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[WP] Before receiving the serum that unlocks latent powers, subjects take a battery of tests (physical exam, DNA analysis, a VERY intrusive questionnaire, etc.) to determine their likely abilities. Your testing process drags on and on as you are sent to higher-ranking (and increasingly tense) staff. | I was excited. Hell, everyone is on their 25th birthday.
Okay, not everyone. You did have those crazy conspiracy theorists saying that it was a means of governmental tracking given just the right spin to look desirable or whatever. You also had those purity nut-bars who screeched about genetic manipulation polluting ... | \[poem\]
*One test, two test, three*
*test four.*
*What a day of testing, its such*
*a bore.*
​
That's all I wrote before ushered into
a deeper room, in this already deep
cavernous office plaza.
Each time handed,
wordlessly,
a pad of paper and told to write.
My offense at the bit of brusqueness
... | 2021-10-29T15:33:58 | 2021-10-29T12:56:01 | 120 | 57 |
[WP] It turns out that adrenaline is considered one of the most illicit drugs in 90% of the civilized portions of the Galaxy. Among the circle of sapient races, humans are the only one known to produce it naturally. | Steven was in his lab when he heard the crash.
It shook his world, sending bottles of cleaning product clattering to the concrete floor. More than one vial of glass broke.
"Jesus Martha!" He screamed. "You leave the stove on again? Martha?"
He blinked, and suddenly he was outside with a bag of blue crystals in on... | John's body stood sprawled on a large metal block, tied down at each limb. His eyes stared down the barrel of an assault rifle. It stared back.
"No more," he screamed, "please!"
The gun sat latched to a bulky naked machine about 20m away. The machines operator was a mysterious dark figure stalking behind a panel o... | 2017-02-28T20:48:48 | 2017-02-28T19:50:36 | 56 | 31 |
[WP] Aliens prefer term "prey animals", Humans prefer term "herbivores". A group of alien hunters, hunting on Earth, painfully discovered why. | ”I’m still not sure I understand,” the alien questioned. His two left hands gestured wildly at the horse in front of him. “Why don’t we hunt this one?”
The guide’s mustache twitched, his human eyes inscrutable under that large brimmed hat.
“Cause that’s a horse. We domesticated ‘em. It’s….” He sighed. “It... | Sprax stood shocked at the front of the group, a trembling rifle in it's many hands. If it were to be human, it's heart would be in its throat and stomach dropped out beneath it. It was somehow worse than going on a roller coaster, knowing it had been designed and built by the humans.
Before the group of alien hunter... | 2022-08-16T19:14:35 | 2022-08-16T14:50:21 | 203 | 88 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | Most five year olds had budding x-ray vision, telepathy or super strength.
She did not.
Superpowers differed in their ability and strength, which was why she had an older sister who could outrun a cheetah and a friend next door who could light his own birthday candles.
And still her powers did not reveal themsel... | I was happy once. Before the testing of powers began i still had friends. We laughed and played as equals. I had crushes on cute girls and i think some had crushes on me. Ingorant bliss was our collective state of mind.
But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked. It was unexpected, swift, and brutal. But the... | 2015-04-12T22:10:23 | 2015-04-12T21:13:08 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] You are the dark lord in a fantasy world however you rule a fair and just kingdom you just like to look evil while doing it. | I stared down at the men levelling their blades at me. I spied several of the palace guard amidst the swelling ranks in my throne room. I turned to my head guard for assistance and was met his sword leveled at me.
"Really Hector? A coup? How bold." I smiled blithely down the blade before turning back to the crowd. "An... | Ahhh. The perks of being a Dark Lord. Well, Lady, in Ashara's case. After a long day of politicking, it was nice to be able to just sit up here in her solar with a book and nice glass of wine.
And then she heard the panicked, running footsteps. She sighed, carefully marked her page in the book, and set it down carefu... | 2017-06-12T11:17:27 | 2017-06-12T08:41:41 | 29 | 13 |
[WP] People are born with a number on their wrist. Everyone assumes it's like a popularity score, but a single person realizes it's the number of people who will attend their funeral. | It was a weird day when the first kids were born with the numbers on the backs of their wrists. Nobody could explain it, but within a decade or two, those numbers had divided the world. The folks with the high numbers-- some in the thousands-- were treated as rock stars from birth, as though there were destined for n... | Dave always thought he'd have to do something great with his life. His wrist tag number was so high, 1,456,476,897. No-one had ever had one so big, what would someone have to do to be so utterly adored? Free energy for all? End world hunger? The best porno ever created?
The expectation weighed on Dave. He'd wake up ev... | 2016-05-28T04:19:58 | 2016-05-27T18:15:15 | 204 | 28 |
[WP] The world is divided into 2 societies: one for those with powers and one without, with strict rules of no interaction. However, with most of the superheroes defeated and the villains on the verge of winning, you have no choice but to cross over and seek help from the non-powered humans | It’s been like this for centuries now. Why does it have to change?
Yeah, I’m a stuck-up. Yes, I very much dislike the idea of seeking help from humans who are much different than us. Earth itself is divided into two societies with the rule of thumb that prevents the two from ever interacting with one another.
I mys... | For among them, was one of us. One who, disenfranchised and disillusioned, crossed over. One who could pass as non-powered; when in fact, he held the power more relevant to the crisis before us today than any other superhero.
In the dark corners of the internet and of non-human society, whispers of Negation's existenc... | 2021-01-29T09:58:01 | 2021-01-29T09:57:10 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You are the Chosen One's sibling. The prophet regards you with suspicion and fear, and keeps trying to teach you about the value of loyalty and familial love. | "Come on Lucas!" My brother yells to me from halfway up the cliff side. "Just climb." I can feel my resent grow every time he speaks to me. I put my hands onto some rough rocks and start trying to match his pace, but to no avail, I will never be able too. From the day of our birth, he was the special one. The stronger ... | "What, you afraid I'm gonna get jealous, fight him with my own powers?"
The prophet smiled a sad smile. "You have no powers child."
"None yet," Taz said. "I'll get them soon enough, why else would you always have these lectures with me?"
"Yes, I am afraid you'll get jealous." The man said, still smiling, but i... | 2017-02-12T19:27:55 | 2017-02-12T18:52:44 | 76 | 12 |
[WP] His chess set currently on loan, the Grim Reaper is forced to play a different game when an individual pleads for their loved one's life. | ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
Kyle looked up at the hooded figure above him. He was lying on his back. How had he gotten there? He remembered his wife asking him to do something. Carry something maybe? Was there a set of stairs involved? His ankle told him that Mittens, one of the many family cats had probably been involved too.
... | “I spy with my little eye… something black.”
Even shrouded by the limitless darkness of his hood, I could that tell the Grim Reaper stared at me like I was an idiot. The same look crossed over Cassie's face, though hers was tinged with terror. She stood with her back against my knees, pressed as hard against them as s... | 2015-08-26T12:44:23 | 2015-08-26T11:57:10 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] Write a story in which the main character's seemingly lighthearted catchphrase is eventually reinterpreted/revealed as something much darker. | The minotaur lowered his head and charged. My apprentice backed away, but I held firm, raising my staff.
"Don't be afraid. A brave heart can overcome any obstacle!"
I leveled my staff at the minotaur and shouted an incantation. A wall of flame roared down the corridor, and when it passed, there was only a small pi... | "Don't get old" said his Grandfather coughing up another splattering of blood. Growing up Chris always chuckled at the idea, his Grandfather always complained about being old, the brittle bones, the crappy heart, the strict diets and mountain of daily pills he had to swallow.
Chris always though the old man had pined... | 2016-04-21T16:47:04 | 2016-04-21T16:40:18 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] Due at an error, a baby was born without a guardian angel. A demon notices this and has taken it upon themself to become their guardian demon. But they seem to have some... Dark ways of helping their human stay alive. | The boy of legends wailed in his crib. He looked like a raisin that had sprouted legs. The baby had the crinkled face of a child who came into the world raging.
Oros stared through the glass of the maternity room window. The maternity ward staff whisked past him, oblivious. A pair of grandparents pressed their fingers... | [Poem]
Murder always is the easiest answer.
If there's no man then there's no problem, no cancer.
Discarded by heaven but you will be well
For you have received a guardian from hell.
Follow my ways and I'll make you King.
And the stories they'll tell, the songs they will sing
A terrible king with a robe made of ... | 2019-12-14T18:34:50 | 2019-12-14T17:30:43 | 553 | 76 |
[WP] Everyone receives a letter when they turn 18 stating how they will die. You've just received your letter, and it's blank. | "Yeah I call bullshit on that one buddy."
I snatched the paper from his hand, almost losing it in the lack of gravity. It looked like a blank piece of card stock, like a business card that hadn't been made yet. But it held so much more meaning than that, and it had been a pain in my ass for the last decade and a half.... | To be 18 an immortal. It really wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Eve considered not opening the damned envelope at all. The matte black bringer of doom lay on the kitchen table, a retinal scanner blinking incessantly on the front.
There was a certain sick irony to it that she thought represented to state of humani... | 2017-01-17T16:38:29 | 2017-01-17T15:47:45 | 67 | 31 |
[WP] The heir to the throne most go on a quest to find themselves and see the country they will rule. But, it seems every generation it becomes more of a tour and less a journey. | Dejan twirled the knife between his fingers, then with a flick of his wrist flung it upwards. The blade ripped through the silk covering and buried itself in the wood ceiling with a *thunk*. Dejan smirked and pulled it back down, leaving just one more of a dozen holes in the fine fabric. Then he flipped the knife over ... | "And right here we have the grain mill, where all the grain you see from the fields just now are turned into edible food!" A man dressed in right blue exclaimed excitedly, both his hands pointing towards the tall wooden building.
