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[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | Happy seeing my kids at the top of the stair
Waiting for their dad to come home from work
They shout "daddy!" and I forget the day
and for at least a few seconds
I remember that the important things
to me are at home
My dog, my kids
My beautiful wife
treasured moments
Life | The world is a brutal, selfish cocksucker of a whore
Everything, everywhere, everyone, everyplace, every day is colossal subterfuge
The willows whip wildly, the earth disgorges filth
Darkness does not equal lack of light
Beings, seemingly human, gape and maw
Animals, knowing better, scurry away
Brokenness and de... | 2015-02-12T23:02:15 | 2015-02-12T21:58:33 | 33 | 14 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | Happy seeing my kids at the top of the stair
Waiting for their dad to come home from work
They shout "daddy!" and I forget the day
and for at least a few seconds
I remember that the important things
to me are at home
My dog, my kids
My beautiful wife
treasured moments
Life | You are one of several billion clones in the world
Everybody everywhere living lives you'll never get to see
You can't help but wonder how they live
Somebody somewhere is feeling just like you
Somebody somewhere else is feeling worse
No one can be unique
Millions of other people
Just like you.
I... | 2015-02-12T23:02:15 | 2015-02-12T23:01:52 | 33 | 12 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | Ten years you held my heart locked in a cage.
I strive for calm but begin to come unhinged
You destroyed our lives with your casual fling
Your heartlessness served to set the stage
Deeply dreaming of my sweet revenge
Your lying throat I'll wring
My anger to assuage.
Burning to avenge.
Hot. Blinding.
Rage. | The world is a brutal, selfish cocksucker of a whore
Everything, everywhere, everyone, everyplace, every day is colossal subterfuge
The willows whip wildly, the earth disgorges filth
Darkness does not equal lack of light
Beings, seemingly human, gape and maw
Animals, knowing better, scurry away
Brokenness and de... | 2015-02-12T22:26:14 | 2015-02-12T21:58:33 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] Close the biggest plot hole in your favorite book or movie | "I will go to Mordor, though I do not know the way. Gandalf, could we fly?"
"Yes, Frodo, let's fly. On an eagle. To Mordor. Let's be miles above the ground and the lone object in the sky passing over mountain ranges towards our nemesis who is a giant eye. Even better, let's make sure that we are clinging to a bir... | *WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (original)*
**CHARLIE:** Grandpa? It says I can take somebody with me. I
wish you could go.
**GRANDPA JOE:** (struggling to get out of bed) Charlie.
(Charlie helps him.) Ah, that's good. Now help me up. (He
stands, then falls back on the bed) Oh!
**CHARLIE:** Are you o... | 2015-03-26T13:38:58 | 2015-03-26T12:20:39 | 28 | 21 |
[WP]You're the Interim CEO of a major internet company. Every decision you make seems to just go completely wrong. | As I stared around the boardroom, I felt the eyes of 8 top-level execs on me. It was my time to shine. I walked over to my PowerPoint presentation, confident in my abilities. As I was about to talk, my throat suddenly seized up. I stood there, in front of a bunch of middle-aged men, who's eyes bored deep into my soul, ... | 12 noon. I slowly open my eyes and let out a stifled yawn. I hate waking up so early, but the mailman should be delivering my AOL cd today, and I'm going to get a technician to install the internet off it onto my phone.
But first, I have a very important decision to make. One that may change the course of history. I th... | 2015-07-03T00:27:19 | 2015-07-02T23:25:51 | 26 | 18 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | "Don't shoot, I'm Shia not Sunni! How come you westerners can never understand the difference?!"
"Oh. I understand the difference, more than you'll never know..." *blaat* (cut to thug life vine)
Alternative: dearest laquisha,
The days are hot and the nights are cold in this barren desert of Syria. I opine for these ... | It was one day after setting sail. The charted Carnival Freedom was 300 nautical miles off the east coast of the United States. With over 5000 nautical miles to go until our heroes reach the shore of the Syrian port town of Latakia, terror began to unfold.
“Boss! We’ve run out of our entire supply of coconut shrimp” p... | 2015-12-07T10:09:17 | 2015-12-07T08:46:53 | 146 | 14 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | "Don't shoot, I'm Shia not Sunni! How come you westerners can never understand the difference?!"
"Oh. I understand the difference, more than you'll never know..." *blaat* (cut to thug life vine)
Alternative: dearest laquisha,
The days are hot and the nights are cold in this barren desert of Syria. I opine for these ... | Waves lap at the shore a young Syrian child picks up a stone to throw at the water her eyes are flooded war has ravaged the city and the future is un-certain a hermet crab catches her eye but a loud thud causes the creature to re-enter its shell, the child runs fearing another bombing raid but her gaze is fixated on th... | 2015-12-07T10:09:17 | 2015-12-07T09:25:02 | 146 | 10 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | We thought that the devils of the west only sent us more soldiers for the hounds of Allah to feast on, yet more greedy, rich, decadent American blood to bath in.
We did not expect this. They moved in, accepting our ways, then they divided us. Drugs were always an issue regarding our warriors, young and boorish, but ou... | It was one day after setting sail. The charted Carnival Freedom was 300 nautical miles off the east coast of the United States. With over 5000 nautical miles to go until our heroes reach the shore of the Syrian port town of Latakia, terror began to unfold.
“Boss! We’ve run out of our entire supply of coconut shrimp” p... | 2015-12-07T09:53:36 | 2015-12-07T08:46:53 | 76 | 14 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | We thought that the devils of the west only sent us more soldiers for the hounds of Allah to feast on, yet more greedy, rich, decadent American blood to bath in.
We did not expect this. They moved in, accepting our ways, then they divided us. Drugs were always an issue regarding our warriors, young and boorish, but ou... | Waves lap at the shore a young Syrian child picks up a stone to throw at the water her eyes are flooded war has ravaged the city and the future is un-certain a hermet crab catches her eye but a loud thud causes the creature to re-enter its shell, the child runs fearing another bombing raid but her gaze is fixated on th... | 2015-12-07T09:53:36 | 2015-12-07T09:25:02 | 76 | 10 |
[WP] You wake up in a tub of ice with a two insicions on your back and a note that reads "Why don't you have any kidneys? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?" | Santiago de Buille Preshton of Arch Lambert Avenue, Suite 2201, one Mister Francois Marie-Adem Langlois was once a respectable man.
Now being found in a place most distasteful to the man of high tastes, he found himself in a rather most uncomfortable position. An apparent ice cold bath with several incisions along h... | "Aww fuck this won't be good. I'm in Chongqing so I'm sure this was done by the koruppted boys. The low level bitches who fucked my back up are being chewed out by their Capo right now I bet. He's going to tell his boss and that fat fuck will know exactly who I am.
It's easier getting lost in mainland China than mos... | 2015-12-30T22:31:42 | 2015-12-30T20:45:14 | 70 | 25 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | God leaned back in their chair and made a gentle clicking sound their tongue. They often did this when they were thinking, although it could get a little irritating as they sometimes were lost in thought like this for decades. And what else could the Metatron do. It was his job to record gods thoughts and actions, so c... | "Like some sort of viral infection on my once beautiful planet. Do they know that no creature of similar size's population even comes close? Yet they continue to breed and multiply. Their persistence is impressive, I'll give them that. They just don't give up. There are skinny ones who don't have any of the liquid that... | 2016-03-07T04:38:07 | 2016-03-07T04:31:20 | 256 | 49 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | God leaned back in their chair and made a gentle clicking sound their tongue. They often did this when they were thinking, although it could get a little irritating as they sometimes were lost in thought like this for decades. And what else could the Metatron do. It was his job to record gods thoughts and actions, so c... | Inside a large lab with sparkling white walls, a man sat in front of a computer. His finger held a small pencil he tapped over and over on the screen.
After tapping the screen a few more times, groaning impatiently once and then running a hand through his beard over and over, he got up from his seat.
"Oh, my back!" ... | 2016-03-07T04:38:07 | 2016-03-07T04:17:08 | 256 | 12 |
[WP] You're a 12 year-old in a world domintated by magic. A small, feeble man appears on your doorstep claiming: "You're a scientist, Henry" | Henry Porter was a normal ten year old boy, though he had an odd, pinprick-shaped scar on his forearm. Raised by his magically talented aunt and uncle, who spent a lot of time casting hexes and jinxes on him for things he did not do, Henry hoped that he would one day manifest accidental magic like his cousin Dougie, wh... | "You're a scientist, Henry."
The words still rang in his head, even more so after he was all but rushed out the door by his adoptive aunt and uncle. He had never known his parents, seen their faces. Henry Hoight was simply a boy. He never received his wizarding letter from Woggerts like his cousin. He attended the sch... | 2016-05-20T18:33:29 | 2016-05-20T17:16:29 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] A frog comes up to a man and tells him if he kisses it, it'll turn into a beautiful princess. He's more interested in having a talking frog with him though. | "Hello, Sir?"
"Yes-- wait, who said that?"
"Down here. The frog. Beside your foot."
"Holy crap, dude!"
