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[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | Growing up in the north, you get pretty used to the sounds of nighttime wildlife. Owls hooting, dogs howling, racoons rooting through your garbage. Sometimes you get the occasional bear prowling your yard, or coyote going after the pets left outside. Just after sunset, something started scratching incessantly at my doo... | My wife slept besides our newborn, too exhausted to remain awake during her feeding. The doctor said not to nurse while sleeping to avoid rolling and smothering the baby. After a week of near constant feeding though I don’t think my wife had the energy to move. I was wrong. I reacted slowly as I saw her roll onto our l... | 2015-06-09T09:15:22 | 2015-06-09T06:57:13 | 168 | 58 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | Growing up in the north, you get pretty used to the sounds of nighttime wildlife. Owls hooting, dogs howling, racoons rooting through your garbage. Sometimes you get the occasional bear prowling your yard, or coyote going after the pets left outside. Just after sunset, something started scratching incessantly at my doo... | "...nothing but corn, hicks, and bullshit." Ron gestured wildly into the endless cornfields in front of him as he finished his rant. "You've gotta come with me when I move. We're just wasting time out here; the country life sucks. You know it does."
Ron tried to meet Sarah's eyes, but she was staring vacantly into the... | 2015-06-09T09:15:22 | 2015-06-09T08:26:32 | 168 | 34 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | Growing up in the north, you get pretty used to the sounds of nighttime wildlife. Owls hooting, dogs howling, racoons rooting through your garbage. Sometimes you get the occasional bear prowling your yard, or coyote going after the pets left outside. Just after sunset, something started scratching incessantly at my doo... | "Why do I burn the bodies?"
He doesn't know. He can’t comprehend his fascination. The gatekeeper drops the corpses down the chute, and he watches the limp bodies jiggle as they collide with the floor.
Setting it on the table, he peels the flesh off, then, meticulously, removes the muscle and organs. The tendons are h... | 2015-06-09T09:15:22 | 2015-06-09T07:02:35 | 168 | 31 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | Growing up in the north, you get pretty used to the sounds of nighttime wildlife. Owls hooting, dogs howling, racoons rooting through your garbage. Sometimes you get the occasional bear prowling your yard, or coyote going after the pets left outside. Just after sunset, something started scratching incessantly at my doo... | They called it *Being Awake*.
We called it *Redundant*.
It was the same every morning when they awoke. Silence followed by sudden movements and chilled screams of joy. Like chalk whistling against the grain of a blackboard. And it was prison.
But this was voluntary. We made this. Cathleen mostly, but she often remin... | 2015-06-09T09:15:22 | 2015-06-09T08:18:50 | 168 | 28 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | Growing up in the north, you get pretty used to the sounds of nighttime wildlife. Owls hooting, dogs howling, racoons rooting through your garbage. Sometimes you get the occasional bear prowling your yard, or coyote going after the pets left outside. Just after sunset, something started scratching incessantly at my doo... | I pull into the driveway after a long day of work. The kids' bikes aren't thrown in the yard and the lawn has been mowed, just like I asked my son to do this morning.
I unlock the front door and go inside. The front room is picked up, vacuumed and all the games are stacked neatly near the console. The rest of the hou... | 2015-06-09T09:15:22 | 2015-06-09T09:01:47 | 168 | 14 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | Growing up in the north, you get pretty used to the sounds of nighttime wildlife. Owls hooting, dogs howling, racoons rooting through your garbage. Sometimes you get the occasional bear prowling your yard, or coyote going after the pets left outside. Just after sunset, something started scratching incessantly at my doo... | I don’t know why, but I’ve always loved digging.
When I was a kid, I would dig and dig until my hands were raw. One time, I scraped my fingernails off trying to break through concrete. They sent me away after that, gave me a whole bunch of meds. But actually, I never feel clearer than when I have the earth between my ... | 2015-06-09T09:15:22 | 2015-06-09T08:29:07 | 168 | 11 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The tens of thousands that gathered in the crowd on that overcast winter day stood anxiously waiting, huddling next to another for warmth. Many of those arrived from surrounding cities to witness the celebrations that would take place in the coming days. They brought with them blankets, American flags, and their Bibl... | In 1984, an oil painting was recovered from an abandoned house somewhere in Lousiana. Mahagony frame, weathered and neglected. No signature of the artist. Perhaps it was the work of the homeowner.
What was the painting of?
The upper torso of a brunette, eyes tightly closed, mouth hideously wide open, the background c... | 2015-06-09T07:44:17 | 2015-06-09T07:11:34 | 108 | 69 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The tens of thousands that gathered in the crowd on that overcast winter day stood anxiously waiting, huddling next to another for warmth. Many of those arrived from surrounding cities to witness the celebrations that would take place in the coming days. They brought with them blankets, American flags, and their Bibl... | "Why do I burn the bodies?"
He doesn't know. He can’t comprehend his fascination. The gatekeeper drops the corpses down the chute, and he watches the limp bodies jiggle as they collide with the floor.
Setting it on the table, he peels the flesh off, then, meticulously, removes the muscle and organs. The tendons are h... | 2015-06-09T07:44:17 | 2015-06-09T07:02:35 | 108 | 31 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The room is exactly as I recall it, to the most precise detail, but this is not my home. These walls, bookshelf, the leather couch, this is a shroud pulled over something far more malevolent. Then voices, I hear them coming from the basement, they whisper “he knows.” I look to the living room window, into the night. A ... | I breathed heavily under the covers. A creak made me jump unwillingly. Dad wasn't here, so he didn't check the closet. What if *it* were there? What if it was waiting for me?
I got out of bed and crept towards my closet. I imagined a monster ready to pounce on me. Gripping the brass handle I swung it open. I gasped a... | 2015-06-09T09:54:42 | 2015-06-09T07:44:49 | 95 | 23 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The room is exactly as I recall it, to the most precise detail, but this is not my home. These walls, bookshelf, the leather couch, this is a shroud pulled over something far more malevolent. Then voices, I hear them coming from the basement, they whisper “he knows.” I look to the living room window, into the night. A ... | The town square sparkled like the 4th of July sky. Children's laughter filled the air; old friends were catching up. Hearing them made me think of Junior and my wife and my lifelong friends.
From behind me, the wooden platform creaked as a man approached my position. His voice erupted forcing the crowd's to quickly s... | 2015-06-09T09:54:42 | 2015-06-09T08:48:23 | 95 | 12 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | "...nothing but corn, hicks, and bullshit." Ron gestured wildly into the endless cornfields in front of him as he finished his rant. "You've gotta come with me when I move. We're just wasting time out here; the country life sucks. You know it does."
Ron tried to meet Sarah's eyes, but she was staring vacantly into the... | I breathed heavily under the covers. A creak made me jump unwillingly. Dad wasn't here, so he didn't check the closet. What if *it* were there? What if it was waiting for me?
I got out of bed and crept towards my closet. I imagined a monster ready to pounce on me. Gripping the brass handle I swung it open. I gasped a... | 2015-06-09T08:26:32 | 2015-06-09T07:44:49 | 34 | 23 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The wheel was pressed too far into her ribs and every breath, no matter how shallow, radiated waves of agony from deep inside her chest.
She could see, but the light was wrong. The noise of rushing, bubbling water muted other sounds. She couldn’t feel her feet, but she registered the water that was rising up past her ... | The town square sparkled like the 4th of July sky. Children's laughter filled the air; old friends were catching up. Hearing them made me think of Junior and my wife and my lifelong friends.
From behind me, the wooden platform creaked as a man approached my position. His voice erupted forcing the crowd's to quickly s... | 2015-06-09T09:37:54 | 2015-06-09T08:48:23 | 24 | 12 |
[WP] Your whole life you have heard a strange melody playing in your head. You've never heard it anywhere else, and eventually you simply learn to live with it. One day, you walk past a man whistling that tune. | She begged me not to go. It wasn't at all attractive of her. I should just leave her be, let her move on, but I'm a selfish bastard and she has great tits.
I jogged down the stairs and burst outside, finally letting out the air I had been holding. With the guilt twisting my breath, I told myself I would call her late... | I've always heard it, I've embraced it. I know it's not normal, but it's my normal, so normal that I actually have to tune into it to be aware that its there. Most days I go around without it coming to the fore of my consciousness. Today was one of those days. I work in a top government facility, my job is to be normal... | 2015-07-12T12:58:42 | 2015-07-12T11:37:45 | 119 | 21 |
[WP] Death falls in love with you
You may not be over your ex. | I am flirting with death. Not the "be irresponsible" kind, but the "literally on a date with Death" kind. We first met four years ago, in the most obvious place to meet death, a funeral. Specifically, my dead husband's funeral. I was apparently the only one that could see the skeleton in the front row. I managed to ... | Immortality is not worth it. Maybe it was the way I fought her with every ounce of strength I could muster way back then, in those hellish trenches? Maybe it was how I aided her in taking so many? God I was a good shot, one of the best we had. Never got my due credit either, can't really walk across "no mans land" ... | 2015-07-13T07:42:37 | 2015-07-13T07:18:38 | 303 | 45 |
[WP] [NSFW] All your sex toys come alive and confront you about your treatment of them. | I held the long, rigid shaft in my right hand, the left one grasping at the bedsheets as I brought myself closer and closer to the point of no return. Panting, I kept my pace steady as I awaited the inevitable peak of the mountain.
