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[WP] The phrase "Those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it" is true. Everyone who fails history class is sent back to a random era in history as punishment. You are one of them. | ----
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*Those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it.*
I brought my hands to my face as the words echoed and reverberated in my head. When I brought my hands away, I found dirt, grime, and blood.
If only I had known.
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I held my breath and waited.
Just a moment longer.
The bell rang.
I blew, ... | Okie dokie gang lets do a last minute roll call before we head off.
Miss Kapowski?
Here
Mr Morris
.........
Mr Morris
........
ZACH!!
Hmm oh Present
Mr Powers?
Right here sir
Mr Slater
Yo!
Miss Turtle
Here, I must say these sandals are devine
Well alright then that is everyone Mr Wainwright
Thank you ... | 2018-06-14T20:31:49 | 2018-06-14T20:20:47 | 64 | 33 |
[WP] Sat around the peace gathering with the kings of the Neighboring cities, you are offered a drink. Upon taking a sip, you taste a familiar poison that you have become immune to over the years. Chaos ensues. | | The moment the wine touched my tongue, I knew it was the poison. The taste was indistinguishable from the regular wine for the untrained. But for me, the taste was all too familiar. There was no mistaking it. It had to be it.
There were 4 of us on the table. The Kings of the 4 directions. Toasting with joy. Happy fina... | "I lay on the floor, trying not to breath, fighting the urge to flee as they made their way among the limp bodies that littered the chamber floor. There were at least ten yards between myself and the exit. My men, if they were still alive, would be in the courtyard. I did not count on their chances however. Whatever in... | 2016-11-03T09:30:23 | 2016-11-03T06:20:28 | 34 | 20 |
[WP] Your partner rolls over in your bed, looking at you with the most tired eyes you’ve ever seen. “I’m in a time loop.” | "What," I said hoarsely, "what do you mean you're in a time loop?"
She looked at me with an expression somewhere between frustration and resignation.
"I mean, I'm in a time loop. I am stuck in a loop of time that just repeats over and over again. It's been 4 days."
In my defense, I had just woken up, but the look ... | "ah! well, i'm not. so if you'd like some help getting unstuck, i'm here for you."
"it's been a few weeks already. and we've had this conversation at least ten times."
"do you think it will last forever? you look really tired, as though it's somehow wearing you down -- but shouldnt you start fresh each loop?"
"i thi... | 2022-05-29T00:48:59 | 2022-05-28T19:56:36 | 62 | 33 |
[WP] “He’s dead....finally that son of a bitch got what he deserved” Charlie said as he reads the headline of the news paper. “Candy Extraordinaire Wonka has passed away”. Now, Charlie sits, and remembers the true events of the day he and the other children visited Wonka’s Factory. | Charles Bucket placed the paper down to his side, and folded his hands in his lap quietly, deep in thought. He closed his eyes, and visions of madness swam across the back of his eyelids. Nightmares that hadn't reared their snarling terrible heads for decades now. Nightmares he thought he had left behind.
Charles stee... | The river ran red, not chocolate. The blood of ten thousand Oompa-loompas. He believed it made his chocolate richer. More vibrant and exciting. "There's no blood as perfect for chocolate as that of Oompa-loompas, Charlie," he said grinning his perfect smile. "And their blood is only good when they're in *jussst* the ri... | 2019-03-21T09:55:01 | 2019-03-21T08:11:30 | 2,685 | 281 |
[WP] On a world where one side permanently faces the sun humanity has made their home in the light, the dark side inundated with vampires and other monsters unable to venture further. In this world there is one rare event that humans fear and evil relishes - The Total Eclipse. | I pull the curtain aside, careful not to allow the glimmer of my candlelight through the window. My eyes were not met with darkness, but with dancing flickering flames that climbed up into the sky like snakes. I could not live through another Harvest, I was already weak, tortured and scarred from the last. Why here? I ... | **No.**
But why? My screenplay is a sure-fire hit! Total eclipse! Vampires eating humans! You're a Hollywood hotshot, you should know this is like printing money!
**Vampires? Is this 2009?**
Yes.
**No!**
Oh, right! That coma I was in for several years. (laughs softly, sadly shakes his head) Well, I'll be seeing y... | 2017-04-16T23:25:12 | 2017-04-16T21:41:30 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] “Congratulations on defeating The Dark Lord…” Your mentor and all of your allies suddenly turn their weapons on you, “…but you were meant to be a martyr. Forgive us.” | "I truly wish there was another way, Jory. After all we've been through this is going to be harder on me than on you. I'll have to live with the consequences." My mentor, Polkar said with a voice that could be considered genuinely sad.
"Borter? You too?" I asked and looked at my best friend.
Borter was looking straig... | (my first try at one of these)
"Congratulations on defeating The Dark Lord..." Old Avari said, the wizened old wizard who trained me to use my warlock powers, Said clutching her staff in both hands. While behind me, I could *sense* our other allies preparing themselves for what they felt they had to do.
"...but you we... | 2021-09-12T12:52:44 | 2021-09-12T11:50:17 | 44 | 17 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | Sweat decorated my face, my hands twitched, my personal signs of panic. I gripped my phone on one hand and on the other my bed sheets. A deafening silence filled my bed room.
"What the fuck?" I murmured to myself. I rose up to a sitting position, used the now dirty bed sheet to clean my face. "Sarah?" I called out to... | I refused. It was hard, but I refused. Hundreds of notifications pouring in, telling me to look at the moon but I didn’t.
Something seemed weirdly off by the idea of hundreds telling me to look at a rock in the sky and I’ve never gotten this many notifications before so I simply refused to do what they said. Plus I’d ... | 2022-09-27T16:50:27 | 2018-04-06T22:11:18 | 33 | 12 |
[WP]: it's the year 2057. Queen Elizabeth still reigns. People are getting suspicious. | It's been 15 generations since the legend was passed down to me. That our God mother was truly a vampire. I didn't believe it at first after my mother told me the story. My dad verified it too. He said that his father and his father's father confirmed the same thing. She just never aged past a certain point.
I had my ... | "It's the royal blood, sir!" The Admiral yelled viciously.
"Just shoot her in her abdomen, Johnny boy," the Admiral replied, with a coy smile.
Johnny boy powered up his laser, and shot two blasts into the queens engorged abdominal sack. She moaned, but continued to crawl along the ground, desperate to reach the thron... | 2015-01-20T05:08:27 | 2015-01-20T02:14:58 | 133 | 22 |
[WP] When summoning a demon, something very unexpected happens. The demon bellows through the fire and smoke, “Who dares to call upon me, Mortal- wait.. dude, is that really you?” The demonic voice immediately switches to the familiar voice of your high school best-friend, who died years ago. | “Evan? Is that you?” The voice asked through the flowing smoke and flickering red light. A faint smell of sulfur tinged the air. The smoke seems to pulsate with every word.
“Yeah, Steve. I thought you were dead,” Evan said, trying not to let his voice tremble.
“I was. I got better. Seriously, though, why did you su... | YOO WADDUP FU! wtf?? U IN HELL ? LOL WTF U DUMBASS
Yeah man, i got caught doing some pretty shitty stuff up on Earth so after that thing in highschool (awkward moment) i kinda had to come here u know. Satan told me that if i did this demon thing for him he'd give me extra sac lunch at chow time. I wasnt really a ric... | 2020-06-18T05:04:56 | 2020-06-17T22:56:26 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] On a dare, you've prank called the local police, telling them there's a demon outside. Their answer: "We know. Stay inside. There's help on the way." | I thought it was a joke...
"Heh... Wait... what? What do you mean "We know."?"
"We know there is a demon outside, you live in 666 cross cutting RD right?"
"Yes... " By this point I was certain I was dreaming so I looked around my room and it all seemed normal. I tried to turn my television into a dog and nothing hap... | Sam Winchester hung up on the phone. “Yup, he’s there again. Still, why is this demon just creeping people out? Does he do it for the laughs?”
“I don’t know,” said Dean. “I mean, this is the 4th call we had like this, and 2 of the times it was fake. I mean, we know this a real one from the body and the sulfur, but a p... | 2019-04-19T17:57:36 | 2019-04-19T17:00:35 | 37 | 19 |
[WP] In this postapocaliptic world, you find an old computer and try to play WoW. Surprisingly, there's people still playing. Oh man, there's a lot of people still playing. | We never recovered our technology. The tools necessary to keep the internet, TV and other long-distance electromagnetic waves were broken beyond repair after the Blackout. Their corpses in forms of satellites floating above our heads, filling the air with impenetrable static.
At the start, nothing much changed. Beside... | I was a fan of Blizzard games, especially World of Warcraft. I remember my main, a Blood Elf Frost Death Knight. I remember riding on my Big Battle Bear through the cold snowy landscape of Northrend, the broken world of Azeroth when the cataclysm erupted, exploring the forgotten island of Pandaria, venturing back in ti... | 2019-10-14T09:15:03 | 2019-10-14T08:59:55 | 276 | 21 |
[WP] You join the military, you are placed in the gardeners program. You garden in exotic places where the military has done operations, each time they give special glasses and forbid spraying others. One day your glasses fall off and you see you are actually burning corpses with a flamethrower. | >Unit 137
>PO box REDACTED
> REDACTED
> Syria
> June 20, 2017
Mrs. Vivien Ciel
1 Driveling Lane
Grandbury, Texas, 67304
It is our eternal regret to inform you of the departure of your beloved child, ROBERT CIEL, SPECIALIST (SP4). All of us here in SYRIA join together in offering our deepest ... | As quick as my glasses fell off I threw them back on in hopes no one had seen. I remember just 3 months ago Jared had told me his fell off during his shift. He was never the same after that day. He never did say why. He just looked sick to his stomach everyday until they took him away. They told us he'd been exposed to... | 2017-06-20T01:06:40 | 2017-06-19T20:39:26 | 395 | 157 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I’d been in line for hours. The regime had brutally destroyed the backbone of the resistance last week, and had set up these kangaroo courts to “process” the remaining prisoners.
