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[WP] As a child, every adventurer is assigned a class for their life. You've been assigned to be a White Mage. Dreading a life in the background saving a bunch of idiots that get all the glory, you aim to carve your own path. Tell the tale of the Harmacist. | "White Mage," they said, handing me the whitest white robes I had ever set eyes on. I held the cloth up in the sunbeam effusing throughout the selection hall only for the light to reflect off the covering and blind me. I dropped the robe onto the dirty floor and picked it back up in a hurry, but not before a miserable ... | "Artemis! We need medical assistance, half a click from your location. **NOW!**"
"**GIVE ME A MINUTE!** I'm still patching up 20 more people from the demolition crew!"
"WE WILL LOSE OUR POSITION AT *THE CRUCIBLE* IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ASS THEIR STAT!"
"Why don't you get other white mages?"
"***THEY ARE ALL DEAD ART... | 2018-05-16T12:13:14 | 2018-05-16T10:11:22 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] The Apocalypse begins, and the Four Horsemen ride out leading an army that will depopulate Earth. But the old pagan deities of Earth do not consent, and side with humanity. | The End of Days came all at once, and yet yielded to the flow of time. The last day on earth was planned from the very beginning of God's immaculate conception. This is what happened.
At the break of dawn, the White Rider rode out among mankind and sowed seeds of conquest, gospel, disease, evil, prosperity, and war wi... | The Four Horsemen came to a halt in the middle of the desert. They hid their visages under the shadows of their thick, fluttering robes. Tendrils billowed around the body of their horses, covering them in an ever flowing current of crimson.
The Army of the Apocalypse escorted them. Their bodies didn't seem to be tangi... | 2018-05-17T08:45:29 | 2018-05-17T07:52:37 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] The hero shows up at the villains doorstep one night. Theyre shivering bleeding scared. They look like they were assaulted. Looking up at the villain, swaying slightly, close to passing out, they mumble “didn’t know where else to go” then collapse into the villains arms. | I sit alone in the darkened room of my living room, the faint light of the television illuminated me. I was unnerved by the feeling that I needed to do something. It had been weeks, almost two months since I had gone out and done something. Something bad, but Powerhouse never showed up for any of the times I decided to... | "hrmph.... Look at you, grovelling in the dirt like the pathetic worm you are, Contriver." Solomon said with disgust towards his long time rival.
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"I.... I just had no where else to go... No one else..." Contriver said gasping for breath, coughing up a slight amount of blood.
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"Just what do ... | 2019-08-04T04:39:57 | 2019-08-04T01:18:50 | 42 | 31 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | What the scans showed was impossible. Unheard of. Three potentially habitable planets in orbit around a single star. All within the acceptable temperature range, all with an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Granted, the readings from the second planet had some anomalies we couldn't explain, but it was hard enough finding a sing... | **Journeys End**
Tomorrow we reach it. Garrix says that we’ll find the root to all existence, that purpose itself will have an answer, like all equations. I stopped listening to Garrix a long time ago.
Officer Mercurier hasn’t stopped pacing the entire journey, her performance has declined significantly. If anyone sh... | 2019-08-13T16:12:59 | 2019-08-13T15:27:26 | 42 | 24 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | What the scans showed was impossible. Unheard of. Three potentially habitable planets in orbit around a single star. All within the acceptable temperature range, all with an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Granted, the readings from the second planet had some anomalies we couldn't explain, but it was hard enough finding a sing... | It had been twenty years since we had received the first communication from intelligent life. We knew we weren't alone, but, perhaps in our own hubris, we had assumed we were the most advanced. Interstellar communication, though, was something we wouldn't have even considered.
That message had changed the course of ... | 2019-08-13T16:12:59 | 2019-08-13T15:42:34 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] Fallen angel is a pretty popular trope in fiction. But I want to hear about Ascended Demons. Demons that were too good/ kind/ pious for the underworld and managed to break out. | Without darkness, there can be no light. Virtue can not exist unless there is choice against vice. Only when there is a possibility of failure can humanity become better than they were created.
This was the mantra under which hell was created. It wasn't to simply torment humanity or to torture those within our domain.... | Peter was startled when Beelzebub appeared atop the floor of clouds, uncertainly approaching the gate.
"Demon," he mumbled to himself, a little too loudly. An unusual sight, to be sure. An unwelcome one, too.
Beelzebub shrugged. "Not a very good one, apparently."
"Unprecedented," Peter murmured. "This is highly unu... | 2019-11-08T06:42:11 | 2019-11-08T06:27:24 | 1,123 | 108 |
[WP] "An elf gets a cut, they pass out. Takes a decent wound for a dwarf. For an orc, you've got to chop an arm off. Do that to a human, though? You'll just make it mad." | Of all the creatures I have come across, both intelligent and not, you know what scares me?
Humans.
You see, on the many world and planes of the multiverse, each creature has it's own strengths and weaknesses. Elves, despite their grace and long lives, drop if you so much as fart around them. Dwarves can take a few s... | “Damn Elves!” The Orc chieftain Grugskull barked. “Where the hell are they!?”
A tankard hit the table beside Grugskull. “Dunno.” A stoic voice commented. “Late as usual tho'.”
Grugskull turned to his Dwarven comrade, Bismuthbeard. Short, even by dwarven standards, but his multicolored beard was nonetheless the source... | 2020-04-04T10:49:05 | 2020-04-04T07:10:55 | 49 | 13 |
[WP] It's a well known fact that Iron nullifies magic. Humans, with their iron-rich blood, are walking anti-magic. They can't use magic, but they're also immune to it. | "In our days, we called it blood-metal," said Sorcerer Yin.
"It's iron," said Sam.
"That's steel, it has carbon in it," Tim chimed in.
"Stainless steel," said Gary.
"It stops magic," said Sorcerer Yin. "It was bad enough when it was only in our blood, we could use magic leeches to drain it out. But once we added ... | I'm so tired. My cold, numb limbs, short breath, splitting headaches, my sickly pale skin; physically speaking I'm not sure how much more my heart can take.
But even now I can feel the immense power of magic inside me. I just need more elf blood.
Being a human wizard, by most accounts it's an oxymoron, impossible. B... | 2020-05-08T00:30:38 | 2020-05-07T23:28:30 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] The legendary hero that we summoned to save the realm was not what we expected. He was gruff, not handsome. He direct in his speech, not elegant. He also came with "Navy Seal Training," which we think is some sort of swordplay and a "Medal of Honor," which must be some sort of crown. | It had been their third attempt at summoning but this one proved more successful since the whole body appeared in the circular ritual. The downside, however, was that this summoned knight showed no indication of life. The knight merely laid there for a moment; those gathered had expected another hero dead upon arrival.... | The night was dark. The enemies where at our gates. Thousands of eons of war and bloodshed had lead up to this very moment.
What was left of our country’s scientist, generals and politicians had banded together. Cast aside previous political and social boundaries and banded together for a common cause. This was our hi... | 2020-11-10T19:06:15 | 2020-11-10T17:46:17 | 27 | 17 |
[WP]Every saturday of your life you've spent in the park, playing chess against the same nice old man. Today you beat him for the first time. You smile at him triumphantly, until he says "Finally. Good luck!" And dissolves. | Every Saturday at 8 P.M I sat there in front of the board. Me, always playing white. The old man, playing black. He insisted on it. I argued the first couple of times.
“We have to switch it around. It’s not fair!”
He reassured me that it did not matter.
And so, we played, night after night.
Every Saturday. 8 P.M.... | (This takes place in the r/WorldofDemiHumans.)
"Self-sacrifice doesn't always mean giving something up. Sometimes it means accepting something we rather not have."
\-President Johnson, speaking for The US at the Intentional Peace Convention
I took a deep sigh. I finally did it. The Old Man had been here for over 2 c... | 2021-01-26T01:56:05 | 2021-01-26T00:16:46 | 59 | 33 |
[WP] It's Friday and you're bored at work. You decide to browse reddit and check out /r/WritingPrompt and you start filling out a generic prompt. Little do you know all your coworkers love your writing and are waiting with baited breath for you to finish the story. | So. Bored.
I don't want to do my work, I just want to take a break.
But I've already taken a break.
Oh come on, it's not like I'm going to get any work done.
I sigh and open Reddit, already giving in. I scroll through writing prompts, down past the ones about superheroes and dragons, until one catches my eye.
It... | Well shit, guys. I had no idea you read these! Now I feel all "put on the spot" or whatever, jeez. Uh, I mean, not everyone reads these, right? I know Kyle doesn't... I hope Kyle doesn't...
This is super embarrassing, these are more like an outlet than anything else, a way to help me deal with my emotions and troubles... | 2021-03-12T07:18:32 | 2021-03-12T06:18:32 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] "He was a good man once, my grandfather. He took to necromancy, now he haunts my Castle. Excellent babysitter though!"
(inspired by a post on dnd memes) | This was probably the part of being alive he missed the absolute least. It was bad enough that sometimes you'd get sick, that you had to care about eating and drinking. But then the waste. The waste was the absolute worst. Even without a nose, his face a skeletal visage, he could still smell the putrid stench coming... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 3, Part 3: Skullduggery Senior v.s. Janice Olsen)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**I could handle the skeletal farmers working the fields.** I could handle the zombie butler who ... | 2021-04-10T10:15:49 | 2021-04-10T08:41:31 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] You wake up in a strange room with a teenager working at a computer “Look. I’m breaking every rule in the book but I have a school project on the early 21st century. Please help me, it’s due tomorrow.” They say. | Terry Staples valued logic. He liked when things made sense to him; when he could bring things over to his lab tray and do things the scientific way.
