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[WP] When you die, the karma you accumulated through good deeds (or bad) are the points you get to spend on your new character creation. | As I ascend the spiraling stair case, I think of the times when devils and angels sat on my shoulder. I think of the times when a clear mind, was an empty mind (a consequence of needing black and white thinking in a world perceived in color). I think of how there are no absolutes in life, yet when we flip a coin, we ra... | "Jesus, why are you going down there again? It's been almost two thousand years since you were down there last time. We all know what happened last time."
"I'm not going for redemption this time, Michael. This time I'm going for vengeance."
"Well at least remove that ridiculous moustache from your avatar."
... | 2016-10-08T09:16:55 | 2016-10-08T07:09:46 | 123 | 41 |
[WP]"In about an hour you will have a choice to make," said the spirit. "Regretfully for you, both options lead to your death, but only one choice will be painless." You were determined to find the painless option when he added, "And the other... the other choice will make your death meaningful." | "Do I have to die?" I asked the man opposite me.
He was a classically handsome man. A head of perfectly groomed sandy blond hair, sharp, defined features, and a pressed pinstripe suit. He looked more like an old stock broker than an emissary of Death. One eyebrow arched at my question, the only break in his steely fac... |
I sipped my wine. Across
the room, an ashen figure mirrored me.
As I lay my glass back on the table, he broke the charade. The glass held, more floated, in his
hand. We sat in silence, the fireplace
to our side cackling and spitting to fill the silence.
“How much pain?” I asked.
The spirit finally... | 2021-11-26T21:53:55 | 2021-11-26T20:19:02 | 277 | 22 |
[WP]“Dear Sir Knight, after the recent attacks by the dragons who claim they need to see their princess’ heir, we have come to believe you may have misread our request to slay the dragon.” Having read the letter, you take one surprised look at your wife and her half-dragon child. “Whoops” | If it had been an easier task, they would have handled it themselves. But no, it had been a dirty job, so they had called upon me.
They call me Randoh. Once, I had a name. I had a family, once. I can sometimes remember the farm. The peace, sometimes. But then the Greenskins attacked. They came in the night, slaughter... | "Sir Longdong this is a serious matter, a "whoops" do not solve the problem. Right now villages and towns along the Drakig Plains is under constant fear of attack. There are no less than 12 towns and villages burned to the ground."
"What can I say, I'm really bad with fancy writing. I can't really differentiate those ... | 2019-09-01T10:11:07 | 2019-09-01T09:42:26 | 1,579 | 628 |
[WP] Every sentient species in the universe receives a Jesus figure from God. It turns out humanity was the only species to torture and crucify him. You're an ambassador priest informing the Inter-Galactic Holy Church what your species did. | We crucified him.
You crucified him?
Crucifixion. We took two wooden posts, nailed them together to make a cross, and we stuck the cross in the ground so it stood up nice and tall. Then we tied his arms and legs to it and left him hanging there for a few days until he was nearly dead, and then we stabbed him in the... | The council chambers, despite their vastness and high, vaulted ceilings felt claustrophobic as all eyes fell on me. None of them were human, either. Species of every type had gathered here today, as was custom for welcoming another into their fold. But our membership into their ranks was...unique. They had analyzed our... | 2016-08-18T06:00:42 | 2016-08-18T04:37:42 | 145 | 21 |
[WP] You are the luckiest person on Earth. Everything you make an attempt for works in your favor. However, there two catches: you are absorbing the luck of those around you, and anyone who tries to profit from your luck (even with your help) is met with the worst luck immediately.
Holy crap, front page of the sub!
G... | I look to the left and right, everyone frozen waiting for my move. I knew they knew. They had to. Nobody who decided to play against me didn't do the research first. I was good, no I was lucky. You don't live in this game long if you are unlucky.
Holding two cards, looking down a red two face up staring back at... | ... years have passed, I've learned to appreciate my luck, and think I have, too, found the way to love anyone, and for they not to be punished by my curse.
I have experienced the desperation of the bad luck myself. I was born like this. My parents were always there, hardworking to provide me the things that I didn't... | 2015-10-17T12:59:57 | 2015-10-17T10:39:25 | 80 | 21 |
[WP] You are a demon possesing a teen that has just been adopted by loving parents. You do your best to terrify them. But the more you do, the more they love you and want to parent you. | I don't remember when I started wearing this girl like a second skin. I don't remember why I picked her. It might well have been because she was there and she had no one who would have cared, fought for her, or even noticed she had an unwelcome guest.
But possession is a finicky art. It's easy enough for hit-and-runs:... | Twitch stretched his newfound claws - they were smaller than his old ones, but far, far sharper.
It hadn’t been Twitch’s intention to possess the cat. He’d been aiming for the Rottweiler in the next cage over. But over the past two weeks, he’d grown to love his new body.
