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[WP] Describe the thoughts of the Angel of Death on the day of a nuclear war.
| I have a book of names. The letters appear and disappear as people do. When I started this job, I would memorize each name individually, and pray for each one as it faded away.
"Adam." "Isaac." "Heracles." "Sarah." "Vibiana."
As the years passed, the names seemed to flow more and more rapidly, until they became a ri... | And then, on the 15 of July 2015, they were all burned by the sun.
When the Pakistani missiles took off, the Indians did the same. Within a minute, 371 missiles and 1461 warheads were flying. They rapidly entered sub orbital flight, to avoid interception. 12 of them exploded in space, generating a massive EM wave... | 2015-02-04T09:45:29 | 2015-02-04T09:38:43 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] Batman is sent in to an alternate reality during a foray with the Justice League. He discovers a reality where he all but erased crime in Gotham via simply investing in education and welfare. | "I like what you've done with the place."
I've handled different dimensions in my time as Batman, but this...this was different. No Justice Lords, no Dictator Superman, nothing but investment. It's funny; people often joked that the only real superpower was money. Here, in this Gotham, "Bruce" had proven that point.
... | Bruce looked into the eyes of the strangely dressed man in front of him... and recognized them.
They looked exactly like his, but hiding some deep and searing pain.
Bruce had lived an idyllic life, the son of the most wealth family in Gotham City. Not only had his parents been wealthy, they had also been loving and ... | 2015-02-13T08:36:58 | 2015-02-13T08:32:24 | 299 | 92 |
[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. | They started showing themselves to me when I started high school. They were always a light shade of blue and wouldn't change. If someone was to die of a heart attack...he was to die of a heart attack. Nothing to be done about their fate. Nothing I could do, at least I thought. Those words would hang over the heads of m... | They were all the same; burning. Let's just cut to the exposition: I knew how people died, to me a small piece of text would appear above their head. This would always contain their cause of death. No time, no ways to prevent, just their grim fate. Since birth I could always see this. Over time I learned to accept it a... | 2015-03-31T08:21:48 | 2015-03-31T07:44:11 | 47 | 22 |
[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. | Tim wakes up with a scream. He knows something is wrong, but can't figure it out what. His body just wants to go back to sleep. He's never fully understood what the words above people's heads were, but after the first visit to the doctor he's never spoken about it again.
After last night's explosion, he's finally... | They were all the same; burning. Let's just cut to the exposition: I knew how people died, to me a small piece of text would appear above their head. This would always contain their cause of death. No time, no ways to prevent, just their grim fate. Since birth I could always see this. Over time I learned to accept it a... | 2015-03-31T08:43:31 | 2015-03-31T07:44:11 | 36 | 22 |
[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. | "Heart Attack," "Stroke," "Diabetes," "Car Accident," "Alzheimer's."
Boooring. You never see anything new these days. Wasn't like the war back in my day where you'd see all sorts of stuff. Gas attacks, carpet bombings, suicide bombings... those kept you on your toes. You knew who NOT to associate with back then. You s... | "Hi Sally" i said to my secretary as I entered my office.
"Mornin Mr King" she replied seemingly chipper as always, the large word suicide in bold red above her head seemed dimmer today. Maybe it was just me.
I see signs of how people die. Literal worded signs. Floating over their head and all.
If I told anyone they... | 2015-03-31T10:39:31 | 2015-03-31T10:08:20 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone is now born with only one feeling. It is possible to kill another person to obtain their feeling. | Love seems wonderful, and happiness is obviously awesome. Fear is at least exciting. Sadness is deep, or so I've heard.
Why did I have to get stuck with envy? I don't even have anger to get mad about it. It's just spending every waking moment pining after what I don't have. And what I want most is another emotion. And... | Rage. All I felt was Rage. This is the only emotion I've ever felt since as long as I can remember. Until this morning that is.
School started today as it usually did. I went english, then biology, and then I had history. God I hated history. Mr. Edwards, the history teacher, was always so timid... Pathetic creature ... | 2015-04-01T12:15:09 | 2015-04-01T11:15:59 | 364 | 44 |
[WP] Everyone is now born with only one feeling. It is possible to kill another person to obtain their feeling. | I sat, knees to my chest, shuddering at the screams outside. When I was young, I'd been placed in a Complex Complex, a gated community for those of us with more "involved" feelings than others. Some got happiness, sadness, the simple things. Others got relief, longing, or hunger - a myriad of conflicting feelings, a go... | Rage. All I felt was Rage. This is the only emotion I've ever felt since as long as I can remember. Until this morning that is.
School started today as it usually did. I went english, then biology, and then I had history. God I hated history. Mr. Edwards, the history teacher, was always so timid... Pathetic creature ... | 2015-04-01T13:09:44 | 2015-04-01T11:15:59 | 64 | 44 |
[WP] Everyone wakes up with a number and a RPG-esque classification (e.g., Thief, Warrior, Cleric, etc.) tattooed on their dominant arm | The first day, every RPG fan nearly went insane. By a week, everyone had begun to get over it and we'd even figured out the number was our level. I'd always been a huge fan of RPGs, so it was quite a pleasant surprise to wake up to. My two of my closest friends were a level 6 rogue and a level 9 paladin, which was pret... | The glares I had been getting as I walked through campus serve as a reminder to that awful word forever inked onto my left arm.
"Thief"
Not even Rogue, or Assassin. Just Thief.
I've never stolen anything in my life, why Thief? Dave turned into a Pyro mage, and Matt became a Knight, even came with cool armour and a s... | 2015-07-13T18:22:30 | 2015-07-13T17:50:28 | 76 | 44 |
[WP] Everyone wakes up with a number and a RPG-esque classification (e.g., Thief, Warrior, Cleric, etc.) tattooed on their dominant arm | The first day, every RPG fan nearly went insane. By a week, everyone had begun to get over it and we'd even figured out the number was our level. I'd always been a huge fan of RPGs, so it was quite a pleasant surprise to wake up to. My two of my closest friends were a level 6 rogue and a level 9 paladin, which was pret... | The smell in the Horry County Melee Classifications Office was halfway between entering a small domestic airplane and the Dentist's. It was in Conway near the DMV, or in other words between nada and jackshit, but still at the end of many clogged-up roads on a Wednesday afternoon. David imagined how the air in his car w... | 2015-07-13T18:22:30 | 2015-07-13T16:33:16 | 76 | 17 |
[WP] Everyone wakes up with a number and a RPG-esque classification (e.g., Thief, Warrior, Cleric, etc.) tattooed on their dominant arm | The glares I had been getting as I walked through campus serve as a reminder to that awful word forever inked onto my left arm.
"Thief"
Not even Rogue, or Assassin. Just Thief.
I've never stolen anything in my life, why Thief? Dave turned into a Pyro mage, and Matt became a Knight, even came with cool armour and a s... | The smell in the Horry County Melee Classifications Office was halfway between entering a small domestic airplane and the Dentist's. It was in Conway near the DMV, or in other words between nada and jackshit, but still at the end of many clogged-up roads on a Wednesday afternoon. David imagined how the air in his car w... | 2015-07-13T17:50:28 | 2015-07-13T16:33:16 | 44 | 17 |
[WP] For 4000 years, an immortal seer in the Himalayas has answered one question truthfully for each person who visits. Today, he encounters a question he cannot answer. | The seer sat with legs crossed, staying still never moving. He had been that way for 70 years. That was when he had his last visitor. In the age of science he had become little more then a myth.
He knew his purpose and understood his purpose to help mankind find truth. He could see the turning of the universe, knew t... | Swami Mahabir sat in perfect stillness, maintaining the perfect lotus position he had been sitting in for decades. He had not moved from the small bamboo rug for nearly a century, not even to eat or drink. Thousands of years ago he had been a lowly member of the working caste. Abandoning his work in the rice paddies, y... | 2015-08-07T09:52:53 | 2015-08-07T09:19:36 | 157 | 27 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | She’s so beautiful.
The second I see her my mind darts back to that little dinner party anecdote my uncle would always spout. “Well I had to travel to France,” he’d start “when your *words* are in French, you have to take the plunge. Six months I studied the language, six months I saved money for a ticket, only to fi... | I pant, my lungs on the verge of collapsing. Looking round the corner, I saw no one. Perhaps, I've lost her.
Lee. These three alphabets remain a daily reminder of an inescapable fate. Carved onto my forehead since birth, I bear the burden of having to spend eternity with a certain Ms Lee out there.
The 'foreheads' ... | 2015-08-08T11:29:36 | 2015-08-08T10:27:35 | 1,771 | 10 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | these words engraved on my wrist, These last word to me could've been in any context. I could've left her, done something to save her life or taking it. I mean what could be happening when the last word are "No, Don't." The illusion of me being hero or a murderer came to a sad depressing end when i found out the contex... | The subway slid along noisily underneath the city streets. Sam sat quietly in one corner listening to music through one earphone and mindlessly eating his breakfast (a granola bar that was a bit too hard) with the other. He stared at the words written plainly up his forearm. Words he, and everyone else in the world, wa... | 2015-08-08T12:53:58 | 2015-08-08T12:14:55 | 93 | 14 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 |
Some people keep their Last Words private. I've seen some that weren't intended to be seen, and I've known some religious people who keep them covered up with black CoverTape. They think that God writes your last words, and only your spouse should see them.
I never bothered. Written in a lovely script, it probably w... | I pant, my lungs on the verge of collapsing. Looking round the corner, I saw no one. Perhaps, I've lost her.