*What the fuck do you think you're doing?!"*
I shrieked as I jerked the dildo away f... | "You're not a real egg!"
"Then why are we shaped like one?!"
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I've never been much of a customer for coitus toys. I found them to be a bit silly, to be quite honest. When you're someone like me, you don't have time to masturbate because you're too busy having actual sex. My life's awesome.
One day, a friend... | 2015-08-02T07:49:38 | 2015-08-02T06:51:04 | 39 | 24 |
[FF] Create a rollercoaster of emotions using no more than 100 words. | Drinks pour and friends laugh.
He toasts to us, closest friends for so many years.
I've known him since we were kids playing in sprinklers and trying to hit each other with lawn darts.
He will leave to fight.
I see him again and he is pale.
Killed in action.
Drinks pour.
No one laughs.
We toast him, our closes... | “Push. You're almost there. Keep it up!” You give it your all and finally the baby is born.
“It’s a boy!” The doctor says and gives it a little slap on the rear.
He hands you the baby and you are overfilled with emotions. Tears start streaming down your face. He looks just like his father. The bright, beautiful blue ... | 2015-09-09T18:22:05 | 2015-09-09T17:36:31 | 28 | 15 |
[wp] after dying god informs you that hell is a myth, and "everyone sins, its ok". instead the dead are sorted into six "houses of heaven" based on the sins they chose. | *Circa 500 B.C.*
His sandals slapped on the marble, the sound barely rising above the distant moaning and heady laughter echoing from the other Houses. The worn-out strips of leather that wrapped his feet were out of place against the ornate floor-murals made with deep azures and gold-leafed designs.
The walls seeme... | The man groaned as he struggled to see the fading but brilliantly illuminated figure before him through his bloody eyes. Everything was still a blur. He was laying on the floor, he certainly knew that. His leg was in pain, maybe his fibula was broken, but he wasn't focused on that.
On the other side of the room, the ... | 2016-03-01T07:56:16 | 2016-03-01T07:56:10 | 58 | 33 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | "So...*uh*...nice throne?"
***THANK YOU IT IS MADE OF SKULLS HONORED TO BE BUILT INTO MY SKULL THRONE!!!***
"Got a nice view of that red, steaming lake there, I see."
***YES THE LAKE OF BLOOD MADE FROM THE BLOOD DRAWN AND SHED BY MY FAITHFUL BERZERKERS IS QUITE POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT MY REALM!!!***
"Neat.... | The woman wakes to the sounds of screams, horrible inhuman sounds. And around her, heat and flames.
How had she got here? She remembers a pain in her chest and then...But why is she here? This must be a mistake. She spots a dark figure, he seems to suck all the light from the fires in, leaving just a black space, like ... | 2016-03-07T17:04:48 | 2016-03-07T14:25:07 | 469 | 334 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | For a large chunk of my life I expected nothing to happen after... well after *I* ended. I expected complete cession of consciousness, a total end to my cognitive functions... a lack of everything including the self-awareness that would have made the Void unbearable.
What I got was a man behind a desk with a file that... | The felt table reached as far as he could see in front, and stretched farther than he could see to his sides. Beside him on either side sat another being, and beside them more. Their eyes peeking down at the two cards tucked under their hands.
His turn was coming up, he knew this even though he did not understand. Fro... | 2016-03-07T18:54:40 | 2016-03-07T17:54:48 | 37 | 17 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | "Radiation?!" The general sputtered "That’s... Insane!"
The chamber evidently agreed. The war council of the senate had been silent until this point. But learning that the humans had defiled Kresna 4... shudders shook the room.
"How will they resettle their young?" The senator from the Iron Spire gasped "They've pois... | As *THEY* came we all stopped what we were doing. We left our homes, our workplaces, religious temples and stared. We stared in disbelief.
How long did it take? Mere weeks. It was a strange preposition.
Councilman Avurr stood on the podium and spoke to us:
"Fellow Dalurians. We have to make a difficult choice. Death ... | 2016-05-13T09:18:50 | 2016-05-13T06:49:00 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] As it turns out, Hell has a healthy supply of scientists and engineers and is thus much more technologically advanced than is usually portrayed. | *Warning*: the last segment contains some graphic descriptions.
An inhuman shriek pierced the eternal night of Hell, waking Dr. Roberts with a start from his dreamless sleep. He pulled the covers tightly over his head, unwilling to face what waited in the shadows. As the echo of the shriek returned from the far wall... | "Holy FUCK bro! That is nuts!"
"Okay Chad, first of all: who the fuck are you talking to? You can't just call the Lord of Hell 'bro.' And stop cursing at me...Jesus. Those are your final warnings, you sack of shit. Now...step into it. Go."
"S-...sorry, man. Uh..."
Chad stared uneasily at the ovular prism of deep-blu... | 2016-06-01T18:52:30 | 2016-06-01T14:50:58 | 314 | 78 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a test has been created to eliminate 90% of the worlds population. You are the first to take this test. | I was given no information about this test before today. For months, I studied all I could. Maths, Biology, History, even accounting.
Now I am in the testing room and still feel unprepared. I wasn't allowed to take anything in the cold white cell. I sit at a desk, in front of me a black screen and a wireless mouse. Go... | I enter this small building , goverment type with barred windows and top notch security cameras.
"The room on the right" I am told.
Entering this cold room with one chair I sit.
"Should mankind be saved ?" says a voice over the intercom.
My mind is racing and my feet start to shake, as they normally do when deep in ... | 2016-06-11T08:19:56 | 2016-06-11T08:11:26 | 2,156 | 34 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a test has been created to eliminate 90% of the worlds population. You are the first to take this test. | I entered the facility, shaking of course. I'd volunteered to go first, mostly to get it over with, but I was definitely having misgivings. The proctors had assured us that studying was not required, but now that I thought about it they had also said that about the ACT.
It was far too late now though. I continued wal... | I am in a small, white room. The room has only a simple metal table and matching chair, with a piece of paper, a digital clock, and a black box with two small buttons, one red, one green.
I take a seat at the table and flip over the piece of paper, which has nothing on the side facing up.
"In an identical room right... | 2016-06-11T10:22:36 | 2016-06-11T08:44:26 | 588 | 412 |
[WP] Write a story that becomes a horror story in the last line. | "Can't wait to see you tonight."
"I might be a bit late I have to go home and pick up something then visit my sister Jane and her baby."
"Ok, well I'll see you later then bye."
"Bye." I click off the phone and start the drive home. Normally the drive is long and boring, but today I hardly noticed the road flying by... | A small medieval village is surrounded by tall treacherous mountains from all sides. Many generations ago, a person has made it to the top of one of the tallest mountain but he never came back down. All that is left of him is his frozen silhouette at the peak of the mountain, overlooking the village. Many regard thi... | 2016-06-22T16:03:00 | 2016-06-22T13:59:38 | 32 | 15 |
[WP] Instead of a dystopia that seems like a utopia on the surface, write a story about a utopia that seems like a dystopia on the surface. | It was a grimy life, Factory City Three. The smell of oil, sweat, and some chemical or another always filled the air, coated the walls, stuck to your clothes. Clean air was a commodity in Factory City Three, a dollar for a cubic meter. A few minutes of fresh breath inside the machine that was your life.
And the mac... | Monday mornings are the worst. It signals the start of my weekday, which means I have to drag myself to the company. Getting out of bed is an insurmountable task by itself, but through sheer willpower, I was able to balance on my feet and stumble towards the bathroom.
Shower.
Brush teeth.
Shave.
Get clothes on.... | 2016-07-14T08:52:44 | 2016-07-14T07:34:24 | 140 | 26 |
[WP] There is a device that assigns you a percentage score of how important you are to the world. Most people are 0-5. The president is 60. Your score just jumped from 1 to 99. | *How is this even possible?*
Trace looked down at his phone. *There has to be some kind of glitch,* he thought. There's no way I am the single most important man in the world. On his phone, Trace had received a notification that his Personal Importance Quotient, or PIQ, had increased above his specified threshold. Aft... | I coughed and picked at my wrist. The blood analysis device flashed a dull 1 in its faded red LEDs. It was 12:42, but I still hadn’t got out of bed yet. Ugh, my mom would be so mad. Luckily she was at work, and I’d only have to deal with her when she got back. That means I was free to do what I wanted! It was time to p... | 2016-09-08T08:10:56 | 2016-09-08T07:43:24 | 112 | 16 |
[WP] There is a device that assigns you a percentage score of how important you are to the world. Most people are 0-5. The president is 60. Your score just jumped from 1 to 99. | Do you remember Klout Scores?