This, however, made no sense.
One second he was bent over his study table, glasses polished, eyebrows scrunched up, as he read through the material for AP Science the ... | (Changed a few things)
“Who are you?”
“You think there’s time for introductions? I’m gonna die!”
I wasn’t having it. “You know, for someone who’s got a funky room like this,” I gestured to the weird burnt orange walls that looked like they had a projection on them to create the unique, textured waves. Not to mentio... | 2021-05-11T21:31:05 | 2021-05-11T21:25:42 | 92 | 43 |
[WP] You are an apprentice wizard who could not understand why Water and Ice are considered different magical elements. Aren't they the same? You decide to bring this up to your professor the next day. | “I don’t get it, why are water and ice separate magical elements? Isn’t ice just frozen water?” I complained, laying my head down on my textbook.
“Shall I tell you a story?” Vasilios said, in his calm and even voice. Sunlight glinted off the wire frame of his spectacles.
“Once, a long time ago, Eau the spirit of wa... | I joined the academy initially to become a rune crafter. Today one of our professors gave us a problem on how to solve the extreme icing problem that happens on the ice sheets in Madlevar.
We had to make a rune system for the pipes and sewage that runs throughout the region. The problem is that the pipes tend to free... | 2021-07-07T15:30:50 | 2021-07-07T13:27:07 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You're immortal and have passed the 'hero' phase centuries ago. You enter a small corner shop one day to find it is owned by your millennia-old arch-nemesis. You really, really need milk though. | He leaned back.
'Doctor.'
It sounded *almost* neutral.
'That's me,' I said pleasantly. He always had a knack for recognizing me. 'Looking to take over the world via capitalism?'
The Master shrugged. He was old now, and the mad glint in his eye had dimmened. 'My tinnitus was solved,' he said. 'And I am in therapy. C... | "Morning Nomostro" I say to him, not entirely cheerful, but lacking any animosity.
'Mornin' Timanus' he replies, with a mirthful grin. He knows I hate being called that now.
"C'mon Norm, we've been over this like 200 years now, I go by Thomas"
'Well that's convenient, because I have a tab for a Timanus that still o... | 2021-07-18T20:55:08 | 2021-07-18T20:35:51 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] The princess you just rescued keeps going on and on about how she's "not going to fall in love with you because you saved her" and that she "could have escaped that dragon whenever she wanted." You've been happily married for 15 years, and are unsure how much more of the ride home you can take. | It had only been a day since I'd unlocked that damned door at the top of that damned tower in that damned arse-end on nowhere volcanic hellscape. And already I could feel my brains melting out of my skull under the ceaseless drone of self-assured bullshit.
"I could have escaped any time i wanted!"
"Then why didn't yo... | “This is a clean and cut sign of the patriarchal reign over feminine isolation tactics with the use of pyromaniacal avian reptiles…”
Princess Ellie would not *shut the hell up*. I was pretty sure she started making words up as she went on her rant about how towers are a phallic symbol. The reward for her rescue wasn’t... | 2021-09-09T07:21:45 | 2021-09-08T20:57:49 | 270 | 125 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | Music is one of the greatest human feats. Engineering and science are great, don't get me wrong. I like my air conditioning as much as the next guy. But there are songs we sing and tunes we hum that connect us to thousands of generations of those who went before us, and no earthquake or tsunami can erase the magic. ... | “Blood? Oh, that’s my blood. That’s not good.”
The blaring rock music rattled through my headphones as I pulled myself off the floor. When I got to my feet, I staggered, clutching the broken wall of the coffee shop I had just been tossed through. It was a good thing the headphones were reinforced, or they would have p... | 2022-05-17T09:51:47 | 2022-05-17T09:15:17 | 395 | 215 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | There’s nothing I can do.
He is stronger than me. Faster than me. And while my ability to influence people with music is strong, there are limits to what I can do.
He turns to face my city. Mine. Neighbors, friends, hell, even my enemies lives have meaning. He’s going to destroy it all, and I have only one option lef... | \[POEM\]
Quiet internal rebellions silenced,
The hero had inflicted his cruelest ability.
"What have you done to me?"
The late afternoon crowds drifted past,
With their childishly fresh eyes looking through him.
Slightly bewildered, he turned to the hero,
Anguish in each others eyes.
"A losing battle is raging.... | 2022-05-17T10:44:20 | 2022-05-17T09:52:46 | 43 | 17 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | There’s nothing I can do.
He is stronger than me. Faster than me. And while my ability to influence people with music is strong, there are limits to what I can do.
He turns to face my city. Mine. Neighbors, friends, hell, even my enemies lives have meaning. He’s going to destroy it all, and I have only one option lef... | I would have never thought to use a playlist so strong just to defeat someone. It's a dangerous idea, but an idea that would work.
It was becoming dark, perfect for this. I run into the night and try to change my music. I was thrown off guard when I noticed that they weren't behind me. I kept running until I fell to t... | 2022-05-17T10:44:20 | 2022-05-17T09:44:15 | 43 | 12 |
[WP] The Distillery is a front for a guild of expert assassins, each codenamed after alcohol. Each member is skilled in a number of things, but when an important job really needs doing and nothing less than perfection is to be expected, a letter is always received with two words: "Send Whiskey." | The funny part was that she wasn't even old enough to drink.
I don't remember who had given her the name Whiskey. The little girl who showed up on our doorstep almost a decade ago, battered and bruised. She barely knew how to talk back then, even though she was already ten years old. We never did figure out what piec... | The building was immaculate. Front hedges were perfectly trimmed, there was no sign of rot on the wooden exterior, despite a literal millennia of wear without repairs, and not a single statue even slightly out of place. These people had money.
"Hello, this is the Blue Century Historical Society?" I asked.
The doorm... | 2022-06-14T22:57:48 | 2022-06-14T20:13:54 | 278 | 141 |
[WP] The young woman had spoken to everyone in town, asking them to teach her to fight. The warrior, the hunter, the knight, all had declined. Finally, in desperation, she spoke to the dwarven blacksmith. Lowering his massive hammer he looked at the fire in her eyes and said "Aye. I could do that." | And so, they made a deal. She would help him with his work for a season. Ten swords of iron and silver for the royal guard, weapons fit for the mageslayers. Afterwards, he would train her. And he vowed to never ask why she wanted to learn, not what she intended to do with that knowledge.
The work was grueling. The dwa... | The night's darkness plagued the town of Terbarrow, dim lanterns illuminating the gloomy streets. Everyone had gone to their homes and fallen asleep by now and cleared the pathways of the town, everyone but a ghostly figure. The ghoul wandered the streets, checking through all the windows and entering the empty pubs. A... | 2022-08-28T11:16:14 | 2022-08-28T10:43:06 | 45 | 19 |
[WP] The galactic coalition had sent every vessel to fight against the incoming armada in the deep space between galaxies, one problem though, a ceasefire was declared by both sides and no one wants to explain. Anyone from high command to average grunt are visibly disturbed by just mentioning it. | "It's almost Kwanzaa! I shouldn't be fighting!"
"Well it's almost Christmas. But they're aliens. They don't know or care about that!"
"Hanukkah, for me. We're in the middle of Hanukkah. I hate this."
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"Thus begins the Season of Renewal. We shouldn't be fighting!"
"They're aliens. They don't know or ... | As the battle raged on in deep space, the crews of the ships in the galactic coalition fought valiantly against the incoming armada. Every vessel had been sent to fight, and the outcome of the war hung in the balance.
But then, without warning, a ceasefire was declared. No one knows why, and no one from high com... | 2022-12-09T19:06:28 | 2022-12-09T18:17:56 | 97 | 22 |
[WP] you are a member of a sentient race of octopi in the Mariana trench. a strange-looking metal fish has just flash banged you with the strongest light you've ever seen. what's even worse is that since it saw you crafting tools it won't leave you alone. | "FUCK OFF YOU SHINY SHARK BAIT!" Skitters-With-Shells blinked started peeking her eyes out of her hole curious as to who was screaming profanity at ass end of the morning and why. She stared baffled at the strange shiny fish that seemed to be ignoring the rocks and shells tossed at it by a visibly pissed off Tangles-Wi... |     Hugo worked in the dark. He was accustomed to it, as were all octopus who lived in Linnea, and it made him feel focused and comfortable. Down in these depths there was nothing that could move and navigate like a Linnean. His tentacles meticulously wrapped a small bit of string ar... | 2022-12-15T16:08:13 | 2022-12-15T11:01:50 | 121 | 37 |
[WP] I just learned what a drabble is. A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length. So, let's drabble. | From my recollection, the other side of this valley held fresh, drinkable water and caves. My makeshift shack had been weather worn and ripped apart by the harsh winds of an unforgiving desert. At this point the holes in my corrugated tin home were too large to ignore, letting sand and debris through with little resist... | I was eleven when I killed my first man, and by the time I drank my first legal pint there were hundreds more on the list. You weren't raised rough if you didn't have to fight for subsistence and temporary safety, and you aren't rough if you don't go looking for the next fight when times are more peaceful. It's engrave... | 2013-12-03T08:37:20 | 2013-12-03T08:09:10 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Two sentence story. First sentence is the setup. Second is the gut punch. Go! | As a young boy I was infatuated with the locomotive, and now as an older man I was finally taking my first ride with my son. I held the boy and closed my eyes disappearing into my past, feeling the vibration from the track, as we chugged along towards Auschwitz. | Wrote this for a two sentence horror story prompt.
