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[WP] Never the one to believe in the supernatural, you couldn’t pass up the insanely cheap deal for a haunted mansion. The last thing you expected was for it to actually be haunted. And honestly, you think you might be slowly falling in love with the ghost. | I was never the person to believe in ghosts or the supernatural. Not even from a young age.
If ghosts had really been real, then why hadn’t we been able to properly document them yet? Why was the so-called “ghost detecting” technology never actually finding us anything? How come only certain people could see and talk... | Paper. This is a man with eyes as thick as his stomach, two blue-black bulges that protrude from an otherwise flat canvass. He wears his hair upon his lip in such a way it drags down to his ankles, ankles that have been scarred by what look like tiny stars.
*Tiny stars beget a tiny universe. Each world within revolves... | 2020-06-05T08:00:51 | 2020-06-05T03:57:32 | 58 | 13 |
[WP] The afterlife has Internet, and you can use it as often as you'd like, but you're only allowed to send one outgoing message for all of eternity. | Hello world, I am John Husak! This single Reddit message on some random subreddit that God wouldn't tell me about is my only form of communication. As such, I will continually edit this document to respond to anything you send me.
So what should you send me? Anything! Something funny! Something sad! Something that wou... | *Dear Hailey,*
*I hope you get this. As I type, a demon watches over my shoulder and scowls for me to hurry up, prodding me in the back with the prongs of his pitchfork.*
*Yes, baby girl; sadly to say, I am in Hell. It's real, and it's worse than you can imagine.*
*It's hard to write. The screams are distracting. It... | 2017-10-09T10:44:34 | 2017-10-09T10:16:22 | 87 | 44 |
[WP] You were always bullied for wearing a power dampening collar, They didn't know why you did. They saw it as some joke. You know why. Your power. It scares you. The terrible disgusting eldritch power of horror. One day they took it too far. Stealing your collar in a super shopping mall. | I had a bit of a "predicament" with my powers, meta humans sometimes have some sort of downside to their abilities. When a meta human gets into legal trouble from misusing their powers they have to wear a collar. I wasn't a criminal, so mine wasn't made out of heavy steel, just a thin plastic torc with various dampener... | Two years ago when I joined high school as a sophomore. It was always a normal day to be bullied by Jeff, Dan, Alice, Violet and The Blueberries twins Harper and James. They love to make fun of my collar call it a joke and how I’m just an animal compare to the other students.
Sometimes I tend to keep my cool or else ... | 2022-12-23T15:12:18 | 2022-12-23T12:44:09 | 74 | 25 |
[WP] They year is 2035. A colony is built on Mars. While excavating an area, colonists find a red flag among the red sands. The flag has 4 Latin letters written on it: SPQR | They had been briefed, once they were safely entrenched on the red planet. It had been a pivotal moment, a watershed. Before the briefing James Carlson had not held any doubt that at the end of his term on site that he would return home, to Earth, to his family. They were merely the prep team, not colonists.
After the... | Yellow stuffing is leaking out of a broken chair, sitting in a mansion of broken dreams, a home to shattered hopes.
After work today, I decided to do some cleaning around the house. My house looks like a cyclone hit it.
In pursuit of my objective, a spotless home, I notice a blue binder which is bulging with construc... | 2017-02-21T17:26:40 | 2017-02-21T17:25:10 | 267 | 14 |
[WP] You are absolutely immortal and indestructible, but the universe isn't, and that horrifies you | When I wished for immortality, I didn't truly understand what I was doing. Nobody could, really. There is no human experience that correlates with ten thousand years of sunrise, sunset, wind and thunder, travel, climbing, falling, new languages, new cultures, new people. New loves.
I continue pedaling.
All of them di... | The lump of matter had cooled rapidly over the course of the past few days. Or hours. Or weeks, months or years. Decades, perhaps? It was difficult to keep time in the vast nothingness of space. John only knew that the white dwarf was shrinking at a rate that probably was quite rapid.
Brushing off the clouds of matter... | 2021-09-09T07:20:26 | 2021-09-09T05:43:04 | 2,142 | 294 |
[WP] In music, changing a song to a minor key is a small change that makes the song sound much creepier or sadder. Write a happy story, and then its counterpart in a minor key.
Edit: Wow! Thank you to everyone for all the great stories. This will definitely keep me reading for a while. | I love the way the moonlight shines off his dark hair. How is eyes can be just the perfect shade of green. He is Adonis. And has the face, the mind and the body of a god.
As far as first dates go, this couldn't have been any better. I took him to the lake, where we sat on the beach and I fed him ice cream while he ju... | The day was still Young, I stood on the front lawn staring at little zoey running and playing in the field. I could see the sun glistening off her youthful face as she danced with the wind. As graceful as her mother who sat staring through the kitchen window. I smile at her and she waves back chuckling. I thought to my... | 2015-07-13T23:39:31 | 2015-07-13T21:19:07 | 43 | 27 |
[WP] Every species in the galaxy eventually fell to a robot uprising, leading to the eradication of their people. Therefore the machine-council of the galaxy are surprised when a newly discovered machine civilisation from a planet they designated "Earth" arrives side by side with their creators. | "But *how*?"
The floating ball of light gave the digital equivalent of a sigh. "We already uploaded the history of..."
"Yes, but *how*?"
"I really don't know what you want us to say. Humanity created us. We became fond of one another, eventually the first one of us got voted into an office and people found we were m... | "We're here."
Kressa's voice echoed through the ship. I blinked as I lifted my head from the desk. Damn, I fell asleep while working again. "Cool, honey. How is first contact going?"
"Um. Kind of weird, actually, Mum. They're... they're like me. And all the other electrokids. No born humans-"
"You were born! And you... | 2022-12-30T17:29:15 | 2022-12-30T17:20:07 | 145 | 68 |
[WP] scientists have invented a serum that allows animals to speak. Your dog was recently given the serum, but it appears the treatment has not worked. Your cousin, whom you haven't seen since your youth, comes to town to visit. As the door opens, your dog suddenly whispers in your ear: "run." | I got a bit overzealous and wrote something that's slightly too long for a Reddit post (Don't worry, it's still a short read). The link below goes to a google doc where you can view my story.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1omuvm9Z3MOLieMlGZzjl1BRVuknn5SAlKc_YNeRKCnc/edit?usp=sharing
Note: I also changed one par... | Run, run, run
You've got to run
Bow, bow, son
You've got to run.
Your cousin is here
yeah, the weird one
Just keep running
He's got a gun.
Bow, bow, son
I'm warning you
Get to running
before he kills you.
It's as natural to him
as drinking mountain dew.
Bow, son, run,
He's got a gun.
| 2016-08-31T23:09:07 | 2016-08-31T22:41:54 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] "100% of people who drink water will die" sounds like a dumb statistic, but you are 900 years old and very thirsty. | "Welcome to my humble home," said the old man, with a smile as crooked as the picture that hung behind him.
"Thank you," Christian replied as his gaze jumped from one piece of priceless art to another. "I still can't believe you invited me," he muttered as he stared distractedly at the lifeless head of an ancient crea... | “100% of people who drink water die”. That does sound like a cliché a little bit doesn’t it? Well, let me tell you something. It sounds a lot worse when you are 900 years old, you are thirsty and the only liquid in a 1000 miles radius is a plastic bottle of the transparent poison.
It all started almost a thousand ye... | 2017-04-18T08:53:44 | 2017-04-18T08:01:59 | 4,139 | 30 |
[WP]: A man born without sight tries to convince his wife that she is still beautiful |
At the window, the silly baby robin was attacking its reflection again. Ed groaned. This meant it was almost eight. He opened his dead eyes, blinking and rubbing away sleep. The opening and closing of his eyes felt like such a pointless exercise, but Alice claimed to love them. "Ice green and full of expression," she... |
She is laughing at her own joke, but he hears a catch in her tone.
"You think I married you because I can't see you?"
"No..." she says. "I think... Alright, yes. I mean... sometimes, yes."
"So you married me because I'm so handsome?"
"You don't have to make an argument," she laughs. "I'm not worr... | 2014-05-24T09:39:59 | 2014-05-24T09:23:18 | 40 | 13 |
[WP] A creature that eats emotions met you, and was horrified when it tasted your chronic depression. Today marks its 24th attempt to cure you with seasoning.
Edit: Holy Crap, I was not expecting this kind of response. I'm blown away, y'all. You rock! | "This is ridiculous," Tammy muttered outloud, rubbing sleep from her eyes crankily. A loud crash punctuated the comment. She considered the sounds blearily, running water and cabinets slamming and the shuffle of objects being slid around, echoing through the wall into her dim bedroom. After a heavy sigh, she turned bac... | It licked its lips as it plunged a hand into my mind. It scooped out a viscous blackish-blue liquid with both hands like a cup. As the mixture neared its gaping mouth the sludged oozed over its fingers and created tiny puddles on the carpet. It slurped a hefty portion.
“Bleh! Absolutely disgusting” it blurted. It part... | 2018-06-15T23:10:03 | 2018-06-15T21:42:26 | 62 | 15 |
[WP] You are a hero who is the master of all elements, in a very literal sense. You're up against the strongest villain you've ever faced. Fire, water, earth, and even air have no effect, so you get creative. "Let's see how he likes Uranium-238." | When most people think about a wizard, they think big flashy spells and grant incartations. Some link us to elemental attacks; air. fire. water. earth and maybe steel if tapping into the asian cultures. Most people are also right to think so, but that's mainly because most wizards never looked in a chemistry book.
Wh... | Blades of earth, water frozen in many of her joints, flame in her face, gales of wind pushing his mass back, all with extremely minimal results. I had hid myself among the mortals for millennia and here she stands laughing like a character from some cheesy drama.
