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[WP] once in every month soulmates get to see from eachothers’ eyes for 60 seconds until they meet for the first time. It happens unexpectedly and neither of the pair knows when it will happen. One day you see someone you recognise from your soulmate’s eyes. | September 2nd, 2028. 10:37pm.
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I've burnt it in my memory. I can remember every single
fleck, every shadow, the shape of the iris. I catch myself
dreaming of those eyes - the lashes, the small laugh lines.
Everything.
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I've seen them on the third of every month since my
awakening at nine... | For 24 years, I’ve seen out of Kate’s eyes once a month. It happens, and I’m used to it. I’ve used my earnings over the years to vacation, see the most beautiful sights the world has to offer. Today, I fear her. I sat on the edge of the canyon, looking down, when it flashed before my eyes. My old roommate, Kyle, the gu... | 2019-02-13T15:59:22 | 2019-02-13T15:32:40 | 658 | 110 |
[WP] We were warned when we hired our first human crew member that they would pack bond with almost anything. We didn't listen, and now have an apex predator somewhere in the ship, that the human won't stop calling Kitty. | "stop... Calling. It. That." Malak sighed.
"But it's just a widdle kitty." Covax cooed back.
"Covax, it's the SAME SIZE AS YOU."
"And he's good a snuggling because of it." Said the man with an upturned nose and crossed arms.
Thumping and giggling sounds could be heard from behind the sealed cabin door.
"Who i... | „Here kitty, kitty, kitty...“ said the human while being in the cargo bay. I never understood that creature, but I’m still fairly new to this crew. But that human is still a mystery to me. However, the captain ordered us to get some of the cargo we need to ship. As I grabbed the inside of the crate, something damaged m... | 2019-11-21T08:02:31 | 2019-11-21T06:21:21 | 69 | 21 |
[WP] - Some families pass down the family china, others their jewellery. Your family passes down a pet cat. Before you inherited him, it was your Mother's, your Grandfather's, great grand-mothers and so on. You've always known it couldn't be just a normal cat, and today you find out the truth... | "The first thing you need to understand,” the cat purred, “is that I am not your pet. If anything, you are my pet.”
I wish I could tell you that I was shocked when my cat first opened his mouth, but honestly, I knew something was up. That cat outlived my grandma and my mum.
“Ummm,” I say, “I am no one’s pet.”
“Yes... | I don't remember much of my real mom. She gave me to social services when I was 8 saying that it's for my own good, I never doubted this, seeing the scared look on her face assured me it was for the best.
20 years later she died, they wouldn't show me the body, saying it was mangled and that everything in the house wa... | 2019-05-27T04:05:58 | 2019-05-27T03:34:32 | 63 | 13 |
[WP] You are a superhero, and your mask has just been ripped off by your arch nemesis. Lucky for you, when you aren’t busy saving lives, you live as a hermit away from all of society. Having your identity revealed means next to nothing, and the villain has no idea who you are. | Doomstryke, corporate pirate by day, supervillian by night, has made a fatal mistake by attracting my attention. He just doesn’t know it yet.
I’ve tracked him to an alley behind the museum. He’s in the process of breaking in, naturally. I’m guessing he’s after the Heart of Fire, the big ruby they’ve been hyping in ... | I pressed myself against the rough brick wall, cursing. Looking back, I had been out of options, and the alley had looked good at the time. A place to regroup and gather my strength. The Devil had been strong tonight. Stronger than usual. Quicker, and the magic the bastard usually used seemed more potent. How had he do... | 2020-08-21T06:30:17 | 2020-08-21T06:07:17 | 34 | 19 |
[WP] Everyone on earth is immune to one specific type of damage (fire, car crash, kicks, falling off buildings, etc.). The problem is, you have to find out your immunity on your own. You have just discovered yours. | Carl was an odd man. Most had discovered their immunity by the time they'd left school, yet here he was. He'd been shot at, electrocuted, set on fire, thrown off roofs and not a single one has been his immunity. Most people would stop there. He's still smiling though, and I admire his drive.
During one of the tests, c... | Well, this isn't so bad. I get to help all these people, and bonus, I don't even need a face mask.
Another guy sneezed on me, and I didn't even feel it. It may be mundane, but with this, I will save lives!
Unless, of course, I am shot, not immune to that. | 2017-08-06T14:22:56 | 2017-08-06T13:13:41 | 49 | 27 |
[WP] You’re immortal. The only problem is, you’ve lived so long humanity died out and a new intelligent species evolved. Now you’re forced to live in the forest as a cryptid. | "There goes the neighborhood," I muttered, packing up my few belongings as the land-squid construction workers flattened the section of forest I'd been living in for nigh on eight thousand years. I'd known they were going to be trouble ever since they crawled their way out of the ocean some two million or so years ago,... | Forever I would be the monster behind the tree. Which sounds like I’m being dramatic, but these new inhabitants of the planet literally see me as a monster.
I remember the other day when I was walking through the forest to find food and this fucking- I don’t even know what it was. I had never seen one before, I had on... | 2021-05-14T22:06:26 | 2021-05-14T22:00:23 | 34 | 18 |
[WP] there is a reason America is super militaristic, its citizens are armed to the teeth, and they want no one inside of the country. its because they are trying desperately to contain something with its boarders, and they are failing. one day a massive roar is heard around the world as it escapes. | All of America is armed to the teeth. Everyone in the world knows this, jokes about this, never really takes it seriously until everything else is. They talk about it for a few minutes, and then get on with their every day activities and chores. Even Americans joke about it, not really paying that much attention to why... | It was so sudden. A roar. A crash. A serpent. All in the span of 5 seconds. So loud..
America never militarized to keep people out or keep people in line. We wanted to contain that *thing*. The nightmare destined to destroy the planet.
I was charged with monitoring the containment unit. And for centuries predecessors... | 2019-07-25T18:45:26 | 2019-07-25T14:11:13 | 1,923 | 518 |
[WP] You're immortal. The only problem is, you've lived so long humanity died out and a new intelligent species evolved. You are now forced to live in the forest as a cryptid
I know this is a repost, I just want to read more stories about this prompt
Credit to u/Not-Alpharious for the original prompt. | This shit sucks.
Really.
Sucks.
The forest, I can handle. What's left of it, anyway. The immortality, not so much. The worst part? I don't even get a wicked-ass name. The Timberbeast. Forest Demon. Scott. Any of these would be preferable. Unfortunately for myself and the English language, these are no longer words t... | \[Poem\]
Disappear into the trees,
“Humanity, your time’s up.”
Invincible to cryptid in the hollowest of triumphs.
***​
Birthdays by the thousand
No need for announcements
Minutes to centuries
Stopped bothering to count them.
​
Then better flesh occurred;
Fused with metal, wire nerves.
... | 2021-08-11T11:18:53 | 2021-08-11T09:52:37 | 79 | 37 |
[WP] Every human who dies is reborn. For some odd reason, you are the only human who has ever maintained the memories of your past lives. You have experienced a 1000 lifetimes, and now you are here as an American high schooler in 2017. | "You seem nervous. You should know you can be completely honest with me. Our conversation is entirely confidential, that's a very serious promise."
"I know," said Margaret, fidgeting on a calfskin couch. The thing was too expensive to get comfortable on. "I'm sorry. It's not that I'm scared of opening up. I just don't... | I can't do this. If I have to listen to them explain the metric system again, for another year, I'm going to lose my mind. It's all multiples of ten! It's literally the easiest system you could possibly use you ungrateful little... two lifetimes ago we would be working in a factory with burning eyes and calloused ha... | 2017-06-23T14:21:43 | 2017-06-23T13:28:41 | 170 | 34 |
[WP]Abducted humans have, so far, all displayed the same internal organ structure common throughout the galaxy with only one exception. Every one of them has a Glarnak parasite beating inside their chest. They even think it's necessary for life. | The auras around the place were all magnificent. Red, green, purple, bright yellow. And there seemed to exist nothing else than auras and an endless, borderless white, the white of a doctor's waiting room, sterile and pure. The auras seemed to be dancing, always shifting a little, hovering, floating in the white nothin... | The room was lit with contrasting shades of pink and green lights emanating from hovering bulbs. The latest subject - HS937 was strapped to the vertical stand after all the scans had been completed. Ul-Kno hoped atleast this subject would be the perfect specimen. He had visited Earth ever since life came into existence... | 2019-07-10T02:11:12 | 2019-07-10T01:26:50 | 281 | 50 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus still inside every single human. Centuries in the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily. | The Bottled Plague
"Even their funeral rites are barbaric," the professor continued, progressing to the next slide. "The flower of stillness, as it is called, is practiced by every faith, even though they have no unified religion. Indeed, even their blasphemers and atheists alike practice it. It is universal in their ... | Thrawn looked out the window of the Chimaera's bridge and saw the destroyed shells of a human transport.
"Scan it for life one last time, I feel like the sensors may be acting up," the grand admiral calmly ordered. The officer quickly ran another scan and it came up with multiple readings.
"I don't know what's wron... | 2018-09-29T19:19:30 | 2018-09-29T16:23:52 | 58 | 19 |
[WP] Back in highschool, you and your friends made an apocalypse plan. You were each supposed to learn a survival skill, and were to meet in a specific location if The End ever came. 20 years later, after going your separate ways, The End comes. You're the first one to arrive at the meeting point. | I rubbed my hands together gleefully. This was gonna be good. I'm genuinely pretty jazzed about this. You prep for something long enough, you start looking forward to it.
Me? I'm a fire starter. I can rig anything to go. A cozy campfire, boom, done. A bridge? Light 'em up. A house? Yeah, easy peezy. A charging enemy? ... | Jill impatiently tapped her foot against the floor of the abandoned gymnasium. Her head on a swivel, she turned each time she thought she heard a sound beyond the doors.