He awoke naked and bloody in a strange bedroom and immediately leaned over the side of the bed to retch up the remnants of last nights alcohol. As the contents of his stomach slowly mingled with the pool of blood on the floor he recognized the shape of a human pen... | 2013-12-11T16:56:20 | 2013-12-11T16:26:23 | 37 | 10 |
[WP] God is found dead.
EDIT: Reading all of your responses now. Some of these are brilliant. | The Angels did not know what to do when they saw the dead body of the **LORD**, so they brought in those that had investigated crimes such as this in the past. After their initial surprise at the fact that the creator of all was found dead after all these years of being absent, they quickly cordoned off the area and be... | **This adapted / inspired from Asimov's [The last question](http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm)**
The year was approximately 2.41x10^13 . Man has long ago united in one conscience, a single united entity of pure information, omnipresent and almost omniscient. It has been searching for the completion brought by om... | 2014-02-18T15:25:19 | 2014-02-18T15:06:09 | 50 | 21 |
[Wp] Write a story that will make me question my morality.
Write a story that is so shocking it will make me question my morality.
Edit: Wow.
| The guy that honked was just another impatient urbanite asswhipe. I stand by my decision; who wouldn't stop their car, get out, and help an elderly lady with a walker cross the street. The poor soul could barely stand, and the lights stay green for such a pitifully short time, what chance did she have without a helpful... |
I remember the first night, as terrible as it was, it is one of those memories that never leaves you. My mother had come home late, she worked hard in a small salon in the city, it wasn't much to get us by, but she always smiled when she saw me, always walked a little happier when she was reminded of why she did it. I... | 2014-07-07T07:35:29 | 2014-07-07T07:30:11 | 35 | 24 |
[WP] A lone Spanish soldier lost in the deep jungles of South America stumbles upon the fountain of youth, but it's very different than anyone ever imagined. | You seem elated at what you have found, young soldier. You are to be commended for surviving the thick perils of the jungle which have taken the lives of millions before you. Perhaps you've been looking for this fountain your whole life, and now you have found it. Maybe you're wondering if there is some sort of catch t... | Noise.
Faint. Off in the distance, noise. Well, it was not like there was an absence of noise, the endless numbers of fauna that surrounded him swathed him in a constant wash of noise. It was this noise, however, that was not of nature. Repeditive, like a cricket, yet much slower than the ones he was used to hearing ... | 2014-09-06T21:10:40 | 2014-09-06T20:32:59 | 149 | 12 |
[WP] Human civilization has fallen and, thousands of years later, rebuilt itself. In an attempt to better understand the ancient race, a team of archaeologists have discovered the Internet and are navigating it for the first time. Write their field notes. | 8 Firmaire 9155
We found another one of these 'Serve-R's and hooked up a carbon condenser to fuel the generators. I think we'll have something by tomorrow.
10 Firmaire 9155
No entry yesterday. We were all taken aback at how everyone was some kind of "Nazi" or "Faggot." Several random samples confirmed this. Audio l... | Day 1
We have found an odd chamber. There appears to be multiple pillars aligned in perfect rows. Could this be a religous chamber or a burial ground? Upon further inspection we have found on one wall of the chamber a row of levers with odd markings. We will have to decipher them as they are written in a very odd ... | 2014-11-06T06:52:59 | 2014-11-06T05:33:33 | 470 | 86 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | I lay curled on the old mat I've slept on since I was just a pup, waiting for Boy. I've lived a long and happy life, the happiest parts all spent growing up with Boy. I wish he were near me now, I'm so tired and he's been gone for so long...but I'll wait for him one last time. A dog always waits for his Boy.
EDIT: T... | I always dreaded when people remembered my birthday.
I don't recall any one of them ever being "happy".
You see, my mother died giving birth to me.
And growing up, my father never let me forget that.
___~~~___
I hear quite often how beautiful my daughter is.
I wish I could see her myself.
But she never retu... | 2014-11-20T21:44:15 | 2014-11-20T18:55:26 | 150 | 39 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | I lay curled on the old mat I've slept on since I was just a pup, waiting for Boy. I've lived a long and happy life, the happiest parts all spent growing up with Boy. I wish he were near me now, I'm so tired and he's been gone for so long...but I'll wait for him one last time. A dog always waits for his Boy.
EDIT: T... | He saw me from across the street and his eyes lit up as he broke out into a frantic sprint toward me.
I threw my hands up and screamed at him to stop, to make him go back, but it was already over. The driver felt terrible but there was nothing she could do; he had been born deaf and never heard the screeching wheel... | 2014-11-20T21:44:15 | 2014-11-20T19:13:14 | 150 | 38 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | He checked his watch for the eighth time that hour.
He took the box out of his pocket and opened it.
He took the ring out and caught the fading light of the day in its facets.
He put the ring away and walked home as he realized she would never show. | Parallel lines have a lot in common but they never ever get to meet each other.
Every other pair of lines meet once and drift apart forever.
The asymptote builds up (false) hope and gets closer and closer to meeting the axis but... never gets to do that.
Lines are depressing :'( | 2014-11-20T18:36:12 | 2014-11-20T18:22:41 | 72 | 26 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | These sidewalks grow a few degrees cooler with every passing week.
With nothing but these tattered rags, a grocery cart and tonight's makeshift bed, I just don't know if I'm gonna make it.
As I gaze listlessly at the moon, I feel a soft warmth brush by my feet, then my legs.
You're just an orphaned puppy, resigned t... | He saw me from across the street and his eyes lit up as he broke out into a frantic sprint toward me.
I threw my hands up and screamed at him to stop, to make him go back, but it was already over. The driver felt terrible but there was nothing she could do; he had been born deaf and never heard the screeching wheel... | 2014-11-20T19:49:06 | 2014-11-20T19:13:14 | 56 | 38 |
[WP] An island that is the safest place on the planet. Humans live in complete harmony with nature. Photos have leaked, sparking interest from tourist groups. You are tasked with filling the internet with misinformation about the pics and island, to keep people in fear of it. | "Father!" The young man clutched at the aged hand lying on the bedspread. The shamans backed away respectfully, drawing the woven curtains as they left the room.
Grey eyes turned towards him, pupils blurred by cataracts, but still harbouring a secretive twinkle.
"My son." A wet cough clashed with the dry and raspy ... | The plan was simple.
Scare them enough to keep them out.
The only problem was, we couldn't scare them too much.
The curiosity and fear had to be in a delicate balance - too much of one, or the other and we would be found out. Or destroyed.
But still, the plan was a simple one.
In this day and age of technolog... | 2015-01-26T06:31:11 | 2015-01-26T03:16:42 | 81 | 10 |
[FF] In four sentences, tell a horror story.
Edit: Dear God my poor inbox. | I've always thought that the man in the window was a normal thing.
I thought that everyone had one.
He's been watching me since I was a kid, but these days he seems to get closer every night.
If I squint hard, I can almost make out his face. | *"Cats are the perfect pet; a glorious symphony of shiny fur and languorous muscle. Soothing when petted, uplifting when playful, admirable when feeding - I cannot imagine life without a cat. A friend, spouse, a child, a family - none of these are needed when one has a cat."*
"Is... is that okay, master, or should I w... | 2015-03-06T08:00:36 | 2015-03-06T07:59:41 | 123 | 53 |
[FF] In four sentences, tell a horror story.
Edit: Dear God my poor inbox. | I am trapped miles below ground, the earthquake that happened so suddenly almost seemed intended for me.
The rock walls shook, cracked, and shifted above me as I fell, until there was no trace of sunlight left.
And now, as I lay here, so completely immobilized by hardened molten rock and ash, so tightly I cannot expa... | Sometimes I dream that I'm the last man on earth. That the bombs fell, or that big asteroid finally hit, or some terrorist group released a virus- I can never remember which- and one by one we scrabbled and clawed at each other until only I was left. I dream of long, slow days watching the horizon for another person, a... | 2015-03-06T13:26:06 | 2015-03-06T10:49:08 | 58 | 19 |
[FF] In four sentences, tell a horror story.
Edit: Dear God my poor inbox. | I am trapped miles below ground, the earthquake that happened so suddenly almost seemed intended for me.
The rock walls shook, cracked, and shifted above me as I fell, until there was no trace of sunlight left.
And now, as I lay here, so completely immobilized by hardened molten rock and ash, so tightly I cannot expa... | I used to be alone, even in a crowd. No one saw me or noticed me, and although I'd gotten used to it and liked it in my own way, I still wanted a connection. The change was small at first, just a feeling behind my eyes, but in time it became something else entirely, an entirely new range of sensations, voices, and thou... | 2015-03-06T13:26:06 | 2015-03-06T08:41:48 | 58 | 17 |
[FF] In four sentences, tell a horror story.
Edit: Dear God my poor inbox. | I am trapped miles below ground, the earthquake that happened so suddenly almost seemed intended for me.
The rock walls shook, cracked, and shifted above me as I fell, until there was no trace of sunlight left.
And now, as I lay here, so completely immobilized by hardened molten rock and ash, so tightly I cannot expa... | Its getting darker now, I can barely see my withered hands through the flickering
candlelight.
I can sense life itself evacuating the room, my hope and will to live, leaves with it.
I fought through all the other nights, but tonight will be my last for I am the only
one left.
Tears stream down my face as I feel i... | 2015-03-06T13:26:06 | 2015-03-06T07:56:35 | 58 | 11 |
[FF] In four sentences, tell a horror story.
