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[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | So about 7,000 years ago Ollie dropped a boulder on my head. We were hunter-gatherers then, and he convinced me that there was a herd of red deer in a canyon near our camp. When I went there to check it out, he was on top of the ridge and rolled the boulder off onto me. It took a week for me to claw my way out.
Okay ... | Execution, that is the key to any good practical joke. When you're immortal, you're allotted all of the time in the world to develop a scheme so devious yet harmless that can make an impact on one of your friend's eternal lives. Yet it is so rare that our lives are affected by our friend's practical jokes. How is it so... | 2017-06-23T00:57:11 | 2017-06-22T19:51:25 | 220 | 104 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | So about 7,000 years ago Ollie dropped a boulder on my head. We were hunter-gatherers then, and he convinced me that there was a herd of red deer in a canyon near our camp. When I went there to check it out, he was on top of the ridge and rolled the boulder off onto me. It took a week for me to claw my way out.
Okay ... | They say history repeats it's self but what if the same event was conducted by the same people? In 1884 twins were born and in 1904 both their mother and father had passed at the ages of 42 and 47 from a fatal heart disease that they were both diagnosed with, the brothers thought they would soon die of this same di... | 2017-06-23T00:57:11 | 2017-06-22T23:11:36 | 220 | 58 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | "Agent Carter? Sir?" Agent Carter looked up from the mound of work on his desk to see Clark standing behind is desk.
"What is it?" Carter had a tone of depression in his voice, as if he had heard this hundreds of times before. He had heard this thousands of times before.
"Sir, A UFO has entered our atmosphere. Desti... | "Humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
The gnarled general gave him a look halfway between amusement and disbelief.
His ears twitched before settling back into their wavy slow pattern.
"You know thi... | 2017-08-08T08:42:45 | 2017-08-08T07:55:11 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | "What the fuck" I thought to myself. This job was supposed to be boring, given my... powers. This wasn't supposed to happen.
See, I was a bouncer at a bar. I wasn't the most imposing person but I had a unique trait. I could tell anyone's age without seeing a license. The numbers just kind of floated above their heads... | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2022-05-25T21:41:20 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 1,321 | 13 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | I stood outside the bar, hearing laughter and chatting from the warm interior. I looked down the line of people waiting for entry and started looking down the line muttering under my breath, "Twenty-two, twenty-five, Thirty, Twenty-nine, and... a twenty year old."
I sighed and I could see my breath within the cold n... | They all questioned it. Why would you want to be a bouncer? I can't blame my friends for thinking that way, of course. It seemed like a tedious job, with little reward. And it was tedious, but it was possibly the easiest job I could have.
Checking IDs was just a formality. the numbers floating above everyone's heads ... | 2018-02-12T22:42:59 | 2017-09-02T01:10:06 | 223 | 13 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | One knows when they're in the presence of something ancient. A turn of phrase, the way their gaze meets yours, the way the air around them hangs, as though to communicate an unspoken form of reverence. Or fear. Simple folk like to trade their wives tales, attempts at justifying the things that exist just outside their ... | He watched, bored as people streamed in the bar, only stopping the ones underage, and occasionally a few just over to keep suspicions low. His kind was uncommon, and people
hunted for his power. It seemed like an odd thing to want, most just wanted it to make them feel *special*. At least, those that knew about it. Som... | 2017-09-01T23:22:02 | 2017-09-01T21:45:33 | 62 | 25 |
[WP] Create the most Overpowered, god-mode character ever. Then kill him in the most idiotic way. | I stepped into the wilderness, clutching my pack to my chest. What little scraps of armor I had left barely clung on to me, my only redeeming factor being the slightly glowing jade sword I held. I had gotten it as a 1/1000 drop chance from a dungeon boss.
I slunk in behind the trees, carefully avoiding the known bandi... | Bullets bounced off Nimbus' rock hard abs.
He pointed his finger at the Humvee and it exploded, killing most of the swat team. A few flaming, broken bodies writhed on the ground. Nimbus ignored them and turned to face the greater 'threat'.
A squad of capes. Most were class C, with two class B and a single class D. ... | 2017-09-04T13:05:47 | 2017-09-04T12:38:25 | 72 | 14 |
[WP] You've been using your new Self-Driving car for several years now without an issue. This morning, however, it refused to move, displaying the error message, "You may not fast travel when enemies are nearby." | This, I thought to myself, is what I got for buying a used 2032 Skyrim. Sighing, I marched up to my neighbor's door.
"Yes?" The man, whose name once again escaped me because I didn't really care to learn it, asked.
"Frank," I said, guessing.
"Fred," he corrected.
"Fred," I said, guessing, "we're good, right?"
"We... | I said my goodbyes to my sister in a hurry and went outside. She yelled after me, I didn’t quite hear what she said. It didn’t matter, anyway, that annoying bastard. Even if my mood is completely squandered, there’s always something waiting for me. Yes, yes, yes! It’s my phenomenal, super-awesome self-driving car!
I g... | 2017-10-23T11:45:39 | 2017-10-23T11:31:16 | 211 | 12 |
[WP] Every person has a tattoo only their soulmate can see. You see tattoos on everyone. | Yeah, I can see the tattoos. All the tattoos. Hell, I can see em through clothes! I thought I was weird or crazy. My mom just told me to ignore them and that it wasn't my business. Until that day in the grocery store.
Steve and Jenny. I still remember their names. I was 12. I saw the tattoos but this time it... | Perhaps soulmate is too broad of a word.
When in the womb, modern humans are swirls of genetic matter and projections. We come nearly fully formed and planned into tombs designated for our fruition.
So they give us tattoos - probabilities, really. Specific percentages that designate how compatible we are with our f... | 2017-11-13T03:54:33 | 2017-11-12T23:40:19 | 55 | 24 |
[WP] An old dog, knowing his time is near, wants nothing more than to help his family one last time. | Cookie had not noticed time slipping by; she had been too preoccupied with her naps, ball chasing, and cuddle times. Yet, time did not forget Cookie. Her once spritely young legs now creaked, and ached. She could only walk slowly now; jumping seemed like a far off memory. Yet, her family still loved her so.
She was l... | I'm not sure Jake knows, but we don't have a lot of time left together. He doesn't want to play much anymore. When he was young, he was so full of energy. We would sneak downstairs in the early dawn hours to watch Mickey Mouse. We'd bundle up and go outside in the snow on the coldest winter days, only to come back in m... | 2018-01-23T14:31:29 | 2018-01-23T13:59:54 | 44 | 21 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I wake to my phone buzzing on the night stand. I look at the clock next to it. The green numbers shine brightly: 3:14 AM.
'What the hell?' I think to myself. 'Why is anyone texting me at 3 in the morning?'
Before I can take a look, it starts buzzing again. And again. It won't stop. I grab the phone and mute it quickl... | I’m lying in a bed on a tuesday night.
And I’m having restless dreams.
And then I awake from a story where I’m rescuing a princess from a wheel of cheese. Because there’s a chainsaw on my nightstand.
A groggy hand reaches over and slaps it reluctantly. Is it morning...a alarm? Some long lost love looking for lusciou... | 2022-08-07T14:17:42 | 2022-05-11T14:02:28 | 712 | 314 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I wake to my phone buzzing on the night stand. I look at the clock next to it. The green numbers shine brightly: 3:14 AM.
'What the hell?' I think to myself. 'Why is anyone texting me at 3 in the morning?'
Before I can take a look, it starts buzzing again. And again. It won't stop. I grab the phone and mute it quickl... | I refused. It was hard, but I refused. Hundreds of notifications pouring in, telling me to look at the moon but I didn’t.
Something seemed weirdly off by the idea of hundreds telling me to look at a rock in the sky and I’ve never gotten this many notifications before so I simply refused to do what they said. Plus I’d ... | 2022-08-07T14:17:42 | 2018-04-06T22:11:18 | 712 | 12 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I’m lying in a bed on a tuesday night.
And I’m having restless dreams.
And then I awake from a story where I’m rescuing a princess from a wheel of cheese. Because there’s a chainsaw on my nightstand.
A groggy hand reaches over and slaps it reluctantly. Is it morning...a alarm? Some long lost love looking for lusciou... | DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON.
My eyes were barely open, bleary with sleep, but the incessant buzzing of the phone against the glossy black wood of the bedside table was just passing the point of ignorable. It took me a moment to register that the words were strange, holding their place at the top of the screen in bold, of... | 2022-05-11T14:02:28 | 2018-04-06T20:42:31 | 314 | 10 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I wake up to the sound of a familiar jingle coming from my phone. Groaning I turn over and turn it on. But then something grabs my interest, an official text, like the amber alerts you get sometimes, saying DO. NOT. LOOK.AT. THE. MOON. My screen then suddenly bursts up with hundreds of text messages saying the same thi... | I blearily attempted to focus my eyes on my phone as its notification sound went off repeatedly. I had just managed to get to a comfortable position and doze for a good hour before my phone decided to freak out, and I was none too happy.
One government alert that read "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON", followed by 600 messag... | 2022-06-27T10:58:59 | 2018-04-06T22:12:43 | 103 | 14 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | Sweat decorated my face, my hands twitched, my personal signs of panic. I gripped my phone on one hand and on the other my bed sheets. A deafening silence filled my bed room.
"What the fuck?" I murmured to myself. I rose up to a sitting position, used the now dirty bed sheet to clean my face. "Sarah?" I called out to... | That alarm. That damn alarm that everyone hates. So loud, blaring with such urgency that rouses anyone from their sleep. "God what, what is it now?" Isaiah questioned. The amber alert sound was still unending, and as he turned to unlock the phone and silence it, he was met with the brightness of the sun in the palm of ... | 2022-09-27T16:50:27 | 2022-09-11T16:03:17 | 33 | 15 |
[WP] Your job as a researcher in the facility isn't too bad. The hours are shit and the coffee maker is broken, but at least the people are nice. And the job is easy: talk to the telepathic spider, run some tests on the witch, give the eldrich god his daily newspaper, basic stuff. Describe your day
Inspired by the SCP... | "Morning newbie."