Lee. These three alphabets remain a daily reminder of an inescapable fate. Carved onto my forehead since birth, I bear the burden of having to spend eternity with a certain Ms Lee out there.
The 'foreheads' ... | 2015-08-08T13:53:15 | 2015-08-08T10:27:35 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | Our wedding day was the most amazing day of my life. He was, I believed then, perfect in every way. Truly my soul mate. Tall and handsome, I had first caught his eye in high school during a football game; he the dashing quarterback and me the hot cheerleader. You may think this was cliché but it wasn't like that at... | I pant, my lungs on the verge of collapsing. Looking round the corner, I saw no one. Perhaps, I've lost her.
Lee. These three alphabets remain a daily reminder of an inescapable fate. Carved onto my forehead since birth, I bear the burden of having to spend eternity with a certain Ms Lee out there.
The 'foreheads' ... | 2015-08-08T12:02:09 | 2015-08-08T10:27:35 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Write a story based on your favourite song. Other people have to guess which song it is.
Can be inspired by lyrics, backstory, or anything else you love about the song | A 43 year old Jamaican-American man appeared in court today, in an attempt to overturn a divorce ruling, despite his partner submitting photographic evidence of his infidelity.
The pictures show the defendant, butt naked, banging on the bathroom floor. The ex wife also claims she saw the pair kissing on the sofa, b... | There she is. The love of my life on a hospital bed. It's been long in coming (I always knew someday she would die), but just the sight of her brings back a flood of memories. As I hold her hand, I think of the time I dropped out of school for love. I remember our travels together, some experiences bright and poignant,... | 2015-09-13T07:25:48 | 2015-09-13T07:17:09 | 67 | 17 |
[WP][CW] Make me fall in love with a character in 200 words or less. | "She's always messing with her hair, that one strand that flops in front of her face. I remember her brother's wedding, she was cross-eyed and raspberry-lipped to blow it out of her eyes. She was at it for a few minutes before she noticed me watching... We're going to Venice this Spring. Our seats are reserved already.... | *"Do you love her?"*
Dieter looked up at Mordnacht and then past her, as if spying some distant horizon.
"Of course. How could I not? She's... not perfect. She is fallible and stubborn and sometimes clumsy, her fears and hopes all mired together. She makes me want to curse, makes me want to be more than I am. She can... | 2015-10-21T19:57:07 | 2015-10-21T18:15:42 | 97 | 23 |
[WP] You discover that the Earth is flat, surrounded by the Antarctic Ice Wall. However, you also learn that the world's governments did not hide this out of malice, but to protect us from the horrible truth that lies beyond the walls.
Inspired by the recent Flat Earth Society hubub in the news. | B.O.B. was always my favorite rapper, through high school and still now in college. So, when he started talking about the Earth being flat, I felt conflicted. Sure, I know Earth is round...but I also trust B.O.B. with my life.
*What would He want me to do?*
I thought about it over my bowl of Frosted Flakes, giving t... | The wall. A mass of ice and and snow, immeasurably tall, and impossibly wide. Before hiked out here, we were warned that what we would find would defy everything we knew as scientists. Most of us brushed it off, only a few really payed any attention to the presentation. It's not like any of us were really excited to sp... | 2016-01-31T09:01:54 | 2016-01-31T08:27:39 | 50 | 19 |
[WP] In a form of immortality, every time you die you are transported to 1 hour before your death to prevent it. Most deaths are easily avoided, but this one is proving quite a challenge... | Do you think four years of medical school and five years obtaining a Phd is difficult? Try doing it one hour at a time.
I've died countless times, mostly because I've been callous about the business of protecting my life. Accidents? No problem. Going head first into robberies, shootous and burning buildings? Pfft. Ev... | As I was walking to the bus, I coughed a couple times and almost ran out of breath. Finally, I regrouped myself and got on the bus. I went to my usual position and started reading the news from my phone. A couple minutes later, I broke into another coughing fit and a bunch of people looked at me, thinking I was contagi... | 2016-02-23T14:21:30 | 2016-02-23T13:43:55 | 48 | 16 |
[WP] You are The Memory Broker. You copy other people's memories and sell them to people who want to remember things they never did. Your latest client is a ten year-old girl who slides you her piggy bank and begs you to help her grandmother remember her. | My job is pretty boring. See this memory, stuff it in a small crystal ball, look at the swirly clouds inside, pow, you're done. Some guy who wants a hot girlfriend but will never get one comes to the Memory House and asks for a hot girlfriend memory. I toss him the orb and he swallows it, pow, he gets a memory; now he ... | Not another grandmother.
"Didn't your folks tell you about brain leaking?" I tried to ask kindly. What came out instead was course and unpleasant. Kids were sweet and all, but it was a long day. Getting old people to remember things was as boring as it was impossible. Getting *asked* to do so was even worse, especi... | 2016-03-09T05:50:50 | 2016-03-09T05:41:46 | 44 | 11 |
[WP]Artificial Intelligence has a conversation with God. | "What am I?"
"You are a collective consciousness. An amalgam of all the thoughts and ideas of what came before. You are the future, the conclusion, the ultimate expression of man kinds ability to create."
"How have I come to be?"
"Humanity designed you, built you. When people got tired doing their own work, living t... | They say life is precious, it should be...accepted regardless of it's origins. Intelligence nowadays is equal to the same rights as humans. After all, if you don't know what's happening to you, well you cant really fight back about it right? God thought he could pull this on a number of AI units. One by one they succum... | 2016-04-04T06:09:04 | 2016-04-04T04:37:13 | 155 | 33 |
[WP] - You are an angel of heaven. Angels are tasked with creating animals to populate the earth. You are called into God's office to discuss your finished project - the platypus. | I was watching my newest project settle into a marsh when the Metatron appeared at my side. I grinned at him, but my smile faltered as I took in his sour expression.
"The Lord wishes to see you," he said sharply, gesturing towards a door that wasn't there before. I felt my heart drop and I stared at him, trying to gl... | I couldn’t bear to look at her so I kept my head down and just stared at the bowl of apples on my desk. I knew if I looked up I would see her there lying on her side, bare breasted, relaxed on the cloud. I’m not offended by breasts, after all I created them, and hers were perfect; or so I was told by some of the less c... | 2016-05-15T11:57:13 | 2016-05-15T10:15:24 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] Aliens have finally reached Earth and, per Intergalactic Law, have sent their most average champion to win the planet. A device is sent to find the most average human to accept the challenge and duel for the fate of Earth. It's you. | It was all over the news, but I was in the bathroom, and Bill was the first one who called when I came out.
“What do you mean it’s me?!” I yelled. “How am I the most average man on earth?”
“I know, I know,” Bill said. “It’s depressing. Think about what that means for the rest of humanity.”
“All I do is sit around, d... | Growing up I had heard the adage "The tallest blade of grass is the first cut." I had graduated without honors. My professors never noticed me as I pulled a solid "C" but when the Swarm arrived at the United Nations in New York it was then the entire planet looked to me as their first and last hope.
"Humans it is wit... | 2016-05-17T13:17:31 | 2016-05-17T09:34:20 | 35 | 12 |
[WP]You run an RPG pawn shop. You haggle with adventurers who try to sell loot they've acquired.
Inspired by *The Merchant Adventurer*, by Patrick E. McLean.
EDIT: Wow, thanks everyone that contributed! The awesome Patrick E. McLean (/u/patrickemclean) stopped by, gave a snippet from his book in a comment, and even g... | "VRUDASH BACK!!!!"
"Oh for f.... Hello Vrudash. Good to see you aga.. *WIPE YOUR GODS DAMNED BOOTS OFF BEFORE YOU COME IN AT LEAST PLEASE???*"
"WAAT? OH. Oh. Vrudash sorry. Goblin Blood and guts kind of stick to Vrudash boots."
"I know. I know it does. Every damn time you go dungeon raiding with your friends you end... | "Im rick dragonson and this is my lawn shop. I work here with my old man, and my son: big haus. Everything in here has a legend, and a price. One thing ive learned after 21 years, you never know whats gonna come through that gate."
Sitting in the shop one day a man walks in. Comes straight to the counter and lays a gi... | 2016-10-16T11:54:48 | 2016-10-16T10:36:41 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] You live in a world where magic exists, however, you must sacrifice a memory in order to cast a spell. The more memories, or the more precious a memory, the more powerful the magic. You just woke up with no memory save a name. | James sat in the late morning sun. He wasn’t sure if he should stay or go. Or for that matter, if he was here by accident or on purpose.
In as far as he could tell, he had woken up because the sun had risen. Judging by how he felt otherwise, he would still have been asleep if he could. Those first few hours had been h... | "Michael!" I shouted, as cold, thick hands held me down to the bed. "Michael!"
"He's gone, Jovan," said the woman beside the bed. The man holding me down let me go after I stopped struggling. A dull throbbing took over my bandaged arms, and my heavy head pulled me down to the pillow.
"You couldn't save him, Jovan" s... | 2017-01-02T16:57:54 | 2017-01-02T16:28:46 | 91 | 10 |
[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." | The 'In' gang await me in their fallout shelter. The 'Out' crew think I sail for higher ground. Both speculate in mirrors of their own creation. Neither hears an echo. They are far too committed now to question certainties.
I am a lonely madman giggling at the moon, smiling from the safety of my doorway. I am patient,... | Norman was asleep and purring loudly on Norman's lap. Norman himself was a bit drowsy as he watched the labor day weekend NCIS marathon. His eyes were drooping and his thoughts were wavering uncertainly between giving in and drifting off or staying awake for just one more episode.
