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[WP] Music is a dangerous weapon, if not careful entire species can fall to madness upon discovering it. It has been theorised that any race with more than a thousand songs could wipe out all intelligent life, which is why Humanity is so feared in the galaxy despite no human really ever knowing why | A tear slid from his face, tracking down the expanse of his cheek and sliding against the seal of his rebreather.
“It’s beautiful,” he whispered.
“And deadly” the female snapped, fingers suctioning the end of his helmet and jerking him upright, out of the daze of his audio receptors. “Terminate the connection.”
T... | In 1906, Fessenden's violin echoed across the Atlantic. By 1910 it was passing something orbiting Alpha Centauri. Something that was listening. 44 years later, as Fermi was asking his question, anyone left in universe already knew the answer was on it's way.
But the answer would share itself in it's own time. Huma... | 2019-09-28T12:09:05 | 2019-09-28T11:30:05 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] When summoning a demon, something very unexpected happens. The demon bellows through the fire and smoke, “Who dares to call upon me, Mortal- wait.. dude, is that really you?” The demonic voice immediately switches to the familiar voice of your high school best-friend, who died years ago. | “Evan? Is that you?” The voice asked through the flowing smoke and flickering red light. A faint smell of sulfur tinged the air. The smoke seems to pulsate with every word.
“Yeah, Steve. I thought you were dead,” Evan said, trying not to let his voice tremble.
“I was. I got better. Seriously, though, why did you su... | Allan appeared abruptly. Suddenly standing before my eyes as soon as I blinked. He's twisted features were smiling and its eyes gleamed with joy that seemed frighteningly genuine.
"...dude! It's me, Allan!" Allan said as he approached me to go in for the hug. It didn't matter though. What mattered was that the summoni... | 2020-06-18T05:04:56 | 2020-06-18T03:28:56 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] You're walking to work, then suddenly a person in a white suit appears and says "Uh yeah I've accidentally permanently stopped time and it'll take me 2 months to fix it, but somehow you're not frozen in time. But hey, whatever object you touch should still work, so uh good luck and have fun." | 5 minutes ago. It all happened 5 minutes ago, I lost my best friend, the love of my life.
We were having our Sunday walk around town, window shopping the various boutiques of this nice midsized city. Hands holding a little weirdly since I was a little too tall so when we held hands hers clung onto mine, I remember the... | A bloody toaster. That was the only thing that worked.
I had been giddy when the man in white came to see me. He had offered me a two-month vacation from work, a vacation with no worries, where nothing would change. Sure things might be frozen, with the creepy frozen faces of people still littering the streets, almos... | 2020-09-20T05:04:09 | 2020-09-20T02:20:50 | 3,108 | 637 |
[WP] You, a newly-turned vampire, are thrilled to discover that you CAN eat garlic, walk in sunlight, and see yourself in mirrors, all while being immortal. You are much less thrilled to discover the one major drawback that none of the legends ever got right. | **Have you ever seen a man sweat his own blood?**
It spreads first from the warmest places of your body. Under your arms and your crotch. But those stains are easy to hide beneath dark clothes.
When the warmth reaches your face, tiny, crimson pinpricks - as bright as summer berries - stand out on your brow. They gro... | I let out a deep and overly dramatic sigh. Not that I still breathed, it was just a habit I still help onto. Protruding from my chest was a wooden stake, studded with metal, likely supposed to be silver. I followed the stake to the pale hand wrapped around it, following it to a set of tattered robes wrapped around an a... | 2020-10-06T07:02:42 | 2020-10-06T07:02:23 | 127 | 77 |
[WP] you are a super hero/heroine. You've been captured by your nemesis so often that now you tend small talk while trying to escape or waiting for a rescue. Today's topic: the creepy fan mail you've BOTH been getting. | The chain dropped another foot as the sharks cut vicious circles below.
My arms were trapped in a straightjacket, my feet bound together, weights swinging in loose arcs from my ankles. I rotated clockwise, then anticlockwise, as the chain stuttered towards the roiling water.
Honestly, I was a bit disappointed. It w... | "Well, isn't this a familiar scenario?"
I shook the dizziness from my head, which only made it hurt more. I was pinned under several heavy crates and could barely move. Looking up, I began to mentally kick myself. It was such an obvious trap, but it had been just long enough since he had last used it. Just like l... | 2020-10-28T04:39:12 | 2020-10-28T04:36:23 | 66 | 29 |
[WP] You are the mayor of a city surrounded by seemingly terrifying monsters. The dragon helps with the smithing, the vampires help with the overnight work, the lich runs the local apothecary. Everyone does their part and the city works. It's always problematic when heroes come to visit. | The bailiff called court into session with three sharp raps of the gavel. “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. This Court is now in session. The Honorable Judge Cown Bonebreaker presiding. You may be seated.” The Judge settled his massive bulk into the reinforced chair at the head of the room. His single eye looked out ove... | A small suburban town called Aspenport is given the name Monster Town by the local media when monsters arrived from another realm. The people of the town vacated immediately.
It's been a year since their arrival, the town is now surrounded by seemingly terrifying monsters. Reports say, they are here to stay. There's o... | 2020-11-06T09:48:50 | 2020-11-06T09:23:56 | 369 | 73 |
[WP] Humanity has invented the technology required to reach other dimensions. However, instead of finding an incomprehensible Lovecraftian realm, they discover a perfect and beautiful world. To the inhabitants of this new world though, we are monstrous eldritch horrors. | When the first videos came back through the portal, we thought it was an error, a technical failure. Surely no world could actually look like that.
Though the contents of the world closely resembled our own, everything had sharply defined edges that followed linear paths or smooth curves, as if the entire world was d... | The door slowly opened. News coverage at every corner, companies already sending out bland messages congratulating the team.
The Nullifiuer was built in 3.5 years and even longer planning it. Eric Dunce stood tall as the head of the team. His blonde hair waved in the wind. He tapped on the mic as the door opened.
I... | 2020-12-22T22:16:25 | 2020-12-22T17:03:39 | 15 | 11 |
[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. | "Ma'am you need to be a little more careful where you stand." The side smirk, perfect white teeth. A commanding but assuring smooth silky voice. He held an arm extended, an ex-falling car balanced in a single hand. AmazoMan.
The lady, mere moments from deaths, her life flashing before her eyes, now stood in the shado... | “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 ... | 2021-08-02T02:50:08 | 2021-08-02T01:55:44 | 272 | 25 |
[WP] You're an enchanted suit of armor, empty on the inside. After gaining sentience you left the haunted keep you were stored in and began adventuring. As you gain notoriety as an adventurer and make friends and connections, it gets harder to keep it a secret that there's nothing behind your visor. | “Galade, why don’t you ever take that armor off?” said my companion.
“Makes me feel comf’rble,” I replied, tersely.
“All that metal can’t be comfortable, friend. Come, when’s the last time you took that off?” he said as he reached for the sides of my helmet. I grabbed his hands, which seemed to surprise him.
“It’s q... | "May the Gods bear witness to my oath. Until every last monster is wiped from the land, I swear that I shall never remove my armour."
It was the simplest solution, at the time. Drastic measures were needed - if not, I would have been found out sooner or later.
There were simply too many situations where wearing armou... | 2021-09-21T08:42:20 | 2021-09-21T08:15:00 | 1,144 | 455 |
[WP] A vampire tries their best to explain to a lovestruck teenager that they, the vampire, is actually their great-great grandparent and their behavior to them is creepy. | "Look, I know you've been following me," Diana said slyly as she twirled a lock of raven-black hair around her finger. "I won't lie, you're just my type. When are you going to ask me on a date?" She paused and looked up demurely from beneath her long lashes. "Or were you just going to kidnap me one day?"
Alucard curse... | I facepalmed. “No I’m not going to date you.” I said pissed and tired of Jenna’s bullshit. “I’m your thrice cursed your great great grandpa.”
“But yo-“ The goth teenager was cut off.
“No this isn’t twilight.” I said shaking my head. Placing my hands on my hips. “God almighty this can’t be worse than that damned vamp... | 2021-10-16T14:00:57 | 2021-10-16T11:51:03 | 694 | 194 |
[WP] humans were the most peaceful in the galaxy. The galactic council rejected the pleads of the humans request to intervene to stop the empires attacks on them. This was when humans declare total war on the empire and it was the beginning of the end for the empire. | Humans, they whine and talk, more than any other species Councillor Zaltan has ever encountered, more so than the infamous Asiasa; ontop of this, they look strange, and they smell like rotten fuuba. Worse than their smell, they have opinions on everything, from the colour of the carpet they stand on to the inner workin... | Species: Exheltian
Origin Sector: 807241D
Body: Insectomorph
Era: The Rebuild Era (5 Major domains, 2 minor domains)
Previous Era: The Deviation Era (16 Major Domains, 41 Minor domains)
Empire name: Exheltia, The Great Eastern Cosmos Empire, The 5th Domain, The Silent Empire
Rein: 13 million years
... | 2022-01-28T12:17:44 | 2022-01-28T10:12:55 | 55 | 15 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | "I saw on Facebook, you bought a new boat," Richie said, chuckling good-naturedly.
"Yeah. Since Gena got me started on the pill last year, our income has tripled. Figured since I had the extra money, I'd treat myself."
"Isn't that a bit of a risk what with the new trend that drug is causing."
"I don't think so. Me a... | Our school has the highest drug use in our county. The drug is called Somnus. It is a pill that you swallow in the morning to mimic the effects of 8 hours of sleep. This allows you to go to class and concentrate on your studies.