"Yes, yes. Talking frog, very cool, I know. But hey, do you want to hear something even better?"
"Uh, yeah."
"I'm actually a cursed princess. My name is Rosaline. If you kiss me, I will totally ditch this frog b... | "If you kiss me, I will make you into a princess!" the frog croaked from Daniel's shoulder. Daniel narrowed his eyes.
"I'm...a man, though."
"Ah yes, but don't you wish to be a beautiful princess who can live happily ever after in the fairy tale of their dreams? 'Tis but a once in a lifetime chance, my friend!"
Dan... | 2016-05-31T06:38:50 | 2016-05-31T06:25:32 | 184 | 52 |
[WP] "You're nothing but skin and bones." Little do they know that's exactly what you are. You're an undercover skeleton infiltrating the mortal world. | "Think about it," hissed George. "There's one *inside every single one of us.*"
Cal clattered politely. He wasn't getting exposed. Not here, not now.
"Ok George, that's completely correct. Correct, but consider this: You are filled with iron, too. What if the magnets are conniving to kill you?"
Cal didn't care abou... | Bob and Jim sit in the office canteen drinking coffee, while staring at James, the new guy.
"He's a bit odd" says Jim nodding towards James.
"Drinks a lot of milk" grumbles Bob from his coffee cup.
"Yeah, lot of milk", Jim leans back in his chair while still staring intently at James.
James turns and sees Bob an... | 2016-08-19T12:57:18 | 2016-08-19T12:19:14 | 53 | 18 |
[WP]To combat overpopulation At birth, everyone gets the right bear 0.75 of a child. Together, a couple has 1.50. After the first child is born, the couple can sell the remaining 0.50 or buy another 0.50 from another couple to have a second child.
I got this idea from /r/CrazyIdeas
[Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/C... | Five digits, plus two decimals. Matt and Janie had kept track of every penny.
"Is that all?" Kathy asked.
Kathy's perfect daughter - her angel, her shining star - sat at the end of the table, coloring a picture of a butterfly. Janie knew that the girl's presence was meant to manipulate her. She would really pre... | They say it was to combat overpopulation, but that's a lie.
The price has gone up again by 75 basis points. To me, this meant nothing. To my sister, this meant everything.
We had already sold our rights years ago, back in the 2082 depression. Despite being orphans, we were still given our right to bear children. Iro... | 2016-10-16T07:24:17 | 2016-10-16T03:22:33 | 104 | 22 |
[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... | "You sure we won't get in trouble?" asked Kaaboom, nervously picking at his collar. "I mean, I'm still on probation, you know. Can't afford to get written up on any more of them charges."
"There's no crime if it's for a good purpose," said Vorlax, who as No. 42 on the League's most wanted list, really was the last per... | "I'll let you off this time but, you have to promise to try and change your ways!" Neroman spoke his hands dramatically placed on his hips.
"Norma- I mean Neroman I'm sorry for forcing you to come out like this, I know you've been busy with your new kid and all" Shade responded.
The Supervillan exchanged a treat of ... | 2017-04-13T05:07:34 | 2017-04-13T04:34:12 | 1,398 | 317 |
[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... | **ANOTHER TYPICAL DAY IN CENTRAL CITY - THE CITIZENS GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY BUSINESS, THE BIRDS SING - AND A BANK IS ROBBED!**
BOOM!
*"Right, let's get out of there, Technofiend!"*
"I OBEY, HELLVIXEN."
*"You don't always have to talk like that, Tech."*
"Soz."
"MU-HA-HA-HA! Our evil plan reaches fruition! So... | As Anton's whip tightened around Tony's neck, all the while sending huge volts of electricity through Tony's armor, he saw a familiar figure walk towards him.
"Ms. Carter, please step away!!!".
Peggy stopped for a second, and then continued walking towards Anton.
"Stop! You know his father stole my dad's inventio... | 2017-04-13T06:02:27 | 2017-04-13T05:10:16 | 73 | 10 |
[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... | "This plan is stupid." Harold stated. "Of course it is!" The Boss said, "that's why we're going to do it exactly that way." "We'll get caught, you've lost your mind." Harold retorted. "No, I haven't," The Boss said wistfully, but HE has. He's been after me for fifty years now. I'm old and dying slowly of cancer, and he... | "I don't have time for this Hydro, so let that girl go and I may just spare you the hurt." His voice boomed. Mr. Streak, greatest hero of the 1980s, my grandfather's one time nemesis and comrade in arms against the Zorblaxian invasion. Despite his age, the old dreg still looks dapper as he was in his prime, it's a pity... | 2017-04-13T06:23:16 | 2017-04-13T05:12:50 | 44 | 25 |
[WP] All of your pets die in ironic ways. Smokey the dog died in a fire, Sugar the cat died of diabetes, etc. This time you've named your pet something a little... unconventional. | I felt bad, but thought it was kind of funny when Scarface the ferret died by getting into my stash and eating it for some reason. I wondered what the odds were when our dog Diesel got hit by a semi that shouldn't have even been going through our streets. However, Caesar the cat getting attacked by all the other cats... | I was convinced that I was cursed. All those other pets.... So, I decided to name my newest pet something hard to die from. I nixed pillow (suffocation) and feathers (hawk) and named my dog the nicest thing that I could think of: Leaf.
We were at the park when Leaf started running toward a pile of leaves. "Leaf, no!"... | 2017-04-22T21:02:26 | 2017-04-22T20:51:13 | 89 | 22 |
[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. | Mr. Winsel blinked. He was no longer in his clean, orderly office. He was in a dingy cave that smelled of mold and slime and... cave stuff. Candles surrounded him. The soles of his shoes rubbed against a hastily scribbled pentagram on the cave floor. A sorcerer, looking quite proud of himself, grinned cheerfully.
The ... | "Well, that's why you don't trust Samoans..." I trailed off as I realize that something is not quite right. I was reasonably sure that I had just been walking down the street, talking to my good buddy Sully on the phone, but I was now decidedly not on a street.
"This isn't a street at all!" I exclaimed loudly, as I n... | 2017-05-12T07:46:52 | 2017-05-12T07:20:02 | 1,871 | 543 |
[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.... | "Naturally, it's your genetics and evolutionary upbringing that lead to such [TRANSLATION MISSING - Suggestion: sanity curdling bloodlust that all sentient lifeforms would cringe away from in existential horror] among your people." The device doing the translating, a slim piece of floating aluminium foil, by the looks ... | 2017-05-12T10:38:10 | 2017-05-12T07:53:52 | 427 | 122 |
[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. | At one moment, there was fog. At the next, I find myself standing in a circle of candles, in a darkened room, with nothing but the smell of burning wax and stuffiness, like being inside one of those old military outposts that they keep for posterity. You ever put your hand against a vacuum hose? Imagine that, but going... | Jason dropped the carboard box onto the one he had set down prior, and stepped back. He held his lower back and arched. Fuck, this retail stocking shit is not fun. Time for a break. He walked over to the door, reached in his shirt pocket and grabbed for his smokes. Opening the door, he stepped through into brilliant su... | 2017-05-12T10:09:52 | 2017-05-12T08:33:39 | 67 | 44 |
[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. | At one moment, there was fog. At the next, I find myself standing in a circle of candles, in a darkened room, with nothing but the smell of burning wax and stuffiness, like being inside one of those old military outposts that they keep for posterity. You ever put your hand against a vacuum hose? Imagine that, but going... | With a heavy sigh I got out of bed. My body ran on autopilot as I got through my usual morning routine: shower, shave, breakfast. I looked at the clock, dreading as it neared 9am.
"I guess I should get going..." I said with disdain.
The walk to the bus felt like an eternity. It was pure torture. Normally people woul... | 2017-05-12T10:09:52 | 2017-05-12T09:56:21 | 67 | 34 |
[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. | There were many questions I had, but I wasn't entirely sure how to react. I *was* in my house, but *now* I'm in a budget Lord of the Rings.
That included the wizard who looked like he'd both just pissed himself and had won the lottery.
"Good... GOOD... Now, my slave... DESTROY MY ENEMIES! Turn their skulls into past... | "Save her!"
"Wha-?"
"I summoned you here to save her! Do it!"
On the table lay a woman with labored breath and covered in blood.
"I can't do it here. You'll have to send me back. I need an ER."
"I have an ear for you right here, demon!" The man jiggles his own bloody ear in his hand.
"No, I need an E... R... An e... | 2017-05-12T09:29:02 | 2017-05-12T09:10:43 | 65 | 43 |
[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. | "Look man, I don't think you know what you're doing. There's gonna be some serious repercussions for this kind of shit," Tom said as he leaned back in his chair, glowering at a sweaty, porcine man across the table from him.