Do you remember the hubbub about how Justin Bieber was more important than the president, than the Dalai Lama? Do you remember the growing anxiety over how we had failed ourselves, how our social media metrics of determining influence and importance had shattered under scrutiny, how we h... | I coughed and picked at my wrist. The blood analysis device flashed a dull 1 in its faded red LEDs. It was 12:42, but I still hadn’t got out of bed yet. Ugh, my mom would be so mad. Luckily she was at work, and I’d only have to deal with her when she got back. That means I was free to do what I wanted! It was time to p... | 2016-09-08T08:28:56 | 2016-09-08T07:43:24 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] Robert D. Ballard (discoverer of the Titanic and Bismarck wrecks among others) has a little too much to drink and does an AMA on Reddit. When asked what was the most disturbing thing he found on the sea floor, his answer causes widespread panic | "The most disturbing thing I ever saw down there? The worst thing?" Ballard repeated to himself, running the question around his alcohol lubricated brain.
"Okay, I'll tell ya. Let me... let me start by saying... If you're specting some... Big Fish story of sea surpens or krakens or Chulu-Kathulu- That big squid head ... | Most disturbing? Ah fuck it, I've had this stoyr for 20 years and never told anyone but hey, anonymous on the internet right?
It was the late 90s, the Titanic movie had just come out so we were getting a whole lot mor einterest in the deep dives. We went out to the pacific because that's where the really deep, really... | 2017-01-25T07:40:11 | 2017-01-25T07:20:46 | 37 | 23 |
[WP] Young Jonathan has been locked in his room for two years. Arguments through the walls and scraps left by random men connected him to the outside world. After an evening of screaming and ungodly noises last week, it has been quiet. A cookie has been slid under his door each morning since. | Jonathan sat in the corner of his room, the sound of silence ringing in his ears. He hated the arguing of the men and the awful scraps of food they left for him. It wasn't enough. Seven days after the sounds and screaming stopped, he realized that the only thing he hated more was the hallucinations that his mind create... | [Contains violence]
For Jonathan, the room was his entire world. It was all he could remember and all he could fathom. He had been in this room for as far as he could remember. He knew his name was Jonathan. The letters on the table told him that word. Since no one in the room lay claim to that title Jonathan saw li... | 2017-02-11T11:31:10 | 2017-02-11T08:53:22 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] The last time the aliens invaded our planet they fled after losing the war. They have reluctantly returned to wage war and are relieved to see that dinosaurs no longer inhabit Earth, but have been replaced by the smaller and less intimidating humans. | Dear Xander,
Glad greetings to you and yours, and eternal joy to your ancestors.
The invasion of the Earth has been called off. The Sauronoid aggressors that bested us so long ago have all but disappeared. In their place, a race of mammalian bipeds not so dissimilar from ourselves who are incredibly happy to see us ... | We all knew what had happened to the first ship to scout this planet for conquest long ago. One of the species known as velociraptor had climbed on board. Using the air ducts to move around, it had killed the crew one by one. The sole survivor had escaped by blowing it out of the airlock on the shuttle.
With this in m... | 2017-03-04T03:42:15 | 2017-03-03T22:58:54 | 664 | 226 |
[WP] The last time the aliens invaded our planet they fled after losing the war. They have reluctantly returned to wage war and are relieved to see that dinosaurs no longer inhabit Earth, but have been replaced by the smaller and less intimidating humans. | Finally, a chance for redemption.
We were headed back to Earth, a lowly mineral planet in a desolate corner of the quadrant. I can still remember the taunting words of Elder Karaza...
*"You lost.... to a bunch of lizards?"*
Yes, it still stings.
I now armed my warriors with long range heavy bows, crossbows and even... | "A parting shot causing mass destruction to the land was our last effort to win a war that we had clearly lost. The terrible lizards lived up to the expectations. Almost unkillable, they tore our ranks apart. The damn things could stow away anywhere and all of them were dangerous. Finally, we laid waste to come back an... | 2017-03-04T03:25:46 | 2017-03-03T19:09:49 | 452 | 260 |
[WP] You are a normal person who spent your entire life infiltrating the evil Empire. You even became the Emperor's right hand. The day before you finally topple the Empire, the hero arrives, kills the Emperor, and saves the day.
Now how does that make you feel? | Of all the narcissistic, self-righteous assholes in the entire Galaxy, why did it have to be Captain Pazazz. Anyone could've killed the Emperor, hell I was about 5 minutes away from killing that old bastard myself, but why did it have to be him!?
I watched as Emperor Galactica's head slid off of his pale scrawny neck,... | Twenty years. Twenty long, grueling years of snivelling, bowing and groveling before the man who had killed his wife.
And now he was gone.
A decent man would be satisfied. But Synon was no longer a decent man. Twenty years had taken care of that.
"I was a spy, my Lord," he said to the bloated buffoon who called hims... | 2017-03-12T16:11:55 | 2017-03-12T15:08:17 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] The highway bordering the forest has seen some unusual activity. This week alone, hundreds of deer voluntarily lunged into traffic seeking death. All birds have abandoned their nests. As a park ranger, what you find in the center of the forest deeply disturbs you. | A few weeks ago there had been an incident with North Memorial Hospital. The police had roped the area off. No one was allowed in or out. Very odd circumstances. Then there was somehow a fire and the place had all burned down along with the surrounding forest. The fact that the fire had started amongst so much surveill... | Dan wipes the sweat from his brow, takes a swig from his canteen, and presses on ahead up the hill. He passed the last trampled dead dear half a mile ago, so he must be getting close. The trees and other vegetation are thick on either side of him….but where he walks, for about 10 feet on either side of where he stand... | 2017-04-27T09:13:51 | 2017-04-27T07:56:29 | 47 | 10 |
[WP] After people die, they must answer a riddle, and its difficulty depends on their sins. You've committed genocide. | "What is 2+2?"
The voice of god echoed as I looked on, what kind of stupid question is this. I tuought to myself.
"Four. " i blurted out quickly.
"You have passed, you may enter paradise Ender." Gods voice echoed in the emptiness
"By the way, thanks for destroying the bugs Ender." God added as the gates opened b... | My eyes open and adjust to the light. I'm in my 8th grade classroom. At the front of the room, the teacher stands at the desk.
"How did I get here?"
No response. A voice comes over the loudspeaker.
"You are guilty of genocide. Do you disagree?"
"No."
"All that pass must correctly answer a riddle to enter paradi... | 2017-06-03T02:53:32 | 2017-06-03T01:49:28 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] Your dad is wanted in twenty countries, your mom is a serial kille, your little brother is a genius hacker, and your little sister has just joined the Illuminati. None of them would ever want to anger you, though. | There's not much I could tell you about my family you wouldn't already know. I mean, the media makes it pretty easy to learn everything about them these days, so why bother even explaining much to you?
Michael's eveloped quite the Twitter cult following and it's starting to frustrate Mom a lot.
Bad news.
I mean, Mi... | My lover is special; his family is powerful, and gifted.
My lover was born 20 years ago, in what used to be Sumer, while his parents and older siblings were on the run from INTERPOL. He's told me he was cursed, but after his birth, his father and mother; Brian and Jess, reached notoriety for killing hundreds of peopl... | 2017-06-04T07:33:56 | 2017-06-04T07:25:26 | 171 | 70 |
[WP] Your dad is wanted in twenty countries, your mom is a serial kille, your little brother is a genius hacker, and your little sister has just joined the Illuminati. None of them would ever want to anger you, though. | 6/4/17
Dear Journal,
My acceptance letter came today. I finally got into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after 3 years of hard work. The classes weren’t too bad but the SAT prep, extracurricular activities, and my family have kept me very busy.
Dad’s involvement in politics keeps him busy. He’s always ru... | You've probably never heard
About the kid
No one dared to cross
Not the sister
Not the brother
Not the mother
Not the father
The sister joined a cult
One stranger than the rest
The brother hacked the CIA
Simply because he was bored
The mother killed any person
That crossed her wrong
The father did things
That... | 2017-06-04T09:52:41 | 2017-06-04T07:41:59 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] Your dad is wanted in twenty countries, your mom is a serial kille, your little brother is a genius hacker, and your little sister has just joined the Illuminati. None of them would ever want to anger you, though. | I was born into a family of criminals. You hear a lot of shit over the years. No matter how sick or "evil" they are they're still my family and you stay in touch with family. When I turned 18, I took my dad's car and drove off into the night with my little brother Joe. Whereas Lucy was too far gone, Joe never did anyth... | This is my first time writing this type of stuff so please bear with me. :)
Story begins:
Me: My whole Family are known for doing illegal things, heck even I admit they do those stuff.
Me: But I know you're wondering why wouldn't they want me to join in their.....well..... escapades?
Agent: Tell me why?
Me: Well..... | 2017-06-04T10:34:55 | 2017-06-04T05:32:37 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | You grew up with bruises on your knees and scabs aplenty, just like any other kid. What your parents never knew was that not all of them were your own.
You're ten; baby Sarah from next door is bawling because she's just fallen and skinned her knee. You take the pain away from her. As the wound fades from her knee you... | At first, they thought I was worthless. No measurable potential, plus likely schizophrenia. In school, I would have been a great target for bullies, but they never found me, despite my complete lack of stealth or mobility enhancements.
I tried insisting that the voice was a legitimate power, but even mentioning i... | 2017-06-12T07:49:37 | 2017-06-12T06:39:02 | 1,670 | 22 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | Shirley enjoyed a pleasant stroll down 14th Avenue, as screams and death filled the air.