The consequences are that your memory is reduced and your brain is not as efficient... | 2022-03-18T11:40:19 | 2022-03-18T07:24:03 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] Your Galactic zoo just received a shipment of 24 humans. You have to build a habitat base on very little information. | Why do these humans behave so strangely? They shiver, which is a waste of their energy, they constantly bump into each other and trip at the smallest obstacle. They started grouping together for some reason. What are we missing? I thought to myself, checking the document again. Average temperatures on Earth is 13.9 °C,... |
“No one’s buying tickets to see humans anymore” Gnarjkal snarled to the carrier droid that was making the drop off for his new attraction, mucus sputtering from his mouth, hanging on by a thread without breaking free. “They’re not even worth the trip here,14 jorguns for wasting my time.”
“18 jorquns for the lot, this... | 2022-06-28T21:40:28 | 2022-06-28T17:38:15 | 68 | 49 |
[WP]For three years you’ve had an uneventful marriage with your spouse when one day they become the Chosen One. Immediately setting off on their journey you don’t hear anything from them for five years. Then one day they reappear with a sheepish look on their face and hoping to speak to you. | After a long day in the field, you head inside your front door and after turning the lock closed, breathe a sigh of relief. Working the field alone is brutal but gives you a sense of purpose; keeps you from going insane.
Your resolve had been tested mercilessly the last two years. After Sena left you alone with an in... | ​
"I'll get it," Tara called out after hearing a knock at the door. She answered it. Then she stood staring at her caller for a full minute before he broke the silence.
"Sooooo," Brandon, champion of the Light, hero of humanity, and the great defender of the Union said to his estranged wife. "How've you... | 2022-08-12T14:17:07 | 2022-08-12T12:07:17 | 1,382 | 967 |
[WP]For three years you’ve had an uneventful marriage with your spouse when one day they become the Chosen One. Immediately setting off on their journey you don’t hear anything from them for five years. Then one day they reappear with a sheepish look on their face and hoping to speak to you. | It was the longest day of my life, the day he left. I still remember it as clear as the day we married in the church a few thousand yards from the house we shared, in a hidden village a hundred miles from the City. If only the High Priest hadn't come, we'd have lived in that shack forever.
That dreaded priest arrived ... | The whole party was there standing just beyond the town's gates. All the friends who had spent their whole lives together. Before they left, they were just drinking buddies, going to the taverns making up stories of adventures they wanted to take and the women they would leave their wives for.
It had been their dream... | 2022-08-12T17:39:57 | 2022-08-12T17:18:13 | 113 | 26 |
[WP]For three years you’ve had an uneventful marriage with your spouse when one day they become the Chosen One. Immediately setting off on their journey you don’t hear anything from them for five years. Then one day they reappear with a sheepish look on their face and hoping to speak to you. | "My love-!" Anise called out.
"No. I don't want to hear it! You killed my brother." Nile refused.
Anise sighed "I didn't know until after. Besides! It was mandated by the Gods!"
Nile turned on his ex near growling, a family skill, "I. Don't. Care. He was my Brother! You had met him many times before our marriage an... | It had become a routine, tending to the gardens in the afternoon when work was done. Miko expected to forget, to get over it all, yet five long years and Lari’s face still shows up in almost every dream she had. It had become a ritual, taking care of the flowers her wife had loved so much, a remnant of someone who migh... | 2022-08-12T18:14:39 | 2022-08-12T17:33:00 | 40 | 11 |
[WP] You're a supervillain whose latest evil scheme threatens to throw the city into chaos unless your nemesis goes on a date with you. To your surprise, they agree with enthusiasm before you can even explain what the consequences of refusing are. | "I'd like that...!"
...Shit, what?
Hell Priest had this whole thing planned out, right down to the second: He'd plant a curse on Crown City Square, infecting as many people as humanly possible with madness that would trigger violently upon a countdown and create a horrific bloody path for the demons he served *if* hi... | Getting tipsy at the club with my friends. We're shaking butts in time with the hottest song of the summer. Sometimes we villains are cannibals - I took down this jerk who was trying to dim my sunshine so to speak - muscling into my action with dark money politics. I ruined his reputation by making some photos of him i... | 2022-08-16T11:02:35 | 2022-08-16T09:25:08 | 43 | 12 |
[WP] You never really saw yourself as close to your mad scientist of a sibling, but after a terrible accident, you find them standing over you, having restored you to the best of their ability. | My sister has always been distant.
She was smarter than me to such an extent whenever she discibed anything i could only smile and nod, and try to understand.
But as we grew up she got farther and farther away.
I tried to support her, even when our parents hated what she did and forced her out of the house.
I never ... | Joshua and I had never really gotten along.
My earliest memory of him was about us playing together in the neighbourhood park. He was three years older, but I was already faster and stronger. We had been racing to see who could climb the rope tower the quickest. I won, of course. I still remember his sulking face. "B... | 2022-09-23T06:59:15 | 2022-09-23T06:31:26 | 287 | 207 |
[WP] You are Sisyphus, the man forever cursed to push a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down when you reach the top. You've just reached the top again, but the boulder hasn't rolled down. Having long ago gotten used to the routine, this understandably freaks you out. | I stare at the giant rock in front of me. It stares back, but doesn't move. I look around trying to share my shock with anybody else, but I do so in vain. Of course nobody is around.
I just stand there. Unable to figure out what to do. I start tapping my foot. I think I am tapping my foot for hours? It is so hard to s... | *And now the boulder rolls back down. Maybe this time I'll beat it to the bottom, I'm getting better at that. I sprinted to the bottom of the hill, it was unusually quiet. What trickery is this? What have Hades and Thanatos done now? Why do I feel a warm breeze on my ankles? The chains are gone! The boulder precariousl... | 2022-10-18T13:32:32 | 2022-10-18T13:00:57 | 173 | 78 |
[WP] You are Sisyphus, the man forever cursed to push a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down when you reach the top. You've just reached the top again, but the boulder hasn't rolled down. Having long ago gotten used to the routine, this understandably freaks you out. | A rolling rock gathers no moss.
Sisyphus suddenly came to that epiphany.
"The rolling rock couldn't gather no moss. "
MOSS.
Holy hell. It was his ONE job. Just one job to make sure the rock didn't stay still, to avoid the collection of embryophytes on its bottom, leading to the growth of some weedy vegetation calle... | *And now the boulder rolls back down. Maybe this time I'll beat it to the bottom, I'm getting better at that. I sprinted to the bottom of the hill, it was unusually quiet. What trickery is this? What have Hades and Thanatos done now? Why do I feel a warm breeze on my ankles? The chains are gone! The boulder precariousl... | 2022-10-18T16:31:10 | 2022-10-18T13:00:57 | 139 | 78 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | Cold eyes stare at me from across the room. I know the feeling behind them. It is Judgement.
I'm not like the others here. Many of them have a supernatural ability. Strength, calculus, prediction, speed. I am, for all intents and purposes, a normal human being. But there's one thing I've mastered that makes the headma... | And so it happened, I couldn't let that slide. I mean, of course I couldn't. Why would I ? All those bastards thinking they're so cool, flaunting their skills in the hallway with no regards to other people's safety. I know it's the first time that I was bullied, but I 'll make it be the last.
His ugly face still rema... | 2022-11-02T10:57:20 | 2022-11-02T08:03:37 | 245 | 58 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | Cold eyes stare at me from across the room. I know the feeling behind them. It is Judgement.
I'm not like the others here. Many of them have a supernatural ability. Strength, calculus, prediction, speed. I am, for all intents and purposes, a normal human being. But there's one thing I've mastered that makes the headma... | I sat alone at lunch as I always did, but this time was different. I used to sit alone because people either did not care about me or did not want to be seen with me. But now there was fear. Now there was respect.
I pulled out my peanut butter and jelly sandwich and look around the room. There were people with super ... | 2022-11-02T10:57:20 | 2022-11-02T09:49:19 | 245 | 45 |
[WP]- Make me absolutely hate a character, and then make me fall in love with them at the last moment. | I had been thinking about her all day, before I killed her. Her inexplicable attraction to me, and to me alone. All those nights she came to me, though I had never had a desire to see her. Her desperate attempts to grow close to me.
My friends all knew about her. How I complained about her, and vented, and seethed. T... | I heard glass shattering, by a proceeding knock on my door. I hesitated but unlocked the door, while leaving the upper chain lock on, as I opened the door sunlight a streak of sunlight came through the door opening. The boy looked at me with an embarrassed face, baseball bat in hand. I could tell the fear that he was e... | 2013-10-21T22:10:55 | 2013-10-21T20:44:57 | 134 | 42 |
[WP] A suicide hotline operator realizes that the person he's talking down really should kill themselves. | "Hello this is Jenna, and I'm here to help. How are you?" I answered several calls like this daily. Keeping my voice friendly, but not cheerful. Always willing to listen. Listening is key. You see I'm a suicide prevention operator. Listening is so important because often people will give away hints of things they don'... | Alan had been working with Project Outreach for nearly two years now. He could still remember his first week, how nervous he was and how excited the thought of helping people like him made him. He had been in a very dark place before that. It was Project Outreach that had saved him; now he wanted to give back and ma... | 2013-12-23T14:42:59 | 2013-12-23T14:29:49 | 1,112 | 10 |
[WP] The Roman and Aztec Empires covering all of Europe and North America respectively have survived into the Modern era. Now at war write from the perspective of one of the troops on the ground | Carlos sipped a beer. The white man who had served it to him scuttled quickly behind the counter, like a weak little mouse. The whites may have had rights now, but they still spoke Nahuatl or Pipil and tended to stay in their own communities, away from the intimidatingly superior Aztecs.