For one, it was spry - practically a teenager,... | 2021-01-19T07:38:43 | 2021-01-19T07:23:00 | 61 | 32 |
[WP] You live in a utopian society. Really. There are no dark hidden plots. In fact, it is your job to stage fake conspiracies to give the eager adventurers some 'evil plot' to thwart in order to keep them from bringing down a wholly benevolent ruler out of a misguided need to be the hero. | "So you understand your job?"
"No..." I paused a moment, "I understand the words you just told me, sure, however, I am not sure, WHY you would want to do this?"
"Okay, so, our society is just, well, amazing, right? " I nodded and Madam Presidente continued, "So, One of the things we learned early after we cured can... | I’d tap my feet as I sort through reports, I have one of the most important jobs in the Terran Confederation, The Minister of Internal Security, I used to be a intelligence agent for the Agency of State Security, under the reign of the dictator Veltarian Nellfar. Now I run one of the 10 Ministries that make up the Conf... | 2021-09-08T08:25:25 | 2021-09-08T08:24:33 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] The most depressing back story that you can come up with in a few paragraphs | It started out simple enough, as it always does. A little nip here, a little nip there; just to keep the edge off, you know? I don’t need it, I can quit whenever I want.
So my wife, she was this gorgeous creature. Seriously, I still have the ring. I don’t wear it anymore since it just doesn’t seem right with her husba... | I remember the last time I saw my mother. I was 11 years old. I was sitting in the passenger seat of her '94 Paseo. "I HATE YOU MOM!" I yelled as tears welled up in my eyes. "It's all your fault he is dead!" I was referring to my dog, Buster, who was in a cooler in the trunk.
Buster was squished to death by the auto... | 2014-11-20T02:47:07 | 2014-11-20T01:46:34 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | I lay curled on the old mat I've slept on since I was just a pup, waiting for Boy. I've lived a long and happy life, the happiest parts all spent growing up with Boy. I wish he were near me now, I'm so tired and he's been gone for so long...but I'll wait for him one last time. A dog always waits for his Boy.
EDIT: T... | I still remember how the sun hit her silver hair and how her eyes shone brighter than anything in the room. I still remember how the air smelled like lilacs and strawberries, so contrasted from the sterile air outside. I still remember how she looked at me and asked, "Who are you?" I still remember telling her, "I'm th... | 2014-11-20T21:44:15 | 2014-11-20T18:46:32 | 150 | 112 |
[WP] Make me sympathize with the executioner.
I will try and answer to every response with my personal rating and (if necessary) constructive criticism. | The death penalty? I abhor it.
So why is it me that pulls the lever?
Simple: I'm the only one with the stomach for it.
I never follow their case, I never second-guess the decision.
By the time they get to me, their case is long past revision.
The least I can, I do; I look them in the eye as the light fades.
But n... | I looked down at the accused, the convicted, the damned. Zachary Woods. His crime was heinous. Murdered his own sister and attempted to kill his parents before his father stopped him.
Even now you could see the madness burning in his eyes. He fights his restraints, spits curses against God. I raise the axe and bring i... | 2015-04-05T12:26:49 | 2015-04-05T11:01:50 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
[CW] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word | The rain ran in rivulets along the window, a barrage of droplets chasing each other downwards in fits and starts. Baxter smiled and turned his head, eager to show the old man, but he was asleep by the fire.
There wasn't really much surprise there, of course; the old man didn't do anything *but* sleep these days. His b... | "I can't believe that this is going to be our last few moments together... I can't see myself without you."
He held her hands as he spoke to her for what would be the last time in his life.
"Jason, you know how much it bothers me when you say things with such a sense of... finality."
Emma Karson was a spiritual w... | 2017-01-14T18:21:32 | 2017-01-14T13:45:07 | 159 | 64 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | Elephants are big but this one is unique. Almost the size of the sun but blue. He's flying, without wings obviously.
Ninjas everywhere. This poor man is surrounded by them, he will never make it out alive. Or maybe they are protecting him?
The most simple garden in the world. One huge flower. I wonder if it's harder ... | Mom was singing Christmas carols again. The martini in her hand glowing like the contents of a broken glow stick. The dog was barking too. When I went to go look I could see children running around the classroom, having too much fun to notice the SS Titanic sinking into the giant kiddie pool outside. The sound of bagp... | 2022-09-15T12:44:53 | 2015-01-12T10:42:43 | 1,493 | 10 |
[WP] After you die you are presented with a decision tree which showcases every possible trajectory your life could have taken depending on which decisions you made at each fork. You spend eternity analysing this tree until one day you find a path that does not end in death. | You smile up at your husband feeling his warm tears drop onto your face along with the cold rain. You can see the red and blue lights flashing and he's yelling something at you, clutching desperately at your side, trying to staunch the flow of blood from two bullet holes. Your hearing went what feels like a couple of m... | every moment was leading into this one. a synchronous event both inside and outside of space and time. laplace's demon.
the being did not understand what it was looking at, not at first anyway.
it looked like a boring excel document to it, and it never had much use for excel in life, except for maybe using it once in... | 2020-07-03T11:06:20 | 2020-07-03T10:46:52 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] Pick your favourite fantasy universe. Write about what it looks like centuries later, after entering the modern age. | Everyone says that this is the best time to live. We have heat, cities, peace, infrastructure, mass transportation, water, easy lives. You ride to work, write out copy after copy, go home to a meal and a warm bed. Honestly, I'm always sweating.