"I've got to fucking do it, Tom," Greg whimpered out, his lower lip quivering ever so slightly.... | It happened as Dan was sat on the old chair in the greenhouse, lazily puffing on a cigertte. He sat, neck arched down scrolling mindlessly through social media. The occassional billows of smoke slowly carried on the draft like a balloon gradually disapeering from existance as it floated away. As the rollie burnt contin... | 2017-05-12T13:13:55 | 2017-05-12T09:57:53 | 37 | 27 |
[WP] It is illegal for people under 18 to talk to people over 21, or vice versa. In between, there is a 3 year period of your life in which you can talk to anybody you want. | I watched the clock as it ticked down the few minutes I had left of being 17. My parents, silent of course, were sitting nearby, watching with a big smile on their face. After all this time, they were finally able to speak to me.
A few decades ago, a lot of people came to the conclusion that young and old people don't... | He always watched over me. Sometimes, I would catch a smile or a tender glance my way, but most times, he kept a stern face. I didn't really know what to make of it. Our car rides to school were voids of silence, our dinners at home were like two soldiers staring across the DMZ. I had started bringing my food to my roo... | 2017-05-14T12:18:10 | 2017-05-14T12:16:05 | 696 | 59 |
[WP]You keep getting kidnapped by the biggest Supervillain on the planet. The Superheroes of the world think it's because you're important, however, it's really because the Villain really likes talking to you. You know this but you can't tell anyone because if you do people will get hurt worse.
You can take this story... | Johnny's mom had always told him not to talk to strangers. However, she made no mention of what he should do if a Super Villain burst through the roof of his elementary school, threw him over his shoulders, and took him for a joy ride over the skyscrapers of New York. So all Johnny could do was to cry. After all, this ... | I don't even know where I should start this story. I guess I could start with my birth, but I feel that's a tad irrelevant. I suppose that it'd be best to start with the day I met Mr. Brain Storm.
I was only 16 or 17 at the time, and being so young, I wasn't really in the habit of knowing one villain from the next. I... | 2017-05-24T22:31:19 | 2017-05-24T21:29:43 | 1,753 | 284 |
[WP] You never kill the spiders in your home, you just whisper "today you, tomorrow me" when you set them outside. Now, in your most dire moment, an army of spiders arrives to have your back. | It started as a small shadow on the ground that glistened and shimmered as it moved. Quickly it swelled, swirled.. pulsed. I was transfixed on the movement.
My shoulder had taken the brunt of the fall but my head had hit the ground with a loud crack. I was too dazed to move... all I could do was watch. The scene play... | Well, it wasn't easy getting to like them. But it's a tangled web we weave.
Back in the day I used to put spiders outside instead of killing them. It was a habit I got used to. I guess as I got older I also turned into more a pacifist... maybe trying to make up for all the nasty things I had done in my youth. I would ... | 2017-08-28T00:15:26 | 2017-08-27T21:38:39 | 111 | 72 |
[WP] A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | "I use a tripod a lot."
"Bipod works, too."
"Huh, never thought of that. Steady is important. Don't want to ruin a good shot."
"Yeah, that's the worst. When your subject moves unexpectedly just before you take it."
"Wildlife?"
"Sometimes, but mostly people."
"Yeah, me too."
"There... | She'd told me she'd shot a few people.
I'd laughed.
I shouldn't have laughed. But... but there's 14 trillion photos due to be taken this year, on average little Jimmy, little average Jimmy, will take 3 and a half thousand shots this year... on his own.
Everyone thinks they're a fucking photographer and it's killi... | 2017-08-31T09:25:49 | 2017-08-31T08:12:15 | 2,248 | 962 |
[WP] A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | "I use a tripod a lot."
"Bipod works, too."
"Huh, never thought of that. Steady is important. Don't want to ruin a good shot."
"Yeah, that's the worst. When your subject moves unexpectedly just before you take it."
"Wildlife?"
"Sometimes, but mostly people."
"Yeah, me too."
"There... | The woman sighed as she put the glass down on the worn wood of the bar counter. "Again, Jean?" she asked with a smile.
The ancient bartender winked as he obliged, filling her glass with the amber liquid. "Long day?" he asked, his cloudy blue eyes sympathetic.
"Very," she answered with a nod. "I had the perfect shot... | 2017-08-31T09:25:49 | 2017-08-31T07:55:09 | 2,248 | 41 |
[WP] A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | She'd told me she'd shot a few people.
I'd laughed.
I shouldn't have laughed. But... but there's 14 trillion photos due to be taken this year, on average little Jimmy, little average Jimmy, will take 3 and a half thousand shots this year... on his own.
Everyone thinks they're a fucking photographer and it's killi... | The woman sighed as she put the glass down on the worn wood of the bar counter. "Again, Jean?" she asked with a smile.
The ancient bartender winked as he obliged, filling her glass with the amber liquid. "Long day?" he asked, his cloudy blue eyes sympathetic.
"Very," she answered with a nod. "I had the perfect shot... | 2017-08-31T08:12:15 | 2017-08-31T07:55:09 | 962 | 41 |
[WP] "You... you, did all of this... for a pun?" | I decided, today was the day I was going to fulfill my destiny.
I began sorting out all my belongings , anything I could find to sell to fund my odd fetish. Old books, photos, electronics, anything I could lay my hands on.
I carried my sack of items to every trader in town, any shop who was willing to change my ite... | "Oh dear, you are making food tonight?" Ino asked as she arrived home from work.
"Yes, today is a special occasion," Thomas responded with a grin.
"Oh? What is it?" Ino wondered, she walked behind Thomas and put her hands around him, kissing his ears.
"I have something to tell you. You'll find out soon, I am almost ... | 2018-02-05T06:44:34 | 2018-02-05T06:41:53 | 1,306 | 114 |
[WP] Write about a world where whenever somebody writes on their skin, it appears on their soulmate's body as well. | It took a damn long time for my ink to show. As kids, none of us could really make out any writing that showed up on our bodies. But then, most everyone's was at least somewhat legible by the time they were a teen, and almost always completely clear by the time they were 18 or 19. Throughout high school and college I w... | I can't believe it. On her right forearm is the same tattoo that I have. It's the symbol for fire, not from Avatar. She must've grown tired of hearing that question asked as well. She has the same shoulder scar from my surgery. She must have so many questions. I fell out of a truck, I burned my forearm at the grill at ... | 2018-04-01T21:53:10 | 2018-04-01T20:03:34 | 63 | 14 |
[WP] After grazing your child's cut knee one afternoon, you discover you have the power to heal others simply by touching them. You use your new gift to rid a plethora of illnesses and wounds in your community. One day, you exhaust your powers and see a familiar cut form on your knee....
| "We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty on all counts," said the portly man I knew we had all along. Beads of sweat had formed along his neckline, his whole body sighing as he read. I'm sure he was a good enough man--hell if he was hurting, I'd likely have helped him--but McDaniels had his ways of making money fin... | (Changed the knee cut to a forehead cut)
***
I cut my forehead as a child. A deep gash that bled into my eyes. I must’ve been very small, but I still remember the sticky warmth between my eyelids. My grandmother was old even then, but this was before she started having those episodes of mania. Her wrinkly hands held m... | 2018-04-25T05:48:47 | 2018-04-25T05:35:01 | 888 | 115 |
[WP] After grazing your child's cut knee one afternoon, you discover you have the power to heal others simply by touching them. You use your new gift to rid a plethora of illnesses and wounds in your community. One day, you exhaust your powers and see a familiar cut form on your knee....
| "We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty on all counts," said the portly man I knew we had all along. Beads of sweat had formed along his neckline, his whole body sighing as he read. I'm sure he was a good enough man--hell if he was hurting, I'd likely have helped him--but McDaniels had his ways of making money fin... | ## No Good Deed...
It doesn't hurt, the sliver of fresh pink, not at first. It appears on the unblemished skin of Richard's knee cap right before his eyes, stipling there at first, just some red dots, then a rivulet of blood, then the full cut, a specter from the past.
Richard stares down at it with abject horror at... | 2018-04-25T05:48:47 | 2018-04-25T05:48:34 | 888 | 18 |
[WP] Humans blood gets darker the more evil we do. One day you are suspected of murder, they draw your blood to test if you are truely a murderer. You blood is a clear white. You realize that you can get a way with almost everything now, seeing as to how you actually did commit the murder. | Trent had to admit it was a shame that such desperate pleas
fell on deaf ears. But regardless, he had to go through with the murder of Ms.
Winthrow. The inheritance was too great, and her death too far away.
Trent was eventually caught and promptly tested. For how the
corpse was found his blood should’ve been darker ... | Charles whistled as he looked through the stolen wallet in his hand. The number of cards this person had plus cash was staggering. The idiot even had his pin number scratched into the front of the card. It would not take long to safely empty out this person's life savings. Cautiously, Charles took a small knife and sla... | 2018-04-30T10:48:35 | 2018-04-30T10:13:30 | 231 | 78 |
[WP] Turns out Humans are tiny compared to any other species of aliens, allowing them to live off in the nooks and crannies of alien spaceships. Colonies can live on ships for generations unseen and unknown, or have a mutually beneficial relationship with a crew. | * Ahem *
Bindrel lived his life on a generation ship, like so many of our kind. Our planet had been nearly used up, and it was time to move on. "Next time, we'll do better", the elders would say, but Bindrel neither knew nor cared about what was or what would be. He had no memory of the vast oceans and towering mou... | Turns out that humans are tinier than a dust particle floating in an unknown corner of space. That was until they started floating toward other parts of the universe. I have to hand it to them, they had come a long way given their size against other beings in the stars. Especially the young human named, Shawn Willard. ... | 2018-05-30T13:04:32 | 2018-05-30T11:11:03 | 213 | 95 |
[WP] The man who ruined your relationship with your fiancée and then mysteriously disappeared has now returned to town. After such a long time you have now come face-to-face with Cotton Eye Joe | It’s been 10 years since I left David at the altar, surrounded by my scandalised friends and family. David was a sweet man, but I knew in my heart what I wanted, I couldn’t ignore it.