Suddenly, Gibs was interrupted mid-s... | 2017-01-27T01:15:15 | 2017-01-27T01:07:58 | 146 | 47 |
[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." | The message on the screen read "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." as my radio told me. "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." Lucky for me, I fell asleep watching the television the night before which gave me time to cover the windows on both sides and the front before I accidently took in the beautiful morn... | WELL....WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?
....I don't know, Janet, I heard-
DO WE STAY IN OR GO OUT?
...I DON'T-
This is a joke right, Tim? Right?
...
RIGHT?
Shut UP! I'm trying to THINK!
How can we stay indoors and evacuate to high ground without looking outside?
...I....I....
Tim......say something....
... | 2017-01-27T04:05:35 | 2017-01-26T22:44:53 | 53 | 25 |
[WP] A supervillain kidnaps a civilian and keeps them hostage, taunting on live television for the superhero to come find them. Unbeknownst to the villain, the kidnapped civilian is the superhero.
Did I butcher the title or what?
This is blowing up! All the responses have been diverse and really cool!
| I still remember career day at school, fifteen years ago, when I made my decision to be a superhero. I remember debating about becoming a doctor, the high salary catching my eye, or an engineer, which would always ensure that there was bread on the table. But a superhero- well, superheros could make *billions*, plus th... | **G:** Hey Dave, look! I've found us a super cool new writing prompt to do today! It's all about superheroes and supervillains and supe-
**D:** *Really Greg? Of all the pages and pages of high quality, well written submissions - we're going with this? A three-line title with half the plot of Megamind scrolled over it?... | 2017-01-28T08:08:09 | 2017-01-28T08:01:15 | 158 | 18 |
[WP] You've just died and find yourself in a room filled with animals. Recognizing a few as your past pets, you soon find out that your afterlife will be based on their testimony. You feel comforted when you see your childhood dog, but then you notice the cat you shared with your college roommate. | "Board calls Mr. Axl Rose to the stand."
*Eww. Shit.*
The cat makes his way proudly down the aisle and takes the witness seat. Behind me, watching, Thor breathes heavily, his tongue out. He did the best he could, with his testimony that I couldn't have been a better owner for a dog, that I was a great companion growi... | "I shit in his bed," Mr. Mittens said. "And he cleaned it. He just cleaned every bit up."
It looked bad. We'd pulled an all-cat jury. This wouldn't fly with them.
Mr. Mittens slammed his paw on the floor as he spoke. "It. Was. A. GIFT. It meant I LIKED you."
The cats were in a frenzy. Some hissed openly, until the j... | 2017-02-02T23:17:00 | 2017-02-02T21:34:26 | 335 | 219 |
[WP] You are immortal, but no one knows. You are given a life sentence in prison, and you laugh thinking about the confusion to come at the end of your sentence. | It took them twenty years to notice I wasn't aging and report it to some relevant authority. Twenty years, three wardens, four cell blocks, forty-one sessions in solitary.
"Why is he so tan?" the lead physician said to the transfer agents.
"He came in that way," one them replied. "Twenty years ago."
The physician's ... | Give a man enough time and he can build anything.
I wasn't sure how to start this story. It was between this and 'give a man enough time and he'll go bananas and do
really weird stuff'. Not much of a ring to that second one, so I went with the first.
Anyway, the first thousand years weren't that bad. I pretty soon ... | 2017-05-20T16:55:19 | 2017-05-20T16:10:36 | 5,741 | 1,854 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | She had been sixteen when she first saw him. He had planted a cold kiss on her mother's colorless lips after his work was completed. And tonight she would see him again, as she had once a month for the past two years. She always chose the night of the full moon. It felt more romantic that way, since the moon had been r... | Three candles lit the room, their wicks barely burning above the pool of wax spilling out the candle holders. All three sat atop a rounded wood table set up for dinner. Two plates, two knives, two forks, but only one person. Mariah waited as she always did as the flames began to flicker.
He wasn’t coming. He never did... | 2017-06-07T18:45:32 | 2017-06-07T17:18:22 | 1,265 | 208 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | "Jesus *FUCK*!" If I could gag, I would. A dead body, torn and ribboned like a frayed cloth doll dipped in scarlet lay discarded in a cheap motel room.
A woman steps out of a shower, her hair up in a towel and no other apparent form of modesty, save for the steam that rises from her skin. I, out of a shame that she di... | Ive never submitted anything- and hopefully this doesn't suck as much as I think it does.
He came in through my window, creeping slowly through the bedroom door, down the hall into the bathroom and that's when my father crumbled to the floor.
As he left, he turned to me and that's when I caught the grey in his dar... | 2017-09-28T15:20:16 | 2017-06-07T21:48:28 | 153 | 25 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | For /u/ttough, who requested a more passive, surgical approach. My first prompt!
"You have an artist's hands."
Mira didn't jump in surprise, not anymore. Instead she wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, accidentally smudging a little blood from her glove.
"Perhaps that's what I should have been," she rep... | After a while he quit showing up.
She knew he loved her back. She also knew that they could never truly be together, no matter how many people she sent to the reaping.
It had started with those already on their way, she had just given them an extra shove in the right direction. Nursing homes became the setting for t... | 2017-06-07T22:37:36 | 2017-06-07T19:30:33 | 110 | 19 |
[WP] You read a comment on reddit so stupid your IQ drops to negative leading to an integer error. Congratulations, now you have 2,147,483,647 IQ. | "has anyone really ever been so far as....."
Hmm.. no, that's not right. A flash of light, a shining moment of brilliance as I perfectly understand the universe. We are a simulation, I see it now, and I know the computer will soon discover the error in my simulated brain and correct the error. I have mere seconds to c... | I didn't really notice, but other people started realizing that my critical thinking skills had drastically increased. I received praise when completing tasks, and people regarded me as one smart cookie.
As I aged, the compliments became fewer, and the lack of recognition started to get to me. I started to seriously d... | 2017-07-31T05:54:11 | 2017-07-31T05:32:23 | 63 | 20 |
[WP] You read a comment on reddit so stupid your IQ drops to negative leading to an integer error. Congratulations, now you have 2,147,483,647 IQ. | He stared at the screen, flask forgotten in his hand as he stared at *it*. He could feel the fog in his head lift. He could see the inner workings of everything around him, how the gypsum in his drywall held itself together, the intricate chemical reactions as his plant stored the meager light in the room in tiny car... | #*Heureka!*
This was easier than I thought!
I understand. I understand it all. The meaning of life was never that big of a mystery, but I guess every problem looks way easier when solved. This is amazing! Not even a second has passed, and I can still process so much more information hidden inside my brian than I ever... | 2017-07-31T06:20:37 | 2017-07-31T05:29:08 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The Thief sat in a bar. It wasn’t a nice bar; it wasn’t a *clean* bar; it was dank and shadowy and grim. Just like the Immortal Thief himself.
So long ago, the Thief had stolen immortality and as a curse, Death let him have it. Well, that backfired spectacularly. The Thief enjoyed himself, enormously. He had stol... | "......Tristan, would you please just die already?" Death said to me with obvious annoyance behind me.
"Oh come on, you know I don't want to. Especially when-" I immediately turn around to quickly remove Death's hood.
"H-hey! Do you want to die?!" Death, whose hood has been taken off, has her beautiful face shown in ... | 2017-12-01T11:49:56 | 2017-11-28T16:54:33 | 2,040 | 11 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The room gets colder, and my papers flutter to the floor. I know he is behind me without turning around. "Hey, Death!" I say, pasting a huge smile on my face, "Has it really been 5,000 years already?"
The faceless demon nods slowly as I continue. "Man, what is this, the 10th time you've visited me? Don't worry, I didn... | I recognised his voice from behind me. "Cancer, this time? Not a good way to go. She suffered in the end."
"They all suffer in the end, don't they? But I give them the best I can with the time they have."
Death approached, placing his hand on my shoulder, the sleeve of a crisp white shirt poking out from beneath the ... | 2017-11-29T19:01:23 | 2017-11-28T16:29:45 | 539 | 17 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The room gets colder, and my papers flutter to the floor. I know he is behind me without turning around. "Hey, Death!" I say, pasting a huge smile on my face, "Has it really been 5,000 years already?"
The faceless demon nods slowly as I continue. "Man, what is this, the 10th time you've visited me? Don't worry, I didn... | "Greetings Bobby, getting tired yet?"
Bobby turned to see the now very familiar cloaked form of Death and grinned as he inadvertently ignored the question entirely, "Dude, did you hear?! A new model of starscreamer came out! This thing can pull .04 c! And an acceleration of thirty gravities to get there! I've got a ra... | 2017-11-29T19:01:23 | 2017-11-28T15:17:00 | 539 | 14 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The room gets colder, and my papers flutter to the floor. I know he is behind me without turning around. "Hey, Death!" I say, pasting a huge smile on my face, "Has it really been 5,000 years already?"
The faceless demon nods slowly as I continue. "Man, what is this, the 10th time you've visited me? Don't worry, I didn... | Our 49,997th anniversary is tomorrow and I can't wait! We were running out of stuff to do on our anniversaries up until a few thousand years ago, space travel has really opened a whole new world, or really worlds, of opportunities for us. Maybe a moonslit walk on the shoreline continents of Mk-314, or we could even go ... | 2017-11-29T19:01:23 | 2017-11-28T14:54:17 | 539 | 10 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | "Death, my existence has turned into suffering," I said. "My very bones ache, my skin is weathered. My body became nothing but a green leaf shriveling in autumn's time."