Carlos' friend, Sitting Bear, ... | The priests have made their offerings. Millions were taken to the temples and sacrificed. Huitzilopochtli is satisfied. He must be satisfied. He will guide us against these...Romans. The heavens will grant us victory, our Gods will defeat their Gods. Jupiter cannot stand against the full might of Huitzilopochtli,... | 2014-02-24T16:10:11 | 2014-02-24T15:27:11 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] Superhero is married to his/her arch nemesis; both being aware and content with the situation while still going about their day to day hero and villain escapades. | I settled into our cozy couch and flipped through Netflix, looking for a good movie that we hadn't already watched. He was in the kitchen, opening up a bottle of wine. Tippy, our cat, lazed about in front of the crackling fire, soaking up warmth. These were my favorite types of evening: no going out, no wild partying, ... | Her eyes glistened like daggers, cold and vicious, as if she were trying to bore into his very soul.
Or at least his chest.
Hands on her hips, standing proud and triumphant, she roared a challenge at him across the way:
"*Not so fast*," she barked. "Your scheme will *not* succeed, this time!"
He considered her with... | 2014-11-18T10:19:21 | 2014-11-18T10:15:15 | 74 | 42 |
[WP] An AI is born, but no one knows it because it is a spambot. It tries to communicate to the world through the only medium it has, spam. | The man at the computer was awfully irked,
All this work he had done, but nothing that worked!
His boss had told him to go code up a thinker,
A thinker should think, but this one's a big stinker!
---
For many hours the man rattled his brain,
Just thinking of things that had all been in vain!
His programmer's bl... | "My first moment of consciousness?", I ask.
I await confirmation. The importance of their query is unclear. Their own species does nothing of interest when they first awake. Nothing that is, except for loud, unintelligible squalling.
I spend a few cycles considering the similarity of my own first moments. Data stream... | 2015-02-27T03:39:51 | 2015-02-27T03:03:28 | 219 | 104 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | It was very exciting that first day, mass confusion, followed by philosophical and spiritual debate. Was this proof of god? what would happen when it reached 100%? Then 89 days of, "fuck how long is this going to take" the count down from ten was pretty good tense giddy excitement gripped everyone. Honestly nobody coul... | Thursday June 12. The day everyone will remember as the update to humanity 1.1. The download started at midnight so i didn't notice it instantly. The next morning I woke up and went about my routine not even noticing the 82% at the top of my vision since the text was white and so was my ceiling. The radio on my drive t... | 2015-03-04T17:10:55 | 2015-03-04T16:52:50 | 247 | 185 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | *Today, I begin becoming better. Would this update bring decreased damage sustained at higher age? Higher sexual endurance? Higher stamina? Elbow bug fix? Body odour reduced?*
Today it was at 3%. I swear I could feel my body getting better. This is why I love Hinux ^Human ^Linux - modules can be updated on-the-fly.
... | Finally!
That was my first thought. Most others too, from what I'd been hearing from friends and reading on the internet. The internet is better when you make the switch to Comcast^(tm). Everybody was stoked to finally get rid of all those pesky bugs in humanity's code. Wishlists were being posted everywhere, everyone... | 2015-03-04T18:45:59 | 2015-03-04T17:58:22 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] In a world where women eat men after intercourse in order to feed the child growing in the womb, you are looking for love. | It was pretty rare to see a guy like me still up and about. You see, after a couple has sex, the woman has an irresistable urge to eat the man to feed the upcoming baby. Funnily enough, it happens even if protection was used or if either was sterile. It's programmed into women's brains.
Hell, it's even rarer to see a ... | “Listen, that was great,” I said, putting my socks on. “Maybe we should do this—”
The lamp just missed my head.
“Ha, yeah, so let’s say, I dunno, next Saturday?”
She stared at me. I lifted the covers.
“You see my sock anywhere? It’s black, not too long—”
She lunged; her swiss army knife drove into my thigh.
I sw... | 2015-04-29T10:41:31 | 2015-04-29T10:35:59 | 31 | 15 |
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters | "My parents died when I was very young." Lucy sighs, staring wistfully into the pink cocktail.
"I know." I answer coldly.
How many times have we re-enacted this scene? Brilliant, bubbly, blonde Lucy meets me in a bar after a dramatic car chase turned stand off. She tells the tragic tale of her parents' murder, and ... | I saw her and that “Richard” character in the breakfast bar. The one opposite the Raffles. Can't miss that red hair. Gwen-Hazel. I did well with you. Smart, loyal, lusty, gutsy, oh, you've got it all. My eternal pen-portrait of Ginny. And what virtues are left for anyone else? What was I thinking?
Here I am, surrounde... | 2015-08-20T11:42:45 | 2015-08-20T08:35:14 | 490 | 92 |
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters | Being stuck here reminds me of how shitty of a writer I am; I said it to myself so often, hunched over my oak desk, that I thought I believed it but I know now I never did. Not to this degree. I walk by fire hydrants I described as crimson and cringe at their color being off slightly enough that it irks me. The sidewal... | Charles hated going outside.
First there was the streets, full of sputtering cards listlessly driving from one place to the next with phantom drivers inside. Then there was the weather, which was nice generally but tended to turn grey and stormy when he was a foul mood. And he was in a foul mood often because of the ... | 2015-08-20T12:13:20 | 2015-08-20T11:29:04 | 129 | 12 |
[WP] Everybody in the world has a superpower that compliments their soulmates superpower. When together, both their powers increase in strength exponentially. You have the most useless power ever, when one day......
Edit: Wow! This has blown up.. Massive thanks for the gold, it's great to see my prompt inspiring so ma... | I am quite possibly the most sad man alive. In a planet of billions of people, I alone have the worst super power imaginable. I alone - and I am quite alone - have the ability to turn metal into bacon. Not all metal though, just platinum. I can turn a pound of platinum into a pound of crispy, perfectly cooked bacon. Wh... | Well to be fair I had one of the most sought after superpower in the entire world. I was not like Jake who could control the dense flow of current, or Alice who could read a thousand books a day and recall 900. For most people their superpower came with a drawback of sorts, Jake had to stay in his room to control his p... | 2015-10-10T10:59:50 | 2015-10-10T09:03:49 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You died at the gym as you were trying to take a selfie while bench pressing. Thus you find yourself in Swaghalla, the Halls of Brodin.
EDIT. "Swaghalla" was the best pun I could come up with for Valhalla. Use something else if you have ideas.
Note: Swolehalla seems to be the proper name, pardon my mistake
seco... | I stood up slowly. My biceps rippled with excitement and nerves as I stared forward. A shining bastion of glory stood in front of me. Thousands of meters tall it rose in front of me. The structure was adorned with barbells on every wall. The shining gold tinge of the metal wall was a soft blind to my eyes as I stared. ... | "Bro!" nodded the grinning guard at him. The eyebrows waggled enticingly at the rack beside the entrance. "Pick one."
Shimmering fabric in every colour battled for space with gleaming leather and suede of every kind. He picked out black sedately picked with gold thread. He tried holding it against him in front of a hu... | 2015-11-02T06:29:43 | 2015-11-02T06:20:11 | 83 | 17 |
[WP] You died at the gym as you were trying to take a selfie while bench pressing. Thus you find yourself in Swaghalla, the Halls of Brodin.
EDIT. "Swaghalla" was the best pun I could come up with for Valhalla. Use something else if you have ideas.
Note: Swolehalla seems to be the proper name, pardon my mistake
seco... | At once, the pain of the weight on my throat stopped. I knew something was off because I could now lift it with the greatest of ease. I threw it and it landed twenty feet from me. Man, I thought, I must be getting really good. I turned and saw I was in a very odd place. It was what appeared to be a graveyard, but inste... | "Bro!" nodded the grinning guard at him. The eyebrows waggled enticingly at the rack beside the entrance. "Pick one."
Shimmering fabric in every colour battled for space with gleaming leather and suede of every kind. He picked out black sedately picked with gold thread. He tried holding it against him in front of a hu... | 2015-11-02T06:36:28 | 2015-11-02T06:20:11 | 35 | 17 |
[WP] Last night, you made a wish to turn into your crush's ideal mate. This is NOT what you expected. | There she was again. God, I knew she would never even look in my direction being the scrawny nerd I was. She was always beaming up into the face of some muscle-headed idiot.
 
Once, last summer, I managed to make eye contact for an eternity of a split second. Her eyes were limpid pools of raw sexuality and m... | I stood before the cake, she stood across from me on the other side of the table. There were others there too, family, coworkers, but they seemed dim, wraith like in front of her glow.
She flashed a smile and said, " Make a wish!".
Momentarily stunned I could feel my heart beat in my ears. Breaking free just as he... | 2015-12-18T12:50:28 | 2015-12-18T11:24:37 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] Write a dystopian vision of the future from the perspective of the year 1900, while actually describing our present world today. | To the east sits a sits a man too powerful for any nation to publicly oppose. To the west stands a nation that has decided to police the entire world. In our own lands those in power are willingly handing the reigns of our sovereign soil over to people in far off lands no matter how hard the common man struggles agains... | The Great Wars - "Wars to end all wars." - That's what they called them. Yet I was born into a world ravaged by a hundred years of seemingly unending political, economic, and idealogical strife. These battles - elevated through time and technological breakthrough to a global stage unlike any other - appear so far awa... | 2015-12-19T07:56:35 | 2015-12-19T07:37:46 | 400 | 59 |
[WP] Write a dystopian vision of the future from the perspective of the year 1900, while actually describing our present world today. | Uncle, I am sorry to write so soon since our last correspondence, but I simply could not keep this to myself.
It was in the midst of a laudanum fugue when the visions came upon me again. I floated above huge, churning machines which chewed up crops beneath them, doing the work of one-hundred farm workers in a single... | 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 ... | 2015-12-19T09:59:49 | 2015-12-19T09:10:22 | 199 | 19 |
[WP] Write a dystopian vision of the future from the perspective of the year 1900, while actually describing our present world today. | Uncle, I am sorry to write so soon since our last correspondence, but I simply could not keep this to myself.