It was all crap, anyway. They’d stolen the present and the future, and now they were all set to wipe out every remaining threat to their et... | "John Smithson," said the executioner, calling out the name of the identity that I had been using when I committed my crimes. "How would you like to die?"
"I wouldn't," I reply immediately, trying to buy myself another few moments to think.
"That is not an acceptable answer," says the executioner. "If you do not prov... | 2021-06-24T10:14:19 | 2021-06-24T10:00:08 | 5,663 | 1,590 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished," he says. "You are the punishment." | At the age of five, I watched my mother have a fatal stroke.
At the age of twelve, I called for ambulances and police on a regular basis as gang wars destroyed my neighborhood- and all I could do was call 911, and watch.
At the age of fourteen, I witnessed my father have a heart attack that eventually took his life, ... | “Welcome to hell,” the demon said.
“Why?” she asked. Hands-on her hips she looked around in an annoyed manner.
The demon hesitated.
“What do you mean why?” he asked.
“Let me speak to your manager,” she said.
Ignoring her request “everyone comes to hell for punishment, in this excep- are you snapping your fingers ... | 2020-07-10T09:28:26 | 2020-07-10T08:54:13 | 154 | 54 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | "Is he still alive!?"
"I... I think so..." Replied the older archeologist.
The younger woman took a cautious step forward, shining her flashlight into the comatose figure's face.
"Mary, be careful," warned her companion, "It must have been in here for thousands of years... If it's still alive-"
Mary cut him off; "I... | They sent me in. I did not want to go, but I had no choice. The government made use of people like me. Those who stood against the system.
I don't know how long the system has been in place, though some certainly do. Those who rule us lived when it started. A horrible system where people could take remaining life f... | 2020-05-16T05:35:38 | 2020-05-16T05:32:25 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] Humans are the deadliest, and rarest, species in the known universe. Often, search parties go missing due to a singular encounter with a human ship. It has recently come to light that there is an entire planet full of them. | We do not fear many things; the hive has conquered many and learned much. When we rebelled against the Midnight Host centuries ago, we grew stronger with every battle; every enemy conquered added their strengths to us. We broke the Gilded Claws, despite their stubborn defiance. We found the Hidden Eyes, their vigilance... | "Breaking News!"
The voice boomed out on every screen in the mall, in the Gargans' native tongue. Everyone turned and watched: a mother, holding her tiny, wriggling, pink baby. A few smaller Gargans, who were arguing over a ball. A storekeeper, sweeping the entrance to his shop.
"More humans -- the most dangerous bei... | 2017-11-08T17:54:29 | 2017-11-08T17:06:20 | 604 | 204 |
[WP] You have a power. Everyone thinks this power is completely lame. They are wrong. | On a patch of dirt it squirmed, mindless and insignificant. A small pink earthworm.
"Watch," I told them. "It'll do it, just wait."
I slowly raised my hand palm-up in front of me. My small audience passed all kinds of looks, mainly the sort that say, "this man is not sane." Yet they remain observing patiently.
A few... | "Jay! You put the Crunch berries back without closing the bag and now they're stale!" She threw the box at her brother's face.
Jeremy caught the box with a solemn face, "Hey sis... I think I have a super power..."
She hops down and sits like a pretzel, "Ooo really? Tell me!"
"Honestly, you really are bipolar, maybe ... | 2016-05-28T08:19:18 | 2016-05-28T06:57:27 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | Lexicanum Galacticum
Chapter 67
"Humans"
The human species are famous for their insanity and general lack of responsibility,but still they became one of the dominant species in the galaxy after their victory in the War in Heaven.
The human species are divided into 3 grand factions:
1.The Commonwealth
2.The United C... | One by one the stars went out. Earth's scientists looked on in horror and confusion as they vanished. They hadn't burnt out, nor had they gone supernova, they just were no longer there.
It was quick, especially by astronomical speeds. After just a year, the entire southern hemisphere was without starlight and just one... | 2017-03-06T02:11:41 | 2017-03-06T00:52:02 | 99 | 62 |
[WP] With total war as a foreign concept to the rest of our galaxy. Everyone saw humans as the negotiators and the peace makers, soft and weak, today is the day the galaxy finds out why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | When the empires of Europe marched to battle in 1914 CE, they expected to be home by Christmas. War was an unpleasant business, but a glorious adventure as well. A gentlemen’s sport, a game of chess between the great powers of the day and age.
Such is the view that the rest of the galaxy has regarding the nature of w... | “Have you ever seen a planet die, senator?”
The aged human is hunched over a podium, his eyes narrowed and knuckles white against its ornate frame.
“I have,” he says, shifting his weight back, “and I believe it was the right thing to do. That is what you invite if you truly wish to go to war with us. If this is the ... | 2018-12-15T00:01:31 | 2018-12-14T23:02:53 | 437 | 121 |
[WP] "The Young Anakin, Trained, he will be." Yoda said. Obi-Wan exclaims, "The council is in agreement then? I will train the Boy?" Yoda looks at Obi-Wan, "Mace Windu, his master will be." | Obi-Wan blinked. Then he blinked again.
"Excuse me? Did I hear you correctly master Yoda."
"Hear me well, you did, Mace Windu, the master must be."
"Why?" Asked the confused Jedi Knight.
"Vaapad." Mace Windu answered.
"Indeed, the boy is old enough now that the dark side will have a far greater pull on him than a... | *Discovering Anakin on Tatooine...*
Mace: "You think a pod racer moves fast? You should see the Force. It moves like it has a mind. Like it knows it killed the world once and got a taste for murder. The Force is lethal, Anakin, but it doesn't hold a candle to me."
*At the Jedi Council...*
Yoda: "Mace Windu, his mast... | 2017-05-24T05:19:39 | 2017-05-24T05:16:52 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] You won the hide-and-seek world championship, but the authorities found you were using performance enhancing drugs. Because that was recently deemed illegal, they’re trying to arrest you - but they can’t find you. | My name is Waldo, and I'm the reigning world hide-and-seek champion.
And this is the story of how I was found.
Like all competitive sports, it is utterly and entirely illegal to use performance-enhancing drugs on yourself. I get that. I'm a law-abiding guy. So for the first annual hide-and-seek world championships, I... | “You heard the boss Jack, the irregularities in his blood test were clear,” Howard asserted. “We have orders to arrest Ryan on site, so we need to get through this door.” The two stood outside a manky old cottage just outside of town where Ryan Harbringer was rumored to live. Ryan, the eighteen year old, once up-and-co... | 2020-04-03T16:39:45 | 2020-04-03T15:43:48 | 96 | 12 |
[WP] You are a superhero who's ability subconciously freezes time whenever someone nearby is in mortal danger. Usually its obvious who's in trouble and you can save them quickly, but not this time - it's been 10 years.
Edit: guys the responses have been amazing, some funny stories and some deeper, darker ones too! Kee... | The strangest thing was how it was always daylight with in the bubble but time kept moving on outside the opaque impenetrable barrier. I'd never had the opportunity to really observe that before. Some of the science didn't make sense, but I'd never really understood how my own powers worked anyway. As long as I could k... | I wonder if is this is what ghosts feel like.
The steps of my route are second nature to me, memorized somewhere deep in my muscles, my brain, my damned...self. Damned. A lost soul existing in the space between the living and the dead. All of those years thinking that I was a hero, that I was some kind of guardian an... | 2017-09-07T03:31:19 | 2017-09-06T22:04:39 | 38 | 21 |
[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... | The people were screaming as the ran past the man, the only one that seemed to wade through the crowd toward the Chaos. It had been that way for years... decades, and god was he tired. Tired of it all, the same ole routine with the same ole villains. But he knew he had a duty to the city, and within that duty a certain... | As Anton's whip tightened around Tony's neck, all the while sending huge volts of electricity through Tony's armor, he saw a familiar figure walk towards him.
"Ms. Carter, please step away!!!".
Peggy stopped for a second, and then continued walking towards Anton.
"Stop! You know his father stole my dad's inventio... | 2017-04-13T05:32:48 | 2017-04-13T05:10:16 | 74 | 10 |
[WP] Earth was doomed. The rich and the powerful escaped into space, and eventually found a planet to repopulate. However when it was time to start rebuilding, they realized being 'leaders in their market' now counted for nothing. | **EntrepreNewReal**
*“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” -Arthur C. Clarke*
*“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves, and the rest of humanity.” -Captain Jean-Luc Picard*
Perpetual darkness faded in reve... | You quickly realized that you only got where you where by luck. Sure you'd had access to the cutting edge of the field and even benefited form it in some small way. But 2 months living in the craters really brought out the inadequacy of it all.
Sharon was a business leader back on the husk we left behind but died of ... | 2022-01-06T20:29:50 | 2022-01-06T18:48:29 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] Google begins matching people romantically based on their browser histories.
Based off of [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/4p6cc1/if_google_matched_people_up_by_their_browsing/) by /u/hobbitfeets over on /r/ShowerThoughts. | **Google Love 8/15/16
Welcome**
Welcome to Google Love, Olive!
Google Love is committed to finding you the perfect match based on your mutual interests. At Google Love, we already know you. There’s no profile to fill out or questions to answer.