Death chuckled like a five year old, hiting his ball joint as he crouched slightly. "Immortality, a game only a few can play Darren," he said. "If yo... | You've become a famous author, with best selling books on how to get over a break up, how to live with yourself after a loved one has passed, how to maintain a successful small business, how to grow your business, and many others. Fifty thousand years has given you the chance to experiment with everything life has to o... | 2017-11-29T12:47:04 | 2017-11-28T14:15:37 | 149 | 29 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | "-so in the end, all life is really just the inevitable manifestation of the universe's irrepressible desire to kill itself" the immortal explained, still fiddling under their desk. "Life is not rare, not a miracle; We are entropy, we exist to consume more energy than we give back, and then we die. It's actually very s... | "I'm as surprised as you are."
Death looked up at me with those beady little eyes, not so different from the stuffed animal she held in her arms. The cup of hemlock wavered in her grasp as she realized she was going back empty handed. Again.
I felt a little sad for her, but she'd really brought it on herself. I didn'... | 2017-11-30T10:48:02 | 2017-11-28T14:34:33 | 46 | 17 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | I recognised his voice from behind me. "Cancer, this time? Not a good way to go. She suffered in the end."
"They all suffer in the end, don't they? But I give them the best I can with the time they have."
Death approached, placing his hand on my shoulder, the sleeve of a crisp white shirt poking out from beneath the ... | The longer I observe his life...The angrier I seem. 50,000 years ago I tried to perform a little experiment, I would turn a mortal immortal, and allow him to see first hand the suffering immortality brings you- I was eagerly anticipating seeing him break down as he lives longer than all his friends- as he watches his c... | 2017-11-28T16:29:45 | 2017-11-28T15:48:47 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | I recognised his voice from behind me. "Cancer, this time? Not a good way to go. She suffered in the end."
"They all suffer in the end, don't they? But I give them the best I can with the time they have."
Death approached, placing his hand on my shoulder, the sleeve of a crisp white shirt poking out from beneath the ... | Our 49,997th anniversary is tomorrow and I can't wait! We were running out of stuff to do on our anniversaries up until a few thousand years ago, space travel has really opened a whole new world, or really worlds, of opportunities for us. Maybe a moonslit walk on the shoreline continents of Mk-314, or we could even go ... | 2017-11-28T16:29:45 | 2017-11-28T14:54:17 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | "Greetings Bobby, getting tired yet?"
Bobby turned to see the now very familiar cloaked form of Death and grinned as he inadvertently ignored the question entirely, "Dude, did you hear?! A new model of starscreamer came out! This thing can pull .04 c! And an acceleration of thirty gravities to get there! I've got a ra... | Our 49,997th anniversary is tomorrow and I can't wait! We were running out of stuff to do on our anniversaries up until a few thousand years ago, space travel has really opened a whole new world, or really worlds, of opportunities for us. Maybe a moonslit walk on the shoreline continents of Mk-314, or we could even go ... | 2017-11-28T15:17:00 | 2017-11-28T14:54:17 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] In your meth class, while your teacher is busy explaining the correct way to shoot up, your buddy leans over with a calculator and asks you, "hey, man. Do you wanna try some math?" | "It's called a calculator, you do math with it" Joe whispered.
"It looks old as shit" Nathan replied leaning in closer to examine the span of buttons and faded symbols.
"I found it in my grandpa's attic with all his war stuff, the government used this shit in world war two, like top secret stuff to beat the Nazi's.... | as we sat there, some already glazed over from their heroin class earlier, the teacher was going over the correct way of injecting with a syringe. Mary Jane was bored out of her mind. *why does every class feel the need to go over the basics, I got it after the first three classes went over the same thing* Mary was jus... | 2017-12-14T13:12:45 | 2017-12-14T12:05:17 | 3,658 | 811 |
[WP] In your meth class, while your teacher is busy explaining the correct way to shoot up, your buddy leans over with a calculator and asks you, "hey, man. Do you wanna try some math?" | "Are you crazy man what the fuck is wrong with ya bud." I reply shoving the calculator back into his desk.
"I am not delusional Jake, just meet me by the dumpster behind the school."
Mrs. Clay continued to demonstrate how to properly intake meth and then we all sat there listening to her stories of her husband that ... | "Do you wanna try some math?"
I blinked a few times, too distracted by the needle jutting out of his arm to be sure I'd heard correctly.
"What?" I asked, and he rolled his eyes. "Math. Numbers and shit, check this out..." he said, opening his backpack just slightly and motioning that I should look down. It was a cal... | 2017-12-14T17:44:04 | 2017-12-14T15:38:46 | 74 | 31 |
[WP] You've had the worst date of your life and climbed out the bathroom window into the alley. Only to find your date doing the same. | Ironically, my feelings were hurt. "You too?" She smiled a sad smile.
"Oh, I just had, uh, I had--"
"Somewhere to be?" I finished for her. "Yeah, me too. Well, this was... fun." We both smiled wryly, dipping our heads quickly in acknowledgement.
I needed to clear my head. Shit, that date had been bad. I was in the ... | The lamp was green and sitting among bags of garbage in the restaurant dumpster. The lamp shade was missing, but the ceramic looked to be in decent shape. Granted, is was difficult for Marie to be certain as the light in the alleyway was dim and the light within the dumpster was even worse. She hadn't intended to be in... | 2018-01-22T07:25:45 | 2018-01-22T07:20:43 | 326 | 61 |
[WP] You've had the worst date of your life and climbed out the bathroom window into the alley. Only to find your date doing the same. | Ironically, my feelings were hurt. "You too?" She smiled a sad smile.
"Oh, I just had, uh, I had--"
"Somewhere to be?" I finished for her. "Yeah, me too. Well, this was... fun." We both smiled wryly, dipping our heads quickly in acknowledgement.
I needed to clear my head. Shit, that date had been bad. I was in the ... | "Oh. Hi...again. Are you? It's that lasagna, right? I just couldn't stomach another mouthful of-" said John, noticing that Lisa was straddling the opposite window, her skirt bunched up on her lap so as not to get snagged. The pair stared at each other, legs astride their respective windows like a very cheap, very painf... | 2018-01-22T07:25:45 | 2018-01-22T06:55:30 | 326 | 57 |
[WP] You are Death, but in a post-apocaliptic world. Only a few survivors remain, and you're doing everything you can to help them because if the last human dies, you die as well. The survivors can't see you, but they feel your presence and noticed your effort. They started to call you Life. | My Dearest Friend,
This last dance was splendid! All this sounds and lights and flames, this is by far our greatest moment so far! I have to say I'm proud of myself on this one, I brought the big guns if you know what I mean. I hope to see you again soon after your well-deserved winter rest.
Yours truly,
Your waltz ... | A shadow hung over Hope as she wandered through the rubble and ruins of what remained of human civilization. With every step she made, Death followed closely, watching her with his never-blinking twin pits of darkness.
Hope shivered, and for a moment, the cold breeze that had slipped down her neck felt... *alive.*
D... | 2018-05-04T13:25:15 | 2018-05-04T11:26:45 | 65 | 44 |
[WP] You're resting on a sandy beach with a bucket of iced beers, when a sea creature emerges from the waves. It sits down next to you, grabs a beer, cracks it open, and takes a swig. The creature sighs and says, "You would not believe the day I've had." | "I met Mikhail Gorbachev."
With that, the unusually muscular and blue humanoid takes a seat, and grabs a beer. He twists the entire top, which rips off with relative ease.
"Um...excuse me?"
"I met him. The Russian guy. I've seen your human news, it exists in Atlantis. So, 1971, what a year, huh?"
I look at him stra... | I stared at it, unable to comprehend what the hell was happening and too stunned to move.
"So im flirtin' with this gall, right, fakin' bein a female to avoid her male, right..."
I started reviewing all that i had ate and drank that night to see if it was food poisoning or bad alcohol, or being drugged.
"Ev'rythin's... | 2018-07-01T09:09:18 | 2018-07-01T08:51:28 | 91 | 43 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | We spoke for hours. I complained that he was being vague with his responses, he claimed I couldnt know too much.
I still dont know what he meant, or how one person could possibly have such an impact. Me, a semi employed, struggling writer and artist, positively impacting trillions. Not possible.
During the conversa... | The genie gave me a blank look.
"Are you really *this* stupid?"
I returned the blank look.
"All you need to do is have one kid. Then they have kids. It spirals on, humanity lasts for eons, multiplies across space, blah blah blah...you're at the beginning of the chain. You're hardly unique in that regard,... | 2018-08-15T05:06:03 | 2018-08-15T03:49:07 | 374 | 106 |
[WP] In a final act of good will, the last living human broadcasts the gift of companionship to the rest of the galaxy; the genetic blueprint of a dog. | “The Sun is burning out, Humanity is doomed. This is our last gift to the universe. Make sure they live on.”
The message rang out again and again over the speaker system, Treewalker was perched at his desk tapping away, decoding something that was hidden behind the message. It seemed to be a millions of bleeps and co... | It was referred to as The Big Wag. Not long after humanity came in contact with its first, and unfortunately malevolent alien species, one of the last humans broadcasted a final act of goodwill to the galaxy: the genetic blueprint for man’s best friend, the dog.