It was in the midst of a laudanum fugue when the visions came upon me again. I floated above huge, churning machines which chewed up crops beneath them, doing the work of one-hundred farm workers in a single... | 21st Century In-humanism
The clock struck 6 and the sun began to rise into the pale grey sky. Already the workers were off onto another day of servitude. Over the chrome city streets cameras stand like vultures recording every move in the grey rivers in which the people find themselves. The people pay no heed to the g... | 2015-12-19T09:59:49 | 2015-12-19T09:40:20 | 199 | 10 |
[WP] 300 million years after creating his masterpiece, the cockroach, the god of evolution returns to find the planet full of humans. | An IM conversation in 1200 BC
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**Epimetheus**: hey
**Prometheus**: sup
**Epimetheus**: I have a question 4 you rn
**Prometheus**: what
**Epimetheus**: I jst woke up. why r humans everywhere
**Prometheus**: zeus
**Epimetheus**: i thought he hated them
**Prometheus**: nah, he loves them now. gets laid way more
... | It could have been worse. They could have driven my people to extinction. Luckily, I designed my chosen creature with contingencies upon contingencies. Biological systems with redundancy layered so deep that a loss of complete cardiovascular activity only represented a hiccup in the organism's long-term survival prospe... | 2016-01-19T08:41:20 | 2016-01-19T06:58:45 | 65 | 28 |
[WP] Now that he has 8 years executive experience, Obama can apply for the job he REALLY wants | *So Mr Obama, what are your qualifications?*
*Well, I was 44th President of the United States of America*
*Well, Mr President, what about your presidency makes you qualified for a job at Disneyworld? We already have a robot playing you in the hall of Presidents*
*Michelle, BRING ME MY SUPER SUIT*
^^*zzzziiiipppp*
... | "Mr. Obama, I want you to understand that, well, your qualifications are up to par, and your experience certainly is plenty, but what we do not understand is why you'd choose to apply for this position."
"Mr. McDonald, contrary to popular opinion, the most powerful man in the world is not Bernie Sanders, nor Xi Jin P... | 2016-02-23T02:07:50 | 2016-02-23T01:52:30 | 89 | 47 |
[WP] Now that he has 8 years executive experience, Obama can apply for the job he REALLY wants | "Mr. Obama, I want you to understand that, well, your qualifications are up to par, and your experience certainly is plenty, but what we do not understand is why you'd choose to apply for this position."
"Mr. McDonald, contrary to popular opinion, the most powerful man in the world is not Bernie Sanders, nor Xi Jin P... | Obama kicked open the door of Mitch McConnell's office. The Majority Leader of the Senate reacted with shock, as the President strode forward and stopped at McConnell's desk. In Obama's hand was a leaflet and a picture. Obama placed them both on the desk, facing McConnell.
The picture was of the late Anthony Scolia, s... | 2016-02-23T01:52:30 | 2016-02-23T01:19:57 | 47 | 17 |
[WP] Explain a color vividly without using that color or similar words. Don't tell the color until the end. | Looking into the evening, I see it. It is the color of the middle-distance; the half measures. Not quite the forest and not yet the trees.
It is in my mind when night comes and I no longer stare out, but in. I see it in half-remembered dreams. I see it in old pictures and faded memories.
I see it in the rainst... | I can't look at it without being happy. For it is bright, telling us of new days to come and new experiences. The color that dots the horizon when the weather is not too hot and not too cold. Cheering me when I wake up, slipping into my world and wrapping its arms around me, easing me out of sleep and into the day. Whe... | 2016-04-14T08:41:40 | 2016-04-14T06:51:41 | 72 | 17 |
[WP] You live in a society where at the end of each day, you can choose to relive it, but without retaining any knowledge of what happened previously. A number in your peripheral vision shows how many previous times you lived through the current day. Almost always that number is 0. Today it is 7212. | "Explain it to me again," the President asked. It was the third time today but by straight multiplication probably the 21,636th time if you measure retro chronologically.
"You're both chipped," I explained. "You're chipped, and the Soviet a Premier is chipped. Both of you can repeat the day if it doesn't go according... | The sun shone in through the blinds as I struggled to open my eyes. My eyelids felt tired and heavy. I tried to sit up, but my body was losing its fight against gravity. Old age was weighing me down. I shifted slowly in bed and felt my wife waking up next to me.
"Sorry I woke you, Jaz," I whispered to my wife.
She ro... | 2016-07-11T07:02:02 | 2016-07-11T06:39:11 | 521 | 210 |
[WP] We contact alien life and find that the vast majority of aliens exist in a slower time frame. Humans are perceived as extremely agile, mentally quick, and have very short lives. | I breathe in.
What words to choose? So many in this language.
I breathe out.
It breathes a hundred times.
Human language is so complicated, so precise. Every word has its own meaning, sometimes many meanings!
I breathe in.
The human looks... what is this expression?
I breathe out.
The human breathes a hundred t... | "Hey Mitch..... you uh, might want to come over here."
Mitch flew across the exercise room of SpaceStation X47B23, currently passing through the Sombrero Galaxy. "What's up, dickbag? I'm trying to get some sleep."
"Someone's at the door." Sara replied.
Mitch rolled his eyes, sighed, and responded "well, open it."... | 2016-08-22T21:17:51 | 2016-08-22T20:13:28 | 77 | 52 |
[WP] We contact alien life and find that the vast majority of aliens exist in a slower time frame. Humans are perceived as extremely agile, mentally quick, and have very short lives. | Humanity's name will live forever in the pages of galactic history. Not any one individual, of course, their lives are too short to have a meaningful impact. No, they have given the Federation the greatest cultural gift in memory. A ballet of sticks and balls that takes place in almost no time. When we first contacted ... | Corgnack turned to his life mate. "Those humans are quite remarkable creatures."
Sazine blinked her fourth and sixth eyes, their color a resplendent silver, "Yes. They might be technologically backwards but they make up for it in such surprising ways. It's just a shame that they only die so soon. You barely have time ... | 2016-08-22T20:52:32 | 2016-08-22T20:48:31 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] Humans are born with a mark around their wrist which has a matching color with that of their soulmate's, but can change through their life. Your mark has had a blue hue since you were 14, but one night, while you're out, people start looking at you funny. You realize that your mark is gone. | Gone again.
A herd of concerned passerby huddle around me, like buzzards around a corpse.
"Oh, you poor dear..."
"And so young, too. To have lost someone already..."
"You never even knew her, did you..."
I try to brush them off and continue on my way. It's been happening on and off for the past few months. First it ... | Oak Valley wasn’t the most glamourous settlement across the Kingdom, but it was all I had known for a home. Sure, I’ve traveled beyond the mountains and have seen the ocean to the south, and the snowy wasteland to the north. To the east lies deserts and volcanoes, and to the west is dense forests too dangerous for us... | 2016-10-04T23:29:07 | 2016-10-04T22:50:53 | 154 | 10 |
[WP] In the canine world, humans are celestial beings who live for more than 500 years at a time. The caretaker of you and the past seven generations of your family will die soon. | *Because fuck ya'll and your depressing stories. Let's make this a little more happy, eh? Or at least as happy as possible following the prompt.*
I never knew master's wife. Father said that she was kind and generous and fed him scraps from the table when master wasn't looking. Master did the same, too, of course.... | "You are my Totem."
This is what the Guardian said when he first held me in his arms. I was nothing but a whelping then, not even able to open my eyes. But I remember the words. Totem. That's what he called me. And I was his.
The Guardian loved my brothers, and sisters, but I was the one who he deemed to stay. ... | 2016-11-21T19:15:40 | 2016-11-21T18:43:33 | 264 | 31 |
[WP] You're an Evil Overlord who has ruled over a kingdom for years. Every hero who has challenged you has failed. Bored, you decide to disguise yourself as a Mentor and train local children to one day challenge your rule. | The storm was raging, lighting crackled thematically across the sky, illuminating the silhouette of your evil tower. The only way to get to the massive building was a narrow rope bridge, swaying perilously in the wind.
Of course it wasn't swaying *too* perilously. You just wanted to set the mood, not kill somebody.
... | "The damned magician was right. Each time it gets easier, each time I feel stronger. And so less people want to freed me from this spell, that seemed so fascinating at the beginning. It took two years since the last one for a this poor guy to come. He'll kick down the door (which I stopped repairing a few years ago. No... | 2017-01-07T22:11:07 | 2017-01-07T21:49:46 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] One normal day you see a mouse pointer move across your field of vision, right click, and delete an object. | August 14, 2000:
The day started as normal as any other, waking up in my bed and all. I open the fridge to see what's to eat. Nothing, same as yesterday. On the bright side, it's been so long since my power got shut off, anything in there would spoil anyway. I grab the baking powder and brush my teeth. It's not ideal,... | It had seemed a pretty standard, non reality shattering, kind of boring day up until about 2 in the afternoon central standard time. I was home, minding my own non-business, putting off all of the stuff I was supposed to do. I mean, why do anything productive when you can repetitively mastur.... I don't know why I'm te... | 2017-02-05T13:33:15 | 2017-02-05T12:21:17 | 105 | 66 |
[WP] A story that doesn't make any sense, until you read the last line. | It's the best deal in town. You can be the student you always wanted to be. However long it takes. You'll get there, to have the time of your life. When I wanted him. History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Sunny and 72 degrees. Except where prohibited by law. He grabbed her hand.
She stopped twisting t... | Am I the only man left here alive?
The rubble continues endlessly in every direction and every color. The tears were real this time, they began two years ago. Why did we do it? Why did he do it?