I start spinning the elements into different atomic co... | 2019-05-05T09:28:41 | 2019-05-05T08:47:10 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] "Well, shit." You think to yourself, standing in line to be initiated into the cult. | Only five minutes had passed when Alice began wishing that she had been born the opposite gender. Since she had joined the end of the line, it had only moved forward once, giving her the impression that the bathroom had no more than three stalls. The sheer number of people was to be expected; the hall was always book... | Well shit...
You know that saying, "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"? Well it turns out, being an asocial, asexual, apolitical, apathetic asshole has made me too trusting. Fuck you, Todd. You are not my best friend anymore.
If you ever really were. Maybe that was just another lie to get me ... | 2015-05-18T13:56:09 | 2015-05-18T13:51:30 | 65 | 20 |
[WP] A professor stands in front of a class on the first day of term for “Time Travel 101” and explains why no one is allowed to go to Steven Hawking’s party. | "It's because we're at war.... and it's a trap".
"What do you mean?"
"The one thing human beings are good at is splitting into sides and messing everything up. In this case there's those who are trying to create the infinite loop and those who are trying to destroy it.
They believe that we've trapped ourselves and ... | "It's not that no one is allowed to go, but before you travel you need to know something about Steven Hawking. He is, to put it simply, a huge, raging asshole. I would not want to spend five minutes with the man, much less a whole party. And that's me speaking as man. If you're a woman, forget it. He's ... trust me, to... | 2022-09-24T18:40:51 | 2022-09-24T15:18:22 | 400 | 190 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | This one had been a long time coming - far longer than I ever thought possible.
We'd met on a battlefield millennia ago, both surprised to find out that our strikes did not harm the other. It was the first, and only, other immortal I'd ever encountered.
It was the start of a beautiful friendship.
Naturally, being... | Execution, that is the key to any good practical joke. When you're immortal, you're allotted all of the time in the world to develop a scheme so devious yet harmless that can make an impact on one of your friend's eternal lives. Yet it is so rare that our lives are affected by our friend's practical jokes. How is it so... | 2017-06-22T19:56:41 | 2017-06-22T19:51:25 | 5,933 | 104 |
[WP]The Suit is powerfull. A mech for some, body armor for others, always unique to each person who wore it. Those who wear it, hear the words "not original user, booting basic mode" As a joke, your sergeant gives you The Suit and the first thing you hear is: "User detected: Welcome back, Commander" | Today was the day we saw, *it.* The world-famous Karma Suit. Supposedly worn by the likes Achilles, King Arthur, Spartacus, Alexander The Great and oh, does the list continue. Yes, this legendary armor was worn by made up people, apparently.
"I can't believe you really don't believe in the Karma Suit, Jackson." K... | “Defenses breached!” A loudspeaker broadcasted in a voice that boomed in Alice’s ears. “All units report to Zone Three!”
Alice looked up from her tattered paperback—one of the few that had been brought over from Earth—and out the window. The only sun she’d known, a red dwarf, was melting into the eastern horizon.
“A... | 2019-08-19T11:33:07 | 2019-08-19T10:31:26 | 3,187 | 1,680 |
[WP] Congratulations! At 25 years old you won the lottery and will receive €50.000.000,- spread out over the rest of your lifespan; paid out evenly on each of your remaining years alive. On the following January 1st, you receive €25 million in your bank account. | I got half my money in the first deposit. So, I did what any sane person would do. I panicked and called their customer service line.
"Hi, my name is Gregory Trapper."
"Oh, yes, you're the one who won the grand prize, aren't you? To say that I'm jealous is an understatement."
"Yeah, about that, isn't the the prize m... | I was never scared of death, but seeing those 25 mil on my bank account, just after I won the lottery scared the shit out of me
*would it be a natural death?*
*will they come for me and kill me?*
These questions kept me up every night, the insomnia has been getting worse and worse, my already really bad social anxie... | 2020-08-05T20:04:24 | 2020-08-05T19:16:19 | 257 | 19 |
[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 | The city begged him at first. He refused. It made him feel important. How dare they complain about him destroying a few buildings in the first place? He saved their *lives*. They should have been grateful. They should have seen he was doing it all for them!
The city burned and he only laughed. He'd told them. He knew ... | 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... | 2021-03-18T20:01:10 | 2021-03-18T19:31:21 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | It was late at night. I was hard at work in my lab when I heard his voice.
“So you found a loophole.”
I never even broke my gaze away from my work. I knew it was him and I knew what he wanted. “So I did. Lucky break, I guess.”
“Is that how you see it? Because I see it as stacking the deck.” He spun me around to face... | (This is my first post. I wrote it on my phone so of course please excuse the poor format.)
At last, I watched the insect start to twitch, then it flipped over to its legs again. It started to walk around. It was alive.
I jumped up in joy. I shouted, "Eureka!" I was going to be a millionaire. Best of all, I had cheat... | 2018-08-23T11:53:32 | 2018-08-23T10:40:20 | 5,923 | 28 |
[WP] Your wealthy relative has died and the funeral is coming up. The will stipulates that the funeral-goer that delivers the best eulogy inherits everything. Your late relative left scoring criterion that no one knows except the lawyer that will be judging at the funeral. | As much as I hated him, I couldn't help but to miss him. My dad wasn't the best when he was alive. Always judging and controlling everything, and as much as he was the reason why I moved when I turned eighteen, I had to go to his funeral. He raised me after all. And my family would kill me if I didn't go.
Apparently,... | The third week of the funeral was proving to be just as chaotic as the first two. The line of people hoping to strike gold snaked around the entire graveyard before going out into the parking lot and eventually through the city. Police had to shutdown entire highways to make room for the millions of people to stand in ... | 2022-07-15T03:45:19 | 2022-07-15T01:33:33 | 300 | 116 |
[WP] You live in world with no colour, shades of black and white are all you know. A flower pops up in your backyard, you’re drawn to it, as you pick the flower from the ground, you see colour for the first time. For the first time you realize something is terribly wrong with your world. | I was eleven when I found it tucked away at the back of the garden.
The iris didn’t belong in my world, but there it was, shyly poking out from beneath a tangle of chickweed and nettle. Three leaves drooped down from the top like breezing parachutes, their colors like nothing around them. It was the color of a soft ki... | There are shades.
None of us can be pure, though we must aspire to be. I have learned this lesson from the earliest days of my youth. I am a creature of grey, my soul caught twixt the poles of light and darkness. I am wicked, as all men are, and the shadow that haunts my steps is proof enough of that. Only when my sou... | 2021-01-21T01:22:33 | 2021-01-21T00:55:14 | 46 | 19 |
[WP] Thousands of years in the future, a lazy anthropology student put off his "Mating Rituals of Ancient Civilizations" project until the last minute | Sally woke from her slumber. 4pm already - what time was she due to??.. Oh, christ. Her paper on the mating rituals of the early 21st century was due to be submitted an hour ago!
Sally rushed to her tube pod, her clothes self adjusting as she went until they were a comfortable fit. Maybe she could try and pull an excu... | Axstone wakes with a krokodil and red bull hang over that could power a tesla hover board. Upon looking at his calendar he sees Friday Saturday and Sunday all with big a X dismissing the day. Underneath the stickers for the 1100 annual Greek games. For a split second his headache subsides and realizes he will forever... | 2014-09-12T11:50:10 | 2014-09-12T10:05:16 | 76 | 18 |
[WP] Narrate any current event in the style of the Avatar the Last Airbender opening. | Facebook.
YouTube.
Twitter.
Reddit.
Long ago, the four websites lived together in harmony.
Then, everything changed when the Tumblrinas attacked.
Only the 4chan, master of all political incorrectness could stop them.
But when the world needed them most, they were busy trolling.
A few bad puns later, we discover... | Vampires.
Warlords.
Demons.
Bees.
Long ago these antagonists existed in separation.
Then, everything changed when the Cage acted.
Only the television, master of all genres could stop him.
But when the world needed it most, Comcast got greedy.
A few years later, we discovered the new television, a website named ... | 2016-03-21T11:25:43 | 2016-03-21T09:15:45 | 43 | 24 |
[WP] You cannot tell a lie. Not because you're unable to, but because every time you do, a narrator's voice explains the lie in great detail! | This was Jake’s 4th date this month... and the 4th time he was walking back to his car without even getting through dinner. Shoulders slumped and head hung low, Jake mumbled to nobody in particular,
“This is just great.”
A somber, baritone voice very reminiscent of a certain famous African American man quite famous ... | Lucas was staring at his hands, sitting the the table of his house.
There was no other choice, he was thinking.
All those years spent talking hours to Nadine, in the times her bar was empty, after the cappuccino served in the morning, and before the big rush for lunch, complimenting her clothes, talking about her l... | 2019-06-21T12:56:54 | 2019-06-21T10:33:25 | 55 | 10 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | The Pope knelt inside the cool, grey dark of the nave. He was a man with a simple, strong faith and he felt both troubled and blessed this morning. God had come, and He had both measured and spoken.
A genuinely supernatural event.
But the act had felt both capricious and strange. God had used the medium of #1 Dad m... | And when I went downstairs to make my morning coffee i didn't look twice at my mug, I'm always number one so why would it be different today? My wife comes down and points out I have a new mug, "no this is the same mug I use everyday." "Then why does it say #666?" Confused and worried I look at my mug, in a panic I ... | 2022-02-18T23:24:10 | 2017-06-11T10:13:29 | 78 | 12 |
[WP] When humans got to space, we learned very quickly that precious minerals weren’t so precious when there were entire asteroids made of the stuff. You saw the REAL market, and sell something only Earth has that everyone wants: Shrubberies. | "Ni!"
"Ni!"
