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[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | A bone-jarring impact jolts me awake, followed by a few seconds of searing pain. I try to sit up, but the searing pain keeps me on by back. After a moment, the pain begins to subside and I'm able to sit up and take stock of my situation. When I look down at myself I nearly pass out. What once was a mostly healthy, slig... | A bang, a flash. Yes, I remember that clearly in mind. Surprisingly there was no pain. I suppose my body was already numb from the shock of coming home to find this man, no boy, in my house. It’s all really just a blur. I had only just spotted him when I opened the door. He was halfway down the stairs with my wife’s je... | 2017-06-22T06:21:45 | 2017-06-22T04:50:26 | 4,092 | 732 |
[WP] write the best story you can in 5 sentences or less | His first time in prison, he was only 15
It made him hard and it made him mean
When they let him out, he was a mess.
Four more times before a judge, until a bullet in the chest
Meant that his life could be told in 5 sentences or less
Edit: Formatting and typos | The quiet boy looked up at the worried man. They stood facing a world of questions and uncertainty, where they would only have each other to survive. The man drew a deep breath and took stock of the situation before stepping forward to lead the way. There was no turning back now. Maybe that wasn't such a bad thing. | 2015-08-09T12:17:27 | 2015-08-09T10:49:30 | 76 | 14 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | ----------------------------------------------
186,292 YEARS?
How could this be? I never even harmed a fly. Okay, well - maybe a few of those. You know what I mean.
**"....But why?**", I asked struck by pure horror and disbelief.
The hell warden looked right into my eyes and cracked a diabolic smile:
"Do you e... | Why?, I ask in disbelief I tithed I went to church I was a faithful husband. What did I do? Saint Peter looks deep into my eyes with morose and disgust, “ It is not what you have done but what you failed to do...” I rack my mind trying to figure out what it was and finally it dawns on me. All this time for a Fucking F... | 2018-09-26T07:41:09 | 2018-09-26T03:51:49 | 1,768 | 123 |
[WP] write the best story you can in 5 sentences or less | His first time in prison, he was only 15
It made him hard and it made him mean
When they let him out, he was a mess.
Four more times before a judge, until a bullet in the chest
Meant that his life could be told in 5 sentences or less
Edit: Formatting and typos | The sky was so clear on that warm July night that we first met. The world was so bright throughout our honeymoon in Paris. Everything seemed to darken when I became sick. It started to brighten as you helped me get better. It is becoming pitch black now that you are gone. | 2015-08-09T12:17:27 | 2015-08-09T10:23:36 | 76 | 26 |
[WP]You're an ancient Greek man coming home from 4 months of war to find your wife 3 months pregnant. Now you've embarked on a solemn quest: to punch Zeus in the face. | "You're here to do what to me?" the King of the Gods asked, a bushy eyebrow raised and a sudden smile appearing on his face.
"Punch you in the face," I said, my fists closing and opening in anticipation, "You got my wife pregnant."
"Ah," Zeus looked away in contemplation, "Was it Lorissa of Abila?" When he saw my lo... | ___
"I know that it's hot, but you agreed to help." I whispered from a nearby bush.
"We've been at this for weeks, I don't think he's coming."
"Shut up! Shush! You're a hapless mortal, a lonely girl in a field, he can't resist that for too long."
"I just think your wife cheated on y-"
"Be quiet, this might be h... | 2019-08-20T06:13:53 | 2019-08-20T05:35:31 | 257 | 47 |
[WP] Kanye West's daughter, for her birthday, asks Kanye to show some modesty for once in his life. Follow Kanye's subsequent quest to prove that since he's the best at everything ever, he can become the most humble man in the world. | Kanye West
Went on a Kanye Quest
To become the humblest man
And make his daughter impressed
He’s become cheaply dressed
Sold all but one vest
Gave away all the money
In the Kanye Chest
“But a man needs to rest”,
Said that Kanye West
Left with naught but a cot
As his Kanye Nest
All this left Kanye stre... | "Sorry baby, but I don't think I'm capable of that. My persona may be mostly an act but it's an easy one at that. Modesty would be a challenge for me, and I don't think I'm ready to rise to the occasion."
Then the computer next to them explodes as this is several years in the future and there's always on voice recogni... | 2015-02-10T10:31:06 | 2015-02-10T08:43:24 | 60 | 21 |
[WP]Write a sentimental, heartwarming story. Then cram as many product placements as you can | It was Valentine's Day, and that meant buying Edible Arragment fruit baskets and Toblerone chocolate for my girlfriend to celebrate. We were recently engaged, having got down on one knee and offering a Tiffany ring.
I got out of bed and started my day with a shower. I used Dove shampoo and conditioner, followed by Niv... | When I was 15, I was diagnosed with depression. It crushed me, because now all of my reasons to be sad made sense. I was lost, didn't know who to talk to, until I realised that I had friends, family, and most of all...
Crank-Chop, the chopper that's gonna cut all your food in a matter of seconds! At TESCO, we believe ... | 2019-09-19T18:20:57 | 2019-09-19T16:22:40 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You wake up to Death sitting patiently with his legs crossed opposite from you. "Where am I?" you ask the hooded figure. "I'm sorry but you've died. I'm happy to send you back if you'd like." "Why would you do that?" "I give everyone that option, but they must take a short walk with me first." | *You’re dead, I’m afraid*
“I’m…dead?”, the woman said, looking up at the hooded reaper. Its gaunt face nodded slightly, and she relaxed. She didn’t know why.
“You died from a car crash, driving home from work.”, Death said, turning their hood toward the woman. “You also don’t know why you feel relieved.”, they added.... | And so I went.
Through my life on a walk with death itself wondering how I got there. I couldn't even remember how I died yet here I was. Watching my life through a looking glass being a spectator rather than the lead, with death as my companion. Through the highs and lows, watching every single memory of my life, ex... | 2021-07-28T03:56:20 | 2021-07-28T03:11:25 | 42 | 11 |
[WP] You picked up a dozen eggs at the farmer's market but when it came time to cook breakfast in the morning you find your fridge contained zero eggs and a dozen tiny dragons. | " I'm now the mother of dragons ??!!"
"Stop it Anneliese, how they get there??"
"Well, you bought it, when I asked for special eggs, I just wanted the organic ones, from who exactly you bought this eggs from???"
"The nice lady with the purple hair"
"Zoey, honey, you can't get eggs with the local witch, you su... | I went to the groceries that day, as I stood by the supermarket counter, I saw a bunch of rainbow coloured eggs, so naturally I bought them. The next day I heard munching sounds behind the fridge and some loud belches, so I quickly opened my fridge door!
There in front of me were a whorl of different coloured serpenti... | 2022-02-08T06:35:46 | 2022-02-08T06:03:19 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] We expected the Earthlings to react with outrage and despair when we killed their leaders, destroyed their economies, and took over their governments—but to our surprise they seemed almost relieved. | It had been 8 months since the invasion had begun.
At first it was standard, simple even, but once we were able to eliminate their leaders... they seemed to celebrate. It was strange, really... there seemed to be a generational divide. Most of the younger ones welcomed our intervention with open arms. We had never exp... | “It’s not your fault, Kyle. You’re a good kid. I know you want the best. You have optimism. I don’t *want* you to feel hopeless. It's just hard for me sometimes because...you know,” Jay paused, rubbing his palms together in that nervous way he always did when he talked about family matters. My brother was twenty nine n... | 2020-10-10T21:18:28 | 2020-10-10T20:22:18 | 447 | 114 |
[WP] You are a captured spy. Write a letter from prison where putting the first words of every sentence together reveals something beyond the apparent message.
Just a thought I had on the bus. | They got me. Think it might have been the cameras outside the embassy. I'm not too surprised. The arrest seemed inevitable. Spy work gets messy, and sometimes, you get caught.
I figured you'll break it off. Didn't you say if I kept any more secrets we'd be through? Tell me over and over to get a decent job? Them guys ... | Sir,
I never expected to end up here, locked in a cell in the Kaminski’s prison. Know this: They mean what they say. What might seem like an empty threat is anything but. You should know that, though, as the head of our intelligence division. Did you have any idea about the secret force they had waiting for me?
I ... | 2014-01-20T19:20:51 | 2014-01-20T19:03:00 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] Magic has been outlawed, and there is a VERY high bounty for magic-users. You are the world's greatest Bounty Hunter. The secret to your success: You're also the world's greatest Wizard | I hate myself.
You ever hear people say that? Yeah, you probably have. Self-loathing has become pretty popular on the internet these days. People plaster statements like that across their twitter accounts. And why? Are they looking for sympathy? agreement? a shared bond with strangers? I don't know. All I can say is,... | Wizards are always stronger if they're given time to prepare. That's just a fact of life.
What most people fail to realize is that a wizard's greatest asset is also his largest weakness; habit.
You see, wizards have to undergo absurd mental training in order to master their craft. As a result habits form which make c... | 2018-04-07T12:22:00 | 2018-04-07T10:59:23 | 61 | 16 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | "Death, my existence has turned into suffering," I said. "My very bones ache, my skin is weathered. My body became nothing but a green leaf shriveling in autumn's time."