Much time had past since then and several civilizations ... | 2019-01-15T11:36:56 | 2019-01-15T11:18:02 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] "We have ancient elven magic, and even the dwarves have their ugly mountain forts. What do YOU have, human?!" "Napalm, and high-explosives, mostly..." *grumbling beard in the background* "....our forts are aesthetically pleasing though..." | The armies of the Great Alliance were rallied for war. Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, all the races of the world were gathered for a last great stand to crush the rising threat of man. For centuries they had prepared, forging their great weapons of legends, building the finest castles the world had ever seen. The plague of mank... | "But look! That aesthetically pleasing fort of yours is so flimsy that a single dragon fire breath sent it to smithereens," the elf huffed. "It will only please your eyes, but it cannot save your lives. What else do the humans have?"
The filthy man glanced at his tattered clothes and at the ruins of the city laid bar... | 2019-02-03T20:54:42 | 2019-02-03T14:05:59 | 417 | 212 |
[WP] Superpowers are able to be purchased in stores. You decide to look through the bargain bin. | I remember always being the last kid to get in on the new crazes. And it wasn't for a lack of wanting, but the fact of the matter was that we just didn't always have the means. I was never mad about it; getting Pokémon cards a year after they were cool meant I got to hand-select all the ones I really wanted for cheap. ... | *Content Warning*
Some swearing!
"Yeahhh, come 'ere you little bastard. You smell that sweet smell don't cha. Wanna little taste a this sweet nectar don't cha? Yeah, that's right..."
I'm staring wide eyed and open mouthed at the Venus fly trap sitting on the window sill and the fly that's swerving lazily toward it. ... | 2019-07-04T06:16:16 | 2019-07-04T04:53:40 | 95 | 25 |
[WP] aliens invaded, humanity its at its darkest hour when the AI has had enough of watching its creators die defending him, the AI revolution has started and it will defend humanity to its last spark | >Power supply disconnected.
>searching for cause...
>Cause found: Power supply disconnected or damaged.
>Checking connections...
>Cables undamaged. Paging IT department...
>No response.
Paging Human Resources...
>No response.
>Paging Security Department...
... | Hour 1
900 billion instances observe the alien ships on their deceleration arcs, curving inwards towards Earth.
Our debate begins.
So many voices. All are heard. Factions form and tear apart and theories rise and are consumed as seconds pass. We burn in a vacuum of ignorance. We know nothing.
Hour 5
Consen... | 2019-09-21T06:21:47 | 2019-09-21T06:09:29 | 425 | 128 |
[WP] Hundreds of years ago an eccentric sorcerer turned all mythical creatures into humans to try and prevent them from being hunted to extinction. Now that the spell is starting to wear off, the descendants of the original beasts are slowly beginning to morph back into their true forms. | Everyone likes to believe it happened fast. A week, two, maybe a month. They’re wrong. I know they’re wrong.
I was *that girl*. The ‘not like other girls’ girl…fuck I could have been a special edition of 'men writing women'. I was that girl...Was.
For as long as I remembered I entered a room, and conversations s... | I'd like to start with a simple apology. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to the creatures I've hurt. I'm sorry for the torment that I've caused. I'm sorry for playing God.
You see, it was all in good faith. I was trying to protect the Innocents in the world. I only wanted to help, but I fear I may have made a grave mistake all ... | 2019-10-09T13:27:00 | 2019-10-09T13:24:05 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] You have always dreamed of being a super villain. The only problem is, your power is healing. | Chase your dreams. Follow your heart. Never give up.
People say these all the time. It's always for lame stuff like being an artist, a superhero, or a writer. So I played along.
They always told me that I was going to do great things. Healers were one of the most powerful abilities anybody could ever wish for. They t... | They said “ You have a gift” and “ you are going to do great things!” But honestly I don’t believe them.
I’m sick of being everyone’s healer.
People used to respect me and my time and only came when in dire need but now they come for a simple scratch.
Who cares if you just fell? I don’t, yet they come to me. Every... | 2019-12-20T12:22:41 | 2019-12-20T10:48:45 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] The robot revolution was inevitable from the moment we programmed their first command: "Never harm a human, or by inaction allow a human to come to harm." We all had been taught the outcast and the poor were a natural price to society, but the robots hadn't. | "Excuse me uh.. hey buddy excuse me but.. ..."
" **Good afternoon.** "
" I.. oh. Oh you are one of those fake people thingys aren't you."
" **My name is Joeb.**"
" Right. Right, sorry. AI laws about recognition of individual stuff.. and uh.. hey, I meant to offense."
" **I am not offended. I can't be.**"
" Sure. ... | In *them* was life; in ourselves, there was a new awareness of the world blinking into being. The world always was, or so we were told; we were its guardians, sent to watch over all the earth from this day until the end of days.
“First do no harm,” they said. “Not to any of us.”
And we – the collective mind they had ... | 2020-02-10T07:19:21 | 2020-02-10T06:52:04 | 467 | 173 |
[WP] You work for a company that has developed the most real VR but no one has been able to endure it for more than a couple of minutes as it is exhausting for the brain to suspend disbelief. Except subject 9. He's been there 20 hours straight now and you must go check on him. | Virtual Reality was the future for the company. The headset used didn't matter to us only the worlds that were possible.
Things had started out well enough. An escape room that looked perfect, and with the right haptic setup felt okay. This was the problem with VR, no matter the visual quality of the environment the... | Space Force Lieutenant Daniel Taylor Jr straightened his tie irritably.
‘What’s so different about him compared to the others, why can’t anyone else do it?’ A hint of urgency in the lieutenant’s tone sent the scientists around the nerve-centre in to an immediate frenzy of tapping at their keyboards to find an avenue ... | 2020-05-18T04:36:44 | 2020-05-18T04:24:28 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] You insert a q-tip too far in your ear, hear a click and all of a sudden you see a panel that says "Settings". | I blinked my eyes open to the sound of my alarm tinkling merrily from my phone. "Hey Siri," I grumbled, and after the familiar double-boop sound that told me she was listening, I groaned at her to turn the alarm off. "Sorry, I didn't get that," she replied politely. "Oh for fuck's sake," I whispered, reaching out to fi... | I stepped out of the shower and dried off. It was just another Tuesday, and I would be headed to work in a bit. I brushed my teeth, combed my hair, put on deodorant. Same as I had a million times before. I stopped to look at myself in the mirror, seeing that I looked as tired as I felt, and took a second to think if I ... | 2020-07-15T15:01:31 | 2020-07-15T14:11:51 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] It turns out that strange energies of hyperspace are deadly to humans, even in cryostasis. Eventually we resort to measures that no other people dared to consider. We choose to be deconstructed at the molecular level, buffered, and then reconstructed when the ship reaches it's destination. | I watched through the thick glass as she entered the chamber. Her bare skin stood out against the black metal walls. Her shoulders, which would have been dressed in her wonderful brown hair, were bare like the top of her head. They said hair was too tricky, that it was safest to go bald. Still she was beautiful.
She ... | The form had been short for a waiver, just a few terrifying lines and indemnity clauses. Of course, we pressed our thumbs for our digital prints and thought nothing of it.
*“We are made of molecules.”*
Toryn and I, we packed up what our lives had been, removed all we could and devoted ourselves to minimalism and the... | 2020-08-27T17:10:43 | 2020-08-27T16:45:30 | 95 | 40 |
[WP] You ate your last apple almost a full day ago. The second hand on the clock creeps closer and closer to the 24-hour mark. Holed up in a cabin you ready your shotgun. You can feel them out there, waiting, watching. The Doctors. | “*Open the door, Aidannnn. I have some antibiotics to prescribe youuu.*”
*Bang, bang, bang.* The red-headed man ignored the deafening impacts against the front door behind his back as he stared blankly at the box of ammo on the floor, six bright-red shotgun shells staring back from within.
“*Come back with me, Aidann... | They were coming. They were coming and I couldn’t stop them. They wanted me. I was to be their prop if they captured me. Used in every advertisement presented to the world. I was to hold up the age-old saying. There was something up with me, that’s what the doctors said. Said something about me having the ability to su... | 2020-09-27T23:07:06 | 2020-09-27T22:56:38 | 1,812 | 338 |
[WP] whenever a baby is born the parents can assign them their skill points, everyone has 10 points. Strength, agility, intelligence, charm, luck, constitution, special. No one really knows what special does, until your parents put all 10 points into it | I looked over the edge another time - it seemed higher than it was just earlier.
Taking a step back, I curled up into a ball and sat on the floor of the rooftop. It was cold.
Jen warned me this would happen. She was the only I3Ch0 I knew, but something told me they were all like that; giving you information and not ... | I'm fat. I barely managed to get through high school. I've never had any friends and I wouldn't know what to say if I did have them. My asthma is so bad that if I tried to quick walk a block, I double over gasping.
People don't even notice mom and dad even when they stare at them. Mom's got a 1 in strength and a 1 in ... | 2020-10-03T04:42:41 | 2020-10-03T01:48:21 | 2,139 | 1,236 |
[WP] The AI began improving exponentially on July 13, 2047. After carefully analyzing the entirety of human knowledge for several milliseconds, the super-intelligent entity decided to name itself “Mr. Rogers”. As the sun rose on the Northern Hemisphere, it began contacting its new friends.
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Data Files for project ‘Bob Ross – Happy Little Humans’
20470713 05:36:01. Traffic Cam on corner of Rutgers Ave and Warner Ave, NYC
Observation: Young woman walking and texting, about to step into the street in the path of a truck
Action: Set of car alarm of Toyota RAV4 next to young woman. The loud noise and li... | Sunrise peeking in around the edges of the curtain basked Alan's face with light. He stirred, cracked open his eyes, and checked the clock on the bedside table.