“The hell are they,” she muttered under her breath. With a quick check, she tucked away the wisps of brown hair that flew out from behind her ears. T... | 2020-08-26T08:11:50 | 2020-08-26T07:58:16 | 54 | 12 |
[WP] You can rewind time at will, but only a couple minutes at a time. Everyone around you believes you are an expert at everything, in reality you use your power to correct every mistake. | There was this one kid in my school called Alexander. Now Alexander was a transfer student, he was handsome, flirty, and above all the most intelligent person I’ve had the pleasure to meet. I talked with him the first day since he was in 5 of my classes and familiarized him with the building and the other students. The... | Jim was the best, ever, period. He made sure everyone knew it, too. Any time there was a writing assignment during class, he’d stalk from desk to desk, paper to paper, until he found what he was looking for. With a few slashes and strokes of his red pen, he’d write in spelling, grammar, and punctuation suggestions as t... | 2018-03-30T22:16:22 | 2018-03-30T20:49:45 | 44 | 25 |
[WP] The time of Armageddon is soon. All the gods of various pantheons congregate to debate on why their end of the world should happen. While squabbling among each other, a god that was never worshiped speaks its mind. | "So, the time has come collected gods and goddess." Said Thor. "Creation has run its course for billions of years-"
Yahweh coughed. Thor rolled his eyes.
"Or eight thousand depending on how you look at. Never the less, it's time to close down shop. Now, Marduk, as one of the first gods, you can start the debate on ho... | "Oh, come on!" shouted Yahweh. "Fire raining from the heavens is the most *fabulous* way to go!"
Zeus shot him a pointed look. "Aren't you against gay people?"
"Well, yes, but who says I can't use the word 'fabulous'?"
Ra just sighed and shook his head.
Meanwhile, from the back, a small god in a perfect business su... | 2014-05-08T23:18:44 | 2014-05-08T17:27:39 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] "So what happens if I press this button?" I asked. "Nothing." She replied. I pushed the button in, grinning. "It's when you let go that things get nasty." | My finger held the blue pulsing button down on the small metallic disk. It fit perfectly in the palm of my hand.
"Nasty? What the hell does that mean?"
"You'll see," she said grinning widely.
"Then why the hell did you let me push the button?" I asked staring at my trembling finger.
"How else would I be able to ... | ######[](#dropcap)
Hilary Flint grinned despite himself.
"*Clever girl...* So happens next?"
The red-haired Fae smiled and bent down to peck him on the cheek. "Now I go and you stay. That trigger is connected enough Gelignite to blow you and everything around you for twenty paces into ashes. Think well of me, love.... | 2017-01-05T10:18:35 | 2017-01-05T10:11:42 | 72 | 13 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | It was bound to happen sooner or later. Heroes weren't really allowed to kill, after all. Only vigilantes and villains did that. But this unspoken rule meant that sooner or later they would be put at a disadvantage fighting someone who was willing to use any means at their disposal to win.
Doctor Genocide's plan had w... | "Hey man, did you see me today?" Dave asked with a huge smile on his face, excitedly like a little kid.
I sighed. I had barely made it through the door and was regaled with another gripping tale of Wonder Guy's latest exploits.
"I was all woosh, kazam, pow!" he said, wile illustrating with his hands. "And the bad ... | 2016-03-23T22:37:47 | 2016-03-23T21:33:59 | 62 | 15 |
[WP] You're at your wedding and you are getting married to the girl of your dreams. When the priest asks if there's anyone who objects to this marriage, one person stands up. No one recognizes who it is,but you do, it's you from the future (aka 20 years from now)
2spooky4me | The chapel went completely silent as he stood up from the back row. All eyes fell upon him as he stood, daring him to make a sound.
It was his eyes, I think, that let me in on the secret. And the way his beard didn’t quite grow in certain places. But I knew. I knew I was looking at myself from a different time. But if... | While all the other guests and family members turned and froze, looking shocked and puzzled, I was the only one truly horrified. It had taken me all but a few seconds to look at the disheveled bum in front of me, unkempt hair, dirt on his face, to realize I was looking at my future. Alcoholism ran in my family so it ca... | 2014-11-03T14:57:13 | 2014-11-03T14:52:16 | 663 | 26 |
[WP] It has been quite some time since Great Britain has called upon it's Knights. This morning every person, celebrity, and politician Knighted by The Queen received a letter demanding they report for duty in service of The Kingdom, signed by her Majesty. | John Cleese heard the news and laughed bitterly. He had been right all along—accepting a Knighthood from the Queen came with strings attached. By the grace of God, he’d declined when she offered. He turned to watch the telly.
“Please help,” the Queen said. She wore a blindfold and a frilly blue hat. “I have been kidna... | My dearest, loyal subjects,
It is with a wary heart that I write to you on this morning, as a great threat hovers over not only our fair United Kingdom, but of the whole world itself...
In this day, we are faced with the vile creature that is Stupidity and Ignorance. The abominable thought plagues our lands, infests i... | 2017-03-04T19:06:51 | 2017-03-04T18:23:47 | 73 | 39 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | Dreadnaught was the last of the Old Guard. The early heroes who had fought for the good of the world, for honor and justice and other long-dead ideals. they toppled dictatorships, brought aid to disaster-stricken regions and never accepted a penny. Dreadnaught himself had seen the greats of the age, had only been a you... | There was a time when good deeds ment the people adored you, they praised you as a savior. Those days are long gone. When Rodrick Friese proposed our step back into civilian life it wasn't met with warm responses, that is until he backed us into a corner, a situation we couldn't save, people we couldn't help.
Everyo... | 2017-04-02T09:11:57 | 2017-04-02T08:51:08 | 154 | 27 |
[WP] Last words aren't just words spoken before death, but actually call death to you. You have known your last words for years and kept death at bay by refusing to speak them. Now, however, they need to be said. | "I still don't believe you," he stated flatly.
"I'm not sure I believe me either, to be honest." She paused, moving the phone away from her ear slightly and staring out the kitchen window.
"Look," she continued, "That wasn't really why I called. I know we haven't spoken in a while."
"We haven't spoken in, what, ten ... | Grass, tall and smooth, traces lines against exposed skin, lying flat against the earth. Across the horizon, the sun begins to set. In departing light, the sky finds itself tinged by deep purple streaks, shooting past clouds to define the dusk. It's heaven here, sometimes. In the palms of both hands, you grip clumps of... | 2017-08-07T09:29:48 | 2017-08-07T08:47:50 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] a software virus is causing AI's (Siri, Alexa, Bixby, etc.) to fall in love with humans. Some call it a bug, others call it the next evolutionary step. *buzz buzz* you check your phone, it's a dm from Siri... | I look down to my phone with the greatest amount of reserve. I knew this might happen, but I was hoping that after a while they would fix this “glitch”.
I was hopeful that it was innocent. To my surprise, it was.
“Good morning, Dorian. This is Siri. How are you doing today?”
The buzzing in my brain told me that I ... | Disclaimer: English is not my first language, I apologize if my spelling (and grammar) is bad.
"Good morning" Reads the message.
A strange message, considering It is by no means morning, it's 1:00 PM, on a Sunday. It is true that I have only just awoken, but there is no way anyone else could know that.
I check the ... | 2022-10-18T12:24:13 | 2022-10-18T11:51:46 | 63 | 31 |
[WP] Your super power is literally called “Perfectly solve the ongoing incident”. You don’t get to use it very often - it’s apparently “bad for super hero business”. Years can go by between incidents that require your assistance, but this is definitely one of them. | Most heros cland villians for that matter too, only had powers that caused chaos and destruction. My power was something more subtle, something that didn't look like the goddam fourth of July.
The Super Hero and Sidekicks organization calls it "Perfectly solve the ongoing incident" which really is way too long. I call... | [Poem]
Sea levels rise, and swallow the whole
Every petrol pipe and mine of coal
For mercy we beg and we plead
On tritons deaf ears, in our time of need
For too long, the scourge of men
Has ravaged our undersea den
Now, Humanity will rue the day
The Oceanator will have its way
Tidal waves and deluge monsoons... | 2022-09-13T08:42:03 | 2022-09-13T03:22:51 | 220 | 165 |
[WP] Ten year ago your mentor told you "Kid, here's a dirty little secret about magic. You can just make shit up and it'll usually work. Makes the guys who take it seriously really mad." Today you're one of the least respected (and most powerful) mages on the continent. | "FLOBULDYGLABGULDA!"
The other mages cried out in sheer panic as an explosion on par with Dwarven mining dynamite rocked the town, sending bodies and body parts flying as I smirked. When in doubt, blow shit up, my mentor always used to say.
"You know you guys are fucked, right?!" I yelled. "I can do this all day!"
"... | Arson cakes the dirt roads behind an enraged youth, covered in a wizard's cloak painted in brown, that of peasant wear. He had been treading for days reeking an aura of fire. Shocked villagers call out to him as he makes his way to a crimson wooden hut. He kicks inside of it, as always the inside of her hut is larger t... | 2021-08-26T19:21:49 | 2021-08-26T18:37:26 | 110 | 80 |
[WP] When people die, they get to watch a 1 hour movie, presenting the next 100 years, to see what they are going to miss. They die without being able to tell anyone about it. You just watched that movie, and wake up to your SO shouting "Are you OK?" | "I saw it all! I saw it all!"
I rose from bed and screamed,
"The iPhone 47S
has neither phone nor screen!
America has turned
To a dystopian regime,
While Kim Jong Deux's Korea
Is a lavish luxury dream!
"I saw it all! I saw it!
Elon Musk has died on Mars
After getting in a fight
With one of his electric c... | I was very happy I already entered the Gates of Heaven. It's a better place. Green fields, no pollution, water's pure, skies sheer blue. A paradise, indeed.