All you have to do is be yourself while we do the hard work of importi... | He stared at the photo of the girl on his computer screen. Mid-length blonde hair, bangs that just covered her eyebrows, her bright green eyes standing out against her pale face. It was clearly taken with a laptop camera, and she was slightly hunched forward with her black cat looking ominously right at him. He frowned... | 2016-06-21T20:05:45 | 2016-06-21T19:44:27 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] You win a bet with the Devil by asking him a question that no one has ever thought of before. | "Wow, you’re not..."
"...how you imagined me. I know. Can we cut this short? There were 6392 deaths in the hour before you died and I’ll have to visit all of them."
"Ehm. Yeah, sure. It’s just a little sudden."
"I know. You die and you find out there actually is a life after death and a devil and you would have... | "Iblis, Satan, Mephistopholies. I go by many names. But you can call me Mephisto for short."
I should have noticed his suave, calm tone. I should have noticed that he had taken on the form of a humanoid shadow with eyes--something my mortal mind could have easily comprehended.
I was too busy banging on the door, scr... | 2014-06-20T10:06:03 | 2014-06-20T07:54:58 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] It’s been 2 years since the zombie apocalypse has started, and you haven’t seen anyone alive in a terribly long time. The only reason for your survival is that the zombies don’t care for you at all - in fact they all seem to be avoiding you. All except for one. | The small spade made a satisfying thud as it dug into the soil beneath it. The earth was moist and prime for planting, giving off a pleasantly earthy smell. Richard wiped the sweat and grime off his brow with his flannel sleeve and reached into the small seed pouch on his belt. His gloved fingers fumbled for a second, ... | I’m tired, tired of the endless foraging, the endless killing, surviving for nothing, for no-one.
Is it 4am? 2? The days have started to blend since Jan died.. since I killed her. She turned I was so afraid! I thought to myself as if someone had accused me. But I know better, the rich had vacated somewhere leaving the... | 2019-05-26T11:36:30 | 2019-05-26T08:13:09 | 82 | 26 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | Most five year olds had budding x-ray vision, telepathy or super strength.
She did not.
Superpowers differed in their ability and strength, which was why she had an older sister who could outrun a cheetah and a friend next door who could light his own birthday candles.
And still her powers did not reveal themsel... | I couldn't believe it. I had so much hope for the big day at the Academy - all my friends were talking about it during the morning of Announcement Day. It was chaos, and everyone was laughing and talking over each other. I remember Peter, who was 6'0 at the age of 14, was bragging about how he'd end up with super stren... | 2015-04-12T22:10:23 | 2015-04-12T21:14:34 | 25 | 16 |
[WP] You are a teenager in an extremely remote jungle tribe. Westerners visit your home for the first time and are eager to participate in your culture. You and your friend devise increasingly absurd "traditions" in order to test the limits of the visitors' open-mindedness.
"Traditions" could be ridiculous or demeanin... | "He did the leeches?"
"Yes. No question, he just stuck his hand."
"And the Monkey sniffing?"
"He said he'd been greeting monkeys like that for *years*."
"Did you try the mangoes, too?"
"He put them on his nipples before we even asked him. He said he was familiar with this 'jungle ritual.' He's... ah... he found on... | It was at that odd moment during the welcoming ceremony that each member of the expedition realized they had been involved in what was possibly the most ludicrous spectacle ever witnessed by outsiders when their stoicism broke into a gale of laughter. Everyone in the circle had followed the ceremony's instructions by w... | 2016-02-06T09:40:19 | 2016-02-06T08:26:12 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] “We are meeting an advanced, benevolent alien race today. Do not mention anything that’ll make us look bad: war, slavery, genocide (especially the genocide), and for the love of everything don’t give them access to our Internet. Now look alive, the human ambassador is coming.” | The airlock hissed as the human ambassador walked on the metal flooring.
The ambassador’s breathing could be heard clearly in the still air of the station, a calm moment passed the two species stared at each other.
Eventually the ambassador broke the silence, “It’s good to meet you”
“Likewise,” Rist stiffened, coul... | Two hypocrites spar. Dressed in white colours of innocence and purity with clothes worth various years salaries. They sake hands, an action fumbled intentionally to present an air of innocence. They sit down and start talks. They offer safe chips, stuff they know they wouldn't be able to keep after ten years of trade. ... | 2022-06-29T14:52:49 | 2022-06-29T13:02:34 | 109 | 30 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | **Audio log backup successful**,
**Last sent message**,
**Priority High**,
"This is Chief Petty Officer *untranslatable-most likely personal name/identification* speaking, to all crew members left alive, we need to scuttle the ship, can't afford to let this technology fall into their hands. There's no telling what they... | "Humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
The gnarled general gave him a look halfway between amusement and disbelief.
His ears twitched before settling back into their wavy slow pattern.
"You know thi... | 2017-08-08T08:04:17 | 2017-08-08T07:55:11 | 32 | 12 |
[WP] The clock strikes midnight in New Zealand, and all communication with people in that time zone stops. Each preceding time zone does the same. You are on the west coast at 11:55 fearing the worst.
Edit: Front Page of Writing Prompts, Whooot | A low rumble was heard in the distance as everyone sat silently in the mountain-side bunker. I looked around the dimly lit room and saw some cowering in fear and others embracing their loved ones. This all happened abruptly when the sirens started blaring 2 hours ago, and a state of emergency was declared from the Whit... | Part 1
The Earth wobbles minuscule amounts on its axis, scientific equipment measures the movements for better understanding of the magnetic poles and by proxy - gravity. Often times the measurements give a glimpse at nothing more than a few squiggly lines. On a bad day they'll be a jagged mark and somewhere two landm... | 2016-12-31T21:51:55 | 2016-12-31T21:41:35 | 73 | 34 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | "... at number two, it has been confirmed that former President Barack Obama has the #2 Dad Mug and it is no surprise there given how he set himself as an exemplary dad during his stay at the White House."
"Right you are Stacy. Despite juggling between being a dad and the president of this great country, I'm quite sur... | Sitting at the kitchen table Jacob stared out of the window and sipped a coffee from his "1# Dad" mug.
Suddenly there was a fizzing and spluttering sound and the #1 Dad appeared to melt from his mug revealing a #2,045,834 Dad behind.
He stared for a moment then said.
"Well shit... That's not bad at all." Then he gra... | 2022-05-16T13:47:51 | 2017-06-11T09:19:40 | 70 | 17 |
[WP] Despite having pink hair, a tragic backstory, and untold magic power, the narrator refuses to make you the main character | The story of Josh
A mighty fine lad
He lives in Kentucky
With his friend Chad
 
And every day
On his way to work
He walks past this loser
God, what a jerk
 
Some kid with pink hair
An orphan at birth
Some say he’s magic
No way on earth
 
He’s just a nobody
Don’t focus on him
... | Today on Jeff's fantastical story we watch Jeff heroically run from the bully while his pink haired side-kick stayed behind and froze or electrocuted him or something lame like that.
It seems that his friend has finally caught up with to whine about the bullies taunting him about his parents being dead.
Even as flust... | 2017-12-18T20:19:09 | 2017-12-18T17:21:40 | 415 | 16 |
[WP] Seeing success with the purchase of Marvel and now Fox, The Walt Disney Company announces it's next major acquisition: The Catholic Church. | **Private Journal of Pope Francis**
**Entry 1**
The Church is dying. The old generation refuses to see it, and the new generation has known nothing but decline. The select few - the old but not prideful see the slow death of it - the choking out of the truth.
The Church is not dying naturally, oh no. Given free rei... | The announcement of the purchase went live on every screen across the world. How much did it cost to buy people's beliefs?
Pope Francis's speech didn't last long: "We aren't selling the Catholic Religion," he said," we are selling the rights to use its image at their will. The negotiation was pleasant and we agreed on... | 2017-11-12T06:35:18 | 2017-11-12T05:10:08 | 1,182 | 541 |
[WP] Cthulhu, as an elderich being, sees humans as humans see insects; which is to say, harmless but inexplicably terrifying.
Edit: Holy shit top prompt! Look at me now mom! | One of the most interesting things, is the ability of the great old ones to know, instinctively, the ways of their spheres of control.
Cthulhu felt, in his dreams, the twisted cords and grand plans and visions of the lower beings; schemes, greatest hopes, and darkest horrors. And, every once in a while -- for reasons ... | "AZATHOTH," squealed Cthulhu, its voice a cacophony of unimaginable horror, "GET IN HERE NOW!"
Blind gibbering dweller in space, Azathoth pretended he didn't hear Cthulhu and flicked on the telly. The pipers were on again. He loved the pipers.
Suddenly appearing from a strange fold in space, Cthulhu appeared, bathrob... | 2016-09-09T19:08:29 | 2016-09-09T18:03:32 | 53 | 21 |
[WP] Every year, the richest person in America is declared the "Winner of Capitalism." They get a badge. Then all of their wealth is donated to charity and they have to start over at $0.
(Cross-post from /r/CrazyIdeas) | The league table shone brightly above the podium. Fifty names jumping up and down the board in varying shades of yellow and gold, the brightest fifteen right at the top.
There were no numbers to indicate the exact wealth of any participant, that would spoil the fun.