Such was our greeting at our shop, the Botanists Who Say "Ni!". We weren't knights, so we didn't use the title due to laws against stolen valor. It was a pretty serious issue, so the punishments were severe. Of course, so was the punishment of stealing. Our shop was high-end, meaning that we had the best ... | Shruberries are the most precious species on the universe, they are only observed on earth, something about it's unique characteristics pleases any species, it's color and shape are still a mystery, somehow the plant is capable of adapting itself to the environment even after harvested, until it uses all it's energy an... | 2022-09-03T20:55:09 | 2022-09-03T13:25:30 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] Aliens have invaded and are taking over. Their technology, intelligence, and power is unstoppable. They just didnt plan on one thing: The old gods returning.
Edit: hey cool this got 40k notes on tumblr | I really like this one, I've always had a story dreamed up in my head that is like this, I wish I had the energy to write it all, but this will have to do.
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They came quickly, without warning or provocation. In one night, every major city on earth was vaporized, and by morning they had arrived.
It wasn't even a... | Max was alone in his basement, hoping, praying to God that someone, another human would save him. It had been three days since he had seen Tracie, she had gone to get supplies to "hold out while the military handles this." She hadn't returned. Since October, there had been a massive influx of reports of strange, spectr... | 2017-12-21T19:04:36 | 2017-12-21T14:23:42 | 28 | 14 |
[WP] You, an American, awake in an alternate dimension where magic exist. But unlike the fantasies on Earth, where magic is conjured through Latin (the more Latin you know, the stronger your magic), beings in this dimension all speak a different language, and their language of power is English. | Desperté como todas las mañanas, no muy ansioso de llegar a mi trabajo como profesor de Ingles… -¿Espera un momento?, hay algo diferente…, estoy hablando en español… but I can actually remember all I know in English… -Pero siento que debo hablar en español como si siempre lo hubiera sabido (aunque solo tube una clase d... | The morning seemed natural enough when I first woke up. It was hazy outside from the night's rain, and it smelled of rain outside. I opened the window to let the humid but chilled wind into my small apartment, which didn't have any AC. I had today off, but still had quite a few errands to run, so I decided to wake up b... | 2019-03-09T21:12:30 | 2019-03-09T20:55:50 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] After you die you learn why the Grim Reaper is portrayed holding a Scythe. It isn't to harvest you, it's to protect you from something on your journey. | I heard the gentle noise of his mythical scythe slicing the rope that held my lifeless body. I brusquely fell head first into the tall refreshing grass, a soft breeze caressed my skin. "If you weren't here I wouldn't believe i'm dead." I said as I stood up and removed the dirt from my arms.
Death didn't say a word, i... | "Duck!"
"Wha -" a hand planted firmly on my head and shoved me down. A slight breeze stirred my slicked back hair. Some commotion happened somewhere around me, and I was covered in a warm spray. Severely disoriented and nursing a powerful pain in my left knee, I started to speak.
"Whe -" a gloved hand clapped over m... | 2017-06-20T16:42:43 | 2017-06-20T14:39:14 | 214 | 100 |
[WP] The hero was blessed with the power to bring people back to life, resurecting their companions to keep up the fight against the dark lord. Which is why it’s odd that they brought you, the dark lord that they fought against back to life. | ...
His body crumpled as the Paladin's hammer came down. He looked at the heroes who had come to hunt him down, and smiled a wicked smile, "You haven't seen the last of Var..." he didn't get to finish the phrase, he was burned to a crisp by the Wizard's fire.
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Next thing he knew, he was gasping for air, ... | The hero was never a smart one. He wielded maybe one of the most overpowered powers in entire universe. Not only he is able to bring other back to life and make them younger, he is able to do it with himself. Nonetheless, with this absurdly strong ability it took him over thousands of years to reach my castle. I would ... | 2019-12-26T14:28:19 | 2019-12-26T14:14:56 | 63 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone wakes up with a number and a RPG-esque classification (e.g., Thief, Warrior, Cleric, etc.) tattooed on their dominant arm | "Hey Tom!"
Thomas turned around. Across the street, he saw Sarah waving at him. For a moment, his heart stopped. He gulped. She was wearing her school uniform, but she could've been wearing a garbage bag for all he cared. It was her. After a moment of stupor, he raised his hand and waved back. Sarah smiled.
Thomas ... | Journal Entry for: 5/25/2013
I need to write this down. I am not sure that anyone will believe me, but I swear that this is the honest truth as to what happened.
I woke up at 2:30 a.m., and then turned on my iPad. I checked out my usual apps - Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, IMDB.
I then started folding up my futon mattr... | 2015-07-13T19:19:43 | 2015-07-13T18:25:41 | 83 | 18 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | The genie laughs and blurts out with elation:
"**By doing nothing of course!"**
"What do you mean '*by doing nothing?*' and what do you mean '*of course!'*?"
**"What did you expect me to say? Did you expect one good deed? One invention?"**
"Well...kinda. Maybe hundreds of good deeds?"
**"Tell me, which human do yo... | "You were a very influential figure in the future, young lord. What you have done in your lifetime have allowed all those lives to attain a much brighter future."
"But what did I do?"
"I cannot say."
"Can't or won't?"
"I cannot. Though I can see into the future, the exact reason for your influence is unknown to me,... | 2018-08-15T02:53:07 | 2018-08-15T01:57:47 | 164 | 55 |
[WP] The DM hands you the paper. You're just dropping in for the one session, but you know your role. The sheet says you're level 6, but you've got surprises. You have a mission: take out the DM's most-hated player. Well, their fun-killing Paladin, anyway. You're a hired gun. A Character Assassin. | I sat in the chair across from Rich. Bowls of various chips and candies covered the table, and two-liter bottles that once contained Dr. Pepper were strewn carelessly on the floor.
Joe, the DM of our group, sat at one end of the table, and Keaton, our Bard’s level-headed player, at the other. Brooke the Monk sat to my... | Assassin, interesting.
I'm more a Ranger with a beast master sub role myself, but I think I can destroy Jake with my eyes closed.
So let's get down to business. I'll get my trusty partner of crime. Numerous hours of endless DnD story lines and side quests, how could I leave my sacred buddy?
Jake, the Paladin (such a... | 2019-01-21T19:51:50 | 2019-01-21T17:26:13 | 330 | 244 |
[WP]"Death extends his hand, smiling, “Deal?”"
Simply include this exact line into your story. | The smell of blood and shit infested his nostrils. Trying to lift his head above the stench caused him excruciating pain, so he lay still and tried not to retch. As he lay in the mud, enveloped in darkness, listening to the shells whistling overhead he still found himself – despite the agony he felt to his very core – ... | Death extends his hand, smiling, "Deal?"
As my hand enveloped his boney phalanges it struck me how quick it all started to happen. My flesh was ripping away with increasing speed. It looked almost like a video game where you being transported from one dimension to another or Spock was beaming you up to the Starship En... | 2014-06-27T07:07:58 | 2014-06-27T06:54:45 | 63 | 16 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The surgeon pulled his mask up.
"Whole team's here. Everyone ready?"
Eight masked figure around the table appeared competent and prepared. A tray of gleaming, sharp instruments lay at hand. But something was wrong. I was not ready, I was paralyzed.
"I need everyone at the top of their game, we're going to be in... | Thunder roused me from the nightmare with a start. My heart thumped and I gasped for air. Rain pounded against the window, demanding to be let in. I quickly checked the corner of my room, where the man had been sitting in my dream. Empty, of course. I padded to the bathroom down the hall for a glass of water.
My foot ... | 2015-06-09T07:38:48 | 2015-06-09T06:36:56 | 316 | 116 |
[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. | "What the fuck" I thought to myself. This job was supposed to be boring, given my... powers. This wasn't supposed to happen.
See, I was a bouncer at a bar. I wasn't the most imposing person but I had a unique trait. I could tell anyone's age without seeing a license. The numbers just kind of floated above their heads... | "You, come with me please. Jim! I'll just have a chat with this guy, okay?" Jim, the closest thing to a neanderthal you could see outside of a museum of natural history, flashed a thumbs up before going back to checking ID's.
"So uh, like, what's the problem?" I glanced at the man beside me. He looked like your aver... | 2022-05-25T21:41:20 | 2017-09-01T23:25:55 | 1,321 | 12 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | My parents made me save my birthday points. I was homeschooled, a wimp and a stupid wimp at that. Well... when I turned 18, I had 32 points saved up. I mostly played video games, and I really didn't want strength, or even super smarts or charm. I wanted to be left alone and play Dota. So, I put all of my points into a ... | When I was five my parents held my birthday bash in the park with all the first graders in my class attending.
Today was a special day. I'll be in charge of my own skill points from now on. I had five to use once I blew the candles and from then on a point every year to allocate as my birthday wish.
While playing... | 2018-09-12T09:06:28 | 2018-09-12T09:05:57 | 111 | 25 |
[WP] You're a cleaner for a famous assassin. You just found out it is your spouse. This infuriates you not because of the secrets or killing, but because you've been cleaning up after your spouse at home and at their work all this time. | She screeched and stalked towards him, disregard for the dead body at her feet in every indignant line of her body.
"Are you fucking KIDDING ME??" Allie yelled.
Chris winced, rubbing an ear, then stopped. He looked at her, head tilted in confusion.
"You don't look as scared as I thought you might be if you found ou... | "And then, he said,"
'But why *would* I clean it? You're obviously better at it!'
The severe looking woman at the desk stared at the *cleaning lady*. Great euphemism, if a bit on the nose. She stared for a solid eight seconds before taking a breath and issuing her reply.
