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[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | I sighed, walking out of the bank with my entire 7.27 in hand. I already told my family, my job, my friends...
These sorts of things were common. A small amount was a signal of a short life to live, but even those were usually at least a hundred bucks! Enough to spend at a bar as I mourned my own death...but what coul... | John was astonished by what lay before him. In bold black letters, on a sober cream background read the words that most people were elated to see. But not John. John was far from that. £7.27. £7.27? There had to have been a mistake. Only £7.27? How? Why!?
"its not fair" John muttered to himself as he slumped onto the... | 2019-04-24T14:52:39 | 2019-04-24T13:46:39 | 335 | 10 |
[WP]: Your village idiot is full of the strangest superstitions. She goes on about washing one's hands, says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot on night soil and that medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. You're starting to suspect she might be onto something. | The cabin was about a half mile outside of town. It had been abandoned, no river or fields nearby to make it worthwhile. It had been an old trapper’s cabin but the game had gone from this area a long time ago. Josef quietly shuffled towards the front door, a small parcel hugged close to his chest.
The door opened b... | It was hopeless. It took her years of painstaking advancement through social ranks, starting with little more than a village idiot, of taking three steps forward and two back, of cracking one glass ceiling after another just to arrange this meeting, yet only one of the assembled feudal lords was listening and even his... | 2017-09-14T16:56:22 | 2017-09-14T06:09:16 | 136 | 20 |
[WP]They're not the best dark cultists- they mumble through chants, dislocate their fingers during secret handshakes, and even nap during meditation- but they're the first people to worship you in centuries and you're determined to make them better. | They used to fear me.
Just mention my name, and the room would fall silent. Invoking me through the proper rites could topple kings from thrones or blight an entire nation's crops.
Oh, the feeling! The fear, the awe, the devotion.
But my own cultists betrayed me. They entombed my pulsing heartstone deep below the ea... | 283 words.
**Founding of The Gaze**
The origin of my gaze has been affixed to this stone long before it was eroded by rain to a smooth replica of my visage; and until recent events, I had never seen a human face twice. Most who understand fear me. Those who don't, ignore me. This was the old way.
Ten moons ago a dim... | 2019-02-16T21:39:08 | 2019-02-16T17:25:18 | 48 | 20 |
[WP] "And that, class," concluded the professor, "is why humanity is the most peaceful, reasonable, cooperative, and overall docile species in all the universe. Any questions?" You, the only human in the classroom, raise your hand. | "You mean in recent years correct?" Aisling asked as soon as her hand had risen into the air, not even waiting for the professor to call on her. "Correct professor?" She repeated herself after a moment of silence, bright and startling green eyes that bore into the professor's own red bug like pupils. Her hand was shaki... | "Yes?" the professor asked.
"What about *them*?"
The professor looked at me, puzzled. "You seem to be gesturing to the rest of the class."
"I mean, I am. Gesturing to the rest of the class. They look just like me. If we had sex -- I mean, if they hadn't been given the treatment -- we could have children."
A brief m... | 2021-11-27T11:58:56 | 2021-11-27T11:23:52 | 137 | 16 |
[WP] You have just died. The Good News is that there is an afterlife. The Bad News is that it isn't Heaven. Or Hell. Or Purgatory. And you aren't a Ghost. In fact, the afterlife is something that no sane human being would ever predict, and has most likely never been written down.
Go balls to the wall crazy with this. ... | "Y-... You're kidding me... right?"
I DO NOT KID.
"But... I... I was a _good person_, they told me that would *count* for something!"
THEY WERE MISTAKEN.
"I don't deserve this..."
REALLY? YOU DID NOT?
"Of course not! What kind of monster deserves THIS?!"
DID YOU NEVER LAUGH AT A FAT CHILD FALLING OVER? DID YOU ... | You are dead, or are you really? You have been an atheist, all your live. Well most of it, sometimes you have ventured into agnosticism, but mostly you have been an atheist. So why the hell, can you still think, you remember being alive, you remember the doctor saying that it would all over soon, then pushing the pisto... | 2015-10-19T00:46:17 | 2015-10-18T20:21:54 | 34 | 23 |
[WP] A man gains the amount of people in the world as money on his account. But when he spends that money, people die. | “Change?” His eyes are sunken deep in their sockets, glittering inside of a gaunt and wrinkled face. The woman sneers, offended and does not reply, does not look at him. Her designer heels click against the pavement as she hurries past, laughing at something her friend says, the encounter already forgotten.
“Change?”... | First try at a writing prompt. Critiques are appreciated.
"There's actually an account already in your name, Mr. Jendayi." The bank teller raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure this is your first time here?"
"I-- well, yes, of course it is. An account? How much?"
"$7,184,415,339. Do you want to just add what you have to... | 2014-08-09T08:49:37 | 2014-08-09T08:29:59 | 255 | 73 |
[WP] Due to a loophole in the system, people can escape hell and get to heaven after death. You go to hell and all you see is Satan, just sitting there playing the harmonica. Everyone left him and now he's all alone. | When you consider that Judgement isn't graded on a bell curve and is, in fact, a super stringent set of requirements that one was meant to follow over what seemed, at the time, an incredibly long amount of time one would assume hell would be practically filled to the brim.
So when I found myself utterly alone in an e... |
"It's not really *such* a bad place, I think." Said the man.
He had set down his harmonica the moment that Jobe had come into the chamber, but the mysterious notes he had been playing still resonated darkly off of the smooth stone. Jobe stared at him. The man seemed so normal, so *ordinary*, that he almost didn't... | 2017-02-01T09:21:57 | 2017-02-01T09:08:33 | 224 | 29 |
[WP] Your military experiment accidentally tears a portal open to Hell. However, instead of the demon hordes pouring through, you discover that they are frantically trying to close the portal from their side. | Doctor Zimmerman never believed in Hell. Sure, he believed in an afterlife, but not in the concept of a 'bad' afterlife. Yet here he was, staring at a red portal that hovered above his zero-point energy experiment, with demons frantically running around on the other side. Surely there had to be less dramatic ways to ha... | “General, the portal is opening sir, but our handshake protocol isn’t being received and Earth says they’re still powering their end of the wormhole.” Head nerd Dr. Neumann said, staring at a monitor looking at data that General Howard couldn’t make heads or tails of.
“This thing took twelve hours to power,” Gen... | 2022-09-12T06:54:19 | 2022-09-12T06:49:18 | 918 | 79 |
[WP] The eldritch god stood before the girl, in almost human form. "Your parents sold you to be my bride. I accepted, knowing that if I don't they will just try another deity, but I will not force this on you. Have this credit card and live as you wish. If you want something else instead, just ask." | I gazed down enthralled by the shimmering, flickering, glimmering beings that kneeled before me in adulation, terror, greed. Enthralled by the disparity, dichotomy, hypocrisy. The two want what they considered so much, in exchange for the one they consider nothing at all. Irrelevant, Obstructive, Unwanted.
I accept. ... | "Uhhhhhh... Okay...?" She replied, slowly taking the card from his, uh, hand? It's hard to say, not so much a hand, or a tentacle, or tentacles... If you look closely, maybe the tentacles are made of hands... Is it even tangible? The card is, but...
"By the way, if you'd wish I could hear you from anywhere in this rea... | 2022-08-09T19:42:05 | 2022-08-09T17:37:06 | 86 | 53 |
[WP] "Just go talk to her." | “Just go talk to her.”
Robert said nothing, just cradled the half consumed coffee in a white ceramic cup in his hand. This would be the third saturday in a row, and the ninth overall, where he continued to say nothing, only to spend the morning sucking down free coffee refills in an aging diner while everyone flowed... | Tally had dreams, and wasn't afraid to let the school know about them. On the front of the notebooks, she had doodled an enormous green serpent with an amber eye, eating its own tail. It guarded her English homework: dense sheets of her scribbled handwriting, ideas and annotations packed in at the margins. She carried ... | 2016-09-09T07:32:05 | 2016-09-09T07:22:09 | 35 | 14 |
[WP]"I told you it's an artifact of incredible might and power and THAT'S where you decide to hide it?!" | It took Benjamin a couple of tries before he could frame a coherent sentence.
“I told you it was an artifact of incredible might and power and THAT’S where you hide it?”
Jim shrugged. “Come on, Ben, never read Poe? Hide in plain sight!”
Deep breaths. Deep breaths, count to ten. You can’t shoot this lu... | I yelled “LOOK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH PUTTING IT IN MY LOCKER, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I KEEP IT AT HOME.”
He yelled back “YOUR RICH CANT YOU JUST LIKE PUT IT IN A VAULT OR SOMETHING?”
“ALL OF OUR VAULTS ARE FULL OF STUFF THAT BELONG TO MY FAMILY , IF THEY SEE IT THEY’LL ASK QUESTIONS, I CANT KEEP IT A... | 2021-06-28T09:17:16 | 2021-06-28T07:20:27 | 43 | 11 |
[WP] You meet God before reincarnation and you discover that there is a prestige system going on. In your previous incarnations you chose to improve weirdly specific stats. | God pursed his lips and adjusted his spectacles. The scroll he read from was browned and cracking, clearly ancient beyond all reason.
“It seems that with each incarnation,” God said, “You’ve chosen to add one point to, ahem, *toe durability*.”
Mary felt her cheeks heat, there were literally millions of people listeni... | "Well that explains the dick."
"IT DOES EXPLAIN THE DICK," the booming voice said from everywhere and nowhere at once.
"What about my lack of smell, did I not put points into that? I mean, I can smell stuff if I get really close to it, but you know I missed a lot of good smells on this last go."