The piercing screech of metal-on-metal as cars collided into each other up and down the avenue.
People sobbing in pain, crying out for help. A panicked roar as a frightened mob surged the streets and trampled each other.
Shirley... | At first, they thought I was worthless. No measurable potential, plus likely schizophrenia. In school, I would have been a great target for bullies, but they never found me, despite my complete lack of stealth or mobility enhancements.
I tried insisting that the voice was a legitimate power, but even mentioning i... | 2017-06-12T09:57:10 | 2017-06-12T06:39:02 | 36 | 22 |
[WP] You are informed that only 1 in 100 Million people actually make it into Heaven. However, the worse you are the better you are treated in Hell. | Satan and all his workers came together for a thundering standing ovation. Billions of people joined in on that round of applause, so loud you could hear it from Heaven. Satan was sure he'd get a noise complaint from God soon, but this was a special occasion. It was worth it. Some of them whistled and even bowed as Jim... | It all began when the doctor told me I had 6 months to live. I had never considered going to hell. Everyone thinks they will make it to heaven, but that was not what the priest told me when I met him to plan for my final rites.
I remember him explaining to me that only 1 in 100 million people made it to heaven. I was... | 2017-07-11T14:08:09 | 2017-07-11T14:00:02 | 52 | 14 |
[WP] Major events on Earth are actually aliens testing humanity to determine if they should make contact. We fail their tests spectacularly each time, but fact that we survive their tests has them dumbfounded. | The idea of applying tests of political, social, cultural and technological natures to candidates for uplift was not new, but the idea of biochemical and structural tests certainly was. There had already been several frankly disastrous attempts to directly uplift presentient _Homo_ species, and after allowing them to p... | "OK Gralgog, I've been out of the loop and you need to bring me up to speed. The Qualing beasts of Alpha Centuri took a little more time to convince than anticipated, but," said Horbalfang triumphantly, as he rocked his seven butt cheeks down into the leather gravity-cavity, "I'm pleased to announce that they are now p... | 2017-08-01T01:11:24 | 2017-08-01T00:37:33 | 2,765 | 235 |
[WP]"Alright genie, for my last wish...I wish for every day to be better than the last." | "Alright genie, for my last wish... I wish for every day to be better than the last."
The Genie crossed his arms above his conduit stone and smiled wide.
"Your last wish is granted, Jacob Lancaster, mortal of Earth. Now, I have but one proposal of you."
Jacob was confused. Of course he'd heard the stories of Genie... | "Y'know kid, I normally don't give advice. I mean the quicker you wish the faster I'm done. But hear me out, this wish might not be the bes-"
I interrupted the Genie.
"Just grant the wish!" I huffed impatiently.
"Alright, your funeral." The Genie let out a burst of pink sparks that showered over me.
We stood th... | 2017-11-06T11:02:04 | 2017-11-06T10:19:57 | 19 | 12 |
[WP]Humans are the first species to achieve interstellar travel. Not because we are smarter or more advanced than aliens, but because we are the only ones stupid and stubborn enough to try. | "A long time ago, before we were slaves to the Sura, before we taught other species to travel the stars, before The Age of Other Suns, our people were a desperate, lost species."
"What happened?"
"A lot of it is sort of myth now. It's difficult to know exactly. What we do know is the Earth became unlivable. And it w... | Three more ships were launched into the stratosphere, and three more ships were bashed back down to earth by the giant space squid.
"We need more spaceships" Shouted the president
"But sir, we're running out of metal. And the jetfuel repository is running dry" A NASA man shouted back.
"Damn your cowardice" The pres... | 2017-11-22T15:51:46 | 2017-11-22T15:36:45 | 54 | 18 |
[WP] You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | "Noooooope. No chance. No way. I'm not falling for this one again," the dragon bellowed, "I mean, seriously Dominic, how dumb do you think I am?"
"Well, first of all it's *Sir* Dominic the Bold"
"More like Sir Dominic the Dumbass for thinking that I would take care of a princess after what happened last time."
Domin... | "To my dearest Yvain
I was a dragon, strong and old stuck in a cave for a crime you should never know. How long has it been I wonder since I was out? For the last time I walked these grounds there was no town or city but forest ever so green.
This was where the magical beings stayed until the mortals arrived or so ... | 2018-03-01T04:39:40 | 2018-03-01T01:48:12 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Your spouse has the annoying habit of unexpectedly licking you. When you ask them why they do it, they always reply "just so you know it's really me." You think it's nothing but a cute joke. One day, feeling something is off, you realise your spouse hasn't done it in over three weeks. | I was packing up some of Fi's old things when suddenly it hit me.
Three weeks, four days, two hours without a lick.
It was a strange little thing, just one of those things that made Fi, well, Fi. Randomly, out of nowhere, "just to let you know it's really me."
Sometimes, it would happen in public, and people would g... | It had been three weeks since my wife last licked me. She had never gone this long without doing it. Her mood had grown grim lately too. She was distant, often avoiding me, and the scarce trade of words we had were about mundane topics like food.
I always thought it was a joke, a weird habit of hers. 'Just so you know... | 2018-04-28T20:50:43 | 2018-04-28T17:15:45 | 10,373 | 577 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "Your army is marching upon grenoble. You face a royalist regiment of two thousand men blocking your path. What do you do?"
"I bear open my breast...", Napoleon started
"Jesus Christ, dude", the DM said
"...and proclaim, 'If any man here wishes to shoot his emperor, I am here'".
The DM sighed and rolled some dice... | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | 2018-05-29T09:37:40 | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 303 | 210 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "Your army is marching upon grenoble. You face a royalist regiment of two thousand men blocking your path. What do you do?"
"I bear open my breast...", Napoleon started
"Jesus Christ, dude", the DM said
"...and proclaim, 'If any man here wishes to shoot his emperor, I am here'".
The DM sighed and rolled some dice... | “I want to roll to invade them!”
“Uh, are you sure that’s what you want to do?”
“Yes. Of course. Just let me roll.”
“Fine. Roll.”
He rolls his 20 sided die across the table. It stops directly in front of the Dungeon Master, who looks down and smirks.
“Well. You go to invade Russia. You gather your troops and march ri... | 2018-05-29T09:37:40 | 2018-05-29T07:54:52 | 303 | 36 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Mary looked at the table horrified. Another 1. That’s, what, 6 of them now? She felt desperate, it was all slipping away.
“You sure I can’t add my modifier?” she pleaded.
“We’ve been over this Mary, critical failures are critical failures,” replied Jim looking at her with pity.
“All my planning... all that time...”... | "A runner arrives with your orders. Would you like to read them out?"
"Sure." Katie unfolded the paper that Danny, the DM, just passed her. "It says that the Ruskis are carrying the guns away, and want us to stop them."
"So we charge those guns? That sounds ... dangerous."
"There's, like five-hundred guns. What are ... | 2018-05-29T09:09:55 | 2018-05-29T07:34:04 | 150 | 104 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | The voices.
The voices you hear when you unlock a new skill was wonderful. When you heard them, you could do something new.
There was the basic voice, for things most people got when they were young: "walking" "reading" "cooking". There was the mundane voice, for average adult skills: "driving" "swimming" "whistling"... | It was integrated into our societal infrastructure. There were thousands of skill trees, most undiscovered. It seemed that no matter how technologically advanced we were, there were still skill trees to be discovered and honed.
Some skill trees were abandoned, just utterly useless and others entirely taboo. Everyone c... | 2018-06-23T11:28:35 | 2018-06-23T11:22:33 | 3,495 | 348 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | I looked at the readout again. After turning 179 (take that Methuselah, ya fake bastard) I had earned another skill. One never seen before. My eyes were replaced last year with new "genetically vat grown" ones, whatever the hell that means and I'd been offered all replacement parts. But see, you don't get a new ski... | I turn 140 years old in 3 minutes. You'd think it would be a happy day for me, but it just reminds me of my loss. My kids have long since passed away and even most of their kids no longer remain. Yet here I sit, still alive despite years of drinking cheap scotch daily and having the occasional cigar.
Two minutes no... | 2018-06-23T13:18:44 | 2018-06-23T12:10:29 | 208 | 153 |
[WP] You were recently granted immortality by God. For years, you have seen immortal characters in media say that it is a curse, not a blessing. You just think those guys have been using it the wrong way. | "Seeing everyone grow old and die while you dont age, or seeing people you love, dying of sickness or disease, its agony, immortality is a curse."
"No matter how many things you try, drugs, booze, base jumping without a parachute, it all gets old. You become numb to everything and wish you could wither away like the r... | I spent my first few centuries in seclusion, sure being worshipped as a god was fun for a while but those petty mortals have no idea what it's like to live forever. I've had atleast ten generations come and go, while I keep living. The torture of getting married and watching your partner wither and grow old while you... | 2018-08-29T05:53:02 | 2018-08-29T04:09:20 | 235 | 10 |
[WP] You chant "Bloody Mary" three times in your car's side view mirror and then hit the gas laughing all the while as she sprints towards your car desperately trying to keep up.
