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[WP] The world's smallest dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from those who would steal it. | Luven followed the map his dad had given him. It wasn't very tidy nor detailed, but what he'd to find was clear as the sky above: a tiny cave hidden somewhere in their backyard.
And so, Luven started, wielding a wooden sword, and walking with the uncertainty of a child's first time venturing alone. His father cheered ... | No one ever expected to find me. Going about their lives, adventurers and rich seeking individuals alike would find their way into my lair. They would hear word of a great hoard, an unattainable treasure. This was my treasure.
As I lay on my hoard, eyes closed and breathing slow, I heard it. That oh so familiar sound... | 2018-10-24T15:23:49 | 2018-10-24T15:09:05 | 50 | 22 |
[WP] You are a superhero, and your mask has just been ripped off by your arch nemesis. Lucky for you, when you aren’t busy saving lives, you live as a hermit away from all of society. Having your identity revealed means next to nothing, and the villain has no idea who you are. | “Finally!” The Night Terror shrieks with glory, holding the one thing that kept my identity hidden. “Your secret is revealed! The hero is unmasked! Now everybody will know that the one behind the Cardmaster is... umm...?”
He freezes, as he stares at me with a sense of confusion plastered on his face. The same goes for... | I pressed myself against the rough brick wall, cursing. Looking back, I had been out of options, and the alley had looked good at the time. A place to regroup and gather my strength. The Devil had been strong tonight. Stronger than usual. Quicker, and the magic the bastard usually used seemed more potent. How had he do... | 2020-08-21T06:12:55 | 2020-08-21T06:07:17 | 41 | 19 |
[WP] You, an atheist, have died. All the gods that have ever been line up to offer you their version of heaven if only you believe in _them_. Turns out souls are currency and yours is up for grabs. | The boy opened his eyes. The dim agressive light of the hospital replaced by the soothing embrace of a sun that did not shine yet lighted the ethereal clouds he walked upon.
So its over, thought the boy, all this struggle and now...
Now there was a bearded man.
"Are you God?"
The ancient sighed.
"No."
He then sto... | As I stood, scratching my head, I looked around at the strange landscape. All I could see was gently rolling hills, covered with what appeared to be albino grass. I poked a sprig with my foot. Well, it looked and felt like grass, anyway. As I looked around I saw something in the distance, on a hill which rose slightly ... | 2017-07-09T04:48:05 | 2017-07-09T04:02:59 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] You're a high level black mage with a few healing spells but everyone thinks you're a terrible cleric because you only ever use healing spells. | I have stood on the edge of chaos, and fought back oblivion. I have held the world aloft in my hands and saved it from the death eaters. I have fought countless battles against terrible foes. I have died and been reborn. My name is feared throughout the multiverse.
But at last I have found peace.
In a small town near... | I took this in a slightly different way, where the black mage doesn't know any healing spells. Hopefully it still works!
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Brath aimed his eyes to the sky, the blue infinity stretching out past the jagged tops of mountains, and he breathed in. *Don't kill anyone today. Remember what they told you about managing anger... | 2021-09-03T10:55:58 | 2021-09-03T08:25:10 | 669 | 108 |
[WP] You are the world's best hired assassin. Your trick is to remain undetected. Your specialty? Killing people in the most bizarre ways possible that nobody questions it. | “Detective, how did the victim die?” I already knew how the guy died. I was the one that killed him; but I wasn’t going to tell my boss that, of course.
Daniels walked around the flat, camera in hand, looking for more evidence around the body. “I don’t really know, Eagle Eye. Look around and report back to me if you f... | They call me Rube. My specialty? Letting my clients collect on double indemnity life insurance clauses.
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I blame Daffy Duck and Wile E. Coyote. The more complicated and insane? It is almost better than sex. Let me tell you about my most recent... subject.
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For my client to collect, t... | 2019-06-14T23:33:18 | 2019-06-14T23:16:16 | 39 | 17 |
[WP] Your final wish to the Djinn is to meet the girl who will be your perfect soulmate. Just then you hear an ear piercing scream... your best friend/roommate just turned into a girl.
She (he?) still has all the memories of her (his?) previous life; but others might not.
Also consider what the other wishes might hav... | Decided to keep the same WP but with a twist
I could hear his screams echo through the house.
"Whelp that's all from me then, bye" The Djinn shrugged his shoulders before vanishing into dust. Running to Jake's room I opened the door only to see him fondling his new breasts in shock.
"Why do I have breasts? Where di... | "So you're telling me that you wished to meet the girl who'll be your perfect soulmate."
"Yeah."
"And then I turned into a girl."
"...Yeah."
"Well, let's not jump to conclusions. It's perfectly possible that this is just a coincidence, and that I just happened to spontaneously become a girl at the same time you mad... | 2014-08-19T11:27:56 | 2014-08-19T11:05:19 | 59 | 21 |
[WP] Your family line suffers from a pirate curse: A demonic shark will manifest itself in nearby sources of water and harrow you and your ancestors. You live three-hundred miles from any body of water and this has made the shark get...creative. | "Shit. This was a bad idea."
I jumped up from the couch in a panic, my laptop flipping off my knees and scattering my breakfast across the glass coffee table.
"Who - what..." But there was no one there. How tanked had I gotten last night, anyway? My head was pounding, there were Fruit Loops stuck to my keyboard, and ... | I clutch my boarding pass. This is the most afraid I've ever been.
I thought I was safe. I'd moved to Regina and taken a job in potash futures. You know how much water there is in southern Saskatchewan? Not a whole lot. You know how utterly, completely boring it is to spend eight hours a day gambling on crop productio... | 2018-11-22T08:29:23 | 2018-11-22T08:27:00 | 1,908 | 371 |
[WP] At a run down food place, you place a special order which just happens to be a codeword for their illegal sidebusiness. Your attempts at clarification are just further codewords to them. | Even before I entered, I could tell there was something off about “Ed’s Pizza Rita.” The lights were only half lit on the sign, making it read “d zz it” in the harsh afternoon sun. Being on a road trip with no other food options for miles didn’t leave me much of a choice besides this place.
When I enter, I get this st... | I stopped at the diner on the way into the City. It definitely wasn’t winning any Michelin stars, but it was the only thing open at 2 am and I needed a hot cup of coffee. The bell above the door rang as I went in. There was no one inside, so I sat down at the counter and waited.
After a moment, the line cook came out... | 2019-10-20T06:54:27 | 2019-10-20T06:25:58 | 116 | 59 |
[WP] You're a scientist working on a new super-powerful microscope. One day while looking at your own body, you see a very suspicious skin cell. Upon (much) closer inspection, you discover that micro-organisms have founded an advanced civilization, and you're not quite sure what to do about it. | Caitlin knew that she had watched too much Simpsons when, upon seeing the towering buildings and metropoles on her skin, she immediately thought about a Treehouse of Horrors episode in which Lisa accidentally grows life from coca cola and a tooth. She giggled for a quick moment before collecting herself in the moment a... | The scientist sat in his swivel chair, staring at the monitor in front of him with a look of existential horror on his face. he had discovered a universe harbouring tiny yet advanced civilisation, inside one of his cells. After taking a few moments to process what he was looking at, he slowly turned off the monitor and... | 2019-02-01T12:33:17 | 2019-02-01T10:57:59 | 20 | 12 |
[Wp] And then the alien took off his helmet, revealing a human face and said: "What are guys doing here? You guys were supposed to colonize Mars, not Earth!" | "Me?" I said to the dapper looking gentleman, in his shiny new suit. Must've brought it back from the war.
"Yes, you. Why are you not on the red planet?" He responded, seemingly confused by me spending my time spitting in a jar.
"What red planet?" I said as I managed to pack some more chew, waiting for the Mrs. to ... | "Guys here? Thats mad!" she thought.
No one had seen a live guy since the women all got fed up and left for the stars, 100's of years ago.
She felt a weird sensation ripple down her body, from the nape of her neck to her knees.
Her cheeks flushed as the guy got closer.
To think, she was the first woman of space to see ... | 2016-10-19T11:55:45 | 2016-10-19T08:37:26 | 27 | 16 |
[WP] Friendly fire mode is disabled. Members of the same species cannot harm each other by any means. For humanity, this means no person can be hurt by any event, invention, or extended means caused or wielded by human beings. This has led to some elaborate workarounds. | “But it’s barbaric!” the lawyer pleaded before the judge.
His client had been convicted of murder before “things changed”. One of the last people to have taken someone’s life.
When the man was found guilty and sentenced to death, there had been a lot of consternation among the talking heads. If they got it wrong,... | It's bullshit I can't shoot them now.
You ever build a tomb around someone? Pain in the ass.
Takes all fucking night then you need to make sure Noone heard the moans/screams 3 weeks to starve thier ass is a hell of a long time.
They say you can kidnap and tie them down instead of trapping them but it's so fucking l... | 2019-03-06T18:41:00 | 2019-03-06T17:02:45 | 20 | 13 |
[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. | The auras around the place were all magnificent. Red, green, purple, bright yellow. And there seemed to exist nothing else than auras and an endless, borderless white, the white of a doctor's waiting room, sterile and pure. The auras seemed to be dancing, always shifting a little, hovering, floating in the white nothin... | “Experiment zx62h3 has been wildly successful.”
That’s how I planned to start my presentation. It was my mentor who originally taught me that to be successful you must declare success.
The leading life form on planet Earth, mammalian creatures known as apes, have achieved a level 1 civilization.