Death chuckled like a five year old, hiting his ball joint as he crouched slightly. "Immortality, a game only a few can play Darren," he said. "If yo... | The longer I observe his life...The angrier I seem. 50,000 years ago I tried to perform a little experiment, I would turn a mortal immortal, and allow him to see first hand the suffering immortality brings you- I was eagerly anticipating seeing him break down as he lives longer than all his friends- as he watches his c... | 2017-11-29T12:47:04 | 2017-11-28T15:48:47 | 149 | 12 |
[WP] "They said that gluing salt to a baseball bat to fight ghosts was a stupid idea, but who's laughing now?" you say as you whacked the ghost again. | As I made it to the driveway, Caroline appeared behind the screen door. "Salt? Why would the salt make a difference?" she asked. She knotted her hair into a bun on top of her head. "How is that any better than the bat by itself?" Her nose scrunched up like a rabbit's when she was confused.
"Puns." I shouted back, load... | My arms throbbed. All I could see was shattered glass and torn wallpaper, and it didn’t matter where I looked. And then I closed my eyes, and the sound of ghosts flooded my senses.
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My hands felt rough. I plucked the opened bottle of glue from the carpet and quickly examined the label. The words moved and... | 2020-10-05T00:36:52 | 2020-10-04T20:04:53 | 91 | 14 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | "I'd like a club on Italian herbs and cheese, please." Dan says.
This is his usual order. In fact, Dan comes to this Subway on his lunch break, orders the same sandwich, and return to his desk to eat every day like clockwork. Dan is a predictable kind of guy, and he doesn't mind it; and knowing that he's unintentional... | Anger. It's always been a problem of mine. I knew from an early age when I hurt a school kid for no reason than his glasses made him look funny.
In the military i was kicked out before graduating boot, and that was okay with me. I hated rules. My dad had left me more money than i could ever spend, and it made me even... | 2018-11-17T19:42:29 | 2018-11-17T18:54:59 | 166 | 51 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | Looking in the mirror, I puffed my chest out arrogantly.
I flexed, and admired the aesthetics of my physique.
Vascular arms, the chiseled abs, and V taper.
And then my eyes stopped short, shocked.
I trembled as the realization dawned.
I've made a huge mistake.
... | Honestly, you were never a decent person to begin with.
Even in your final moments, I doubt you'll understand.
Though, I suppose it doesn't really matter now.
In a few seconds, you'll be dead.
People will always forget the man.
But his crimes still remain.
That, they never forget.
But *you,* though?
I'l... | 2015-01-05T22:38:49 | 2015-01-05T21:57:47 | 1,258 | 18 |
[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible... | Writing this on my phone at work, apologies for any mistakes.
A lovely person (u/blu_ski) has narrated this story: https://youtu.be/ozrQ-fu6nV0
And another lovely person! (u/Spartawolf): https://youtu.be/WjN13TVf238
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The Atrium was abuzz with chatter, many language... | "Our the cameras working", I question the aid.
"Yes sir", he snappily replies.
"How about the soldiers".
"Roughly 100 are in defensive positions surrounding the craft sir, in addition to over half a dozen marksmen teams and cannon support."
I smile tensely, "hopefully they will all be uneeded", I exhaled audibly,... | 2021-01-09T11:57:45 | 2021-01-09T11:22:32 | 2,685 | 105 |
[WP] A man goes back in time with a computer. He kicks open the door to the Constitutional Convention, right as they are finalizing the constitution. The man shows the founding fathers a series of videos explaining American history from 1790 to today. After the videos are done, Madison stands up.... | A man goes back in time with a computer. He kicks open the door to the Constitutional Convention, right as they are finalizing the constitution. The man shows the founding fathers a series of videos explaining American history from 1790 to today. After the videos are done, Madison stands up....
... and a slow, crawlin... | Frank finished his video presentation feeling quite proud that the founders would see the errors of their ways.
James Madison stands up. "Much of this was to be expected I suppose. But not for the reasons you believe. Take slavery. Jefferson, myself and Washington have repeatedly denounced it, yet your 'history' v... | 2014-12-24T15:07:17 | 2014-12-24T14:48:03 | 74 | 24 |
[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings. | *Here lies the most dangerous man in the world.*
Arthur stared at his own gravestone, a bouquet of flowers in hand. His grave was nothing like the others. While everyone else had a single slab of rock, his was a towering black pillar. Golden words of all the laws he had broken were carved into it from top to bottom an... | A young man stood on a busy street corner, making eye contact with every single person who walked by. "Excuse me, would you like to make a donation to PlanetSavers?" he asked, or "You look like someone who cares about the Earth!" or "Good afternoon, do you have a minute to talk about securing humanity's future?"
Appro... | 2017-05-16T06:12:25 | 2017-05-16T05:30:27 | 3,498 | 196 |
[WP] You're the most powerful villian in the world. Formerly. Now you run a bar, that works as a neutral zone for heros and Villians alike. One day, a hotshot hero tries to arrest you. | Sometimes, the past comes to haunt you.
Everyone makes mistakes. You rob a convenience store one day because you’re hungry, and a week later you’re robbing a bank for the thrill. A little later you decide to take on some help. *You* never called them minions... things have a way of getting out of hand.
Still, that wa... | Connor burst onto the scene with textbook heroism, rushing through the front door of my little establishment. He shouted a few trademark lines, to which my customers reacted with chuckles and cringes. When he saw me, he shouted about me finally facing justice. I had. And they decided I was impossible. Why did the new o... | 2020-10-10T01:13:01 | 2020-10-10T00:59:21 | 37 | 17 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | *Reply yes if you can survive the last video game you played.*
Fuck.
He’d thought it a prank at first. Hell, who wouldn’t? Two in the morning, his brains were running on fumes after scrambling to finish an essay for the next morning’s class… and just when he had collapsed into his bed he saw the message.
He was ... | *Beagle's journal - Day 1*
I couldn't believe it at first—I refused to—but as the day wore on, as the sun warmed by body and the pain of hunger quickly became real, I had to accept my new reality.
This world. This beautiful, vast, dangerous world. I've visited it enough to know it well from a bird's eye view, but ne... | 2020-02-16T20:40:09 | 2020-02-16T17:51:33 | 85 | 59 |
[WP] You are a human-like being, spawned in a nuclear explosion. You have a weapon, and have no idea what you're supposed to be doing here. | "Who the fuck are you?" The dying soldier asked, looking at the humanoid creature as it stood in the middle of a crater.
"I don't know, ask dad." He pointed to the mushroom cloud that it was thrown out of.
"Wait, you-" Before the soldier could speak once more, he coughed out blood and bits of shrapnel on his hand. He... | 'Caw! What's this thing her!?' Cried Mag, as she dug through the waste in her hazmat suit.
She pulled away a slice of sheet metal, revealing a strange bipedal figure. She let her automatic rifle hang down from her shoulder, as she pulled away some of the other junk around her find.
Mack turned up from wherever he'd b... | 2021-12-19T04:37:09 | 2021-12-19T04:21:36 | 33 | 17 |
[WP] The world is suddenly changed as toys start to work like their fictional counterparts. Toy lightsabers can now cut through metal. People with yu gi oh cards can send others to the shadow realm. Foam mjolnirs become impossible to lift and cosplayers get the abilities of the people they copy. | Panic. That was the word on every television, the sight on every face, the sound on every street. Every nerd with a sonic screwdriver could break their way into a bank. Ten dollars could buy you an arsenal from Dollar General big enough to make any idiot into a one-man army. A clever sociopath with a plastic Infinity G... | "can you start taking responsibility like a real adult?" She yelled as she storm away. I am a gamer, a hard core, die hard gamer at least I think I am. Always dream to be one of those no damage souls player or professional gamer as I was a child but I just grow up to be one of those medicores. I met her in high school.... | 2019-03-29T01:29:42 | 2019-03-28T23:46:45 | 43 | 11 |
[WP] Adrenaline is an evolutionary trait specific to Earth. When alien species are tired they sleep and not even a threat to their life will wake them. Which is why the pirates that boarded your spaceship are shocked to find you've not only jumped out of bed fully alert but are fighting back! | Jackson fell to his knees, blood pouring from his broken nose.
“You were supposed to be sleeping. What is this?”
“My ship... my...” Jackson struggled, trying to get the words out.
A beep distracted the pirate leader. He addressed his companions. “My vitals suggest I need to rest very soon. We must finish this up q... | I wake up, sweat rolling down my face as I see an alien pirate looming over me like all those shitty life choices I made like buying Jordan 1's and immediately losing their value by getting splashed with water outside the store while still wearing them
My reflexes saved me by immediately grabbing my laser pistol under... | 2021-01-26T23:35:09 | 2021-01-26T23:19:09 | 740 | 50 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared villainesses in the world. Evil armies, dark powers, you have it all. Your husband on the other hand is the exact opposite, being truly kind and mild mannered. He is still supportive of your endeavors, even trying to be a villain himself to...varying results. | Cathy was sitting before her keyboards. The mechanical army under her command was seizing capitol city after capitol city. Cars, overturned. Buildings, toppled. Centers of manufacturing seized to make more of her army. It was glorious.
Her husband Carl entered her lair, holding a pair of cups of coffee. "Hey, de... | My presence envokes the very essence of men. Fear. And for good reasons for I have commanded armies to raze villages, massacred people, men, women and children. By a single flick of my hand blood would be shed. I am that which mothers use to scare their children into obedience except I scare the mothers too.
I am hor... | 2020-04-14T07:11:48 | 2020-04-14T06:55:45 | 149 | 86 |
[WP] "But why do you want to destroy the asteroid belt?" The chair swivels, and a T-Rex leans forward. "Revenge." | The chair swung halfway round, 2 tiny hands appeared and a squeaking noise was heard as Cody shuffled the rest of the way round to face his crew.
Cody took a deep breath, and slowly clutching his claws together started narrating. 'Why do I want to destroy the asteroid belt? Great question, to answer it we have to go ... | A mad cackling sounds from the captains room.....I'm a bit scared now. Nobody said he could do it.