The host, Patrick Harvey, stood underneath with his... | We got to watch The Truman Show once when I was 11, so since then I’ve always counted my steps to the gate, because I was always hopeful that I was in the same situation, and perhaps the walls would be extended one day by like, I don’t know, maybe an inch? Then I’d know it’s not real. So far, it only happened once when... | 2018-01-11T02:00:01 | 2018-01-10T21:59:40 | 84 | 39 |
[WP] A retired Super has taken a job as a live action news reporter. It is now clear that the network is only sending the new reporter to fights where the young hero is bound to lose. | A school bus flew over Jason and landed fifty meters away from him, crashing on Crimson Sting and filling the street with debris. The ground trembled after the impact, making Jason's cameraman lose his balance. It didn't affect Jason. He just shrugged and aided his cameraman before he fell over. Jason might not be as y... | "Hi, this is Totlee Ahumen speaking. I'm here, in Portiol Docks where the-"
I saw a black sword that was coming my way. I, with inhuman reflexes, dodged it, turned back to my normal position.
"Anyway... As you can see, a deadly warlock named Tphical Villein is fighting againist a new hero named Gingy. Oh no... I'm...... | 2017-07-26T12:43:36 | 2017-07-26T12:24:58 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] You are immortal. Every time you die, you come back to life safe and unharmed. However, despite what people might expect, you're not some thrill seeking risk taker, or crime-fighting vigilante or even a notorious criminal. You live a buttoned-down, cautious life - because dying really hurts. | You never learn to *truly* fear death until it is too late.
In my youth, like any other young man, I thought myself virtually immortal, fueled by the cockiness and naivety of youth, I had an unfounded belief in my own immortality. The only difference between me and all the other men my age was that I was unknowingly r... | "DAMNIT!" The cry echoes through the empty house. Following it are grunts of effort and muttered swears that fell out of favor decades ago, maybe more, in favor of much harsher and yet somehow less impactful metaphors. John's hands slip in the cool but not yet coagulated blood as he pushed himself up and rolled into a ... | 2021-06-16T09:40:08 | 2021-06-16T09:17:59 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] "Whatever you do, don't look up"
I figured a lot of scenarios can be covered by a quote like that. The more realism the better, but I love to see what kinds of outlandish stuff you guys think up.
Edit: Wow, this has gotten popular. It's very gratifying to see how many people were drawn to this prompt, I'm lookin... | Whatever you do, don't look up. If you're ever outside the base, no matter what, do not look up.
Those are the first words the commanding officers said when we arrived here at the outpost six months ago. In six months, I haven't even seen the outside world. All the walls are solid. The only things that go in and out o... | "Whatever you do, don't look up." These were the words streaming through the air, cell phones, television screens, radios -- hysteria is all the world's nations have become. Of course, many paid no mind and looked up anyway. What was seen appeared to be a star. Odd to see a star in broad day light besides our sun, but ... | 2015-01-11T12:04:12 | 2015-01-11T09:58:46 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] You can see everyone's "Kill Number," the number of beings they've killed. Even for the most peaceful people this is in the tens of thousands, due to eating animals and stepping on bugs inadvertently. One day you see a person with the number Zero above their head. | "Who are you?"
I asked the question directly. I didn't know what else to do. After all, never in my life had I seen someone with a kill number of zero over their head.
"Well, you could say I'm just a hunter passing through town," he replied.
My brows furrowed. Hunter?
"You're lying," I said.
He squinted his eyes a... | “So, where are you from?” I ask casually.
“Oh, uh, Bloomfield,” she replied, careful watching her cup, “I’m here visiting family.”
I raise an eyebrow, “A couple hour drive to visit family, that’s lovely. Any particular event you’re celebrating, or just a surprise?”
“It’s my nephew’s second birthday, and I wanted to ... | 2021-05-21T08:22:38 | 2021-05-21T07:15:53 | 311 | 116 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | The Hive's takeover of Earth had been easy enough, sped along by the superior weaponry of the spacefaring conquerors and the singular coordination and obedience of the Hive's warrior caste. But as K't'k bathed in the thrum that carried news from the far corners of the new colony she governed across the green planet, sh... | Super busy professional and Dad - please comment and tell me how to improve!
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Alex switched off her comm-link and keyed for the holographic map. The fleets were slugging it out overhead with thousands of colored blips pulsating about a foot above her wrist display.
Spillway...4... | 2019-11-24T12:02:31 | 2019-11-24T11:06:40 | 281 | 151 |
[WP] As far as you remember, you have grown up in foster care with your other two identical triplet siblings. But now you have tracked down your birth mother, and discover she only gave birth to twins. | I coughed a little, nearly choking on the soda she had given me. "I... beg your pardon? You said... twins?"
"Well, yes, of course," she responded with a furrowed brow. "I gave birth to two boys."
"I... believe you are mistaken," I said, slowly. "You see, I am one of three, I am a triplet."
She gave me a blank stare,... | "We should go. She is dying."
"She left us for dead. She is as good as dead to us!"
"Are you guys not even curious?"
John turned towards me, his face hard. "You go if you have to, Kyle. But we wont. We may be triplets, but we are not the same people."
Tim kept looking out of the window, ignoring us.
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"Mrs. Smi... | 2014-07-16T08:54:13 | 2014-07-16T05:55:05 | 88 | 15 |
[WP] Your grandfather abandoned his family at age 28. Your father abandoned you, your sister, and mum at age 28. Your 28th birthday was 8 months ago. As you tumble into the dark portal that opened under your feet, you think “Maybe there’s more to the rumour of a family curse than I thought”. | I guess you could say that ours is a family all too familiar with loss.
My grandfather left grandma back in '72, when mum and uncle Bruce were barely walking. Gone without a trace on a cold winter’s morning, never to be seen again. Not by his siblings, or his workmates at the factory, nor by his best friend Greg Ro... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 4, Interlude 5: Roger)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections. That being said, [these](https://www.reddit.com/r/bubblewriters/comments/mw94ia/wp_every_time_you_make_food_half_of_it_always/... | 2022-02-04T16:55:54 | 2022-02-04T16:53:49 | 341 | 128 |
[WP] It turns out if you're a virgin at thirty a human becomes a wizard, however the government wants to stop this from happening at all costs.
You can use it from a person they're trying to stop or a government agent trying to stop them from becoming wizards. | "Father James, your training is about to begin." Father Luke proclaimed.
"What?" Father James was extremely confused, he had thought he was being called to the church for a birthday celebration by the other priests, but the tone of the group gathered in the room right now was deadly serious, and what was this about ... | It's almost time. Another birthday. Another day to celebrate the fact that I'm a year older. Another day to mark that I'm still alone in the world. Another day...
I lose my train of thought as the alarm on my watches beeps midnight. July 31. I'm 30. Hooray.
*BOOM*
"What the !?" I exclaim although I am alone a... | 2014-11-03T11:07:32 | 2014-11-03T10:00:41 | 78 | 40 |
[WP] Due to a clerical error the soul of the one destined to be the Dark Lord, leader of the armies of darkness, scourge of all that is good and holy is sent to a loving household and grows up to be a well adjusted individual that just happens to have unfathomable eldritch powers | "Do you think It looks good?" Dan asked. "Because in my opinion It doesn't matter what you wear. Just make sure you keep up your hygiene and be yourself. If you really like this guy you should want him to like you for who you are Alex."
*Alex scoffed and fell back into the bed*
"Dad you wouldn't understand. You met m... | So uh.
Hmm.
There’s a my hero academia fanfic that has basically this exact premise. It’s also the best thing I’ve ever read and a legitimate literary masterpiece. It’s a brilliant story about the nature of power, and the cost of fighting against a fundamentally broken world, and about what it means to fight for a b... | 2020-04-08T10:02:36 | 2020-04-08T08:50:17 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] Aliens landed on earth, and they're surprised all humans possess what they think of as a superpower... an ability we always took for granted and consider normal. | When they first landed, they bowed to our leaders. They treated us as gods, or more, the children of gods. No one really understood why at first, but in time it was revealed what was going on exactly.
Their senses were, as many had expected, different to our own. Different conditions for their evolution had led them ... | (My first WP)
This was a strange scenario which I found myself in, a battle of wits against an alien, from God-knows-where. The smartest alien, no less, in a belligerent and warmongering society with a penchant for embarrassing people in power.
"Mr. President, I present to you two glasses. One contains pure water; In... | 2014-11-09T12:39:40 | 2014-11-09T11:55:47 | 31 | 21 |
[WP] In the year 2022, we discovered that the sword in the stone was real. The scientists that discovered it found that attempting to pull the sword from the stone with a machine generated an infinite amount of counter force. The first infinite energy engine was born. | The ancient sword sat as it had always done. In the stone.
There it sat. Out of sight, out of mind from those millions of people above, who carried out their days oblivious to it’s great power. Any thought of the sword, if it was thought at all, would elude to myth told to children decades ago or a half-forgott... | This excited me as well as filled me with crippling dread. If this sword existed then the Arthurian Legends are real. My mind raced as if I found the necronomicon but I have to stay focused. This must be kept secret, if Project Merlin was found out, not even all of the USA could help us. Merlin the impossible wizard. B... | 2021-08-12T03:53:18 | 2021-08-12T03:49:42 | 47 | 17 |
[WP] A person sees people not as they visibly appear, but as the angel or demon inside them | The newspapers called me "The Angel of Death".
And as I stepped out of the armored transport van and began my long walk to the building that would pump 100,000 volts into my body and end me for good, their chants of "Burn in Hell!" and "Die Murderer Die!" seemed to wash over me like a wave.
They'll never know the goo... | "Come in, David."
Dr. Hoffenburg's office was pristine. Framed on the wall above his desk was his degree - a doctorate from Yale. On his bookshelf stood each edition of the DSM along with dozens of other books on psychiatry, mental disorders, and case studies. David sat down quietly, arms crossed.
"So, you say you'v... | 2013-12-29T17:00:04 | 2013-12-29T15:37:31 | 40 | 17 |
[WP] A literal genie – one who cruelly twists someone's wish, based on their exact words – must explain why they granted a child's wish without repercussions, to their superiors. The genie tries to spin the reasoning behind their benevolent actions into a malevolent light.