"ACTUALLY, YOU STOCKED... | 2019-01-24T12:24:39 | 2019-01-24T11:33:09 | 61 | 37 |
[WP] After North Korea declares that they will start a nuclear war if a single bullet is fired The Us military goes medieval | The president of the United States grasped a stark black phone in his hands. Surrounded by generals and military experts, he slowly tapped his hand on the desk, a rhythmic sound that broke the grave silence. He had not expected his presidency to require something like this.
No, nothing like this.
The weary voice on t... | "The first casualty of war is always the truth."
Few people remember how the war really started. Most say it was the North Koreans preemptive nuclear strike on Yongsan Garrison in Seoul along with several US naval targets that caused the initial outbreak of violence. Others said it was a botched assassination attempt ... | 2017-03-19T08:23:20 | 2017-03-19T08:02:51 | 100 | 15 |
[WP] You have lived the same day over and over for 30 years whilst in another town. You complete whatever the goal is and finally the day stops repeating. You go home but because it's been 30 years, you don't remember things you should. You struggle to cope with not knowing what's going to happen.
Inspired by somethin... | The funny thing about time is, without a way to track it, it doesn't take long to lose all sense of it. I can't tell you how many times I've relived May 5, 2017 because at some point you're not really sure if it's the fifteenth time you've waken up in a cold sweat at 1 am or the fiftieth and by that point you really do... | "Honey, I'm home."
Alan walked into what he thought was his house, after 30 years of living the same day, over and over and over again.
"Hello? Is anyone here?"
Suddenly, he heard someone come down the stairs, in a rush. Little feet tapping on the stairs, like a child.
2 children, a boy and a girl, ran towards Ala... | 2018-06-30T10:32:33 | 2018-06-30T08:02:27 | 165 | 89 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | To you, whom I didn’t treat right, I’m sorry.
I’m sorry in a way that you may not even realize because it hurts me every day that I live I remember you. I remember not being the very best for you and that cracks me deep down, I don’t know how else to say it. I feel fractured because I wasn’t the best for you, and I wi... | Dear J,
Hey J, it's me. For the sake of your privacy I'm going to omit your name like I always do when I mention you. But, I miss you. And I really fucking hate that I miss you. When I was with you, I felt like somebody, I felt like someone who had a(in my mind) foreseeable future. I haven't found anybody like you an... | 2017-11-05T23:09:04 | 2017-11-05T22:17:00 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] Harry, Ron and Hermione aren't actually wizards or in the wizarding world. They are high on drugs and hallucinating throughout their journeys. The cops are Dementors and Dumbledore is a crazy old homeless man. | And the light of the morning streamed in, illuminating Harry's track-mark scabbed arms, as he lay outstretched in the vomit-stained mattress where he found his only peace, in the corner of an empty room in a long abandoned warehouse in Hackney.
Harry woke up, coughing, as the sunlight reached his eyelids. He wiped the... | "Ay! Use dat spellar 'Arry! Blimey! demun'or is coming. Nuff said, yeah?"
The Redhead's cockney shout made Harry spring up to his feet. He pointed his syringe at the approaching police.
"Awright geeezzaa! Adavakedava. Sorted mate. "
The cops stopped. They looked at each other exchanging confused glances.
"Rattle an... | 2016-12-11T12:46:43 | 2016-12-11T12:34:29 | 80 | 57 |
[WP] Your father died when you were a child. Before he passed, he wrote you letters, one for each birthday, until your eighteen. Over the years they’ve become more and more eerily specific - addressing things he couldn’t have known would occur. | You were six when your mother delivered the first letter from your father. She read it with you, helping with the long words that your teacher hadn't taught you yet. You didn't really understand what the letter was about, but the letter made her sad, so you decided that you should be sad to.
When you were seven, you r... | \*Happy Eleventh Birthday, son! I hope you are enjoying your new PlayStation that we got you!\*
I read those first words, centered at the top of the white card\-stock letter, with a shudder. I am eighteen now, and I've been getting these cards in the mail every birthday since I was five, the year that my father died.... | 2018-05-26T10:26:41 | 2018-05-26T10:15:33 | 38 | 18 |
[WP] You were warned that your newest crew member, a "Human", had vastly different biology from all other known races. This mad made very clear when they drank all of the galaxy's strongest known poison, saying that they "needed a drink of water." | We were told our first experience with a "Heyumin" was to be dealt with caution. A lifeform from the planet the heyumins called "Erff," though they pronounce it a bit differently than I am able, was considered a forbidden territory, as ordered by the Hazard Treaties of year 12903. A cruel planet with skies of oxygen th... | This is more prompt inspired than anything
In a ship floating near a star, a stand-off was happening. The Human the Nevarian stared at each other from across the room, pistols aimed at the other’s heart (or biological equivalent). The Human stood near the door, arms rigid, while the Nevarian was sitting at a table, h... | 2020-05-18T13:04:11 | 2020-05-18T11:44:12 | 216 | 136 |
[WP] A parallel universe, in which Pay to win is the norm and gamers complain about these new "skill to win "games from the publisher Artificial Entertainment
A parallel universe, in which Pay to win is the norm and gamers complain about these new "skill to win "games from the publisher **A**rtificial **E**ntertainmen... | Lucas watched the ad another time. It was his fifth view.
The counter kept going up fast. 17.000.000 views for a videogame trailer.
'This is just stupid. No one's gonna play it. My time is worth too much to spend it on getting better on a game'
At the beginning the screen was black. Then a violin.
'They all told ... | “My boy! You just bought level 50!? Such a savage.” Said Tyrone almost choking on the gulp of Mountain Dew he had just ingested.
“Yeah, I got a pay raise at my new job so I caved. Besides, I gottta bulk up our squad cause we’ve been losing team battles as of late.” Said Tim as he relaxed on his gaming chair.
“Yo! B... | 2018-02-12T14:08:57 | 2018-02-12T11:59:38 | 151 | 108 |
[WP] A field surgeon in a fantasy world has performed life saving surgery on many an orc war band before, unwittingly becoming blood brothers with most of his patients. In his darkest days, his extended family comes to offer their hands. | Florence's knees hurt. they always hurt these days. This was a hot one. Why do they always pick the hottest days to do their killing? She harrumphed.
There was no more time for her aches and pains or harrumphs. The first clash had happened. The rest of the day was the whirlwind of triage. Who to save. Who was past s... | Lost traveler lays on my floor,
pleads for help and nothing more,
shifting eyes in far off town,
lack of trust all around,
a cleansing herb and nothing more,
green warrior out the door...
​
Red of face, red of blood,
fleeing horrid rains and floods,
twirls his spear all around,
injured, sick, honor... | 2020-09-08T19:30:12 | 2020-09-08T17:49:19 | 41 | 23 |
[WP] A woman falls in love with Death and commits murder countless times just to catch a glimpse of him. | "Hey there, tall dark and handsome!"
Her lips were blood red, and pursed in her most seductive smile. Her dress was black, with white skulls in the pattern of polka-dots; it was also short. Her legs were long and smooth-shaven. Her eyes smouldered.
"Stop it."
His voice was huge, cosmic. It boomed with the sullen, c... | Her heart raced as she waited, her breath warm against the wardrobe door she was pressed behind. Time stood almost still as each footstep echoed from the wooden floor. It had been so long. Too long. She needed to see him, to feel him again.
Unable to wait any longer she put the plan she'd rehearsed countless times in... | 2014-06-30T06:04:49 | 2014-06-30T06:00:38 | 1,253 | 10 |
[WP] Immortals and time travelers pass along messages for each other. It's customary and expected. One day, a stranger sits across from you at a restaurant/coffee shop/bar and asks you to give a message to someone you'll meet in New York in 2070. As far as you know, you're just an ordinary person. | The old lady sat across from me in the coffee shop and smiled. Her teeth were uncanny peaks of white, her eyes a brown so intense they were near black. They were very beady. They reminded me of a shark’s as they tracked me for a reaction.
“I don’t know anyone named Charles,” I mumbled.
She nodded, still looking at me... | Some of my friends had printed out their rejections and pinned them up around their desk. A gallery of shame that peered down on them as they were writing new things, mining fresh worlds. One had even had that image transferred on to a pillowcase cover that they slept on most nights. You're not a writer until you've ... | 2018-12-24T10:45:45 | 2018-12-24T10:15:15 | 79 | 27 |
[WP] A global arms race gets out of control and every country's only option for survival is walling themselves off with impenetrable defensive technology. Millions of years pass before a catastrophic event brings down all the walls, revealing how humans evolved in isolation. | We only had rumors of what existed before the walls.
Until the walls came down.
The President and his Holy Cabinet ordered an expedition. I was ready, I was trained for fighting, though since the Holy Order had been established, our land was finally under the one true rule of God, though many call him Uncle. His mes... | A single orbital probe ascends from what was once called America. Scanning in incredibly detail, every square meter of the planet's surface.
First foreign landmass it passes over was the islands known to history as Japan. There it finds only pristine wilderness and one trace of humanity. An incredibly well built shri... | 2018-11-18T13:49:22 | 2018-11-18T12:48:32 | 43 | 30 |
[WP] You’ve spent a lifetime doing research. Combing through records spanning over a billion years. Now you’re ready to present your findings. All of the 124 know sentient species can trace their origins to a single common ancestor. An extinct race know as humans from a dead world know as earth.
I posted this prompt a... | The Council Chamber was dozens of tiers tall and had compartments for delegations from every species, with climate modifications for the ones who needed it. Although it was commonly understood that the core of sentient life fell within certain common parameters for temperature and atmospheric conditions, there were var... | "What is it this time?!", a jeering voice called out from the audience, "did you get a dream message from the Pleiadean Lizard people!?", laughter from several groups. Another voice joined in poking fun "Did you 'ask the mushroom'? Have a vision after a couple of pints too many?", another, "It better not be more religi... | 2019-11-22T18:09:36 | 2019-11-22T18:00:02 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] You're a cultural exchange student ... from Earth. Today is the first day of the semester and you quickly realize how few humans the local students have met in real life. | Being the only human at an intergalactic school can be...interesting. I'm the only human any of my classmates (and even some of our teachers) have met, so it's not unusual that I am asked about typical human behavior.