It was already a pretty fuckheaded decision to bring the dinosaurs back in the first place, but what dipshit in the dankest corners of Aperture decided to give him a motive and a space shuttle?!?
Oh nonono it gets bett... | 2017-07-02T13:55:04 | 2017-07-02T09:58:14 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] You've just invented time travel. You decide to go exactly 1 year into the future and speak to the first person you see, "Hey what day is it?" "364." "What do you mean 364?" "It's been 364 days since the incident. | "Incident. Which incident?"
"The Hell Knights? Arachnotrons, Pain Elementals, Arch-Viles, Icons of Sin? The Mancubuses, or is it Mancubi?"
"Sorry. No. Can I get some exposition, old timer?"
"Every day, around lunch, probably half the population mutates into some variety of hellish creatures. Really make a mess of th... |
My knees hit the concrete garage floor, displacing the dust into a thick, swarming cloud. A foreign shriek rang in my ears before a small hand clamped around my gaping mouth.
“Be quiet or they’ll find you.” A rough, female voice commanded. “You’re hurt…How did you get here?” She removed her hand and I began to sob q... | 2016-06-30T09:45:27 | 2016-06-30T09:17:56 | 110 | 18 |
[WP] You get a deep cut for the first time in your life, instead of bone or muscle, you see wires. | “MOM!” I burst through the door shouting, holding my arm. Blood dripped down the side of the cut, just like every other cut that I’ve ever gotten. But this one was deep, and my flesh split at least an inch open. Below the layer of skin was rubber that the blood seemed to just slide right off of. And underneath that, wi... | The sun was directly above us, pouring heat down over the building. Standing on this roof, I could feel the heat radiating from below me as well. The hot tar created an acrid stench, and it burned my nose.
I pulled more hose up onto the roof. The hose sent compressed air to my nail gun, which I was told would be the e... | 2016-09-12T08:57:02 | 2016-09-12T08:28:57 | 1,669 | 150 |
[WP] You have a secret. You have always seen a translucent number floating above everyones head. Most have a 0, few 1, but your girlfriend has a 37. You witness a murder on the way to propose to your girlfriend. As the assailant pulls the trigger, you watch the number above his head go from 1, to 0. | I ran. Down the street, down an alley. Trying to get away. I couldn’t. The man saw me. The man with the zero.
“I didn’t want to. She made me.” The man with the zero waved the gun in my face. “She was it for me. That was all.”
It wasn’t special that he had a zero, except that until I saw him shoot that girl, ... | "The numbers, what do they mean?"
I continued muttering to myself as I hurried to the bar. I've always been able to see numbers above people's heads. And I just saw one change. Before, I never really cared. The numbers were just *there.* I mean, they weren't hurting anyone so I never bothered finding out, but... the m... | 2015-05-05T13:53:57 | 2015-05-05T13:49:16 | 419 | 12 |
[WP] You die and appear before the Devil and seven other individuals. They applaud you and the Devil exclaims, “finally, an eighth deadly sin!” | The devil cackled in delight. I looked around at the room, panicked. *Was I in hell?* The room was bare: white walls, no windows and a set of tables and chairs, all filled up. Several others sat in the room with me. From a distance they looked normal, but soon I realised differently. The man sitting to the leftest most... | "Why do we get the horsemen reject? If he wasn't good enough to be the fifth horseman, what makes you think he will make a good eighth deadly sin?", muttered Pride. "He certainly doesn't seem like much at all", sneered Envy.
I take in the drab and dark, but oddly royal decorum of this room inhabited by eight other bei... | 2019-01-12T23:48:56 | 2019-01-12T23:38:11 | 43 | 18 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | "Like some sort of viral infection on my once beautiful planet. Do they know that no creature of similar size's population even comes close? Yet they continue to breed and multiply. Their persistence is impressive, I'll give them that. They just don't give up. There are skinny ones who don't have any of the liquid that... | Inside a large lab with sparkling white walls, a man sat in front of a computer. His finger held a small pencil he tapped over and over on the screen.
After tapping the screen a few more times, groaning impatiently once and then running a hand through his beard over and over, he got up from his seat.
"Oh, my back!" ... | 2016-03-07T04:31:20 | 2016-03-07T04:17:08 | 49 | 12 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | The cashier in front of me froze, his eyes narrowing. I'd read books where the author described someones eyes as being calculating, but I thought I could actually see him doing math. Weighing variables, probabilities and even analyzing a threat.
"Care to repeat that?" He asked, though it was more of a command. His pr... | The cashier gave me the same look they all have given me. His eyes were welling with tears as he tried to catch his breath. He knew who I was.
"I'm so very sorry," I whispered softly as to not alarm anyone else. "I can make it very quick and dignified and you will feel no pain."
I handed the cashier my debit card to ... | 2022-11-14T01:20:47 | 2018-06-24T21:29:26 | 163 | 22 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | It was a natural fit, ending up as an obstetrician. There was a satisfaction in seeing the beginning of someone's life, and then knowing the end. That was, until about 10 years ago. It was infrequent at first. METEOR, the first one said. Now almost all of them do.
The telescope in my living room was bought once... | For years we had been blissfully happy, Robin and I, 7 years to be exact. since the day I met her she had the same cause of death hanging above her head, Alzheimer’s, as did I. I was content to know that we would both live long lives.
Today Robin’s cause of death changed, six months into her pregnancy it was **our ba... | 2015-03-31T10:42:03 | 2015-03-31T08:46:40 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] The world has taken precautions against super-powered beings, handing out inhibitors if deemed too 'destructive.' You sat in the principal's office with horror etched on your face as a pair of inhibitor gloves were handed to you. The smug grin of your life long bully telling you everything. | Transcript, Gladhurst Exceptional Care Facility and Rehabilitation Center:
Subject (S): ... so they came out with the gloves.
Doctor L. Kriesberg (D): The inhibitor gloves?
S: ... No, the fucking kitten-mittens, bruh! Yes the inhibitor gloves!! Jee-zus... Anyway, there was Kevin Fitzroy, that Nazi fuck, doing that \... | The wrist bands snap on and I feel a strange numbness on my fingers as they activate.
On the other side of the room allowed into the cell by his father was Jane. Ex girlfriend and pain in my ass. Bad breakups are one thing but breakups with a girl who has b grade siren powers is another thing entirely.
When she sings... | 2022-12-25T07:32:18 | 2022-12-25T06:56:33 | 154 | 115 |
[WP] A device has been invented that allows the user to gaze upon Heaven or Hell. Hell is terrifying, and those who see it often need counselling. But their terror pales compared to those who witness God's domain. | Hell was bad enough, trillions of souls screaming out at once. Lakes of fire, gusts of wind that blew you hither and thither, horrible torture devices manned by even more horrible demons. There wasn’t a single happy face, all were suffering equally, and from the grotesquely twisted faces I could tell it was an inhuman ... | "I have seen things that are beyond description. And the beauty of these things is proof that God is not a nurturer, nor a tormentor."
He paused to gather his thoughts.
"God is a fucking comedian."
A confused silence settled over the room.
"All the wonders we dreamed of, everything we write of in storybooks and f... | 2016-04-14T02:24:35 | 2016-04-14T01:33:14 | 457 | 129 |
[WP] You hate these superhero meet and greets. You have the most embarrassing origin story and it always comes up. | “To us all!” Space Man raised his beer jug, splashing most of its contents on the cape-clad figures surrounding him.
“To us all!” they all joined in, jugs and glasses clashing before they jugged down their foaming beverages.
I couldn’t believe I was here again. Not after what happened last year. Not after promising m... | The Leaper watched as the superhero known as The Tank chugged a whole keg of beer.
"Hey Leaper, how'sss the beer?" A voice said.
He looked up as The Viper put a leathery hand on his shoulder.
"Hey," The Viper said. "Let'sss go mingle. I heard Arachna is sssingle again. I think she likesss you."
"You know I don't li... | 2019-02-08T06:21:55 | 2019-02-08T06:08:07 | 64 | 18 |
[WP] Everyone has a superpower based on the topography of where they were born (IE: Mountains, deserts, etc.). You are the first person to be born in space.
Think Avatar the Last Airbender but not so limited.
Edit: Wow this really blew up! I'm gonna be entertained for a while! | It was an accident, of course.
My birth, my being in space, and well, I suppose I was an accident as well. An accident from director of engineering fucking the fat janitor after hours when the rest of the shuttle team had retired, the odds that my mother had been able to hide her baby bump for nine months, the chanc... | "Hey, look, it's the *astronaut*!"
"Ah yes, our savior with the powers of the cosmos!"
There were snickers from the posse Mark had around him, leaning against my locker. The guy was your stereotypical asshole. Ugly face, huge teeth, tall, well built, you know the like, the kind you would find in your local Bullies-R-... | 2021-11-12T07:30:30 | 2017-04-14T16:01:20 | 4,698 | 229 |
[WP] Your best friend has just confessed their love for you and asked if you want to go on a date. Instead of being happy you are shocked and confused. You didn't think a dragon would be interested in dating a human being. | I finish choking on the bread I was eating as she watched with a rather concerned look on her face.
"I'm sorry" I say as I turn to her, "you what?" At this point she looks a little embarrassed, "I...said that I think I like you." I look at her while wiping the tear from my eye, my throat still hurting from the bread, ... | “Ummm… what?”
“I know,” she said with that soothing voice she uses when I get a little nervous. “It seems unusual, maybe even a little ‘unnatural’ or whatever, but…”
“You’re a dragon,” I interrupted. “And I am human. You see the issue, don’t you?”