Three years. I've been working here for three *fucking* years and Caleb was still calling me a *newbie*.
"Morning," I muttered to the unsmiling man behind his desk. "Is the coffee machine fixed yet?"
"Morning newbie," he said again.
I frowned and looked at Caleb, his eyes are unfocused. I was... | Caleb is greeted by he usual drab sights as he is scanned into the barracks - painted cement block walls, dim incandescent lights, long corridors of marbled tile. It looked more like a prison than a research lab, but then again, it kind of was.
A tickling in his consciousness alerted him to the presence of Mondo, the... | 2018-04-23T10:13:49 | 2018-04-23T08:32:54 | 419 | 84 |
[WP] At 12:01 AM Death stopped working. 2 years later, age and sickness haven't slowed. Hospitals become houses of pain for the dying but never dead. Births are outlawed. Immolation is the only way to end life. We think. You have been sent by the UN to find Death and figure out what happened. | ######[](#dropcap)
"Hello?" Kiara's voice echoed through the cave. "Is anyone there?"
Only the sound of dripping water answered her call. So she continued to press forward in the darkness, somehow knowing each twist and turn as she came to it, her footsteps sure.
It was moments later when she saw the first glimpse... | Tressi walked through the valleys of the otherworld. The air was silent except for a faint echoing roar that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere. Monochrome lifeless landscape surrounded her for as far as the eye could see, except for a glint of green at the foot of a jagged mountain directly before her. She’s b... | 2018-05-17T19:52:57 | 2018-05-17T18:47:23 | 87 | 60 |
[WP] France is now illegal | "Hey, you. come here!"
"What?"
"Want to try something good?"
"Sure. what you got? crack? weed?"
"nah, I hot something better. I got pieces of France"
"France?!"
"Shhh! Keep it down!"
"Sorry. You seriously got some France?"
"Yeah, some nice rocks from Paris. High quality shit. Pure stuff. Want a taste?"
"Hell y... | Damn baguettes.
I hate baguettes. They are so despicable.
Look at them, those baked goods make me so mad. I feel an anger boiling up inside me, welling up until I am fit to burst, fit to explode. The last time I was in a French bakery I got so angry that I shattered the window by kicking it with my full force, and un... | 2018-07-27T10:16:58 | 2018-07-27T08:37:34 | 128 | 28 |
[WP] Domino's pizza has offered free pizza for life to anyone who tattoos their logo on their body. Now other food chains are following that idea, but with increasingly absurd requirements, and the poor have turned themselves into walking advertisements just so they can eat with each passing day. | "Welcome to Audi, sir. What car can I get you today?"
"I'd like a TT RS Coupé 2.5 please. Red."
"Ooh, nice! That'll be $135,728. And how will you be paying?"
"No need, Mr Salesperson. I have one of these."
"An Audi tattoo on both nipples. Fabulous. And you have the...ah good, penis too. Now, have you learned to sin... | Fuck Mark. That’s his third crop basket this month. Fuck Whole Foods too, rectangle logo? Ridiculous. With six kids, Mark is fine.
Our Wilson’s tall, that’s good, but he isn’t big enough. We have two years. Maybe.
Since McDonalds shifted their promotion from a big meal six pack to a three, he’s not getting the calorie... | 2018-09-08T14:19:51 | 2018-09-08T14:18:35 | 49 | 34 |
[WP] You're a supervillian. Your power? Making anybody and everybody nearby feel the same emotion you feel except 100x stronger. Mostly you've been using it to force people to donate absolutely all their life's savings into charities. Superheros aren't quite sure how to deal with you. | It’s a bit like picking a string on a harp, you make it vibrate, amplify it, make the resonance affect the world around it. Now anyone can jam on a harp and make an awful lot of noise but I like to think I’m better than that. I can take any old emotion that you happen to be feeling at that moment and make it vibrate, a... | My father would often say that laughter is the greatest medicine. His lax yet affectionate round face, with eyes that would sparkle with honesty, would always comfort those around him. Father made it his duty to have those around him roar with pleasure, and on those rare occasions he did not succeed, he would at the ve... | 2018-12-17T14:50:10 | 2018-12-17T14:24:32 | 306 | 28 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a law was passed globally that requires everyone to hibernate for 100 years at a time after every 90 years. Today is Shutdown Day. As you finish getting tucked into your pod, you instantly notice eyes being shut all around you. But something is wrong. You are still awake.
This post was part... | Eyes shutting around me. Friends, family, all of them drifting into a long sleep. 100 years shrunk into the blink of an eye.
Soon, the soft whirring of the cryogenic generators kick in. The whirring... wait, why am I still awake?
I looked around frantically, as those around me got frozen, stopping their body processe... | What? What's going on? Why aren't I sleeping? The chamber should've immediately altered balance for sleep. I need to get attention.
I pound on the glass. "Hey! This chamber is defective!" Nothing. I do it again, louder. "Hey!! It's not working!" No one notices. The chamber lowers. I don't have much time. I use all my ... | 2018-12-29T02:06:11 | 2018-12-29T01:26:24 | 1,838 | 35 |
[WP] You've accepted a mysterious job offer with a salary of $30k a week, all you have to do is sit in a dark room for 8 hours a day. Today is your first day. | I walk into the poorly lit office in the back, still very confused about this whole thing. The guy never said why I was doing this, but hey, student loans are a b!tch; I gotta pay them somehow.
But as I sit at the desk, I notice the monitor is on and is displaying video footage, seemingly in real time of the rest of t... | \[Poem\]
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Light, o fine mistress!
What sweet comfort in your bosom, what lovely tenderness in your arms!
Were that I was a younger man, that I may seek your love once more.
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​
My mind grows cloudy amongst this dark setting.
I think it's over. The red numbers above the door rea... | 2019-03-17T21:59:44 | 2019-03-17T19:23:45 | 53 | 11 |
[WP] You're a Satanist, recently deceased. You love all things dark and spooky, so imagine your surprise when you come across the pearly gates, with the sign "hell" clumsily hung over where Heaven was. Behind the gate are little cherubs in cheap devil costumes, trying their best for you. | "The f*** do you mean I went to heaven! Why the f*** can't I swear?!" I said shouting at Jesus Christ in red face paint. "Oh my gosh, this is- did I just say gosh? Gosh. GOSH!"
"You literally cannot swear or take the Lord's name in vain here." Jesus replied wiping the paint off his face immaculately.
"Right fine, bu... | This wasn't right. No, this wasn't right at all. Where was the fire? The brimstone? The cries of the dammed? I usually consider myself a relatively open-minded person, but this was just...disappointing.
I sighed. May as well go in, I thought. The only thing behind and flanking me was the edge of the cloud I stood on, ... | 2019-07-18T16:21:11 | 2019-07-18T14:09:55 | 106 | 65 |
[WP] "Welcome. You're dead. Congrats. Door to Heaven's on the left. Door to Hell is on the right. Go ahead and pick, but just know that the decision is final." The figure sitting at the desk spoke, stifling a yawn and not looking up from their book. | “Excuse me?” I said, “I’m what now?”
The man sighed and laid his book on the desk. He was tall, noticeable even while he was seated. His golden skin looked as if it would be warm to the touch. He was good-looking in a rugged sort of way, but his features were contorted into a grimace as he repeated his opening line.
... | I stood in front of the blackened-bone desk, paralyzed by the power I held. One choice - one choice when I was raised on the idea of absolute judgement - determined my eternal afterlife.
The door on the left stood in a humble arch, yet it was carved of the most radiant crystal I’d ever see. Golden light, laughter, and... | 2019-10-03T13:35:03 | 2019-10-03T13:09:34 | 183 | 84 |
[WP] You are a genie, and after thousands of years of existence, you have grown extremely bored. To combat this boredom, you give all 7 billion people on Earth three wishes - all at once. You don’t tell any of the humans that they have any wishes at all. | I've made a big mistake.
I've made a promise I can't possibly keep.
7 billion people. What was I thinking?? 7 billion seconds is almost 222 years! Even if I could give a wish every second, it would take me 666 years to fulfill 3 wishes for 7 billions people! I should have done the math, but here we are.
21 billion ... | Long ago, when the Earth was resplendent with green verdure and crystal seas, all animals great and small lived under the rule of the Sky King Genis. Humans were still a smattering of scattered tribes, and though they were a crafty creature, oftentimes they not only suffered at the fangs of more powerful beasts but als... | 2020-03-14T08:46:36 | 2020-03-14T06:22:09 | 61 | 11 |
[WP] You are short, skinny and well below average intelligence. Yet, you've been hired by a group of elite soldiers to help with some of their most dangerous missions. Your superpower: sheer dumb luck. No matter how close to death you come, reality always follows the path to your ultimate survival. | Operation Code Red Tango Tango Bravo, despite its long winded name, was simple. Americans were being held hostage in the Tehran Embassy and the US government would very much like it if we got them out.
Colonel McAdams stood before the team assigned to the mission. He always avoided eye contact with me at these things.... | “Soldier!’ shouts an authoritative voice “you will refer to me as Colonel X. I will be the lead on your first deployment.” The man, middle-aged and of a towering build, looks down at me with a piercing gaze. Placing his pillar of an arm on my shoulder, the impact of which I just about withstand, he tells me “Report to... | 2020-04-18T07:08:13 | 2020-04-18T07:00:04 | 450 | 70 |
[WP] On your deathbed, the Grim Reaper himself comes to pay you a visit. You expect him to collect your soul, until he asks where and how you have hidden it. | Where did i put it? Where did I put it?
