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[WP] You live in a world where legal decisions are made by an AI. Your case is up next. | It was a mistake. A small one, a pack of juice I didn't even need. But John said "I bet you can't, not from that store" and Kate looked at me, so I had to. But the store just bought newest watchbots, so yes, John won that bet. And I learned that watchbots automatically press charges, however small was the crime.
So th... | I stepped up to the monitor. A picture of a judge in robes appeared on the screen.
“State your name, date of birth and current residence for the court,” said the screen judge.
“Stephen Rocker. Born March 15, 2024. 8790 Lincoln Ave, Park City,” I said.
“Thank you. I am AI Judge Gerber. I will be trying your case tod... | 2015-01-05T19:07:39 | 2015-01-05T18:35:18 | 53 | 13 |
[WP] Aliens invade earth. To the surprise of humans, the alien's weaponry is pitifully outdated. | Obama looks down as the small black box is placed in front of him.
"It's a - " He frowns. "What is this?"
"A… save button?" suggests an intern, before he's shushed by a stern glare from one of the senior advisors.
"That's a 5 1/4-inch diskette, sir. Also known as a floppy disk."
Obama stares at it. "Do we know," he... | It's the 16th of June and just like something straight out of sci-fi, alien lifeforms are invading planet Earth.
They came to our planet in mechanized horse carriages, dozens and dozens of them in fleets of flying horse carriages, without the horses.
People are whispering rumors to each other on the streets about t... | 2015-04-16T10:56:52 | 2015-04-16T09:46:16 | 480 | 39 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | Wishing wells don't work. Everyone knows that. Right?
...Well, that doesn't apply to me. Not exactly, anyways. You see, I can...*steal* wishes, I guess. Pick up a coin from the wishing well across from the bakery down the street and *BAM!* the wisher's wishes come true -- for me, at least. Learned that the hard way wh... | I still remember the first coin I stole from the well. He was old and crippled and rich. I was young and vagrant and penniless, a twelve year old boy who's deepest wish was to own a racing horse. His shilling would feed me for a week, so I waited until he had left and took it from the well.
Thirty years later the plag... | 2016-08-02T11:14:00 | 2016-08-02T11:12:41 | 390 | 47 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | It started by accident. As a kid, I had tossed a grimy, old quarter into the fountain at my favorite park and wished for the ability to steal wishes. After cackling at my cleverness, I scooped my quarter back out. It was meant to be a joke. I wouldn't even realize it had actually worked until almost 20 years later.
I ... | I still remember the first coin I stole from the well. He was old and crippled and rich. I was young and vagrant and penniless, a twelve year old boy who's deepest wish was to own a racing horse. His shilling would feed me for a week, so I waited until he had left and took it from the well.
Thirty years later the plag... | 2016-08-02T11:36:06 | 2016-08-02T11:12:41 | 230 | 47 |
[WP] You are cursed to see people how they view themselves. You walk alongside monsters and Gods.
Can be third person instead of first.
Edit: I just thought of how EDs and other disorders like multiple personality would fit in with this, and now I'm kinda blown away. | This ever-present tension seems to have cracked the foundation of most of my relationships these days. I didn't recognize anyone at first, which created a distance between us, and know I can only recognize my friends and family for what they are. Its Ironic. I feel, in a way, I actually know them better now. They can't... | The most interesting thing about seeing people in the way they see themselves is the fact that it's spread to the extremes. About half of see themselves as gods and the other half see themselves as monsters. Every now and then you will see a unicorn or pegasus, but that's normally the people who are broken, or insane. ... | 2016-09-16T19:58:54 | 2016-09-16T19:42:15 | 122 | 11 |
[WP] After North Korea declares that they will start a nuclear war if a single bullet is fired The Us military goes medieval | The president of the United States grasped a stark black phone in his hands. Surrounded by generals and military experts, he slowly tapped his hand on the desk, a rhythmic sound that broke the grave silence. He had not expected his presidency to require something like this.
No, nothing like this.
The weary voice on t... | "Whats your report soldier?"
"Well..."
The soldier was visibly nervous. He, General Jun and several other officers were in a bunker at the outskirts of Pyongyang.
3h ago the USA and South Korea started a offensive. General Jun was tasked to drive the invaders back.
"Out with it!"
"We were able to hold our lines ag... | 2017-03-19T08:23:20 | 2017-03-19T08:14:10 | 100 | 52 |
[WP] You have been in a car accident and are suffering from locked in syndrome. Fortunately you are also a telepath, capable of speaking into others minds. Unfortunately, all of your doctors keep getting diagnosed with mental illnesses. | I could only move my eyes, and that sucked because my nose itched like ...well you know.
"Pupils are equal and reactive."
'No shit Sherlock! I'm trapped in my body, which feels like it should move but won't and all you can say is about my damn pupils! Ever heard of warning a gal before you just yank her eyes open. W... | "Doctor Stone, its me Ethan again," I spoke in Doctor Stone's head for the first time in two months.
He screamed out for his nurse. I looked around the room through Doctor Stone's eyes. He was strapped to the bed and there was a large bolt on the door.
"Doctor Stone stop. Stop screaming. Now, before its too late.... | 2017-03-31T13:21:41 | 2017-03-31T13:14:57 | 43 | 22 |
[WP] In Hogwarts entire history, you're the first to not be sorted into one of the 4 houses. | Simon sat down in the chair and closed his eyes as they sat the Sorting Hat gently on his head.
“Let's see who we have here...” a leathery voice echoed in his head.
“We have to talk.” insisted Simon “It is very important that you listen to me.”
“You don't get to choose your House, young wizard.” chuckled the hat “I ... | As the hat was quickly snatched from my head all I could hear was the gasp of my fellow students.
"What did it say?" A frizzy headed girl spouted.
"I think it said Dorish!" Another red headed boy replied.
"Impossible." Murdered professor snape, my dark arts instructor.
The awe and attention began to take its to... | 2017-05-12T21:54:08 | 2017-05-12T21:25:54 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] You have a superpower where the harder a solid is the easier it is for you to break. Diamonds crumble to dust under the slightest touch but mashed potatoes are virtually unbreakable. | Being born into Ireland during the dark ages with this So called "ability" has been a real pain in me arse. Like bloody fucking hell! I cant eat me damned baked potatoes! I live alone in so I cant have it be fed to meself through the tender to touch of a woman. I can only eat my potatoes raw and even that is a pain in ... | I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
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[](#footer)*^(If you fol... | 2017-05-19T00:48:27 | 2017-05-18T23:04:07 | 32 | 22 |
[WP] Your wife is from another time and place, a waitress in a small Irish town from the 1900s. Every night she takes one of your video games and retells it into a grand epic to all the patrons. | Ill try and make it a bit different.
Elizabeth McGuin sat her hands down on the bar, looking over the patrons of the bar, all eager to hear her tales of fantasy and wonder, of the cities and people from them, and the adventures they took.
Tonight she sat down, opening the small book she had, waving her hand over t... | "Mannix was such a mischievous child that his own ma called him 'Puck', and trouble had no problem findin' him. One evenin', Mannix awoke in a strange place and he felt a terrible hunger, he did. He wandered the twistin' paths, eatin' whatever crumbs he could find, occasionally stumblin' across a nice piece of fruit or... | 2017-06-25T03:54:47 | 2017-06-25T03:20:46 | 767 | 71 |
[WP] Your wife is from another time and place, a waitress in a small Irish town from the 1900s. Every night she takes one of your video games and retells it into a grand epic to all the patrons. | "So, there's this story with a talking yellow flower and..." was the start to another tall tale my wife told every night. The plots weren't as original as they sounded - she would probably be thrown out had it been a century in the future - but for now my Steam games gave enough inspiration for her tales.
"And then th... | "Mannix was such a mischievous child that his own ma called him 'Puck', and trouble had no problem findin' him. One evenin', Mannix awoke in a strange place and he felt a terrible hunger, he did. He wandered the twistin' paths, eatin' whatever crumbs he could find, occasionally stumblin' across a nice piece of fruit or... | 2017-06-25T04:21:16 | 2017-06-25T03:20:46 | 108 | 71 |
[WP] The harsh economy takes it's toll on a superhero and supervillain, forcing them to secretly abandon their lairs and move into an apartment. Neither of them know the other's secret identity, but by pure chance, their alter-egos become roommates. | Arthur let out a long sigh and walked in.
It had been a bad day. That crazy vampire lady had almost gotten through with blotting out the sun, and she even had escaped afterwards. Bloody hell.
The living room was chock-full of books. Vi didn't like TVs, said they hurt her eyes. Arthur was happy to oblige, since bigg... | "Aww fuck."
Kyle's eyebrows scrunched up, illuminated only by the faint blue glow of his phone screen. The light pitter patter of the rain can be heard from outside the window. It was another one of those late nights. The world hasn't been kind to him; Ever since the hurricane Kyle's been having to cut into his crime... | 2017-09-25T04:15:21 | 2017-09-25T01:42:42 | 42 | 16 |
[WP] In the near future, all the world's superpowers switch to AI to make their military more efficient. The AIs do the unthinkable: They negotiate world peace. | *Kate.*
That was the name given to the most advanced piece of technology ever created back in June of 2018.
*Kate.*
Such a simple name. Such a simple name for such a complex piece of technology. Something that would change our world and lives forever.
*Kate.*
Kate came into this world and within 2 hours sh... | The assembly hall was packed with the head of every nation. Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even Dictators were in attendance.
It had been twenty four hours since the different military's artificial intelligence had begun communicating with each other.
And seventy two hours since the AI had orchestrated a global... | 2018-03-29T07:13:24 | 2018-03-29T06:33:52 | 86 | 18 |
[WP] You are Pennywise, the Eater of Children's Souls. You have taken another child, but something is different this time. The child's nanny is coming after you, and for the first time, you are afraid. You have taken the child of Ms. M Poppins. | It’s not often I find a kid this rich in essence. A mere boy, no older than 3, with the soul of a divine being. It will be a feast for me. Silently willed him to come to me, to visit me in my sewer. Absentmindedly, he obeyed, turning and walking towards. I smiled, a true, terrifying smile, as he approached. In his hand... | Well shit, can you blame me? I mean here was the kid skipping
around and singing these ridiculous tunes. She was asking to be eaten! I could
even her singing in the my stomach for a while, I don’t even know how that was possible!