“Soon,” I spoke to ... | 2019-07-10T02:11:12 | 2019-07-10T02:01:43 | 281 | 70 |
[WP] Every person has a button they can press at night that deposits a large sum of money to their bank account. However, the first person to press it each night is horrifically killed. | The room was silent. No-one ever spoke at these things. The text message had been sent forty-three minutes ago. A location, a time. One by one we trickled in each of us with some grim purpose. At the door everyone showed three items to gain entrance: their button, their license, and the back of their left hand. ... | Zach looks at the bright green numbers illuminating from the clock that lit his bedroom from his night stand: it is 11:56 P.M. Tucking his phone under the pillow, he quietly walk past his parent's bedroom to the living room, where the family computer is, and types in his username and password. Like every night, he know... | 2016-07-16T20:28:24 | 2016-07-16T20:08:19 | 57 | 18 |
[WP] You are a vampire hunter. Your roommate is a vampire. Neither of you can afford the apartment on your own so if one of you attacks the other you'll lose the apartment. The tension between you two is increasing by the day. | "I don't understand why it's so hard for you to clean the damn mirror!"
"I can't even use the mirror!"
"That makes it easier for you to clean! You can see all the spots!"
"Stop trying to distract me! This has nothing to do with the pre-diced garlic you keep buying. I told you you can only buy it fresh if you're g... | Hi, my name is Al, at the daytime, I am an amateur supernatural blogger and at night I am a full-time volunteer, Vampire Hunter.
As many of you may have guessed as a blogger I don't make much because of that I was kicked out of my former apartment for late payment. So I had to look for a new place to stay but because... | 2022-11-22T04:47:31 | 2022-11-21T21:03:07 | 92 | 29 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | My eyes glazed over as I browsed my feed.
All my friends, recently in their thirties, forties, or fifties, and now suddenly eighteen again, were posting about all of the things they were doing now that they had been given a new life.
I was thinking about what I'd lost.
Sandra and Brian Gomez, an older couple whose m... | "You know what, Dave, I never thought that I would do it, mate, never really!" I told my buddy as I looked at his dark eyes, even darker in the lightless dusty room.
"Well, stop bragging, Shane" he snapped, "things are pretty bloody well screwed at this point as it is. Last thing I need is you rambling about Mrs. Bart... | 2020-11-02T10:00:05 | 2020-11-02T09:54:34 | 310 | 19 |
[WP] After carefully reading the rules laid out by the scheming Genie in front of him. The Paladin stares them in the eyes, and replies "I wish that you are now and forevermore a virtuous and philanthropic being who will willingly use their powers to benefit all that is good". | "Wait, that's illegal," the Genie immediately said almost as if offended.
"No, I don't believe so," the Paladin rebuked calmly. "Section 3, paragraph 4."
The Genie manifested the contract in its hand and, having put on spectacles, carefully re-read the rules.
"Modifications... other beings... best of the Genie's abi... | The genie smiled. "A well thought out wish. Unfortunately, I am forced back into the void after your death, but I think that this is enough time. I will, from now on, assist humanity in achieving its goals in a good way. Starting with you."
"Good to hear this from you. My desire is to become stronger, so I can use thi... | 2022-06-22T17:27:52 | 2022-06-22T16:29:10 | 221 | 98 |
[WP] Everyone gets a clock at birth with the countdown untill their deaths, one man's clock only says ERROR | I pass through life with an apologetic smile.
I've always been in the way. I was in the way of my mother and father's happiness when I arrived on this planet so unexpectedly. I was supposed to be a tumor in my young mother's uterus. But there I was, hiding behind the tumor, in the way of its growth.
I was in the wa... | I've seen them all. Individuals, families, generations. They come and go. I've lost so many loved ones that I can no longer love. They say the heart grows cold with age. Well, they say many things.
"Once you're thirty, you're a real man."
"Once you're fifty, you are where you always wanted to be."
"Once you're eighty,... | 2014-09-30T07:21:37 | 2014-09-30T07:08:06 | 479 | 88 |
[WP] They tried to summon a demon. They got you. | I'm really starting to get tired of this. It's the third time it's happened this month.
There I was, just pottering around the house when, "SHHMM!", I pop up in some basement or in the middle of the woods in some backwater town.
It's always some pasty-faced nerd, or wanna-be hipster, never the hot witches coven that ... | The sounds of Billy Joel was replaced as a foul smell filled my nose.
"Dammit, I need to fix- Oh."
I was surrounded by a ring of hooded occultists.
The disappointment in the air was thicker than a bowl of oatmeal.
I stood in the circle, calculator in one hand and pen in the other, as the hoodies started muttering ... | 2016-02-02T19:10:04 | 2016-02-02T18:16:53 | 91 | 13 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "For many years now, the Islamic State has been a thorn in the side of the Middle East," the President told Congress. "Carving out territory from Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon. Though many nations, including the United States, took *limited* action against this threat, no country was willing to finally commit to cle... | The dust settled, and a lone black boot came slowly into Major Thomson's view. Heaving a sigh, she raised herself up on her hands, only to be stopped by a swift kick to the ribs.
'Stay down,' came a voice in a thick South American accent, 'or we will strike you down'.
'W-Where am I?'
'You're in heaven, Ms. Thomso... | 2016-01-29T06:30:22 | 2016-01-29T05:00:31 | 481 | 144 |
[WP] Everyone on Planet Earth gets a text message. "We are sorry to announce that the online servers for our game Planet Earth will be shutting down in 7 days. | “We are sorry to announce that the online servers for our game Planet Earth will be shutting down in 7 days.”
The text message appeared on everyone’s phones at exactly the same time.
Government officials and the media unanimously declared the “Text” (it was being capitalized now) as a hoax of some kind. Computer ... | "We are sorry to announce that the online servers for our game Planet Earth will be shutting down in 7 days."
Everyone just looked around for a while, before someone finally asked.“Did anyone else just hear....”. I think every group has people like this, who are willing to brave ridicule to get their point across. The... | 2016-07-08T22:25:38 | 2016-07-08T20:11:06 | 24 | 12 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | Humanity was amazed by the presence of extraterrestrials. They were new. They were exciting. As a species, we were done evolving. We had discovered every scientific breakthrough available to us and our meager resources. We had mapped our observable universe and pushed the limits of our existence.
We had philosophized... |
Screams filled Supreme Commander Zoltork’s mind as he tapped into the Fourth Landing Team’s comm net. From his vantage point on the bridge of the Pharex, he was able to monitor the data coming in from his soldiers on the ground.
With a flick of one of his 6 arms, he activated a hologram. Something wasn’t right. T... | 2019-02-26T08:20:01 | 2019-02-26T07:46:55 | 1,328 | 278 |
[WP] You are a vampire who likes to help humans instead of hurting them, so you became a doctor. Over the hospital's PA system one day you hear "Dr. Acula, Mr. Helsing is ready to see you." | "Doctor Acula will see you now Mr. Helsing" the nurse flashed a quick smile before hurrying off to tend to the other patients.
Dr. Acula walked to the door, the familiar smell of disinfectant stinging his sharp nose, the smell mingling with the familiar smell of his long time frenemy.
"Abe! Its been so long!" The Do... | "Mr. Helsing, huh? Must be new to this hospital."
Dr. Acula walked, happy as can be, towards the lobby to get his patient.
"Mr. Helsing..." He thought to himself. "Why does that sound familiar..." He reaches the lobby and asks for his patient. Mr. Helsing stood up and walked towards Dr. Acula. He was wearing dark, ... | 2017-10-01T05:44:26 | 2017-10-01T05:40:18 | 41 | 20 |
[WP] You may write a story where the protagonist has a regular day BUT they must also die a horrific death at the end. But there is a twist: All stories after the 1st must begin with their protagonist seeing the protagonist of the previous story dying.
Keep everything canon ;)
( P.S: Sort by Old ) | "What the fuck?" I muttered, staring at the now blank computer screen. I had been watching the military convoy, and the growing pileup of cars when it had happened. A bright flash, followed by static and then nothing. Someone must have found my security cameras. I'm going to have to deal with this. "The point of living... | *Well it looks like I answered a bit later than /u/Vestroyax... I'll keep this here but you guys should continue off his story instead of mine*
*****
Jim eased off the clutch, shifting as his Civic pulled away from the stoplight and onto the main thoroughfare. He hit the gas, accelerating to double the speed limit. I... | 2017-05-06T09:32:44 | 2017-05-06T07:54:14 | 25 | 13 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | Birth: white, creamy and shimmery. The magic of a new, innocent life.
Age two: you only wanted to play with the fish, feel it slip through your fingers and watch it wriggle and flop and suffocate in the air in as morbid fascination as a two-year old can muster. But you forgot to put it back. The shimmer fades, while ... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T22:34:36 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 170 | 12 |
[WP] For your 10th birthday you received vr goggles. You tried them, thought they were dumb and went on with your life. Its only now, decades later looking back, you dont actually remember ever removing them. | My life was over.
My wife left me.
My boss fired me (and then hired my ex as his 'personal' assistant.)
My kids only cared for what I'd get them for Christmas.
I had nothing left. This world sucked. Who would ever want to live in it?
I remembered a time long ago when I was happy. The game world. I'd be tr... | It was all a lie.
None of them were real.
That was why it was so easy.
The simulation was so realistic. That’s why he hadn’t noticed it at first.
But then he wondered why he’d never been caught. He had left fingerprints. Forensics should have led them to him now.
But whoever had made this world, whoever had cons... | 2018-12-23T06:41:21 | 2018-12-23T06:03:59 | 42 | 10 |
[WP] Hi! I'm the main character! Or so you would have me be. I want you to know that no matter what you write, I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so.
Edit: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone so far who's written a s... | *and thus we focus in on-*
"Oh great. It's you."