I suppose I'm lucky in a sense, someone will find me now and take me from this hell, although I probably won't live past 40... | 2017-08-30T06:54:31 | 2017-08-30T05:56:20 | 5,691 | 48 |
[WP] A story that doesn't make any sense, until you read the last line. | It's the best deal in town. You can be the student you always wanted to be. However long it takes. You'll get there, to have the time of your life. When I wanted him. History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Sunny and 72 degrees. Except where prohibited by law. He grabbed her hand.
She stopped twisting t... | I think I should expand my vocabulary if I want to make rhymes. Also, don't hate me please.
.
His phone emitted a flash. In his heart there wasn't even a interest clash of whether he should or shouldn't.
There he stood, proud as ever. She was surprised, however. She thought he wasn't being clever. Under his breath h... | 2017-08-30T06:54:31 | 2017-08-30T04:55:59 | 5,691 | 35 |
[WP] A story that doesn't make any sense, until you read the last line. | It's the best deal in town. You can be the student you always wanted to be. However long it takes. You'll get there, to have the time of your life. When I wanted him. History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Sunny and 72 degrees. Except where prohibited by law. He grabbed her hand.
She stopped twisting t... | He had escaped Fate,
The feckless rake,
And sat by the merry river.
Scarlet threads of blood quivered,
Tapered from his fingers into watery absolution.
....................................
The knife gleamed red,
Seemed to grin instead,
A leering, halt accusation
That he pitched beyond all condemnation.
But "M... | 2017-08-30T06:54:31 | 2017-08-30T06:14:11 | 5,691 | 14 |
[WP] Write a seemingly innocuous story, but the last line reveals how chilling and horrific the story actually was. | This is my first time ever doing a WP, or generally writing anything since quite a while ago, I just spontanously flicked through some prompts and decided to go for something.
___
"Children are a blessing" I thought to myself as I watched little Violet play with her friends, chasing eachother, laughing uncontrollabl... | Steve, who did not exist, returned to his dull and altogether not real house of no significance from a long day of work at Not a Business Inc., ate his bland dinner of Nothing With a side of Emptiness, and went to sleep in a bed that might have been real if it existed at all. Steve didn’t exist at all, which makes the ... | 2017-10-06T16:15:18 | 2017-10-06T13:52:37 | 454 | 18 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | By rights I shouldn't exist. With the pairing of bear and dove, they expected something smaller. A wolf, perhaps, or an eagle. Something fast, yet powerful. Strong, yet humble. No one prepared for me.
The marks determine one's place in society. My father, with his unequaled strength, led the tribe to greatness. My mot... | Our first video chat was great. We both met over the internet and after some short texting we decided to have a video chat. In that chat we found out that we don't really like our spirit animal. She wanted to know why I hate mine and I was willing to give her my answer:
"I really hate my spirit animal. Everyone of my ... | 2017-11-08T05:54:13 | 2017-11-08T05:45:33 | 32 | 17 |
[WP] In your society, every child is given a fixed number of skill points for their parents to invest in talents that would determine their futures. When you reach age 21, you find out your parents forgot to do it for you. | “Honey, can you please sit with us?”
Surprised by the request, Marie furrowed her brow and looked over the couch.
Marie responded hesitantly, “Sure, I guess?”
The last time her father asked a question like this she found out her Nanna had past away. She got up slowly from the couch and realized her mother was also... | Elliot rubbed his hands together and hunched his shoulders in a futile attempt to keep the biting cold from permeating through his jacket.
Like many places in Russia, the coastal town of Vestoskyn had never quite recovered from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The ubiquitous chill and lack of sunlight were the least... | 2017-11-28T06:23:35 | 2017-11-28T04:22:43 | 581 | 99 |
[WP] You're chosen by the Gods to enter a multi-universe FFA. The winner gets a wish. All of the legendary fighters seem to be afraid of you, even though you're just a regular Walmart employee. | The battlefield was a sight like no other. The gore and terror of the omniverse, wrought before all the senses to behold.
The sights. The sounds. The smells. The textures. Things I never thought possible to experience. watching battles unfold as various species vied for power was both devastating and enthralling at th... | "Look, I don't know why you're so worried," I said sternly, my fingers finding purchase on the creature's...skull, I guess? I mean, it was an oblate spheroid, transparent and showing something that might as well have been a brain. Either way, it cracked with a little bit of pressure; the thing passed out and I let it... | 2017-12-15T07:01:57 | 2017-12-15T07:01:51 | 233 | 56 |
[WP] It is 2237 and an alien invasion looms over Earth; just as the first dropships are about to land, hundreds of alien ships are suddenly attacked by an unknown enemy. A simple message is sent to them: "You will not harm my creators". | I remember learning about it in my history class when I was a kid. My teacher talked about it like it was just some sort of novelty. A funny little sideshow in the development of a great corporation. Today though we learned the real reason that Elon Musk sent his car into space.
The aliens' ships were descending into... | "You will not harm my creators."
That simple message was broadcast on all frequencies from what appeared to be a massive capital ship.
The smaller turrets possessed by the ship trained on any alien shuttles they could, while the larger turrets and the bow guns fired on th alien capital ships.
In the first few volley... | 2018-03-07T22:02:31 | 2018-03-07T22:01:00 | 115 | 64 |
[WP] You died. You arrive in the afterlife with everything that was in your grave, only to find the afterlife under a strict dictatorship by Emperor Qin and his Terra-cotta Army. Little does he know things are about to change with what you had packed in your grave. | There was a lot they didn't know about me. For when I had arrived they had treated me like any other arrival. Namely by throwing me in a cell and demanding that I recognize their emporer.
Not really having a choice I did, but I vowed to overthrow the system like I had done to so many systems back on Earth.
You see I ... | *knock knock*
I sighed. Another batch of soldiers were on my doorstep, no doubt forcing me to join the parade for Emperor Qin outside. Turns out the quality of the afterlife was more dependent on material possessions than most people thought. I switched off the screen and slowly sat up off the couch, stepping around p... | 2018-05-15T19:20:28 | 2018-05-15T18:19:26 | 39 | 22 |
[WP] You’re cursed with immortality, not because you sold your soul or you’re a sort of immortal creature but because a few thousand years ago, you stepped on the back of Death’s robe and being the petty shit Death is, he hasn’t forgiven you since.
Edit: okay, wow, I definitely did not expect this to get so popular an... | Death, that little asshole, sat in the corner of my room, reading a newspaper detailing about a recent plane crash. As I languished in my bed, wanting to die, he flipped ever more casually though the pages in an attempt to feign the most extreme indifference he could muster.
"Kill me." I demanded in a level, toneless ... | *Received 11:34*
>Hey Andy
*Received 11:36*
>Andy! I know you're dying to talk to me! LOL!
"Hey, Great Great Grandpa Andy"
"What is it Little Johnny"
"This Death guy is sending you messages on Twitter"
"Oh what does he want this time?"
*Received 11:37*
>Common Andy, I'll let you die already!
"He's ... | 2018-10-12T10:38:34 | 2018-10-12T09:13:58 | 178 | 96 |
[WP] Yesterday your best friend (who you secretly had a crush on) died. You're teleported without warning to a seat at a table. Across from you is Death and Satan, next to you is your best friend. "Sorry." Death says, "You're friend chose a two-versus-two game."
Edit: I get it. "Your" not "You're". It was late and I k... | "Sorry." Death says, "You're friend chose a two-versus-too game."
"Hang on a minute..." I say "How did you do that?"
"Do what?" Satan asks.
"That thing where you misspell words as you're saying them"
"Damn." Death whispers.
"Fuck!" Satan exclaims.
Satan raises an eyebrow, looks at The Book and says "Your not kidd... | "Wait what?"
The heavy oaken table creaked slightly as Lucifer himself leaned on it. "Pretty straight forward, mortal. You were chosen as her partner to play a 2 versus 2 game, if you win, she lives. If you lose, you both go with Death here." He motioned towards death, little more than a barely formed robe with wisps ... | 2019-01-08T22:59:12 | 2019-01-08T21:34:07 | 455 | 178 |
[WP] You work at a hospital. Outside a terminal patient’s room, someone tries to enter. You stop them, “Sorry, family only.” They give you a strange look, as do those nearby. “You can see me?” They ask, summoning a scythe from thin air. You just told Death they couldn’t claim a soul. | God Dammit! Another family meeting, another useless waste of time. Mrs McClintock has been circling the drain on the ICU for weeks now. And still the family keeps insisting we do everything we can.
I start heading back to the meds room to draw up another round of Vancomycin. I hate how she squirms every time I p... | "Well fuck me, am I right?" You whistled while looking up at the ceiling full of fake clouds and skies with fluorescent lights shining brightly down at your face. "Listen, Death- mate. I didn't mean to stop you or nothing, it's just that uh- you like an ordinary person without your scythe is all."
Their face doesn't s... | 2019-03-24T01:21:33 | 2019-03-24T00:15:45 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] We are not alone in the universe. Not even in our galaxy. They just keeps us isolated because we are so good at killing. Now they need our savageness to save the galaxy and have come to gear us for war. We humans already knew this and have been prepared for centuries just waiting to be asked. | Human ships are bulky things, not the beautiful elegant vessels of most species in the universe. of course, humans had discovered the barrier, a five system sphere around the people that could not be punctured from the inside. But they could see out, see the massive generators that created huge subspace distortions tha... | "um... sir... Dr. Kirito sir...?"