People barely believe in the past anymore. Wizards and dragons and elves ... | The Imladris was a sight to behold even among the many beautiful yachts floating out in the bay off Pelargir. As his speedboat pulled up next to her, Beren furrowed his brow. Lord Castamir was playing this game to win. He was winning a lot of allies with his charm and even more with this money. Beren wondered if he cou... | 2014-02-10T12:31:44 | 2014-02-10T12:24:10 | 43 | 21 |
[WP] Normally you would have got your superpower at age ten. Yours awakens at age 20 as the most powerful ability ever recorded. | Everyone got their fancy powers when they turned 10. Everyone except for me!
At first I was angry: angry at my parents, at my friends, at god and the whole world. Then came disappointment, followed by acceptance. “You’re still special” my mom said. I just wanted her to shut up, the irony behind these words were terrify... | "This is Command, report in GF-204. I repeat. Report in. Over"
*Hissing*
"This is Command report in GF-204, I r-"
*Oh god! Its broke containment! The subject has escaped! You need to do something! Nuke this place before he gets out of here, his powers are stronger than we ever thought they could be... and hes angry.... | 2016-10-08T10:10:03 | 2016-10-08T09:49:53 | 83 | 23 |
[WP]”It’s OK honey, you can come out now,” Daddy was saying. His blue eyes shone at me through the closet, “I triple-checked for any monsters, and it’s OK! You don’t have to be scared! Come out please?” It didn’t change the fact, though, that my daddy’s eyes are green. | "Honey? I'm opening the closet door now ok..."
I felt some resistance as I tugged on the handle. If I overpower her though it wasn't going to solve the problem.
"Sweetheart it's late. I'll get mad if you stay up past bedtime. I have a great story for you today."
A muffled voice came from behind the door. "Abou... | I know my father. He was a patient man at heart. For him this would normally take forever. His incessant pacing about the bedroom along with the anxious jerking of his head indicated otherwise. Searching for something with which to entice me he suddenly gives up and glares thru the opening of the door. This is it. He... | 2018-11-25T02:01:26 | 2018-11-25T01:21:52 | 110 | 20 |
[WP] The whole universe is gone, and only two kids were left in the void. "Let's play again," said one of the kids to his only companion, "but this time I'll be God, and you will be the Devil." | "Huh, I wasn't thinking we'd end it like that..." A brown haired girl narrowed her brow, wearing a quizzical expression.
"Me either! But it looks like I beat your record!" A red-headed boy grinned. "I managed to keep it alive for over 900 thalmas!"
The two children were sitting around a sphere half the size of them. ... |  
Two children sit huddled over a bowl of water. The bowl is made of glass and the water fills it to the brim. Beside them glows a tame fire, light from which passes through the bowl and ripples the floor between them.
 
Each child holds a long paintbrush in one hand and a wooden palette in the oth... | 2018-10-28T14:24:33 | 2018-10-28T12:29:56 | 1,390 | 542 |
[WP] As magic returns to the world, purchasable drinks actually start having magical effects. Energy colas actually imbue you with energy. Diet drinks actually cause noticeable weight loss. Vitamin drinks heal injuries and disease, and so on. | I walked into the office with a cardboard drink holder chafing my wrist, trying not to lose the box of doughnuts precariously perched on the steaming beverages. Once I made it to my desk, I began making the rounds distributing the drinks to my superiors.
A few hours later while walking to retrieve some things from the... | My thirst was palpable. I sat under a shaded spot by the lake, hiding from the hot sun. Swiftly, I chugged the drink, no matter the consequences.
Soon, my already calloused skin got tougher, harder, more jagged. My neck stretched out by 10 feet and my body got bigger. As my arms molded into paddles, I lurched my way ... | 2016-09-11T01:58:06 | 2016-09-10T21:13:06 | 52 | 26 |
[WP] You are watching TV Comedy 'Friends' when you notice that there has always been a seventh 'friend' in every scene who no one ever acknowledges. | Wait. This isn't the Friends I know. Who is that guy? Why does he look to be so much older than everyone else? He's in almost every other scene, but he does nothing, he just...stands there. Is that a knife?
I heard something from behind my TV. I craned my neck, and could see that it was glowing yellow. Oh god. ... | How did they sneak that in, I wonder? Darren, the seventh friend. Always in every episode.