I searched in my drawers, and upended all my clothes onto the floor. My spirit ... my being. My essence.
I had painted a picture a few days ago. It wasn't finished yet. There it was in the art room ... half-coloured in. It was meant to be a grand painting, but I had lost intere... | The beeping of the machines melded in and out of consciousness, sometimes drowned out by the roaring in my ears, sometimes piercing through the silence bladelike and vicious. Everything else swam in and out of blurred vision. Everything except that slow, baleful beeping.
**beep. beep. beep.**
*"Margery! Don't play ... | 2020-04-22T23:18:44 | 2020-04-22T23:16:32 | 78 | 28 |
[WP] You take a DNA test on your 21st birthday to determine your heritage. Your family tree results come back and show that you have 20 direct descendants...and an 89 year old son.
[deleted] | "Hello, Bureau of DNA Testing. How may I direct your call?"
"Yeah, my results came back, and I am pretty sure they are wrong."
"Please hold while I transfer you."
-shitty hold music-
"Hello, customer service department. Can I get your name and the 15 digit test ID at the top left of your results form?"
"John Smi... | [POEM] I Must Be a Time Traveller
Oh how i remember the time i was 21,
And on that day i realised i was younger than my son
How could it be
My child is older then me ?
I must be a time traveller
I must be a time traveller!
So right there and then,
I decided to write my son Ben
And tell him i was younger than he!
M... | 2020-11-18T01:45:42 | 2020-11-18T00:46:20 | 287 | 68 |
[WP] People often attribute your success as a superhero to your power. However the truth is the power itself sucks, you just learnt how to use it well despite its limitations over the years, as one power stealing villain painfully learnt | Assimilation, a fairly new villain with a copy-cat power, looked at me with pure disgust.
"Your power is-"
"Yep," I responded, sparing him the embarrassment of saying my power. "Kinda gross, isnt it?"
Assimilation looked at his hand, which he used to copy my power, before frantically trying to wipe it clean on... | Ugh, well it’s been a while since I’ve talked about this, but having the “superpower” of acid spit gets incredibly crappy after awhile. You’d think fending off bad guys would be an easy task, but nope, here I am in public running up to the bastard who just stole a ladies purse trying to get into the best possible posit... | 2020-12-02T07:41:01 | 2020-12-02T07:06:24 | 102 | 38 |
[WP] You realize you cant die, no matter what happens, no matter how mortal the wound, nothing kills you, you later find out, its because you got a restraining order on Death when Death was a human, and now death; bound by the law, can not get close to you | He couldn't stay here forever, he knew that. He knew he would have to step out of the room and down the halls and back into his life.
He knew that.
He also knew that if he stayed by this girl's side a little longer, he could give her parents what he had never gotten. So he crouched down by her bed and held her hand ... | “I am not going to leave you.”
“I am glad you are here before I pass on.”
“I won’t let that happen, it won’t as long as I am around.”
“Don’t be silly dear, everyone has to die, its part of the natural order.”
“How long did the doctors say you have?”
“A couple days.”
“Well when you are alive for three you will kn... | 2021-03-27T03:14:55 | 2021-03-27T02:07:59 | 22 | 14 |
[WP]Humans are reverse Kryptonians. They are weak on their home planet but strong everywhere else. No one knew this until Earth was attacked and humanity was taken off of earth to be enslaved. | No one expected us to be this strong, especially the Xitain. They didn't put in their research about the physical forces upon our planet, specifically gravitational and frictional forces. The gravitational constant on Earth is 9.81 m/s^(2), whereas the gravitational constant on Xitain is only about 7.59 m/s^(2). Most o... | We sat amongst the wild flame, enchanted by its dance. Its arms reaching out offering us reassurance and comfort amongst the cold, but we could not grasp and embrace it. It's rhythm told us stories of enchanting wonder, but we could not understand it. So we watched it with a feverish sense of longing, and as it gave wa... | 2021-05-18T07:32:07 | 2021-05-18T07:30:00 | 68 | 47 |
[WP] Last names are assigned at birth by an oracle, and 90% of people find themselves in a related profession. For instance "Miller" or "Baker." Your last name, "World-Ender," has made life rather difficult. | "I'm sorry, but we can't approve you for a home loan, ma'am."
"Why?"
"Due to the implications of your...name, our insurance won't cover you should you...you know."
"If I ended the world from the house I wanna buy with this loan, your insurance wouldn't really matter, would it?"
"No, but...think of it as preventativ... | It seemed quite innocent at first, and despite the name given to their son, the burdenbearers were always a, optimistic but harrowed couple.
Yet, despite their pedigree, they remained positive about how this would turn out. Their son would turn out.
“Shame is truly, your only companion”, the tyke said to his mother’... | 2021-06-19T23:03:38 | 2021-06-19T22:00:06 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] Every time you are late, you dodge an otherwise-fatal bullet. Miss a plane and it will crash, every time. Miss a job interview, the place will burn down. Today, despite leaving unfathomably early, you get stuck in gridlock on the way to your wedding. You begin to panic. | The traffic was horrible. That was an awful sign.
I wasn't late by much - I'd probably still get there about 5 minutes late - but that didn't matter, because if I arrive late, it's always to protect me from some disaster. I shouldn't have made that wish 10 years ago, but to be fair, I thought it was a joke. How was I ... | at first i thought these happenings were coincidences. house fires, plane crashes, things happen yknow?
but then it became too much to chalk it up to chance.
eventually i made a habit of showing up to things early. my quality of life improved, even if my friends sometimes made fun of me for it.
i don't blame them.
... | 2021-10-22T08:18:47 | 2021-10-22T04:18:07 | 152 | 51 |
[WP] Your immortality isn’t the result of any curse, or blessing, for that matter. No, it’s just that you pissed off the God of Death so much he can’t stand the sight of you. | My skin hangs loose off my tattered bones, and I strain with the effort of holding myself upright. “O great one,” I beg, voice hoarse, the last whiskers of my beard coating the floor below, “Please release me from this curse.”
The God of Death, on his throne of skin, holds a hand to his chin in sullen contemplation, b... | I had taken a seat with a drink in my hand whilst taking a deep breath. There we were again. Of course.
My friend, who had turned 90 over the weekend, had died a calm death. And here I was on my own again. Sometimes I hated it here. But on the other days, I was fine. I took a look down at my arms and legs. The scarre... | 2021-12-06T02:30:05 | 2021-12-06T02:00:12 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] The prophecy said that the king would meet his end, not by an enemy or uprising, but by his own child. Having heard enough of these stories, the king raises all of his kids as well as he can and decides to see how the fates play this one out | Many years ago, a herald rang out the glorious announcement
"Young Queen Hannah has given birth to a son! They have called his name, Samuel. May King Fredrick and Queen Hannah live forever!"
An older gentleman in a cloak mumbled to himself. "Fool! No one lives forever. No one!" As the king and queen themselves passed... | Over fifteen years had passed since the decisive battle against the tribal nations in the south. It was a tumultuous campaign that lasted nearly twice as long as the peace we have enjoyed since then.
I was merely a captain then, but I was there when the King had spoke with the Matriarch of the tribes. She had prophes... | 2022-01-28T16:49:22 | 2022-01-28T13:59:55 | 366 | 42 |
[WP] You were abandoned by your parents as a baby. An eldritch being sees you and adopts you. You are taught about higher dimensions and arcane magic. But things change when your eldritch parent insists you go to a human school to experience a normal life. | I kept telling Troy not to bully me.
I was the smallest kid in 7th grade, and he was the second smallest. He started the very first day of school; I think he was thrilled when he realized there was actually another boy smaller than him in school that year.
I was an empathetic kid. I knew that his bullying was a sign ... | "Going to sleep with the fishes again, Barnacle Boy?" Frederick asked as he sneered at the boy walking down the hallway.
Kai came to a stop. "You should at least try to be accurate with the insults," he replied in a bored tone. There aren't any barnacles where I come from."
Frederick scowled at Kai's lack of response... | 2022-04-08T08:35:24 | 2022-04-08T07:16:44 | 231 | 146 |
[WP] "You are a villain who got beaten by a magical girl. You prepare for the worst when she bonks you on the head with her staff. "There! Now don't do bad things anymore!"" | I blinked twice, my brow furrowing as I considered what exactly it was I was feeling. Was it confusion? No. That seemed like not enough somehow. Baffled was more like it. "What?'
"Don't do bad things anymore!" Was all she'd said before... well... leaving me alone in the ruins of what had once been a pretty nice lair. ... | After she left, I, just didn't have it in me to continue fighting. I didn't send my minions after her, not that it would have done much good. My Lieutenant asked for orders and, I just couldn't find what I actually wanted done next. I left my throne room, and went to bed.
The next morning I was greeted by my annoying... | 2022-12-26T17:08:27 | 2022-12-26T15:09:10 | 186 | 46 |
[WP] Everyone is born with an "expiration date" on the back of their necks. It is taboo to tell someone their date. | I loved her from the day she was born. My little girl was my life, my everything. I would have done anything for her. She was 3 when she asked me about the numbers on the back of my neck. I explained to her that those were when someone was going to go away for a long time. I explained to her that it wasn't nice to tell... | "Keep your chin up," said the stranger as he walked away. John looked down at the one hundred dollar bill the man had dropped in his begging cup with confusion.
He stood up from his street corner and walked into the local liquor store. Placing a handle of expensive rum on the counter, the clerk looked distrustingly a... | 2014-09-25T20:56:24 | 2014-09-25T19:50:43 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] You live in a village in the dessert. One day it is raided by terrorists and all village members are killed, except for you. You lost most of your memories and now wander through the dessert, thinking you are the last of your species.