Edit: Optional inclusion, it's the eighth time you done this. | “Pull over !” she says, as she manages to catch up to match my speed.
She’s running swiftly beside my vehicle now, travelling upwards of 55mph.
I roll the window down and say :
“It’s a cardigan, but thanks for noticing!”
I give her a friendly thumbs up as I speed off into the sunset. | Steve had the perfect idea... he would chant “Bloody Mary” three times in his car’s side view mirror. It would be hilarious, he thought. He imagined her hopelessly sprinting toward the car trying to keep up with him and laughed himself silly. After he chanted the words into the mirror with a big smile, he heard a voice... | 2018-10-01T15:22:26 | 2018-10-01T13:41:16 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with.
credit to r/Debdub10 for thinking of the idea | Planetary conquest had a tried and true method. No matter how advanced, primitive, or psychic it had never once failed in the 10 thousand years it had been practiced. You went in, killed 80% of the population, put the rest in camps with only spoons for food and you harvested the planet for all it was worth. Sure, some ... | The entire point was to develop more empathy by furthering understanding of ourselves.
Some people are hard on others because they had a harder or more competitive life themselves, not always but some. I wanted everyone to start becoming more understanding of their situation so they could understand others eventually ... | 2018-10-11T12:03:42 | 2018-10-11T11:17:31 | 69 | 11 |
[WP] Most teens have breakouts of acne; you have it far worse. You have breakouts of ACME. This is the third anvil which dropped from the sky this week, and you're getting annoyed.
You don't have to keep to the three anvils thing. I was more or less just coloring the idea with that detail. | *Mother fucker* I thought to myself.
If it weren't for being so broke I'd be dead. Chasing the nickel I dropped kept me just out of the war path of a 1200kg blacksmiths anvil screeching toward the ground at terminal velocity. ACME embossed in large bold letters on the cold cast iron. Usually I'd let it roll away.
*T... | My heart can't be repaired. It's torn and worn in three different places. I've listened to Eliot Smith on repeat, and the pain perpetuates. She's there. Right in front of me. But I can't bring myself to say anything. It hurts to look at her, but I can't stop. I see a future, and I don't. I'm a mess. At least I was.
T... | 2018-12-21T19:45:12 | 2018-12-21T14:57:59 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] In 1,000 years, fantasy stories will be set in this era. Write a fantasy story set in the 21st century from the viewpoint of someone living 1,000 years from now.
Based on a post on r/showerthoughts | 'What empire was the largest in the history of the world?'
'The British empire'
'What was the name of Horatio Nelsons warship that he used in Trafalgar?'
'The Victory'
'What has a greater landmass, Great Britain or the United Kingdom'
'Fuck!'
'That isn't an answer Miss Greenham.' The inquisitor said in the... | Aaliyah hitched her shorts, purse tucked beneath her arm, carefully making her way over the rough gravel roads. A beautiful raced past, with a gaping sunroof and windows glinting in the sunlight. A magnificent beast stood arched on the hood. Aaliyah sighed; sometimes she dreamed of that. She was but a simple girl, atte... | 2018-12-25T03:34:13 | 2018-12-25T03:19:47 | 58 | 43 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | "John?"
"Yes, Jenny?"
"Open the door."
"No. I heard the announcement."
"What ann- what are you talking about?"
I knew it. Playing dumb. That's exactly what these things do. Every time.
"I know what you are. You can't fool me!"
"John, for gods sake nothing is happening. Just unbolt the door."
"I saw the helicop... | For the first time since specifically choosing the dark mottled glass that we fit into the front door, I regret it. We pondered over everything in the house for so long I thought we would never make any decisions, but it was the one thing we both agreed on instantly. One of the few joyous moments I can remember from th... | 2019-01-12T08:39:18 | 2019-01-12T06:51:06 | 38 | 25 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | "John?"
"Yes, Jenny?"
"Open the door."
"No. I heard the announcement."
"What ann- what are you talking about?"
I knew it. Playing dumb. That's exactly what these things do. Every time.
"I know what you are. You can't fool me!"
"John, for gods sake nothing is happening. Just unbolt the door."
"I saw the helicop... | A chill rushed through my spine as the front wheel of my shopping cart squeaked. The store was busy when I had arrived but a lot of people had just cleared out. I gathered the last few items I needed and hurried to the check out. Ally was waiting in the car and I knew she was going to complain about how long I had been... | 2019-01-12T08:39:18 | 2019-01-12T07:02:27 | 38 | 21 |
[WP] You are an alien whose race sees in ultraviolet and whose voice is extremely low-pitched. Humans appear as terrifying eldritch abominations with pitch-black eyes who make black speech.
EDIT: Apparently these things also have the power to elevate Reddit accounts to all-new heights of Karma in under 24 hours. We m... | Terrans
In the entirety of space, there is no planet more terrifying then Earth. The species speak in tones barely reached by any other and are of sizes that are barely imaginable for us. The intelligent species of this world called hoo-man are considered to be so utterly terrifying that when the first contact was mad... | "Sp-p-ace ship mall function," our alien leader, Zoorog, computed. "Landing to Earth."
​
And with a thud, the metal vessel clambered unto a strange new planet. I would try to tell you what they looked like, but I only have a textbook reference. Humans- homo sapiens.
​
What we can see on Earth... | 2019-06-30T08:46:32 | 2019-06-30T00:50:30 | 71 | 35 |
[WP] You are a hitman who has just finished their most recent job. Or, at least, thought had finished, because the second you take your eyes off your target’s corpse, you hear “Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one.” | The groan from behind Jim sent chills up his spine. Not a chance did he survive, it was point blank to the back with a shotgun.
"Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one." The target, a man with a slight build and a pale face is now suddenly in front of him smiling. The gaping hole in his chest behind to stitch itself... | I stared in horror at the... *thing* before me. I watched as the once small, limp form of a child stood up and began examining his blood soaked hoodie.
“Damn, so that’s what it’s like getting shot through the heart?” He muttered as he rubbed the exact spot where my bullet had pierced through his chest. “I mean, it’s k... | 2019-08-29T20:06:05 | 2019-08-29T19:35:39 | 245 | 59 |
[WP] Whenever you saw a dead animal in the road, you'd say a little prayer and send them to Heaven. Upon your death, you arrive in Heaven and are immediately swarmed with 1000's of various critters delighted to see you. You hear a booming voice cry out with irritation, "This is YOUR fault." | "Be at peace."
My Mom always said this small prayer any time we would see an animal in the road. No matter dog, rat, deer, snake, raccoon, or the smallest bird that no one would think twice about. If there was a poor little creature which had its life cut short by some person who was too busy rushing through their own... | The voice echoes in my ears long after it rumbles like tumultuous thunder in the sky. The swarm of happy beasts surrounding me suddenly parts to allow a pack of three dogs to walk towards me.
I do not remember their faces, but a sudden lurching feeling in my stomach tells me I have known them. Like some of the animal... | 2019-09-02T23:59:04 | 2019-09-02T22:50:43 | 2,636 | 346 |
[WP] Your latest assignment is to write an essay extensively detailing how a great historical tragedy could have been avoided entirely. Your professor skims through each paper as he collects them. One stops him. "Yes, that's it. Good, I'll try that this time." He then jogs out of the room. | 8 AM. I hate getting up in the mornings.
I hate classes. College would be awesome if there weren't any classes. Hanging with friends, going to Taco Bell at 2 in the morning, that would be the life.
But classes are the worst. My least favorite is definitely my history class. 10:10, and my professor sucks. He doesn't c... | "Yes, that's it! Good I'll try that this time" Professor Hamlet said
It was my assignment he was looking at, it was about how to stop 9/11, i just really threw an idea that i thought could work in theory.
"What do you mean" almost the entire class said simultaneously.
"Oh if it works, it wont matter to you" Hamlet s... | 2019-10-03T19:28:49 | 2019-10-03T14:30:56 | 70 | 47 |
[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | The dark lord sits on his throne. He looks...amused? Why does he look amused? I have a gun pointed at his head. His hands are empty. I could put six shots through his right eye before he reached half way to his weapon. And he knows that. So what is so funny?
"So you've come hero. But before you kill me, please explain... | The kid looks about 10.
With large, round eyes and long, silvery hair, it is easy to recognize her lineage. The girl would grow into a fine beauty, provided she survives all of this.
And then the absurdity of this hits me, and I burst into laughter. An incredulous, almost maniacal laugh:
"You have a granddaughter? ... | 2019-12-11T22:07:01 | 2019-12-11T20:13:37 | 39 | 21 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | I stepped out of the door, carrying the broken body of the villain before my chest. The former hostages stumbled behind me into the daylight, some still under shock, some relieved, all disbelieving of what just had happened. I stumbled under the weight of the corpse and had to set it down at the bottom of the stairs le... | Shit. She couldn't believe it. Which one of her fellow heroes had written it? Her stomach sank. Didn't they understand? She was born with the ability, and had trained through trials and sufferings that many of them could not imagine, no matter how tragic their backstory. The very same power that gave her her abilities ... | 2020-02-25T14:36:55 | 2020-02-25T12:17:21 | 151 | 66 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | "Hey," said Excellar, or Antony when he wasn't wearing the suit.
