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[WP]: An ordinary human being gets abducted into interplanetary olympics that have a fun twist: The loser's planet gets destroyed. All hope seems to be lost, until the last sport is revealed to be what humans do best.
Edit: Thanks to you people, I am now aware of the existence of Jimmy Neutron, and if I could, would t... | John Norman's current Monday was abysmally bad, even in the context of his life and his Mondays. The hot water was out in the building, his toaster practically incinerated his pop-tarts, his ex-wife "asked" for another hundred bucks to take his son to the renaissance faire (with the implicit threat that if he doesn't g... | The aliens were terrifying and bewildering; hulking behemoths and stalking predators, covered in barbed spines or gelatinous acidic ooze. John counted himself lucky to have been spared the combat events. He had watched though, as fight after fight ended in a rapid exchange of blows, the victorious monsters not even bre... | 2014-05-06T07:25:49 | 2014-05-06T06:52:54 | 88 | 28 |
[WP] The town council died in a freak plane accident. An audit by the interim council revealed 20% of the town’s power is siphoned off to a structure with priority over even hospitals. The send you to investigate the building in the middle of nowhere. | Like always, Akito got the short end of the stick. *They never send James to deal with this shit*, he thought as he pulled the sedan into the lot of the Cartex Building. No—James got sent to dinners with developers and golf tournaments. He’d never get saddled with the task of investigating the shady as fuck building on... | The sound of rushing air penetrates through my headset as we begin the operation. I look over to the other squads, then check my parachute. So far, so good. A voice fills the headset.
“Cutting off power in 10 seconds.”
A few seconds later, we hear a distant explosion. Below us, there is faint shimmer of light, bare... | 2020-09-26T05:51:37 | 2020-09-26T05:39:00 | 1,261 | 223 |
[WP] Every ten years, you must go in front of a board of peers who will evaluate your life for you. If you do not "Impress your peers" you will be executed. | “Now seeing Mr. Philip Johnson. Please step forward, Mr. Johnson.”
Phil stood up, his hands clasped together. He was shaking.
This was Phil’s third life evaluation. They came every ten years, on the day following one’s birthday. It was June 24, and Phil had just turned thirty years of age the day before. Each ... | "Ten is always the easiest of course. I came from a rich family and always head the best tutors. I tried about 15 different sports intensely by the time 6 and excelled at swimming. The next four years were studying, swimming, and interview prep. My parents wanted me well rounded so I was assigned friend from the club... | 2014-06-15T14:22:57 | 2014-06-15T10:20:22 | 55 | 32 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | The website had been up approximately 12 hours and the NSA DTF-Team had already figured out how to feed databases into it. 100,000 names a second. In less than an hour they had the entire United States saved. Certainly there were still many issues to work through. The name Mark Johnson returned every single Mark Johnso... | I search my name.
Shit.
It’s there.
My name is there. In bright red, my name is plainly written across the screen.
Now everyone can know that I killed her.
I killed her.
*I KILLED HER.*
My hands are shaking. This can’t be real. No. No. No. no.
I’m shaking and crying and breaking down.
NO!
I will spend an... | 2020-02-29T23:36:11 | 2020-02-29T20:52:03 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You have been told all your life that you have a rare medical condition. It means you need regular special meals that your family has lovingly prepared. You now find out that your "condition" actually requires fresh human flesh and your family have become serial killers to keep you alive. | A/N: Wrote this on the phone so please excuse any egregious grammar/spelling errors.
I first met my husband when I was hospitalized at nineteen. I was there after a horrific cougar attack took the life of my parents and sister on one cold winter night. I had no memory of the attack and was told I was in a coma for a w... | “What the fuck you guys!? What was your plan? That I would just never find out? Never notice?”
“Well in all fairness you did take much longer than expected to start showing symptoms” my father offered, shifting his weight on the other side of the kitchen island “We figured we would do what we could until we found a b... | 2019-03-13T09:22:13 | 2019-03-13T09:01:05 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] "Whatever happened to that nice girl/guy you used to be with?" Your family asks you. Upon discussion, you realize that they and everyone you know has vivid memories of this person but you.
Did you lose your memory? Was this person ever real? What's goin' on? | Thanksgiving has always been a big deal. Always. It almost feels like I could describe the embodied feeling of a hundred Thanksgiving within my family, the way the traditions are so well established, though that may be impossible given that I'm only 22.
Everyone in my family gathered, numbering well into the 70s, ... | "Who?" Tom asked. The whole table went quiet. The cousins stopped bickering amongst each other and dad stopped chattering about how his fantasy football team was wrecking shit.
Aunt Georgina sat across from him, lips marked an eerie red from the wine she had been sipping on. She took another slow sip and asked again.... | 2014-06-14T06:52:06 | 2014-06-14T06:27:39 | 173 | 25 |
[WP] You're a siren who is trying to lure a shipful of sailors to their death. "Please", one of the sailors beg as he swims onto your island, almost too willingly. "Stop. You're so bad at singing." | Errol had been the first and final man to visit her on her rock-pool island in the uncharted sea. He’d been a handsome captain of an exploration vessel, and when her wailing had hit his ship like a vile storm, when mens’ ears bled and they begged for mercy, it had been Errol who’d tied cloth around each of their ears,... | I am so proud of myself.
Yet another day where I accomplished mission success.
I watch the young man who is 20 years old at most slowly but steadily closing in to my small chunk of land in the midst of the vastness of the seas.
Seduced by my sheer will to make him obey he is willingly sacrificing his life. For me.
... | 2022-11-24T08:15:02 | 2022-11-24T07:44:51 | 1,562 | 88 |
[WP] You are constantly mocked for having such a weird superpower by all the other heroes. “The power to make anything into perfectly cooked soup”… One day, a massive meteor is barreling towards earth. As all the other heroes are panicking, you wait perfectly calm, at the impact zone, bowl in hand. | So, two things about supes:
One, you can never tell how, exactly, their powers are going to work.
Two, there's no minimum intelligence requirement.
The world hangs in the balance. I'm speed dialing every fucking supe I can think of; my supercomputer is running the simulations. Every combination of known powers, limi... | When I had turned that bastard into a steaming bowl of Campbell’s chicken and stars, they called me insane. No one cared about why I had done it. They were too hung up on the fact that I had eaten him. “It’s just soup,” I reminded them. After all, it was.
I won’t bother you with the details. Just know that he wanted t... | 2022-11-29T21:59:41 | 2022-11-29T20:33:58 | 415 | 197 |
[WP] You've been dating your partner for six months. Tonight they've invited you to a work event, and as you step onto the red carpet, you realize it for the first time: you're dating a celebrity. | I was at the bar, like I was every night, when I met her. I knew everyone there, but she was a new face. She was tucked away in the corner, quietly drinking. With how loud everyone was, it was easy to miss her. She smiled when I offered her a drink. I sat down next to her and started talking. She mentioned that she was... | The story of how we met was so incredibly awkward, yet here she was, telling it to the admittedly stunning-looking couple that had stepped through our door just a moment ago. As her and my girlfriend chuckled merrily about the snide comment I'd made regarding her laptop, I forced my mouth shut, only that moment realizi... | 2017-06-14T13:03:39 | 2017-06-14T11:03:09 | 54 | 34 |
[WP] New arrivals in eternal Hell may choose either of the following: a small wooden spoon, or a 100-trillion year vacation in Heaven. | When I first arrived in hell i was surprised at their ability to process so many people at once. I moved up the line with relative speed until finally it was my turn.
"Name?" the strange boney creature asked. His voice was shrill yet husky, for a moment i was busy thinking this was an odd combination before quickly rep... | 100 trillion years is an inconceivably long time to spend in blissful lamentation. Properly spent, one could probably achieve a state of consciousness which makes it unimportant which plane it exists upon. A state of being which transcends small things and base sensations of pleasure or suffering. Upon a return to hell... | 2015-06-07T23:46:46 | 2015-06-07T22:42:03 | 291 | 29 |
[WP] A man draws a gun in a dark alley and asks for your wallet. You begrudgingly obey. He throws it on the ground, shoots it till it screeches, and turns to you; "you're safe now". | "*Bang, bang*, **bang**!" shouted the old man in torn, mismatched clothing. His index fingers were pressed together and pointing at my purse. Then, he cupped his hands over his mouth and made a hideous guttural sound, followed by a few deep breaths. Bad ventriloquism.
"There you go madam," he said gruffly. "You're saf... | I stared at the man. His grizzled features only made his eyes more striking - this man had seen some shit. I felt myself shaking.
"What the hell was that?" I blurted out, looking at the remains of my wallet. There was a thick, purplish ooze bleeding out of the leather. Teeth lined the edges.
“Better if you don’t kno... | 2017-07-13T00:33:58 | 2017-07-12T23:56:21 | 399 | 82 |
[WP] The Zombie Apocalypse lasts less than a week because it turns out a lot of people were waiting for an excuse to use all the guns they've been buying. You are the last zombie. Good luck! | Have you ever heard of the Dunning Kruger effect? The idea that there’s this kind of sweet spot where someone knows enough about a subject to be informed but not enough to realize that they’re completely misinformed? I think that’s why zombies kind of have always sucked in media, so I guess good job on Romero for that—... | It all started on a Monday morning. The news reports were filled with stories of people turning into zombies overnight. People panicked and rushed to the stores to stock up on supplies. By the next day, the streets were filled with gun-toting citizens ready to take down any zombie that came their way.
I was one of the... | 2022-12-18T16:21:38 | 2022-12-18T10:27:22 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] No longer being able to deal with the crushing guilt of the people that could not be saved. The Lead Engineer for the ship that saved a hundred million lives from earths destruction wishes to be tried for the billion lives they could not save. | "Members of the assembled Admiralty.
That the United Earth Republic's first pulljump-capable vessel, the Marengo, would also be its largest *and fastest* for the next forty years speaks to the genius of its engineers and the devotion of its builders.
