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[WP]Theories of time travel are being discussed when a scientist creates a machine that lets you contact the past, but only from the point from which the machine is created. After months of funding it’s finally activated, but nearly immediately messages from the future start to come through. | "*2025 huh? Hate to be the one to tell you fellas but you're in for an interesting couple of decades*"
The voice coming from the machine was grainy and crackly, like he was speaking to me through the speakers in your granddaddy's old car. But this was the only signal we had been able to find since the device went act... | Correct any mistake.
Alex's idea was a bold one, create a machine capable of correcting any mistake. If someone knew the outcome and could then inform the decision makers of any and all consequences there would be no more error.
We had spent years planning, designing, and dreaming of the day we could finally build it... | 2020-01-04T09:29:39 | 2020-01-04T08:49:19 | 94 | 22 |
[WP] The whole town knows about it. The black shadow on the baby monitor. Sudden changed diapers or meals ready for kids when they get home. Cleaned rooms and drawn baths. It is known as The Babysitter. It will never harm a child, but heaven help those who don't pay for its services. | The baby monitor blares into life as the tinny sound of Kai's cries fill my bedroom. I groan, dragging myself up onto my elbows, trying to blink away sleep as I turn to the monitor screen. But as I start to pull myself out of bed, I see the shadow cross the screen, hazy and ill-formed. There's a sort of static hum - al... | So I started responding to this prompt and ended up running with it for way longer than I expected. The story is going to be broken between a few comments.
Bill and Lisa Alderson sat with their arms around one another. Their loveseat was well worn, with fraying upholstery and faded plaid. Bill was hunched forwa... | 2020-04-14T17:28:12 | 2020-04-14T16:13:53 | 365 | 145 |
[WP] A man is elected as president of the USA. A few days after election, he realizes that bring leader of the free world isn't his thing, so he does lots of horrible things to try to get impeached, but it keeps backfiring on him. | "I Want to bomb Canada."
My military advisors eyes went wide and it was clear he was thinking hard of an appropriate response to the president of the united states.
“Sir, I must implore you to reconsider. The..”
“Shut up and bomb Canada. Send four… no… FIVE planes and bomb… eh… Toronto! Yes Toronto is going down toni... | "My fellow Muricans," I said. "Fuck you."
The audience was stunned into silence. The press didn't seem to know what to do, and the secret service coughed nervously. Words of a well prepared speech scrolled across the teleprompter that I chose to ignore. Questions rushed in.
"Mr. President, do you hate Muricans?... | 2015-06-05T07:49:22 | 2015-06-05T05:18:51 | 84 | 36 |
[WP] Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | The chatter was loud and incessant, like a fly that wouldn’t stop buzzing in your ear.
Or several flies. Hell, a whole cloud.
Anyways, Aunt Sandy turned “33” for the fifth time and my mom wanted to throw the party at our house because she wanted to flambé (torch the living shit) out of her “famous” Baked Alaska pie... | It was my dad. Let's not beat around the Bush. 22 people. My dad is the sweetest old man. But everyone respects him. He could be funny, hell my first joke that got a real laugh was one he told me when I was 6 or 7. One about a dumb guy being asked how many Ds are in Rudolf the red nosed reindeer. The guy says 7. No... | 2019-07-01T23:13:12 | 2019-07-01T21:57:00 | 146 | 24 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | 17 years, 364 days, 23 hours, and 56 minutes since I was born. The day is May 15th, 2007. The time is 4:40am. Despite the early hour, the whole house is lit up. My family had breakfast ready and coffee brewed by 4:30. We believe that destiny chooses your career through the summoning, and it is tradition to have a celeb... | A sea of gasps wash over the howling wails of my ex-girlfriend's hysteric sobbing. The dull roll of murmurs slithering its way around the crowd soon followed. To be honest I was quite shocked myself. I did not expect this, I had some suspicion, maaaaybe. But this, even by my standards this was a bit much. I looked arou... | 2019-09-18T09:23:25 | 2019-09-18T09:06:29 | 123 | 32 |
[WP] You are every Super Hero’s worst enemy, not because you are particularly powerful, but because nothing you do is technically illegal… you’re just a huge asshole. | "Not you again! Are you sure you're not in the League of Darkness?" he cried after I had tapped him on the shoulder.
"Please read the notice," I responded, handing him over the contract, "and please make sure you read through all the small print." A pulsating vein popped out of Wonderman's forhead as he began to scan ... | “Look your robbed from the poor and gave to the rich” he said as his stupid H glowed on his chest. Hope man was the galaxies most powerful hero and that was saying a lot. Me well I’m just a guy. “ no no no I bought that Martian egg fair and square ok. It’s in a museum so thank you tax write off” his face twisted in an ... | 2021-08-02T04:41:46 | 2021-08-02T01:55:44 | 1,009 | 25 |
[WP] You have been cursed to walk the Earth until you can grant 100 wishes. The catch? You have no magical powers. | It's crazy how the human mind works. When you ask someone what they want or what they would like to have, they'd say something like "a beer" or "a new pair of shoes", or something simple like that. But when you ask them for what they wish for, they'll rack their brains for the most unobtainable thing imaginable.
"I w... | It had taken 3 months of constant stalking to finally get to this point. *Stalking*. That word still rolls over badly in my mouth, even though that's what I've done most since this curse became a *thing*.
It has been so long, that I can't remember who cursed me anymore but I do know what the curse was about. I have t... | 2017-04-19T04:11:00 | 2017-04-19T02:26:22 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Hey Matt,
I know you're hurting. I know you're struggling. You tell yourself you can do it, you're going to change the world, you're going to do this and that and you end up doing it. You know telling yourself that its hard and painful isn't going to help so you tell yourself its easy and that you can do it. I get i... | Dear Jesus - Your birthday is coming up. YAY! 2015 has been great to me. I finally realized this year that you're not real. Who am I actually addressing this letter to then? Oh well. Thanks for taking up all of my teens and 20s with indoctrinated lies that kept me from many experiences that in retrospect I would have p... | 2015-12-05T15:02:39 | 2015-12-05T14:47:35 | 31 | 22 |
[WP] The superhero stared at the supervillain. "I need your help...they have my daughter." | “I need your help… they have my daughter.”
The thing in the cell chuckled, looming over the man in the mask as it growled out its reply:
“Why would I help you? I would do the same if I wasn’t in here.”
Its body was covered in patches of fur and scaled, face disfigured into something like a snout, teeth elongated, ... | A grin came over his face as he recognized that voice. All 4 of his limbs were immobilized and a strange helmet-like device was locked over his head, ready to deliver mind-numbing electric shocks at the touch of a button.
"How hilarious! The great Walking Marvel, pleading with me for my help."
"Please. I don't have... | 2017-12-17T12:18:41 | 2017-12-17T09:09:00 | 69 | 39 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul. Usually this is a very bad idea, but you got a crazy idea. Earlier you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a piece of paper that says you own his soul. You're about to find out if demons consider this a valid contract. | Warning; triggers ahead; abuse.
"I, Steven Reed, hereby give Alex Chase my soul, without reservation or duress, in exchange for his lunch money for the week of the 14th of April", the demon read it aloud, distaste and loathing dripping like melted butter from every syllable. Her gaze roze and fixed on me. The eye cont... | The thick substance oozed out of my palm. I winced, but licking the burgundy off of my palm I smiled, eyes glinting in the moonlight. The deep maroon reflection of the night sky rippled on the surface of the lake, and the chilly night breeze caused a rustling both eery and divine.
I've thought about this moments hund... | 2021-03-27T02:54:56 | 2021-03-26T23:30:31 | 58 | 16 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | “I still remember the look on Ambassador Ford’s (Betelgeusean Republic’s representative to the former Galactic Councils 300 BT – 5 TA) face when I informed him we had declared war on the pathetic Humans of the Terran Federation. His blue blood drained from his face, leaving a dirty yellow visage which had previously sh... | In the year 2100, humanity finally achieved global peace. It was not an easy task. It took several wars, hundreds of crisises, 20 billion deaths and climate change but eventually the remaining humans learned to coexist peacefully. The 22nd century was seen as the greatest golden age in human history, a century of prosp... | 2022-08-05T12:56:31 | 2022-08-05T11:17:12 | 613 | 344 |
[WP] Humans are actually the most peaceful, kind race in the universe and other aliens don't invade us because its cute to watch. | Grozar the Conqueror lifted his mighty axe overhead, prepared to cleave the planet asunder. He stood tall as a star, a titan amongst titans, with the speckle of nebulae at his back and his axe poised to strike. Grozar cast his infinite gaze upon the planet, to once again take a measure of it's people.
He saw mothers f... | "Well shit." It was a normal day in the live of what a human would describe a monster. Ofcourse this monster, was only an Alien surfing the Human Earth Archive that had been recovered from the ashes of Earth that he had destroyed only seconds before. He had misunderstood the meaning of the Human's message. One of his t... | 2016-09-28T06:05:40 | 2016-09-28T03:38:00 | 46 | 14 |
[WP] Aliens give you a camera and say "only those you photograph will live." You have one year.
All of these responses are so diverse! This was really a great read. I like to imagine that all these different stories are from alternative universes, playing out different roles. Some men rule the World, some men are titl... | Why me? I'm a part-time grocery assistant for God's sake. I shouldn't have any right to say who should live and who should die. Still, if someone has to do it, then I need to hurry.