Second time posting this, yay... fucking tags mate *cough* Well anyways, i didn... | Time is passing - it must be near noon. I still remember vividly the smell, the strong sweet smell of burning sugar everywhere.
It was the torch that changed this land. It used to be a soft sea of soft peachy crème in an ever changing configuration of dunes, with our people happily swimming and living in it. The land... | Cheesecake Town was the best town before the Dentist Nation attacked. Led by members of the **I**nternational **D**ental **C**avity **I**ntercept **L**egion, or **IDCIL**, they showed no mercy.
They tore chubby children from their mother's arms and disemboweled them with daggers etched with IDCIL's singular mission s... | 2014-12-17T00:31:27 | 2014-12-16T23:53:26 | 369 | 67 |
[WP] Bruce Wayne as a child falls into a cave and lands amongst a swarm of spiders. In an alternate universe, Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive bat. | Sometimes, in the dark of the night or the stillness of his lair, Bruce would close his eyes and lie still.
Each and every time, he could still feel the featherlight touch of their tiny feet creeping over his skin, sublime and awful. Inescapable.
He did not sleep unclothed, but it had been years since he had slept b... | Drifting silently through the sky the dark figure watched as the purple clad man slowly began to understand his position. Like the male spider this vigilante of Gotham let the winds blow the course he would take; letting the villains of the city slowly consume his economic empire. There the similarities ended, like t... | 2015-03-05T22:17:46 | 2015-03-05T19:48:54 | 47 | 12 |
[WP] As a young child you made an innocent wish to be granted a power that in hindsight was just whimsical and silly. Now you have grown up but you still have the power - how do you use it now as an adult? | It was hard, learning to communicate again. Part of the process of learning to write – and I could not, I was only five when I made the wish – is already being able to speak. But I figured it out, even with the challenge of my new, weird, clawed hands. Now I've got custom keyboards, of course. I can afford pretty much ... | John's eyelids flutter and he slowly comes to. At first the man is groggy and doesn't take notice of his surrounding - the white walls, the smell of medicine and the beeping of a heart rate monitor. But after a few seconds pass, he realizes where and why he is.
*Fuck* he mutters to himself quiet as not to wake up his ... | 2015-03-07T04:14:18 | 2015-03-07T01:52:00 | 59 | 11 |
[WP] On Judgement Day, every single person is left behind and you're the only one who is saved, because you believed something no one else did. | *Hello kazakiii, welcome to heaven*
"Why am I the only one here? What did
I do?"
*Remember that program winrar? that was a test I set for you humans. You are the only one who had paid for it*
"Where's everyone else?!"
*They have been judged just like you have, enjoy your stay*
(sorry for shitty formatting and stu... | It took me a while to figure it out. I have always had a great deal of contempt for the God described to me in scripture. I never wanted to have anything to do with such a God, and that was the problem. Someone asked me a long time ago what if you were spared and your loved ones left behind during the rapture, what ... | 2015-05-28T11:46:35 | 2015-05-28T10:37:40 | 55 | 28 |
[WP] In music, changing a song to a minor key is a small change that makes the song sound much creepier or sadder. Write a happy story, and then its counterpart in a minor key.
Edit: Wow! Thank you to everyone for all the great stories. This will definitely keep me reading for a while. | Lights in the sky and a cloud plume on the horizon. I can see the airplane roaring overhead, and all I can think about is what those people must be thinking up there. Are they really that different from me? The thought brings a tear to my eye as the hot air coats my skin. - Lawton, Oklahoma, 1913
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Lights in the sk... | I love the way the moonlight shines off his dark hair. How is eyes can be just the perfect shade of green. He is Adonis. And has the face, the mind and the body of a god.
As far as first dates go, this couldn't have been any better. I took him to the lake, where we sat on the beach and I fed him ice cream while he ju... | 2015-07-14T01:05:09 | 2015-07-13T23:39:31 | 70 | 43 |
[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... | Dear me:
That boy isn’t going to text back, it’s Saturday and he saw your message on Thursday. You always do this, you said you weren’t going to get attached, you barely have feelings for him. You don’t want anything but companionship from him, you say to yourself. But you know you want the whole thing: you want him to... | To my best friend.
I used to write to you all the time in the early days. Perhaps it was selfish of me, to use you as an outlet for my emotions. I haven't written to you in such a while, and I'm sorry. Life got in the way, I guess. I owe you this last one.
I don't know how, but slowly things changed. They got better, a... | 2015-12-05T14:46:28 | 2015-12-05T13:54:55 | 158 | 24 |
[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... | I am writing this with tears in my eyes and 15 years of wishing i did this sooner.
Dear Dude who molested me when I was a child,
You ruined my life. It has been a long time since you molested me and those 3 other kids, and I hope you are rotting in that cell.
Ever since what you have done, I have battled severe... | Dear Natalie.
So here I am. Funny how things work, right? Never thought I'd end up penning this letter, but I guess something prompted me to do it.
I know. I've known ever since it happened what your real motivations were, and you never had me fooled for a second. After you apologized, and said that you were just mes... | 2015-12-05T15:55:07 | 2015-12-05T14:43:55 | 61 | 26 |
[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... | Dear dad,
I fucking miss you. You died too quickly and I never got to hear your last words. I know though, I know you'd tell me you're proud of me and that you love me. I know this, but goddammit, i wish I could have heard you say it. I'll be the man you always knew I could be. I promise you that, and i will continue... | Dear Teacher,
This is letter that will try to explain my frustration. My constant frustration. You are an unkind human being of ~~average~~ below average intelligence. You are also sexist. I am not going to overstate my intelligence, but it exists. I am scared of you destroying my future because you can not comprehend... | 2015-12-05T15:43:07 | 2015-12-05T13:38:34 | 45 | 24 |
[WP] Kaiju routinely attack the city. You cannot get anyone to listen to your sensible, practical plan to stop them because they all want to build giant robots. | Lieutenant James knew he was right. He just knew it.
He had to tell the Chief Scientist Ogilvy, but he wasn't responding to any of his telematics, and the Intelligence leadership were secluded in the Ops One complex - so he couldn't just walk in to see him. There was a grade 5 due in two days, large enough to wipe ou... | "Remember the old joke, how do you stop a rhino from charging?" I looked around at the council. "You take aways its credit card. Its the same principal with these kaiju. We alter their planner, we change their routine, they won't come back"
I looked at the sea of faces. All of then blank.
"Nah say," started Bruce. "I... | 2016-01-11T14:02:06 | 2016-01-11T11:31:47 | 62 | 24 |
[WP] In the near future, the secret to time travel has been discovered - in order to travel back into the past there needs to be a 'receiving station' at the other end - explaining why nobody from the future has been observed up 'til now. The first such 'station' is about to be completed.
This prompt was spurred by a ... | Hundreds gathered around the titanium pentagon shaped object. Looming 20 feet high, the receiver was the brain child of a joint-research team composed of top scientists and physicist around the world.
John, one of the chief designers flipped the on switch. There was a deep whir and a mechanical hum.
"So...now we ju... | Today will be remembered throughout history. At multiple points in history, to be accurate. The first ever time machine, affectionately being dubbed “Einstein” around the office, will finally be completed on this date. I am going to be the first person to ever use it, and I’d be lying if I wasn’t nervous. My whole life... | 2016-02-01T08:03:33 | 2016-02-01T07:59:56 | 48 | 22 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a superpower, but the strength of that superpower is determined by how late in the year someone was born. Two twins are born on New Years Eve and New Years Day respectively. | Everyone has powers and the strength of them depends on how late in the year you were born.
One of the main things that resulted in this was everyone being very friendly towards one another when meeting eachother for the first time. Very polite and genuine interactions. Why? Because you didn't know the other persons b... | "Do you mind?" Ash said, gesturing to his feet, which hovered slightly off the ground. "It's just that I met a cute flyer girl, and she wants--"
"Nah, go ahead." Lee (their parents were too cutesy for anyone's good) waved his twin brother off. "You know I'd be right behind you."
"I'll see you!" Ash shot up into the a... | 2016-03-30T09:42:45 | 2016-03-30T07:59:03 | 99 | 44 |
[Wp] It is the year 2032. Due to increasing obesity, fast food joints have been banned entirely. Tell us the tale of bootlegging and speakeasies in this troubled time of prohibition. | Melons and pineapples worked best. We bought huge quantities of both. Ma and my little brother would spend nights hollowing them out, carving and chucking away the useless innards.
Me and Pa were the chefs. We cooked a hundred or so burgers every night. Of course, getting the fat--and it *had* to be fat--was a missio... | It's not the *dogs* that are the problem at the border, unless you're careless they'll never find a thing. No, it's those damn Algorhythmic Sensorial System Programatical Robotic Omni-Bionic Examiners that you have to be wary about. Those suckers can get right up and into your business and before you know it they've fo... | 2016-07-25T06:22:09 | 2016-07-25T06:20:50 | 283 | 58 |
[WP] Your T.V. suddenly turns on by itself mid-lunch and a message from the local weather warning system , normally accompanied with a loud alarm but oddly silent this time around, reads "For the safety and well-being of all local citizens this warning will be broadcasted silently..." | It was a typical summer week day; warm with a slight breeze, a few big puffy clouds hung in the sky, slowly and silently moving eastward. I had just left a drive-thru, my lunch cooling in the passenger seat as I pulled into my driveway. Once inside, I dropped the food on the coffee table and hurried into the bathroom t... | > Im not a writer or anything, just a guy wanting to try this out, no hate, don't expect grammar to be on point or detail
It's 4:57 AM, I wake up, wondering what woke me up I look around and notice the T.V switched on, irritated at the fact that I don't have money to get a good T.V and annoyed by the fact that my T... | 2016-08-10T08:10:11 | 2016-08-10T07:40:10 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] You are an immortal serial killer. You were caught and sentenced to life in prison. The prison is starting to get suspicious of why you won't age. | The newspapers had written about her. Killing for her had been as simple as walking past a man and filling his nostrils with her flowery perfume. Her thick red hair was as if the blood of her victims had stained her soul, putting a permanent mark on her long, murderous past.