Opposite him a group of people stood, some in armour, others in expensive looking clothes... | 2016-12-28T06:04:08 | 2016-12-28T05:52:03 | 107 | 13 |
[WP] You, a reformed villain, find the hero that brought you to justice homeless, alone, poor and begging. You decide to help them. | The snow was coming down harder than ever. I swore under my breath, white-knuckled and trying to keep the car going straight.
Eyes locked straight ahead, I nearly didn't see him.
But I did. Just a flash, a glimpse from the corner of my eye, but it was enough.
The car fishtailed as I slammed on the brakes. The sou... | What happened to you,
How could this be,
If you only knew,
What you meant to me.
You saved my life,
You showed me the way,
And now in strife,
Your mind's gone astray.
So morbid a fate,
Your home now an alley,
Your fans they await,
To hear your proud rally.
Who's seen you like this?
So broken and shattered,... | 2018-04-16T07:05:39 | 2018-04-16T06:52:46 | 127 | 18 |
[WP] "And how many claws does Stewie have?" you ask your daughter as you consult the list your mother gave you. You need to figure out if your daughter's invisible friend is a monster, demon, or fairy and if you have to kill it to save her. | I should have picked up on it sooner. But then, how could I have? What kid doesn't have an imaginary friend at some point?
Casey had "introduced" me to Stewie three weeks ago. She'd come running in from playing in the woods and and asked me for a cookie. When I got her one, she'd looked up expectantly at me.
"One fo... | Winds howled around the Mond castle. It stood on a cliff's edge and was framed by the full moon. Inside, the castle was reworked into a cluster of apartments that could be rented. In one such apartment Catherine tried to get a handle on the imaginary friend Julia, her daughter, spent most of her time with. Catherine ha... | 2022-06-01T12:14:28 | 2022-06-01T10:06:13 | 36 | 14 |
[WP] Life is boring and depressing. In a lucid dream, you discover a very detailed control panel for life, with all the interesting and dangerous settings turned off or set to 'Safe' or 'Boring'. Assuming its just a dream, you start messing around.
OT: I just woke up from this dream, right before I could change anythi... | “It is my pleasure to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to one our nation’s greatest heroes, a true patriot in every sense of the word, and my best friend, Keith Spencer!” proclaimed President Matt Damon.
The crowd roared with applause. Keith felt like he could even hear the cries of approval of all of the famil... | As I was speared through the window of the 30th floor I let out an audible "oh no."
Then the adrenaline kicked in. I remembered I lived for days like these, and Joker's grin appeared on my face.
Ever since I changed the settings on the life dial my life had taken a turn. I had barely heard it revving up when a ... | 2017-02-22T12:16:46 | 2017-02-22T09:38:23 | 59 | 27 |
[WP] Magicians are quite rare. They are not born; they're made. It is through unimaginable pain that their powers manifest. Their ability is linked to their own personal trauma. So tell me child, what can YOU do? | Most people think that physical pain is the best way to manifest magical abilities. They cut themselves, lash themselves, burn themselves, allow wild animals to maul them- anything they think will unleash the power inside them. There are entire schools dedicated to torturing hopefuls until they unlock a magical gift.
... | "Watch!" Young Nathaniel said as he closed his eyes tightly and began to strain.
The magician magistrate sat, humored by the kids unhoned focus. 4 minutes had passed when the kid reopened his eyes, "there!"
"There? There what? Is there something I should have noticed?"
The kid sat quietly, swinging his legs to ... | 2022-04-26T12:51:38 | 2022-04-26T11:54:54 | 29 | 18 |
[WP] Two years ago the sun winked out, utterly without warning. You are a member of one of the last human settlements on earth, huddled around a geothermal vent in Iceland. This morning, again without warning, the Sun rose. | Day seven-hundred fifty-three post-sun. Andri did not wake up this morning. That brings our numbers down to nineteen. Five children, thirteen adults, and one stubborn elder. We will take care of Andri’s body after breakfast. In life, he told stories of a glorious future still to come; in death, he will fertilize our cr... | Everyone in the settlement watches in amazement as the Sun rises.
There are a dozen of us looking directly at the sun. Suddenly a woman starts screaming in agony.
I have an incredible rush of pain to my head and face and my eyes start to burn.
All of us in the settlement are blinded by the sunlight. | 2018-07-21T12:34:19 | 2018-07-21T12:13:55 | 1,588 | 29 |
[WP] The woman looked at her at her blind date and said, "I told Tammy that I wanted old and rich...not eldritch." | “Oh, so Cthulhu not good enough for you?”
“That’s not what I meant… um-” Em blinked. She wasn’t quite sure what to make of her, well, ‘date.’ The one thing she knew was that Tammy had a lot of explaining to do.
“Cthulhu devour one or two reality, spend three lifetime of universe in prison, only get out and be treated... | "That's not very nice of you, young lady." said the old man sitting on the other end of the table.
"Don't call me 'young lady' you fifty-year old fossil! I'm just ten years younger than you for fuck's sake! And you're not even that rich!"
"And I specifically asked for a nice younger woman, preferably early in her th... | 2022-09-26T09:20:13 | 2022-09-26T07:05:40 | 51 | 18 |
[WP] You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | Kenn wasn't adverse to killing people. That came with the job. Sometimes, you just had to do what was necessary to survive. That's what human nature was right? People have been killing each other for centuries. Who can honestly say they're surprised when the first thing superhumans do is start killing each other? That'... | The cuffs tightened around my wrists and the glowing blue orb was strapped to my chest. Thought the darkness leaving my body wasn't the only deep emptyness inside me. Sucker punch was her "hero name" but I knew her real name was Susan Brownlee. Of course I did, she was the love of my life and so it only made sense that... | 2017-09-17T05:11:57 | 2017-09-17T04:37:24 | 32 | 14 |
[WP] You make the best of every situation, after all when life gives you lemons you make lemonade, and when a witch gives you a curse that turns you into a hundred foot abomination well... | *They say beauty is only skin deep, but what of the man with a square mile of skin? Well, let us just say that I am lucky to be proportional, and luckier still to have learned how little that matters.*
*-The Giant of Bray Village*
***
It took Frida a half dozen approaches to speak to the giant, and when she did the b... | *When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you demons, make demonade.* That's what my uncle used to tell me. Pretty strong line if you ask me. Back then I didn't appreciate it though, how can any pre-adolescent kid appreciate anything that's not directly linked with instant satisfaction? Dopamine rush.... | 2021-08-08T07:32:10 | 2021-08-08T06:43:12 | 112 | 23 |
[WP] Two immortals have been duking it out for god knows how long and only now have they realised they have been fighting in the middle of a city | A dark and terrible scream filled the sky and shook the world.
There was smoke, and blackness, and then silence.
'Blethine… your voice grows weak.'
'Yours also, Jlin. You are no longer powerful like you once were. Our voices may be tired for now, but I grow mightier every day, while you crumble into old age. How ... | "Stop!!" Thor thunders, raising his palm to his enemy of the past hundred centuries.
Thunder roared from above. Not the kind brought on by a mixture of hot and cool air, but a deep crimson lightning, forced to break the clouds by Thor's impatience. The bolt shatters through the countless drops of rain before striking... | 2022-10-20T07:43:05 | 2022-10-20T03:57:02 | 84 | 31 |
[WP] You wished for immortality and to never become sick. Years later you have NEVER been sick, but you Have become a biological terror and are now a carrier for all of the worst diseases known to man. | The Pacific Ocean looked beautiful from up here. I’d never seen the Pacific Ocean like this, then again I’d never rode in a plane like this before. It was used for paratroopers at the beginning of the third world war which had started about two years before I made that goddamn wish. I pressed my gloved finger up agains... | All I wanted was to not be sick anymore. That's it. Momma said that I would be ok. She always said that. I was always so tired. I was in the hospital for so long. I went through a thing I think they called radio nation. It always made me throw up, and my hair fell out. I was so tired of being sick.
My room wasn't so ... | 2020-03-10T21:59:44 | 2020-03-10T21:16:06 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] Your new 3D printer can print anything... a n y t h i n g | "Hey Ryan, where'd you get this pizza?" Greg asked as he took another hearty bite out of his slice of pizza. "This..." Greg chewed, "is definitely not from *Pizza Hut*."
"Uh huh. I printed it," Ryan said with his mouth full.
Greg stopped chewing and looked at his wife next to him, who also stopped chewing. "Y-you ... | “It can print ANYTHING.” That was what the add had said. Intrigued I bought it, knowing that it would cost me about a week of real food. It arrived in two days. I was so excited, I called in sick to work. I spent the next three hours building this monstrosity. I was no engineer, but luckily the instructions on how to p... | 2018-03-29T21:42:52 | 2018-03-29T20:06:34 | 104 | 28 |
[WP] Young mages are summoning their first familiar. Everything was pretty normal until you tried. | *This is karma.* I thought to myself. I steal one bag of Lust Oats from Aunt Winnie’s stash to get laid and the universe bends me over with a familiar who doesn’t take an animal form.
My friends get a gecko, a crow, a dog. One even got a fucking goat. Normal shit. But me? Nah, fuck me!