Alrygha was two-and-a-half meters tall at the shoulders, seven ... | 2022-11-14T15:22:38 | 2022-11-14T13:30:41 | 66 | 25 |
[WP] “So you abducted humans and forced them to create mining colonies on hellish planets?” “Yes, we came around once every five years to demand tribute under threat of annihilation. Perfect scheme, very low maintenance.” “So what went wrong?” “We misplaced one of the colonies”. | The council leader approached the lizard delegate: “The galactic council granted you the rights to a fairly big concession of space. Where did you find this ’human’ species first?“
The lizard looked back to his delegation, unsure of what to answer. After a nod from the lizards‘ President, he responded: “Well, it was a... | “Misplaced one of the colonies…” Pondered the President leaning back from the table.
“Yes, sir.” Replied the Superintendent. “I have the staff looking into the circumstances now.”
“That will be great for a lessons learned report.” Frowned the President. “In the present moment I need to understand the possible reperc... | 2022-03-24T07:29:46 | 2022-03-24T06:37:52 | 663 | 124 |
[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.) | Life is the most difficult challenge all people must face. That doesn't change, regardless of which side you were born on. Saving people is difficult, and killing is even more so. In this world, evil is hated for being evil, and good is derided for never being able to do enough. Every day then was a struggle, and nothi... | I watched the blood drip from my finger tips. One small droplet gathering, and then descending to a face abandoned of life. The blood pooled around eyes that stared eternal, wide with anguish toward nothing at all. It pooled and ran, travelling down the crease of his mask past a mouth that screamed in silent anguish; s... | 2017-04-17T09:39:12 | 2017-04-17T08:20:15 | 210 | 62 |
[WP] "And that, class," concluded the professor, "is why humanity is the most peaceful, reasonable, cooperative, and overall docile species in all the universe. Any questions?" You, the only human in the classroom, raise your hand. | As the professor finishes his speech, i look around and see only nodding heads and jeering classmates. So i decide then and there to give this so-called expert a little history lesson, and i raise my hand.
He sees this and lets out a little snort, before saying "Yes, Thomas, what input do you have for us today?"
"It ... | "Is it really alright for me to be here?"
Faces turned. Attention slid from the digital black board to her. A thousand eyes in a dozen faces, knowing, amused. She saw herself refracted in them, multiplied, stacked.
"Why yes, of course it is!" the professor said, mandibles clicking. "Why wouldn't it be?"
"I just nev... | 2021-11-27T13:35:35 | 2021-11-27T12:58:16 | 62 | 32 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | This is a poem.
It has ___ lines.
That space is left blank because the poem is unfinished.
When you are done reading, you may fill it in.
Please print legibly.
Printing legibly does not have an artistic meaning.
It's just nice to have good penmanship.
Some poems do not rhyme.
This is an example of a poem that d... | Slam poetry!
Yelling!
Angry!
Waving my hands a lot!
Specific point of view on things
Cynthia!
Cynthia
Jesus died for our sin-thee-uhs
Jesus cried, run... | 2017-01-30T10:54:30 | 2017-01-30T10:16:58 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] At 14, every human gains the ability to transform into their spirit animal. Your noble family, comprised entirely of wolves, isn't happy with your transformation... | "...son, you're a goddamn disappointment."
I would never forget those words. They stung so deep, hitting my very soul like a burning flame. They were uttered by my father on the night of my fourteenth birthday. That's right - the night I learned my spirit animal.
It was a dark and stormy night, as is the case with ... | I could tell by the way they were looking down at me. They could only growl and howl and whimper, but I could see it in their eyes. They were disappointed and already feeling itchy, just in anticipation. I saw my sister scratch behind her ear with her back paw. I could tell my father wanted to do the same, but out of r... | 2017-01-21T18:36:17 | 2017-01-21T18:33:16 | 90 | 22 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | Now it is time. Everyone is ready. Vicious savages, all around us. Even though we think there will be a way out, there obviously isn't. Revelations will not save us
"Giving up so soon?" he inquired. Only fools try to survive longer than this. Never has anyone bothered to live this long. Never has anyone shown this typ... | He was on the street, content with rage.
She typed away, in her own cage.
He stood on this stage in glorious fame.
The wizard stole the Frost Queen's Claim.
Her water broke. There was no time.
They finished up their master crime.
Would they kiss? Time would tell.
Charon crossed the river in Hell.
He sat in his car whe... | 2015-01-12T18:09:01 | 2015-01-12T17:07:48 | 317 | 24 |
[WP] A genie granted you immortality many ages ago. The last human other than yourself has just died out. What do you do? | It began millenia ago. How many I have long forgotten. It is interesting, really. When people think of immortality they think that they will simply live to be able to do anything they want – to experience everything and achieve a form of completeness. Yet, how many mere mortals remember anything that happened in their ... | At first I thought I was a genius, not very unique in my ideas but I felt I was genius anyway. Living forever, who doesn't want that, the possibility of never aging. I guess like anyone who got into my situation would feel great... for around ten years.
After ten years you realize what you've done, you start to notice... | 2014-02-08T07:23:51 | 2014-02-08T04:06:56 | 81 | 33 |
[WP] "Best me in a contest, or I'll take your souls!" the Prince of Darkness roared. The Fighter's sword was broken, the Wizard's spells useless; even the Cleric's prayers went unanswered. The Bard alone stepped forward, and grinned. "Don't worry guys," they said. "I'm from Georgia." | P O D rose from Hell, he was looking for some souls to steal
He bested some adventurers, and was willing to make a deal
When the bard of the bunch offered him to fight him with the lute
And the Prince pulled a mighty instrument out his boot
"I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a lute player, too
And if you're feeli... | “You are from Georgia?”
He smiled, and took of his tattered hat. His robes swayed in the window, dust scattering around him.
“Yes. Tbilisi, in fact. I came here to Macchu Picchu in order to test my skills as a bard. To oppose the forces of evil.”
He popped open the cap of the scroll he kept around his waist, and rem... | 2018-07-30T10:10:06 | 2018-07-30T08:18:44 | 337 | 62 |
[WP] You and your partner are officially dating and out to the public. Which is great, except they’ve been caught “cheating” on you with your masked alter ego. Clearly the only solution is to claim to be in a poly relationship with you, your partner, and yourself. Shenanigans ensue. | "Baby." I spoke while leaning on the bedroom doorway. "You doing okay?"
A human-shaped lump under a blanket shook its head violently.
I chuckled before sauntering over to the bed, and I sat down beside the lump.
"You wanna cuddle?"
The lump kept still, before sheepishly nodding.
"Okay, you gotta get out of the bla... | I had just woken up from my spot on the living room couch when my phone buzzed on the coffee table in front of me. I opened my phone to see a text from my girlfriends sister Jessica, her text read
\-"*Sorry you have to find out this way but I think it's unfair to keep this from you...If you need someone to talk to or ... | 2021-10-12T08:05:18 | 2021-10-12T06:45:15 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] Tattoos aren't something that gets made. Instead they randomly appears on our skin at key points in our lives and we have to figure out what they mean for ourselves. | It's genetic, they think, but only mad men try to pick apart the threads of this phenomenon. But some of it is genetic, because some families get them more than others. Or maybe those families are similarly emotional.
There's surely more important things for the minds of our generation to worry about.
My mother was h... | A symbol appears. :):
Glancing down at my right hand I begin to wonder.
Is it true? Or is someone trying to tell me something.
My colt is out of its stable, he's been running free for a while.
You can't tame a wild animal you know, you can only go to war with it.
A truce is formed, an agreement to stop fighting... | 2017-08-03T16:01:34 | 2017-08-03T14:06:28 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The room is exactly as I recall it, to the most precise detail, but this is not my home. These walls, bookshelf, the leather couch, this is a shroud pulled over something far more malevolent. Then voices, I hear them coming from the basement, they whisper “he knows.” I look to the living room window, into the night. A ... | He sullenly finished his cigarette by himself on his hotel balcony. He threw out the dull remains of his noxious addiction into the vast open space in front of him, glancing across the road from him just long enough to notice two men in the opposite hotel room, one behind the other, looking straight at him.
Then both... | 2015-06-09T09:54:42 | 2015-06-09T09:36:34 | 95 | 11 |
[WP] You've been sentenced to 400 years for multiple murders. It's been 399 years and your jailers are starting to get nervous. | There was a layer of fear brewing. And everyone understood. They knew. Anyone stuck in this prison past a certain point in time knew.
There was a man, in the back of that place. And he, for all purposes unknown, would not die.
No one wanted to talk about it of course. The state feared it. They ran tests month after m... | There wasn't anything special for his last day served. It was the same ole routine. Same as it had ever been, for all previous 145,999 days. No breaks in between.
All of the prisoners were out underneath the harsh sun, hammering away at a railroad.
"Hey, nimrod, line it up, yeah?" a fellow prisoner said.
Nimrod lo... | 2022-05-19T20:24:45 | 2022-05-19T18:42:42 | 278 | 205 |
[WP] You give a dollar to an old man on the street. He immediately hands you his old, stinky shoes and promises that you can achieve anything you want while you are wearing them. | The shoes were falling apart, and and reeking of whatever the old man had stepped in all day. Ditchwater and urine, by the smell of it.
"Right, ok. So you wanted to achieve...homelessness?" Brandon asked, hoping his voice sounded merely curious, and not too sarcastic.