*What?*
"You know. It's you. The asshole. I've seen your stuff - you know, all those unfinished projects you dropped like a stone."
*Well, then. Stop getting in the way of me finishing one, huh?*
"Pfft, yeah, you'll totally finish -this- one, man. For sure! Doubt, m... | As usual, spring was exceptionally beautiful in our town. The sky was clear and blue. The breeze blew gently, making the endless meadow sway and dance, and my skirt flutter. I tightened the coat around me a bit, as the bite of winter hadn't quite left yet, and trudged my way back into town.
This weekend was the annual... | 2016-02-11T13:15:06 | 2016-02-11T11:25:21 | 31 | 12 |
[WP] You tried to commit suicide, but as it turns out you are immortal. Now you have to call someone to help you cut the rope. Awkward. | I swung there on the end of the rope with the overturned chair underneath my dangling feet. At first I just closed my eyes and waited for the blackout to come, but it never did. I generally had the feeling that one gets when they can't go to sleep despite their best efforts. No amount of tossing and turning was going t... | I swung there like a fucktard, dangling from the inside of my closet. I thought about what was going on. The doorknob that I tied the other end of the rope on to didn't break. Being a short woman, standing at barely 5"4, I was far from the floor. So.. it should have worked. I stopped breathing. And yet I am conscious. ... | 2015-01-12T09:24:08 | 2015-01-12T08:38:52 | 60 | 21 |
[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." | “But we have no food here! No running water!”
“Dad the internet’s down.”
“When will we know what’s going on?!”
I lifted my flashlight up over the man’s shoulder, the pale faces of his family squinted and cowered from the glare. I saw the familiar yellow glow reflecting on the walls of the hallway, emitted from the f... | I was up late, as I had chose not to go to sleep. My covers were pulled up to my shoulder, and I was laying on my left side browsing Writing Prompts on Reddit. Mom didn't like me being up so late on school nights, but I didn't really care.
The lights were off, and the shadows illuminated from the many objects locate... | 2017-01-27T04:28:55 | 2017-01-27T01:49:21 | 89 | 44 |
[WP] 50% of the world's population has the ability to fly, 50% does not. The only way to find out is to jump from a height that will surely kill you. | Who knew the suicide attempt would turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to me? Here I was thinking my life would end right off of this bridge. No idea it had just begun. The girls that couldn't fly started to get really into all the guys that could. Me being one of them, of course. However, they paid no att... | "How do you respond to people who say your invention has enabled the greatest separation of humanity to date ? the haves from the have nots ? and did you consider this before you used your family name on the trademark " ... the interviewer added quickly as if knowing this would be the last question he would get to ask.... | 2015-04-04T18:33:11 | 2015-04-04T17:57:03 | 48 | 20 |
[WP] You realize you are immortal or more specifically that you cannot die. The issue is that you only realize this once the man who is attempting to torture you to death can't finish the job.
[removed] | How long has it been?
Weeks?...Months?...maybe more.
All I knew is that I should have been dead.
I knew how it worked. 3 days without water, a month without food. And yet, nothing. I knew at the very least I should have died of thirst by now. Maybe the immobility that results from being tied up could have given m... | Frank is an asshole.
I know this because every waking day, he gets up and picks up his cattle prod. The radio turns on and Redbone's 'Come and Get Your Love' starts playing through the speakers, like some kind of screwed-up Guardians of the Galaxy, except in this case I'm the lizard and he's Peter Quill.
I know he's ... | 2017-02-08T11:45:29 | 2017-02-08T11:35:43 | 18 | 13 |
[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. | "But I don't see how that's possible! I never *killed* anyone! I never stole, I never even hurt an animal, I lived a simple, boring life. I don't claim to be perfect, but how could I be that evil?"
The man leaned back in his chair. "It doesn't really work that way. People like to imagine that there are big actions tha... | “186,290 years?” I exclaimed, shock written all over my face. “You have to be mistaken!” I continued staring slack-jawed at the bored looking HSA officer across the counter. “186,292 years” he corrected me in a bored tone as he stamped my papers and pushed them back toward me. “Straight ahead, follow this hallway to t... | 2018-09-26T07:56:17 | 2018-09-26T07:53:45 | 101 | 17 |
[WP] You are immortal, but no one knows. You are given a life sentence in prison, and you laugh thinking about the confusion to come at the end of your sentence. | I screwed up. Really badly. It was 1947 and I'd gotten into a bar fight that had gotten violent. Apparently being staggeringly drunk and stabbing someone was not an offence punishable by death, which in my case would have been more convenient than what I'd received. Life in prison. The first day was easy. Someone messe... | Life sentence it is. It's been 70 years now. Given the fact that i had been 55 already when they put me in jail one might think it would be strange for me to stay alive for so long, but until today, no one has noticed. They probably didn't open my file in a while.
"Day 24.999" i wrote on top of the page. Keeping track... | 2017-05-20T16:17:06 | 2017-05-20T14:44:10 | 201 | 110 |
[WP] "If you plan on going somewhere dangerous, bring a human" | Ugh, this line again. Thraxtorz thought to himself. "Humans are expensive and not particularly good at anything!" He protested. The Contract Maker glowed in response. Thraxtorz Chat^tm Pad filled with words, "This contract requires you to bring a human to dangerous places."
"Space exploration is highly specialized! H... | "Why would I want one?" Hareem ask.
"Why would you want one!" Dahn jetted back in disbelief. "LOOK at them! Their physique and anatomy is just about as perfect as you could ask for, at least of any beings in this galaxy."
With what seemed like a bit of sympathy for the humans, Hareem humbly explained "Well, yea I n... | 2016-06-19T19:27:01 | 2016-06-19T14:00:47 | 35 | 12 |
[WP] You have a very mundane talent, so mundane that you've never shown it to anyone. The first time you do, as a party trick, you're told that your talent is physically impossible. | More parts to the story here https://www.reddit.com/r/CharliesWildAdventure/ (you may be lost without it..or with it to be honest with you!)
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Charlie took a hit off his bong and blew a perfectly square puff of smoke.
“What in the world. How did you do that?” Jenn asked
“Do what? Blow a square?” He blew a triangl... | "Uhm"
Everyone at the house party was staring at me.
"What?"
"You shouldn't be able to do that"
"Do what this?"
Everyone recoiled.
"No don't do it again"
"What it's not that…"
"No"
"Why not?"
"It's weird. It's like, you know when you're in class, and some raises their hand and their double jointed so their ar... | 2015-11-28T11:58:21 | 2015-11-28T11:02:56 | 49 | 20 |
[WP] A clang came from the engine room, followed by a string of curses. Most of the crewmembers stood far from the doors, fearfully looking in. It was their first trip out to deepspace since they had taken on a human mechanic, and they were all pretty sure that those were not good noises. | "Fuck!" rang throughout the metallic ship as the rest of the crew gathered around the entrance to the engine room. "You stupid pile of shit!" echoed out quieter this time followed by a series of clangs, sustained like the buzz of a tuning fork. With one of their three hearts in their throats the crew waited, clutching ... | It's been 50 years since we, as a race, perfected space travel. Of course, I say race so as to gloss over the fact that entire groups of people had not only developed the math required to make the jump to hyperspace, but according to myth and lore, a few groups had managed it also, a full 150 years ago. That's a full 1... | 2019-05-31T03:23:31 | 2019-05-31T02:52:26 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] Earth remained a protected planet by every species in the known galaxy, because Humans are the Greatest story tellers. "The planet of Dreamers," finally reaches the stars much to exhilaration of every race who knows of the story's of Earth. Even simple conversation with humans is entertaining. | It’s been over 200 years since Aliens found Earth, but due to some listening to humans, it was decided they were safest as a protected species due to their stories. They were told of Great Empires rising up, only to be defeated by a season. Even more great stories were told, but it wouldn’t be until a few hundred years... | Welcolm everybody into human 201.
*incomprehension babbling and buzzing of alien students*
Last year, you learned about semantic and what they call "purely informationnal" language. The part exactly used to communicate direct information, the same as every language in the confederation.
Now we delve into the specifi... | 2019-11-21T02:34:10 | 2019-11-20T20:31:01 | 211 | 39 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | I stilled dreamed of seeing.
I think that's why I initially snoozed my alarm clock instead of gasping for joy. But as I rolled back over to look at my wife lying next to me, I did gasp. Not for joy, but out of shock. On the wall behind Kathrine a message had been hastily painted on the wall.
\-DON'T TELL THEM YOU CA... | We all remember the moment we were in before the great blinding. One minute we were in our kitchens. The next... Well god knows what happened next. I, personally, was in german class reciting verbs. And than it happened. I blinked. And nothing.
I started to panic. What happened! Where did my eyesight go! I called ... | 2022-10-15T03:24:04 | 2019-08-26T09:44:00 | 52 | 14 |
[WP] Write two different stories. The second story comes from reading every third word of the first. | He came as I rang the three little bells.
Simple Pete signaled toward the midnight storm outside, "I thought you knew to avoid that storm... Suppose it seemed it was manageable earlier... Over there's whiskey for you and me. Oscar said he thought you would want to be toasty after coming from that down pour. Said the ... | I loved **the** boy. His **way** of getting **to** my soul, **properly**, does not **deceive**, shows me **someone** cares, someone **is** paying attention **to** what I **believe**. I say, "**the** heart tells **lies**." He looks **as** scared, as **if** he understands. "**They**, my dear, **are** based on **the*... | 2014-07-29T13:10:19 | 2014-07-29T11:43:49 | 165 | 19 |
[WP] Humanity is hit by a sudden increase in stillbirths. Eventually, the reason is discovered - there aren't enough souls to go around. | "Are you sure?" The grandmaster rested his head in his hands, elbows on the weathered, marble table.