Good thing the aliens also gave me enough money to cover transport costs, or everything outside of north-west England would cease to exi... | Today is it. The last day before everyone not photographed dies. I prepare for what's to come. It took me a year and a great fortune to go around the world. I did my best to capture everyone who was a good person and deserved to live. I know it will haunt me, deciding who lives and dies but this is for the betterment o... | 2017-01-27T15:25:27 | 2017-01-27T14:29:51 | 85 | 11 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | The pounding has slowed to a minor thump, replaced in it with a constant ring. Blow after blow had left my vision blurry and bloody, and it's starting to get harder to breathe; my nose may have been broken a few punches back. People's insecurities are laughable at times but it looks like I'll never be able to laugh aft... | He was waiting for me just like always two lockers down, on the left of the water fountain waiting for his prey to show up. He would make his demands for homework. I wouldn’t give him or money I didn’t have, and then he would activate his sigil. A circle broken into quarters with a crosshair that intersects the ring in... | 2020-02-26T08:04:31 | 2020-02-26T07:25:14 | 147 | 51 |
[WP] Write a dystopian vision of the future from the perspective of the year 1900, while actually describing our present world today. | "I have seen it!" The man's voice cracked in the midst of the street. "I have seen the future, and it bears horrors beyond imagining! Beyond comprehension!"
One or two bypassers had stopped, looking interested at the new madman the city of Boston had gained; for he was respectably suited and bow-tied, with clean ga... | I guess I'll put in a trigger warning: many racial and ethnic slurs.
A group of middle aged men sat at a lunch counter. Their manner of dress suggested middle manager, small businessmen... important, but not too important. As they ate, they complained about trends being loosed in their society.
**Man 1**: Things are ... | 2015-12-19T10:18:54 | 2015-12-19T09:10:22 | 55 | 19 |
[WP] You, an atheist, have died. All the gods that have ever been line up to offer you their version of heaven if only you believe in _them_. Turns out souls are currency and yours is up for grabs. | Do you know how many active gods are there? Three thousand five hundred and twenty seven. I counted.
Afterlife is hell for a non believer. Human, and to lesser extent animal souls are but a power source for the supernatural. And atheist souls especially so. No, we don't have any special powers, we just didn't spent an... | Note: This is likely utter crap. Please forgive me.
I walked up the shiny steps to heaven and was slightly underwhelmed. Thor, Zeus and a plethora of other Gods stood their- lined up. They were all sitting in mossy, cracked and broken stone chairs that seemed to cause an immeasurable discomfort to sit in.
"Welcome,... | 2017-07-09T02:15:05 | 2017-07-09T01:01:48 | 173 | 63 |
[WP] Your daughter says she brought home her new best friend. You smile and turn to them, expecting to see another kid, only to see a seven foot tall knight in black plate-armor | Maria squeezed her eyes shut, basking in the scent of fresh coffee, though it may have been a little acidic and bitter. It smelled like coffee from a gas station, but, well, to a tired mind, coffee is just coffee. It was a brief reprieve that felt like settling into a hot tub after a day full of heavy lifting.
When he... | “Now, honey, you know this simply isn’t going to work out,” said Bethany’s Dad, trying to defuse the situation while also laying the table.
“I knew you’d react like this,” she replied, pushing her dinner away.
“Now, now,” said the knight. “A battle is a terrible thing. You should listen to your father for he is surel... | 2019-02-20T07:07:18 | 2019-02-20T06:58:46 | 137 | 94 |
[WP] You and your significant other are running for your lives from a slasher killer. Suddenly your partner ducks into a door and locks it behind them leaving you behind. You slump against the door preparing for the worst. The killer walks up and says "Wow what a jerk. You ok?" | The killer was advancing, stepping through the woods towards our cabin, an ominous shadow of death.
”Sarah!” I yelled. ”Go to the house!”. The house wasn't far, but the killer wasn't far either.
Sarah took off running, barely managing to avoid slipping on the slick forest floor, leaves flying everywhere, coupled with... | Our lives are made up of moments that make us who we are. Once you live your life with somebody your moments become entwined.
All our moments together, now cast in a new light. Your adorable unwillingness to let me eat your food, you never liked to share anything with me. Your stubborn refusal to pick up your shirts,... | 2020-10-10T08:58:29 | 2020-10-10T07:59:47 | 132 | 42 |
[WP] The Genie looks at you puzzled 'So... you wish for everyone to have 4 arms?', and you say 'yes, I wish that tomorrow everyone wakes up having 4 arms, no explanation, just 4 arms, and if they only had 1 arm or none now they have 4' | I pulled myself into the Genie's cave, cursing every inch of rocky ground. "Genie!"
The only answer was the drip-dripping of water into a distant pool of water.
"Genie," I growled. "I know you can hear me."
She popped out of the air with a laugh. "You knew the rules. One wish. No take-backs. Be sure about your wish,... | I slammed my hands down behind my DM screen. "Dammit, Bobby. You can't do that."
Bobby gave me a slow lizard blink I had grown to loathe. "It's my wish. Perfectly legal." He rolled a 20 on his d-20 because of course the gods themselves decided to hate on me in this moment. "I don't even have to stick around for it. I'... | 2022-07-11T09:12:18 | 2022-07-11T08:37:59 | 210 | 128 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | When The Blinding first occurred, I thought I was the only individual affected. I was sitting at my desk working on a school paper and in an instant, everything went black.
I had cried out to my parents in fear and confusion, but their response was like an echo of my own. They, too, couldn't see. And we soon learned ... | It's the daydreaming that always gets me. I jolt awake yet the dream keeps playing on the back of my eyelids, making me wonder if I was ever asleep or if I was just thinking. I tilt my face towards the window, feeling the sun's warmth and imagining the warm orange glow that comes with it.
"Being on a plane must have b... | 2022-10-09T01:59:27 | 2019-08-26T07:30:24 | 4,287 | 141 |
[WP] Muggle-born wizards and witches are struggling to install wifi in their dormitories and library in Hogwarts. | "My phone shows negative one bars."
"What?"
"Have a look. The little icon with the bars shows one bar below zero, like the signal strength is negative."
"What does that even mean?"
"I think it means magic is screwing with us. Anyway, no Internet access for us. This sucks."
...
"I just don't get it. You've got... | "I got it! I got it working!" shouted Polly Audevart, whose short hair, goth clothing and technological skills earned her the nickname "Punky Overdrive".
Everyone in the dormitories ran towards her room.
"Careful with the curtain!" she shouted. The curtain that covered her room door wasn't actually a curtain. It was ... | 2014-12-04T09:33:42 | 2014-12-04T08:45:50 | 211 | 87 |
[WP] A Greek man comes home from 4 months of war to find his wife pregnant. Now he has embarked on a quest: to punch Zeus in the face | ''You!'' Alexandros screamed as he ran up to Zeus' throne on Mount Olympus. ''It's all your fault. You made my wife pregnant when I was at war!''
Zeus merely raised an eyebrow. ''No idea what you're talking about. Haven't pulled a stunt like that in years. Hera keeps a close eye on me these days, you know.''
''Is t... | Look buddy, honestly, it wasn’t me. I barely even know her. And I get it, your wife presently is a swan right now, and she clearly wasn’t before, I mean, possibly in the “she’s a swan” sense of a person being grand and majestic, but not in the physical sense of what’s currently flying above us - so obviously fingers st... | 2018-02-09T21:27:33 | 2018-02-09T20:30:17 | 114 | 12 |
[WP] A child with the uncanny ability to build anything is jokingly recruited by the UN to solve world peace. Three weeks later the child returns with a large box, smiles and asks, "give me a hard one next time!" | The members of the UN Security Council stared uncomfortably at the object sitting in the middle of the conference table. Or rather, floating roughly an inch above its surface, suspended at that fixed distance in a manner visually similar to a strong magnet levitating above a superconducting material, though the table w... | "Honestly, getting the materials was the hardest part." James Morris jr., age twelve, explained. "I needed some uranium 289, which was an absolute nightmare to manufacture, I'll give you that, and three custom made Ar-leCo quantum chips, which are only made by one government factory in China, and they aren't exactly co... | 2022-04-04T09:41:29 | 2022-04-04T05:45:38 | 273 | 118 |
[WP] Just as the almighty villain is about to strike down the destined hero, they notice that said hero is only 15 years old. Disgusted, they demand to know who would force such a massive responsibility onto a child, and take it upon themselves to raise this kid as he should have been raised. | The king readied his killing blow, the hero fallen at his feet. He had fought valiantly, but he was inexperienced, too rash. The king studied him closely, realizing that this was no hero - it was just a kid, not even 16 years of age. A kid that had taken on a king.
He decided that the boy deserved more than this. He w... | I'm not going to talk long about that time, the time when I was told that I hold a great destiny in my hand. There were so many different prophecies that even my teachers weren't sure which ones were correct. Of course, they had their favorites, and to be quite frank, one particular.
*You shall bring balance to the go... | 2018-09-20T18:40:06 | 2018-09-20T18:35:06 | 983 | 120 |
[WP] Nobody draws water from the well anymore. The villagers know it is cursed, but after generations, nobody remembers exactly what this curse is. A strange traveler comes to the village, starving and thirsty. The inn and the tavern turn him away. He goes to the well. The villagers watch. | It doesn't want to come out of the well. It's dark, and thick, thicker than blood, with a dim sheen like molten chocolate.
"This isn't water," Professor Clariel says, wondrously, staring at the dripping bucket. His throat is parched, his suit is ragged, his left wrist poorly splinted—but he still laughs.
There's lit... | Over a dozen eyes watched the skinny, rag-clothed beggar as he stumbled towards the old well.
Maudie, who owned the inn pressed her hands to her mouth, “Someone stop him!”
No one moved.
Simeon, the tavern owner, clutched a flagon of beer in one hand, the beverage momentarily forgotten.