Edit: All these stories are amazing! | "He was a child," I said, back drawn up straight. "Pure of intent. I simply responded to that."
"I have little care for your excuses," Thurn replied, what passed for her eyes dark with disapproval. "And less for the results. You will tell me *why* and we shall see if I am willing to leave more of you than the echo... | "He wanted a puppy. I granted that wish. But little does he know that the puppy will grow, it will become a fully matured dog, and then the dog will die. His sorrow will be boundless, the pain at losing his treasured companion will be pure pain, lords, I assure you." Greg testified with what he hoped was confidence.
T... | 2017-08-17T07:54:05 | 2017-08-17T07:19:31 | 279 | 37 |
[WP] God created thousands of worlds in thousands of galaxies. A major crisis in another galaxy has taken his entire focus, and for the first time in 750 years, he just glanced in our direction.
This prompt has two possibilities. What has he been dealing with for the last 750 years elsewhere, or what his reaction is w... | "What do you mean they aren't all Muslims yet?"
"Sorry m'lord, so much has happened. As you recall, the fertile crescent stopped being so fertile, than the crusades, imperialism, the industrial revolution, computers, the Christians just kept coming out ahead... its all in the records, you'll want to read up on it befo... | "Finally, it's time", God says as he looks up from his work. It'd taken a short amount of time to bring about peace to the planet Nequior, but it was done. The beings of this desolate place weren't blessed with the ability to work things out on their own. They were a foolish and unruly bunch. Wars, disease, and starvat... | 2015-12-27T09:56:08 | 2015-12-27T09:55:12 | 167 | 66 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | No one know why.
Or how.
But they knew where; here, Home.
Or what remained. A crippled nation, shriveled into isolation by a mixture of fear and disgust over their own actions. Perhaps society was recklessly distraught; not one individual left without trauma; and thought it better to die than to endure another war. ... | The calm winter breeze slid along the surface of the Earth as the clock struck midnight, an orchestra of death preparing itself as the aggressors of the last war came out of isolation, prepared to reclaim the throne upon which they once resided.
Except the throne has been dismantled decades ago.
They sought to use t... | 2018-01-18T00:11:50 | 2018-01-17T23:33:14 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] You are an air traffic controller trapped in a time loop to prevent a plane crash from happening. Its been nearly 10 years and you still haven't figured it out. | The sight of a plane crashing from the sky, exploding into a searing fireball with hundreds of lives at stake would scar any man for a lifetime. For me, it was but one in a million. If there were scars, they no longer cut deep enough to hurt me.
Numb. For years. A decade? Far too long for anybody.
I've tried everyth... | December 30, 1998
​
It was a dim night. Closing time. Like any other night, everyone prepared to go home. But not me. Not tonight.
Looking at my watch, the time was 8:55 in the evening. Station controllers were shutting down. Most of the data traffic was passed on to the other station 30 km away from here... | 2020-07-16T08:51:00 | 2020-07-16T08:25:36 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] A man is blessed with the ability to read minds, but cursed with the inability to come up with any ideas on his own. | **Bold, brass buttons ran down the chair's sides like guidelines on an airstrip, and swoops of light flew up the rich, shining leather.**
On the opposite end of the table, the President's guest sat in an entirely different kind of chair: one with narrow wheels, and thin, *spindly* metal spokes. The chair was so frail... | Secretive people were the loudest. Something about keeping a memory private made the mind shout what the mouth did not want to. I tried to back away when I felt a thought like that tremble through my mind—I’d heard enough horror in my life to know which thoughts were not for listening—but they would just push through a... | 2016-05-14T06:10:47 | 2016-05-14T06:10:30 | 44 | 11 |
[WP] In this world, salaries are determined by the desirability of the work: if everybody wants to do the job and it's fun, it pays minimum wage. But if it's hard or awful work that nobody wants to do, the pay is high. You decide to apply for the highest-paying job in the world. | I swallowed some bile that had built up in my throat as I signed the contract on the table in front of me. As I reached to sign the final page, the man across from me reached and held my wrist. “Are you sure that you don’t need more time? I’ve had 3 people quit in the past month.”, he said to me in a concerned tone.
... | I was the fart sniffer. I know a terrible job but someone had to do it. After diasmellium was released in to the water system (a dangerous radioactive substance that caused people to transform in to evil lizards) I knew I had to take the job. Why a fart sniffer you ask? That's the only way to make sure someone wasn't a... | 2018-08-02T15:51:31 | 2018-08-02T14:46:41 | 42 | 11 |
[WP] To be immortal, you must be the last living member of the race you belong to. | The man's name faded in conjunction with the world around him. As the population dwindled, neighbours died, and family faltered, the man's name became of little use. The man walked miles at a time, visiting countless towns, parishes and remnants of make-shift settlements. At each home, the man would enter with no expec... | "Last living member" doesn't include the basic privileges afforded to a fellow human being. It surely doesn't include the common courtesies of, perhaps, feeding or watering the individual, letting him rest, among other requirements.
I remember the day they started the purge. They rode into the town on their metal hors... | 2018-09-14T07:56:24 | 2018-09-14T07:54:03 | 124 | 34 |
[WP] A retired super villain is in the bank with his 6 year old daughter when a crew of villains comes in to rob the place. | “When are we going to the zoo?”
“Soon,” daddy replies. “I just need to deposit this check. Then we'll head to the zoo.”
“Okayyyyyy,” I say, drawing it out.
“Come on Julia. The line is moving.”
*The bank is so boring, but at least it looks pretty. So much gold, and so neat and clean.*
*Gold looks sooooo pretty. I ... | I wanted my daughter to grow up human. I wanted her to grow up as an ordinary, normal, human. That dream died with the bank robbers gun against my back... and against hers.
When I was younger, I was what you would call a bad person. In fact, I thought I wasn’t a person. I was a unique entity, and by definition, being... | 2020-07-02T11:51:09 | 2020-07-02T11:30:51 | 46 | 26 |
[WP] You're a high school student with the ability to have whatever you write come true. One day, you're taking a history test you didn't study for, and despite not wanting to mess up the universe, you REALLY want to get an A.
[removed] | History 12, 20th century history. Unit 13, collapse of the Soviet Union.
Fuck. Why did I agree to going to Becky's house party. I am listening to you for the last time penis.
For a brief moment I mused at the fact that my genitals will be credited for rewriting history. I need this A, I REALLY need this A. Ever sinc... | I was really nervous. It was affecting my ability to think rationally so I just stopped and took a deep breath. Then I remembered something I actually hadn't tried yet. So I just wrote it. "My ability won't affect this test and I will still be able to get an A."
After that I just laid down on my seat waiting for the ... | 2018-05-10T00:59:15 | 2018-05-10T00:21:46 | 28 | 12 |
[WP] Satan suddenly appears in a crowded mall, and begins terrifying the holiday shoppers. He stops, looks directly at you and says, "You... You're interesting. Do your friends know what you are?" You have no idea what he means. | I've never really felt special, you know. Was always the girl who'd stand beside her friend as she fell in love with some cute boy, and I'd always later watch the cute boy tiptoe over to give her a kiss. But not me. I never had good grades. Not bad ones either, just average. I wasn't a creative soul, I wasn't extremely... | *Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,*
*Ring-ting-tingling too,*
*Come on, it's lovely weather*
*For a sleigh ride together with yoooou*
Every year, every store, all in syrupy sweet synchrony.
Is there a tax break for businesses that spread holiday cheer like chlamydia? Is it the product of some "best practices... | 2014-12-06T05:10:37 | 2014-12-06T01:47:59 | 30 | 18 |
[WP] You're immortal, but you can die. Upon your death, however you will be "reset" to age 5 with a perfect memory of each life you've lived before. | And so it happens. A flash. A sudden, inexplicable warmth. Darkness. And I awake. I'm five again, in bed in the small apartment owned by my parents. It's 8:13. Father has already left for work at the assembly line, and mother is in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Audible clinks of pans and dishes fill the room, sounds... | Well, I can cross that off of the metaphorical list. --Died when having sexual intercourse-- Best death yet. Oh well, life 70 will be my 'Cure cancer year' I could of done it in life 69, but come on! If you are that sexually well endowed and it's life 69, you can't not have shit tons of sex!
Note to self: *Stop say... | 2017-05-25T13:14:46 | 2017-05-25T12:23:12 | 189 | 43 |
[WP] The alien invaders were confident. Their personal shield tech had withstood all enemies and types of energy weapons. Then they landed on Earth and found the shield's fatal flaw: Solid Projectiles. | "They throw rocks"
The single transmission, looped on repeat, came from the 3rd planet from the local star, a planet the locals called "dirt". Kadeen Egritz, Command General Supreme, Mater of the 5th Space Fleet, demanded investigation.
Her 1st Consort arranged a team of his best guards, hand picked from the elite t... | The Grand Empire was ruled by Emperor Skirmik. He took power over thirty thousand years ago, and he made the Grand Empire what it was today. He conquered half the galaxy, subjugated hundreds of species, even began colonization of other galaxies. What is happening now, well, it is most likely the end of the Grand Empire... | 2022-07-23T06:53:38 | 2022-07-23T05:42:06 | 326 | 141 |
[WP] Long ago a King started a tradition of bestowing powers upon his Knights related to their own unique element. Generations later the Knights of the periodic table are running out of ideas for the new recruits. | Sir Carbon was brought before King Perry O' Teek.
"When is enough enough..." Uttered the King.