It was only revealed in the last episode, of course. But there he was. I binged on every single episode and season of the show. There he is when the lottery tickets get thrown. There he is sitting down and listening about a thi... | 2015-01-08T19:53:48 | 2015-01-08T17:46:00 | 91 | 60 |
[WP] Two entirely separate and unaffiliated groups of terrorists are planning to hijack the same plane. | I looked down at my wristwatch. *Three. Two. One...Action.*
Right on time, I heard a few shrieks from the back of the plane.
When I looked back, I saw that four people dressed in black had stood up, brandishing knives. Two of them were holding knives at two flight attendants' throats. The one closest to the front spo... | I faked a smiled when greeted by the ditzy stewardess at the entrance of the plane. "I hope you enjoy your flight!" Ugh...I scoffed in my mind. I'm going to look forward to killing you and everyone on here. "Thank you!" I said with just a hint of sarcasm.
I tried relaxing as the plane started to ascend. Never liked fl... | 2015-04-30T08:13:26 | 2015-04-30T08:02:16 | 65 | 10 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The wheel was pressed too far into her ribs and every breath, no matter how shallow, radiated waves of agony from deep inside her chest.
She could see, but the light was wrong. The noise of rushing, bubbling water muted other sounds. She couldn’t feel her feet, but she registered the water that was rising up past her ... | I heard a scratching sound coming from someplace nearby. It sounded like nails against a wooden door. It was dark and I could not tell where the sound was coming from, but it sounded so close. I started to get scared and closed my eyes, trying to focus more on the origin of that incessant noise. I was breathing rapidly... | 2015-06-09T09:37:54 | 2015-06-09T09:18:30 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] A rusty old sword leaned against the fireplace; it was the only weapon in sight. | "Grandfather, you *can't!*" she sobbed, tears streaming down her face, as she tugged at the arm of an elderly man who was on his knees, resolutely tugging a chest out from the corner where it had lain undisturbed for more than forty years.
"Can, and will, girl. You heard the news. I'm going north to fight while there ... | Of course, it had to be a sword, and not exactly stainless steel. Jonas surveyed his surroundings as he approached the fireplace to further examine his Excalibur. It only then occurred to him, that he had no memory of the past few hours, or in fact anything leading up to this point. It would appear, that he had just cl... | 2015-03-23T16:59:01 | 2015-03-23T16:40:05 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] "Your honor, the evidence is clear and undeniable. While my client may have been a 'mad genius' who sought to 'dominate the city' with his 'army of evil', I present that he did actually not break any laws or statutes in his actions. The defense rests." | The jurors had spent hours deliberating the facts and figures of both the defense and prosecution but had finally come to some kind of agreement when they made their final decision. The foreman glanced at the smug-looking defense attorney as the jury filed back into the courtroom, his client looking very relaxed and co... | I ran a trembling hand through my shaggy crop of brown hair. It was definitely going to be greasy later and I'd have to wash it, which meant I'd have to stop at the store on the way home for shampoo. A little inconvenient, after a day like this.
I had very clearly stated my case, Mr. Hermann hadn't broken any laws. Su... | 2019-11-07T10:22:57 | 2019-11-07T07:42:50 | 234 | 53 |
[WP] Write a story about your day but exaggerate everything. | I rose from my slumber late. I hurried to prepare for my journey across hundreds of miles, hoping I would not miss my transport. I made it to the port just in time, and waited for aeons before arriving at my destination- a world- renowned scholary Institute. I toiled and suffered for weeks, struggling to comprehend the... | Through blurry hallucinations, all I remember is a ridiculous fight, a ring, skyscrapers at night, and crying.
Creatures of the unknown were holding me hostage.
Before I knew it, the sun was high up in the sky, light blaring through sheets.
Thunderous raps were at my door. When I opened up, they stole my valuables.
... | 2017-03-06T12:13:07 | 2017-03-06T10:25:09 | 59 | 15 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
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Some people keep their Last Words private. I've seen some that weren't intended to be seen, and I've known some religious people who keep them covered up with black CoverTape. They think that God writes your last words, and only your spouse should see them.
I never bothered. Written in a lovely script, it probably w... | Our wedding day was the most amazing day of my life. He was, I believed then, perfect in every way. Truly my soul mate. Tall and handsome, I had first caught his eye in high school during a football game; he the dashing quarterback and me the hot cheerleader. You may think this was cliché but it wasn't like that at... | 2015-08-08T13:53:15 | 2015-08-08T12:02:09 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] Two werewolves fall madly in love, but only during the full moon. When they’re human, they can’t stand each other. | The smell of fresh blood created a trail in the air. The metallic stench filled Tom’s nostrils causing a reaction of intense hunger and desire to overwhelm his mind and body. He sprinted between the trees of the woods that would usually be filled with darkness at this time of the night but not tonight as a full moon wa... | The full moon reflected in the deer's eye as it danced spritely through the woods. I lay undetected under the brush, awaiting the moment I could taste its blood. The scent filled my nostrils, and my mouth watered in anticipation. But there was another scent. Something that awakened a different kind of anticipation.