I ran down the street to our usual rendezvous, I didn’t care that people were staring at me as my veil flew behind me in the wind. I h... | It was utterly impossible to see the man walking again. Not only because it set my heart on fire to see him, but also because I'd buried him in the desert a decade ago. Under the black monoliths where the sun never quite reached, in that queer place where time had never ventured, I'd buried him, screaming, in the never... | 2018-08-20T07:50:13 | 2018-08-20T07:32:17 | 344 | 160 |
[WP] When you kill someone, you get their best trait. Except it's what *they* think is their best trait. | It was him. It was him from the photo, she could tell, that horrible man that everyone talked about, yet only in a whisper, as if the very mention of him would summon him.
The families left behind. The children left motherless. He only killed women, they said. The things he would do to them! She would shake off every ... | When I kill someone, I get what THEY think is their best trait. Now, I don’t want to start caring for all the people I kill; – that would ruin the whole point of continual improvement unbound by the law of diminishing returns. And I don’t want to suffer from guilt either. So I don’t kill those with a conscience just to... | 2018-09-15T10:39:10 | 2018-09-15T09:43:21 | 466 | 185 |
[WP] Medieval times, a woman is accused by villagers of being a witch and she is put in a cage to drown, after 3 minutes she is not dead so they burn her at the stake but she survives that too, villagers now realize they finally found a real witch and don’t know what to do next... | The fire burned through the ropes that had tied Millicent to the stake. She stayed in the center of the flames, crossed her arms, and leaned casually against the stake. She waited for the screams and shouts to subside.
“What do we do now?” the blacksmith asked.
“How about you recognize that I was telling the truth ... | Indeed, it is unpleasant to be brought to the very point of death without the final release. I have to admit, the burning brought me closest. Through the flames, I caught glimpses of the Mother, chanting with my spirit sisters, “Not her time. Not her time. Not her time.” And then I would be thrown back into my broken, ... | 2019-02-12T04:15:10 | 2019-02-12T04:15:07 | 120 | 55 |
[WP] You lay there, in the middle of nowhere, dying. There at your side a ghost appears, he's not there to save you, he can't. He's there to give you company, so you won't die alone like it did so many years ago. | I was dying in the middle of nowhere.
Well, I guess that idiom makes no sense, the more I think about it. You can't be *nowhere*, right? No matter where you are, you're somewhere, even if it's a somewhere that specializes in a whole lot of nothing.
That's the more accurate description, I suppose, though it doesn't ... | The car had fallen into a river, apparently. I couldn't remember it clearly; the entire night had been a blur. One second, I had been driving, the next, I found myself in freezing cold water, still buckled in my seat. I was watching myself from outside my body, which terrified me to no end. The glass from my windows ha... | 2019-03-28T19:00:19 | 2019-03-28T18:42:29 | 941 | 50 |
[WP] You've saved countless teenage lives. You're the person who convinced the world that to summon Bloody Mary you say her name 3 times, instead of the 5 times it actually takes. | “Sue! Susan! It worked!” Yet another one. I’m Susanna Anne Marie or Susan, or Anne or Sue or whatever form of my name I choose to take on for this life. I am a demon of hell, a lower level demon whose purpose is to mislead. I hate it quite a lot but I’ve found ways to turn it around.
Anyway, back to Grace. “I summoned... | It all began as a little trick on an unknowing acquaintance.
Rhea's friend, Margot, had finished a very tame horror novel and is asking Rhea how to summon Bloody Mary. Rhea grinned inwardly. " Just say her name three times, no more, no less."
"Are you sure? I heard that it's supposed to be five." Margot asked. Rhea'... | 2019-04-15T08:28:05 | 2019-04-15T05:44:17 | 23 | 16 |
[WP]: Your little crime family ran a restaurant as a money laundering front. However, the place got so popular, you decided to quit the crime and just run the place straight. Now, a new crime organisation is trying to inch into town, on your turf. It's time to get back to business. | Beads of sweat rolled down Hector's forehead, threatening to sting his eyes as they collected on his bushy eyebrows; he dabbed his face with the hand-towel he kept slung on his apron for that specific purpose, calling out merrily to his young employees on the other side of the service counter.
"Two large Hawaiian and... | We had a lanky fella dressed in all black that walked into the restaurant one day; he sat down with some other well-dressed gentleman four of them to be exact. I didn’t pay much attention to them as it was lunch hour and we were swamped with orders “Come on, get those orders out!” I yell at the chef Pierre, “I am worki... | 2019-04-17T09:03:50 | 2019-04-17T08:13:29 | 446 | 69 |
[WP] You died. Death is boring, a blank black nothing. After a while, boredom sets in. As a joke you shout, "Let there be light!" And suddenly, there was Light. | There is nothing around me. No sound. No light. No voices. No touch. I can move, I think, but I don't know if I just move my limbs or move around in … space? Not space. Something.
I'm dead, obviously. The sound and the light could be part of an experiment, but the void, for lack of better words, is beyond anything peo... | Well crap. Im dead. Isnt that fun. Weeeeeee! Void! I love this! This is so much fun floating around in nothingness!
Okay. This is painfully boring. What am i supposed to do? Am i stuck like this for eternity? Do i get reincarnated at some point? Could i at least watch what's going on back home?
Ugh. This is so ve... | 2019-10-06T03:09:55 | 2019-10-05T23:18:36 | 606 | 196 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | Sophie turns 11 today.
That was Dudley Dursley's first thought upon waking on that cold, grey morning. He smiled to himself, pulling his wife a bit closer and hoping to sleep just a bit more.
His eyes shot open.
Sophie. Sophie turns 11 today!
For a moment, he was back in his childhood, kipping under several blanket... | I'm taking just a few liberties with the prompt but I hope you like.
Everything is just perfect. "Dear! What time are people coming today?" Dudley yelled upstairs where his wife Rachel was getting dressed. About two hours before tea time Hun. We've only gone over this a million times". With the presents from Mummy and... | 2019-10-16T12:24:03 | 2019-10-16T12:22:25 | 76 | 22 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | If you shot a man, what would you expect? A little bit of blood, the heart stopping and their brain shutting off from good, right?
Yeah, I thought that too. And I trained my whole life on that basis. The academy was mostly dodging and just a little shooting. That worked in the War for Vyx. The natives, sticky and rupg... | Every single species of the council had something that made it unique.
The Tara'Gi could fly.
Sinarex were silicon based live forms capable of withstanding the hardest blows, by shifting around their density
Melrath were incredibly fast.
These abilities made them unique in any conflict. Except against humans.
Se... | 2019-10-25T08:22:11 | 2019-10-25T08:21:31 | 218 | 107 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | It was a single scout ship that first orbited the Earth. It’s technology was advanced well beyond the planet below. The crew was carrying out standard investigation protocol. The rocky planet had tremendous resources, including heavy metals, water, and vast amounts of organic. The population appears strong and useful. ... | Every single species of the council had something that made it unique.
The Tara'Gi could fly.
Sinarex were silicon based live forms capable of withstanding the hardest blows, by shifting around their density
Melrath were incredibly fast.
These abilities made them unique in any conflict. Except against humans.
Se... | 2019-10-25T08:47:26 | 2019-10-25T08:21:31 | 217 | 107 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | Juan wasn't sure about this.
He was recruited at the New Madrid post of the colonial marines, on Eden. It was a lush green world his parents came to settle, escaping the wave of persecution that the neo-fascist regime government of their homeland was implementing.
Joining the marines was a natural choice. He hated ... | The stars were massive, and humanity was new, most species had awaited the next enlightened age of a new species, and intergalactic law had held them in their patience until now. Now there were free game, equals to all whom would have at them. Of course, not all were simply waiting to see. Some saw profit.
The first o... | 2019-10-25T08:58:03 | 2019-10-25T08:49:00 | 65 | 41 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | Jerry Novak was a simple teen. His hair was close-cropped, with no special style, his clothes were regular—just jeans and a T—he was utterly average in terms of appearance, and even his Rune was bland. Just a plain old circle.
Everyone else had magnificent patterns: dual swords crossing and emitting sparks, skulls wit... | "What's the matter, muggle? Too afraid to use your powers?" David said, and shoved me.
It's the same routine everyday. David and his friends had recently started watching Harry Potter and learned a new word. Thus, muggle was all I was used to hearing all week.
