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[WP] "Name your desire, mortal!" "Oh I don't want anything I was just checking if the summoning portal worked." "That's not how it works, I can't go home until I trade a wish for your soul." "Looks like we're stuck together then." | Fred Merlyn stumbled downstairs, wiping sleep from his eyes.
"THE DEMON AZERGATH DEMANDS OF YOU!" A massive form, glowing red, shaped like Arnold Schwarzenegger with a head of horns and teeth stood before Fred, holding the teapot.
"Please, not so loud in the morning." Fred moaned.
"Azergath is sorry." The demon repl... | "Do you really want to do this, boy? Your time will run out eventually, mine won't."
"Hey, I'm patient, all right? I've been waiting for Half-Life 3 for what feels like several lifetimes now. Besides, I'm lonely."
"You'll have to wait much more for that plan to come to fruition."
"Wait, you mean it will be released... | 2017-04-13T04:16:06 | 2017-04-13T02:37:27 | 209 | 133 |
[WP] a portal appears infront of you and a 7'4 380 pound version of you from another universe walks out covered in blood holding the heads of 4 other versions of you and screams "JOIN ME OR JOIN MY COLLECTION" | I look at this giant of a man that has my face on it. Maybe this is the wrong thing to think at first, but immediately I just think about how I really need to get back to the gym. Those abs are out of this world. I mean, I'm not like morbidly obese or anything like that, but I have a bit of a gut growing on me. A few h... | My mind raced with the implications of what this meant. I was overwhelmed by the terror that created an icy grip in my chest. Was this a warning from a parallel universe, or a threat from a doppelganger? I had to choose: accept whatever evil plan this giant creature had in store for me, or I would end up like the other... | 2022-12-04T10:50:41 | 2022-12-04T08:27:53 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] Any birthmark on your body is a result of you dying violently in a previous life. How did you die?
Apologies if this has been done too many times before.
For me?
The pale spot on my thigh is where the infection first began. The dark mark on my back is where the bullet tore through my body, finally coming to res... | Zach shows off the horse on his arm. He says he got kicked in the head one night after he tried giving a stallion a kiss. On his left knee is a pair of fangs from a snake. I wonder if he'd tried to kiss that animal too.
It's too early in the relationship to start comparing marks but I don't tell him that. We're at t... | A swarm of wasp to my face is the only possible explanation for my freckles. That hairy mole on my ass? A rhino bashed threw my buttocks as I was on safari in the 1890s. My hetero-chromia? From a piercing dagger from that gladiator fight. Almost won that one too. | 2014-10-18T20:26:27 | 2014-10-18T18:40:37 | 49 | 12 |
[WP] At the age of 18, everyone picks an unlikely life event. They will be reborn at 18 every time they die until that event happens. After that, death is permanent.
Example - Winning a lottery jackpot. Statistically, they would die in 22 plane crashes in a row before winning the Mega Millions jackpot. | I am tired.
Every one of my countless reawakenings has siphoned away a little luster, a little shine, until life became a chore. I made fortunes and spent them, built cities and razed them, spent lifetimes as a celebrity, as a king, and as a beggar, but I am nearly finished, now.
Three thousand years ago, I started m... | Names Tyler, the year is 6013. We have technology to let us send messages back on what you guys are currently calling the "Internet". I was born May 5th, 1992. Hopefully this message is being sent to the year 2014. You're probably wondering how I could possibly be 4021 years old. The government has hidden the technolog... | 2014-11-11T21:58:10 | 2014-11-11T18:00:39 | 105 | 69 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | I rubbed my eyes once. Twice. Three times. This had to be a trick of the light. How could that number have doubled once again in just an instant?
I thought back to when that number was a 1. It had been a one for the first 22 years of my life. But on my 23rd birthday, when all my friends were out of town and I celebr... | I opened my door, walked in tiredly, and so did the girl, but with a happier and more eager look.
'So this is where you live! Look so much better than my imagination!'
If you had three hundred years lonely in a forest, at least your house should be decent, I thought to myself.
'Oh, is this the number you were talkin... | 2020-09-03T03:27:14 | 2020-09-03T02:34:46 | 38 | 10 |
[WP] A badly-damaged alien battleship drops out of hyperspace and requests to dock with the nearest orbital platform it can find, the International Space Station. | “Chief, what is that?” Eric said.
“I told you at least dozen times already not to call me that, I ain’t no chief,” James said.
James came to ISS back in 2030 when the station expanded to be able to comfortably hold 35 people. They were now working on doubling the capacity by the year 2035. James was supposed to spend... | “Colonel Mann,” said the flight director’s voice, “this is a direct order from your commander in chief, Marine, you are not to permit-”
Greg Mann reached over and finally shut off the radio. The sudden unfamiliar silence loomed inside of the Unity module. Oleg Tarelkin, the expedition commander, gave him a nod.
“Thi... | 2022-09-06T13:42:48 | 2022-09-06T13:33:53 | 279 | 146 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | Mark leaned onto the counter trying to get a better look at the demon's computer screen. "It's gotta be wrong! I didn't do anything that bad!"
The demon pushed her glasses up her nose. "It's never wrong. That's the number it figured out. That's the time you'll spend in hell. Next please!" She stamped a document... | I stared at the demon behind the counter.
"186,292... years? What could I have possibly done to deserve that? I was kind to nearly everybody, and the worst crime I ever committed was smoking weed!"
The being with red skin and disturbing horns (That somehow seemed to be in multiple places at once... ugh, I was getting... | 2018-09-26T07:30:32 | 2018-09-26T07:21:22 | 68 | 23 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | I always did my best, powered through the worst, and did my best. I have to charity, I saved animals, I did what I thought was morally right... but we all have different moral definitions of what is right. I sadly patched my wound as fast as I could when I went through my entire memory, trying to pinpoint the worst thi... | Turns out following the rules of god was the wrong way..
Turns out following the Bible to a t, never wearing cotton, the whole fish thing was wrong..
That woman who was dying I couldn’t touch her,
Turns out slaves where bad...
Turns out cutting my wife’s hands off was evil..
I needed a moment
| 2018-08-04T11:28:16 | 2018-08-04T09:44:59 | 17 | 10 |
[WP]You have been caged without a writing utensil for years because what you write comes true. The doctor examining you just left his... | "Right, that should be everything for this week. See you soon, Clive ." The doctor left the cell, housing a supposedly all-powerful man. You wouldn't realise just by looking at him. Worn down, mentally unstable, among other things. With his power, some would call him the writer. He has never been able to use this power... | "What a dumb ass," I muttered as I palmed the pen from the mahogany desk of Dr. Phillips. I wouldn't have time to get anything written yet, but if I can just manage to hide this pen for the rest of our 1 hour session and get back to my cell - they refer to it as a room, but you can leave rooms - then I'll be able to fi... | 2017-06-25T08:51:03 | 2017-06-25T06:45:47 | 159 | 65 |
[WP] To your horror, the monster under your bed has pulled you in. It’s shaking, and pointing at the slowly opening closet door | The only way to live with a monster is to pretend it doesn’t exist.
Even when I see it in the corner of my eye when changing into my pajamas for bed, I just act as if I didn’t. Nope, those aren’t glinting eyes and murderous claws under my bed; it’s a trick of the light!
But, it’s bed-time now. And if I don’t turn t... | I'm a lucky kid, and I mean uncannily lucky. When there was a test I hadn't prepared for? Snow day. I'm out of money and want something to eat? Five bucks on the sidewalk. I've always been in the right place at the right time. Maybe it's a power, maybe it's built up karma from some ancient relative who's always had the... | 2021-05-29T23:08:09 | 2021-05-29T22:54:48 | 238 | 39 |
[WP] There are no angels or demons, its just that residents of the afterlife had split into two factions for most of history. But there are a LOT more now- clowns, heavy metal bands, gardeners, a nationless military, burger enthusiasts… | The knock came from an impossible door.
A dozen lit candles sat on Alisa’s kitchen table, pooling orange light up half of the wall and casting shadows down the remainder. The light and shadows wavered and looked like two unsure oceans meeting. The table itself was circular and woodgrained. The twelve candles were pla... | *Death and Dungeons*
Pain makes the idea of the end seem like a lot less of a thing than most would assume. I was scared of dying, it’s just that it was hard to keep living the way I had been. I wish it wasn’t this way but I remember their faces the most. There was the breaking of reality in many of their eyes. Wasn’t... | 2022-11-16T04:45:26 | 2022-11-16T03:44:46 | 39 | 18 |
[WP] "Welcome. You're dead. Congrats. Door to Heaven's on the left. Door to Hell is on the right. Go ahead and pick, but just know that the decision is final." The figure sitting at the desk spoke, stifling a yawn and not looking up from their book. | "Welcome. You're dead. Congrats. Door to Heaven's on the left. Door to Hell is on the right. Go ahead and pick, but just know that the decision is final."
"I'm Dead?"
"Yes."
"And you give me a choice between heaven or hell."
"Yes."
"Is this a trap?"
"No."
One hotel lobby. Two elevators. Two doors. Two Options. T... | “But...which do I choose...?” I asked, not realizing that this is what I would find on the other side.
“Either. That’s why I gave you the option when you got here.” Said the figure at the desk, pearly annoyed that’s I hadn’t already chosen.
I stood for a moment. *It should be obvious, shouldn’t it?* However, no one ... | 2019-10-03T17:03:46 | 2019-10-03T16:20:11 | 111 | 11 |
[WP] You wake up after experiencing a vivid, heart-pounding dream. You tell your partner, only to discover they’ve had the exact same dream. Your phone vibrates with a CNN notification-“The world is panicking: millions report experiencing the same sensational dream.” The dream identical to yours. | *Crash.* The cacophony of the waves thundered even through the overwhelming winds. The smoothie shop on the beach went first, then homes up on the tip of the jagged, stony cliffs - and they were supposed to be fortified against tsunamis. But this was no tsunami, not even a hurricane. No one knew what it was.