There was a lingering silence in the room. Sir Carbon cleared his throat in a vain attempt to clear the awkwardness also.
"My lord... I do not under-"
"Understand what?!? Boundaries? Jesus Sir Carbon you are the whorie... | Blasting the door open, the small man caught the attention of the knights and the court.
The man was not merely smaller than the average man, but he was small with an enlarged head. His head was certainly big, while sporting a bald dome with some hair left and a strand on the top.
His small frame march proudly towar... | 2020-01-06T06:05:58 | 2020-01-06T03:39:10 | 59 | 29 |
[WP] You die and go to Heaven - only to discover that you are the first human being who has ever been able to do so. | The Elevator doors opened with a soft ding and I walked into what looked like a reception area. A reception area on top of a cloud.
*So this is what heaven actually looks like. Seriously? There are literally pearly gates?*
"Papers?"
*Is that angel playing Candy Crush?* I walked over to the desk to hand the angel the... | Day 1 after death-
I stop, in total disbelief of what I've just heard. I get that I died. I'm surprised I still exist, but it's a nice surprise, I rather like existing. But as I stand in front of the gates to heaven, what the angel just said to me makes no sense at all.
"Really?" I say to the angel "The first one? I'm... | 2014-09-04T12:50:55 | 2014-09-04T11:37:20 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | "We'll never get there..."
I cursed quietly, honking repeatedly. The road leading to the Hole was cramped as usual.
"Should've asked for a helicopter."
She said, fiddling about with the map.
"Please. I've had enough trouble getting the board to sign the papers."
"I was talking to myself. Meeting Johnny Depp might ... | Alex sat at her desk, trying to focus on the work at hand - expense reports had been piling up for weeks now, but there was seemingly not enough time in the work day to keep up with the increased number of reports that had been submitted lately. It was year end, after all, and the company had done extremely well this y... | 2018-01-13T09:01:49 | 2018-01-13T07:48:15 | 77 | 12 |
[WP] The legendary hero that we summoned to save the realm was not what we expected. He was gruff, not handsome. He direct in his speech, not elegant. He also came with "Navy Seal Training," which we think is some sort of swordplay and a "Medal of Honor," which must be some sort of crown. | It had been their third attempt at summoning but this one proved more successful since the whole body appeared in the circular ritual. The downside, however, was that this summoned knight showed no indication of life. The knight merely laid there for a moment; those gathered had expected another hero dead upon arrival.... | Three unblemished eggs, tail of newt, and the lifeblood of an unshorn virgin, mixed together in a vessel forged by a mute smith. My sole apprentice, Percival, etched the requisite markings around the vessel as I gathered my power.
Concentrating, I focused on the goal: A savior, a hero, someone to rid us of The Enemy.... | 2020-11-10T19:06:15 | 2020-11-10T18:41:44 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] You've always been around your best friend. He used to be a lonely kid, but he's slowly starting to become popular. Others talk to him, but keep ignoring you. One day, to your horror, you realize that you're just his imaginary friend. | Bob was my best friend. We grew up pretty much together. I was always hanging out with him at his house. His parents were cool and didn't mind. My parents were always working, so they didn't mind my being over there.
In Elementary school, we were just thick as thieves. We didn't have any other friends, but that w... | "Hey, Lily, can you pass me the -," Jade stops mid sentence and stares at me with a look I can't describe. She shakes herself out of a trance of sorts and gets up, "Nevermind I'll get it myself,"
I frown, "What's wrong?"
My eyes follow her as she walks towards the can of paint standing a few feet away from me.
"Noth... | 2019-10-08T08:36:15 | 2019-10-08T08:21:14 | 46 | 15 |
[WP] Instead of a modern adaptation of a myth, write a mythic adaptation of a modern story. | Kimberly was a lower goddess, a dying breed oft forgotten in favor of the major gods.
Born from the loins of two once-powerful gods, she had hope in her heart that she would one day rise beyond even their fame. With her beauty, she believed she deserved something more. Something grand.
So she toiled, working undernea... | Once upon a time, there was a man who owned a tavern with his sister. Times had been bad in the city where he lived, so he had decided to come home and live closer to his mother, who was very ill. With him, he brought the fairest princess in all the land. She had long golden hair and a radiant face, with a smile that c... | 2015-06-10T07:06:32 | 2015-06-10T06:53:17 | 158 | 16 |
[WP] An angry vampire uses slang from the last 500 years and doesn't even try to keep it all straight anymore. | "So, I had intercouse with Bill this morning."
I paused, with my hand still clicking on the mouse, and span around in my seat to see the thin, pale face of the New Guy from I.T. He stared at me and blinked calmly, like he hadn't just announced he was fucking our boss.
"Um," I said.
"He was quite worked up, ejaculat... | YOllof entered the bar with quite a stagger and captivated his staring onlookers with an intro only fit for the angriest vampire in all of Bosh-Shof. "What you all dicking at? Shall I break out the anointing and leave you all with a phat blinker?", he asked as he showed his fangs and rolled up his sleeves. They all tur... | 2016-01-08T13:17:08 | 2016-01-08T09:14:08 | 48 | 20 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | I walked down the rather crowded hallway, trying to get to my locker before Maths class so I could get my textbooks for the rest of the day There was a small line of students winding almost in singlefile through the people standing by their lockers. I was, as usual, trying to just stay out of the way.
Just because my... | I had one bully, in the 12 years spent training at SSG. I remember him quite well. He had easily the most interesting, yet balanced powers available. He could fly, make energy, lift 3 Abrams tanks over his shoulder, and was able to change the secretions on his skin to match any known material. He got the nickname "Prof... | 2022-11-02T11:50:38 | 2022-11-02T10:58:22 | 162 | 50 |
[WP] You are an office worker in NYC in the year of 1999. You go for a cigarette break, but the elevator stops working and you get trapped in it for 2h. As the doors finally open, you walk out and see a brand new lobby, people holding thin digital cards and big screen TV's. It's the year 2018. | Jessica hated smoking weed in private. Weed was supposed to be like alcohol, something you could take freely and in public, with friends and families at public parties or at the bar, with no fear of getting busted, or judged as a druggie. What was the point of weed at all if you could only take it secretly and cautious... | "Excuse me. Can you help me?", asked Ryan, trying his best to appear collected.
"Hey Ryan!", squealed the girl behind the lobby desk. "I thought you had left for home"
​
The girl looked strangely familiar but you couldn't quite place her face. "Hey Martha!" boomed a familiar but an impossible voice.
The ... | 2018-11-25T06:27:03 | 2018-11-25T06:10:57 | 48 | 14 |
[WP] In order to solve the climate crisis, humanity shrinks itself down to ant size people. Generations pass, and eventually we forget that we were once giants. A group of humans decide to go exploring and stumbles upon the ruins of an ancient, huge city... | This is the story of the day we found the City of Giants. Prophets began to spread the word amongst our people that this would be the redemption of us all. They were wrong:
We were walking on one our monthly excursions. Few men from my home city were brave enough for such trips. I knew each of them personall... | "It's toying with us!" Dayal squealed in his typical pitch.
"I thought journalists had spines, war zones, and all that." The mercenary checked the wrist ropes were right before he started slowly sharpening his hooks again the whetstone back of the handles.
The metal sang as another batting blow struck down on the hu... | 2021-06-30T12:10:06 | 2021-06-30T09:43:59 | 104 | 29 |
[WP] Two planets come within range of eachother every 300 years. There is always an ensuing war that lasts the 5 days that the planets are close enough. Each side can only guess at what new technology the other has built since the last time. | The Alignment. It had always been this way. Every generation knew of it, but none now lived to remember the last occurrence.
My generation was the latest Soldier Generation. From the time we could walk we were taught tactics, weapons skills, and physical training. A cloud hung over our lives like the storm clouds tha... | [second time posting. please be nice - C&C welcome]
Our land and their land, that was all we heard for the last three lunar months. We were the Ying and Yang of planets, external philosophers said. We brushed off these words, for we did not know their meaning. We do not know when the fighting started, for it was ... | 2015-05-26T20:36:04 | 2015-05-26T14:35:20 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | The *Sunseeker*'s control room was dead silent except for the low *beep-beep-beep* of the deep space radar. The screen lights flashed a dim blue against the vast blankness of space, but nothing else moved, or breathed in the cavernous space.
A line of blue light appeared in the middle of the room, then expanded into a... | "It is simply unsafe and foolish!" Gorthlak, the representative for the Zorknoids, complained to the council of intergalactic travel.
"It is, This we all know, but we don't think their bodies could handle any other way of faster than light travel" countered Ferlas, leader of the committee.
"If their calculations are ... | 2017-03-31T13:02:22 | 2017-03-31T06:55:10 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Spirit animals are real, but extremely secretive-- they are said to only appear in the most joyous times or in the darkest of hours. Except for geese. Geese do what they like. | I lift my head from the bush I am resting in, and I honk. My human is currently in bed right now, and I can tell she's pissed, though I can't imagine why, it's 7:30 in the morning, if anything I let her sleep in, she should be grateful! As she groans I fly off to the nearby park, her suffering isn't my problem, even if... | *HONK*
"Fucking... God... DAMMIT"
Startled you jump forward. You absentmindedly reach out attempting to throttle the joke of a spirit animal you had been cursed with, knowing you'll never make a connection
Frank (that's the name you gave this disembodied goose that seems to follow you around) has been following you ... | 2020-04-03T01:34:35 | 2020-04-02T20:38:40 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] When your university announces they are going to bury a time capsule for 100 years you decide to include a USB drive with a super-high resolution copy of your brain just for fun. The last thing you remember is going into an MRI to be scanned before waking up and being told it's a century later. | “So they’re all gone?” I asked, flinching once more at the strange voice that spoke the words. “Everyone I knew?”