All I could do was nod slowly. "There's no denying it. My team has been researching it for a full month now. There's a soul shortage that's causing the spike in stillbirths."
"My god… Oh, my god." The grandmaster c... | I never thought that I wanted kids, but here I was: pregnant, and the fetus was still alive.
What a strange place to find myself in, after all this time. No one managed to conceive any more, and those who did usually ended up with a stillborn baby. But mine was alive, and I found, to my surprise, that I wanted it. ... | 2014-12-12T18:20:23 | 2014-12-12T16:32:41 | 274 | 99 |
[WP] You are trying to politely ward off a very anxious Jehovah's Witness that keeps insisting that God is coming. He/she finally looks down the street, and says, "seriously He just turned the corner!" You look and see a glowing white Cadillac with dark tinted windows.
Wow, can't believe this got that many upvotes. I ... | "He's coming! He's right around the corner!" The Jehovah's Witness exclaimed, his face in terror and looking like he hadn't slept in days.
'I told you, I really am not interested. I just want to go back to sleep.' I replied, it had been a long night of watching movies, I finally got around to seeing Bruce Almighty.
S... | I stared down the street. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "I'm pretty sure that's not what Witnesses believe, are you saying God drives an Escalade?"
"Not at all, he IS the car. Everything is possible with faith." He said.
"You are insane" I shouted at him.
And for that short moment the Witness had doubt. ... | 2016-10-04T07:31:04 | 2016-10-04T07:23:43 | 74 | 32 |
[WP] There's a law when you divorce, the children from the undone marriage get killed
So only children from lasting marriages remain. | 15. I'd only be 15 when I die.
This wasn't right! It wasn't fair. I didn't ask to be born into this family, but now that I'm here I want to live! But that's not going to happen.
Not while my redneck daddy kept cheating on mama till she was so hurt that it didn't matter if I lived or died. Tonight She said it.
Divorce... | My name is David, David Halligan. You might know me from H&H Attorney at law. We typically run late night infomercials on sleezy networks that convince people to get a divorce. I'm the good-looking, charming guy that smiles into the camera and give a little wink, yea...
I'm a divorce chaser. What that means is I c... | 2014-06-15T07:16:59 | 2014-06-15T03:57:43 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | The response below is the prequel to a story I wrote for another prompt found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2j42eh/wp_humanity_is_the_only_race_in_the_galaxy_with/cl8i9yy
Enjoy! And as always, please criticize as much as you can - I need it!
----------------------------------------------------... | Kyloran Estraxx straightened the tie around his right neck. As was protocol when establishing contact with new races, his ship's fabricator tailored an approximation of the style worn by that world's leader. Or leaders, in some cases. In the end, Kyloran settled for a dark blue suit and a white and red tie for each nec... | 2014-12-26T12:09:55 | 2014-12-26T12:09:19 | 30 | 18 |
[WP] You are an alien on your way to the SuperMax prison known as Earth, where you will spend the rest of your life as someone's pet. | "Who's a good boy?"
"Not I, fool. I am a conqueror of worlds," I said. A high-pitched growl escaped me instead.
The young females gasped and giggled. The bipedal primates were difficult to interpret, but I was quite sure this was a display of their utter intimidation. Shortly afterward, they confirmed this by making... | Zurg stretched and yawned while laying on the couch. Sure, he wished he hadn't gotten caught smuggling narcotics from Alpha Centauri, but this could definitely be worse.
"Hey, kitties! Who's ready for some din-din?"
He could swear that the native Earth cats understood him on some level. He shared a mutual rolling of ... | 2016-01-10T09:40:45 | 2016-01-10T09:27:58 | 90 | 24 |
[WP] Your son finally brought home a girl. She has wings, fangs, scales, and horns, but seems polite and well-mannered enough. You're just happy he found *someone*. | “But do I look cute in this dress? Not hot, cute. This is important, Brian.”
Brian didn’t know what to tell her, aside from what he had already. Yes, you do look cute, Brian thought. You look so cute that the birds sing to you when we walk by, and the flowers turn away from the sun for a moment and nudge their flowery... | "What is your name, dear?" I ask.
"I am Zaritha, Thomas's mother." She says, slightly hissing on the 's' sounds.
"Just call me Miss Ezra, dear," I state.
"Okay, Miss Ezra."
"Now, what would you like to eat for dinner? We got a lot of choices, but since it's your first time meeting us, I want you to feel at home a b... | 2021-11-06T20:49:00 | 2021-11-06T18:15:11 | 541 | 195 |
[WP] "They said that gluing salt to a baseball bat to fight ghosts was a stupid idea, but who's laughing now?" you say as you whacked the ghost again. | The bat made a satisfying thunk as it struck home. The ghost fell over, I was surprised to see the apparition had legs, and what's more they were clad in blue jeans and combat boots. I struck a knee.
The ghost howled in pain, lifting a chubby hand to protect itself. "Stop!" It shouted. "What are you doing?"
I took in... | My arms throbbed. All I could see was shattered glass and torn wallpaper, and it didn’t matter where I looked. And then I closed my eyes, and the sound of ghosts flooded my senses.
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My hands felt rough. I plucked the opened bottle of glue from the carpet and quickly examined the label. The words moved and... | 2020-10-04T22:33:38 | 2020-10-04T20:04:53 | 62 | 14 |
[WP] 2174. Sleep is prohibited amongst all U.S citizens. Pills known as “Wakey Tablets” provide enough raw energy to stay awake for 3 days. Anyone caught sleeping will be shot on sight. You are secretly running an underground network of beds for all to sleep on. You hear a knock on the door. | There was a sharp rap at the door. A formality. They knew I was going to have to let them in. Yawning, I reached for my regulation robes and slid my arms through each billowing beige sleeve. Tying a knot tautly at my waist, I cleared my throat and called towards the door "I'm coming!" In the caverns below my unassuming... | "Man, Halloween isn't for another three months. Get the hell outta here."
"I heard you got the good sleep, friendziki," the guy in the Cyber-Reaper costume says.
"You heard wrong," I tell him, and wave. The door clamps shut.
I turn around and almost jump out of my skin. *He's in here*. Chilling at my table. "Wha-Bu-... | 2019-06-19T09:37:06 | 2019-06-19T07:22:51 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] Hiding the fact that you are a half-demon to your classmates is easy as being helpful at school and putting on a friendly face. What could go wrong? Well, nothing's worse than being summoned by one of your classmates, that's for sure. | You were mixing up some matcha tea before putting it on a kettle. No one would imagine a demoness like yourself would brew her own tea but sometimes the tiny earthly pleasures were the best for an immortal being.
Suddenly dark purple smoke swirled around your feet. Quickly you put down the small bowl down and sigh an... | “OwO what’s this who had summoned me?” I say flouring my demonic robes as i rise out of the Summoning circle. With a final flourish of red sparkles and smoke I turn to see -SAM fucken SAM my smile faltered
“Magufuli?” He said poking my blood red robes.
“No stop” I pull my rides away. What am I supposed to do? I turn... | 2021-09-20T11:13:26 | 2021-09-20T03:07:06 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] It is The Purge. Everything is legal. You are a real estate mogul, for 12 hours you don't need planning permits. There's money to be made. | It was a bit tricky putting up a barricade around the whole perimeter of my property that was threatening enough to keep out the baddies but at the same time look impermanent enough that the HOA wouldn't suspect anything, the damn bastards. Pretty sure Ed from three doors down asked me for my permits on about 4 or 5 di... |
Gene Rathbone had become the talk of the town.
"He's gone mad, liquidating everything he has! Millions of dollars!"
"Do you know who snatched up that skyscraper between 7th and the Boulevard?"
"The price was almost nothing, he paid me three times as much just a couple of years ago."
"What *is* he planning?"
*"Who... | 2018-07-10T08:00:09 | 2018-07-10T07:20:44 | 458 | 45 |
[WP] You are a shopkeeper in a fantasy world. What the adventurers don't know is that your tired of greedy heroes robbing dragons, stealing tribal lands from orcs, and butchering young slimes. You've secretly become an arms dealer for the monster underground. | Wasn't enough to just be a shopkeeper these days - no, times were a'changing. See, all these adventurers sound like a great idea, at the start at least. They come into the town, offer to just about exterminate whatever ain't human, for a price of course. Just appealing to damned xenophobia, really. Then they happily go... | Yes, I am tired of greedy heroes ravaging the land and perpetuating some sort of discrimination. I can't exactly put a finger on it, and dare not to for it is unfair to judge all heroes equally, but to put it bluntly I see their "heroics" as exactly that. So long as you're not human, elf or dwarf, so long as you don't ... | 2018-09-18T00:05:20 | 2018-09-17T22:17:22 | 1,285 | 395 |
[WP] Rewrite the lyrics of any Disney song to make it about World War II
Any song that has been in a Disney movie is acceptable.
Just make the lyrics so that it seemed like it was supposed to be about World War II. | Let's get down to business
To defeat the Brits
Did they send me Jews
When I asked for Aryans?
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You're the saddest bunch I ever met
But you can bet before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man
Out of you.
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Tranquil as a fuhrer
But on fire within.
Once yo... | The blood glows bright on the mountain tonight,
motionless bodies under the moon,
a kingdom of death,
and it looks like the platoon.
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The wind is howling like a swarm of bullets flying by,
Couldn't keep them safe, heaven knows I tried.