“I was told you humans have a... | They say your familiar is like your shadow. With most magic, you need a focus, an incantation and/or training to use it; but familiars are different. Anyone can sommon one, but only one. What your familiar is changes over the course of your life, depending on the kind of person you are, or what magic you specialize in,... | 2019-01-14T22:13:15 | 2019-01-14T20:33:29 | 64 | 23 |
[WP] The first message from another planet was different than we expected. "Dear people of Earth, an armada is on its way to conquer your world. Pay no attention, they' re idiots we've sent on a fake mission. We've no interest in your planet, the weapons are fake. Just play along, they're harmless." | The "Copernican principle" states that any assumption of specialness or uniqueness is bound to end in disappointment, for proof of this, just look at the name of the principle itself, which has since been revised to the "mediocrity principle," sorry Copernicus.
As science progressed through the 2nd and 3rd millenia, t... | The admiral of the entire Earth invasion force imposed itself over an increasingly anxious technician, just having been dragged bodily from the bowels of the ship.
The admiral lowered what was perhaps a head to be millimetres in front of the technician, whose name would roughly translate to Bruce. If there were a huma... | 2020-06-01T00:31:44 | 2020-06-01T00:24:04 | 394 | 167 |
[WP]You and your friends grew up in a small town far from any magic schools but managed to learn it eventually. You always pushed and challenged each other, unaware of how strong you were. Then one day a city mage happened to pass through town. | On phone waiting for an interview so sorry for the format.
"We were 10 when we finally cracked magic. Jerome was the first of us. Ironic really since he seemed to have a slowness about him. Not mentally of course but physically whenever you came around him things just seemed to slow. Like time itself decided to take i... | Nick, Todd, and I were all from the same working town, Colland. We worked in the mines since we were fourteen. That's just what people like us did. I heard stories about other kids going to fancy little schools that did things other than work. But my father always asked me what kind of life that was. He would go on to ... | 2018-12-05T10:12:09 | 2018-12-05T07:35:22 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] Every time you die, you will go to heaven. But, the awesomer death, the awesomer heaven. Like, if you were to die jumping out of an airplane strapped to a shark with lasers on its head at the age of 99, you would go to an unimaginably amazing heaven.
Thanks to my older brother for this awesome idea | Josh awoke. The white light immediately overwhelmed his senses, momentarily lagging his hearing behind. He moved to sit as the sounds started getting through, then became voices.
"-finally through with them all. Those poor souls found the peace they deserved. He is the last one of the group." The voice of the first sp... | When did death become such a common thing for me? I have died exactly 578 times.
I'm a 29- year old girl. Back then when I was 18 years old, I went through severe depression, followed by crippling anxiety. I've been in this business for far too long. The more awesome your death is, the more awesome it will be in heaven... | 2017-04-19T23:30:38 | 2017-04-19T17:40:53 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] You are the host of a popular children's show. You are live on air when you, and the rest of the country, have just received news that nuclear weapons have been deployed against your nation and can't be stopped. There are only minutes left. | You never realize what time sounds like until you need it to stop. You take it for granted, that *tick* of a secondhand and *tock* of a minute, carelessly and endlessly for decades until and unless you have no choice but to listen. Then you hear it all at once. It's thick, and it's overwhelming. Air settling, elect... | I feel my eyes start to water as I feel the gravity of the situation. I know I will never see my family, friends, or lovers again. I turn away from the camera, wipe the tears from my eyes and take a deep breath. Anyone who did not run out of the studio is sobbing, and holding onto one another. I catch my sound producer... | 2014-07-29T16:18:41 | 2014-07-29T13:15:51 | 80 | 12 |
[WP] A technology is invented that allows us to hear sounds locked into the clay of ancient pots as they were being formed. What is extracted are conversations that will alter the perception of history in the most terrifying of ways. | Her hands carved curves into the pottery; the delicate, thin frame of her eyes looking down at these sculptures with the cradling love that reminds me of home, forever ago. A weak smile hung on her lips, the kind I remember from those trailing ends of her forgotten lullabies. The white strands of her hair loped her sho... | The bell rang, and it rang again. I sighed. There was no reason to ring twice, one was enou--
The bell rang again.
"I'm coming!" I shouted, shaking my head. People need to understand patience is a virtue.
I looked through the window, and there I saw Tom. He was a good friend of mine, and also one of the world's most... | 2019-03-18T16:47:03 | 2019-03-18T13:45:51 | 1,462 | 1,027 |
[WP] The year is 3201 and you work for the government's top secret Population Regulation Branch--your job is to discretely find ways to kill off 25% of the population without the public noticing | “What’s my deadline?”
Like a good employee, he had asked the obvious question first. But unlike a regular employee, his task had been much more confidential than the standard paperwork. A black-ops agency had requested a monumental task of him, something no single human should need to undertake. Had he believed in som... | Isaac scratched his head as he stared blankly into the wall of his cubicle. His mind strained and reached into the formless void of his imagination. This had never happened to him before. He was at a total loss for discreet ways to kill people for the first time in his twenty year career.
He was routinely awarded for... | 2018-09-17T22:10:38 | 2018-09-17T17:08:07 | 495 | 212 |
[WP] In the future, a war erupts between humans and aliens called the Enslavers. With their psionic abilities, they take control of all intelligent beings sent against them. But now, humans are the first species with mental health problems they've come across... | The Enslaver looked down at its scaled claw in wonder and fascination. How? What trickery, what weapon, was this that the humans had unleashed upon him. His claw, able to slice up the flesh of his enemy's at will, had frozen in place.
<What's wrong?> Janx asked telepathically as he slithered up to him
<I do... | Grappa ran to his ship's communications terminal, which was beeping erratically.
"Yes?" he answered after fiddling with some switches and knobs.
"Hey, Grappa?" a voice on the other side asked. "It's Jelka."
"Yes, Jelka," said Grappa. "What do you have to report?"
"Ah, not much, sir," answered Jelka nervously. "I... | 2016-03-11T08:41:59 | 2016-03-11T08:34:43 | 99 | 15 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | Jason tapped away at his keyboard, feeling the satisfying *clunk* as each mechanical key wrought an English letter into the URL bar of his internet browser.
*‘www.yoursins.com’*
A classmate at his university had put him onto it, explaining through a shit-eating grin that someone had put up a timestamped archive of ev... | "No. That's not right."
Daniel's brow furrows, he lets out a big huff while scanning the page for a link to the live chat. "This is ridiculous," he thought, "everyone's a critic."
RING!
Daniel looks across the room at a green rotary telephone. He knows who's calling. Sweat beads form on his forehead, he wipes his cl... | 2020-02-29T23:34:17 | 2020-02-29T22:58:06 | 40 | 25 |
[WP] “I’ve adapted this robot to consume organic fuel and it can also repair its bio-organs’ wounds over time” “Isn’t that basically just a human with extra steps?” “...Damn it.” | “Damn it.” My voice was a whisper, so soft that Weller leaned in closer, just a touch. “You got me. A human with *extra steps*.” I stood up and walked over to the control console. I began tapping on the screen, data readouts flashing faster than my eye could follow as I executed several commands in sequence. I didn’t n... | It started in 2022.
A scientist named Ade Dlamini, originally from Gaborone was an aspiring millionare, threating to become a billionare every passing day.
His creations, where they didn't revolutionize society, inspired countless people to propell humanity into a new age.
His creations brought upon the birth of ne... | 2021-08-18T17:41:34 | 2021-08-18T15:37:35 | 17 | 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. | For the hundredth time that night, my eyes scour the world below from the sky, searching; I don't know, exactly, what I should be looking for- but I can't exactly stay idle, can I? Not when one of your enemies comes to you in need of protection against something; yet again, I wonder what events had transpired to lead t... | What's she doing here? Why is she at my place? Who attacked her? And who the hell could do THIS much damage to her. I've never seen Terra like this. Shes been able to withstand a tank cannons, micro-nukes, plasma guns, and me. Who did this? I drag her to my couch and close my door. If anyone saw this I wouldn't be able... | 2019-08-04T04:18:43 | 2019-08-04T02:18:55 | 49 | 23 |
[WP] People always thought that cats knock stuff over just because they like it. In reality, they're just lazy agents of a primordial force of chaos, and knocking stuff over is the bare minimum that earns them benefits like always landing on their feet or 9 lives. |
Charles fell off the windowsill and crashed to the floor. He lay on his back, dazed, white paws waving in the air in a quadruple surrender. His back smarted where it had smacked the floorboards.
On the other side of the window above him, a squirrel chirped in vindicated glee at the sight of Charles' undigni... | "Look, Puss Puss, I'm just puttin' in my tipsies 'til I hit my nine life pension, okay?"
"Peanut. I get. We all get it. Problem is, Bossa Nova's getting pressure from Cleo, Cleo's getting it from Yoko Ono, and HE'S getting it from...honestly, I'm not supposed to say, but..."
"Don't just look up and down. Say it, Puss... | 2022-09-22T19:29:12 | 2022-09-22T19:19:20 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | Gahlor'ak stood on at the command deck observing his fleet of warships with the undeniably beautiful backdrop of the purplish-green gas cloud. This was a collection of some of the finest vessels the Corr’an Empire had ever assembled, rivaled only by that of the elite royal fleet. Their undefeated hulls pot marked, scor... | *Valkyrie this is Panther 6, I have changes to line 6 and remarks to pass*
*Panther this is Valkyrie, go ahead*
*Line 6: from original coordinate, area target, 500 meters heading 327 break*
*Remarks: two massed formations with a hundred meter gap, looks like guys on foot talking and dueling within the gap, over*
*C... | 2020-03-21T13:21:58 | 2020-03-21T11:49:38 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] You've just defeated the dark lord, as you were prophesized to. But as you walk back into camp, everyone looks at you, shocked. "There was no prophecy," they explain. "We just told you that to give you confidence. How on earth did you kill an unkillable sorcerer?" | Such a fitting night for the end to come. A heavy rain, a loud storm and shiny lightnings to lit up the starless sky.
