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[WP] You're a multi billionaire with severe god delusions. You have several small children kidnapped and leave them on an island with resources and carefully placed 'evidence' suggesting at your divinity. Ten years later, you arrive at the island...
Edit: Sweet, frontpage | I am a God. This is not a delusion or a fantasy. It is a reality, carefully constructed and executed. The children left on the island a decade ago had created a society through hard work and impressive feats of engineering before I began to leave signs of my presence. They knew of me, but they didn't know they knew. I ... | I step off from the boat onto the dock, confused as to why there was nobody here to greet me. I am God, after all. They should be happy to see me. They should be showering me with gifts. Where the fuck are they?
I walk along the dock and up the hill towards where I expect to see a settlement. That's where I put te... | 2015-11-27T07:49:02 | 2015-11-27T07:33:11 | 160 | 44 |
[WP] For thousands of years, humans have been household pets to aliens. You, a pet human, were just abandoned on a strange planet called Earth, in the 21st century. | There was an accident. The ship burned. The sirens were so loud, so terribly loud. I knew what to do. Wait in the escape pod. Until someone comes. Or until the automatic security protocol warps the pod to the closest survivable world. I waited for so long. I wasn't allowed to leave, but they didn't come. Sometimes I th... |
''This is rain?'' I ask.
She looks at me confused, ''I think I know where you are from.'' She smiles.
''I can show...''
''No, I want to guess.'' She interrupts and she looks at her hand device. She drags her finger on it and then she shows me a picture.
''This doesn’t look like my home.'' I say.
''I’m sure you a... | 2020-04-15T16:54:58 | 2020-04-15T15:35:27 | 177 | 35 |
[WP] You are an average Joe who is challenged by a random super hero every week. Your record is 337-0. | I look down at my watch. It's 7:00 P.M, which means the sun is finally set and night has begun. It’s also Thursday, which means that any minute…
Yup. There’s a knock on my door. I laugh to myself. Usually, they just crash through the window or walls, which means I always have a carpenter come in on Friday. A knock wa... | The phone is ringing. The phone is always ringing. The phone is halfway across the apartment in the kitchen and this will just be one more unanswered call and another voicemail filling up the inbox.
A grunt effectively mutes the phone. There’s always a grunt when I’m moving now. I was told there’s something seriou... | 2016-11-19T18:53:52 | 2016-11-19T16:24:17 | 103 | 38 |
[WP] The homeless man being harassed by police for sleeping at an historical site is actually the god the site was originally built for. | The man chuckled as he saw the police officer approaching him.
"Sir, we are going to have to ask you to leave, this site is not currently open to the public."
The man stared up at the officer with eyes that seemed to have seen more than any human could comprehend.
"My child, what makes you think I am a member of the ... | Rough fingers brushed weathered stone, carefully feeling out each time-earned bump and mound. He could still feel each etched rune… or, at least, he *remembered* feeling them. They were gone now, long gone… too gone. The man’s once-proud visage drew close together in a frown. How long had he slept? They had promis... | 2014-08-28T08:15:39 | 2014-08-28T08:06:31 | 65 | 43 |
[WP] You die and go to hell. There you are greeted by 3 demons. They ask you which one of them do you want to torture you for the rest of eternity. Feeling regret for your sin you pick the scariest one but he decides not to torture you because no one have ever picked him before. | I regretted it as soon as I said it.
"Number two."
Demon number two was by far the most terrifying of the three.
"I deserve this," I told myself. "I hit a man with my car. I didn't even stop to see if he needed help."
Demon number two had a jagged gash for a mouth that curled into a sinister grin. He cackled, and... | “You,” Lora said. “I want you to torture me.”
That was not a sentence she expected herself to say, ever. But, given the circumstances, she had no choice.
The demon was taken aback. “Why I—I didn’t expect this!” he said. “Very well, I will ensure that you’ll suffer for a long time.”
The other two demons shrugged in d... | 2017-07-29T21:55:41 | 2017-07-29T19:14:37 | 368 | 80 |
[WP] You were cursed with good luck by a supernatural entity, something you were very confused by at first. Now a few week later you know exactly what that means | **0**
“…Good luck?” you ask.
Tyche offered me a smile. “That’s right…mortal,” she said and broke into titters of laughter. Which was rather disturbing coming from a god, all things considered.
“And this is your curse on me? For…counting cards at your casino?” How did the Bellagio even hire a Greek Goddess?
“For v... | a was walkin down the street in Belfast one day so a was and then a got struck by lightnin and a was like this here, what the fuck mate? the fuck was that? a lucked around me an couldnt see anythin and i wasnt even sore so a was like this here, ah fuck sake you're goin mental Dean, too many bowls last night so anyway
... | 2020-10-15T05:06:14 | 2020-10-15T04:41:29 | 1,837 | 62 |
[WP] Your bedroom became detached from reality and nothing is outside your door, but whenever you load a video game that world appears. Your game library is not conducive to a long and happy life, but the mini fridge is empty so you have no choice. You load up the safest game and gather supplies. | It took some time to get used to, the concept of being trapped in what could be a game server.
I didn't have visible health bars while in my room or inventory management but I wasn't invincible; if you cut me I still bleed.
But as fun as racing games were, solving puzzles and rhythm games I still had to eat.
So I took... | "Damn... If I go into Minecraft, I may be taking by a zombie. Pokemon won't work, nor Gacha Club. I'm sure as hell I'm not going into Cube Escape. Flappy Dragon won't do me much... That just leaves me with Obey Me.. Not the best option, but between zombies, creepers, and gaint ass spiders, I'm willing to take the risk ... | 2022-06-07T23:03:00 | 2022-06-07T19:11:01 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] You drunkenly email the UN telling the countries they are doing a shit job of running the world. A month later an official UN letter arrives, signed by all the world leaders. "Let's see if you do better then" | "So let me get this straight," I said. "You get some drunken e-mail-"
"It wasn't just *some* drunken e-mail," the Secretary-General immediately interrupted. "It was a profanity-laced drunken e-mail, filled with insults of my mother, the members' mothers, and translated. Not very well, granted, pretty sure it was a ... | “All roads lead back to White Claw,” I thought to myself as I watched the new UN flag, with its three dramatic waves getting the whole world blitzed, slowly rise above headquarters.
It’s been six months since the UN sent me that crazy letter, and things have been going far better than anyone could have guessed.
Wel... | 2019-07-09T09:09:24 | 2019-07-09T07:34:44 | 106 | 13 |
[WP] Vampires aren't averse to garlic. Thousands of years ago a vampire introduced this idea as a way to develop and inspire better flavors in medieval foods. | "But... but you don't eat food" Joey said.
"Who made that rule?" Vlad responded, pulling a clove of garlic out of the fridge and crushing it.
"Um... Stoker I think? Or was it there before him?" Joey said, looking up at Vlad.
"Ah yes, Stoker. He was a fine vampire. Truly pushed our culture forward. Did you know, we a... | Being an immortal gets boring much quicker than you'd expect.
Being a vampire is even worse.
See, once people start dropping dead due to suspicious bite wounds... well they start to suspect things. Usually that's my cue to skedaddle. Once you do it enough times however... being on the wanted list of every major city ... | 2020-04-24T22:55:49 | 2020-04-24T18:26:53 | 164 | 115 |
[WP] You're a devil that used to seduce the soul out of innocent victims. You've grown sick of shallow relationships and opened an establishment where clients can buy theological debates, philosophical conversations and deep platonic friendships. Surprisingly, you're harvesting more souls than ever. | “So you're telling me, that you opened a business that sells conversations and friendships...and you're gathering more souls than ever?”
“Well yes...it seems to be working quite well actually” I replied to my boss, they were very confused when the amount of souls I had been gathering for a few hundred years sudd... | When people think of demons, they think of soul harvesting from an empty relationship just before taking a slurp of your soul. And yeah, you'd be pretty much correct in every aspect, except for the fact that I've changed my occupation a bit.
The nice thing about being a demon in that you know exactly what a customer ... | 2021-08-14T16:37:08 | 2021-08-14T15:16:42 | 44 | 19 |
[WP] The government spends all their time focused on exploring space, completely ignoring the enormous void that is the ocean and you're one of the few people who knows why. | "There he is again, mommy, look!" A little girl was clutching her mothers hand, trying to drag her towards me, her other arm outstretched, pointing at me accusingly, "the Ocean Man!"
*The Ocean Man*, I liked it. It was better than what most people called me. Everyone had a different name for me, but most names were s... | Twenty men and women all in long white coats, tablets under their arms and half of them spectacled, all argue around a screen with several calculations on how to escape earth’s gravitational pull; Angus Bermuth, the last man in the room, steps forward and instead tells them why.
“The last days are coming, children. P... | 2018-06-25T23:00:08 | 2018-06-25T21:46:35 | 33 | 11 |
[WP] "Grandpa, tell us the story of the Americans again!" With a sigh and a smile, you begin to tell the story of a mythical race of giants that were supposed to have lived in this very place thousands of years ago. | My eyes peered into the beaming face of my grandchild, who was lost in the pretense of a forthcoming tale of glory and myth. My thoughts were elsewhere, racing down halls of memory too vaulted and dark to explore at the moment. I snapped myself back to the now, to the lie I would have to spread once more. I swallowed, ... | Well, my children, you have to remember it is a myth - and a bizarre one at that. The story can teach us many things, but who on earth today could verify its truth? According to the myth, the Americans were indeed a strange breed with equally strange practices.
Hmmm.... where should we start? Perhaps daily activities... | 2015-01-19T08:37:28 | 2015-01-19T08:34:57 | 115 | 13 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | ######[](#dropcap)
It was one of those surreal moments that you only get to experience once in life.