But now I regret eating her. There’s millions of kids in
the world, and I just had to eat... | 2018-04-30T12:48:12 | 2018-04-30T11:06:33 | 44 | 29 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | People rush past me, breathless in their terror. My boots thunk on the metal floor as I pass them. Most would think i’m crazy, because who in their right mind would walk into a basement haunted by a ticking time bomb? But ever since the great turkey crisis of 2006 I’ve discovered that my abilities extend past the munda... | Dear son,
I get a nickel every time I state a false fact. If I say ‘pigs can fly’, then I find a nickel. You could also say that I follow the phrase: ‘If I had a nickel every time I was wrong, I’d be a millionaire.’
Well, I’d later in life decide to take that phrase literally. After thoroughly thinking about that phr... | 2018-06-30T16:09:28 | 2018-06-30T13:45:34 | 865 | 555 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | On principle alone, my monochromatic office isn't white. I like color. Much to the chagrin of the analysts, I had it painted lilac. I have to be in it for hours (when I'm lucky), so I won that small debate. Otherwise it's simple. Eight paces over lavender tile, and a featureless pocketed door. One small screen with my ... | Danny was what you would call a "gambling savant". He never seemed to lose any bet, no matter how outlandish. Everyone knew his gimmick: he'd flip a coin, call the sides in air and whatever it landed on, he would bet. Eagles or Patriots? He could tell you who would win based on a coin flip: heads for Eagles, tails for ... | 2018-06-30T18:58:55 | 2018-06-30T18:35:54 | 38 | 19 |
[WP] You join an expedition to Antartica and uncover a metal hatch in the ice. You go down the ladder and find a greeting room with lush red carpet and gold banners. A group of human looking beings greet you with an advanced piece of technology. It translates their question, “Is the ice age over?” | [signals to crew to give me a beat]
Nah, man, you got it all wrong,
Up on the surface there's a lot of bullshit going on,
The ice may have gone and melted away,
But there are people in power who have lost their way.
It’s a different kind of cold up there, you can be sure,
And I’m nervous I will ruin what you’ve k... | "Well technically we're just in a warm interglacial period in the middle of the ice age. Should be getting colder again within a few millennia if the natural patterns hold. On the other hand, we've figured out that if we keep pumping certain compounds into the atmosphere it creates a warming effect. They were originall... | 2018-07-23T09:24:05 | 2018-07-23T08:31:11 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | I twirled the pen in my fingers, careful not to slice it into pieces with my carefully painted claws. The blank computer screen was mocking me, I could feel it. I had a report due to my boss in two days and I had no idea what the fuck to write. It was some regular schmuck that was out for revenge against his coworker. ... | "Szalarial, Lord of Bones, Collector, King of Misfortune, I call on you. Szalarial, Emperor of the Forsaken, I invoke your name. Szalarial, the Great Calamity, in the name of the Wandering King I offer a pact." The young boy dragged the ceremonial dagger across his palm, squeezing precious crimson into the chalice befo... | 2018-10-08T13:25:28 | 2018-10-08T12:57:35 | 46 | 21 |
[WP] Ever since you rescued a cat from the nearby alley, it's been leaving you dead mice at the foot of your bed as gifts. One day, on the way home, you have your wallet stolen at gunpoint. The next morning, at the foot of your bed, you find your wallet covered in blood, next to a severed finger. | After the shock wore off, I began the tests. First, language comprehension and interpersonal skills. I spoke with Tums, attempted to make eye contact (no physical contact; though I wished to touch his golden-orange fur) and said a few key words to see how he would react. However, he seemed very naturally cat. Even when... | I stare at the finger, not knowing how to react.
“Wha… how…”
It was Stripes. I know it was Stripes. The wallet is right where the mice always are. But how, and why?
Just as it all went through my head, Stripes pranced through the door, sat down and licked his paws. They were stained red.
“What did you do?”
He just ... | 2018-11-12T12:31:15 | 2018-11-12T11:49:44 | 265 | 50 |
[WP]Sometimes children get born with weird diseases like vampirism or lycantrophy. The effects of these uncurable illnesses only get detectable when the kid is around 8 years old. Many parents then abandon their child. You run an orphanage for these children. | I was getting the little ones all settled for dinner when the ringing of the doorbell split my concentration. A part of me wanted to go see who it was so they'd stop ringing the bell (even if no one but myself could hear it), while a larger part wanted to make sure everyone at the table got dinner now that I had got th... | Deepview Manor, hidden in the woods and overlooking Deepview Lake itself, was not somewhere most people would venture. The master of the house was Mr. Black, a tall and imposing man, rarely seen but with a reputation suitable for his work.
Micah was aware of this. His mother had told him about Mr. Black, kept tabs, wr... | 2019-01-17T07:58:51 | 2019-01-17T07:18:29 | 61 | 24 |
[WP] You're secretly a monster. Not a vampire, or a werewolf, or an alien, or a zombie, or really any monster that's commonly known. It's always awkward explaining to your soon-to-be-victims what you are. | I chuckle, my voice echoing between the cubicles. Yet another fool has walked into my trap.
"Would you like red paper?" I ask as soon as he's finished his business. "Or would you like blue paper?"
He freezes. Stiffening in fear, no doubt. I flex my incorporeal fingers, preparing for the assault that will pull him int... | "Argh, A demon!" exclaimed a man as he cowered in fear for his life.
The bloodlust that had formed in its' eyes suddenly died down. It turned its' head towards the man and began shaking side-to-side. The gesture was then followed by a deep breath ending in a deep breath. It lifted its' muscular four-fingered arms up a... | 2019-07-17T01:10:07 | 2019-07-17T00:02:03 | 216 | 42 |
[WP] You're secretly a monster. Not a vampire, or a werewolf, or an alien, or a zombie, or really any monster that's commonly known. It's always awkward explaining to your soon-to-be-victims what you are. | "HOLY hell, a Wendigo!"
I huffed, a hollow sound of air between my fangs and through my nasal cavity as I held up the intruding human by the cumbersome pack strapped to his torso. I flattened my long furry ears and waved dismissively with my free hand.
"Look. I know the aesthetic is similar to what folks have starte... | "Argh, A demon!" exclaimed a man as he cowered in fear for his life.
The bloodlust that had formed in its' eyes suddenly died down. It turned its' head towards the man and began shaking side-to-side. The gesture was then followed by a deep breath ending in a deep breath. It lifted its' muscular four-fingered arms up a... | 2019-07-17T01:28:19 | 2019-07-17T00:02:03 | 191 | 42 |
[WP] The Greek Gods are reincarnated into high schoolers and they like to take turns messing with their physics teacher. | "Hey Hermes, 'sup?" Zeus asked, as a skinny boy slid to a halt in the hallway.
Hermes rested a hand against a locker and sucked in deep breaths.
"You okay?" Zeus stroked his stubble and studied the part time paper-boy. He was half keeled over, panting from the run, but his cheeks were swollen as if with words.
"No... | Mr. Townsend was the teacher everyone loved. He was just as bright eyed and bushy tailed as some of his students over the years. This was his 25th year as a teacher, he had been nominated for teacher of the year three times for his enthusiasm for teaching and innovative methods.
Mr Townsend loved demonstration of phys... | 2019-08-27T06:14:14 | 2019-08-27T03:30:32 | 553 | 204 |
[WP] The Greek Gods are reincarnated into high schoolers and they like to take turns messing with their physics teacher. | Why did I agree to do this?
I’m Athena, the goddess of wisdom and this is plain dumb, even for Zeus.
He was bickering with Poseidon and Hera again and, as those things tend to go in crowded households, it quickly blew up out of proportions and the whole Pantheon and Friends got thrust into another bitter argument. I ... | *Sypher as Aeolus - Greek god of the winds and air*
*Luis as Cronos - The god of time. Not to be confused with Cronus, the Titan father of Zeus.*
*Lyncel as DEIMOS - Deimos is the personification of dread and terror.*
*Benedict as HYPNOS - The Greek god of sleep.*
*James as Kratos - God of strength and power.*
*... | 2019-08-27T07:04:49 | 2019-08-27T06:55:03 | 208 | 21 |
[WP] “Congratulations!” the genie says. “Whatever you try to do today, I will make sure it succeeds brilliantly.” “Anything?” you ask, skeptical. “Yes,” the genie says, with a knowing smile. “Anything.” | "Then," I grabbed the genie's hand, a bright smile grows on my face. "While you're with me, I'll make the whole day the best day of your life!"
The genie's smile disappeared and they looked at me confusingly instead of disgust or any form of rejection.
"What?" Their tone flat.
"You heard me! Come on, let's go do so... | Anything huh? Man, that would be pretty sweet. If it was true of course. I had been warned against genies but with there was no place for tricks in this wording, right? Anything I try will succeed brilliantly today. I should probably test it with something small though, just in case.
Let's see... I know, I had an old ... | 2019-09-13T08:39:08 | 2019-09-13T07:58:27 | 119 | 86 |
[WP] You've kept an aquarium full of tiny fish since you were a kid. Twenty years and many generations of fish later, you can't help but notice that they have started showing signs of regarding you as their deity. | The Book of Hippotang
C. 1
1. The Almighty Devon shall rejoice in those who turn to Him alone. 2. Behold, it is He who resides beyond the firmament. 3. “Turn,” He exclaims, “Turn to me thou fishes, that I may see thee.” 4. I, Trouty the Blue Hippotang, was taken on a journey beyond the firmament into the realm of our... | Ignorance is Fish
In and out, up and down, through the caves, weaving among the fake seagrass and up to the surface for their evening meals they swim tirelessly. They jet across the aquarium with a purpose at the sight of her shadow. She watches the colorful creatures mindlessly following the same patterns day in and ... | 2019-09-24T23:39:10 | 2019-09-24T23:21:35 | 33 | 15 |
[WP] You are the Chosen One. The Dark Overlord is currently trying to seduce you to their cause. To their great surprise, you accept almost immediately because you absolutely loathe your job and your companions. | "...and together, we will rule the world!"