Another w... | “but i can’t eat that many pancakes,” you say to your mom and she shovels another four or five of the golden discs onto your plate. you are eight years old again, in your old house. this feels like it’s been happening for hours, and you have no idea how many pancakes you’ve already eaten.
she looks at you with that lo... | 2020-05-01T16:18:12 | 2020-05-01T15:15:17 | 47 | 29 |
[WP] A senile, old superhero still goes out to fight crime. None of the younger heros respect him anymore but all the villains have a soft spot for him.
Maybe he's found himself in the middle of a hero/villain war, or he's just trying to stop a bank robbery.
Edit: wow this uhh... kinda blew up didn't it?
Oh man I'm... | "Stand down, villain!"
The battlecry broke off with a shrill note as Peacekeeper hobbled into the bank, wheezing at the effort he'd expended getting up the stairs. He paused to catch his breath at the door and leaned heavily upon the frame. Peacekeeper was clad in his signature blue and red unitard, unfortunately worn... | "Who's this old guy? Have I really killed enough of your minions that you're bringing the retired ones back in?"
"You fool child. Even as an old man he strikes fear into the hearts of more villains than you ever will."
"Dont make me laugh." He chortled back.
"Let me guess you graduated from school a couple of mont... | 2017-04-13T05:32:17 | 2017-04-13T04:36:58 | 162 | 71 |
[WP] Once a year, the best assassins meet in a secret location. Showing their best kills, everyone is surprised when they see a 70 year old man walk in. | He was considered the best plumber working the trade. A plumber is an elite assassin, the highest level in the world of hitmen. It's said that the word came from the Mafia, who back in the day used to send hitmen disguised as plumbers to take out hits. Today, plumbers are hired by governments and corporations, their id... | It's not the best I'm aware
The stadiums echoed with cheers and whistles as the contestants started entering the stadium waving their weapons in the air with the commentators talking about each of them but then the crowd suddenly explodes with laughter pointing at the last contestant. The contestants turn around to ... | 2020-07-30T02:39:43 | 2020-07-30T00:10:41 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] When a parent dies, their knowledge and skills immediately pass on to their eldest child. An adoptee is shocked at what they discover when they receive their inheritance without warning. | My dad was a monster.
That's what the woman told me. I didn't understand why this was happening. Why me? Not just why, either, but how?
I spent my whole life around my dad, but I don't think I ever really knew him. He never talked about his past. Never. He would stay awake all night some nights, drinking whiskey out ... | Marcus sat at the table staring blankly into his bowl of cereal as his mother and father scrambled around him, trying to get ready for another day at whatever the hell they did for a living.
"Marcus, did you brush your teeth?"
"Marcus, you're going to be late for school."
"Marcus, you've been sitting there for ten m... | 2014-08-01T12:03:28 | 2014-08-01T10:46:12 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] There are many types of Mages in the world. Fire, Ice, Wind, Water, Death, Darkness, to name a few. But in this world, every type of mage is treated as equal. Everyone can be a good guy, no matter how dark your power. And anyone could be a bad guy, no matter how beautiful their ability...
Edit: Wow
I'm ... | The world had fallen. Chaos ran rampant through ruined streets, demolished buildings scattered across the landscape. People ran from crumbled wall to crumbled wall, avoiding each other in fear. A child, crying, is silenced as a burning ball hurls into a building, engulfing everything within.
Not many survived the... | Of Wizards, it is known that they are highly dangerous beings of terrific power. All across Midgard, they are kept occupied by quests and adventures.
It was after the aftermath of one adventure that sunk the ancient peace loving nation of Avulsey to the sea that a small team of 1 to 4 Wizards learnt of the Dark Lord T... | 2016-11-12T10:14:05 | 2016-11-12T10:02:44 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] You, an ancient vampire have been fighting a family of vampire hunters for centuries who vow avenge their ancestor whom you killed. After a little research things suddenly get awkward as you realize that the ancestor in question is actually you when you were just a human. | "Everyone need a hobby, this holds true regardless if you're rich, poor, or an immortal creature most sane people think of as mythology actually its especially true in that case. There is a general rule of thumb that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master anything, I find this to be more or less true unfortunately... | A distant rustle, as if leaves blown by the wind. An otherwise common place noise, easily overlooked... on Earth that is. Unfortunately this was Mars, a dry dystopianesque landscape I had long ago left for, in order to leave the worlds madness behind. Here, I'd planned to finally be rid of the pests that have plagued m... | 2022-10-05T11:40:12 | 2022-10-05T10:55:59 | 131 | 56 |
[WP] Humanity finally figures out faster than light travel and discover that they are completely average by galactic standard, except for one thing, our innate ability to bullshit our way out of any situation. | General Alexei Ivanov faced the Council of Zohar. Twelve species of alien races, linked in their rule of the Galaxy, awaited his explanation.
"General, the Council had clearly ordered Human forces to withdraw their colony and military apparatus from your moon in order to allow for the installation of a new outpost of ... | So I actually don't know if linking a previous response is allowed but I thought this can be a good sequel to this one. Once again I am apologising for the lack of quality.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/7tpb07/wp_the_universe_is_made_up_of_many_states_each/dte9urv/
The ship was still accelerating,... | 2018-01-30T04:57:08 | 2018-01-30T04:18:47 | 4,221 | 152 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE WALRUS". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful walrus. Look." | My phone rattled on my nightstand, and I ignored it.
Twenty minutes later, it shook again. The quiet buzz would usually go unnoticed during the day, but the same volume amplified twofold in the middle of the night.
The phone’s shake persisted. I felt myself pried away from a deep slumber.
I grabbed my phone and p... | I bolted upright out of bed rather quickly, a cold sweat breaking out and my breath rather staggered. “The Walrus.” I managed to say. I turned to look out my bedroom window, and it took the entirety of my body strength to avoid looking outside. I could feel its presence, I knew the Walrus was there. Creeping its way in... | 2021-01-11T19:03:59 | 2021-01-11T17:56:33 | 1,394 | 76 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | Do cure cancer?
The genie shakes his head.
Do I end the fighting in the middle East?
The genie laughs and again shakes his head.
Now visibly angry the man asks
Well, what did I do then?
The genie smiles and snaps his fingers.
An acorn appears in front of the man.
"You planted this, a decade ago"
The man racks ... | The genie smile's "You develop the first space-time gate in 2 years allowing humanity to instantly spread throughout the universe. "
I fill up with pride " I always knew I was special and a deal is a deal with my third wish I set you free"
The lamp crumbles and the genie shakes his arms as the shackles fall off.as he... | 2018-08-15T04:27:11 | 2018-08-15T04:08:10 | 124 | 15 |
[WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!”
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMyst... | They huddled in a loose circle, taking turns examining my passport with an utterly perplexed expression. In between the confused murmurs, some snuck sharp glances at me, causing me to feel uncomfortable even in my baggiest sweat pants. One of the officials nodded to the group and slowly made his way towards me.
"Sir, ... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... | 2014-11-23T09:40:33 | 2014-11-23T09:29:04 | 130 | 23 |
[WP] You can make a lie become truth, but only one lie at a time, once it is a lie again everyone involved will know immediately. You’re on your deathbed, holding one lie as truth for decades. You know hell will break loose once you die and the lie becomes a lie, and everybody will know. | I've done everything I could. I never asked for this power, but I've done the best I can.
One great lie has been keeping this world together, and I'm responsible. Or rather, one great truth. It's murky.
I have been tempted many times in my life to modify reality in other, more selfish ways, but I know that doing so w... | Everyone lies. Small, almost innocent lies. Lies that break families and ruin lives. Accidental lies based on faulty information or bias. They can hold us together or tear us apart.
Like everyone else, I've lied many times in my life. Unlike other people, however, I can choose to make any one lie into the truth. It do... | 2022-11-18T07:38:42 | 2022-11-18T07:05:32 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] As an alien overseer, your job is to impede humanity's progress by discreetly intervening in cruicial points of human history, so that the human civilization never rivals that of your own. The job has become increasingly harder, and the higher-ups in your home planet want an explanation. | “Come in.”
Randall edged around the open door, wincing as he saw the panel of his peers. His supervisor was seated in the center, a frown creasing all five of his brows. The formal garb of disciplinary action was carefully pleated around his eighteen appendages, most of which were folded in his lap.
“Randall, you hav... | Most people go to work, press some buttons, go home, and on occasion complain to their family about how unappreciated they are. Today, that was me.
​
Earth wasn't exactly a great assignment for job security; what the humans called 'The Industrial Revolution' got the first overseer sent to a military penal... | 2019-05-01T08:33:34 | 2019-05-01T08:29:02 | 32 | 15 |
[WP] The eldritch god stood before the girl, in almost human form. "Your parents sold you to be my bride. I accepted, knowing that if I don't they will just try another deity, but I will not force this on you. Have this credit card and live as you wish. If you want something else instead, just ask." | I gazed down enthralled by the shimmering, flickering, glimmering beings that kneeled before me in adulation, terror, greed. Enthralled by the disparity, dichotomy, hypocrisy. The two want what they considered so much, in exchange for the one they consider nothing at all. Irrelevant, Obstructive, Unwanted.
I accept. ... | I looked to this God sure he was an "eldritch Horror" but hey living life with pretty much nothing to do except read ones imagination led places. "I will take your offer with two exceptions." "Yesss Little mural" he said sounding intrigued "One, you tell me your name; Two you come visit me at least once a week." He loo... | 2022-08-09T19:42:05 | 2022-08-09T19:12:44 | 86 | 25 |
[WP] Everyone only gets to lie three times in their life, so they only do so when it's an absolute must. This is the story of how someone lied three times in one day. | James was waiting just outside the door - the door to his future.
It all started, years ago, when he began working for an incumbent Senator from New York - trying to keep his position despite the massive swelling of support for the Republican opposition. He did simple things - phone calls, passing out fliers, until o... | "Your last mandate saw town debt increase by 15%. Are you REALLY going to halve it like your campaign says if you are elected this time ?"