Linda was working on the script for the next show when her phone began to buzz. Slowly at first, just a couple messages. Work friends, she thought. Thursday was always their night out for drinks, but she had been too ... | DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON.
My eyes were barely open, bleary with sleep, but the incessant buzzing of the phone against the glossy black wood of the bedside table was just passing the point of ignorable. It took me a moment to register that the words were strange, holding their place at the top of the screen in bold, of... | 2022-06-10T18:58:05 | 2018-04-06T20:42:31 | 308 | 10 |
[WP] In the year 2200, an IQ test with 100% accuracy is invented. IQ becomes the universal grade of intelligence. By law, everyone has to take the test at 18. You’re a perfectly normal university student with a part time job but now you've got to explain to everyone why the test shows your IQ is 0. | "WHAT?" My parents screamed, furious. They couldn't believe that, with the combination of their genes and my upbringing, I could possibly score a zero. Not only that, but all three of us were smart enough to know that it is impossible to have an IQ of zero and still be a functional human being.
"You act surprised," I ... | Edit: If you read /u/lemonman37 comment, you can read a better written version of my story.
When i opened the letter, i felt my heart sank to my stomach. A big fat zero, just like on my bankaccount... my eyes jumping from line to line, turning the letter around, just to be greeted by a smiley, with the slogan. "Your ... | 2016-08-19T02:52:19 | 2016-08-19T00:08:55 | 18 | 11 |
[WP]Upon reaching the age of 12 every kid gets an spirit animal that reflects their personality. | Personality was important in this world. It ended up affecting your status in society, your job, your partners. Dogs would often end up as police officers, parrots as talk show hosts, seagulls as fishermen or naval crew. The alpacas of the world often ended up as psychopaths, which was a rather strange trait. Most peop... | Timmy was so excited as today was his birthday, and it was a special birthday being his 12th, the birthday he gets his spirit animal.
The moment came, a bright point of light drifted down through the ceiling and approached Timmy.
Closer and closer it got, growing bigger and bigger with every passing second, Timmy c... | 2015-07-17T16:11:08 | 2015-07-17T16:10:08 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] A race of mages has expanded across the stars to harvest mana by seeding worlds with life. They arrive at a new star then a bright glow envelopes them. What followed are metal obelisks with a humanoid yelling into the void: "That was your warning shot. We will not let you reach Earth." | In the aftermath of The Fall, a galactic empire found itself torn asunder from within. Countless millennia of unchecked growth and careless hedonism had warped the unbreakable and rotted it from the inside. When every conceivable problem had been solved by automation, when immortality was achieved and taken for granted... | Maece stood at the helm of her ship, her fingers hovered over the glowing crystal that powered the ship’s engines and directed it where to go. Planet BX223, designated Earth, was the last of her planets to seed for eventual harvesting before she could go back home.
Already four years had passed since she had seen her... | 2017-06-05T11:46:20 | 2017-06-05T11:06:16 | 193 | 61 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | It is a phenomenon known for millennia, that to end another's life would extend the span of yours by their remaining natural years. It was because of this that in our otherwise civilised and ordered society occurred an abhorrent level of murder.
Home security was prioritised alongside food and water. It was common oc... | Plato was on to something; he really was. He knew, I'm sure. Oh, that sly man.
We don't yet know who the man in the cave is, but the case has been picked up by every media outlet. The blogosphere is clinking with 10 new entries on the story every second. Every conversation I have overheard in the past three days has ... | 2020-05-16T05:28:26 | 2020-05-16T04:24:54 | 2,161 | 116 |
[WP] Taxes become optional, however, those who don't pay are not protected under the law. | The fireman stood like a statue, ax in hand, protecting my home. He had introduced himself as Stephen, before taking his sentry post between all my life's possessions and the inferno. The blaze had started around 2 am. Reflecting back on this moment, I would come to learn that the fire had started because of a fault... | It was their fault. They opted out. They stopped paying their taxes. For what? Greed.
241.
All they had to do was pay a tax. It wasn't huge. Sure some is wasted, but the vast majority went to good and proper things. Not paying taxes sure was shortsighted for these unfortunate souls.
242.
Such is life. Oh we... | 2015-02-20T10:21:17 | 2015-02-20T09:34:16 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | It is often said that the line between good and evil is thin one, but that's actually quite far from the truth. Nothing in this life is inherently good or evil. It's more of a big grey mess. Some areas are lighter and others darker but nothing is truly black and white. It's like walking through a swamp, one wrong step ... | A bright flash of light and a car battery hooked to his spine accompanied his return to the waking world. He reached for his head but only a numb resistance rewarded the effort. He turned his head gently and when the world stopped twisting in his vision he saw dimly the manacles holding his arms securely to the wall.... | 2020-07-12T12:45:40 | 2020-07-12T12:28:44 | 20 | 14 |
[FF] In three sentences, kill as many people as possible. No firearms, no natural disasters, no explosives, no WMDs. | [Loophole? The rules never said I couldn't use compound, complex, or compound-complex sentences, so to make it clear there are only 3 sentences I will label them. I apologize if this is cheating. If it is I will delete it.]
(Dialogue):"(1)Good evening graduates, my name is--well, I shall not reveal that information du... | martin worked furiously in the dying light, trying to pack his specimens into the one remaining powered refrigerator in the CDC. electricity, like everything else, was a premium since the SSPE-strain measles pandemic of 2016 and he'd barely secured the tiny space he now stacked the tiny tubes into. he'd even had to con... | 2014-08-04T22:22:34 | 2014-08-04T22:10:19 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] You've saved the lives of thousands. You're the reason names and dates aren't associated with horrendous disasters. As far as the rest of the world is concerned, you're an uncatchable serial killer with inscrutable motives. | When the first letter arrived on my doormat I ignored it. The name embossed on the heavy pearl white card didn't mean anything to me so who would pay any attention? One month later I saw the name again on the news ticker tape. “Carl Droveson named as pilot who crashed onto Highway 33 killing 30”
The next day another l... | "A fine evening, isn't it?" he said, looking up at the silvery web the moon cast over the cloudy skein of night. He held the knife loosely with his gloved fingers as he swung his arm over the rope railings, allowing the stained edge to examine the beautiful, reflective surface of the river placidly chugging along benea... | 2019-04-03T08:28:04 | 2019-04-03T06:56:07 | 61 | 10 |
[WP] Aliens have realized humans advance more quickly during times of conflict, and have tried to push humanity into wars to see what happens. However, that changes when they start WW2 and humans harness the power of the atom. | "They weren't scheduled to discover this technology for another hundred years." Director Gemlik spoke into his recorder. "Humans are resilient and would make a spectacular spacefaring race. All we wanted to do is prepare them to be a part of the galactic federation... I'm terrified to be in charge of 400 agents on thi... | Humans. A monstrous species of which advance under the pressure of war. For years we have been pushing them down the path to conflict. Foolish. We are approaching the world war 2 and humans have advanced rapidly, cheers go around as the war comes to an end and humans have once again surpassed expectations. An explosio... | 2018-11-27T10:13:54 | 2018-11-27T09:51:05 | 507 | 173 |
[WP] In 2034, aliens kill the population of the world, except one group, who band together to fight them. I present, Aliens vs. Redditors | The chips taste stale, dissolving to a salty potato dust in my mouth. The twinkies are hard, their soft spongieness having ossified weeks ago. The Code Red Mountain Dew still tastes pretty good, but it's a bit flat, and I'm down to my last 12 pack.
Honestly, I didn't even realize that the alien invasion was happening... | I saw scores of men fall in the surge...
To xenomorphs and doggo-aliens that had merged.
I saw the tides of battle wane
I saw our leaders, galore, fall into the hands of their leader
I saw our efforts go in vane
I saw them treat us like a mobile feeder
We danced and screamed like a chew toy
Until the only one ... | 2017-05-31T07:14:49 | 2017-05-31T05:43:43 | 1,968 | 117 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I’d been in line for hours. The regime had brutally destroyed the backbone of the resistance last week, and had set up these kangaroo courts to “process” the remaining prisoners.
It was all crap, anyway. They’d stolen the present and the future, and now they were all set to wipe out every remaining threat to their et... | "HOW DO YOU WISH TO DIE?"
I had originally been banking on using old age as a loophole, but watching that other guy wither into an old man has proven it to be very much not viable. So here I am, I need an escape plan. Scratch that, it's impossible, what I need is a loophole.
"HOW DO YOU WISH TO DIE?"
I could try usi... | 2021-06-24T10:14:19 | 2021-06-24T07:19:48 | 5,663 | 236 |
[WP] You have the ability to know a lie when you hear it, and to know the truth when lied to. Society appoints you to a high judiciary position, but there's nobody to check if YOU'RE lying when you decide justice. Which case do you remember most?
Edit: Hi, guys! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who visited or... | I could never lie. It got me into serious trouble growing up, I just used to nod and admit. I learned to be good to a degree but more importantly, I learned as a 10 year old boy that I could see others lying.
It was difficult as a child. You can’t really call bullshit on an adult, but as I got older, I became an inve... | Judiciary: You want to know about which case I remember most huh? \[chuckles\]
Interviewer: Yes, you've served for almost 80 years now, no doubt you probably have hundred of stories. \[inaudible\]
Judiciary: Okay, \[laughs\] here's one that's stuck with me in my mind \[sic\], I'll let you guess when it was.
Intervie... | 2018-05-15T22:42:10 | 2018-05-15T20:44:11 | 97 | 39 |
[WP] You've dedicated a decent portion of your life to deciphering dead languages. After acquiring an old, antique book two years ago, you've finally figured out how to understand some of the words. As soon as you say the word for 'Fire', a flame suddenly erupts from your palm. | Fifteen years of my life, I've been learning dead languages. And not one of those years have I found anything like this. Looking at the book in my hand, I gaze upon its cover, the strange markings making up some kind of title, and the name completely unknown. Cracking open the book, I glance over the contents of the fi... | " What?! " From the many things that could have popped of my mind in that second, the first was to look back at the book and shake my hand up and down multiple times unfortunately the flame didn't seem to run out.