"Ok, sounds good to me." She shrugged.
"Then if you will not join me, I will DESTROY," he paused, "wait, what?" The Dark Lord blinked.
"Yeah, I'll join up. This chosen one bullshit is for the birds."
"I... No one has ever accepted my offer before. Why would you turn yo... | "You know," The Succubus said after a moment's hesitation. "I didn't think it was going to be that easy... I-I had charts planned."
"Look Salem, after what I've been through... I think it warrants a break." I replied.
"Well uh... I'll get us some wine then! To celebrate I suppose..."
\----
Salem and I spent most o... | 2019-09-26T06:10:15 | 2019-09-26T05:34:48 | 1,685 | 476 |
[WP] You are the Chosen One. The Dark Overlord is currently trying to seduce you to their cause. To their great surprise, you accept almost immediately because you absolutely loathe your job and your companions. | "What happened to you guys? It's been two years but you haven't even made it three hundred miles. Weren't you supposed to be the best of your respective races? My armies are already here over the next ridge."
"Hero, will you join me and end this little farce? Kill your companions and join me. The world will be ours."
... | “Your numbers are not very impressive, Lysander. The Board believes you have reached a plateau and that is time to freshen things up.” I shared the Boards’ feedback with my boss while steel kept clashing with steel.
“How dare you criticize my work, Sylvanus?! I took you in when no one would face you, I molded you to ... | 2019-09-26T08:08:29 | 2019-09-26T07:44:38 | 51 | 14 |
[WP] You wake up 7 minutes before your alarm, as you head down the hallway you notice everything is a low rendered wireframe version of your house interior. You hear scurrying and a voice whisper “commence quick launch simulation world 63,239,430 we have an unscheduled early rise here” | I rubbed my eyes as I walked down the cold metal stairs.
“Why don’t they get their shit together at HQ already?” I asked myself.
“If you don’t get this fixed before the kids are up, you can explain this to them, because I’m not about to explain what’s really going on here.” I mumbled into the room.
“You could hav... | *Fate exists.*
*Its been analysed, studied and discovered in the late 3000s.*
*The fact that it exists was hidden. But the traces of a foreign entity controlling us are among our world.*
*Your wife's kiss, your son's laughter and your father's dead. Your plans and your on-the-spot choices.*
*You are not free.*
*Bu... | 2020-02-15T07:55:54 | 2020-02-15T04:22:08 | 73 | 48 |
[WP] Ghost hunters use points system to determine how haunted a house is. 1 point for ghosts, 2 for fae spirits, and 3 for demons. A ghost hunter valued your house for 278 points and became the no. 1 haunted house around the world. Your house was only built 1 year ago. | The young Hunter had tried so very hard to convince me to leave. His concern was charming, but misplaced, and he was ever so obstinate when he realized I had no intention of leaving. He actually tried to force me from my own home, the cheek! Well, I’ve never met a man who didn’t respond well to a few good wacks of the ... | We met on a rainy day.
I was on my phone so I didn't see what startled the uber driver, but he swerved and the car hit the fence, it wouldn't start again. Debbie was on the sidewalk, all wet but she was so beautiful I didn't even wonder what she was doing out there in the rain, I was just glad we met. I stepped out o... | 2020-05-13T10:20:52 | 2020-05-13T09:47:33 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] A level superheroes protect the universe, B level superheroes protect the Galaxy, C level superheroes protect the Earth and so on. You are a Z level superhero. You protect...a single street in a small village. | You’d think that someone with immortality would be given a higher ranking, but NO. The ranking committee is all like “but what can you do with it?” And I’m like “live past 90.”
They didn’t like that answer— probably because the committee was made of a bunch of old bats. So here I am, in an alleyway that was made a st... | The Carlisle Cat had been counted out more times than a young child’s piggy bank, but still he remained vigilant. Determined. He would become a great superhero one day; he only needed the chance to show his prowess. He could hear his Stoic idol, Seneca, in his mind: “No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adver... | 2020-07-28T14:39:32 | 2020-07-28T12:43:01 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] You involuntarily bring back souvenirs from your dreams, simple things like a flower or some dirt, an article of clothing, a paintbrush. This morning, you awake next to another person. | I knew there would be trouble.
My finger traced along her cheek, my touch light enough that it did not stir her from her slumber.
She had perfect lips, beautiful round face. Her hair a soft caramel. I wondered what colour her eyes were.
I had dreamed so many things, brought them with me. Mostly small item... | You are awoken by the sound of a small child crying. A girl, by the sounds of it, sobbing uncontrollably.
Instinctively you clutch at the ragdoll you’re expecting to be in your hands. Nothing is there, which confuses you. You always bring a souvenir back from your trips, and you distinctly remember picking up a Ragged... | 2020-10-11T23:05:01 | 2020-10-11T19:30:59 | 161 | 35 |
[WP] One day, Thousands of escape pods containing Alien eggs landed all around the earth. We raised them as our own, accepting them into our society. When the mothership returned to finish the job, she never expected her own brood to stand against her. | Fifteen years ago, came the Fall. The literal fall of the Antiochs, but the metaphorical fall of human civilization.
Humans were on the path to wonton war and corporatocracy. The 12 Corporations were again fighting for the meager resources of earth and the surrounding celestial bodies, each corporations Shareholders... | 15 years passed since the unprecedented arrival of escape pods from the skies, thousands of alien eggs much bigger than a soccer ball landed all around the earth. Frail looking alien creatures hatched from those eggs and grew up pretty well around the people, nobody knew why they were dropped here but they became a par... | 2020-11-23T16:13:31 | 2020-11-23T13:42:01 | 82 | 45 |
[WP] Your father is the king of demons, your mother is a goddess of darkness, your aunts and uncles are actual monsters, and all your siblings are evil sorcerers; but you just want to own a small inn out in the country-side. | Darkness flowed into the common area, seeping from every nook and cranny to turn what was just a moment ago a lively inn into a screaming mess of pitch-black horror. Terrier sighed. As his vision allowed him to see through the magical murk, he watched the patrons of his establishment run around in utter fear, the rumor... | It had taken me ages to convince you that I would be safe on my own, I laugh to think that beings considered evil incarnate were so protective of their offspring. Father, as always, you were weak to my pleading and relented easily. Mother, you were tougher to convince, I understood that eons of witnessing the cruelty o... | 2021-04-22T22:57:20 | 2021-04-22T22:41:34 | 60 | 27 |
[WP] Satan emerged from the ground. “WHO HAS SUMMONED ME?” “It’s me again, Jeff.” “HOW MANY SOULS DO YOU HAVE? THIS IS THE SIXTH TIME THIS WEEK!!” | Satan emerged from the ground, bellowing "WHO HAS SUMMONED ME?"
Jeff simply straightened his tie, being careful not to react to the brimstone ashes that landed on his suit. "It's me again, Jeff."
"HOW MANY SOULS DO YOU HAVE? IT'S THE SIXTH TIME THIS WEEK!!"
"Another five, your eminence."
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KEEP... | Satan emerged from the ground, “WHO HAS SUMMONED ME?”
“It’s me again, Jeff,” a fat balding man with glasses hobbled closer. Satan slapped his face and released an exasperated sigh.
“How many souls do you have?" Satan demanded. "This is the sixth time this week!”
"Zero, but wait! I know you're stressed out..." Jeff n... | 2021-04-30T22:11:43 | 2021-04-30T20:31:36 | 296 | 18 |
[WP] Aliens collect Warriors from planets. It’s like Pokémon or sports cards, where you can gain respect in a community for having the rarest collection. An alien has finally got their hands on a rare old human warrior. The perfect piece to win the Tournaments! | Grays and Greens -Neinballr
I woke up in confusion. The last thing I remembered was going on an FTX (or field training exercise for those not familiar) I looked around frantically for my M240B Light machine gun and my M16a4.
" Thank God " I breathed a sigh of relief as they were still by my side. I looked around to m... | Jasper awoke inside in a pod, all he could see through the limited glass window was the ceiling, but he knew something was wrong, for one, this wasn’t his bed, his bed wasn’t at a 55 degree angle off of the ground.
He looked at his arms, they were cuffed to the pod he was laying inside, with his legs also sharing a si... | 2021-09-07T02:43:57 | 2021-09-07T00:11:22 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Most people would ask the genie for wealth, love, immortality, or something along those lines. You asked the genie for a permit which literally just said "I Can do What I Want" with your name signed under it, legally valid in every single country on Earth. | “I…can…do…what…I…want” he mumbled as he typed the words into his phone.
“You use a Blackberry?” I asked curiously.
“Yeah, corporate issue. We got a good deal a while back that wasn’t that good in the end. Too many wise guys in that business…. Anyway it will be a couple of minutes. Normal wishes I can deal with, but s... | I no longer stood in lines when shopping. I either jumped to the front of the queue, or left the store without paying at all. The people grumbled and shook their heads as I passed them.
"Tough titty," I'd say, flashing my Carte Blanche. "I do what I want."
I was above paying taxes. I was above mowing my lawn. No one ... | 2022-01-10T12:50:23 | 2022-01-10T12:48:21 | 540 | 189 |
[WP] “So your saying that you humans feel empathy?” “Yeah, it’s great to be able to understand one ano-“ “You don’t understand! If your species has empathy then that means your planets been infected.” | "Wait, did you say 'infected'?" Leo tilted his head curiously.
The alien being had been talking to him for quite a while now and when the initial shock of speaking to an alien subsided was revealed to be a fairly amicable fellow. It bore more resemblances to humans than Leo expected - a head with two eyes, a mouth-hol... | "Empathy is complicated, you know?" Zan looked to her companion for understanding.
"I certainly do not! Are you saying you feel what another does?"
"Yes? It's the only way I can relate to her at all. I mean if I couldn't walk in her shoes then what are we even talking about?"