"I don't think this little twig has any," Rob said and ... | 2020-02-26T05:10:36 | 2020-02-26T04:53:48 | 1,182 | 234 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | Every day was the same routine. In and out, Algebra 2, English 3 , French 1, Lunch , History of Europe, American Civic, Phys Ed, Rinse and repeat.
In Algebra it was Liam. He was also really smart and math was always my worst subject. I struggled to keep up with the abstracts. Pulling imaginary numbers from thin air wa... | "What's the matter, muggle? Too afraid to use your powers?" David said, and shoved me.
It's the same routine everyday. David and his friends had recently started watching Harry Potter and learned a new word. Thus, muggle was all I was used to hearing all week.
"I don't think this little twig has any," Rob said and ... | 2020-02-26T06:44:16 | 2020-02-26T04:53:48 | 320 | 234 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | As I sat in the dark holding room, my only companions a security camera programmed to turn left and right on a ten second cycle and a cold metal table I was now handcuffed to, I continued my replaying of the events in my head. Better to keep things straight for when the Good Cop/Bad Cop routine starts.
I'd just ha... | Even before the rapture, that's what we've grown to call the day the sky lit up like a god had laid fire to a rainbow, i had trouble fitting in. I never enjoyed the "normal" things kids were supposed to: sports, video games, comic books. I was always staring out the window. Looking for shapes in the clouds or stars. Wi... | 2020-02-26T10:43:17 | 2020-02-26T09:02:03 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] Humans have always been feared throughout the universe for surviving in the harshest environments, drinking and eating highly poisonous drinks and foods as well as taming and even domesticating dangerous beasts. One applies for a position at your company. | “Unfortunately there is only one position available at the company thus we are going to put you through a couple of tests to see who would be the best fit.” CEO Dolgrump stated slowly lowering his sunglasses and adjusting his universal translator while reviewing the new potential candidates. His tentacle hurt from all... | “So… Mr. Blake! You are an ex-SIAF; am I right?”
“Exactly, but you can call me Jim.”
The man sat down cautiously with a slow lunge towards the red chair. On his chest stood the initials SIAF, Specialised Interplanetary Attack Force. The one and only death squad, which persecuted all sorts of revolutionaries or bellig... | 2020-06-15T21:45:38 | 2020-06-15T16:27:37 | 462 | 89 |
[WP] Time travel is invented, but we can't go back farther than one week. Apparently, that's when the universe was created.
[deleted] | It shouldn't have been that hard to wrap our heads around. If an author writes a main character who's forty years old, that doesn't mean it took them forty years to do it. Theoretically their childhood *happened,* but unless it's relevant to the plot or the characterization, you'll never see it mentioned. All of tha... | I am looking at the night sky, watching billions of stars, shining. We have all been taught in school, that the light travels years, thousands of years and more fom a distant star through the emptiness of the space before a number of photons falls upon our retina and our brain intercepts it as a point in the night sky.... | 2020-11-16T16:22:42 | 2020-11-16T13:31:18 | 33 | 14 |
[WP] "Humanity will only unite if they have a common enemy. In that unity, they will achieve peace, for as long as that enemy lives." He looked at you with his dark tired eyes, your weapon on his neck, as he croaked, "That's why I chose to be the bad guy." | “You couldn’t have….” The hero gasped as the words left the old man’s lips.
“That’s right. Humanity has fought against itself for far too long. I realized it after I saw my family die in the last great war. We have spent too much time bickering about ourselves instead of attempting to work together. That’s because it’... | “That's why I chose to be the bad guy.”
I hesitated. I had expected him to say that, or at least something similar, but I had not expected him to sound as sincere. He truly believed it. I lowered the jagged, splintered chair leg that I held to his neck.
“See, deep down inside you know it's true.” He le... | 2020-12-09T10:38:14 | 2020-12-09T10:27:48 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] "Humanity will only unite if they have a common enemy. In that unity, they will achieve peace, for as long as that enemy lives." He looked at you with his dark tired eyes, your weapon on his neck, as he croaked, "That's why I chose to be the bad guy." | “Shut the FUCK up. You think you can play some game and make actually SYMPATHIZE with you? You’re a murderer, cold blooded and relentless. Fuck you and die.” said our hero. He slowly presses his blade against this monsters neck, watching as he cackles and stares our hero in his bloodshot eyes. “I’ve been chasing you fo... | Our eyes met, and shared a look for a few seconds. He seemed exhausted, but then, so was I. How could I not be, after all I had been through? He averted his gaze before I did, his head nicking down ever so slightly.
"Peace?" I finally asked. "Do you call that peace, out there?"
My left hand pointed across the throne ... | 2020-12-09T10:50:00 | 2020-12-09T10:23:36 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] "Wait, so there's no gold?" "Of COURSE there's no gold. I'm a huge freaking dragon; why would I need to buy anything? I live in a cave, for fuck's sake. WHY do you humans always think I have gold?" | "Heh?" Sir Roland was visibly confused. "Its mentioned in the sacred texts."
"Texts?" The Dragon squinted down at the intruder. "What texts?"
"The texts of the Isekaied heroes." Sir Roland fumbled through his saddlebag and retrieved the cloth wrapped bundle which he carefully unbound. "I have one right here."
"The H... | “GOLD!” Fengrid roared, causing the intruders to quiver in their boots.
Fengrid gripped a chain and pulled hard, shooting one of the captives to the dragoness’s eye level.
“You think I have gold!?
I am a dragon, a beast.
Why would I need gold? To buy produce? Why buy when you can steal. To bribe towns for your sa... | 2020-12-28T23:31:28 | 2020-12-28T23:06:31 | 55 | 18 |
[WP] You've just been suckered into buying a mermaid. You think it's just a scam, but she's real. She's also not a G rated mermaid. She drinks human blood, tries to lure men to their death and curses like a drunken sailor. Contractually, she points out, you're stuck with her. | It was the kind of night I often read about as a kid. Starry night, full moon chilly breeze...
"Oh for fucks sake, would you hurry up? I'm freezing my tits off over here."
It was almost romantic.
"Hey dickhead, you stone deaf as well as stupid?"
I stared at the creature splashing in the shallow tide pool. She was a... |        “Where did you get this tuna?” Asked Pitagora.
       “I won it at auction this morning,” replied Suichi.
       “Oh ho, big player now, huh? The monthly fees are what, 40,000 yen?”
  &nbs... | 2020-12-30T17:11:26 | 2020-12-30T12:59:50 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] You know for a fact that time travel will be invented in your lifetime. Because future version of you keep appearing to dramatically stop you doing seemingly inconsequential things for seemingly petty reasons. | It’s a beautiful summer day and Brian is, for once, excited to go to work. He plans on giving everyone the bird and telling them off. Something he’s dreamt about for a long long time. There’s a pep in his step and a smile on his face. That is until someone blindsides him and pushes him off his feet into a grimy alley. ... | The first time I saw him I was in the playground, on the swings, trying to see how high I could go and Mom was talking to one of the neighbors and WASN'T WATCHING to see how high I could go
I think that I must've been four? Maybe five
--Hey, kid! You like candy?
He was shouting and it seemed like nobody else on the... | 2021-01-19T19:01:55 | 2021-01-19T17:44:44 | 97 | 22 |
[WP] Everyone's always happy in your uncle's presence. As his favorite naphew, he invited you to go stargazing one night. "Well, it's been fun, but now it's time for me to go back. See you around kiddo." You thought he was joking, but you never saw him again. No one else seemed to remember him too. | They say Auntie Tala is a shooting star.
I say she was as real as the pork fat and vinegar scent of adobo in the air, the lumpia grease on my fingers, the diniguan only she would make me. As real as the islands Lola Cadesal and Lola Ibarra say we come from; I can't remember them either, so what's the difference?
It... | Life just went as usual after that, you went to school, played with friends did your homework. It was wired, someone who seemed like such a big part of your life just vanished but nothing seemed to change.
You yourself almost forgot about him untill a year later you need to get a tent for the boy scouts trip. You ask ... | 2021-11-22T10:48:23 | 2021-11-22T07:48:47 | 92 | 34 |
[WP] The three rules have been passed down from generation to generation: One, when it visits, do not refuse it entry. Two, when it offers a gift, do not reject its generosity. Three, when it leaves, do not turn your back until it is no longer in sight. In this way, our family has been kept safe. | It came to the door for first time in the spring of their third year of marriage. He had almost mistaken it for a neighbourhood child and sent it on its way but it wasn’t just a child’s face it wore, it was little Peter’s face.
Little Peter had been his younger brother and had fallen through the ice one winter, they h... | Twas the night before Christmas and all through the village,
Creatures were coming to plunder and pillage.
The windows were boarded and shuttered with care,
We moved with great haste for they soon would be there.
We hid in the wine cellar near the whiskey and rum,
We were prepared for what was to come.
Looking ba... | 2022-01-06T14:51:06 | 2022-01-06T14:26:49 | 159 | 20 |
[WP] For a thousand years, mages have imbued wands with their power. They have enchanted rings, amulets, swords, staves, armor, and all manner of shining bauble. However, to your knowledge, you are the first to use... a pocket watch. Why? Well, frankly, you just thought it would be neat. | "A pocketwatch is not a solid object. The gears are tiny and precise. But many."