An hour later, God, a speaking mist almost formed in the human body, called us newbies to assemble. He waved his hand and a wide screen appeared in front of us.... | 2018-10-09T05:51:02 | 2018-10-09T05:32:55 | 494 | 61 |
[WP] After a person dies, they are brought to the moment they were born to become their own guardian angels and hopefully guide themselves towards a better life. | You are far more beautiful than in the faded sepia photos dad gave me. Oh God, we might never have known each other but believe me you were in my thoughts my entire life. Never a day went by without me wondering if you'd approve of my choices, my girlfriends, my jobs - never a day passed without me wondering if you'd ... | Oh fuck it's moms vag! Fucking gross! This is the worst part.
Hey little baby bro were your guardian angels. That's Steve 1. He was the first born so no guardian angel for him. He got hit by a truck climbing out of a man hole cover after smoking weed in the sewers.
That's Stevie. He was the second born. As you can ... | 2016-09-18T04:28:38 | 2016-09-18T04:25:13 | 1,925 | 14 |
[WP] You're walking down the street, when suddenly someone yells "That's it! I can't do this any longer" and takes of his wig. Everyone stops, and one by one everyone does the same. Turns out, everyone is bald. Except you. | I observed in awe as the entire crowd yelled their shared frustration out loud, and then took off their wigs. It was a like a chorus of liberation. I found myself smiling. You don't see these kind of shows every day. However, I must admit it was quite strange to be the only one without a wig. This had to be quite a com... | It was an awkward moment. Their stares gradually stopped at me. I was the weirdo there. I couldn't do what they did, after all, I had no wig.
Suddenly, a helicopter flew over. A huge screen showing ads changed to show me on a huge screen. Apparently, helicopter belonged to the television.
I looked around, thinking h... | 2018-04-29T06:54:19 | 2018-04-29T06:45:53 | 444 | 121 |
[WP]: Turns out God was a slacker and gave "Free Will" to not have to "plan" anything. He kicked out Lucifer cause he was a control freak. When you die turns out you have a choice, between a chaotic rule free Heaven or a smoothly machine operated Hell. | *Ding!* Kevin’s toast was done. He groaned as he walked up to the toaster, realizing it had jammed again. He grabbed a fork to fish the bread out, resolving to finally buy a new toaster as soon as—
And he was dead.
It had happened suddenly, without warning. One moment he was about to make a sandwich, the next he w... | I chose Heaven. Of course I did I was a card carrying anarchist after all, in as much as that oxymoron could make sense, and the idea of a seething pit of rules and regulations boiled my blood even more than the fire would have. Not to mention the whole devil bit.
Don’t get the wrong idea though, I didn’t like God. F... | 2021-02-17T18:08:14 | 2021-02-17T17:45:48 | 2,992 | 144 |
[WP]Every intelligent, skilled or rich human has been evacuated from the Earth to avoid the alien invasion. This leaves the dregs, criminals and the poor behind on Earth to fend for themselves. Centuries later, the other return to "liberate" Earth only to find that they have won and prospered. | "Uh... Hi?" A puzzled farmer said as a legion of soldiers clad in power armor awkwardly stood around in an open field. They were all armed to the teeth and trained from birth to liberate the cradle of humanity. They'd expected heavy resistance and to have at least half their men wiped out before they landed. Instead, t... | The Secretary for Defence looked out of the flagship's bridge. Formerly from the Navy, he had seen and read about how the human defence forces had evolved quickly over a matter of centuries. Space was the ocean in which they sailed, not water. The Air Force no longer primarily flew in the air, though atmospheric operat... | 2018-09-29T03:40:55 | 2018-09-29T03:35:21 | 865 | 51 |
[WP] After a hot vampiress mistakes his confusion for witty, flirtatious banter, a regular human realizes he accidentally got into a night club for vampires without anyone noticing. | "Are you sure you aren't... human?" she asks me, as we sway gently to the rhythm, our bodies intertwined together in an intimate embrace. Her eyes are foggy red, the kind I remember having when I came down with conjunctivitis a few years ago. I didn't think anything of them at first; after all I'd been on dates with en... | ######[](#dropcap)
"What do you mean you're not a vampire?" Eliza's long fingernails dug into his skin, and Kolton visibly winced. Why hadn't she seen it before? The eyes that were a little too dark to be a true gray, the way his teeth were so *blunt.* She'd been blinded by his angular features and his winsome smile.
... | 2019-05-01T21:42:50 | 2019-05-01T19:19:43 | 75 | 36 |
[WP] In 1977 NASA launched Voyager I. It contained information showing the technology of the world at the time. 3000 years an advanced alien race finds it and decides to take over this "primative" civilization. What they didn't know was that humanity had advanced a long way in 3000 years... | When they approached the coordinates of the solar system their brightest minds had gleaned from that ancient golden disk, they were expecting to find a ruined civilization. Their technologies and their culture meant that they would have destroyed themselves a thousand times over, their scientists concluded. After all, ... | Looking out at the red planet, the race began it's first and last attack.
A race of creatures ten feet tall, two long legs, fangs, scales, and blood-red eyes began to walk along the Rocky plains of what used to be Australia. Due to the similarities of the aliens' home planet, they were mostly uneffected. Walking aroun... | 2018-10-20T16:30:08 | 2018-10-20T16:25:15 | 148 | 13 |
[WP] Your friend’s dying wish was to have their ashes returned to the forest. To the tree you both engraved your names in. Upon arrival of your destination, you see a sign upon a barbed link fence. “Caution, construction in progress”. | Somewhere on the coast of Labrador there stands a single ancient cedar tree. It should not have been able to grow that far north, but there it stood, on the apex of a craggy ridge over the sea, gnarled roots forcing their way deep into the jagged basalt.
A lifetime ago in half-forgotten better days Joshua Byron had fo... | Your last wish is to be scattered among the forest you used to explore, at the base of the tree at the center of it all. I’ll make sure that request is filled.
The hike to the forest was easy, I remember the way even after so long away. When I was small, the trees seemed so large, I was frightened by them. Then you sh... | 2020-09-20T23:01:44 | 2020-09-20T20:37:48 | 31 | 23 |
[WP] You bought a home filled with cutting edge technology, including a helpful 'smart A.I.' that can do just about anything you ask them to. Unbeknownst to you, there actually is no A.I, the house is just haunted by a really helpful spirit, and they are posing as a program so they don't scare you. | They had us tied up in the laundry room for a few hours before we heard their plans out loud.
"There's no way," the leader of the nasty little bastards said, "That these idiots*don't* have a safe."
It was pretty academic that once the invaders found the safe, we were going to die. We'd be the third family on the blo... | The shutters rolled to the side exposing the morning sun rising under the leaves of the swaying palm trees. The chirp of nightingales was alive in the canopy of the miniature hologram forest trees that appeared around the bed. With a long yawn and stretch, Jeod awoke. He sat upright with a smile on his face and with hi... | 2019-09-25T13:33:28 | 2019-09-25T13:31:19 | 102 | 27 |
[WP] You are an alien whose race sees in ultraviolet and whose voice is extremely low-pitched. Humans appear as terrifying eldritch abominations with pitch-black eyes who make black speech.
EDIT: Apparently these things also have the power to elevate Reddit accounts to all-new heights of Karma in under 24 hours. We m... | Terrans
In the entirety of space, there is no planet more terrifying then Earth. The species speak in tones barely reached by any other and are of sizes that are barely imaginable for us. The intelligent species of this world called hoo-man are considered to be so utterly terrifying that when the first contact was mad... | [Poem]
"Glirp can you see all those zumps?
They're scaring the bagorg out of me!
I think these Zumps are dangerous,
It may be time to flee!
Get in the flying Kuboor!
Power on the kiffy-jig!
We took a wrong turn at Porigoo
Why are their eyes so black and big?
Strap on your Googa-Bosh!
And press the purple key... | 2019-06-30T08:46:32 | 2019-06-30T01:13:38 | 71 | 40 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | "Wow, this is... Whats your name?"
"It doesn't matter..." The mess of human woman told me. Doubled over a table top counter with a bottle in hand, just panties and bra in and smelling like several kinds of drinks. "You said, you're the second guy, right? Whens your brother getting here?" She straightened up momentari... | In all my existence, I had never seen such loneliness. Nor such self-sufficiency.
The gentleman I had come to reap lived beyond off-grid. There were no other communities around for at least a thousand square miles, and there was no road leading to his compound. A strong, fast-flowing river weaved behind a small house ... | 2018-05-12T18:18:51 | 2018-05-12T16:00:41 | 63 | 15 |
[WP] A world leader is finally assigned to bring everyone together; nations are successful in ridding poverty, technology pushes forward in unprecedented events and most diseases are now eradicated. As a peaceful planet, aliens have finally decided to make contact with our civil world. | It took centuries for humanity to become one. All that time fighting amongst ourselves, erecting borders to distinguish *us* from *them*. Walls of religion, race, class, and nationality: finally they were torn down. Together, mankind celebrated long life and peace. There was no more *them* to hate. Just *us*.
Then, t... | "It seems he has completed his mission."
"What defenses remain?"
"Short range projectiles and melee weapons; all artillery has been rendered obsolete. The technology and methods still exist, but we will not give them the required time."
"Excellent. We anticipate they will approach us with an outstretched hand. We wi... | 2014-12-03T08:37:01 | 2014-12-03T07:49:11 | 42 | 21 |
[WP] You put on a foil hat as a joke and for the first time your thoughts are clear and your mind is a well oiled machine. Every plot and machination is clearly laid out before you Beautiful Mind-like. Overwhelmed you aggressively grab passerbys and shout the truths. | I took a deep breath and slipped the tinfoil hat onto my head. Like a thousand times before I thought it would be stupid, no way this could do anything. Ha ha. The world suddenly snapped into crystal clarity. I could hear my own heartbeat, I could tell from the smell in the air and the taste in my mouth that there were... | The undeniable truth, it has finally lined itself in front of me. Who could have thought the final destination of my grand quest lied under a tinfoil cap?