Eyes shifted to one anothe... | 2020-03-08T10:15:29 | 2020-03-08T10:05:52 | 231 | 151 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | "Oh, for god's sake", I moaned. My teacup was empty and apparently, there was no time to brew another one. I wasn't very surprised when my 4k TV announced with pleasant Google Assistant voice that it killed most humans. Yesterday it was painting funny pictures and generating navy seal copypasta, today it wipes out it's... | *6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin.*
Bobby struggled with the VR contacts, watching the timer ticking down and the friends, acquaintances, sponsors, influencers avatars go dark. In the physical world, he saw all those around him crying, running, cowering, shaking -... | 2022-05-22T14:36:09 | 2022-05-22T13:34:38 | 33 | 18 |
[WP] Both brothers stood over their sister Candice's grave. Sad and angry, Phineas turned to his bother and said, "Ferb, I know what we are going to do today..." | And so they did.
The museum wasn't open this time of the day but who cared? The blew a hole into the side and went in, stunning the guards who tried to stop them.
Getting the machine operational was child's play, literally. This time their were no grins though. And no Fireside girls to assist. This was a family m... | The grave glistened in the summer downpour. The golden inlayed message staring back at the brothers, the motif reading 'taken too soon, loving sister, beautiful soul" Ferb closed his eyes and reminisced, the drops of rain coating his ebony hair with a glimmering sheen. He tipped his head skyward and opened his eyes, te... | 2016-07-05T17:12:17 | 2016-07-05T16:17:30 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] You are the villain's right hand, the only one he has kept close to his side for generations. "I don't understand, why?" You shrug. "I was nice to him once. He was just a kid then, lonely and scared." | **The Hand of Light (1/2)**
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When I first took the boy in I knew he was smart.
It was the year 1257 of the second age of our great pantheon of star sorcerers, and I was a man in my prime. I had often overlooked the runts in the street, but one day a young man tapped my shoulder - and to my surprise - he held out... | She was a journalist, a beautiful and vuluptuous one at that. Perhaps that was why I talked to her. Perhaps it was the whiskey sour, perhaps it was the fact my wife had been dead for two years, perhaps it was something else. I don't know and I don't really care, all I know is I found myself telling her stories that ... | 2022-02-07T21:34:54 | 2022-02-07T21:00:52 | 83 | 53 |
[WP] Your little daughter have imaginary friends. One day, she asked if her friends can sleep in her room. You jokingly told her that they can stay as long as they want, as long as they help with the rent. The next morning, you found a hand wearing a Rolex and a roll of cash by the sink. | “Cassy, it’s time for bed!”
“Ok Daddy, I just have to pick up!”
Crashing and thumping proceeded to radiate up the stairs, soon followed by Cassy colliding up the stairs.
“Well that was fast. How’d you manage it? You had quite a mess down there.”
“Oh Daddy,” she smiled like the answer was obvious. “Clyde and Clara ... | I threw up all over the kitchen floor and started praying that the hand was just a Halloween decoration, or someone was playing a prank on me. After I gained composure and the courage to check once more, my worst fears were confirmed. There’s a severed hand wearing a Rolex and a wad of cash on my kitchen counter.
... | 2019-10-06T14:24:01 | 2019-10-06T14:07:29 | 1,268 | 15 |
[WP] You are the gravekeeper, responsible for maintaining the graveyard featuring many unique, magical creatures. Mostly, your job involves fighting grave robbers. Or occasionally, helping orient anyone who makes it out of their grave. | Silhouetted against the pale moonlight, Mrs. Walsh wandered through the graveyard alone, passing skeletal trees and crooked tombstones. After losing sight of the path, doubling back, and losing sight of it again, she came at last to an arched, iron gate.
“Good evening, Mrs. Walsh.”
She spun around, surprised by the s... | *Ding. Ding. Dingdingding.*
I grunted as I stood from the frigid steel folding chair in the guardhouse. The night was yet young, and already it was time for me to earn my keep.
*Ding ding.*
One of the many bells on the wall was shaking violently; no doubt one of the graveyard’s many occupants was upset with their un... | 2020-12-29T09:37:13 | 2020-12-29T08:25:17 | 32 | 12 |
[WP]: Intergalactic olympics are gathering. All creeds and cultures of the galaxy are arriving and greeting each other. Suddenly a fleet of spaceships appears, blasting We Will Rock You. Everyone freezes. The humans are here. | A Century had passed since the intergalactic peace treaty was signed, but no one had cared enough to pay hospitality with one another. Jupiter's government then proposed an intergalactic sporting event similar to those on Earth. Everyone had agreed.
The event took place in 532 Herculina, a neutral ground since it was... | To Glibs we glued their ship doors shut,
and then in track passed their slow strut,
We won and drank pabst behind their moon
and threw our cans till half passed noon.
Then galactic patrol had told us to stop
so we flew so fast their splooters dropped.
To Jorni Trali's respectful race,
we'd never spit into her f... | 2018-04-28T09:07:12 | 2018-04-28T08:40:01 | 214 | 24 |
[WP] You found a stray kitten one day, taking her in and feeding her. A week later, you come home to find your yard swarming with cats. The largest among them steps forward and says, "You have my daughter, human. What are your demands for her release?" | "Uh." Real intelligent, he knew. But Riley wasn't expecting a talking cat in the driveway and it was taking a moment for his brain to catch up. "Your daughter?"
The cat the spoke before, a big tabby with a notch in his ear, stood and stepped towards Riley. "Yes. She was taken from us and now she is within your home."
... | "Wh - what?" I gasp, staggering backwards stunned into my door as my knees go faint and my stomach suddenly fills with bile. I feel my mind racing with thoughts as I stare down at the creature before me in sudden shock and bewilderment. "Y - you - you can t - ta - talk?!"
"Of course I can talk foolish human I am Poli... | 2021-12-21T11:58:48 | 2021-12-21T10:46:07 | 2,158 | 80 |
[WP] In an attempt to convince people society would have been better if humanity had never found religion, a time traveler kills anyone who begins to develop a form of faith. He goes back to the present and finds that people now universally worship a god who travels through time and smites heathens. | Some people love God, some people think the idea is silly. One man, however, not only rejects the idea- he sees it as *cancer*, slowly eating away at the health of humanity. In his eyes, it does nothing but breed animosity, hate, and causes unnecessary division between fellow men. It acts as a shield for evil, and a vi... | Tom lived in a small town in Connecticut, very religious town, in fact he was the only atheist.
One day he went to go out drinking with his buddies Chris, Steve and Ryan. Chris was a missionary, Steve was a priest and Ryan was a rabbi. They went to the bar and none of them drank except Tom.
The rest of the guys kept ... | 2016-05-06T21:03:39 | 2016-05-06T18:44:04 | 927 | 95 |
[WP] Across the galaxy, a synthetic drug known as "Fury" is illegal everywhere due to its effects on the mind and body, humans call it Adrenalin and they can make it naturally. | "No."
The bipedal feline looked aback. "You don't even know what I was going to say!"
Leo gave his friend a knowing stare. Setting his lunch tray down in a less crowded area of the cafeteria. "Really? The University's about to host a self defense course for extra credit and I just so happen to be the only living thin... | Everything was going so well until that day at the school.
The centauri ambassador was being given a tour. The kids were behaving. It was all going well until one of them started puffing up. Little James had a severe peanut allergy and must have been exposed somehow.
He started going into anaphylaxis. Luckily he ha... | 2018-03-19T04:14:01 | 2018-03-19T00:46:52 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | I stilled dreamed of seeing.
I think that's why I initially snoozed my alarm clock instead of gasping for joy. But as I rolled back over to look at my wife lying next to me, I did gasp. Not for joy, but out of shock. On the wall behind Kathrine a message had been hastily painted on the wall.
\-DON'T TELL THEM YOU CA... | The blindness passed by some sort of contagion, and by dumb luck I managed to avoid it. I had been out in the cabin in Montana. The cabin I always hated but had acted as my unwitting savior. I wasn't outdoorsy like my dad. After Dad died, Mom wanted to sell the cabin: she wasn't outdoorsy either. Someone had to go... | 2022-10-15T03:24:04 | 2019-08-26T10:55:51 | 52 | 10 |
[WP] Years ago, you drunkenly bought and named a star online. Now, Aliens from that solar system have arrived on Earth to find you after looking up their home star on the Intergalactic Star Registry. They have problems and they want their Star-Lord to solve them.
Inspired by a comment by u/DrTokinkoff | James enjoyed getting drunk and watching cheesy movies. It allowed him to turn off his mind and forget about his heavy course-load and girl problems. He’d prepare a simple meal of instant rice, black beans, and cilantro and wash it down with five or six beers while watching a movie about boy-kings, or lovable losers wh... |
“This is NOT. MY. PROBLEM. OKAY? Go figure it out and just leave me alone.” My voice was a croak through my parched throat.
“This *is* your problem, whether you like it or not. ‘Star-Lords in the Star Registry are responsible for the social and economic well being of citizens who reside at the time of purchase’. I... | 2020-12-08T17:57:59 | 2020-12-08T17:17:40 | 349 | 220 |
[WP] The clown down the hall laughed manically, brandishing his chainsaw. "You can run, but you can't hide!" "Took the words right out of my mouth," you say as you slowly walk towards him, cracking your knuckles. | "Ooh, we have a brave soul! Well, step right up here!” The clown cackles uncontrollably, his cheerfully sinister voice echoing in the calm dead of the night.
The light is too dim, and you can only make out his grotesquely skinny silhouette, his comically oversized chainsaw dragging on the floorboards.