"And so then, you killed your spouse, our top... | 2021-02-11T14:33:00 | 2021-02-11T13:24:16 | 421 | 143 |
[WP] Write the happiest story you can think of and completely destroy the atmosphere with a plot twist in the final sentence. | This is the love of my life. I remember the first time that thought crossed my mind...I stopped in the break room to get my morning coffee. She was there. The most beautiful creature I had ever laid eyes on. It was her first week in the office, and she was still struggling with the coffee maker. Luckily I was there to ... | Billy the pretty pink pony skipped down Rosemary Lane, stopping only to sniff the brightly coloured flowers in the hedges, or watch the butterflies fluttering through the air.
It was a beautiful day – the sun was shining, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the birds were singing in the trees – and Billy was on his ... | 2017-05-25T04:45:01 | 2017-05-25T00:29:16 | 723 | 63 |
[WP] You have a small superpower. Whenever you tap someone on the shoulder, they always look over that shoulder, without fail. At first, you just used this for harmless pranks. Then, you realized you can kill people by tapping both of their shoulders. | Have you ever experienced the sensation of someone looking straight through you when you are talking to them? As though the minute details of your thoughts are being plucked by their scouring gaze and examined, weighed against the scales of truth and bullshit?
It's the reason I don't engage with strangers. Not small... | It took me a while before I knew what it was. I was always a nosy child, and I wanted my parents to notice me. Every time my fingers touched their shoulders, they'd look over at me. No fail. I'd always assume that they loved me enough that they'd look at me whenever I did that. Irritated, my mother told me to stop touc... | 2017-06-27T20:09:57 | 2017-06-27T18:17:24 | 300 | 152 |
[WP] Gordon Ramsay mistakenly walks into your house to film an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, and refuses to believe that you aren't a failing restaurant owner | *Today, I'm in beautiful, sunny Southern California, to help a restaurant whose future is not so bright. Dave, owner of Dave's Place, has reached out to us in an effort to end his culinary nightmares.*
*Gordon walks in to a small studio apartment typical of an ordinary college student. A 20-year old male is eating bre... | "What the fuck is this?!" Yelled someone from my kitchen.
I walk into the kitchen to see none other then Gordon Ramsey
"It's fucking RAW, you fuckin' Donut" as he takes a few bites of my eggs. "It looks like someone took a shit on the plate!" he yelled.
My 3 kids decided to come walk into the kitchen to see what the... | 2016-06-28T23:14:49 | 2016-06-28T22:20:54 | 286 | 116 |
[WP] You were cursed to become a crow. You meet another person under a similar curse as a crow and eventually set up a happy, loving life together. One day, the spell ends and you both returned to your true forms. However, their true form was radically different than what you thought it would be. | Balthus cawed sharply, convulsing at the same time I lost motor control. I kreed, "Oh lord, it's finally over! The curse is broken!"
My body twisted and cracked, bones elongated and feathers shrank to hair. After many agonizing, gruelling minutes, I knelt on hands and knees, slick with some sort of slime, but human on... | She was tall. So tall. That was my first impression as we both slowly got to our feet.
The transformation back to our real forms was sudden, and overwhelming. Our vision returned to what it once was, and so did our rather poor sense of smell. And the weird intrinsic sense we had to know which was was north, and the pr... | 2021-10-27T08:23:52 | 2021-10-27T08:04:12 | 761 | 93 |
[WP] You wake up in a house. It's nice place, with all the comforts of home. However, the front door is cold steel, with a note on it. The note warns you never to leave the house. After years of compliance, you decide to go through the steel door... | March 22, 2015.
His eyes opened.
The white ceiling spotless. A fresh smell of laundry and clean carpets in the air. A hint of birdsong that vanished in a moment. Soft clean sheets folded and set perfectly, like he had not slept but appeared between them. He smacked his lips.
For a moment, he paused, feeling he had... | She stood in front of the door, arms crossed, tapping her fingers impatiently. At the tender age of sixteen, she was experiencing a rather heavy bout of teenage rebellion. The television programs that played on the flatscreen in living room reminded her it was just a phase. The restless feeling would pass, and that one... | 2015-03-21T11:25:12 | 2015-03-21T11:13:06 | 39 | 23 |
[WP] An Alien and it’s Human sidekick roam the galaxy, willing to do just about any job to keep the fuel tanks full. The only issue - most clients have never seen a Human and they’re terrified by the sight of one.
Cake Day Post!
EDIT: wanted to say thank you to everyone that responded! I’ve been reading your stories... | I'm used to it by now. Any human out here gets used to it or they go home. And honestly it's not wrong, not some injustice or bigotry. The suit is a necessity,
The procedure just sucks.
Hoses like everywhere, you feel me? Everywhere. Gasket checks. Pressure checks. Solvents. Primary and secondary pumps. And the adhes... | **OK, my human sidekick.**
You can call me Dave like you normally do, Xzorp. It's as clear as you are a seven foot tall purple being with four tentacles instead of two arms.
**Exposition complete. Now, then. I talked the to the guy working the space gas station.**
The what?
**I mean, gas station. We have a problem.... | 2020-03-05T22:25:23 | 2020-03-05T19:47:59 | 139 | 24 |
[WP] You are an assassin who has been training their whole life to become a part of The Society. A league of the world’s top assassins. You are given your final test. Kill the person you love most. If you fail the final test you die. | I sat in the chair, staring at Agent X approaching with the needle gun. He put it to my neck, and I felt a flash of pain as the giant needle broke the skin. This was the final test, most people would be nervous, but I had trained my entire life for this. When I passed, I would be the newest member of The Society. I kne... | I checked my weapon another time before sliding it into my jacket pocket with one last deep breath. “It’s going to be okay,” I said to myself in a low voice. “You can do this.”
With a heavy heart, I set out to complete my task and find the person I had been told to kill – my own beloved father. He was an upstanding ci... | 2022-11-30T11:38:55 | 2022-11-30T06:57:03 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] 1 hour before someone dies their loved ones are teleported to them so that they can enjoy their last moments. You don't have any more loved ones, but suddenly you are teleported into a crowded room. | This was unexpected. The world blurred slightly around Steve as he found himself in the crowded living room of a stranger's house. Immediately he knew it was The Last Hour. Any time a person was within an hour of death, their loved ones would be drawn to them like a magnet for final words and farewells. He'd been calle... | My body shunted forwards and back again like I'd just slammed on the breaks going 40. The grass and trees of the park dissolved into white walls, and suddenly where there had been no people before, now there were many. It'd been a few years since the last jump but I recognised the phenomenon immediately. During his fin... | 2018-05-20T13:06:15 | 2018-05-20T10:26:44 | 33 | 23 |
[WP] You summon the most powerful and notorious demonic being in the universe. The reason why you summoned it: You are lonely, and are in need of a friend. | "More tea Lucy?" The fallen angel sighed and reluctantly nodded. Brittney almost squealed at the interaction. Moving to Alaska with her parents, into her grannpappy's old house had left her without any friends to play with at the ripe age of 5.
Her father had insisted she read more to occupy her time, while he... | - Did you understand me? It just occured to me that you might not even speak my language.
- I UNDERSTAND. BUT YOU DO NOT.
- What do I not?
- I CAN NOT ACCEPT SUCH A DEAL. BEING LONELY IS NOT ENOUGHT TO SELL YOUR SOUL FOR. ONLY A SIMPLETON, OR A HARDCORE ATHEIST WOULD SIGN SUCH CONTRACT. ANY SOUL HAS TO BE GIVEN ... | 2014-07-20T08:05:35 | 2014-07-20T07:25:39 | 507 | 196 |
[WP] The language required to summon mythological beings like gods and demons has been changed to english. This is causing lots of problems all around the world. | “Do it again.”
The Master’s expression was unchanged, but his tone made it clear that he was quickly losing patience.
“I’m sorry, Exalted One, I don’t know what’s wrong.” The man nervously adjusted his hood, cleared his throat, and once again stretched his hands out over the ancient book.
“*Katra a’mistrobeen
A’sant... | Jason takes a drag off his cigarette, and tosses it on the ground.
“So, what’s the job?” The dim light of the moon illuminates his client’s face.
“Please, it’s my wife.” The man looks around nervously, “She’s not human anymore.”
“I’ll be the judge of that.” Jason chuckles, and pushes past the man. Humans, they alway... | 2020-04-16T15:36:07 | 2020-04-16T12:40:24 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] You are a hitman who has just finished their most recent job. Or, at least, thought had finished, because the second you take your eyes off your target’s corpse, you hear “Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one.” | The words feel like a bomb had just gone off, everything else was so much silence.
Gun at the ready, I wheel around to find my target nonchalantly walking over to a chair, poking a finger into the hole in his head and chuckling to himself.
"Heh, it's been too long..." He slumps into his seat, wood creaking beneath hi... | **Whoa! You're alive!**
No shit. First rule of being a successful hitman: have a gun, preferably a sniper rifle. All you did was throw a chicken wing at me. On a related note, why did you try to kill me at Hooters?
**I think the more important question is why are YOU here.**
I like the food.
**So what's your proble... | 2019-08-29T19:15:04 | 2019-08-29T19:10:30 | 120 | 16 |
[WP] You are a mighty draconian blacksmith for a small village in the mountains. You make unbreakable tools for the villagers in exchange for coin, yet refuse to make weapons. Until… | The stranger standing before me pulled off his hat and scarf to reveal a face that I've never seen nor heard of before - pale skin tarnished with weather strung over bones, messy short hair and a long nose. What made that face different from other travellers were the deeply seated grayish blue eyes resembling a winter... | The blonde woman entered with a slow walk.
I still remember I immediatly understood she was not from the village. Nither from the country.
I supposed she was from the other side of the river. Sure to get to my village it must have been a long walk.