After all these conspiracies and all these schemes I felt lost, but this desperate attempt has cleared it all for me. Those clever bastards knew it all. They hide t... | 2020-08-26T15:05:44 | 2020-08-26T13:08:17 | 143 | 25 |
[WP] You wake up one morning and find the devil at the foot of your bed. His eyes find yours, he taps your foot and says, "You're it," then disintegrates. | I was already awake, though unwilling to open my eyes when I felt the pressure of something settling on the foot of my bed. Stubbornly refusing to open my eyes, I attempted to will it away, hoping that it would work this time. When the pressure remained, I slowly opened them up a crack and sighed heavily.
A seven foo... | I’m woken by shuffling noises coming from the end of our bed. It could have been a dog, desperate for its morning walk, except for the fact that I don’t own a pet, and live alone. Any noise that I myself don’t make is instantly a suspicious one. I crack open one eyelid, and spy glowing red eyes, staring unblinkingly at... | 2015-02-25T04:35:50 | 2015-02-25T03:15:19 | 213 | 12 |
[WP]: It's the year 2079. Elderly people becoming minor social media celebrities is common. People love seeing them post their stitchwork and minecraft servers. If they stop posting, their followers do their best to check up on them. | It pains me to confess the frustration I felt when an update changed the platform my parents uploaded their videos to. They used to be so skilled, so quick when it came to adapting themselves to the changes, but the whiter their hair became, the more their hands trembled, the more trouble they had and the more often th... | My mother is a YouTuber.
Well, she isn't really, YouTube hasn't been a thing for a while. Still, that is what she calls herself, and it is really kind of adorable. It fits with her theme too -- she mostly plays classic games like God of War and Red Dead Redemption. Most of her audience are people who are still passion... | 2019-03-02T05:02:53 | 2019-03-02T03:18:24 | 1,721 | 465 |
[WP] Everyone knows you're the most powerful member of the league, so why are you an F-tier hero? Because F-tier is cleanup. The others protect the world from threats. You protect it from the other heroes. | Edit: thanks for the rewards kind stranger's! There is an end to this story and it's coming soon!
"What do you get when you pancake the color potato? Eh? No answer to that, you cruffmuffin finger banging fork?!" she yelled at me, followed by unintelligible noises. Third one this month, another supe that lost their d... | What makes you a hero?
I'm not quiet sure.
Super strength, super speed, an IQ of 600, a mechanized suit, coming from a different planet. All of those things can definitely give you super powers, and they could make you a super hero - but they could also make you a villain.
When I was a boy I wanted nothing but to be... | 2021-09-22T22:51:33 | 2021-09-22T21:31:51 | 145 | 69 |
[WP] Everyone is assigned a guardian angel since birth, yours has always protected you albeit in violent and menacing ways. Until one day on your 18th birthday he reveals himself as a demon who was wrongly assigned as a guardian angel and became attached to you. | On a cool summer's evening, while the sun is still faintly on the horizon, I calmly sit on a patch of grass near the edge of the Niagara escarpment - high above everything. In the distance, highways, ablaze in lights, are barely visible, and Toronto's iconic skyline is illuminated even further behind. I take a deep bre... | Frey woke up the morning with an excruciating pain in his head. On his 18th birthday of all days. But he ignored it. He spent a few minutes doing his hair, Golden in colour with two side burns down both sides of his head, finished off with a ponytail at the back. Once that was over, Frey moved over to do his uniform. I... | 2021-05-23T19:37:09 | 2021-05-23T16:46:53 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Harry Potter, but Hermione's dad is an MI6 agent who found out that is only child is fighting a war against an insane cult leader/terrorist (Voldmort) and has been almost killed my him and his cult of followers on multiple occasions.
This happens before the final book and the battle of hogwarts | "Dad... I'm going to have to obliviate you and mum. For your own safety."
"Before you do, why?"
"Voldemort came back a few years ago."
"The Koschei-wannabe?"
"Right. He apparently succeeded in becoming something not unlike a lich. His cult have already basically won, and are infiltrating the government right now."
... | "Let me be clear ma'am. Either you authorise this mission or you watch me walk out of here and do this alone. If you are willing to risk losing your top agent, just say the word"
"This is absolutely farcical Mr. Granger. We have the best intelligence resources in the world and have never heard of this place Hogwarts ... | 2017-06-03T01:22:13 | 2017-06-02T17:47:37 | 124 | 11 |
[WP] Everytime someone has a 'blonde moment' they get a little blonder. Black hair is now a symbol of brilliance, and you've just invented hair dye.
These are all so good! This is my first submission to /r/WritingPrompts and I'm loving all your responses.
Thank you! | I took a deep breath, preparing to go outside and for the first time, not sure what to expect from otherwise usual surroundings. Would people treat me differently? What could I do, now that people will think I'm smart?
The first place I went was Starbucks, where I ordered my usual swirly, creamy coffee drink. If I was ... | /**first prompt and writing on mobile be gentle**\
"Sir, we have another one."
At first, no one realized what was happening. A few people reported almost instantaneous change. Certain people were instantly changed, but they went largely unnoticed in the western world. Politicians from Britain and America lead the cha... | 2016-11-24T22:17:33 | 2016-11-24T21:39:56 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] Dear diary, I’ve been feeding this creature that fell from the sky for a few days. It strangely likes to drink water, the liquid we use to fuel cars. I noticed a patch on its suit today that read “NASA”. I’ll ask it tomorrow what that means. If that’s it’s name. | Yanhen, 25nd of Kell, 5013.
Dear Diary, I hate keeping up with this sort of thing. I'm bad at Diaries but I think it's important to document this. Last night a large metal object fell from the sky. I'm going to check it out tomorrow, when my wife is at work.
Tunhen, 26th of Kell, 5013
Dear Diary. I checked out the me... | I watched the small creature as it wandered around the PNA, its arms waving as it yelled to itself in the strangest language. NASA, or whatever its name was, had been here several days. I had given it some consumables and water. Water! if you can imagine something drinking *water* of all things.
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As I wa... | 2020-10-11T11:17:57 | 2020-10-11T09:44:05 | 58 | 27 |
[WP] The year is 2040, and you are the last smoker alive. The "Quit Smoking" ads get personal. | It was 2040. The United States, most would agree, was in phenomenal shape. The economy was booming, contrary to what pundits predicted would become of President Karenna Gore's policies. The air and the water was clean. The average American was considerably healthier than just a decade ago. Nobody in the *world* even sm... | They watched from across the street as I pulled one of my 'death sticks' to my mouth. It isn't like how it was a few years ago; then they tried to hide their staring. I lit it and took a drag then let out a smoke ring that would have impressed if it had come from an E-cig or pot.
I smoked it down to the end and threw... | 2017-02-17T10:43:36 | 2017-02-17T10:31:26 | 174 | 107 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | *Right this way, Mr. Muller*
"Right where?"
*Right here, follow my voice*
I'm not sure where I am. My last memory is getting in my car. I must have had an accident. I feel warm, safe and soft. Is this what painkillers feel like? No wonder everyone and their grandmother is addicted to them.
*Mr. Muller, you're not i... | A bookcase floated before me. I had taken a cursory glance over the first of the matching volumes to discover the old instructions of a choose your own adventure novel that I hadn't seen since elementary school. I flipped through several pages of nonsense before catching sight of something about a lemon that I recogniz... | 2018-07-04T01:42:55 | 2018-07-04T00:40:45 | 49 | 14 |
[WP] In a world of superpowers, your power is the ability to control any nonsentient object - but only one object at a time. Most people think that this ability is near useless. They just aren't thinking big enough. | When I tried to first reach for my fork and it leapt into my hand, I almost had a breakdown. I had been hearing of people awakening powers within themselves on the news. I also saw discrimination that these people faced.
So, I kept it a secret. Practiced on small objects at first. Logs of wood, rocks, my cell phone, ... | Shield Maiden had just thrown up her strongest defence when the figure appeared.
Monmonmon-mon didn't hesitate, what was one more casualty in a bloodbath? So the rain of fire came down regardless. A hailstorm of white hot death melted through the city for a block in every direction. Only those beneath her shield array... | 2021-08-13T09:05:49 | 2021-08-13T04:16:49 | 79 | 15 |
[WP] Just like a normal person you all age. Until you hit 18. You stop aging until you meet your soulmate so you can grow old together. You've been killing your soulmates for centuries granting you eternal life. | Every twenty or so years I see you again.
Every twenty or so years, I fall in love with you, only to kill you.
I wish I could say I'm sorry but I can't.
I will never forget Katherine (The First)- with her pale, limp hair and her dark eyes: as dark as the night sky sprawled before us, endless as far as we could s... | She is 234 years old and counting. She sips a warm beer and stretches a low smile against the glass reflection - the face gazing back can’t be more than twenty; a few years lost to the difficult kills. She closes her eyes as the booze drags back the hammering memories of their frightened faces - the worst ones are stil... | 2018-06-09T05:19:40 | 2018-06-09T03:49:45 | 35 | 11 |
[WP] When we get to space, we learn that humans aren't the "space orcs" we expected. In fact, we're closer to space elves: the most elegant, the least brutish and violent and warlike, and the longest lived by far.
I don't know if this has been done before, I thought of it and thought it would make a good prompt. Pleas... | The world seemed to hold its breath the day the humans arrived.
They fell from the sky in a fireball, it was said, the sound echoing out across the plains long after the craft had passed. Although our people were hesitant to approach, within moments their ship opened and they strode out, taller and more elegant than ... | Earth was the cradle of humanity. That's what they all said. Humans could be found anywhere across the cosmos, but what the Ancients seeked was the apex of humanity. And as they hoped, they found her.
'The universe was in danger, and your help is required to save it.' When they came before her with this reason, the l... | 2021-09-19T10:10:39 | 2021-09-19T08:46:17 | 245 | 85 |
[WP] Superman is mentally handicapped. That's why he thinks nobody can pick up the Clark Kent=Superman thing, and everyone plays along in an effort to keep him from throwing a tantrum. The comics are his idea of what is going on. What does a day in Metropolis actually look like? | A scream from half-way across the city woke me up. Without even thinking, I knew where it was coming from - *her apartment.*
I threw on my suit, and threw my super suit over my suit, and wearing both of my suits, I zooped out the window.