*Crap, this guy is tough. I'm not gonna last the whole debate at this rate...*
Article 14th of the constitution of our nation ensured our right to keep the three lies. But lying wa... | 2014-11-15T10:17:36 | 2014-11-15T10:16:53 | 47 | 27 |
[WP][TT] Man invents machine allowing intelligent human-level communication with all animals. The Cat Empire is confused and horrified to learn that, all this time, we considered THEM to be OUR pets. | "This just seems ridiculous."
"It's just never been done before."
"**THEY** should not be talking to us. **THEY** should know their place!"
A man in a dark suit cleared his throat, and the group of five cats glanced back towards him. Across from them were a similar grouping of five humans, each with a small pin on... | Infiltrating the Feline Kingdom is no easy job. They're vicious, barbaric creatures, outraged and burning at last weeks news. Yeah...they weren't so happy when they found out. It's still hard to believe that what we thought were our cute, cuddly friends would be the cause of so many deaths...Wait, did I just say cute a... | 2016-08-02T17:16:04 | 2016-08-02T17:05:29 | 29 | 12 |
[WP] In the universe, species are either very intelligent and frail or durable and strong. Finding humans to be capable of labor, aliens mistakenly label us as dumb brutes and attempt to enslave us. | On the planet of Ten Moons X57 there is a creature called the Red Shade Yu. When it’s children are taken from it, the females will wail so loud the snow on the Thread Spike Mountains begins to slide down. It’s called a Grief Avalanche.
Yet, this human girl was screaming so loudly I thought she might rival the Yu. Her... | We tried to enslave them.
They enslaved us.
Only two revolutions or "years" as they call it have passed. Our planet found some labourers. Or so we thought. We thought we were more intelligent. We obestimated our intellect.
The day we attacked, was the day we gave up our freedom. The day we lost it all. Our mista... | 2018-11-24T22:27:28 | 2018-11-24T20:13:19 | 287 | 41 |
[WP] You discover a bag containing human organs beside the road while driving home. Frantically, you inform the police and the bag is taken away shortly afterwards. Weeks later, you get a call from the station that a DNA match has been found. The organs are yours. | "Mine?" I shook my head in disbelief. This was ridiculous! "There must be a mistake, I can assure you all my organs are still in their proper place!" The girl on the other side of the line seemed just as dumbfounded as me, as she tried in vain to assure me their DNA analysis was top-notch. The match had been 100%, but ... | "It was then that I began to understand why the angels looked so concerned as to why God chose me to return to Earth to finish my buisness, for as both a newly made skeleton and former detective I had failed greatly on my biggest clue as to why my chest rattles like chimes in the wind. Quite literally picking up my jaw... | 2021-03-13T04:38:25 | 2021-03-13T03:29:40 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] They told you that you were going to lead an army, 10,000 men strong, they didn't tell you it contained only a single trained soldier, and 9,999 support musicians. | I pulled my chair up to the control panel.
"This guy better be the best marine ever," I whispered under my breath, toggling a few controls before sending my first message to the marine.
Our mission, very sparse on details, was to clean up some kind of invasion at a research facility. I wasn't sure why they sent all t... | "Right, all 9,999 of you line up here to receive your special vests before we enter battle," Sergei said with a grin.
"What makes them special?" asked one musician hesitantly.
"Oh, they contain reinforced plates to protect you in battle," Sergei explained.
"Why arent we getting any weapons?" asked another musician.
... | 2022-09-23T10:22:40 | 2022-09-23T09:44:12 | 78 | 41 |
[WP] As it turns out Humans weren’t the only intelligent life, instead they were just the first. They explored the universe and helped many budding civilizations until one day they just disappeared completely. You are an alien historian who decided to find out what happened, these are your findings. | Terrans were a peculiar species. Everything they did seemed to revolve around mating and reproduction, growth and expansion. We've already documented 317 worlds they've colonized, and are tracking patterns of colonization. Some day we hope to trace the Terrans back to their planet of origin. It is mentioned many times ... | The undulating crowd fell silent the moment I ascended the podium. Other than the gentle hum of the engine pulsing outside the window, not a sound could be heard.
I shuffled my notes and stared at the stars glimmering above my head. Looked like Qaar had finally gotten around to installing the transparent ceiling in t... | 2020-03-12T12:20:07 | 2020-03-12T10:57:51 | 202 | 33 |
[WP] You are a Demon Lord. You've finally managed to capture the Hero, the Head of The Church, and The King. You have them all sitting in front of you tied to chairs. "Now," you calmly pick up an ice pick, "Which one of you has been scaring children telling them I will eat them?" | “You’re mad!” cried the hero. “I’ve never talked to children in my life!”
“Never?” the king asked.
“Well, not since I was a lass and people were telling ME those scary stories!” The hero explained.
The king nodded, with a furrow to his brow that suggested a plan. “You see, demon? You cannot hold an individual resp... | There is a visible pause, as they glance at each other. Then the King pointed to the priest. ‘He started it!’
‘On your orders!’ The priest shot back.
‘Which you chose to follow!’ Said the Hero, knowing where his money came from.
‘Would you have refused?’
‘Well, he never ordered *me*, did he?’ The Hero said, sou... | 2021-05-17T11:38:32 | 2021-05-17T10:47:41 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] The Elves, Dwarves, and Goblins laughed at humans for not having magic. The humans laughed at the Elves, Dwarves, and Goblins for not having giant robots. | In a modern room lit in equal parts by sunlight pouring in the window and fluorescent light pouring off the ceiling, seven people sat in comfortable, rotating chairs.
On one side of the table sat a man with dark-green skin, by far the tallest person in the room, dressed in a clay-colored suit. To his right sat a stock... | I learned early on the key difference between magic and technology. When we first made contact with the Terrans, a few decades after the rings had appeared, binding our world eternally to the Plane.
The nature of magic had been a subject of some debate in the councils and colleges since the dawn of time. I suppose the... | 2017-07-17T11:08:47 | 2017-07-17T10:31:34 | 44 | 16 |
[WP] "You shall fall dead on the day of your first child's birth!" Was the curse that young, inexperienced witch put on you. Little did she realize that, to an asexual like yourself, she'd essentially given you immortality. Every year, on the anniversary of your curse, she tries to "fix" things. | "Look Marcy, you can't keep sending me male prostitutes for my birthday in the off chance I'll actually fuck one of them. Wouldn't work either way, y'know? They have safe practices, they use condoms. This isn't the 1890's anymore. Anyway, I have work to do so just uh, thanks for the gift, i guess, get me a cake next ti... | "Evelyn I told you then and I'm telling you now I'm aromantic asexual. The last 500 years hasn't changed that!"
Travis said with an air of experated annoyance. He had Red hair, short stature and brown eyes. Across from him a tall woman with blond hair and green eyes sat. a tray of tea between them. Both Evelyn and Tra... | 2021-11-09T14:14:43 | 2021-11-09T14:14:03 | 156 | 109 |
[WP] A new designer drug hits the streets that has a strange amnesia-like effect: users can experience activities as if it was their first time. (Example: watching the Sixth Sense for the hundredth time without remembering the twist.) | I have experienced everything worth experiencing.
There is no popular book I have missed, no incredible movie. I have read it all, watched it all, and for the best I have done it time and time again.
But I find...
The books I have read come from all different genres. Science fiction, fantasy, romance- I've tried the... | My name is Amy and my life is a living hell.
I got in with the wrong kind of people in high school and developed several expensive habits, mostly mtg and WH4k. My parents were never rich and my town is tiny. There are no jobs for someone like me. Well, except for one. I mean $20 is $20 right? So I started to perform s... | 2017-03-25T08:42:52 | 2017-03-25T08:36:25 | 41 | 10 |
[WP]Aliens come to Earth in hoping to wipe us out and take over the planet, but are honorable and gives us a fighting chance. They announce they will return in 100 years so as to give Earth a chance to prepare and defend itself. Neither side expected what the other would bring to war | It's been 100 years, we are ready. The human race was challenged to a fight with an alien race and given 100 years to prepare. They proved to us we weren't ready back then. Half of our missiles exploded in their silos. Of those that launched, less than 1 in 100 hit something. That something didn't even get scratched.
... | Me, and my brothers sit in some forgotten bar room basement, the structure of which sits itself on top of a heap of crumbled wood and broken glass. The wind howls through the top of it, but we feel somewhat secure here. We light a oil lamp, and cook up some canned food on several bunson burners that we always carry. To... | 2016-01-01T18:48:26 | 2016-01-01T16:56:11 | 122 | 13 |
[WP] The Grim Reaper is no longer able to claim lives directly. Instead, when your time is up a mark appears on your body and it is the duty of every other person to kill you on sight. | The reaper wails upon his seat-
a throne steeped in chagrin.
His scheme's but lost- at awful cost-
All for my painted skin.
Upon my brow the mark did rise-
a bleak and blighted sin!
The time for me was o'er, indeed!
So read my painted skin.
The townsfolk chased me, tooth and nail-
My heart beat, deep... | Ok, hi I can't talk um... This camera doesn't have much power left and uh... Oh Jesus
(Sounds of distant, angry yelling)
Ok I don't have a lot of time left, my name is Stanley and earlier this day, the death mark appeared on my forehead. I didn't even notice it until everyone around me started to stare and surround m... | 2014-10-28T16:33:19 | 2014-10-28T16:19:29 | 289 | 15 |
[WP] You are known as the greatest Villain known to history. The nations you have toppled are many, heroes and villains alike cower in fear and agencys would use their entire budgets just to guess your next move. However, you are unaware that you were a villain at all.
I did not expect this much Response. | I don't know when I gained consciousness. I don't know even if I am conscious. After all, I'm just a complex machine that receives inputs and reacts with outputs. And isn't that what every human is anyway? But I do think, so I'll just have to appeal to Descartes on this one.