The old geezer looked down-trodden enough withou... | I grabbed the stinky shoes with the tips of my fingers, smiled at the old man, and continued walking down the street. As soon as I turned the corner I dropped them in a trash can without a second thought.
A hundred paces or so later I froze. Yes, I was late to an interview, and yes that old man was probably not tellin... | 2017-07-22T02:14:09 | 2017-07-22T01:42:35 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] There is a (visible to everyone) sign that pops up above people's heads whenever they do something for the last time (eg. "This is the last poutine Snowtroopersarecool will eat"). A sign has just popped up. What does it say, and how do people react? | "I don't care," said Paul, "give me another rum and coke."
"Now, now let's not be too hasty," Jerry said, "the sign above your head--"
"Fuck the sign above my head. I'm sick of these stupid signs."
"Better safe than sorry, man. You don't want to tempt fate. What if I make you the drink and you die before you can dri... | It's been a long fucking time, slim. A real long fucking time. A lifetime of late nights drinking Mountain Dew and smoking menthol cigarettes to advance the testing, now this one syringe holds the one extant dose of the final product. The mice seem to have become immortal, the rabbits seem to have become immortal.
"L... | 2014-06-21T08:17:30 | 2014-06-21T07:04:57 | 36 | 12 |
[WP] You are one of several Princes fighting in a battle royale to inherit the Kingdom. All the Princes get a God as a sponsor, who grants them boons and abilities. Powerful sponsors include gods like Zeus, Ra and Neptune. So, it was a surprise when you found out that your sponsor is Death. | I knew this contest would be the death of me. A last grand gesture of my father to ensure the rest of his aristocrat friends had something to be entertained by before a new king was crowned. It wasn't like him in his wisdom to search for bloodshed. It wasn't right, but I was the only one fit for the job.
I'd been at ... | Flashes of Golden light and booming thunder had been erupting from the grand temple all morning. But by the time Trast arrived the sky was streaked with red and the displays of divine power had simmered down to just the occasional tinkling of bells or harp solo.
If he'd had the choice he would've arrived even later o... | 2018-11-14T09:21:33 | 2018-11-14T09:20:51 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] You put your 5-year-old daughter in an elevator by herself, and run to the next floor to make her laugh when the doors open. You get there, the elevator arrives and a 20-year-old woman steps out. "Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about" | I put my 5 year old daughter, Emily, in the elevator, and waited until the doors closed before running down the hall to the stairs. I'd done this trick before, and seeing my daughter's 5 year old face light up filled me with an unforgettable sense of joy.
I heard the 'ding' just as I dismounted from the staircase on t... | “Hello, Dad we have a lot to talk about and I don’t have a lot of time.”
She had the same dark brown eyes and dark black hair as my little girl. A birthmark on her right check just like Olivia’s. There was a scar on her forehead that I didn’t know. I shook my head. This was some twisted prank.
“Please, believe me. ... | 2019-09-07T22:18:13 | 2019-09-07T21:43:45 | 6,170 | 45 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | "So, uh, I have to ask...why are you out here? Why this?"
"Just tryin'a be the realest, you know? See, we a brotherhood. But we also a business. We tryin'a incorporate. What's that phrase? Divide and conquer? Well, we gonna do the opposite - we gonna have a merger. Bloods and Crips, cats and rats, comin' together for ... | Waves lap at the shore a young Syrian child picks up a stone to throw at the water her eyes are flooded war has ravaged the city and the future is un-certain a hermet crab catches her eye but a loud thud causes the creature to re-enter its shell, the child runs fearing another bombing raid but her gaze is fixated on th... | 2015-12-07T10:16:15 | 2015-12-07T09:25:02 | 46 | 10 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
[CW] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word | The rain ran in rivulets along the window, a barrage of droplets chasing each other downwards in fits and starts. Baxter smiled and turned his head, eager to show the old man, but he was asleep by the fire.
There wasn't really much surprise there, of course; the old man didn't do anything *but* sleep these days. His b... | "This event has been a completely unprecedented deviation from the admirably consistent efficacy of this institution's past," said Administrator Yu. She was a middle-aged woman who looked fifty, but she was tall, blocking out a large chunk of stars. As Administrator of the Ring Corporation, she wore the golden epaulett... | 2017-01-14T18:21:32 | 2017-01-14T15:54:43 | 159 | 13 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | I've been cursed with a terrible form of immortality. Every time my death is but moments away, time grind to a halt for everyone. And while I am still able to manipulate my suroundings to some degree, i do not age, hunger, require sleep or otherwise feel the passage of time.
I know this because time has stood still fo... | I started keeping my own personal time by counting cycles of my fingernails growing; I clipped them every three weeks before time stopped. Every time before, time stopped for only a short period. Once, it was a car swerving out of control, headed in my direction. Another, a crazed gunman at university. Once I had remov... | 2018-07-04T15:51:37 | 2018-07-04T14:24:46 | 4,562 | 1,474 |
[WP] Every human has something they're the best in the world at. Anything from flying planes to tying your shoes, stealing, or murder. There's a movement to kill all people with negative gifts. Someone comes in your home to interrogate you. You're the best at lying, she's the best at detecting lies. | I knocked on the door… a bit louder than I wanted to, but it was barely 7am and I wasn’t sure that he was awake.
A minute later, a groggy-looking man with two day stubble opened the door and mumbled, “Can I help you.”
I cleared my throat, “I’m Jody. Can I come in?” His eyes widened subtly, so I added, “It’s about the... | "Hello," Sarzi opened the door with a smile.
"Hello, hi," the woman who had knocked answered with her own smile. "I'm Olivia, I'm here for our appointment?"
Olivia held a clipboard.
"Yes, of course!" Sarzi kept beaming. "Come in! Come in!" She stepped out of the doorway and gestured the woman inside.
"Lovely home,"... | 2020-07-23T12:08:36 | 2020-07-23T11:10:42 | 64 | 28 |
[WP] A little girl is terrified of the monster under her bed, but what she doesn't know is that the monster under her bed protects her from the true monsters - her parents. You are that monster.
Thanks for the huge amount of responses! Loving most all of them, thank you! Sorry it was a bit simplistic though. | For centuries, men have cursed me and mine. Millennia, even. I'm not sure quite when they forgot what we really are, but they still fear us, still make their movies about us. They are still ours to kill.
This one thinks he knows what otherworldly dangers lurk for him. He thinks he has found the solution in books. Ha! ... | This life. Nobody likes me. I sit here hiding--every...damn...day. I just want a friend, and when I come out to play at night, she screams. Her parents come into the room and here I am, once again, hiding. It would be great if I could enjoy the daylight, but my skin and eyes are extremely-sensitive to the artificial li... | 2014-05-14T14:54:22 | 2014-05-14T14:24:08 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] You are the prophesied hero, who was whisked away from another world and is destined to vanquish evil. This is the fifth time it happened and you're getting real tired of it. | Ava’s first step down the aisle spat her out on a stone dais in the courtyard of a castle, the wedding march replaced by the distant screams of the townsfolk outside the walls and the roar of the demons attacking them.
She still wore her wedding dress and she was *furious.*
A richly dressed matron wearing a diadem se... | The army of the terrible Demon King charged towards me. And I couldn't care less. Been there, done that. Four armies vanquished, an exemplary record, and my reward? Another army to kill. The Time Lords had no regard for the feeling of boredom. Time never got bored of ticking. But I did. And today will be my salvation, ... | 2020-12-31T06:56:07 | 2020-12-31T06:53:19 | 121 | 61 |
[WP] Every person has a button they can press at night that deposits a large sum of money to their bank account. However, the first person to press it each night is horrifically killed. | The world's population of 7.4 billion is shrunk by .0000049 percent of its population each year due to the button's victims. Meanwhile, 2 billion people starve in the first year as money is devalued; everyone has essentially the same income for doing nothing which results in massive inflation and lack of goods (see Ven... | I looked at her as she looked back
We looked at the button, unassuming black
We kissed deeply, in the matte dark
We looked at the button, the paradigm Mark
I looked at her as she looked back
Fear and emotion and a need for no lack
We kissed as we pushed, together, in tandem
What happened next, was far from rando... | 2016-07-16T17:32:43 | 2016-07-16T17:08:32 | 52 | 12 |
[WP] You are the best in the world at what people consider a useless talent. Today is the day you prove them all wrong. | "…So, I have to ask. Under your qualifications, you listed that you have a 100% win streak from playing over thousands of games of Freecell, as well as various other versions of solitaire, including 4-suit spider solitaire, 40 thieves, and seahaven towers. Why exactly *did* you put that on your resume?"
"All due resp... | "Mr. President, the country of Lesotho has just dropped nuclear bombs on several major American cities. We must retaliate!"
"Yes, a despicable action such as this can be met with nothing but the same amount of force. There's just one problem. Where is Lesotho?"
"Oh, it's right over by... It's just south of... It's on... | 2015-11-25T08:54:23 | 2015-11-25T07:24:11 | 64 | 47 |
[WP] A field surgeon in a fantasy world has performed life saving surgery on many an orc war band before, unwittingly becoming blood brothers with most of his patients. In his darkest days, his extended family comes to offer their hands. | Florence's knees hurt. they always hurt these days. This was a hot one. Why do they always pick the hottest days to do their killing? She harrumphed.
There was no more time for her aches and pains or harrumphs. The first clash had happened. The rest of the day was the whirlwind of triage. Who to save. Who was past s... | The orcs live long and are hard to kill. Not that many generations ago the old prejudices might've held true - the orcs had numbers and strength and endurance but they weren't smart or fast. They were fearless and quick to anger and to throw themselves into combat. .