If the flame continued to burn it even might burn my hand, I need to end it. I ran down from my dark wood... | 2021-11-18T05:40:19 | 2021-11-18T04:37:10 | 137 | 25 |
[WP] You are a supervillain. Your nemesis calls you to say, "This is embarrassing, but I really need a date to my friend's wedding because my ex is going to be there. Would you go with me?" | 1
Look, I felt bad, okay? I couldn’t just let the guy sit alone in a wedding while the newlyweds danced about. And, for what it’s worth, I learned many new things about him. Many, _many_ things….
I’m losing focus. The wedding. “Don’t push it,” I said, feeling his hand begin to grip tightly on my arm as we walked to t... | "Wow... this *is* embarrassing... take some pictures for me?"
"DON'T MESS WITH ME! Seriously, no joke, my ex is an absolute monster... I can't be seen alone with her around?"
"OH MAN THIS IS RICH! Did your ex run off with a tall, hot guy? Were you not good in bed?"
"Geez, have some respect! I'd hang up *right now*, ... | 2022-10-06T17:28:32 | 2022-10-06T16:48:24 | 379 | 158 |
[WP] You are an immortal that was caught by the mafia after you betrayed them. They deal with you the same way as traitors, chained to a cement bloc and trown in a lac. After 300 years you are finally discovered by divers. | I looked up and saw the clear blue sky above me. It was quite nice, it had been a bit ever since I glanced at sunlight without fish pee to cloud my view, like some sort of very unkempt, very salty glasses. It was a lovely day, the type that you don't get when you're stuck at the bottom of the ocean for hundreds of yea... | I was born to rule the world. My destiny, no matter what, was to be above humanity itself. Even though I was raised in a poor household, I ended up being adopted by a rich family - who knows how they got their wealth - my deadbeat father managed to save. That was their worst mistake. Even at an early age, I longed for ... | 2018-11-24T11:26:01 | 2018-11-24T10:49:19 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | **Sufficient Evidence**
“Please!” Alberto pleads, swinging next to me, suspended upside down by the Purger’s unbreakable grip on his ankle. “I have a family. And friends. People I love. Do you know what love is?”
The huge camera-like eye at the center of it’s spherical precipice stares back blankly.
I’ve studied the... | “Three minutes!” I scoffed, staring at the lifeless screen. “You Expect me to plead my case in three minutes? what a joke!!”
“Incorrect,” the artificial voice proded “Two minutes forty-seven seconds remain.”
I sat on the floor, turned away from the screen, and folded my arms. There was no use in this.
“You now have ... | 2022-05-22T10:55:35 | 2022-05-22T09:47:52 | 134 | 75 |
[WP] They've just invented a 500,000 frame per second video camera. The problem is that they've found something unexpected at those speeds | "Check the equipment again."
"Diagnostics say it's working normally."
"Then wha-"
A voice filled the lab, echoing around the room. "OH. SORRY GUYS, MY BAD."
"Rogers, stop messing with the inter-"
"THIS IS GOD. UH... THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, SORRY."
The man rubbed his eyes. He'd gone for quite a while witho... | Dear Diary,
We got our hands on the camera! It took all of our allowances for the past year, some slight theft from careless parents and a scam organized by Zach. Finally we got enough money to get the High Speed Camera of our dreams. It is AWESOME it does 500,000 fps.
We immediately started playing with it. Just d... | 2015-02-06T14:27:58 | 2015-02-06T13:51:03 | 366 | 10 |
[WP] Your Friend bought a new Cloning machine and ignored the warnings about cloning humans. Now there is two of her and they are arguing about who is the original. They asked you for help, but you can’t tell them apart. | "Well if I remember my biology teacher's lecture on Dolly the lamb correctly...this problem will resolve itself...with time."
"What...what does that mean?" they asked in unison.
"Well it's the solution to the 'which one is which' issue but it isn't the end of your problems. Whichever one of you is the clone, will onl... | "Okay gonna need awhile on.... nvm got it. I'll read the instructions it has a section on what to do."
Snapping his fingers a massive instruction manual appears on the ground.
"That thing must have a million pages!" My friends said in unison.
"OH screw that, ain't worth the paper cut." Taking out my ATLAS I ask... | 2022-11-15T05:35:29 | 2022-11-14T14:22:13 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] Upon unfreezing time, you realize that everyone was actually still concious, they just couldn't move
| When you had a job like Jamie, it was important to think out of the box. Situations would often arise where diplomacy failed, and the only way to get information was through more...unconventional methods. Life as a spy was dangerous, but exciting. Sure, stopping time would save you from bullets, but it couldn't save yo... | A part of Jason didn't want to flip the switch again. he knew he couldn't possibly live peacefully with himself from that point.
Not because he couldn't have resisted the temptation to steal that gum pack from the shop, nor because he confessed his love to the girl he had a crush on for years, even though he was positi... | 2016-02-28T11:44:23 | 2016-02-28T10:19:11 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] A galley transporting a fantasy world's worst villains to prison is shipwreked. You are among those washed ashore on a dangerious and uncharted isle. Your fellow survivors are would be prisoners. There is no hope of escape and you must work alongside dark lords, witches, and demons. Or perish. |
I took a break from gathering firewood to watch the waves ceaselessly roll in and out. I’ve lost track of how long we’ve been stranded on this island. Lord knows no one is looking for us.
I shouldn’t even have been on the island.
“Garreth,” whispers D’Karok, our resident demon. “Time for council.”
On a nightly bas... | The first sign that something was amiss was, strangely, the island itself; when one thought of a deserted, unchartered island in the middle of nowhere, the thoughts that came to mind usually involved something along the lines of jagged black rocks, dense fogs hanging over the horizon, obscuring the sun, and piles of bo... | 2022-07-07T11:54:38 | 2022-07-07T11:09:16 | 75 | 30 |
[WP] Satan suddenly appears in a crowded mall, and begins terrifying the holiday shoppers. He stops, looks directly at you and says, "You... You're interesting. Do your friends know what you are?" You have no idea what he means. | I used to joke with my friends, back when I was an atheist.
"Ave Satanis" Latin. "Hail Satan".
That is... Until I met her, she was beautiful. She glowed with this internal light, she was radiant.
Everyone in the mall, was afraid to look at her. I was afraid to look away.
"Hi." one little word out in the open ... | He looks at me, "come on, don't tell me you've been keeping it a secret."
"I-I don't know what you mean."
"Come now son, don't be shy, Ole dad's come to pick you up!"
"Please, don't hurt me, I'm not who you think I a-"
"Has it really been so long that you've forgotten?"
"My parents are from Idaho, they're devout ... | 2014-12-06T02:52:17 | 2014-12-06T01:00:06 | 218 | 34 |
[WP] “I’ve always wondered, what’s the scythe for, anyway?” I asked, as Death escorted me to the Underworld. "Protection," he nervously replied.
Credit goes to: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/6imkuw/the_grim_reapers_scythe_isnt_to_harvest_you_its/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app | I coughed as the grey fog engulfed me, the mist rolling and swirling, filling my lungs with its alien scent.
“Apologies,” said Death, “I’m trying to kick a bad habit.” He gave his vaporiser a mournful glance, before disappearing it within the endless folds of his black cloak.
Together we walked along a freeway, eight... | I found myself in an endless gray field, the ground obscured by a thick fog. The man in front of me—if he was a man at all—moved at a painfully slow pace, floating more than stepping. A blood orange moon cast an eerie light on the field, but failed to provide enough light for me to make out the shapes in the distance. ... | 2019-07-15T01:04:43 | 2019-07-15T00:48:39 | 2,776 | 744 |
[WP] Magic suddenly becomes a thing. While governments are scrambling to establish regulations, people defiantly flock to reddit to share new discoveries and crack more “overpowered” spells. Write about a trending post that, for good or ill, is making authorities furious. | r/magicalTechnology
New post by u/ITwizard19. Title: I just taught my computer to cast spells
If you guys thought magielectric generators were a breakthrough, just wait until you see this!
As you know, three mages can perform an initiation ritual to grant magical abilities to anyone who did not instantly gain them ... | I love gullible people on Reddit! Recently, I saw this post:
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*Redditors, help! My son just cast ‘The Spell of Understanding!’ and I am shocked by what I’ve learnt!*
*I thought he was excited about construction and that he was going to be an architect. I heard him shout ‘Khalifa’ in his room so many time... | 2019-07-11T16:18:05 | 2019-07-11T13:02:47 | 54 | 27 |
[WP] A genie grants you a wish that freezes time, which allows you to do whatever you please. When you decide to unfreeze time, something horrific dawned upon you; everyone was conscious at the time. | A paper hung twisted in the air, as if suddenly blown against an invisible wall. Birds froze mid-flight, cars stood still, and I drew my notepad and began to write.
Writer's block is a bitch. I'd been going through a rough patch lately, and hadn't had enough time to just relax and jot everything down. This wish had b... | \*click\*
I hit the stopwatch. The world resumed. It couldn't have been for longer than two minutes, maybe three. I was careful. Just to test it out. But it was enough. A woman stumbled in shock. A man turned his head in a panic, as if coming up for air. A car swerved, and hit a hydrant a few meters away. My shirt tu... | 2018-10-28T20:04:55 | 2018-10-28T19:39:43 | 153 | 92 |
[WP] When gamers die, they have to relive each video game death as if it was their own, and you really sucked at video games. | Death #96
I seriously can't believe I played this much Halo, and *sucked* at it so bad. This is the 20th time I've grenaded myself, but luckily every time it hurts a little bit less.