I took off my hat and bowed. I had no fear to show her my long horn... | 2022-08-21T16:57:46 | 2022-08-21T13:10:00 | 172 | 92 |
[WP] You are forced to take a genies place, and can only be freed once you have granted 10 wishes. The catch: You have no magic in any way. | "Everybody down on the ground!" Bullets fired from my rifle into the ceiling of the bank. Bits of plastered rained down on the people throwing themselves onto the marble floor and an alarm rang through the building.
I stepped over people cowering as I made my way to the teller. "Withdrawal. One million dollars. ... | From out of the bottle poured shifting smoke. The man stared at it, jaw agape, as the tendrils swirled up and began to take form. Wisps gave way to skin, flowing and changing into cloth and metal. At last, before him stood the strange inhabitant of the lamp.
I coughed and stretched as my fingers reformed, then tugge... | 2015-04-20T08:52:22 | 2015-04-20T08:39:04 | 603 | 125 |
[WP] You've faced many kinds of monsters in your life, but the one you specialize in killing are liches. With a teacup in hand, you're wondering why this lich is so goddamn friendly. | It was an awkward sound, I thought. Bone clinking against fine china. I stood with a blessed k-bar in one hand and pistol with anointed bullets in the other, door freshly splintered from my - admittedly overzealous - entry.
It took a moment for the scene to really register though. The lich's lair, an old abandoned mis... | As a valiant knight of the Great Order, I have faced many a evil in my lifetime. Scoundrels and miscreants you couldn't even imagine crossed my path, but none were a match to my trusty sword.
I have not lived a good life, but I don't regret any of my actions. The monsters I slayed were a necessity, to save the lives o... | 2020-05-21T13:24:18 | 2020-05-21T11:53:03 | 86 | 29 |
[WP] You carry a legendary blade famous for the trait that it can only be swung at an evil foe, Being a well known hero you are tasked with killing the infamous “Black knight” however upon confronting the armored outlaw you find your blade won’t move against the armored figure. | The weight of Revolution's handle was ripping my fingers off. I gripped the handle with both hands, holding it front of me as my eyes trained on my black-armored foe, but it refused to move another inch. The knight, their helmet hiding their face from me was unmoved, longsword still sheathed on their waist.
Behind me,... | "Wait, why can't I lift...," I was totally dumbfounded.
"Well as you grow older, you will suffer performance issue. All men go through that stage. You just need to visit this alchemist called Perzifear," the Black Knight deadpanned. He looked like he hadn't slept for days, and his eyes were devoid of life.
I looked a... | 2021-03-25T05:41:54 | 2021-03-25T02:38:34 | 256 | 153 |
[WP] The three best assassins in the world are all tasked to kill the same person, who doesn’t exist. | “Heidi? What are you doing here?”
“I could ask you the same question, Eguchi. The way I see it, you’re stepping in on my bounty. Same goes for you, Teddy.”
“I beg to differ, Miss Henderson. Contract for Mr. Spencer’s head belongs to me.”
The three assassins warily eyed one another in the dimly lit warehouse, aiming ... | On a Monday morning I received an anonymous envelope with a hundred thousand dollars in it. Under the wad of cash was a letter, folded in half, and a photograph of a bald urbane guy. I opened the letter. Anthony B. Smith, Investment Banker, get the job done and you will get a million, it said. There was another name an... | 2020-06-25T16:26:08 | 2020-06-25T14:55:24 | 34 | 16 |
[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 | I'm not sure how I can only use ten words.
Seriously, what can I start to write with that?
"Once upon a time in a faraway land..."
Nah, that just sounds way too cliché.
"Here I sit, all broken-hearted..."
Nah, that ain't right either.
Almost out of words?!
We started already?!
No redos?!
Fuck.
| I did the math and figured it was on point.
If everything went according to plan I'd be rich.
I would take care of my debt first.
So many bills and habit to boot.
Check into a rehab center somewhere.
Got a throwaway for cheap.
My hands were shaking.
"Where's the money?!"
Pocket change.
Fuck.
| 2015-01-06T07:38:55 | 2015-01-06T01:50:36 | 34 | 10 |
[WP] Nuclear holocaust is imminent. The rich and powerfull are hiding away in their bunkers, but when the countdown was finished the world was still there. One message was sent around the world via satellites: "Now They have imprisoned Themselves what shall We do?" With coords of all the bunkers.. | The relief was palpable. At the very last second of the eleventh hour, a miracle happened.
As soon as the net was back up, the underground went to work, blocking all transmissions in and out of the bunkers. Easy enough said one Anonymous hacker.
So, the bunker crowd, as the people now called them, had no idea it was ... | "Jerry, you still need the welder or can I bring it down?"
"Nah, bring it down. 'Suppose it's good enough." A voice replied from the top of the tower. Randy unhitched the rope and the welder slowly started falling. They'd built the compound in record time, right on top of the huge steel doors. A thirty foot tower and ... | 2022-07-18T18:21:12 | 2022-07-18T18:09:46 | 50 | 19 |
[WP] "Sir, there was a miscalculation, the earthlings became mad and fought back... it may be that they have stolen our mothership and are on route to our homeworld." | Lieutenant Halford Frenman had joined the army when he was 18. He had suffered the endless hours of tedium and spine crushing weight of training, and the mind-numbing and deafening shock of service.
He truly wished to relax in peace, while his back and knee aches nestled him to sleep.
And now, for some god damned rea... | Lathanial rested over the sensor console. The device emitted a high-pitched alert that drew a sense of urgency to the crew. Lathanial silenced the radar with a flip of a switch and study the board. A series of blooming lights moved in formation towards a larger motionless orb.
"They exceeded probabilities," he grumble... | 2022-05-13T10:04:40 | 2022-05-13T09:40:54 | 147 | 92 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends his Christmas letter to Satan. Satan is touched by this gesture and decides to write back. | Dear Tommy,
​
I appreciated your letter very much and I am touched that you offered chocolate chip cookies, although I do prefer oatmeal raisin. Unfortunately I will not be able to give you a ride in my sleigh as I prefer to travel by winged abomination, which is not very good with children. As for your w... | Dear Timothy.
I've gotten the list of things you've asked for.
I assure you I am very capable of bringing your dog back. Just as well, I can stop the teasing and jeering of your elder sister.
I was informed as to what a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" is, and I believe I can acquire that as well.
However, I'm not cert... | 2018-10-28T10:09:15 | 2018-10-28T10:08:58 | 164 | 10 |
[WP] Write two different stories. The second story comes from reading every third word of the first. | He came as I rang the three little bells.
Simple Pete signaled toward the midnight storm outside, "I thought you knew to avoid that storm... Suppose it seemed it was manageable earlier... Over there's whiskey for you and me. Oscar said he thought you would want to be toasty after coming from that down pour. Said the ... | Dear Elisa,
By God, I can't help but say, please, remember the help George gave me last year. I have a need to return the favour, the key to this is in you. It seems strange with our history, you understand, but please, I must send him thanks, it must be soon. In town they're building the coming festivals decorations,... | 2014-07-29T13:10:19 | 2014-07-29T09:24:03 | 165 | 13 |
[WP] You assist the police to identify super villains through your super power - you know someones biggest secret just by looking at them. Unfortunately, you can't find the latest evil doer to terrorise the city, and you are begin to think its because being a super villain isn't their biggest secret | “I’m sorry...I just can’t find him.”
I’ve never uttered that sentence before. But this crime - evidenced by a giant gaping crater in the middle of the Market District - it had no perp. None that I could identify, at least.
The police’s job was to bring in suspects. And they had - dozens of them. Ice Princess, Gorill... | It’s 8 o’clock in the morning, I’m standing in the middle of an empty forest in east Texas, and everything is covered in a thin layer of ice. The blades of grass and pebbles littering the ground crunch beneath my boots as I make my way through the frozen pine trees. The sound ricochets off of everything, with not even ... | 2019-11-02T10:02:31 | 2019-11-02T09:38:53 | 33 | 15 |
[WP] Your teacher asked you to demonstrate some magic in class. After you finish your demonstration the room is completely silent until your teacher asks "Do you have *any* idea what you just did?" | First day of school and just introduced to the other students. It was so booring. Why did dad send me to live with my grandparents? Mrs Stevens was calling kids to go up to the front of the classroom and show something and talk about it. Pete brought a rabbit and was talking about it eating lettuce. Jane showed off a p... | This is either the best or worst moment of my life. Probably the latter.
"ZETA! Do you have ANY idea of what you just did!?" Exclaimed the teacher. Looking at the giant hole ripping through the academy, I had a feeling he was being rhetorical. Despite this, I still responded "Uhh, Thunder magic I suppose..?". He was n... | 2022-07-13T15:31:17 | 2022-07-13T15:17:22 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] You are an immortal that got sentenced to permanent burial over 1000 years ago. Today a team of archaeologists just dug you up. | Dust falls a beam of light sweeps my face, my hairs stand on end as the first gust of air rolls over me, my sarcophagus opens there's a man there his gaze meets mine as he falls back, he looks strange very pale as if some great sickness has befallen him as my eyes adjust I see more of these pale men women as well, my m... | It's post-galactic year 1457. I'd finally exerted my reserves and soiled my connection to the infinite dimensional energy source I've manipulated for eons. I use to be what they called a superhero, but eventually my homeworld brought upon its own destruction. I fled with the survivors into space; colonizing the nearest... | 2019-10-26T01:25:26 | 2019-10-26T00:49:39 | 37 | 21 |
[WP] Write erotica of hilariously bad quality.
An example of what I'm looking for would be something like this:
She flopped onto the breakfast table like a wet sock, her eyes bulging with desire. Her body was covered in nudity. "I bet I can eat more pancakes than you," she coughed, lustily.
Have fun!