Th... | 2018-05-23T00:13:36 | 2018-05-22T20:37:45 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] As time went, monsters adapted. Dragons converted gold hoards into corporate shares, ghouls traded warrens and caves for sewers and service tunnels, werewolves stalked alleys instead of dark forests, and so on. Hunters have adapted too; now you look for ways humanity can coexist with monsters. | “You can’t kill it. You’ll end up dead.”
Frowning, Maug kept his crossbow aimed at the baby dragon. “Ain’t nobody gonna know, Fayn. Goltwork’s paying two-hundred gold pieces for the baby dragon corpses. He don’t like the damn things, and I don’t blame ‘em.”
“Yeah?” Fayn stepped in front of the crossbow. He could bare... | "We have one rule here, rook, what is it?" The gruff man behind the makeshift desk commanded, slamming his fist down to pull his dozing protege out of her slumber. The young dark haired woman struggled momentarily as she snapped alert, finally coming up with the answer,
"Don't get bit!" She said with equal parts confi... | 2021-01-23T13:36:17 | 2021-01-23T12:21:48 | 27 | 17 |
[WP] You were bitten by a wolf and became a werewolf. You wake up in a dog pound. Only thing is… your original form is a cat. You’re a cat werewolf. | The scent of cold steel; barking heard from afar. Neko awoke, feeling their tail brush against the metallic grid of the cage. As their eyes blinked awake, memories of the day before bubbled into consciousness, warping and floating out of understanding. What remained for Neko was the sketch of a sensation, the feeling o... | # CROCODILE
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"Two! Two rats," The cat said.
"No."
"But think of all the things you could do with two!"
The man didn't listen as he swept up. The backroom moaned with hundreds of cats.
"Okay, okay, okay. Wishes," said the cat gripping the plastic bars of his cage.
The man stopped. The cat stopped.
"A... | 2021-06-29T08:16:15 | 2021-06-28T22:22:02 | 34 | 17 |
[WP] You have been trapped inside a glass orb for years. Sitting on a shelf in an old store, your only entertainment is that of the clerks daily routine. One day however the clerk is attacked, in defence the orb is thrown and shatters upon impact. Finally releasing you from your cage. | **EATEN**
My great-great-great-great-great grandson cowers in fear, his hands trembling over his head. Blood and sweat mix on his face. The soup dribbles down his chin and then plops onto his blue nametag. It obscures the first letter. Peter becomes *eter*. He is not an eater. He is about to be eaten.
One of the burg... | I hated it in here. It was cold, clear and perfect. Everything I was not. I was bound in a prison of order, unable to break it from within. All I could do was watch and wait. For centuries I had been buried, the beautiful darkness taunting me from behind my cold walls.
Finally, I had been released. Light had found me,... | 2021-11-12T11:26:43 | 2021-11-12T11:08:06 | 806 | 41 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I sat in the back of the classroom, staring at her.
What the hell was going on? Was I losing it?
I looked around the room. No, everything was normal. A bunch of 3s, a few fours, and Mark, a six (I stay away from him).
Then there's this girl.
I had heard all about her. She was new in town, apparently her parents we... | "I'm Michael," he said as he stuffed text books into his locker.
I wasn't sure what to do. He was a ten. The only ten I'd seen was my dad and he'd been locked away. It was his number that brought back the painful memories of my childhood. He would come home every night drenched with the stench of cigarettes, beer, an... | 2014-11-29T15:20:57 | 2014-11-29T13:16:01 | 50 | 36 |
[WP] You're a supervillain -- but you can't do crime every day, it's exhausting. You've got to have some normal days too. On one such occasion, while out running errands, you encounter the alter-ego of your nemesis, the hero... apparently also just trying to have a normal day. | It was my fault really. I should have gotten a place with a washer and dryer. But I tried to hide in obscurity, so I had to live off the grid in an abandoned warehouse owned by a corporation known to be friendly to men like me. And abandoned warehouse don't really have the capabilities for a washer and dryer.
So here ... | "Grimspark?" I uttered the words like a whispered curse. I immediately regretted the action when the young man in the brown hoodie looked up from his tabloid to glare at me.
"I don't know who you are but keep it down I'll sign anything you want if you don't turn my shopping trip into a riot." He said eying the indiffe... | 2018-08-07T11:05:42 | 2018-08-07T10:46:34 | 96 | 70 |
[WP] You are the last human being in a now automated call center. You only task is to be available to answer the calls that the algorithms can't. You haven't taken a call since you started 5 years ago. Today is your first call. | The phone on my desk rang. The little red light flashed rapidly. I looked around my cubicle at the mass of servers and modems that surrounded me. *Odd.* I thought.
I picked it up and placed the receiver to my ear: "Hello, IT?"
The voice on the other end was masked by feedback and fuzz "Yeah, my desktop isn't working.... | *brrrrng*
The phone rang for the first time since I started working here. I didn't believe at first. I thought I was going crazy. I waited for the second ring.
