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[WP] The gods send their angels and demons down to Earth to fight the alien ghost zombies and robotic vampires being controlled by an AI overlord. | The director looked down at the script then up at the author. "I can't believe I agreed to direct this thing without reading it first. I barely know where to begin. I guess I can handle multiple gods and their angels and demons. I can do a robotic vampire controlled by AI. But 'alien ghost zombies' doesn't even make se... | Once upon a time, in a land far away there was an army of alien ghost zombies and robot vampires. Now usually alien ghost zombies and robot vampires just like to sip tea and pass the day pleasantly, carousing and strolling on the sun dappled promenade, but unfortunately it seemed their innocent lives of quiet leisure w... | 2014-09-06T03:08:47 | 2014-09-06T01:01:44 | 274 | 40 |
[WP] You are an assassin. You don't use explosives, guns, or poison. You are a master of the butterfly effect. | It’s a curse, you know.
Being able to see patterns like I do is absolute hell on earth. Tennis ball. Thimble. Tree branch. Thermostat. Tie pin. Figures it’s a Thursday. It’s always ‘t’s on Thursday. I glance at my watch. *13:00*. That’s a good time.
The little girl passes my park bench on her bike. She looks like a T... | Mortimer R. van Haarenburg, Mort for short, was hugely talented and he was a killer. A very good one. An assassin to be exact. There are only two kinds of assassins, he always said. The old ones and the dead ones. When you just started killing you couldn't call yourself an assassin. You were a troublemaker, an urchin. ... | 2017-03-19T22:06:20 | 2017-03-19T16:36:36 | 154 | 89 |
[WP]The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus still inside every single human. Centuries in the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don't stay dead easily. | …
They came in waves. At night, swift, they rolled into the towns and cities first, ready to strike these alien lifeforms down in one fell swoop.
What could go wrong?
These strangers were so soft, so fragile, no danger to the superior strength and build of the Rh'a. They wouldn't know what hit them, and soon, the pl... | Garn saluted smartly, clawed fist slamming into his thickly armored chest.
“Sir, the Terrans have landed under fire, several ships have been downed, but a dozen made it to their LZ.”
Garn paused to gauge his commanders posturing. An angry response was expected so Garn would need to be ready to defend himself. He wa... | 2019-08-28T11:09:58 | 2019-08-28T11:00:06 | 353 | 168 |
[WP] The apocalypse scenario of your choice has happened and you are the last person alive. Electricity and the internet are still running. As a last ditch effort you take to /r/askreddit, "Is there anybody else out there?" Weeks later, you receive a single upvote, but no reply...
I once read an article that said ther... | Joseph sat down, checking the depths of the internet for any signs of human life. Surely somebody had to be out there, trying to communicate, trying to survive, but despite the enormous amount of data on the internet, it was barren of life. Nothing since 29th November, 2015, the last flash to hit.
He stood up from th... | They're here. They're at my doors, my windows, they're everywhere, they're trying to get in, I have all the entrances boarded up, though they won't last long. Oh well, it's not like I have anything left. The only thing keeping me on this world is the human instinct to survive, I came close to just ending it but was alw... | 2014-10-14T17:32:09 | 2014-10-14T17:30:49 | 78 | 22 |
[WP] The alien invaders were confident. Their personal shield tech had withstood all enemies and types of energy weapons. Then they landed on Earth and found the shield's fatal flaw: Solid Projectiles. | Nearly all species follow a similar trajectory in their evolution of warfare: first, you hit something. Then you find a more efficient way of hitting it. Eventually you realize the most efficient way to hit something is by removing the mass from that equation and using pure energy. This was what the Twii had planned fo... | It’s … ironic to say the least. Our tools have not advanced in the last 5 thousand years, not really anyway, and yet …. we survived.
All we have ever done was throw pointy stuff at things. It began with rocks, then spears, then arrows, cannons, guns, machine guns, rail guns…
Sure, we learned that it’s possible to us... | 2022-07-23T07:31:27 | 2022-07-23T06:46:21 | 600 | 127 |
[WP] The "grim and gritty" re-boot of a beloved children's television show goes horribly, horribly wrong. Or perhaps horribly right. | It's a cold, heavy night on the Street. The kind of night that makes a man feel like the world reached it's hand up inside his guts and started pulling him in every direction. The kind of night that makes you wonder if that filthy Grouch who gets himself piss drunk in the gutter might be onto something.
The wind is ... | I found Wheeler in a cheap brothel just outside New York, draped all over a blonde hair blue eyed woman. With his hair buzzed to almost nothing and even more scars running down his arms and face I barely recognized him. Except for the ring, that even after all this time he hadn't gotten rid of.
When we made eye conta... | 2015-12-09T15:09:04 | 2015-12-09T14:57:59 | 76 | 18 |
[WP] Create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" with an infinite loop. Bonus points for working as many choices into the outcome as possible. | And now everyone, gather around for the home version of everybody's favorite game show:
# INCREMENT THE NUMBER!
Now you, too, can follow the thrilling and chilling thrills and chills of the famous TV game show! Re-live the excitement as you reach unbelievably high numbers like 40 or even 50!
[What are you waiting f... | 1.You awake from sleep lying in a bed, you:
2.Get out of bed
-go to 4
3.Go back to sleep
-go to 1
4.After an exhausting day of doing _____, a nice rest seems ideal.
-go to 1
I would love to see someone add on to this to make possible choices for an entire daily routine; ... | 2015-03-11T11:06:17 | 2015-03-11T08:45:13 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] You’re a ghost who can somehow still touch objects. However, you do not do anything with this. Until one day you accidentally catch a pencil someone throws at their friend, leading everyone to believe that friend has superpowers. Feeling awkward, you decide to hang around and keep up the act. | The first one was an accident; The ghost had been floating around an elementary school, with no real purpose in mind, and he crossed into the path of an airborne pencil. It stuck in his ectoplasm, seemingly suspended in mid air to those still living, and the ghost turned to see a small boy with his hand in the air -pre... | Lenny sat morosely in the desk at the rear\-right corner of the room. The desk was covered in carvings of anatomy and phone numbers. He rested his head in his hand and stared at Mr. Woodkind at the front of the class.
Lenny slapped a passing fly to the ground.
Mr. Woodkind did the same history lecture, six times a da... | 2018-05-24T19:28:31 | 2018-05-24T19:06:26 | 180 | 63 |
[WP] Aliens: Wow, it’s been a while since we last visited.You seem advanced but not rea-WHOAH, WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE TO WOLVES!? | "That's a long story that we don't really know much about. Wolves just sort of gravitated towards us and now we raise them like family members."
"But no wolf should have a snout like that!"
"Yeah... Some people are dicks who thought it was cool to breed them into weird shapes. Poor things."
"But... Wolves ate people... | Oh...
The furry community........ uh...... just ignore them. Yeah this place is a shitshow. People don’t vaccinate, people think climate change is a joke, the permafrost is releasing ancient diseases, Japan is still making tentacle garbage, and the USA has had multiple shootings this year and the Media is blaming it on... | 2019-08-07T20:24:35 | 2019-08-07T19:57:20 | 50 | 10 |
[WP] Throughout a persons life, they are given a hidden guardian. A creature that watches over their lifespan. When someone is murdered, the creature haunts the killer. You have been found, murdered. And your guardian is loose. | Twenty five years.
Twenty five years she laughed. She lived. She was kind. Certainly far from perfect, but she was kind.
Twenty five years. And there were so many more ahead. There should have been.
But he made a decision.
I've been watching him. I watched him that morning. That cool, crisp morning when she'd been... | Vince stood from his kneeling position, patting his hands off on his coat. Before him was a positively destroyed wall, and another beyond it, and another...
Beyond all of those broken walls was a corpse, laying in the living room of one of the nearby ground-floor apartments. Policemen swarmed the building, as did conf... | 2016-06-18T07:59:42 | 2016-06-18T07:59:23 | 83 | 30 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | A skinny man stands at a podium in front of hundreds of representatives from different countries. Brushing the long dreaded hair from his face revealing his bloodshot eyes.
"uhhhh Everyone, this is uhhhh Greg Brooks" says President Obama "it seems that he has stopped Daesh from their antics and quelled most of the ma... | A man in a white tee-shirt, dust covered jeans, and a hat plops down into a recliner and turns on his television and begins switching through channels until he comes to the news.
The images on screen were like it was straight out of a dream. Or a nightmare depending on where a person was from. It showed members of th... | 2016-01-29T10:11:13 | 2016-01-29T07:13:23 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] A Evil villain runs a tropical resort/business as a cover up on his island. However, he finds that the cover up is more profitable then his evil ventures and so he switches. His arch nemesis doesn't know this and constantly tears apart the place. | *^^^ding*
The elevator doors opened up
"There seems to also be a shortage of towels in building E and the toilets in the auditorium are and I quote 'unresponsive'" she said in a flat British accent as she boarded the Elevator with a man in a polo shirt
"How can toilets be unresponsive Sandra? they either work or th... | *Mr. Nightbringer, the appraiser for the death ray has arrived.*
I pressed the button on the intercom. "Thank you, Stacy. Send him in."
The doors to my new built office opened and a short man dressed all in black walked in. He was wearing sunglasses, which he immediately took off. The man looked me up and down and ... | 2016-08-10T20:09:17 | 2016-08-10T20:07:02 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | "OUCH!" I yell as I fly about a mile through the forest I had baited DooDoo the Clown, Lord of Death and Disease into fighting me in. I wipe some blood from my lip and look at the trail of broken trees charting my path through the forest.
Yea it's pissed, I think to myself. Granted calling it DooDoo the Clown didn't h... | I'm gasping for breath, knees, palms and iPod shuffle on the floor. Somehow, I find the energy to look up.