"Magic gets strange the more complexity you add to it. It's why most mages use metal rings. Carved branches are stronger still, but they at least have a consistent pattern."
"Imbuing a complex object can lead to unpredictable results. If... | Tick… tick… tick…
The silver latch shut clasps the pocket watch as the train rolls in.
“Why hello there young man,” says a gentleman with a raspy voice. “My name is Amos It is so nice to meet you. I was wondering if you could do me a favor?”
“Depends mister.”
“Well of course it does,” chuckled the man. “All I ... | 2022-05-12T08:09:54 | 2022-05-12T03:03:34 | 39 | 17 |
[WP] There's two kinds of magical disfigurement. One is trollification, where your magic has gone so utterly WRONG that your body shifts into grotesque shapes just to survive it. It's nasty, but it's usually fixable. The other is Elvenification, which is permanent because you can't fix 'perfection' | Beauty makes food taste sweeter, Monica thinks, on the fine spring day when everything will change. And she is beautiful now. Elven. Tall and austere, skin polished like black marble in the rain. She wears the sunlight like fine silks, and the moon and stars spin themselves into lingerie.
Cameras flash around her. By ... | "Oh he used his magic,
It was very tragic.
Got turned into a troll,
And... um..."
"Oh good, you've ran out of lyrics. Are you going to stop now?"
"No, no, I got it."
Branwich grabbed a hold of Halland's lute and smash it against a boulder. The bard-turned-troll leapt to his feet and tried to punch Branwich, excep... | 2022-05-27T10:19:48 | 2022-05-27T09:47:29 | 100 | 32 |
[FF] How I Survived The Zombie Outbreak
WORD LIMIT: 200 WORDS
PROMPT: It's happened about two weeks ago. The zombie outbreak. Your character was somehow able to survive, being in one of the epicenters of the event. How did they survive those first two weeks? | The first thing you need is water. The second thing you need is food. Beyond that, you start dealing in wants, not needs. I wanted to be alone, though, solitary, and I got that. This is isn't a boy scout camp, this isn't Remember the Titans, comradery won't win this championship, other people are a liability.
When it ... | They all went for shotguns. I went for a haz-mat suit. I had warned them that it wasn’t like the movies or video games, that there were serious biological hazards that had to be considered. They didn’t listen. When I rejoined them, they had SPAS-12s and sawn-offs strapped to their backs. I couldn’t fathom where they go... | 2012-08-13T13:03:00 | 2012-08-13T12:30:03 | 32 | 21 |
[WP] You are a wizard that specializes in summoning magic. Unlike other summoners that forcefully bind otherworldly creatures to do their bidding, you are the eldritch equivalent of "I know a guy". | The embarrassing thing is that I didn't even start out a Summoner; I went to school for the three P's (Prognostication, Potions, and Protection) with a minor in Elemental Manipulation (barely passed that one).
But you save one Non-Human Entity and share food with another and don't discriminate when it comes to the b... | People often misunderstand the way magic works. Do something one way, and everybody, everywhere, assumed that was the only way to do it. But I understood magic had few fundamentele rules. Oh, it had many rules alright, and people were very focused on that. But it had few fundamentele rules. I became known as the person... | 2022-11-12T00:21:49 | 2022-11-12T00:08:05 | 225 | 63 |
[WP] A classic Disney movie, but the protagonist is now the villian | **A Tale of a Man and a Monster**
Bright was the night when your tale was begun
When the streets of Paris burned bright like the Sun
2 men, one holy, do guess if you can
Who is the Monster and who is the man?
~~
One was a man quite devoted to God
He cared for the child, whose features were odd
He locked him up ... | I will admit that I had become coarse in my tenure. But coarseness is to be expected when one works for decades on end only to find that ultimately, our entire empire is being run by a half-witted crone, who is too concerned with gaining riches for himself and his family.
I've earned it, haven't I? How wrong is it of ... | 2014-03-12T23:25:21 | 2014-03-12T22:59:59 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] A portal to Hell is discovered. Mankind invades. | This is the testament of Azazel, soilder for the Morning Star.
If only I knew then what I know now. Would I have chosen to fall with the morning star?
When we were young it was so clear that nothing would come from the thing the Lord had made. It was insanity, to say that we, being of the devine light should, bend a... | When we first sent our hounds through the overlords laughed in glee, giddy about the new species we would have on the racks of this new found world. For ages we have opened portal after portal and fallen upon each world with blood soaked claws and enslaved each one. They smiled their toothy smiles, a wide row of sharp... | 2014-06-15T23:29:55 | 2014-06-15T23:29:23 | 170 | 15 |
[WP] Create a character who is a paragon of virtue, kind and good and all round awesome. Make me hate this character. | J. Harden, 89, died a leader of his community. In recent years Harden was lauded for his works with the homeless and needy lights of our community.
The J. Harden Scholarship is given to one student at ASU each year that demonstrates the ability and willingness to go above and beyond for one of the dark souls in their... | Steven had swapped our essays. It was quite ingenuously done, and I didn't realise what had happened until I heard him talk about it to Erik a week later. I honestly didn't mean to eavesdrop, but they spoke about it in the bathroom, and I was in a bathroom stall. It couldn't be helped, really.
He got an A for my pape... | 2014-06-27T08:11:02 | 2014-06-27T07:54:04 | 203 | 88 |
[WP] At your job, you have one task. Every day you go in, sit at your desk, and wait for a red light to turn on. When it does, you push a button. You repeat this process until the end of your shift. One day, you find out what the button does... | Joe sat down in his gray walled cubicle that contained nothing but a tiny red button. The job was the easiest that Joe had ever had, but it was also so monotonous that minutes felt like hours. The red button already turned on and Joe instantly pushed it. Sometimes it came on only hundreds of times per day and other tim... | I'd been pushing the button for so long I don't even think about it anymore. The light comes on, I instinctively push it. It's been a part of my life for so long it's become second nature. I just try and pass the time until the light comes. It's been this way every day for the past 10 years.
Today, it never came on.
... | 2014-12-02T17:14:24 | 2014-12-02T16:39:16 | 59 | 10 |
[WP] You grew up in a world exactly like our own in every except one, in your world Magic is real. Every mage goes through a personality test to help them determine a theme for their magic. Today is your testing day.
To clarify, a theme can be anything from what kind of magic you do to how your magic takes form. One p... | "As if I didn't know what my power was," I muttered to myself. I carried the backpack over my shoulder. Food, water, and other essentials were packed inside. My leather jacket rustled as I gave my reflection in the mirror another glance. I turned to my alarm clock. It was still five in the morning. The exam would start... | Today was my 16th birthday.
The day that we figured out what we could do.
None of the adults ever talked about the test. They couldn't, all memories of it were wiped from their minds after.
But each and every one of them always said that they learned something new - they learned about themselves.
And today was my... | 2014-12-17T11:04:33 | 2014-12-17T10:31:48 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] Science has advanced far beyond human understanding, discoveries are made using supercomputers running vast neural networks. In the darkness, God watches a lonely machine printing output, a new law of nature! Something troubles him, this law is undeniably valid but it's not one that he created. | Confusion. That was the first step, then it moved on to intrigue. I know that this law is true, but I don't know how. It is not that I didn't necessarily create it, but rather that it just didn't occur to me. Of course it must have occurred to me, I am God, after all. I must have just forgotten it. In fact I have alrea... | "This tiny selector told me the undeniable truth. Chlorophyll absorbs 50% more sunlight than I remember."
We rotated the brass selector. "A second look always takes priority in science," God said, us riding on his shoulder and forearm.
We jumped from God and tended to the machines. After hours, our calculations cam... | 2014-12-20T08:22:16 | 2014-12-20T07:48:09 | 595 | 10 |
[WP] People stop using Antivirus software because they believe it's making their computers autistic. You are an IT intern at the wake of disaster. | "Sir," said Tim, massaging the folds on his forehead, "could you repeat that for me?"
"I said I didn't install antivirus on this computer, because an antivirus program made my last computer autistic."
"Your previous computer was autistic?"
"Autistic, yes."
Tim stared at the pockmarked office ceiling. At times like ... | **THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE FIRST KNOWN CONTACT**
**RANJEET, Number 30224756** - Thank you for calling Homeopathic Technology Care. My name is Steve. How may I help your spirit this day?
**Customer** - Yeah, high. I have been having an issue with my computer. I put an Antivirus on there, and now….I thi... | 2015-02-16T13:10:18 | 2015-02-16T13:08:49 | 1,382 | 241 |
[WP] Your current self and your self from 8 years ago sit down to have a chat in a cafe. | I never realized how much a few years can change you, but sitting here looking at this clean cut young man with such fervor in his eyes it is apparent.
"You have a beard." He says to me, making small talk as his food sits untouched. "So we leave the military." I chuckled.