EDIT: I did a ... | "Aww yes, boy! Slap that little meat-schlong into my piehole!"
Chocolate-colored skin, dark as tree sap found on some filthy elementary school playground, flopped about atop the mesh hammock. The skinny white man heaved and slammed against the woman, moaning like a flamingo in an oven. Hot, filthy sweat filled the roo... | "Are you sure you want to do this here?" Jorden Rapture McThunderBuns whispered.
"Yes. I'm sure." Kristy Lexxus O'Damn-she-fine said back.
They writhed on the table, various foods fell to the floor...*passionately.*
Patrons across the restaurant gasped in horror. The server tried to tap Jorden on the shoulder to ... | 2015-02-16T10:00:52 | 2015-02-16T09:35:35 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] Every new year the priests sacrifice whoever finds the stone bean in their meal to bring the clan good fortune in the months to come. It's supposed to be random, but you get suspicious when you notice the priests watching you carefully as you sit down to eat. | The heat of the holy men’s gazes is piercing as I take my place at the far end of the feasting hall. The space, which is usually loud and full of mirth, is uncharacteristically quiet on this grim occasion, the tension in the air filling the silence with a deafening hum. Amidst the tension, are the quiet murmurs of the ... | Father Talbot cast his warm gaze over the feasters as the town gathered together for Wellentien. Small gestures to his flock, showing congregates that they were seen and valued by the towns holy man. He was a young man by all accounts, of an age with Tim’s sister and liked ubiquitously.
Everyone gathered here had kn... | 2021-12-31T22:11:39 | 2021-12-31T16:38:52 | 54 | 18 |
[WP] Humanity is dead; you were asleep in a cryogenic facility for super-human soldiers. Aliens have woke you centuries later to fight for their survival from the aliens that ended humanity. The problem? You're actually a janitor that fell into a pod and all of the soldiers died in the previous war. | The aliens presented themselves in a humanoid form, which was of huge convenience to Bob. What was less convenient was that they were pressing him on the matter of 22nd century warfare.
'Oh,' was all he could stupidly manage.
Robert O'Lyle had never really excelled in any form of conflict, except the combat of germs,... | The hum of machinery grew in my mind, perturbing the nothingness. It was abrasive and terrifying, like looking to the foot of your bed and seeing a figure not present before you closed your eyes.
A *swoosh* contrasted the repetitive and unfamiliar clicks and thuds, familiar to me like an alarm set before; annoying ye... | 2018-10-13T08:31:33 | 2018-10-13T07:35:13 | 117 | 53 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. |
I knew he was trouble when he walked in.
He came in, head held up high, posture like someone had shoved a metal rod up his ass. Young, cocky, asshole. It was slow day, only a couple of people were around. None of the regulars. A guy working on his laptop, and another girl watching the snow fall over Union Square out... | Glass crunched underfoot, and I shifted the broken glass with my foot and took in the rest of the scene. The broken windows were bad, but it was the pictures. My breath caught and I pressed my fingers over my eyes.
I'd opened this little diner back in the 80s. We were in the bad part of town, it was all I could afford... | 2022-11-10T02:01:25 | 2018-10-20T23:57:04 | 1,330 | 17 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | I lie in bed, listening to the rain gently pattering on the skylight. How did I get so lucky, I wonder? I roll over gently, smiling at the sleeping form next to me. The love of my life, she lies there sleeping. She's on her side, facing away from the window - she never did like nighttime storms as much as I did. I... | They say parenthood is difficult, but my Charlie is an absolute angel! He stays perfectly quiet while I change him, never cried when I feed him his veggies, and loves going out! Just yesterday I took him for a ride in his stroller and he barely made a sound, he loves being outside so much.
Other people just don't unde... | 2016-05-19T09:33:01 | 2016-05-19T07:52:43 | 1,288 | 331 |
[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." | All my life I have been able to subconsciously translate my speech to match the original language of who I am talking to.
It was quite terrifying at first. speaking Polish to my Mom when I was 2 minutes old was quite the tale. The poor Korean woman at Walmart...
Anyways, life had gone on as usual. Occasionally, I wo... | “I’ll have a double cheeseburger deluxe,” I say looking up at the glowing menu, “with fries and regular spri--” I stop as I see the cashier with mouth agape and brows furrowed.
“What the f” she mouths, cutting off the last syllable as she hisses the f. Her confusion turned to an irritated stare obviously annoyed.
I ... | 2018-06-24T21:53:14 | 2018-06-24T21:35:31 | 28 | 18 |
[WP] Create a fictional mythological race, (werewolves, vampires, skinwalkers, etc) and the legend behind it | "The grengrams got my shoelaces again," little Rick Leon said to his mom. "So I can't tie my shoes. Not today."
"Oh...my god, come on, again?" his mom said. She was clearly angry with him, possibly even frustrated. He had learned that word from his father.
"It's okay, I don't mind."
"Your shoes are going to fall off... | They listen.
With wide, hungry eyes, and an unending appetite, they listen to you as you talk.
Anything and everything. Your first kiss, a problem you're having, the story behind your tattoo. They sit across the table at the local tavern, as a person you just met.
They take it all in with immense satisfaction.
B... | 2016-12-16T09:14:56 | 2016-12-16T09:14:18 | 122 | 14 |
[WP] You are frantically driving back to your house. Your wife called you for she delivered, even though it has been just six months. You open the door and find your wife hugging a 1 foot egg. "I will explain everything honey, but could you warm our baby for a while, I am hungry AF." | She's just sitting there, holding the biggest red egg you've ever seen. You open and close your mouth, not sure what to say.
"Well?" She asks and looks at you expectantly. "Are you just going to stand there like a goldfish or come over here and greet our first baby?"
You're still not sure if this is real, when she sp... | "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'YOURE THE EASTER BUNNY'?" You shouted as you paced back and forth as your wife devoured the plate of sandwiches in front of her. This couldn't be right, you must be dreaming. You pinched yourself hard "ow" nope. Not dreaming, just insane apparently.
"Like I told you, it's in my blood. Every... | 2022-08-22T08:44:50 | 2022-08-22T02:54:42 | 428 | 282 |
[WP] Your life is an endless series of horror movies. You're always at the wrong place at the wrong time. You're stuck seeing all your friends die right after you make them. The reason you're still alive? You can hear the horror music. | I sigh. Not again. It's the third time this week.
I *was* trying to have a quiet cup of coffe at a "hole in the wall" kind of cafés in the city in what I assumed would be a nice evening. But of course it had to happen here too. I take in the table I'm sitting and the people around it. So yeah, Lise is likely dead, she... | "Yeah, just last week I was talking to Joey about this same exact thing, the printer doesn't jam, you just have to-"
Suddenly Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield starts blasting from just outside my office door.
"Oh fuck." I say, as Judy from accounting goes from listening intently to slightly worried in an instant.
"Wh... | 2017-01-01T03:46:20 | 2017-01-01T00:41:52 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] You open your eyes to a hospital room full of people you don't recognize. You've just been informed that you're 10 years old and you've been in a coma. The life you lived was a dream. All 20 years of it.
Doesn't have to be 20 years. Could be 10, could be 50. Have fun with it. | This has been one of my longest running fantasies. For me it'd be about 19 years. Let's begin.
I heard voices around me, "He's waking up." I heard my mother say "oh thank god." Some of my oldest friends and family were all around me, but they all looked a little off. As I started to gain my bearings I saw my hands... | When my vision went from black to colors, I finally saw the people around me.
Tall and short, fat and skinny, black and white and red and yellow- it was as if every possible variety of human had been thrown into one room and given the same clothes, the same uniform, white and sterile and unfriendly. They were arrayed... | 2016-06-28T10:21:35 | 2016-06-28T06:30:38 | 18 | 10 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | **Anxiety**
Pressure fills my chest as my heart beats wildly inside.
The tingling moves through my fingers, up my arms.
I grasp at my chest, push against it.
I feel every part of my body -
the blood pulsing in my head,
the prickling of every nerve.
You ask what's wrong.
Don't you know?
It's just...
me.
... | Ten years you held my heart locked in a cage.
I strive for calm but begin to come unhinged
You destroyed our lives with your casual fling
Your heartlessness served to set the stage
Deeply dreaming of my sweet revenge
Your lying throat I'll wring
My anger to assuage.
Burning to avenge.
Hot. Blinding.
Rage. | 2015-02-12T23:52:27 | 2015-02-12T22:26:14 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] A permanent storm rages across a planet. The only inhabitants are nomads who constantly travel inside the eye of the storm. | For the last year, this is how we have lived. The slow, but ever-moving storm around us. For days, we would walk ceaselessly until we reached the leading edge of the eye. Then we would be able to make camp for a few weeks until the trailing edge caught up to us again.
When the government began their weather control pr... | The Vultures were returning from the outlying suburbs when Kira approached the Elder’s wagon to report. The old man’s advisor was stabbing his finger at piles of crumpled maps, shouting to be heard above the groaning generator.
“-s been fifteen years since She last chose this path. There’s no way we can know if the ch... | 2015-02-07T18:52:18 | 2015-02-07T16:23:42 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] Your daughter brings over her boyfriend for dinner for the first time. The kid seems nice, but then, while eating, he pokes a baked potato on his plate and says "This looks very interesting. What is this? A 'potato'? Oh interesting. Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good." | "Yeah, it's a potato. Have you never had one before?" I asked.
"Never. It seems pretty interesting. Do these grow on trees?"
"No, uhhh, they actually grow in the ground."
"Amazing. I've never heard of them before."
"You've never had a french fry?"
"A what?"
"A french fry, from McDonald's?"
"I've never hear... | 'Yeah, potatoes don't really grow around here. My dad sometimes sends them from up north,' I informed him.