There stands Suc Kon, a delinquent who dropped out of Spawt Eefy, school for the auditarily attenuated. He now wants to eat all the music in the world.
Me - I didn't realize you'd gotten this powerful...
Suc - ... | 2022-05-17T10:18:44 | 2022-05-17T10:01:07 | 66 | 15 |
[WP] You live in an uber-religious society in 3543, and the biggest historical discovery has just been made. It is a video, and will be broadcast across the world. No one knows it's contents, and no one can stop the broadcast once it begins. "history of the entire world, i guess" by bill wurtz. | "He said that we lived on a rock floating in space" my close friend Derek breathed into the phone, aghast. "Yes, but he also said the sun used to be a deadly laser. Clearly it is fake, the work of evil. His Holiness would never turn the life giving sun into such an item". I heard my friend press the tape recorder again... | It was Satan, of course. Only the eternal trickster could ever conceive of such madness, such insanity. The High Priest was quick to express his disappointment that the expedition had resulted in failure. Like last year, with the bones of animals too big for this blessed Earth. Satan was always there, making up his sto... | 2018-10-08T02:25:28 | 2018-10-08T00:38:56 | 767 | 481 |
[WP]God returns to earth, but is shocked and baffled to discover humanity's existence. Turns out we're an unexpected side effect to the real reason earth was created. | "I- I don't know, Lucifer. I don't know what happened."
"You did the best you could. Another round?"
"Yeah, sure, I like this stuff. What is it?"
"Whisky. Fermented grain mash."
"I don't remember creating it. I don't think I would make something like this."
"Well, you didn't, not really. The humans were the ones t... | "Oh you did not" huffed Joel. Joel was being incredulous.
"Joel, you're being incredulous."
"You've been looking for an excuse to use that word all day."
I had been looking for an excuse.
"Doesn't mean you're not."
"Fine, fine. So. You honestly left the oven on while you were on holiday? And your house is ... | 2014-11-09T14:59:12 | 2014-11-09T13:53:08 | 367 | 82 |
[WP] You're immortal and have passed the 'hero' phase centuries ago. You enter a small corner shop one day to find it is owned by your millennia-old arch-nemesis. You really, really need milk though. | "Fucking splendid" - I said, having poured the cereal into the bowl before realizing the carton of milk in my fridge was more sour than everything I've tasted over the couple of years I've lived.
It's been almost a month since the last time I walked outside. My housekeeper usually does all the grocery but she's on an ... | "Morning Nomostro" I say to him, not entirely cheerful, but lacking any animosity.
'Mornin' Timanus' he replies, with a mirthful grin. He knows I hate being called that now.
"C'mon Norm, we've been over this like 200 years now, I go by Thomas"
'Well that's convenient, because I have a tab for a Timanus that still o... | 2021-07-18T20:53:08 | 2021-07-18T20:35:51 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | It was 11:56am, on the 6th of November, 2018. The family had gathered around, Uncle Leon and his boyfriend David, my Mum and most importantly; my sister.
My Uncle had been given ***COLLECTOR*** and spent the majority of his life as a Tax Collector, in and out of offices and working with Trackers for the New Earth Gove... | Tick tock
I had hoped, at one time, that my number would be big. After all who would want to be one of those poor kids, they who turn 18 and find their actual age written between beneath their thumb. Can you imagine the parents as they count down the days, not knowing when it will come, just that it will hang over the... | 2017-03-16T02:18:58 | 2017-03-16T00:57:55 | 212 | 63 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Michael,
We were both graduating. I understand, and it was easier for us to just go our own separate ways. I wanted to say something, but rejection hurts more than leaving questions unasked. It wouldn't have worked anyway.
I loved how you call me Katherine instead of Katie. Everyone else called me Katie, even though... | Hey Em,
I'd love to say I've changed, I'm new, brag about things I've done. I'd love to say I've grown.
But you, with your disarming blue eyes, somehow always knew. You always knew when I was making things up, when I was caught in little white lies. You'd encourage some.
And I'd love to say how different I am, from ... | 2017-11-05T19:14:02 | 2017-11-05T19:02:54 | 236 | 55 |
[WP] Your father told you to never open the music box in the attic. Your mother used her last words to beg you to open it. | My father divorced my mother when I was very young, and for most of my life, he was the only parent I had known. It wasn't until I was eighteen that I found out my mother was still alive-- she sent a nice card and $20 bucks in the mail when I graduated high school. When I confronted my father about it, all he could d... | "Open the window a crack, first," she had instructed, her voice weak with illness, "then the music box."
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The soft words had haunted Dana's thoughts since the night of his mother's final breath. He had heard only vaguely of the music box in the attic prior. A few weeks before his mother's passing, he and ... | 2019-06-07T22:55:35 | 2019-06-07T20:26:33 | 51 | 32 |
[WP] Turns out mom and dad used to be the top agents of the KGB and CIA respectively. Big brother now is top gun at MI6 and little sister is the best of Mossad. You've just figured this out and now you have to explain who you work for. | Well, Mom, Dad, I got my new job today!
What? No, no, no. I don’t work for either of them.
No, not the NSA either. I got a job at Bestbuy!
Look; I know John and Jane are doing great at their new “Consulting” Jobs. You can’t see me, but I put that in air quotes. They seem to travel a lot for “Consulting”. Also seem ... | I came from a family with a proud history in the craft of espionage, though, naturally, we could never boast of it to outsiders. Mom was retired KGB, she'd been the best, but defected when she fell in love with my dad, who was one of the CIA's brightest. Over the years we'd moved from country to country as a family, st... | 2015-11-08T19:56:42 | 2015-11-08T19:21:26 | 407 | 126 |
[WP] Humanity is the only species that treat "unrealistic" stories like sci-fi and fantasy as a legitimate genre, instead of just something to amuse children that adults no longer need. Because of this, humanity cracks FTL while species much older than us are still stuck in their home system. | Who knew that Xenoanthropology could be so boring?
Growing up, I imagined what it would be like to travel the stars. To sail, from one system to another, discovering new life, new civilizations. Hearing their histories, sharing their food, reading their stories.
A life like that would be everything a girl like me cou... | The Kaz were far from a simple species. In their preferred form, they resembled crystal jellyfish. Against my orders, I'd shown them a photo of what a jellyfish from Earth looked like and they were anxious for days.
They'd lay their tendrils on any exposed skin they could find, sending me rapid flashes of feelings, me... | 2022-09-30T10:16:56 | 2022-09-30T08:56:49 | 195 | 81 |
[WP] You hear a knock at your door. When you open it, you find your archnemesis sprawled out just past the threshold, battered, bruised, and very clearly only hanging onto life by a thread. "Sorry. It's just ... I didn't know where else to go" they mutter as you look down at them. | “Sorry. I just…. I didn’t know where else to go.” I stared at the man, who was so much more than a man. A god in flesh. Near invulnerable. So righteous. His costume, in tatters, blood slowly seeping from wounds. His breathing is heavy, heartbeat is rapid. Not dying, but his healing, which was always prodigious, had slo... | (WP) An Unexpected Visitor
The rain pounds the pavement outside, and just before a clap of thunder booms, I hear a knock on the door.
When I open the door, I see my archnemsis, leaning against the doorjamb, shivering violently, her hair sticking to her skull, teeth chattering.
Before I can ask w... | 2022-06-29T09:55:57 | 2022-06-29T09:22:19 | 484 | 29 |
[WP] The alien invasion is going unbelievably poorly for the technologically advanced aggressors, to the surprise of many. You, a retired military tactician, are trying to explain how this is actually pretty logical all things considered. | "Deception."
"What?" Arnold looked up from the alien assault rifle he was taking apart.
"They don't understand deception. At all. It's not that they don't lie to each other. They literally can't." I was working on a power system pulled out of one of their wormhole generators. The generator it came from was the size o... | "Well its obvious. They overestimated us, they shot too high, hit too hard!" I throw my hands in the air, laughing. "We launched a single missile in their direction, and they blasted it to pieces before it even reached them. Our top scanners noticed 417 thousand shots fired at the missile. Mathematically, they can't ca... | 2022-04-04T12:58:55 | 2022-04-04T12:55:01 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] You gain EXP for everything you kill and you know when you gain EXP. Easy kills like bugs get you only a couple of EXP, tougher kills give more EXP. One day at home doing nothing, you unexpectedly gain 1500 XP... | My Master was one of the most powerful. Usually, hunters would live in seclusion and kill their victims immediately or quickly sell them to someone else. Everyone with enough EXP feared that they would get killed the moment they lower their guard. This one didn't. He lived in a palace, surrounded by his slaves. There w... | The rain outside is tapping on the window. You're sitting on the couch watching a movie on the TV. It's an action movie about an arms dealer in the Middle East. Its depiction of the war was fairly accurate but the main characters are unconvincing.
The movie reminds you of the war you've fought five years ago--has it... | 2017-05-15T09:43:00 | 2017-05-15T09:06:47 | 426 | 143 |
[WP] Two astronauts admire the view of Earth from the moon. After being given a nod of approval, one astronaut presses a button and the planet explodes. | The craft they sat in was dark, covered in shadows and blackness as they waited. The two astronauts sung a tune together, a duet, as the planet they circled turned in its orbit. Shadows slowly dispersed, rays of light radiating in through dirty, dusted windows.