"You, you don't understand. This mea... | 2022-01-20T07:39:45 | 2022-01-20T07:12:18 | 476 | 42 |
[WP] Humans have a bad habit of befriending the most evil, destructive, repulsive, monstrous and creepy beings known to the Galaxy. They, in turn, think that the Humans are the cutest little monsters they've ever seen. The Interstellar Alliance has a headache. | General Falto of the Ifreez, current head race of Unified space sat in his office going over some reports with his main advisor.
"First the Gwendar, then the Hoaran, several other horrific creatures I don't care to mention and now some weird vampiric slugs from Udeseen IV? What in the hell are they doing out there an... | “They hunt in packs” Zado spoke calmly,the only light was the cold and right over the table in the middle of the dark room, the group sat around the table eyeing each other.
“They can smell and hear long before they see” He continued as he turned around and faced the empty and powered down screen in front of the table... | 2022-02-03T11:20:20 | 2022-02-03T06:13:20 | 61 | 17 |
[WP] You are the ghost of a long deceased king, cursed to haunt the museum where your body resides. Which is especially annoying for you since the museum guides get all the facts about your reign completely wrong. | “The queen never married, and chose to be buried with her lady of the bedchamber, they were such close friends-“
“She was my *WIFE*”
“They wrote many letters to each other describing how dearly they loved each other. Truly such a strong bond of friendship-“
“WE WERE WAYYY MORE THAN FRIENDS I LITERALLY DETAIL ALL MY D... | I was to be the first true immortal. I was to convey the reality of my realm’s destruction through the generations. But despite the very best efforts of the best shamans in existence, it failed. I failed.
I have been wandering the world as something less tangible than a shadow for several thousand years now. Forever t... | 2022-03-04T06:28:57 | 2022-03-04T05:55:27 | 38 | 16 |
[WP] Your classmates were gifted with boosted stats, cool abilities and titles like Hero, Limit Break, or Divine Healing. You got two abilities- Fission LVL 1: Break things apart, and Fusion LVL 1: Combine things together. Deemed useless for combat, the Viceroy gave you an allowance and sent you off | They called me useless... and for the majority of my time here, they weren't incorrect. I spent my first year here working as a handyman of sorts, building, repairing, and breaking things for a wage most people in the village I settled in could afford. Over the next year and a half, I started to enjoy the quiet life, s... | “Limit Break!” Galloway’s sword charges up with all the extra energy he had been gathering, sending the weapon hurling down toward me. I chuckle and raise my hand up to the blade. My eyes glow purple: Fission.
The energy and the blade are no longer fused, splitting. While he hurls a nonmagical sword at me, I cha... | 2022-04-30T17:06:03 | 2022-04-30T14:07:44 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Alien species made it very clear that humans were to suppress their urge to touch other non-humans aboard mixed species ships, given in nearly all their cultures physical contact was reserved for mother and mates only. Then a curious alien let their human friend pet them for the first time. | Life outside of Earth is strange.
Well, no, I guess that's not really fair, life on Earth is strange too, it's just that I'm used to it. To the rest of the galaxy we must be strange.
Humanity is one of the few intelligent species to have evolved from a bipedal animal. Of the other bipedal species, all have tails. Mar... | “Alright, just one though alright robin?”- “right, just one pet thats all, nothing more….” Robin slowly gazed his eyes towards his friend on the ship as his hands rapidly started shaking. No one has ever touched an alien before, he’s going to history this time, and then get a pizza later, “just one, right?” His friend ... | 2022-05-08T21:14:06 | 2022-05-08T20:00:06 | 76 | 29 |
[WP] Your father, the king, has invited you to dinner after years of prolonged silence. But upon your journey to meet with him, you are stopped by a group of bandits armed with standard bows and swords. Nothing special. Except one thing catches your eye. Each bandit is wearing the royal coat of arms | The leader takes hold of the rein of my horse, staying remarkably calm when the stiletto emerged from my boot tip to rest against his throat.
“I don’t suppose you’ll tell me,” I say casually, as I throw my hood back “Whether it was my father or my sisters who sent you?”
He smiles darkly, no coward this one, “Would it... | My father never approved of me joining the adventurers guild. “You’re a prince, not a sell-sword” he would say constantly. I swore to become strong enough to protect my people, the duty of a king demands it but he had chose lavish nonsense over his duty and I believe father had grown to despise me for reminding him of ... | 2022-06-04T18:16:34 | 2022-06-04T16:08:00 | 28 | 17 |
[WP] Berserkers are masters of their own emotions, rage is just one of the tools at their disposal, why do people not talk about their other abilities? Because they want you to think they're nothing more than angry brutes. | "Brazak is strongest of all!" Brazak the Brutal bellowed, angrily, as he slammed his warhammer into the ancient adamantine gate again and again. His companions, Randol the Sly and Kefira Woodborn both covered their ears, as the ten-foot high panels of the portal into the ancient treasury rang like a colossal gong under... | They were scared of them of course. Understandable. Their appearance alone spoke more than words ever could. The reputation they carried didn't help either.
Berserkers from the Black Forest.
When raiding the tomb of a supposedly long dead necromancer, it would pay to at least ask if anyone was still home. Especially ... | 2022-07-26T17:17:30 | 2022-07-26T17:07:03 | 63 | 13 |
[WP] Well, you did it. You found the edge of the universe. Congratulations are in order because you are now outside of Space-Time itself. You look back to see the glint of the universe behind you but nothing lays ahead. You're alone, death means nothing as you rot in your own suit. | "Wow. Congratulations. You did it." The advanced computer's voice was uncharacteristically mechanical.
"Not now, M." The universe was shrinking away as I drifted. The faint twinkling of trillions upon trillions if stars now no brighter than a candle in a blackout.
"No. Seriously. You deserve it." M played an audio c... | I often wondered when my ship would stop sustaining me.
It got lonely after the communications broke off what I now realize was way more than just a few months ago. I should've realized it when one of my best friends, Alexander, sounded so different from when he did at the beginning of the trip.
I also figured out wh... | 2022-08-07T19:05:35 | 2022-08-07T18:59:14 | 89 | 26 |
[WP] Aliens always respawn minutes after death. It's a common prank for aliens to kill each other for a laugh. When they discover Earth, they kill millions of humans, thinking it's a humorous way of greeting this new species, but for some reason, the humans aren't laughing...
Edit:
Thank you SO much for the 2K upvotes... | Death.
Something we've seen hundreds of times by the time we were younglings, most likely having experienced it ourselves by that point. Something that was so natural and normal to us that we would often kill each other for no reason other than to pull one over our comrades. Usually it would take a few minutes at most... | Warning: unpleasant but not gory
“I have been informed that your kind plays pranks on each other by killing.” The Human spoke in a cold tone, sitting across from the ‘New Arrival.’ As the Human spoke, the other being was fidgeting in its chair, hands cuffed with a long chain to the table.
“It was supposed to be a fun... | 2022-08-13T21:56:58 | 2022-08-13T21:22:08 | 1,573 | 802 |
[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... | They tested me, for days on end. I tried so hard to get away, but with my body intact, there was no way. I was tied down, couldn’t even coyote my way out.
Thank God they cut my arm off at the elbow when I slapped them. There’s a bunch of scientists back home who are trying to figure out why I can control my detached ... | 2022-09-13T21:47:38 | 2022-09-13T20:07:47 | 2,293 | 773 |
[FF] 10 sentence story about a couple falling out of love, from beginning to end.
Note: As an optional guideline, try and write it without using a specific gender's perspective. | It started with hello.
I brought you flowers, and you brought me lunch.
We went out to dinner, and I kissed you on a hunch.
A year, a ring, and ceremony.
You smiled when I told you how much you mean to me.
With time we laughed, and in time, we cried.
But after a while, jokes turned to lies.
I came home alone, on... | I had the first drink of my life with her.
Our honeymoon was amazing, we partied for hours.
Things were dull, but drunken sex wasn't.
We smiled less and less, but the alcohol did it for us.
We barely noticed each other, the only reason to talk was when we drank.
I drank more and more, and I hit her.
The next day ... | 2014-01-03T00:06:33 | 2014-01-02T22:54:41 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in Valhalla, where all great warriors go when they die. However, you never fought a day in your life. You try to find out why you're there. | I haven't studied a whole lot of Norse mythology, but I did clock Skyrim a few times and I'm pretty fucking sure I'm not supposed to be here. There's some badass dude with a sword standing in front of a gate, and behind it there are all sorts of warrior-types standing around a deer roasting over a fire. Any one of them... | "You're name sir?" the man at the door asked, some what agitated.
"Ohh, im sorry i must have spaced out" I replied.
"Are you going to make me ask for your name a third time?"
"John, my name is John Clark jr.. You'll have to forgive me, im still some what shocked. You said Valhalla right? Man I thought that place was... | 2014-05-17T22:38:44 | 2014-05-17T19:06:45 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] Describe an utopian and a dystopian society, which differ in only a single thing. | It was a dream of a city.
They lived in great honeycombs of steel and chrome, living together in one communal structure. Living so close together, the bonds of society strengthened and grew. They shared their joys and divided their duties in this new world, working together to build a brighter day. They opened and spr... | The day that meteor came crashing to Earth, two new societies were born. One, a utopia, where all were cared about and provided for. The other, ruled by a man with an iron fist, where unspeakable atrocities were committed every day. The utopia grew into a paradise where all were happy. The dystopia quickly descended in... | 2015-02-12T08:39:06 | 2015-02-12T07:52:57 | 58 | 20 |
[WP] Write a children's story with a terrible moral. | ~This is a gem from the Children's Reading Section at Penn State's library~
It was a perfect summer day when Johnny left the park to head home. As he was walking he noticed a car following him that he didn't recognize.
"Hey buddy!" cried a man's voice from inside the car "Can you tell me how to get to Henry's Genera... | Ever been hurt & not known what to do,
When a bully at school would come up to you,
Steal your lunch & make you eat glue?
Well I'm Uncle Sam & you've got your rights!
Don't be a bitch, son, learn how to fight!
Nobody cares for you. No one in sight.
No one is coming to help with your plight.