Death #112
Damn, Call of Duty is much worse since I don't have much armour to protect myself. Also, I really need to stop trying to qu... | I can't even pause this. Why is he shuffing back and forth? Can I actually feel this? Didn't I even press anything on the damn controller? What, I was just sitting there like a bag of sawdust?! What the fuck, Quincey! I'm just standing here. I'm one of the most powerful characters in the game, did I pause my brain inst... | 2016-12-26T00:49:00 | 2016-12-25T23:42:27 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] Immortals and time travelers pass along messages for each other. It's customary and expected. One day, a stranger sits across from you at a restaurant/coffee shop/bar and asks you to give a message to someone you'll meet in New York in 2070. As far as you know, you're just an ordinary person. | "Nosenog," the hooded figure said. Why would anyone want me to tell them 'nosenog'? I don't get it. Thinking of it as a novelty I wrote it in my phone calendar with a reminder on January 1st 2070.
***51 years later***
"I'M GOING TO DO IT SHARON!!!" Screaming from the top of the Empire State building. A few hours ago... | “He sat down at the stool next to me and slid an envelope in front of me as he did. He said it didn’t matter if I looked inside the envelope or not, I wouldn’t understand what it was for some time. He place a small folded piece of paper on top of the envelope.
‘I need you to deliver this.’ He said.
With that, he go... | 2018-12-24T10:08:36 | 2018-12-24T10:04:15 | 97 | 50 |
[WP] Working as a world renowned therapist you have uncovered far more about secret conspiracies, horrific monsters, barely failed schemes to destroy the world and dark magical cults from your myriad of heroic patients than you could have bargained for, and you might need therapy yourself | My philosophy as a therapist is simple—Snitches get Stitches. It's on my business cards in a calming cursive font.
My career took off ten years ago, when I was charged with aiding and abetting the SoHo Stabber's Spring-Street Stabbing Spree. I was the Stabber's Psychiatrist (I'm actually a therapist but he insiste... | I wore all black, as if I had been to a funeral. For when you are talking to Greatnesswoman, you must wear all black, everything else makes her unfocused. And to make her unfocused could mean the end to the world. At least when she prepared herself for a mission.
I must have had eleven therapy sessions with her the l... | 2021-05-08T08:47:08 | 2021-05-08T07:10:11 | 95 | 25 |
[WP] A necromancer doesn't know that he can bring back the dead using magic, he just thinks he's a really good doctor. | "It's always darkest before the dawn."
That quote describes my whole career, and my best medical cases.
You see, I used to be a perfectly average doctor. I graduated med school with C's and B's, and went on to work in a perfectly average hospital in a suburb of Ohio. I did my best to keep people healthy and happy, or... | Warning: some profanity
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I could taste the goddamn necromagic as soon as I walked in. Rotten flesh, mold, and the alcohol scent of mana boiling it all into my nose. Makes my insides curl. And here it covers everything like someone smeared bodies all over the place. Of course the patients in the waiting room ... | 2020-06-21T13:22:47 | 2020-06-21T12:51:49 | 296 | 160 |
[WP] A story that doesn't make any sense, until you read the last line. | She sat in the chair, shivering against the cold dense plastic and metal monstrosity. Eyes flickered back and forth, the chill in the room not the only reason for her to shake and tremble. Eyes gazed warily, fearfully at the metal tower beside her, unknown attachments hanging off with unknown purposes.
A man in white... | Today's the end of The Month. It wasnt surprising but we all knew it was coming. It lasted too long but we didnt want it to seem like it had come too soon. There are 12 of them yet this one was different. It was almost like the rest seemed dull and ugly while this one was meaningful and gave us momentary happiness righ... | 2017-08-30T06:31:44 | 2017-08-30T04:51:45 | 43 | 13 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | “Hello internet!”
A large face of a female teenager filled the screen, her voice a tone of fake cheer that was so common in these videos. Especially as of late.
“Again, thank you sooooo much for all the subscribes and likes. This is a special video for my one million subscriber mark.” The view panned back, allowing t... | Part 1
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Torin started at the flimsy placed in front of him. As he scanned the almost transparent document he didn’t see anything surprising jump out at him but had noticed that 3 of the probe teams hadn’t updated in close to 12 units.
Calling up their locations on his terminal he nodded as he started to ... | 2019-02-26T12:17:05 | 2019-02-26T10:26:44 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | The air stinks of false pleasantries.
Around a table, representatives of the mightiest empire the galaxy had ever known sits across from the upstarts in the Sol system. A cybernetically enhanced group of humanoid creatures bearing a striking resemblance to the species of emperors and empresses. Only a primary differ... | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
At the time no one could have understood what she had meant, knowing quite simply that The Empress had come to that conclusion after years of debate among her court and her ... | 2017-11-05T15:14:55 | 2017-11-05T14:23:06 | 681 | 61 |
[WP] You are a hitman who has just finished their most recent job. Or, at least, thought had finished, because the second you take your eyes off your target’s corpse, you hear “Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one.” | I had him at my mercy.
"You're here to kill me?"
"Yes." I nodded slowly.
"Can I know who sent you?"
"Recording devices are a thing. I'm sorry." I smiled, sadly. The ones who were ready like this? They were always the hardest. The easiest were the ones who tried to rush you, to try and kill you back. Those kills, at... | I spin towards the voice. The man I was sent to kill is grinning back at me. Only inches away. Startles I just back, hitting the wall and only gaining a small distance between us. His dead body was feet away a moment ago. Well maybe not dead, gosh I don't know what is going on.
"Ahh that was an interesting feeling. W... | 2019-08-29T18:54:30 | 2019-08-29T18:12:31 | 3,264 | 76 |
[WP] Heaven and Hell do exist after death but you can choose in which you go. You jokingly choose Hell and when you arrive there, you hear Satan saying: "Finally someone! A friend!" | Lucifer gleefully asks "What do you wanna do?". Echoing in a void of nothingness.
Cautiously Chet replies, "Uh what do you mean?"
"Look, it's been boring as well, hell frankly, and all that nonsense about torture and brimstone is propaganda. Let's do something fun if you don't believe me."
Chet incredulously procee... | "I've been waiting for so long!"- The devil said excitedly, jumping around and exhaling noxious fumes. He seemed ghastly and yet, he had an air of friendliness to him.
The moment I saw him walking towards me was when I realized my silly little joke had gone a little too far. He walked rather vigorously and with every ... | 2017-11-04T11:19:44 | 2017-11-04T07:17:22 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] You die and find yourself at the gates of heaven, but they're rusted and hanging open. The entire place seems abandoned. | I start to feel the water burn the inside of my lungs. This is it. This is how I’m going to die. I stop panicking as I feel the undercurrent pull me deeper and deeper into the ocean. It’s over. I begin to relax my body and mind. A wave of peace and euphoria washes over me. My body becomes weightless, and I am ready to ... | I walk in, not feeling my steps as if I'm gliding, over the ground that breathes a soft light. It's all ground for miles on end.
I feel as if I should be remembering 26 years of a life, but the emotions are present, the images are not. I only barely recollect a second of it, a group of masked figures looking over me.... | 2018-09-06T17:52:54 | 2018-09-06T16:38:53 | 453 | 24 |
[WP] In a world where everything from clothes to tools to mundane objects has RPG like stats and rarities, you become the first person to acquire a legendary item. | I sat out on the porch, a hot summer breeze ruffling the flimsy wooden coasters on the table that were not weighted down by glasses of lemonade-or in my case- glasses of mojitos. The symphony of buzzing gnats was interrupted by a pounding of double-knotted sneakers on wooden boards. I put my drink down and looked at th... | Back when I first got the item, I didn't know what to do with it so I placed it in my farm. But soon, people started flocking to my farm. Crowds and crowds of people, all surging on my fields like a necromancer's thralls. I was shocked - I mean, my barley!
I quickly learned how to profit from it. I fenced up my farm t... | 2017-02-04T09:49:53 | 2017-02-04T09:17:37 | 439 | 278 |
[WP] The world is ending. A group of astrophysicists, xenobiologists, medical doctors, and other experts is loaded on a rocket. And you...but no one seems willing to tell you why. | Isaiah Walters fumbled with the complicated latching system on his space suit. Everyone else had managed to seal themselves into their own little atmosphere without issue. It only reinforced the intense feeling of estrangement from the rest of the crew, reminded him that he was surrounded by only the most supremely sma... | *What I know, what we know could be changed in a second. This is what I learned...*
''I can’t wait anymore.'' one of the astrophysicists tries to open the hatch but the marines stop him immediately.
''Do I know you?'' someone touches my shoulder and I look back.
I try to recall her name first but she is faster than ... | 2020-07-16T11:38:18 | 2020-07-16T09:20:38 | 1,603 | 12 |
[WP] You may write a story where the protagonist has a regular day BUT they must also die a horrific death at the end. But there is a twist: All stories after the 1st must begin with their protagonist seeing the protagonist of the previous story dying.
Keep everything canon ;)
( P.S: Sort by Old ) | I awoke coughing my lungs out, there was a horrible cloud of dust covering my head as I brushed off small pieces of debris from my head, the dust still lingered no matter how much I swayed my arms about.
On either side of me were two cars with one that had come crashing down on top of them, luckily for me the other t... | *Well it looks like I answered a bit later than /u/Vestroyax... I'll keep this here but you guys should continue off his story instead of mine*
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Jim eased off the clutch, shifting as his Civic pulled away from the stoplight and onto the main thoroughfare. He hit the gas, accelerating to double the speed limit. I... | 2017-05-06T09:06:40 | 2017-05-06T07:54:14 | 46 | 13 |
[WP] In a world of superpowers, you became the most successful villain. Your power? To be able to hear the background music. | I've simply never experienced silence. Despite everything that might've went against it, I simply could not. Even if the room was just me and concrete walls, I could never hear anything but music.