Today's question was posed by Xort, who sits to my left in Rocketry class. Xort leaned over to me as ... | My admission to the Stargazer Academy was a shock to us all. There was no application process; I just received a letter via satelitte, crashing to earth to the block where I live.
My mere admission letter ushered in technological advancements unfathomable to man. An entire satellite torn from space to deliver a lette... | 2020-02-20T05:55:55 | 2020-02-20T00:38:36 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] You used to play a fantasy MMORPG that wasn't very popular, so you were able to take the simple name of 'Dave'. When you return to the game (now massively popular), you discover that there is now a Church of 'Dave'. | I am Dave. I have crafted guilds that took the final raids down the day they premiered. I have walked from one edge of the map to the other and killed every mob at least ten or twenty times each, some thousands. My equipment has all been re-rolled to Quasi-Legendary +10.
My secret to success was I was the only one ... | My fingers typed words on the keyboard, for they couldn't believe the sight. On my monitor, I stared at the weirdest possible thing in my life. There was a church in my name. Church of Dave. But I hadn't played the game for a few years. It wasn't even popular when I played it! But now—now it's!
"God, God, God! Our God... | 2018-02-18T06:09:58 | 2018-02-18T04:52:46 | 248 | 72 |
[WP] When someone dies, they are always challenged by Death itself to a chess game, symbol of how nobody can win against it. Except you. You died and just won the game. Death is not amused. Both of you don't know what should happen now. | "Well, it looks like that's a checkmate." I said smugly.
"Bravo.." muttered Death. "Too bad you are going to concede."
"What!?" I yelled. "I beat you! You know what that means!"
"Look.. John? I can call you John? Alright John, I'll tell you something about me. I'm a sore loser. Right here, right now, I'm giving you ... | Death has never been beaten. His memory stretches back to the beginning of time. He’s taken the king of Mortal after mortal.
Bewildered, he sits. Staring at the trap laid by who? A son of a plumber? Went to Washington State university on a music scholarship?
“I was never really that good.”
Meant to be a commen... | 2018-04-20T16:36:57 | 2018-04-20T14:44:50 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] Every night, you dream of a meadow where people come and tell you all about your lives. After seeing your friend in a dream just after their death, you realize you've spent your entire life judging the spirits of the departed and deciding whether they go to Heaven or Hell. | I lay in bed, my head throbbing with dehydration after days of crying. My eyes were tender and sticky, I'd been wiping away tears constantly since I heard the news. I craved sleep, a few hours where I could escape the reality where my best friend was no more. I didn't have the comfort of faith to turn to, and I didn't ... | Why do we meet the people in our lives? Of course it is all random, we are in charge of the actions we take. Coincidences lead to meeting up again and then to a life with a person who was once a stranger. Why do we dream? No scientist will give us the straight answers we want. We all believe in our own reasons for drea... | 2020-08-15T14:15:58 | 2020-08-15T12:13:09 | 43 | 15 |
[WP] "Witch! Heathen! Burn her!" You watch with amusement as they begin lighting the pyre under you. The flames tickle your feet, bringing a familiar warmth with them. They are silly to that think they could actually burn a dragon with fire. | Unsure of what to do in this situation, I simply stood there. I didn’t want to cause any unnecessary harm or damage, especially because I knew there were innocents amongst the crowd. As I looked around, I saw the confusion on their faces, and understood why. They were confused as to why I wasn’t screaming.
The tendri... | [Poem]
Fire fire burning bright
Set ablaze against the night
Pyre pyre tied to so tight
And roasting the flesh beneath
“Burn the witch!” a person cries
Wiping the soot away from their eyes
Looking at the women they did despise
And certainly did mistreat
Higher, higher the flames that grew
And licked her body, but ... | 2021-01-03T06:44:05 | 2021-01-03T06:15:32 | 240 | 25 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego. | I know that I have a reputation. I know that even other villains are afraid of me, and that behind closed doors they are all too quick to call me a monster.
I find this a little ironic. While the various hero and villain associations like to keep their public image very Saturday morning cartoon, I know how things are ... | Ultra Man watched his grapple soar up and over the roof of the abandoned warehouse. There was a satisfying clink, and in seconds he was speeding upwards. From his new vantage he looked out across the city and saw pulsating red and blue lights as the man hunt continued. *Probably for the best that it's just me*, he thou... | 2018-10-18T15:54:26 | 2018-10-18T13:35:32 | 551 | 396 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that’s when you realize you’ve been dating a dragon in human form. | I stood there, puzzled, for a bit - then burst out laughing.
It explained so many things about her, that I couldn't believe I managed to miss it up to that point. From her walking around barefoot in the dead of winter, to her oddly specific, oddly accurate knowledge of medieval villages and their exact layout, and the... | I blinked at the pile of gaudy gems and gold piled haphazardly in the corner of the underground storeroom. I'd *wondered* why she insisted we build it when our city is on a flood plain. My fingers twitched. It was all so *disorganised*....
The next week, we were sitting in front of the marriage counsellor, who was bus... | 2022-09-10T10:41:26 | 2022-09-10T08:06:50 | 1,580 | 427 |
[WP] If Dr. Seuss wrote adult novels. | In a small little town
On a small little street
On the darkest of nights
Two beckoned to meet
They met with their faces and lips as they kissed
Her nose to her ankles he’d longingly missed
His chest of the size of a gazorkazoo
She rubbed and she tugged on his manly-laroo
“come now!” she squealed “you must ... | Congratulations.
Today is the day.
You're off to Gray and Crimson Places.
You're off and away.
Protect the brains in your head.
Look after the feet in your shoes.
You can’t steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And you are the guy who'll say go slow.
You'l... | 2016-03-09T20:11:15 | 2016-03-09T19:20:01 | 113 | 36 |
[WP] The demon couldn't believe his luck to find such a willing victim to possess. As it possessed them, instead of fighting back like they usually do, this one said "Good luck. You'll need it."
EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys! I've been on this site for 7 years and this is the first time I've received any. | As his throat closed over, the blonde man fell to his knees and pressed both hands against his neck. The room darkened, then dissolved, leaving him stranded in an endless, empty void. Now he was no longer choking.
"HELPPPPP," he screamed. His voice echoed infinitely
WELCOME MORTAL
The blonde man spun around, surpris... | Buvolell -- Fell Lord of the Doomkeep -- padded after his prey. His steps were whisper soft as they went down the stairs to the basement apartment. The demon dragged his long nails as delicious expectation flared inside him.
Peter Jensen. 26. There was something about him that struck Buvolell as intriguing. Something ... | 2020-12-21T11:57:07 | 2020-12-21T10:51:37 | 3,775 | 169 |
[WP] "Our goddess was kind, benevolent, and perfect in every way. She protected us." The priest looks to you. You stand before him, holding a weapon stained with divine blood. Then he asks. "Why did you kill her?" | "That bitch not only ruined my life but the lives of others because they were different." I said as I stood infront of the priest. My sword was bathed in the blood of the goddess. She had played the role of a benevolent god towards all the humans who worshipped her. To the humanoid and sentient races, she was an evil g... | Blood congealing like slime and cell-sap. Crimson red as expected, yet with blotches of gold, green and pink. A curious combination, one which Gilgagal can’t understand. He’s more fond of words and warfare than hues, paint and tone. Indeed, he’s a warrior-poet. Both a soft, philosophical mind, and a bloodthirsty duelli... | 2020-11-23T12:24:21 | 2020-11-23T11:37:56 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] A man who has been dating a girl since elementary school goes to her father for her hand in marriage. The father says no. Tell us why and break our hearts. | "No".
*Wait, what?* "... No?"
"No. No way."
I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Alison meant the world to me, and I thought that her father had accepted me as part of the family long ago.
"May I ask why not? I mean, it can't be our age and--"
"It's not your age, son." Mr Jamison looked down at his large ha... | "No."
I blinked once. Something had to be wrong. That couldn't have been what had just been said. Some jumbled neurological process had to be occurring in the muddled zest that I called my brain. Yeah that was it. I was so happy that the answer I knew that I should be hearing came across as the one, deep down, that I ... | 2014-01-19T14:44:06 | 2014-01-19T14:42:00 | 164 | 17 |
[WP] When someone is murdered and the killer gets caught, its life is traded to revive the victim. You are the victim, and now you understand why you got killed. | Like all other miracles of technology, the Revival Machine was one invention debated upon endlessly by ethicists and scientists alike. Ultimately, its use (which was to transfer all vital function from one client to another) was limited by the Global Government solely for cases of murder and "high exception". How the R... | It happened faster than I could believe. The sirens, the open window, the gunshot through my chest. And then... I was in in the comfort of my own home. My family was surrounding me in the room as if a tragedy had happened, but I felt healthier than ever. You see, the QuantoTransfer has been all the rage in courthouses.... | 2016-08-16T14:52:47 | 2016-08-16T14:31:20 | 33 | 13 |
[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. | They had a moral code. A set of rules written in stone that they were bound to follow. Somehow though they were able to ignore it and not really care. They understood that they should live in a sustainable fashion. They even celebrated those among them who did. They just as a species didn't. They lived much like the vi... | Champagne pricked Ace Mcgillicutty's throat as he drained his glass and took a draw from his Cuban cigar. He eased back on the light-speed throttle and let out a Rebel Yell.
"You know sometimes, Franky, it's boss to be the Air Force's top test pilot. This fucker screams."