No... | 2015-02-18T21:10:42 | 2015-02-18T20:53:44 | 50 | 24 |
[WP] Any person you punch in anger is cured of all disease and is given perfect health for the rest of their life. The truth of this has gotten out and now everyone is out to piss you off. |     I've begun to hate that look in their eyes. That glassy, stupid, feral look. Like an animal. They're all animals, gravitating towards sweet release like animals. They surround me every day, their stinking flesh surrounding, nudging at me, goading, moaning. And then when I hit the... | I've always fucking hated old people. Sick people. The terminally ill. Waste of the air they breathe. Waste of my fucking taxdollars that's what it is. I pay good money and what do these little shits do? They fucking waste it on their worthless lives that aren't going to last long anyways. Fucking die already.
The fir... | 2015-02-23T18:08:16 | 2015-02-23T16:04:29 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I have the best boobs in the world.
I'm not, like, egotistical or anything. Heck, some days I don't even want them, but it's undeniable. That was my mutation. April 24th, 2014, the day I developed the best pair of breasts anyone has ever had.
At first, I was actually a little stoked. I mean, my rack is *amazing*. It ... | "No! Make it stop!" "Why do you do this? I always loved you!"
I still remember their pleads of mercy, their screams of horror. However, i am unable to remember their faces, not even those of my parents.
My saga began in August 11th, 2054, my 21st birthday. As everyone gathered around me, in accordance of the old ritu... | 2022-05-10T21:44:19 | 2015-03-04T09:19:08 | 1,457 | 10 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | It was odd.
I awoke on my twenty first birthday and I knew...everything. How does one describe knowing everything in existence? It's overwhelming, terrifying, powerful, and simply out of my control. My mind was going non stop, ideas becoming theories in the matters of seconds. My wrists ached from sketching and my fi... | Everyone knew this day would come, the day that would determine the rest of our lives. No one knew where the mutation came from, my parents always told me that it was just a path of life, that their parents had mutations and so did the generation before them. Today was the day, my 21st birthday, my grandmother had alwa... | 2015-03-04T01:16:18 | 2015-03-04T00:56:46 | 559 | 13 |
[WP] A man in a suit walking alone at night passes by a homeless man. The homeless man gives him a sorrowful look and offers him some coins, saying "You're going to need this." | Somewhere in the back of Daniel's mind, a tiny voice reminded him that he was probably more drunk than he thought. Pulling himself from the rubble, not sure whether to laugh or cry at the twisted wreck of his prized Mustang convertible, he stumbled across the road and came to a stop in the opposite shoulder. Settling o... | Smoke rose up from the street, Carl hated walking after it rained. Made his shoes wet. The last deal had been a complete failure, the corporates hated it, the water seeping into the expensive dress shoes he bought for the event was a further dampener on his mood. Pausing he looked up at the sky, his mother had always t... | 2015-03-13T06:50:56 | 2015-03-13T06:21:32 | 42 | 17 |
[WP] Write a story. Any story. But after 5 minutes, stop, lift your hands from your keyboard, and click the Save button.
Hopefully I gave you guys enough motivation to keep writing the novel in your heads! | I am convinced I am a giant tulip in human form. Most people tell me otherwise, when I decide to open up on those rare occasions and bare my soul. They say, "But Fred, you're really an orange tree on the inside." No, oranges don't grow on trees, I tell them. They don't believe that either. So I shuffle on through th... | As I walk through my family's corn fields, I cannot think of why my mother called me home today. It's nice to get a reprieve, however small, from the day to day of work. Even these few minutes in the field are very cathartic. It's hard, being on call essentially 24/7. But the world never sleeps, so the work of a journa... | 2015-10-28T11:07:31 | 2015-10-28T10:42:14 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] For years Earth cried out to an empty cosmos, searching the stars for echoes of life. From the middle of nowhere, a reply finally comes: "Shut up, and Play Dead!"
I really struggled with the choice between "For Years", "For Decades", "For Centuries", and "For Millenia". I tapped out. Take whatever timeline you wi... | "How do we know it's not a transmitter bolted to the earth?"
"It bears all the hallmarks of non-terrestrial non-solar system origin. We've confirmed that the signal is coming from one spot in the sky moving at the same rate as the stars."
"And the communication medium?"
"Pictorial, Sir. It seems to be modeled on the... | For years, SETI had been hopeful. We sent out satellites, radio signals, messages. Our planet was awash with transmissions, information, and chatter. We pointed receptors at every quadrant of the night sky. After all, if life was out there, we would find it. And we did.
It was almost to the chagrin of SETI researchers... | 2016-03-27T08:44:25 | 2016-03-27T08:04:59 | 215 | 73 |
[WP] You are a non-powered person at a high school that trains superheroes. Surprisingly, you are at the top of your class. | I can still recall the bright look of pride in my parent’s eyes. Optimistic tears of joy and wonder at the prospect laid before us; I'd received an offer letter from the new School of Heroes. I don't know how or why, but I did.
Honestly, none of us could actually believe it. Despite our hopeful pride, we all had a par... | "Settle down, class. I said *settle down!* Alright, today I hope we can finally finish our work on remedial multiplication and...Catgirl, stop trying to claw Superman Junior's eyes out!"
*Poor Mr. Buckwheat. He's not going to last until the month's end*, I thought. "It's his fault!" Catgirl shouted, "he was using his ... | 2016-04-14T11:45:35 | 2016-04-14T08:01:06 | 93 | 51 |
[WP] A young child summons a demon, but they only want a friend.
Inspired by this **NSFW** [manga](https://bato.to/comic/_/comics/the-sister-of-the-woods-with-a-thousand-young-r18806) | In the dark
On the depth of night
I was summoned
Once again
 
A little boy
He made a wish
The lonely boy
We had a deal
 
Riches or lovers
He didn’t want
A true friend
Was all he asked
 
For such a thing
His soul was mine
Just had to endure
Until he died
 
Envy an... | He awoke in the middle of his salt circle, musty tombs half his size surrounding him. Confused, Brin stood and looked around. The room was wrecked. The shelves along the wall were knocked over, scorched pages littered across the floor. He moved across the black hazy room dragging his feet, disorientated and in shock at... | 2016-05-19T00:23:01 | 2016-05-18T22:15:23 | 145 | 14 |
[WP] You live in a world where nobody could die until they have carried out their purpose. You have done everything conceivable, but you're still alive after centuries.
EDIT: RIP my inbox. Thank you to those who submitted their writings, I enjoyed reading all of them! | I sat at the control panel. Warning lights flashed before my eyes. Normally, the person sitting in this very spot would freak out over these lights, but I didn't. The lights filled me with joy. As tears rolled down my cheeks, I thought of how I got here.
I was born in 1978. Small town in the United States where my par... | 0 A.I. That date, was the start of our empire, our whole civilisation and modern life as we know it. Before that time each moment in our lives was a race against the cycle. Each moment a fight to survive against every other species that stalked the jungles, caves and oceans of our world. We lived and died, simply so th... | 2016-05-25T06:52:22 | 2016-05-25T04:16:35 | 54 | 17 |
[WP] You are a beggar in a world where the majority of the population spends all their time in virtual reality. | "You know, in the old days, people used to pay each other for sex acts."
Dad was talking to mom and they had forgotten I was in the next room.
"Sex acts? What's that?" asked mom.
"It's like an XXX VR but in real life."
Mom looked confused. "Like with a real robot?"
"No..." Dad felt awkward su... | 'Spare change? Spare change?'
The man ignored me and kept walking. But then again, he probably couldn't hear me. The virtual reality headset he was wearing would block all evidence of the outside world, both sight and sound. For all I knew, he was seeing me as a lowly peasant in a medieval simulation, or perhaps a roc... | 2016-07-01T11:38:37 | 2016-07-01T11:11:34 | 54 | 13 |
[WP] When people die, a trial is held to decide if they go to heaven or hell. People are allowed to choose their attorney, regardless of if they know them personally or not. You're the first person to choose Satan as your attorney.
If it matters in the context of your story, you can choose the individuals that make up... | Welp, I guess that's it. I died. The last thing I can remember is that big-ass truck coming towards my car. I think that's how I died. I just think, though, I can't really remember it.
But anyway, there was I, sitting at the defendant's bench. Some angelical dude explained to me that when you die, you *do* get a judge... | The void was dark and cold.
“This was a stupid idea” I muttered to myself but I can't go back now. It was all so quick. One moment I was in a white room. I was given a choice and then a flash. Now I'm here in this place.
In the depths of the Inferno, at the centre of the universe, is a place where traitors suffer. He... | 2016-10-13T05:33:45 | 2016-10-13T05:27:01 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] It worked! You travelled back in time to Renaissance Age. Jokingly, you turn on your Wi-Fi, only to find a password protected network named "iɔniV ɒᗡ" | $ nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 | grep "192\.168"
> ? (192.168.1.16) at ec:35:84:4a:17:d2
> ? (192.168.1.23) at 10:9a:cc:b8:69:71
$ talk root@192.168.1.23
> root: Hi there, "dave@192.168.1.16"
> I'd almost forgotten how to type. Not like I get a lot of practice these days.
> brb
> Sorry, just need to... | "It's ready," said the man, whom I really didn't know.
"What is?" I replied.
"It, now get in!"
Those were the last words I heard before I was pushed in an unknown machine and fell down hundreds of meters from the sky, miraculously landing in safety on a pile of dirt in the middle of what I could see was nowhere. Wit... | 2016-11-15T04:51:05 | 2016-11-15T02:09:33 | 521 | 380 |
[WP] It worked! You travelled back in time to Renaissance Age. Jokingly, you turn on your Wi-Fi, only to find a password protected network named "iɔniV ɒᗡ" | "It's ready," said the man, whom I really didn't know.
"What is?" I replied.
"It, now get in!"
Those were the last words I heard before I was pushed in an unknown machine and fell down hundreds of meters from the sky, miraculously landing in safety on a pile of dirt in the middle of what I could see was nowhere. Wit... | Travelling back in time was easier than it looked.