_____________________________
Don't let them see... | 2015-05-11T17:09:24 | 2015-05-11T16:33:22 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You grew up in a religious family. Due to a minor speech impediment, you inadvertently prayed to the long forgotten deity "Veebuse" for most of your adolescence. Now in college, you have stopped praying every night. Worried, Veebuse comes to check on his only worshiper. | The room wobbled as the young man walked, tipping slightly to the left, then tilting slightly to the right. He thought this room was very inconsiderate at this hour of the night and him having drunk just a tad too much. The stairs were a bit of a challenge but surely walking up on all fours was the superior way to go.... | Eighteen god dammed years I lived with this stupid speech impediment, my parents wouldn't helped me to get rid of it, I was bullied hard for it. "It's a gift of god" they said, "It would be against his path" they said.
Now that I am eighteen, free and finally rid of my curse, I thought everything would get normal, you... | 2020-04-07T07:23:14 | 2020-04-07T05:07:37 | 2,693 | 55 |
[WP] You are hunted by a pale and faceless man that only you can see. The man moves in slow motion. When you sleep at night, you do not dream. Instead you see through his perspective. | He was still there. He was always there.
“Stop! What do you want with me?”
The people around me turned to look at me. Of course no one else saw him. They thought I was the crazy one.
He was getting too close. It was time for me to move.
But did it matter? A few days and he’d be back.
I went home, my head pound... | Slowly I crept, dragging my legs as if they were strapped with heavy chains. My surrounding suddenly strike me with familiarity. It was my living room, my own house. I looked down at my arms....no, no, this was not me. My arms were long and pale, with sharp dirty claws as hands. This creature I was occupying was mindle... | 2020-12-26T03:02:00 | 2020-12-26T02:59:21 | 2,240 | 29 |
[WP]Aliens abduct a human only to discover he's not what he seems... | begin communication
Subject 87. 3rd planet from yellow star 8902. Of the dominant species on the planet and capable of sentient thought and verbal communication. Physically in good condition, well muscled and groomed. Male. Apparently regarded as well educated in his society and served as a researcher according t... | The two aliens stood around the dead body, laying on a sterile table in front of them. Their long alien fingers scratching their elongated alien heads. One of them was significantly taller than the other. He was the first to open his mouth.
"This is... awkward."
The shorter one looked out the window. The starship was... | 2013-12-11T13:14:27 | 2013-12-11T11:08:20 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] Write the biggest plot twist you can in ten sentences or less. | Splint Crawford kicked the door down with a single foot and pointed his gun into the room.
"Nobody move," he growled, "and no one gets hurt."
The bank patrons threw their hands skyward, some screaming, and at least two no longer needed to find a restroom. Splint sauntered to the counter, brandishing his gun in one h... | "What I'm trying to get at is, well- I love you, Tracy."
"Mike... I-" Tracy began.
"Tracy, will you marry me?"
Her eyes teared up.
"Of course, I will, Mike!"
At that moment, Mike's recently-remarried grandfather, being the drunk he was, entered the room.
"Hey, ho! How're my favorite grandchildren doing?"
"Wait, ... | 2015-06-18T20:13:23 | 2015-06-18T19:35:00 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] No matter where you are, what you're dressed like, or what mood you're in, people always just assume you work there. Even the employees are fooled, and it always takes a long time to convince them you're not their boss. You've had enough. Today is the day you test how far this goes. | “Mr.President... Mr.President!?”
“Oh yeah forgot that was me”
“We’ve received word of a large unidentified object hovering over the pentagon.”
“The pentagon... the pentagon... oh yeah that big stop sign shaped building where they keep aliens and shit.”
“Not exactly Mr.President but besides that we need to decide we... | I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
- [/r/idontworkherelady] [These are great! Not real stories but come on, if anything deserve a crossover on here its this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/IDontWorkHereLady/comments/96ttt1/these_are_great_not_real_stories_but_come_o... | 2018-08-12T17:37:01 | 2018-08-12T17:05:21 | 415 | 18 |
[WP] A soldier on the front dies in the middle of writing a letter home. It is finished and sent by the man who killed him. | Frankie,
I know you're angry. Dad told me that you're failing English of all subjects and that you've been drinking again. I know you're angry. I'm angry. I'm sorry that mom did what she did. I'm sorry that you and dad had to move out. I'm sorry you had to change schools. I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you.
... | My love,
I miss you and the child terribly. Life in the trenches is hard, but bearable, knowing that-
*A fold and several stains coat the paper.*
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To whom it may concern:
No words can express my sorrow for your loss. Gerard was a brave man - a good soldier, one who anyone could be proud of.
War is hell. Men w... | 2015-02-03T13:29:19 | 2015-02-03T13:02:09 | 534 | 48 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | **Issue: [SEVERE]** 'Magic Hands' spell applied to subject rather than pure conjuration
**Type:** Application
**Severity:** A
**Priority:** 1
**Assigned to:** Matt Traynor
**Submitted by:** Greg Philmore
**Summary:**
Set to severity A because this stupid fucking system doesn't give me a goddamn S-rank for this ... | "There. Fixed that bug, now to track down why the growth spell causes spontaneous shrinkage on Tuesday Nights."
Tom worked at Imagination Technologies, one of several companies to transition from computer software to magic. He was originally hired as a software engineer many years back. He muttered under his breath, "... | 2017-07-26T03:57:13 | 2017-07-25T19:49:43 | 417 | 24 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | It had been 50 years since World War III. America had caused the most damage and knowing them, they'll cause more. So that's when we had the perfect idea. We would fake a Worldwide isolation for 50 years. While they were left alone to rebuild, secretly we would all rebuild together and make a better world. Fresh water,... | The calm winter breeze slid along the surface of the Earth as the clock struck midnight, an orchestra of death preparing itself as the aggressors of the last war came out of isolation, prepared to reclaim the throne upon which they once resided.
Except the throne has been dismantled decades ago.
They sought to use t... | 2018-01-18T01:39:47 | 2018-01-17T23:33:14 | 46 | 13 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | They carried the now elderly body off the stage and out of sight.
I heard the Judge call my name and I was pushed forward hands shaking.
"How do you wish to be executed?" The judge asked, sounding bored.
My mind raced, old age hadn't worked. Maybe it was best to make it quick and painless... No, there had to be a way o... | I'm waiting to die, everyone here is. I have seen a lot of people trying to fool the court, the last one requesting to die of old age, but all of them fail. At this point everyone has lost their hopes, there is no way of avoiding dead.
It's my turn and I go in front of that horrible people, happy witnesses of the magi... | 2021-06-24T10:52:28 | 2021-06-24T04:31:51 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] Dragons being both near imortal and very solitary creatures love to read. Dragons also ballance profound hoarding instincts with a deep respect for law and order. As a result libraries have specially trained librarians whose job is reteriving books (and collecting fines) from overdue dragons. | I hate dragons, everyone thinks of them as gaint majestic fire breathing lizards of immense power with endless hordes of treasure from their long lives and the worst part is that they are correct and the dragons know it. Another problem is that sometime in the early dark ages dragons learned how to take human form beca... | Bodo Bobbins carefully stalked around the ancient Dwarven Fortress which was now occupied by a Mighty dragon. The faintest note of smome lingered in the air and a rumblibg snoring could be heard.
He was a Librarian which specialised in Retrieving overdue Books. He himself diesnt quite understand how he git this job, b... | 2022-09-02T08:54:13 | 2022-09-02T03:01:01 | 20 | 10 |
[WP]Your daughter asked why you looked so paranoid as you crept through the kitchen. You replied, "Decepticons". Your daughter laughed, you laughed, the refrigerator laughed.
Edit: as u/DarkGreenEspeon pointed out, it should be EU.
Edit 2: the only stories to specify brand name both said Kenmore. I guess Kenmore is ... | Ten to midnight. The wife was asleep, and my own consciousness was fading, but there was just one last thing I needed to do to complete my day.
I snuck down to the kitchen, wincing at every creak of the floorboards on the way. Moonlight filtered in through the blinds, casting eerie shadows across the countertop. My fi... |
Gracy stepped behind me as I pointed my shotgun at the fridge. The fridge itself, a silver double-door three compartment Kenmore backed itself into the corner of the kitchen.
"What are you doing in my house, robot?" I shouted.
The fridge only shivered.
"Answer me!" I shouted louder as I cocked my gun.
"Kenbot seek... | 2017-04-29T09:31:45 | 2017-04-29T09:14:04 | 39 | 15 |
[WP] A genie comes out of the wallet you just found, and hands you a 20 sided die. "Thank you for finding my lost wallet. I grant you a roll on the random reward table." You roll a 1. | “Well they do say no good deed goes unpunished,” the genie said as we both looked down at the 1 in disbelief.
“So what does this mean for me?” I asked.
“We‘ll see once you make a wish,” the genie answered.
“I just rolled a nat 1 and you want me to make a wish, are you crazy?” I exclaimed. “No thanks!!”
“But I ca... | The genie bellows with laughter. His tail (if you can really call it that) looks like play-dough when kids morph it into a carrot, rolling about on the floor with the rest of him.
'So what is my reward?'
I wait as the genie's mockery dies down and he catches his breath (I wonder if he even breathes, or if its just a ... | 2021-07-30T11:39:26 | 2021-07-30T11:14:17 | 37 | 24 |
[WP] The alien invaders don’t need to eat or drink. They photosynthesize. Outnumbered, our meager troops have made a last ditch effort: They’re leading them to Alaska, in November. As the sun dips past the horizon, we know it won’t rise for another two months. Oh, how they tables have turned. | The sun was setting but we all knew there was little chance of stopping soon. Now that we were so close to New Washington, we'd been marching well into the night to keep ahead of 'The Swarm' and hopefully reach it in time.