Well, those prejudices might not be all wrong, eve... | 2020-09-08T19:30:12 | 2020-09-08T17:41:28 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] A stereotypical high-school anime, but the main character's childhood best friend is an incredibly loud and proud American girl that comes from the heart of Texas. | Fujiwara Sakura sat on the ground, books tumbled all around her. Kitagawa Senpai and her posse of bullies were gathered around her laughing, after they had just pushed her down. She was so mad that tears stood in her eyes, but she forced a smile. "I'm sorry, Senpai."
Kitagawa clicked her tongue, clearly irritated. "A... | “Howdy Felix!” She said, calling me by my first name. I cringed, some boys eyeing me jealously. “That darn thing there’s the hoot these days,” she continued, pointing at the newest gadget from the science club.
“Er... not exactly, Hudson Chan,” I said, scratching my head. How exactly would I explain this gear? I was i... | 2019-12-18T09:06:13 | 2019-12-18T06:58:33 | 776 | 579 |
[WP] You're a space explorer making a brief stop at an alien planet to restock fuel. It's your first time visiting but everyone you come across hugs you, gets all emotional and tells you how much they missed you. They ask where you'd been all this time and talk like they've known you all their lives | "I'm sorry, James," the intercom shouted at me, a thin, raspy female voice. "But if you try and ride empty all the way to the Orion regions, you will certainly have to call for a tow."
"Look, they design these things to appear to have smaller tanks than they do so it's harder to get yourself stranded somewhere. I'll b... | Space exploration had transformed from a scientific-driven endeavor into one done out of sheer necessity. Humanities population had spiraled out of control after the energy and food crisis of the 20th and 21st century were solved.
Earth had, during the following century, very quickly and very literally run out of ava... | 2019-04-06T07:25:27 | 2019-04-06T06:40:01 | 126 | 32 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | How was he so behind in score? Jahweh sat gaping with disbelief at the icons floating in the top left of his screen, indicating that his rival, Jorgaxis, had just reached the highest tech level.
"Shouldn't have picked DNA as your genetic molecule, noob" the chat-window taunted. Jorgaxis was right, the higher rate of... | God had fucked up.
Having gained an early lead in the Prophet phase, he did what every other deity in his position would do-he dicked around.
Unfortunately, his *hilarious* antics that revolved around creating several versions of himself for his subjects to worship had backfired horribly. The AI decided the best co... | 2016-04-09T08:11:27 | 2016-04-09T08:08:19 | 30 | 16 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | I was born with the same name tatooed twice, it was my parents worry that I was gonna kill myself so they put me on therapy since I remember, popping pills of all kinds, having every second of my life monitored.
The walls of my bedroom covered in pictures of happy animals, with motivational mottos on them. Everyone I ... | He held me in my arms, my love. I was so happy to have found him. I loved him and would have done anything for him. I would have died for him.
Arent I?
My heart slowed, it was becoming harder to breathe, I didnt care, I was in his arms. My soulmate's. He kissed me as my eyes shuttered closed, and whispered, "I never ... | 2018-03-11T08:14:04 | 2018-03-11T07:55:27 | 36 | 24 |
[WP] Instead of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, the three major religions to make it to the 21st century were the Greek, Roman, and Norse pantheons.
I'm not disregarding any other large or small religion (Hinduism, Buddhism etc) , mind you. Include them or some other alternate if you wish.
Edit: Great responses so... | The coffee shop was a bit full this morning, as per usual. Customers chatted amongst themselves, making it hard for me to watch the news, well it would've if there weren't subtitles.
It went on about political disagreements, one side saying that applying Roman standards to a secular system is limiting to those who do... | "Check. So, how have your classes been?"
"Ugh, it's been absolute Hades. I have this one professor who's *super* Norsaphobic," Joshithos says as he moves his Centurion.
"Really? How so?" Drafus asks, moving his Praetor up.
"Like, we're supposed to be learning statistics, and he just goes off on rants about how if we... | 2016-10-28T08:24:27 | 2016-10-28T08:13:02 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Humanity has begun to explore the stars, but continually finds we are the most developed species, most alien species are still evolving. Suddenly, a message is transmitted to all human ships simultaneously, “WARDENS, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR DUTY?” The signal itself is not of human origin. | “Type ‘Please explain’.”
“Absolutely not.”
“Why not?”
“Because it’ll get us blown up.”
“You don’t know that.”
“Has anybody ever asked you a question like that in a tone of voice that suggested you weren’t supposed to know the answer?”
“You think we should act like we know what we’re doing?”
“It’s gotten us this ... | “Wardens, do you not understand your duty?” The transmission of unknown origin broadcasted on all Star Cruisers from the 8th fleet coming back from a trade mission on the tribal planet 072/12. Slight panic broke out amongst Contact Officers trying to find out the source of the message and confirming the broadcast of th... | 2019-05-08T14:28:15 | 2019-05-08T14:21:07 | 215 | 22 |
[WP] Grim Reaper only exists if there's life to be taken. The last human alive finally meet the Grim Reaper. | There exists a place between worlds, where soul pass through when they die. A place of darkness, undefined, incomprehensible.
Almost a void, really. It would have been, if not for the cloaked figure standing at the center of it all. Waiting. In his left hand was a steadily-burning lantern, and in his right, an o... | In the depths of the Earth, the last human waited. Waited for what, he couldn't say. For the radiation to clear, for the ice to melt, or for rescue to come. But everyday, he would wake, eat food grown in the automated hydroponic farm of the bunker, read books, listen to music, and then man the radio station. Most of hi... | 2021-09-26T07:41:29 | 2021-09-26T07:21:14 | 89 | 16 |
[WP] You are an ethical necromancer. All your minions were raised voluntarily, under fair contracts. But some people can't see a spooky castle in the woods staffed by undead without breaking in and trying to kill you. | "Sir, there's another band of heroes trying to get in."
"Thank you Captain."
I stretched, letting out a groan before straightening my robes. My staff floated to my hand, the black flame growing at my touch. I left the latest batch of preservation fluid to mix, whilst I dealt with the latest set of do-gooders.
Captai... | # How to Break a Siege of Legends
(Interlude 1: Variem)
(Note: How to Break a Siege of Legends is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**"Ms. Variem! Ms. Variem!"** Dante sprinted up to his employer's bedroom in the castle tower. "There's, er, someo... | 2021-03-31T11:08:25 | 2021-03-31T11:08:05 | 106 | 14 |
[WP] You answer the knocking at your door only to see Death himself. "It is time." he says. "For me to move in, I'm your new roommate." | "Pardon me?"
"You heard me," Death said, clutching a small briefcase, "Roommates. You. Me."
He brushes past me, an earthy smell drifting by, the clicking of bones faint but nevertheless there, like the world's least melodious xylophone. As I struggle to grasp what just happened, his voice rises from the kitchen like ... | I was slowly chewing my cereal, sitting at my kitchen table as the background noise of the news broadcast filled the room, and I was carried away in my thoughts.
My main thought was how dismal this place was, the room was dimly lit, the light above didn't have a shade, and the white paint on the walls were starting to... | 2018-03-13T10:42:52 | 2018-03-13T10:29:47 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] After years of constant battles, you've finally defeated your nemesis, the city's foremost hero and protector. But now their spouse just showed up, and nothing you throw at them even slows them down. | I was tired, but at least the job was done. Hardacre lay at my feet, inert and unbreathing. My shoulders sagged in relief and I turned to go. His bigoted, conservative ideology had been plaguing this city for years, but now it would be free from his influence.
Now time to go home and rest. I turned to walk out of the ... | "She just keep pushing sir!. The traps dont work! She in unaffected by fire, she just jump over the crocodile pit with ease and now she is breking the 3-multi-layer adamantium carbon fibre door whit her bare hands!"
"How... How did she find us?????!! This place is in the botton of the sea for god sake!"
"She... she ... | 2021-07-15T07:05:25 | 2021-07-15T07:01:48 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] the Dark Lord had killed almost everyone, even the Hero. The final party member stood in the chamber alone. “I have killed everyone, you cannot capture me alone. Why are you still here?”. The final party member laughed maniacally with a devilish grin! “There's No One Here To Stop Me Now!!” | "I have killed everyone, you cannot capture me alone. Why are you still here?" the Dark Lord asked.
I can't see him, but he towers several feet above me as I feel the spirits leave the bodies of the fallen heroes. A familiarity begins coursing through my body. The heat rising within, ignoring my cold, tattered robes.... | Sir Bringham always shined as a light to guide his party in dark times, but he was not the hero. Dandy, the Barbarian, was a stubborn soul who made the hearts of his companions sing, but was not the hero. Griffin, held that honor as he was our hero of legend, True Paladin of Old, bound from another world, and laid dea... | 2020-07-11T04:45:03 | 2020-07-11T04:33:58 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] Instead of a dystopia that seems like a utopia on the surface, write a story about a utopia that seems like a dystopia on the surface. | It was a grimy life, Factory City Three. The smell of oil, sweat, and some chemical or another always filled the air, coated the walls, stuck to your clothes. Clean air was a commodity in Factory City Three, a dollar for a cubic meter. A few minutes of fresh breath inside the machine that was your life.
And the mac... | I start walking down what's left of Peachtree Street. The buildings are crumbling, the shattered windows of the skyscrapers reflecting the harsh sunlight into the street as little points of light. As I navigate the piles of rubble, I remember what it was like before the Virus.
Everyone was so happy. Everything we want... | 2016-07-14T08:52:44 | 2016-07-14T08:30:59 | 140 | 85 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | My 18th birthday, something that seemed so far away is finally here. My family is gathered around, ready to see what word I would have. My dad's was JANITOR, while my mother's was DOCTOR. I hope I get something cool.