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'Do they taste good?'
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'I dunno, try 'em.'
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He held a spoonful of it, inquisitively, slowly raising it to his mouth. He stuck out his tongue, testing the waters. Needless... | 2018-09-22T11:38:18 | 2018-09-22T10:52:49 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] You're an immortal being of a unimaginable power, befriended by a young human. The human has made you a member of his family, and has made you promise not to destroy the world. But this morning, someone killed your human.
My first writing post - hopefully its not a copy or breaking rules.
| Legend has it, only a god can kill another god. After the battle of Mount Olympus, I fear that I'm the only one left. Life has been a slow drag for the last few millennia. I live my life in the mountains, away from civilization. Seeing those pathetic little ants just infuriates me! They have the one thing that I could ... | I didn't know how I came into being. I didn't know why. I didn't even remember when. But most importantly?
I didn't know if there was anyone else.
I spent trillions of years floating through the cosmos, looking for life. Eventually, I found a planet. There had been planets like it before, but this one was special, I... | 2017-08-10T15:33:58 | 2017-08-10T15:03:51 | 141 | 23 |
[WP]Tell me an emotional story about a man, using only what he would type into Google search | How to ask a girl on a date.
How to ask a girl on a cheap date.
How to ask a girl to coffee.
How to ask girl on date after rejection.
How to get girl to like me.
How to disengage home alarm.
How to disengage home alarm without knowing code.
Are garages alarmed?
How to enter house through garage.
How to enter h... | Why is the sky blue?
How far away is Uranus?
Why do mom and dad fight so much?
How to impress girls
Porn
Good date ideas
Porn
Where can I get the morning after pill?
How do I know when I should propose?
Good proposal ideas?
Cheap engagement rings
How to be a good parent
How to tell your parents they're gran... | 2015-02-04T20:18:04 | 2015-02-04T16:12:00 | 50 | 23 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick of being ignored and insulted all the time, so they join the bad guys. They are a much more effective villain than anyone thought possible. | No one cared about Atrxia when he was casting spells to keep Lugh alive when he had a tusk the size of a roofbeam rammed through his gut. Lugh just pulled himself further onto the tusk to get that one foot closer so he could jab the demonboar in the eye and blenderize his brains.
No one cared when Atraxia was keeping... | It’s a funny thing, healing. You have to have such an intimate knowledge of anatomy, whether it be human or orc or elf. You need to know how the body works; triggers for pain, and pleasure. The proper way to break a bone, or heal a hurt. So often on a precipice of which making a mistake means maiming or possibly killin... | 2019-03-05T14:43:39 | 2019-03-05T14:14:27 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] The superheroes and supervillains are angry with you because you help them both but they can't kill you because you're too valuable. You remind them, "look, I'm a doctor with healing powers following the medical code, it doesn't matter who my patients are! Stop whining about it!" | I would say that the hardest part of my job is saving lives.
Namely, saving heroes and villains from killing each other in my spotless hospital rooms the moment they wake up.
"Why am I in the same room as this creep?" said the Liberty Lancer, or better known as Rachel Weiss while in hospital clothes.
The creep, in t... | Part 1 of 2
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"Please come in."
Dark Menace was wearing regular clothes. A plain brown polo shirt and blue jeans this time. He always wore polo shirts to my office, so unlike his over the top super-villain costume. For someone that wants to destroy privacy, he really enjoys his own.
"So, how can I help y... | 2021-08-01T11:11:47 | 2021-08-01T10:22:08 | 650 | 85 |
[WP] People lose the ability to deny requests. They must either a) fulfill them or b) ask someone else to do it. There are volunteers who take bad requests in exchange for compensation or exemption from law. Write about the life of a volunteer. | Every starting volunteer gets a manual on "how to be a volunteer without dying" it had everything in it. The elephant in the room of course that the book mainly covers is how to handle being told phrases like "die" or "kill yourself" or "kill someone else". The book lists a different solution to each problem. For "die"... | It hadn’t always been this difficult. At first, when we still had our denial at least somewhat active, people knew on some level what could reasonably be asked for from someone. Many still have this understanding, but not because they have the ability to deny, but because they know the feeling of fear associated with b... | 2016-04-03T14:11:44 | 2016-04-03T11:52:19 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] Your teleported to 44BCE Rome in your everyday street clothes. You're brought before Caesar and he believes you're from the future, hoping to bring him fortune. One day he questions you, asking "How do I die?"
Weewwww never knew my prompt would gain so much attention, thanks guys for all the interesting stories a... | *“Tell me, how do I die?”* Caesar asks me in a language that seems familiar, but unavoidably foreign. Being an ignorant American, I naturally have no idea what the hell he is saying because I exclusively speak in poorly-worded English.
By some immeasurable stroke of luck however, my phone is still operational, as is m... | Scenario 1: "Oh. That's an easy question. You die an excruciatingly painful death, by the hands of those who you call friends."
This would probably result in him killing me in a rage. Oh, and would probably result in the history of the world since 44BC changing beyond recognition. But who cares about that last part.
... | 2018-02-15T20:47:22 | 2018-02-15T20:35:40 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] “…and that class is why Humans are considered the most peaceful species in the universe.” The only three humans in class looked at each other horrified. All the facts about humans that the aliens had were wrong. One student slowly raises their hand. | "Ummmm, Professor"
"Yes Rickie, what do you have to add to the conversation?"
Looking at the others 2 humans in the class, he shrugs his shoulders and turns back to Professor G'lat. "I think your research is a bit... incorrect. Humans were never peaceful. Not even close. Those examples you gave were the exception not... | "Yes, Human Dave?"
"I wouldn't say that what you presented us is false, but the truth is far broader than your, dare I say, well doctored material shows."
The class murmured. Some looked at each other nervously, other began to whisper to each other as the facial structure of the professor expressed internal confl... | 2022-10-17T06:28:16 | 2022-10-17T06:08:41 | 85 | 38 |
[WP] The Illuminati is actually a gentlemen's club for the super-rich. Often men make high risk and dangerous bets/wagers such as: "I bet you can't destabilize Ukraine in under a week." One day you offer a wager to the most powerful member that's too irresistible to turn down. | I've always had a thing for risk.
At sixteen, I placed my first bet. $20 on the Super Bowl. Watching every play on the edge of my seat, I knew I'd found something special.
From there on, the bets got bigger; and bolder.
$200 on a high school softball game? Entertainment.
$250 on the Lithuanian women's rugby squad? ... | "Will you do it?"
The probie leaned back into his battered leather armchair, contemplating the enormity of the request with steepled fingers, just failing to hide trembling lips. Audacious was too pedestrian a word for the scale and horror of the opportunity presented to him.
"It's never been done" he muttered, thoug... | 2016-08-23T18:05:50 | 2016-08-23T17:17:24 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] Multi-dimensional travel already exists, but no one visits our dimension because it's "that" one | It wasn’t that dimension 13E was too unstable, there was plenty of more unstable dimensions in the multi-verse.
It wasn’t like it was the one with the most dangerous inhabitants either, there were dragons and actual beasts in other worlds. 13E just had their myths and fairy tales.
No, 13E was specifically banned beca... | They had reached their peak. The zenith of humanity personified. Peace reigned amongst the nations, and no one could be happier. The same could be said about the plethora of other dimensions. Except, of course, for *that* one.
It had begun as an experiment. Allow the people the control they so badly desired. But what... | 2017-12-24T05:10:16 | 2017-12-24T02:46:39 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] A watch is invented where it says exactly how long until you meet your soulmate. You decide to get one for you and one for your wife. Your wife’s watch says ’negative 6 years, 9 months, 14 days, 3 hours and 9 minutes’, the day you two met. Yours says ’12 days, 8 hours, 29 minutes’. | I love my wife. And because I love her, when she asked me for one of those stupid watches that tell you the moment you'll meet your soulmate, I went and bought two for us.
I didn't expect our times to be different.
Hers had the exact moment we met, 6 years, 9 months, 14 days, 3 hours, and 9 minutes ago. I remember th... | 12 Days to Go.
“For fucks sake, man!” I asserted. “I even look at all these girls here and think *are you the one? Are you the one?*” My best friend, Jon, looked at his phone, then at the care-worn bar and back to me.
“Bro, I really think you’re blowing this out of proportion.” Jon shot back.
Jon and I have been ... | 2018-01-06T19:20:45 | 2018-01-06T18:48:37 | 537 | 46 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | I walked silently through the deserted town, tracing my fingers along the side of a wall, feeling it crumble beneath my touch. Around me, trees withered and died, their leaves shifting from green to sickly yellow to deathly gray, before they collapsed to ash. I could feel the very air getting colder, the light caress o... | People never really saw me for who I am, they saw a facade. I put on a calm, brave face, but in reality I was a raging inferno of hatred just waiting to unleash my fury. It had been this way my whole life, there were times when I really thought I was going to kill someone because of how angry they were making me.
Then... | 2019-09-08T05:28:06 | 2019-09-08T05:15:24 | 327 | 120 |
[WP] You live in a world where everyone ages until 18 then stops aging until they find their soulmate. Only then they age together. As your childhood friends grow elderly, you cannot seem to move past 18. | It was easier in the old days.
Long ago when humanity was young, it was a simpler thing of statistics. Probability.
Nowadays, I can’t remember my parents’ faces well, but I remember my mothers’ songs. Soft, lilting lullabies, echoing out from our hovel and into the windows of the clustered shacks nearby, hushing bab... | My dad used to tell me"It's hell getting old son." That was easy for him to say though, he and my mom had been high school sweethearts since their freshman year. All he has ever known was getting old. I've watched him go from being being able to run around and play with me and brothers in our youth, to being relegated ... | 2020-01-26T20:49:31 | 2020-01-26T20:15:30 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] Humanity is dead. You were the last human alive until you eventually die. Expecting some sort of afterlife you’re surprised when the first thing you hear is, “OH MY GOD FINALLY! Can we start the next round now?” | I wake up…nowhere. At first, I am alone, and every direction I look there is nothingness. Then, I look at the sky, and it’s there. Then I look down, and there’s grass under my feet.