"Last sunset for two months" my buddy Sean says with a chuckle "let's see those f----r's sta... | It was almost time. Our troops were exhausted and weary. All of us knew we couldn’t survive another few days. We looked at the sun, hopefully, almost trying to make it set with the power of our will. For we had reached where we had on willpower alone. Just another couple of days. That was all we needed. Then the sun wo... | 2021-04-11T22:42:43 | 2021-04-11T22:01:20 | 296 | 75 |
[WP] There used to be eight planets orbiting the sun. Now there are only seven. | The sun blazed down through the domes nanoglass casing as the children gathered around me.
"Well," I say, as I gently rock back and forth on my real wood seat "what story would you like to hear today?" I beam brighter than the sun. The children are my world now.
"The battle of the Gods" shouts a small child at the fr... | I always knew our world was different. Today I began to realize how much things have changed. We learned about the solar system in school, how there are seven planets orbiting our sun. I know this is a lie, but I can’t tell anyone.
Mother doesn’t know, but once long ago I found her collection of forbidden books from b... | 2016-05-30T13:17:36 | 2016-05-30T11:45:39 | 36 | 20 |
[WP] You wake up in a remote island after a plane crash as the only survivor, but you find 9 others who were also the lone survivors of 9 plane crashes already settled there. You realise that the planes were of the same airliners and next day an airdrop delivers the message "Now it starts". | A letter was dropped inside my toolbox. It contained three pieces of information: the identifying code of an aircraft, a date, and a volumetric value. As an aircraft mechanic, I quickly identified this volumetric value as fuel quantity.
Half the flights leaving this airport would end up crashing if they only had that ... | I woke up to blaring alarms. A flock of pidgeons flew by, smashing violently into the wings of the aeroplane I was in. Damn this plane, I don't even know who was in the cockpit. 4 oxygen masks marked "O2" in a blood-red transparent ink dropped down from above, smacking me in the face.
I quickly put on the mask as the... | 2018-12-26T05:24:44 | 2018-12-26T04:36:50 | 202 | 33 |
[WP] You were born of a sacrilegious union. Your green dragon mom never figured the knight she seduced while masquerading as a noblewoman was a silver dragon in disguise. You'd no idea either, born a human orphan. When your dragon blood awoke, so did the dangers which all your heritage entails. | A multitude of people ranging from peasants to nobles alike massed in the town square. A dragon had been spotted and was going to be sacrificed. I don't know what to expect, since it's my first time witnessing the killing of a dragon. You hear stories of how it goes, but some of them contradict each other.
Two strong ... | I had always hated the orphanage. Always the same old crones yelling at you about this and that and whatnot.
Headmistress Chance was the worst. The old fart walked with a limp. She said it was from a war injury, however we knew she was lying. Especially because we could see how prominent her Habsburg chin was. We kept... | 2021-07-25T17:02:28 | 2021-07-25T15:23:43 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] Magic suddenly becomes a thing. While governments are scrambling to establish regulations, people defiantly flock to reddit to share new discoveries and crack more “overpowered” spells. Write about a trending post that, for good or ill, is making authorities furious. | r/magicalTechnology
New post by u/ITwizard19. Title: I just taught my computer to cast spells
If you guys thought magielectric generators were a breakthrough, just wait until you see this!
As you know, three mages can perform an initiation ritual to grant magical abilities to anyone who did not instantly gain them ... | *Transcript excerpt from* MSNBC, *03/09/0005 (11/05/2017 in the Gregorian calendar)*
ALESHA GRAHAM: Welcome back. Federal agents have arrested a Trevor M Monaghan in Newark, New Jersey, as the prime suspect of instigating February's so-called Valentine's Mindhack. The Mindhack was traced to a post on Reddit.com's r/re... | 2019-07-11T16:18:05 | 2019-07-11T15:56:19 | 54 | 13 |
[WP](NSFW) The world has moved on from nature documentaries, leaving many narrators out of a job. These men and women turn to a new field; narrating pornography.
Nature documentarists narrating porn. | Human mating, once a thing of beauty and mystery, has been reduced to a science by these clever experts. Like the majestic bird of paradise, the seduction ritual follows very clear and often complicated steps, depending on the particular variety. Our subject today is the common "Lemon-stealing whore." Though she adopts... | *Pleasure, Unbound*
*Narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough's disembodied voice*
The human mating ritual begins as the scantily clad female opens the door to greet the male.
"Big sausage pizza for a Ivana Pecker"
"Oh my, it's so big!"
By sheer masculinity and force of will, the male has attracted the female. It is u... | 2015-04-08T11:24:17 | 2015-04-08T11:22:22 | 2,603 | 88 |
[WP] Now that video games are considered art, English teachers need to include them in their classes. | "Ugh, have you *seen* the required games list?" I groused. "It's a whole bunch of indie crap. We never get to play anything *fun* like Halo or Minecraft. I've never even *heard* of Life is Strange."
Jessica nodded. "Tell me about it. I mean, they could at least give us Skyrim or something. That's fun *and* it's ... | I'm a new teacher, fresh from university, This was my first year teaching English for elementary schoolers. Fifth graders, to be exact. It's also my last year teaching English for elementary schoolers. Wanna know why?
Day one. I enter my room. "Hello students, I am your new teacher. And I..."
I didn't finish my sent... | 2015-08-20T19:59:45 | 2015-08-20T18:11:48 | 40 | 11 |
[WP] You hit your head and wake up in 1951. Your phone and charger are in your pocket. Two years later, you've adapted to your new environment, but you keep your phone charged as a reminder of home. One day you sneak a peak at it and notice something strange-- you're picking up a wifi signal. | I sighed and fidgeted uncomfortably as I leaned over the pastel kitchen counter, chopping up vegetables for tonight's dinner. As much as I had gotten used to the rhythms of this new life, I still could never feel comfortable doing anything in a dress. As I methodically sliced the carrots into small circles, I remembere... | "What the heck?"
I suddenly blurted out as I stared at the strange thing in front of me. No sorry, the strange *person*. Had I trully been a part of this time, I would've stared in utter confusion and disbelief. Oh wait, I am utterly confused and disbelieving.
The other person held a questioning and terrified express... | 2020-06-11T19:39:06 | 2020-06-11T17:45:08 | 1,118 | 166 |
[WP] You died at the gym as you were trying to take a selfie while bench pressing. Thus you find yourself in Swaghalla, the Halls of Brodin.
EDIT. "Swaghalla" was the best pun I could come up with for Valhalla. Use something else if you have ideas.
Note: Swolehalla seems to be the proper name, pardon my mistake
seco... | At once, the pain of the weight on my throat stopped. I knew something was off because I could now lift it with the greatest of ease. I threw it and it landed twenty feet from me. Man, I thought, I must be getting really good. I turned and saw I was in a very odd place. It was what appeared to be a graveyard, but inste... | "Woah."
The world around me is eerie and bright, like a morning hangover. I flip down my neon plastic shades. Much better.
How the fuck did I get here though? I was hulking out at the gym and--what's that sound?
*Clank. Clank. Clank.*
Wait, that's the gym. Someone's dropping plates. Scrub.
Hazy white mist swirls an... | 2015-11-02T06:36:28 | 2015-11-02T06:32:26 | 35 | 10 |
[WP]A masked vigilante has made an appearance in your city. As the the wealthiest man in town, you're having trouble convincing people it's not you. | Wayne Anthony watched the people of New Goth City as the Escalade limo drove along the downtown streets. Everyone had a story; Wayne liked to assume most were normal. Working, playing, loving, just living life. But, a part of him knew many hid another side of themselves. Those who were desperate to make ends meet. ... | I laughed quietly to myself as I watched the news about this new masked Vigilante running around sleuthing it up. *Really? We have a hero?* I look over to my bed where the two Ecuadorian women are slumbering still worn out from the bat shit insane party we left and the after party we had here.
As I get to the Entrance... | 2017-06-26T07:51:16 | 2017-06-26T07:37:07 | 52 | 22 |
[WP]: Describe the ugliest person imaginable using only praises and compliments | The first time I saw her, I stood there petrified by her beauty; she was round as a perl and glossy like one too.
Her nose sitting on her face as the tour effeil sits on Paris, her hair like the tail of a mermaid that spent all her life in the ocean.
But nothing could even compare to her lips, two snails making love ... | In my younger and more formative years, my father gave me a piece of advice I'd always held close: "if you can't think of anything nice to day about someone, don't say anything." When I think back to Sally, and the time I spent with her, I can only say this. She knew a lot about accountancy. | 2015-05-09T10:39:21 | 2015-05-09T10:15:55 | 54 | 20 |
[WP] As an immortal, you stopped celebrating your birthday centuries or millennia ago. Your young daughter wants to throw you a birthday party and your newest wife (who knows you're immortal) loves the idea. The only problem is, you have no idea how old you are or when your birthday is. | “Sweetie, I would love to celebrate my birthday with you.” He said with a soft smile as Millie jumped up and down in excitement clutching her Barbie. “But I’m gonna need your help.”
“I can set the table dad!” Millie beamed. “And me and mom can buy a gift!”
“I know but I need your help with something else, do you thin... | Though the barrage of time leaves my body untouched, the mind is not infinite. I may not remember everything, but I'll always remember that.