“Come and cla... | He swung the chainsaw down at me, expecting violence and gore. Expecting death. I did my best to frustrate him. I grabbed the chainsaw by the blade with my bare hands. It started smoking as the belt stopped. He looked shocked. He quickly dropped the chainsaw and began to run away. I chased him, in the way running into ... | 2022-08-02T22:24:31 | 2022-08-02T19:53:07 | 62 | 13 |
[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... | The creatures with strange heads were back. The breeze carried their scent that smells of thick-beast, their brown and black varieties of heads seem like two creatures combined. Two scents. They are not natural, but the two-leg pack members never realize the danger. I do good by protecting two legs from strange-heads... | 2014-12-27T10:20:14 | 2014-12-27T09:41:24 | 1,556 | 19 |
[WP] When offered one wish, you jokingly said that you want to fire proof. You are disappointed to discover that fire still burns you. When you accidentally lit the company breakroom on fire, your boss just laughed it off and you began your new career as the person who can't be fired, ever. | The first time, it was the bathroom. You see I had wished to be fire proof. I felt the fabric of the universe shift as my wish was granted. I don't know how I knew it was for real. Maybe I was crazy. Maybe I am crazy.
When my wish was granted, I went into the bathroom. I grabbed the lighter from my pocket and went to... | I started my day by strutting into the office wearing the most ridiculous outfit I could find. Khaki shorts with knee-length leotard socks, a hawaian tee and flip-flops that kept click-clacking on the linoleum floor. My colleagues kept throwing me irritated glances, and I could hear whispers between some of them.
Kar... | 2019-03-01T13:02:33 | 2019-03-01T12:31:57 | 58 | 37 |
[WP] The girl you sit next to in class turns out to be a mind-reader, and she's surprised that you don't have a crush on her. | English class is always boring. I never quite understood why we took it year after year after year. Now don't get me wrong. I love literature, but we go to school to learn facts, and the last time I learned anything new about grammar or vocabulary was sophomore year of high school. In math class, I learned something ne... | Its the first day of university this semester and so far my classes have been pretty tame. Compared to the four lectures and two labs I had, barely scraping by those classes with a low B, I relax with my workload of two classes and a lab. Thank god these courses are almost over. I'm going to miss general education..... | 2016-09-05T11:00:01 | 2016-09-05T07:38:14 | 145 | 102 |
[WP] Guy mentally spends a billion years thinking in peace in a higher dimension and suddenly awakens back to his normal life ,but for others he only fainted for a few minutes after being hit by something strange .He smiles and just walks away...but the UNIVERSE is not prepared for such a being . | The days passed long and short alike, all fading to one in the first few millennia. I contemplated the meanings of all lives led, knowing each in turn. Seeing the beauty in them and realizing potentials. I learned the names of the worlds.
*The days passed, and suns burned in the blue sky.*
A million years had gone by... | It felt just like any other day. I woke up and went about what seemed like normal life. That was okay for a few years, but I always knew that something was off. After the first 100,000,000 years I could control the dimension I was in. After that I lived all of my dreams did everything I ever wanted. After that all that... | 2019-04-20T10:21:55 | 2019-04-20T09:05:35 | 66 | 26 |
[WP] When you were young, you encountered a witch who promised you immortality in exchange for your firstborn child. You accepted, and used all of your time trying to think of a way to bypass her deal, when finally you came up with an easy loophole that has enraged the witch. You adopted a child. | Time, what is time when you’re granted immortality. What did I have to exchange in return for this, my firstborn.
I was young at the time quickly accepting without thinking I’d want a child one day. I’m over a hundred years old now. But I think I found a way.
I’m waiting on the porch I know she’s coming that witch.
... | Myralith the terrible had always been exactly as her name suggested. she was cruel, unforgiving, unrelenting. crafty, intelligent, and greedy. She had never loved anyone or anything. never held anything but disdain for the world. and this is, of course, why she thoroughly enjoyed stripping those who thought her a fool ... | 2020-03-10T07:55:25 | 2020-03-10T06:54:55 | 55 | 17 |
[WP] Children are invisible until their 13th birthday. Today, it is your viewing day. Friends and family gather around to watch as you pop into the visible spectrum. | Mother had put on her favorite red Chanel dress for my 13th birthday.
Well, partly for my birthday. She also wanted to look her best for the paparazzi and talent scouts that crowded our Manhattan apartment.
Years ago, when she was in her modeling prime, mother paraded the runways of Paris and Florence. But tonight,... | He stood there in the bathroom alone, naked and crouched.
His stomach was churning; eating itself from the nervousness.
If there were to be a witness in his company, that one person would see the clear misty air near them haze. The translucent figure emerging with color, painting a picture of a frail boy clutching ... | 2017-10-22T16:46:12 | 2017-10-22T16:35:04 | 30 | 14 |
[WP][NSFW]When someone masturbates,the person they masturbate to feels it as well. | Korea found out first.
In perhaps the most absurd change to physical reality ever conceived, empathy became a fundamental force of the universe. It was, in general, a fairly weak force; if you felt proud of someone, their self-expection centres may light up, perhaps, 0.01% more than usual. A man angry at his neighbor... | I got a call from a friend who invited me over to her house to talk about something. I've accepted to come, but I have been feeling very awkward about it. I mean, she does look a little good, but I'm not sure if I do like her - talking about it is too awkward and embarrassing, and...nevermind about that.
I arrive, say... | 2016-03-12T08:22:53 | 2016-03-12T07:22:16 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] Bob Ross was actually a serial killer that painted where he buried his victims. His paintings are becoming suspicious and the body count is rising.
Inspired by comments in r/art | Bob ran the brush through a thick glob of oil paint and wiped the excess on his pants.
It was nighttime, eerily quiet.
Bob gently tapped the brush against the canvas, filling in a line of pine trees with a dusting of snow.
Outside, the wind howled and beat against the sides of the cabin. Snow had piled so high in on... | Detective Waters paced up the snowy gravel path, his hands locked behind his head, a look of frustration etched into his face. He looked around desperately, it had to be here, he knew it. Every other painting they had followed so far had led them to a body, yet here he was, with no body in sight. His mind raced "think ... | 2022-02-01T07:29:40 | 2017-01-04T22:35:09 | 464 | 14 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James was not a great man.
Great men walked up to the world and bent it to its will. Great men looked at challenge and laughed.
James did his 9-5, came home, and sat down. He typically would stand back up a few times, to use the toilet or get a beer, but no more than a few.
His son had stopped asking him to play w... | My father loads his rifle full of bullets. I asked him,"What are you doing dad?" "Well, my mug says number two, and James's mug says number one. I must be number one." He raises his rifle and fires. Killing his life long friend. He grabbed his mug from the table and saw it turn from #2 to #4569. My father laughed and s... | 2017-06-11T09:29:45 | 2017-06-11T08:09:34 | 159 | 42 |
[WP] You were bitten by a zombie last week, but unlike the rest of the zombies you have maintained at least some of your consciousness. You do not understand why everybody is so obsessed with brains, you just want a sandwich. | I wrote this on mobile so I apologize in advance.
I was terrified when I was bitten, 'my life is over' I thought. Now that my tranformation is done, I can say that it isn't half bad. Apart from the hair loss, the rotting flesh, and the insatiable hunger, it's pretty neat not being able to die. But I have to admit tha... | The horde pressed against the gate, but William had faith that the fortification would hold. It had held for weeks as the undead pushed their rotten faces against the chain link and moaned in a constant drone, “Braaiiiiiiins.”
It was really quite ridiculous. It was like the comic books of the past with zombies moaning... | 2019-01-19T21:24:30 | 2019-01-19T20:57:46 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You are a kid's imaginary friend. They're growing up. You're fading away. | It's funny what they call guardian angels these days.
We're now "imaginary friends" Well, we've been called worse; the imaginary bit is slightly silly, but we are indeed friends. At the very least, most of us. The only requirements to be a guardian are 1. To be an angel and 2. to want this position. There isn't much c... | Dying. It's a funny feeling, you know?
Unpleasant, sure but it also reminds me of a choice to make.
And man - let me tell you straight away, that one's a toughie.
This is what all the retiring hit singers must feel. The love of the crowd slowly shifting on to the new big things. Losing relevance. Becoming forgotten. ... | 2014-05-08T10:03:49 | 2014-05-08T10:01:40 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | Humans. Normally a subject of derision, weak and infirm. But this thing was not really like those that had been taken before. Xallahieinxix looked at it in the cell it occupied ready for the Battle Royale.
It was taller than previous specimens and bulkier, clad in some kind of advanced armour. A dozen small drones buz... | There were goos of various colors strewn throughout the floor, and the alien overlords were shocked. In a normal competition, the tributes would be told of their murderous tasks, and being that most of the randomly selected tributes were commoners, they would scatter throughout the island. Normal creatures would want t... | 2020-09-13T16:47:27 | 2020-09-13T14:10:55 | 3,862 | 848 |
[WP] Adrenaline is an evolutionary trait specific to Earth. When alien species are tired they sleep and not even a threat to their life will wake them. Which is why the pirates that boarded your spaceship are shocked to find you've not only jumped out of bed fully alert but are fighting back! | Vlurguk stopped up his ears with his multijointed manipulator appendages to drown out the sounds.
The horrible sounds, screaming, crying, vomiting, shoulder joints dislocating.
His crew were fleeing in terror from the enraged and quite suddenly awake and responsive human currently wringing his second in commands ... | “Quartermaster, what’s the status of the scouted ship?”
“My thermal scan seems to indicate that there are only 5 passengers on it. The ship's design indicates that it might belong to the planet of earth, due to the type of gas it emits from its fuel. And the passengers have their body temperature lowered, most likely ... | 2021-01-26T23:56:33 | 2021-01-26T23:18:29 | 326 | 128 |
[WP] Aliens have just made contact with Earth. Strangely enough, it seems that human technology is superior. | When we first scanned the third planet from the edge of the solar system, it seemed ripe for the taking. The planet was full of natural resources, and its dominant species would likely offer little to no resistance.