Lots of people watch me. I think everyone ... | I'm so hungry...
I tried eating the green things, but i was still hungry. But there wasnt any more green things.
So i tried eating the brown stuff underneath. It didn't taste good, though. It made me thirsty...
So i walked around until I found some funny tasting water. So i drank and drank until there wasn't any mo... | 2016-06-25T03:35:42 | 2016-06-25T03:01:03 | 106 | 57 |
[WP] A wizard accidentally becomes immortal. He has the idea to become the antagonist so that a hero will come along and defeat him, so he can rest in peace. Sadly, the heroes are weak in comparison so the wizard creates a persona as a 'wise teacher' to train these heroes in order to defeat him. | I don't have to do much. The hero will rise to defeat me, and he will win. He is the one the legends have told of, in this universe and the next. It will be a nigh impossible task, but in the end he shall be rewarded.
I have gained permanence, you see. I may die, but I will never stay dead. In some lands, I will becom... | Reach by the Sea was a rich and prosperous city on an otherwise wild and undeveloped continent. For as long as can be remembered, the city prospered under the governance of the Council.
The sages of the Council were rarely seen outside of appearances at the White Keep, the home of the city's magnificent White Legio... | 2015-07-25T07:40:02 | 2015-07-25T05:23:23 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | "I don't understand general, how can you expect to beat them with so few!?"
"What do you mean ambassador?"
"We gave you their numbers ahead of time. They have over 200,000 units in the city! Why did you only bring 300 of your own?"
"Ambassador, you also gave us their equipment specs, a full layout of the city, and ... | The visit was cordial. The human stood there, pretending to smile, as he greeted each individual of our nation. He seemed happy to be there. He was, after all, the first human on our soil. We had a long black list of races that we did not allow in our airspace, humans were at the top of our list. They had a long histor... | 2016-05-13T09:31:34 | 2016-05-13T09:20:04 | 40 | 23 |
[WP] As an average looking genius with a weak physique you often envied athletes. After thousands of years spent in a cryogenics pod you are woken to discover that evolution has weakened humanity while IQ improved. You're now the strongest most attractive person, but also the dumbest. | "...be starting to wake up soon..."
Leon groaned. Although no sound actually came out, which was a little surprising; it was more of a raspy breath to his ears.
He had just stepped into the cryogenic pod, relieved at the prospect of waking up cancer-free, possibly with a slight hangover. He didn't recall even the fa... | I used to be the smartest, if not one of the smartest. Rejected by my kind for my intellect, I had sought to escape the shallowness of society. A society that judged you by the way you looked rather than the way you thought. Simpletons, driven purely by primal desires. A vestige that we should have been long discarded.... | 2017-08-02T23:57:26 | 2017-08-02T23:40:10 | 96 | 65 |
[WP] You are a long forgotten god. A small girl leaves a piece of candy at your shrine, and you awaken. Now, you must do everything to protect your High Priestess, the girl, and her entire kindergarten class, your worshipers.
If you want to post this on other platforms, please credit me. Looking at you instagram writi... | It's quite hard to kill a god. And believe me, they tried. Long ago, I had to watch as my followers were sacrificed in someone else's name, while my temples were defaced and the surrounding cities were razed.
My name was forgotten.
My lands were eventually reclaimed by the earth.
And I took refuge in my only remaini... | Stacy squinted as an unfamiliar man entered her kindergarten classroom. She had not seen him before, but he did not give off the air of a stranger either. Somehow, she felt a connection between them.
The man had smooth black hair. He dressed like an old man but looked much younger than her father.
‘Good morning child... | 2021-09-02T09:10:25 | 2021-09-02T08:20:20 | 2,738 | 191 |
[WP] 70 years ago, the US underestimated the power of the atomic bomb. It had completely obliterated the island nation of Japan. | "Hidden Island, this is Cloudwalker 1. Do you copy? Over."
The General looked up in surprise. He hurried over to the radio console. The report from Cloudwalker wasn't anticipated for another half hour. What could they have to report so soon?
"Cloudwalker, this is Hidden Island," the radio operator replied,"Reading ... | Excerpt from an interview with retired Major General Robert Truscott, USMC, 1976.
ROBERT: You can’t kill the wind. That was the first thing I thought. Because, the only thing you could hear, or feel, was a heavy wind. It reminded me of what they have out on the plains, in Minnesota. It was this constant force, this... | 2015-08-06T14:29:31 | 2015-08-06T13:25:27 | 23 | 14 |
[WP]Youve always had the ability to form things by thinking about it. Need a knife? Boom knife in hand. Need a pencil? Boom, now youre ready to write. Simple shapes are easy, but complex things require knowing how every part works. You've spent years studying human anatomy. Now you're ready to do it | I was a *huge* hit at parties. I’m always the booze guy. Nobody knows where the booze guy gets his booze, or how he affords it, but I can tell you that Thursday night book club is *significantly* better with a pour of Springbank 1919. I’ve got a handful of fine selections for every occasion, mastered over the years. Ho... | I've always been alone.
I lost my parents in a tragic fire and my living relatives were all but gone from old age. As a schizophrenic I was outcasted from social circles due those episodes since foster care can't seem to provide enough pills. Yet, I was blessed with these powers, the voices in my head seem to dictat... | 2018-10-21T18:53:51 | 2018-10-21T18:49:35 | 324 | 12 |
[WP] “Is that a….” The nuke explodes harmlessly against the alien starships shields. “Child’s toy? Yes,” the tired alien said. They were part of a group that helped the more…dumb races of the universe develop and evolve. But this race of “humans” would soon prove rather…difficult to educate. | Like stars, explosions dotted the sky above the Human homeworld. Each one the culmination of centuries worth of scientific advancement. Yet as each one faded, payload delivered with extreme prejudice, the alien vessels continued their descent.
Aboard the largest of these vessels sat a man. A ruler, a conqueror, an enl... | We wrapped up the meeting on the fancy deck of the alien ship with our version of formality in pressed suits, powdered makeup, and human servants, their group carrying ancestors’ tentacles dry-pressed to golden clarity, shellacked, held aloft. Both species had a similar formality around eye contact and antagonism.
Jas... | 2021-12-25T04:57:48 | 2021-12-24T22:22:32 | 121 | 67 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | If fate had her way, I wouldn’t be here.
Everyone born with the mark of their calling. Their spirit animal. A natural tattoo as large as one’s hand embedded in the skin over your heart.
Usually, the spirit animals were inherited from generation to generation. No child ever getting an animal different than their fat... | On the eve of his fifteenth, just like the boys in the neighborhood before him, Sam awaited patiently in his bed as the moon rolled across the sky. It wouldn't be long until midnight came, and then his mark would be revealed, manifested upon his back – the mark of the beast, a spirit animal.
His father waited patientl... | 2017-11-08T05:10:58 | 2017-11-08T05:08:45 | 548 | 97 |
[WP] A married couple don't speak the same language, but love each other endlessly through their actions for each other. Eventually, one of them learns the other's language, and things aren't quite what they seemed | Everybody always asked me how we made it work.
The truth is, it was easy, for me at least. I’d never been one for words, but that was no secret. In any case, James was my first, the first I truly loved anyways, and I’m not foolish enough to forget that all my other relationships had fallen apart early due to “communic... |
Their song was playing. And even though she didn't know what the words had meant she certainly knew how to set up the record player. An uncle back home had one, had seemingly built his house around it.
The song filled the living room and followed her into the kitchen. And though she would have loved to be able to... | 2018-12-31T00:44:14 | 2018-12-30T20:03:46 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] After one’s death, the ‘creative mode’ is unlocked. You replay life, except everything goes the way you want it to. Unlimited wealth, complete domination of the world, you name it. Unknowingly, that play-through is what is used to judge whether you belong to heaven, or hell. | A save point. All Josh ever wanted was a point in time in which he could go back to, to start over, start again. He didn't want unlimited power, nor any other blessing. He simply wanted to be able to go back and do it again, but *better*.
He lived his life again, righting every wrong he'd ever done, making the correct... | "Happy 80th birthday to us, Mr. Gloves!" I whispered to his ears as I slowly lulled him in my thin and wrinkled arms. Mr. Gloves is my twin cat, being born on the same day I was eight decades ago, which is essentially today. Little is known why and how cats always seem to have a *twin* human, and why they also pass awa... | 2020-07-20T02:59:49 | 2020-07-20T02:51:13 | 838 | 127 |
[WP] Once every year, soulmates glow the same color as each other for one hour. | He tapped his cane against the stone ground, one of the few meeting places that were set up for The Event. A simple name for one of the biggest moments in some people's lives. He adjusted the large sunglasses that covered his face as he continued to tap away. Drake, his dog sauntered alongside him, panting lightly whil... | Before the Incident, before we began to glow, I envied my friends and their relationships. They always seemed perfect; they would know the right thing to say, the surprise dates leaving one another speechless, or the way to resolve any disagreements (usually involving an immediate surprise date.)
On December 21, 2012,... | 2017-10-21T13:14:19 | 2017-10-21T12:51:56 | 171 | 32 |
[WP] As soon as people turn 18, they get the powers of the very first thing they touch. Most people touch fire, water or electricity. You try to do that too, but first you adjust your glasses out of habit.
[deleted] | At first, you think that you have doomed yourself. What powers could come from glasses? Better vision? Big deal.
Some time later, class ends, and you head outside. The sun is bright, and you instinctively reach with your hand to block it out. But, as soon as you do, the sun goes dark.
Panic ensues. Everyone around yo... | When I first got my power, everyone laughed at my mistake.
But I quickly realized that this was no curse. *I can control glass.*
Think about it, our cities have so much glass in them. It's in our windows, our drinking cups, lightbulbs, and electronics. And it's mine to control.
If I wanted to harm someone, I coul... | 2020-02-18T20:33:29 | 2020-02-18T20:33:20 | 115 | 37 |
[WP] You are an assassin that hunts superheroes. You haven no powers yourself. | Every Achilles has his heel. Every Samson has his haircut. Every Superman his Kryptonite. You get the picture.