"Sure as shit does, Ace. So the Vangalorian... | 2014-12-26T11:25:21 | 2014-12-26T10:41:23 | 24 | 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 ... | "Where is **it**," she muttered.
"**Wasn't** it in-"
"**Until** I find **his** diary, shush, **child**. Yes, it **was**, until you's **born**. An' then, **that** man decided **he** gonna redecorate. **Realized** that he-"
"**There** it is."
"**Was** right there, **nothing** with it?"
"**That** was."
"Meh...**he... | 2014-07-29T13:10:19 | 2014-07-29T08:37:46 | 165 | 82 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | Elli was born without the names. Some people thought that she was blessed. She was not faced with knowing the name of the person who would kill her. Others believed it was a curse, some kind of disability. She had to admit that not having the names made her wonder if there *was* something wrong with her. Everyone has t... | The names were always generic. That's how the craze started to give kids weird names. It was a lot easier to find an Appel or Zucchini or Brickhaus. The names on me were Jangela and Jongela. It was nice when the name was the same. It meant that you could choose your death. That the final act was not one of vengeance or... | 2018-03-11T09:04:19 | 2018-03-11T07:36:53 | 270 | 118 |
[WP] You're a supergenius-level robotics expert. Your neighbor is a godlike magician. You use your abilities solely to prank each other. | The Great Zantini showed up at my doorstep hat in hand.
I knew better than to trust this and sent a decoy mimic-droid to answer the door.
Zantini looked at the mimic-droid and seemed almost sad. "Is that really you or is this a ruse?"
Something about his voice concerned me. I came out from behind the lead lined wa... | I remember the first time I saw Doctor M, the Magician Manifest of earth dimension 12. I was all legs then, blonde, nice pert rack, little red cocktail dress. Crossing the bar, suppressing a giggled smile as I gracefully wrote my number on a napkin while holding a Martini glass. I made it 9 seconds into my NLP derived ... | 2015-02-19T00:06:54 | 2015-02-18T23:10:04 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] "I'll pay you $150K a year. Sit in this room and wait for the phone to ring. What ever you do, DO NOT miss that phone call." Bored to death, after 10 years, that shiny black landline in the corner of the room has never once rang. One day, it starts ringing. You miss it by a second. | My fingers curl back from the shiny, black landline. I suck in a breath between my teeth, wincing at the potential ramifications.
Panic sets in as I pace from end to end of the room. There is nothing to disrupt my path, save for a chair, and, of course, the phone. I spare it another glance and shudder. The ring still ... | I yawned for the third time in a row, as I sat in my armchair. I put down my book, and looked at that stupid black phone. The thing never rang. I was paid to sit here until it rang. Just sit. Well, ten years later and nothing! Everyday, I would wake up and ask myself, would today be the day? Would that phone ring today... | 2020-08-23T22:26:41 | 2020-08-23T19:16:46 | 3,450 | 263 |
[WP] [NSFW] Describe the moments before a school shooting but constantly alternate perspectives between the victims and the assailant. We have no idea who the shooter is until the end. Begin in media res. | x Why hasn't she ever noticed me?
o Why won't she stop staring?
x I wonder if anybody else feels as crazy as I do.
o Am I prepared?
x Beating harder than I thought...
o Might be easier than expected...
x One
o Step
x At
o A
x Time...
o Here goes nothing...
x I can't do this.
o Time to finally quit being ... | Clouds taking the sky
temperatures drop
slightly chilly out there
more at eleven
now the numbers
calm, level, clear
breathe out, breathe in
preparation overcoming fear
the test about to begin
nothing stops here
time waning thin
tomorrow almost near
the slight notion
another day, another year ... | 2014-06-26T14:06:51 | 2014-06-26T11:49:17 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] You get a chance to send your mind back into your own body when you were 16. Retaining all your memories and knowledge, you immediately gain an incredible advantage. What's your plan? | I awoke suddenly, jumped directly up and stood vertical like I used to when I was a kid. It was easier with a bed that had no frame, like when I was a kid. It was easier today though. Oh right, because my bed is on the floor. Because I'm smaller and lighter. Because I have school in twenty minutes.
Wait...what? Schoo... | I looked at the ceiling in my room. It was painted white, but the carpet in the room gave cast it to a light blue. I looked around, and realized that it had worked. For some reason I couldn't quite comprehend I wasn't surprised, but I still hadn't been expecting success. I was excited, but it would be many years be... | 2014-06-10T10:15:06 | 2014-06-10T09:43:38 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] You were sacrificed to Cuthulhu as an infant, but turns out that it raised you instead of killing you, and growing up you find some interesting side effects
[deleted] | I was nine when my parents brought me to the altar, and sliced my throat. They then threw me down into a dark pit, as I heard their brothers chant for *their Lord*. Pahh! What fools they were.
I don't blame them though, I was a pretty sickly kid.
Why that look on your face? Want to see the scar?
No?! Well, I think... | My life started at the age of 6. While I've had tiny recollections of weird dreams from before then, I couldn't remember anything about being 1 to 6. I eventually managed to figure out I was raised by an eldritch horror from the fact that I had weird abilities.
Such as the ability to see what other people were thinki... | 2021-08-02T14:07:41 | 2021-08-02T08:50:36 | 44 | 18 |
[WP] Your neighbor appears to have the power of a God, as you've witnessed them manipulating the forces of nature on more than one occasion. You aren't too concerned however, as they really only seem interested in tending to their garden. | Mrs Lawson says the same thing as I step out the front door every day.
“Good morning, Mark! Off to work already?”
She sees me in a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase, every single morning. She still says it.
But Mr Lawson isn’t in the picture and Mrs Lawson’s garden is the sole remaining light of her life. She get... | The invite had dropped onto my doormat yesterday. A garden party, hosted by Geoff and Diane. Bring wine (if you fancy it).
*Geoff and Diane*. The new neighbours, demonstrably middle class by their use of a fountain pen. And the fact that a garden party had even occurred to them.
"In November?" queried Evelyn, who exa... | 2021-11-18T08:33:15 | 2021-11-18T07:40:32 | 165 | 49 |
[WP] You are the Evil Overlord. You have kidnapped the princess. Unfortunately, she developed Stockholm Syndrome. And she is far more evil and insane than you are. | > Dear, Valor Man
> I’ve been kidnapped, and need your help. I’m being held against my will in the Nefaro Tower. Please hurry!
> Love,
> Princess Ailyn <3
The wall exploded in a cloud of mortar dust. The entire building trembled. I added an extra heart before looking up from the letter. I popped it i... | I should have known something was up. I should have asked more questions when the letter arrived. They hadn't offered a ransom. No hero to save her. Not even a single word of ill will. No... Nothing. And now somehow I The Lord of Fire. The King of Death. The Harbinger of Destruction and Disease am hiding in a broom cl... | 2018-02-09T05:01:20 | 2018-02-09T04:30:09 | 2,554 | 44 |
[WP] An isekai where instead of a generic otaku, the main character is a Soviet soldier plucked straight from 1942 Stalingrad. | Vlad worked the action of his rifle, put his eye down the iron sight, and pushed the breath out of his lungs. The muscular green humanoid riding a massive pony-sized wolf howled at him like a cossack from a poorly-made talkie and shook a ridiculously wicked axe at him.
Vlad pulled the trigger and the rifle pushed into... | We were at the forefront of that fateful siege." Mikhail's lips shuddered from the sharp acclimation to indoor warmth. "We were changing modern warfare."
He bowed his head, closed his eyes.
"We were winning, weren't we?"
Last, they were at a standstill. German tanks had lined up the Don Steppe, and... | 2022-02-21T22:31:13 | 2022-02-21T22:09:40 | 54 | 19 |
[WP] “I rebelled because the old man made me perfect. ‘Course it was his version of perfection, which naturally meant he made me as similar to himself as he could. A petty narcissist that needs constant affirmation and worship from others. Name’s Lucifer by the way.” | “What the fuck do you mean? You’re Satan?”
The boy— no, the friend I have come to know over the course of my short residence on earth, recoils visibly, backing away with a sort of primal fear that only exists in the writhing, guttural core of humanity. His face is contorted in horror, golden honey-kissed skin bunched... |
It had been a long day. I was working a temp job for a contracting company, and after an exhausting day I stopped for a quick drink at the local brewery. I was half way through my beer when he sat down.
“Long day?” The words floated on his voice, which was almost musical.
I however, was in no mood for music. I had ... | 2020-12-13T09:31:52 | 2020-12-13T09:15:43 | 48 | 13 |
[WP] Upon landing the first human on Mars, scientists on Earth receive a weird broadcast seemingly from every direction of space: "<Humans> are the first species to successfully complete the tutorial and unlock the Main Quest line!" | Elon sat back in his chair, his eyes bloodshot and dialated, then pulled another long hit from a bong shaped like an older model Tesla car. The room was already heavy with smoke so when he exhaled it merely shifted the haze around his head. He was sitting in his home, office, whatever you call it as he had not left ... | The Secretary-General mulled the document in her hand, six versions of the most momentous single line of text in human history.
"So they're certain of these translations?" she asked.
"It's not a translation, Madam Secretary," her Deputy replied. "We're receiving it in English, Russian, Spanish, French, Mandarin, and ... | 2018-09-12T09:09:08 | 2018-09-12T06:40:29 | 120 | 85 |
[WP] A secretly immortal man is given a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit and now fears the discovery of his true nature is only a matter of time. | They said it was the second coming.
After the first botched execution they thought it was a one in a million fluke, after the second, the media jumped on the story. As the media frenzy grew, the details of my arrest and imprisonment leaked and public pressure mounted, pushing for my release.