*Brrrrng*
I looked around the empty call center for validation. I hesitantly reached for the phone.
*Brrrrng*
My hand hovered over the receiver.
*Brrrrng... | 2019-07-17T18:38:39 | 2019-07-17T18:02:32 | 27 | 16 |
[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. | My tormentor was an ingrate, but he knew how to cause me problems.
His father was the mayor, so he seemed immune to the law. I was beaten, stalked, and suffered no end of indignities, but this had taken all of that and made it look like a beautiful summer afternoon.
He had me framed for utilizing powers, powers I nev... | "Sir, please, you're making a mistake--"
Principal Oswald clamped the gloves on me regardless as he said, "Jason here was quite specific about your powers, Lonnie. And this is the law. I'm afraid my hands are tied."
Jason snickered. "And now hers are too."
"Mr. Gray, that is highly inappropriate."
I looked at the b... | 2022-12-24T22:40:00 | 2022-12-24T21:01:21 | 1,738 | 320 |
[WP] A sharp blade at your neck, you look up at the hero. “So I’ve finally been defeated. Go ahead, finish it.” The hero paused, shuffling on their feet. “Actually, I wanted to ask you something.” You laughed, coughing. “What?” The hero bit their lip. “Do you wanna go on a date sometime?” | “W-what?” The tip pushed, ever so slightly, against the tender skin of my throat. A tiny trickle of blood tainted the silver.
“You know, like a date?” he said, not even giving me the chance to look up at him in the eye. “His voice was gentle, a bit gruff from using so much force to push me against the walls so hard I ... | “I…I would actually really love to go on a date with you sometime. Wait, you do mean with you, right? A date with you?”
Your arch-nemesis stares back at you, arm frozen mid-strike with his laZer sword an inch from your throat, and you feel as if he is staring straight through your mirrored lenses and in to your soul. ... | 2020-10-11T21:18:15 | 2020-10-11T20:04:04 | 84 | 22 |
[WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted.
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | "Then why are you going back?" Fred shouted.
Richard wasn't looking back.
"You're going back? Where's Greg? Why are you taking a pistol?" Fred said and ran after him.
"Too many questions. I don't have much time," Richard said, stepping inside the Rocket ship.
He tried to close the door, but Fred had already cau... | "It'll be the end of the world, damnit! We have to go back!" Astronaut Jones screamed.
"We god-damned landed on something we shouldn't have," he continued as he cocked his visor open to reveal eyes frozen wide with shock.
Bob from ground-control tried to speak, but couldn't think of anything useful to say. What the... | 2020-01-17T11:54:31 | 2020-01-17T10:42:53 | 39 | 21 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | "Dad, when can we go?"
"Soon Theresa, be patient. You know we have to stay until Emma's mom has performed"
"I don't want to wait for her, can't I just go now? We've been sitting here for an hour"
"You can't leave Theresa, pass the time somehow. You could go backstage and talk to Emma if you feel like it"
"Emma only... | "No one else cares, Janette." Yuele had a genuine look of sadness as she said it, crouched down over her girlfriend. Janette tried to lean as far from Yuele as possible, her back pressing into the wall. "I did it for you, because we both know it's true. Don't be so blue..."
Janette pushed up onto her hands and knees, ... | 2015-05-16T05:45:02 | 2015-05-16T04:59:38 | 337 | 10 |
[WP] This is… awkward to say the least. Your roommate just frantically confessed that they’re demonic royalty, and that they need a fiancé to meet their parent, the monarch of Hell, who will be here in under an hour. | The yelling is what disturbed me first. Not Rowan's yelling, mind you, but the roar that was coming through their phone speakers as they pressed it to their ears.
I could see their cheeks reddening with anger as they listened to the voice on the other side of the phone. I slowly slipped an ear plug out, trying to act... | "OK, so what you're telling me is ur gonna have to wear a frilly dress even though they make you dysphoric, pretend that ur dating me, and convince ur homophobic, conservative mom that im a good partner for the prince of hell?" Texted Tissues, sitting on his bed while texting Trophy, who was at the mall buying a... | 2022-10-09T05:07:54 | 2022-10-08T20:49:21 | 26 | 16 |
[WP] You are an Engineer who became a Wizard. Problem is, you discovered that some magic is practiced really inefficiently.