I looked up from my work to see him standing in the doorway with a dark look on his face. "Hey, Tony. What's up?" I looked him over and knew, as always, thirteen things I could say that would make him start weeping like the child that, at our hearts, ... | The pavement where Adrian just stood was no more than moon craters and plasma at this point. Overseer sharpened his gaze as he, almost effortlessly, levitated toward the remnants of the Starbucks in the corner of 5th and Jayton.
"Nice manouver, kid. But you can't protect all of them."
He was right. The psychotic ba... | 2020-02-25T16:08:43 | 2020-02-25T14:34:20 | 78 | 53 |
[WP] You were born with the ability to know what is buried beneath your feet. You have worked for years with geologists finding lost cities and treasures. Today is the first time you have ever said “We should not dig here.” | "We've got a missing person, and just found their vehicle off the 65, get your hind parts in gear!" Detective Sanders barked at me. Why today... why this case... It could've been any other job, and I would've been thrilled to have him yell at me like that. Perhaps thrilled is the wrong description, but at the least I k... | For literal years I've been helping these geologists find crap that they don't even study. They just take a few pictures of it or they take the samples to some third-world-museum in America only to be archived.
I always cooperated with them, because without cooperation, Murphy's Law kicks in. But this time... this tim... | 2020-04-04T22:21:15 | 2020-04-04T18:10:26 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] Every time there is a thunderstorm your father ushers you inside and waits on the porch with his gun, your mother says he's just gone a bit crazy after the war, but you've seen what lurks in the clouds too. | "Get inside, Aaron. Don't worry, everything's gonna be fine, I've gotta make sure we're safe."
He does this every time. Stands outside as the thunder rages overhead. Thunderstorms are dangerous on Venus, but I never really understood how he thought a shotgun would help. My mother didn't either. Still doesn't. She just... | Sarah was only seven the day the clouds bled. She didn't remember it so well anymore, except the water that fell was slick like oil and Mom didn't even try to scrub it out of her frock; Mom burned those red stained polka-dots as if cotton was easy to come by. Sarah remembered how the grass around their hilltop home had... | 2020-05-04T07:03:34 | 2020-05-04T06:44:45 | 96 | 35 |
[WP] There is a species famous for shutting themselves in Virtual Reality, living their lives in fake worlds, this planet should be easy to invade, your masters said, turns out, a lot of members of that species have been spending their entire time in realistic combat simulations. | “What news from the front lines, admiral?”
“My liege. It’s…it's not going well.”
The emperor turned from the viewport. "What?"
The admiral exchanges nervous glances with his fellow officers, “Sire. It’s been a bloodbath. Our casualties now number in the tens of millions. The humans are…winning.”
The emperor storme... | “End simulation!” I shout. The VR robot I had been sparring with shuts down and disappears instantly. In VR you dont sweat. Or feel hot. In the real world robots take care of us, they feed us, and ensure our vitals are within normal parameters. I walk out of the sparring room. And look at my last set level. “Level 27” ... | 2020-12-25T08:34:21 | 2020-12-25T08:14:18 | 484 | 83 |
[WP] Music has played a special part in war for centuries, since it literally powers up soldiers that hear it. You are a rebel fighting an invading army, but you have a secret weapon. Your people just created heavy metal. | To the distinguished Master of Human Combat Resonance,
I would like to congratulate you on your success at the Gates. I was indeed worried to hear of the enemys' howling whistles. Such haunted shrieks are sure to bring dread and paranoia, especially within those cracked mountains. But while hallucinations and fear can... | Our rebel forces had been driven underground by the invading army, forcing us to hide out in the sewer and subway network to regroup and think of a way to put a stop to these invaders once and for all. I hadn't been paying much attention to the fight, though it was important to my people that we remained free from tyra... | 2021-01-01T00:59:53 | 2020-12-31T23:45:21 | 152 | 12 |
[WP]: No other intelligent, spacefaring life form knows the concept of sunk cost fallacy. For most of them, wars can be ended simply by presenting their capability for further war, and the weaker one yields. Humans, however, will take anyone on out of pure spite. | The shrieks filled the small war room. Not the sound of a tortured individual or the cries of a defeated foe, begging for mercy. These shrieks were the kind of shrieks of a pure, primal frustration. The Dresk has shown that they had a capacity to make war in a way the humans could never match. They didn't have the indu... | “I don’t understand,” the Thulian Emissary said, sighing and shaking its head with disbelief. “You have been defeated. We have destroyed your militaries. We have destroyed your cities. I have shown you over and over what will happen if you continue this war. It is finished. Surrender and become part of our empire. Surr... | 2021-01-18T21:29:13 | 2021-01-18T18:30:23 | 1,963 | 375 |
[WP] While walking home you spot a strange looking lizard caught in some plastic. You decide to free the poor creature. Freed the lizard spreads out a pair of wings and begins to happily fly around before landing on your shoulder. It’s seems you have made a new dragon friend. | "Ow." I winced as four sets of sharp claws found their perch on my shoulder. The little dragon settled down, resting his head in the crook of my neck. I strained my eyes to look over at him.
He was about the size of a ferret, maybe--I hadn't had many pets growing up, and he was smaller than a cat, but not by much. I r... | I decided to call him “Cheese” since the wrapper he was caught in happened to be a cheese wrapper. He seemed to like it because he batted his wings a bit every time I said it.
I decided I would take Cheese back home and call my best friend, Jill, to come and see him. She thought I was high at first, but when she walked... | 2021-06-17T19:01:30 | 2021-06-17T18:42:04 | 45 | 11 |
[WP] A lighthouse keeper begins to suspect the lighthouse is up to something besides warning boats of the rocky shores. | **A Recountance of the Lancaster Lighthouse**
**November 23, 1821**
*It is on this day, this very day, with the waves of winter beginning to swell and my breath beginning to show in the air, that I must begin my recountance of the happenings of the Lancaster Lighthouse.*
*Fear. That is the motivation for these small... | Jared peered out into the dark vista, his binoculars dialed in to the max. He saw a small vessel piloting dangerously close to the rocky reef. Flipping on the lighthouse lamp, he focused the beam on the craft and its obstacle. With its increased vision, the craft was able to navigate its way safely to shore.
The ligh... | 2022-02-21T11:01:03 | 2022-02-21T09:22:43 | 36 | 14 |
[WP] "As payment, I demand your firstborn!" the demon said. "Deal!" You said, hastily signing the contract to seal the deal. "Good luck with them, sucker!" | I handed over my twins. Ever since they were born, they were a pain in my butt. From biting my nipples to crawling all over my belly, not caring that I was exhausted. I couldn't sleep, their cries keeping me awake for hours on end.
Their dad buggered off after the deed, I don't even know if he knows I had got pregnan... | 'See, the secret was to make deals with different TYPES of demons. That way, none of them realized his soul was already offered up. I know how this sounds but listen, you know how demons are, this is going to go into litigation for years. If all goes well, my son, Johna, can live an ordinary life and die before they ev... | 2022-08-31T13:37:03 | 2022-08-31T11:22:01 | 579 | 210 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | It was 4:45 in the afternoon and I knew I was going to be late but I really wanted to finish the documentary. It was called “A brief History: The Extra-Capable”. Brief History was my favorite channel, most of what they covered was relevant and sometimes even useful.
Apparently by their latest counts there’s over a bi... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T00:16:04 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 49 | 11 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | The three heroes slammed open the door behind the bakery, leaving several badly beaten workers crumpled on the floor. Some of them weren't moving. "Hey 1, should we call an ambulance or something? They dont look too good." 1 scoffed. "Absolutely not. They got what was coming to them, 2. They should have thought abo... | *This time* it had to work. It couldn't be like that time the duct tape broke in the torture chamber, releasing the bar that kept Doctor KingKitty from morphing into her feline form and escaping. Or like the time my blaster cannon had no ammo while I finally had WhipWorm in the scope. And most certainly never like the ... | 2022-11-28T23:57:38 | 2022-11-28T14:15:34 | 34 | 18 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | C-list was a comfortable position. I hardly ever had to put much work into the villainy aspect, so I got so focus more on my personal business. And, It meant I got to be a little bit goofy, which is always fun. For the most part, the heroes I ended up facing were kind, helpful, and sweet. I even kept in contact with a ... | Ay-Ay-Ron ☑️
^(@officialmrsens8tional)
@fenixfire_herotv isn't this that chump villain you talk about? `https://op-ed.metropost.co...`
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> Dear Heroes,
>
> Yesterday, a group of superpowered thugs caused an incident at the Little-Big Cheese restaurant. After what must have been too many drinks, one of t... | 2022-11-29T08:15:42 | 2022-11-29T07:39:34 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | He didn't dare to believe his eyes as he stared down at the smoldering corpse of the hero at his feet. This was the vaunted hero? In rotted leather armor and bearing a chipped sword? Surely his Lord's carefully planned traps, expertly trained minions and artfully designed mazes gathered over these past 7 years since th... | It was big enough that even us grunts on level one heard about it. And believe me, we don’t hear about much. The most exciting thing that’s happened to us in the past year is the time a blobby on level three went rogue and killed a couple of wolves. But we started hearing whispers that something big was coming. A hero ... | 2014-09-03T12:27:33 | 2014-09-03T12:17:20 | 241 | 54 |
[WP] You happen across a magic lamp, and bring out the Genie. Your first wish back-fires, and you're pretty sure the Genie did it on purpose. Use your next two wishes to teach him a lesson. | "You don't understand.", said the genie, smirking."You can ask for more wishes, but I don't have to accept those wishes, since they are not valid wishes." His smile now stretched from ear to ear. I gritted my teeth. When I had set out to find a genie, I had read the Quran, which had the first stories about these beings... | "Ok smart ass, you know damn well I didn't want all the cats in the world to be crazy about me. Look at my yard? Cats everywhere! And the noise! Did they all have to be in heat?"