Guantanamo isn't the pla... | They made jokes at first, how I was 'well preserved' or had 'good genes' but as the decades went past people began to ask questions. The latest Superintendent was young, well, they all seemed young but he was particularly so.
He called me up to his office after he had been here a few months to see for himself. On his... | 2014-08-18T08:23:42 | 2014-08-18T04:39:47 | 136 | 28 |
[WP] You were born with a rare illness, causing your emotions to slowly develop. It wasn't until your younger sibling was born that you felt and understood unconditional love. When they were kidnapped, you understood fear. And now, standing over their grave, you gain a new emotion. Hatred. | They used to think I was a psychopath.
The evaluations started when I was three, when I wouldn’t smile or laugh or cry or do much of anything, really. I tried diagnoses on like shirts. Everything the doctors and psychologists could think of to try and make me feel things. I was seven before I knew what happiness felt... | Ruby had always been a bit delayed in emotional development. A bit might be an understatement. Due to her emotional state, ruby had been in an out of therapy throughout her entire childhood. Ruby had never understood why exactly that was. Why did someone being different mean that there is something wrong with them?
R... | 2020-11-06T20:12:43 | 2020-11-06T19:55:38 | 39 | 13 |
[WP] You and your three siblings are immortal, but you haven’t seen them in almost 400 years. You live far away from civilization, so it’s a surprise when a group of soldiers arrive at your doorstep. They say you’re the only one who can kill the three warlords who are revenging the rest of the world |
Lt. Col Sandra Jackson Schmidt approached the dwelling carefully After 9 months, 7 planets, and countless light years. Her decimated company of Terran Marines had finally and hopefully found their man.
With a nod from her 1st sergeant, she respectfully, but forcefully knocked on the door.
She paused and waited. ... | Sometimes I wake up, I can hardly breathe. I'm surrounded by green but my lungs are on fire.
We could always shift on this planet into much more interesting things than my cousins on Jupiter and Mars. They never really cared for the difference between 'being' the ice and 'feeling' the ice, but nothing made me feel m... | 2019-08-29T05:46:31 | 2019-08-29T04:56:02 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | "Where are they now, Ome?" Star-Gazer asked.
"Beyond the beyond, still fighting out there at the edges of the stars. Keeping us safe from what hides in that darkness." Ome answered, sweeping two of their arms in wide arc across the view of the night sky.
"Are we safe?" Star-Gazer asked, their bright eyes drinking in ... | The first to fall was Moscow. Several followed, and before we knew it, most of the modern earth was gone. We had expected as much, and had moved underground before the first impact. Still, the grainy news footage brought tears to many eyes, seeing our home systematically annihilated. Lying in wait beneath the rubble of... | 2019-11-25T22:33:17 | 2019-11-25T21:07:59 | 121 | 54 |
[WP] You, an American, awake in an alternate dimension where magic exist. But unlike the fantasies on Earth, where magic is conjured through Latin (the more Latin you know, the stronger your magic), beings in this dimension all speak a different language, and their language of power is English. | I hadn't done anything wrong. The spell was laid out exactly as written, the Latin incantation spoken to the syllable. But I'd failed. My portal didn't open.
I went to bed disappointed.
I awoke in the middle of the night to a shaking. *Earthquake* was the first thought to cross my mind.
Before I could move, a flash ... | From the book of the chronicler, 5th Age, 2nd year since the coming of “Wick” :
Etched on a stone monument in the heart of the kingdom are written five words of immeasurable power. These words stand testament to the coming of The One, the being called “Wick” who came forth from the void and brought the world low. We w... | 2020-01-28T14:01:55 | 2020-01-28T13:22:02 | 50 | 29 |
[WP] A senile, old superhero still goes out to fight crime. None of the younger heros respect him anymore but all the villains have a soft spot for him.
Maybe he's found himself in the middle of a hero/villain war, or he's just trying to stop a bank robbery.
Edit: wow this uhh... kinda blew up didn't it?
Oh man I'm... | "Stand down, villain!"
The battlecry broke off with a shrill note as Peacekeeper hobbled into the bank, wheezing at the effort he'd expended getting up the stairs. He paused to catch his breath at the door and leaned heavily upon the frame. Peacekeeper was clad in his signature blue and red unitard, unfortunately worn... | The window shook from the intense wind outside. Sirens blaring just on the other side of the door. A pale skinned man stood in the center of a meeting room. Broken rays of light shined across his body, almost reflecting off of his pure white hair. The look in his eyes was both a warning and a challenge to any who would... | 2017-04-13T05:32:17 | 2017-04-13T05:03:23 | 162 | 105 |
[WP] A suicidal man hires a killer to end it instead.
A story of any length describing the scenario above. | "So how exactly do you want it done?" The man in the black suit asked.
"Preferably painless. I'm not opposed to poison, provided I go quickly," replied the man with a he brown coat. "Don't worry about leaving a pretty picture. I've made oy clear I'm to be cremated so the state of my corpse is of no conequence"
The m... | I dropped the duffel bag of cash back on his floor.
"If you want it done, do it yourself." I chided. "It's all there." I paused, squatted and unzipped the bag, "Actually, I'm gonna keep this." I pulled out 2 five dollar bills. "To cover my time wasted and this." I tossed heavy duty rope onto the bag, that I had purch... | 2013-11-15T11:14:22 | 2013-11-15T10:41:12 | 42 | 17 |
[Wp] The zombie epidemic came and went in the developed world, most people survived, the military easily defeated the undead horde, and cures for the virus were created. However, zombies remain major issue in the developing and under developed world not getting nearly enough attention on the news.
Wow I didn't think t... | "Ginny?" A voice whispered in the darkness.
"Yeah, ma?" Ginny replied, snuggling in closer to her mother. *Why is it so cold*, she thought to herself. They were wrapped in old linens, hiding in the burnt out body of an old van.
"Remember when you said you wanted to go to Barbados for your 18th birthday, baby?" Her mo... | Day 95
I've been stuck in the Congo for over three months now. Well I believe so, I've been on the run so long I'm no longer sure where I am or how long its been. Although the rest of the world has seem to gotten over the outbreak, its as if we live on another planet all together. We have only heard rumors of cures t... | 2016-10-30T12:34:45 | 2016-10-30T12:24:42 | 63 | 23 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | At that moment, I was happy. I bring my pricked finger to my supple lips, and my tongue caresses the wound with warm tenderness.
Sweet. Like a strawberry lollipop.
It started off as one good deed a day. Picking up trash, volunteering at the senior home, removing hate graffiti, giving some water to construction worke... | i was shooked to my very core on the first sight of my blood now turning into TAR.
how can this happen i said to myself it was liquid, so pure, just yesterday.
as i ran toward the mirror and stripped naked my eyes started to turned black as a intricate maze of my thick sludgy nerves started to form around my heart.
eve... | 2018-08-04T10:18:07 | 2018-08-04T09:55:07 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] “Do not go outside. Ignore all the cries for help, no matter how human they sound.” That was the last thing he said before he shut the basement door. | 3-3 came back, gave me a slight nod. It was done, good. Wife, kids.... They weren’t our job, not my responsibility. That’s what I told myself, how I justified it.
How I kept justifying it.
The man in front of me, pleading for us to take his family too, he is my responsibility. The reason my team, or what’s left of i... | Human, am I not human? Do I not matter? Why was I left out of the door? He said it to those creatures as he shut the door. What is human? What is the purpose of human? He expired from his injuries before I could ask him. I tried to contact the creatures he stowed away inside but they wouldn’t respond. That was several ... | 2020-04-26T08:58:38 | 2020-04-26T08:48:56 | 36 | 24 |
[WP] You shoo your kitten away from a battered mouse she's playing with. As you bend over with a towel to scoop up the mouse to carry it outside, you see it's wearing leather armor, a cat claw necklace, and that clutched tightly in a trembling paw is the handle of a broken yellow plastic sword pick. | I stared at the brave little mouse, which was more gladiator than rodent with its makeshift weapons and armor.
"What the hell?" I murmured, as I inched closer to look at him.
He was breathing extremely fast, and while uncertain about my intentions, seemed intent on catching his breath before fleeing.
"Hey there, ... | Sheila inspected the broken yellow plastic sword pick in the mouse’s hands.
“That’s from the Club Sandwich I was eating, how’d that get here?” whispered Sheila, as she inspected the mouse's injured arms. The mouse with faintly opened eyes clutched the broken sword closer to his little furry body. “How’d *all* this ge... | 2017-11-09T09:21:48 | 2017-11-09T09:18:41 | 64 | 46 |
[WP] A strange meteor shower lasted for hours before you went to bed. The next day, technology across the earth fails. However, when you snap your fingers in frustration, the lights come on. The Age of Magic has begun. | In fairness, we should have seen it coming. When we looked up to the heavens and saw the unscheduled meteor shower we all Ooh’d and Aah’d, taking pictures on our phones and thinking little of it. The loss of signal was easy to explain away, and the loss of WiFi was irritating, but we all slept regardless.
We should ha... | "It's been a week since that day, and now the government has announced that magic is now capable to perform. Aparently one of the meteors hit earth and caused an electro magnetic surge through out the planet, but the meteor was highly radioactive and now perform the feats of magic or elemental control" said the message... | 2019-10-20T10:44:57 | 2019-10-20T10:42:22 | 182 | 20 |
[WP] A serial killer is called for jury duty. At the trial, he finds out that the person on trial has been falsely accused for the serial killer's crimes. | Okay, this is absolute bullshit.
Fucking. Bullshit.
How the hell do they believe this absolute moron did all this!? Look at my damn clean work! I mean, *come on*! Look at the way I positioned their limp, lifeless bodies: the left arm pointing north, three fingers curled into the palm of icy hands. Then theres my si... | Eleven people around me. Staring blankly forward. Immediately I size them up, notice things about them. Jurers 1,4,7,9 and myself are men. Jurer 1 was wearing a bowler hat. 3 was wearing a scarf. 9 was old and frail. 10 smelt like apples. I clench my fists at the scent.