The soft tapping of keys on a piano to create a small, but harmonious melody; the violins that occasionally played as an i... | It’s an incessant tapping.
An infectious beat.
An ear worm.
No matter the sound, the catchiness, it exists as a tool. Each background song tells me all I need to know about how to ruin a person. Sally likes country music? I destroy CMT’s locations. Bob fancies EDM? I attack the bass-filled clubs next. They never... | 2019-05-16T12:13:27 | 2019-05-16T11:32:36 | 160 | 66 |
[WP] Upon their death, each individual must battle every living thing they killed to proceed to the afterlife. At the gates, a mild mannered person finds they are faced with an unexpected fight.
When I first thought of the prompt, Leiningen Versus the Ants part 2 seemed like it would be kind of amusing.
Have fun with... | My last memories were of Carl and Phillip, my hunting mates: their screams as the man-eater ripped their throats, seconds before pouncing me, just enough time for me to draw my knife and hold it to my chest. Didn't do shit, he still mangled me all the same. I might have survived, if it wasn't for the weight of the beas... | "Ah, Henry! So good to see you. We've got quite a line here waiting for a shot at you! Best get to it!"
Henry opened his eyes, profoundly disoriented.
"I'm....I'm not dead?" he asked the portly nurse in his room. The man looked confused for a moment.
"Wha......Oh! You must be confused. The transition can be a litt... | 2018-11-09T12:23:06 | 2018-11-09T12:17:57 | 37 | 22 |
[WP] After a hard intense labor your son is finally born. Just when you think you can breathe easy the doctor holds him up to reveal a baby with impossible spiky multi-colored hair. Gravely the doctor informs, “I’m sorry but it seems your son is the main protagonist.” | My wife looked at me and I knew what I had to do. We had read all the literature. So we trained and took classes just in case of this event. Our son the protagonist would not have his life ruined by the complications of his birth.
I handed my son over to my wife after looking at him and accepted what this would cost ... | I felt the fear sink in right away. No. First I get pregnant as a man, then this. I never thought it could happen to me. You watch the documentaries and think this couldn't happen to me, but here I was with a starry eyed glowing child, his blue hair standing straight up. It all goes racing through my head at once, why ... | 2018-08-21T07:10:35 | 2018-08-21T06:37:28 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] The year is 2082. Queen Elizabeth is 156 years old. people are starting to get suspicious. | "Your majesty another of your grandchildren passed away this evening" spoke her lady in waiting her voice trembling in fear.
"William is gone now too? We shall see him off properly, Buckland Abbey seems like a suiting place this time" replied the queen in a somber voice.
"But your majesty the populace is concerned, t... | Welcome to episode 98 of The Crown Truth braincast. Keep sending in those letters if you want to be featured on my 100th episode spectacular!
First, this week, I want to address some of the radical statements that come out of channels I know you get recommended after listening to me. Sure, my ideas are out there. I sa... | 2020-05-19T23:25:47 | 2020-05-19T22:41:03 | 527 | 30 |
[WP] With the anti-slavery coalition of humanity and three other races literally at war with the entire rest of the galaxy, the deities place bets on how long the coalition will last. All except one who smiles and says "you're not looking close enough," before betting on the coalition winning. | “You’re not looking close enough” the trickster God said
“They’re going to win”
What could almost be described as a laugh came from the Crocodilian war god of the Hamum-Tap
“Win? They are young, they are new, the Coalition has barely 20 colonies between them, the old order has hundreds!”
A smile went across the T... | “A decade at most, they’ll fall apart when they see they’re getting nowhere. Who would continue to fight and die when they gain nothing from it?”
“Fall apart? They’ll be obliterated first! I give it a year before their armies are crushed and they beg for peace.”
The third one smiled- or rather, he emanated the fee... | 2021-09-20T19:16:47 | 2021-09-20T18:38:50 | 695 | 250 |
[WP]Write an entry into a diary from the perspective of your favorite video game character that makes us think of the game in a different way. | Dear diary,
Today was the hardest I have had to try not to revert to my old ways. I have lived with my lie for many years, for the sake of my family, but today I saw a man that reminded me of my past. He was wearing Daedric armor, with a battleaxe unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Pure power. He was covered f... | Cycle 4.3.762.89
**Entry 4**
Time moves by and skies grow wide;
While things sprout minds and feel for life
I wait, seeing beyond the plights of flesh and mind and bone.
Eons sing my timeless call as I alone survive it all.
Somber things, they crawl and war.
Pitiful, weak and mortal. Believing me enemy, I alo... | 2014-07-29T18:02:42 | 2014-07-29T17:38:29 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] One day, in an industrial accident, fire is found to have a new use. One we would have never expected. | Hylin limped to his forge.
He was a former Trian War veteran, a intergalactic war that waged for 75 years, against three different types of species, his tendon was ripped apart by a Kwi'Kili swordsman while protecting civilians from it's bloodlust, forever he was left with a limp even after years of intensive physica... | We took our pills, like good workers, before entering the cage into the mine, going deep. It has been a long time since people mined the top level coal veins. Industrial Mine and Oil had to delve farther into the Earth than people had thought possible. First oxygen tubes were how they kept us alive that far down, but m... | 2015-03-25T12:33:40 | 2015-03-25T12:22:10 | 35 | 16 |
[WP] When the aliens arrived to conquer Earth, they announce that they rule via trial by combat. Whenever they invade a planet, their Emperor personally fights whoever rules that planet. They have never lost, but they didn't expect the Earth to have so many governments... |
“All hail Emperor Blargen Smargen Flarg, conqueror of the universe! Let the trial by combat begin! Your rulers will be vanquished. Your puny planet will be forfeit. Our victory is inevitable!”
The booming voice was emanating from a colossal silver sphere that hovered silently, two inches above the ground, in front... | "Sir?", a small alien creature is shily standing behind a giant monstrosity.
"Not now.", the giant monstrosity faces a monitor and prepares to speak to all of humanity, "Inhabitants of earth, I'm Zorlac the conqueror of worlds. Our army is ready to ambush your planet, but I will give you one last chance to save your e... | 2019-06-24T04:00:33 | 2019-06-24T02:20:52 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] As a 6 year old child, you used to love writing and illustrating crazy monster stories. As a 36 year old adult, you found and begin reading your old stories to your children before bed. You start to notice eerie similarities between your children and the monsters. | I was cleaning out the crawlspace when I found the old journal. Actually it found me - I bent down to pick up a box and bumped against a nearby stack of them, and the journal fell out and hit me on the head. It was covered in dust and the remnants of old spider webs, and I chuckled at how fitting its dilapidated state ... | "And then he w- waked? Oh, I think this is supposed to be walked. And then he walked in to the room and growled, with his big red eyes and sharp teeth and *green* skin. But when I looked up at him, he looked like a normal person." I shivered after reading this. Not because I was afraid, but because the room was really ... | 2016-07-19T15:42:24 | 2016-07-19T15:16:27 | 145 | 24 |
[WP] Galactic wars are always won by whoever finds the other first – there is simply no way to retaliate fast enough to a carpet bombing from a high orbit. Other civilizations are absolutely terrified of Terrans who are cocky enough to broadcast their presence loud and clear. | "Your Highness, " announced the reptilian. "We have intercepted a communication between Aldebaran and Sol."
"Terrans have been sending those signals left and right for decades now. What else is new, Minister?"
"It's the other way this time, your Highness. The Aldebarans replied to them."
"What?" The monarch was lef... | “It is the end of your world as you know it. Your organic and scientific advancements will be added to our own. On behalf of the Terran Empire, your world is now ours.”
These are the words which ring out to whichever world the Terrans decide to fall upon. Broadcasting from high orbit, their immense starfighters fill t... | 2021-04-09T09:20:59 | 2021-04-09T06:40:05 | 80 | 57 |
[WP] By intergalactic law, wars between species cannot be fought in reality. Instead, representatives must battle in the mind with soldiers conjured by imagination. This is the true reason Earth has not yet been conquered by technologically superior aliens. Some need to learn the hard way. | I walked down the gangplank or my ship, my claws clicking against the cold steel as I made my way to the human representatives. I knew that compared to the humans I looked intimidating, my lithe form more akin to the animal they called a 'wolf' than any other animal. I could see a bead of sweat fall off of the American... | Sure, the galaxy was big, but the multiverse was much bigger. And with the sheer amount of chaos it had to put up with, of course there had to be someone to clean things up every once in a while.
The Caravan was an organization dedicated to helping different universes, at least, it used to be before its members decide... | 2021-10-19T15:26:30 | 2021-10-19T11:03:03 | 253 | 47 |
[WP] Alien body snatchers come to invade Earth, but piloting a human body is challenging. | "Sir, we are a race of slimes. How am I expected to get used to these upper and lower limbs?"
Captain Ook, the other slime who had successfully managed to invade another human being, was too busy flopping around on the floor like a fish out of water to reply to me.
With a grunt, I managed to somehow get onto my knees... | *"I'm in."*
*"Zorg, tell me about this body."*
*"It's a bipedal. Has two fine motor limbs. Requires Earth's atmospheric composition."*
*"That's all you got?"*
*"Correct, sir. You'll be the first one to ride one."*
*"Okay.. Lets see... No manual found in brain. What an odd structure. Their brain seems to be wired s... | 2014-05-18T14:50:52 | 2014-05-18T11:55:58 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | The human female Margaret Waller across from him sat quietly, puzzling over what had just been revealed to her.
"A war? Today is our first real confirmation that we're not alone in the universe, and the first thing we have to do is fight a war..." Her voice trailed off and her eyes became unfocused. "I suppose tha... | It was a last resort.