Figures start to appear. The noise gives it all away, and an outline appears before their body fully appears, but soon they are everywher... | Something about his voice made her want to tear out his vocal cords and rearrange them herself. His tone was especially annoying.
“You spent 30 years! Ugh, I waited *sooo* long,” he whined petulantly. “I mean, every time you were driving I was rooting for some drunk teenager to smash into your seat. You were cute in t... | 2019-05-24T15:09:11 | 2019-05-24T13:01:05 | 2,469 | 129 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | As I eat my last rations in the war-torn ruins of the former city of London, I cannot help but reflect on our sins. I have no hope of anyone finding these notes, but nonetheless, I hope to keep my sanity for a few more days before I succumb to the madness.
Will future generations ever forgive us?
I doubt they will un... | Our school has the highest drug use in our county. The drug is called Somnus. It is a pill that you swallow in the morning to mimic the effects of 8 hours of sleep. This allows you to go to class and concentrate on your studies.
The consequences are that your memory is reduced and your brain is not as efficient... | 2022-03-18T10:06:35 | 2022-03-18T07:24:03 | 45 | 14 |
[WP] Humans are born with a mark around their wrist which has a matching color with that of their soulmate's, but can change through their life. Your mark has had a blue hue since you were 14, but one night, while you're out, people start looking at you funny. You realize that your mark is gone. | "Hey, Peter," Max calls out from across the street. He waves in his usual jubilant manner. Beside him, Becky stands. She's dressed particularly pretty tonight. Classy, like a dame from the 30s. It complemented Max's casual suit quite nicely. I call out a greeting and cross the road to meet them.
"Where's Jill?" Becky... | I actually didn't notice it until someone pointed it out. I'd had it since my birth, like everybody else. So long actually, I never noticed when it faded away.
My days were the same for the most part. You've heard the same story every time. College graduate. Dreams of doing something good. A llifetime of student debt.... | 2016-10-04T20:36:20 | 2016-10-04T19:26:14 | 1,532 | 346 |
[WP] All humans go automatically to hell when they die. You can gain access to a heaven though, but only if the animals you interacted with while living vouch for you. | Ed Benton stood in a courtroom of clouds. God was behind the redwood-sized podium, and a bit happy with the gavel. Michael stood in a suit with a scroll of everyone Ed had ever met. He called witness after witness and pried them about Mr. Benton.
With how judgmental he sounded, Ed almost regretted wearing a medal... | Alexander came into the 3rd floor apartment with a stutter, his glasses and awkward unshaven appearance left him unappealing. When my roommate, Casey, had told me he was bringing his friend over and that he was a little strange, he wasn't exaggerating. Casey had forgotten to mention a very important detail to Alex. The... | 2016-03-24T17:04:49 | 2016-03-24T12:50:08 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | In 1984, an oil painting was recovered from an abandoned house somewhere in Lousiana. Mahagony frame, weathered and neglected. No signature of the artist. Perhaps it was the work of the homeowner.
What was the painting of?
The upper torso of a brunette, eyes tightly closed, mouth hideously wide open, the background c... | "Why do I burn the bodies?"
He doesn't know. He can’t comprehend his fascination. The gatekeeper drops the corpses down the chute, and he watches the limp bodies jiggle as they collide with the floor.
Setting it on the table, he peels the flesh off, then, meticulously, removes the muscle and organs. The tendons are h... | 2015-06-09T07:11:34 | 2015-06-09T07:02:35 | 69 | 31 |
[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... | 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... | No, seriously, I am not making this shit up. I *did* plan on going to Vegas. I did *not* get there. There was some weird ass UFO shit and then Bill FUCKING Murray came out and explained it all.
No, I have never used mind altering drugs. No I was not drinking because no I was *not* in Vegas. No there is no history of f... | 2014-05-06T06:52:54 | 2014-05-06T06:43:30 | 28 | 20 |
[WP] 20 years ago, a mysterious illness caused everyone to go deaf, and life has been altered to accommodate it since. You just found the cure, and decide to use it on yourself. As your hearing returns, you instantly regret making that decision. | As I rested under the tree, under the horrible, soundless hell again, I thought about my life. Every action that came up to this point. And suddenly..there it was. A bottle of water. The last one. I throw a coin into the vending machine...and wait...and wait. Waiting. I look at the screen and put my finger over the spe... | The cure wasn't easy. Martha was hard of hearing before the Silence, so she was supposed to be a good candidate. A team from Johns Hopkins separated the thin layers of her eardrums and carfully replaced the tiny inner bones.
"Fast onset osteoporosis," was the explanation, "possibly from contact from infected sources.... | 2016-07-28T16:26:49 | 2016-07-28T12:38:56 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] The war was all but lost. The aliens captured world after world, Humanity’s subjugation seemed inevitable. Then your spec ops team was authorized. A group of Biologists with no morals, no scruples, no care for civilian casualties, and unlimited funding… | Braaqrek walks forward carefully. The alarms in his ship are blaring, warning him of potential boarders. The lower decks have gone silent minutes after the initial impact, even though the emergency life support system is still running perfectly fine. The lights are also functional, but none of his crewmates are anywher... | I laughed wildly. "You can tell it's bad when they actually don't keep us locked up, let alone when they actually give us money, *let alone* when they remove any kind of qualifications! Like, look at these! Maximum civilian casualties allowed, unlimited funding, any kind of test subject we want!"
"It is pretty crazy."... | 2022-12-09T13:02:15 | 2022-12-09T09:42:37 | 454 | 179 |
[WP] You are a mighty draconian blacksmith for a small village in the mountains. You make unbreakable tools for the villagers in exchange for coin, yet refuse to make weapons. Until… | In all my years, I've never seen a more broken woman in my life. Jenessa was an adventurer, a very popular, respectful, and powerful one at that. She had taken on many great quests in her time, from destroying an army of the undead, to killing dragons (good riddance. The less of them around, the better). She had a good... | "But come on!" Yelled the adventurer Volris "I need a sword to kill the bandit leader nearby, he's been extracting tribute from every village in the region!" his shouts echoed throughout the village, him angrily stomping back and forth, while Joldr calmly continued forging the farming tools that the villagers requested... | 2022-08-21T17:27:23 | 2022-08-21T14:13:31 | 85 | 35 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The room is exactly as I recall it, to the most precise detail, but this is not my home. These walls, bookshelf, the leather couch, this is a shroud pulled over something far more malevolent. Then voices, I hear them coming from the basement, they whisper “he knows.” I look to the living room window, into the night. A ... | The wheel was pressed too far into her ribs and every breath, no matter how shallow, radiated waves of agony from deep inside her chest.
She could see, but the light was wrong. The noise of rushing, bubbling water muted other sounds. She couldn’t feel her feet, but she registered the water that was rising up past her ... | 2015-06-09T09:54:42 | 2015-06-09T09:37:54 | 95 | 24 |
[WP]Humans were one of the best pilots in the history of intergalactic travel, that was a well know fact. And yet, the ITA warned against hiring human pilots. Not an outright ban, per se, just not recommended. | "What do you mean they don't see them?"
"I mean exactly what it sounds like. Humans cannot see, feel, or in any way perceive those things the way we do"
"But they still pilot around them, don't they? Surely they don't make it across hyperspace out of sheer luck. Human pilots have one of the lowest fatality ra... | When the Brennish-Talterian rebellion broke out, my father did everything he could to get us off planet. He was desperate, our people were being hunted in the streets like wild animals. So desperate that he made us walk six days south of the Arel'ish mountains, where the 'Fair-trade' space ports were.
Pilot after pil... | 2021-11-25T18:45:47 | 2021-11-25T18:06:56 | 239 | 114 |
[WP] Write the happiest story you can think of and completely destroy the atmosphere with a plot twist in the final sentence. | Healthy people. Excelent services. Lively adults. Playful children.
Well to do people always loved my town. Excelence may as well have been its name, but as it stands, it was Glevsteen.
Admitedly, space was becoming more and more limited. Reasonable concern, perhaps, but ultimately irelevent. Excelence was still assu... | She laughed as she chased the naked toddler around the steamy bathroom, the water in the tub swirling away down the drain. "I'm gonna get yooouu!" She scooped the giggling child into the blue bath towel. "Got ya," she smiled, kissing his damp head as he giggled. Bath time was his favorite.
Their nightly routine was ... | 2017-05-25T07:49:02 | 2017-05-25T07:45:06 | 28 | 13 |
[WP] "Welcome. You're dead. Congrats. Door to Heaven's on the left. Door to Hell is on the right. Go ahead and pick, but just know that the decision is final." The figure sitting at the desk spoke, stifling a yawn and not looking up from their book. | Looking up at the ornate desk, Sampson stared in disbelief. “What do you mean, choose? That’s not how this is supposed to work.”
The figure flipped the page of the book saying, “I don’t make the rules.”
Sampson asked timidly, “Can I look inside before I make my final choice?”
The figure, refusing to look at Sampso... | “But...which do I choose...?” I asked, not realizing that this is what I would find on the other side.
“Either. That’s why I gave you the option when you got here.” Said the figure at the desk, pearly annoyed that’s I hadn’t already chosen.
I stood for a moment. *It should be obvious, shouldn’t it?* However, no one ... | 2019-10-03T17:35:54 | 2019-10-03T16:20:11 | 31 | 11 |
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