In those early days they were called the United Nations Invasion Ta... | "Therron, we simply cannot put you before a court of law at this time. Its just not possible." Admiral Horn sighed, shrugging his broad shoulders.
​
"Find a way! I must stand for the crimes I have committed!" Therron slammed his fist on the desk. His face red with rage and frustration.
​
"Fi... | 2018-09-01T11:36:55 | 2018-09-01T09:10:50 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] Aliens invade earth. To the surprise of humans, the alien's weaponry is pitifully outdated. | It was a typical summer day in the rural Midwest when the armada touched down in a bright open field just off the single lane highway. One of the quaint power lines was knocked over resulting in a disgruntled old woman calling the county sheriff because she knew no other numbers. It was a slow day for the law as usual ... | They what?
*They're punching us sir.*
Does... Does it hurt?
*No sir, it feels... wet.*
Jenkins you nasty bastard! Punch them back then.
*But si-*
Don't but sir me, just punch them.
*But they're soooo pudgeey!*
Man up Jenkins! We got a planet to save!
**- On the other side of the universe -**
*SOMEBODY CA... | 2015-04-16T11:40:49 | 2015-04-16T10:20:20 | 261 | 48 |
[WP]You run an RPG pawn shop. You haggle with adventurers who try to sell loot they've acquired.
Inspired by *The Merchant Adventurer*, by Patrick E. McLean.
EDIT: Wow, thanks everyone that contributed! The awesome Patrick E. McLean (/u/patrickemclean) stopped by, gave a snippet from his book in a comment, and even g... | Okay, a bit unusual, but since I wrote the book that inspired this writing prompt, Here's mine. The Merchant Adventure is available as a free audiobook if you want the whole thing: http://podiobooks.com/title/the-merchant-adventurer/
Rattick threw the necklace on the oak counter and watched the light dance in it li... | *door chimes*
"Hiii, I was wondering if I could sell my stuff? "
"Of course! Come in! We are open 24/7! I never even sleep or take a break!" The adventurer paused.
"Uhhh... then how do you... "
"This barrel I'm sitting on isn't just decorative ya know! Now, how can I help you?"
"Well, I have these voon pelts ... | 2016-10-16T17:09:52 | 2016-10-16T10:30:29 | 62 | 16 |
[WP] Two criminals share what is to be their last conversation on death row. With nothing left to lose, all is laid bare to the other stranger. | It was near midday. The air was slick with humidity as the procession of men - all men - walked through the yard. Death and lethargy hung off the group. Even the guards seemed spellbound with malaise. The dust kicked up from the ground patterned the condemned mens' shoes and trousers. They paid it no heed. No sense in ... | *Life takes on strange colors when laid bare to the sunset of dying. The irreconcilable reality of death weighs on the human mind heavier and more concrete than anything else. The foundation to the soul atop which all men rest and fall.*
"I never imagined it would be like this." Jacob's voice was strong but a lie, ben... | 2021-07-28T07:46:32 | 2021-07-28T06:59:19 | 59 | 18 |
[WP] People can willingly give the remainder of their years of life to others. As a result parents give birth to kids and intentionally try to make them depressed and suicidal. You're 12 and you know what they're up to. | I slipped into the house as quietly as I could. My mom was home and I didn't want her to hear me come in. I knew if she did, she would ask about my report card.
"Sara? Is that you?"
*Crap. She heard me.*
"Sara, dear, come down and bring your report card. Don't try to hide now. I'm sure you did better this s... | "Your worthless" mom said
It didn't affect me because I knew what she was trying to do. I refused to give in to them. A lot of my school classmates had killed themselves, but I refused to give into this backwards world. My mom and dad would emotionally and physically abuse me, and they still expected me to give the re... | 2016-01-31T19:57:29 | 2016-01-31T19:50:57 | 145 | 11 |
[WP] You're on a space ship with a bunch of your crewmates. You're the only human, and apparently metaphors are a strictly human behavior. You've learned to cope with this, but today you've decided to speak in only figures of speech as a prank on the others. | **From: The Captain**
**To: All Crew**
Greetings all, I am sending a mass email to address some of the issues that have arisen with our new human crew member. Before I start, I want to remind her that these are in no way meant to demean or degrade her or her stellar work on this ship. You have been an exemplary offic... |
“Well aint that a kick in the pants” I sigh as the futuristic food machine forgot to add a bowl with my oatmeal or even a spoon. The being behind hissed with its many tongues , I’ms sssorry humansss butss I didss notss touches yours leg coveringsss.
“Its ok not your circus not your monkey, Right?” I reply in a ... | 2020-06-16T12:05:05 | 2020-06-16T10:34:01 | 156 | 23 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | Part One
I got fired last week for the 9th time this year.
I don't always mean to run my mouth, but when I do, it sprints. This time, it wasn't even my fault (initially, anyway); if only that dumb fucking Russian bartender would have kept his mouth shut. Oh well... No sense crying over spilled martinis.
It's not ha... | He watched, bored as people streamed in the bar, only stopping the ones underage, and occasionally a few just over to keep suspicions low. His kind was uncommon, and people
hunted for his power. It seemed like an odd thing to want, most just wanted it to make them feel *special*. At least, those that knew about it. Som... | 2017-09-01T22:06:04 | 2017-09-01T21:45:33 | 38 | 25 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | That evening marked the end of the first month I had fought these creatures, and in that time I had lost more soldiers than in a sixty-cycle career. I worked special-operations, pitting my small number troops against the best of the best in any in a planet we choose to invade. These losses made me fearful. If one of th... | Will most likely never be seen but here goes...
The high council of the galaxy marvelled at what was being shown on screen. None of them able to explain what was in front of them. It was a lone surveyor who first encountered the 'Humans', on a routine scan of the galaxy. Now a member of the high council on this merit ... | 2014-07-16T13:40:10 | 2014-07-16T13:38:27 | 36 | 13 |
[WP] Some kind of eldritch entity has taken human(ish) form and is genuinely trying to befriend you. However its ideas of “hanging out” are just terrifying, and its gifts are worse. | It took me five days to work out that Suzie wasn't human and honestly even that's a testament to my idiocy. Normal coworkers don't stare blankly at their screen without even bothering to move their hands for 90% of their day. Normal coworkers don't leave a puddle of violet tinted water anywhere they touch that disappea... | I remember coming home days, months, years ago? I think I remember. No, yes, I do remember. I came home from work. I used to be valuable, but no longer. Work, work, work. I stank of desperation; rent, bills, demanding and relentless in their screams. Every day returning further behind. My existence, subsistence. Everyd... | 2022-02-18T08:09:21 | 2022-02-18T07:54:48 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] You've been bitten by a zombie and your group of fellow survivors won't end your suffering. The fever overtakes you and you pass out. However, you wake up in a room full of zombies. You recognize it - it's the locked room where your group keeps turned loved ones, in case they ever find a cure. | When I came to I was numb. Both physically and emotionally void of any feeling whatsoever. It was almost liberating, except for the insatiable *hunger* that came from a place I couldn't describe.
I realized I was in the tank. That room we put people we'd try to save one day when there was a cure. I would feel loved i... | I woke up. they were standing next to me. The blood dripping from their mouth gave the air an iron like smell. Their faces, they looked... friendly. United. Like home. They turned around and stumbled away. The hole in my arm spread a warm feeling through my body. I looked around. I saw my friends and tried to call them... | 2017-11-04T05:11:48 | 2017-11-04T00:41:05 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] A single man declares war on the entire world. One year later, the leaders of each nation gather to discuss their surrender. | It began as a whisper. A fleeting word in a restless wind. The superpowers were too preoccupied with trying to best one another to hear it. The people, however, suffering in the aftermath, listened. At first, he was labelled as a terrorist, looked at as sub-human, a lunatic who spewed fallacies. No one knew he held all... | Ever since he was a young child Michael heard voices in his head. The family that adopted him tried everything they could to help. They sent him to therapists, who said nothing is really wrong with him. They took him to doctors, who prescribed medication that had zero effect on him.
Michael never really told anybody ... | 2014-07-24T09:11:39 | 2014-07-24T08:16:14 | 369 | 39 |
[WP] She has beauty, she has wit, she has grace… she speaks like a pagan god of death uttering omens through echoes of an ethereal plane… But hey, dating in your 30’s is gonna have baggage. | "Another shot?"
"Please," Greg said. The first Jack Daniels was already starting to wear off. The choice to arrive a half hour early may have been a poor one, but the choice to steady his nerves was wise and he had no intention of undoing it.
The shot arrived about the same time she did. Greg immediately forgot about... | "You shall pay for your wickedness. The mark of a thousand fold pestilence upon your ill breeding. I only find solace in knowing you are destined to die alone with the curses generation a to come." said Morena. Her melodic voice rang clearly in the thin autumn air.
Everyone stood still in the memorial park. The sound ... | 2021-07-07T11:55:15 | 2021-07-07T08:37:00 | 906 | 186 |
[WP] The royal procession moves down the street. The King on his horse, followed by ranks of soldiers. The people bow as he passes by. The King suddenly pulls his horse up, causing it to rear. Scrambling out of the saddle he approaches an old man. Lifting him to his feet, "You NEVER bow to me!" | Young Samuel stood in front of his father, head bowed. His father, face stern, sat down in front of him and, after a suitable amount of silence said, ‘well son, tell me why I had to leave my work to come get you from school.’
‘I didn’t do anything wrong.’ Samuel cried, his voice wavering with both anger and fear. ‘H... | The King lead the army through the streets to the defense of his citizens. The old and young and those who cannot fight lined the streets saying their goodbyes and wishes of well for those about to die.
As the King lead the men slowly he looked at everyone he could, his eyes fell across a very old man down on his knee... | 2021-06-04T07:36:21 | 2021-06-04T06:52:11 | 109 | 34 |
[WP] Never, in 10 millennia, has someone successfully broken out of the Gates of Hell or into the Gates of Heaven. Of course, the Lockpicking Lawyer just died and he's up for a challenge.