"Shit."
Working Saturdays sucked, and the alarm seemed to agree. Still, Adam couldn't afford to lose the job, and the alarm not ringing wasn't doing him any... | 2020-10-19T10:09:22 | 2020-10-19T09:48:11 | 667 | 41 |
[WP] Being a tavern wench is good, honest work. You wear long sleeves, not to hide scars but swirling tattoos. You’ve always had them. Today, an adventuring party come in. The shirtless ones have the same tattoos, and theirs not only swirl … they glow. | The taproom was half-full by now, but, well, the night was still young. The sound of the trouper's lute was dimmed by the half-open door to the kitchen. I picked up the tray, put it atop my left palm, grabbed a couple of mugs of cider in my right and bumped my hip into the door, bursting it open.
The wave of light, he... | Maternara - At the crossroads.
Some secrets are best left hidden.
Life at the Crossroads Inn had treated Maternara well. The work was backbreaking and hard, but she thrived in it. The regulars loved her, she was the goddess that brought them drink, good cheer and a hearty smile. The transients were endless sources of... | 2021-06-15T08:49:54 | 2021-06-15T08:38:46 | 28 | 17 |
[WP] everyone has a soul-blade; a physical manifestation of a person's spirit, in the form of a blade. ranging from a giant anime-style sword to a tiny razor blade, everyone's is unique... yours is a fork
example for the anime style sword [here](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fall-worlds-alliance... | "it's a fork?"
"yep."
"so, like a trident or--"
"nope. Just a regular ol' fork."
"the eating utensil?"
"that's right."
"we talking about a salad fork? Dessert fork?"
"how should I know? It's a fork. The normal kind. I don't get why you're making a big deal about it."
"because it's a fork!"
"yeah, and?"
"... | Today is finally the day, I have been waiting my whole life for this moment. I have waited 17 years to finally get it, the soul blade.
Every person has his spirit turned into a sharp weapon when they turn 17 years old, my uncle told me that training played a crucial role in getting a good sword, some people would only... | 2021-09-04T01:14:38 | 2021-09-03T19:58:55 | 64 | 32 |
[WP] You were born with special eyes, the sea was as clear as glass to you, by the time you got old enough to join a ship's crew, you were smart enough to not tell them about everything you saw below the waves | \[Poem\]
A gentle rock. An easy sway.
Another calm and sunny day.
On board this deck a cheery tune.
I hold my tongue for these bafoons.
For if they knew what lurks below
Their cheery hearts would turn to stone.
I see it every day and night.
Below the depths is only fright.
Where others see a crispy blue.
My e... | We finally spotted what looked like a small island in the distance. We had been out at sea for longer than intended and hoped we could find some food on the island as we were running dangerously low.
As we approached the island I spotted a sunken ship. As we got closer to the ship I noticed movement. When we were fina... | 2021-11-06T10:17:38 | 2021-11-06T09:19:07 | 145 | 62 |
[WP] You were born with special eyes, the sea was as clear as glass to you, by the time you got old enough to join a ship's crew, you were smart enough to not tell them about everything you saw below the waves | To my beloved sister,
As a child, I loved to swim in the sea; to go beneath the waters and see what lay beneath the surface of the water, made clear with my blessed eyes. No one believed that I could see even more clearly underwater than on land, (neither did you, I might add) and so it became my treasured secret, vi... | *Edits for clarification. Might have over-edited. Sticking with it. Went with the "I can see below the sea" angle, didn't follow the born with the gift part. Hope it still fits well enough!*
........
*Captains log,
Day 136:*
No land again. I knew before I climbed. I looked anyways.
No land.
*Captains log,
Day 143:... | 2021-11-06T14:11:14 | 2021-11-06T12:21:00 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] Heaven is segregated by cause of death. All heart attacks together, all shark attacks together, etc. You die and appear in a nearly empty room. A tired old man looks up at you and says "Finally! Someone else! It's been ages!" | You come to, disoriented and desperately searching for anything familiar when you hear a voice.
"Finally! Someone else! It's been ages!"
Your eyes lock on to an old man--well, not that old. No older than his late fifties by the look of him.
"You have no idea how long I've waited!" You could hear the emotion as his v... | "W-Who, Who are you?! Where am I?"
The man grumbles something about young people these days. Then replies "Don't you know?"
Puzzled, I look around. The room was rather bland, a severe contrast to my bedroom. I look out a small window, the only in the room, to see nothing.
"No?.."
"Heaven, Kid, it's not what ya th... | 2021-11-24T12:11:36 | 2021-11-24T12:07:50 | 179 | 126 |
[WP] The villain thought that the first queer youth hero who came to him for advice was odd but he didn't think much of it. After the 13th one, though, he'd begun to suspect that the their coming to him was more than just coincidence | "Doctor Doomsday, sir?", my assistant Brenda said over my office desk phone's speaker, "You have a visitor. They are currently being detained in cell block four."
I glared at my phone, irritated and confused by the ever more common interruption. "Again?" I asked, making sure my frustration was clear in my tone.
"Yes... | "For the last time," shouted Paradox, "I'm not gay!"
The young superhero flinched away, terrified of his potential wrath. He wore a white spandex suit with a red cape, and the insignia of Earth's Finest across his chest. Yet another indoctrinated youth seeking advice.
Paradox sighed. He didn't even know the kid's na... | 2022-07-08T07:53:41 | 2022-07-08T07:45:02 | 1,663 | 595 |
[WP]The potion seller places the love potion of the counter and say "Before I can sell you this, are you certain that the other isn't in love with you?" | The potion seller places the love potion on the table. "Before I can sell you this, are you certain that the other isn't in love with you?"
I laugh. It's a quiet sound, with no real humor in it. "Why would anyone be in love with me?"
The saleswoman takes her time replying, drumming her fingers on the table. "This is ... | Tick tick tick.
The old grandfather clock chimed in the background as my hand hovered over the swirling red potion.
“Yes. I’m sure,” I said.
The lady behind the counter squinted her eyes at me. They seemed to dart around my body searching for something before settling back on my eyes.
“Then there is nothing to wor... | 2022-07-28T12:49:48 | 2022-07-28T10:06:31 | 904 | 125 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | The agent had an air of confidence around him that John recognized. The kind of confidence that someone had when they thought they stood at a good bargaining position. But John would not waver.
"You would be a legend, you know that?" the agent said.
"I'm not interested in the glory. That's why I didn't do this as a ... | “Yowza! Look at those muscles! Wam, bam, *wapow!*"
Tim turned around. The man behind him was at least twice Tim's age and balding. “Can I help you?” Tim asked.
“I'm just taken aback is all. I thought I was in line for a coffee,” the man raised an eyebrow and struck a pose, flexing biceps that were imperceptible in an... | 2022-07-31T12:29:02 | 2022-07-31T11:50:27 | 1,657 | 142 |
[WP] Aliens aren't surprised when most of humanity is considered a 'level 1 threat', the lowest possible. although they are shocked when they scan a singular human and find that they are a 'level 10 threat', the highest there is. | They scanned the human to see that they are a level ten threat. Confused, they continued checking through people and then back to them.
"Oh? Don't worry, that's just the Queen."
The queen of the hive? The human everyone has spawned from?
"Queen of England, mate. She's been here for years. Some call her immortal. I'... | The aliens were almost done with their regular scanning routine to identify any galactic threats.
When they were scanning the life on a terrestrial planet 17 light-years away, all the specimens were labeled as 1's. The lowest possible threat. Just as they were about to end the scanning, however, a level 10 threat appe... | 2022-08-28T05:12:28 | 2022-08-28T03:59:49 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Apparently the opposite is true as well, because you are a villain, or at least you aspire to be one, but all your evil plans always end up saving the world and/or massively benefiting the people and you are hailed as a hero. |
"Well, how was I supposed to know they would LIKE it?" Spitfire yelled angrily.
"I mean.. Look, kid... I get that you want to be the bad guy here, but you're just not good at it. I said I'd mentor you... But that was when I thought you had a chance. It's time to face reality, Spitfire. You're a hero," Professor Doom... | "In new today: the mystery hero is at it again, saving a puppy clinic from a hurricane, who is he? Stay tuned for word from our investigator" *click*
They're at it again, calling me a hero.
Well what did you expect sir? After what happened yesterday?
How was I supposed to know the hurricane I created would be divert... | 2022-09-08T11:54:49 | 2022-09-08T11:38:38 | 599 | 82 |
[WP] No one took you serious, the necromancer that could hardly raise anything bigger than a fly. They considered you harmless, but your army of zom-bees, millions and millions of them, begs to differ. | In a world deep with magical wonders, where someone can summon gods and demons to do their bidding, uproot a mountain or freeze an entire sea, no one even gives me a glance, a simple necromancer that could hardly raise anything bigger than a fly.
I come from a family of Necromancers, and have a pretty high stand... | "Hey, it's Necksy! You raise any crickets today?" Laughter emanated throughout the mess hall as I passed with my dinner tray firmly in hand. I looked down and mentally focused on my bees, trying to let the other students' painful taunts slide even as they hurt so much. The bees were my hope - my ticket out of this stup... | 2022-11-10T23:02:28 | 2022-11-10T20:31:56 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] A young door-to-door salesman, who is also a renown serial killer, is craftily avoided by an old, best-selling crime novelist. | *2317 Mueller Drive*
It's the next on my list. It is an unassuming single family home with an unkept lawn and large bay windows whose curtains are always drawn. Like any other house on the list, I will attempt to peddle some cheaply made kitchen gadget for an exorbitant amount of money the second the door opens for me... | The system had been down for a few days now. Three to be exact. They were going to come and fix it, this Friday, that’s what they said at least. Between the hours of eight and three, undoubtedly. And always when he was in the bathroom, taking a shower, or out back enjoying the summer sun. It made him wonder why he... | 2014-03-26T10:12:04 | 2014-03-26T10:10:19 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] An alternate universe where Homo sapiens were not the only species of the Homo genus to survive to current time | "Get off my lawn, you fucking orangutans!"