Remember Titanius? Of course you do. Among many other feats, he was the hero that killed that massive Kraken in Columbia City Harbor. He had unbreakable armored scales that covered his entire body, making hi... | "How are you gonna do it?" he grunted. The don was a large and gruff man of power. His office was rather plain in comparison. It rotted with a sort of bourgeoisie apathy. My job wasn't to question. My job was to kill. I am a contract killer of gifted individuals often referred to as "heroes", and my job is too damn eas... | 2015-11-13T07:28:28 | 2015-11-13T07:19:48 | 545 | 14 |
[WP] You were mocked as "One Mana Man" because of your single mana point compared to their hundreds, even though your vastly more efficient spells are comparable to theirs. They forget that a single mana point regenerates much quicker than hundreds, and that fractional mana points are still useful. | A lone ribbon of Air, gossamer, nearly invisible and less than a single molecule in diameter extended from my finger tip. It floated almost freely in the natural currents of wind spawned by the majestic expanse of water at my back, it's graceful dance only slightly interrupted by the tiniest twitching of my hands. Wha... | They had me cornered in an alley with nowhere to run. I guess I'll have to use that, I thought reluctantly. I reached for my hip where I kept a small flask of blue liquid and pulled it free of it's harness. You guys don't want to go any farther, I yelled. They continued to move forward with menacing smiles on their fac... | 2020-11-24T16:22:25 | 2020-11-24T14:23:49 | 45 | 26 |
[WP] A serial murderer who has performed 100's of inhumane experiments is caught. His research suggests he has found cures for several major diseases and won't divulge unless all charges are dropped. | I waited patiently in my cell for the judgement that -- I knew -- would be inevitable. The recent pandemic scares, the increasing panic of the boomer generation as diseases began to strike them and their childhood heroes down... the political climate was ripe for the deal that I had offered them. It would haunt them fo... | **A televised press conference outside of city hall**
"Ladies and gentlemen of the press, my name is Sergeant Major Richards of The HPD. You've all been asked to come here because a decision has been reached regarding the now well known Dr. Sparrow's unusual request. Before I announce the decision that has been made, ... | 2015-01-05T08:41:11 | 2015-01-05T07:51:38 | 77 | 16 |
[WP] As a bored immortal, you love to spend your time becoming as famous as possible, before you “die” spectacularly. You are universally hated by the Council of Immortals, who have sworn to remaining hidden and affecting history as little as possible, | I walked through the heavy oak double-doors expecting another reprimand. Truth be told, I'd grown quite used to the whole routine. For centuries, I'd delighted at drawing *the look* from the Council members' faces. Live long enough in this world, and you'll begin to spot the things that don't erode. Time wore away enti... | "So who were you this time?" Jeoff asked, peering at me from across the table.
I looked up from shoving an entire giant pretzel into my mouth without chewing and stared at him, waiting for the acids in human saliva to soften the entire thing. Then I chewed deliberately, looking back down at the stack of pretzals in fr... | 2018-05-06T07:09:00 | 2018-05-06T06:50:38 | 2,413 | 327 |
[WP] A woman has a heart attack on an airplane. The stewardess asks if there are any doctors on board. Dr. Seuss raises his hand. | "A passenger's dying on this very plane?
We *must* ensure oxygen gets to her brain!
My cat's red-striped hat can help with the task,
For inside it I carry an oxygen mask.
Thing 1: grab me pillows, I'll need two or three,
And bring me the med kit immediately!
Thing 2: tell the pilot I'm resuscitating
a passenge... | *Are you right madam, are you okay?
You need to get to the medical bay!*
"Why are you talking like that?"
*I think you need a doctor, yes you do.
I'm not really a doctor, unlucky for you.*
"You're not an actual doctor?"
*No, Seuss is my name, I am no doctor.
Zoopity boopity droop, I'm an author.*
"Are there anothe... | 2015-07-02T20:42:38 | 2015-07-02T20:36:26 | 354 | 102 |
[WP] Write a story. Any story. But after 5 minutes, stop, lift your hands from your keyboard, and click the Save button.
Hopefully I gave you guys enough motivation to keep writing the novel in your heads! | The truth is, I've never been that great of a magician.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, I shall reveal your card!"
The crowd gasps, amazed by my sleight of hand. I'm sweating - I have no idea if this is the right card. I lost track of it while I was supposed to be fake shuffling, and pretty much drew one at random.
... | 'You are a wizard for heaven's sake!', the master yelled. 'Now make that table float!'
'But I can't' you whine.
'We have been over this a hundret times! Lift your wand and move it like this!'
You stare at your master, dumb folded. You have tried. Oh how you have tried! But that stupid table just won't float! It ... | 2015-10-28T10:11:35 | 2015-10-28T07:22:08 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] Help a teenager get over his girlfriend cheating on him using the writing style of Dr. Seuss
Enjoy! | A cheater? Don't need her - no, not anymore:
she's a skeezer, a teaser, a wut and a slore!
Her breath stank and stunk! Her heart, it was hollow!
Her promises shrank and she never swallowed!
You'll teach her, that creature, impeach that skeet cheater
Her teats were no treat; defeat, obsolete her!
You'll bleach ... | Look around you my boy, don't be so darn sad;
You still have friends and family, your life isn't so bad!
That girlfriend of yours just wasn't for you;
She's the type who wants to put stuff where she poo's!
So get up, smile and get out in the world;
And someday you'll find your perfect hot girl. | 2014-08-18T15:45:06 | 2014-08-18T15:18:18 | 83 | 14 |
[WP] In order to get a shot at going to Valhalla, you must die with a weapon in your hands. You just died and are now sitting in front of Odin's advisory board as they discuss whether a spatula actually counts. | Odin leaned forward in his gilded throne, his single eye judging the young man who stood before him.
"What do you make of this, mortal?" Odin asked looking to his left and right, down the line of gods.
Thor scoffed, "This pathetic creature is no warrior! Look at his frail limbs and tiny body. How many frost giants ... | "Come on, Odin, it's a *Spatula!*"
"Well, he *did* kill 3 people with it."
"By spreading antibiotic resistant *e.coli*."
"I mean, Jensbjordnik The Great II threw a bunch of smallpox corpses into a castle with a trebuchet that one time...and that counted"
"Yeah..." said Jensbjordnik The Great II "...That *was* prett... | 2022-04-10T19:23:46 | 2018-03-26T13:08:10 | 393 | 20 |
[WP] You’re a fresh zombie. It’s not like you expected. For one thing, you feel great. Secondly, while you can’t talk, you’re telepathically communicating with the others and they’re all REALLY cool. Thirdly, you all feel a deep and profound sense of joy—a joy you all want to share with the living. | “You didn’t even get on your knees to propose,” she said. “You just stood there.”
“I wanted to be different. Isn’t that why you love me?”
She laughed, and kissed me. “Maybe. I love you and I trust you completely.”
“I love you too.”
She pulled back a little bit. “But do you trust me?” She needed assurance like this ... | You know, my human life sucked. A boring job, dull social life, weak physique and all that made being human the worst thing for me. Even as a child, I had no friends, except for Layla. She ended up being my dearest and most valuable friend, the poor soul. My wife, too. We loved each other, and while I hated life as it ... | 2019-06-17T00:07:26 | 2019-06-16T22:24:33 | 1,861 | 107 |
[WP] During a bank heist gone wrong, you ended up taking a stray shotgun slug through your heart. That was 20 minutes ago, and the fact that you haven’t died yet is as concerning to you as it is to everyone else around you. | I felt the slug make impact, penetrate my chest, and embed itself deep within my heart. I felt my legs give out, unresponsive to my pleas to run. As I fell to the ground, I had but one thought: *Who’s the self-aggrandizing drama queen NOW Karen?*
In those seconds, my life flashed before my eyes. Well, some parts di... | “You’re still bleeding a lot.” said Blinks.
I looked down at my blood-soaked shirt. Streams of blood still pulsed out of my wound to the rhythm of my heartbeat. “God dammit, I’m gonna bleed out. Somebody do something!”
Meds brought a steamed towel from the bathroom. “Brace yourself,” he said. “This is gonna hurt.”
... | 2021-05-22T06:34:00 | 2021-05-22T06:31:48 | 305 | 25 |
[WP] "Mom, i'm telling you. A green man came out of my closet and did a standup comedy routine."
[deleted] | *\*edit, spelling\**
Susan sighed and patted Jacob on the head. “Sounds like you had a nightmare, sweetie.” She pulled him in for a tight hug. “Let’s get you back to bed.”
As they walked back towards Jacob’s bedroom, Jacob shook his head. “No mom, it was real. I saw him!” Jacob’s tone whined as Susan gently pressed h... | It was the middle of the night and all I heard was this eerie cackling. I jumped out of bed, my heart racing, and hurried down the hallway to find my 12 year-old son in his room, laughing uncontrollably and staring at the wall. I was relieved to find him safe, though I was concerned about the source of his laughter. He... | 2022-11-30T17:55:59 | 2022-11-30T17:36:32 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] A band of human raiders invades a planet of fragile, weak, slow aliens. Since humans are practically superbeings by comparison, the raiders expect the conquest to be easy. However, they didn’t know the planet has a league of superheroes.
[deleted] | The band of humans had already looted a village and were approaching the second, when the league drifted in on their Dirigible of Defense. They observed that the group approaching them was probably a scouting party. Five men in stained clothing carrying strange weapons were spread out and approaching the village, the L... | "Our scouts say their BMI is somewhere around 13 for the global average. If I see any one of you letting up when they are begging for life, I'll personally gut you like a dog," Commander Rike said. His soldiers were situated around him, a group of ragged looking warriors equipped with what was state of the art technolo... | 2017-08-03T17:22:48 | 2017-08-03T16:57:17 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | I turn 140 years old in 3 minutes. You'd think it would be a happy day for me, but it just reminds me of my loss. My kids have long since passed away and even most of their kids no longer remain. Yet here I sit, still alive despite years of drinking cheap scotch daily and having the occasional cigar.