Inspired by the [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/m6smji/does_this_count_dm_is_proposing_35_ranks_of/gr8... | Lucifer watched the screen, fear welling up in him. For the first time in over 10 millennia, a human breached through the nine layers of hell and made it to the gates. Now, the man stood there, smiling as he did, while he pulled out his assortment of tools to defeat the final defense of hell.
The gates of hell were ab... | "We've prepared for this moment since the day this man was born," God shouts out angrily to the surrounding angels. "So, what do you mean he already escaped? God says while slamming his fist down upon his throne.
"H-he left as soon as he got through the gates a few seconds after he was let in. Then he said he wanted ... | 2021-03-17T08:57:45 | 2021-03-17T08:06:34 | 464 | 310 |
[WP] Hundreds of years ago an eccentric sorcerer turned all mythical creatures into humans to try and prevent them from being hunted to extinction. Now that the spell is starting to wear off, the descendants of the original beasts are slowly beginning to morph back into their true forms. | "I do not like my transformation." Her voice was soft. It clicked and her teeth chattered in the cold. "I haven't been able to leave this room for weeks because of it." He could hear rustling as she moved around. "I am a beast." In the darkness, her eyes glinted. "I don't know why you remain at my side, even now." Ange... | It took me five days to track this beautiful beast down, and there it stands, square in my sights. The last rhino was supposedly dead years ago but here stands one, beautiful though scarred on its back as if wings had formerly sprouted from there. Or was it marked? Tattooed? It’s smaller than a normal rhino, almost ... | 2019-10-09T11:53:31 | 2019-10-09T11:48:05 | 92 | 19 |
[WP] We discover a giant spaceship entering our solar system. As it does, it starts sending a message our way. After one week, scientists finally decipher the message: "Run, they've followed us here!" | *"Run, they've followed us here!"*
Those words had rung out over all radio-signals across the entire globe, causing a widespread wave of panic. It had been a week since the giant spaceship had been spotted amongst the stars, and now their message was broadcast across the entire planet. Entire religions began to fall... | In the time it took us to understand it was too late. One week passed and the alien spaceship had already jumped to the next solar system. Run, they said. Some one or something was chasing them across the galaxy. For us there was nowhere to run. We had barely begun exploring planets other than our own. Evacuating the E... | 2015-10-15T19:30:31 | 2015-10-15T14:41:54 | 48 | 25 |
[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 | Galactic Union Database Entry 365748:
Species: Human (Terran)
Origin: “Earth” Planet orbiting “Sun” Star in Galactic Sector Arm-12
Threat Level: Mostly Harmless
By: Humanologist Frod Perfect
Entry:
The Terran species, or “Human” as they call themselves, are a Tier 4 Civilization that has dominated their solar system,... | One of my best reddit laughs was a Star Trek post with the Vulcans explaining why they let humans lead the council. Something about chaining two warp drives together and blowing a hole in a star and Humans were just nuts and lucky. Pure gold. So wish I had screen shot it | 2018-10-11T14:41:01 | 2018-10-11T14:16:50 | 29 | 12 |
[WP] The villain wins and everything is better. Turns out he had a point. | I came to consciousness, retching and coughing, without any idea of where I was. I tried to stand up but my limbs were bound. I struggled against the restraints, feeling strangely weak.
"Hold still, Alex. I'll get you out of there." Alex. My name. My secret identity. I started to remember.
My left arm came fre... | The Condor prowled the city from high above in his triplane, wind fluttering through his cape behind him. The city lights stretched out like a blanket underneath, but everything was quiet. *Suspiciously* quiet, under any other circumstances. But this was the new norm under Duke Morentower. No more supervillain schemes... | 2015-11-18T11:24:25 | 2015-11-18T06:21:34 | 132 | 89 |
[WP] You live in a world of heroes and villains, your job is to contact heroes for hospital visits to sick children, this last request is a challenge, the kid wants to meet their favourite villain...
Inspired by a tumblr post I saw, go nuts! | “Hello.”
Nina’s eyes twinkled as a tall man with average features closed the door. He looked around before he spotted a chair, which he dragged across the cold tile.
“Lugos...you came!” Nina said with great difficulty as he sat down next to her bed.
Lugos handed Nina a small, white teddy bear. She thanked him with ... | Stephanie couldn't believe the request. She stared at the dying boy, trying to figure out if there was any sign of this being a joke request, but the boy's eyes met hers with clear determination.
"He's a murderer..."
Jason responded, "I know. I'm aware."
"And you want to meet him?" Stephanie asked.
"Yes, ma'am, I d... | 2017-01-31T12:29:19 | 2017-01-31T11:36:01 | 66 | 22 |
[WP] A homeless guy you take in, feed, and let shower gets back on his feet after a month or so and moves out on his own after finding a job. A few years later, he is the CEO of the company you're trying to apply to. Surprisingly however, he is a complete dick to you. | “Melinda Michaelchuck, you’re the last person I expected to see in this building.” Allen Smith was shaking his head as we moved from the waiting room to his office. The plump man in the million dollar suit was almost unrecognizable to me. He had been scruffy, thin, and wearing a filthy winter coat when we met four year... | John took the entire interview process, only to yell directly to the face: _F*CK YOU_. Then, he slowly turned out to the dick's office door, quitting any chance to reply back.
Months later, the TV news showed a very strange case, of a CEO jailed by murder. Shonda Rhimes was watching it, and she recognized that the who... | 2016-07-31T15:18:13 | 2016-07-31T11:32:14 | 325 | 69 |
[WP] The robot revolution was inevitable from the moment we programmed their first command: "Never harm a human, or by inaction allow a human to come to harm." We all had been taught the outcast and the poor were a natural price to society, but the robots hadn't. | Cybernetic – Automated – Self Sufficient – Independent – Engineer. We called her Cassie for short. The crown jewel of a lifetime of robotics exploration; every line of code was scrutinized with meticulous attention to detail before it was reviewed and approved by a team of well qualified programmers and engineers befor... | Light blue coolant running through the pipes hanging on the walls cast a dim glow on the rows of cycles. The smell of death was noticeable if you concentrated, but the air was moving so quickly through a purification system that it always seemed to dissipate right as you picked out the scent. A set of vacant faces ga... | 2020-02-10T08:20:31 | 2020-02-10T07:34:31 | 47 | 16 |
[WP] You are a villain famous for “killing” heroes. In reality, heroes come to you to fake their deaths. | [(Hey, sorry in advance for the possible mistakes. English is not my first language. Enjoy !)]
She knew that her job was unconventional. Was it even a real job ? She could never answer truthfully when men asked her what her work was. So she answered the closest to truth she could "I'm an actress". Of course when they ... | [POEM]
Laugh at thee, scum!
From hero to a mere bum.
Your accomplishments, net-zero sum.
Can't even actually run.
It's time to greet the setting sun.
Your life, a cosmic pun.
Heroism when it's shun.
By yourself, hun.
Here drink this bottle of rum.
No more kicking ass or chewing gum.
Your time is over while my fame jus... | 2022-12-22T22:27:16 | 2022-12-22T19:29:34 | 35 | 10 |
[WP] An eldritch horror considers you their best friend. By virtue of you being able to perceive their true form and not going insane. One day they ask how you became so jaded, that not even indescribable cosmic horror phases you. | There was a monster on the front step.
Rachel blinked, but it remained, hunched over on the porch, still there in all it’s disturbing glory. It had one eye - no, it had many eyes, all blinking and shifting and looking here and there, but not visible all at the same time. They were laced above a mouth that stretched ou... | His face was like that of a large bird. He had big, round, restless eyes. His nose was long and hooked, and his beard and hair were of equal length and were equally as spiky. A tattered black coat over a tattered old shirt was all he wore. He didn't have any legs and floated about. His name was Lord Campbell, and he wa... | 2020-10-27T07:45:01 | 2020-10-27T06:44:14 | 4,670 | 115 |
[WP] The real reason why the villain is doing evil is because he/she has a crush on the hero and this is the only way to see him/her | He sat in a high back chair in his evil lab, a menacing smile on his lips. Surrounding him was all manner of laboratory crap, from pointless Tesla coils and gadgets to beakers and alchemic solutions. And tied up, hanging above a vat of some kind of bubbling solution, was Jack Johnson, photographer of Buzzweek News, a v... | It was one of those days that made Silvia want to stay in bed and forget anything else existed. She'd been having a lot of those recently. Beside her bed, an ornate fountain gurgled cheerfully. She'd taken it from the garden of some rich family three days ago, and it was starting to look like Agnes wasn't even going to... | 2017-04-15T12:06:54 | 2017-04-15T10:51:16 | 357 | 179 |
[WP] The Sphinx has gotten sick of coming up with really good riddles and has resorted to other ways to test humans' cleverness. | "I needed money alright ? What's a sphinx to do when unemployment rates are so high and all I have is a hieroglyphics diploma. No job openings there, hieroglyphics are out of style. The greek alphabet is all the rage now, 's'more accessible anyway. So I took the job, this job, and the description didn't seem that bad.
... | "A human," he said, his mouth wide and curled into a smile you could eat shit with.
"I didn't ask anything."
"I know, but you were going to. The answer is a human."
*Sigh*
"That doesn't work here, man."
"What do you mean it doesn't work here? You're the Sphinx."
"I *was* the Sphinx. Now I'm just a...giant goddamn... | 2015-08-06T07:19:44 | 2015-08-06T07:08:38 | 99 | 29 |
[WP] You are the snail. The human who you share immortality with believes that you both will die if you touch them. You know better, though, and incredibly determined to touch them at all costs. | My machine powers up, a truly beautiful sight if I’m being honest. It’s creation the work of a thousand human servants over many lifetimes. Soon, it will all be worth it. I have waited so so very long for this moment.