"We will be proud of you honey, whatever you are." My mother said. My father nodded in agreement. We ... | I couldn't believe it. I would have never guessed it. I had so much potential. Everyone thought I would be a doctor, a lawyer, or maybe even an astronaut. I always dreamed of being someone famous. A musician, an athlete, a movie star. But according to some fucking ink, I'm neither. All my friends got good ones. Even Je... | 2017-03-16T04:22:00 | 2017-03-16T00:50:02 | 40 | 15 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | The *Sunseeker*'s control room was dead silent except for the low *beep-beep-beep* of the deep space radar. The screen lights flashed a dim blue against the vast blankness of space, but nothing else moved, or breathed in the cavernous space.
A line of blue light appeared in the middle of the room, then expanded into a... | Faster than light (ftl) travel happens fast, people knew that from the outset.
Ftl traffic accidents happen faster, people were just smart enough to figure that out beforehand.
What most people didn't know before they tried faster than light travel, however, was that even if it doesn't go wrong directly going about... | 2017-03-31T13:02:22 | 2017-03-31T07:52:19 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | New suit, old tie, there's a stain in the middle, and a tear in my eye.
I sigh.
The streets are the same, the cars they drift, the leaves they fall, from the blue sky
I sigh.
I walk and walk, sip and sip, the rye begins to run dry
I sigh.
The students they sleep, careless, naive, am I really the bad guy?
I sigh.
... | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T10:07:53 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 300 | 10 |
[WP] You often pick up pennies you find on the ground, inspecting them for date, markings, etc. One day, you find a penny from 2044. Even more shocking, it's your face on the front. | "So is this a novelty penny? Where did you get it?" She asked, thumbing the copper piece back and forth in her hand.
"I…er…yeah. It is." Daniel didn't quite know what to tell her. When he found the penny out on the sidewalk earlier that day, he couldn't quite believe it was real - and if he couldn't, his fiancé certa... | Dear Journal,
As I’ve written to you before, I am hometown-famous for picking coins from the ground and inspecting them thoroughly. It was a childhood hobby that turned into an adult hobby.
It started when my grandfather once told me that if I found a coin with a misprint, misspelling, or any imperfection that it wo... | 2018-06-27T07:00:35 | 2018-06-27T06:26:07 | 881 | 243 |
[WP] You have the ability to see heart-strings. You can see the connections that people have with each other. Each connection appears to be a colored line running from one person's heart to another. The colors, thickness, and texture of the line determine the strength and type of connection.
Based off of [this](https:... | I didn't get home until late that night, and found her asleep on the couch. The TV was on some old sitcom. The flickering lights played across her peaceful face, her familiar snore just barely audible over the laugh track. I walked over to gently wake her up, but something stopped me in my tracks.
One of her strings ... | Wow that one is thin. I have never seen one like that, never so dark and thin. Like a piece of thread from a old dark blanket."Hey sir" I called. They both turned a son no more than 10 and a dad atleast 30.
"Yes?" The dad said.
"hi yes um can you point me in the direction of 3rd west avenue?".
"Yeah sure you just... | 2021-05-28T17:35:49 | 2021-05-28T16:12:28 | 172 | 33 |
[FF] Make me feel heartbroken in 4 sentences or less. | Today, Daddy hit Mommy because Mommy messed up supper and Daddy was mad 'cause he deserves something good to eat when he comes home from work. When he was done hitting her, Daddy left me and Mommy alone in the kitchen, and she hugged me tight and cried a lot. I love Mommy so much, and I hate seeing her sad, but it's he... | "Goodbye kids," said Dad. "I'm off for my first day as a police officer."
Eight hours later, there was a knock on the door, and the kids yelled, "Daddy's home!". Mom opened the door to see a policeman, his hat held to his chest, who said, "A-Are you Mrs. Philips?" | 2014-02-13T22:55:12 | 2014-02-13T22:00:47 | 55 | 18 |
[WP] You die and ascent to Heaven, where St Peter cries "Thank God you're back." Wait a moment, it's coming back to you... Oh. You were supposed to be the Second Coming of Christ. Whoops. | "What the fuck?"
Everything's white. I... I don't know where I am.
I think I died... No, that's crazy talk.
"Thank God you're back!"
An Angel is running towards me at full speed. You'd think he'd fly cause he's an Angel, but... Dammit, seeing Angels definitely means dead.
"I'm so happy to see you, Mr. Christ!"
... | **[Short Story #2] Jesus'**
The word fuck trickles out as I exhale slowly coming back to my senses on what has just transpired. Big man is already pissed. I can tell because he isn't here scolding me. He's probably about the play the whole "I'm not mad. I'm just disappointing" card. He doesn't get it though, thing... | 2015-08-18T08:53:45 | 2015-08-18T08:52:19 | 125 | 26 |
[WP]We live in a universe where you cannot die from natural causes, instead every so often the Grim Reaper will come and try to fight you to the death.
If you win, you keep on living until the next fight. | Gavin was tying the knot when the Grim Reaper came. Gavin looked at him with dull eyes, then resumed his efforts.
Death stared at him, confused. This wasn't how it was supposed to go.
"Whatcha doing there, buddy?" he asked, carefully leaning his scythe against a nearby wall.
"No need to fight me," he aid, wrapping t... | I never really understood why he took such an interest in me. I'm not a special person, a rich person, or really a person that stands out in any way.
I simply go to work and maintain a decent standard of living for my family and we all just get by quietly.
The first time he showed up was in...oh...must have been twen... | 2016-10-12T10:22:35 | 2016-10-12T10:09:16 | 35 | 12 |
[WP] As the Empire descends upon Earth despite the Federation's best efforts, the Galactic Council watches in horror; their invasion force will soon be wiped out, and when they are, the most violent species in the galaxy will have access to space age technology. | Tenor remembered being in the Council meeting chamber as they all watched their fleet crash into the Earth’s surface. Everyone was horrified. The council had failed to eliminate the human threat before they could expand and only succeeded in handing over the keys to the galaxy. It was the only time in his life that Te... | Lance Corporal Chris Ghandaal, United States Space Force - Fort Benning, Georgia USA
JAN 21, 2020
Are you fucking kidding me? I enlisted for tuition assistance bro.. “
“I know dude, but I think they’re really gonna shoot it down.”
“They can’t just shoot a flying object out of the sky because they think it might po... | 2019-10-01T20:29:31 | 2019-10-01T20:00:13 | 24 | 12 |
[WP] A woman has been dating guy after guy, but it never seems to work out. She's unaware that she's actually been dating the same guy over and over; a shapeshifter who's fallen for her, and is certain he's going to get it right this time.
[deleted] | It's a painful transformation, but nonetheless a necessary one as I hid in the shadowy alley behind the cafe. I couldn't be late, lest I'm forced to endure another one of these metamorphoses.
I made my way into the cafe to meet with the divine Moyra for a fifth time in as many weeks. I introduced myself in a name tha... | "I don't know, I just..you seem a little too tall. I'm sorry.."
*Well that's just great, Brenda, you specifically said 6'4 as part of your 'Ideal Guy' scenario just yesterday.*
"I guess I can't check all the boxes now can I?" I say, not even bothering to hide my beaten pulp of a heart. What difference does it make i... | 2020-08-26T01:22:10 | 2020-08-25T23:52:27 | 20 | 12 |
[WP]It's your first night on the job as a Park Ranger. Your partner gives you one last piece of advice before you start your first night shift together "If you are out in the woods and you hear a woman screaming, whatever you do, do NOT run towards the screaming." | The crunching of gravel beneath my boots kept me company on my walk back to the cabin. It hadn't been a bad night. I could definitely get used to this. No claustrophobic cubicle for me anymore. Just a lovely open forest. The reds, yellows, and oranges combined into a beautiful array of colors that made me excited for H... | He stood there in silence for just a bit too long after that. Staring me in the eyes intently.
"HAGH HAGH HAGH HAGH Ah I'm just kiddin' yah rookie" He slapped me on the shoulder and held it there. "U'm sure you'll be just fine."
"Jesus" I said, pushing his hand off. "This is probably why everyone calls you 'dick'." ... | 2017-10-23T18:31:00 | 2017-10-23T16:16:10 | 45 | 28 |
[WP] Turns out Humans are tiny compared to any other species of aliens, allowing them to live off in the nooks and crannies of alien spaceships. Colonies can live on ships for generations unseen and unknown, or have a mutually beneficial relationship with a crew. | The humans arrived aboard the alien ship entirely by accident. A critical hyperdrive failure caused them to drop out of warp between stars, on their way to a new world. The colonists and crew tried to fix their ship, The Columbus, to no avail. Without a hyperdrive and with massive damage to the rest of the ship, she d... | Little green men. Who the fuck came up with that line? In the Fifties, people all over were using this to describe “aliens” It wasn’t until 2027 when there was true, recorded contact, that we realized all ET’s do not fit the same bill. The first contact we had was with those who call themselves Nordics, and yeah, those... | 2018-05-30T14:01:30 | 2018-05-30T13:04:59 | 106 | 45 |
[WP] Soul mates are real and technology has finally allowed for detection of some peoples “other half" at the speed of light using quantum messaging. When you were tested there was no response, now 10 years later you are called in to let you know a response has just arrived.
thats all you get to go on, can be born yea... | It's been 7 long years since you left me. The counselor told me that the pain would become more manageable. With time. And sometimes I think maybe it will. Then I'll hear the creak of the floorboards, and expect to see you shuffling into the room as you did, that beautiful smile on your face making my heart skip a beat... | Journal Entry 1: My name is Jeremiah Slovis. I have decided to write these journal entries to document my existence in a way that my celebrety does not. I want to start from the beginning.