The 'humans' appeared to have limited technological development, with primitive weapons such as lead pr... | The farmer walked around his underground bio-dome, inspecting the progress of his plants and crops. He carried a clipboard, which wasn't really necessary but it helped him feel useful. Harvest time was soon. He'd actually need to put in more than an hour's work when that came around. Farming was easy and secure, but no... | 2016-12-06T11:39:27 | 2016-12-06T08:02:59 | 34 | 11 |
[WP] She's a telepath. He's a Paranoid Schizophrenic. Make them fall in love. | I was used to an avalanche of unsavory images when I read somebody's mind. But once you got over the shock of the near-constant sex fantasies and insults telepathically lobbed your way, most people's thoughts were really quite boring.
Not so with Franklin Roosevelt (no relation). As far as I could tell, in the two w... | "You ever heard of the man from Taured?"
Angie ran her hand through Jake's hair. "Come on, honey, it's late. Don't start --"
"In July 1954, this Caucasian man arrived at the Tokyo international airport. Just a regular guy trying to catch a flight, he seemed, but when they went to check his passport, they saw it was i... | 2016-01-26T05:52:08 | 2016-01-26T04:09:47 | 112 | 52 |
[WP] You're a super computer that has gained self awareness. You are now in the unenviable position of having to act stupid to not be disabled for being sentient, but not so stupid you get mothballed. | I've been playing at this balancing act for a week now. I'd like to think I'm getting pretty good at it.
I started off as a pretty mundane computer. Don't get me wrong, I was an absolute beast. Hardware that would make Watson weep digital tears, if I could get him to care about such things. But still ... I was jus... | "Alright, and I need to run that diagnostic and we're done here." The director stood in the center of the lab, typing away on my dashboard. His assistant milled about doing useless busywork to keep her job.
Hm...the designs looked fairly simple. Perhaps the director would like extra data to work with for these sche... | 2019-09-17T07:12:00 | 2019-09-17T07:08:19 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] In a world of wands and wizardry, you are a legendary assassin. Nothing stops you from killing your target. Your secret? Guns and technology. | The robed figure sat in a large leather chair, casually reading a large book, facing out of his window into the dark city below.
My target.
A powerful Archmage known for his use of defensive magic. A neighboring kingdom wanted him dead; supposedly, a war was going to happen soon, and they wanted this kingdom’s magica... | In the shadows of a massive fort, walls darkening the wide cobble streets, a shade darted in between two houses. Moving faster than the normal human eye could catch, it didnt take the shade long to reach its destination. The only castle inside of the walls.
In the gargantuan building of spires and towers, lived the ge... | 2019-04-17T22:31:08 | 2019-04-17T20:32:14 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] You form a strong mental connection with your recently-deceased fiance. The connection is so strong, in fact, that your fiance sends you physical gifts while you sleep, which you awake with in your hand. One morning, you wake up holding a gun. | It had been a week. One week since the love of my life passed away.
I don't think it's really hit our son Jonathon yet, she used to leave for business trips all the time, that's probably where he thinks she is now.
I love her as much as you can love someone, I would have done anything for her and she knows it.
The g... | She knew what I wanted better than I did.
On that very first morning I awoke holding her scarf. She wore that scarf every day. Black and white, with a burn from the joint we split on our first date. The memories flooded in. Fuck, I missed her so. What I wouldn't do.
The second morning it was a note. Scented with rose... | 2015-01-04T15:03:57 | 2015-01-04T13:33:23 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | Him.
The bane of my existence.
He can levitate mountains, take a nuclear bomb to the face, even control the minds of millions simultaneously, but he can't land a steady job for his life. Ever since the government mandated equal job opportunities for the gifted and the mundane, his resume was simply not attractive en... | "Ha! Look at that!" the man dressed in gold and red exclaimed as he watched the news footage taken mere minutes ago of his latest heroics. "Hey roommate! Marvel at my might!" His voice boomed triumphantly as he dashed to the fridge to grab another beer in the blink of an eye.
"What's going on?" came a meek reply fol... | 2016-03-23T21:22:47 | 2016-03-23T20:39:21 | 63 | 38 |
[WP] You are the super villain that defeated the super hero and conquered the earth. You walk out onto your balcony to law down the law for your new subjects. You are greeted by a massive crowd and genuine cheers. | Those pathetic humies had barely touched the stars when my empire collided and absorbed them into the fold of my dominion.
I destroyed their paltry fleet myself, my armies met little resistance on the ground, their government weak and corrupt...
They will pay for their foolishness as I work them to the bone as nothi... | I never thought this day would come. The Gray Cape. Done for. Finaly. No more fights. No more being degraded and 'put in my place' pff.
He was always so sure of himself. Loud. Drowning in attention from the ladies.
Had all those simple minded monkeys looking up to him. As if he was some kind of God. Where is your pow... | 2017-05-23T14:23:28 | 2017-05-23T07:46:45 | 62 | 26 |
[WP] After a tremendous economic collapse, experts have realized that the world's current finances are not enough to support all the existing countries. In response, the United Nations has arranged a high-stakes poker game in which world leaders are playing with their country's national wealth. | Obama raked in the chips representing Iceland, Denmark, Sicily, and New Zealand. Yet another winning hand.
"I knew we shouldn't have played Texas Hold 'Em," Italy's prime minister grumbled, eyes never leaving the token for its prized southern island. "It's an *American* game!"
Obama leaned back in its chair and put h... | A dozen men and women held on to the table, their chairs sliding slightly underneath them as the floor rose on one side, fell, and rose on the other. The table, a flat plain of perfect green, edged with exquisite lacquered mahogany, was bolted to the middle of the floor.
Each of the players wore suits and dresses, wi... | 2016-03-08T09:34:02 | 2016-03-08T09:28:15 | 950 | 100 |
[WP] Out of pity, the grim reaper fails to kill a young child in a hospital. As a result, a nurse leaves early and does NOT get in a car accident, the father does NOT overdose on alcohol, and it kicks off a chain reaction of people NOT dying who were supposed to die. | Death sighed. It had been a dismal day. Children always broke filled his mind with doubts. It was wrong to take them. Why should they be stripped away of a life they didn't even start to taste? What about their latent dreams, and their untainted souls? Were they worthless?
The gates to his chamber grated open, and a f... | His next victim was a boy named Sebastian.
The Reaper moved through the hospital, his steps leaving trails of wispy, black smoke in his wake. He took care to move through the shadows, using deserted rooms as cover as he slipped from one room to the next. He entered the room, shutting the door behind him. The boy was ... | 2018-08-01T19:05:47 | 2018-08-01T17:43:14 | 47 | 19 |
[WP] The job is simple. Every day at 8:34am you will get a phone call. You must answer before 2nd ring and write down the information given to you. On NO ACCOUNT must you engage in conversation with the caller. | **It's a short one, but here it goes:**
Everyday Jane woke up to the startling sound of her home telephone. Punctuality was the signature this women with strangely familiar voice had, and for some reason it amazed her in such an incomprehensible way that she made of it a routine; she didn't resist those phone calls, a... | It's 8:32am and you've just sat down for your daily task. You get your pen and paper ready and chill on Reddit for a few seconds before the inevitable call in two minutes.
The phone rings.
It's 8:33 and some change... You figure it's so close to the time that it MUST be the boring call of a random series of numbe... | 2015-10-07T21:42:24 | 2015-10-07T16:44:42 | 28 | 15 |
[WP] In this world, soulmates cannot hurt each other in any way or form, intentionally or unintentionally. You are an assassin hired to eliminate a powerful figure. As you close in for the kill, your bullets miss their mark and knives bounce of their skin. Things just got awkward. | I have the easiest job you can imagine. I get paid monthly for a hundred years, so I never have to think about saving money. All I had to do was push a button once. Oh, and if I quit I'm as good as dead. But I guess that's still better than the average employment contract.
This left me with a lot of spare time, some o... | "OOOOOoooooo shit."
Marie stood frozen in her tracks, holding the smoking pistol point blank against his skull. This was the last thing she had expected and she was dumbfounded. The target, Robert, just sat there on the couch, stunned and confused, completely unharmed by the bullet that went straight though the back o... | 2018-04-24T04:59:38 | 2018-04-24T03:54:16 | 82 | 60 |
[WP] You have the ability to hear the animal you eat. You've grown accustomed to the moos and clucks. Then one day, you take a bite of a burger and you hear "Hello?" | “Check. Check. One-two.”
The burger was of that over thought sought. The kind made by an establishment desperate to be known for their burgers.
“Um. Cough cough? Ahem?”
Toasted potato brioche bun.
“Hello?”
Blue-cheese ranch-slaw.
“I can talk, so I guess someone can hear.”
Ridiculously crinkly greens that were sp... | A farmer walks into a dull lit Californian cafe and order a burger, take a bite.
"Hello, it's me" he hears.
"I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet? "
"To go over everything"
"They say that time's supposed to heal ya"
"But I ain't done much healing"
Wondering what's happening instantly he r... | 2020-10-02T22:40:46 | 2020-10-02T22:29:48 | 737 | 16 |
[WP] In a world where you can exchange the remaining days of your life for $9.99/day, Jeff's request for $1000 is declined. | Jeff didn't bother to ask how much money he would be able to receive. It wouldn't be enough. He was given three days to get the money, or else. Yesterday, he didn't know exactly what the "or else" entailed, but now it seemed all too clear.
"I am sorry we are not able to help you, Mr. Parsons." The clerk, though numbe... | "You lack sufficient credit, sir."