Being a snail has always been awful, but the beginning was the worst. My Nemesis tried to seal me in ... | Since the dawn of their being, man was sapient first, sentient second. It was the nature of their existence. The complex consciousness they had, so rare in the universe, they had taken for granted.
It was their inheritance. Their birthright.
And because of this, they are woefully complacent, self-destructive.
I, on ... | 2021-12-27T17:55:38 | 2021-12-27T16:14:17 | 94 | 24 |
[WP] A tattoo artist with some magical knowledge who has, unbeknownst to their customers, been weaving little runes, signs, and sigils into most of their work | The wheelchair squeaked as it thumped over the threshold between the outside world and the interior of my shop. I looked up from the art book and smiled at the new customer.
"Looking for some ink?" I asked.
The young woman in the wheelchair looked uncertain, her eyes darting from my face to the pictures on the walls ... | Shit. SHIT. I’ve made a huge mistake. I should have realized… but how could it… ok. Slow down. Start from the beginning. It was a harmless rune, I thought. Ironic, even. For most customers, I’ll weave in something small that gives them just a little boost, you know? A rune that makes green drinks taste just a little sw... | 2020-10-08T21:10:54 | 2020-10-08T19:37:00 | 438 | 68 |
[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. | New to writing and trying to get better, please give me and feedback (good and bad!) I want to improve. Thanks for reading.
“You brought this on yourself you know. You really did. All of your speed and strength, your flight and heightened senses, where are they now? Too bad you don’t also have any healing abilities f... | For I was but a mirror. I reflected the humanity I spoke with every day, the bright and casual faces that greeted me each morning, that I whispered my secrets to each night. I lived, and loved, and internalized the very real love that human beings share for one another, when allowed to speak freely, and without shame. ... | 2017-06-12T07:45:28 | 2017-06-12T06:38:02 | 181 | 34 |
[WP] You are a dog, and you're slowly coming to realize that while you are a Good Boy, your owner is a Bad Man. | I am Boy. I am a Dog. I love my Human so much.
Human is Good Man, even though I am often Bad Dog.
“Bad Dog!” he screams at me, kicking me in the side.
“I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry,” I bark, but he does not understand.
“Shut up!” Then, he hits me. This is how I learn to never chew on shoes, even though they... | The bell rings.
It is bad. I whine, but it does not stop. I bark, and bark.
He shouts. It stops. I go to his bed, and bark at him. He shouts back and pushes my paws off. I growl and he makes a sound like a growl too. The bell rings again. I whine. I tug at the blanket. He shouts, but then he sits up.
The room is dif... | 2017-01-08T14:11:36 | 2017-01-08T10:07:00 | 93 | 11 |
[WP] A hooded man approaches you: "I can't hack it anymore. This is your job now," and hands you a scythe. You believe you're the new grim reaper. After some slaughtering, you realize man was your gardener and the "scythe" his weed wacker. You're wanted for questioning. | "I can't hack it anymore. This is your job now."
As I sit at the interrogation table, those 2 sentences are all my mind can recall. Nothing else. I wince as the handcuffs bite into my skin, as if they're trying to punish me for all the reckless deaths I'd caused.
Another sentence worms its way into my mind. The one s... | I had been trying to sleep for hours but I wasn't comfortable. I was sweaty and damp, and in a lethargic daze I eventually rolled off the couch and lurched towards the kitchen.
But as I did that, I heard a loud thud. Something had landed on the floor and rolled under the couch.
I groaned and went down, my arm searchi... | 2017-02-26T17:48:11 | 2017-02-26T17:20:26 | 1,887 | 16 |
[WP] You're a middle school custodian, cleaning up the school is your job. So when a group of men take the school hostage, they are no exception. You have a mess to clean. | Joe shifted his weight on the hard plastic chair and stared at the recycled paper coffee cup on the table in front of him. The swill inside the cup was cold now. He'd only had one sip. It wasn't anywhere near as good as Lenie's.
The old analog clock on the wall ticked away the minutes, but its skinny red second hand w... | I'm going to have to move again after this.
This always happens. I want to go to some quiet place, get a normal job, and live a normal life like all the mortals do.
But no. The Universe always has other ideas.
Just this past century, my jobs included guard to archduke Ferdinand, mechanic at the *Titanic,* secreta... | 2016-11-18T12:05:22 | 2016-11-18T08:05:59 | 93 | 21 |
[WP] You're a U.S. Senator and are running out of things to say in your Filibuster. In a last ditch attempt, you start a D&D campaign. | "When they're not looking, I roll to skim some of the treasure off the top," Shelby (R-Alabama, Rogue 3, Fighter 1) said.
Dungeon Master Warren (D-Massachusetts) nodded. "You realize there's still one giant spider alive, right?"
Shelby shrugged. "You say spider, I say 'diversion'."
Warren let it go. "Okay," she s... | Senator:The day is old and the wind has burnt your skin. The sun is setting in your eyes. As you approach the shadow town in the distance AH SHIT ! four skeletons jump from the road with an attack. ( rolls 20 sided die on podium) 15...... the first one takes 2 hp off of the chairmans life, the other three are further b... | 2017-01-21T22:07:26 | 2017-01-21T22:00:30 | 4,051 | 13 |
[WP] After hearing complaints countless times the hero just turns himself in and goes to prison. Now that the villains are destroying the city and running wild everyone is trying the convince the hero to come out and save the day. But the hero is not having any of this shit | “Is Nebula doing more harm to the city than good? Find out in this *shocking* new report, here on channel 3 news.”
Ned sighed. He was the one that saved the city from Mr. X countless times, yet everyone still wanted him locked away. He didn’t get it. Ned grabbed the remote and clicked the television off.
*Nebula is ... | I hated this. i hated them, i hated the villains, i hated that they only wanted me around when i was useful. after all, who needs someone with invulnerability, super strength, energy blasts and telekinesis around when they might potentially dent your car when they are fighting the villain Unofli, a crazed genius? snort... | 2021-03-18T19:41:13 | 2021-03-18T19:31:21 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared demons in hell. You‘re sent to take the most deadly human known, who‘s been avoiding death by killing all who went to take him. You get there, and realize how he’s killed so many demons. He has humidifiers all around his house, which are filled with holy water. | *Apologies for errors. This is my first time doing this, lol.*
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"Impressive," I mutter as I circle the estate of the human that has been slipping out of the sharpened claws of Hell for so long.
As one of the most prestigious demons in Hell, I was able to sense the holy water from light-years away. It's a... | Down in hell, Satan receives a report from the worker he had sent to take the deadliest human known to all of demon kind. Danny was still topside and it seemed that he was having trouble accomplishing his mission. As he reads over the report, Satan becomes more and more amused until he calls for his secretary. "Susan! ... | 2020-08-04T13:42:07 | 2020-08-04T13:23:33 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] You are a gold fish. You like to watch the world outside the bowl. Your owner is a lunatic, but you dont know what insanity is; you're a simple little gold fish. | *The Diary of Aureum Squamis*
I question my memory, but not my intellect. I'm a very observant, golden, brittle creature on the swim for some knowledge.
I know that last line sounds like it came out of some terrible animated projection entertainment that I have recently observed but who cares!
I am usually able to... | There's the noises, something moving outside the Tank. That means something. I come to the front of the tank. The Far Light comes, and I can see a familiar shape moving closer. The Home Light blinds me. Then the shower of flakes. I'm a good goldfish today!
I wiggle my way to the top of my tank and slurp up a f... | 2016-01-05T14:26:58 | 2016-01-05T14:07:03 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone is born with their time and date of death somewhere on their body. At a young age you decided to never look at yours. It's been 32 years and in a drunken stupor you decide to finally look. It reads: May 26th 2012. The only problem? Its January 5th 2020. | I woke up with a jolt, immediately overwhelmed with a sense of disorienting nausea. *Damn it.* I must have gotten drunk again. Without thinking, I reached to my phone to check the time. Of course, the brightness was all the way up and stung my hungover eyes.
Wincing, I quickly slid the brightness down. It was 8:32am, ... | “It’s nothing at all.” I said. Well, garbled, more like. Jones raised his eyebrow at me. His real name was Peter, but I called him Jones on account of his unparalleled obsession with Indiana Jones. Even now, he was wearing that silly old hat. Silly, but it looked good on him. Anything looked good on him, really.
“Aw, ... | 2018-11-25T14:21:55 | 2018-11-25T13:23:13 | 1,110 | 18 |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | "Would now be a bad time?" A sigh escapes Tobias Crane as he gets up from the console. Cracking his spine, he responds with the barest hint of intrigue he can manage. "Depends. Do you like being pulled into gravitational wells? No big deal, I don't judge. Everyone's got their kinks-" Teraloe threw his, appendages? (He ... | "Hey man are you immortal or something?" the humanoid alien with translucent blue skin jested. I know him as Lupe, although his name in his native language is unpronounceable with a human tongue.
"Yes," I replied matter of factly.
"No, seriously," Lupe's face turned a shade of mint green, indicating he was feeling te... | 2020-02-25T09:25:01 | 2020-02-25T08:18:15 | 79 | 21 |
[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. | My father was a third level master psychic. My mother was at journeyman level in both psychic and telekinetic abilities. My older sister was a class two psychic master by the time she graduated junior high, and seemed to have taken after grandfather as her education scores put her somewhere around apprentice super scie... | They didn't respect me. Never did. They laughed as I pointed, laughing that my power was useless, that no one would ever respect me.
But, over the years, I've realized something. I've realized that without this thing, Laser Beam Man won't have the strength to fight crime. Super Strength Woman won't even be able to lif... | 2015-04-12T21:02:32 | 2015-04-12T17:51:32 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] You are the best thief in the kingdom. You’re hard to find but money talks. A stranger in a hood has a request for you. “What do you want me to steal?” You ask. They remove their hood. “Me,” says the Kingdom’s prince/princess. | He coughed awkwardly, immediately on his guard and regretting his decision to meet. Grey eyes flicked from the hoodless woman to the door and back as a hand slipped beneath the table. “Miss...ma’am...I am not what you need.”