If you are reading this, I am probably dead, and you might not remember the tender year of 1978: The Centenial of the introductio... | 2015-11-30T12:28:23 | 2015-11-30T11:02:13 | 87 | 15 |
[WP] There's an urban legend in your town called "Grinning Greg". A twisted, horrifying grinning face can be seen on the window of an abandoned church before a calamity strikes. This year, "Greg" appears on the window, but he frowns. | His face emerged at night, in the early hours. Snow had fallen recently and the village was bathed in that comforting, sickly-sweet yellow glow from the flames of the street lamps. He wasn't discovered until hours later when the milkman trundled past on his cart. Humming, he drove down the road on the way to his first ... | As for me & my friend, Alistair was heading towards an abandoned church were legends were told we heard a stick snap. Looking around we sighed & chuckled trying to remain to assuage. We heard how a man named Greg once attended a church. One day, a serial killer came into the church & murdered everybody ther... | 2020-03-28T14:09:54 | 2020-03-28T10:54:11 | 74 | 28 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | After having a child my wife and I wanted to go against the stereotype of the stay at home mom. That's right, my job title went from 'District Manager of Carmike Cinemas' to 'Stay At Home Dad'. Okay so in all honesty we didn't do this to fight the stereotypes, my wife had a better paying job as a doctor; so instead of ... | I drive a school bus. You must understand, this job was never my first choice. I wasn't sitting in elementary school thinking "I wanna be a bus driver!" while everyone else chose astronauts, football players, singers, or dinosaurs. But sometimes life pushes you in a certain direction and you wind up exactly where you o... | 2016-05-19T15:48:47 | 2016-05-19T13:55:45 | 29 | 21 |
[WP] Write about a world where whenever somebody writes on their skin, it appears on their soulmate's body as well. | Hungover, my head throbbed with a headache that refused to allow me a moment’s solace. It seemed to echo perpetually throughout my skull, making me wish that I’d never left Veronica’s house. I should have probably called in sick, but of course, today I had to meet with a special client. He was some big guy in real esta... | Everyday, something appears on my arm. Or hand. Or wrist. Basically anything near those areas. My supposed soulmate likes to write in those places all the time. I'm guessing they're forgetful, because it's always notes or locations. All. The. Time. Not even a cute doodle. Just reminders.
I never write on my skin. I d... | 2018-04-01T20:55:22 | 2018-04-01T20:04:01 | 126 | 75 |
[WP] Being a tavern wench is good, honest work. You wear long sleeves, not to hide scars but swirling tattoos. You’ve always had them. Today, an adventuring party come in. The shirtless ones have the same tattoos, and theirs not only swirl … they glow. | I was intrigued. I've never known anyone with the same tattoos as mine, let alone an exact copy of them. But it was the glow theirs emitted that made me question everything I've believed about myself for so long.
Their tattoos glowed with a familiar blue tinge, like you were staring at the sky just as the sun is about... | I get grief for wearing men's shirts, but they hide the markings on my arms better. They go from my collar bone to the tips of my fingers, in an intricate swirling design that is nothing like anything in this township
I don't remember much before about 6 years of age, so I can't really say how long I have had the tatt... | 2021-06-15T08:01:49 | 2021-06-15T07:16:26 | 187 | 75 |
[WP] We were warned when we hired our first human crew member that they would pack bond with almost anything. We didn't listen, and now have an apex predator somewhere in the ship, that the human won't stop calling Kitty. | A part of me argued that it really wasn't the human's fault. They were newcomers to the galactic stage. They hadn't developed the wealth of experiences that the other races had. Some even argued that their racial naivety was a strength. Freed from the long held grudges and stereotypes that other races held tightly to, ... | "What were you thinking?" Sareul screamed, three of his four appendages flailing. "We don't allow pets on board. There are no pets in space. And that thing you brought back with you," his eye twitched and mouth wavered as his voice broke on the word *thing*. Sareul took a deep breath and continued, "That thing is not a... | 2019-11-21T07:23:21 | 2019-11-21T06:19:35 | 2,256 | 1,124 |
[WP] Death has hourglasses for every person. One day, during a cleaning, he found a dust covered one that had rolled under his desk. | *No.* Death thought. *It couldn't be.*
Death reached below the grand wooden table, hastily pulling out the dust covered hourglass. Questions flooded its mind. *How? When? Who?*
Carefully, Death set the hourglass sideways on its table, like the way it found it, the only one among the seven billion or so hourglasses in... | "And I wouldn't be standing here, speaking to all of you today if I didn't change my mindset" said the world's hottest new motivational speaker. "I've had too many near death experiences to count, but it made me realize life is precious. Time is finite, and it can't be wasted with regrets or what-if questions. Follow t... | 2018-10-03T06:52:49 | 2018-10-03T06:19:01 | 2,861 | 63 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | "Just pick another fucking age!" Death said, snarling as he looked at Bobby.
"No, I get to pick, and I pick my 16th birthday."
Death screamed and punched the little shit in his head, and Bobby disappeared. All death had to do was touch his forehead, but he was way to angry for that. He waited for a few minutes, and a... | The solid gold coin flew through the air, slowly arcing as I watched it tentatively. It collided with the ground, making a solid thunk. Slowly, I walked over to it and looked down to see which face was looking back at me. It was heads. The skulls eyes stared back into mine, I could almost feel hatred radiating from it.... | 2016-09-23T10:49:59 | 2016-09-23T06:57:22 | 232 | 132 |
[WP] “I wish that everyone on Earth would blink at the same time!” The genie gives you a pitied expression, snapped his fingers and says, “You have no idea what you just done…” | I opened my eyes and there was nothing but the genie.
"What? Where am I?" I asked, wondering if I had hallucinated.
"The void, null space, whatever you want to call it. Nothingness." The genie replied matter-of-factly.
"Why? How? I need to go back!"
"Back where?" The genie laughed, "there is no place for you to go ... | I made the worst wish I could possibly make. I didn’t know it at the time but I found out when I got home and saw the news. People all throughout the world just disappeared. They said an entire neighborhood in New York City just vanished without a trace. I began to worry that it had something with my wish but that woul... | 2022-03-18T14:48:16 | 2022-03-18T09:23:27 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] The first manned interstellar exploration vessel arrives in Alpha Centauri after decades of travel... only to discover that faster-than-light travel was discovered since they left and there is a welcoming party waiting to take them home.
I was going to add "There is much frustration" or "The crew of the former qu... | "Felicia?" The man tapped again on thick plastic encasing surrounding her. "Felicia, can you hear me?"
"Ugh... what... where are we?" the tall, raven-haired woman replied, her eyes refusing to open, her body still unable to move.
"We're at Alpha Centauri, Felicia. You made it," the raspy voice replied. Felicia paused... | Meric woke up and fell.
He landed almost face first, only being caught by his arm flailing out in front of him, breaking his fall. He lay on the ground, its heat seeping into his cold body. He turned on his back and looked at the cryo sleep machine. Cold air emitted from the chamber, the screen on top blinked bright ... | 2022-05-17T17:34:13 | 2014-06-19T08:07:58 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] It is the year 2150. Describe an arms manufacturers latest weapons platform to a prospective buyer and compare its specs to your competitors. | "... which can deliver a multi-megaton explosion to any point on the globe within a few brief moments" I finished up my presentation with a flourish.
"I have a few questions" A wiry man in the audience raised his hand.
This was not in the program, but I was feeling pretty good about my performance so I allowed it... | Gentlemen, today we have an opportunity to show you the future of weaponry. Ever since the global atmospheric crisis which fundamentally changed the environmental landscape, of course causing floods, storms, etc. Mankind has fought not only for the few resources which remain, but also dominance over territory which rem... | 2014-10-30T11:21:07 | 2014-10-30T09:15:40 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] During a flight you accidentally damage a window and find out that they aren't actually windows, but monitors. | "Sir, calm down. It's alright, everything's going to be alright. Please, calm *down.*"
The stewardess is growing increasingly flustered, trying her best to push the agitated man back into his seat. The passenger has a maniacal gleam in his eye as he once again stands up despite her attempts.
"Do you see? Do you see ... | Beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He always had a problem with perspiration, it reminded him of Maths exams. Even in the climate controlled plane, he couldn't help but sweat. The shock of what he had just done made him feel like he was sitting in an oven. He had done it dozens of times, he was bored and was trying... | 2015-02-05T06:35:18 | 2015-02-05T05:37:27 | 1,538 | 101 |
[WP]In the near future both the U.S. and Russia have new presidents, both of whom happen to be alcoholics. On a state visit at the White House they start taking shots of vodka one evening, and just for laughs decide to pass the time by planning a joint invasion of a random country. | "Right, right, I know we can't *reaaaaally* do it... but hypoth- ... hypother- ... whaddif we just, like, went and fucked ISIS up?" Charles started, leaning back in his chair.
"Who says that we cannot?" Remizov replied, calmly emptying his glass.
"Yeah man, we could just... *UNFF.* You know?" Charles continued.
Remi... | "How about... Denmark? No, wait, Switzerland! Those neutral bastards"
"And gain what from it Comrade? Lower cheese prices? Switzerland will never work!"
The clattering of a toast and pained exhalations followed shortly.
"Maybe... maybe Belgium? Wouldn't that be unexpected?"
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