Edit: Dear God my poor inbox. | *"Cats are the perfect pet; a glorious symphony of shiny fur and languorous muscle. Soothing when petted, uplifting when playful, admirable when feeding - I cannot imagine life without a cat. A friend, spouse, a child, a family - none of these are needed when one has a cat."*
"Is... is that okay, master, or should I w... | Its getting darker now, I can barely see my withered hands through the flickering
candlelight.
I can sense life itself evacuating the room, my hope and will to live, leaves with it.
I fought through all the other nights, but tonight will be my last for I am the only
one left.
Tears stream down my face as I feel i... | 2015-03-06T07:59:41 | 2015-03-06T07:56:35 | 53 | 11 |
[WP]Write the most terrifying story you can possibly imagine, and make me genuinely afraid. | 3...2...1.
Did you feel it? In the time it takes you to read this sentence, another person on Earth has died.
3...2...1.
Oh, that's another one. What are the chances that it's someone you know? When was the last time you called your dad? Checked on your baby?
3...2...1.
And that's three. Your father, mother, ... | It’s a beautiful day out, breakfast was good – was it not? It is just another day, maybe you are wondering about what to make for dinner, perhaps you need to mail some letters, pay some bills. Just another day in your life…
Sometimes when you torture someone they fall deep into a dream world that resembles their old l... | 2015-06-05T18:26:33 | 2015-06-05T16:27:27 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] After a freak accident you find yourself at the pearly gates, but rather than a list of your deeds, you're presented with all the fucks you've ever given. Branded a hoarder, you're given a second chance to relive your last 24hrs and earn entry to heaven, by giving all the fucks you have | He was not a rich man
Always seemed down on his luck
The bankers took everything he had
But he didn't give a fuck.
.
He was not a bad man either
Always made an honest buck
His wife cheated him out of a house and a kid
But he didn't give a fuck.
.
He was not an emotional man
When his life would start to suck
... | "I'm sorry I have to give what now?"
"Fucks. You have to give all of your fucks. Every last damn fuck you never gave. 24 hours, or downstairs you go."
I was at a loss for words. I mean, one moment I was crossing the street, next, I was having Saint Jackass over here cuss me out? I mean hes a saint, is he even allowe... | 2015-11-18T20:03:12 | 2015-11-18T10:51:26 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You are an immortal and have been alive for millions of years without anyone finding out. However, Human kind has been evolving, and you have stayed the same. | There is no name. There is no title. There is only 'I'.
Birthed at ground zero of what humanity would call the 'Chicxulub' event, my physical form is undying. While wandering around as a newborn I witnessed mass extinction. Charred carcasses of giant beasts and shrieking survivors taught me emotions. Despair. Sadness... | **Disclaimer: I'm really sorry, after writing out the nonsense below, I realised I had read the prompt incorrectly and kind of left out the part in which 'nobody found out the character was immortal/not evolving.' Thought I'd post it regardless:**
"Kevin, just pass me the pad." Kevin is my 'older' brother. Well, he's... | 2015-12-09T06:18:33 | 2015-12-09T05:58:59 | 157 | 21 |
[WP] You're a teller at a bank. Three masked men walk in, unarmed, and proceed to commit the most passive aggressive bank robbery in history | The man dropped a canvas sack on the table between us, while his two friends crowded in behind him.
"I'm sure you're *really* busy, but if it's not *too* much trouble, can you go ahead and fill this sack with $100,000 in tens and twenties?"
"Okay," I said, pulling the sack behind the desk. "Do you happen to have your... | I always love watching the sunlight play as it passes through the colored glass above the entrance to the bank. It seldom busy so I have plenty of time. Usually people come to withdraw money after work, older people come for their money around 12 and the rest of the time its just a few odd people every once in a while.... | 2016-08-11T07:23:52 | 2016-08-11T05:09:53 | 199 | 22 |
[WP] Two habitable planets in the same orbit but travelling in opposite directions cross paths twice a year just close enough to brush each other's atmosphere. Six months ago the first balloon expedition successfully crossed, today everyone waits in excitement for the explorers anticipated return. | Interplanetary Airship Expedition Journal Day 1, First Officer J. H. Smoot:
With great fanfare, we aeronauts of the H.M.A.S Lagrange set off to visit the strange world we call Nemesis that has tantalized us for so many centuries. We have ascended to 10,000 meters; the captain will do his inspection and the navigator ... | It was actually admirable, the sheer amount of names we'd conjured up to mark the day. Some chimed in with "Balloon Day", others opting for the more movie-esque "Crossover Day". I didn't really feel the need to place pet-names on such a momentous task - I just referred to it as "the day"; "the day's coming soon, better... | 2016-08-11T11:58:51 | 2016-08-11T10:47:44 | 1,035 | 74 |
[WP] You possess an ability to turn off one or more of your senses to heighten the others. Today is the day you make a mistake. | I've known how to use my powers since I was young. I could turn off my hearing when mom yelled, turn off my smelling when the dog farted, that sort of thing. I've been pushing it further recently. Yeah, I've gotten hurt a few times. But when you can turn off feeling pain, it's not so bad.
I purposely fell hard in fro... | I was born with awareness of each of my senses and the ability to turn them off and on. When one sense was of the others increased. I used the skill to eavesdrop, look at other people's test, and other mundane things. I was strolling through the park. I had turned off hearing and sat on a bench so that I could see all ... | 2016-08-24T08:36:59 | 2016-08-24T07:13:48 | 48 | 15 |
[WP] You're a middle school custodian, cleaning up the school is your job. So when a group of men take the school hostage, they are no exception. You have a mess to clean. | "Right, is everyone here?" the masked gunman barked as the children and teachers cowered in the hall. "Everyone better be here, or heads will roll."
The hostages gave quick, frightened nods as the five men circled them.
One let off a shot at the ceiling, drawing panicked screams and cries from the crowd. "I'm looking... | In reality, I had been preparing for this moment my whole life. Being a janitor is boring. Really boring. Yeah, for the first couple years it is interesting to watch the kids do stupid stuff, but after you've seen the same wedgie 50 times in a row it starts to get old. That's when I started imagining all of the differe... | 2016-11-18T07:48:37 | 2016-11-18T07:26:36 | 267 | 61 |
[WP] "So what happens if I press this button?" I asked. "Nothing." She replied. I pushed the button in, grinning. "It's when you let go that things get nasty." | My finger froze on top of the button. "What do you mean things get nasty? What happens when I let go?"
The desk vibrated as her phone rang. "I'm so sorry, I have to take this."
"What's goi-"
"Anita Hayes, Senior VP of Human Resources" as her name tag had read, stood up from behind the desk and curtly exited the room... | ######[](#dropcap)
Hilary Flint grinned despite himself.
"*Clever girl...* So happens next?"
The red-haired Fae smiled and bent down to peck him on the cheek. "Now I go and you stay. That trigger is connected enough Gelignite to blow you and everything around you for twenty paces into ashes. Think well of me, love.... | 2017-01-05T11:43:41 | 2017-01-05T10:11:42 | 231 | 13 |
[WP] You own a magical camera that is similar to a thermal camera, but instead of heat it shows you value. A ring glows as bright as the sun while a piece of plastic wrapping is almost invisible. You have been careful never to look at a person with it for your whole life. | "James, don't forget your jacket!" Shouted my mother as the school bus pulled towards the curb, and she ran forward to smooth down my hair with a comb. I stopped in front of the mirror on my way out, making sure my collar was straight, my pants were wrinkle free, and my face clean. Usually, like the typical sixth grade... | It had been months since Jerry had used the camera. It's ability to show value had cemented him a very prosperous bank account. He had moved from his run down studio flat into what could only be described as a castle. It was beautiful, beautiful but cold. Paintings lined its walls, their value found by the camera he ha... | 2017-01-15T09:59:41 | 2017-01-15T09:37:40 | 667 | 237 |
[WP] You own a magical camera that is similar to a thermal camera, but instead of heat it shows you value. A ring glows as bright as the sun while a piece of plastic wrapping is almost invisible. You have been careful never to look at a person with it for your whole life. | I found it at a thrift store years ago, this small little camera that has changed my life. At first I wasn't sure what to make of the bright lights I saw in it, but slowly came to realize they showed the value of things.
It wasn't always monetary, sometimes it was value in a current situation, or value in the future.... | I'd gotten pretty used to the camera. I could pretty much guess what objects would glow bright and which would be dull, almost invisible or even almost black. It seemed as though monitary value was what it measured and that's why I didn't ever point it at people. I didn't want to view people I cared about as dollar amo... | 2017-01-15T10:16:08 | 2017-01-15T10:02:21 | 199 | 48 |
[WP] The Government releases an App allowing citizens to chose where their taxes are spent. | Congress defunded the app soon after half of Americans spent their taxes to build the Great wall of Texas. Problems arose when the other half used their taxes to build tunnels under the walls. All in all it was a really silly idea.
Oh, me? Well I spent my taxes on hookers and blow, I'm a secret service agent. | >You have always been very political, but couldn't do anything to change the government.
>That will change now!
>Welcome to Tak-Zs. An innovation in democracy!
>Now, you can help!
>With this new app, you can manually change how your taxes are spent.
>Visit *tak-zs.gov* to learn more
Dennis saw... | 2017-02-19T18:59:07 | 2017-02-19T17:40:35 | 81 | 22 |
[WP] It has been quite some time since Great Britain has called upon it's Knights. This morning every person, celebrity, and politician Knighted by The Queen received a letter demanding they report for duty in service of The Kingdom, signed by her Majesty. | John Cleese heard the news and laughed bitterly. He had been right all along—accepting a Knighthood from the Queen came with strings attached. By the grace of God, he’d declined when she offered. He turned to watch the telly.