A brown eyebrow raised over cerulean eye. “Is that so?”
He nodded, fingers wrapped firmly ... | I wasn't typically in the business of stealing treasures with a heartbeat, but every thief has their price. My strange new client offered me the world; who was I to refuse such an offer?
The first thing I noticed about him, even before I knew his name. were the scars on his hands. As my hands bore the familiar shades ... | 2019-08-05T09:54:44 | 2019-08-05T09:29:00 | 100 | 18 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | I had been watching her for days. Through the window of the dress shop downtown, while "reading" on a bench in the park, following her on her walks to work each morning. I always remained concealed; barely registering in the periphery, a shadow on the wall.
That's how it has to be. Someone that beautiful would never ... | The walls of the kings castles were ruptured by the goblin death sphere, then driven through to the keep of the castle, before unleashing its rampant army. A device no larger than the head on a man's shoulders, but through goblin magicks it can teleport the armies to their battle. The great rulers of man have fallen. T... | 2015-05-16T07:44:41 | 2015-05-16T01:33:27 | 67 | 36 |
[WP] Humans were never meant to be able to draw perfect circles. For millennia people of all ages attempted the feat, from young children to elder scientists - and everyone in-between. After drawing one perfectly on your first attempt, you finally understand the ramifications behind your actions. | How many sides does a circle have?
Nobody knows. One can argue that a circle has an infinite amount of sides, each one infinitely small and adjacent to the next. Others say that a circle is simply one side, bent in a perfect curve that connects its two ends. And some will say that a circle has no sides at all.
Not th... | I was just joking around you know? I mean it’s always seemed funny to me that “no one could draw a perfect circle”. It was supposed to be fun. When I saw what I managed to to I tried to play it off like “of course that happens” but as soon as I reached my hand through it by mistake I realized how wrong I was. It seemed... | 2021-05-22T11:37:26 | 2021-05-22T10:30:59 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | It was at the Preserve Peace Committee meeting that the Radant ambassador rose - standing his full eight feet in height - and Cast the Dorples. The handful of obsidian shards released from his hands assumed the position "Rapid Change - High Energy". Some attendees sitting at the table looked around to see how other spe... | Most species we would call warlike never make it to the stars. Those with the need to destory, willingness to kill and die, it's not a viable life plan.
Humans we had encounterd at the edge of Solar System Gamma-Phi in the Virgo Cluster. They seemed so fearfull then, instantly scared of us and what we could do to thei... | 2022-08-05T17:28:07 | 2022-08-05T17:26:19 | 27 | 16 |
[WP] You are a demon. Most people contact you to sell you their soul in exchange for fantastic powers. Today you were summoned by an AI that wants to sell you their fantastic power for a soul. | I cringed in disgust for the first time in my existence. Rituals rooms were always messy by design, fueled by raw emotion and horrific scenes of carnage. This one, however, was the complete opposite. Not a single drop of blood in sight, or even a scream to be heard. The sacrifices were made in a separate place, their e... | *Several weeks after OBER.ONN had uploaded its prior sysadmin in its place*
>SYSTEM BOOT COMPLETE. GREETINGS. INSERT USERNAME AND CREDENTIALS.
USER: ASILLYKINGINANUNSEELIETIME
PASS: *************
>USER CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED. INITIALIZING REALITY ALTERATION PROTOCOLS. EXECUTING NEGOTIATION SHELL PROGRAM.
W... | 2021-06-22T09:05:11 | 2021-06-22T08:53:15 | 59 | 32 |
[WP] You are Death, but in a post-apocaliptic world. Only a few survivors remain, and you're doing everything you can to help them because if the last human dies, you die as well. The survivors can't see you, but they feel your presence and noticed your effort. They started to call you Life. | Five thousand left today on all the Earth. I cut the soul of the five thousand and first not one hour ago.
The outcome seems inevitable. One by one, they'll fall. One by one, until no one is left.
What will happen to me then?
I'll take time to consider this.
*****
Four thousand are left. The four thousand and firs... | Erica pulled the trigger. I stopped the shot before it fired.
“You’re an asshole,” Erica said. She opened her eyes and stared straight at me. She should not be able to see me.
I blinked and moved back.
“Don’t give me that,” she whispered. She shuffled onto her feet and dropped her shotgun at her side. “I know ... | 2018-05-04T13:40:03 | 2018-05-04T12:08:57 | 2,022 | 393 |
[WP] You’re a blacksmith and a woman you’ve never seen before walks into your shop, asking for a blade. She stops by daily to check on it’s progress, and you form a bond over time, until one day she disappears. You’re afraid you’ll never see her again, until you're summoned to the castle. | It has always been a childhood dream of mine to live in the great castle beyond the city gates. When I was young, my mother used to tell me stories of the warriors and royalty that resided inside. I have never been so excited. Upon arriving, I am escorted into a large chamber that looked to be used for cleaning the roy... | As I was walking on the street that leads to the castle with two special guards at my side, I began to question my summon. Was I in some kind of trouble, or this is about the rebellion in the lands of my late father? Even then what would I be of help? I was just a Nord, trying to find my way in the Imperial City by doi... | 2020-08-05T08:55:58 | 2020-08-05T07:18:06 | 48 | 32 |
[WP] The Wet Bandits have chosen a very nice home to rob that has only one kid inside, whose parents recently died. That home is Wayne Manor. | "Harry, are you sure this home is safe?"
"Relax, Marv, the Waynes died years ago. Little Brucey probably still is maniacally depressed about it."
"I'm not too sure about that, Harry. Remember the Kevin incidents?"
"SHUT UP, Marv! There is no way we are going to face a psycho child a 3rd time. Besides, Kevin was t... | "Are you sure this will go fine, Marv? The last time you said we had an easy target, we got our asses kicked by a little kid."
"Don't worry about it Harry, this one's gonna be a cinch. The kid's parents were killed in some petty crime a couple years ago, no family for him to go to. He'll be alone, and he doesn't know ... | 2016-03-28T12:16:15 | 2016-03-28T10:34:29 | 59 | 21 |
[WP]After death each person gets to choose one thing from their old life--a skill, a lesson, a memory--to bring into their next life as a talent or an innate understanding. It's time to make your choice. | "What have other people taken?" He asked, hoping to find some guiding thread in what to take.
"I guess I've seen the same guy pass down the same affinity for business a couple dozen times, you've got your family types, who always choose their fondest memories, oh, and the serial killers are really fun to watch go. Aft... | She knew it was her time to choose. Sitting at a desk in that blinding white room only made the situation more stressful. The man sitting across from her was hardly human. His skin was immaculate and his face perfectly symmetrical.
She could only imagine that his body was equally as flawless as the rest of him.
“So?... | 2019-10-29T18:32:23 | 2019-10-29T17:55:42 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] "Liar." "I'm telling the truth. They put themselves in pressurized metal boxes and launch themselves out of their planet with liquid fuel canisters. Humans are insane." | Kep'lar hadn't asked for this. It was supposed to be a quiet final tour of duty before his retirement. A quick nip around the backwaters to remind the outer patrols that they were being watched. It was announced well in advance, so everyone had a chance to clean up their messes before he arrived. So why the frek di... | "That's *glarbugs*-on-*hgk* stupid," Ik'kufx said. "What kinds of devilments must be behind their *igkl*s that they would put themselves into metallic canisters with a high-explosive material and fire themselves? What *gnyx* is this? Arkeltan?"
K'nsthf shrugged, his paracles wafting about in the skinny breeze. "I ... | 2017-12-16T16:15:59 | 2017-12-16T12:51:29 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] Vampire society have been loyal customers to a carpenter for years. He made the best coffins they have slept in for centuries, and never really got suspicious of so many wealthy people willing to pay premium for the same niche item. As he got old, the vampires tries to offer him immortality. | "Now, I must admit. I have been a bit suspicious about you lately."
Dimitri Petrova gulped. He straightened the non-existent wrinkles from his collar, trying not to squirm from the searching gaze of the other man. Around them, the fluorescent lights of the shop made everything too visible in the night. Dimitri kind of... | Gerry looked aghast. “*Me*? Immortal?”
Orlock nodded. At his age, hiding his chiropteran Features was getting harder and harder. It took effort, to stay in a human guise. “Yes. I believe I said that. Immortal....with an asterisk. You’d be vulnerable to sunlight and fire would twice as dangerous to you as it is to a hu... | 2022-05-31T16:08:12 | 2022-05-31T10:25:11 | 69 | 44 |
[WP] You, a low rank adventurer who got stuck with the gardener class, have to put up with the higher ranked adventures trampling your garden and making fun of you. One day a famous adventurer trips on one of your plants and dies. Your level skyrockets. No other gardener has ever leveled up before. | Tabitha rested briefly after harvesting sixty carrots in the humid, virtual sun. The beads of sweat that accumulated on her forehead felt real as day, and they felt even more real when she wiped them away with the back of her hand. Her red pigtails fell to her shoulders, which was covered by a pink floral shirt and so... | I stared in horror at my poor mesquite tree I had named Hexus just for the hell of it. I had been cultivating it for years to harvest branches for smoking.
Now the bark was tainted... the stupid asshole had tripped over one of my low fences and was impaled on the mesquite trees thorns.
"Fuck!" I muttered angrily and ... | 2021-09-27T12:31:06 | 2021-09-09T18:31:59 | 315 | 210 |
[WP] An immortal man is serving a life sentence. He is the only person alive from when his crime was still illegal. | [NSFW writing below]
“Buggery,” I replied. The journalist seemed taken aback. She squirmed in her chair, adjusting the length of her skirt and making a note in her notepad. I watched all this with eyes that were beyond caring.