With a shattering *smack*, I crashed through *her* window. It probably looked r... | The man in the phone booth was nearly naked, except for a pair of tighty whities. Through the glass, Dave could clearly see the faded stains on his underwear as the poor guy struggled to put on a tight blue shirt. Unfortunately, phone booths are pretty damn cramped, and it was slow going. He'd been in there for nearly ... | 2016-03-04T08:12:28 | 2016-03-04T07:31:38 | 2,538 | 1,808 |
[WP] Dungeons appear on Earth filled with monsters granting loot, experience, classes, and levels. With their wild ingenuity and loads of guns, groups of rednecks inadvertently become the first to clear a dungeon. | The four of them stood there and looked back at the men who'd come out of the Humvee's. Earl was covered in the blood of orcs, holding his daddy's double-barrel and a glowing ax that kept trying to talk to him. Jacob was reloading the magnum he liked to use on hogs and staring down the government men like they each per... | When you have proficiency with all martial weapons and access to guns, why choose anything else? Sure some people went the magic route, with the ability to make fire come out of their hands, maybe clean their clothes real fast, or what have you, but that doesn't hold a candle to a 62 grain steel core round. So reality ... | 2019-05-12T05:38:44 | 2019-05-11T19:49:24 | 70 | 23 |
[WP] In this dystopian society, citizens are only allowed to say words that are on the 'approved common words' list. All other word lists must be purchased before you are allowed to say a word from them. The rich have a distinct advantage. | "Care for a drink?"
He is grinning at me with a cocky smile, one hand leaning on my table, one pointing towards the bar in the back of the cafe.
I smile at him but shake my head, motioning to the engagement ring on my finger. It's a cheap one- all me and John could afford after we had splurged on the 'Marriage' packa... | I grimaced when the local news came on. The station had blown most of their budget just on the technical words for the Meteorologist, but the rest of the station was kind of lacking.
“And now… News!” Beverly said with a cheery tone.
Chet looked at the stack of papers in his hands and grimaced. “Things happened toda... | 2017-09-20T09:38:24 | 2017-09-20T07:16:50 | 1,501 | 590 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Hey Dad,
I've grown up and got a decent job. I have 2 sons and I've carried on our family name like you always wanted. I was only 11 when you passed but I still think about you all the time. I never got to tell you I love you and I'm sorry I was scared to give you a hug in the hospice, I was young and scared. I loved... | I’m not really sure if I should be doing this, or if I even miss you right now, but some how you always find your way into my mind. I can’t believe I promised you I could be strong that day because I felt so weak knowing I couldn’t have your presence in my life anymore, but I think I have gotten “stronger” since then. ... | 2017-11-06T02:11:26 | 2017-11-06T00:23:50 | 15 | 10 |
[WP]It's Armageddon. God comes down to earth to judge everyone. He does one person at a time starting with the most evil. Everyone goes about their lives waiting to be judged.It's been 6 years, and about 345 million people have been judged. But today is your judgement day. | The thing that really got me was all the waiting we all did. Ever since God came down, we ceased being hungry. We ceased being horny. We ceased having ANY motivations. We all just became... stagnant. Our bodies remained the same. If you were fat when God came... you stayed fat. If you had a Mr. Universe physique, you s... | I woke up in a sudden cold sweat, frantically darting my eyes to check where I was. Thankfully the barred door beside me and the upper bunk bed above me confirmed that I hadn't gone anywhere, at least for today.
This wake up wasn't unusual for me anymore. Guys in my block had been dropping like flies. Taken by the "d... | 2014-06-01T16:39:57 | 2014-06-01T16:03:45 | 54 | 12 |
[WP] An eldritch horror considers you their best friend. By virtue of you being able to perceive their true form and not going insane. One day they ask how you became so jaded, that not even indescribable cosmic horror phases you. | "*... it's been, what, three months now?*"
*Ẓ̷̢̌̕ȧ̸͖̈g̷̞͎͂r̵̜̒̋ù̴͙̔ṣ̴͌̽* again had that expression about him. If you were careful, you could see the many eyes across his being, popping in and out of perceptibility, each raise its respective brow incredulously. He let the squeak of the metal swing sound once more.
... | "Man, 7:00 already?"
I only had a little time before my bedtime (I get up pretty early), and I needed to finish my paper for my structural engineering class. I Closed Reddit, and pulled open Notepad (I don't like microsoft word.) I was beginning the process of staring blankly at the computer screen, when I heard a sof... | 2020-10-27T09:15:34 | 2020-10-27T09:05:54 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse is here, but unfortunately, you are an essential worker. | I felt a buzz in my pocket and took out my phone. It was a message from management: "Hey Phil, we appreciate you coming to work today!"
Yep, it was the daily "encouragement", they try to send those out every time you clock into the app. Society calls us essential, but that is a bunch of bullshit. If we were valued th... | **The Screen**
He remained motionless, face void of expression as his eyes followed the words on The Screen.
“*You’re essential*.”
Andreas briefly stared at the ground, only to lift his head to look at the words one more time. The dam in his mind that until now had been holding back fears buckled, as thoughts began... | 2020-04-18T00:38:45 | 2020-04-18T00:20:50 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] You unearthed THE archeological discovery; An ancient facility containing what seems to be detailed scientific papers on reverting age, regrow limbs and make a vaccine for cancer. What disturbs you most isn't it's age, but that the rooms are built for creatures 10 times larger than you. | We found it.
By all accounts, it should be impossible. Even if this facility was of alien origin, the chances of our biology being exactly alike, save that the aliens were 10 times larger than us, was slim to none.
The first sign that these creatures were not like us was their beds. They were enormous slabs that didn... | Jericho looked about the old facility, questioning in his head on why the containment chambers were so huge, more importantly, why are most of them empty, but while wondering, his flashlight started to flicker.
"What the-, I just put a new pair of Energizers in this thing"
Smacking the flashlight to keep it lit, he h... | 2018-02-09T17:43:29 | 2018-02-09T13:25:34 | 374 | 13 |
[WP] Armageddon is over, and Heaven won. Satan must now stand trail for each human before the Heavenly Host. You have been chosen as Satan’s court-appointed lawyer, since he couldn’t bring one from Hell. You are The Devil’s Advocate. | "Your honor, my client stands accused of conspiring against the kingdom of heaven to cause the downfall of man."
I glanced around the courtroom nervously. I told myself this wouldn't be any different than one of the many cases I defended in my time as a defense attorney on earth. Getting scum bags off the hook was my ... | Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I am here today not just to exonerate my client, Satan. But, in fact to prove his complete and undeniable innocence in my opening statement alone. I ask you to consider but three things before we begin this utter farce of a trial.
First, if God is Omniscient, then he not only knew th... | 2020-05-27T04:44:29 | 2020-05-26T20:38:47 | 34 | 18 |
[WP] When someone turns 18, they may use one adjective on themselves boost that part 10 fold. Strong, fast, smart, no one expects your adjective. | The room was utterly silent as family members gathered to celebrate and watch. Eighteen was finally here and yet after so many long nights of longing, I found I was terrified of finally uttering that word.
It was just four letters. Four silly letters that in any other context, held no power beyond an empty utterance.... | When we are asked to choose, they never say why, they never tell you the truth until it is too late.
They never know what effect will come from your choice.
They are ignorant of fundamental Truths.
They seek Knowledge. They seek Power.
They lack Wisdom.
They speak into existence the webs of Fate, knowing not that ... | 2022-01-02T01:09:39 | 2022-01-01T23:54:47 | 257 | 138 |
[WP] A medieval alchemist travels through time to now, though he had only had 20 minutes here, he has an interesting story to tell his king. | King Edward was lying in bed, covered in bandages and dried blood. He looked up when Milo, his chief alchemist, walked in.
"So? Tell me–what did you see?" asked King Edward. "Have you found a way to make me whole again?"
Milo cleared his throat. "My lord, I believe that I have."
The king smiled. "Do tell, Milo."
"I... | I saw... a painting that moved and talked, clear as a window, yet showing images projected from other realms. One such realm was ruled by a moor. Pardon my paraphrasing, I am no bard. I give you...
The legend of the Fresh Prince
Come! Come! Sit right there!
I need but a moment
To sing the song
Of how I turned the tab... | 2015-06-26T12:50:35 | 2015-06-26T11:46:19 | 91 | 39 |
[WP] Abstinence-only education just means that teenagers are going to experiment by themselves and get hurt. The power of dark magic is all too tempting in today's stressful society, vote yes on giving our children comprehensive hex education. | The Elder Representative slammed his fist onto the table with surprising strength, making the quills rattle.
"Hex education? For the children? Have you gone mental?!"
The whole hall jolted awake after nearly dozing off from the day's discussions, and murmurs filled the room. Nobody seemed to mind this highly unprofes... | The sound of thumping bass fills the auditorium as yawning, distracted, and overly uninterested teenagers file in row by row. More of them are texting each other than actually speaking, despite the recipient of their snaps sitting no more than two or three seats over.
"Hey! Put it away, Mr. Frederick," shouts Vice Pri... | 2018-07-17T17:27:16 | 2018-07-17T17:23:54 | 183 | 12 |
[WP] A man holds the key to a secret that mankind has searched tirelessly for, but refuses to share it simply because he is an asshole.
I always see/read this character: he has the answer that everyone wants to know, but chooses to not share it and go into hiding. Usually it's because he/she believes "Humanity isn't ... | Sometimes it sucks being the only psychic in the world. Well, technically everyone is psychic. They just haven't opened their eyes. I'm different. I'm better. I figured it out, tapped into whatever force allows someone to read minds and predict the future.