But now she was here, in this cell. She nev... | It's been a while seeing these grey walls. About 45 years. Or maybe it has been fifty. I can't recall. I was sentenced for a lifetime here since I was on a killing spree back in the days. I was sort of a Robin Hood you see, killing criminals just like me. I actually call myself Charlie Catastrophe if you ever wonder if... | 2016-10-15T09:06:23 | 2016-10-15T08:27:16 | 35 | 14 |
[WP]As the axe murderer at a teenage campout in the woods, you had expected them to split up. You didn't expect them to band together to hunt you down. | I saw the clearing up ahead lit up by a roaring camp fire. They were drinking and laughing. I breathed heavily in anticipation as I felt my blood begin to boil marvellously. But this was weird, I had been looking for them for the last hour since I took their friend Cindy...I'm no expert on the sane mind, but I'm pretty... | "What do you mean they haven't split up?"
[Muffled and incoherent speech]
"Take the mask off, you idiot."
"Sorry. I mean they haven't split up. They remain intact. As a group, they are. I don't know to explain this any further to you."
"Well did you try doing some spooky stuff?"
"I tried all the spooky stuff. All ... | 2016-11-01T12:39:17 | 2016-11-01T12:01:48 | 283 | 120 |
[WP] A friendship between a time traveler and an immortal. Wherever the time traveler ends up, the immortal is there to catch him up to speed. | ”Okay, here we go,” June said, spinning the wheels on her mechanical glove, which sent her on a dizzying ride through space and time.
She landed in a pub buzzing with activity, colorful bottles lined the wall behind the bar and yellow light radiated through heaps of stacked cups. Women in long dresses and updos danced... | Eric enjoyed reading in the sun room as of late. He'd collected many a manuscript over the years but always seemed too busy to get to them. Now that the war was over he had a bit of down time to clear his backlog.
He rested on the love seat Donna had convinced him to buy. She was a girl of her time, obsessed with tie-... | 2022-05-07T07:51:43 | 2016-11-10T14:49:30 | 2,588 | 22 |
[WP] You buy a special camera at the pawn shop. Every photo you take, it shows a snapshot of 10 years ago. You take a picture of your dog and it shows him 10 years ago when he was a puppy. Everything is all fun and games, until you decide to take a picture of your bedroom one night. | 'Shit' The Polaroid camera slipped from my hand, hitting the floor with a solid thunk. Just my luck, I find something magical, something which defies explanation, and I drop the bloody thing and probably break it straight away.
I'd found it nestled in the back of the pawn shop on my way home, struggled to find a few ... | Warmth flushed their cheeks as Rob and Rachel took a picture of their beloved Husky and the photo of him laying on the floor on his back, attentively looking up at his masters, tongue lazily hanging out of his mouth... he was such a cute puppy.
The twins tried to get creative. They took photos of relatively new cemete... | 2016-12-22T03:53:52 | 2016-12-22T03:34:12 | 36 | 25 |
[WP] While browsing on your parent's computer you recieve an email notification addressed to them. It's from an advanced robotics corporation, informing them that the warranty on [your name] expires in 30 days. | My WARRANTY is EXPIRING?! I can't believe what I'm reading. It's... it's just unbelievable. I call up my best friend, J.R., and tell him about the email I just found on my father's computer. He can't believe it either.
"Did you know?" He asks
"No!"
"Do they no you know now?"
"No... there's no way they could know.... | It was like one of those click bait advertisements that grabs your attention out of nowhere offering to help you last longer in bed or hook you up with a local Russian in the area. It was different this time though, the message had my name in there and not just my first name, my first middle and last name! This was not... | 2017-01-14T06:08:46 | 2017-01-14T04:39:26 | 142 | 19 |
[WP] Your Spouse goes into the bathroom only to come running out 15 seconds later. Clutching you close they tell you they fell into another dimension and what felt like seconds to you was a 1,000 years to them. They now want you to follow them back because they have built a life for you there. | "Touchdown!" exclaimed my wife Cindy. From the corner of my eyes, I saw that she glanced over in my direction to look for my approval.
"We're watching basketball," I sighed.
Undeterred from her failure, she replied, "I know, just testing you." She returned her attention to the TV and eagerly awaited for another b... | The musky smell of sweat covered him as he pulled me into the bathroom. I had never seen his eyes so filled with life in the eons that had passed.
"It's right there honey, come follow me." He pointed at the mirror. I decided to take the bait, wondering what prank awaited me this time. He touched the mirror, and... | 2017-02-20T22:12:04 | 2017-02-20T20:51:41 | 114 | 59 |
[WP] Your Spouse goes into the bathroom only to come running out 15 seconds later. Clutching you close they tell you they fell into another dimension and what felt like seconds to you was a 1,000 years to them. They now want you to follow them back because they have built a life for you there. | "Touchdown!" exclaimed my wife Cindy. From the corner of my eyes, I saw that she glanced over in my direction to look for my approval.
"We're watching basketball," I sighed.
Undeterred from her failure, she replied, "I know, just testing you." She returned her attention to the TV and eagerly awaited for another b... | **February 22:**
So my LOVING wife Lauren won’t stop with this “bathroom dimension” shit. Today I went in again and nothing happened (surprise), but she keeps telling me every time she goes in it’s like a thousand years passes in some other world. I don’t know if the kids and I can stay. I mean, she’s obviously going o... | 2017-02-20T22:12:04 | 2017-02-20T21:14:47 | 114 | 20 |
[WP] In your world, your physical appearance reflects the kind of person you are - you do good, you look good. One day on the news you see that the police is looking for somebody who allegedly murdered 15 people. They show a picture of the most beautiful woman you've ever seen in your life. | She glanced up and gave me a genuine smile, a smile that sent shivers down my spine. If I hadn't known I was sitting on the other side of the table from a woman that had killed *at least* 15 people, possibly even more, it would have been a nice smile to look at and have offered to you. Amy Kentridge *was* also undeniab... | Eve couldn’t decide whether she wanted to walk free or get the electric chair. For days, the lawyers argued, the jurors mumbled, and the judge screamed. This was the most publicized court case to date and her, the most beautiful woman in the world. Even during the opening arguments, the cameramen found themselves panni... | 2017-06-12T07:22:05 | 2017-06-12T06:51:36 | 1,426 | 55 |
[WP] You find Satan hiding in your closet shaking, you ask him what happened and he replies: "Dave dethroned me. " | "Who?" I tried to suppress my annoyance but I could still hear the venom of my voice.
"Dave! That new guy at work, I told you about him yesterday." Satan breathed through his nose, trying to summon his snot back into his nose as tears flew down his red cheeks. I looked down at the hardwood floor so I wouldn't vomit. ... | It was a usual day for Jacob. He'd planned order Chinese while watching Simpsons reruns on the telly. However, those plans were quickly foiled when he discovered his former roommate shivering in his closet.
"What? Lucy? What the hell are you doing there? Come out of the closet!"
Satan answered with a resounding "No... | 2017-06-13T19:17:13 | 2017-06-13T18:12:19 | 44 | 23 |
[WP] When you die you have two options: Be born again, but without knowledge of your previous life or stay dead, but be able to retain your memories. You choose the first option, except there's a glitch in the system. You're born knowing everything you knew in the previous life. | Warm. Safe. Happy.
For a moment those were the only things I felt, the only things I could remember feeling. There was a gentle tug of something not being quite right, but it was easily pushed aside. The moment was perfect.
Being held close was wonderful. I had instantly recognized the woman who had me in her arms. N... | For the first few days of my life, I screamed. Well, my second life, I might say. Either way, it wasn't cause for worry because babies cry. When I was older my parents would tell stories about how I cried for days straight and they thought something was wrong.
I couldn't see right, my hearing was dull and moving was d... | 2017-08-12T16:33:59 | 2017-08-12T15:44:13 | 46 | 22 |
[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end. | George shifted in his chair, raised his hands over his head and stretched, letting out a grunt of satisfaction as his spine unlocked.
It was done. In the end, it had been a welcome distraction. The ominous pile of notes on White Walkers, dragons and incest glowered at him from the corner of the room. He knew he would ... | Harry awakens from his feigned death, and thinks this is his chance to strike out against the Lord.
Lord Voldemort strikes swift and wordless against the scarred, startled face of the former Harry Potter.
A silence falls once more, deeper this time. "Chosen one, was it?" he asked softly, to Neville who now stood befo... | 2017-09-03T07:42:10 | 2017-09-03T07:11:06 | 491 | 90 |
[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end. | George shrugged off sleep and stared blankly at his computer. He knew who was going to die, he knew what was going to happen, and he had planned the secret reveal of the true threat that loomed just north of Hogwart's walls. No matter how hard he tried, though, he just couldn't find the words. Maybe it was the succe... | Harry, followed at a distance by Hagrid, is sprinting towards exit of the school. In the distance thunder rings ominously. Desperation loom on their faces as their feet push them furiously, closer and closer, to the large doors of the school and into the courtyard.
Hagrid stumbles shortly before the exit, stumbles, a... | 2017-09-03T08:30:57 | 2017-09-03T08:10:59 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] You're a ferocious demon king. You're surprised one day to find that a young woman has been left at your door. Only to later find out her father, the king, is using you as bait to find a knight worthy of marrying his daughter. | I am losing my patience with these humans. Sure I'm immortal, otherworldly, and visually frightening, but that doesn't make me evil.