Two minutes no... | Everyone could never wait to unlock a new skill, wishing for anything from being able to create money from thin air to flying through the skies like a bird.
The most famous skill ever found however was the power to appraise skills, a shocking discovery was made through that skill however... there seems to be no new u... | 2018-06-23T12:10:29 | 2018-06-23T10:03:06 | 153 | 100 |
[WP] You are a Squib who mastered a vast repertoire of Muggle magic tricks to finagle Hogwarts into sending you a letter. Everything goes smoothly, until it is time for the Sorting Ceremony... | This was it. Time to see how far my charade could get me. Time to see how insightful this old, dusty hat really was. *Dusty, hmm? You could use some scrubbing behind the ears yourself, young mister!* I stared straight ahead, head held high, trying to look aloof. *You are quite hard-working, you know, in your own way. A... | As the hat was placed upon me, a cold dread overcame my entire body. And this time it wasn't a senior prankster from Slytherin. As the hat wiggled around my head, the halls were dead silent. Something was obviously wrong. The hat had never taken this long to make a decision. Dumbledore sat at his chair, mildly amused. ... | 2017-06-25T15:16:10 | 2017-06-25T13:48:53 | 63 | 33 |
[WP] Aliens have finally discovered Earth - but they're not hostile. They've tasted human food, and they think it's so astonishingly good that Earth is becoming an alien tourist hotspot. | Taking this prompt in a slightly different direction. Hope that's okay.
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After what felt like a twenty-four-hour flight, the spaceplane finally landed at the spaceport on Cercyon. As soon as the seatbelt light went off, I stood up and stretched my legs before making my way off the plane. Once I had collected my bag... | "Garshi'a, where the hell do you think you're wandering off to without your parents?"
A certain humanoid spun on the equivalents of heels, turning to his parents. He looked like a marriage of a wyvern and a mermaid, with his red-green tail matching his scaly skin, and two large wings supporting his two webbed bare fee... | 2022-06-10T10:28:40 | 2022-06-10T09:40:32 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] Hell is a bureaucratic mess, and two demons argue over this week's fuck up at the water machine.
Looking for comedy but any genre is welcome.
Heavenly figures are more than welcome.
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**Lilttle edit**
I'm honestly surprised. 100 positive karma prompt and only 5 real responses. I'm sort o... | "Hey there [Decarabia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decarabia#Marquis_Decarabia)."
"Oh there you are [Forneus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forneus). Where have you been?
"I've been hearing the news. Things haven't been going too smoothly with that one 'paranormal' girl. There's been a massive mess of paperwork... | "So the kid sets fire to orphanage, then he miscalculated his own strength."
"So what? I still don't see.."
"There is more Jason, he ends up there due to a technicality."
"No way, the kid set fire to the entire orphanage, there is no way he was going to heaven!"
"Oh yeah. Peter was going to let him in, but fire was... | 2014-04-27T15:27:02 | 2014-04-27T14:37:02 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] 37. That is how many times you have died of unnatural causes. Every time you do, you get reset to the age of 5, retaining all of your past memories. You think that this is finally the time you get to move on with life. | It was a beautiful day to celebrate a life well-lived. I stretched out under the shade of a palm tree, sipped a mojito, and told my wife of forty-years I loved her. Then, I felt an impact at the top of my head. The world turned a familiar shade of white, as if the contrast had been amped up on a TV-screen. *No! Not ag... | This time. This time, it will work out. There's only so many deaths one can suffer before learning how to slip through them.
Your childhood, is, unsurprisingly, the childhood of a prodigy. A 5 year old child with centuries of experience doesn't have a hard time learning how to count on fingers. The hardest part is to ... | 2021-05-30T08:50:11 | 2021-05-30T07:45:12 | 363 | 212 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | ​
I've been standing here for hours, hand outstretched above my head, and nothing has come. Only Mother is still here. Everyone else has wondered off. Well, that's not entirely true. Gorm is banging away at a ploughshare in his smithy on the south side of the square. He gets a new grip on the tongs, pick... | *"There are two types of people in this world - the living and the dead. Those who have found their purpose and received their divine gift are those who we count among the living. So weep not for those who passed young, for they were already among the dead."*
Angry. That was the only way I have felt my entire life ... | 2019-09-18T10:34:19 | 2019-09-18T07:55:38 | 68 | 37 |
[WP] When an animal dies, we often use the expression "crossing the rainbow bridge." This is not by accident, every animal crosses the Bifröst, having earned their place in Valhalla defending us from a greater evil then we could ever know. Tell their stories. | Lo, now do I tell the tale of the mighty Samson. A canine of regal bearing but only 13 toes, he chanced upon the queen while she was patrolling our borders with David, the kingdom’s canine squire. Though his size intimidated her at first, it came to be known throughout the realm that Samson was as tender to his loved o... | The Legend of Prince Oscar.
The portal was opening again. I didn't have much time. Those stupid primates! Every few weeks, they do this, and every time, my enchantments, they drain my soul bit by bit. I don't know how much more I can take.
I should've known when I heard one of them ask the other, "What time's your ... | 2018-05-25T04:30:38 | 2018-05-24T20:06:52 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | An excerpt from *Species Relations Within The Tri-Galactic Sector*, Kirkkolan F. [Hawkens Joseph trans.], G.I. 1445, Grand Triumvirate Library.
#14. Newcomers
##III. Humanity
While we might discuss at length the effect Tri-Galactic (relative) newcomers might have on inter-species relations, none is more deserving o... | "To think those simians would have enough political leverage for such demands" - The capital ships of both warring species faced in sandspace, a particularly empty region of the galaxy where war ultimatums would go to be resolved. The lack of large masses and their gravity fields meant all wreckage of ancient and recen... | 2022-08-05T17:08:21 | 2022-08-05T16:23:55 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] It’s mandatory for a princess to be under a curse by their 16 birthday. Usually turning into a swan, or pricking your finger will do. Its now your 18th birthday, and still no curse. People are worried that no prince will come because of it. Today you set out to find a curse! | Patting me on my head, the fairy godparent I never knew said, "Ooohhhh, Dearie, you went looking for a curse in all the wrong places, when all along the curse has been in..."
"INSIDE ME ALL ALONG?!" I interrupted, earning only a look of disrupted confusing.
"N... No, Dearie. What I mean to say is that you were cursed... | Lyla was distressed. She had everything she ever wanted: beauty, a group of close, supportive friends whom she had grown to love deeply, both her parents, alive and flourishing, and the adoration of her entire Kingdom. Her life was the pinnacle of happiness and health, and she hated it.
Her eighteenth birthday would ... | 2022-02-24T03:21:15 | 2022-02-24T01:44:05 | 61 | 12 |
[WP] Throughout the galaxy, it is a known paradigm that each sapient race at some point before first contact discovers their own “magic” considered to be arcane by all races other than themselves; upon humans’ introduction to the galaxy, aliens learn of the eldritch might of their “nuclear energy” | It began quite simply, then everyone died.
The delegation, at least. The occupation and dominion certainly. The Empire...possibly.
We, the Great and Glorious Niwraith Empire, chose your pitiful backwater planet that you call Earth as our next state. As we had done hundreds of times in the past, we sent a ... | At first nobody believed the humans when they said their strongest weapon was a bomb no bigger than a standard human, how could something so small be the strongest item in their arsenal?
Every other species had their ultimate weapon be a huge weapon capable of raining hell upon its target through various means, some ... | 2021-10-09T07:53:20 | 2021-10-09T04:45:00 | 309 | 179 |
[WP] You are the world's nicest man. You have dedicated your life to make other people's lives better. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, you decided to do one last act of selflessness. Make everyone you know hate you to spare them the grief when die. | Not like this, this is not what I had in mind. It's not working like it should, even when I do horrible things I'm still revered. I've always tried to help, to be a good man. Violence isn't my way, but I guess that's why I did something bad in my past I tried to make up for. I never wanted to fight a war, so I worm... | How do you hurt someone without hurting them?
That was what the man thought about. The man needed his loved ones to hate him in order for them to not be sad when he dies in a few days.
The only thing he could think of was lying. If he made up bad stuff that he did, he could recontexulized previous good stuff as bad.
... | 2018-05-14T07:18:03 | 2018-05-14T06:09:57 | 71 | 11 |
[WP] You can teleport, but only between empty elevators | Sometimes, I'm paranoid, checking over my shoulder when I can't shake the feeling I'm being followed. This wasn't one of those times.
I knew for a fact that I was being followed. They were barely trying to hide it, the whole lot of them. Which, of course, made me wonder if they wanted me to know, or if it was just the... | It was always a gamble, where would I end up? A gang house maybe? I wished not to, the last time was quite intense.
Why I kept doing it? I never truly knew. The thrill perhaps? The curiosity? The idea that I've been *chosen* to teleport between empty elevators? Ridiculous, I know. But bemusing nevertheless.
Two days... | 2018-02-13T08:48:43 | 2018-02-13T08:21:03 | 57 | 16 |
[WP] “What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen out there?” The new-recruit ask, looking out into the vast spacial abyss. The question catches you off guard, as you look around at the mostly destroyed and failing ship, drifting endlessly through space. You take a long breath in, “...Humans.” | "Humans?" Thuel's eyes, all four of them, widened in disbelief. "That race of bipedal apes that we had found?"
I looked over at the young recruit. He was expecting it to be a joke. I saw it in the way his mouth was twitching. He expected me to suddenly clap him on the shoulder and say that I was joking.
I was most de... | “Humans?” Luther snapped his eyes to Rokan, a disbelieving look on his face.
Rokan let the corner of his lips lift, a small breath rushing out of his nose. “Humans. Once.” He looked at the newest member of his company, and let the amusement of his expression wash over him.
