-03-29T22:57:59 | 190 | 64 |
[WP] Write a particularly uneventful story, then surprise us with the tl;dr. | “Have you heard from her yet?”
“Nope. She said I would hear by noon, but its 1:05 now and I haven’t heard from her at all?”
“Don’t, sweat it bud. You’ll hear from her. She’s probably running a little late.”
“I don’t know. The general rule has been noon for as long as I’ve been here, and granted that hasn’t been ... | The clock on the microwave said *4:59*. It was early morning, and Frank poured himself a cup of coffee. He set the carafe back on the base and took a step back, sipping the hot liquid. Steam poured past his face, sending the inviting aroma of roasted coffee into his nose. Mornings like this were tranquil.
He glanced a... | 2015-06-16T12:31:29 | 2015-06-16T11:43:48 | 58 | 29 |
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters | "My parents died when I was very young." Lucy sighs, staring wistfully into the pink cocktail.
"I know." I answer coldly.
How many times have we re-enacted this scene? Brilliant, bubbly, blonde Lucy meets me in a bar after a dramatic car chase turned stand off. She tells the tragic tale of her parents' murder, and ... | I was going crazy trapped in my own novel. I'd always thought my world was engaging, interesting, with fully-developed leads who propelled the story forward with the momentum of their meaning-fraught actions. I still think that is true; every time I see my protagonist while I'm wandering through the world I created, he... | 2015-08-20T11:42:45 | 2015-08-20T10:52:40 | 490 | 54 |
[WP] You died at the gym as you were trying to take a selfie while bench pressing. Thus you find yourself in Swaghalla, the Halls of Brodin.
EDIT. "Swaghalla" was the best pun I could come up with for Valhalla. Use something else if you have ideas.
Note: Swolehalla seems to be the proper name, pardon my mistake
seco... | The unintelligible cries of the gym employees rang out as the room darkened around Brett. Then, everything was silent. Even his own gasps faded into nothingness. As if from afar, he felt the pressure lift from his neck -- but too late. His windpipe had been crushed.
Had he only asked for a spot, he would have lived to... | A giant golden fist pushed through the clouds and stopped abruptly right in front of my face.
"Pound it!" A thundering voice came from every direction, causing my bowels to empty on the spot. I fell to my knees. "Pound it Chad", the voice continued.
This was not the gym anymore. I remembered trying to take a selfie,... | 2015-11-02T06:45:10 | 2015-11-02T06:36:33 | 257 | 47 |
[WP] Last night, you made a wish to turn into your crush's ideal mate. This is NOT what you expected. | "I want to be her idea of the perfect man." I said to the genie. She was my best friend from childhood. We played in the streets, had hundreds of sleepovers, and were inseparable in school. Our love lives just never matched up for one reason or another. She was my soul mate, I just needed to become hers.
"You... | I stood before the cake, she stood across from me on the other side of the table. There were others there too, family, coworkers, but they seemed dim, wraith like in front of her glow.
She flashed a smile and said, " Make a wish!".
Momentarily stunned I could feel my heart beat in my ears. Breaking free just as he... | 2015-12-18T11:40:28 | 2015-12-18T11:24:37 | 32 | 12 |
[WP] Write a dystopian vision of the future from the perspective of the year 1900, while actually describing our present world today. | "I have seen it!" The man's voice cracked in the midst of the street. "I have seen the future, and it bears horrors beyond imagining! Beyond comprehension!"
One or two bypassers had stopped, looking interested at the new madman the city of Boston had gained; for he was respectably suited and bow-tied, with clean ga... | *Today, a strange man was seen walking along the streets of London. No doubt a ruffian, off on some unsavoury business, or so was initially thought. A gentleman had the idea to call the constabulary on him, to report an obvious crime in progress. However, he did not carry any bags, with which stolen goods might have be... | 2015-12-19T10:18:54 | 2015-12-19T09:51:37 | 55 | 16 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice: once when their body dies, and once when their name is spoken for the last time. One must wander the earth as a ghost until their name is spoken for the last time; only then can they pass into the afterlife. It's been over 3000 years, and you're still here. | I sensed it. It was finally time.
When I was alive 3 millennia ago, I could sleep when I was tired and that would be the end of it. Being tired for so long is insanity. I can never rest, and I can never find peace, not while someone has the sound of my name on their lips.
But alas, I feel myself fading away. This is ... | It was all because of that stupid TV show.
I thought that it was done ruining my life when I turned twenty. The comments had slowly been dying down, and I figured that once my friends were out of their teenage years, the talk would turn to wine more so than my name.
Sufficed to say, it didn’t.
I died from old age, in ... | 2016-01-17T12:27:48 | 2016-01-17T11:15:23 | 107 | 15 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice: once when their body dies, and once when their name is spoken for the last time. One must wander the earth as a ghost until their name is spoken for the last time; only then can they pass into the afterlife. It's been over 3000 years, and you're still here. | "Oh my God come onnnnn!" Jesus muttered under his breathe in the year 5046.
The entire world had been decimated by the wars and the plagues that had resulted from overpopulation and religious disagreements.
Over the centuries he had tried haunting his followers to break away from his religion. After all, the faste... | It was all because of that stupid TV show.
I thought that it was done ruining my life when I turned twenty. The comments had slowly been dying down, and I figured that once my friends were out of their teenage years, the talk would turn to wine more so than my name.
Sufficed to say, it didn’t.
I died from old age, ... | 2016-01-17T12:34:36 | 2016-01-17T11:19:18 | 44 | 15 |
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