First it was just farmboys seeking to make a name for themselves by ending a non-existent threat to their pitiful kingdoms. Then came the wizards trying to banish me back to "the pit fr... | *Can continue this if people like it.*
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"I want him! And him! And him! And him!" Pearl said.
She stood in the centre of the dining room table, no higher than 4 feet, with a small bouquet of flowers in her hand and wearing a wedding dress with the veil. Whoever had given the seven-year-old the dress would soon l... | 2017-10-06T07:14:34 | 2017-10-06T07:10:01 | 621 | 139 |
[WP] You're a ferocious demon king. You're surprised one day to find that a young woman has been left at your door. Only to later find out her father, the king, is using you as bait to find a knight worthy of marrying his daughter. | "Another one of your boys came by today," I said, setting the dish on the table. "Red hair, good with an axe. He might've been a good match."
Alara sighed, but let out a slight laugh. "How much longer until you think the old man gets the hint that this isn't working?" She set the plates and silverware down in our usua... | **"I shall not help you!"**
The mighty Orlak was very unhappy. He stared at the young human dressed in nothing but a white gown shivering in the winter cold in front of his castle door. The more he pondered on the audacity of the king beyond the mountain the more he bubbled with fury. What the king did was more than a... | 2017-10-06T08:21:17 | 2017-10-06T06:23:28 | 199 | 135 |
[WP] A super hero fights evil by wiping memories of both the villian and everyone who knew of them so that they can be reintroduced into society safely. Today, as you were combing through old newspapers, you discover that you were once the world's most powerful supervillain. | "Do you believe in destiny, Liz?"
"Don't call me that!" I snarled. "My friends call me Liz, people who care about me call me Liz."
Robert put his palms up as if to pacify me. "I understand you're upset, Liz," he said as he moved closer to rest his arm on me. I flinched away, scowling. He needed contact to wipe my mem... | Another day in hell. Another day like each in the past 34 years. Getting up, heading to work, waiting for my boss to leave to play some Grand Theft Auto, going home and spending my last free hours in Just Cause.
"Still playing those childish games at your age?" isn't rare.
Well, I don't really care. There's just this... | 2017-12-30T08:13:37 | 2017-12-30T08:03:06 | 621 | 29 |
[WP] You’re taking a road trip in a five seater car. Each seat is filled with you, but at various points in your life. One of you strikes up a conversation. | I was 8. I was 17. I was 32. I was 40. I was 64. And I was driving.
We were all lost in our own heads for the first hour or so. None of us really knew what to make of the situation. After all, how often do you get to talk to yourself? I couldn't really remember what I was like when I was 8, and how the hell was I sup... | If you looked at them for just a second or two, you would think it was three or four generations of a family out for a Sunday drive. A few more seconds would reveal how spookily similar they were. Chills might run down your spine, but you would still think it some odd genetic thing. But, if you got up close and persona... | 2018-01-29T20:33:29 | 2018-01-29T19:27:43 | 55 | 21 |
[WP] You have a peculiar 6th sense. On exams you see the correct answers highlighted. During conversations you read the words you see floating in the air like a teleprompter. Every single decision you've made has been the "correct" one and life is good. One day you try choosing the other option. | I didn't love her.
All my life, I lived like a guiltless cheater. My job, my friends, everything was owed to the mysterious celestial answerbook I was blessed with. Sure there were times I questioned why I was given the ultimate life hack and no one else- but I've grown too hopelessly dependent on it to fight against... | The words GAME OVER hovered across my eyes in white letters, but for a moment I couldn't see them. The image of the knife hurtling across the room towards me was etched into my mind, the sting of it piercing my chest echoing across my now absent senses.
All I had done was go with the red option! They had never led me ... | 2018-04-15T15:40:20 | 2018-04-15T14:56:32 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] You are a medieval villager who has been cursed by a witch. She curses you to be live until you are the last human alive. After a 1000 years you try to start the apocalypse. | As it turned out, starting the apocalypse was the easy part. After a few false starts with the World Wars, I finally saw my chance in 1962, with the Cuban missile crisis. All I had to do was set off a few explosions and negotiations fell through. The subsequent missile strikes made it easy enough for me to sneak in and... | The last pages of Josef Mengele’s diary found in the year 2120:
It’s been one thousand years, a thousand fake histories under my belt, and a thousand things that could have gone wrong. Very few people had actually tried in the past to destroy humanity, one man had nearly gotten there. It was back when I thought that w... | 2018-09-01T00:38:26 | 2018-08-31T23:50:34 | 2,464 | 114 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "NUMBER 117737."
Anxious and bewildered, you step up to the counter, behind which sits a very bored looking young man wearing a name tag that says GARY. He takes your ticket and asks, "Name?"
"John Smith. But this has to be a mistake. I don't belong in hell. I lived a good, honest life."
"Yep, that's what they all s... | My mouth dropped open. 186,292 years?? I had lived the typical life of marriage, kids, I even regularly went to church! Even the clerk looked a little surprised.
“How is this possible?” I ask.
“Hold on and I’ll look at your case file.” He replied while thumbing through some documents.
The guy behind me cleared his... | 2018-09-26T07:16:16 | 2018-09-26T06:51:55 | 4,281 | 3,199 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | My mouth dropped open. 186,292 years?? I had lived the typical life of marriage, kids, I even regularly went to church! Even the clerk looked a little surprised.
“How is this possible?” I ask.
“Hold on and I’ll look at your case file.” He replied while thumbing through some documents.
The guy behind me cleared his... | "There is... one thing you can do to decrease your sentence," The creature said from behind the counter. Jeff couldn't decide if it was a demon or an angel, but either way looking at it made his eyes burn with glowing letters, after images shaking across his head and itching across the folds of his spirit.
"Alright! W... | 2018-09-26T06:51:55 | 2018-09-26T06:04:04 | 3,199 | 181 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | How could this be? I had, to my knowledge, never done anything evil. Maybe this will sound crazy, but I had never done anything serious to harm anyone else. A consequence of that lifestyle choice was that I mostly kept to myself. It wasn't that I was some altruist, it was more that I was selfish in an unconventional wa... | “Why? What did I do to deserve this?”
Charon the gatekeeper just looked down. “If you want to dispute this sentence. Then you will have to speak to management. However I don.....l
“Well get me the fuckin manager then. This can’t happen to me in life I had thousands of more followers on social media then any of my... | 2018-09-26T07:19:26 | 2018-09-26T06:56:58 | 474 | 74 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "186 thousand years?! W-what did I do?" I asked the demon before me. He sighed, rolled his eyes and started tapping away on his demonic keyboard, delving deeper into my file.
"Says here you would frequently eat the fats on your meat?"
"I did? I guess. What does that have to do with anything?"
The demon shrugged. "Au... | One could've heard a pin drop, provided the pin wouldn't immediately liquidate and disappear into the suffocating humidity of this divine DMV. I blinked a couple times at the number on the dated 80's era Linux machine and back to the impatient elderly demon peering over her ironic horn-rimmed glasses across my face. ... | 2018-09-26T09:04:03 | 2018-09-26T07:48:10 | 29 | 10 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | “Wait…how many years?”
“186,292. Very specific number – took the computin’ Goblins two decades to figure yours out, apparently” The judgin’ goblin before me was a red, impish creature with a pointed nose and a curled-up face. To indicate his position, a fresh powdered wig sat atop his head.
“Well, I mean, I never tho... | One could've heard a pin drop, provided the pin wouldn't immediately liquidate and disappear into the suffocating humidity of this divine DMV. I blinked a couple times at the number on the dated 80's era Linux machine and back to the impatient elderly demon peering over her ironic horn-rimmed glasses across my face. ... | 2018-09-26T10:38:23 | 2018-09-26T07:48:10 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You're a paramedic. In fact, an immortal paramedic. Since you first treated a wounded soldier on the fields of the 30-years War, you didn't age and followed the development of "Emergency Medical Service". Your coworkers are astonished by your knowledge, but sometimes, you slip into old habits.. | From within the ambulance shed came yelling which was muffled but loud enough to bring nurses from the hospital adjacent. Several EMTs and a paramedic stood outside the building shaking their heads at the terrible noises coming from within. The nurses walked up with concerned looks on their faces.
“What’s happening,” ... | I've seen it all. Inch long punctures from a pike, the multiple miniature holes left by a machine gun leaving somone just enough time to face their fate before they expire, the feeling of which i may never know despite their attempts at killing me. Ive seen every imagined excuse for the slaughter, from "holy" crusade t... | 2019-01-05T15:35:45 | 2019-01-05T15:15:02 | 71 | 37 |
[WP] Humans are known for being intelligent, empathic, loyal, and exceedingly versatile. As a result, humans have become the most in-demand service animals in the history of the Galaxy. | Gala was in the park with her owner, who at last let her patiently study the scribbles the other humans had carved onto the trees and walls of the roomy wilderness area.
”Kenneth was here”
”I took a huge crap behind that bush”
”Beware of Denn, she screwed my partner and if you leave her alone with yours, she’ll ... | The giant neon sign for “HUMANS R US” reflected bright in Xander’s eyes as he scoped the glass container of humanoids.
“Look Xander, we don’t have all century. Hurry and pick out your favorite model.” His mom said soothingly as she patted Xander’s back.
“But there’s so many different kinds,” Xander said with wide ey... | 2019-04-22T03:03:43 | 2019-04-22T00:22:19 | 106 | 11 |
[WP]Abducted humans have, so far, all displayed the same internal organ structure common throughout the galaxy with only one exception. Every one of them has a Glarnak parasite beating inside their chest. They even think it's necessary for life. | "What do you mean, dead?" His wide black eyes blinked slowly.