If they were lucky, they would be able... | 2019-12-09T07:33:55 | 2019-12-09T06:11:33 | 161 | 21 |
[WP] You have discovered that there is a saboteur in your ranks. You're not sure who it is... Maybe Alice, or Bob, or Treacheron The Betrayer, or possibly even Dave. But one thing is certain: you're going to get to the bottom of this. | I shuffled the meeting papers in front of me, sticking the rather disturbing report on top. Bob and Alice, who had presented the shocking details to me a scant few minutes ago, watched the others at the high table - even one another - with suspicion. It was sad to see a married couple look at one another that way. Espe... | *Seems we have a saboteur on board.*
Captain Boron clicked his mandibles together, leaning on a shattered console as he stared at the silent reactor behind him. He turned, facing the only other four crew members on board.
Boron stabbed a talon at them. “One of you is a saboteur.” He accused. One by one, his three eye... | 2020-01-25T13:53:41 | 2020-01-25T13:06:19 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] Jupiter has 64 moons and a serious werewolf problem.
Edit: damn there's some quality responses here. I wasn't expecting this prompt to be so popular. Good job u guys | The year is 2270. About 150 years ago the human race first started testing planet scale terraforming. Earth was running out of resources and we were long overdue for an upgrade. Why not go to the biggest planet that we know of?
I heard that back in the day, werewolves were a myth. People claimed to see them, but there... | The pilot - a twelve-limbed Jovian floatspider - tapped almost idly at the controls of the shuttle, firing the thrusters with mind-boggling precision. I glanced surreptitiously at the display on my own Earth-made manoeuvring tablet. The screen blinked red with warning text, screaming electronically that the shuttle was... | 2016-10-03T10:55:02 | 2016-10-03T09:05:02 | 198 | 66 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | There were many questions I had, but I wasn't entirely sure how to react. I *was* in my house, but *now* I'm in a budget Lord of the Rings.
That included the wizard who looked like he'd both just pissed himself and had won the lottery.
"Good... GOOD... Now, my slave... DESTROY MY ENEMIES! Turn their skulls into past... | When I vanished from the middle of class, I didn't know where I was going. All I experienced was darkness and a rush of cool wind before I was deposited in a place that looked like the middle of a forest.
As my eyes adjusted to the level of sunlight, I saw a few humanoid creatures staring at me. They nudged one anothe... | 2017-05-12T09:29:02 | 2017-05-12T08:32:17 | 65 | 10 |
[WP] You died today. Turns out you are the 100 Billionth person to do so. To commemorate the occasion, you are given the chance to undo a single decision. Any decision. | I looked at my wrists and their soft texture.
"Any? Even if it brings me back to life?" I asked. My mind was empty, I had never really thought of the things I regretter until only a moment ago, and now I had the chance to go back.
"Any decision." The woman in front of me said, giving a soft sad nod. Her grin gave me ... | “Any decision, ever?”
“Yep. Any decision at all, by anyone you want, at any point in time.”
I should not have this power. I’m not responsible enough for it.
There were a thousand mistakes I’ve made that I would have loved to be fixed, and millions of decisions other people made that should be fixed. And yet, my bra... | 2018-12-22T17:01:14 | 2018-12-22T16:06:20 | 81 | 38 |
[WP] Every year several hundred thousand people go missing worldwide, the crazies said it was aliens. When you were abducted, you found out they were right. Turns out humans make astonishingly good pets. Not because we're smart or strong or fast but because... we're adorable. | It reminded me of my leopard gecko.
Mine was bred in captivity, of course. He was a cute little thing, the length of my hand, yellow and black spotted, with the sweetest little smile. Leopard geckos are like that - they look like they're smiling. That was what caught my attention as a kid. I spent weeks pleading and h... | Keerret pet my hair with its long claw. It was careful not to rake my skin, but I couldn't help freezing up involuntarily. In two months, I'd still not grown accustommed to its random touches. At least I'd gotten used to staying the apartment by now.
"Are you ever going to stop doing that?" I sighed.
"You be much cu... | 2020-09-09T09:24:08 | 2020-09-09T08:35:37 | 379 | 167 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | "Have you ever considered, you know, doing something with your lives Seamus?" Death sat next to me in the pub, taking a swig of his pint.
"What do you mean!? I've finally perfected the brew, can't you taste how amazing this is? I have it on good authority that it's the best in the universe!"
"Seamus, you perfected th... | Back again, through the weird voids and other planes your soul shuffles through when you die. I never got used to it.
"So, how's things here in the... Nether?"
"Aether" he corrected.
"Right, Aether, Nether..." I said trailing off. Even though he didn't have eyes, I could feel them judging me. He stood there an uncomf... | 2016-09-23T09:14:52 | 2016-09-23T08:30:19 | 2,418 | 24 |
[WP] Your teleported to 44BCE Rome in your everyday street clothes. You're brought before Caesar and he believes you're from the future, hoping to bring him fortune. One day he questions you, asking "How do I die?"
Weewwww never knew my prompt would gain so much attention, thanks guys for all the interesting stories a... |
I was deer hunting in the Blue Mountains on the heels of a 12 point buck. I followed him through creeks, over rock scrambles, under watching trees for miles, until the sun began to sat. I knew I was lost after the first hour, but he called to me, urged me on, and I couldn't bring myself to turn back.
It was only wh... | The entry was off. I rubbed my sweaty palms against my jeans. Untucking my button up shirt, I brushed my brown hair off my brow.
“Over there!” A Roman guard ordered.
I knew he had heard the impact of my arrival. The explosion wasn’t supposed to be near the market. Everything was falling apart – the whole plan had bee... | 2018-02-15T20:37:40 | 2018-02-15T20:36:57 | 147 | 38 |
[WP] You are a renowned knight tasked with slaying a mighty dragon. On your quest, you find the beasts lair, and see it’s corpse. Relieved, and yet slightly disappointed, you prepare to take credit and report to the queen, but you notice something disturbing. The beast has been bitten in half. | "Your highness. I have returned."
"Ah yes, Sir Madhu. I trust your journey into the mountains was a success?"
His appearance begged to differ. The royal guard silently parting for a man who did not seem like the same knight who had left a fortnight ago. His armor was tattered, its sigils scarred and worn. Blood, or s... | Knights were all about honour. But mostly in front of other people.
I’ve slain dragons. There was no dignity in the slaying itself, just a lot of writhing of blades and bodies, screaming and roaring from parched throats, and more swearing than two ships of pirates.
The honour was in carrying back the head of the drag... | 2022-07-13T10:18:19 | 2022-07-13T10:06:55 | 58 | 33 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "You do not believe this is the last world conflict we'll see?"
I paused, realizing the blunder I had just made. However, it did not change anything; I could attribute my statement to many things without raising suspicion that I was not from this *time.*
"No, I do not think this is the last world war we will see," I... | Doctor who much? ;)
I guess I gotta contribute now...
"You're a soldier from world war one, a cap-"
He cut me off,
"World war one! You... You mean there's going to be another one?'
He looked at me with a worried expression, not blinking staring right at me.
"Yes..." There was nothing else I could say.
"I'm sorry. I'm s... | 2017-12-10T10:17:54 | 2017-12-10T10:14:54 | 218 | 13 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I didn't miss the overwhelming hum of the fluorescent lights in Dr. Marshall's office. It had been almost three years since the last time we had our last meeting.
It was odd to see her now, her hair was void of the grays that would eventually come into their roots. Her glasses sat on the table, she wouldn't need th... | I shouldn't, I couldn't, help but laugh at me
At least I would've, if I weren't so angsty
My wrinkled skin, now pale and acne'd
Strange hate for my reflection, hating back at me.
​
If I'd took to the window, and forgot the mirror
I'd have seen it was everyone, not just me that was thinner
In waist, wa... | 2020-11-02T11:00:41 | 2020-11-02T10:58:27 | 62 | 36 |
[WP] One day you wake up with 30 dollars and a note that says “For Rent”. The thing is you aren’t renting out the place. The next day you see a spider and right before you kill it you hear it say, “Please i paid my rent don’t kill me”. | I'm not a particularly picky person. If I find thirty dollars with a strange note, I'm up thirty bucks. Hell, if they're paying, that's way better than my dogs were doing.
After interrogating my brother about it, he seemed to assume I was fucking with him and that was that. I've got places to be. Mysteries tend to un... | [POEM]
It wasn't a wolf, not a bat or a badger.
Eight legs and furry, we began to chatter.
"I'm a spider you see, six eyes, I'm fanged.
I won't be a bother, my payment was arranged.
And if I can say, one simple thing I need,
listen, it's important, please don't kill me."
Bewildered and dumb struck, it was beyo... | 2021-02-18T20:02:32 | 2021-02-18T19:16:49 | 485 | 52 |
[WP] You arrive in the year 1000, and all you have are the clothes on your back, a laptop with the entire Wikipedia library, and a solar charger. | 1000 - An unshaven man in mysterious garb is found at a local inn, attempting to communicate with the occupants with the aid of a glowing shape-shifting mirror. Man is robbed at knifepoint within the night.
1002 - It is claimed that for a modest fee, a peddler near the local fish market can perform strange magic with... | I should have prepared more. I didn't though it will work on the first run. And the return mechanism is not ready yet - and never will be now. I do have most of the required knowledge and a good memory of my own plans but even with all that knowledge I'll never be able manufacture, or in that manner, create the machine... | 2016-12-27T13:43:34 | 2016-12-27T12:31:19 | 991 | 21 |
[WP] A mother notices her young son has been spending an excessive amount of time playing a game on his computer. She forces him to go outside and play for the day. She ends up playing the game out of curiosity but notices some disturbing messages in it that little children would not pick up on. | Jimmy slammed the front door behind him.
Sasha reached towards the computer. She looked over the whole screen, but there was no 'x' to close the game.