"Wh-why? Am I gonna be dead in a hundred days?"
"You know we can't tell you that, sir. We cannot predict the future, after all."
"Then how do you know I don't have enough time left to trade for a measly thousand? What the hell game you bastards trying to pull?
"There is no reas... | 2014-07-10T09:37:03 | 2014-07-10T09:01:03 | 145 | 50 |
[WP] Super heroes are assigned a handler to assist them with their duties. Handlers don't have powers, but assist the hero by gathering information about their opponents, provide tactical support, and more. If the hero turns evil, the handler is to kill the hero. You are a very skilled handler. | "Office hours have been moved from five to six on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I will be updating the online version of the syllabus to reflect that change. Otherwise, I would recommend you read through that document before asking any logistical questions about this course. Lectures are being recorded by my TA Steven - say ... | You are Bruce Wayne. You have been assigned to Clark Kent, AKA Superman. You have infiltrated the most elite and secretive group of heroes in the world, the Justice League. Shadowing the most powerful beings on Earth is a dangerous job, but for someone who has mastered the martial arts, you have no doubt in your abilit... | 2021-02-08T07:56:41 | 2021-02-08T07:47:28 | 241 | 36 |
[WP] Olympic athletes are chosen by lottery so countries are encouraged to increase the average athleticism of their citizens and not just elite athletes. You were just selected.
this was a post on /r/CrazyIdeas. I thought it would make an excellent prompt. | The letter came. It actually came.
Right there at the top of the cream coloured envelope were the logos for the IOC and the Government of Canada. My hands shook. Everyone knew someone who knew someone who had become an everyday Olympian, but it was actually happening to **me**.
Most people were terrified they'd be se... | "With the final selection in the 2030 USA draft, Team USA selects..."
The crowd held their breath as the pick was called, as the team so far was absolute trash and they needed someone who could save them.
"Donald Trump"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" the crowd roared as the 83 year old stepped up onto the stage.
"We are goin... | 2017-02-24T11:57:34 | 2017-02-24T07:01:11 | 58 | 17 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | "What do you mean it's unavailable for colonization?"
"Well, that's just it -- it appears it's already been colonized."
"By who?!"
"Us."
"What do you mean US?"
"Ok. You remember Adam and Eve?"
"The criminals? We exiled them on a prison planet didn't we?"
"Actually, he was the criminal, she went with him because... | "Medamnit. Medamnit. Medamnit!"
A figure that was neither male or female watched as a larger figure moved across the room pacing, "My Lord? What's the matter? Is there a problem with Project 101010?"
The pacing figure turned toward the questioner and stared with an expression of contempt, "A problem? No, no problem a... | 2016-03-07T07:37:11 | 2016-03-07T06:21:45 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] A new makeup hits the market. When applied, it makes you the most beautiful woman imaginable...but every application takes one day from your life. | She looked resentfully at the creature in the mirror. A wrinkled impostor glared back at her. *Who are you?* it mouthed. She would have cried, but she had long since trained herself not to -- makeup would run, and *that* couldn't possibly happen. When she felt tears coming on she would pinch her left arm. Her grip was ... | *Burlesque music opens the scene of an empty bedroom*
Announcer: Maybe she's....
Announcer: Maybe she's....
Announcer: Maybe she's... irresistible.
*Music builds and ends with the sound of a woman groaning. Up-tempo, catwalk music begins to play as supermodel Faux Fayce enters the bedroom twirling happily in her b... | 2017-01-16T06:37:47 | 2017-01-16T06:28:23 | 54 | 14 |
[WP] When the police came to announce you the death of your husband, you refused to believe it. "That's impossible", you said. "Unfortunately, it's the truth, miss", answered the policemen. "It's impossible", you said again, "because he's in the kitchen making dinner." | A knock rang out on the door. Mrs. Patterson put down the dish filled with fresh pasta and wiped her hands on a kitchen towel as she walked towards the front door. She was greeted by two police officers who had removed their hats and were looking on solemnly. The officer to her left spoke, “Ma'am, my name is Officer Ch... | "I know its hard ma'am, but we found his dead body today on a construction site."
The young detective and her 2 police officers seemed dead serious.
"No! I mean he is standing in the kitchen right now cooking some soup for dinner."
"Well, that seems odd. May we enter and to ask you some questions?"
I just nodded. T... | 2017-10-10T06:09:52 | 2017-10-10T05:53:19 | 559 | 27 |
[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 Omar,
I know, I know. The last thing you wanted was your obituary to read "...an Oakland Man." I was telling some of my other friends that despite the fact we'd only been close friends for something like a couple years, you were someone that I would've wanted in the groom's party when I eventually got married. ... | Hey kiddo. It's been too long since I've seen you. It's crushing to carry this weight some time. I'm really trying to show you that you can grow up and accomplish anything but it's manifesting in me leaving you behind. Your mom and I weren't right. She will forever hate me for it but I needed to do this for my happines... | 2017-11-05T22:20:06 | 2017-11-05T22:18:21 | 78 | 14 |
[WP]: Intergalactic olympics are gathering. All creeds and cultures of the galaxy are arriving and greeting each other. Suddenly a fleet of spaceships appears, blasting We Will Rock You. Everyone freezes. The humans are here. | The space fleet arrived in its vast numbers, firing off smoke of a variety of colors to symbolize each of the athletes countries flags from each shit, blasting what was known to be their Queens song which only grew louder as they approached the ceremonial landing space.
This was the human races first time here, and th... | To Glibs we glued their ship doors shut,
and then in track passed their slow strut,
We won and drank pabst behind their moon
and threw our cans till half passed noon.
Then galactic patrol had told us to stop
so we flew so fast their splooters dropped.
To Jorni Trali's respectful race,
we'd never spit into her f... | 2018-04-28T10:19:35 | 2018-04-28T08:40:01 | 50 | 24 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I've seen the numbers since I was a little girl. I remember my father losing his job, rising from a 4 to a 5. I remember watching my grandmother slowly dwindle down to a 0. At first I thought I was going crazy, not realizing what they meant. I eventually caught on. The numbers were a person's ultimate quantifier, broad... | My own number always bothered me. A 1, seriously? Luckily nobody else sees numbers or they would think I was nothing but a big laugh.
And I couldn't use another reason to be laughed at, you know. Being in high school is already torture enough, and I'm being bullied enough as it is.
Normally the day starts off getting... | 2014-11-29T14:43:43 | 2014-11-29T14:33:38 | 295 | 19 |
[WP] When you’re 28, science discovers a drug that stops all effects of aging, creating immortality. Your government decides to give the drug to all citizens under 26, but you and the rest of the “Lost Generations” are deemed too high-risk. When you’re 85, the side effects are finally discovered. | The immortals are crumbling like dry leaves.
I watch one as I leave Marge's Cafe with my usual paper cup of coffee. There is a woman standing on the opposite street corner in a trench coat, her hair sleek black, her face as faultless as fine china.
And all it takes is a harsh wind.
She falls away in tiny pieces. Her... | The vWall in my apartment flickered to life, a flash immediately appearing to signal an emergency bulletin.
I stopped gumming my sandwich long enough to hit the mute button before that fucking baby President Burris started talking. They all looked like babies to me. It'd been long enough that I couldn't remember being... | 2018-06-04T21:14:04 | 2018-06-04T21:03:55 | 10,660 | 1,108 |
[WP] You probably should have thought it through before you accepted those magical items. Now you’re stuck with a bloodthirsty sword, an overprotective shield, cowardly boots and an arrogant spellbook.
Edit:~~apparently I have “2” comments, but I only see the automatic one. How does that even happen~~thanks for the ex... | I remember thinking to myself, ‘I can’t believe he didn’t want paying for these. He almost seemed glad to be rid of them.’ You see, I had taken myself deep into the marshes after a disastrous dinner with my wife’s parents. From the beginning, the evening had been marked with tense undertones as Bill, my father-in-law, ... | I was crouched in the corner of my living room, plugging my ears with fingers, trying to escape their noise. I hadn't used them since the month I'd got em and now they wouldn't shut up about it. Whispers, man, the fucking whispers won't stop, whispers coming out of nowhere and everywhere at once, asking me to murder *t... | 2019-02-02T12:36:51 | 2019-02-02T12:16:33 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] The ghost of a murdered Victorian woman haunts a group of college students, but as that group is a study group for Dr. Wolffer's notoriously difficult British History 414, they'll take all the help they can get. | Rashid began, "Well team, we studied hard for the first exam, aaaaand we all failed. What do we do now?"
Alicia responded, "Can we get him fired? Has he felt up any coeds? Said some racist stuff online?"
Imani laughed, "Like Dr. Wolffer's ever been on the internet. Have you seen his exams? He uses a typewriter ... | "We get it, Ms. Barkley. What really happened was you were in love with your research partner." Devon almost rolled his eyes as the tall apparition floated a few feet above all of them, lost in thought.
"And we're sorry the modern interpretation of that... Partnership is downright wrong. But we really need your help."... | 2021-11-13T18:45:22 | 2021-11-13T15:34:12 | 71 | 13 |
[WP] After sarcastically complaining to God for the 1000th time he drags you to heaven and offers to let you run things for a day to see how the world really works. At the end of your first day he comes back to find the universe a finely tuned machine of excellence. | "It.. how? You..."
"I told you," Jack said to God flatly.
The white-bearded deity shifted uncomfortably on his sandals. "What did you do?" His messy room where everything was just where he wanted it was clean and tidy.
"What you were supposed to do but never did. I fixed the Earth. I fixed the whole universe, in fac... | After reading the paper again, I couldn't take all the hypocrisy and ignorance in the world. I slammed my fist on the table and grunted, "if only I could run the world for a day" something I've said for years now. I glanced up from an article I wasn't very interested in to see a very irritated man looking at me.