For example, no one thought to optimize fire magic by pressurizing the fire with wind magic. | Marcus looked at the council in front of him, a mixture of withered old faces and some that had used the vast majority of their magic to make themselves look young. Each of the faces had spent their lives attempting to master one of the principle magics, wind, earth, fire, and water. Yet to Marcus they seemed like chil... | "Jerome! Now please don't tell me your working on that project... still. What the fuck you doing?" There he is, this old little bitch is at it again, teleporting his crinkly self, wherever he wants. Man I need a new mentor. I should have practiced my Dont-Come-The-Fuck-In spells a little more
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"Listen G... | 2019-04-26T04:05:47 | 2019-04-26T02:17:58 | 139 | 10 |
[WP] Humanity has long since come and gone. A new species, directly descended from one that exists today, has taken humanity's place. What is this species? What is their society like and what have they learned of ours? | As Marie was sitting at the table enjoying a cup of tea, her son walks in, tossing his backpack to the ground and flipping his shoes off. "Joseph, Your father will not be happy if your shoes are not where they belong when he comes home," Marie tells him. He puts his shoes in the rack, grumbling. "How was your day at sc... | They watch. They have watched. They will watch. The rise and fall of homo reptilia. The catastrophe that was homo sapiens. The successors, homo superior, so disillusioned. They had seen it all and more.
And now they watch this world, this once green world, completely flooded with the oceans, nothing that was once terr... | 2014-06-05T15:12:20 | 2014-06-05T14:06:47 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] You're a psychotic, crazed ghost girl who haunts and kills her victims. Your next target is an endearing single guy who's really into horror movies and games.
[deleted] | Her body lay still on the sofa, lifeless gray eyes still - and still open. I never knew their names, but she seemed like a Heather. Light hair too layered and feathery, cut too short for her stout, slightly overweight frame. I stared at her for a few moments, tilting my head to the side as I took in her peaceful state.... | “Here I have another victim for you,” says my Master. The all powerful one, that is his only name. He won’t ever tell me his real one, and has never told me why.
I take the piece of paper in his hand and unfold it.
“Jeremy Hillside?” I ask.
“Yup,” My master says. “Get to it, come on.”
I give him a low bow before dis... | 2020-05-30T15:54:36 | 2020-05-30T14:19:43 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] You are part of the league, the superheroes who save the world, yet you never go on missions. You are only called for one thing only. Total annihilation, for when they don't want survivors. | The heavy lead door creaked open, 567 defence systems designed by super geniuses turned off with various clicks, hums and hisses as it did, each designed to contain a nuclear blast or cripple a being who could shrug off anti tank rounds, each one the prisoner within that dark knew intimately. He knew what this meant, q... | yet another kid stopped me today. he actually wanted to spar. i just wanted to take a shower. \_he\_ was very draining today. i slung the weapon on my back and trudged into the ready room and this candy-coloured fool stopped me to ask if i wanted a sparring partner. said he'd watched me sitting in the Danger Room an... | 2021-05-26T04:52:38 | 2021-05-26T03:48:48 | 566 | 153 |
[WP]You've been dating an amazing woman for a year. One day, she gets a call and rushes into the closet. When she comes out, she's weraing white armor, and a matching sword and has wings coming from her back. She says "I have to go, but I'll explain when I get home." Before flying out the door. | I watched Angela fly out into the gray sky from our dining room window, clad in shining white armour and sporting a very mean looking greatsword, and the only thing that crossed my mind was *how do those wings support her mass?*
Though that was definitely a pertinent question, there was more going on here, and I need... | *the archaic old book's diary you are holding switches from one hand-writing, distinctly old and flowery, to a more modern script at this point*
Forgive my writing this in the blank pages of the Diary of Andre Hamilton (1835-1842). Damnit, this is all I managed to grab. I'm writing the remainder of this diary here.
... | 2018-09-16T17:08:15 | 2018-09-16T15:34:23 | 142 | 25 |
[WP]When you reach 18, you get put in a database which ranks you in different categories (ex. 207,145th in the world for most bug kills) You lived on a ranch and never used tech. You had to go into town after your 18th birthday. Everyone is staring at you. You finally decide to check the database.
Completely unaware o... | "Here's 20$, can I get my change back?"
Silence
"Helllllooooo, I waaaaannnnt myyyyyy chaaannnggee baaaackkkk."
He didnt say anything just stared.
"I dont believe it"
Finally a sentence. But was didnt he believe
"Believe what?"
Silence
"What's going on here, this cant be real"
He dropped to the ground and sta... | After turning off the Stereo I headed to town
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little was known of me.
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I dropped out of High school and lived at my parents Farm ever since.
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They complained but at the end they understood. i tried so hard and got so far, but at the end none of it really mattered. School was n... | 2019-05-04T14:33:04 | 2019-05-04T13:13:28 | 45 | 29 |
[WP] To increase efficiency, God has uploaded the source code for Life, the universe and everything to GitHub. However, he forgot to set it as a private project and now people are auditing his code, filing bug reports and submitting patches. The kicker? Someone has been making mods. | God's daily routine was a bit different today. As usual, God was sitting in his office when an angel knocked on his door.
*"Come in."* said God.
A strange figure entered the room. It looked familiar, but it was more train than human in shape.