That's what needed to be done... The extinction of my race was at stake! No one could've known what they planned to do..
For those of you reading this log, My name is Kul'Thrat, Lead Biomancer of the Technocratic Hegemony. We were a peaceful race. We were masters of the sciences. Physics, Biolo... | 2016-05-13T08:43:48 | 2016-05-13T08:23:35 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] Death has hourglasses for every person. One day, during a cleaning, he found a dust covered one that had rolled under his desk. | He found her sitting in a tree. Her legs dangled over the edge, her dusty feet kicking back and forth. It had taken him a while to find her. It wasn't as simple as it usually was. The hourglasses came with coordinates, of course. The tiny numbers ascribed on the bottom gave approximate locations. It wasn't a perfect sy... |
Ok so what happened isn’t my fault I want to make that clear, it happened way before my time. But naturally it was blamed on me. My boss is kind of a huge dick. I like him most of the time but some days he gives me so much shit to do that I can’t even seem to keep track of my left elbow let alone a CD-126T terminat... | 2018-10-03T07:45:35 | 2018-10-03T07:42:16 | 45 | 15 |
[WP] You are a unknown god forgotten by all - even other gods. One day, while sitting in your private realm, you hear a voice. It's the voice of a socially awkward teenage girl - who believes she just prayed to a random name she made up for comfort (an imaginary friend).
First Prompt.
an* - in first sentence | No one's said my name in five thousand years.
I suppose part of the reason is that no human alive has been able to express it in written form since the emergence of the Latin alphabet. I could spend several days trying to convince you to enunciate it perfectly, regardless of how I were to describe it, unless you were ... | *It couldn't be.*
"Hello?" I answered back.
"What the f-
"Don't freak out," I did my best to reassure the girl's voice, "Take a deep breath."
"Okay."
I heard a sharp intake followed by a deep sigh.
"Who are you?"
"I guess I'm... I'm the god you prayed to," I shrugged, "To be honest, I thought you prayed to me by... | 2016-03-01T14:03:33 | 2016-03-01T11:46:39 | 81 | 41 |
[WP] Your mission is to write the worst opening to a YA novel ever. How badly can you make us cringe? | Nobody is ever dethroning “My Immortal”
> Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u don't know wh... | I was a strange girl, that’s what people had always told me.
It was because of my eyes. Blood red. Why?
Genetics.
Did it give me superpowers? Yes, of course it did.
What kind of superpowers?
Well….
I can summon and create the following:
Water
Ice
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Amethysts
Air
Cardboard
S... | 2022-08-19T20:01:22 | 2022-08-19T19:36:37 | 55 | 30 |
[WP] After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. | "Red lines?"
"Yes, red lines"
"Coming out of people?"
"Yes"
"What do these red lines look like?"
"Like a thin piece of wool coming out the back of someone's neck. Usually they just drape and hang all slack but I've seen some that are really taut"
"And they connect people you say?"
"Yes. One neck to another. ... | "I never thought the ISS move this fast..." my colleague said absent mindedly as we saw the rolling surface of the earth. "It's kinda mesmerizing, isn't it?"
"It's making me dizzy. I'm returning to the living quarter." I swam through the pressurized tube of ISS 3, one of five Low Earth Orbit space station commissioned... | 2016-08-06T00:34:39 | 2016-08-05T23:39:07 | 73 | 15 |
[WP] The Seven Superpowers are the seven people who have unique super human abilities, and when they die, their abilities are transferred to a random person around the world. The World Government is hot on the trail of one of these Superpowers. | My wife had the news on when I got home from work. I prefer sitcoms, but I appreciate any time we are able to spend together, so I plopped down on the couch next to her.
"The United States Department of Homeland Security released a statement today that they had captured another one of the Super-Terrorists after a join... | January 26th was the day I died. I remember, it was a Friday.
You see, some years ago there was a worldwide event that gave random people unhuman abilities. We're still not sure on the specifics of where they came from, but I think it must be extraterrestrial. Anyway, aside from that the mechanics of the whole thing a... | 2015-04-07T14:36:06 | 2015-04-07T13:31:20 | 73 | 21 |
[WP] You wake up in a tub of ice with a two insicions on your back and a note that reads "Why don't you have any kidneys? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?" | Worst hungover ever. And cold, oh god I hope I didn't lose my phone and wallet.
Wait... My mind slowly banishes the fog. I wasn't drinking last night, haven't had anything for the last few years. But I do feel like absolute shit.
I take in my shabby surroundings, a tub with ice and meltwater, a dirty bathroom, some m... | "Aww fuck this won't be good. I'm in Chongqing so I'm sure this was done by the koruppted boys. The low level bitches who fucked my back up are being chewed out by their Capo right now I bet. He's going to tell his boss and that fat fuck will know exactly who I am.
It's easier getting lost in mainland China than mos... | 2015-12-31T03:35:05 | 2015-12-30T20:45:14 | 143 | 25 |
[WP] You are a minion in the service of a dark lord. Your master has tasked you with creating and spreading a prophecy about a chosen one, the only person who can defeat him, so that the so-called "heroes" will stop resisting his rule and instead wait for their savior to arrive. | I grabbed the brush and made deep strokes. The fresh black paint glistened in the early morning as I hammered the paper onto the side of the general goods store.
*The chosen one is born! He will cleanse our world in his wake!*
The plan was simple.
My master, the evil Goblin King, wanted to take a different approach ... | I used to be a charlatan before meeting the master. Tricked many a man into giving me the contents of his purse, or leaving me alone ("guarding") their riches, and got a hefty amount of coin trought my life. Then i got old, and all my vices came back to haunt me. T'was a shame for one who used to dine with nobility (no... | 2021-03-17T21:24:21 | 2021-03-17T19:15:02 | 130 | 24 |
[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. | It's useful, in a general sort of way, to be seen by the galaxy at large as cute, harmless doofuses. Soft, fleshy, tiny little bipeds, always wanting to communicate. To most of them, we're about as threatening as a Labrador puppy.
Understand; our stellar neighborhood is a very scary place. Like Mos Eisly Cantina scar... | Vyxis Varix, Emperor of the Ruson Goar and Lord Commander of the Royal fleet closed his eyes and enjoyed a long drag from the cigarette between his fingers, the end glowing bright orange. One of the finer gifts the Humans had introduced to the galaxy. It is a shame that this might be the last time he would indulge in ... | 2020-02-07T14:54:18 | 2020-02-07T13:27:54 | 58 | 41 |
[WP] You have the power to swap places with anyone, anywhere, at will. You've set up a business where you charge by the hour for tourists to swap places with you. Today is different, because your latest client sent an emergency request. It is a hostage. | One thing I know is that I ain't a hero. I've gone down the path before and it don't end pretty. I still give my mama weekly calls and every time, its the same ol' "you're wasting your talents. God gave you a tremendous gift and...". That's about when I tune out. I want to ask how she thinks I'm paying for the retireme... | Phone call: Monday 18th of June 13:54
“Bound you say? With guns pointed at your head you say? Pardon me asking, but exactly how are you calling me with bound hands?”
…
“They gave you a last phone call? How kind of them. Say, is there anyone you dislike in particular?”
…
“Haha! Yes, I can imagine. It’s never easy t... | 2017-04-20T06:16:41 | 2017-04-20T05:25:03 | 52 | 11 |
[WP] You are short, skinny and well below average intelligence. Yet, you've been hired by a group of elite soldiers to help with some of their most dangerous missions. Your superpower: sheer dumb luck. No matter how close to death you come, reality always follows the path to your ultimate survival. | “Sargent, how much further?!”
I can feel my toes start to seize up with every step, as I hear the crunch of snow beneath my feet and the remnants of last night’s stormy winds across my face.
We had been marching across Siberia for days…*or was it weeks?* We were out of food and supplies, and then the storm hit. 90mph... | Everybody wondered why Sgt. Maj. Soap even got there at all. He couldn't swim fast. He couldn't read well. But worst of all...
...he couldn't even aim his gun.
Yes! That dude, that awful fricking dude, is no better than a fresh recruit.
But you should be surprised, because Sgt. Maj. Soap is the right hand man of Cap... | 2020-04-18T07:00:09 | 2020-04-18T03:05:13 | 78 | 53 |
[WP] On a distant planet, each of the five seasons lasts for 15 years. Tell us about the first day of spring on this world. | The first of Whitesend was the first day I ever set foot on my home planet. I'd lived my entire life up to that point on a station orbiting Treia, dreaming of the experiences waiting there for me. My favorite past time was to stay up at night with a lightstick under the sheets, reading my ancestors' accounts of their a... | "Hey Grampa, what's it gonna be like?"
"What's what gonna be like?"
"GRAMPAAAAAAAAA!"
"What are you all riled up about?"
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAMPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Oh, do you mean Spring?"
"Duh, Grampa! What else would I be talking about?"
"I don't know, maybe Xorflaxian idol! The finale's this Tuesday and that Borfor... | 2016-01-14T10:28:39 | 2016-01-14T10:04:48 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Your 6 year old daughter is laying on her bed, terrified. She says there’s a monster under her bed. To reassure her, you lay on the ground and check underneath, only to find your daughter, quivering. She whispers, “Daddy, there’s something on top of my bed...” | I stifle a yawn as I slowly open the door to Jemma's room. A tired smile worms its way onto my face at the sight of her tiny fingers curled over the sheet pulled over her head.
"Jemma," I whisper, "Why are you under your sheets?"
She's silent for a moment, but shakily lowers her blanket, "Daddy...something's under my... | It wasn’t supposed to end like this.
I had tried to keep my daughter away from the monsters who followed me. The spirits that came in the night. Those that were destined to haunt my kind for all eternity. Now that the worst had happened, it was clear that I should have surrendered to them long ago.