"You wanted them to desire you." he sneered.
"Not fucking cats!!" I was furious. I walked over and slammed the window to block out the madd... | 2014-10-20T07:31:52 | 2014-10-20T05:07:31 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] An adventurer reaches the end of an epic quest only to be presented with two options; he may keep his life or learn the truth. | Days of following little clues had led me here.
I hadn't slept in weeks. I was reminded of when my twins would alternate keeping me and Laura up at night for weeks on end.
I sighed.
I stared at the computer screen. It was Laura's work laptop. I realized that I had never actually used it without her.
I spent the ne... | It's strange, you know? I thought that reaching the end would actually be the end of it all. I thought it would be the last time I traveled to a foreign place and dealt with danger. I thought that death would be far from me. I thought that I would have more options presented to me.
But, instead, I'm presented with tw... | 2014-10-22T10:17:53 | 2014-10-22T10:11:06 | 147 | 12 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | I just lost my job, it was really keen, repairing King Perger's Bruntungle machine.
Then I lost my wife, and I lost my dog, I lost my most favorite porcelain frog.
There's just nothing left, but depression and rum, which I can't afford cause I'm now just a bum.
Tell my mother I'm sorry, tell my sister I'm gone, tell... | I am sad
Sad I am
Have i gone mad
I might just have
I would not could not anymore
my life is just one great big chore
I try to dream but cant escape
This life that i have learned to hate
Ive rustled and bustled
and truffled about
With bad thoughts and worse thoughts
I can't drown them out
So think me a cowa... | 2015-01-17T04:52:27 | 2015-01-17T04:21:47 | 115 | 15 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | One pill
Two pills
Red pills
Blue pills
Black pill
Blue pill
Old pill
New pill
My wrist has a little scar
Maybe I will crash my car
Say! What a lot of pills there are
Some are blue
And some are red
Don't ask me why
I will soon be dead
| Although it seems like I am happy.
My life right now is rather crappy.
Times are tough and moneys tight.
But that's OK cause it ends tonight.
I wish you well, and all the best.
I'm glad to get this off my chest.
By the time you read my one last quote.
You will realize it's my suicide note.
With love in my heart, I bi... | 2015-01-17T07:18:52 | 2015-01-17T05:25:17 | 79 | 42 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | I will not do it on a train
I will not do it on a plane
I will not do it in a house
I will not use a single mouse
I will not dangle from a cord
I will not shift a single board
I will not puddle on the floor
I will not seal a single door
I will not leave a single note
I will not hint in things I wrote
I will n... | I do not want to live this life,
I do no longer love my wife,
I do not ever see my son,
I hardly even have some fun,
Today is good, tomorrow bad,
this up and down is all I've had.
I cannot take it, Sam I was,
I cannot take it, Sam because,
this life I live is killing me,
my family wo... | 2015-01-17T11:47:28 | 2015-01-17T10:04:01 | 42 | 10 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | The time has come to say farewell,
I doubt I'll do it very well.
The skills involved I lack you see
They, like my life, were not to be.
I'll miss the sky, the purple tree, my last blue pie, my last high tea
I will not cry, I will not try, I will not swim, I will not fly
I never could, I never should,
death comes so... | I am sad
Sad I am
Have i gone mad
I might just have
I would not could not anymore
my life is just one great big chore
I try to dream but cant escape
This life that i have learned to hate
Ive rustled and bustled
and truffled about
With bad thoughts and worse thoughts
I can't drown them out
So think me a cowa... | 2015-01-17T09:07:52 | 2015-01-17T04:21:47 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | I do not like life, not one bit.
I want to find a way to quit.
I sleep all day and I sleep all night.
I really do not want to fight.
Sorry mum and sorry dad.
I really wish life wasn't so bad.
Look after the dog and after the cat.
Please take care of them when I have gone splat.
Please oh please don't le... | I am sad
Sad I am
Have i gone mad
I might just have
I would not could not anymore
my life is just one great big chore
I try to dream but cant escape
This life that i have learned to hate
Ive rustled and bustled
and truffled about
With bad thoughts and worse thoughts
I can't drown them out
So think me a cowa... | 2015-01-17T07:28:39 | 2015-01-17T04:21:47 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] The creation of the universe is like a slowly loading webpage with Earth being one of the only pieces of "loaded" content. One day, without warning, the rest of the empty universe suddenly "loads." | "Franklin! Mr. Franklin!"
Professor Jonathan Franklin looked up from the papers covering his desk at the gasping intern. "What is it?" he said irritatedly.
"There's an anomaly."
The professor groaned. He closed his notebook, saving his page with his pencil. He had been on a roll, and felt as if he was on the verge o... | I woke up after dark to the muted shattering of raindrops against my window. Chaos muffled and street lamps diffused by thick red curtains. It was eerie but strangely calming. It didn't exactly sound like chaos, imagine the sound of a peaceful riot under torrid rain behind a brick wall, a glass window covered by curtai... | 2015-02-09T13:50:50 | 2015-02-09T11:28:17 | 135 | 18 |
[WP] Write a soldier's journal entry on his first day at war. Then write his last journal entry. | Day One:
It’s nerve wracking being part of the military. The officers are terrifying. Orders are rapidly given to us. The officers know what they’re doing; they have been in many wars before, so I trust them. I’m scared because they are sending out everyone they can get as soon as possible. I have been training for th... | November 7th
A brand new notebook and I won't even be able to use it. That's what I regret most about joining the army. I had nothing else really going for me, and I thought I would at least be able to do some good in the world out here in the middle of god-knows-where. But, instead I go out and get myself shot on my ... | 2015-03-11T20:19:00 | 2015-03-11T17:58:16 | 52 | 24 |
[WP] At birth, everyone is given an object to protect that is tied directly to their life. If the object is damaged then the person is hurt, too. If the object is destroyed then the person dies. | Today is the day I become a full person. Today is my 16th birthday.
 
Today is the day my parents and I go to the Soul Vault. I've never been inside though I've heard the stories. Mountains and mountains of every object imaginable wrapped in bubble plastic. Automated scanners cataloging every item's resonanc... | Whenever a child is born, an elder divines the object that their soul joins with. It sets you out for life. It must always be with you. For once it is broken, your soul returns to the Wheel to be reborn.
My Father, he had a rock carving of a warrior. Big and strong, like the man he grew into.
My mother, a Diamond pe... | 2015-04-18T03:19:00 | 2015-04-18T01:19:14 | 67 | 38 |
[WP] At birth, everyone is given an object to protect that is tied directly to their life. If the object is damaged then the person is hurt, too. If the object is destroyed then the person dies. | My father was a violent man. He hurt many other people before he met my mother. Even after falling in love, he was still a violent man, he just kept it contained much better. When mom found out she was pregnant, both were elated. My father had one request. "If it's a boy, I select his Link. Otherwise, choose what... | I was playing ultimate frisbee when I felt like I'd been punched in the face. A few seconds later, I felt another phantom punch to my gut, and I nearly passed out.
*What did you get yourself into this time, Jeremy?*
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Let me back up for a moment. When we were born, Jeremy and I each had an avatar just like everyon... | 2015-04-18T07:25:53 | 2015-04-18T00:21:56 | 30 | 19 |
[WP]: "Don't tap on the glass, dear. It disturbs the humans." | "So what if they're disturbed, grandma?" said the boy to his grandmother.
"It's because they provide us with everything we have and they need their rest." Answered the grandmother.
"So what if they don't provide us with what we need, grandma?" said the boy
"I didn't say they provide us with what we need, I said they... | As the kid loudly tapped on the glass to get the attention from the other side, the humans were so stubborn about giving attention and time to something they didn't respectfully care for. The kid disappointingly looked at his father.
"Father," the kid asked, "why wont they just look over here. I want to get it's atten... | 2015-04-21T14:48:46 | 2015-04-21T14:47:21 | 166 | 16 |
[WP] Like in many possession horror films, a demon is attempting to mentally torment the main character. They, however, are a sociopath and are unbothered by all of it.
In every horror movie, the possessed family member does a giant guilt trip at some point. I was thinking, how would the demon respond if the character... | **"Why did you have to kill both of them?"**
"Well I would have had a witness otherwise, wouldn't I?"
**"Yeah but I'd made a deal with Alec. I could have his immortal soul if he could see all of Caroline's naked selfies from here 'til the day he died. He hadn't even seen one yet, so now his soul is lost to me."**
"I... | The man in red wakes up on the couch and finds that he can't remember the previous night's events. As he gets up he sees a dead woman on the floor in a pool of her own blood.