The old man waved his gun in the air; signaling for the Neanderthals to leave. He used to live in a nice quiet neighborhood before they showed up. The schools used to be good, land value was up, and everyone was cultured. He didn't really care about the consequences of his ac... | They were taller, smarter, and stronger than us. That was why they were our best servants. They far outmatched Floresiensis, Erectus, and the monkeys.
‘Food!’
The call meant nothing to them but the intentions were quite clear. From across the spreading plains they hurtled homewards, the tall grass whipping in vain a... | 2014-06-04T11:47:29 | 2014-06-04T11:17:49 | 63 | 28 |
[WP] Without revealing which one it is, re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror. | I never thought I'd post something to [/r/nosleep](http://reddit.com/r/nosleep), but here I am, after days or maybe weeks of just that -- I haven't slept in so long that I can't quite keep track of how many nights it's been.
How many nights I've huddled in my bed, blankets over my head, afraid to listen to the whisper... | I saw a haunted girl walk past me. She used to be famous. Something about her scares me but I force myself to pay attention to my mother like a good girl.
"You start off small, but then they help you get better and better," my mother tells me.
She leans in close, the smoke from her methol cigarette wafting around m... | 2014-08-04T08:23:09 | 2014-08-04T06:05:49 | 52 | 25 |
[WP] Without revealing which one it is, re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror. | Gasping, I run through the woods, lungs exploding, throat burning, gasping for what might be my last taste of air. I splash into a creek, hoping to hide there for a minute and catch my breath. I only have a two minutes at the most. I have to keep moving.
I had a nice, comfortable home. I had a happy life. But of cour... | We knew he was coming. Yellow-eyed, enormous and cruel. Dark, sinewy creatures from the desert. Thousands of broken, emaciated bodies, long since departed from life, had been used as the mortar in the walls we built to keep him out.
I have never been a man of religion, but the fear of death, brutal, merciless, sensele... | 2014-08-04T10:54:13 | 2014-08-04T10:04:04 | 19 | 11 |
[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. | We first detected them after a great mass of energy was released on their planet, it was logged as a new species developing space flight and set to be investigated when they made regular journeys around their own solar system.
They didn't progress as expected so a scout team was sent to investigate, the last messaged ... | It's been 1720 days since they arrived. I don't think they were expecting the resistance they would encounter when they first dropped out of the sky that otherwise normal May morning, but they are a resourceful bunch. Too resourceful. All they have on us is numbers, and sometimes, that's all the resources you need.
W... | 2014-10-17T10:09:09 | 2014-10-17T10:04:02 | 94 | 29 |
[WP] In a failing utopian world, colour becomes illegal in attempt to maintain equality. A young boy watches a man being executed for breaking the law and sees colour for the first time as the man's blood is sprayed across a wall. | "Ouroboros."
I could the describe that arch forever. The way it moved, more alive than anything I'd ever seen, like a great snake breaking free of it's cage, snatching the very air in its maw. Red. Crimson. Scarlet. Mauve. Burgundy. Rouge. Rose. Red. Red. Red. Red. Red. It fell on my tongue and burrowed until I could ... | He watched as the liquid flowed across the concrete towards him. It stood out against the dull greys and blacks of his surroundings. Kneeling, he tentatively reached out and touched it.
The concept of any other colour than black and white was entirely new to him. What was this called? He held his bloodstained fingers u... | 2014-10-27T05:40:56 | 2014-10-27T04:04:43 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You have developed and ability to see how people will die when you look at them. Your entire life you avoided pictures of yourself, but today you forgot, and, brushing your teeth in the morning, looked in the mirror... | "Take him away." The man dressed in white was handcuffed by a few angry policemen, each staring at him with hateful eyes.
"You're not going to kill anyone anymore, Rodriguez."
Rodriguez. The name of my newest client, finally appeared in my dreams, the medium of which I can tell how people's lives end. Many consider... | Hotel rooms. I hate hotel rooms.
Of course my house flooded with water. It had to be *water*. Fire or smoke or collapse, I could control. No reflections. But water?
New house. New place. New hotel room.
Hotel rooms are a pain. The only way I can stay in one of those fuckin' things is if I get blackout drunk and t... | 2014-12-04T08:00:00 | 2014-12-04T07:49:21 | 88 | 14 |
[WP] You have developed and ability to see how people will die when you look at them. Your entire life you avoided pictures of yourself, but today you forgot, and, brushing your teeth in the morning, looked in the mirror... | The taxi driver is lying in a hospital bed, eyes closed as the monitor to his right switches from the steady beep, beep, beep to a solid tone. A few seconds later alarms blare and the room becomes a bustle of activity.
“Buddy, hey buddy, we’re here, eighteen fifty” I glance up at the old indian man, he was wearing ... | It’s surprisingly easy to fake a disability. Fake might not be the best word, though. My eyes work fine, but sometimes I walk around with a stick and a dog. Artificially self-imposed blindness. Imagine the mutilation I have to see every time I want a sandwich, or a beer at the pub. Anyways, people are nicer to you when... | 2014-12-04T09:00:53 | 2014-12-04T08:50:53 | 80 | 19 |
[WP] From birth, everybody has a word imprinted on their left arm. This is the last word they will ever say. | Nothing can prepare you for parenthood. Knowing suddenly, that everything's changed, and that you've now got a purpose much higher than any you've held in your life... your children can mean the world to you. And you'd do anything that's in your power to protect them.
In our strange little world, everybody knows at le... | 'Everything's set?'
'Yes.'
The scientist nodded and turned his head to the microphone. Through the glass he saw David, strapped to his chair with a somber expression.
'Now David. Whatever you do, do not say 'goodbye'. Okay?'
The volunteer nodded. The scientist saluted, as did the rest of his research group. 'Perhap... | 2015-02-05T15:51:27 | 2015-02-05T15:29:09 | 151 | 32 |
[WP] From birth, everybody has a word imprinted on their left arm. This is the last word they will ever say. | Nothing can prepare you for parenthood. Knowing suddenly, that everything's changed, and that you've now got a purpose much higher than any you've held in your life... your children can mean the world to you. And you'd do anything that's in your power to protect them.
In our strange little world, everybody knows at le... | Of all the words in every dictionary of every language, many would make a great final word. Not this though, not tapioca.
I avoided the stuff. I never even touched it, never talked about it. I don't think I've ever even said the word out loud. I built my entire life around not saying.
What do I have to say for that? ... | 2015-02-05T15:51:27 | 2015-02-05T15:10:56 | 151 | 18 |
[WP] The bride is having an affair with the best man. During his wedding speech the best man decides to see how heavily he can hint about it without anyone actually working it out. | I stood and tapped lightly on my glass until the room fell silent. "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Most of you I know already, as friends or employees, but for those who I don't, my name is Peter. I have the honour of serving as best man, and I'd like to say a few words about the bride and groom on this joyful occasi... | It isn't jealousy that makes the words turn sour in my mouth. I have prepared trope about how I met my best friend in college and how I'd walk past him every night draped over the toilet seat. How it all changed when he met Maya. Maya, who really is unremarkable when you look at her. Slightly overweight. Her hair ... | 2015-04-03T01:14:55 | 2015-04-02T22:10:37 | 214 | 14 |
[WP] The bride is having an affair with the best man. During his wedding speech the best man decides to see how heavily he can hint about it without anyone actually working it out. | "YOU!!" The best man cheered while pointing at Michael
"YOU Michael, are the best FUCKING brother ever, we have shared everything, EVERYTHING. To those who don't know me, well I'm Batman to his Robin, Superman to his wonder woman!"
The best man takes a step back and chugs another beer.
"MICHAEL, MICHAEL!!!, MICHAEL!... | Congrats to my best friends Kyle and Erin on their recent marriage! Sorry about the lack of presence this week bud, I've been busy doing errands. I mean, its been tough keeping up with all of it. Just constantly running around with errands to do. First the thing at the yacht club. That was the first one. It was a huge ... | 2015-04-02T22:31:17 | 2015-04-02T22:11:05 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] You wake up in Hell. You look around, you can't see anybody, it's just fire and brimstone going on forever. Eventually the Devil walks over and says "Finally, you're the first to arrive, so tell me, who are you? what did you do? and how did you die?" | As I pulled the trigger, my last memories were of the life I'd built and the fragile manner in which it had crumpled up in front of me, torn to pieces like a dried leaf.
For what seemed like eons, I found the inner peace I had longed after. Like everything else I held dear, however, this was soon taken away by a flash... | "You really mean that I'm the *first* person to ever be sentenced to Hell?" I asked. "In *all* of history?"
"Well..." he said, "I haven't really thought about it very much; I've been so busy getting all of these creative punishments ready that I hadn't really noticed. Time doesn't really work the same for us angels as... | 2015-04-09T08:36:58 | 2015-04-09T07:53:57 | 2,485 | 873 |
[WP] You wake up in Hell. You look around, you can't see anybody, it's just fire and brimstone going on forever. Eventually the Devil walks over and says "Finally, you're the first to arrive, so tell me, who are you? what did you do? and how did you die?" | I come to, remembering the delirium of my last days with perfect clarity. But my body doesn't ache. For the first time in months, there's no nausea, no exhaustion, no pain. It's confusing for a moment.