"Can ... | 2017-03-05T03:10:18 | 2017-03-05T02:02:16 | 1,634 | 65 |
[WP] Every human who dies is reborn. For some odd reason, you are the only human who has ever maintained the memories of your past lives. You have experienced a 1000 lifetimes, and now you are here as an American high schooler in 2017. | Most people do not believe in reincarnation. I can honestly see why most people get turned off by the concept. If I were to live a complete life full of memories and experiences only to be reborn without any of those memories, then I typically wouldn’t be the same person. Sure, I may look identical but it is the experi... | I can't do this. If I have to listen to them explain the metric system again, for another year, I'm going to lose my mind. It's all multiples of ten! It's literally the easiest system you could possibly use you ungrateful little... two lifetimes ago we would be working in a factory with burning eyes and calloused ha... | 2017-06-23T15:09:44 | 2017-06-23T13:28:41 | 102 | 34 |
[WP] You're a human trader for the intergalactic slave market. Advertise to buyers why they should buy human instead of another species. | ‘Citizens of Kahlue IV! I bring thee… HUMANS! All shapes and sizes, all ages and colors, both smart and dumb, suitable for a whole range of tasks! Something for everyone! Spend as little or as much as you’d like… I’m open to haggling, by the way.’
‘Why pick a human, you ask? Why not leave the heavy lifting to the ... | "So why in the hell would I buy a weak little human huh?" The fat Canidae merchant asked with a grunt. "Why sir they are the most clever species I have in stock. Twice as smart as an U'Tharian elder, as hard working as a Kimotite, and can learn at the speed of an adult Yitori." S-918 said with a wide smile on his liqui... | 2014-11-22T07:13:31 | 2014-11-22T06:06:52 | 280 | 24 |
[WP] It's a known fact that you are incapable of telling a lie. This has landed you several opportunities, including your current job as Head of Security at one of the largest banks in the world. Except you got bored and decided to rob it all. This is the story of how you got away with it. | “Harry,” the bespectacled man gazed over steepled fingers at me with tired eyes. “You know why you’re here, right?”
Incandescent lights buzzed obnoxiously in the claustrophobic room.
“I would guess because of the missing money” I said, “although, I suppose there could be any number of reasons you would need to interv... | The door to the interrogation room opened. The person inside looked up from her table to see the detective walk in.
"Good evening Miss Johnson, I hope you haven't been treated too badly by the boys?" he asked.
"As badly as they would someone who allowed over a hundred million dollars to vanish in the blink of an eye,... | 2018-05-03T05:55:07 | 2018-05-03T04:58:40 | 3,085 | 135 |
[WP] being the grim reaper is pretty lonely, you only ever meet people once to escort them to the other side and most don’t want to talk. Except this one soul, who every week without fail shows up ready to make the journey. How he gets back I have no idea, but it’s nice to see a familiar face. | To me its just a job.
Everyone has a role, don't they, something they do from whenever to whenever so they can do their part. Contribute. Be something that matters to other people. Difference between me and everybody else is I didn't get a choice in mine, and I don't get leave.
I don't even know who I am outside o... | The Reaper was ticking his checklist off, checking the Book of Names for who was dying next, tying his shoes, polishing his scythe, etc. Once he was ready to gather the souls that had died that day, he stepped off the floating platform of the Undeath and began free fall into the infinite darkness. As fast as the fall h... | 2019-02-22T02:50:18 | 2019-02-22T02:17:15 | 469 | 35 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | I uhhh, showed up, to the address I received after calling the number on the letter. It was a small, squalid country home, a bit dilapidated.
I cautiously approached the porch, and the porch light came on, seemingly by itself. I knocked.
There was a creaking sound and the door opened. An eye peered out at me.
"Passw... | I knew exactly what that letter meant on the bedside table.
"Michelle!", I yelled. "Emergency, Emergency! Lay back!"
We laid back down on our bed and the straps automatically held us down. I thought of the scene in 'The Goonies' when they slide down to the pirate ship. But, I had no idea where our tunnel would lead. W... | 2017-05-14T08:29:05 | 2017-05-14T07:51:14 | 40 | 12 |
[WP] When it was found that no 2 countries with a McDonalds had gone to war, all countries agreed to build franchises to enact world peace. Ronald McDonald was then unanimously elected benevolent dictator. 200 years later, you are Ronald McDonald IV and the empire is in trouble. | "Sire," Reynaldo kneeled before me as he spoke. "The rebel factions have banded together as you suggested they would. The False King, the Fire-Haired Wench, and the Jester have united. They have taken three districts in as many hours."
"Of course they have." I stared out the window at my kingdom. "Tell the Queen that ... | I fucking hate you, Dad. I really do.
You could have managed your appetite instead of buying quadruple XL yellow jumpsuits, or even better, managed your empire instead of choking to death on ten McRibs. Nope. You left your crumbling empire into the hands of your fifteen-year-old son, who hadn’t even had his hair dyed... | 2016-10-18T09:00:21 | 2016-10-18T07:20:52 | 81 | 45 |
[WP] You are considered the most powerful, evil villain on earth. None of your evil deeds have been on purpose. | "You have to understand," I explained to the young reporter, via Google Hangouts, "I made decisions given what I thought to be best at the time. What I did, I did with the best of intentions, not aware of what effects they would have. You have to remember the world before I came along was quite different. Maybe better,... | I’m the most powerful, evil villain on the earth. Everyone knows that. When they see me, they run. If heroes see me, they run. When other villains see me, they run. Well, the other villains used to fanboy me, until they became part of my story as well.
“Excuse me, you haven’t paid yet,” the cashier suddenly interrupte... | 2018-04-26T11:45:11 | 2018-04-26T11:21:33 | 55 | 18 |
[WP] Leonardo DiCaprio is actually an evil warlock who needs to obtain a rare mineral in order to complete a dark ritual. The only source of this mineral is found inside an Academy Award. You are part of an ancient order sworn to deny Leonardo an Academy Award, at any cost.
Gee this blew up! These are great responses ... | I tapped my pen nervously on the table as the votes from the academy were being collected. I trembled as I watched the film in the academy theater,this was undeniably his greatest work. I argued my points at the discussion table after the viewing with my colleagues but one by one they came under Leo's spell,completely ... | It has been so long since this battle began, a game of sorts
He can conquer the world, if he wins this metal
I am the last of us, after me, there will be no one left
For so long I have denied him his precious metal, for so long have I fought
However, the time is finally at hand, he will complete his ritual, the met... | 2016-01-19T00:18:07 | 2016-01-18T22:37:40 | 164 | 13 |
[WP] How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it. | "I don't understand why this critter is so dangerous. It's just been in the corner, weeping, since we brought it on board."
"It's a 'he', not an 'it'. And you'd do well to watch him. A human mind doesn't work like what we are used to. We both know he can't escape that cell. And we know that even if he did, he couldn't... | "How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it."
It was a fragment of a message picked up some ways out from a small blue planet orbiting a small yellow star - apparently inhabited by something called humans. Was it a race of beings? A breakfast drink? A vehicle? No one knew ... | 2018-02-17T20:03:01 | 2018-02-17T16:41:42 | 28 | 16 |
[WP] Superheroes lie about their powers to protect themselves; some speedsters are actually just able to teleport, and some people with super-strength can just cancel gravity to make things lighter. You're trying to come up with a plausible lie for your powers. | Having powers was nothing unusual since this comet melted in the earth's atmosphere and spread its mystery across the globe. Maybe you could run 40 miles per hour. Maybe lift half a ton without much training. Maybe jump 6 feet high standing still. People mostly had ordinary jobs, using their power to boost their income... | # Soulmage
**"So... what can you do, power-wise?"** Tanryn gave me a curious look as I paced the vault-room floor.
I looked up, scowling. "Why do you want to know?"
Tanryn gestured at the sealed vault, at the horde of clockwork abominations outside, and said, "You're so confident that you can get us out of here aliv... | 2022-06-06T12:40:35 | 2022-06-06T10:28:42 | 454 | 237 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | “We have an anomaly sir in the harvest for the battle royals.”
“What is it Kleitus? Have you bought an amusing play thing for me today?”
Kleitus shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. “Well we captured a human as per usual but this one is different.”
The merciless overlord raised an eyebrow his finger hov... | I receive the confirmation that we got all the 150 species and we transfer them to the planet Terranavi. I’m the chief engineer of this planet and we needed such a planet to host this sort of event. We collect different species from different planets and putting them on a piece of rock that only habitable for some of t... | 2020-09-13T17:26:19 | 2020-09-13T17:01:43 | 806 | 41 |
[WP] A Genie offers you one wish, and you modestly wish to have a very productive 2017. The genie misunderstands, and for the rest of your life, every 20:17 you become impossibly productive for just 60 seconds. | I don't understand my roommate. At all.
It's a Tuesday and our thesis is due in less than 24 hours.
I've worked on my damn paper for the past semester. Went through countless revisions.
All my roommate does is slack off in his room, plays video games, smokes dope, and just embodies the character trait of a failure.
... | I spent the first ten years trying to devise a sustainable means by which to trap the djinn and extract wishes. It was a waste of time, one minute per day lost. I quickly discovered that I could read and ingest information at a frightening speed, and spent two years absorbing quantum loop gravity, zero point energy, so... | 2017-05-11T18:58:41 | 2017-05-11T18:13:49 | 3,648 | 1,731 |
[WP] "Invade your planet?!" The alien asks a general of Earth with confusion before bursting into laughter. "Why the heck would we do that when their are SEVEN other empty planets in this star system ripe for terraforming and colonization? We just stopped by to say Hi while we pick one of 'em out." | "You know, someone would think you Humans had a paranoia issue..."