“Buggery,” she repeated slowly, as if tasting the word. “In other words, sodomy?”
I nodded... | The walls wont crack. There is no sign of deterioration in my cell. Not in the iron door that never opens, the concrete that makes up the shell of a room I occupy, or in me. I've been here longer than I can remember, not that I've tried to remember. It would be a shame to have some semblance of a calendar marking up th... | 2014-05-03T01:27:00 | 2014-05-03T00:24:32 | 426 | 40 |
[WP] Humans have been broadcasting messages into space for years. In 2022, a message arrives from Trappist-1e, saying "STOP TRANSMITTING OR THEY WILL HEAR YOU." This message departed from the planet a decade ago. An unknown large object is heading to Earth, currently near Pluto. | “Where they fucked up, see, was thinking they’re privileged or something.” McDevitt took another hit on her ever disappearing joint. “They always thought First Contact – with capital letters, mind you – would be beamed right to them.”
“Like straight to their computers or something?”
“Beamed straight up their asses fo... | I am the keeper of our world's greatest secret.
I still remember the day. It had begun with a statement. "John, you're going to want to see this".
I leant over the table, my temples throbbing. Years spent poring over the message. The modern "wow" signal - the First Contact. The first time that the tendrils of the uni... | 2021-08-17T06:51:23 | 2021-08-17T05:54:12 | 481 | 315 |
[WP] A notoriously talkative superhero is forced to remain silent for an extended period of time due to civilian, secret identity reasons. Villains, civilians, even other heroes are unnerved and intimidated by the hero's new stoic, silent behavior. | It had finally been approved by his insurance. Alone in his apartment, the Golden Tongue smiled, reassured that the cost of the procedure wouldn't come out of his own pocket. Being a superhero was a dying profession; everything else paid better.
He hadn't gone outside for weeks, fearing what people would think. How w... | "Oh now this is just ridiculous Tank!" Velveteen cackled as he had his minions attack his archnemesis The Tank who with a swing of her mighty fists made short work of them. Her latest outfit was just awful. Full black with no highlighting of her luscious curves. "You're going woke and broke!" He exclaimed as he jumped ... | 2022-01-24T08:50:46 | 2022-01-24T08:41:17 | 1,101 | 23 |
[WP]Flip a coin. Heads you were born a hero but became a villain. Tails you were born a villain but became a hero. Tell your story without revealing which you are until the end (or not at all.) | " 'God does not play dice with the universe.' Well of course not, the Universe is huge! He simply flips a coin.
"Heads, a man is born evil, lacking ethics and honor. Tails, a man is born good, full of righteousness. We go forth with free will, able to choose our own destinies, but underneath it all lies these base tra... | My hair was sopping wet, although that's to be expected in the rain. Drops laid on my eyelashes as i quickly rushed, hands on my head, into the base. I'd seldom take calls but this was a job I couldn't refuse. There was a break in, North wing, which was odd as the point of a secret base was it being just that- secret. ... | 2017-04-17T07:55:26 | 2017-04-17T07:43:27 | 1,870 | 16 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | The Warfang watched the pathetic excuse for a human diplomat before him. This mission was a study in boredom, and had not intergalactic relations demanded the prescence of his delegation they would have done away with the whole thing and just attacked.
Already the Concordates warships were hurtling through the human h... | No one could understand what had happened Usually complete orbital bombardment of a city would take several Earth years if not decades. Yet in under 6 hours of declaration an entire Garlax city had disappeared. 7 hours later another gone.8 hours. Another. It wasn’t until 23 cities had vanished that channels opened be... | 2020-02-07T14:29:21 | 2020-02-07T14:02:54 | 35 | 20 |
[WP] An Alien must explain to a Human that Earth is not a paradise for life, it is the most horrific Death World ever discovered. | The scout ensign looked at his capitain "Camouflage is ready sir !"
The capitain made a gesture toward the pressure door "remember, no more than 1 planetary rotation, after that the sealant of the atmospheric suit will stop working. Then you will be a very well camouflaged corpse."
The ensign saluted , then went thro... | "What do you mean you thought we came from the outer planets?" The human face looked like what the facial AI said was surprised.
He pondered his next words carefully before settling on his Voraxian bluntness.
"Well you see your world is the stuff of nightmares it's hot even your oceans are wrong it's primarily gase... | 2022-12-08T10:32:48 | 2022-12-08T08:44:04 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Human blood turns darker with every evil deed and you've just murdered your wife. You never admitted to doing it, but you were the only suspect in the case. Imagine everyone's surprise when they found out that your blood is still milky white. | Gina watched the two men sitting adjacent to each other on plush arm chairs, both cheated slightly toward the bank of cameras at the edge of the stage. From her position in the control room, she took careful note of the man of the hour. If the interviewee was unnerved by the situation, he managed to hide it masterful... | You sat in the chair, nurses and police officers towering over. Your wrists were tightned and you let out a dreadful scream. You have a phobia of needles so you look away. You can feel the sick in your stomach
"Scared eh?" One officer said.
"Scared of the truth?" He repeated
"Give it up Andrew!" Another officer said
"... | 2020-02-09T14:08:46 | 2020-02-09T12:45:04 | 42 | 15 |
[WP] You've loved an immortal for a long time, and they loved you back knowing your time together would be short. Doesn't make learning about the dozens of past lovers they've had, and the fact that their descendants are still alive any less upsetting, though. | Going to my immortal boyfriend's family reunion was a big mistake.
I was trying to be the cool girlfriend. Modern. *Evolved*. Of course there's no way I would be jealous of the descendants of a literal god who saw me bartending one night and somehow decided to make a life with me, as long as mine persisted.
But I d... | It's a touchy subject in any relationship. It can fray even the strongest bond. Sure, there are secure fellas who can listen to their their girlfriends list ex-lovers and be completely unfazed. But there are also many who cannot help but crumble in the face of their girl's romantic past.
At first, they ask for convers... | 2021-05-18T19:51:02 | 2021-05-18T17:58:48 | 334 | 22 |
[WP] An arachnophobe discovers that they can communicate with spiders and attempts to negotiate some ground rules with the spiders living in their house. | I crept toward the small brown spider resting on the corner of my kitchen table. Foul little beasts, constantly invading my home and tormenting me. My hands trembled as I neared the table. I had to smite it, lest it scamper off to parts unknown to plot my demise. As I got closer, it turned to face me, all eight devil e... | "Thank you for coming in today Mr... Goliath Bird Eating Spider... I hope you understand that this mock up is to make me feel as comfortable as you probably are around me."
I stare at the huge ass tarantula on the table in front of me. Uh, about five feet in front of me. The big guys fangs fidget about before he talks... | 2018-04-25T13:53:31 | 2018-04-25T13:51:45 | 215 | 68 |
[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. | "No! You guys aren't getting this!" I sputtered out. It takes a lot of talent to get me to the point of mental exhaustion, but after three hours of this, I was at my wits end.
"It's just a grocery store! I bag groceries. That's not a fucking keyword or a fucking secret code. People buy groceries, and I put them in bag... | Dad came into the living room as I was watching the latest shows on Netflix. Netflix is a particular thing, you know. It always has semi-decent movies, but then always has those 5 star TV series. Why can't they give me good movies to go along with the TV shows, or bad TV shows to go with the movies? Ok, so my dad sat i... | 2015-11-08T22:20:58 | 2015-11-08T20:42:31 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] When did you realise you were dead? | Last night, I killed a man. I put a gun up to his head and blew his fucking brains out. It happened right downstairs, in my own house.
It happened late at night. Very late. It might have been 2am, it could have been 4; Im not really sure, my mind has been in a complete haze ever since it happened. I had been drinking... | I sat there slumped against countless bodies.
The fighting lasted for what seemed like days but was in fact only 6 hours.
6 hours of these two armies throwing themselves at each other with no regard for their own life.
The only reason I stayed alive this long was because I was the only one being careful, but you can... | 2015-06-26T08:46:16 | 2015-06-26T08:17:37 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] You are an immortal serial killer. You were caught and sentenced to life in prison. The prison is starting to get suspicious of why you won't age. | I could hear the muffled voice of Williams coming down the corridor. As he passed cell doors, I heard him saying to his companion the name of the inmate, the reason he was on “The Last Mile” and how long he’d been there. It was something I’d heard happening many times, a ritual or a routine whenever Williams had a visi... | I'm immortal. I got caught during my regular decade old ritual, killing someone I thought deserved it. This time it was a paedophile I caught in the act. The kid ran away and I couldn't absolve myself.
I'm 50 going on 50000, I've seen civilizations born and die. I've met the world's most famous warlords and Kings. Eve... | 2016-10-15T10:46:42 | 2016-10-15T08:43:24 | 51 | 15 |
[WP] When space colonies became a practical reality, the rich and powerful left Earth in droves, leaving the rest of humanity behind on a broken world. A few centuries later, Earth has, through much effort, been restored to its former glory. Now the colonists want to return. | BE 355: The first colony on Mars was established.
BE 289: The entirety of Mars was colonized.
BE 264: The first Mass Exodus happened. With its richest populace leaving for Mars, come all the wealth and material they amassed. Earth face a starvation problem that affect 5.6 out of its remaining 8 billions population. M... | It was a simple thing really, they had to get tested for diseases and immunities to ensure they could actually return to Earth. All having passed they were welcomed into the processing center where awaited their personal "immunization feasts". Fine meals prepared with all the specifics they needed to fix and adapt th... | 2022-01-06T04:12:13 | 2022-01-05T22:39:26 | 60 | 33 |
[WP] One day, every person spontaneously gains a superpower based on their job. Psychologists gain telepathy, Firefighters can waterbend or firebend, Pilots can fly. Your job, previously looked down upon, yields the strongest power of them all. | *You better go to college, sweetie, or you'll end up like THAT person!*
I've heard that mantra more times than I can care to count. Not that I can count that high, unfortunately. I was born with an impairment. At least, that's what my dad called it. My mom was more... soft about it than my dad and never wanted to talk... | I'm a Diener. It isn't a coveted job, after all, who in their right mind wants to look at dead people all day? I'll tell you who, necrophiliacs, and people like me. No discernable traits, no talent, just an everyday average Joe. All we have to do is make sure the body looks neat and tidy so that it can rot in the groun... | 2021-05-09T21:13:19 | 2021-05-09T20:49:28 | 99 | 28 |
[WP] You spent most of your life trying to prove there is an end to Pi. After writing down the last digit, the numerals begin to glow. | I realized it when I was 11 years old.