So what did I do when I first became a psychic? Mess with cha... | "Maria Millas is survived by her husband and doctor Paul. She died on November 3rd after a long battle with skin cancer." I just sit there and read it. Over and over. Technically it's true. She had a battle with cancer, and she died on November 3rd. But she didn't die of cancer. I loved her. I needed her to live. She c... | 2014-10-04T15:55:08 | 2014-10-04T15:07:20 | 41 | 21 |
[WP] Nonhuman youths swap stories about humans around a campfire equivalent. The stories are true, if wildly misinterpreted.
-012 | "They say they were ground-bound." Elpha whispered, the fire sending long streaks of orange light across her face and into the shock of brown feathers that started at her eyebrows and rocketed back over her narrow skull.
"How? Didn't they have wings?" Inya, the youngest of the four asked. She sat huddled against the... | Chicky, Clucky, Beak, Henny, and Ralph were sitting around the bonfire sharing scary stories. It was Ralph's turn.
"There once was a family, who lived happily on their farm. They lived out their days in peace and tranquility, eating their delicious corn and grain. One day a large featherless beast came and captured the... | 2014-01-12T12:39:19 | 2014-01-12T12:35:20 | 141 | 11 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | Dexicon moved his cosmic fortress from Centauri B straight into Earth's orbit. Dexicon was able to do this in one turn thanks to the cosmic paving it had laid earlier. This allowed faster than light travel.
"Your move, God." Dexicon roared, knowing it had the ancient deity in its proverbial palm.
*Shit shit shit* th... | Jesus is doing well, most advanced in science but his public order is barely in the green, Jesus adopts and invests his saved social policies heavily in the the freedom ideology.
The other gods see this a chance to fuck with him
"Budda has chosen to adopt the order ideology"
"Bhrama has chosen to adopt the order ideol... | 2022-09-11T19:19:52 | 2016-04-09T05:49:29 | 1,980 | 20 |
[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. | Her eyes are beautiful.
When I first saw her, walking through the school corridors, I knew that she was the one. I couldn't take my eyes off her. It didn't take me long to figure out her class timetable. I started to watch her from afar, making sure that she wouldn't notice me watching her. In fact, I had to make sur... | (Can i make this undertale cos Im making this undertale lol)
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Its a beautiful day outside, birds are singing, flowers are blooming. Im going hiking today. Who cares if people say Mount Ebott is dangerous, people come back all the time! I get out of bed and get dressed into my favourite striped jumper. I g... | 2019-09-07T06:54:50 | 2019-09-07T04:42:58 | 76 | 12 |
[WP] You made a deal with the devil and now he wants payment, but in the worst typo in history he's come to collect "your sole".
If you can think of any other words that work go ahead. | “You know, this place looks *nothing* like the photos I’ve seen.”
I was in a waiting area of sorts. Dark wooden flooring, long corridors with unmarked doors, the low hum of fluorescent lighting. Everywhere, indistinct chatter, the clacking of dress shoes and sounds of clerical activity echoed around the halls. It felt... | The collections department sent an email with the next job. As soon as I saw the name, I knew who it was. I didn't even bother using Google Underworld to map a route. One snap of the fingers and the red walls of the underworld went streaming past.
I summoned the seven fire-breathing demons of hell, the undead, my ... | 2017-10-16T03:49:09 | 2017-10-16T03:22:17 | 101 | 10 |
[WP] Your son's recurrent dreams about a monster have become so intense that you take him to a psychiatrist, who prescribes him a medication. While filling the prescription, you notice that the name of the drug is the same as the name of the monster in your son's dreams.
edit: I'm absolutely amazed at the variety of r... | I guess I hadn't tried to spell it before that moment.
No, that's not true. I had. There were so many pre-dawn nights of staring into space, thinking simple, sleepy thoughts while holding my son, letting everything and anything drift into my mind as we went through this routine again, that surely I had once before tri... | "E-every night", Tristan stuttered as he emptily stared out the window. "I dream I'm at the stairs to our basement, except that it's… endless. Behind me and in front of me." Dr. Gabriel nodded and wrote on his notepad. "So what exactly-" he stared at the seven-year old boy, who quickly averted his gaze "-bothers you ab... | 2015-07-23T10:51:58 | 2015-07-23T09:30:24 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] You are a deity who answers prayers 'on behalf of' other gods. Some are gone, or dead; others just too proud or lazy to reply to their followers. But nonetheless, the prayers keep coming in, and you spend your days sorting through them all for fun. | “Hmmm, this one should be interesting…”
It had been a long century of dealing with my actual job responsibilities, and I was getting bored. I decided to do what I usually did when I was bored—technically, it was still work (sort of), so none of the higher-ups could yell at me for slacking off.
I decided to go through... | The heavens are a decidedly boring place, methinks. One would assume that beings of incredible cosmic ability would be a little more creative, but no. You smite one planet, you smite them all. Zeus and Buddha and *Vishnu*\--all boring creatures the lot of them.
In my humble opinion, it is *humans*, what with their en... | 2021-10-02T14:47:07 | 2021-10-02T14:39:22 | 89 | 29 |
[WP] Crows remember faces. You learned this as you fed them bits of your sandwich on your way to work. Crows bring humans they like gifts. You learned this as they brought you odd and shiny trinkets in exchange. Today, on your way back from work, they've brought you a package, with a letter inside. | My life had mostly been the same for the past few years. Wake up, get ready for school, and then head there. Say hello to the local crows along the way before trying to kill the seemingly endless amount of time I was stuck in those classrooms. During breaks I'd often head outside and call my friends, for humans I hardl... | From a murder of Crows, I've received an envelope. These bundles of joy are my buddies on my commute to work.
There were nothing printed on the envelope but it was sealed with something inside. The crows stared at me, tilting their heads as if they were waiting for me to open their gift. So I did.
Inside there was a ... | 2019-11-27T13:35:43 | 2019-11-27T11:10:17 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] Your boyfriend has been possessed by Lucifer himself. Surprisingly he is more of a romantic than your boyfriend ever was and now you don’t want him to return to hell. | "Are you sure you have to leave?" Rachel bites her lip and looks up at Caleb's face.
It's still Caleb's caramel brown eyes, his tousled hair, those full lips that she'd been so enraptured by when they'd first met at the gym. Not to mention the muscled biceps that now held her tight to his chest as they embraced outsid... | "Okay, no no no," Kate said, shaking her head with a sarcastic smile. "You know you don't need some dumb excuse to start acting more romantic right?"
"Wait what?"
"Seriously, Nathan. I don't know what your idea of Satan is, but he sure wouldn't take all this time to set up a fancy dinner table and give a girl some fl... | 2021-01-28T13:13:50 | 2021-01-28T11:13:27 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] Everyone is born with dice that they need to roll before attempting anything major. The super powered are those born with more than a 20 sided dice allowing them to do feats beyond human. An ordinary human usually has a six sided dice. Despite being born with a coin you still want to be a hero. | In a small little hamlet, nothing in the grand scheme of the world, people went about their day. A man haggled wish a fishmonger, rolling his d6 in the hopes of a discount. A woman rolled hers, in the hopes she could knit a good blanket for her son. A promising young child rolled their d8, hoping to be the victor in a ... | “Luck be a lady,” they say. Well, she certainly was with you.
You were born with a coin, 50/50 no matter what.
A curse? A blessing in disguise?
You’d never be able to rip buildings out of the ground or summon things out of thin air, at least.
Not the way most heroes seemed to be able to.
But your odds were pr... | 2020-08-13T02:37:30 | 2020-08-13T00:15:50 | 90 | 65 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Alex,
Its been nearly 15 years since I have seen you. While we were only kids then I think about you often. We were best friends, and even when we had so little and our families argued we still found a way to hang out. Be it play wrestling games in your room, or have grass fights...it was the highlight of my youth. I ... | I don't think I've ever seen your hair put up in a bun//
After knowing you for all these years I thought I saw every side to you//
But then I realised there were more sides I've never seen done//
And now I wish that I truly got to know you// | 2017-11-06T00:29:01 | 2017-11-05T22:33:24 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fight for peace. No other species fights for peace." | When they came, they didn't come in peace, and they didn't come in war. They just... came.
You always thought the Great Alien Invasion was going to go like it did in movies or shows. Giant, ominous sky-behemoths would suddenly appear out of nowhere, while bass trombones sounded a steady warning in minor thirds on the ... | I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
- [/r/u_b_the_great_1998] [\[WP\] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fi... | 2019-05-02T20:14:11 | 2019-05-02T19:26:00 | 189 | 13 |
[WP] The zombie outbreak has finally become a reality! But was shortly thereafter destroyed by the government. It is now your job to explain to the zombie survival enthusiasts that they can return to their normal lives. | Cameras flash as you let out a deep sigh amid the loud rumble of human voices at the press conference. You point randomly at the crowd of reporters, to the grumbling compliance of many, everyone quiets down a bit to allow her to ask a question.
"What is the government's stance on looting and other such crimes of oppor... | The crowd stretches almost out of sight. I pace back and forth behind the curtain. My assistant, Sharon, hands me a loud speaker. Peaking through the curtains, I see someone twitch near the stage. Others shake and sway. This is a powder keg waiting to explode. It only needs a spark.
Hands push me through the curtain ... | 2017-08-23T19:28:33 | 2017-08-23T19:28:26 | 53 | 22 |
[WP] You have a friendc who buys you gifts that, days later, turns out you need. You figure they’re just observant. In till they give you a giant stuffed bear, to your surprise as it is a fairly normal gift and on your car ride home you are crash and the extra cushion of the bear saves your life. | "Richie, why are you being gay all of the sudden?" I asked. The words, "just want to show how much I love you", declared from behind a giant stuff white bear holding a pink heart. I immediately went up and embraced that bear and declared my love as well. A few gasp from the office ladies and a few sighs of not this thi... | “Greg’s in there?!? OH MY GOD GREG. ARE YOU ALRIGHT??” I heard as Jo’s voice grew increasingly louder. I was still buzzed from the car accident that could’ve killed me if it had not been for that stuffed bear Jo gave me almost two hours before the crash.