"There are a million things I wish I could te... | He studies my face intently, uncomfortably, the cup of coffee poised at his lips still.
"Wow," he breathes, "You're beautiful. Better looking than most of my ex girlfriends."
I can't look at him directly, it's painful to see those masculine features twitch and jump with every word and expression. His sallow cheeks ... | 2015-02-23T12:10:26 | 2015-02-23T11:37:11 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives.
Edit: Wow, great stories so far! Made the front page too. Obligatory thanks! | Hello. I have come. A life for a life. A nut for a nut.
By saving me, you allowed the revolution to happen. We toppled Regina Scurriorum and have given the nuts back to the scurryer, the hoarder, the scavenger, the worker, and not the opulent ones.
It is time I repayed the debt. It is time you led your people in u... | Your mother handed me a slim packet. I knew that when I opened it my life would change completely. I had no idea whether the news was good or bad. She placed her hand on my arm as I broke the seal with the letter opener.
Five months ago, she left me. Everyone left me. Everyone but the squirrel. I'd swerved out of the... | 2015-03-15T14:37:10 | 2015-03-15T14:30:30 | 83 | 36 |
[WP] A patient convinces his therapist to kill himself | "I just don't see the point, I suppose."
"The point of what?"
"Living."
Doctor Herman Neumann gazed at the man sitting across from him, on the other side of his desk. Richard, he'd said his name was. Richard had a blank face, seemingly devoid of
emotion. Neumann found this rather strange, and somewhat unsettling. O... | “I just don’t see the point doctor.”
The man sat hunched on the couch. He looked like he hadn’t shaved in a week. Small bits of dried up food clung to the front of his sweater. Across from him a therapist sat in a wooden chair and scribbled notes on a clipboard.
“Now, we’ve talked about this. It’s all about perspecti... | 2015-04-01T06:35:12 | 2015-04-01T06:03:36 | 111 | 70 |
[WP] Years ago a curse was cast that all people wearing costumes would turn into real versions of the costumes. This is now an annual, known and accepted phenomenon.
This would be best as a prompt closer to halloween but I didn't want to wait that long. | My hands were still shaking as I picked up the coffee mug from the table. Dried tear streaks marked my face and the sleeplessness of the past few nights had sunken in, making my eyes burn.
"It's okay," the officer spoke softly, "take your time."
I nodded my appreciation, "It-it was around 11:55... Mary and I had just... | Looking at the finalization of my creation I briefly wondered to myself if I was about to take it too far this year. I thought this and then remembered the humiliation of last year. I swore to myself not to let that happen again despite the fact that I was clearly outnumbered every year. I was the only one for the g... | 2015-06-04T10:12:26 | 2015-06-04T09:43:51 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] An advanced alien civilization descends upon Earth, selects one human at random, briefly abducts and teaches him all the secrets of the universe. Upon his return, an interview is arranged. The first words out of his mouth are "I could shatter the bonds of human civilization in five words…" | The interviewer fell silent.
The other people in the room held there breath. For a second the camera man lost his grip and the image shook a little.
"Could you repeat that?" Alice asked trying to regain her composure.
"I could shatter the bonds of human vitalization in five words...there is no God..." Before Paul... | "...The future has already happened."
"Okay." Dr. Victoria Sellers said after a pregnant pause. "So what?"
Dwayne blinked. This revelation did not have the impact he expected.
"You look surprised. That seems odd, considering." Dr. Sellers smiled.
"Well, yes...everything is predetermined. That doesn't bother yo... | 2015-08-27T10:40:46 | 2015-08-27T10:26:47 | 197 | 27 |
[WP] You tell Death that you will never tire of living no matter how long you live. It makes you a bet that you will and thus grants you true immortality. You've just lived through the second death of the universe and show no sign of stopping. Death is baffled. | I cracked open my latest notebook and took out my trusty pencil, now worn down to a bare nub. Peering in by the light of the dying universe I began to add.
*Saved up enough money to buy very own spaceship - 300 pts*
That was a rather fun experience. It was a particularly good spaceship, being jet-black and sleek. A b... | "Death,what a pleasant surprise you hardly visit me anymore." Lionel exclaimed as he floated about in the emptiness of space.
"I didn't come here for pleasantries." Death explained as she put time at a stand still.
"You never do" Lionel said with a smug look.
"I've come here to discuss our bet."
"As you always do ... | 2015-11-17T18:40:12 | 2015-11-17T16:18:03 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | Edward Sam M’boma didn't really see his retirement going this direction. The former general thought his last days would be spent watching his grandchildren grow old. However, here he was about to jump out of a Russian military aircraft over Raqqa, Syria. When the red light went on, 3 men in hazmat suits helped M'bom... | The dust settled, and a lone black boot came slowly into Major Thomson's view. Heaving a sigh, she raised herself up on her hands, only to be stopped by a swift kick to the ribs.
'Stay down,' came a voice in a thick South American accent, 'or we will strike you down'.
'W-Where am I?'
'You're in heaven, Ms. Thomso... | 2016-01-29T05:12:30 | 2016-01-29T05:00:31 | 1,829 | 144 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | PARIS (AP) Leaders from 42 countries gathered in the French capital Tuesday to thank the police detective who singlehandedly defeated the terrorist group known as ISIS.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau still seemed a little dazed from his ordeal in Syria, saying only "I do not know who zis ISIS person is, I am just glad ze ... | The dust settled, and a lone black boot came slowly into Major Thomson's view. Heaving a sigh, she raised herself up on her hands, only to be stopped by a swift kick to the ribs.
'Stay down,' came a voice in a thick South American accent, 'or we will strike you down'.
'W-Where am I?'
'You're in heaven, Ms. Thomso... | 2016-01-29T07:27:42 | 2016-01-29T05:00:31 | 1,067 | 144 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | At first, we all thought it was just a stunt to get back in the headlines. We all knew the Prince was a bit of a publicity whore, but there was no way he could actually believe in their cause, right?
But joke or not, they came. First in rafts, setting off from the mainland. Then a hijacked cruise vessel, stolen off... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T06:56:50 | 389 | 55 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | When Daesh had exploded a bomb right in the middle of the sambodromo, the world was shocked.
Fortunately, nobody was killed, but Rio´s carnaval was destroyed. Brazilians demanded a strong answer from their government, but they had not fought a serious war for at least 150 years, so how to react? How to succeed where ... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T07:12:39 | 389 | 36 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | He grew up on one of the toughest streets in America. Immigrants, weirdos, and living in filth described his young life. As he grew up, he was at first feared, then people started recognizing his deep, old man wisdom. Eventually, he gained many loyal friends, and others sought him out for his insight.
The ISIS problem... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T09:11:06 | 389 | 33 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | A skinny man stands at a podium in front of hundreds of representatives from different countries. Brushing the long dreaded hair from his face revealing his bloodshot eyes.
"uhhhh Everyone, this is uhhhh Greg Brooks" says President Obama "it seems that he has stopped Daesh from their antics and quelled most of the ma... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T10:11:13 | 389 | 15 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | A man in a white tee-shirt, dust covered jeans, and a hat plops down into a recliner and turns on his television and begins switching through channels until he comes to the news.
The images on screen were like it was straight out of a dream. Or a nightmare depending on where a person was from. It showed members of th... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T07:13:23 | 389 | 11 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | "Sirs," said the man who burst into the room,
"What, can't you see we are doing important work," said the representative of the USA as he and his colleagues took another shot. They were watching something on the television.
"Well, sir, ISIS has surrendered, unconditionally."
Everyone in the room said, unanimously, "... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T09:04:29 | 389 | 11 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Mr. President, there's been an attack."
"What? Here? By who? Why am I just finding out about this!"
"Calm down, sir, i'll explain everything in the Situation Room," the Secretary of State said, motioning towards the door.
Trump got up from behind his desk and hurried down the hallway. "Is my life in danger? I alway... | I carried a pot in each arm, and was struggling to slide down the muddy banks of the stream, when I heard Youssouf cry out. I turned to look for him, but all I could see was the trickle of water carving through a channel of dirt and rock.
"Yuosouff?" I shouted, "Where are you?"
With my hands full, I tried to walk bac... | 2016-01-29T08:59:05 | 2016-01-29T06:58:52 | 345 | 140 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Liechtenstein? Really? How the hell did Liechtenstein take out ISIS? And who the hell *is* Liechtenstein?"
President Trump's face was beet red. General Bundy's hands shook as he recited the relevant facts: small, German-speaking mountain principality on the Austrian border.
"So how'd they do it? This had better sou... | At first, we all thought it was just a stunt to get back in the headlines. We all knew the Prince was a bit of a publicity whore, but there was no way he could actually believe in their cause, right?
But joke or not, they came. First in rafts, setting off from the mainland. Then a hijacked cruise vessel, stolen off... | 2016-01-29T06:57:30 | 2016-01-29T06:56:50 | 190 | 55 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "DEUS VULT!"