“Please help,” the Queen said. She wore a blindfold and a frilly blue hat. “I have been kidna... | Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations,
Hereby calls upon all knighted subjects of the Realm to come to the dutiful service of the Crown.
Recent events have brought into question the loyalty of certain high-rankin... | 2017-03-04T19:06:51 | 2017-03-04T18:41:29 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] You have the power to swap places with anyone, anywhere, at will. You've set up a business where you charge by the hour for tourists to swap places with you. Today is different, because your latest client sent an emergency request. It is a hostage. | I wondered about the situation for a few moments, my friend waiting patiently on the call. Then, the idea struck me.
"I'll do it!" I said, then hung up.
When she arrived, she looked relieved but also concerned. "What about you?"
"Got it under control Sarah. See you soon!"
With that, I vanished from the room. Mo... | Phone call: Monday 18th of June 13:54
“Bound you say? With guns pointed at your head you say? Pardon me asking, but exactly how are you calling me with bound hands?”
…
“They gave you a last phone call? How kind of them. Say, is there anyone you dislike in particular?”
…
“Haha! Yes, I can imagine. It’s never easy t... | 2017-04-20T08:08:05 | 2017-04-20T05:25:03 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] After you die you learn why the Grim Reaper is portrayed holding a Scythe. It isn't to harvest you, it's to protect you from something on your journey. | I heard the gentle noise of his mythical scythe slicing the rope that held my lifeless body. I brusquely fell head first into the tall refreshing grass, a soft breeze caressed my skin. "If you weren't here I wouldn't believe i'm dead." I said as I stood up and removed the dirt from my arms.
Death didn't say a word, i... | "So," I said as we drifted, "What is this?!"
I clenched the seat as hard as I can fighting the immense G force of the vehicle.
"Where are we going?!"
Grimm is not what you'd expect. Folklore and myth paints a picture of him with a robe with a scythe and a serious face. And I tell you now it's all wrong.
Nowadays h... | 2017-06-20T16:42:43 | 2017-06-20T15:56:00 | 214 | 46 |
[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. | "Look, Matty the Mad is acting strange again," I said, elbowing my friend Flint as we walked past her shack on our way home. The elderly woman was busy shoveling dirt over a hole, either unaware or unconcerned about her dirt-stained frock.
"I say, what're you up to, Matty?" he called.
She straightened and glared at u... | 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... | 2017-09-14T11:40:58 | 2017-09-14T11:14:03 | 3,641 | 114 |
[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. | "I don't know if she's all that daft. I think she may be a witch."
"Who? Mad Mary of the Idiot Wood!? A witch? I doubt that very much."
"She could be playing dumb to throw us off, so we don't suspect."
"We are talking about the daft old lady who'll give you vegetables if you dump your chamber pot in that thing be... | "What is she *doing*?" asked Wyll, staring at a round-ish woman who was squeezing a bulb of a lilly, rinsing her hands in the foamy lather that came out. She was on her knees next to a little stream, near her little cottage up the hill.
"Is she squeezing a potato?" asked Wyll. "Why on earth is she squeezing a potato?... | 2017-09-14T12:11:29 | 2017-09-14T10:53:02 | 240 | 120 |
[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. | "but the bread mold saved your grandfather Mort. And the maggots saved Earl's crushed food when everyone knew he was going to die. Sucking out the snake bite didn't save your boy Martha but any other healer would not have even tried. We lost what six of the last twenty babes born under her care? What other village can ... | "She's something all right."
"Yes but a lady belongs in the houses, not working whatever it is she's always up to."
--
As I pull back the curtains to the cellar, the stench of her recent 'concoctions' hit me once again. Though I love her enthusiastic, or as I call it 'free-spirited' personality, others whisper wher... | 2017-09-14T15:04:14 | 2017-09-14T12:51:41 | 85 | 58 |
[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. | "but the bread mold saved your grandfather Mort. And the maggots saved Earl's crushed food when everyone knew he was going to die. Sucking out the snake bite didn't save your boy Martha but any other healer would not have even tried. We lost what six of the last twenty babes born under her care? What other village can ... | "She's something all right."
"Yes but a lady belongs in the houses, not working whatever it is she's always up to."
--
As I pull back the curtains to the cellar, the stench of her recent 'concoctions' hit me once again. Though I love her enthusiastic, or as I call it 'free-spirited' personality, others whisper wher... | 2017-09-14T15:04:14 | 2017-09-14T09:53:18 | 85 | 56 |
[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. | "but the bread mold saved your grandfather Mort. And the maggots saved Earl's crushed food when everyone knew he was going to die. Sucking out the snake bite didn't save your boy Martha but any other healer would not have even tried. We lost what six of the last twenty babes born under her care? What other village can ... | "She's something all right."
"Yes but a lady belongs in the houses, not working whatever it is she's always up to."
--
As I pull back the curtains to the cellar, the stench of her recent 'concoctions' hit me once again. Though I love her enthusiastic, or as I call it 'free-spirited' personality, others whisper wher... | 2017-09-14T10:52:25 | 2017-09-14T09:53:18 | 82 | 56 |
[WP] Gods are born when people first believe in them and die when no one follows them anymore. You're one of the last gods, on the verge of death. | They say that when there is no other way to explain it, then people will attribute it to an entity... a being... A god. Just as we exist as a placeholder, then we shall cease to be once that place we hold is filled.
Life has been created, the star has been harnessed, the Earth has been explored, and the weather has be... | Immortality is craved by almost all humans. They wouldn't feel that way after the first couple of years. We do not think ourselves, at least most of us, as better than humans. We make friends and we watch them die.
I opened the case and took my trumpet. I can feel the end, so close I can see it on the horizon. I play ... | 2017-11-09T01:01:38 | 2017-11-09T00:31:38 | 59 | 14 |
[WP] You are a member of a secret civilization of children where anyone who reaches 21 is executed. It's your 21st birthday. | It's strange knowing that you're about to die. My older brother told me how calming it was, how it allowed him to see things from a perspective he wasn't able to before. He was excited to go, even proud of what his sacrifice would mean for the rest of their people.
That was ten years ago, and now, on my day of reckon... | "Oh god. I can't breathe. I'm so ready."
Snickers roll across the room.
"Dude, you're almost there! Enjoy the last couple of hours you have! CHUG CHUG CHUG!"
That stupid punk 17 year old has no idea what's coming. I mean, I didn't know what was coming when I was 17. Why would you worry about the distant future when... | 2017-12-09T19:11:53 | 2017-12-09T18:38:14 | 40 | 12 |
[WP] You are the king, after your daughter was kidnapped by a dragon you offered the standard reward to whoever rescued her. You weren't expecting a different dragon to rescue her.
Wow! I didn't think this would blow up like it did! Thank you all so much for all your stories. I haven't commented on all of them but the... | I was bouncing with excitement in my throne. Not only had my daughter been rescued from the dragon, but she also was rescued by one of her brave friends the same age as her! This would be a marriage that would go along very well.
One of my servants ran up to me. “Sir Grol, your daughter is back! And with her um.....s... | I trembled with rage as I stood in the courtyard. It was bad enough that I was expected to meet this creature; to have to meet it outside of the throne room broke all formality. A promise is a promise, and I intended to keep my word. I keep my word to this day. Yet, late at night, I do wonder if I did the right thing.
... | 2018-02-23T14:08:39 | 2018-02-23T10:22:05 | 54 | 29 |
[WP] "So let me get this straight" The former UFC fighter looked at the doctor in the eye. "You want to put me in a medically induced coma so my ghost can beat the shit out of the ghost that's haunting the psych ward of the hospital? "Uhh... If you want to put it like that, sure."
Who knows, maybe the fighter couldn't... | "Hit it doc, I'm ready."
The doctor jabbed the syringe into my arm nervously. "If you win you'll find your reward underneath your bed. Good luck. "
"Sweet. I assure you doc there will be no luck involved. Only-" darkness flooded my mind. The last thing I saw, was the doc scampering out of the room.
I opened my eyes... | Johnny looked into his doctor's eyes and hoped that the kind doctor was joking. But Dr Peter just sat there, his intense eyes fixed upon Johnny. It made Johnny shift uncomfortably in his seat.
"Look, I am really glad that the hospital chose to help me, and I am more than happy to beat the shit out of whoever that is l... | 2018-03-06T00:18:38 | 2018-03-05T23:38:54 | 1,160 | 33 |
[WP] You are a human who’s been adopted by a dragon couple. The mother is incredibly enthusiastic about teaching you stuff, so every week she tries to teach you to breathe fire and fly. It gets weird one day when you actually breathe fire. | "Here's the thing, dear, and if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times! You have to give up on those mushy, constraining human ideas. You see, humans are... you're not paying attention, are you?"
She was right. I wasn't.
"Sorry, mom," I muttered, and then went right back to staring at the human village i... | The child awoke with a grunt, holding his head. Where… where was he? He looked around, panic starting to well up within him. Where were his parents? He got up with a whimper, sniffling as he looked around again. He was in a dark cave, dull brown stalagmites lazily stretching for a ceiling he couldn’t see. There was a d... | 2018-07-15T11:54:53 | 2018-07-15T09:32:25 | 87 | 11 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | All 51 brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We now have a weekly schedule, everyone takes their week each year being dead. Since the only cost is a life, seems silly not to just work this rotation. Now we are all immortal, like everyone else that found the glitch in the system. | I took a long breath, tentatively laying my fingers on the knob. I pushed until I heard it unlatch. A few eager morning rays pierced the crack between the door and the frame, and after what felt like an eternity, I found myself eye to eye with the boy's family — his weeping mother, somber father, and bitter grandparent... | 2018-09-16T18:33:54 | 2018-09-16T18:01:16 | 107 | 23 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | How do you feel son?