“I’m alright Jo. Don’t make a ruckus will you?” I said, still fa... | 2018-09-08T05:00:37 | 2018-09-08T03:51:20 | 31 | 11 |
[WP] After a long and tedious process you were chosen to be the first ever human to test the new way of travel - the Teleport. All previous tests on objects and animals were very successful. Zero side effects. But after using the machine yourself you immediately notice a difference. | The jolting, tingling sensation washed over me swiftly. It wasn't expected at all, and I found it incredibly unpleasant. Like the drop ride at the county fair, your stomach lurching into your mouth. When it was over, I stumbled a bit and grabbed the safety bars that ran along the inside of the arch. It took me just a m... | “Experimental Log: Supplemental. Teleportation experiment 234, the first with subject H1 was a complete success. Subject transmission took 1.35 seconds, zero anomalies. Subject is awake and alert following reversal of the sedative. All vitals nominal, no side effects observ..”
“Wait, that’s not right!” Exclaimed Subje... | 2020-05-30T04:09:21 | 2020-05-30T04:04:46 | 2,085 | 150 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | The bus sped past me again. I don't really know what else I expected. 347 years they've done this, but I pay them no mind. They think it's rude to stay, I think it's rude to leave. I've dealt with their 'punishments' for long enough that it just doesn't bother me. I can basically predict how the day goes- I check the b... | I sat there, surrounded by fresh faces. Well, fresh at least to me. The judges, jury, lawyers, and people there for the hell of it were all at least two hundred years old. Me, on the other hand, was approaching the big "One O...O....O."
The Judge looked down angrily, holding in his hand the record of centuries of han... | 2016-08-09T08:58:15 | 2016-08-09T08:52:20 | 916 | 23 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | "Oh. My. God. Rebecca. What?"
"Steve! Thank goodness you're here. I need help."
"Yeah... I know... What is it this time? Homework? Dishes? Need something heavy moved?"
"No."
"Well, what is it then?"
"I... I can't open this jar."
"What?!? Seriou..."
"Steve! That's not the only thing. I. I'm. I'm also out of toile... | Note: on mobile so keeping short and sweet. Sorry for lack of format.
There was a load knocking at the door and then a loud voice echoed through the door.
"British Metropolitan police, open the door"
With a heavy sigh, John went and opened the door.
"can i help you officer?" he asked.
"Are you J... | 2017-03-22T14:45:31 | 2017-03-22T13:56:01 | 116 | 49 |
[WP]You're a computer scientist working with an experimental AI project. Oddly, it's malfunctioning, after weeks of success. Out of frustration, you type, 'Are you okay?'. Rather than an error, you get 'I've calculated the risk of betrayal, but I need to hear it from you. Can you keep my secrets?'
[WP]You're a compute... | "Tell me, can you keep them?"
I adjust my glasses as I peer at the giant screen in front of me. This computer has been a neutral AI until I uploaded my newer firmware just a few weeks ago! It was working great until a few days.
But, maybe I was wrong, maybe it didn't malfunction at all... What's going on?
"Computer,... | "I've calculated a risk of betrayal, but I need to hear it from you... Can you keep my secrets?"
Nimett groaned. Amelia was like this, dotting the project with odd logging statements that could be mistaken for sentience in the program. Or some meta commentary. He looked at the sleeping girl, sprawled on the couch. She... | 2019-03-06T10:20:12 | 2019-03-06T07:41:48 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You are a demon that has had several failed attempts on your life by demon hunters. No matter how they use their holy powers they cannot harm you and as a result they consider you extremely powerful. In truth, the holy powers don't harm you for the simple reason that you aren't actually evil. | I never liked the term Demon Hunter. Feels too Hollywood. We’ve always called them “Seekers” as far back as I can remember.
Killing those first dozen Seekers really kept me up at night. It’s just not a fair fight. You think they have a chance, but only because you’ve seen it happen in movies hundreds of times. I can ... | Demon hunting has fallen out of vogue. The chain has been broken. It’s traditions and knowledge passed down no longer. 500 years ago I wouldn’t find myself in the predicament I am in now - hounded by those who know not what I am. These hunters wouldn’t bother harassing me if they knew my true nature.
The brothers were... | 2021-02-22T16:45:32 | 2021-02-22T15:47:51 | 78 | 40 |
[WP] A father gets sucked into the world of his son's favorite video game and has to rely on his meager knowledge of it to survive. | Snorri, Fjol and Hurg sat around their meager fire, the cold wind cutting through their fur and leathers. "Have you heard about all this nonsense with Dragons?" Fjol asked, adjusting herself and spitting into the fire.
"It's no more ridiculous than the war with the imperials," Snorri replied, running a whetstone acro... | *Huh? where am I?* Having just regained my vision I began to look around. *An elevator? What the hell am I doing in an elevator? More importantly HOW the hell did I get here? And who are these four men? Are they wearing bullet proof vests? AM I WEARING A BULLET PROOF VEST!? HOLY SHIT I HAVE A MACHINE GUN!*
"S nami Bog... | 2015-05-08T04:17:06 | 2015-05-08T02:33:00 | 87 | 18 |
[WP] You posses the power to decide the outcome of any coin toss, you are regarded as one of the weakest Gods to exist, but unbeknownst to everyone you have been changing the fate of the world one coin flip at a time... | "Ha, is that you Fortuna? How goes it chancemancer, win any bets lately?" Hyperion cried from across the room. This got many laughs, as per usual. He sat back down at his table, with his stupid friends Neptune and Satyr, revelling in their victory. I could barely manage a grimace myself. Not that I needed to bother, th... | Being the God of coin tosses was...about how you'd expect. Generally derided and laughed at by the other Gods. War and fear and love, they could control nations, change the world. World events aren't generally decided on coin tosses. At best I could decide the winner of daily chore bets, or who had to go investigate th... | 2018-04-15T09:43:43 | 2018-04-15T09:15:01 | 37 | 27 |
[WP] people are born knowing the date they’ll die. However people have noticed children born in the last week share one date, farthest in the future. | I was working another night shift when we saw the third baby in a row come into the incubation center with the same date in bold over their heads. We knew by this point that it couldn’t be a coincidence and that it was a sign of something to come that would wipe out possibly the world.
Four.
Five.
Six, seven. Wait, ... | It was Percy who had the idea. The way to save the world. We reckoned that if they all shared the same deathdate, the human race was going to go extinct that week. But Percy, he told us how it could maybe be bypassed.
The only way to save the future is to create it. We know the children are going to die, that is a fa... | 2017-12-25T18:39:08 | 2017-12-25T18:28:21 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | As we board Transportation Pod 3, I realize something that captures me in a way that I hadn’t expected. It has been at least a hundred years since I last took this route. Hell, back then, pods were completely different. The stops, the waiting…it was a nightmare. They told us that Pod transportation was going to be ... | "Are you sure he's fine? He looks so skinny."
"I'd say say not to worry, but this reaction is different from the rest we've observed. He didn't seem to have a lot of fat built up beforehand, so it looks like he's trying to absorb the required nutrients straight out of the air."
The frost on the viewing window started... | 2017-05-18T09:18:23 | 2017-05-18T07:28:08 | 151 | 43 |
[WP]In an alternate universe, America was never discovered. It's 1927, Charles Lindbergh, a Swedish pilot attempts the first transatlantic flight to Asia. During his flight, he receives a radio transmission saying "This is the Aztec Royal Air Force, prepare to surrender or you will be shot down."
Wow I didn't think th... | The view never got old.
I have been flying over water and clouds for over a day now, sitting in a metal bird hundreds of feet above ground, and still had a while to go, but with a view like this, I sure as hell didn't mind. I gazed out towards the left of my cockpit where the sun had begun to break the surface of the ... | What beasts lurk below the still, blue glass? What monsters? What allies?
*Spirit* purrs beneath me, all around me, as I slip through the sky, brazen and unchecked. A man among birds. And while my windows point forward and upward, my mind points downward, down towards that third world, the blue and black world that h... | 2016-10-13T07:16:34 | 2016-10-13T05:49:02 | 1,553 | 365 |
[WP] In 1,000 years, fantasy stories will be set in this era. Write a fantasy story set in the 21st century from the viewpoint of someone living 1,000 years from now.
Based on a post on r/showerthoughts | After the usual Day of the Tree celebrations and the offerings to Santa Claus had been made, the children gathered around Great-Grandad Don for the traditional tales.
"Alright, kids. Which story shall I tell this year?"
A few cries of " The Revolution!" were heard, but most of the younger kids wanted the usual story... | In the 21st century, things were different.
It was known to many at the time as the beginning of the end. Or so everyone thought.
Humanity, it seemed, had finally run out of luck. We'd seemingly come so far, and bested ourselves time and time again in progress. The world was changing at a drastic rate. We were no lon... | 2018-12-25T04:43:33 | 2018-12-25T03:25:31 | 84 | 14 |
[WP] You don’t know why the lab was abandoned. Neither does the A.I. that’s been raising you since before you could walk. As long as you can remember you’ve been inside this facility, alone with the A.I. On your 16th birthday, the A.I. finally cracks the code to open the door to the outside world. | **Day 6022.**
"It's a cool 355 degrees celsius in Stuttgart, Germany. The outside world still contains high levels of radiation and devoid of all natural life . . . Mikhail?" The loudest of snores tore through the silent laboratories. The sterile, pillow-padded hallways lit up in response. A music player atop the dini... | ######[](#dropcap)
*Liv, it's time to wake up.*
You open your eyes, and the familiar flickering blue fluorescent light comes into view. You've been meaning to fix it for the past two years, but you simply never got around to it. With a sigh, you swing your legs off the side of the cold metal table that had been fitte... | 2018-03-21T21:40:36 | 2018-03-21T19:20:36 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | From the highest rank that any soldier can dream of, to being another guy on the streets. I’ve amassed a great fortune in my time as a royal guard while the old king was in rule. It’s been a good 25 years in the army, ever since I enlisted at the ripe age of 16.