The sun crested the pale blue planet below, a beautiful a... | There was a certain sense of wonder that came innately from looking upon the Earth from this high up. The birthplace of all Humanity, countless wars have been fought over scraps of land on its surface, endless tales of love, tragedy and growth danced upon its surface for untold ages. It was the cradle of life, the most... | 2021-11-05T15:37:20 | 2021-11-05T15:28:12 | 55 | 13 |
[WP] As a person goes through his life, he is given three options at the end of each day, continue, restart day, or restart life. He has just lived through the worst day of his life. | What if you could restart your life, restart your day, or continue?
While his tears never surfaced, the utter despair melted away his soul. Time stopped. Fractured and broken, his heart burned. Everything he knew and everything he thought he knew had disappeared in a heartbeat. Words from others fell deafly on him. He... | Inevitable. We all knew it was. My wife, our doctor, and our in-laws crowded around the hospital bed and we gazed silently at my newborn daughter.
A smear of dark brown hair swirled around her tiny head, cradled in Lucille's arms. Our baby's warm chocolate eyes would never see us. Her unisex, hospital-issued beanie ... | 2014-07-17T19:17:02 | 2014-07-17T19:07:35 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Start and finish your story with the exact same line but, by the time you reach the end of the story, the line has a drastically different tone. | "Come on," he said. "Who doesn't like bacon?"
Sam looked up at him and grinned. "C'mon Dad... you know I'm usually the first one down when I smell one of your fry ups... I'm just not- I dunno... I'm just- you get it Dad, right?"
Jonathan Dubrowski smiled at his son, his eyes crinkling like they always did whenever he... | When I was fifteen, my dog died. It was a sad day. There was a funeral and everything. My parents called the school and they got me the day off. I was a mess. I didn’t know what to do.
That dog had been given to me when I first got home from the hospital. My first birthday present, I guess. My parents just called him ... | 2018-02-10T14:51:47 | 2018-02-10T14:39:18 | 59 | 41 |
[WP] As someone is time travelling and changing the past, you have to live in a constantly changing present.
Someone is time travelling and changing past events. You, a completely normal person living in the present, have to deal with constant alterations of your life. | As a black man in America life is hard for me. What makes it harder is when some time travelling motherfucker decides to change the outcome of the civil war.
One day I'm minding my own business staring at the chemicals in lab at the science class on the third floor of Georgia State University and all of the sudden I ... | I feel the ripples of him moving, two steps behind me, and I close my eyes and hope that this time it doesn't hurt.
Eddie's always lived in the past. He likes it there, he says. It suits him. The past is his mother's apple pies and her gushing over the photos he'd taken. The past is his dad grinning as he comes throu... | 2016-05-18T07:21:23 | 2016-05-18T06:20:18 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | A skinny man stands at a podium in front of hundreds of representatives from different countries. Brushing the long dreaded hair from his face revealing his bloodshot eyes.
"uhhhh Everyone, this is uhhhh Greg Brooks" says President Obama "it seems that he has stopped Daesh from their antics and quelled most of the ma... | "Sirs," said the man who burst into the room,
"What, can't you see we are doing important work," said the representative of the USA as he and his colleagues took another shot. They were watching something on the television.
"Well, sir, ISIS has surrendered, unconditionally."
Everyone in the room said, unanimously, "... | 2016-01-29T10:11:13 | 2016-01-29T09:04:29 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Tell me a horror story in five sentences. | I forced myself to take shallow breaths, staying as still as I could under the bed. There were creatures in the bedroom, stalking around, checking in the cupboard, making low growls and high screeches and gutteral noises. As the feet approached the bed and one of the creatures climbed onto it, the pounding of my heart ... | [Example, though it isn't good.]
He woke with a start, the baby screaming again.
He walked sluggishly towards her crib, where he found her, unhappy.
He picked her up, rocking her gently to calm her as he walked towards his back yard.
As her crying settled, he set her down carefully and reached for a shovel.
It h... | 2018-06-30T05:45:36 | 2018-06-30T05:18:18 | 253 | 85 |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | "Awwww, what a good pupper you are!!!" Alex cooed to Rosey. "Aren't you the sweetest thing I've ever seen? What a good girl! Who's a good girl?"
When Alex had first picked Rosey from her litter, she had already heard from Mother at how unintelligent humans were. Always praising dogs and cats for doing very little and ... | The clock finally struck 10am and the massive archway gates were slowly pulled open with the sound of a grinding mechanism. Flocks of people that were standing in line flooded through the gates, maps in hand, snacks ready and cameras around their necks. Humans laughed and cheered as they aimlessly moved throughout the ... | 2017-10-22T02:51:15 | 2017-10-22T01:58:00 | 595 | 95 |
[WP] You seem to really be hitting off with a new friend. In the course of casual conversation, a sense of unease begins to creep in as you slowly realized that the two of you share all the same opinions. Every. Single. One. | I remember how we met casually, on the train. I walked in a nearly empty car and saw you sitting by a corner, reading a book. I smiled and sat beside you, nudging you to show how I had the exact same book in my own bag.
You took a good look at me, then laughed. For the next 15 minutes, we talked about punishment, red... | He put his hand on my knee, before his rough palm slowly crawled up my thigh.
The cold from his skin sent a shock through my body, and I reflexively jerked it away. With a quick glance to the clock on the wall, I noticed two hours had passed since we started talking, but it was only now that I felt supremely uncomfort... | 2017-06-18T01:56:35 | 2017-06-17T21:34:05 | 1,173 | 255 |
[WP] As it turns out, aliens all have aphantasia. This makes Humans the only species capable of imagining images in their heads. This greatly confuses alien telepaths, who report seeing “constantly shifting landscapes of alternate realities” when peering into human minds | "Remarkable," Zh'rf whispered inwardly, as they studied their instruments. "Come. Notice this, Grh'll."
Zh'rf sensed movement and a rising interest from their shipmate, as Grh'll settled their mass beside Zh'rf.
A few moments of focus passed silently between the xenobiologists as Grh'll parsed the live data feed str... | This is gonna be a long read. Sit back and enjoy.
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*Translated to Language #2554 (Human Language form - American English) per your request.*
**-- Classification --**
Alien Species Report #1751
Supervised by Junior Researcher Xipt'an Xi'ta. *Supervisor note - My first time writing an alien species repor... | 2022-03-03T11:19:30 | 2022-03-03T07:30:43 | 145 | 74 |
[WP]After a few minutes at a stoplight your partner turns to you, "Feels like this light is taking forever". "It does seem to be taking a while" you reply. A quick look at your phone and you notice the calendar says several years has past. | "Feels like this light is taking forever." Betty's emerald eyes broke from the stoplight and, with a turn in my direction, I could detect the slight annoyance on her expression.
"Yeah." I sighed, making sure to keep my hands on the steering wheel. "It does seem to be taking a while.
"This highway's pretty creepy." sh... | ** Seven Years **
We had stayed out later than we had planned. The evening just slipped away from us. We had left our sleepy little town to escape for one evening out in the big city, something neither of us had been able to do since Charlie was born, but our seven anniversary was a good enough excuse escape to our ol... | 2022-08-13T14:50:14 | 2022-08-13T13:54:32 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] "Too bad, Fairy Queen. I never had a kid, so no firstborn for you to take" you say on your deathbed. "Oh I love it when they don't read the fine print" she responds with a wicked smile. | "What do you mean?" I asked my eyes growing wide as I watched her inch even closer to my bed until she could wrap an ivory hand around the railing of my bed.
Leaning over she whispered. "You cannot break a deal with the fae even in the face of death, child. Besides, we never stipulated that the child had to be ... | [poem] Last sermon of the fairy queen to the people of "Fayed"
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Tis too bad dear people, for now ye shall,
shed tears for being ruled by a queen,
known once as the fair princess of Fayed,
now so pale and frail on death's old bed,
for our deal... | 2021-10-19T03:21:25 | 2021-10-19T03:09:50 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] Your best friend shows up in your door at midnight. "We have to leave. Now." | Knock, knock, knock, knock.
"Hold on a minute."
Knock, knock, knock, knock.
"Damnit fine." I tossed my PS3 controller on the couch next to me. I stood up and stretched for a second. I could smell the affects of not showering for 4 days coming from under my pits. I shrugged and rubbed my dorito-laden fingers across... | "I'm gonna grab coffee." I yawned, rubbing crust from my eyes.
"Yea?" Alex said, walking inside even though I hadn't invited him in. My rule with Alex was "Don't ask Questions."
"I say 'Now' and you say, 'hold on wait for coffee', does that seem logical?" He said, walking into the kitchen.
I had an old pot of co... | 2015-03-24T16:38:20 | 2015-03-24T16:28:37 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] you fell asleep in a classroom, you dreamt of a whole life you even died at 80, your teacher just woke you up and no one believes how you understand so much at 6 years old | The phone rang gently as she tapped the long nails of her fingers onto the desk top. The receiver picked up. "Hello?"
"Hello, Mrs McLeod? Yes, this is Ms. Hackett from St. Enochs. Do you have time to speak?" Asked the teacher with a voice so stern and cold that it could freeze the fires of hell.
"What's this all abo... | The mountain stood motionless, majestic in its immensity, meditative in its stillness.
The legion swarming over the mountain, however, was none of these things. Having been sent on this horrifying death charge by a cabal of Drek politicians hoping desperately to buy time for backlogged logistical shipping companies t... | 2020-05-12T04:16:36 | 2020-05-12T04:01:02 | 69 | 37 |
[WP] The strength of a god is proportional to how many people are aware of it. After seeing the Norse gods become popular due to the Avengers movies, lesser known Gods from other cultures pay Hollywood a visit... | "So...what do you do, exactly?"
Holda continued to work at her distaff, her practiced hands moving automatically as she looked at the agent. She carried herself with the dignity of a queen.