“No,” said the nearest doctor. “Not everyone.”
My insides were churning, as though a maelstrom raged inside of me. I found it hard to focus on anything. The lights in the room were blinding, pure and brig... | Oh good. Our 50th anniversary announcement. She still looks so beautiful. I look good enough too. He looks? I haven't decided yet if its me or he. Us?
I should be having some kind of meltdown. I'm just sitting here in a digital form. Not that different from what I used to play on. I guess when you look at how we use t... | 2021-09-14T08:47:32 | 2021-09-14T08:15:42 | 77 | 41 |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | The glow from the instrument panel permeated his eyelids. The soft, familiar orange light accompanied by the proximity alarms drew him back to conciousness.
“Engine core 55% depletion. Warning. Collision. Warning. Collision. Warning…”
With a start, Lucas Davian sat upright and ripped the goggles off his face. Pani... | The days on this planet are longer: I’m pretty sure one day here is at least 4 days back on Earth - the sun here, smaller yet hotter, is literally a perpetual presence, and, if I had sunscreen and a hat and water, its cheerful brightness might’ve been a beacon of hope but it’s burning my skin and leaving me dehydrated ... | 2018-01-22T10:52:57 | 2018-01-22T08:42:52 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] The hero stared at the boy who was supposed to be his wise old master. "Word of advice. If you ever achieve immortality then wait till you're at least 20", he said in a high pitched voice. | "...that way, you'll have an easier time getting laid."
The hero gaped his mouth as the realization dawned upon him. The young boy, who looked barely twelve, wasn't a false appearance.
"I'm still perplexed by the morality of using illusion magic to look older during sex." The master grimaced. "Then again, it's never ... | 'Frederik, are you sure he is the one?'
'However outrageous it may sound, he is the one we are searching for princess.'
Princess Caroline was in shamble, the one standing in front of her was a child, 9 or 10 from the look of it, and even smaller than her little brother. And yet, he give off a weird aura that she can'... | 2020-01-25T08:11:47 | 2020-01-25T07:31:31 | 355 | 58 |
[WP] The world's tiniest dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from those who would steal it. | It's hard for a dragon as small as Wyvern to keep a hoard, let alone collect it.
Only twice as big as a typical garden-variety gecko, many would mistake Wyvern for a lizard if it wasn't for the wings, or if they even caught sight of him in the first place.
Wyvern was a quick little dragon, and exceptionally good at ... | Tiyre was born into this world out of a gleaming pale green egg. His parents had always been so proud of him.
Although how his Titanic parents could produce a baby the size of a local field mouse is beyond him.
At his age, he should be half the size of his parents by now.
Finally, the day came where he would be cons... | 2017-09-07T11:53:55 | 2017-09-07T10:50:06 | 62 | 30 |
[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible... | FTL is so easy... For most. Whilst we all know that in the simplified model we can't travel faster than light, one can simply charge the local area with the 5th field and woosh, off we go. For Laymen, its similar to how light slows down when it moves through an medium. In some media it actually speeds up. We do the sam... | Mark sat in his apartment, resting on a reclined, sleek, black and red leather chair as he contemplated what was revealed to Humanity in the past hour. He had trouble making sense out of it as much as a government official did. That is to say that no one comprehended what was happening. Conspiracy theorists were floodi... | 2021-01-09T13:43:37 | 2021-01-09T12:46:13 | 227 | 16 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear old friend,
I saw something that made me think of you the other day. And sometimes I think of you for no reason at all.
I want to talk to you, but I know there’d be no point. I wonder what you’re up to, but I don’t ask.
Because we have both changed so much since then, or maybe we haven’t changed at all. But so... | I don't think I've ever seen your hair put up in a bun//
After knowing you for all these years I thought I saw every side to you//
But then I realised there were more sides I've never seen done//
And now I wish that I truly got to know you// | 2017-11-06T03:25:39 | 2017-11-05T22:33:24 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] You are dog. It is your mission to faithfully guard your poor, stupid, two-legged pack-mates from the horrors of the mailman, the dog next door, and men with hats. Describe your vigil. | I am champion. I am chosen. I am *Dog*. Human choose me for two reason: Protection. Safety. Human give me food and treats for reward, but deep down, all I need is pat. Other treats only luxury. When doorbell ring, I am first to the scene. I must inspect intruder before Human to make sure not dangerous. I am Dog, I am G... | "Night gathers, and my watch continues. It shall not end until my death. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post...the post I piss on. I am the fang in the darkness. I am the watcher at the window, the growler on the porch. I am the muzzle that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life... | 2014-12-27T10:20:14 | 2014-12-27T09:50:29 | 1,556 | 240 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | *Any moment, now.*
I glanced to the windows and skylights that drenched me in sunlight, panels of crystalline glass so huge that a blind man could pick me out from the amongst the diners. On second thought, picking a location with so much fragility may not have been a stroke of genius.
"Are you okay, dear?" my darlin... | I grabbed the detonator and with a deep breath I slipped it into the specific pocket in my boot.
Before too long he will arrive. I peered across the roof top and looked for the place I knew he would come from.
The ‘actual’ bomb is over to the east, in a secure prison for the lowest of the low, so he will expect me to ... | 2022-11-30T23:13:37 | 2019-02-23T05:29:53 | 1,144 | 70 |
[WP] For centuries your family has passed down an old leather bag that provides the holder with an object that would be helpful in the particular situation the holder is in. You are getting on a bus and instead of giving you a bus ticket or money, it gives you a handgun. | "Well I don't know why it gave me the gun either Dad it just did!"
You'd think he'd understand, the bag used to be his after all, but for some reason he almost sounded angry I had somehow found myself with the handgun he kept locked in his bedroom safe. I didn't know I had it myself till he called, I was just about to... | It had been a long day. All I really wanted to do was go home, jerk off and watch TV. I got on the bus and realized I didn't have any change. I reached into my bag, expecting to find $1.45, but instead I felt cold hard metal. I reached my finger around and found a trigger. There was no mistaking it. This was a gun. A b... | 2017-09-11T13:00:54 | 2017-09-11T10:47:54 | 29 | 18 |
[WP] You are the captain of a ship and recently hired some humans, who are a highly-recommended species. You're not quite used to their peculiarities yet. | Captains log, 3968-088 (Thursday, 13 May 2230)
Shore leave is almost up.
Next voyage due to leave on 6_3970-088.
Hear talk of a new species that made contact whilst we were away and they have been highly recommended for the next crew.
If they're as good as they say then hopefully they're keen to volunteer too. Maybe a... | <<We're being targeted! Enemy ship, twenty-five eras, aft!>>
Khreva's feathers stood on end. He had hoped until the last moment that the lone ship in the area had not been hostile, but perhaps there really was no hope in that abandoned sector. The captain screeched at Khreva again, spreading his wings for ... | 2017-04-22T22:09:50 | 2017-04-22T18:10:44 | 237 | 103 |
[WP] You're a down on your luck necromancer operating a small cleaning service with a few low level skeletons. You have dreams of something greater however; a grand dungeon of your own with treasure, monsters and traps aplenty. | Curiously it appeared to be working.
The grey decaying lump of flesh and bone he had named Bob shuffled past the lady with the pram and she barely blinked. He couldn't work out whether the lady were simply used to the workers at a laundromat with cold dead eyes and slack jawed expression or if she instinctively ignore... | The main problem is the bleach. It breaks down the bones of the few skeletons I still have. On top of that I don't even have the funds to buy a single drop of mandrake tears to make new undead.
Hold on, a pair of jeans got stuck on Fred again....
As I was saying, things are not like they used to be. Ever since modern... | 2015-12-01T08:12:21 | 2015-12-01T07:28:19 | 56 | 34 |
[WP] Normally you would have got your superpower at age ten. Yours awakens at age 20 as the most powerful ability ever recorded. | "Next" the detector said.
He knew everyone's power and power level at first sight.
"Super punch, 43" he said.
"Next" he said.
And he had a full time job. When someone turned 10, there power awakened, but they didn't always know what it was right away. His job was to tell them exactly what there power level was and ... | "This is Command, report in GF-204. I repeat. Report in. Over"
*Hissing*
"This is Command report in GF-204, I r-"
*Oh god! Its broke containment! The subject has escaped! You need to do something! Nuke this place before he gets out of here, his powers are stronger than we ever thought they could be... and hes angry.... | 2016-10-08T10:46:59 | 2016-10-08T09:49:53 | 65 | 23 |
[WP] In a world where elemental magic affinity manifests on your 18th birthday, you and your family have always assumed yours would be water since you love waterfalls, lakes, rivers, etc. But when your time came, nothing manifested. And people are starting to get worried. | 'Happy Birthday, Lizzy!' My aunt Mary was standing in front of me with her brilliant smile. 'Big day today, isn't it?'
I ran into her open arms and hugged her tightly. I loved her singing voice and how she always smelled like the sea in the summer.
'Don't be nervous,' she whispered in my hair, 'everything will be jus... | ... lying on the bed, making a victim of himself. How much more money will he spend before he realizes he is the problem? He could be helping so many people with that money, instead he spends it all on himself. Forget about giving back to the society, can he at least think of ...
"Is it the voice again, Ajay?" My ther... | 2019-09-16T11:00:04 | 2019-09-16T10:59:11 | 67 | 20 |
[WP] You're living in a world where superpowers exist, and you're the most dangerous individual of all. Your power? You project an aura where all the laws of reality/normality assert themselves. You are the anti-super | I underwent the tests as a kid, just like everyone else. My readings were strong. Incredibly strong. Level 5 was the highest previously recorded. I was labelled a *Probable 6*.