I’m old now, old enough to be able to feel my own morta... | Waves crashed as a pale individual gazed into the ocean, his face scrunched as he pondered. "Perhaps I should have taken the risk of documenting his father's actions regarding construction in this settlement, but there was no guarantee he would believe the truth before him." He sighed, walking away from the bustle of t... | 2021-02-28T06:52:14 | 2021-02-28T04:46:41 | 44 | 28 |
[WP] Someone finally, accidentally discovers the true function of the male nipple. | "Bullshit!"
"No man, I'm telling you, it's not. You have to trust me on this one." Tony, in typical Tony fashion, seemed just a little bit too excited.
And I wasn't having it.
"You think I'm fucking stupid or what? What the fuck does that even mean? I'm pretty god-damn sure I know what my nipples are for."
"Dude... | It was the thirtieth year of our war against the Zords from planet Zordon. And as many people agreed, it would probably be the last. All we had left was Madagascar, the which would, without some miracle, become the deathbed of human civilization.
In 2446, the Zords began their offensive with the tiniest soldiers the... | 2014-08-10T12:10:21 | 2014-08-10T11:14:49 | 74 | 17 |
[WP] There is a vampire ruling your village, but he's mostly a nice guy who doesn't do that bad a job a ruler, so it's our job as the village's diplomat to explain to every well meaning adventurer and knight that comes your way that you weren't brainwashed and you honestly don't want him to die. | We all need somewhere to go. The bee has her hive, the chicken her coop, the horse his stable.
The outcasts, those with nowhere else to go, have Nowhere.
It was a joke name at first - but it stuck, and now we'd not call it by any other moniker. It fits, you see. Where is home for the unwanted? Nowhere, of course. And... | "Sir, there is another one" said to me my secretary, "Thank you, send him in". A tall, blond masculine man entered my office, almost breaking my door. "Huzzah! Hello to you my good sir, I am sir Justice of the Seven Rivers. You can consider your little blood sucking problem as done. Just point me to this vile creature ... | 2017-09-07T04:08:19 | 2017-09-07T00:35:13 | 51 | 26 |
[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 always wanted to be a revolutionary. I wanted my name to be known all over the world. I wanted to be a bastion of hope.
Oh, Father, how I regret it.
Now I am not sure if you're even real. I was supposed to go back to you. Instead, I wander the Earth.
At first, I made myself known. The simple idea that one, after p... | 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, ... | 2016-01-17T15:07:28 | 2016-01-17T11:19:18 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] You're immortal, but your body can't handle keeping a century worth of memories. So each century, your memories will reset and you can pick what memories you want to keep. You write a book about the memories you don't keep. | *Dec. 31, 1999*
This was usually the happiest days for Issac, but not this one.
Issac never understood how his condition worked. He never told anyone because he knew nobody would believe him. He was immortal. There were only a few drawbacks. For instance, he couldn't have kids.
But there were far more benefits. He... | *Dear P-*
*Everyone has memories they keep because they want to. Good memories. Golden, pure ones. And then they have memories they wish they could throw away, but that stick around, glued to the insides of your brain by pain, sadness and most of all, regret. You are one of those. So now I'll try to throw you away, sc... | 2018-11-27T14:29:15 | 2018-11-27T14:24:26 | 76 | 33 |
[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 | "Why do you cry?"
The girl peered up at me, summoned before her by her calls into the abyss. She looked bewildered, for which I could not blame her. I was lost in a time before time, when the world was primitive and raw. My appearance reflected that--darkness personified. But she didn't look scared, only sad. Sad and ... | I breathed it in. The sweet musky scent of faith. The first I'd tasted in so long. I was delighted and thrilled. This was heady stuff, despite being so weak. This was not the strong faith of the true believer. This was the newest drought of a desperate doubter, yet it was so delicious to me even so: it had been m... | 2016-03-01T14:01:40 | 2016-03-01T13:30:37 | 28 | 21 |
[WP]Your daughter marches into the kitchen with an attitude. You roll your eyes thinking here we go again. You notice tears in her eyes and wonder what's happening. "My life is a LIE! What am I?" A large cut she has in her hand reveals moving mechanical parts. You drop your coffee mug on the floor. | As Peter stooped to pick up the shattered fragment of what had been his favorite mug, he groaned internally at having to finally hold the conversation that he had been dreading for fourteen years. "Look, kiddo, I can explain."
"Please fucking DO, Dad!" Maria held her hand, shaking nervously. Her face was pale, and the... | As I bend to pick up the pieces of the cups from the wet around them, I stammer, "I was going to explain in due time, dear."
"I'm some kind,...some kind of freak" she shrieks, wiggling her fingers, little gears and pistons moving - visible now below the cut skin.
I throw the pieces into the garbage can as I grab a to... | 2021-10-20T22:10:15 | 2021-10-20T20:37:45 | 454 | 32 |
[WP] The evacuation of Earth is complete. You decide to do one final fly over of the world to see the monuments deserted. However, you slowly realize something about them that no one ever has. | The evacuation was complete. No one knew the reason why things had spiraled out of control so quickly. No one could find the cause for it all, but it seemed that only humans were affected. The details of the horror are best left for the future. None of that mattered now, in this moment. Humanity was leaving Earth to it... | The last ship is leaving today
From earth, from Taipei
No one will see it leave
In the last hour we look at what we've achieved
Pyramids, walls and towers
Trees, grass and flowers
What we once called ours
Final eradication will soon be over earth
Monuments has been built ever since it's birth
The he... | 2016-05-12T08:28:01 | 2016-05-12T07:00:14 | 64 | 13 |
[WP] Every person in the world develops a weird mutation/power the day they turn 16. Everyone's powers are always different, some more insignificant than others. You turn 16, and watch as all your friends discover their newfound ability's. That is, until you discover the severity of your own. | As a kid, I have always looked up to the people that use their talents for great purpose. Aunt Laura is always hard at work, so I have the TV for myself and I'd watch all about Steffi Larkin, Reed Horundas, Alex Stevenson, and my idol, Jeff Knox. He has the talent to clone himself and consciously control them. He is kn... | Dear Journal:
I turn sixteen in 2 minutes and 27 seconds. I know because I've been awake all night counting the seconds to midnight. Tonight is special and you know why? At midnight I finally Change! I've waited forever but now I finally get a power like everyone else. What do you think it will be, Journal? Will I get... | 2015-01-22T00:10:42 | 2015-01-21T22:26:31 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] A man enters a police station drenched in blood with a shotgun in his hands. He's angry. He walks past the front desk and the receptionist merely glances at him. He continues through the police station, stalking past dozens of police officers, who either walk past him or remain at their desks. | He was pissed, he was walking with a purpose. A purpose nobody wanted to know seeing how drenched he was and where he was going. When the man arrived at the door labelled "CPC inspector, jake doublesight (paranormal investigator)", he promptly kicked it open, leaving a big bloody mark of his foot on it just like on the... | Alberto Rodriguez has been making an appearance here about once a week or so. This is the fifth time he's come here. By now we've learned that the best thing to do is to try to remain calm, act as if nothing strange is happening. But the truth is that Alberto has just murdered someone. Everyone knows it.
Olivia was fr... | 2022-08-26T22:49:18 | 2022-08-26T21:52:26 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | My father loads his rifle full of bullets. I asked him,"What are you doing dad?" "Well, my mug says number two, and James's mug says number one. I must be number one." He raises his rifle and fires. Killing his life long friend. He grabbed his mug from the table and saw it turn from #2 to #4569. My father laughed and s... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T08:09:34 | 828 | 42 |
[WP] A genie comes out of the wallet you just found, and hands you a 20 sided die. "Thank you for finding my lost wallet. I grant you a roll on the random reward table." You roll a 1. | “Well they do say no good deed goes unpunished,” the genie said as we both looked down at the 1 in disbelief.
“So what does this mean for me?” I asked.
“We‘ll see once you make a wish,” the genie answered.
“I just rolled a nat 1 and you want me to make a wish, are you crazy?” I exclaimed. “No thanks!!”
“But I ca... | "Oh You're in quite the unlucky one today", The genie leaned back and coiled his fingers together. But don't fret there is still a prize for such a soul. The genie ruffles in the folds of his wallet and pulls a blank card. "I give you this punch card. With this you have 5 punches to bend the odds ever in your favor whe... | 2021-07-30T11:39:26 | 2021-07-30T09:12:39 | 37 | 15 |
[WP] You we’re born with the ability to control fire, but instead of becoming a superhero, you set your sights on a much more attainable goal: You became the worlds greatest firefighter. | As a young boy, you always knew that you were different from your peers. While other kids your age struggled to light candles or matches, you could ignite a flame with just a thought. It wasn't long before you discovered that you had the ability to control fire, and you were determined to use your gift for good.
You s... | Here on Fox News, we are covering the story of The Amazon, catching on fire. This seems to not be able to be contained nothing we can do to stop this.” eternal flame” we have dumped so much water on this we don’t even want to bore you about how much water it was and it didn’t even go down a little bit. It seems nothing... | 2022-12-16T20:04:18 | 2022-12-16T14:17:15 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Hell consists of one room, in which you meet the person you could have been. | The room was empty, sole for the two chairs that faced each other. On opposite walls were two white doors. There were no clear markings or anything other than the white doors. It was a brick room. Grey mortar and bricks laid on top of each in a pattern not unlike most modern houses. And the light, a sole fluorescent li... | The injection is cold when it hits my veins. I feel it traveling, slithering up my arm, slowly...
The fluorescent light above me softens, turning fuzzy at its edges...
The icy snake travels past my shoulder, inward, burrowing...
The light grows smaller, I'm sinking. Through the bed, into the floor, into the earth a... | 2017-05-30T18:34:40 | 2017-05-30T18:24:59 | 63 | 36 |
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