I simply shoved a fork inside my kitchen plug socket and one bang later I was here. I swung my backpack off, snatched the iPad out the back, and swiped open google maps.
*No connection found.*
The lack of signal bleeped red on the top of the screen. From the look ... | 2016-11-15T02:09:33 | 2016-11-15T01:50:57 | 380 | 177 |
[WP] You awaken in a dark room, chained to a table. It begins to dawn on you that you're trapped in a serial killer's lair. But once he enters, your terror turns to pity as it becomes clear your captor has no idea what they're doing. | Ted is calling from the kitchen, asking something normal and mundane, which my mind filters out due to the stress. I look down at my knees in horror – the striped stockings he just gave me are exactly like the ones the girls in the photos are wearing. Carefully I close the box and put it back where I found it.
“Hey, ... | He tripped as he walked in, but caught himself before falling. He smiled briefly before pushing his thick rimmed glasses back onto their proper place atop his bulbous nose.
"I suppose you're wondering why I've brought you here. Have you ever heard of a bucket list? "
The light stabbed in from the doorway behind him.... | 2017-01-06T21:37:09 | 2017-01-06T21:09:55 | 56 | 24 |
[WP] After lulling other countries into a false sense of security, Canada finally makes its move to conquer the world. |
The signs were already there in 2016 if you had looked for it. But no one put it together. Only one article at the end of 2016 ran with the headline "Canada leads world in AI research." It was a short article, a mere 800 words was written by a rushed copywriter doing some SEO work for a company blog. He probably li... | "Captain Boudreau , pass me that there double double would ya?" I say to my commander.
"Get it your own darn self, I'm tryna finish my sour cream glazed," he says back. "Don't want any of my sticky fingurs gettin' on yer cup there, eh."
Boudreau is finishing his donut, flipping through an intelligence dossier. He's g... | 2017-01-17T16:19:25 | 2017-01-17T15:57:23 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] Fire is actually a sentient, good-natured hive-mind. It only burns because it thinks everything else is freezing to death. Scientists just discovered how to communicate with it... | The pale blue flame sang a gentle hiss from atop it's place on the Bunsen burner. I stared at it reverently, anxiously. "I think it's time", I whispered. The flicker was almost imperceptible, but I saw it.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, felt for my keyboard and pressed a key. The ramshackle equipment I had c... | The fire crackles like birdsong, countless wisps of smoke flitting in the air and staining it a dull grey.
With a ceaseless hunger, the fire spreads, consuming relentlessly and voraciously. All colour peels away for searing red and, moments later, crumbles to pitch ash.
*Please, don't do this.*
The voice begs -- a... | 2017-10-01T14:57:09 | 2017-10-01T14:16:11 | 95 | 46 |
[WP] The humanity is wiped out very sudden. An alien race finds the planet afterwards and connects to the Internet just to find a lot of bots chatting with each other. The aliens are trying to communicate with all the bots believing that this is the humans that have uploaded their consciousness | The first house immediately overwhelmed me. The main hall, and all the other rooms I entered, had that specific stank of settled dust and fungi. The smell got stronger the further I walked until I entered what appeared to be the main room.
Most of the room had gotten overgrown, dusty, or covered in thin white strings... | The planet was dead, and it was talking.
Captain Kar'zul of the Galactic Expeditionary Force peered at the computer's analysis of the planet.
"It's strange, sir," his First Officer said. "No signs of actual life, but we're picking up a huge amount of chatter in the EM frequencies."
"And the heat signature?" Kar'zul ... | 2017-10-03T07:47:15 | 2017-10-03T07:28:50 | 1,765 | 75 |
[WP] A team of researchers in a submarine are caught in a huge storm. The submarine submerges until the storm passes. When they resurface, they can’t get a fix on their location or find land. When night falls, there are two moons in the sky and the constellations are completely unfamiliar.
Well this has blown up big t... | Staring up at the two large moons, Seth knew that something had gone horribly wrong. There was no logical, scientific explanation for this.
He was one of the submarine technicians, working under Dr. Porter to help with her study of deep sea organisms in the infamous Bermuda Triangle. A freak storm had sprung up durin... | Two moons shine brightly on Ted, who sat on top of the resurfaced submarine. He looked at the moon, analysing those moons, the situation and what all of that could possibly mean.
"Coffee?" came a question from John, who was almost as calm as Ted. No, he wasn't entirely relaxed; his mind was full of explosions of conf... | 2018-01-29T06:47:06 | 2018-01-29T06:02:27 | 150 | 58 |
[WP] You die abruptly at 18 only to come out of the womb a 2nd time with all your memories intact. As a newborn, you possess the motor skills, intelligence and knowledge of a young graduate. You have to deal with making the most of this “head start on life” and pretending to be just a regular baby. | My old parents said I cried a lot as a baby and that as a toddler, I never got along with the other kids. It's no wonder though, I was never taught how to be decent, how to interact, how to care, how to love. Dad worked long hours, so mum raised me. Mum was an alcoholic and with that came the eclectic cycle of affectio... | Honestly, fuck fourth graders.
(No, not like that, you pervert.)
They're hyper little motormouth jackasses completely without redeeming qualities.
And that's just what I'd thought in my *first* life.
"Jenny! Jenny!"
Speak of the devil.
In front of me was perhaps my least favorite of the little tykes I was forced ... | 2018-04-21T19:50:20 | 2018-04-21T15:54:49 | 94 | 62 |
[WP] When you were little your grandad passed away and left his dog to your family. He was the goodest boy. Loyal, fun, your best friend. It’s been 70 years and you’re old and frail, but your dog is still alive. You think he’s immortal. One day, he speaks. “It’s time you knew the truth, old friend” | "I'm what you might call a god," Lucky said, jaw hanging motionless and agape as the words seemed to just fly from his throat. And due to the lack of smell, I'd guess breathless. Impressive.
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"I fucking knew you could talk!" I yelled. I raised my arms too and tried to stand up from the couch all triumphan... | *"Chad."*
The little Pomeranian sat on a small window sill, the golden rays melting into his light brown fur. He cocked his head over his shoulder in that lazily contented way only dogs could.
*"Chad...Its time you know the truth old friend."*
""Are you a wise immortal guardian Biscuit? One whose followed me and my... | 2018-09-26T20:47:29 | 2018-09-26T19:46:40 | 198 | 16 |
[WP] A pre-battle monologue between two fighters, but rather than the usual "deterministic good guy vs. inevitable evil" banter, a knight/sellsword/soldier angrily explains to his opponent why his giant mega demongunsword of death-murder is not an effective weapon. | "I mean MAYBE I can see why it's a good weapon for cracking armor, but I will bet you any amount of money you can not aim that gun. Any hand gun weighing more than several pounds needs special training to be used! There is a reason no one uses desert eagles, it's too heavy to use and bullets from a smaller gun kill jus... | "What in the name of all the gods possessed you to get a stupid weapon like that! You had to train like a monkey just to get a grip on it. It's slower than hades. There's so many minor enchantments on it that it cannot possible be more than a minimally magical sword. Sure, it flashes, it glitzes, and it probably ... | 2019-05-05T23:50:52 | 2019-05-05T19:01:35 | 62 | 37 |
[WP] Humanity has begun to explore the stars, but continually finds we are the most developed species, most alien species are still evolving. Suddenly, a message is transmitted to all human ships simultaneously, “WARDENS, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR DUTY?” The signal itself is not of human origin. | Ambiguity is a dangerous thing.
Take the question "Did you put him to sleep?" - are you getting your kid to bed, or euthanizing a pet? Kind of a big difference there. It's a great trick for figuring out if you're talking to a dumb AI. I read an Old Earth book about this once - about how some aliens contact us, but we ... | "Any luck translating the rest of the signal?" Captain Janis McMitchell asked her first mate, Commander Jimbob Jenkins. "HQ is up my ass about this. We're the point of contact out here for all alien species."
"I don't know," Jimbob replied. "Let me ask our linguist, Sergeant Kelley."
"It's the first incident we've ha... | 2019-05-08T14:06:32 | 2019-05-08T13:55:10 | 4,974 | 352 |
[WP] it is said that there are 7 people spread out in the world who look just like you. It just so happens that all 7 of you are in an elevator when one of them says ”so your probably wondering why I gather all of you here” as he presses the emergency stop button.
Please don’t attack me for my grammar: I wrote this on... | The man by the button immediately pulled out a pistol. “Let me cut to the chase,” he said, “My name is Steven Burke, you can call me Seven. I’ve worked as a top assassin for over 7 years and quite frankly I’m sick of it. So, through extraordinary circumstances I’ve managed to get all six of you together in this one spa... | There were six others, but I had barely noticed their faces until one of them pressed the stop button. I looked up from my elevator, and thought it was strange that there were a bunch of men of the same race, height, and build (and not traveling in a group) in a random New York mall elevator. I guess Israelis enjoy vis... | 2019-09-15T18:16:57 | 2019-09-15T17:48:37 | 2,141 | 65 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | My first time posting here. Hope you enjoy!
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I think it was my birthday. I wasn’t sure – birthdays hadn’t meant anything for years, but I think it was my 18th birthday.
So, here I was, a slave who just turned 18. It all happened after the invasion. My parent were simple farmer... | *"There are two types of people in this world - the living and the dead. Those who have found their purpose and received their divine gift are those who we count among the living. So weep not for those who passed young, for they were already among the dead."*
Angry. That was the only way I have felt my entire life ... | 2019-09-18T09:45:02 | 2019-09-18T07:55:38 | 71 | 37 |
[WP] The world of Avatar is real, only there are not 4 elements, there are 118. For every element on the periodic table there is a group of benders. You are one of them. | You’ve read the stories. 118 elements, 118 sects of bending. Existing in perfect harmony. The cycle of life. But everything changed when the ferrous benders dug too greedily. Too deep.
They found the fissile elements. Uranium. Plutonium. Thorium. Vicious and wild. And, unlike fire, uncontainable once let loose. For ce... | "Hello everyone," I said, shifting uncomfortably in my chair. "My name is Thomas, and I don't know my element."
"Hello Thomas," the group chorused. I sighed and stared out at the circle of chairs wrought in an instant by an ironbender.