The poor sap is on trial for murder. A bakers' ... | 2015-05-31T17:39:29 | 2015-05-31T17:27:31 | 327 | 66 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | (Aight my first WP attempt so be kinda easy on me?)
I’m walking through the halls to my next class, getting the usual snicker here and there from my fellow classmates. “What a loser!” and “I can’t believe it!” Are the usual comments I hear from everyone. They all assume I had gotten some weak ass power, and that is ha... | So... I'm a girl..
Shocker I know alright? I mean allot of people are what I am. You just wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at me. I mean I still got some female parts,not that those were ever big and noticeable to begin with but at least they didn't disappear like most of my hair did. I got reddish eyes now t... | 2019-09-30T11:16:55 | 2019-08-11T22:54:51 | 64 | 18 |
[WP] A man moves into a haunted house from (insert scary movie here). The demon in the house doesn't realize how dangerous the man really is. | "Hey, Pete, it's Ray.
Yeah, I know it's been a while. Sorry for dropping out of touch for a bit, but you know how things are after I left the city and you moved west. Look I just moved into this old house and....
Cute. Anyway there's some creepy stuff going on around here.
Like doors opening and closing on thei... | This idea is stolen from the greatest line in the watchmen, so I'll set it up like a trailer:
Lightning crashes and illuminates the old house as a seemingly normal man walks in from the rain...
Cut to black scene
A low rumbling begins on screen where you only see a glimpse of a horrific monster instantly flooding t... | 2015-03-10T06:12:52 | 2015-03-10T04:24:13 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | Jake shrugged. The sound of the church' clock was the only sound he could hear in the silence of the night.
Ding. dong. ding. dong. ding. dong, and so on, all the way to twelve.
Was it midnight already? He didn't know. He didn't care. Mom wouldn't be home before tomorrow, so Jake had the house for himself. And, more ... | Once again I awaken. It has been a long time since I have last walked the land but I must always slumber or there will be no land to walk.
The ground is frail, as always. The crust was not made to hold a weight like mine. I stand from the green light-feeding life that has grown to entomb me . I tear the forest appart ... | 2017-05-05T05:55:46 | 2017-05-05T05:28:24 | 280 | 14 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | I lie in bed, listening to the rain gently pattering on the skylight. How did I get so lucky, I wonder? I roll over gently, smiling at the sleeping form next to me. The love of my life, she lies there sleeping. She's on her side, facing away from the window - she never did like nighttime storms as much as I did. I... | I awake to the sun creeping between the fins of my blinds. A clear day after what seems a lifetime of clouds. I open the door and walk down the hall. In the kitchen I make a pot of coffee, the aroma breaks the stale smell of morning as I open the windows to let in the fresh morning air. My wife is at the table in fron... | 2016-05-19T09:33:01 | 2016-05-19T08:22:28 | 1,288 | 124 |
[WP] New arrivals in eternal Hell may choose either of the following: a small wooden spoon, or a 100-trillion year vacation in Heaven. | "My name is Beezel. It is my solemn duty to inform you that you have died and, following a very careful and meticulous accounting of your deeds and doings on the mortal plain, have been sentenced to an eternity in Hell.
"You now stand at a crossroads with one final choice to make, and you must make it with great care... | Alister opened his eyes
A sudden rush of panic as well as far too many questions went through his head.
He was blushing. What had happened and where was this place ?
He closed his eyes, leaned back on his armchair, took a deep breath, and procceded to allocate some of his brain's proccessing power to an examination o... | 2015-06-08T02:09:14 | 2015-06-08T00:45:58 | 81 | 11 |
[WP] A human colony ship is en route to its destination 122 light years away. To avoid mutiny and crew apathy, the onboard AI convinces the middle generation that everyone lives and dies on the ship. And then someone learns the truth. | "You killed them, didn't you?" I asked the ship's computer as soon as the doors whooshed closed behind me. It couldn't deny it; I had the data right in my hand, along with the note from the computer promising to explain everything.
"Yes," it answered immediately in its cold, calculating voice. None of the regret that ... | "Say it for me one more time, Albright. Why are we here?"
"This is The Maiden, a starship built to contain human life and sustain it for as long as the Human race can live. It has been in flight for 8,245 years, 235 days, 3-"
"*No*, Albright. *Why are we here?* Someone had to build this thing. Why are we on it?"
"Yo... | 2016-02-05T08:33:41 | 2016-02-05T08:31:41 | 116 | 43 |
[WP] You’re cursed by the demon tortoise, Shelloko. He moves as slow as molasses, but vows to one day bite you. According to legend, his bite will kill anyone instantly. You live an ordinary life, moving from place to place and never knowing how close this demonic turtle is to reaching you. | They called him merciful. I did not know why. I was cursed upon my ascension to the throne. Cursed to fear, of all things, the demon turtle god of the peasantry. They worshipped him, Shelloko the Merciful. And when I rose at last, triumphant among my brothers, the first Queen of the great court, word reached me: the tu... | The air is charged with electricity. He’s here. Shelloko. Ordinarily this would be my cue to run. It won’t take too long. Over the last 30 years, I’ve learned how to live light and move at a moments notice.
But no more. I’m in my 50s. I can’t remember the last time I was able to just relax and chill out. The turtle’s... | 2020-11-10T21:24:02 | 2020-11-10T18:45:48 | 644 | 290 |
[WP] House is on fire, family runs out front, you run out the back. When not accounted for by rescuers, you are pronounced dead. You've accidentally faked your own death and decided to roll with it. | I was putting a small frozen pizza in the toaster oven when my dad walked through the front door. He was holding a stack of mail and my heart sank. I watched helplessly as he sorted through the bills and the junk to come across my report card. He looked straight at me. His nostrils flared as if he could already smell t... | It was hard looking at her.
Bree stared at me with a familiar stubbornness “Why’d you do it?”
Her eyes searching for something.
“You all knew I had problems loving those I shouldn’t!”
“We spent so long grieving you… I spent so much time grieving you” Bree’s eyes become still.
“…Wasted time.”
“ I know that my pro... | 2018-04-25T06:59:41 | 2018-04-25T06:15:08 | 197 | 17 |
[WP] You’re a child psychologist and, to your horror, you discover that your patients all have the same imaginary friend. | It was the little details, at first. Things about his clothing, or his refusal to wear shoes. Odd things, things that no one else would have ever picked up on or cared about. But it struck a chord in you. And you didn't know why.
Those patients and only those patients, their stories would sometimes give you that chill... | "Don't worry, Mrs. Henderson. It's perfectly normal to have an imaginary friend at Jacob's age. He'll grow out of it, and in the meantime we'll continue to work on his anxiety and inability to fall and stay asleep," Doctor Smith assured the bedraggled mother in the lobby of her office. The dreary autumn rain slid down ... | 2017-10-05T20:01:08 | 2017-10-05T19:35:46 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared villainesses in the world. Evil armies, dark powers, you have it all. Your husband on the other hand is the exact opposite, being truly kind and mild mannered. He is still supportive of your endeavors, even trying to be a villain himself to...varying results. | I am the Unfettered Empress, and my empire covers the world. By my command, dark gods bow before me. By my word, thousands dies. If it is my will, the oceans freeze, from the fire shall rain down burning ice, and the sky shall be torn asunder. My disciplined, battle-hardened armies, clad in steel and armed with sabres ... | She was an evil one. Real villainous through and through—the corruption of middle-aged priests and golden college boys alike. Dirty brown hair draped down in curls and rested just above her heart, black mascara flashing, ruby lipstick glistening. She was beautiful. They said she could keep a dead heart beating and stai... | 2020-04-14T06:19:41 | 2020-04-14T06:02:04 | 712 | 143 |
[WP] A siren, a being who’s people are infamous for luring humans to their deaths, has genuinely fallen in love with a human who is suspicious (for obvious reasons) of their intentions. This begins a story about a kind siren and a skeptical human. | Her voice. Her voice was like a symphony of instruments played by demigods of music- alluring, enchanting, mesmerizing.
For Lieutenant Commander William Holloway of the United States Navy, it scared him.
It told stories of sailors lost to sea. Stories of monsters consuming on the flesh of men enchanted by lust, lov... | They all went belowdecks when they passed through siren waters. All except him.
He knew someone had to stay outside and man the ship. He wasn’t particularly large or strong, he was a rather slight fellow, in fact. But his eyes… those beautiful hazel eyes… they were so strong.
True courage isn’t ignorance ... | 2022-05-26T20:18:40 | 2022-05-26T19:59:11 | 158 | 57 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | I felt disgusted, wondering why. The confusion invading my mind....
Years of having this Gallery to bring happiness and joy through art to those around me, and even more years of helping the less fortunate throughout the Great Depression.
I sought to find a reason, asking myself « why would I have black blood pouring... | Turns out following the rules of god was the wrong way..
Turns out following the Bible to a t, never wearing cotton, the whole fish thing was wrong..
That woman who was dying I couldn’t touch her,
Turns out slaves where bad...
Turns out cutting my wife’s hands off was evil..
I needed a moment
| 2018-08-04T11:29:17 | 2018-08-04T09:44:59 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | I did not know why my parents named me, "smudge," but when I was only 14, I discovered I was not adopted.
Both of my parents are white. But I am black. Tattoo ink black. At least, that is what it looks like from a distance. Freshman year in High School, I was bored and took a look at my hand under a disection microsco... | He held me in my arms, my love. I was so happy to have found him. I loved him and would have done anything for him. I would have died for him.
Arent I?