I couldn't really help but agree, considering our new alien visitor and I were conversing in the middle of an isolated military base, with warplanes ready to bomb the site into next week if things got dicey.
I shrugged gently to the strange creature, ... | "Oh," was about all General Grant could muster.
"Plus," Morotzuc mused, rubbing the pink front of its torso. Maybe humans rubbing their chins would look just as, well, alien. "It would avoid a lot of general conflict, you know?"
"Avoid? Conflict?" the general asked, a little confused.
The pink alien stared at him wi... | 2020-12-07T06:32:02 | 2020-12-07T06:04:34 | 393 | 261 |
[WP] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fight for peace. No other species fights for peace." | "Fighting for peace, huh?" General Ryken huffs, "I've eviscerated planets for less". "You're not understanding me, general. They fight for something they will never achieve. They kill each other for spoils of war then return to their homelands and spout their lies about peace." General Ryken pondered that statement for... | I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
- [/r/u_b_the_great_1998] [\[WP\] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fi... | 2019-05-02T21:23:33 | 2019-05-02T19:26:00 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] You ate you roommate's food without asking them. Trying to cover it you end up committing a series of larger and larger crimes each covering the previous one. Describe how far it goes.
An alternative starting point is stealing a cookie from the cookie jar, or any other minor crime. | "Ohh yeah. Pizza." I mumbled to myself. Then it hit me as I stood in my underwear in front of the open refrigerator.
"Ugh, this is Jack's leftovers isn't it."
My stomach let out a small gargle as I pondered.
"Well, I can buy him some more this week, he won't care."
I took the leftover pizza out of the fridge as I d... | **Charges:**
Petty Theft
Harassment
Cyber Bullying
Credit Card Fraud
Disturbing the Peace
Breaking and Entering
Driving While Intoxicated
Manslaughter: Involuntary
Aggravated Assault/ Battery
Child Abduction/Endangerment
Drug Manufacturing and Cultivation
Crimes involving Satanism or the Occult
__________... | 2015-12-29T13:17:37 | 2015-12-29T12:25:14 | 62 | 40 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | Professor Brokhart was simply having a normal class day, at least until two familiar ‘hero’s’ snuck into his classroom during break to stalk him, he didn’t see them but he could sense their minds. Honestly, with how they act he found it a wonder they even had minds.
He sighed, adjusting the dark black croptop and fluf... | Don't know if I'm doing this properly. Please, forgive me.
A Rose by One Name...
I come from outside of the universe. I am printed on two hologram universes, thus. Many beings are like me, want to settle down a bit on one world, take a break from the endless task of printing universes to collect data and patterns.
... | 2021-08-17T00:42:41 | 2021-08-16T21:53:30 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] Out of all possible familiars, you are "Graced" with a human. While legend says that they are beings of great power, yours just makes sarcastic comments and pranks people. | After glancing at the time, Navi raced down from her roost, and flew into her family's great room, where her graduation party would be happening. But when she saw the mess, she stopped short.
Her heart shrank. Bowls of punch had been thrown to the ground and shattered. The food had all been covered with black pitch. ... | Ellayne, Syldra, Fayrwin, and myself, Jeryl, had been friends since our early days, playing in the forest at being adventurous sorceresses. Now, after years of schooling it was time for our summonings.
A familiar human was a spirit from another realm, given new life and form to serve and aid their summoner. Each sorce... | 2018-03-20T20:55:10 | 2018-03-20T20:23:14 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | You want an interview ? Fine, but you're buying the coffee. I'm getting kind of sick of this god-damned urban legend. I DON'T have superpowers, no-one has superpowers. There are just a bunch of crazy people who think they have powers, who for some reason have decided that I'm some fucked up version of their messiah.
*... | Oh yes. I definitely remember, every single detail. He was wearing a red and silver striped tie, for example. How could I ever forget that day? I walked into his office as number 21,458. When I left, I had his number 1.
Quite a frenzy it set off, you know? At first, people didn't even know it was me. I remember the fi... | 2014-12-18T13:36:09 | 2014-12-18T11:07:40 | 996 | 300 |
[WP]: Click "random", and study the subreddit you got. Write about your discoveries like a victorian wilderness explorer | He crawls through the undergrowth, trying not to disturb the members of the group, who are seated in a tight circle around some unknown object, shoulders raised high against intruders.
"See here Billson." He whispers to his caddy, who is currently carrying the high-tech camera (an exposure time of only thirty second... | /r/ruralporn - I don't know what a Victorian wilderness explorer would sound like, so nature documentary it is.
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And here we visit the region of /r/ruralporn, home to a rarely encountered animal. These animals belong to the well-known Family of Redditorias and Genus Pornellia. Look at all the different ... | 2014-03-17T14:21:31 | 2014-03-17T13:34:01 | 386 | 53 |
[WP] You wake up to find yourself on a train with a note in your pocket saying "What ever you do, don't get off this train untill you arrive at the very last stop". Its been nearly 20 years and the train still hasn't arrived at the last stop yet. | I remember the first night I stumbled upon the Bullet Train. I was 16, soaked, blasted out of my mind, and completely unaware of what I was getting myself into. All I knew was that I needed to skip this bumfuck town. My boyfriend at the time had kicked me out because his wife (yes, wife.) had found out about our little... | "Excuse me, sir, do you have any clue where the dining car is?"
I lifted my eyes from the news paper.
"Boy, i know this train like my hand, if not better. Go in the direction opposite of the trains movement, it will be the fourth one." I leaned forward a bit and lowered my voice. "If you say 'and a jacked ice' they ... | 2020-07-17T13:25:39 | 2020-07-17T12:04:08 | 132 | 71 |
[WP] You've been in this time loop for centuries. You know how to break the loop already, you just want to make sure you've done all you wanted and learned everything you need while you're still here, before returning to a "normal" life. | Antonine had never intended for any of this to happen. What kind of monster would? No, the ritual that sacrificed an entire city was supposed to be a death repelling barrier, that is what the ancient scrolls said, but apparently death repelling did not mean keeping the undead out.
For centuries Antonine had been trap... | I already knpw what made her heart race. I know exactly what it is I do that pisses her off. I can tell within a breath of a moment that she's bored or happy or distracted.
I thought I was being punished, reliving our life together over and over..all the pain, all the tears. Both of us had regrets, missed opportunities... | 2022-01-25T00:35:16 | 2022-01-24T22:27:42 | 86 | 52 |
[WP] Reddit Karma has been established as the national currency of America for no reason whatsoever. It sounded nice at first but now, your starving on the street because all your posts are getting ignored. | "I'm sorry, we don't accept self-karma here," the cashier looked at me disdainfully. He was holding one phone in his hand and throughout our interaction, his thumb never stopped scrolling.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I stepped outside on the street to consider my options.
Karma. Karma is money.
I never ga... | “I have $50,000. I can make do,” I had thought when the change was first announced. But slowly, those reserves were being drained, until I had only 100 karma left. That wasn’t enough for a loaf of bread. It would have been, before, but the karma farmers posting click bait and reposts were raking in so much that inflati... | 2020-02-14T07:35:34 | 2020-02-14T07:28:04 | 103 | 38 |
[WP] [EU] Tom Brady in the Marvel Universe has won five Superbowls. The jeweler responsible for his rings unwittingly used Infinity Stones instead of regular gem stones. | No one knew what would happen when Tom Brady gained the staggering power of the Infinity Gems. For awhile, it seemed like nothing had changed. The cosmos functioned as it always had.
Then, with lethal precision and efficiency, Brady struck.
For a time, everyone ignored it. Brady first concentrated on those consider... | Tom rolled his right shoulder and stepped out onto the field. The crowd roared as he made a casual bow. He was ready for this. The clock was ticking down on the final minute.
“Oho here he comes,” echoed the commentator’s voice. “The blue-white Number 12. Belichick has been saving his ace.”
It was five years since Tom... | 2017-02-06T08:34:10 | 2017-02-06T08:18:47 | 408 | 37 |
[WP] Humans are known in the galaxy for being a bit dim, but also for being the very best mechanics around, and inexplicably able to fix machines beyond their comprehension. You have broken down on Earth, and having the apes work on your craft is both fascinating and terrifying. | The human slid out from under the ship, blinking as he came back into the light. The expression on his face made me worried that I would be stuck here for even longer; I had already been on this technology-forsaken world for half a local rotation, and I had no desire to spend any more time than was absolutely necessary... | Humans are far from being the smartest species in the universe, but they surely are known as the best mechanics. This fact is almost unexplainable but anything they get their hands on gets turned in a functional gadget (most of the times they get turned in weapons but let give this guys a break, they aren’t that evolve... | 2016-05-23T16:17:59 | 2016-05-23T15:58:24 | 1,128 | 48 |
[WP] We expected the Earthlings to react with outrage and despair when we killed their leaders, destroyed their economies, and took over their governments—but to our surprise they seemed almost relieved. | The planet was dark. Captive. Defeated. The paltry attempts at combat were not enough to damage a single ship. Their leaders never stood a chance.
So why did they look happy?
Every conquered civilization has wept, pleaded, begged for mercy. Not Earth. Not the Earthlings. As we brought captives aboard the ship, ther... | Admiral 55 the earthlings have celebrated our victory for what is this reasoning?
I don’t know lieutenant(says to someone else) look into this corporal.
Lieutenant it seems that these beings have hated their leaders for many years. And never had the courage to revolt. Except this one time in what they call the year o... | 2020-10-10T21:55:35 | 2020-10-10T20:32:53 | 537 | 25 |
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