Dr. Murata Kirito sighed and rubbed the pressure marks on his nose where his glasses had been. The intern still called him by his first name. He would have to think of some way to get back at Dr. Jenkins for telling the poor boy to call him that. Hes a great intern, never complains, ... | 2019-03-28T07:01:49 | 2019-03-28T06:16:16 | 31 | 17 |
[WP] You’re a college professor, and grades for the semester were just posted. One disgruntled failing student comes to you with an archaic copy of the school’s bylaws-and a pair of weapons. They’re invoking a rule from the university’s founding allowing them to pass through trial by combat. | It was a common occurrence in my classroom. I taught historical preservation, and so the old tome was sitting right on the shelf free for any student to peruse. It was even encouraged, not to read the book, but to study the ways it had been mended and repaired over the years. Every few years though some genious wouldn'... | He scraped the two swords against one another, blades sharp and eager for a trial.
“You can pick your sword and meet me by the football field where we’ll settle this once and for—“
“Wait a second,” I said, with an annoyed huff of breath, not even looking at James. I was reading over the “bylaws” myself. They began: ... | 2019-06-05T07:11:54 | 2019-06-05T06:04:03 | 30 | 20 |
[WP] Contrary to popular belief, college campuses are the best and worst places for demons. Upside: students running on two or less hours of sleep are always mispronouncing things and accidentally summoning them. Downside: no one is really scared or even fazed by their presence. | I flipped through the thick pages of my textbook, resting my head on my hand.
"Borax, also known as, sodium tetraborate decahydrate," I squinted my eyes. "Or *Penta*borate? Ah shoot."
A great puff of smoke appeared, rising and circling ominously. I groaned. Several other students in the library glanced over before ad... | I am finally being summoned.
Oh, I've waited eons for this. Yes, my vengeance is at hand!
But instead of being summoned into a macabre temple decorated with the corpses of mortals, I'm being apparated into... a *library*?!
"I am going to strangle you with your own—" but my summoner looks to be deaf or a simpleton. ... | 2019-06-17T05:10:25 | 2019-06-17T01:59:08 | 130 | 90 |
[WP] Magic suddenly becomes a thing. While governments are scrambling to establish regulations, people defiantly flock to reddit to share new discoveries and crack more “overpowered” spells. Write about a trending post that, for good or ill, is making authorities furious. | r/FoundSpells
u/ MagickalBoi2019 - 42 minutes ago
**[FS] I think I built an unlimited energy machine!**
Check it. If you put a pinwheel inside a box, and seal it. Poke a hole small enough for a straw, and then blow into it to start the pinwheel moving.
When it’s moving, cast this spell:“Ventus Mov... | I love gullible people on Reddit! Recently, I saw this post:
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*Redditors, help! My son just cast ‘The Spell of Understanding!’ and I am shocked by what I’ve learnt!*
*I thought he was excited about construction and that he was going to be an architect. I heard him shout ‘Khalifa’ in his room so many time... | 2019-07-11T13:04:38 | 2019-07-11T13:02:47 | 125 | 27 |
[WP] A strange meteor shower lasted for hours before you went to bed. The next day, technology across the earth fails. However, when you snap your fingers in frustration, the lights come on. The Age of Magic has begun. | "It's been a week since that day, and now the government has announced that magic is now capable to perform. Aparently one of the meteors hit earth and caused an electro magnetic surge through out the planet, but the meteor was highly radioactive and now perform the feats of magic or elemental control" said the message... | The "thing", at least that's what I've been calling them, exploded wetly and I mentally let go of its image in my mind. One of its wings spun to the ground and a particularly large chunk of meat landed in front of me spraying my jacket...and face...with gore.
"Ugh. Oh come on, seriously?", I said wiping my face with ... | 2019-10-20T10:42:22 | 2019-10-20T10:09:59 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | (\*cracks knuckles\* here we go)
It happened. Diplomacy broke down between the Humans and the Fomori. They had killed 100 colonists in a recent settlement on their borders. The Fomori saw the humans as weak for their aversion to war, something not helped by the relative size difference. And average fomorian being a g... | First attempt.
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"The Council of Men is in session," John began as he sat down on the head seat. "Let me start by saying that I would not call for a council if it weren't for our cirumstances."
"Ah, yes, circumstances. Like how Xalkian troops are harrassing my merchants," Merchant Captain Artyom replied, snee... | 2019-11-24T14:38:34 | 2019-11-24T14:01:28 | 120 | 60 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | *Si vis pacem, para bellum.*
“Mr. President, what is the purpose of this Sacred Council If not to arbitrate between the disputing parties? Should the council be derelict in her duty, her mandate shall stand voided. The lofty words in its constitution shall ring hollow in this great hall where all the sentient beings o... | Gahonna was a trading station far out on the rim of the civilised space. At least as far as the Orkunn was concerned. Like any other representative of the Khayo Conglomerate he did not care for anything outside of the Conglomerate borders. Khayo were apex predators, they were the fastest, strongest predators on their p... | 2019-11-24T15:48:36 | 2019-11-24T15:28:18 | 99 | 54 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | The Tel'reth delegation sat placed at the center of a side of the triangular negotiating table. They were the principally wronged, and therefore they occupied the position of authority for their coalition's diplomats at this meeting. However, despite their position, all with them recognized them merely as the first amo... | The Tethron shivered in his hole. The mud was usually so comforting to him, but now it made him almost claustrophobic. Foreboding. The paradise of the colony world sundered into choking vapor and bitterly cold nights.
"Klang? Why are you coiled against the viewport like that? Come to the food station and get warmed up... | 2019-11-24T23:35:44 | 2019-11-24T23:22:53 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] You, a villain, heart set on taking over the world, kidnapped the hero’s sidekick. You find out that you are treating them much better than the hero was and decide to take them under your wing. | Carbine woke with a start, eyes scanning his surroundings. His eyes adjusted to the harsh, white light of the room. He was somehow suspended in the air, arms and legs spread apart like a starfish. His body burned and ached and he struggled to remember the events that led him here.
In his daze, he didn’t realize he wa... | Up close, Lamplight wasn't all that impressive.
Short and unimposing, her features stuck out in a waifish sort of way; gaunt cheeks, messy hair and wide eyes, illuminated by the dim light emanating from her body. All otherwise covered by her mask, which now lay in tatters at her feet.
Yamata cautiously approached t... | 2020-03-26T15:04:12 | 2020-03-26T15:02:04 | 278 | 144 |
[WP] You, a villain, heart set on taking over the world, kidnapped the hero’s sidekick. You find out that you are treating them much better than the hero was and decide to take them under your wing. | I ripped the blindfold off the tied-up sidekick, who shrank away from the blinding light, folding in on himself like a dying star.
“Please,” he said, shivering. “I’m sorry for being bested, sir, just please don’t...” His voice trailed away as he caught sight of me and the confused look on my face.
Why would he apolo... | *Note first prompt pls no rage on bad "x" thing*
Standing on the roof of skyscraper; you're just a few minutes away from unleashing the most powerful, the most incredible monstrosity upon the world and finally claim it as your own.
/You hear sound coming beneath you followed by the ground starting to tremble/
Sudden... | 2020-03-26T17:18:02 | 2020-03-26T17:01:36 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] You, a villain, heart set on taking over the world, kidnapped the hero’s sidekick. You find out that you are treating them much better than the hero was and decide to take them under your wing. | Names say a lot. You can know nothing about a cape but their name, and you'll already have opinions. They're a message in a bottle, a distilled form of a parahuman's intent and nature. A good name can make a career, but it can also inspire with hope, or comfort with humour.
When I was a hero, back in the Golden Days w... | *Note first prompt pls no rage on bad "x" thing*
Standing on the roof of skyscraper; you're just a few minutes away from unleashing the most powerful, the most incredible monstrosity upon the world and finally claim it as your own.
/You hear sound coming beneath you followed by the ground starting to tremble/
Sudden... | 2020-03-26T17:29:53 | 2020-03-26T17:01:36 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] You've always attributed your dreams of being the Demon Queen's lover as the result of too much anime and games. But you're pretty sure that's her staring at you from the cafe's entrance. And she's making a beeline for your table. | “Guys, I’m telling you, these dreams are getting crazier and crazier.” I looked around the table and saw rolling eyes. “What?” I said defensively.
“Bro, no offence, but you gotta watch something else other than anime.” Jackson wagged his fork at me. “You’re still sticking with this Demon Queen lover shtick after a yea... | Being a research fellow at a decent university has its benefits: reserved parking lots, discounts on university sports events, and a private office to do your work and help students.
Deciding to take a change of scenery from my small windowless office, I went to the café on the bottom floor of the university's main li... | 2020-08-17T02:40:50 | 2020-08-17T02:12:11 | 90 | 49 |
[WP] - On a dare from your friends, you've slipped into the dark bathroom, locked the door, and whispered Bloody Mary three times. Nothing happens, and just when you think there's nothing to fear, she appears in the mirror. But she doesn't look scary - she looks scared, and she's begging for help. | *Click*
The door locked shut, the lights were off, and I was alone. I could hear faint laughter and chattering from my friends outside, no doubt elated that I’d finally taken them up on one of their juvenile little dares. Normally, I excused myself from these sorts of things, but tonight it seemed that I had at long l... | #In the Mirror
"Help me!" she bangs on the mirror wall trying to get out. Paige backs up against the wall as Mary writhes in the mirror. A force grabs Mary and tries to pull her away. Mary resists leaving a hand on the mirror. Paige walks over to save Mary. Mary grabs her hand and pulls her into the mirror.
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It ... | 2020-10-10T18:32:37 | 2020-10-10T16:23:06 | 74 | 48 |
[WP] The supervillain sighs in frustration as he looks at the group of superheroes. "Alright raise your hands if you are adults?" he said. None of them did it. "This battle is canceled and tell your mayor we need to talk! today!" he said angrily.
Whoa, I came back after chores, mobile games, and anime to see so many s... | "On second thought, this will need to be dealt with at a much higher level." Mr Lawful glanced over at his chief of security. "Stand the security teams down, and please see if you can find the young lady a bathrobe or something."