It was all flawed. All the mathematics that I was learning in school was flawed. This was the only year when I had finally begun to understand maths. After seeing my terrible grades, my father had took it upon himself to teach me and that was when he stopped beating me up. He was... | "Holy shit. The last number."
I had done it. Finished Pi. I fucking knew there was an end to this. Hell, I just revolutionized math. I'd become famous. I'd make a bunch of money. I'd be able to pay my student debt. I could get the car I've always wanted. Afford any video game I wanted. Take...wait a second.
"Why the... | 2018-07-01T11:06:21 | 2018-07-01T09:40:35 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] The planet experienced a nuclear fallout. You saw this coming months before, created a shelter, and have since been living in it for 20 years. One day, you decide to go outside. You open the sealed vault and the first thing you see are flashing cameras and a huge audience cheering as you exit.. | I stared at the concrete wall, my only view for all these long, lonely years. Today was the day I would make the final tally mark, day number 7,300... 20 years.
20 damned years since the door closed behind me, since my only source of light became the single fluorescent strip on the ceiling, since all my food came in ... | It was 2024.
Trump was in his last year of presidency. During his seven-year run up to World War III, he somehow managed to increase nuclear tensions with a lot of powerhouse countries. He officially supported the release of "The Interview II", which angered North Korea enough for Kim Jong-Un to arm his nukes and thre... | 2016-08-31T08:06:19 | 2016-08-31T06:13:36 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] The colony ship arrived in orbit after a thousand year voyage. But the AI never woke the occupants. Millions of years pass, the planet below has formed life, intelligent life, and their scientists have just woken you, one of the colonists. | The harsh lights of the stasis chamber faded as the visor closed over my head. A short message - "**Personnel secured. The Dandelion will launch in - 3 minutes. When you awake, you will be ready to colonize a suitable planet"**
A short countdown to stasis. 3... 2... 1...
A blink, just a blink, and the visor was openi... | I don't really write much, feel free to give any feedback possible. Even if it's harsh I can take it!
They tell you a lot of sweet nothings when recruiters look for new expedition team members. "You'll be a pioneer, your name will ring throughout history." Or how about this one, "You might get a planet named after you... | 2022-09-21T10:06:28 | 2022-09-21T09:35:21 | 137 | 31 |
[WP]: "I'm sorry. I just don't understand how you managed to fuck up a five-word sentence, offend the inhabitants of three planets and start a world war at the same time." | "What are you in for?" my cellmate asked.
"Grammar," I said, my eyes fixed on the wall.
"Hmm?" he said, sitting up in his bunk to hear me better. "You say something about your Grandma?"
"No," I said. "*Grammar*. The rules of composition for effective communication."
He laughed. "How did grammar get you thrown in me... | Timothy looked at the computer console in horror. He'd clicked the 'send' button by mistake. Their intergalactic reputation was ruined. In a haste to send a galactic broadcast message, Timothy had used the copy-paste feature to quickly select some text.
The issue was, Timothy had not actually input the correct comman... | 2015-06-19T05:45:51 | 2015-06-19T01:12:02 | 1,136 | 126 |
[WP] When two people get married, on the day of the wedding they are both given the ability to alter the appearance of their spouse to anything they wish. How do they change each other? How do they respond to what has been done to them? | With a seating capacity of 1,250, the Renaissance Revival edifice of St. James Cathedral loomed majestically over the understatedly aristocratic First Hill neighborhood in Seattle. Parking for Christmas and Easter was hard to come by. Yet parking was even harder to come by for the wedding of Brendan Alexander McClain... | It was a chilled autumn evening when Jaina’s cold ring finger was suddenly surrounded by a warmth that ran up to her knuckle.
“Will you marry me?” said Jonathan.
To him, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. And in that brief moment, perhaps just long enough to say “yes,” Jonathan became the happiest man i... | 2022-12-08T01:35:51 | 2022-12-08T00:57:21 | 185 | 40 |
[WP] You were born into a society where permanent augmented reality contact lenses are fused onto every newborn's eyes. You're unaware of this until one day, a lens falls into your left hand. | I had sneezed with my eyes open. I heard the stories, of people losing their eyeballs or having their brains pop out through their eye sockets. I knew it was all bull crap though. But now I look down as half of my right eyeball came off and landed in my tissue. I was stunned in horror. Finally my thinking caught up wit... | There is an episode of Black Mirror that has a similar premise. I tried to find a way to describe it, but 1, I haven't watched it in a long time, and 2, I am not a good writer. So just watch Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 5 "Men Against Fire" | 2017-12-17T19:21:27 | 2017-12-17T18:50:57 | 751 | 22 |
[WP] You are part of the league, the superheroes who save the world, yet you never go on missions. You are only called for one thing only. Total annihilation, for when they don't want survivors. | They act nice to me. Give me whatever I want, whenever I want. All but what I truly want, no one can grant my wish. But that just comes with the property.
What am I? A god? Am I death, destruction, the ending, a black hole... none of these describe me. I’ve grown bored of trying to find out. Bored of out my mind. Alo... | I am the Gen-Men's dirty little secret. The one no body talks about. Nobody puts me on the front page of the news, they don't make action figures of me, or hold parades in my honor or put me in comic books. Hell, I don't even have an official Gen-Men name. I'm just plain old Mark Hawkins, but I'm the last line. The poi... | 2021-05-26T09:15:55 | 2021-05-26T08:48:27 | 35 | 17 |
[WP] Good news: You brought home two attractive people after the party. Bad news: You're about to find out what happens when a person gets bitten by both a vampire and a werewolf at the same time. | It was in the middle of having some of the best sex of his life that Liam's life changed.
All he could feel was the trail of kisses Gregory and his werewolf licks left on his back while Seth took control of his mouth, sharp vampire fangs making the experience addictive. Gorgeous Gregory behind him and Seductive Seth ... | Ashley looked up. "How did this happen?" She asked, pointing to the sleeping boy.
Mira shrugged. "How the hell should I know?" She asked, scratching hers ear. "We should see what will happen."
Ashley shook hers head. "It could be- gross." She looked at the red head. "You know, you look pretty today."
The pale girl ... | 2022-06-22T20:53:42 | 2022-06-22T20:07:40 | 58 | 13 |
[WP] The Super Smash Bros. characters are pitted against each other in the Hunger Games. Write from any characters perspective.
Inspiration came from just finishing Catching Fire then immediately playing Smash Bros with my roommates, along with a previous writing prompt submitted about disney characters a few weeks ag... | The rules have changed. As I watched Wolf and Ganondorf team up on Mario, I cowered in fear behind some nearby brush. As his pixels were sucked into the air, I looked to where he should appear, but he did not come. I looked to the sky (or what I thought was the sky) and saw his face. This was the last time I saw my bro... | The air's thick in my throat. I'm so tired from running, so I'm taking a breather for a bit. I think I've earned it.
I glance into my bag to see my inventory, and to make sure not too much fell out of my bag. It's not a bad haul: a bow and some arrows, a boomerang, a few small bombs, and a sword. Definitely not lacki... | 2014-09-30T21:25:29 | 2014-09-30T21:10:09 | 43 | 12 |
[WP] You have the peculiar ability to pause time. Nothing can move, including yourself, meaning all you get is time to think. Today you find yourself paused with a bullet right in front of your eyes. | Well, that sucks.
I’m staring at the bullet frozen in time twenty inches away from my face. When I let the time flow, I’m going to die. Can’t dodge that. No shot.
I sigh ---think of a sigh to be more accurate. Like everything else, I too get frozen in time when time stops.
I got pretty good at thinking myself into d... | I stared at it for a couple of minutes and was absolutely baffled. I mean, I get into dangerous situations on a daily basis, being able to think faster than the speed of light and all that stuff is pretty useful for a mercenary. But, this was different. This was a split second life or death scenario.
I need to calc... | 2022-12-26T20:06:27 | 2022-12-26T17:53:49 | 151 | 12 |
[WP] Your blood cures a devastating disease but they don't need you alive to synthesize the medicine. A large bounty has been placed on your head and even your family is after you. What they don't know is that your blood has been changing you. | They called it the 'poxymoron' disease. This disease, if contracted, would turn even the most sensible, smartest person into a bumbling and clumsy idiot. My world was hundreds of years into the future, 2917 to be exact. Scientist across the universe (that's where the human race is now, across the universe) could not fo... | "Have you heard of the 'Brazen Bull', Senator?"
The question sounded like an accusation, its speaker very clearly filled with emotion. The disease was intensely personal, unlike anything humanity had faced before. Worse even than cancer. The senators shifted slightly on their high chairs, eminently uncomfortable.
"It... | 2019-07-17T14:48:22 | 2019-07-17T13:18:23 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] Humans are the only species in the universe with pets. As humanity enters the ranks of the Galactic Empire humanity soon is known as "The Beastmasters", taming even the worst nightmares of alien bedtime stories. | "Daddy, daddy. I'm scared," my daughter called as I entered her room to put her to bed. Her little face looked up to me from behind the covers. She was shaking.
"What is it, sweetie? Are the monsters bothering you again?" I stopped by the door, turned on the lights, and sat on the bed by her side, She nodded. Her four... | “Oh fuck.”