Azoth watched as a crack went up the brown walls of the manor under the mountain. The structure trembled, slabs fell, each bigger than the last.
In the middle of the room, Azoth saw the boulder from t... | "Why did you? You know what? Par for the course anymore. Good guys lie and send people to their deaths against the 'evil'. Oh right the how did I do that part. . . Well he did the good job on the unkillable part. Sword only messed up his robes. Fire, acid, cold nope. He even had an amulet to keep him from growing old."... | 2021-08-20T10:16:19 | 2021-08-20T09:18:24 | 1,213 | 175 |
[WP]: A caterpillar has no idea it will become a butterfly, it simply has instincts that commands to start building a coccoon. In a similar fashion, you have no idea why you are compelled to start digging this really, really deep hole, but it feels verry important. | It takes a while before I find the perfect spot. It's quite a hike from where our camp was, but I made better time alone and without all the extra crap in my bag weighing me down. All I've brought with me are our water bottles and shovels. I start with mine, since I'm more used to its heft in my hand.
I begin to dig.... | Tou notice some kid named Jesse digging in your front yard. You just finished off an 8ball of meth, and being appropriately curious, go outside to see what's up. "Why are you digging?" You ask while furiously itching your arms. "You know why..." Jesse replies while pushing the shovel in for another scoop. This answ... | 2018-10-10T08:32:59 | 2018-10-10T07:19:15 | 874 | 16 |
[WP] The first expedition to Pluto has astronauts encountering short, angry bearded men with medieval weapons, booze, and magic runes. This is the story of the expedition to the Dwarf Planet. | Bob stared into the metal doorframe of the landing module as he was waiting to exit the vehicle to step on the surface of Pluto, and with that become the first human to ever walk the dwarf planet... Or any planet other than Earth, for that matter.
"*What am I going to say?"* he thought to himself, as the speaker above... | "Uhhh, Steve?"
"yeah?"
"Did like, the gas pipe blow or something?"
"The whole point of this mission was to orbit Pluto with a environment friendly vehicle, there *isn't* a gas *anything."*
"**Oh.** yeeeeah *coooool.* That's *fine."*
"You sound very *not* fine what-"
"...."
"Is- Is that life?"
"...…"
"Jamal, th... | 2022-09-18T09:43:23 | 2022-09-18T06:53:03 | 23 | 12 |
[WP] This is… awkward to say the least. Your roommate just frantically confessed that they’re demonic royalty, and that they need a fiancé to meet their parent, the monarch of Hell, who will be here in under an hour. | I pace around the middle of the room, silence. Adrien sits still on his bed, eyes wide and nervous. He fiddles with his hands, while the rest of his body is still and ridged. What is he expecting me to say after something that bizarre?
I clear my throat. He looks up at me with his vibrant blue-green eyes, a little gli... | Sarah was waiting at the door for me. That was never a good sign. I immediately went on the defensive. "Ok look, I know we agreed to separate soft plastics from general rubbish but frankly I'm fucked if I can tell the difference between what can and can't be tossed into..."
"It's totally not that" she began crying an... | 2022-10-09T05:10:29 | 2022-10-09T01:47:43 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Your phone rings. On the other end is your best friend who asks to see you ASAP. When you meet, they explain that they have an alter ego as the town's famous superhero, and they need your help to defeat the villain that has been terrorizing the city. The only problem is that you're the villain. | I stood across from him in silence and an anxiety fueled shock. For all my dutious and meticulous planning for my schemes, I could never have anticipated that he of all people was the same man who had foiled my every attempt at the domination of this city. The lack of speech hung in the air for but a few tense moments,... | *Hey Greg what’s up? You’ve called me like seven times in the past hour --- are you off work today?*
**Talk to me**
*First off, I really hate that you just called me and used that lame line… we agreed you only say that if I call you.*
**I know. I just really wanted to use it. Okay doesn’t matter, just listen… okay… ... | 2019-07-21T09:11:04 | 2019-07-21T08:45:10 | 152 | 58 |
[WP] You have just died due to several different causes at once (ie heart attack at the same time you get hit by a car) only to find yourself surrounded by the gods of each respective cause arguing over who has the rights to your death | From utter blackness came a light, slowly brightening my vision until shapes began to appear. With the shapes came voices. Anger. A laugh. Shouting. I looked around at the blurred faces surrounding me, then down at the smooth white surface I stood on.
". . . know which killed her first?" said one face, slowly gaining ... | No one tells you how peaceful it feels when you die, but I supose people don't usually come back and talk about it. My death was bound to happen, smoking, drinking and too many drugs. I had blocked arteries, when the doctors tried to save me from my latest heart attack they were just as surprised by the quake and the c... | 2021-05-04T18:52:02 | 2021-05-04T18:46:49 | 562 | 22 |
[WP] A superhero receives a special invitation to a funeral. They don’t quite recognize the name. Upon arrival they realize it was a minor villain that they fought a few times. The family is ecstatic to see the hero and are happy their “Archnemesis” showed to see them off and recount old times. | Funerals were always the worst part of the job. It was either someone you knew and cared about, which was brutal to endure; or it was a politician, celebrity, or some bystander that was really unlucky. They always said going to a few nobody's funerals was good for keeping our head in the game, see the little guy and be... | It wasn't every day that I'd be called to the funeral of a villain, especially in some small town in rural Austria. While Europe had a greater number of trained mid-tier superheroes, top-tier heroes like me, excuse my lack of humility, mostly stayed in the US for the great sponsorships. And when I did go to Europe, the... | 2021-07-16T07:10:24 | 2021-07-16T04:46:40 | 131 | 34 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | I glanced nervously at my watch, still holding a wry smile. *12:01*.
My mom gave me a reassuring nod, but her brow furrowed in the same way as it does when I suit up for football. Hopeful. Excited. Definitely nervous. *12:02*.
Dad makes a nervous laugh. “Jim, you remember how much I was sweating at my Calling Day?” ... | I'd always done well at school. Literally a straight-A student.
Perfect grades, the whole nine yards.
I'd gone to college, completed the courses before I was 16, and was enrolled in a prestigious and very expensive university in London by the time I was 17.
And because of this, the expectations were so high. My fami... | 2017-03-16T03:45:52 | 2017-03-16T02:40:17 | 188 | 52 |
[WP] You're a human living with a vampire roommate. It's painfully obvious; he never looks at mirrors, he despises garlic, he never uses silverware, and he always stays in during the day, but his attempts at trying to blend in are far too funny.
EDIT: Thank you, silver gifter! | Two years ago, if you had told me that Vampires were real, I would have rolled my eyes and directed you to the nearest Goth Club. Hell, even one year ago, I was still fairly skeptical. Then I met Victor, or Vic as I started calling him, and my ideas about what could and couldn't be real kinda went out the window. I'd b... | It was on a humid summer night when the wind deserted me in the damp air that I saw her sitting by the lake near our house. She was quiet and peculiar but she paid her half of the rent and was living the night life, which was the key point because usually I didn't go to sleep right after coming home from the night shif... | 2019-07-20T08:43:19 | 2019-07-20T06:25:32 | 195 | 51 |
[WP]In the near future both the U.S. and Russia have new presidents, both of whom happen to be alcoholics. On a state visit at the White House they start taking shots of vodka one evening, and just for laughs decide to pass the time by planning a joint invasion of a random country. | There was a rapid knock on the door.
"Ma'am?"
"Ugh...." I groaned and tried to cover my head with my jacket. But it wasn't enough to stop the bright light from streaming through the Oval Office windows. "What do you want?" I managed to yell.
The headache hit like an oncoming train. It was like the Marine band was p... | "The man asked for another shot! You heard him!"
The bartender smiled apologetically at the two extremely drunk and angry men, "Sir, I can't serve either of you anymore until you sober up. Company policy."
"Pour me another shot or I'll have you shot."
Security began to approach slowly from behind, but were immediate... | 2015-11-23T06:49:32 | 2015-11-23T05:43:25 | 1,112 | 108 |
[WP] 105 years ago humankind decided to become extinct by not reproducing. You are the last human alive sitting in your home when suddenly you hear a voice of a young woman over your CB radio. | I come from a long line of rebels, stretching back generations. Grandpa never took kindly to authority figures telling him what to do, and refused to be chipped even when that meant losing his job and being unable to go to stores without facing arrest. As a big F-U to the government, he moved up here to the mountains t... | The voice was quiet, silent at first, and I figured I'd imagined it - like I often did. When you were alone - so, so alone - you tended to hear things. To see things that weren't there. And how you wished that they really were.
But then I heard it again - clearer, less ethereal. I turned to my radio, staring into it,... | 2016-11-29T07:35:32 | 2016-11-29T07:19:16 | 127 | 28 |
[WP] You thought becoming a dragon would make you an outcast. Though, it turns out that having the body of a dragon and the mind of a human makes you an effective superhero. | I always thought it would be really cool to be able to witness the heroics of HUE up close. The Hero Unification Entity had operated for a few years now, still in their early stages of unifying all of the people manifesting powers, but to be among them as “Dragon” never crossed my mind. It was as exhilarating as it was... | The leader of The Force, Mastermind, looked out over the battlefield. Once, each battle against The Organization had to be carefully and meticulously planned out, down to the number of steps and number of breaths each hero took.
That was before Firedrake joined Mastermind’s team. Firedrake had the body of a dragon, co... | 2022-05-16T16:32:56 | 2022-05-16T14:16:45 | 245 | 101 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus inside every single human. Centuries into the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily. | When the first aliens came down, hitch-hiking on the meteor of 2039, it looked like that was it for us. Only a few dozen people died in the impact, in a sparsely populated area of Eastern Europe.