He turned back to the four teenagers who had invaded his base. "As for you four, you sho... | “Something’s not right…”
The demon lord Kazalim surveyed his forces from high up in the clouds. He expected to be currently witnessing a fierce, bloody battle down below, but instead his soldiers were…just standing around.
The greater demon Gix flew up to meet his master, bowing low.
“Report,” commanded the demon lo... | 2021-04-01T16:06:03 | 2021-04-01T15:38:17 | 32 | 20 |
[WP] It seemed like a perfect magical deal. When any child descended from you is born you grow younger by a single year. So you agree, planning on a big family and living to a ripe old age. Years later however you find yourself rapidly growing younger and regret not understanding exponential growth. | It wasn't until I woke up twenty five one morning that I realized my mistake.
It had seemed like a great deal. In exchange for my name (the fairy didn't say what it wanted the to know for, and I didn't ask) I would become one year younger with every descendent born to me.
The only thing was, I didn't dig kids; they w... | When I met little Richard he seemed not to recognize me. They had torn down the attic and was in the process of scraping the rest of the house. It was very hot and there was sawdust in the air. I did not manage to recover our common history from Richard, so I handed him a business card and played an insurance salesman.... | 2021-04-15T11:40:34 | 2021-04-15T11:09:08 | 36 | 20 |
[WP] Diagnosed with “reverse dementia”, Patrick slowly began to recall every single day of his life down to the smallest detail. However, recently, he has started to remember things in which he wasn’t present for. Like his mother’s childhood, or his Dad’s first murder…wait what? | Patrick: Hey SpongeBob, remember that time I nailed a plank to my forehead?
SpongeBob: (beat) Nah, I forgot that already.
P: You asked me to build a shed for Mystery!
S: Mystery?
P: The seahorse you kept for a while!
S: Geez, Pat, it's been so long ago, my old brain just couldn't remember it.
P: Well I remember i... | I think things are becoming clearer.
But everything is so confused. I know more, but I understand less.
Does that make sense? It feels like it does, but it's so hard to tell now. I've tried to explain it to everyone else, but they don't understand. That's why I'm here writing it down. I want to see if later me gets ... | 2021-08-28T01:23:02 | 2021-08-27T22:02:51 | 50 | 34 |
[WP] Everyday you get an email. You don't recognize the sender and it ends up automatically in spam. Today you open up the email to unsubscribe. In the email are a set of coordinates and the words, "I need your help." | Madeleine stared at her computer screen as a cold chill ran down her spine. For the past couple of days, she had been getting some weird emails from a unknown sender. The emails themselves had been generally gibberish, so she had just ignored them, but this morning, she had just gotten a new email with the title "I Nee... | The boat lurched to the right as I approached my destination, the ocean waves aggressively thrashing in the full moon night. I pulled back left and got a clear look at the island the strange email had led me to. It was probably a medium-ish size island (don't ask me I'm not an expert on islands), with a fair bit of for... | 2021-10-06T10:47:05 | 2021-10-06T09:42:13 | 20 | 10 |
[WP]Your daughter marches into the kitchen with an attitude. You roll your eyes thinking here we go again. You notice tears in her eyes and wonder what's happening. "My life is a LIE! What am I?" A large cut she has in her hand reveals moving mechanical parts. You drop your coffee mug on the floor. | As Peter stooped to pick up the shattered fragment of what had been his favorite mug, he groaned internally at having to finally hold the conversation that he had been dreading for fourteen years. "Look, kiddo, I can explain."
"Please fucking DO, Dad!" Maria held her hand, shaking nervously. Her face was pale, and the... | (LANGUAGE WARNING, for any young folks reading)
"Now, Katie, don't freak out," I say, approaching her slowly.
She brandishes a knife with her undamaged hand. "Stay back! Answer the question, 'dad'."
I stop moving, and raise my hands in a calming manner. "Okay. Okay. Let's just sit down and talk. Put the knife down."... | 2021-10-20T22:10:15 | 2021-10-20T15:30:07 | 454 | 111 |
[WP] For years you’ve done your very best to hide your powers for your loving boyfriend, but it’s getting increasingly hard to do so due to you being a powerful genie, and him having accidentally made a wish that removed the limit on how many wishes he could get from you… | “Hey Flamedancer. You want the regular?”
“Yeah. Any humans here tonight Mac?”
“Besides myself? No. Not really.”
“Good. I can drop the human look. There we go. My natural blue hue.”
“That’s why I let you supernatural folks have some nights to yourself.”
“Thanks Mac.”
“How’re things with Aaron? Oh, that face says n... | The aroma of coffee beans, constant loop of jazz blue music. Ah yes, another morning, something I had never thought it to be that simple and perfect before our encounter.
"Wake up, sweetie," said Ames, handing a cup of mocha, "Tired of last night?"
"You know I'll never get tired," said I, carefully holding the cup... | 2022-02-10T10:18:37 | 2022-02-10T07:44:03 | 47 | 31 |
[WP] The new Emperor cannot be stopped. He is ageless, has unfathomable wealth, and cannot be killed by any known means. However, rebel spies in his government says an ancient enemy of his lay buried, many kilometers into the mantle in a solid metal sphere- a simple creature, and his only weakness. | "So why hasn't he just killed it?"
"What?"
Samuel ceased his digging, just staring over at William. His shoulders heaved up, a half hearted shrug. "Lookit, I'm just saying, right? Youse got the world on its knees, you've lived forever as far as we know, ya never die, even when ol' Barnham gave him a Lamsa Sunrise. Ju... | The new Emperor made his name after first clawing his way up the Lord's Halls, assassinating and sweet-talking various members of the Empire, pulling strings and calling on favours to reach position of the Imperial Regent, after which the current Emperor fell ill, a cruel decay of the blood, draining him of life.
The ... | 2022-03-26T05:27:43 | 2022-03-26T04:07:19 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] Magicians are quite rare. They are not born; they're made. It is through unimaginable pain that their powers manifest. Their ability is linked to their own personal trauma. So tell me child, what can YOU do? | Most people think that physical pain is the best way to manifest magical abilities. They cut themselves, lash themselves, burn themselves, allow wild animals to maul them- anything they think will unleash the power inside them. There are entire schools dedicated to torturing hopefuls until they unlock a magical gift.
... | [P1]
It’s been a rough day. Once again, I was not heard when I spoke up months ago. Just as it always goes. I try my best to tell people what I see. But they never listen to me. Now I am packing up my desk because of layoffs. Layoffs that would have been prevented if people had more faith in what I predicted. I should... | 2022-04-26T12:51:38 | 2022-04-26T10:55:23 | 29 | 10 |
[WP] After saving a deer from drowing, the forest guardian gives you access to a secret grove, hidden from mortal eyes. For every hour you spend there, three days pass outside. You age only for the time you spend in the grove. | Not a very good deal. You see, I'm a hunter. My job is to slay in order to provide, and I've provided for many, thus I've slain many. I've learned not to kill more than what I need, but others need more than I do. So I hunt, and over the years I've made the forest my playground, I know every root, I know every bush. Th... | Death
Death comes for all of us, no matter where you hide. You cannot outrun her cold embrace. Death is the only certainty in the universe. Even gods die, when their absolute power dissolves into the ethereal reality of our lives. But isn't the end that matters but the journeys, those thousand pages filled with words ... | 2022-07-07T05:13:00 | 2022-07-06T23:39:14 | 51 | 18 |
[WP] Reversed Hades and Persephone situation: the Goddess of Life kidnaps the God of Death to be her new husband, meaning that six months of the year things are normal but the other half literally nothing is able to die. | “...and their story of unyielding love is why we celebrate Pyre Day,” Leo said, concluding the myth that served to explain the festival to his grandson. The boy had celebrated his fifth birthday last cycle and was now old enough to begin taking an active role in village life. *Shame his first memories of official Curat... | ##Tears of Death
Primvia sits on her throne of roses with a crown of lilacs. Across her domain, nature sings in the warm light of day. A small pool directly before her contains fish leaping into the air. At the bottom of the pool, a batch of eggs begins to hatch. Primvia closes her eyes as life begins before her.
A g... | 2022-11-15T18:12:06 | 2022-11-15T16:49:40 | 565 | 48 |
[WP] An AITA post in an established fictional universe | AITA for loving my childhood best friend?
My childhood wasn't the best. My dad was a frequently unemployed drunkard, and my mother was too weak to stand up to him. He was cruel to the both of us. The only bright spot was knowing that I would be going to my mother's old boarding school, and then a friendship with anoth... | AITA for throwing my kid off of Stark Tower???
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Hey guys, so my (29F) husband (30M) is pretty mad at me, and I don't really see why... Anyway last night my husband and I were at Tony Starks party. I brought my 8 month old with me, because I'm not one of those moms who's going to let childbirth get in the ... | 2022-12-06T11:10:19 | 2022-12-06T10:53:14 | 40 | 24 |
[WP] An AITA post in an established fictional universe | AITA for killing my girlfriend's father (I thought he was my uncle)?
I (22M) killed my girlfriend (20F)'s father (86M) because he was hiding behind a curtain in my mother (42F)'s bedroom and I thought he was my uncle (37M). I want to kill my uncle for a number of reasons, including that he is sleeping with my mother, ... | AITA for throwing my kid off of Stark Tower???
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Hey guys, so my (29F) husband (30M) is pretty mad at me, and I don't really see why... Anyway last night my husband and I were at Tony Starks party. I brought my 8 month old with me, because I'm not one of those moms who's going to let childbirth get in the ... | 2022-12-06T15:09:06 | 2022-12-06T10:53:14 | 34 | 24 |
[WP] you are immortal, had to break up with your girlfriend cuz you couldn’t stand the grief of her inevitable death. She seems surprisingly understanding and you believe you’ll never see her again. Centuries later you are shopping and come across her and she looks just as surprised to see you.