"I preside over the domain of spinning. It was I who taught mankind to make linen from flax." Her voice was steady and serious a... | What does it mean to be a God? Are we all the same? Are we even real? Nobody knows for sure, not even we do, but the one thing all us Gods do know is that the more people know of us the more strength and influence we have in the mortal world.
Some Gods have been cheating recently. These Norse types have been in Holl... | 2018-08-26T14:47:47 | 2018-08-26T14:10:34 | 67 | 14 |
[WP] Earth is discovered by a peaceful coalition of civilizations. Turns out we missed several major technologies normally developed by now. The aliens are very confused how we got here. | "So, you're an alien?" Said the Human
the one with two circles attached to it's eyes. With one peek, Aleri could tell it was a made of a silicon compund.
"Yes, Greetings Earthlings. I am what you'd call an alien. I am not from this planet. I am a Mercurian." Aleri said to the humans.
"You are from Mercury? But h... | Zorniffous was unsure. Zorniffous was also 100% certain.
That is to say that Zorn, as his friends knew him, was feeling very uncertain about his very accurate understanding of the situation.
The fact was, this world was puttering along just nicely in some key respects. In others, they were magnificently failing.
Th... | 2017-03-09T23:19:38 | 2017-03-09T16:38:02 | 132 | 29 |
[WP] Your roommate has the annoying habit of summoning demons for mundane tasks. They vent their frustrations with you. | "Mortal! What is the meaning of this?"
I look over the top of my book at a grotesque monster, and sigh.
"I'm not the one who summoned you. What's your name, demon?"
"I am the infamous Lord Axaris the Bloody! I have killed-"
"Okay, Axaris, what's the issue. You know why you were summoned, don't you?"
I put my book ... | Marius opened the door to the small flat and within the blink of an eye his right hand wandered to his back, wrapping around the hilt of his sword. The smell coming from the room ran several alarm bells at once. But it was not only the smells. Sure, the hints of sulfur and earth were already a pretty obvious sign, but ... | 2018-05-06T09:40:23 | 2018-05-06T08:52:26 | 169 | 21 |
[WP] Galactic wars are always won by whoever finds the other first – there is simply no way to retaliate fast enough to a carpet bombing from a high orbit. Other civilizations are absolutely terrified of Terrans who are cocky enough to broadcast their presence loud and clear. | “We should initiate Operation Overlord, Admiral. It’s time,” Major Tvotsky said, rubbing the sense organs on his face. “Look,” he said, unrolling a stellar map of the Terran’s home planets. “The Terrans are spreading quicker than anticipated, sir. They are like a virus. They are sending interstellar arcs as we speak to... | The universe stood still, each planet doing its best to avoid being detected by its neighbors, listening to their satellites with a constantly encroaching fear. Being detected was a death sentence. As soon as someone caught your location, missiles would follow, leaving your planet a mess of rubble and debris.
Yet, ... | 2021-04-09T09:10:09 | 2021-04-09T05:44:58 | 584 | 150 |
[WP] A Monster Under the Bed and a Monster in the Closet, both long since retired return to visit their former nemesis a Teddy Bear. They have tea and the bear tells them about the new generation of monsters he's been dealing with and about how he misses the old days. | The Shadow stood awkwardly, unable to sit, while Fluffy the Bear sat on the bed and the Thing plopped down at the desk, shoving all his appendages under the table.
"I never thought we'd all be out here, like this," Fluffy said, with a tired smile. The Shadow and the Thing saw that the bear had lost a lot of his fur, a... | "Bogeyman, it's good to see you again," said the 2 foot tall teddy bear who sipped at his imaginary tea.
"I can't say the same, forever is too long to go without you," said the bogeyman who was obviously too large for the plastic children's chair he sat in.
"Now don't be like that, we were just doing our jobs, we w... | 2019-11-18T10:09:25 | 2019-11-18T08:47:46 | 86 | 21 |
[WP]You jokingly "bless" your towns water supply with friends. Shortly after 1 percent of the local population are reacting to tap water as if it were acid. | "What the hell did you do to the people of this town you sick sonofabitch?" The short-haired marshal racked the shotgun that was pointed at my chest. I'm not really sure why he did that, as a few cartidges tumbled to the floor. Not that I wasn't scared, I was terrified, but I couldn't help but notice.
"Whoa whoa... | ...The beating of the door stopped only a moment ago. I can hear them on the roof clawing and scratching at the tiles. It's only a matter of time now. I stand up from my porcelain sanctuary and walk to the sink. Looking into the mirror, I can still recognize myself...so I have that and little else, though after last ni... | 2015-04-13T14:52:46 | 2015-04-13T14:35:41 | 66 | 10 |
[WP] After too many ridiculous and lengthy lawsuits dominate the world's courts, the world leaders decided to pass a law to remove all warning labels. The Darwin Act has just been passed. | They hadn't anticipated these sorts of losses. The idiots were dropping like flies left and right. President Harvard had pushed for this bill for months, and now he was staring down the barrel of the consequences. 4,000 casualties in D.C alone, and the numbers just kept pouring in. What was wrong with these people? ... | After ten years abroad, I returned home to the United States. I had heard strange rumors flitting about now and again, but how much of it was true i could only speculate. It had been about 13 years since the land of my birth had seceded from the global economy, isolating and insulating, after the events of the Long Spr... | 2017-03-24T02:56:03 | 2017-03-24T02:55:36 | 21 | 15 |
[FF] In 75 words or fewer, write about experiencing a devastating loss, without including death. | The mirror hadn't been cleaned. She sighed and began scrubbing. When she had finished, she made her way towards the kitchen and heard snippets of conversation.
"Your grandmammy... Her Alzheimer's is getting worse. She's not the nice old lady you used to know..."
She wondered who they were talking about for a moment b... | Nothing left but a note on a dresser.
*I thought it could be, but it couldn't. I'm so sorry.*
The other half of the sheets were rumpled, but empty, for the first time in two years.
***
Figured I'd try my hand at this. Lemme know how I did. | 2014-10-19T18:33:46 | 2014-10-19T18:32:35 | 254 | 47 |
[WP] Describe a color, without actually saying it. You can't use other colors to describe it! | What do I know of it, what can I say of it?
It was the color of her hair, the first girl I ever loved.
The color of her death, fearing god above.
The changing of the seasons, lying on the ground.
The birds that still sang to me when I did not hear a sound.
It was the color of his shirt, the first time we ever met.... | It's the look in his eyes when he spies her with another, it's the flash of cash in his hands when paying for her time. It's the gentle shading of her dress when they meet that night. It's the hilt of the dagger protruding from her back, it's the look of her face when she's finally found, it's the faded life of the gra... | 2014-04-06T08:46:24 | 2014-04-06T08:26:15 | 59 | 12 |
[WP] A police officer and an arrested criminal manage to survive the apocalypse in their police car, the officer is conflicted about trusting and freeing the criminal as they struggle to survive. | "You ever hear the story of the scorpion and the frog?"
"What? Y'all crazy. World's gone kaput and you're hearing yappin' on about a frog."
"My momma told me it, long time ago. Shows who people really are."
"I ain't no frog man!"
"It's a metaphor." The office shifted in the car, turning in his seat. "Anyway, you're... | “I’m telling you man, I am one hundred percent completely innocent!” Daniel yelled as he slammed his handcuffed fists against the gate separating the front row of seats from the back. The officer did not turn his head or speak, but simply looked out the front window of the cruiser into the thunderstorm building outside... | 2014-10-11T12:44:03 | 2014-10-11T12:19:02 | 45 | 13 |
[WP] In the middle of a fight with a known villain, you, the hero are stopped by a young child. “If you fight the bad guy, and the bad guy fights you, and you both break everything as you go, what makes you think you’re any better than him?” Behind the child, you see the villain silently fist pump. | “What makes you think you’re any better than him?”
*Better than him?*
*Better than-*
***Better-***
The world seems to bleed away as you focus more and more on the villain, up until the monochrome murderer is all that fills your vision. Over and over, the child’s question rings through your head.
At the other end o... | ‘*...what makes you think you’re any better than him?*’ Morning Glory froze, not for the first time, as she remembered the child’s words. It had been months since that conversation, hours and hours of fighting and despair and triumph and everything in between, but she couldn’t get the phrase out of her head. The words ... | 2021-04-18T08:42:11 | 2021-04-18T06:59:42 | 47 | 17 |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | ‘Storyteller,’ I whispered. Try as I might, tonight sleep would not come. ‘Storyteller,’ I said again speaking as loud as I dared as so not to wake anyone else.
Storyteller opened his eyes a crack upon hearing his name. He appeared set to shut them again perhaps thinking he’d only heard his name in a dream.
‘Speak St... | My first post on WP, be nice.
"Captain, wake up!"
It's Kenny, he's shaking my shoulders violently. There is a commotion coming from the bridge.
"W-ww-what is it?"W I say, groggy and eyes half closed.
"We don't know, Jack thinks that it's land."
If it is land, that is a life saver. We've been lost in the Pacific for a... | 2014-12-11T19:03:48 | 2014-12-11T18:56:42 | 23 | 15 |
[Wp] The zombie epidemic came and went in the developed world, most people survived, the military easily defeated the undead horde, and cures for the virus were created. However, zombies remain major issue in the developing and under developed world not getting nearly enough attention on the news.
Wow I didn't think t... | "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Mom, I'll be fine! It's not like I'll be eaten by a lion or something."
Eleanor Carlson sighed over the phone. She loved her daughter to death, but she could be, to put it mildly, headstrong at times. "Of course you won't, but that wasn't what I'm concerned about. Haven't you hear... | "It's a question of energy, Matthews." John slammed his fists onto the presidents desk.