The problem was, they didn't *stay* dead.
The parasites that had been frozen inside that big hunk of interstellar ice and... | "We've been planning on this war for years. We know everything about those bastard humans. It's time we finally take it over." The commander alien screams as the ships descended on the ground. Their first target was obvious. They talked so much about us destroying New York, so they're going to attack it first.
The com... | 2022-09-13T21:47:38 | 2022-09-13T20:16:22 | 2,293 | 133 |
[WP] You are the spouse of a pregnant vampire. Her pregnancy cravings are becoming increasingly bizarre. | (this got away from me and the prompt quickly, but not gonna lie, love the direction it went, so here you go!)
"Could you repeat that, darling?"
"Ox blood," Valerie said desperately. "I really want ox blood-now."
"Alright, I'll go grab some," I said, glad that I had some stored as I hurried down the stairs and to th... | As we have to live in the basement of our house, my wife cannot get out due to obvious reasons. While she sleeps during the day, I do the groceries. Nothing too special in terms of food preferences. Even though the cravings have not set out yet, I get a false impression that those might not set out so early. Pregnant i... | 2022-12-30T20:49:12 | 2022-12-30T13:43:14 | 117 | 25 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | There are many myths and many stories in the world. Most are fake, but few are true. Sometimes, the stories touch someone so deeply they become true. Then, sometimes, the stories just simply were always true: the people just didn’t know until it was too late to tell others the truth. Death is that cursed thing.
No one... | The woman in the gate couldn't believe her eyes. There was a young woman there. In Hell. By choice. And she looked at peace. How long has she seeing something like this? 1000 years? 10000? It was so unexpected that she forgot the protocol. She just stared.
The girl approached the desk with small steps, looking around ... | 2018-08-13T09:39:57 | 2018-08-13T09:21:04 | 71 | 21 |
[WP] You're walking home when you notice three chasing after you. You can't be bothered to run, so you decide to turn around to confront them. They bind your hands, as well as gag and blindfold you. You're not even scared, you just roll with it. | "This again?" I sigh. This is my third attempted kidnapping this week and I'm still no closer to finding out who put the hit out on me in the first place. All I can tell is that the instructions seem to want me alive, which means whoever orchestrated this must be a moron.
I resisted the first attempt. I won the fight ... | I rolled with it as they jumped me. I no longer cared a damn about it all. What puzzled me was when they bound me with rope and a gag after jumping me along with a black hood over my face. I listened to the van as they drive back, listening to accents, dialect, things like that. American, clearly. One may be from up ar... | 2022-09-24T15:05:01 | 2022-09-24T11:57:54 | 38 | 22 |
[WP] Humans always considered themselves prepared for any type of apocalypse, zombie invasion, nuclear war, robot uprising, you name it. But we were never prepared for the moment when the Earth began to hatch. | When the San Andreas Fault finally gave out in 2031 and the 8.9 magnitude “Big One” wiped out tens of thousands of people in Hollister, we thought that would be the end of it. Catastrophic losses, to be sure. But we could pick up the pieces and rebuild with the assurance that a catastrophe of that magnitude would neve... | It was quick. What little concept of mercy the newborn had the capacity for, she knew that everything died immediately when its inhabitants' home shattered, and erupting from the South Pole she emerged. All the oceans crashed and flooded the cities, drowning and crushing most living beings. Those whose organs weren't p... | 2020-06-22T13:34:15 | 2020-06-22T10:59:23 | 1,643 | 451 |
[WP]: Your village idiot is full of the strangest superstitions. She goes on about washing one's hands, says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot on night soil and that medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. You're starting to suspect she might be onto something. | The rowdy crowd rabbled. They rabbled in a rowdier manner than any rowdy crowd had rabbled before.
“Order! Order within this hall!” shouted Mr. Hanner, the mayor of Stubbornsville. His voice reverberating around the rickety old hall.
The gathered crowd was a ragtag bunch. Mainly dressed in old potato bags, mud, and, ... | "I talk to Gods!"
It was a bright sunny day. the first one in weeks. So much rain. If we got a few more days like this the high crops might actually yield. We needed the high crops. Low crops were consistent enough, but the high crops, they meant the difference between new iron or a starving winter.
So the ... | 2017-09-14T11:44:45 | 2017-09-14T10:12:28 | 287 | 47 |
[WP] Most young mages use incredibly complex spells and extremely rare ingredients to summon their familiar. You just drew a circle and threw a bag of chips in it. |
The main lecture hall of Merlin College was starting to fill up as Preston Cameron Morgan IV made his way up the narrow stairs to the back of the hall. Preston was a large young wizard who loved partying more than the serious study of magic. He was the third member of his family to be accepted to Merlin College and ... | I woke to the sound of rain, again, but this is Ireland, it rains every Friday, no matter the previous weather. I got up with a groan of my cot, stretched out my arms and, as always, forgot the goddamn beehive cells were too small too do that. Guess my brain takes a while in the morning.
I squeezed out of my cell onto... | 2019-04-05T14:30:18 | 2019-04-05T14:25:23 | 6,450 | 39 |
[WP] A planet rotates once every 1,000 years so that each side is either tundra or desert; the poles are also frozen wastes, but there is a small area of ever moving habitable land. Two nomadic tribes isolated on each side of the planet begin to find the 500 year old relics of the other.
I kind of imagine one tribe vi... | The Lost City of Kvoehr. Eons past our ancestors had left it here, choking in the embrace of Mother Abyss, believing in the prediction of the Celesteocles that it would remain when we returned.
But the people of Kvoehr had made one tragic mistake. They had believed, as many do, that they would remain forever. Inevitab... | “Wander not, child of night. Fear ground that shakes, and sinking lakes,” Ren sang quietly. He dug his fingers into a boulder and slithered down it to the spongy ground cover below. “Fear the ghosts burning bright, who come to steal your sight tonight.” Winding his way through the fallen rocks, he ducked inside the you... | 2015-05-11T14:04:26 | 2015-05-11T13:27:53 | 60 | 13 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | "You killed her."
The human male was kneeling in the sand, holding the small, limp body of a hatchling. It looked like a young girl, but the bright blue skin and shock of ruby red hair gave it away as one of the nastier iterations of this barren planet's fauna.
Gently, he laid her out on the sand. His back was still... | “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
The chant rang out across the recess court of the Milky Way Middle School, where various larval age children across many species were sent to learn basic skills. Ever since the Great Awakening of IGC (Intra Galactic Contact) 143, it was deemed necessary that all species members of the Galactic ... | 2016-03-13T22:17:57 | 2016-03-13T21:46:28 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] Your Spouse goes into the bathroom only to come running out 15 seconds later. Clutching you close they tell you they fell into another dimension and what felt like seconds to you was a 1,000 years to them. They now want you to follow them back because they have built a life for you there. | “Babe seriously, I went into another world! Like, I flushed the toilet and suddenly wham, these weird space time Gods told me I was the next chosen one and I suddenly got these powers? And apparently I have to defeat the next Evil that’s going to attack Other Earth.”
“Right, one question though,” I smiled, wondering w... | **A bit late, not sure anyone will read this, but had a lot of fun with the prompt! Props to OP!**
__________
She ran out of the bathroom and grabbed me tighter than anything ever before.
"I found another world! A place where I was a god! A land where I crafted the dirt below my feet..."
I looked at her in total di... | 2017-02-21T00:32:44 | 2017-02-20T23:55:13 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] Hydraulic Press Channel owner goes insane and starts crushing subscribers by kidnapping them, channel goes even more popular | *CLANG!*
I wake up suddenly with a feeling of dread and urgency. The sound of my cough is muffled by duct tape. My heart is pounding at the speed of thought as I try to make sense of the situation. Where am I … wait, who am I?
I'm in a room. I take in as much information as I can with my limited senses. The chilly ai... | Joey opened his eyes, squinting into the bright light. He couldn't remember much, only that he had been dragged out of bed, tied up, before some kind of smelly cloth was shoved against his face. His hands were still restrained; in fact, he couldn't move at all. His head was laying on some kind of support, but it was ve... | 2016-05-19T01:47:51 | 2016-05-19T00:24:26 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | Alel bit his lip as the prisoner crumpled to dust, blowing away from a wind within an airtight room. Well, that was out the window. The judge simply stared with a bored look in his eye, confirming the kill before charting it down and looking to some other infinite list.
“Charles Alel, take to the stand.”
Alel grimac... | "Well there goes that plan"
I thought, as the 20 year old man infront of me aged 200 years in mere seconds and crumbled into dust.
"Prisoner" the judge shouted as he leered down from his chair. "Have you decided the method of your demise?"
"I have your honour" I managed to garble through my shaking jaw.
I guess ... | 2021-06-24T10:52:50 | 2021-06-24T10:06:58 | 44 | 20 |
[WP] Write about a unique relationship between an immortal and a time traveler. | "Same as always?"
"You bet. How much will it be this time?"
Jones smiled, punching in the mans order into the register.
"4.95"
"What's your name these days?"
"Still Jones, buddy.", he said, tapping on his nametag with a finger.
"I get that, but first name?"
"We're on first name terms now, Thomas?"
Thomas shru... | I waited to see him.
Every day, every minute, every second.
See, I didn't know when he would arrive to see me. It was never planned. Such was our relationship.
Our love.