Along the top of the screen were portraits of little animals. Sasha leaned down. They looked like colorful little dogs, or maybe cats. Small, furry creatures. They loo... | Edith flicked the pen between her fingers and tapped the end against her forehead. Her eyes switched between three spots. A large internet browser on the bottom left of her skin showing the min-max statistics of a melee DPS mage, a piece of gridded paper on her desk working out the time-to-EXP calculations for each mob... | 2017-05-06T11:21:36 | 2017-05-06T10:07:34 | 269 | 21 |
[WP] Everyone is born with either a curse or power. You have one of the two, but you're not sure which. | The date was September 17th, after so many attempts at finding what her power was, Morgan decided she was fed up with the lost memories. With no indication of how her left hand was missing, or her pinky and ring finger on her right hand, and various scars across her chest, she decided she'd had enough.
She approached... | [POEM]
There once lived a man in Kazoo,
The strongest that anyone knew.
He once drove in a car,
Had twelve drinks at a bar,
So he carried it home from Peru.
The man in Kazoo lives alone,
Even though he is loved and well known.
On his first married night,
He pancaked his wife.
Is he bles... | 2019-07-28T04:57:17 | 2019-07-28T03:39:31 | 314 | 19 |
[WP] Write a story that makes absolutely no sense, until the last sentence. | "Honey, the ceiling's dripping," Catherine said, wire-cutters in hand. She looked at her cat, who merely stretched and sat back down on the wall again.
"I'm sorry," Katherine's husband said, "What do you mean? Is the paint still dry?"
"No, the actual ceiling," Kathy replied, "It's dripping chunks of what kind of look... | Death to the infidels. When one door closes, it remains closed. Ribbons, colours, balloons. And the crisis in Syria, that is incredibly tragic.
My hands are so smooth, why doesn't hair grow on palms? Oh God, its growing right now. Not the hair, my palms. They are getting bigger, ever so much. Please stop them.
They h... | 2015-06-12T23:08:17 | 2015-06-12T22:30:16 | 115 | 13 |
[WP] "Academy Magic" is generally regarded as safe magic. "Fell Magic" is dangerous and can almost only be used for evil. "Vile Magic," meanwhile, is 'safe' but is also the magical equivalent of "don't google that, if you don't already know then you really don't want to know, I promise" | They all knew she had arrived. They had heard the the thick oaken door creak open.
All in the grand guildhall of the mages were quiet, afraid that they might offend - for none dared defy the legendary "Vile mage" - hell, even calling her that would likely see oneself struck with a litany of curses and hellbrands upon ... | It was dark, yet so bright my eyes would water. I could barely hear anything but the sounds of my heartbeat, and the crackling of my bones as I breathed. The smell of rot and mould lingered in my nostrils.
I could see them swimming, reaching out to me, desperate and struggling to keep afloat. I didn't care, but then t... | 2022-05-25T13:51:52 | 2022-05-25T12:07:14 | 34 | 21 |
[WP] You push your way through the party and clink a champagne glass, “Ladies and gentlemen, we gather here at the end of the world. The last 24 hours of the apocalypse, after which the earth’s condition will trigger our safehouse, and prison, to self-destruct. I would like to make a toast.” | “Ladies and gentlemen, we gather here at the end of the world. The last 24 hours of the apocalypse, after which the earth’s condition will trigger our safehouse, and prison, to self-destruct. I would like to make a toast.” His smile reminded me a little of Leonardo DiCaprio in the Great Gatsby. There was something ea... | Rowan Frainworth checked his notes meticulously and let out a grunt. "I suppose it shall be permitted," he said. The dozens of guests in their tuxes and dresses nodded in silence. My request had been granted. The world was about to end, and none seemed eager to waste their sparse time arguing.
As I plugged in the meta... | 2021-12-23T17:00:16 | 2021-12-23T11:48:52 | 49 | 29 |
[WP] Every generation the five brightest are paired up with the five dumbest in the world for a mysterious test. You are one of the ten, but nobody knows from which group they came. | part 1 of (I don’t even know)
let me know if I should post the rest
"this is all they could come up with?"
Jennifer shrugged, not really having a worthwhile reply. We sat at our assigned table and looked around the large, mostly empty, conference hall surveying its eight other occupants. "I thought it would be eas... | I pace the waiting room. Up and down, up and down. Everyone is isolated from each other initially to prevent reading the others and finding out which group they came from. Well, most of the candidates knew which group they came from anyway. The room had a couch, a dresser, and a bit of refreshments on the small table i... | 2016-03-03T06:19:08 | 2016-03-03T05:47:53 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] For once there were no monologues, no quick quips or dramatic flashy movements, barely a moment of acknowledgement before every dirty trick was pulled and all honour forgotten. For the first time in years, maybe ever, the hero and villain truly fought | Watchers are witnesses; and with neither to hold court to their clash, there was no further need for theatrics.
It's in the way they tear across the sand to meet the other, knives as sharp as the curses that spit from furious mouths. Golden armour dents as black leathers tear. The sun is setting and it draws long shad... | It was complicated.
Both sides had a job.
Both sides had a motive.
But in that moment, there were no words, no monologues of justified evil plans, no gallant speeches of honour and justice. Just the will to fight
It was complicated. It was terrifying and yet gorgeous, thrilling but still beautiful and peaceful.
I... | 2021-11-27T06:51:20 | 2021-11-27T04:44:34 | 143 | 25 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | The city hums with life. The people oozing by like a faceless blob.
On good days I dive into the grime, and pull out society's cancerous refuse. Other days I acknowledge we've lost a member of blue. He crossed the line, and went dirty. There's no coming back once you're a crooked cop.
.55. My birthday was only a few ... | The felt table reached as far as he could see in front, and stretched farther than he could see to his sides. Beside him on either side sat another being, and beside them more. Their eyes peeking down at the two cards tucked under their hands.
His turn was coming up, he knew this even though he did not understand. Fro... | 2016-03-07T19:21:03 | 2016-03-07T17:54:48 | 128 | 17 |
[WP] You're walking down the street, when suddenly someone yells "That's it! I can't do this any longer" and takes off his wig. Everyone stops, and one by one everyone does the same. Turns out, everyone is bald. Except you. | Christopher Walkins was shocked but secretly relieved when he saw the mass unveiling of bald heads in the small town of Perkins, Indiana. He'd been spending exhorbitant amounts of money on products that kept what little hair he had intact. After the scientists came in to examine what was going on, they realized that t... | I smiled. Every breed of monster has at least one weakness. For these Calvo-Killers, it was impatience. I waited, one hand on my sanctified six-gun, the other on my rune-edged Bowie knife. Sure enough, off came the gloves, and there were the claws.
My smile broadened. All these hours walking down the streets of their ... | 2019-05-28T09:58:35 | 2019-05-28T08:39:36 | 47 | 14 |
[WP] Instead of Oceans, they are all big forests, that gets taller and darker instead of deeper, with more dangerous animals living further out in the forest. A person decides to cross the Mariana Trench | A lot of people think the deeper you go into the Pacific Forest, the quieter it gets, until in the darkest, deepest reaches it is utterly silent.
It's actually the other way around. In the depths of the Pacific, you can hardly hear yourself think, over the rumbles and rustling and crashing of the wildlife moving aroun... | Towering oaks gently swayed in the wind with orange trees acting the boundary of the Forests. The supple earth molded around its border, the showcase of the feet that have treaded on the edge. Every once in a while, a brave crew would set out into the forest, exploration at its deepest motivation, but not without greed... | 2015-02-01T08:13:57 | 2015-02-01T07:19:38 | 120 | 27 |
[WP] You have an ability to hear a ‘Ding’ sound to know if someone’s speaking the truth. One day, your childhood friend of 17 years says “I swear, I’ll kill you one day.” You both laugh but then you heard a ‘Ding’. Scared, you asked if it’s true. “No” they replied. Silence. | I owed my life to him. A foster child, and a gay foster child at that, had very little safe places. I met him when we were 8 or so, and were inseparable from then on. His family became mine, and we were ready to take on the world. It was almost time for university applications, and my friend was gunning for medschool.
... | / i haven’t written in first person in a while, but i hope this is sufficiently entertaining. hope you guys enjoy it even though i’m writing this so late at night, lol
(please excuse any typos, i’ll edit them in the morning)
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Eli Sanchez has always been different.
Perhaps that was why I felt inexplicably drawn to ... | 2019-05-27T06:20:17 | 2019-05-27T06:05:27 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] Humans are actually the most friendly and curious beings in the galaxy, in comparison to all others.
Inspired from http://imgur.com/gallery/S82QF
(Sorry if this has been brought up before, its my 1st WP after months of lurking ) | It would seem 2342 would be as good as any year to summarize and chronologize humanity's interactions with extraterrestrial life. Perhaps it's only because I dove into an archive of classic films ripe with grey-skinned elongated humanoids muddling about, spooking people for no good reason. Then we actually met them and... | June 3, 3012
As my first year in space comes to a close, I feel myself compelled to write, more thoroughly, of some of the events that have come to pass. My journal entries until this point have been spotty at best, and I am ashamed. I realize now that it is my responsibility to carry the message and intent of the hum... | 2017-01-13T19:12:02 | 2017-01-13T19:05:15 | 51 | 11 |
[WP] Orc protecting village pretends like he's just helping because he's bloodthirsty, but in reality he likes the people there. | Great, more bandits. This makes the third time this month if my memory serves. It doesn't matter though, they won't step foot inside Lodinsville.
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Hefting my warhammer over my shoulder, I took the trademark, lumbering steps of an Orc forward. From what I could see, there were eight of them. Six human men,... | Very short entry, will come back later for more.
GGorg’s mighty club smashed trees to splinters as he swung frenzyingly at the ghoul. This ghoul was particularly nimble, and extremely hard to hit.
“YOU..WILL..NOT..HURT..ANYONE!!!” GGorg bellowed in between swings.
“Oh, yes I will,” the ghoul whispered sweetly while ... | 2019-01-10T16:46:48 | 2019-01-10T15:55:59 | 20 | 10 |
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