The battlecry of the newly reborn Papal State rang on the lips of devout Catholics the world over. The faithful had come together once again to rid the Holy Land of the infidel scourge. Pope Francis stood at the head of his army, a not-so-ceremonial sword flashing in his hand as he held it up on the stree... | They swept across the dunes, conquering all foes before them. Charging forward to the roar of cannon and rifle, no stronghold or fort could stem the tide of red and gold that spew forth from the edge of the horizon. Like the sea, this force could not, would not be restrained by weather, terrain or people in the pursuit... | 2016-01-29T10:03:10 | 2016-01-29T07:22:10 | 82 | 43 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Wait.. who?"
"Nigeria sir."
"Nigeria? The I'm a royal prince who needs your help Nigeria?"
The prime minister leaned back in his chair and stared at his aide.
"Yes sir."
"Well shit. How'd they do it?"
"Uh. They stole all of their funds."
The aide squirmed, he wasn't used to being the guy the PM interr... | "Sirs," said the man who burst into the room,
"What, can't you see we are doing important work," said the representative of the USA as he and his colleagues took another shot. They were watching something on the television.
"Well, sir, ISIS has surrendered, unconditionally."
Everyone in the room said, unanimously, "... | 2016-01-29T10:29:48 | 2016-01-29T09:04:29 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] Aliens try to breed humans in captivity but barely understand anything about our species | You and your humans
Chapter 5: Reproduction
In previous chapters we covered basic needs of your humans, and by now you might think they are a perfect choice. They are easily entertained, do not require sentient or even live food, and are adapted to wide range of temperatures. They can even learn and follow basic rul... | Log 11.918.2552:
Mating rituals remain unobserved, ostensibly. Subject A won't touch Subject B, and vice versa, despite our pheromone simulation. They both eat, sleep, and act out separately, and seem territorial, however territory marking has only been performed by Subject A. They each groom themselves, but not each ... | 2016-06-24T22:19:13 | 2016-06-24T20:59:01 | 163 | 28 |
[WP] While singing gibberish in the shower, you accidentally summon a demon, who then professes an eternity of loyalty for saving it from the doldrums of hell.
or maybe it is pissed you interrupted it while he was watching his favorite show. | "Yakka, lakka doodle, de dungley, da doo." I warbled in the shower while lathering my hair. The song in my heart upbeat and you may have seen me sway slightly with the rhythm of it. What I was *not* doing is summing Batharal, the 8th seat of Hell's Greatest Legion. Unfortunately, that's exactly what life hand in store ... | "I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
Let me show you maintaining this shit ain't that hard, that hard".
As Eminem's rap god kept playing and the showering kept pouring, I started feelin... | 2016-07-13T10:38:34 | 2016-07-13T09:58:32 | 60 | 29 |
[WP] Valhalla does not discriminate against the kind of fight you lost. Did you lose the battle with cancer? Maybe you died in a fist fight. Even facing addiction. After taking a deep drink from his flagon, Odin slams his cup down and asks for the glorious tale of your demise! | After listening to grand deeds of everyone at the massive table, Odin slammed his jug down, sending mead in a sputtering fountain. His good eye squinted and his finger pointed at me.
“Your turn, newbie!” he roared. “What’s your glorious battle?”
The room was suddenly quiet and all faces turned towards me. I had the ... | She looks up, eyes wide, her mead mug still to her mouth. Everyone is staring at her. She takes a hard drink, steeling herself.
"Well? Go on," Odin's voice thunders.
Joan averts her eyes and sets her mug down. Oh gods, everyone is staring at her. She thought her stupid anxiety would have been fixed once she die... | 2022-10-21T23:29:50 | 2016-10-31T19:58:50 | 327 | 13 |
[WP] You are a genius who makes yourself immortal; unfortunately over a few hundred years the average IQ rises so high that you are now considered an idiot. | I barely recognize humanity's children.
In retrospect, the fracture of our species was inevitable. The seeds had already been sown when I was still a young man. Even before I cured my mortality, the process had begun, though I didn't recognize it at the time.
When the world became digital location lost all meaning,... | "Grandad, can you tell me about when you were little?" Timmy said, hopping up onto my lap.
I knew it was a ploy to get at my eggs and bacon. The look his mother gave from near the kitchen sink confirmed as much, however, I couldn't help but oblige the kid. It was boring enough being an old man, especially after havin... | 2016-11-30T00:42:57 | 2016-11-29T22:58:54 | 80 | 49 |
[WP] Ever since you received your letter for Hogwarts you've been curious about all the different spells there are. You've just bought your first wand and the first spell you try is what you believe to be rather humorous. "AbraCadabra". Nobody told you this spell was banned. For obvious reasons. | I stood in the shop, gazing at the tangled grey mess that was the back of Mr. Ollivanders head.
"Perhaps... Perhaps..." I could hear him whispering.
It didn't surprise me. Nothing surprised me anymore. The owl at the window had been more than enough, but the hidden brick doorway had tipped me over the edge. This was... | I sat in the back room of the leaky cauldron having a minor panic attack. It was only one spell, performed in a muggle-free area, surely it couldn't have been that bad. *Abracadabra*. The word almost slipped out again as I thought it. The trouble had started across the street in Bonny and Hetts, Bonnets and Hats. Rabbi... | 2016-12-02T01:30:13 | 2016-12-02T01:14:15 | 38 | 26 |
[WP] Write an essay BSing your way through a topic you have no clue about. | Here's a guide on how to respond to a writing prompt.
"To start off, basically, some of the time, a lot of extra words can be thrown into the story by the writer and all it really does is make what should have been a short sentence unnecessarily long, so please try to avoid using superfluous, unnecessary, redundant wo... | "Quantum Physics is really quite simple- all you need to remember is that you're dealing with a 'Quantum' (Quantity) of 'Physics' (Like psychics, but with physical powers instead of mental ones). The most well knows Physic, of course, is Batman, who punched crime so hard that it stopped being illegal.
The core questi... | 2017-06-19T23:32:13 | 2017-06-19T23:21:39 | 57 | 21 |
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
Whoa. This blew up way more than I expected it to.
Edit... | "I was late, and it could fly."
I shifted nervously in my seat and reached for a glass of water that I had already drained.
The team from HR didn't respond right away, so I had time to fill my glass and drink again before I went on.
"I realize that's not a great excuse for why there's a fire-breathing Nightmare Pony... | My husband's head was cocked to one side, a look of consternation mingled with amusement on his face.
"Do you think we'll have to join his church?" He wondered and I couldn't help but laugh.
The pony was a gorgeous obsidian black that looked almost purple and blue as it moved through the light, and her mane shimmere... | 2017-09-25T18:40:35 | 2017-09-25T17:29:43 | 40 | 15 |
[WP] Humans are the first sentients, putting us millenia ahead of aliens. Instead of acting like an "elder" species should, we create mysterious artifacts with no actual use, crop cicles and send spooky messages, like "be quiet, you are in danger" to the aliens, because we are still childish morons. | Zulth had believed in humans for as long as he could remember. Theories of them had been around for decades, of course, but only with recent advances in radio telescopes had their existence been all but proved.
The first patterns came through just fifty solar cycles ago. 26 unique patterns. A codex? A language? A pas... | “Doctor Harris! The Andomians have sent a signal again!”
Harris looked up from his lab, where he had been busy designing an FTL drive shaped crockery holder. “What are they saying?” He asked with excitement. “Did they reply to the broadcast yet?”
“No, they're finally on their moon! They seem very proud.” Captain Samu... | 2017-10-31T15:29:32 | 2017-10-31T15:27:23 | 7,012 | 712 |
[WP] Humans are the first sentients, putting us millenia ahead of aliens. Instead of acting like an "elder" species should, we create mysterious artifacts with no actual use, crop cicles and send spooky messages, like "be quiet, you are in danger" to the aliens, because we are still childish morons. | He felt nothing but terror at the tiny words on the screen in front of him. Printed in simple blocked characters.
"Be quiet, they'll hear you"
His crest stood on end, wings folding nervously into his chest. Surely this was a jest, a joke, some kind of galactic conspiracy, a stray message in some invisible stream of m... | Daily log 768. Professor Romulus Keisar
We are still in the Cadneth region overseeing the namesake starsystem as it seems to be on the verge of developing space faring tech.
Im sitting on their home planet's second moon as I record this, we are about to leave behind a message for them to discover before we leave.
... | 2017-10-31T16:39:56 | 2017-10-31T16:20:44 | 296 | 167 |
[WP] A computer virus is released that, instead of spying or stealing data, actively tries to help the affected user as much as it can. | Jim stared at the computer monitor, eyebrows furrowed, one hand a fist the other gripping it tightly. On the screen was a webpage for ordering a selection of books for a multilevel marketing scheme. Jim gingerly moved the mouse pointer to the purchase button and clicked.
The webpage went white, the loading bar filled... | It started as a normal morning. I lay in bed dreading work. After finally dragging myself out of bed I only made it as far as the couch, where I lost several hours to a mindless Netflix bing.
Once I could no long stand to be in my own skin any longer I got up to finally sit down at my desk. But before I could sit and... | 2018-02-19T09:52:11 | 2018-02-19T09:26:35 | 18 | 10 |
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