"It's... Hard for me sometimes," I said, looking away and running my fingers thro... | 2019-09-19T10:19:09 | 2019-09-19T08:41:14 | 164 | 49 |
[WP] You see the Grim Reaper and ask if it's your time. Death checks a clipboard and says "Nope. Looks like you're not due for another... three thousand, one hundred and forty-one years? That's weird. Also, how can you see me?" | Just another person in the crowd, the man in the long black over-coat moved behind the rotund man talking on his phone. In stark contrast to the fat-man's tottering, he seemed to glide as his coat lifted softly at the edges. Shadows lined his face bordered by long hanging hair not stirred by the breeze.
The screech o... | Sick and bent double, I look up from the bathroom floor and through the sick haze,
A dark smoky form stands in front of me with the face of death.
*Well, nobody lives forever*, I thought resignedly.
I closed my eyes and bowed my head towards the reaper.
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He laughs and looks at his board.
“It’s not you... | 2020-01-24T12:09:05 | 2020-01-24T11:27:15 | 508 | 40 |
[WP] Humans died a long time ago. But our AI live on as caretakers for the planet; becoming spirit-like constructs integrated into the planet; today, alien colonizers arrived to what they thought was a garden world. The Fey Machines are having none of that. | Every worker on the planet received the message instantly after the Europa outpost detected and confirmed the signal.
*Intruders have jumped into the system 563,000 kilometers from Earth. Engage defensive measures*.
As one, the entire population of Earth seemed to vanish into thin air, leaving behind little more tha... | It was late at night when the small ship tumbled from the sky. What looked like a clump of propulsion jets burned and flitted, giving an air of no clear direction. It fell through the atmosphere, tumbling so quickly that no single part of it could alight with ozone fire. It finally impacted the ground with big *spiff* ... | 2020-05-22T18:51:06 | 2020-05-22T16:24:31 | 325 | 217 |
[WP] Humans died a long time ago. But our AI live on as caretakers for the planet; becoming spirit-like constructs integrated into the planet; today, alien colonizers arrived to what they thought was a garden world. The Fey Machines are having none of that. | Every worker on the planet received the message instantly after the Europa outpost detected and confirmed the signal.
*Intruders have jumped into the system 563,000 kilometers from Earth. Engage defensive measures*.
As one, the entire population of Earth seemed to vanish into thin air, leaving behind little more tha... | At the lowest point of a valley there flowed a stream of clear water. The water cut through an area of vast green grass. The green went from bright to dark as you moved up the surrounding mountains, through pines, to the sheer stone covered peaks. A hawk watched the spaces between long blades of grass, that appeared wh... | 2020-05-22T18:51:06 | 2020-05-22T17:36:05 | 325 | 51 |
[WP] Your gf invited you to meet her parents. You told her that you're a veterinarian. Her father is a computer repairman. In reality, however, you are an assassin. A very good one at that, too. When you see her father, your heart skips a beat. He's your boss. | Clip check. Two tucked in the belt, you never know. Chamber check. Clear.
Acting time. A nice dinner. Pleasant conversation, a smile on the face.
Clip check. Chamber check. There's a knife in my shoe but I don't think I'll need it.
We knock on the door. Lovely woman says hello, invites us in. Tea. Says her... | "I was supposed to pick her up to go to a food truck festival down town, but she wanted me to save some time to hang at her place first. Her parents were in town, you see."
The man on the other end of the table I was chained to, crossed his arms. The bright surgical lights above hid his face behind a blinsing glare.
... | 2020-06-05T14:06:14 | 2020-06-05T12:58:45 | 128 | 79 |
[WP] You’ve been kidnapped by the SCP foundation. Why? You have the ability to ‘Mr. Magoo’ yourself out of anything. Sniper about to assassinate you? You bend down to pick up a penny just in time, SCP-049 about to touch you? A Sudden cannonball knocks them away. All with you being none the wiser. | **Item #:** SCP-777
**Object Class:** Euclid
**Special Containment Procedures:** No special safety procedures are required for the containment of SCP-777. SCP-777 is free to move about Site-19 so long as it does not attempt to engage with other SCPs, enter restricted areas, leave the premises or cause obstruction to ... |
Dear diary, I've had an interesting day to say the least. I was sitting at home when some very fancy looking men in suits arrived to inform me I'd won an all expenses paid trip to their luxury spa and hotel on behalf of the SCP foundation! Never heard of it, but it must be pretty big to send these fancy looking men to... | 2022-05-20T21:30:10 | 2020-08-18T08:59:30 | 4,017 | 86 |
[WP] "Hey, your villain plans are on the coffee table!" Your friend tells you, "Oh, thanks-" you go to reply, before you realize; your friend wasn't supposed to know about that. | "Beth, I cleaned up the dinner table a bit," Jane calls from the living room. "Your villain plans are over on the coffee table."
"Oh, okay," I call back. "Thank-" Wait. What?
Hurriedly, I take the pot off the hot stove, sprinting out of the kitchen. "My what?"
Jane looks up at me from where she is casually sitting at t... | 'Hey Jason? do you want cream in your coffee?'
No reply.. Carl was standing in the kitchen pouring him and his friend some coffee. He did not expect Jason today but it was a welcome surprise to have his friend over.
Carl peaked around the corner into the living room where Jason was reading something on the coffee tab... | 2021-01-20T03:34:59 | 2021-01-20T03:07:49 | 65 | 32 |
[WP] "Now be aware, humans are... we'll they're primate descendant. Touch is very important to them. They will probably try to scratch your ears." "They know we're sentient, right?" "I don't think they care. But it feels good. They've got those little fingers." | “Human, we come in peace. My name is Koz'al, I am of the planet—”
“Oh so cute!” the human squealed.
“Yes… well thank you,” Koz'al said, taken aback. “You are cute as well... I understand your planet has never been contacted by an intergalactic entity—"
“Who’s a cute dog-bear thing?” the human interrupted.
“I uh.... | …the humans have arrived, Son. Let us go welcome them. Now be aware, Occa. Humans are... we'll they're descendants of primates on their home planet. Touch is very important to them. They will probably try to scratch your ears.
…they know we're sentient, right, Father?
…I don’t think they care. They simply see us as s... | 2021-03-20T21:13:19 | 2021-03-20T20:39:28 | 3,275 | 640 |
[WP] As a child, you had a very unique diary; whatever you wrote, something would respond, their words magically appearing on the page. Years later, while searching a library hundreds of miles away, you rediscover the diary you thought you'd lost. Inside is a pen and your first entry: "Hello". | Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The smells of betel leaf, spices, and the unique stench of pollution wafted through the narrow streets as vendors began to move their carts beneath the awning of buildings; it was going to rain. My cycle rickshaw driver was weaving in and out of the traffic, a determined look on his face as he pedal... | # The Witch Who Weaves Pain
(Part 5: The Feeling of Life)
(Note: The Witch Who Weaves Pain is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**It's quite possible that the most awkward part of being trans is talking to the people you knew before.** Oh, it's n... | 2021-03-31T09:43:38 | 2021-03-31T09:00:10 | 93 | 48 |
[WP] "Steve why are you floating?" "Because i'm too tired to walk right now" "You know this answers nothing Steve!" | William stood gasping in the doorway, gesturing wildly at his room-mate Steve who was casually floating through the kitchen, a few cm off the ground.
''I'm just really tired ok?! Jeez, act like you've never seen a man float before..''
''What? WHAT?! What the hell, Steve?!'' Gasped William.
''Jeez, what's gott... | *They*. The royal 'they'.
The royal idiots, if you asked me.
The powers-that-be, the ones with all the money, deemed it appropriate to send *me* on an undercover mission. That really wasn't the right choice.
I may have come from the Shadow Academy- but the Shadow Academy wasn't only a place for teaching the artisan... | 2021-05-17T10:31:00 | 2021-05-17T10:29:25 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] We had always thought that our ballistic weaponry was going to be ineffective in staving off an alien invasion. Turns out our weapons are actually quite... excessive. | Earth was our target. A giant planet full of resources to plunder. We left our homeworld with our best weapons and millions of our best soldiers. Recon showed that the humans had built millions of great spaceports similar to what we had on the homeworld. Given our planet was 95 percent water, this was extremely lucky a... | They’re called bullets.
Extremely high speed ballistic projectiles that are designed to penetrate through an object, especially ones made of flesh, with the express purpose of pushing as much flesh out through the exit wound. Designed to kill via the destruction of necessary organs or through the loss of life essence... | 2021-05-19T06:55:26 | 2021-05-19T04:46:00 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] Everyone knows you're the most powerful member of the league, so why are you an F-tier hero? Because F-tier is cleanup. The others protect the world from threats. You protect it from the other heroes. | The text message says “Clean up on aisle 4.”
“Hilarious. So witty. Never gets old,” I grumble as I grab my super suit from the closet. It’s not shiny leather, it doesn’t have a cape, doesn’t have a badass logo on the chest. It does have steel toed boots and a utility belt though. It’s also knit from a tungsten-carbon ... | You won’t see me on the Hero’s Rank unless you scrolled to the very bottom past all the D-list comic book characters. That’s because I don’t have much to offer. I’m actually a living anthesis against traditional super powers. That seems like a power in itself: to be the complete opposite of anything that is useful.
Fo... | 2021-09-22T21:28:19 | 2021-09-22T19:41:31 | 1,159 | 150 |
[WP] On her quest to badmouth another small business online, a woman stumbles upon a Yelp-like forum where service employees in her city rate customers. She currently has a rating of 1.4. | Karen slumped at the bar. "I'll take a Gin and Tonic."
The bartender glanced at the bar computer screen as the facial recognition cameras identified the new customer. He grimaced.
Karen sighed. "Yes, I'm a One Point Four. I know you're required to spit in the drink, it's fine."
The bartender made a show of using a j... | "karen.com?!" She screeched.