"I'm telling you, we excised the parasite absolutely perfectly. Not even a trace of it left anywhere in the subject's system. They expired partway through the surgery, and get this-- the GLARNAK died first. Not the host, the parasite."
"That's..." He trail... | The room was lit with contrasting shades of pink and green lights emanating from hovering bulbs. The latest subject - HS937 was strapped to the vertical stand after all the scans had been completed. Ul-Kno hoped atleast this subject would be the perfect specimen. He had visited Earth ever since life came into existence... | 2019-07-10T02:09:35 | 2019-07-10T01:26:50 | 258 | 50 |
[WP] A race of predators reaches primacy in a galaxy full of prey. Every aspect of their military is geared toward pursuit as every other race they have encountered prefers to flee in the face of conflict. Every other race, until now. | The monitoring station on Pluto managed to track the UFOs for several minutes, displaying seven of them emerging from deep space. The first grainy images showed ships that were jet black and sleek-looking, exquisitely aerodynamic, built purely for speed using a technology we couldn't comprehend. Whoever they were, the ... | I raised the plasma pistol from my belt and toyed with the settings. The holo-targeter engaged with a whine and painted a blue dot on the head of the officer strapped into an interrogation chair across from me.
I took a drag on my cigar. "So, captain. Would you like to draft the letter to the United Hegemony or should... | 2019-07-29T07:58:24 | 2019-07-29T03:09:55 | 150 | 99 |
[WP] You are a magical girl, but instead of the usual Sailor Moon esque transformation, you turn into your favorite gritty D&D character. This surprises and terrifies the main villain, who was expecting a frilly dress and some sparkles. Instead they got greasy plate armor, and a bloody battleaxe. | "You won't be able to stop me, evil Mr. Clownface," cried Jessica as she stumbled backward, the super vanilla cream pie splattered all over her face.
"But, hahaha, you are wrong little girl, for I ClownFace, the Jester of Evil, have come to this city to steal," began the Clown.
"Super Girly Transform," cried Jessica ... | **WHY?**
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"Quick, grab the wand and shout the incantation while looking into your heart! We need you to transform to fight off Yin the Evil! He's already turned those poor policemen into potatoes and magic's the only way to beat him!"
*Well, guess I gotta trust this floating, shiny, ... | 2019-08-08T17:56:32 | 2019-08-08T15:20:09 | 1,948 | 445 |
[WP] You are a magical girl, but instead of the usual Sailor Moon esque transformation, you turn into your favorite gritty D&D character. This surprises and terrifies the main villain, who was expecting a frilly dress and some sparkles. Instead they got greasy plate armor, and a bloody battleaxe. | "You won't be able to stop me, evil Mr. Clownface," cried Jessica as she stumbled backward, the super vanilla cream pie splattered all over her face.
"But, hahaha, you are wrong little girl, for I ClownFace, the Jester of Evil, have come to this city to steal," began the Clown.
"Super Girly Transform," cried Jessica ... | The dust is blowing into my eyes. Why does dust always blow into your eyes, why can't it ever blow the other way? I suppose an introduction is in order. My name is Sarah Silvertree, well actually that's actually my character from my friend John's campaign, but well.. Too much detail!!
Let's try this again, remember br... | 2019-08-08T17:56:32 | 2019-08-08T16:28:47 | 1,948 | 88 |
[WP] You are a magical girl, but instead of the usual Sailor Moon esque transformation, you turn into your favorite gritty D&D character. This surprises and terrifies the main villain, who was expecting a frilly dress and some sparkles. Instead they got greasy plate armor, and a bloody battleaxe. | It always startles them. Poof big pink cloud with stars and streamers ... then the clank clank clank as I come out.
By this time they're thinking mech warrior, but that ain't it either.
As the cloud dissipates, that's when the screaming starts. Black full plate Goliath armor. Seven feet tall. *Obviously* female .... | **Goddammit. WHY???**
Sucks to be you, right? Goodbye sparkly princess and hello seven foot tall beast with sixty teeth and a battleaxe to boot.
**But how am I supposed to jerk off to this?**
You can't! By which I mean *you* can't, but you've been on the internet before. You know what's up with what people jack off ... | 2019-08-08T19:22:20 | 2019-08-08T17:13:07 | 40 | 25 |
[WP] You are a mobster. A particularly successful one at that. But as your turf becomes gentrified, the absurdly priced furniture in your 'Front' store actually starts selling. | Must’ve been 30 years ago my father bought that shop. I was a kid at the time and he made me work there every day. When I say work, he made me study.
He needed someone he could trust to do his books and I was pretty good at numbers. Now, I’m no genius. Anyone in their right mind would agree. But I clean up alright and... | It was another eventful day, our guys went and got the money collected and those who couldn't repay, well we made sure to put them into use for others not to default. After all I have a reputation to keep. I came here to this city in search of a job 10 years ago but when I had beat up the security guard for not giving ... | 2019-08-10T16:21:54 | 2019-08-10T15:39:02 | 118 | 41 |
[WP] When the representatives of humanity attend their first Galactic Council meeting, all goes well. That is, until a member of a psionic race tries to read the human's minds and begins to scream. | “This is really bad.”
“Diplomacy at its finest.”
“Would somebody help me out here?”
“She’s of a psionic race. They read thoughts.”
“Remind me not to play poker with her.”
“Funny.”
“This is not my fault.”
“She looked at you and started screaming and pointing.”
“I have that effect on women.”
“Yes, but usually on... | Accariz, the diplomatic of the Azara species, went down sudenly when he was talking to the human.
His screams fill the circular chamber completly. The noise of the hundreds of conversations stopped sudenly, and the AI responsible for security started to search for threads, but fail.
Accariz was screaming in the groun... | 2019-09-29T21:58:03 | 2019-09-29T17:13:42 | 233 | 65 |
[WP] When the representatives of humanity attend their first Galactic Council meeting, all goes well. That is, until a member of a psionic race tries to read the human's minds and begins to scream. | It wasnt much to look at. Bare flesh, no scales or organic protection, little fur. It wasnt very large, nor was it small, like a swarming race. Unlike its fellows, it had none of the myriad of bioweapons normally associated with a creature of its caliber. Among spiked and venomous warriors, it stood out as small and fr... | The lone shriek pierced the silent council chambers, the Relovian was clutching at the sides of his rather bulbous head, trying to extract his mental probe from within the mind of Thomas "Raven Dark" McKinnon, tears welling up in it's multitudinous eyes. "What is Lord Prelanine?!" His aid begged as he struggled to help... | 2019-09-29T22:37:06 | 2019-09-29T21:57:42 | 50 | 35 |
[WP] When the representatives of humanity attend their first Galactic Council meeting, all goes well. That is, until a member of a psionic race tries to read the human's minds and begins to scream. | The Galactic Council was interrupted by a shriek. Well, scream would be a better term. And interrupted would be an understatement. It would be more appropriate to compare this to a racing craft hitting an invisible wall, which cannot be moved. Crushed in milliseconds. As far as deaths go, not the worst. In theory, a... | The lone shriek pierced the silent council chambers, the Relovian was clutching at the sides of his rather bulbous head, trying to extract his mental probe from within the mind of Thomas "Raven Dark" McKinnon, tears welling up in it's multitudinous eyes. "What is Lord Prelanine?!" His aid begged as he struggled to help... | 2019-09-29T23:02:12 | 2019-09-29T21:57:42 | 48 | 35 |
[WP] A person who looks exactly like you appears out of thin air in front of you. He starts explaining how he is you from a hellish other universe. As he starts to describe it, you realize its better than yours. | "No, you don't get it; the AMAZON RAINFOREST almost caught fire! It's the lungs of the earth! It would've been a disaster!"
"...almost?"
"Yeah, it was a real close call."
"...what about California?"
"...what do you mean?"
"Is California on fire?"
"...no."
"...Can you tell me who Jeffery Epstein is?"
"You mean t... | “Do you want to know something?” I say. “What?” He said. “That world of yours sounds much better than my world.” He laughed. “You think so?” “Yes, I do” I said. He and I began to laugh in synchrony.
“May I see your house?” He asked politely. “Of course!” I plastered a fake smile to my face. “Right this way.” I went to... | 2019-12-18T03:36:27 | 2019-12-18T00:42:04 | 587 | 71 |
[WP] As an ancient vampire you finally decided to retire to the suburbs and get away from it all. However, your neighbor so happens to be a retired legendary vampire hunter. Tensions are high at first but over the years a friendship starts to form. | "10-0!" I laugh as I throw down my controller and pump a fist in the air. The television's warm glow fills the room, a blinking victory screen on its surface.
"That's total bullshit," Harold grumbles. "You cheated."
"My powers don't work on electronics," I remind him gently. "Besides, you've got warding fields up a... | Lord Darvian traded his soul to become rule over the night. Sir Crellus traded his soul for the power to hunt the night. Darvian gave his to the devil, a pact to torture men and turn them from the light. Crellus gave his to God in a covenant, promising to walk the earth and slay any vampire until Lord Darvian himself i... | 2019-12-30T01:07:21 | 2019-12-30T00:55:45 | 181 | 17 |
[WP] You were born with the ability to see the number of lives a person has taken. Even legendary soldiers and serial killers rarely make it to triple digits. The person you just met has a lot more than three digits above their head, though. | I was at a rich hotel working like any other day, with the world in the state it was in, every one seemed to have a number over their head, common ones were 2,3 and 5.
Kids never had them though, not until they reached middle school age.