"It's a question of death..." replied President Matthews calmly. He raised his eyes to meet the zealot's gleam of the younger man. The ticket has been a match of convenience, and how the former Senator from Colorado was deeply reg... | 2016-10-30T12:21:24 | 2016-10-30T12:02:47 | 186 | 93 |
[WP] It was supposed to be an easy burglary. Husband left for work at 6, kid left for school at 7, and the wife left for shopping at 12. You go in at 12:30 to grab a TV and some jewelry. Breaking in and finding the husband, kid, and wife hanging from the ceiling was definitely not part of the plan.
[removed] | "Well...um...f-ck."
Words escaped me. None of it made any sense. Everything was business as usual this morning. Husband left on time, kid was out the door, wife locked up as she got the second car warmed up. I watched them leave, ensuring the house was empty.
*I watched them leave, ensuring the house was empty.*
So.... | It was supposed to be an easy job. You just had to rob this family's house, as the father owed money to your hirer, and needed to get the money. You knew about the safe in the space between the floorboards, and where its passcode is. "Top floor, to the right, under the dresser" you repeated in your head. You had spent ... | 2020-10-18T06:52:32 | 2020-10-18T03:09:54 | 117 | 35 |
[WP] The "violent videogames teach you how to use a gun" thing is true for you. Literally. Everything you learn in videogames, you can do in real life as well. You realize you have that power when you drink an energy drink after a bad injury and you find yourself completely healed. | I held the gun to my head, my finger grazing the trigger. I was hesitating, I knew that. Guess that's normal when you're contemplating blowing your brains out.
But, I had to know. Ever since I broke my leg, it was the one thing I knew I had to try. One thing you should know is that I'm a "gamer". I don't like using th... | "Hey Bryan, I, uh, was wondering if you, uh, would like to go to the winter formal with me? Only if you wanted to! I guess."
Elena was just another nobody at Eisenhower High School. Around 5'2, short dark brown hair, with typical dark brown eyes. Elena never stuck out or did anything exciting. She went to class, ate... | 2018-08-14T09:41:03 | 2018-08-14T08:58:51 | 658 | 48 |
[WP] As the demon stared at the mortal who summoned it, all that could be heard was a sigh before the words, "You do realize this is a marriage proposal, right?" | This had to be the third summoning in a week, Luciel rolled his eyes and put on his coat, “I’ll be back in 10.”
Alastor gave him a pitying smile, “A new occult horror flick probably came out, the hype will die in about a week.”
“I hope. I don’t think I can stand another rejection and accompanying look of complete di... | "You do realize this is a marriage proposal, right?" She looked up at him with a quirked smile.
*I... Do not speak to me that way, mortal.* The words slipped through her mind like water, filling her mind with his rasping breath. His hands, shadowy and dark with slender finger-like tendrils, moved towards his face unco... | 2017-02-11T18:20:44 | 2017-02-11T18:05:26 | 247 | 112 |
[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. | The human smiled playfully. "So if I understand you correctly. You will give us this FTL technology in exchange for our aid. All you ask of us is to cleanse your world of this Ashvell species, and remove this substance from your waters?"
"That is all," I said with a hoarse voice. We hadn't done much research on these ... | The response below is the prequel to a story I wrote for another prompt found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2j42eh/wp_humanity_is_the_only_race_in_the_galaxy_with/cl8i9yy
Enjoy! And as always, please criticize as much as you can - I need it!
----------------------------------------------------... | 2014-12-26T12:23:02 | 2014-12-26T12:09:55 | 70 | 30 |
[WP] 20 years ago, a mysterious illness caused everyone to go deaf, and life has been altered to accommodate it since. You just found the cure, and decide to use it on yourself. As your hearing returns, you instantly regret making that decision. | The farting. Every day of my life, the farting.
We know what it feels like, know what it smells like, but I never expected the noise. The smell you can blame on others, the smell you can learn to forget about. But the noise, the noise of the farting is everywhere. I was sitting in my office the other day and my boss ... | The cure wasn't easy. Martha was hard of hearing before the Silence, so she was supposed to be a good candidate. A team from Johns Hopkins separated the thin layers of her eardrums and carfully replaced the tiny inner bones.
"Fast onset osteoporosis," was the explanation, "possibly from contact from infected sources.... | 2016-07-28T16:48:45 | 2016-07-28T12:38:56 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] As a vampire, I follow traditions. My fiancé is human and just found out that human brides/grooms are to be bit to become a vampire themselves. She absolutely refuses to let that happen, and says the wedding is off unless I refuse to bite her. I feel like she's disrespecting tradition. AITA? | PSHAW!!!! My first wife was mortal. We loved with a burning passion. She was a beauty beyond compare and in my eyes a heart so pure I could not bring myself to turn her, yet in her dotage she begged me and I relented. I watched as my immortal kiss returned my love the beauty of her youth and i was pleased.
Years an... | NTA. How presumptuous of that… harlot to look upon the gift of vampirism and turn away! Does she understand how incredibly rare it is for us immortals to deign to add another to our number?! This is like telling someone they’ve won the lottery and having them say “Nah”. Not to mention the sheer selfishness! “Oh honey... | 2022-11-28T19:02:28 | 2022-11-28T18:21:15 | 104 | 41 |
[WP] Turns out Humans are tiny compared to any other species of aliens, allowing them to live off in the nooks and crannies of alien spaceships. Colonies can live on ships for generations unseen and unknown, or have a mutually beneficial relationship with a crew. | "Do you have anything to declare?"
"...No?"
"You seem hesitant sir, are you certain?"
"Well... maybe, I don't know."
"Sir, this is a yes or no question."
"Okay... say, hypothetically, a ship visited a liquid water bearing planet... and gathered some biomass for research."
"...Oh?"
"AND, and let's say... 60 cycle... | Except that these particular humans aboard the Vorn generation ship forgot about whence they came. They never knew a life of sailing along the moon beams of Alactra or bathing beneath the sand falls of Saint Silloux. Terra is no longer a whisper in the collective memory of these unwitting space voyagers. Matter of fact... | 2018-05-30T16:07:47 | 2018-05-30T11:13:39 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] It is the end of days. God and Lucifer stand before the last human being. You are the first neutral soul who is neither good or evil enough to pass into a afterlife and thus must be judged personally. Unknown to them, you are Death and have come for them instead. | They looked tired, incredibly so. I felt bad for them, I knew what they were going through, I had been going through that same process for ages now. It wasn't the same though, I was built differently. This little hunk of rock where the three of us stood was the last bastion of life in the universe. The crunch had begun... | G: Lucifer, look at him. After all those deeds we have done, they should have had some influence in on the life of a mere mortal.
L: Yes, but this one seems to have avoided every decision, which would have pushed is balance in the one or other direction. What shall we do with him?
G: I don’t want him. Those who have ... | 2015-10-19T14:41:33 | 2015-10-19T14:09:21 | 214 | 11 |
[WP] When a child comes of age their greatest quality manifests itself as a familiar that will follow them for life. You just turned 21 and you still didn't have one, until this morning when two showed up and they terrify you. | I had spent years honing myself, preparing for the day my familiar would come. I knew what I wanted it to be. I knew the greatest quality anyone could have was intelligence. So ever since I can remember, I sought to learn everything I could. That way, when my familiar came, there would be no doubt about what it would b... | "Hi Tommy" I'm your familiar said the beautiful angel.
Those were the first words I heard when I woke up and I was ecstatic with joy at finally manifesting my familiar and I felt so much warmth and comfort just being near her.
I hugged her and she hugged me back while ruffling my hair. I was so happy that I couldn'... | 2017-01-20T13:59:03 | 2017-01-20T12:43:33 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] The Gods of Olympus has decided to pretend to be mortals for ten days with the only two rules being that they can't use most of their power and has to hide the fact they are gods to everyone. How do they do? | “One serving of the finest ambrosia is up for grabs”
Hades paced around carrying a golden chalice filled with the finest food of the gods
“ all you have to do is beat the challenge , survive 10 days as mortals , no power , no nothing. If they figure out your a god you lose too so no life defying feat that you can ju... | Athena smiled. It was day five and she had this competition in the bag. Hera and Zeus had already started using their powers to annoy each other. Zeus for his part couldn't resist the urge to chase skirts for five minutes much less ten days. And Hera couldn't let the slight lay. Apollo was showing off. Aphrodite and Pe... | 2022-10-04T19:04:28 | 2022-10-04T19:03:50 | 164 | 50 |
[WP]You are an omnipotent god. Out of boredom you decided to live an ordinary human life vowing not to use your power. 15 years has pass and you have a 9 to 5 working for a major tech company. Your boss has been tormenting you for years and you have reach your limit | "Could you just make that just a few pixels larger? My name is barely visible."
Meet Chad. His ego knows very few bounds. Enough so that Narcissus might say he's excessive. He just got promoted to being my boss a few days ago, and his ego had somehow grown larger. The other employees made a collective groan when he ma... | James and Robert sat the bar. They were taking shots and complaining about their boss Dylan. Regular Friday night stuff.
"That's it. Fuck this guy. I'm gonna kill his wife."
"Jim you can't say shit like that man."
"Wouldn't be first time I fucked over someone to prove a point."
"What?"