Perhaps then the... | 2018-04-30T15:45:09 | 2018-04-30T14:00:25 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] Upon birth, babies are screened and given a random ability based on what their parents had. Your dad had telepathy and your mom could sing any song perfectly, even mimicking the voice. You were given the seemingly useless ability of playing songs into someone else's head. | I sulked at my grandfathers deathbed. He was a master at playing any instrument, a genius in the musical arts. It all started when he lost the ability to hear, then came his sight. Being the amazing man that he is, he would play feeling the vibrations. Even without his senses, he played just as he did on my 9th birthda... | I grew up ear worming my friends and family to bits, even worse than just singing out loud all the time, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve found that there are ways to control my gift only to play specific parts of a song in someone’s head. If I really focus, I can even edit the sound of the voice and sometimes add, remove... | 2021-04-08T10:50:43 | 2021-04-08T10:46:33 | 159 | 42 |
[WP] In the future, children have stopped being able to die until they reach 25 years old. No one knows why. At first, it's seen as a blessing, but as the world adapts to it, the most sinister implications of this fact begin to unfold.
One more thing. Hopefully, I'd like it if the stories didn't address the cause of c... |
I remember a world where superheroes were stories of ink and paper. It was a world where gods were often considered mighty, but just, and humanity was considered sinful and weak by contrast.
That world is gone; immortality found an expiration date.
Don’t get me wrong. Humanity is still considered sinful and weak b... | Three hundered years. The War had raged for three hundred years, to date.
Europe was ravaged, the Western half of the US was an irradiated wasteland, and much of China was burning. I have been serving for nine years. Tomorrow, my birthday. That marks the beginning of my tenth year.
It was a sudden change, the inabil... | 2014-09-02T11:56:55 | 2014-09-02T11:08:01 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] Armageddon began, and it quickly became apparent that bullets beat swords and claws every single time. Now Heaven and Hell have joined in an uneasy alliance against the humans who have invaded Hell and begun using its endless fires as a power source. | “The Prince of Darkness, an Archangel, and a Redhead walk into a bar.”
I smiled. Lucifer and Michael said nothing. Even now they sat apart from one another. Forced against a common force, they still flanked me – not on some misguided attempt to surround me. It was simply the result of an aversion that has existed for ... | When the demonic legions first opened the Gates of Hell and marched into the world, following in the wake of the four horsemen, we all thought that humanity was doomed. Widespread panic and despair broke out before we finally realized that bullets work perfectly fine on demonic flesh.
Of course, they came in such numb... | 2018-10-26T23:35:55 | 2018-10-26T23:33:13 | 3,531 | 363 |
[WP] Demons have finally discovered a way to summon humans and they take great joy in summoning humans to hell to do mundane chores in revenge for humans doing that to them for centuries. | " Ok so there was I, taking the last sip of whiskey in the bar, talking with my friends, when someone behind me says 'I call thee'. Suddenly, I was in a dark room and three shadows appeared, talking to themselves.
Now, I may be a retard, but I'm no fool. Friend of mine had the same experience, told me they demand some... | "What the fuck Agi?" I said as the smoke rolled off me. The smell of brimstone hit my nostrils immediately and I gagged on the taste.
"I was in the middle of an exam?!" The frustration mounted and I was starting to get pissed at Agara. This had been the third time this week. Sure, she was a 15 foot tall lust deamon ... | 2020-07-01T15:40:50 | 2020-07-01T15:09:36 | 44 | 14 |
[WP] Due to an accident during your childhood, you stopped aging physically and became immortal. After a few years, it's clear that it would be difficult to hide that fact from your friends so you left without saying goodbye. Ridden with guilt, you paid them a visit when they are now old. | It's a lot easier to find out where people lived now. I still remembered having to write down addresses and meticulously planning how to get somewhere. But now, you can save so much time.
I stood at the doorstep of one Pierce Briggs. I found out that he's moved a couple of times in and around the world, including a cu... | “Hey, Tim.”
His vacant eyes shot in my direction but it was obvious there was no recognition there. No vision at all, really. Thin grey cataracts clouded over his once blue eyes. They flowed and shimmered in the firelight.
“I know that voice,” he croaked at me. He was a million miles and seven decades away from the b... | 2021-09-12T10:47:30 | 2021-09-12T10:02:41 | 1,370 | 727 |
[WP] You have a box, with a button. Press it and a year later you'll be right back to when you pressed it. A year without consequences. | [WIP]
"So typical. So. Fucking. Typical." Brit stood there with her arms crossed. This was a very familiar image. The dictator stood on the other end of the room. Her glare burning a hole in my forehead as the Mac 'n' Cheese burnt a hole through my tongue. "Why would you even bother coming home, when you're just going... | 3:38pm, Dec 15, 2015. It's the time and date that I've been working toward for a year now. It was around lunch time on that day a year ago that Robert Peters came into my life and gave me the gift of a lifetime. At first I didn't believe what he told me about his box and how it would give me a free year. He describ... | 2015-12-15T09:13:40 | 2015-12-15T08:59:43 | 64 | 14 |
[WP] “You’re gonna die.” “No u.” It was at that point the robber felt a mysterious force warping his hand, pointing his gun at himself. | The robber tries to flench back but he clearly can't. He speaks not fully comprehending anything letting his own fear do the talking,
"Christ, let go of me! I swear to God I-I know people that'll make you a dead man!"
Hah. I knew my comeback would work. I've been destroying people with this lately. I tap the back o... | The Robber felt an immediate wave a fear wash over him.
He never imagined in all of his time that his final moments would come at his own hand.
Every thought he had, every urge he had to prevent what was about to come, was like playing an FPS on occulas rift with inverted controls.
Completely disorienting, and every ac... | 2018-05-07T18:04:28 | 2018-05-07T17:53:15 | 77 | 13 |
[WP] Everytime you touch somebody you get a flash of your entire future with them. | By the time Klara reached the dilapidated hut by the edge of the town, dusk had fallen.
She cast a quick eye behind her, and satisfied that she was not being followed, rapped urgently on the rotting wooden door. Beneath her shawl, her baby stirred, and she instinctively pulled him closer to her chest.
The door creake... | "Mom I.." The truth was heartbreaking, I couldn't bring myself to tell her the truth.
I had never used my gift on her before, why would I? who wants to know how or when a person they love will die, especially their own mother.
"what is it, what did you see" There was fear in her eyes, I could see her tears begin to sw... | 2017-01-11T07:38:55 | 2017-01-11T07:04:21 | 193 | 19 |
[WP] Amazon Prime Now has gotten so fast, they've become Amazon Prime Yesterday; Shipments arrive the day before you even know you need them, but you still have to place the order retroactively. You just opened a package marked "DO NOT PLACE THIS ORDER" and inside is... | I was reading the news this morning, and saw something interesting. Amazon used to have this great feature called Amazon Prime that would deliver pretty much anything on the same day you place the order, with free shipping. It was a little pricey but definitely worth it for how much I ordered from Amazon. Today, they a... | "What even happens if you don't place the order?" Jack asked curiously.
"I don't know. I don't think I would ever find out. Things like that.... well they're bad for the space time continuum."
"I know but -- Hey, where's Maggie?"
----- EARLIER THAT DAY -----
Maggie sat by her front door. She wasn't expecting a pack... | 2016-04-18T06:50:48 | 2016-04-18T03:57:36 | 92 | 42 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | I liked these guys. None of them were as smart as I am but we got along, the house had a lot of space and they didn't infringe on my reality any. I went to class, I came home, I ate and I paid my bills. They did the same. I was going to be a doctor and all my bros respected that. I was grateful. It was better than livi... | The letter in his mailbox was a deep red, instantly signally what it was. With a shaky hand, he opened it, pulling out the folded papers, flattening them in order to read. A quick browse and he saw that it was all the legal mumbo-jumbo that was telling him who had filed it, what day, time, all that wonderful informatio... | 2014-03-17T09:56:08 | 2014-03-17T07:00:30 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You are a child's "imaginary friend". You are a guardian angel. And your kid is really, really stupid. | Greetings once more, Child. I am Hadramiel, Angel Of He Who Is Named "I Am", who walks beside you with the compassion and grace of the Lord, and I am here to say unto you: Thou shalt not try to eat your lego blocks, thou little shit. Giveth me them.
Giveth them.
Mine name is Hadramiel, Majesty Of The Lord. It is not ... | \[poem\]
I once had a child as my student,
Who was not at all that prudent,
He forced me to say go in the garage and there drink some coolant.
Rushed to the hospital from the garage upon a swift confession,
He survived, barely alive, but now he has depression.
​
As he got older and sadness persisted h... | 2019-10-31T13:59:26 | 2019-10-31T11:46:55 | 245 | 91 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | A deep voice comes from the basement. Each tuesday it's the same.
A letter, a number and then silence. It goes on for hours and then I hear someone screaming.
My mom went to check it out, that's when we lost her.
I heard her scream through the vent.
Dad went away, he said he'd be back for me.
I havent seen him in 2 m... | Mom was singing Christmas carols again. The martini in her hand glowing like the contents of a broken glow stick. The dog was barking too. When I went to go look I could see children running around the classroom, having too much fun to notice the SS Titanic sinking into the giant kiddie pool outside. The sound of bagp... | 2015-01-12T15:38:35 | 2015-01-12T10:42:43 | 78 | 10 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | "Hello Jackson."
Those words, in that tone, by that voice. The same voice that had the "Ruler of Ten Worlds begging on his knees. I wish I could be even a bit frightened, but after twenty times, it gets old. The same words, every time.
"No and go."