It was meant to always remain desperate, to always be urgent. When I saw him I would be filled with joy and excitement and when he left I would di... | 2015-05-03T03:06:45 | 2015-05-03T03:04:59 | 341 | 114 |
[WP] Everyone on their 18th birthday have a dream and they must pick between the red or the blue pill. These pills effect your future in drastic ways. You on the other hand decide to walk the opposite way and find a green pill. You are the first to take the green pill. | I was casually walking down a rather boring looking alley.
It was boring because of the simple fact that it was a perfectly normal alleyway in what was otherwise supposed to be an extraordinary dream. Dull shades of beige and grey colored the endless rows of buildings, stretching as far as one would expect an endless ... | The Politician [part 1]
"Welcome to the choosing."
"Huh, looks nicer then I expected."
It was a large white room with fountains in the corners, and a few potted plants and a nice chair to sit in.
"Your memories of what pill does what, and what pill you chose will be erased afterwords. You will only know so you ca... | 2019-03-05T22:02:50 | 2019-03-05T20:43:42 | 37 | 14 |
[WP]: The most sought woman in the town has announced that she will marry whoever can open her door with the key around her cats neck. Many have tried to catch, trap and hunt down the cat, who always escapes. You are the first to figure out they've all been doing this all wrong. | I never understood why everyone in the village chased after Anna.
Sure. She was kind, in her mid twenties, never had a serious relationship before, gorgeous, outgoing, bubbly, sweet, courageous, honest, forgiving-
I'm starting to see it now
Being in love with Anna seemed to be a thing for all the men in town. In ... | No one had ever seen the cat to which the key was said to be attached. The cat, however, was reputed to be black in color and matched the sable-haired woman's own natural curls. The two, black cat and sable-haired woman, were literally inseparable and yet no one had seen even so much as a hair of the cat's, a few claim... | 2019-05-01T16:43:34 | 2019-05-01T16:16:29 | 58 | 20 |
[WP] You arrive in the year 1000, and all you have are the clothes on your back, a laptop with the entire Wikipedia library, and a solar charger. | The man wore a smile that unnerved her. His strange dress pointed to the that he wasn't from here as was his willingness to approach a strange woman in public. She lifted the large clay pot that served as her basket and continued back to the homestead she calls home. She started walking down the path from the village m... | I should have prepared more. I didn't though it will work on the first run. And the return mechanism is not ready yet - and never will be now. I do have most of the required knowledge and a good memory of my own plans but even with all that knowledge I'll never be able manufacture, or in that manner, create the machine... | 2016-12-27T19:54:25 | 2016-12-27T12:31:19 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] When you die you go to a mall where each store represents an afterlife. The karma you've accrued in life is the currency you may spend at each store. You may pick any afterlife according to your taste and your budget. | Time did not, strictly speaking, pass in the Bazaar. But humans were creatures of habit, and the constellation of souls passing through the Bazaar found that marking the artificial passage of time helped them adjust to their new surroundings.
So it was that at the crack of dawn, Juanita found herself already in line ... | "Oh, my god. This place, is like, so fab."
"Yah," agreed Angelina.
"So glad we died together."
Stacy and Angelina clasped hands and bounced in place. "Besties-for-ever!" They flipped their hair back and continued to the register.
There, a celestial being greeted them. "Find everything okay?" It asked, leaning on an... | 2017-02-23T08:17:35 | 2017-02-23T08:05:30 | 258 | 100 |
[WP] "There's no need to apologize for all the warfare, humans weren't built for peace. We should know, we made you. And we made you to fight. Which is actually why we've come to Earth again. It's time for the draft." | First contact did not go quite as expected. Brilliantly coloured ships dropped out of the sky unannounced early one morning just off the coast of North Carolina. They were so massive that even the horizon was dwarfed by their presence. The ships were adorned with symbols and runes from cultures all over the world. They... | "This is channel 7 News, I'm John Stanley. Tonight's big story - the first pick of the alien gladiatorial draft was tonight.
After some speculation from sport analysis the first pick from our species was projected to be Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
Instead, as perhaps the greatest surprise in human history, Supreme... | 2018-03-10T22:01:38 | 2018-03-10T20:30:26 | 296 | 85 |
[WP] Your dear pet is ill and as a last resort you summon a demon to heal them. What you did not expect was for the demon to be equally concerned for the wellbeing of the animal before any contract was signed. | I did the same thing I did everyday. I woke up, tired and disoriented from another sleepless night. But the sight of sparrow next to me, purring and headbutting me for a pet, was enough to get me going. At least i had her.
The rest of the day was auto pilot. A blur that looked like all the days that had come before it... | “I’ll miss you buddy, this really hurts.” said the concerned Man while looking over at his dog’s lifeless body. He’d thought about this moment several times, and now it seems it finally happened. This dog had seen him grow up, graduate, and succeed. But none of that mattered now, every feeling was overshadowed by extre... | 2022-10-31T00:14:33 | 2022-10-30T22:24:44 | 74 | 12 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood?"
"I choose Russian Roulette.... | "Then I'll choose Tic Tac Toe!" I said confidently.
Death drew a glowing tic tac toe board suspended in mid air and grew a devilish smile. "Fine, go ahead and start", he said with a whisper of a voice.
An hour passed by, with no moves made. "Are you not going to do anything!?" Death shouted annoyed.
"Nope," I answer... | 2018-03-07T08:25:24 | 2018-03-07T06:43:50 | 192 | 72 |
[WP]: A mad scientist finds a method to shut off what makes us human. Expecting chaos and anarchy, he releases it upon the world. Unfortunately, "being human" was not exactly what he thought it was. | README.docx
Author: Will Dalton
If you are reading this, I am dead. Not probably, definitely. After all, the secure encryption on this is tied to my brain. No, not my heart – so they can't incapacitate me with that hellspawn.
But of course, you don't know who I am, or why it matters. I am Will Dalton. My name has ... | Entry 7 since the release of the P0WN3D virus.
Still no lethal after effects, they just look lost. I expected something like kindness or empathy to disapear, leading to mass murders and things like that, it could be fun. I expected love to disapear and all emotional links between individuals collapse. I expected hope... | 2016-05-17T07:17:22 | 2016-05-17T02:55:20 | 84 | 18 |
[WP] When someone turns 18, they may use one adjective on themselves boost that part 10 fold. Strong, fast, smart, no one expects your adjective. | The Solver
“Good morning, mom. How did you sleep?” I asked coming into the kitchen for breakfast.
“Oh, I slept a little, but to tell you the truth, I was too excited to sleep. It’s your big day, sweetheart. Happy birthday. Have you thought about your gift?”
“Sure have, you’re never going to guess.” I responded with... | Honestly, I was quite surprised that no one had chosen mine before. It would have taken only a slightly above average understanding of the english language.
I guess that's what happens when you leave it up to 18 year olds to decide what they want to be for the rest of their life. You get a bunch of kids with basic su... | 2022-01-02T05:07:09 | 2022-01-02T03:07:10 | 45 | 25 |
[WP] A supposed dragon has given your lord the perfect excuse to take more men for his army and more food to feed them. You, a simple farmer, are surprised to find the dragon injured and hiding out in your barn. | "Come on!" I protested. "If you take any more, I won't be able to feed my family!"
"You won't be able to feed your family if the dragon burns everything down!" the captain countered. "Dragons are mindless savages. They will burn your family or eat them without any hesitation. Everyone must do their part to stop th... | Marlow sighed heavily as he walked to his barn to begun his day. The news he received the previous day hurt. He would have to work harder to provide more food to the area lord and his army. This meant less time with his family and less food for his village. Another sigh blew out of him as Marlow pulled open the large d... | 2018-07-02T09:23:56 | 2018-07-02T08:16:03 | 28 | 18 |
[WP] You are seen as a weakling. To prove yourself to your tribe, you enter the dragon's lair that even the hardiest warriors avoid. Amused by your challenge, the dragon takes a human form and duels you with a sword. After disarming you three times it says "come tomorrow and try again." | And I did. Every night, by the silver of the moon, I would come back to his lair and fight.
"You never asked my name."
I huffed, face red as the sword grew heavier.
"I do not see the point in knowing the name of my enemy." I lean hard against the wall.
"Bwuahahhah!" Guffawed the dragon. "I like your spirit. Come, h... | After losing several times, you digure out a way to fight back. But you needed time to train for it. You abandoned your tribe, you told the dragon your plan. The dragon told you to take all the time you need.
You return back to the cave, after months of gruelling training. Months of your hands hurting, your brain ... | 2020-12-01T05:23:56 | 2020-12-01T05:13:15 | 48 | 33 |
[WP] You have the ability to know a lie when you hear it, and to know the truth when lied to. Society appoints you to a high judiciary position, but there's nobody to check if YOU'RE lying when you decide justice. Which case do you remember most?
Edit: Hi, guys! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who visited or... | ######[](#dropcap)
The bitter stench of Lana's death still coats my throat.
I can still see her smile, the dimple in her cheek every time I said something funny, the tiniest quirk upwards of her lips whenever she was trying not to laugh.
Gosh, I wish we could just help those people, she said once, her eyes glued t... | Judiciary: You want to know about which case I remember most huh? \[chuckles\]
Interviewer: Yes, you've served for almost 80 years now, no doubt you probably have hundred of stories. \[inaudible\]
Judiciary: Okay, \[laughs\] here's one that's stuck with me in my mind \[sic\], I'll let you guess when it was.
Intervie... | 2018-05-15T20:51:56 | 2018-05-15T20:44:11 | 5,411 | 39 |
[WP] You are a high school student that's secretly the author of a best-seller sci-fi/fantasy novel based on your real-life adventures involving aliens, magic, time traveling, etc. Your English teacher is having the class read your book and he's getting everything wrong. | "I read it last year," Jamie Fisher bragged, "Right after it came out. I have the hardback at home. I didn't really *need* to read it again, but it's so good -ya know?"