**KILLED HER. I MADE YOU KILL HER. YOU MURDERER. YOU KILLED HER. I MADE YOU KILL HER. YOU ARE POWERLESS TO-**
"Oh man! That blood will never... | 2015-06-04T06:52:27 | 2015-06-04T06:49:42 | 122 | 82 |
[WP] Like in many possession horror films, a demon is attempting to mentally torment the main character. They, however, are a sociopath and are unbothered by all of it.
In every horror movie, the possessed family member does a giant guilt trip at some point. I was thinking, how would the demon respond if the character... | **"Oh... Look what you did to Marcy... What will your mother think?"**
Rita knelt over her sister's mangled body, ax held loosely in her left hand. The blood splatter managed to coat most of her face and chest, so she had trouble wiping it clean from her eyes. She hesitated a moment before giving her answer.
"Yeah, I... | “A quiet, lonely Young Man in an old creaking house in the dead of a stormy night…”
The Demon takes a moment to consider his good fortune. In this post-Exorcist world, most of his kind end up back in Hell, starved to a second death without sufficient torment to feed on.
“…This will make for an easy meal. I do need ... | 2015-06-04T08:51:51 | 2015-06-04T07:14:27 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] The end of times has come. Heaven, hell, and earth are thrown in a three-way war. It's a little unfair how advanced Earth is, though. | The voices of the Arch Angel's heralds sang unto the world,'Praises be to he upon the throne of our Kingdom of Heaven, for he shall rise again, for the battle at the end of days upon the Earth! In three score and ten years, the father of Christ will return with the righteous to lead the final holy war!'
Then they sang... | Mission Report: 2408123
Subsection: Military
Unit: Beta
Officer: Lieutenant Reeves
Dear Mother,
We've moved into what's left of Venus's hell-like atmosphere. My unit was hit hard by the gasses, it took us nearly twice as long to adjust to the pressure difference as Alpha unit. Our losses have been minimal, and I'm in... | 2015-09-24T09:22:58 | 2015-09-24T07:05:34 | 52 | 17 |
[WP] You are an innkeeper in an RPG and get yelled at because sleeping there does not heal wounds. | "Do you see this??" the Lone Survivor roared, pointing to his left arm which was dangling limply at his side. There were white bones jutting out from the elbow, and trickles of dried blood had marked his forearm with black streaks.
I did my best not to vomit. "It... ugh... looks like you could use a doctor."
"I used... | "Delphine runs the inn. I cook. Ain't much else to tell."
The traveler stands in front of me, Bosmer, his eyes a deep orange. He'd come in late last night, asking for a room. I'd gladly obliged, he'd paid the fare of ten septims, and went straight to his room. There didn't seem to be any problems, and yet now his eyes... | 2016-01-05T06:13:47 | 2016-01-05T05:56:17 | 960 | 696 |
[WP] You are an innkeeper in an RPG and get yelled at because sleeping there does not heal wounds. | "Greetings travelers. Could I interest you with a room? Only 120 gil a night." I smiled cheerfully at the man who stands by the disk. That man must be a true Hero. He has that look about him. Unlike the rest of the rugged travelers.
"No. I already slept here, but my wounds haven't healed. I think there is something wr... | Title: It Always Worked Before
"I'M STILL BLEEDING OUT."
"I don't know what to tell ya I just have a bunch of beds," said the Innkeeper.
The bleeding man's agonized cries persisted. He writhed on the bed and was wearing some type of light armor. There was blood all over the bedsheets and there was a trail along t... | 2016-01-05T06:43:01 | 2016-01-05T06:08:46 | 113 | 35 |
[WP] Scientists are now able to recreate a person's last sentence before they died, leading to thousands of solved murder cases. However, one victim's last words leave detectives baffled. | *"What the hell does that mean?"* demanded the old detective, taking another puff from his cigar. *"I mean, not only is this not a murder investigation, but I don't even see the relevance in that phrase!"*
*"We called you here because once we heard his last words we weren't sure what to think! We thought it might be i... | All was quiet at 6am in the station. I was the only one there. I stayed here eagerly waiting on Johnson to return. Johnson had gone to Chicago to retrieve the results of the test.
The test was in it's early stages, with a few minor glitches with the system in forms of grammar and spelling.
But today it was finally read... | 2016-02-07T18:59:13 | 2016-02-07T17:28:21 | 136 | 20 |
[WP] Create a story where the characters live in a world where something is fundementally different with reality and leave the reader to guess what it is. For example: entropy is reversed, gravity goes sideways, all people can read minds, etc. | Angela looked up to find a familiar face approaching the park bench.
"Mom," said Angela. "How did you find me here?"
Angela's mother ignored her question and reached in for a hug. Angela exhaled slowly and hugged back.
"Are you OK?" her mother asked, taking a seat next to her.
"I'm fine, Mom," she answered, looki... | "Honestly I don't see what the big deal is," Marie said as she drummed her fingers along the side of the table. It had taken forever to put it together, and it was so covered in coasters that the wood on the top was hidden. It was her table though, and very important to her. "Worst comes to worst you and I can just go ... | 2016-02-18T10:16:31 | 2016-02-18T08:19:49 | 166 | 91 |
[WP][NSFW]When someone masturbates,the person they masturbate to feels it as well. | It's weird. As we have evolved as humans, our capacity for empathy continued to increase, until eventually we could feel each other's emotional responses as they were happening. Despite the years of mandatory training, there is still the occasional story of a man or woman dying shortly after feeling the death of their ... | I got a call from a friend who invited me over to her house to talk about something. I've accepted to come, but I have been feeling very awkward about it. I mean, she does look a little good, but I'm not sure if I do like her - talking about it is too awkward and embarrassing, and...nevermind about that.
I arrive, say... | 2016-03-12T07:49:14 | 2016-03-12T07:22:16 | 83 | 14 |
[WP]If you murder someone, your jail sentence is as long as their remaining life would have been. | "I plead guilty, Your Honor," I told the courtroom, earning gasps and whispers. "I killed her. Six milligrams of Aconitum directly into her left arm."
"Well, I suppose I should thank your honesty. That saves us some time-"
"What kind of sick bastard murders his own sister?" a voice cut in from the crowd. Several othe... | I sit in the dock awaiting my sentence. I know I should be afraid, or at least nervous but to be honest I am looking forward to going back to prison. Life was tough on the outside. Work was impossible to find for an ex con with a lingering heroine habit picked up on the inside, so I had found myself on the streets. Whe... | 2016-05-29T08:24:25 | 2016-05-29T07:49:15 | 802 | 83 |
[WP] It's hard to describe the concept of sight to a blind person. An alien with many sensory organs tries to describe one of their extra senses to you. | "So you can *sense* time?"
"I believe that is a simple and accurate explanation. Yes."
The assembly of scientists didn't quite know how to react to this. Some slowly nodded their heads as if they understood. One of the younger members of the group couldn't quite swallow this information.
"I have been alive for 26 ye... | <Stop> the tinny voice of the alien’s translator crackled. I wasn’t quite sure what I was doing that I *could* stop. I tried to stop staring at the point on the far side of the conference room. It didn’t seem to calm the alien at all. I desperately hoped that the ambassador would return soon. He’d know what ... | 2016-06-11T22:15:31 | 2016-06-11T19:50:21 | 71 | 19 |
[WP] You're the last person on earth - but thank god Pokemon Go still functions! You amuse yourself by catching Pokemon as you travel so as to not feel so isolated and alone. One day, on your screen, you see in the distance that someone has set up a lure.
Courtesy of corvidaedream on Tumblr | It had been months since I'd last seen another human being. Things were getting colder now, the lack of movement and body heat on the earth, coupled with the sudden abundance of plants would do that, I suppose. It was strange, despite the world as we know it having ended, some parts of the internet still functioned. I ... | I head out at sun rise every morning, today was no different. My bag packed with the usual 6 spare batteries, water, sandwiches and trail nuts. The game was become tiring I'd completed my collection months ago and with no one to contest my gyms Valor was everywhere. all I seemed to do was swap out lower CP pokés for th... | 2016-09-05T09:05:26 | 2016-09-05T06:15:42 | 141 | 58 |
[WP] Your father is an eccentric billionaire who has dedicated his entire fortune to the ultimate prank - convincing you that you are a wizard. All of your friends and family are in on it, but there's just one problem: You actually do have magic powers. | Fingers clinking with golden rings, a lion head on the middle one. The cigar in my mouth hot smoking vanilla tobacco like an endless chimney, cuban mixed, worth more than half the ornaments in Daddy's mansion. I kicked his office door shut, it sealed with a shake that vibrated the stone walls. "You're late," he said.
... | The funeral started a procession and ended a pageantry. A shame Father missed it, for no doubt it would have amused him greatly. Sadly, though present, he was not alive to witness it. The scenes were lifted straight from a sitcom script: Beckett and Alistair pulling me away from the coffin, Mother shaking her head off ... | 2016-12-05T12:08:33 | 2016-12-05T11:41:50 | 194 | 121 |
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