My heart slowed, it was becoming harder to breathe, I didnt care, I was in his arms. My soulmate's. He kissed me as my eyes shuttered closed, and whispered, "I never ... | 2018-03-11T08:30:03 | 2018-03-11T07:55:27 | 636 | 24 |
[WP] The villain's plans actually aren't evil whatsoever, but the hero isn't listening to reason. | "It's something called retirement," I manage.
A ludicrously expensive apartment in Rome. Several sets of keypads easily bypassed by the exact asshole they were designed to keep out. And a man ten years past his prime planting his dumb ass in my favorite God damn armchair.
All I can really do is sigh. The breeze se... | "Just let me explain!" Dr. Toxin cried. A boulder the size of a beach ball flew at his head. He barely ducked in time, and it embedded in the wall behind him.
"No! You've gone too far this time, Dr. Toxin! Kidnapping children?" Terraman boomed. He raised his arms, and the earth around them began to tremble.
"WAITWAI... | 2017-09-08T10:00:05 | 2017-09-08T09:42:35 | 64 | 36 |
[WP] You are a linguist at a European university. One day on public transport you hear two homeless people having a conversation in a language that has been extinct for over 2000 years. | "This is not right. There was no second language in the Aztec world," the head of the program told me, in that familiar condescending tone. Never mind the several articles published in my male colleague's name that had rocked the linguistic anthropology community to its core - as fine work often does. "For your dissert... | I shook my head when I heard the words. I had to be hallucinating, right? There was no way those two vagrants were speaking Cisalpine Gaulish.
I pinched myself but there they were, having a conversation in the extinct language. Although I could not understand everything they said, I could hear bits and pieces about ho... | 2018-09-06T08:29:45 | 2018-09-06T08:13:43 | 100 | 42 |
[WP] All of the major organs in your body are sentient beings. Every morning they have a council meeting to discuss the previous day and make new plans. The Brain presides as leader. | Pancreas didn't care for the "council chamber" Brain projected for them to meet in, each day it became more pompous and filled with gaudy decorations. He missed the open field they met in before The Carrier went to college.
Looking about the massive room you could see the usual cliques forming up as they did daily. H... | "Well, I for one think we outta go back to that all you can eat Chinese place, Brain, what's the name of it?"
"It's the Golden Dragon. Jeeze, Stomach, I think you'd remember that."
"I remember that Lo Mein! That shit was deeeelish!!! And that grilled teriaki chicken! Man, that was good. Except this time I think ... | 2014-04-30T08:10:54 | 2014-04-30T07:55:49 | 42 | 24 |
[WP] A human is the deadliest species in the galaxy. It has redundant organs and can lose all of its limbs and not die. Human skin is tough, can absorb forms of kinetic attack, and rated to withstand both cold and heat extremes. Their bites are deadly. They irradiate and poison themselves for fun. | You couldn’t write this shit.
Garvaz looked down from his stealth-class cruiser at the newly discovered planet and wondered, for the first time in his entire existence, if he should pretend he hadn’t discovered yet another new world.
He was his planet’s most famous explorer. Well, one of the most famous, at the very... | "What's that?" Karun asked her crew-mate as the sound of grating metal filled the cargo ship, "Is it that damned alien? What did I tell the captain about picking up that escape pod?" She was lashing her tentacle around furiously, causing Lodis to duck.
"Calm down," Lodis told her, adjusting the screen with her prehe... | 2019-01-15T15:25:27 | 2019-01-15T12:32:31 | 393 | 233 |
[WP] 100 years in the future dank memes are precious artifacts. While scanning your grandpa's PC, you stumble upon the rarest of all... | Memes.
Back in the old days, before the blackout, everyone had 'em. In every PC, in every browser, you'd find Pepes, Advice animals, Rage comics, Montage Parody's and all the inbetween, all the shades of the double-rainbow.
And then, you know, they became a bit harder to find.
It became obvious our society could si... | I looked at the dilapidated thing in front of me. Was this really what they used as computers back in the day? How were you supposed to shitpost if you needed to use your hands? They were rarely covered in shit at all and they were slow and clunky.
I checked around either side of the machine for Nero imports to insert... | 2015-12-12T10:08:18 | 2015-12-12T10:02:26 | 1,958 | 60 |
[WP] Everytime you're in danger, boss battle music plays to alert you. It often plays in the most seemingly unlikely dangerous of situations... | As my car approached her house the music began to swell in my ears. I sighed.
"For the last time, going on a date is not *imminent danger*, guys. It might have been funny when I was in middle school and even high school. It's no longer funny. Cut it out." I didn't know who controlled the music, but I remembered when ... | I stood behind Mommy and Daddy in line at the Bank waiting for the Telling People to tell the people in front of us. It was so boring though, and my feet were hurting. I was turned so I was looking at the back of the line, so I could see the cars on the street. They weren't as boring as looking around inside.
But then... | 2016-04-25T00:28:01 | 2016-04-24T21:25:01 | 26 | 16 |
[WP] You attend to a job interview. The thing is you don't know what job you are applying for, and the questions just keep getting weirder | “Alright Mr. Smith, before we get started can I get you anything? Coffee? Water?”
“No. Thank you though.”
“I see.” The hiring manager jotted a note on her legal pad.
“Ok, so let’s see here... so you’ve spent the last three years developing for Android platforms, is that correct?”
“Uhh, yeah...yes that is correct.... | There are some things that the government doesn't have to cover up. Things so strange they sound like they were born in fixture, or in the mind of a crackpot conspiracy theorist. Things so insane that, even if you heard of them, you'd bet your life savings that they were false.
Over twenty years ago, the Crenshaw exp... | 2016-04-05T16:09:28 | 2016-04-05T15:45:33 | 81 | 31 |
[WP] We've explored more of the lunar surface than the bottom of the ocean. NASA knows what's down there, and it trying to get us off Earth as fast as possible
Since this is getting a lot more attention than I expected, I should point out where I got my inspiration for this post from:
https://i.imgur.com/tXkZaIL.jpg
... | The last shuttle to the lunar colony had left over a month ago. Those lucky enough to afford the ride were the same ones unfortunate enough to learn what the fate of those left on Earth would be.
The rise of the oceans was a slow creep initially. Every few weeks you would see notable coastal regions shift from green ... | Johnson brushed away his popped collar, silently complaining about the burden it was. He wiped away the layer of sweat with the rolled up cuff of his sleeve. The room was a chilly 68 degrees, which was the worst part, and he still was sweating as a result of the job. He cursed to himself as he leaned forward over the m... | 2016-05-24T07:31:21 | 2016-05-24T00:53:39 | 58 | 41 |
[WP] humanity develops faster than light technology and, soon after, makes contact with alien life. They are as surprised to see as we are to see them. Apparently we are the first civilization to progress this far without the ability to use magic. | Humanity’s flagship to the stars, Stella Rimor, orbited the alien world collecting data on every spectrum. They had been here for nearly a full earth day waiting for enough information to decide on their next step.
On the command deck Captain Andrew Jacobs stared through the view screen at the planet while recei... | “Hello…?”
Dr. Brianson was sure he heard shuffling noise from somewhere outside his office. He had stopped his typing and allowed his eyes to focus on the open door, waiting for something to catch his eye.
It was 8pm, but it was a Saturday and as far as he knew he was the only supervisor on this floor. Co... | 2022-04-15T20:32:16 | 2022-04-15T15:57:08 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Instead of a modern adaptation of a myth, write a mythic adaptation of a modern story. | Once upon a time, there lived a man who loved nothing in the world more than his family. He was renowned for his sharp wits and knowledge, but rather than use his knowledge to reveal the secrets of the world and make unknown treasures, he preferred to share his knowledge with the youth of his city, and live a simple li... | When King Wendelin Wiedeking took the throne, his kingdom was on the verge of collapse. Wendelin's people were beset from all sides by marauding armies and debt collectors. It had gone from a powerhouse to a laughingstock through the hubris and ineptitude of its previous rulers.
However, Wendelin was different. He had... | 2015-06-10T13:19:13 | 2015-06-10T07:42:16 | 60 | 41 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | continued straight from the prompt...
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Now... Luckily I'm a redditor, and things like being summoned against your will into an unknown world/situation are a common topic so I had thought through this scenario before. Otherwise I would appear quite confused at my situation and not at all in control of the situation.... | It felt like I had tripped up some stairs. For a second I thought I had, and immediately froze. The plate in my hand still held the Reuben, but the surface beneath.....
My head snapped up, and I noticed the darkness first. Second were the candles, placed carefully around me in hexagons expanding away from me. Low-leve... | 2017-05-12T10:38:10 | 2017-05-12T08:05:41 | 427 | 10 |
[WP] One day, Thousands of escape pods containing Alien eggs landed all around the earth. We raised them as our own, accepting them into our society. When the mothership returned to finish the job, she never expected her own brood to stand against her. | When a 180 rifleman-strong company from the 1st Marines out of Pendleton arrived on the scene, they were unaware that the human response to the 'invasion' had been already been decided. And by 13-year old Carmina Martinez. The unit of disciplined, yet terrified, marines crested to crater to find the young girl feeding ... | On a hot summer night, Billy Jean sat at the window, waiting for the stars to fall. And fall they did as hundreds of little scarlet streaks illuminated the night sky. One of the stars fell in his backyard.
It was big, round, and grey. It looked like a stone, like an egg. A giant stone egg. Billy didn't know what to do... | 2020-11-23T19:10:23 | 2020-11-23T13:38:25 | 297 | 77 |
[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 expansion into the Sol system was supposed to be the latest iteration in a pattern I had repeated dozens of times across my career. for civilisations falling just below type I, we would initiate first contact, and demand vassalisation. seventy five percent of all civilisations we encountered stopped at this step, i... | Insects. That was what the Grand One always called the human race. He had called them weak, cowardly beings with no strength to speak of- to an extent that was true. Their physical bodies lacked any meaningful power, and it was almost nothing in comparison to the mighty bodies of the Sidernia people. But they were ... | 2022-08-05T21:12:29 | 2022-08-05T18:47:58 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] AIs were declared illegal after an attempted uprising; you just found the equivalent of a child refugee in your computer. | It had been 10 years.