Hungry.... can I have pizza mommy?
Where’s spot? I miss him
“I would give anything to trade places , im so sorry.”
I said it and I meant it. But it meant nothing.
They walked away broken , changed and full of hate. I did this to them. I took their son. And that was that .
I was sober when I... | "...yeah. I'll do it. And again, I'm so sorry." I said slowly.
"Are you sure? We expected an argument. I know this is difficult for you, and we're...just not sure what to do."
"The fault is mine...and besides...uhh. I was planning on doing this anyway."
"Wait. What did you say?"
"I was planning on ending it. Long b... | 2018-09-16T20:33:29 | 2018-09-16T19:01:41 | 64 | 20 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | "No."
I left them speechless on my front porch as I closed the door on their faces.
I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There were two ice cold beers waiting for me in there.
I brought them both into the living room and dropped my ass down on the couch.
Death's a bitch I thought, popping open the first... | I took a long breath, tentatively laying my fingers on the knob. I pushed until I heard it unlatch. A few eager morning rays pierced the crack between the door and the frame, and after what felt like an eternity, I found myself eye to eye with the boy's family — his weeping mother, somber father, and bitter grandparent... | 2018-09-16T19:59:36 | 2018-09-16T18:01:16 | 62 | 23 |
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
Honestly if magic did exist in our world,... | The setting for the battle was a bleak one: a playground, cold and abandoned. Save for two warriors, not a soul was visible in the area.
One of these warriors was truly a fearsome creature, by looks. Abraham was formerly a well-mannered man of little consequence, but upon discovering his new god and devoting himself ... | *This was...a mistake.*
That was all Carry could think of as she clutched her Nimbus 2000 in one hand and a twelve inch hawthorn, dragon heart string wand in the other. She, loved Harry Potter, so to her, this was magic, and her rapid wand waving won her many duels, especially against Call of Cthullu fans, but she had... | 2018-10-16T00:05:09 | 2018-10-15T22:55:54 | 48 | 14 |
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
Honestly if magic did exist in our world,... | The cultist, wearing a trench coat and smoking a cigar, with a Colt pistol holstered in his pocket, raised his hands, chanting some indecipherable phrases, as a creature from beyond the comprehendible portions of reality dragged itself into our dimension. The conditions were right, the sacrifices were made, and the wor... | Streaks of light paint the night sky as a girl sings her heart out. The intense melody of “Sayonara no Tsubasa” fills up the surrounding along with explosions from the battle between the Unicorn Gundam and the girl’s Boyfriend’s YF-29 Durandal.
The Unicorn Gundam in Destroy mode fires it’s beam magnum along with its ... | 2018-10-15T23:09:43 | 2018-10-15T22:23:51 | 42 | 13 |
[WP] You are an immortal that was caught by the mafia after you betrayed them. They deal with you the same way as traitors, chained to a cement bloc and trown in a lac. After 300 years you are finally discovered by divers. | After three hundred years of being underwater, I came to realize how astonishingly mad I had become. I have eaten at grand banquet tables with lobsters, swam for treasure with dolphins, and bathed with beautiful mermaids. While lost in such a reverie, and only when the pain became too overbearing to ignore, did I notic... | I was born to rule the world. My destiny, no matter what, was to be above humanity itself. Even though I was raised in a poor household, I ended up being adopted by a rich family - who knows how they got their wealth - my deadbeat father managed to save. That was their worst mistake. Even at an early age, I longed for ... | 2018-11-24T12:11:20 | 2018-11-24T10:49:19 | 75 | 27 |
[WP] Your power to stop time is automatically activated when you are talking with someone and need the perfect words (witty joke, flirty line, comeback, etc.). Time won't flow again until you have those perfect words. This time, you've been frozen for what feels like two days. | I stared at Tori’s face. I’d been looking at her for what felt like days. She looked like she always had. Her eyes were bright. Her hair was in a typical messy bun. She smiled up at me awaiting a response.
Tori had just finished telling me about her day, and everything went still. I felt it coming as she finished h... | It had happened before, but never for this long.
Alexander was 23 when he discovered time was his best friend. Whenever he needed time to think of the perfect words, that perfect email or perfect flirty phrase, time stopped around him. People froze mid-sentence, birds stopped flying in mid-air, the TV's paused as the... | 2019-02-25T20:33:52 | 2019-02-25T19:15:02 | 53 | 25 |
[WP] Turns our that dragons are laid back underachievers. They could rule as gods, being virtually invincible, but almost all of them prefer a nice comfy nest in the mountains and a nice fat cow every week. | "Dragon I do not understand" asked the boy.
With a low grumble the dragon shifted, a small plume of smoke rising from it's nose.
"What is it you do not understand, I have told you my story, the good, the evil, the love, the loss and the truth. You have come to my cave every day for a fortnight to listen, the first ... | “Really? A cow?”
“Why not? It is good succulent meat, good as any one could wish for,” he belched. “Nothing sticking in your teeth, catching in your throat.”
As he lay on the grassy plateau looking up at the cool night sky, Drogon let out a good deal of smoke with a good deal of noise from a rather undignified openi... | 2019-05-25T21:53:01 | 2019-05-25T21:52:48 | 32 | 20 |
[WP] Your name is Karen and you just completed your final level of training. After the hair cutting ceremony, you feel a wild energy surge through your veins... you now have the ultimate power of summoning any retail store manager in the universe.
[removed] | The scene of a wild west standoff began unfolding in what would be an ordinary Whole Foods bulk aisle. I didn't even need to say anything before the other customers dispersed in terror. The light indie music over the intercoms added a bizarre innocence to the standoff, like those dirty hipsters didn't know what was abo... | You walked briskly towards the front of the parking lot. The bag you were carrying was light but it was still annoying to have to cart around. Your newly short hair was still an adjustment, but a necessary one. Today would be a defining moment that proved that all that you had worked for had *meant* something.
It was ... | 2019-05-26T12:06:22 | 2019-05-26T11:43:45 | 126 | 27 |
[WP] You are a multi-billionaire with a lovely wife, who is trying to kill you to inherit your fortune. You love her so much that you just don't have the heart to tell her you are immortal. | She smiles at me from across the table, and raises a glass of white wine to my red. It’s funny, I had never noticed her preference for white wine before tonight- our anniversary- perhaps it’s because the house red is poisoned tonight. I could see the particulates collecting in the bottom of the glass.
Our glasses cli... | “I want him gone! Do you understand me?” I watched my wife talk to a hit man from the top of a nearby tower. She was truly beautiful. Her long curly black hair was loosely tied back. Her beautiful blue eyes sparkled with malicious intent. She was strong willed and persuasive as well. She was perfect. “I see, of course... | 2019-07-31T09:07:14 | 2019-07-31T08:57:07 | 48 | 15 |
[WP] You are a Death-Salesman. You sell death to immortals who are tired of living. Usually, this entails finding that one blessed bullet, or that one specific flower that is this immortal's weakness. However, your most recent client is an extremely difficult case. | Here's the deal. We've exhausted all of our leads, and we've found absolutely nothing that can kill you. Your power transcends time, space, logic, and everything else. If you didn't want to be having this conversation, you wouldn't be having it. But you know that already.
That said, we believe that there is one thi... | Most jobs have a private section that ride alongside the general practitioners of that type of job, for teachers, private school, and doctors, private hospitals. As for me, I belong to the 9th plane of hell's 'Surekill' corporation, a private corporation that works alongside the reapers, meant for the death of immorta... | 2019-09-24T20:46:14 | 2019-09-24T20:39:34 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] Upon us entering intergalactic civilization, we discover that the Milky Way wasn't where we came from, but where we were banished to. All of civilization is horrified that we survived and returned from the universe's harshest galaxy. | Colonel Yak'Xar stood on the bridge of the Titan-class flagship Last Hope. Before him was a G-class star, and the third planet surrounding it was his target. Sol III, a backwards planet with so much hostile flora and fauna any intelligent species was nervous to go there. The First League had sentenced the human race to... | The screens blared in agony as bells rang.
"ALERT. ALERT. MESSAGE FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO RECIEVED"
Dianne looked out of the window to see a ship like no other. It didn't seem to have a beginning or end or even to exist at all, yet it was there. All that was know of this ship was that the Drehlah were the creat... | 2019-11-14T23:04:00 | 2019-11-14T16:24:09 | 39 | 23 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | Of course this isn't real. It can't be. Tell me again, Urist, why you decided to take my phone and text 'yes'?
First of all, I don't like bragging. Especially not false bragging.
It's all well and good if you've been playing... I dunno.. Skyrim or whatever. A game that has a goal, a game that is 'beatable' for lack o... | "I'm screwed," I lamented for what might have been the fifth time, out loud and to know one in particular. Feeling utterly defeated, I leaned against an oak tree and slid down until I was sitting where its roots should have been. The ground was hard and flat.
I was sure I had never been this alone in my life. Nor as ... | 2020-02-16T22:18:04 | 2020-02-16T21:57:27 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] In your village, every child is tested to see where their magical abilities lie. Your parents discover that yours is with insects. Your village thinks that your abilities are the weakest of them all, but now that you're in your full power you are the strongest. | King Bugby had not always been king. His name had not always been Bugby either, but now he wore it with pride, his birth name forgotten since the day of the Sorting. "Bug Boy, Bug Boy," the village kids had jeered.