"I know," Mikey Hopkins said as he bobbed his head like a marionette, "I can't believe Mrs. Pritchard picked such a cool book."
Secretly, I wanted to... | (your name is Steve Lemons)
(yes, your last name is Lemons)
(it is better than being called Steve Limes)
(right now you are sitting in the back of your classroom with a smug face)
(you are the coolest and most mysterious high school kid in the world)
(just yesterday you fought an alien overlord with your home made li... | 2015-10-12T19:32:17 | 2015-10-12T13:11:40 | 177 | 25 |
[WP]After your party ditches you, you the paragon, are shocked when you realize that the stereotype bad guys (orcs, goblins, crab people, vampires) are actually better people than your original party, this is the beginning of your new adventure
Edit: thanks for my first gold!! | "I thought you loved me," I said.
The sewers were probably not the best place to have a confrontation with my supposed-girlfriend, but it wasn't the best place to ditch me either. Eayla sighed. The others turned towards me, I could see that Myra was disappointed in me for putting up such an argument.
"I did," she ... | [Poem]
Walking down the road, my party and me
Suddenly a crowd of bad guys, "ahead of us, see?!"
Here it is, our fight, the chance to test all our mettle
I turn to my party, we have a score to settle
And, "Ah?", steadfast i stand a lone paragon man
My party ditched me as the bad guys began
To approach for a fight, i h... | 2019-05-04T01:46:35 | 2019-05-04T01:43:14 | 117 | 20 |
[WP] An elderly billionaire has publicized his last will and testament; the person or persons responsible for his murder are to inherit his entire fortune. | "Do you want to die?"
Even as she spoke, Laura began to regret asking the question. It would be understandable if he did, of course. Her grandfather hadn't been well in years, and he hadn't seemed happy for even longer.
"No, Laura, I don't want to die." Her grandfather smiled at her. "I don't want to die."
... | I should have listened to Gerry.
Thinking about it, I don't even remember how we ended up becoming friends. A comic book geek and a gang member on a criminal downward spiral aren't exactly a natural fit. I guess I stuck with him because keeping him out of trouble let me feel like I was still one of the good guys, even... | 2014-07-23T17:31:23 | 2014-07-23T14:56:17 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] You are a B-list superhero on the verge of losing your job. During a battle with a villain, you accidentally end up killing one of the most prolific superheros of your time. That's when you realize that with your niché power that was useless as a hero, you could be an A-list supervillain. | Working as a superhero is a job like most others: there’s an office, a dress code, a team with complementing skills, and performance reviews. The headquarters of the egocentrically named ‘Team Condor’ was located in the heart of New York City, and the Great Condor himself looked out over the skyline, apparently deaf to... | I swear I didn’t mean to kill her. It was an accident. Honest. One minute she was behind me and then the next she was in front and by that time it was too late to take it back! She should have known better than to get in the way of my beam, even if it doesn’t usually end in death. You would think a girl with her gifts ... | 2021-04-14T07:43:54 | 2021-04-14T07:42:05 | 111 | 55 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | Eduardo and Sarah had come to visit me at the old office. I hadn’t got a chance to see them since he got his big promotion and moved out to the East Coast office. “Stroke” and “Stomach Cancer” still spelled out in wisps over their heads. This time they brought the new addition to the family, Devon, who himself had an e... | For years we had been blissfully happy, Robin and I, 7 years to be exact. since the day I met her she had the same cause of death hanging above her head, Alzheimer’s, as did I. I was content to know that we would both live long lives.
Today Robin’s cause of death changed, six months into her pregnancy it was **our ba... | 2015-03-31T12:59:24 | 2015-03-31T08:46:40 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] We all just assumed that aliens would be a completely different species to anything on Earth. No-one suspected that they would be genetically identical to humans. | When the Klorians returned, pouring out of the skygates like so many drops of golden dew, Tim Bradshaw was finishing the final harvest run on his farm. He had just enough time to stow away his tractor, order his family into the hall, and to prepare the pitcher of ice-cold lemonade and home-made biscuits.
The Klorian ... | Have you ever felt like you’re constantly searching for something? No matter what you accomplish, who you meet, the places you visit, the feeling remains on the back of your head. You’re always disappointed. Maybe some people learn to live with it, but I could never ignore it. I talked to my mom about it, once, and she... | 2017-12-18T09:14:00 | 2017-12-18T06:51:29 | 86 | 17 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | Edit: Thank you all for the kind words. There's now a part 2 in the comments from the perspective of humanity.
The planet designated as YS-974 3rd was chosen to give the council a foothold in this section of the galaxy. No single world government, no intergalactic capacity, with high pollution in the calculated know... | **Audio log backup successful**,
**Last sent message**,
**Priority High**,
"This is Chief Petty Officer *untranslatable-most likely personal name/identification* speaking, to all crew members left alive, we need to scuttle the ship, can't afford to let this technology fall into their hands. There's no telling what they... | 2017-08-08T08:06:30 | 2017-08-08T08:04:17 | 747 | 32 |
[WP] Immortal monsters of legend have returned after lying dormant for thousands of years. However, the legends were made before guns were a thing, and the "immortal" thing was kind of overblown. | The problem with ancient languages is that many words don't really translate well into modern language. In some cases there's just no modern word that fits, or in some cases there may be several potential translations, all with slightly different meanings. Aside from that, there's the nuance of the word given the rest... | *Immortal*. What a relative word. You wanna know what’s immortal? Literally nothing. Not even the universe, which has died before, and though it came back, it still fucking died. It ate itself, crumpled up into a little ball, then exploded and became something it never was.
If the universe can die, so can some ugly mo... | 2019-03-20T19:52:25 | 2019-03-20T17:54:50 | 396 | 136 |
[WP] Berlin, 1943. You're a Jew who has been successfully keeping a low profile while working as a clerk under the 3rd Reich. You just found out you've won a contest to spend the day with the Führer. | I let myself in, hair wet and heart drained, hand clutching the announcement slip.
"Oh wow, Adeline, I would be honoured to be in your position! I mean—" Claudine, my co-worker had cried when our supervisor had presented me with the announcement slip,"—the Führer? Could it get any better than this?"
*Pitter patter, p... | "Guten Morgen, Herr Smith! Would you care for some bacon and eggs this morning?"
"Nein Danke, Mein Fuhrer, I do not like bacon."
The elder man stared at his breakfast guest.
A clock ticks the seconds away.
A single bead of sweat coalesces on the brow of the younger man.
A bird takes flight from a nearby tree.
Mor... | 2015-09-30T08:44:02 | 2015-09-30T07:49:00 | 49 | 36 |
[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. | "Sarah? Are you in there?"
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Jamie peeked inside the room and got blinded by a huge flash. He tried to locate the source of the light, and his jaw dropped to the floor as he registered the humongous piles of gold laying across the room. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and the world w... | Later that night, after our daily respective rituals had been completed, we slipped into bed. I could tell that she had taken silent issue with the fact that I had been milling around beneath the house-- but refused to ask much more than why-- saying nothing about what I had seen.
'Lilian', I finally said while facin... | 2020-08-03T09:58:04 | 2020-08-03T09:14:02 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] You are the founder of a tiny 1990s tech startup operating from your garage. All of a sudden, a bunch of people who are obviously badly disguised time travelers start trying to buy stock in your company. | I catch myself re-reading the same sentence for the third time and look up from my desk. It's gotten dark outside, no wonder I've been having trouble deciphering my badly scribbled notes. I turn on the lights and after closing the blinds and locking down the front door, I decide to make some coffee. It doesn't look lik... | I was cleaning an old transistor from a junked TV when another one knocked on the door. Shave and hair cuts two bits. Every time it was the same knock. They must all use the same source text to research. I stood up reaching for the ax as I called " Just a minute." The plastic tarp was already on the floor inside th... | 2015-10-04T12:11:58 | 2015-10-04T10:12:52 | 47 | 14 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | Most days, a number flashes through my mind.
It's usually when I'm out somewhere, after I've made a conscious choice. Push the button and wait rather than jaywalk? *Plus two.*
Phone an ambulance when I saw that drunk guy asleep on the floor? *Plus one.*
That time I signed a friend's passport? *Plus sixteen.*
They ... | Meanwhile, a massive space fleet approaches Earth...
"Ey, yo, Emperor Vinnie," called the armored alien, smoking a cheap cigar.
Emperor Vinnie, ruler of the Badabing Galactic Empire, sat on his throne (no not that kinda throne) on the bridge of the command ship. He casually rubbed his bare arms - the armor only c... | 2018-11-17T18:41:50 | 2018-11-17T17:00:19 | 4,108 | 131 |
[WP] A wold where every human is completely invincible between the ages of 18 and 28
- Completely invincible, basically guaranteed that you will be healthy for 10 years, with no repercussions
-After 10 years you've basically just aged 10 years
What would happen with exploration? medical research? society?
EDIT 1: ... |
It was an accidental discovery. Some guy was at a frat party, got wasted, and fell out of the second story window, landing head first on an aging Honda Civic. No concussion, no broken bones, not even a little bit of blood from the broken glass. At first the authorities chocked it up to everyone being drunk and thinki... | Jimmy decided to celebrate his last day of invincibility with a bungy jump - without the bungy! A straight dive off a high bridge onto the jagged rocks below. And where better to do this than the home of adventure tourism - New Zealand! The place where both the bungy and the jet boat were invented; the crazy Zorb ball... | 2014-06-24T21:24:40 | 2014-06-24T19:31:26 | 45 | 15 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | "They've taken Newtonport," Allen told me as I stepped into the ancient machine. Already the southern continental factories were busily upgrading a new batch up to current tech. We had gotten these old knightsuits from the old warehouses they had been stored in centuries ago.