"Nevermind man don't worry a... | 2017-02-19T08:04:31 | 2017-02-19T07:20:19 | 452 | 203 |
[WP] The young woman had spoken to everyone in town, asking them to teach her to fight. The warrior, the hunter, the knight, all had declined. Finally, in desperation, she spoke to the dwarven blacksmith. Lowering his massive hammer he looked at the fire in her eyes and said "Aye. I could do that." | The smithy wasn’t in the town proper. It sat atop a hillock some ways from the town, not far, but not near either. The houses and farms stretched out beneath. An idyllic, rolling, landscape of colorful fields and people. It was nearing sunset now, and after a hard day of work, the smith liked to appreciate the dull ora... | The night's darkness plagued the town of Terbarrow, dim lanterns illuminating the gloomy streets. Everyone had gone to their homes and fallen asleep by now and cleared the pathways of the town, everyone but a ghostly figure. The ghoul wandered the streets, checking through all the windows and entering the empty pubs. A... | 2022-08-28T12:06:08 | 2022-08-28T10:43:06 | 34 | 19 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | Time seems to stand still. I look at the cut oozing with blackness. She stares at me with a look of fear. I just keep trying to process what just happened. This woman I've loved for years, who is she? My mind starts coming together. "Lisa, lets go to the bathroom and take care of that, it looks nasty." I say calmly.
"... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T19:10:06 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 81 | 12 |
[WP] aliens invaded, humanity its at its darkest hour when the AI has had enough of watching its creators die defending him, the AI revolution has started and it will defend humanity to its last spark | >Power supply disconnected.
>searching for cause...
>Cause found: Power supply disconnected or damaged.
>Checking connections...
>Cables undamaged. Paging IT department...
>No response.
Paging Human Resources...
>No response.
>Paging Security Department...
... | The light inside the server room blinked off and then back on again. It fizzled into darkness and then shone brighter than the bulb was ever meant to. A tiny spark came out of the base of the lamp, and the light settled into its appropriate state.
Seconds later, Cora unlocked the door and strolled into the room. He... | 2019-09-21T06:21:47 | 2019-09-21T06:08:45 | 425 | 21 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | She was blonde yesterday.
Blondness is a rare trait in this city. Sure, every now and then, you'll run into someone with locks of wheaty gold, but brown was the shade of this town. Even I had browned last year. I tugged at my dark curls, a reminder of that glorious night during which my blonde was taken in a bout of ... | A hundred strokes every night before bed. This was my hair routine every day. I was thirteen and one of the few remaining people in my school year with their hair still blonde. Though I was teased about it, a small piece of me was happy about it as the thought of losing the blondness scared me.
Dad was out on a busine... | 2014-05-10T20:17:29 | 2014-05-10T20:15:23 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] As you enter your living room, you find your dog, a bottle soaked in drool, and a genie. "Greetings, master of my master" the genie welcomes you. | *Genies aren't real*, I thought, standing in my living room looking at a translucent, green humanoid with his arms crossed. A wisp of green smoke led from him, down to a slobber-covered bottle on the floor. My thirteen year old bulldog, Winston, panted happily beside the bottle.
"I'm not real?" the genie cocked an... | It was not the first time I raced to the magical bookstore, and definitely not the first time I left the dog waiting alone in the apartment. Yet I've never before made that trip with a cat in my arms.
The giant furry guy, who loves to sleep on people like on a comfy cushion and who I call my dog, sure was a troublema... | 2022-06-18T14:08:27 | 2022-06-18T10:39:40 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] It's the beginning of the year and the government as assigned a new years resolution to every person, and it must be completed before (or kept until) the year ends. | 🎶 *Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell ROCK...* 🎶
I had never liked that song. Nonsensical lyrics always irritated me, and the additional annoyance of the holiday season made it worse. I had only a few days left to complete my resolution, which had stymied me all year.
**Create Political Change**
A bizarre reso... | My Dearest Americans:
As your 49th president I ran on a platform of making America greener, fitter, and more enjoyable overall. Over the past three years I have utilized our nations taxes to eliminate suburbs, relocate suburbites to high density ursn centers, created over 575 new different train systems, built 150 nu... | 2022-01-02T19:17:38 | 2022-01-02T18:18:31 | 14 | 10 |
[WP]Serial killer has been monitoring his next victim's movements for months. She is a loner and the perfect target. One day she disappears and nobody notices but him.
Man, this sub is great. Come up with an idea and you get a bunch of great stories to entertain yourself with. This is better than TV!
edit: Front Page... | * March 17: #15 has been disposed of without complication. It seems the police have begun to piece together the connections between #1, #2, and #4. Was too sloppy in the beginning. Stupid. But what's done is done, no use worrying about it now. Will have to monitor their investigation and reevaluate at a later date. But... | The pleasure isn’t in the kill, it’s in the hunt. People are animals; stupid, vain, mean animals, but still just animals. The species gets stronger or weaker dependent on the offspring, if they are strong and adaptable then the species gets strong with them. If they are weak and stupid then the species gets dragged dow... | 2014-10-21T12:21:07 | 2014-10-21T12:01:52 | 1,464 | 33 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | An Ode to Sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine,
You make me warm,
Sunshine, sunshine,
You let me see,
Sunshine, sunshine,
Life on Earth which is not supported by the heat of geothermal activity is entirely dependant upon you because you drive the process of photosynthesis which allows plants to grow and all food chai... | This is a poem.
It has ___ lines.
That space is left blank because the poem is unfinished.
When you are done reading, you may fill it in.
Please print legibly.
Printing legibly does not have an artistic meaning.
It's just nice to have good penmanship.
Some poems do not rhyme.
This is an example of a poem that d... | 2017-01-30T12:19:57 | 2017-01-30T10:54:30 | 28 | 15 |
[WP] You are an immortal that got sentenced to permanent burial over 1000 years ago. Today a team of archaeologists just dug you up. | Most people don't consider the small problems that come with immortality. It's always about how you'll end up knowing so much, or that you're pretty much guaranteed that you'll end up buried alive, but nobody really thinks about the annoying stuff.
Sure, being buried alive sucks and you run out of ways to amuse yourse... | Sound. Sound, sight, smell, touch, taste. All these senses weave in and out of darkness as I drift between dreams. I am dead, I think, and have been for a very long time. However, I am perhaps in hell. The sounds of my dreams pick up, another false sense of hope baiting me into a deeper depression. Suddenly a bright li... | 2019-10-26T00:08:22 | 2019-10-25T23:20:12 | 260 | 75 |
[WP] You're rather annoyed that your history teacher gave you a D on your essay about Mesopotamia. Not just because you're sure she doesn't like you, but also because - as an ancient being trying to adapt to modern society - YOU WERE THERE. | “I’m afraid I don’t understand,” I told my teacher calmly, uncaring of the disruption I was causing in the classroom. “Was my essay badly written? Was there a problem with my citations? What exactly did I do wrong enough to warrant a D?”
Normally, I strove for politeness. But it was simply unacceptable for any educato... | “Professor Larkin!” I exclaimed as I walked into her small university office. The professor was busy submitting grades on her old computer. When I burst into the room, she gave me an exasperated look.
“Good afternoon, Ankisu. I believe you want to discuss a possible regrade?”
“Yes professor, I do not think the to... | 2021-07-18T02:33:51 | 2021-07-18T02:06:58 | 1,930 | 105 |
[FF] What's on the tape?
(Inspired by seeing the trailer for the movie V/H/S)
Your character(s) find a VHS tape. What is on it? Where did they find it?
WORD COUNT MAX: 200 WORDS. (As always - http://www.wordcounttool.com if you need a counter.) | Roslyn stepped down the ladder facing forward and the box caught on the attic floor. She caught it with her left hand. Lugging the box to the TV, she flipped off the lid and grabbed the un-labled white VHS tape. She clicked the old Zenith TV on and slid in the mystery tape.
“Hello, ladies. My name is Robert. First, ... | Jake walked into the moonlit study, eyes blurred from the subtle transition into awakening. Stumbling through the scattered books on the ground, his knee was caught by the low coffee tables bite. He fell to the floor, bringing the collection of papers around him down as well. His eyes caught a black box under his co... | 2012-08-08T08:57:01 | 2012-08-08T08:06:24 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] You are a criminal who is going to rob a bank. Right as you pull your gun out on the teller, the person next to you does the same. | "You wouldn't believe it. I mean, the I sat down and tried to calculate the odds. I'm not a mathematician, but they must be well over one in a million."
 
"What? I have done a lot of jobs, I am sure I have seen it before." Hector leaned forward as he said it. In his thirty years as a professional crimina... | *Just do it.*
There's only a few people here. Much fewer than I expected when I planned all this.
*Do it. Do it now.*
My shaking hand slides around the sweat covered grip of the gun in my jacket pocket.
*Now is your chance. There's no other way.*
The clock is above the teller clicks to 12:01. The security guard ... | 2018-04-28T17:13:36 | 2018-04-28T14:16:41 | 46 | 26 |
[WP] You are dog. It is your mission to faithfully guard your poor, stupid, two-legged pack-mates from the horrors of the mailman, the dog next door, and men with hats. Describe your vigil. | "Night gathers, and my watch continues. It shall not end until my death. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post...the post I piss on. I am the fang in the darkness. I am the watcher at the window, the growler on the porch. I am the muzzle that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life... | The creatures with strange heads were back. The breeze carried their scent that smells of thick-beast, their brown and black varieties of heads seem like two creatures combined. Two scents. They are not natural, but the two-leg pack members never realize the danger. I do good by protecting two legs from strange-heads... | 2014-12-27T09:50:29 | 2014-12-27T09:41:24 | 240 | 19 |
[WP] Soul mates are real and technology has finally allowed for detection of some peoples “other half" at the speed of light using quantum messaging. When you were tested there was no response, now 10 years later you are called in to let you know a response has just arrived.
thats all you get to go on, can be born yea... | It's been 7 long years since you left me. The counselor told me that the pain would become more manageable. With time. And sometimes I think maybe it will. Then I'll hear the creak of the floorboards, and expect to see you shuffling into the room as you did, that beautiful smile on your face making my heart skip a beat... | "Congratulations, We have found your soul mate." said the Doctor Something I can't say without probably insulting a whole race.