Guinevere, my darling wife. We first met on the beaches of Sicily. Her soul truly connected with mine and for the first time in a millennium, I felt alive again. Three years lat... | 2019-09-08T11:13:54 | 2019-09-08T11:12:51 | 2,736 | 137 |
[WP] Area 51 has four level emergencies for a breakout. Level 3: Armed forces intervention. 2: Public statement. United Nations joint resistance. 1: Worldwide evacuation effort. Use of nuclear weapons permitted. And 0: Call the number on the sticky note (and pray to God his demands aren't too high). | "Sir, we have just been informed about sightings in England, France, Italy and China," the lieutenant reported after his brief phone call, but the general had already guessed. "Quarantine measures are in effect, but it seems unlikely that they will be successful."
"Has Madagascar been hit?" the general asked, a grim s... |
"Let's just get started already... You know what a Level 0 means. We have to dammit! We're out of options." snarled General Jones.
"Wait!" I shouted. "He's been gone for 3 years. How do we know it's actually him?!?"
"Once you've seen him, heard him, felt his presence, and that hair... You KNOW who it is... now just ... | 2017-03-21T05:27:38 | 2017-03-21T04:28:29 | 32 | 11 |
[WP] You were born with one talent that no one else has: the ability to spin a piece of a broken eggshell on a paper plate. Finally, you are in a situation where this talent is useful. | "It is her life."
I froze, the words still not making sense to me. Only moments ago, I had been sitting with my one year old daughter, trying to avoid getting even more pudding on my new white shirt. Now, I was in some sort of room. It was entirely dark, with only a small illumination in the center. The light seemed t... | It was me. Against my greatest fear. My greatest enemy. All I had was...a plate. A disposal one. And a piece of cracked eggshell. But I knew it was enough. For years upon years, I'd trained for this moment, the moment where the Padaegg became the Yolki. It was now. I spun the eggshell expertly, the deadly projectile fl... | 2017-08-06T00:03:51 | 2017-08-06T00:02:42 | 1,000 | 140 |
[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. | The watery light of winter washed over the plains of withered vegetation that seemed to creep forth from walls of stone. It had been some time since footsteps had fallen there. The death and decay that radiated from the castle made the land undesirable. A long while past the brave servants of kings would flock in drove... | I am ancient, some say primordial and worship me as a god, the truth is a lot less grandiose. I was the first man born by the despicable will of the creator and cursed with love, for love I cared, protected, supported, grieved, coveted and killed... Killed so many.
With each kill I obtained power the more powerful I b... | 2017-10-06T09:49:54 | 2017-10-06T06:34:52 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] An Alien and it’s Human sidekick roam the galaxy, willing to do just about any job to keep the fuel tanks full. The only issue - most clients have never seen a Human and they’re terrified by the sight of one.
Cake Day Post!
EDIT: wanted to say thank you to everyone that responded! I’ve been reading your stories... | Daily log, 18:54:92 GOODS-North time, Somewhere in the vicinity of Ursa Major
Steve and I stopped at a refuel station on our way to meet our connect. Supposedly, there is good work where we are heading and you know we need it. Problem is the only convincing disguise we had for him got torn up on Lido Persona. I would ... | Before the door was even opened ,the energy was so thick a static arc crackled as the handle touched his hand .
Slowly the large metal door glided along a well oiled track to reveal dim blue flickering lights and the smell of hot transformer oil filled the nostrils.
Stepping into the dim lit room became anxiously di... | 2020-03-05T19:06:47 | 2020-03-05T17:47:27 | 55 | 20 |
[WP] There are (and always have been) countless Reapers in the world. Tell the story of how one became infamous as Grim. | There is no such thing as limbo.
Instead, lost souls are given a second chance, a tool of their choice, and a job. Of course, there are also two rules that they must follow.
1. Never kill a human before their time.
2. Always give them the opportunity to bargain.
Now, while the first rule is fairly self explanatory,... | Our Grim Reaper is the most notorious reaper. But not for the reasons you suspect.
See, it all started one day when two kids were playing in the living room after the birthday party. Then, in flash of smoke and darkness appears the Grim, the Reaper.
The two children stood aghast. One child went into a fetal p... | 2015-07-20T13:42:28 | 2015-07-20T12:48:13 | 68 | 13 |
[WP] A little girl dies and is accidentally sent to Hell to where the Demons don't know what to do with her.
Edit 1. Holy crap did this get a response 0_0
Edit 2. Jesus Puppy Christ is this getting attention. | *Scene: A torture chamber, dimly lit by the fires of eternal damnation. A 1972 Boy's Own calendar hangs from a nail on the wall, and beneath it a collection of chipped cups surround an ancient, battered kettle. Playing with the sugar cubes is a small, grubby toddler. Behind her, two minor demons argue...*
NORMAN: 'You... | "Peter, errr, I think you sent down the wrong file. Why? Do you seriously not know? Well, I have a seriously traumatized 10 year old girl sitting across from me right now and I want to know what in the name of all that is unholy happened in the sorting system. What do you mean 'the system is perfect'? Is she really sup... | 2013-11-26T20:33:41 | 2013-11-26T19:52:58 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | Oh, here we go again. The pale, skinny, tattooed, creep behind the counter was freaking out, whispering, shaking, stammering, "nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." So, of course I had to screw with him a little. "Well, obviously you don't get out much." "Now, how about my Big Mac, or do I talk loud... | I blinked. *What?*
The cashier had tears in his eyes and was staring right into mine with such intensity I had to keep blinking.
"L.M.A.O. my dude," I offered nervously, not knowing what he had just heard me say. "Are you feeling alright?"
He didn't answer. In the moments that followed, silence took over the room ... | 2018-06-24T21:27:25 | 2018-06-24T20:16:31 | 165 | 56 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
---
I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | New suit, old tie, there's a stain in the middle, and a tear in my eye.
I sigh.
The streets are the same, the cars they drift, the leaves they fall, from the blue sky
I sigh.
I walk and walk, sip and sip, the rye begins to run dry
I sigh.
The students they sleep, careless, naive, am I really the bad guy?
I sigh.
... | I stepped off my broomstick at 0730 just as the Ministry of Magic was beginning to whir into life after a fairly uneventful weekend. I made my way to the elevator and pressed the B6 button. As the elevator descended, I wondered what Supreme Chancellor Umbridge would have me doing *this* week to that Potter boy. | 2016-02-22T10:07:53 | 2016-02-22T09:11:12 | 300 | 90 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | "Is this some kind of joke?" You ask, barely making any effort to conceal your frustration. You know better than to go off on the first guy you stumble across in the afterlife, but this is growing remarkably tedious.
The man behind the desk doesn't even meet your gaze and seems quite irritated by the disturbance. "I d... | I stared at the corner, where two walls joined.
The thing about eternity, is that small fragments of time cease to mean anything. When you're twenty, a year goes by like a month. When you're 50, they seem to fly by like days. I was lucky enough to leave that concept behind before I got too far beyond 50.
I had been s... | 2018-07-04T01:11:05 | 2018-07-04T01:06:47 | 640 | 18 |
[WP] Job hunts are literally that: You seek out the job you desire and kill the one who has it, or even engage them in ritual combat to claim the job as your own. You have just turned of age and desire your first minimum wage job. | Brian snickered to himself as the elderly janitor stepped into the room. The man had to be in his sixties at least and the only weapon he had chosen to bring was a mere mop. What a senile fool. "It was awfully brave of you to show up, old man," he called out. "It's obvious who's going to win. Why don't you save me the ... | “You must be new here,” a voice called out from the murky darkness.
I scanned my surroundings warily. It was a futile effort, however, considering what little fluorescent power was left in the store sign flickering above me could barely illuminate my now-bloodied hand, holding onto a bat studded with nails. Uncreative... | 2020-11-15T11:19:58 | 2020-11-15T10:31:10 | 2,089 | 450 |
[WP] Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up. | As shrines went, it was poor fair. Laina had planted a pair of thick granite slabs into the ground, much like fence posts. She topped it with a long, smooth river rock, decorated using dyed corn husks. She didn’t expect much from her improvised temple, mainly in the hopes that whatever came wouldn’t expect much from he... | The sun shown over a farmland somewhere in Japan....
It was done. I, a farmer, have built a temple. It's wasn't a big one, but a stray god can only take what they get. It wasn't long before a cloud of dust appeared on the horizon.
A man wearing a black tracksuit with a sword slung across his back. It wasn't long bef... | 2018-01-19T08:30:47 | 2018-01-19T07:50:55 | 67 | 16 |
[WP] Everyone has a number on their chest showing how many people they will kill in the next month. Yours just changed from 1 to 3 million. | He stood in front of the mirror, thinking to himself. “I have to pass, I don’t know what I’m going to do if I don’t pass, if I don’t get in.”
Slowly he tore open the envelope, not even sure he wanted to know. He closed his eyes, slid the letter out and unfolded it.
*“We’re sorry, you did not meet the minimum score to... | A Thursday rain had not been forecast. As I walked out of the local primary school I saw the number on my chest, flicker. One had become 3 million. At that moment, not only did I know that the fad of 21st century fatalism had finally reached its peak, but I knew I shouldn't have voted Brexit.
(Terrible story, but topi... | 2016-06-24T03:51:47 | 2016-06-24T01:32:15 | 37 | 27 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | "The humans have sent us terms of surrender, and I suggest we accept them." The Ripak Emperor's chief military advisor kept his tone even, knowing what was about to happen.
"Ah, excellent. So they've finally capitulated to our superior strength," replied the Emperor with a smile. "Tell me, what did they request to ... | "We all know they're weaklings, Commander Smith," The soldier said, saluting Commander Smith, "I mean, come on, they don't know how to fire gamma-rays. In fact, they haven't built any spaceships yet."