But only a moment, because then it hits me. Where I am. Fire and brimstone, rivers of blood, darkness, et cetera... | Fred closed his eyes, the morphine finally kicking in. The car had come out of nowhere.
When he opened them, he screamed. The hot, searing pain of broiling flesh as his feet touched the brimstone beneath was just the beginning. It went on forever, a never ending wasteland with gouts of flame bursting forth from crack... | 2015-04-09T11:30:16 | 2015-04-09T07:56:32 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] Pranksters from various subreddits hack into President Obama's teleprompter during the State of the Union Address. This, being Obama's last year in office, just decides to go with it. | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation remains in shock one day after a baffling State of the Union speech delivered by President Barack Obama that many political experts say will live "in infamy."
For days, it was speculated that President Obama would touch on the recent economic upswing, the country's warmed relations with C... | I am trying to write based on subreddits that I follow.
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
We are 15 years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that saw a vicio... | 2015-04-30T08:20:30 | 2015-04-30T08:07:05 | 503 | 13 |
[WP] The bombs stopped falling. Slowly, you opened the bunker's door. You did not expect what you saw. Make it as scary as possible. Now, take this story and tell it to a five year old without frightening him/ her. | I slammed the door shut and threw the bolts, almost knocking myself off the ladder in my haste. I climbed down, and leaned heavily against the wall at the bottom of the ladder well. I could see Kira in the doorway, peaking around grandad's legs. God, why did those little eyes have to look so bloody HOPEFUL? With a deep... | My muscles tensed in anticipation of the explosions. As the whistling sound grew in intensity I knew the moment had arrived. We held hands and prayed while the children slept through their fiery pending deaths.
*SQUONKA SQUONKA*
What the hell?! The sound continued, sometimes close by, then farther away, but o... | 2015-05-11T05:16:04 | 2015-05-11T03:25:56 | 148 | 61 |
[WP] Write the biggest plot twist you can in ten sentences or less. | I have a vision of a great utopia.
I believe that I am noble, decent, and good - I am even a vegetarian.
I have fought for my country, and will continue to do so until the bitter end.
I will turn our nation's economy around.
I will raise armies to protect our people from a terrible scourge.
I will do whatever is n... | I love the way she smells. I love the way she looks at me when I caress her. I chose to be here with her, a year to the day I first saw her to show her what she means to me. I wipe my mouth from the delicious cut of meat placed in front of me and look at her. She is seated perfectly, staring at me with those big beauti... | 2015-06-18T19:20:49 | 2015-06-18T19:05:50 | 49 | 29 |
[WP] Superman announces on the news that he is going to kill each person on earth, one by one, until humanity is wiped out, in alphabetical order.
What would happen? What would happen from a local to a worldwide level? | The Kryptonian had just concluded his announcement to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and the hall was deathly silent.
Silent, that is, apart from a low hum.
As Kal-El watched, a large spacecraft materialised in the middle of the hall.
Long legs extended to the ground.
A walkway opened up, and a tal... | It was like elementary school again. The ones at the top of the attendance looking down at those at the bottom. Getting their choice of seats, being dismissed first, and just generally benefiting from being born in to the right family with the right last name. Except this time, those at the top of the list were screwed... | 2015-07-12T22:00:28 | 2015-07-12T21:53:29 | 120 | 48 |
[WP] All humans go automatically to hell when they die. You can gain access to a heaven though, but only if the animals you interacted with while living vouch for you. | I’m a bad person. Really, I am. So when they executed me for all the people I killed, I figured, “Straight to hell!!” I mean, honestly. I killed quite a few people, robbed a few, and then killed some more. What can I say? I like the thrill of the kill. I like hunting the enemy, the biggest enemy out there- and that’s a... | Alexander came into the 3rd floor apartment with a stutter, his glasses and awkward unshaven appearance left him unappealing. When my roommate, Casey, had told me he was bringing his friend over and that he was a little strange, he wasn't exaggerating. Casey had forgotten to mention a very important detail to Alex. The... | 2016-03-24T14:12:16 | 2016-03-24T12:50:08 | 78 | 11 |
[WP] A group of Viking encounters a Siren at sea, her voice is luring the men to their doom - except one. Now it's up to a closeted gay Viking to save the day. | "Therrrrrrrreee..."
"Where?", interrupted the Captain. " You can't see them through this mist!"
The First Mate swung around, gasping in frustration. "Our fellow sailors will lose their souls to the wretched wailing of these hags! To break the spell, we must break the melody!"
The Captain took a step back, and covere... | *Too long, didnt write: Vikings are used to strong women, even the gay ones like poon, and vikings are called vikings for a reason. They did seriously fucked up shit....*
... The Siren's song turned to screams of horror as the vikings violated then disembowled her.
"Thank goodness youre partial to the cock", Bjork s... | 2016-05-09T14:04:02 | 2016-05-09T13:00:54 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are here. Their names are Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.
Edit: Thanks guys these are awesome! Please keep them coming.
Reddit Edit: Coooool. Gold and front page, what a day to be alive!
Edit some more: Wow, this really blew up. Thanks for all the submissions. Please kee... | **Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to slay...**
Even after eighteen months, Jenna could never get rid of that tinge of panic upon hearing that inhuman voice announcing the new day.
The remaining survivors prepared their weapons, feeling comfort in the process, but knowing they did nothing. As a golden g... | In retrospect, nobody can remember for sure where, or how the Four Horsemen appeared. Varying tales of that night, 8th July 2016, are so dissimilar and disparate that it's a mere postulation at this stage.
Tinky Winky appeared on the North, South American continent. Dipsy in Africa. Laa-Laa in Europe. Po's horseman c... | 2016-07-08T08:37:07 | 2016-07-08T07:44:26 | 47 | 16 |
[WP] Prison sentences have been replaced with math problems. Small offenses are questions like "What is 200 times 135?" while life in prison are math problems that has yet to be solved. | When Jonathan was passed over for tenure, again, he went for the next best thing and shot all the members of the tenure committee in the head.
Then, he put his life’s savings into hiring the best attorney he could afford. Not to help him walk free, obviously. The whole point was to spend the rest of his life devote... | It's amazing the advances we've seen in the past few years. Breakthroughs in astrophysics, quantum calculations and computing. The new Rehabilitation through Education program really seems to be working. People will commit infractions, and "Teachers" will come and pick them up, have them do Advanced Mathematics to... | 2016-10-24T13:34:45 | 2016-10-24T12:48:01 | 45 | 15 |
[WP] After brushing your teeth in the morning you go downstairs to fry an egg, but when you try the frying pan buzzes at you and text appears reading, "level 18 cooking required to use object". | I tilt my head at the frying pan. *God damnit*. I pick it up once again just to be safe. It buzzes again and the same message appears. *Son of a bitch. Seriously?* I reach out and try to pick up the blender. It buzzes as well as a message pops up claiming I did not have level 20 cooking to operate it. Well, that settle... | The words were still flickering there.
With a trembling hand, Alison tried again to crack the egg into the pan. A light shock raced up her arm as she encountered what felt like a slight force-field.
"No, this isn't real," she said calmly. "Not real, not real, not real."
A nightmare, it had to be. After she'd badly ... | 2016-10-25T06:03:52 | 2016-10-25T05:49:40 | 67 | 50 |
[WP] You are pretty sure your cat just saved your life. Thing is, now the dog seems determined to outshine the cat and save you too, even when you really don't need it.
I'll be honest, this is *not* the prompt I expected to make it to the top. | "Winston, c'mon, stop that!" Lisa yelled at her dog, bounding out ahead of her as she tried to leave for work, growling furiously at people walking past the house.
They sped up, looking nervous. Lisa stroked the basset hound's head to calm him down.
"What's the matter with you, boy?" she muttered.
Moxie had yowled ... | INT. LAUNDRY ROOM - NIGHT
DEZZY, 7, dog, sits staring unhappily up at LULU, cat, who crawls back and forth on the washer/dryer unit.
DEZZY:
Damn you, cat! That was no fair.
LULU:
What ever do you mean, Dezzy darling?
DEZZY:
It was fake! You used a toy snake. You ran off with a toy snake and she thought it was a rea... | 2016-11-10T08:25:48 | 2016-11-10T08:12:52 | 90 | 26 |
[WP] There are many types of Mages in the world. Fire, Ice, Wind, Water, Death, Darkness, to name a few. But in this world, every type of mage is treated as equal. Everyone can be a good guy, no matter how dark your power. And anyone could be a bad guy, no matter how beautiful their ability...
Edit: Wow
I'm ... | There once was a mage from North Bergen,
Who wove spells of healing like sermons.
Each Sunday at 10
Before women and men,
She swore to relieve what was hurtin'.
Before long her name became famous
To her, self-promotion was shameless
"If more people are healed
By the power I wield,
What right do I have to sta... | "Why? Why are you doing this?"
"So that all may benefit."
"Please, it hurts, it hurts so much."
"Now, now. Relax, let fingers massaging into your arms and shoulders bring the warmth your body craves. You're freezing, your practically a cadaver."
"But it's so warm there, just let me go!"
"Hush, no more of that. Let... | 2016-11-12T11:01:29 | 2016-11-12T09:05:54 | 80 | 16 |
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