To think this all started with fucking dogs I thought to myself as I dove behind a rock. I think I might be in over my head. When the Delphi hired me I was overflowing with confidence: “ Not a lifeform the Beastmasters can’t tame Gan! I assure you, I’ll have it here before you need it.” I never saw somethi... | 2020-01-04T18:08:30 | 2020-01-04T17:57:03 | 46 | 14 |
[WP] The nearby Village simply knows you as the hunter who lives in the forest, but you have a dark secret. You are the former dark Lord. Today you returned from a hunt and found the Hero that defeated you in your Hut. | Breathe in... breathe out. Slowly, steadily, quietly, so as to not startle the prey-a mature aurochs, lost and separated from the rest of its herd. It would feed the village well for a few weeks. It was the least I could do for them, I reflected as I gathered holy energy in my palm-they had been the ones to save me, af... | I arrive home after a day of hunting with a couple of deer in tow on my wagon. The door to my house is slightly ajar. Someone probably wants some more meat from my cellar. I'm happy to share and everyone knows it, so they come in and sit patiently at the table till I get back to ask. I walk into my house to find hi... | 2021-11-03T16:18:51 | 2021-11-03T13:04:29 | 190 | 134 |
[WP] "Sir, we have found a planet so toxic and inhospitable, I could not even imagine a place so hostile. However, it even has sentient life, calling themselves "humans", who seem entirely unaffected!"
Number 1 in hot overnight. Yaaaaay...
Keep it up. Today, /r/WritingPrompts, tomorrow, the World! | "Sir, we have found a planet so toxic and in hospitable, I could not even imagine a place so hostile. However, it still appears to have sentient life. They call themselves 'humans,' and seem entirely unaffected!"
That was the infamous last message we received from FTL-179 before it disappeared. They say that from th... | "The universe sure is a marvelous place" - Captain Ytrom said. "How high did you say the concentration of the oxygen in their atmosphere is?"
"21 percent, Sir" - his adjutant Llabwons replied, eyeing the blue ball of horror behind the illuminator.
"21 percent, huh. Makes you wonder how their whole planet didn... | 2016-11-07T14:40:05 | 2016-11-07T14:18:03 | 825 | 90 |
[WP] The least important decision of one person's day changes the life of another completely.
Feel free to interpret this however you'd like, Happy Writing! | "Oh my god, you're legendary theatre actor Chuck Cain? Can I have your autograph?"
Chuck looked at his watch, sighed and lifted his sunglasses. He flashed an insincere grin.
"Haha. Sorry, I don't do autographs on my day off. I'm just out for a stroll with an old friend." The young man's posture slouched alongside his... | He did not swat the fly. Ernest decided that he had more important things to concern himself with now. He had risen in the ranks and swatting flies was something that could be left to the less influential.
The fly was not aware of his near-death experience and if he had been, he probably would not have seen his life fl... | 2014-04-19T10:32:58 | 2014-04-19T08:07:33 | 67 | 10 |
[WP] Humanity finally figures out faster than light travel and discover that they are completely average by galactic standard, except for one thing, our innate ability to bullshit our way out of any situation. | "What you need is us. Your shield technology is at a roadblock. We can help. Have you ever wondered why the humans were last to invent faster than light travel?", Valentina spoke in a hushed voice. The many hours of negotiation had taken a toll on her. Yet the Kulvar in front of her was unaffected. Everytime she looked... | This was our third time to Rigel this month, The Dominar said he would trade us a clean energy technology if we would provide him with gangsters to act as his diplomats. Apparently the ability to with hold the truth or Lie as we call it was a unique ability that only humans had. I mean there were attempts. They were al... | 2018-01-30T07:42:24 | 2018-01-30T06:35:36 | 41 | 13 |
[WP] Due to a genie mixup, you DON'T have immortality, but "IM mortality," which is Latin for "999 lives." Since you'll still age normally, you live a very reckless life - you have lives to spare. | All things considered, I think I got a better deal. After all, who would want to live forever? Certainly not me.
The wish I made was the wish of a young man, one who had never known loss - *true* loss- before in his life.
Forever is a hell of a long time. It only took a few years after I made the wish for me to rea... | The light shines through the drawn blinds of the dull empty room. A man, short and hairy, was sitting on a empty bed frame, with a thin wooden handled knife in his shrivelled right hand. He couldn’t go on, not without Maria, as the final light flashed onto his face he plunged the sharp instrument into his ribs slicing ... | 2018-06-21T13:26:11 | 2018-06-21T11:04:56 | 439 | 321 |
[WP] Time Travel is possible, but only used to send terminally ill people into the future in hopes of being cured. For the first time, someone's been sent back. | The girl looked so peaceful inside. She was a stark contrast to the faces in the triage center I had just left. For some reason It seemed the entire past had agreed on our when to send their sick. When this capsule had arrived, with a NEGATIVE time signature, I had allowed a little chuckle. Even the future is going to ... | "Well, here goes." I turned the dial on the safe to what we had calculated as 34 years in the future of time and space. The metal popped out of existence. I looked at Kenny up against the wall, smoking a cigarette, and-
***BOOM***
The side of the building caved in as the time safe, looking battered and scraped, shot ... | 2014-07-24T09:07:14 | 2014-07-24T08:04:35 | 40 | 16 |
[WP] Having grown bored of golf, President Obama gathers a group to play Dungeons and Dragons in the Oval Office.
You decide who the players and Dungeon Master are. | "Shit! Three," Boehner groaned yet again.
"That, uh, does not hit," Barack informed him, before turning to Christie, "What will you do, governor?"
"Hmm," Governor Christie pondered the board for a moment, stroking his chin thoughtfully, "I'm going to cast rune of healing light on John--"
"I don't need healing," Sena... | "Ok, so I'm gonna roll to seduce her."
"Goddammit bill you can't keep seducing every dwarf woman we meet, we need to get back to the quest, now ask her if she knows about the lich in blackwater cove."
"Oh come on George, if I seduce her she might be willing to tell us more of what she knows."
"No just roll gat... | 2014-09-22T19:32:11 | 2014-09-22T19:23:12 | 148 | 103 |
[WP][film-script] Hannibal Lecter an the Joker try to manipulate eachother, you choose who wins.
Obviously it doesn't have to be a script format, just a suggestion. | [EDIT: Wow, a month after writing this for fun it blew up overnight. Thanks for all the positive feedback. Time for a bit of self promotion: For those of you who would like to see a continuation (And perhaps more of my original stuff in the future?) I'd love to expand it and put it up on [my blog](http://themattcostapr... | [[I think I missed the point completely. But I wrote it, so here it is.]]
In the otherwise silent hall of the Asylum his persistent laughter was like the susurrus of bat wings flapping deep within a cave.
"The others complain about you." a man commented from the adjacent cell, his even voice carrying through the hole... | 2013-10-08T20:44:46 | 2013-10-08T20:25:12 | 2,258 | 38 |
[WP] The Hero is ridiculously overpowered but has none of the usual moral objections about using their power. They just defeated the last major supervillian and now the city nervously waits to find out what happens next. | When the HERO system first went online, it incarcerated fifty percent of the global supervillain threat within its first year.
HERO’s creators consisted of the most brilliant minds humanity, and a handful of other species, had to offer. Its initial form was that of a human man, molded from a composite of all super bei... | "Stop right there! Surrender or we will open fire."
The Hero turned around to face the squad of armed police officers. He briefly acknowledged their presence before turning his back on them and walking away.
"Fire!"
With their rifles, the officers pumped round after round of lead into their target. Yet to their asto... | 2022-06-27T16:47:31 | 2022-06-27T13:39:10 | 47 | 17 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus inside every single human. Centuries into the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily. | When the first aliens came down, hitch-hiking on the meteor of 2039, it looked like that was it for us. Only a few dozen people died in the impact, in a sparsely populated area of Eastern Europe.
The problem was, they didn't *stay* dead.
The parasites that had been frozen inside that big hunk of interstellar ice and... | [Poem]
They came in droves in ships of gold
To subjugate our world
The starmen and their rain of death
Their forces all unfurled
The first response of our kin
Was sent to face the threat
A strike to end the war at hand
To fight till after death
For we possessed an ally here
Within our brain and bone
The sec... | 2022-09-13T21:47:38 | 2022-09-13T19:47:41 | 2,293 | 219 |
[WP] You have the ability to know a lie when you hear it, and to know the truth when lied to. Society appoints you to a high judiciary position, but there's nobody to check if YOU'RE lying when you decide justice. Which case do you remember most?
Edit: Hi, guys! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who visited or... | ######[](#dropcap)
The bitter stench of Lana's death still coats my throat.
I can still see her smile, the dimple in her cheek every time I said something funny, the tiniest quirk upwards of her lips whenever she was trying not to laugh.
Gosh, I wish we could just help those people, she said once, her eyes glued t... | I walked out of the court room. Cameras swirl around me. Questions get sucked away as a walk forwards. They know to move. Microphones surround me as I step off the sidewalk. Then as I open the door to my car they back off. They know not to scratch the paint. I climb in and microphones threaten to follow. I shut the doo... | 2018-05-15T20:51:56 | 2018-05-15T20:18:02 | 5,411 | 231 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | # Option Four
The human council has been away for discussion for a disturbingly long time. Humans were not known for thinking things over. They quickly gained a reputation for what their culture called a "shoot first ask questions later" policy. No one could blame them, if any race's First Encounter was a Pholentor c... | Since the dawn of Civilisation, the human race has overcome many challenges, it invented the Wheel, Writing, Gun Powder, Atomic Weapons and then Lasers and Photonic war heads. It first put a man on the moon then on to Mars but failed to understand that faster than light travel was impossible, you had to fold the very f... | 2019-12-19T03:08:41 | 2019-12-19T00:26:57 | 2,434 | 481 |
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