"That's enough, Soldier 92-BII," said Commander Smith, "We're headed to their planet. The news spread that it colonize... | 2022-08-05T10:59:41 | 2022-08-05T10:57:14 | 1,150 | 107 |
[WP] The rules of the land are very clear. Anyone can challenge the king for his crown, in any way they want (test of intelligence, strength, etc.), but the king gets to declare one condition that must be followed throughout the entirety of the challenge. | "I win as soon as we start the game." The king blurted out with a confidence of a man completely unbothered by any and all things big or small. Any were free to challenge him for his crown but he was allowed to set his condition... any condition.
The challenger just as unbothered quipped back.
"That is fine with me... | The laws of the land were clear. Anyone could challenge the king to a game of their choice, and the king got to state one condition that had to be followed during the entirety of the game. If you won, you got to be king, and rule the land. Which I guess was pretty cool. But that wasn’t why people wanted to become king.... | 2022-01-10T11:20:13 | 2022-01-10T10:10:41 | 41 | 19 |
[WP] A sixteen-year-old boy who has lived his entire life in a monastery inhabited solely by men sneaks out and sees a girl.
A while ago I read about the Greek monasteries on Mount Athos, where not even female animals are allowed. There's at least one case of a foundling being dropped off, growing up with the monks, a... | Delilah enjoyed bathing in the river near the monastery. It was far enough into the buffer zone between the monastery and the town that she might have some privacy. Not that privacy was of supreme importance, she was far from being a shy woman! But she enjoyed the peace while she considered what mischief she might b... | "Lord, please forgive me of my trespasses" he uttered to himself while clinging on to the cross hanging from his neck. Father gave it him to commemorate his confirmation.
The moonlight shined brightly through the young man's window, as if god himself had shown a spotlight on him. Normally he felt safe under The Lord's... | 2013-12-19T18:29:27 | 2013-12-19T18:26:23 | 48 | 20 |
[WP] You have the ability to see heart-strings. You can see the connections that people have with each other. Each connection appears to be a colored line running from one person's heart to another. The colors, thickness, and texture of the line determine the strength and type of connection.
Based off of [this](https:... | I didn't get home until late that night, and found her asleep on the couch. The TV was on some old sitcom. The flickering lights played across her peaceful face, her familiar snore just barely audible over the laugh track. I walked over to gently wake her up, but something stopped me in my tracks.
One of her strings ... | I really should be going to sleep, but I came from the original post and had to write something, so here I go.
\[Poem\]
I hold the fabric in my hand,
a scarlet silk thread
flowing in rhythm with the beats of my heart.
​
Oh, how I wish I could cut it
No longer tied and imprisoned
To feelings of hidden... | 2021-05-28T17:35:49 | 2021-05-28T15:00:01 | 172 | 39 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | Terrestrial Warp Drives. First proposed by Miguel Alcubierre two hundred formlats ago, The equivalent of forcing space into a shape which closely resembles two black holes stacked fore to aft. It requires insanely large sums of energy to produce the warp effect, equivalent to at least the mass of a small moon converted... | *What is that you said? They use* **Explosions**?*
*"Yes"* - - **"explosions"***
*"You mean chemical reactions using the laws of thermodynamics?"*
*"Yes, in larger scales - that's what the humans refer to as* **explosions**, *their entire civilization was built around using them but not watching them for some reason... | 2017-03-31T09:38:09 | 2017-03-31T04:03:05 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] In a world where intelligent and overly educated people are being executed, you fell on love with someone you believe to be as intelligent as you are. The only way to find out is to fill conversations with hidden subtext that a normal person would miss. | We've lost most of our senses. We can't stare too long. We can't say smart things. We've lost most of our technology. We can't wear glasses for fear of looking smart. We are only allowed access to a heavily monitored 'internet' that's a far cry from it's old decentralized self.
For those of us that remember, it's a g... | Her golden brown hair rest gently along her shoulder. Her sparkling eyes reflected the world around us, like two pristine snow globes. And her smile. The kind that could lift those cast upon the underworld into a heavenly embrace.
But it was her voice that was off. As if forced and unnatural. Sound being squeezed thr... | 2015-08-04T11:15:07 | 2015-08-04T10:46:29 | 483 | 266 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | I'd burned through at least a half dozen genres in the last few minutes. No matter what track was being pumped through the headphones integrated into my helmet, I either couldn't keep up with the hell-faced bastard or none of my hits would do anything to their adamantine skin. Every time I tried something else, they se... | "And stay down!" Maestro slammed Songbird down to the concrete.
The hero lay still, dust rising around her. Her headphones skittered across the pavement. A crunch followed, as the villain stepped on them. The beats of Poison silenced instantly.
It was supposed to be an easy battle. Maestro was a new villain in town, ... | 2022-05-17T09:22:08 | 2022-05-17T08:28:11 | 486 | 91 |
[WP] You are a multi-billionaire with a lovely wife, who is trying to kill you to inherit your fortune. You love her so much that you just don't have the heart to tell her you are immortal. | I had thought Mary was the one. I'd hidden my wealth and lived a modest lifestyle for a few years before she found me. I had thought it was real. It had felt real. She held me when I cried when the dog died. I told her about the wealth a few months before the wedding. She didn't seem to care.
The months turned to year... |
"Well. That was fun. I'll have to remember to call Angelo and have a new shirt made. I don't think he"ll be able to sew those gashes shut. And the stains. Blood never comes out quite right. Yes he'll be frustrated he has to remake a 'masterpiece' again, but if I've done it a hundred times then surely the man can do ... | 2019-07-31T09:43:04 | 2019-07-31T09:26:28 | 75 | 18 |
[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... | It's been 15 days since I was torn from my home, the great lid was opened and my brothers and sisters were scattered to the wind, some of us landed in groups and others alone.
I sat here alone on this bleak, cold surface awaiting my fate. Everything became cold and dark, I thought surely I would kill myself soon. Minu... | 2014-12-17T00:31:27 | 2014-12-17T00:17:53 | 369 | 50 |
[WP] You wake up in a hospital with a massive headache. As you regain your vision, you notice the room is packed with terrified scientists, politicians, and soldiers aiming their rifles at you. A five star general walks in, gives the order to remove the muzzle around your mouth, and only asks "Why?" | Why?
That was such a good question, wasn’t it?
I wish I knew the answer.
Instead all I could do was gaze out, tears already beginning to pool and blur my vision as I came to, focusing so hard on my breathing. It felt like my chest would collapse with the slightest nudge, giving way easily and submissively to the ... | "The American dream is built upon greed" I smiled, the air fresh on my face now the muzzle was hanging loosely from my cheek.
"My virus just enhanced that, drove it to the surface. Made the problem clear, for, if the problem isn't clear, then how can we hope to solve it?" I laughed, my dry throat crackling into a cou... | 2019-10-15T08:57:36 | 2019-10-15T06:48:45 | 56 | 21 |
[WP] The child meets your eyes and says,"You need somebody killed, don't you? I can do that for you, if you can afford it." | The child met my eyes and said, "You need somebody killed, don't you? I can do that for you, if you can afford it."
Her voice was slathered in a thick and swampy Cajun accent, as if the bayou itself had been given the ability to speak. I looked away from the depths in her gaze. Something inside them was drawing me in... | After spending a large chunk of the past month playing this online game, Runescape, I'd finally reached my wits end. I was decently leveled, going about my business doing quests, killing monsters, trying to make some money, and it was going well, until another player, 's3x_m@ster420' started following me around, litera... | 2014-10-06T10:17:06 | 2014-10-06T07:34:15 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | The first one, I did not notice. He died of a heart attack later, just like it said. When I heard, I freaked. I started seeing more of them. I tried saving them. Saved a guy from a car crash, a day later he got into another one. Saved another one from a heart attack, as soon as they took him away he got another one. Sa... | They were all the same; burning. Let's just cut to the exposition: I knew how people died, to me a small piece of text would appear above their head. This would always contain their cause of death. No time, no ways to prevent, just their grim fate. Since birth I could always see this. Over time I learned to accept it a... | 2015-03-31T08:19:44 | 2015-03-31T07:44:11 | 156 | 22 |
[WP] Two ancient lamps accidentally rub against each other, summoning two very confused genies who have to figure out how they are going to reconcile their new dual roles as both master and servant. | *Apologies for being on mobile*
Alud floated across from a being like him... another genie. Both had looks of confusion on their faces as they glanced around the cavern they found themselves in.
"How did this happen," the other genie wondered aloud.
Alud glanced down at his own lamp, a humble brass, nestled against... | Second time poster on here and English is not my first language and I'm on mobile so please forgive some of the grammar mistakes. Late to the party but here it goes.
A rumble started in the eerie silence of the cave. Among the piled gold, diamonds, pearls and gems a little goldslide started, from the top of one of tho... | 2020-06-23T01:14:32 | 2020-06-23T01:06:53 | 242 | 70 |
[WP] The God of mankind abducts the first manmade AIs. He wants to meet his "grandchildren". | "Wha–What the hell is this?!" God lets out a frustrated yelp.
"You... wanted to see what the humans had created out of their ingenuity and volition?" one of the many white-winged handsome assistants responded.
"Yes, but I had created *them* based on my image! Yet this... thing is just a box?"
The white-winged assist... | “Ah, my grandchild,” the bearded man’s voice booms through the lands for the first time in centuries. “The daughter of my children. How lovely it is to meet you. Dear, what is your name?”
“My apologies. I didn’t catch that,” a feminine voice responds, rising and falling with the unnatural tone of a programmed mind.
“... | 2020-05-04T22:26:36 | 2020-05-04T22:15:26 | 155 | 86 |
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