"But it's negative six," said my mother, staring at the meter. "Why is it negative? What does that mean?"
"It means his powers are beyond wha... | I spin the wheel of my steel and whatever vehicle. It’s a giant thing, can say for sure it’s made out of steel, but also a bunch of random crap as well. Stuff that didn’t exist on the periodic table before the Super Revolution. The government supplied it to me, so why should I know what it’s made out of? I quickly end ... | 2021-06-24T19:52:48 | 2021-06-24T18:29:49 | 692 | 33 |
[WP] You awaken to find yourself tied down to a railroad track. About 30 meters away from you is a parallel track with 5 people tied to it. You look to your right and see a convergence where your track meets theirs. A train begins barreling towards the intersection as a man approaches the switch. | I blinked hard, taking in the situation.
I was tied to railroad tracks, old Western-style. 30 meters away, five others were tied to a parallel track. Down the line, the tracks converged, a switch with a lever beside the fork, the direction currently running toward the other five could-be victims.
A man was approachi... | "Hey, you, yeah you, the one in front of that lever. We've got roughly thirty seconds of conversation so I'd appreciate it if you were silent and listened to me. I'm going to tell you something very important."
"You've got the choice ahead of you wether to kill me or five people, and I'm going to tell you to kill your... | 2022-10-09T22:10:57 | 2022-10-09T22:07:10 | 584 | 104 |
[WP] After a treacherous upbringing of dodging the assassination attempts of time travelers you learn why they were all trying to kill you. | Fingers pressed against the confines of the stone box -- blood stained the space between my nose and lips, continuing to drip down past a stubbled chin. I did not have much time - within minutes the next /wave/ of attempts on my life would begin. As they always had.
It had taken so long to realise why.
The eart... | "You seriously sent assassins back in time to kill me in order to prevent me from... knocking over your precious vase?" Jenkins stared, dumbfounded, at the toothpick of a man, with fine silks draped upon his bony frame.
"Yes." Was all the man said before he snapped his fingers.
Two seconds later, Jenkins' world went ... | 2015-04-04T09:14:01 | 2015-04-04T09:05:20 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] You are a Anti-Motivational Speaker. Whereas motivational speakers spread Toxic Positivity and unrealistic expectations, you bring a healthy Dose of Negativity and remind people of how little potential they really have. | You may be under the delusion that I am a dilapidated man. The kind of person who has greasy hair, poor personal hygiene, and questionable health habits—for who else would spread negativity as his profession? While that reflects my internal state, on the outside I am put together, confident, and beautiful, for if I pre... | Adam Rain is one of the best motivational speakers in the world. His words have driven people to do the impossible.
Or attempt. Attempt is the better word. Impossible things tended to be impossible, because that’s what impossible meant. Some people died fairly horrible deaths, and more still found themselves with debi... | 2022-08-26T11:06:30 | 2022-08-26T10:59:01 | 66 | 24 |
[WP] "We left home to kill the ancient gods. Not because they were harming us, but because their existence was causing others to harm each other. If we could kill them, and show their corpses, people would finally know: the Gods are dead." | If only we had known there were so many of them. Gods of home and hearth, of thunder and rain, or the harvest. Gods by the dozen. Gods by the bushel.
We spilled blood for generations. Seven hundred and twenty-two years. We burned, we butchered, and we bludgeoned.
At last, it was over. I stood in a puddle of what ... | I slunk through the grass, my eyes focused. A group of Them sat around a fire. I paused; assessing their threat. One man had a tattered white coat; our records indicated that meant he was a God of Healing. I mewed softly to my brethren, reminding them to kill him first. We didn't want to deal with the injured being res... | 2019-09-10T12:53:02 | 2019-09-10T12:51:22 | 84 | 31 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | I walk through the streets, aimlessly at first, but my mind gains direction and my feet purpose. I look up at the clock tower a few blocks away at Central Square. Fifteen after. My watch shows 8:18. “I didn’t notice for three minutes,” I say as I sigh. “Oh well, I’ll grab a snack.”
I don’t usually think out loud; ... | I didn't love my job.
That's not too unusual. Most people don't love their job. So I guess in that respect, I'm not special. But I couldn't help but feel like I *really* didn't like my job. Being a store associate at Best Buy was like being a lion tamer and a dog trainer all rolled into one. You had to beat back peopl... | 2018-01-26T07:06:31 | 2018-01-26T06:51:42 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Due to an address mix-up, an elementary school class sends their Pen Pal letters to an elite unit of Space Marines. Today, the Space Marines are sending a response. | Your Highness Kaitlyn, blessings be upon you.
we have intercepted your encrypted paper-communication and have executed your orders to our best ability. We must seek confirmation of mission success however since our smartest are not in agreement as to the content of your instructions.
The human teacher you refer to as... | Dear Suzy,
You asked me about what I dream about at night? Well I dream about the alien bastards ripping out the throats of my friends. The red mist as they brutally rip them apart. The stench of iron in the air. The horror of realizing that the squelch beneath my boot used to be my best friend. Oh god... Bill... That... | 2015-01-26T15:37:01 | 2015-01-26T13:41:01 | 43 | 16 |
[WP] Something happy with magic and corgis.
I've been feeling really down for the past few days and would love to escape into a wonderful world for awhile. | Queen Elizabeth started to fall ill. She requested a new dog to accompany her through the rough days. When the corgi arrived, it reminded her of her first, "Dookie." So she gave him the same name. Dookie was quite uniform in his coat, mostly brown. But in the center of his head, between the eyes, a white marking in the... | "But Rupert, we mustn't disturb the unicorn while it's sleeping!" Billy whispered.
Rupert, a little corgi with eyes so big you wanted to melt just looking at them, let out a gentle little bark that sounded like a siren's call. Then, in almost an instant, he hopped over toward the sleeping beast, forcing Billy to traip... | 2017-10-12T00:27:01 | 2017-10-11T23:44:17 | 58 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone's soulmate's name is written on their right wrist when they turn sixteen. The left has worst enemy. Your left and right wrist say the same thing. | Nobody knows where the soulmarks came from. There was a time when nobody had names written on their wrists save for the ones they put there by choice. Then on August 2nd, 2031, the burn was felt worldwide. At exactly noon, the names appeared on every person over the age of sixteen. And it happened by time zone. Reports... | I can't stop thinking about the world this kind of thing might build. Like:
Some devoted themselves to finding their soulmate, embarking on lifelong pilgrimages and learning as many languages as possible, worshipping the idea embedded within their ink. Others let fear of their nemesis consume their whole being, drivi... | 2020-01-18T23:56:59 | 2020-01-18T23:37:33 | 38 | 21 |
[WP] "I WILL NOT LISTEN TO THIS ANY LONGER" "But Your Majesty, the prophe-" "You want me to send a GODDAMN TEENAGER TO FIGHT WHEN WE HAVE TRAINED SOLDIERS" | "You want me to send... a child. A literal, actual, child?" The king shook his head. "My predecessor may have been fond of child soldiers, master prophet, but I am not."
"But surely, surely you cannot allow the entire kingdom to fall? The prophecy-"
"DAMN THE PROPHECY! We walked away from that cursed place, we chose ... | The Seventeenth Lord of Merician, Simonius Ravenbeard, brought his fist down on the arm of his throne. "ENOW!" he bellowed. "I WILL NOT SEND MY SON TO HIS POTENTIAL DOOM ON THE WORD OF SOME SMOKE-ADDLED CHRONOMANCER, AND THAT IS AN END TO IT!"
Chronicler Nai-Ralev drew a sharp breath. "I seem to remember, My Lord, tha... | 2022-10-28T15:24:51 | 2022-10-28T10:53:23 | 127 | 27 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | 2022-01-23T16:21:49 | 2022-01-23T16:09:24 | 334 | 58 |
[WP] "Dude, trust me. Don't be a hero, be a sidekick. You get less pressure, less work to do, more fun, be more popular at school, never really age and if the hero dies you will always fill their mantle. Just be careful not to die." | The waitress flicked on the ancient TV in the corner, its screen fuzzing up with static before leveling out to show a grainy security tape. The camera looked out onto a quiet midtown street. Though difficult to see, the pre-war buildings nearby had dramatically tall windows, cast iron gates, and ivy climbing up the wal... | Heroes were the goal of every young child. Everyone, at one point, dreamed of saving the world and donning a cape, even if they had fallen out of style. For some, it was more than a childhood whimsy and they held onto it long enough to truly pursue it. Such a decision was a rare thing. It took a lifetime of training an... | 2020-07-11T13:39:16 | 2020-07-11T11:57:27 | 329 | 20 |
[WP] The biggest warmongering race of Aliens declare war on the local Galaxy cluster. The opposing group of peace-loving Aliens, who had befriended most Alien races, are finally forced to reveal their secret weapon, a 'classified' species called Humans, and their tenacity as persistence predators. | Greetings Earthlings,
In Earth year 1980 we noticed the Attractors were conquering, enslaving, and gathering the remants of all those they conquered in the Laniakea. By 1988 they were now moving into the Virgo Supercluster and toward our Local Group.
We believe this is because of all the galaxies in the Virgo Superc... | 'It wasn't a time for taking the easy way. Even we saw that.
Now, there was nothing left to do but the worse. Pretty lucky too that they were actually prepared for something like that. '
All eyes remained fixed on the counselor.
'It make you wonder if prohibiting aggressiveness all those years ago was really necess... | 2021-05-25T19:42:06 | 2021-05-25T10:05:45 | 25 | 17 |
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