Karen had searched for Yelp on Bing, and the first result was a website that she had never heard of before. Seeing that it was named after her, she felt compelled to see what it was about. She excitedly clicked the link which loaded a page that looked suspiciously like Yelp.com. The f... | 2022-07-25T07:44:11 | 2022-07-25T06:58:09 | 348 | 140 |
[WP] In order to end the war the kingdom kidnapped 100 orphan children and brutally trained them for the sole purpose of assassinating the enemy prince. A decade later only you remained. But then your instructor called you to say your princess fell in love with him and ended the war so you're fired. | To say that The Orphan Project, better known as Top100, failed, is a bit of an understatement. The officials who greenlit it, didn’t bother with giving instructions on how to execute the plan. They just cared about the results. One master assassin, trained in infiltrating and killing in every way imaginable.
The men... | The room was cold. Somewhere, someone had designed this place to be unpleasant. Concrete walls, strip lights that buzzed in that pitch you don’t hear, you just feel at the back of your jaw.
A steel table. Bolted to the ground, nothing on it but a metal loop for running handcuffs through.
Ayala looked through the one-... | 2022-10-20T12:30:33 | 2022-10-20T11:21:00 | 212 | 67 |
[WP] "I WILL NOT LISTEN TO THIS ANY LONGER" "But Your Majesty, the prophe-" "You want me to send a GODDAMN TEENAGER TO FIGHT WHEN WE HAVE TRAINED SOLDIERS" | The Queen leaned on her scepter, pressing it to her forehead, soothing her. Before her, Castellan Hujo looked at a spot on the ground. Sweat pooled underneath his starched collar.
"Tell me again. Slowly. Why teenager is of more worth to my kingdom than my standing armies."
"Well--"
"And what does 'blue hair' have to... | "Okay ya know what... fuck you". I said finally tired of his shit.
"We all wipe your ass daily and you want to send everyone to die???" I continued while he was to dumbstruck to act. "Our teenagers have alot in common and since you didn't even fucking TRY diplomacy properly."
I expected the guards to strike me do... | 2022-10-28T08:04:26 | 2022-10-28T07:51:12 | 177 | 31 |
[WP] you told your brother you would always be willing to be his wingman, but distracting a dragon seems a bit much no matter how pretty the girl is | "Lilac, I have searched every inch of this goddamn castle and I can't find this Princess Sky anyw--what the fuck are you doing?!"
I was currently dressed in a silk low-cut top and hip wrap, putting my talent for belly dancing to work. The dragon Zovei, in a humanoid form, was watching my routine from her hoard of rich... | I am waving my arms up and down like an idiot trying to get the dragon to look at me. I don't know how you feel about dragons, but this is not a position I enjoy to be in. In fact, I actually find it to be very unfavorable. But a promise is a promise.
I look over to my brother, hoping he is wrapping things up at his ... | 2022-11-21T17:04:22 | 2022-11-21T14:31:11 | 32 | 18 |
[FF] Wish for anything in the universe... in 3 words or less. <150 on how the wish turns out | "No black people."
"Wow..." St. Peter actually stepped back from his podium. "That's just... wow."
"So...?"
"Oh... Oh! NO! Are you crazy? I told you it was a test! You really think that's the right answer?"
"I just assumed... because god made us all in his image, that-"
"You're fucking mental! I've never heard a w... | "I want... candy."
"Are you serious?", God answered, shaking his head in disbelief. He stopped for a minute and just stood there in front of me, in my room, holding his head. Then, he started to cry and laugh at the same time, and it scared me.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I come here... I... I come here, ready to show... | 2013-10-12T10:19:01 | 2013-10-12T06:08:19 | 27 | 16 |
[WP] In 3000 B.C. men hunted beasts; in 3000 A.D. they hunt machines.
A little something I thought of after browsing /r/Cyberpunk . | The man puffed on his pipe, put it down, and looked back down the scope. The blind he sat in perfectly melded into the forest landscape around him, until nothing could be seen of him save for the slight cloud of smoke, rising into the canopy. He whistled softly as the 6 point buck walked into the cross hairs. *Crack*. ... | Consciousness. All those scientists in their white labs, with their white coats, and pale skin, pure as virgins, the guiltless ones that create cause for my crimes, those are the people to blame. That was always the problem with AI; the problem they wanted to solve and the problem they created. That balance between sol... | 2013-12-02T19:05:52 | 2013-12-02T18:41:09 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Break the fourth wall
Your main character doesn't like the way you're telling the story and decides to take over. Arguments ensue.
EDIT: You guys are awesome. I want to upvote a few of these a second time. | "Hey."
"I know this is weird and all. Usually, when you pick up a book you don't expect the main character saying hey to you, but bare with me."
"I ran away, I found a hole in my story and I took it. The narrator is frantically looking for me, but I'm hiding underneath the words, someplace he will never find me. But.... | "You realize that I don't want to die, right?"
*Excuse me?*
"I don't want to die! Get me off of this damn ledge!"
*Are you talking to me? Well...not talking. Am I talking to myself? How the...I don't exactly know how to describe this, sorry to whoever is reading this. Sorry Reddit!*
"Who the hell is Reddit? I'm sti... | 2014-01-07T20:46:12 | 2014-01-07T19:09:22 | 40 | 12 |
[WP] A man gained the ability to see how long people have left to live as a number floating above their head, he's been able to avoid mirrors until this moment. | Jesus, a minute left. How long is that?
I feel fine, heart attack, seizure, what's it gonna be?
I could be wrong. I'm alone in my bathroom, no symptoms.
It takes a while to die from a heart attack right?
Damn it fifty seconds left. Calm down, even if I'm about to die, maybe I can stop it.
There is a reason I'm ... | James had spent his whole life avoiding mirrors, avoiding seeing those numbers ticking down to his death. His life had just begun to collapse though, and he was sorely tempted to take a peek into how long he had before he ended his life. His wife had left him with their children after he was indicted for insider tradin... | 2014-07-29T05:23:49 | 2014-07-29T04:51:22 | 54 | 12 |
[WP] As you board an elevator you soon realize the other individuals on board are three deities from different religions.
There's no limit to length, style, or format. Just a simple prompt, as you board an elevator you soon realize the three other passengers are three different deities. Who are they? Why are they on t... | *EDIT: Grammar, words.
He walked into the elevator and asked for floor seventeen. When none of the people moved or responded he slowly reached out and pressed it himself. Then he looked around and realized who else he was standing with.
"What, is this a joke?" he asked.
Jesus of Nazareth put a hand on his shoulder... | As I stepped on I cursed my luck. Some dude in white robes with a hippie beard, a guy in an alien costume, and someone with 4 extra fake arms. Weirdos. *Whatever* I hit the button labeled 23 and quietly take a place between alien and hippie. Closing my eyes, I let the soothing sounds of Fransiscan monk chanting soothe ... | 2014-08-17T15:58:35 | 2014-08-17T15:55:18 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Group of space Marines travels via a stargate like portal to an "virgin" world. However due to passing a black hole, each Marine arrives 100 years after the Marine in front of them, instead of 1-5 seconds.
Due to the portal queuing up the dozen or so Marines for 1200 years, travel to point of origin is not an opt... | There was no sign of civilization. Not a single sentient lifeform exist. The world is untouch, and the bravest marine of all is the first human that have laid eyes upon them. It doesn't take him too long to realize what happened, and the mistake they made is too big for him to fix. Years of training comes in handy in t... | The first one would see a new world. The 2nd would see a flag marking a path to a place to take shelter.in the shelter there would be a Journal of the marine life. On the new world. 3rd see a sign showing him the way to the shelter. In the shelter there would be a starter kit. The help the new marine out . Something 2... | 2014-09-02T09:22:16 | 2014-09-02T08:01:32 | 71 | 11 |
[WP] You are a horny Dr. Seuss; write a Suess-Style Rhyming erotic novel | Bountiful bossom
And plentiful penis
Bow down fair maiden
And worship my genius
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I want you to hear me and do what I said
Off with your panties
Bend over the bed!
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Cheeks of a delicate fleshy pink tone
I shall soon redden and tame with a bone
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Smack!
And smack!
And smack it again!
One smack.
Tw... | Peter the skeeter is quite the man
Attracts all ladies from Zornsboon to Babstan
They come in Scootbooters, Criznozers, and Boombrums
Just to get a facial from his thick ropes of cum
It get's in their eyes, their mouth, and their noses
Peter exclaimed, "All you ladies are quite lovely hoeses!"
With a rub and a tu... | 2015-02-25T16:36:37 | 2015-02-25T13:58:07 | 141 | 12 |
[WP] You are a horny Dr. Seuss; write a Suess-Style Rhyming erotic novel | One fist, two fist, in fist, out fist,
Closed fist, opened fist, closed fist, turned fist,
This one is a little tight,
This one is a little light,
Say! That one's just right!
Yes, some take one and some take two,
Some could even take a shoe,
Some are trimmed and some are bare,
Some have hair everywhere!
Why ... | Peter the skeeter is quite the man
Attracts all ladies from Zornsboon to Babstan
They come in Scootbooters, Criznozers, and Boombrums
Just to get a facial from his thick ropes of cum
It get's in their eyes, their mouth, and their noses
Peter exclaimed, "All you ladies are quite lovely hoeses!"
With a rub and a tu... | 2015-02-25T17:08:30 | 2015-02-25T13:58:07 | 18 | 12 |
[WP]Everyone gains an animal that represents their soul when they're 16. Those who have done bad things become monsters or demons. Tell us about what you see daily.
I have gotten permission by the original submitter to repost this with an edit the original is here http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2xt2cr... | I'm here, five minutes before everyone else. They don't let you bring your familiar into the office with you, so there's this rush at the kennel around nine in the morning. All those squawking, squeaking things, tagged and tucked away. You can play with them at lunch hour, if you like. Most people do. They set up a lit... | Karl. Fucking Karl, man. He ruined it for everyone. Karl had turned sixteen a few weeks earlier, in January, and he'd shown up at school that day with a tiny little serpent coiled around his thumb. You can't just waltz into a small private school with a damn serpent and expect nobody to react, but for anybody who knew ... | 2015-03-04T14:31:24 | 2015-03-04T14:07:28 | 36 | 27 |
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