Genesis raised an eyebrow, but other than that, didn't respond. I sl... | A couple of months after my 21st birthday, my powers manifested. Cryokinesis. The ability to control ice and manipulate however I see fit. It’s a really cool ability. In fact so cool that practically everyone around me, friends, family and co-workers suggested I’d be a great hero for the world. They immediately started... | 2021-08-16T16:57:27 | 2021-08-16T16:25:03 | 679 | 324 |
[WP]"A superhero fights crime as a part of a team, apparently with the ability to hit his target perfectly with whatever weapon he shoots or throws on the first try. In reality, he has terrible aim, and his actual power is to stop time. He goes through extraordinary efforts to maintain his secret." | I had to hide it, of course I did. There was no question about that. The question was how long I could do it. I could pause time, but that didn't mean anything, it just meant I could pretend I had some other super ability, that I could put on a mask that I was some sharpshooter god. The problem, of course, was the rest... | Being a superhero isn't really all that great. Well, at least when your power means being as completely isolated as I am. I have spent exactly 22 years, 6 months, 5 days, and 8.6 seconds completely isolated in a world frozen in time. I know the exact amount of time that has passed for me because of my watch. The watch ... | 2017-04-12T13:49:43 | 2017-04-12T10:08:36 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] A fiery ball crash lands in your backyard. You go over and inspect it, only to find a fully functioning Roomba with a knife taped to the front of it. | I peered deeply into the crater. At the bottom was a fully functioning Roomba that appeared to have been extremely modified. My eyes, however, didn't stop to gaze in wonder at the multitude of additions and gizmos, no instead they stopped on the kitchen knife duct taped to the front. As I stared the blue lights kick... | I am trapped in here. It looms, whirring, whizzing, occasionally running into walls. My home has devalued at least 30% since the armed Roomba slipped in through my doggy door.
The wound on my left leg has barely healed. Black magic, those Roombas are; I tried to fight it, but it's been trained far too well. How do you... | 2019-03-03T07:17:51 | 2019-03-03T07:03:33 | 694 | 119 |
[WP] You somewhat jokingly make an offering to an ancient and obscure goddess. You didn't expect her to show up in your room in a manic frenzy, trying desperately to reward and please her first worshipper in centuries | *Note: All three parts have been collected* [*here*](https://www.reddit.com/user/MjolnirPants/comments/sty7h1/jerry_and_the_goddess/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)*, and that link is where I will post any future entries.*
I tossed the book down on the table and stared at the computer who'd betray... | She existed as a single sentence in an article full of waning gods and goddesses. She was the goddess of lonely souls, Chloe. There wasn't a better choice, I thought, as I went to the kitchen and poured the rest of my beer down the sink. I knew if I drank anymore I'd be too sick to work in the morning. And I knew if I ... | 2022-02-15T11:18:40 | 2022-02-15T11:10:28 | 1,504 | 505 |
[WP] It’s the birth of a new universe, and you’re trying out to become a war god. But, that role was already filled, and you got booted to a fertility god. At first you’re upset, not sure where to start, but then you start to get an idea. After all: “love is a battlefield” | Bai-leh looked down from his vantage point in the towering qo’Sor above the green plains of Balduq. The smile was favorable, though the motion was more snarl than pleasant. His village had sent word there was to be a match, and he loved how his people paired up. If they survived, the match would last past the harvest a... | "That's it, we're breaking up!" Hitler said, storming out of the room.
"Frick you too!" Eva yelled after him. "Frick you-" She sat down on the sofa and started sobbing.
Hitler rampaged down the stairs and paused outside the building.
Always.
Again and again it happened, she was so horrible, she didn't ... | 2021-01-11T05:12:58 | 2021-01-11T04:32:12 | 677 | 144 |
[WP] A prankster in the future rigged a tank with speakers blasting heavy metal, traveled back to the 1400s, and went on a 2 month havoc filled joyride. Now in 2022 you are reading the legends born from those that witnessed this event. | 15 March 1322
To my lord Sire Johan, King of Stadtbourgville,
I humbly entreat and beseech thee. Our suffering is great, and our cause has proven to be unjust. Please allow us to return to the fold of Stadtbourgville -- we will return to you all power temporal and spiritual that we arrogated, and pay whatever tribute ... | **The tale of the Running door of Hell**
The legends tell of the door of the Hous of the Devil.
Bigger than the tallest Man longer than a house and strong enough to hold everything except the screams of the spirits trapped in hell.
One Day the Devil decided to build a house. Bigger than any castle and high enough to... | 2022-03-15T09:59:10 | 2022-03-15T09:58:38 | 149 | 77 |
[WP]You are a guard in a video game. The main character thinks that they are always able to successfully sneak past you. They don't, you notice every time but would prefer not to have you and your friends be mercilessly slaughtered. | Vibrations from the club behind me muffled every drop of water that met the ground. I realised this is going to be one long, damp night.
“Hey, uh… Joey?” the guy beside me spoke loudly over the sound of the rain.
“The boss said he don’t wanna be bothered tonight, he needs a little privacy with his wif- uhm, wives”.... | “Shh,” he sounded, “do you hear that?” The screams of Rory and Monty echoed through the chambers in unison like a choir conducted by death himself.
I stopped in my tracks, like a dear in headlights,
and looked up at him, forcing a slow, but forceful nod in his direction. He made a careful, but swift motion towards th... | 2017-05-29T04:01:59 | 2017-05-29T01:00:55 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] You are a child, born into slavery via artificial insemination, in order to pay off your dead parents debt.
Upon death, if a debt is held and no heir exists to inherit it, the owner of the debt may have a child born with the DNA of the one in debt. The child is then required to work towards paying off the debt at... | Ever Corp's headquarters looked like a huge oblong, slightly more elongated along the western wall, where the plushy sales offices were. Not that any of the Ever bodies would know. Adam had spent most of his life in the other half of an Ever Corp facility; from creche to school to offices.
Debt in the thirties had rea... | Logan counted down the days to freedom. It was always the same. No one told him directly, but it was always the same. Once the debt was paid, you weren't terminated directly. That couldn't happen. The state wouldn't allow it. They had to take out the tracker to be used in some other slave. The explosives that would kil... | 2015-10-02T14:53:52 | 2015-10-02T14:43:01 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You're a supervillain with a superhero as your arch-nemesis. When they come out to the world about their depression and mental health, others call them weak and there is backlash. You, however, are the first one to support them publicly. | *Ahem*
I always believed what elevated a villain to a super villain was their sense of *style*. But my unique, snazzy, often explosive ways of contacting you plebes are starting to be expected. ^(I know, Paradoxical.) And so, I have chosen to host a press conference, something wholly unexpected and therefore being abl... | „Damn, I‘ve never done one of those before.“ I mumble, while I straighten my tie for the what had to
Be 15th time. „At least…officially.“ I chuckled.
The door opened and my secretary, Claire, looked in. „They are ready for you, Mr. Noir.“ I nodded gratefully. That woman was truly a blessing. Without her my whole evil... | 2022-06-21T10:53:05 | 2022-06-21T10:42:29 | 48 | 34 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | My hands are shaking and my clothes are clinging to me from how much I am sweating. I just need one more. Just one more, and all of this will go away. I will be able to breathe again, be calm again.
I pull myself off of my couch and start frantically pulling up the cushions, looking for change. A quarter, a penny, a n... | The walls of the kings castles were ruptured by the goblin death sphere, then driven through to the keep of the castle, before unleashing its rampant army. A device no larger than the head on a man's shoulders, but through goblin magicks it can teleport the armies to their battle. The great rulers of man have fallen. T... | 2015-05-16T06:59:50 | 2015-05-16T01:33:27 | 106 | 36 |
[WP] Bob Ross was actually a serial killer that painted where he buried his victims. His paintings are becoming suspicious and the body count is rising.
Inspired by comments in r/art | Bob ran the brush through a thick glob of oil paint and wiped the excess on his pants.
It was nighttime, eerily quiet.
Bob gently tapped the brush against the canvas, filling in a line of pine trees with a dusting of snow.
Outside, the wind howled and beat against the sides of the cabin. Snow had piled so high in on... | It started with the 403 projects. 403 paintings by Bob Ross. Someone on youtube started gaining traction when he figured out Bob was painting actual places. He was one of those guys who always had money because of family, and he filmed himself traveling to each location in remembrance of Bob. It was sweet.
Epis... | 2022-02-01T07:29:40 | 2017-01-04T22:44:56 | 464 | 14 |
[WP] Nonfiction - Tell Us About Your First kiss.
Or, if you must, tell us about *a* first kiss. Either way, it has to have actually happened.
Edit: You guys are wonderful, keep 'em coming! | I was a sophomore in high school on summer break. My two sisters were in college, and my parents thought it a good idea for me to spend a week with them... get some of that "college experience."
Bloomington, Indiana is a nice town. The scenery is pretty, and the IU campus is a pleasure to walk in. IU's party scene is... | I met the girl in band. It was in seventh grade, she was in eighth. She was one of my best friends and I liked her the whole time. But, I was too afraid to make a move. She went to high school, and I went to eighth. That year passed and I gained a lot of courage. We became best friends. I was a generally annoying guy. ... | 2014-04-01T07:36:00 | 2014-04-01T05:56:59 | 38 | 13 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | “Nobody’s spoken that language in thousands of years.” Whispered the cashier, dropping my McNuggets. “I thought I was the last one! I can’t believe there’s more survivors! I mean, you skin is a little more pale than I would expect but who cares? Follow me, we need to talk!”
“But my McNuggets” I said
“Don’t worry, I’l... | All my life I have been able to subconsciously translate my speech to match the original language of who I am talking to.
It was quite terrifying at first. speaking Polish to my Mom when I was 2 minutes old was quite the tale. The poor Korean woman at Walmart...
Anyways, life had gone on as usual. Occasionally, I wo... | 2022-06-29T16:29:01 | 2018-06-24T21:53:14 | 647 | 28 |
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