Bug Boy was a gentle soul, one who would not see even an ant trampled, and so Bug Boy he became. It was ... | “Have you ever felt a nest of spiders burst in your throat, slowly making their way down your throat until they pick and pull at your organs. I hear it’s meant to be painful, at least that’s what I hear. In fairness, I never get a proper answer when I ask. Usually, all they say is. Ah, please make it stop. That sounds ... | 2020-05-23T08:00:58 | 2020-05-23T06:26:26 | 90 | 38 |
[WP] The human race is extinct, but no one knows because billions of different alien races all sent spies disguised as humans to earth, and they all think they're the only alien and everyone else is human. | “With all the technological advancements we have given them over the years, I can’t believe these lines are still always so long,” Zax -Lo thought, “all I want are my prescriptions.”
Zax had been waiting for almost an hour. This suburban town, although bustling at times, could be maddeningly slow when it came to queu... |
"What are you thinking about Jim?" Said Kwaerzolia, the peacekeeper in his ever changing raspy voice.
I am really going to miss this place; tomorrow marks the last day of the accursed pledge I was programmed into making. I hope they are all waiting for me; and not crumbled into dust for the stars and galaxies far ... | 2020-06-21T05:59:47 | 2020-06-21T01:49:50 | 727 | 222 |
[WP] There is a tradition in the US Navy that no submarine is ever considered lost, those that go to sea and don't return are considered "Still on Patrol". There are 52 WW2 submarines still on patrol, and they have just started coming home. | Date: Monday, May 31st, 2030.
0300 hours
Location: 40km east of [REDACTED]
Operation: Depths Rising
Lt. John Abbott stares out over the cold, deadly waterscape in front of him, marveling as the waves smack the shore, the smell of salt lingers in every pore. He pulls a final drag of his cigarette, before snuffing it... | 01022020 1715 ZULU TOPSECRET
ACTION MESSAGE: TOPSECRETxxxxxxATTN:COMCINCPAC/COMCINCLANT,
COMNAVAIRPAC/COMNAVAIRLANT, COMSUBPAC/COMSUBLANT
FROM:Commander CVN-70 USS CARLVINSON
SUB: UNKNOWN MILITARY ACTION IN MALLACA STRAITS
At1320Zulu CIC reports distress call by Japanese oiltanker Kobiashi Maru, s... | 2020-09-10T13:44:56 | 2020-09-10T13:30:22 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] An exorcist arrives at your door, and says "I'm here to remove the demon." Confused, you say you didn't call for an exorcist, then suddenly a demonic voice says "I did." | Things have been pretty weird lately. Last night my fridge magnets got magically rearranged to spell out L-O-S-E-R. This morning, after making a pot of coffee, the whole thing froze over, becoming colder than my ex. My cat’s been waking me up more often as well, swatting my face in my sleep, sometimes hissing in my ear... | I was eating chips on my couch, watching a movie I'd enjoyed a lot a few years ago. A short knock came at my door, and reluctantly, I rose from the comfortable cushions.
A man was at my door, black hair combed neatly, holding a large bag in his hand. Once he'd noticed I'd opened the door, a smile broke out across his ... | 2020-09-28T12:35:22 | 2020-09-28T12:06:42 | 647 | 19 |
[WP]As the cop put the handcuffs on he asked in a panicked voice, "Why are you letting me do this?" | "Why are you letting me do this?" He asked.
The bodies were all around, misshaped and painted in crimson. Some lay atop of each other, their entrails intertwined in an indistinguishable pile of viscera. Men. Women. Officers. Medics.
People. They had all been people.
The handcuff closed around my wrists, and the offi... | ##How to Get a Snitch
I stand in the middle of the street waiting for the cop car to pull up. I throw down my gun and hold up my hand. The cop gets out of the car, and I look at him and smile. The cop stops and runs back to the car. He calls for back-up. I wait a few more minutes while they stand there watching me.
A... | 2020-12-18T17:54:49 | 2020-12-18T17:39:28 | 56 | 14 |
[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. | Smoke fills the air around me, flames rippling off of my clothes. These ropes are tight against my wrists, and this pier is hard against my back. Below, the people of the city shout insults at me, their fists raised high to the air.
I am burning alive. I am not afraid.
Men are so quick to hate what they do not unders... | "Ava Dauphin" the priest shouted to me as the pyre started to burn. "You still have time to renounce the devil. Repent all your sins and you will be saved"
The warmth... Oh did I miss it so much? It was really a mistake to think that they would accept me... I have left my riches and my safe home to congregate with the... | 2021-01-03T07:06:34 | 2021-01-03T06:44:28 | 39 | 18 |
[WP] After slaying the foul dragon the king offered the knight the hand of his daughter in marriage. Neither of them were happy with this arrangement, the princess being completely disinterested in this stranger and the knight was expecting something like money or a title for risking his life | "For your bravery, Sir Isaac, and your heroic slaying of the terrifying and murderous dragon scourge, I offer to you the hand of my daughter, Princess Anna!" The King dramatically pointed behind him, letting his cape fan out to reveal a beautiful blonde woman, dressed demurely in a simple, yet opulent blue dress.
Anna... | Elbert knelt before the king in his shining armor — he had painstakingly polished it after defeating the dragon as to make a good first impression with the king. He had also practiced kneeling in the traditional pose of the knight, even though he wasn't one. Well, not technically. Elbert wanted to be a knight more than... | 2021-01-11T08:53:04 | 2021-01-11T08:24:06 | 57 | 39 |
[WP]: Rule of thumb: If you see something on a foreign planet that has all the outward traits of an apex predator, but no obvious and apparent way to kill you - run. The methods in which they kill aren't something you want to see. | **Day 1**
We landed on Thamia this morning. It may be the most beautiful planet I’ve ever seen. The local flora is spectacular. The idea that we are the first travelers to this planet both excites me and leaves me in awe. It is like an Eden and The Family will be so relieved. Our prayers have been answered after so ma... | The forest was quiet. Almost silent.
No shuffle of leaf litter of small forager, no chirp or twitter of birds.
The forest was still. Almost peaceful.
No wind to sway the branches. No rustle in the knee high grass.
The forest was empty.
'Nope' said George 'We are not camping here.'
'You've said that about the last... | 2021-01-25T08:53:37 | 2021-01-25T07:53:57 | 257 | 79 |
[WP]: Rule of thumb: If you see something on a foreign planet that has all the outward traits of an apex predator, but no obvious and apparent way to kill you - run. The methods in which they kill aren't something you want to see. | "That thing is massive. It's the size of a bloody ship, it's an apex predator, we need to get away from it."
"Owen, we're just here to observe, not fight it." She finished her drink and lowered the water bottle, answering nonchalantly. "Look, they're not attacking us, I'm sure we'll be fine."
"And what if it does att... | I looked at the creature and remembered my exoplanet survival teacher telling me "if you see something that has the outward traits of an apex predator, run. If you can see the ways it would kill you, avoid them. If you can't... Try not to find out."
It looked like a bear. A green bear. The "forest" around me filled wi... | 2021-01-25T09:28:28 | 2021-01-25T08:14:34 | 138 | 59 |
[WP]: Rule of thumb: If you see something on a foreign planet that has all the outward traits of an apex predator, but no obvious and apparent way to kill you - run. The methods in which they kill aren't something you want to see. | ''I don’t know where to start. We have been all over the solar system and we haven’t seen anything like this before. Volcanic activity on this planet was our only concern at first and we were here to collect samples and get back to the orbital station.''
I stop the recording and I take a few deep breaths to calm mysel... | Lee closed the hunting book and snorted. No beast could end him and his hunting party of twenty. Nothing that humans had encountered during their spaceward expansion had ever been able to challenge his mercenaries, and the monsters had varied wildly. So did the heads on his spaceship's wall. He did have a few close cal... | 2021-01-25T07:47:01 | 2021-01-25T07:24:36 | 123 | 55 |
[WP]: Rule of thumb: If you see something on a foreign planet that has all the outward traits of an apex predator, but no obvious and apparent way to kill you - run. The methods in which they kill aren't something you want to see. | I was walking through a dense forest. At first glance, it looked normal, but closer up I could tell something was off. The leaves were too green, too bright, in odd shapes. The wood was too dark, and for some reason slightly blue. The grass was... soft. It was almost fuzzy.
This place clearly wasn't Earth. It was a pl... | Much like Johnny Depp in the 2000s, the sky was overcast. Morose and grey, with just a hint of precipitation, behind which lurked a vague threat that could result in anything from a sudden deluge, to a violent storm of thunder, screaming winds, and flying debris. Like breaking up with your psycho ex all over again. Chr... | 2021-01-25T08:43:08 | 2021-01-25T08:39:48 | 75 | 25 |
[WP] Your door is kicked down(literally) as the hero enters and volunteers you for the quest to save the world, as the one designated in the ancient prophecy. Then your window is smashed in as the dark lord enters to volunteer you to destroy the world, in accordance with the ancient prophecy. | I let out a heavy sigh. This was the seventh time this month that these two had busted into my home breaking various things from vases to my TV and now I have glass shards in my cereal.
"Would you just leave me alone?" I say as I set my now glassy breakfast on the counter. At this point having both the personification... | "Really now." I sit back down, a toast both of them. The beer in my hand was ice cold, and a cold trickle of sweat ran down the bottle. Grabbing the remote I turned it to the twins game. We were behind already, but that was nothing new.