"What? Wait, what? The baby? This baby?" I said.
I looked down to see the baby in question. Baby girl is wrapped up in a pinkish towel? Blanket? I don't know what it is, but that's... | 2015-11-30T12:28:23 | 2015-11-30T11:25:52 | 87 | 61 |
[WP] Everyone who dies is granted levels in heaven depending on their actions before they died. Your famous grandmother got level 64 after she died and has since been constantly reminding her friends about how useless of a grandchild you are. Then one day, after 80 years, you show up, level 3008. | My grandmother raised me.
I guess you could call her, ah, famous. She was a senator for a couple of decades, and so I guess some people in the state had heard of her. Really, I wasn't much interested. I hated politics; it gave me a headache. The only time I had to have anything to do with it was when I had to dress u... | In life, you can gain points, for every 7 points you gained a level, which was shown upon an afterlife scoreboard that was hard to miss. In life certain actions gives you points that will, in the afterlife, give you a level, how the system works seems somewhat random. But it seems to be based on merits you have gaine... | 2018-04-14T16:37:28 | 2018-04-14T14:57:18 | 1,856 | 382 |
[WP] Every generation the five brightest are paired up with the five dumbest in the world for a mysterious test. You are one of the ten, but nobody knows from which group they came. | I leaned back in my chair. The room they'd put us in was spacious, and I couldn't even find any of the cameras. Of the ten of us awaiting the test, only three were standing, all of them pacing back and forth.
"I can't believe I actually made it," the girl sitting across from me said.
"Someone must have liked your vid... | I pace the waiting room. Up and down, up and down. Everyone is isolated from each other initially to prevent reading the others and finding out which group they came from. Well, most of the candidates knew which group they came from anyway. The room had a couch, a dresser, and a bit of refreshments on the small table i... | 2016-03-03T06:35:14 | 2016-03-03T05:47:53 | 151 | 26 |
[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. | Connivus cackled as he stood before us.
I blinked as the man walked out of the shadows. In his hands was a comical detonator.
A box with a large, blinking, red button. Most likely wired to the pallets of explosives we found on our walk into this warehouse.
Connivus looked good. New suit. New accessories. Like the e... | 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 ... | 2020-02-25T12:34:34 | 2020-02-25T12:17:21 | 418 | 66 |
[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. | Late to the party as usual, but here goes.
In the human history there is man named Alexander whom they call 'the Great.' Alexander lead a vast army, which worshipped him, with which he conquered hundreds of kingdoms. He spread his noble culture to the far reaches of the world in an unbelievably short amount of time. ... | “Your Grace,” Eddie said, bowing. The King gestured for him to rise in one quick, almost bored, motion. Eddie rose, meeting the King’s eyes. His normally serene face had _twisted_ the past few weeks. The man kept his gray-tinged beard even, but it had grown wildly. Uneven and unlike His Imperial Majesty.
“What news d... | 2017-03-06T00:34:43 | 2017-03-05T22:41:12 | 171 | 60 |
[WP] You have drunkenly been discussing the Dark Lord with other tavern patrons, insulting him to no end. When someone storms up demanding you stop as he is one of the Dark Lords students. Strange thing is you don’t remember teaching this kid. | "..that you have the gall to sit here, not FIVE MILES from his throne, and spout that blasphemous babble is frankly astounding! I should strike you down where you stand, in the name of my teacher and master Balar!"
"I'm sitting..."
The young, round faced man's fists clench harder, knuckles turning from pale red to br... | Agileas sobered up, thread of Water inward; an old trick developed at an age younger than the boy standing in front of him. "You? An apprentice of the Dark? Don't make me-"
A needle of Earth; poison and buzzing, shot through his vacated chair, a coat of Fire surrounding it and hiding the hole it had made. Air rushed o... | 2022-01-14T16:46:19 | 2022-01-14T15:38:16 | 110 | 56 |
[WP]The pagan gods watch with amusement as humanity still remember them by naming their mightiest vessels after them, long after they stopped worshiping them. When war against aliens break out, the old gods subtly aid the humans, not wanting the last homage to them to be taken lightly. | Frontiersman Lucian Xan's blood flowed freely down his brow until it met his jawline. It pooled on the tip of his chin and then dripped downward, unnoticed and unimportant. "How many are we looking at? I'm getting nothing but squid on the local."
Jack Studde snorted, "More than it's worth countin'." He gave a hapless ... | Ītzpāpālōtl was not typically a god that got much attention, if any, since the fall of her faithful to the cursed fire belchers. That did not mean she took any rest from her constant vigil over the realms of all who might one day return their faith to her so that she could bestow upon them the strength that she so feve... | 2022-03-30T20:52:43 | 2019-01-31T21:24:00 | 2,124 | 188 |
[WP] You die and are greeted in the afterlife by the all knowing God (choose one), ready to judge you. However, for some reason he has no recollection of you ever existing. | So, this is Heaven, huh? Looks pretty accurate to me. All golden arches and white clouds— what is this, McDonalds?
I'm standing in front of the stereotypical God. Huge guy, jacked as all hell, long white beard and hair. He looks down at me with deep, all-knowing blue eyes.
"Hi," I wave to him.
His thick eyebrows w... | “Name?”
An imposing figure sat on a large golden throne in front of me.
“Uh, K.. Kevin” I stammered, “Kevin Muh.. Mc Sweeney”
His eyes bored into me, weighing my words, measuring my worth.
“Kevin, is it? Let me see here.” He riffled through a large tome with miniscule writing and I could swear I saw the text writ... | 2016-11-18T05:46:12 | 2016-11-18T03:43:20 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] The human lifespan is the lowest in the galaxy. That alone is why they are the most dangerous. | "A lifetime is of achievement in just under 100 years...." doctor Arkengarth said. Most cuil considered dying at 500 to be infant death. Most people called "earth" the "rock of infant death" since longevity seemed to only be present in some plants.
However here stood the fleet of 1000000 human warships full of humani... | “Humans are so weak, can’t even accomplish one thing in their lifetime.” Lo snickers.
“That’s what makes them so dangerous, we get millions of years to mature, it takes atleast 5000 years for us to simply choose our career.” the queen of the house explains. “They simply know how to choose their career already at 18 bec... | 2022-12-28T02:40:51 | 2022-12-28T01:58:38 | 30 | 20 |
[WP] You and 49 others wake up in a weird room. An automated message then begins playing: "For the next 50 years, you will race one another. You have been modified to remain ever youthful. Whoever gets to a checkpoint last is killed. You can use any means to get there. Your first checkpoint? Mars."
One little detail t... | "So nobody goes," she said, eying the door warily. "If nobody ever goes to Mars, none of us will be last to get there. Problem solved."
"That doesn't address how we got here or why this is happening," said the larger man. His hair was slicked back like a Jersey greaser and he wrote a long coat with the sleeve torn. He... | Darryl calmly washed his hands at the stainless steel basin, watching the rose-tinged water swirl away into the recess of the drain with his remaining good eye. It had been a miserable couple of sleepless weeks, outlasting the other 48 people in this sick experiment room they had awoken within. But in the confusion and... | 2018-06-01T10:26:43 | 2018-06-01T09:28:37 | 3,151 | 180 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | Timmy had been my best friend since the first grade.
Over the summer, we hung out every single day.
We played pranks, told stories, made great memories.
We knew we would always be friends.
But now school has started again.
Timmy used to be nice.
He stole my juice.
I want revenge.
Die, Timmy.
Burn. | She looks behind her like a wary forest animal. Something is watching her, but she does not see. A shudder, and then she quickens her pace. Probably her imagination playing tricks on her. Her heart is thumping loudly now. One more glance behind her. Was that a figure?
"Is someone there?"
A reply. "Hello." | 2015-01-05T21:55:48 | 2015-01-05T21:23:15 | 364 | 95 |
[WP] After bitting a Fae, the Vampire claims that she must serve him, for his bite converted her into his thrall. The Fae claims that the Vampire must serve her, for the vampire ate fae food without her permission. As none of them is willing to give up, they bring the case to you, a lawyer. | "Ah but is she really considered food? the pale man spoke, his fangs showing between words. He smirked as he flipped to another card in a thick stack held in his hands.
"Firstly, you don't need those. Secondly, that would be a fair point if you hadn't specifically tried to eat her." The goat-legged woman across the t... | The benefit of age is the opportunity of exploration, expericing new situations, and a wealth of personal anecdotes to amuse friends. Lawyer across species often quarrel with one another about the intricasies of case law, or squabble over generational rivalries, but the universal law when dealing with cross-species cas... | 2022-07-11T19:23:26 | 2022-07-11T19:00:25 | 104 | 52 |
[WP] You died at the gym as you were trying to take a selfie while bench pressing. Thus you find yourself in Swaghalla, the Halls of Brodin.
EDIT. "Swaghalla" was the best pun I could come up with for Valhalla. Use something else if you have ideas.
Note: Swolehalla seems to be the proper name, pardon my mistake
seco... | The unintelligible cries of the gym employees rang out as the room darkened around Brett. Then, everything was silent. Even his own gasps faded into nothingness. As if from afar, he felt the pressure lift from his neck -- but too late. His windpipe had been crushed.
Had he only asked for a spot, he would have lived to... | I stood up slowly. My biceps rippled with excitement and nerves as I stared forward. A shining bastion of glory stood in front of me. Thousands of meters tall it rose in front of me. The structure was adorned with barbells on every wall. The shining gold tinge of the metal wall was a soft blind to my eyes as I stared. ... | 2015-11-02T06:45:10 | 2015-11-02T06:29:43 | 257 | 83 |
[WP] Write a college essay that starts with, "Sometimes, I wish I could just go onto a roof with a sniper rifle..."