This one day though, an older man walked in and above his head was the number 13,... | I got over the shock of seeing numbers over people's heads years ago. You would be surprised how many seemingly normal looking people have taken the lives of others. Of course, typically they don't even realize they have - they didn't give money to a homeless guy who then froze to death because he couldn't afford a roo... | 2020-01-11T23:52:46 | 2020-01-11T21:53:16 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] "You get three wishes," said the genie. "One will be interpreted according to your desires. One will be interpreted literally. One will be interpreted any way I choose." | "In that order?" I asked mind racing with possibilities. The genie's only response was a slow smile. I supposed I would need to carefully word all three then.
"Do I have to make them now?"
"You may make your wishes whenever you wish mortal. But know this, if you lose possession of my talisman our contract will be voi... | I look down at the empty bottle in dismay. "Any chance of you going back in there?" I asked the ten foot blue man in front of me.
He tilted his head to the side and his face broke into a wide smile, all teeth. "Is that a wish?"
Ah, so he was one of *those* then...
"Not really. I just wondered what kind of trick ... | 2020-07-04T21:20:02 | 2020-07-04T18:37:45 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] After one’s death, the ‘creative mode’ is unlocked. You replay life, except everything goes the way you want it to. Unlimited wealth, complete domination of the world, you name it. Unknowingly, that play-through is what is used to judge whether you belong to heaven, or hell. | "Dead at 26, a day after my birthday... What a way to go", I contemplated.
"At least tell me my cat will be ok, right?", I asked the skeletal, shadowy figure I presumed to be Death.
"*That question will no longer matter, mortal, for you are given an opportunity: a chance to change your life with everything going the... | I wake up in my childhood room, age 13. Not really sure what happened. My baby is gone. I look in the mirror and slowly figure it out. My alarm's going off for school, and I turn it off.
I hear my phone go off. 2 new messages from that cute guy I've had a crush on forever. 1 message from my friend, Fatin. I had just f... | 2020-07-20T04:25:13 | 2020-07-20T04:20:20 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] After abducting one of the 'humans', scientists believed they were a prey species with no drive. The specimen captured was the picture of subservience, doing anything asked of it once the translators were active. And 'subservient' was all the military needed to hear. | Glargak pondered how such a stupid and easily controlled animal could possibly control such a violent planet. He had little time to think though as the general appeared on the holotube.
"Glargak," the general's voice boomed, "how ia the physical examination going? What can you tell me about these 'Humans'?"
"They're... | Steve-1 was bouncing with joy. Today was the start of the war path to Andromeda. He and his brother Steve-2 were humanoids from a higher dimension, able to freely move in spacetime in a way humans never could. It had been exactly 3000 revolutions since the Steves last visited the Earthlings, when they put a man named J... | 2021-02-25T04:47:03 | 2021-02-24T23:13:06 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] You are a ghost with no memory of your mortal life. In order to cross over to the afterlife, you need to find the one who stole your heart. Turns out it's not about finding your long lost love; it's about finding the jerk who literally ripped your heart out of your chest and killed you. | I was standing on the sidewalk. I couldn't remember how I got there. I couldn't remember who I was. A woman with a briefcase was marching toward me, her heels clicking on the concrete.
"Excuse me," I said. "Do you recognize me?"
But the woman marched past me, completely ignoring me and my question. I walked down the ... | Sarah stood on the catwalk of the dark, abandoned theater, staring down at the man who had killed her. She knew it was him, it had to be, though she had no images of her previous life she still had some of the feelings from the very end; the knife plunging into her heart, a shockingly strong, three fingered hand wrappe... | 2021-04-13T14:31:07 | 2021-04-13T14:26:12 | 144 | 18 |
[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. | As I was walking up to my stoop after an exhausting 52 hours of searching the mountain for lost campers, I could already sense the three stooges in my house, waiting to ambush me.
Sighing, I reached down for my phone dialing up Margaret. The phone rang twice before a chipper lady answered.
"Heya Zach, how's it goin... | 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.
... | 2021-08-17T01:26:32 | 2021-08-16T21:53:30 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] You, a low rank adventurer who got stuck with the gardener class, have to put up with the higher ranked adventures trampling your garden and making fun of you. One day a famous adventurer trips on one of your plants and dies. Your level skyrockets. No other gardener has ever leveled up before. | “Please, around the roses.” I called out, trying to salvage my garden. It was impossible to be a gardener class in an age of warriors and mages. No one cared about the little gardener boy who was just trying to maintain a healthy system of flora. No, if my plants couldn’t fire lightning bolts or wield a sword, they wan... | Tabitha rested briefly after harvesting sixty carrots in the humid, virtual sun. The beads of sweat that accumulated on her forehead felt real as day, and they felt even more real when she wiped them away with the back of her hand. Her red pigtails fell to her shoulders, which was covered by a pink floral shirt and so... | 2021-11-12T11:42:53 | 2021-09-27T12:31:06 | 1,235 | 315 |
[WP] You, a low rank adventurer who got stuck with the gardener class, have to put up with the higher ranked adventures trampling your garden and making fun of you. One day a famous adventurer trips on one of your plants and dies. Your level skyrockets. No other gardener has ever leveled up before. | “Please, around the roses.” I called out, trying to salvage my garden. It was impossible to be a gardener class in an age of warriors and mages. No one cared about the little gardener boy who was just trying to maintain a healthy system of flora. No, if my plants couldn’t fire lightning bolts or wield a sword, they wan... | Sun gleams off burnished armor as Sir Tristran winds his way through the garden paths. If a man looks too hard it would burn his eyes, that armor, but Sir Tristran wears it anyway. He likes men blinded, squinting at him. Better still if they are on their knees, better still if they've been beaten bloody. I have no guil... | 2021-11-12T11:42:53 | 2021-09-09T18:34:58 | 1,235 | 182 |
[WP] You, a low rank adventurer who got stuck with the gardener class, have to put up with the higher ranked adventures trampling your garden and making fun of you. One day a famous adventurer trips on one of your plants and dies. Your level skyrockets. No other gardener has ever leveled up before. | “Please, around the roses.” I called out, trying to salvage my garden. It was impossible to be a gardener class in an age of warriors and mages. No one cared about the little gardener boy who was just trying to maintain a healthy system of flora. No, if my plants couldn’t fire lightning bolts or wield a sword, they wan... | It wasn’t that Iris hated them, exactly. They did, after all, provide a valuable service to the kingdom. She wasn’t likely to get much of her weeding done if a dragon popped by and smoked out the castle every other fortnight. But the adventurers did have a particular gift for getting on her nerves. The paladins were of... | 2021-11-12T11:42:53 | 2021-09-10T06:16:00 | 1,235 | 12 |
[WP] You, a low rank adventurer who got stuck with the gardener class, have to put up with the higher ranked adventures trampling your garden and making fun of you. One day a famous adventurer trips on one of your plants and dies. Your level skyrockets. No other gardener has ever leveled up before. | Tabitha rested briefly after harvesting sixty carrots in the humid, virtual sun. The beads of sweat that accumulated on her forehead felt real as day, and they felt even more real when she wiped them away with the back of her hand. Her red pigtails fell to her shoulders, which was covered by a pink floral shirt and so... | Life is a cycle of birth, reproduction, and death. This is natural. And we all have our roles to play in the symbiotic relationship of society. I am one of many who feed the adventurers, they protect me. It has never truly bothered me that they don't understand this, any more than it bothers the leaves that the bark d... | 2021-09-27T12:31:06 | 2021-09-10T03:57:10 | 315 | 17 |
[WP] In the early 22nd century, mankind is invaded by an alien power. As war rages on across the Solar System, our situation feels hopeless. Until another fleet of starships reaches the Solar System and they help us turn the tides basically overnight. Turns out our saviors are... human. | *Message from LTJG Simmons, Jay. to Simmons, Carla.*
*Message as follows.*
"We always joked about it, ah that is humanity always joked about it, about aliens visiting earth during the younger years of our species first civilizations. If only we had known the truth before this war started."
"They had just broken past... | we never really thought they were lying about the whole thing. oh we has suspicions about their motives, and questioned their purported friendliness. but we never really doubted that they had actually been stranded here. their story was fairly simple, its actually two very old stories that fit well together. "my car br... | 2021-10-30T04:19:53 | 2021-10-30T04:10:49 | 74 | 18 |
[WP] When the cataclysm brought magic back to the world, many people changed into other races, dwarves, elves, anything the human mind could imagine suddenly existed. Your best friend became a dragon ... you turned into a xenomorph. Now the dragons want to have the mountain you hived in... | The hive was rustling, it hadn’t been this restless since the transformation took place. He’d always admired them, they were his all time favorite fictional monster, but never in a million years did he realize he would be transformed into a Xenomorph queen. Long forgetting his human name, the Queen was initially transf... | I wanted the mountain. The mountain of which housed the eternal flames of the first dragon. Our Lord died a few years after preaching goodness between us as we are the most powerful. I need a place to unify the dragon of north, south, east and west. The dragons of Arabia to the Dragons of Scandinavia and every part of ... | 2021-11-10T09:06:01 | 2021-11-10T08:15:08 | 48 | 15 |
[WP] You've died and have arrived in the Afterlife and surprisingly, The Afterlife has its own "Internet" which is slightly different from ours, While exploring it, You stumble upon a forum that asks the question "How did you die", And the posts begin to get more disturbing as you scroll down | *Really? That's the name they came up with for the forum here?* I thought as I opened up Deddit for the first time and created an account. The first section immediately caught my eye, /d/HowIDied. I looked through the most recent posts.
***Head-on crash by texting driver***
*I was on a rural 2 lane road in the back... | Daniel continued to scroll. The thread had hundreds of responses, each more horrific than the last.
*He took my eyelids first. It was two years before I finally passed.*
People here used the word "passed". Now that the afterlife was known, "death" felt too final. Too morbid. Though there were no pearly gates through ... | 2021-11-30T07:19:18 | 2021-11-30T06:30:57 | 926 | 301 |
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