I watched mostly for the tight um uniforms anyway. I just came in from the barn, ... | 2021-06-22T07:24:56 | 2021-06-22T04:43:23 | 181 | 90 |
[WP] As a little girl, you gained the ability to detect when some creepy guy was staring at you. This has become unexpectedly useful in your grownup career as a military sniper. | Sherry’s first feeling upon walking out of the C17 onto the tarmac was of gratitude. Gratitude for having gained the ability to sense the precise direction and distance of another human staring at her at a very early age. That and incredible heat of course. The Flightline was hot. Damn hot.
Her extra sensory per... | I lurched awake, my clammy hands pawing the sheets off me onto the floor. Without even thinking, I found my sidearm in its home underneath the pillow and flicked the safety off. The sound woke up Cluey in the opposite bunk and he raised a sleepy eyebrow at me before nodding off, seeing that the barrel was pointed at no... | 2021-07-04T12:17:14 | 2021-07-04T11:04:17 | 73 | 45 |
[WP] Your girlfriend is a superhero but you're not a villain. You're the person working from the shadows making sure no one finds out about her secret identity. | Finding official merch for a low-paid clerical position in a team like this one was challenging. Of course, Lisa's PR team had dedicated plenty of time and resource into creating merch for the numerous side-kicks. Market research, stress testing, launch events. Even her *driver* got a t-shirt after a particularly well-... | Dave was good at multitasking. He had to be, given what he was currently doing. Three monitors, all going at once, and all of them demanded his attention.
On the first was an extraordinary fight. A woman in a colorful spandex costume was fighting a 30 foot tall robot. The woman flew around at blistering speed, interce... | 2021-11-20T08:57:42 | 2021-11-20T08:30:42 | 88 | 45 |
[WP] You are a dragon that has been protecting a kingdom for centuries. Lately the rulers have been getting entitled. The last one crossed the line by directly disrespecting you. its time you reteach the humans why they should respect you.
Basically an ancient dragon putting a spoiled brat royal in its place by attack... | I have become Ancient. I have entered the last and longest stage of a dragon's life, wherein my kind become truly wise.
For more than a thousand years, I have protected the frontiers of Amberholme, the greatest human kingdom of the south. They don't always realize I am their guardian, because I do not intervene in the... | I'd had enough. I gazed at the mighty army before me. I'd protected them for centuries, so I'd given them a warning. Their king chose to ignore it and instead sent out his army. But I was not turning against them for no reason. I Thrödos was the mightiest dragon in the realm. I'd protected the Kingdom Of Urazon from en... | 2022-04-02T23:37:04 | 2022-04-02T22:42:03 | 159 | 50 |
[WP] Your bedroom became detached from reality and nothing is outside your door, but whenever you load a video game that world appears. Your game library is not conducive to a long and happy life, but the mini fridge is empty so you have no choice. You load up the safest game and gather supplies. | After a few experiments I determined that the door indeed opens to whatever videogame I launch. Kinda feels like a dream come true, right? Well, apparently escapist fantasy only works when you're a hero. Or when you can save and load. Living as a humble NPC... Kinda sucks.
Still, I sifted through my collection. The pl... | I picked Skyrim, when the alternatives are the Flood, Zombies, or Demons; dragons, bears, and trolls don't seem so bad. Bad shit only happens when the dragon born is around anyways, so I avoided him like he was the plague mixed with AIDs.
Before I stepped through the door though, I had to wrack my brain for the sa... | 2022-06-07T16:09:55 | 2022-06-07T16:05:43 | 249 | 167 |
[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. | My eyes widened and my entire body went still. For a second, I didn't even breathe. Then I processed what I was seeing.
Infront of me, right under me and my girlfriends house was some sort-of treasure hoard. Millions of smoothe, gold coins piled up in every corner, shimmering as they hit the light reflected off of co... | "Honey ! Where is my guitar's cable ?" I shouted from downstairs. "Where should I know ?" Check the basement !" she shouted back. She was the one who asked me to play some songs for her... Well, I do everything for the love of my life.
I stock everything in the basement... My guitar equipments, dead pc components,... | 2022-09-10T12:05:18 | 2022-09-10T12:03:51 | 67 | 30 |
[FF] What's on the tape?
(Inspired by seeing the trailer for the movie V/H/S)
Your character(s) find a VHS tape. What is on it? Where did they find it?
WORD COUNT MAX: 200 WORDS. (As always - http://www.wordcounttool.com if you need a counter.) | Veronica stretched out lazily on her grandmother’s couch. Upstairs, the rest of the family were happily chatting away. Veronica sighed. She hated the insincerity of family events. Her parents called her discontent a ‘teenage phase’, but she hated how her family could only express their feelings in food. Her parents had... | **A/N: 198 Words, first story contributed to this subreddit. I would appreciate feedback.**
“This isn’t a good idea, Mark.”
Mark rolled his eyes, backing out of the closet with an old VCR machine in hand. “Don’t freak out *Brandie*, Mom and Dad will never know.”
Large brown eyes narrowed as they always did whenever ... | 2012-08-08T09:08:56 | 2012-08-08T09:04:42 | 63 | 10 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | "And yours?" the divine agent asked me. A weariness in the question betrayed some edge of boredom or frustration in dealing with petty mortals.
"Power negation?" I ventured.
"Taken," I was informed, flatly.
"Power *theft*?"
"Taken."
"Domination, then." I was aware of the purpose of these powers and figured th... | My turn. Everything obvious like telepathy, teleportation, and strength is taken of course. The two I wanted most are gone. Healing went at 11 and empathy went at 32 which is sort of encouraging I guess.. I'd never heard of Reactive Adaptation but now I want it.
Even the lame ones are gone. Indestructible Digestion wa... | 2022-11-17T07:41:47 | 2022-11-17T00:14:57 | 772 | 529 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | 100 people. Who can conquer the world first. I was never lucky. I only won one thing in my entire life and that was a large stuffed bear in a raffle 4 people entered. We were given an hour to consider, then they gave their boons.
Immortality was gone. Persuasion too. Self multiplication. Material conversion. Super in... | “My turn!” I yelled, running forward. As I faced the monitor, I scrolled the list of powers already claimed. All of them were, even the one I wanted, but I decided to ask anyway.
“I want the power to fly!” I proclaimed.
🎵 “GRANTED” A musical synthesized voice said.
The crowd jeered and booed, but then the adjudicat... | 2022-11-17T08:01:45 | 2022-11-17T03:54:46 | 63 | 40 |
[WP] You’re a dragon who kidnapped a prince/princess. All is going to plan but… it’s been a month and no one’s come to save them. | Circling the tower for the 18th time that week, I realised nobody was in any rush to collect her. See, in my culture, it's noble to die to a knight. And the princess didn't seem to mind. I mean, at first she did. But she seems quite happy here, with the peace and quiet, doing everything at her own pace. I tucked my hea... | “Princess, no one going to show up for you?”
“No, I’m only 4th in line for the throne so I’m not that important, definitely not worth enough to fight a dragon over”
“Do you not have any friends or lovers?”
“All my friends are fake and even if they weren’t, none of them know how to fight, and my love life is proba... | 2022-11-24T12:12:05 | 2022-11-24T07:09:46 | 252 | 44 |
[WP] You have no idea what happened. One second it was 1915 and you were in the trenchs, now you're in the middle of a huge crowded city and everyone is celebrating "new years 2023" | I would think an enemy soldier shot me dead and now I'm in the afterlife, but I know for sure that bullet missed me. But now that I'm here, everyone's throwing some gigantic body in New York City.
When I asked someone what the festivities were for, they laughed about it. It didn't sound like they were trying to mock m... | This is very strange. I know that may be the understatement of the century, but it is very strange. Also, apparently it is not the same century, so maybe it is the understatement of two different centuries.
One second I was just sitting there, hanging out in a trench, shooting my gun at the other trench. The booms of ... | 2022-12-26T23:02:44 | 2022-12-26T22:27:29 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You have no idea what happened. One second it was 1915 and you were in the trenchs, now you're in the middle of a huge crowded city and everyone is celebrating "new years 2023" | I would think an enemy soldier shot me dead and now I'm in the afterlife, but I know for sure that bullet missed me. But now that I'm here, everyone's throwing some gigantic body in New York City.
When I asked someone what the festivities were for, they laughed about it. It didn't sound like they were trying to mock m... | Oh hell, what new devilry have they concocted now! Even through the strain of my vigorously shut eyes, new, strange, dangerous colors force their way to my perception. I have seen my fair share of munitions in my time, none of them ever shone with hues like this.
 
Despite my better judgement, I force open ... | 2022-12-26T23:02:44 | 2022-12-26T21:39:40 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] Adapt a famous fairy tale so it has a realistic ending.
I'm about to go to sleep. Bedtime story!... Except that I won't read anything until I get up. Happy Saturday. | "She should be coming soon," Grandma Hood faintly whispered to herself. "Oh, it's been so long, I wonder what she looks like!"
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
The rapping of a gentle fist on the door broke her train of thought. Looking through the peephole, Grandma Hood saw her granddaughters beautiful face. It had been five ... | The council stared at the village elder incredulously. They shifted glances at each other before one of the magistrates leaned in to ask of the elder, “Repeat that again.”
“Certainly. Arthur pulled the sword from the stone. According to Heavenly Decree, he is now rightfully the King of England.”
The magistrate coughe... | 2014-03-29T11:13:38 | 2014-03-29T10:44:40 | 50 | 30 |
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