"Shit eating fuckers," I said, actually ... | We never expected that such a peaceful world can hide such a powerful enemy, we had one of the biggest fleets in the galaxy, they WERE supposed to be a world that can be taken with no force whatsoever, we were wrong, they have obliterated us in less than 4 earth rotations.The weapons while not the most advanced, they a... | 2019-02-26T11:49:21 | 2019-02-26T08:55:47 | 54 | 40 |
[WP]: Instead of reaching their physical peak in their 20's and beginning to wither in their 60s, humans never stop growing bigger and stronger. You are 65 and your great-grandfather has gone on a rampage again. | It was raining heavily when my father pulled into my drive that night, his ornate Bentley skidding across the gravel in an uncharacteristic loss of control.
"Julian, it's a family emergency," he said, once I'd opened the door to his frenzied knocking. "I need you to come with me at once."
My heart sunk in my chest. I... | This Is Just To Say
that your great-grandfather
has swallowed the world
and now you are out in space
and you have no spacesuit
and you will die
in fifteen seconds
forgive him
the world was delicious
and so nutritious
[dammit my line breaks are all messed up when I post. Whatever. Trust that they were beautifully cr... | 2015-06-14T15:29:57 | 2015-06-14T15:14:55 | 87 | 31 |
[WP] You're an alien studying humans. You keep hearing about this "Golden Rule" that every human is aware of. You're convinced it's a source of human power but nobody will actually tell you what it is, assuming you already know it, and you're too afraid of blowing your cover to come out and ask. | It has been many moons since I settled upon this planet to study the humans to see if I couldn't gather information about them and then exploit it for my own gains. I settled in nicely, and they accepted me as one of their own, suspecting nothing. My mission was clear, but secret: Conquer earth and bring it to the heel... | maybe a bit off topic, but I'll write it down any way
As the aliens took me:
3 years ago I was kidnapped by a group of aliens who wanted to know if there is an intelligent life on earth. They had a device that translates their language into English. Apparently, they had been observing the earth for a really long time... | 2019-01-13T09:41:05 | 2019-01-13T06:34:39 | 42 | 23 |
[WP] A cult summons an elder horror only to find that the awful truths it has to share are only beyond the comprehension of the medieval Europeans who wrote the legends about it. Most of what it has to share is actually taught in grade school today. | "From this cup you shall find the reprieve that you seek. They will come for us. The final fight of man as the world is torn asunder. Have no doubts. They will come."
He stared at the flask. Its faint gleam looked oily. He could smell the poison.
*Drink. Drink now.*
He did not believe in God. He did not believe ... | I thought we messed up at first, all the medieval scriptures had said to light the candles, wipe around the sheep's blood, but when we did it all nothing happened. Till about an hour later when we were all about to pack up a giant puff of smoke appeared and out of it came a coughing man with medieval clothing.
He look... | 2017-09-04T04:20:04 | 2017-09-04T04:08:56 | 508 | 20 |
[WP]At 18 everyone is assigned a job perfect for them. No one ever complains. Upon reading their job assignment card, a teen has found that, for the first time in 100 years, they’ve been assigned “serial killer”. | It was 10 years ago today that I'd gotten my card. Ten years since the Engine had outlined my path.
I was only 18 then. I stood in line with everyone else. Slowly got my card from The Engine. Waited until I was alone, wanting to be able to react in private.
They'd printed who I was, who I was going to be, the pure trut... | “Jobs a’ like arseholes: erry’one’s ga one an they’re all full o’ shiet” said the Job Officer as he handed me my card.
This card held my future in it. A future that is supposedly “shiet”.
I looked at the withered old man who had handed me my card. His face so wrinkled I could barely define emotion. His mouth hidden ... | 2018-08-13T21:58:48 | 2018-08-13T20:31:09 | 125 | 15 |
[WP] Reincarnation is proven to be real by scientists and a service is created which can tell you all about your past lives. You order it for you and your spouse for your tenth anniversary. The results are ... troubling | Rita was in the middle of whipping some eggs when she spotted the mailman from her kitchen window. "Oh!" she cried. "He's here!"
It had become something of a ritual. Since ordering a samsaragenetics test online for her and Philip's tenth anniversary she would race to the mailbox to see whether their results had arrive... | The woman gasped as she sat up in her chair. She had died at home in her bed, surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren. Her third husband held her hand as she took her last breath. He was much younger than her. In this life, her husband stood in front of her with his arms crossed. She was back in the Remembr... | 2021-08-19T10:53:34 | 2021-08-19T07:52:59 | 142 | 71 |
[WP] Diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since birth, 24/7 you’ve heard the voice and thoughts of a girl that you’ve been told is made up in your head. You’re 37 and hear the voice say “turn around, did I find you?” and you turn to see a real girl who’s heard every thought you’ve ever had and vice versa. | "Wh- who are you?" Jennifer asked.
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Jennifer was alone in her kitchen, making some scrambled eggs when she heard *that* voice. When she turned around, there was a little girl standing by the doorway in front of her with blonde hair and a distinctly red ribbon. She looked just like a doll, wearing a pink d... | As I lay awake in my bed, never once my own thoughts rang through my head, always those of an unfamiliar persons, I toss and turn as the voice rings clear as in my own head, "Turn around.... Did I find you?"
The color in my face drains as I stare at my wardrobe, *Please....dear God say it isn't so....*
"Oh.... It is ... | 2019-09-14T10:27:39 | 2019-09-14T10:23:14 | 111 | 25 |
[WP] Tattoos aren't something that gets made. Instead they randomly appears on our skin at key points in our lives and we have to figure out what they mean for ourselves. | Keenan Avery woke up from another drunken slumber. He rolled out of bed uneasily, his stomach flipping end over end as the twenty-five year old made a beeline for the bathroom. After he had finished emptying the contents from the previous night into the toilet, Keenan made his way to the sink to rinse his mouth. He ... | A symbol appears. :):
Glancing down at my right hand I begin to wonder.
Is it true? Or is someone trying to tell me something.
My colt is out of its stable, he's been running free for a while.
You can't tame a wild animal you know, you can only go to war with it.
A truce is formed, an agreement to stop fighting... | 2017-08-03T14:37:59 | 2017-08-03T14:06:28 | 154 | 14 |
[WP] And the angel said unto him, "stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself." But lo, he could not stop, for the angel was hitting him with his own hands. | Having been freed from captivity and having had time to heal, the angel Castitas was eager to spread her newly-regenerated wings once again. In her absence, prayers to her patron had piled up a little higher than Cloud Nine, and she was happy to provide her first intercession.
The prayer card she pulled was a doozy. O... | "Stop striking thineself, stop striking thineself," the angel repeated over and over, mischievous grin etched on his face.
But of course, the human prototype could not stop hitting himself. For the angel had his wrists grasped tightly and was slapping his human face with his own primitive hands.
The human had no sens... | 2022-03-13T14:48:40 | 2022-03-13T11:00:48 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized, to their horror, that humans had superior technology in all things, except inter-planetary spaceflight. | These strangw fleshy creatures were so curious. We watched them from far above their planet. Slowly learning their languages, their culture, preparing to accept them into ourselves. They had a strange way of communication, one where they were able to talk using shapes, they didnt even need to see or hear one another. E... | A species that learned to destroy their planet before learning to leave it. The concept was alien to us. They seemed obsessed in the perfection of warfare.
We had been observing them for years, their progress slow and clumsy. After much debate we, the people of the Themian Empire, decided to intervene and rule the hu... | 2014-10-17T11:37:42 | 2014-10-17T10:49:51 | 148 | 21 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | 2022-01-23T14:08:11 | 2022-01-23T11:25:11 | 244 | 118 |
[WP] Aliens that evolved as prey are nervous when living with aliens that evolved as predators. Humans look like prey, but evolved to be persistence predators. A human uses this fact to stand up to a predator who bullies a prey friend. | It's wierd. People can know that evolution favors survivors, without understanding that the outside does not have to match the inside.
"Gimme your lunch money!"
I see Naabon struggling to not obey, but he's losing the fight. Ralety looms over Naabon, using his status as a predator to force Naabon to do what he want... | The Salycid's wings buzz loudly behind her, but the air of this world is too thin and dry for her to fly. Her compound eyes glare balefully at her pursuer from beneath wilted crests of desiccated flesh.
"Why, soft thing?" she rasps. Even through the respirator, her voice is parched and cracked. "Centauri, Cephon, Orio... | 2019-09-10T06:23:17 | 2019-09-10T03:58:18 | 62 | 35 |
[WP] Every time you die, your power brings you back a bit stronger. As you slowly become less and less human, the other heroes become more wary of you. Today, for the first time, you were mistakenly attacked as a monster…and no one is coming to help. | There’s a particular sensation, of sorts, that comes to a person in their dying moments; hard to place, at first. However over time —and an egregious amount of practice, I’ve been able to nail it down to a handful of words:
“My insides are cold.” Okay sure, not the most graceful of death-words. Nevertheless I take so... | He had learned early to walk with Death.
It was not just the adventuring. Arrows and axes, spells and swords, all slew indiscriminately, friends and foes and more than once, himself. Yet always, resurrection came, but only for him. At first.
Once a sorcerer only, he started to feel the song of bones and the melody of... | 2022-08-26T13:16:58 | 2022-08-26T12:19:22 | 290 | 62 |
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