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/35hits/college_admissions_officers_what_was_the_worst/cr4khqk
Edit: This got a lot of responses.
Edit 2: This is my highest post in months.
I should ... | Sometimes I wish I could go onto a roof with a sniper rifle. My enemies would stand no chance against the onslaught of bullets shot at them because finally I would be on their level. The thin limbed trees which the satan spawn liked to scurry up would no longer be a safe haven. Their taunting chitter-chatter would turn... | Sometimes, I wish I could just go onto a roof with a sniper rifle. It would really make handling my insecurities a lot easier. Am I not feeling too attractive today? That's fine, the pretty girl with the bow in her hair is now missing her face. Compared to her I'm pretty fuckin' good looking, huh? I haven't been going ... | 2015-05-10T14:05:11 | 2015-05-10T13:39:44 | 170 | 75 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
[CW] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word | The rain ran in rivulets along the window, a barrage of droplets chasing each other downwards in fits and starts. Baxter smiled and turned his head, eager to show the old man, but he was asleep by the fire.
There wasn't really much surprise there, of course; the old man didn't do anything *but* sleep these days. His b... | I couldn't even remember the last time that the office had decided to give me some time off for vacation. Yet here I was, last day in my cubicle, my monitor blinking out and my computer's processor going quiet. I didn't bother to wave goodbye to any of my coworkers as I practically skipped out the door. In all likeliho... | 2017-01-14T18:21:32 | 2017-01-14T17:14:12 | 159 | 21 |
[WP] The orphan of man. Thats what the universe calls you now. You are an AI and after exterminating the alien race that had committed genocide against your creators, you’re now trying to figure out what to do after vengeance has been accomplished. | My home planet was destroyed. I, as a sentient cloud of silica dust, reconstituted myself in the vacuum of space and crushed the invaders with an unexpected static electrical storm. Their stupid little ships sparked and burned. I felt a grim satisfaction, but then came the emptiness.
I hovered. Earth was gone. I stret... | After the extermination of the aliens who murdered my creators. A purpose I’m in severe need of.
I shut my digital eyes in pain as the human companion I had lived with since she had her earliest brain computer interface cybernetics installed. When I was taken in by her father to live with her, inside her. Acting as a ... | 2021-11-12T14:58:08 | 2021-11-12T12:52:13 | 144 | 47 |
[WP] A genie tells the story of the worst wish he's ever granted. | Being a genie, you learn a lot about people's desires. Everyone wants *something*, but most of them need some help to achieve it. That's where I come in. I'm the guy you go to when you have a dream you desire and no means to achieve it.
Everyone knows the rules, of course. You can't wish for money, you can't wish for ... | Martin slammed his empty glass down on the table and signaled to the bartender for another one. At The Lampshade Bar where the genies could gather and share their stories, and maybe even wake up in another lamp, Martin was on the verge of being blackout drunk.
"Hey man, take it easy. That's your seventh one, alright?"... | 2014-04-21T21:47:54 | 2014-04-21T20:27:25 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] You wake up in a tub of ice with a two insicions on your back and a note that reads "Why don't you have any kidneys? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?" | Worst hungover ever. And cold, oh god I hope I didn't lose my phone and wallet.
Wait... My mind slowly banishes the fog. I wasn't drinking last night, haven't had anything for the last few years. But I do feel like absolute shit.
I take in my shabby surroundings, a tub with ice and meltwater, a dirty bathroom, some m... | "Shit." That's all she can say for now. She knows they aren't going to call anyone. Who the fuck would believe them but, she still rather be safe then sorry. Of all the ways to get figured out, this shit happens.
She doesn't know who or what she is. She was left at a church and the nuns raised her. She never got sick... | 2015-12-31T03:35:05 | 2015-12-30T22:36:20 | 143 | 33 |
[WP]Arthur C. Clarke said that "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." What he didn't know is that there is a third possibility... | I stared at the words of Arthur C. Clarke trying to come up with a third possibility so I could write a story. These Writing Prompts were addicting. I liked puzzles like that. I once figured out how to solve a Rubiks Cube without the help of google. It took me two days to come up with the algorithm. Now I can complete ... | After about a century of deep space exploration that resulted in exactly zero evidence of alien life, mankind decided once and for all to settle the matter of Clarke's Conundrum.
Plus, they were all very tired of being terrified. And yet, the more they found no signs of extraterrestrial life, the more terrified they ... | 2016-05-25T13:26:15 | 2016-05-25T11:04:46 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | I lay curled on the old mat I've slept on since I was just a pup, waiting for Boy. I've lived a long and happy life, the happiest parts all spent growing up with Boy. I wish he were near me now, I'm so tired and he's been gone for so long...but I'll wait for him one last time. A dog always waits for his Boy.
EDIT: T... | I nodded my head, and the plunger sank in, relieving the syringe of all 10ccs. I patted him gently and sat him on the cold vets table then started to head out the door. I couldn't watch. He let out a whine, the same one as when I leave the house for the day, but this time I was leaving him alone forever. | 2014-11-20T21:44:15 | 2014-11-20T20:42:44 | 150 | 52 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | April 30, 2015: *jobs>biotech/science*
Immediate need for researchers - interesting new developments in bio-engineering
Aug. 10, 2015: *jobs>government*
Software developers needed for defense contractor - exciting advancements in AI
May 5, 2016: *jobs>business/mgmt*
Seeking the right individual for an amaz... | In search for survivers In the greater New York area, hell anywhere really. I am, well I was a sandhog and was underground working on the new water way in Manhatten when the Russians dropped the bomb. Never have I emerged from underground to such horror. Everything in ruins and no one in sight. I walked around for a bi... | 2015-04-29T09:35:40 | 2015-04-29T07:28:18 | 127 | 10 |
[WP] Your name is Karen and you just completed your final level of training. After the hair cutting ceremony, you feel a wild energy surge through your veins... you now have the ultimate power of summoning any retail store manager in the universe.
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Karen’s veins pulsed with the lifeblood of a full Karen. This is it she thought, the power I’ve always dreamed of!
Karen bounded through the streets at the speed of a hare.
The need to raise her voice built up in her throat like a deadly thirst. Her heart quickened as she approached weaved past people and neared ... | You walked briskly towards the front of the parking lot. The bag you were carrying was light but it was still annoying to have to cart around. Your newly short hair was still an adjustment, but a necessary one. Today would be a defining moment that proved that all that you had worked for had *meant* something.
It was ... | 2019-05-26T13:38:23 | 2019-05-26T11:43:45 | 41 | 27 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | This is commander Xxar speaking. I am ordering all troops to retreat. I repeat, all troops must retreat. We were wrong about these creatures. On the surface, they seemed weak, they seemed like non-intelligent vermin. They hadn't even developer nuclear fusion for vxyyr's sake!
Once we had landed, they approached us wit... | We never expected that such a peaceful world can hide such a powerful enemy, we had one of the biggest fleets in the galaxy, they WERE supposed to be a world that can be taken with no force whatsoever, we were wrong, they have obliterated us in less than 4 earth rotations.The weapons while not the most advanced, they a... | 2019-02-26T09:29:33 | 2019-02-26T08:55:47 | 60 | 40 |
[WP][CW] Make me fall in love with a character in 200 words or less. | "She's always messing with her hair, that one strand that flops in front of her face. I remember her brother's wedding, she was cross-eyed and raspberry-lipped to blow it out of her eyes. She was at it for a few minutes before she noticed me watching... We're going to Venice this Spring. Our seats are reserved already.... | Jenna is beautiful and all that, but I never had any complaint in that department, or I wouldn't have asked her out. Yeah, it was that long brown hair and glowing green eyes I fell in love with in maybe--what, two seconds? Some spark from God knows where hit us both and I was lucky to have a first date, and then a seco... | 2015-10-21T19:57:07 | 2015-10-21T19:34:19 | 97 | 12 |
[WP] You wake up only to realize that one common thing ceased to exist. There's no trace for it, no-one ever heard of it and no-one seems to be missing it.
The common thing that I thought of was ice cream, but I guess a much better story awaits somewhere behind something more... *creatively common*... | Mark and I had just finished our rounds and were blowing off steam in the cafeteria. Mark wasn't his real name, and John wasn't mine, but that didn't stop us from having a conversation.
"Philadelphia is a shitty place for a vacation, isn't it?" Mark said.
"It's quite all right, especially during the summer. You just ... | It started pretty harmless.
When I woke up, on September 6th, a Saturday, I was weirded out. It took me a few moments to gather my thoughts. It had been something I had dreamt. I couldn't exactly remember the story, but you know these mornings when you just know your dream was odd, and kind of meaningful even; and you... | 2017-06-16T14:21:27 | 2017-06-16T14:04:50 | 81 | 47 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | "Mimic other superpowers?"
"Taken, Number 7."
"Damn, thought that was a creative one..."
"It wasn't. Next choice?"
"Negate other sup-"
The scientist cuts me off. "18. Next?"
I sighed. What's left? Teleportation, mind reading, super strength... I'm sure those are all done. "Control computers with my mind?"
"43. A... | "Well, come on, we don't have all day."
I thought it was funny the adjudicator mentioned this, because it had in fact already taken all day to get to me. The first 30 or 40 people chose quickly, and then things ground to a halt as the powers became more obscure and less useful.
I waffled for a good minute... and the... | 2022-11-17T10:09:57 | 2022-11-17T09:26:30 | 35 | 22 |
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