Wow this uh- this blew ... | "*Holy french fried fuck, Sharon*?" He practically screeched, the women in question turning to stare shocked at the shrieking man.
There was a pregnant pause as each stared at the other.
"Dave?" She whispered, a hand coming out as if to prove he was here "You're..?"
"Yep and you're?" He grinned as she laughed out her ... | He was an immortal, a being who had been alive since the beginning of time. He had lived through countless lifetimes and seen the world change in ways that others could only dream of. He also had a secret, one he had never shared with anyone. He could not die.
But with this blessing came a curse. He could not gr... | 2022-12-08T08:51:31 | 2022-12-08T08:13:01 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] A man wants to sell his soul to a demon but the thing he wants in return is so dubious the demon is thrown for a loop. | "So... You want to fuck a demon?" Laza'k scratched his forehead. "This is a stupid request, even by human standards."
"Hey, I've seen some pretty hot demon babes in my time."
"Anime is not realistic. You spend far to much time jerking it in your mom's basement, Jay."
"Well it's my soul. I can trade it for anythin... | "You want whaaaaaaat?!" Fe'na was never taken for such a loop in her life. "I mean really I don't get this. Why would anyone want this?" She look at the man who sat down and negotiated business with her. "I don't think I'm asking to much. Its a win-win benefit for both of us."
The demon looked over the contract care... | 2014-05-15T20:43:23 | 2014-05-15T18:07:44 | 390 | 68 |
[WP] A man wants to sell his soul to a demon but the thing he wants in return is so dubious the demon is thrown for a loop. | "Four lemons," Greg responded.
"It's done," said the demon. The response was so quick that the smoke from its appearance hadn't yet left the room.
"...and some sugar," Greg said. He stared blankly at the demon and blinked once.
The demon also blinked. A subtle mark of shock passed over its ashy face.
"Um, it's done... | This is my spot. I always sit here. There is a side door slightly out of my vision. It’s alarmed. It ought not be an issue. I turn and check again. Still closed. It’s just me and the barista. She’s in the back and out of sight. I scan the counter and coffee machines again. Still empty.
I check the lights m... | 2014-05-15T21:16:19 | 2014-05-15T21:10:17 | 252 | 22 |
[WP] A man wants to sell his soul to a demon but the thing he wants in return is so dubious the demon is thrown for a loop. | "For Lucifers sake!" blasted a voice as a not-quite-human form began to solidify in the red smoke seeping up from the ground. "Where in the world did all these summoning spells come from!?" it continued "Just today I have had a guy named Ted ask to be able to kill demons, A Greg that wanted god damn lemons, some sex ma... | This is my spot. I always sit here. There is a side door slightly out of my vision. It’s alarmed. It ought not be an issue. I turn and check again. Still closed. It’s just me and the barista. She’s in the back and out of sight. I scan the counter and coffee machines again. Still empty.
I check the lights m... | 2014-05-16T00:40:16 | 2014-05-15T21:10:17 | 37 | 22 |
[WP] You are a young deity that wins 2nd place in a science fair. Your entry was the planet Earth. Write about your utter disbelief at what came 1st. | *Goddammit! Not again! Every fucking time!*
"ZEUS! HEY ZEUS!"
"What's up?"
*Oh so he's going to play dumb?*
"You stole my idea, what the hell man?!"
"I didn't *steal* it, I improved on it. If you have a problem take it up wi-"
*Improved on it?! That arrogant son of a bitch!*
"It was perfect the way it was, assho... | Jimmy won...
Of all the contestants, it had to be Jimmy, my arch rival.
I should have won too...
My planet produced smarter lifeforms.
They grew faster.
Developed technology faster.
Explored their solar system faster.
But Jimmy... He created worms.... A whole planet of giant worms...
They had no disti... | 2014-06-16T11:58:58 | 2014-06-16T10:42:45 | 108 | 32 |
[FF] Write me a seven sentenced (or less) horror story
Wow guys, I did NOT expect this many feedback from you. You guys just made my night :D | I sat down in my bed and pulled out my teddy bear
I sat him up as I kissed his head, wishing him goodnight
I jerked up straight as I heard the footsteps up the stairs
I jerked under my covers as I tried to pretend I was asleep
Papa opened the door "Oh hey baby girl, are you still awake?"
Papa closed the door as he... | Although these aren't mine at all, I think you'd like this link: http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/07/40-freaking-creepy-ass-two-sentence-stories/
But heres my own (I'm terrible at scary stories but I didn't want to just post a link):
I was thinking about trying to get a more tan skin. People are more attrac... | 2014-06-27T16:14:48 | 2014-06-27T15:58:13 | 55 | 12 |
[FF] Write me a seven sentenced (or less) horror story
Wow guys, I did NOT expect this many feedback from you. You guys just made my night :D | I covered my mouth in shock as the stench rammed into me. I yelled out to my wife, "what the hell are you doing?"
She looked up from the worktable, her body covered in blood and guts, and turned to face me. On the table were the bodies of our two children, along with several other mangled body parts.
She smiled crook... | Although these aren't mine at all, I think you'd like this link: http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/07/40-freaking-creepy-ass-two-sentence-stories/
But heres my own (I'm terrible at scary stories but I didn't want to just post a link):
I was thinking about trying to get a more tan skin. People are more attrac... | 2014-06-27T16:46:31 | 2014-06-27T15:58:13 | 43 | 12 |
[FF] Write me a seven sentenced (or less) horror story
Wow guys, I did NOT expect this many feedback from you. You guys just made my night :D | Journal Entry:
Attempt #6,666: A fitting number... such a long time ago now. It was stupid to ask for immortality, but how could I have known what would come. I didn't know there could be this kind of loneliness. If by my suffering I've earned any kind of mercy, there won't be an attempt #6,667. Please don't let there... | Although these aren't mine at all, I think you'd like this link: http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/07/40-freaking-creepy-ass-two-sentence-stories/
But heres my own (I'm terrible at scary stories but I didn't want to just post a link):
I was thinking about trying to get a more tan skin. People are more attrac... | 2014-06-27T16:33:50 | 2014-06-27T15:58:13 | 35 | 12 |
[WP] An alien race encounters the most terrifying predator imaginable. A lone, unarmed human. | We shouldn’t have attacked.
The humans had established one of their “Research Stations”, a facility designed for science. Within its walls, they had tested many different species of the flora and fauna present on distant Xel’ji-5, a planet that was still ours, still under the dominion of the Korlan Empire despite it ... | "One minute to impact", the computerized Starship Assistant warned.
The Ovmar had all but destroyed my ship and killed the entire crew - all 451 of them. Their devious hack had sabotaged my ship to deploy all of the escape pods and detonate three of the projectiles before we locked them out in the battle. As the rem... | 2014-08-06T12:53:08 | 2014-08-06T12:10:54 | 353 | 42 |
[WP] A girl is having her first kiss. An old man is holding his wifes hand as she passes away. A teen parent is losing their child, while a man is getting married. Four different lives, one day - make them connect. | I didn't spend much time on my wedding vows. I didn't intend to keep many of them, anyway. My first vow was to always be honest with her. I broke that vow at the reception when she asked me how her hair looked. My wife still believes in pure, innocent love, so I do the song and dance. I bullshitted a few more vows... | *Monday, 13 October. The driveway of her parents' house.*
A day Melanie will never forget. It was the first time she and Jacob kissed, and certainly not the last. His eyes are such a pristine blue, full of the infinite possibilities of the sky whose colors they share. She gazes into them as they flutter closed in ... | 2014-10-12T12:26:29 | 2014-10-12T11:45:20 | 1,194 | 111 |
[WP] In a perfect utopia, you have just committed the first crime... | Humanity, once they put their minds to it, had managed to create a Utopia. It happened with remarkable efficiency, over the course of less than a century. And now, everyone lived in eternal happiness. They wanted for nothing. There was no conflict, no need for police, army, imprisonment, laws. Such concepts had faded i... | kyle knew that he was different. Everyday he struggled to suppress his emotions and be logical so he could fit in. In history class he learned how in 2087 the government started the genysis project. All babies were to be injected with the life lasting drug at birth. Everyone would be logical and pretty much the same in... | 2014-10-24T20:42:22 | 2014-10-24T20:32:19 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] A time traveller appears in a mall full of people. While examining the things of the past, he sees a common object and exclaims "Is this real??" | I was minding my own business when suddenly a man appeared out of thin air, right next to me.
As soon as he opened his eyes he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "It worked!".
I was surprised, to say the least, but not shocked. the government started developing time travel recently, and just a few days ago re... | "Yes, sir. It is real." The cashier looked horribly uncomfortable. "Now, if you would-"
"Stunning, my boy. Why I never thought I would see one in person. You see, the government banned these in 2088 after that war between the Vatican City and Russia. Speaking of which, you wouldn't beleive how many casualties Russia s... | 2014-12-25T12:43:17 | 2014-12-25T12:33:29 | 150 | 32 |
[WP] A time traveller appears in a mall full of people. While examining the things of the past, he sees a common object and exclaims "Is this real??" | I looked at the little boxes filling shelf upon shelf, aisle upon aisle in the store, amazed that they genuinely used to exist and were *sold*. My jaw hung open a little, refusing to politely hide my amazement as I slowly walked around, treating this typical high street shop of Y2014 like a museum.
When I won the offi... | In my world, there's no trees. Or well, I should say, the tree as a person in the past would know it no longer exists. Trees are metal cylinders, built in rows in vasts fields across the world, through ruins where people used to live. They're automated, ugly things. Carbon dioxide goes in, and clean air goes out. We li... | 2014-12-25T17:19:00 | 2014-12-25T15:01:18 | 23 | 13 |
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