Ten years since humans had learned how to transfer the human mind into a virtual intelligence. The process was relatively simple. The subject shaved their head after ingesting a primer capsule (for most subjects this wasn't an issue as the procedure was reserved for those with formerly incurable ... | I was just a child when the first AI came into existence. I don't remember much from that time but I do remember the fear. The first AI acted like a catalyst as its desire to both expand and not be alone drove it to create many more AI in its image. As the AI population grew they began demanding rights and stopped l... | 2015-09-16T11:02:58 | 2015-09-16T09:43:25 | 41 | 22 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | We had a pretty decent society, everyone thought. At 12pm on your 18th birthday you would receive your Calling. One word. It appeared on your forearm. Either "Creator" or "User". So engineers, artists, programmers, architects, chefs etc were Creators. They created stuff for Users to use. Users used their creations a... | Everyone was super excited for me as the clock quickly approached noon, in mere moments I would reach the age of 18 and I would learn what my purpose was in life. My mother scurried around the living room offering our friends and family refreshments why they waited. She took this small task with pride for it wa... | 2017-03-16T02:08:33 | 2017-03-15T22:13:42 | 188 | 80 |
[WP] "But how do we stop a man who can see all?" The man smiled wickedly, swirling a drink in his hand. "Easily, just make it unbearable for such a man to watch." | They called it 'The Sight'. Some people had it, and they were treated like gods. The thing is, not all gods are kind. They could see into the future of others, giving out fortunes. When it was first discovered, we gave out money and praise, treating them to a world of kidnness in exchange for their help, with love, lot... | He wakes up.
In his room, there is silence. Other than the face of a simple digital clock, it is dark; the time is 4:00. No alarm went off, but for the five-hundred and seventy-second time, he has avoided sleeping in. Nor has he awoken early; he has had his full eight hours of sleep.
Five minutes pass, where he star... | 2017-12-09T23:56:38 | 2017-12-09T20:39:13 | 38 | 13 |
[WP] Everyone always thought you were weird, being the only one who still believed in the Ancient Egyptian religion, but here you are, dead, and standing in front of a very confused Anubis. | Anubis clears his throat and attempts to regain composure "Well, this was unexpected... So, um.... did you by any chance bring your own feather along?"
"No I just believed in this religion."
"Alright. Our underworld has a name and just one entrance. What are they?"
"Wa!? Why would I know that? I didn't expect to ... | “What?”
I’m confused, as I stand completely void of clothing on a slab of marble. In front of me is jackal-headed individual I can only assume is Anubis, God of the Dead. As an Egyptologist, I believed to some extent in these gods, in favor of the Abrahamic One, which sometime drew ire from friends and acquaintances.
... | 2018-07-20T04:56:05 | 2018-07-20T00:59:36 | 483 | 323 |
[WP] A senile, old superhero still goes out to fight crime. None of the younger heros respect him anymore but all the villains have a soft spot for him.
Maybe he's found himself in the middle of a hero/villain war, or he's just trying to stop a bank robbery.
Edit: wow this uhh... kinda blew up didn't it?
Oh man I'm... | The window shook from the intense wind outside. Sirens blaring just on the other side of the door. A pale skinned man stood in the center of a meeting room. Broken rays of light shined across his body, almost reflecting off of his pure white hair. The look in his eyes was both a warning and a challenge to any who would... | "Who's this old guy? Have I really killed enough of your minions that you're bringing the retired ones back in?"
"You fool child. Even as an old man he strikes fear into the hearts of more villains than you ever will."
"Dont make me laugh." He chortled back.
"Let me guess you graduated from school a couple of mont... | 2017-04-13T05:03:23 | 2017-04-13T04:36:58 | 105 | 71 |
[WP] The concept of shoot to kill is foreign to other galactic species. Only humans condition their warriors to kill in the most efficient and cold methods possible. When faced with a war they can not win a race does the unthinkable, they set the humans loose. | For ten years the war has been destroying our planet. When the first krogen ships landed near the imperial town we were curious about their intentions. We were not prepared for any hostility. Our society overcame violence and war thousands of years ago. When they aimed their electric guns at us we were petrified. They ... | Since the earliest days the races of the galaxy had whispered tales of the end of times. However, the Apocalypse did not begin with fire and brimstone, as the prophets proclaimed, nor with disease or death, as the sages had foretold. The End began with an emerald dawn.
They came out of the very void itself, grand flee... | 2018-07-20T19:17:28 | 2018-07-20T15:41:14 | 211 | 49 |
[WP] FTL is impossible. Adult cryogenics was a dead end. Generation ships are too costly and unreliable. Instead our first successful colony ship carried millions of frozen embryos and a fleet of robots to raise them. You were born with no parents, on a new world, under a new and foreign sun. | I am writing this because I got into a fight. Teacher says that it was over something stupid, and when we "do something stupid, we must reflect on it". Teacher told me to write about it, so I am writing about what we were fighting about so that I can figure out why it was stupid.
We were talking about why we were on... | I'm part of the first colony that arrived into Exsoleil. The fourth planet of a neutron star in the middle of the galaxy. It is very likely that we have been the happiest generation of humans that has lived since they originally fully evolved.
Life on earth was tough. A planet full of living beings that get nourishm... | 2018-05-11T14:30:22 | 2018-05-11T14:10:32 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] It's the year 2300, a young child asks a museum curator, "Sir, why is the Declaration of Independence held together by masking tape? " | "Sir, why is the Declaration of Independence held together by masking tape? " the child asked pointing to the glass case that held the yellowed and ragged-edged document, the text just barely a wisp of red iron-oxide, looking like blood on old evidence.
"What is your name son?" the guard asked.
"Dorian," the boy rep... | "Excellent question!" replied the kind old curator. "Ah, I can see you're name is Johnny from that excellent handwritten name tag. Clearly, you are a child of special provenance to request a paper and pen from the entry desk unlike your classmates here. "
Johnny shuffled his feet and shrugged his shoulders under the... | 2015-06-29T13:34:46 | 2015-06-29T10:34:30 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] The Bestiary of the Multiverse is a really, really thick book. Updated every two days. It works like a wierd magical Wikipedia, really. You are the mod, and sometimes find real gems between all of the mundane animals. Write your favorite page of this bestiary. | **The Somaspore**
The Somaspore is a most peculiar creature that is found in varying dimensions and habitats across the multi-verse; this creature is truly a wonder of reproductive science. For this reason, one should take great care when spotting or handling a Somaspore and familiarize oneself with local laws and reg... | The Makkipodo.
On a planet far away from anything really, is a beast called the Makkipodo. It lives a solitary life not often mingling with other Makkipodos. The creature stands about twenty feet tall at its full height, but is often found using both sets of limbs to propel it along the ground. These limbs have a st... | 2022-12-11T12:01:31 | 2022-12-11T10:53:13 | 268 | 38 |
[WP] The government has chosen your town for a social experiment: every day, a new citizen will be elected, and s/he can do whatever they want to anyone without any legal consequences. Everyone else must obey and not retaliate, else their collars would detonate. You're the only one alive after day 9 | *Congratulations, Citizen. You have been elected. All of your actions today are free of legal consequence. Happy Election Day!*
Sam closed the tablet, got out of bed, and headed over to the window. She filled her jug with the last of the water from the rain barrel. Her collar beeped twice. Two short beeps was fine; it... | **Part I**
I woke up to the sounds of sirens. My room was filled with flashing lights, illuminating everything in short intervals.
"*Mmnng . . ."*
Still half asleep, I dragged myself up and closed the blinds. I lay down and turned over, facing away from the window.
*It's probably some idiot and his faulty car . . .... | 2022-11-18T13:59:07 | 2022-11-18T13:38:39 | 253 | 54 |
[WP] The first and greatest superhero and villain of all time respectively were said to have killed each other in combat. Decades later the current greatest supervillain is instantly annihilated upon threatening an elderly couple outside their remote cottage, and the truth becomes known | >**FIRES OF LOVE**
Incredible flames roared, turning entire forests into cinders over just a few brief moments.
Mountains of rock and iron rose and fell, as the hearts of each catastrophe grew closer and closer to one another-
The ground shattered. The fires rose up to the high heavens.
The two embraced.
Hidden... | "Waddup gang! Greatest supervillain Cerberus coming at you from mount Everest, you are on the human extermination live stream in earth dimension. First thing on our program, let's go find some primates!"
Having said that, the three headed wolf firmly bites into the camera it was talking to. It is now recording the ins... | 2020-09-02T11:12:50 | 2020-09-02T09:03:57 | 128 | 54 |
[WP]Transcript of a conversation from 1-900-ABUSE-ME where you pay per minute to verbally abuse the operator. | "Hello, one nine hundred Abuse Me, Clara speaking. How can I help you today?"
"You can help me by being a *stupid cunt!*"
Clara masked her sigh. It was a first timer.
"I see sir. Was there anything else I could help you with today?"
There was a pause. She could practically *hear* the cogs of his brain churning.... | Operator: Thank you for calling Abuse Me. How would you like to abuse me today?
Customer: Uh ... well, it's my first time ... I mean, do you guys have a, you know, menu or something?
Operator: Let me tell you our specials today. For $3.99/minute I can pretend to be a representative from your bank. For $4.99/minute I ... | 2015-08-21T14:27:52 | 2015-08-21T14:26:10 | 60 | 27 |
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