*"Gabriel? Is that you?* said God, *"What happened to you?"*
*"It was tim... | After a thorough investigation into the person responsible for making the mods, they found out that it was non other than Friedrich Nietzsche. When asked about why he was making mods, he replied
"I was devastated when I found out that there was a meaning to life, and that God was very well alive, and we didn't kill him... | 2019-02-13T00:24:41 | 2019-02-12T23:21:27 | 304 | 93 |
[WP] You live in a world of superheroes and supervillians. Your superpower? You always know the best superhero for each job. Today, a seemingly normal crime scene is taking place. Only catch is, you're about to call the most notorious supervillian in existence.
Inspired by a certain Cyanide and Happiness comic strip I... | ‘I’m going to trust you on this decision, your power’s always held us in good stead before. I don’t suppose you know why you felt the need to call Demonix to intercede in a bank robbery. Some clue?’
I look at the police cheif and shrug. To be honest, I’m a little worried. I’ve always trusted my power but there’s also ... | I'm going to ignore the last two sentences of this prompt because they railroad horribly and I hate this subreddit and the prompts people submit nowadays so much. I wish prompts were limited to one sentence.
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"Give me your name." I took another drag as the cape in front of me widened his eyes - a surprising feat... | 2019-01-19T03:47:57 | 2019-01-19T00:14:01 | 48 | 10 |
[WP] Over night, Mars has disappeared and a new, earth-like planet has taken its place in the nights sky. The strangest part? It's transmitting more radio signals than Earth. | It was an amateur astronomer who first alerted the world to the Mars event, posting pictures on Facebook.
The internet went into overdrive, screaming 'HOAX!' before the IFLS page contacted an astronomer on the other side of the globe to point a telescope at the night sky and debunk the low-resolution 'hoax' pictures ... | Adam Rosemary always dressed in a white button up shirt, black tie and khakis when he went to work. Even something as Earth shattering as Mars disappearing wouldn’t change Adam’s clothing habits.
“What time did it happen?” said Adam. He sipped his coffee.
“Some time between 19:00 and 20:00 Eastern last night,” said J... | 2015-01-21T20:49:20 | 2015-01-21T20:12:48 | 29 | 15 |
[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... | His back legs kicked frantically, and he whimpered softly in pain.
I took his outstretched paw with one hand and loaded another bullet.
His eyes were dimming quickly, but he gazed through me with a look of betrayal.
"I'm coming too, boy" I smiled, and drew the barrel to my temple and closed my eyes.
| 2014-02-13T22:55:12 | 2014-02-13T22:34:39 | 55 | 26 |
[FF] In 75 words or fewer, write about experiencing a devastating loss, without including death. | *I'm skirting the line here, but nobody dies, so I think it counts, right?*
Four stories was not enough. After my wife left me, I tried to end it. I climbed the stairs to the ceiling of my apartment building. I walked to the edge, but couldn't take that last step, so I ran at top speed and jumped.
Climbing, walking,... | I slide another box to the left. And another, down the conveyor belt. The mundane nature of the job is mind numbing. My brain wanders as I work. Suddenly, a pierce of light rips the seam of my consciousness open. Red flashes through my vision. An inhumane scream that is mine shreds the air as I look down. My right arms... | 2014-10-19T20:53:05 | 2014-10-19T18:03:46 | 84 | 25 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | Dreadnaught was the last of the Old Guard. The early heroes who had fought for the good of the world, for honor and justice and other long-dead ideals. they toppled dictatorships, brought aid to disaster-stricken regions and never accepted a penny. Dreadnaught himself had seen the greats of the age, had only been a you... | "Morning Mayor."
"Falcon! What are- what are you doing here?"
"I hadn't heard from you in a while," Falcon said, stepping casually along the front of the mayor's desk. He brushed off his cape. "I was getting worried about you."
"Oh, that's so- so thoughtful," the mayor stuttered. "B-but as you can see, everything is... | 2017-04-02T09:11:57 | 2017-04-02T07:18:03 | 154 | 34 |
[WP] “No man can kill me!” The demon taunted, taking in the carnage it'd caused. “But I am no man!” You proclaim, ripping off your helmet to reveal your feminine features. You strike, but your blade bounces harmlessly off the demon’s hide. “Did you-did you really think that’s what I meant? You fool" | "No," I screamed.
"Yes," screamed the demon, holding up his flaming sword.
"Woof," yelled Sir Barkado who rather inappropriately launched himself at the demon's waist.
"Ha, nor can Man's best friend!" yelled the demon as the dog's bites did nothing.
"No," I screamed.
"Howl," Howled sir Barkado.
"Yes," laughed the... | The Demon laughed heartily at the miscommunication.
"FOOL! You think semantics are any match for me, Lord Acsurgarothe??"
I stood defiant, despite the flecks of brimstone and spit hitting my face as he laughed.
He continued his villainous chuckle.
"You-- you silly little human! HA HA You stand before Lord Acsurgaro... | 2022-05-31T16:30:05 | 2022-05-31T14:28:29 | 144 | 45 |
[WP] Wandering the streets, jobless, homeless, you happen across a silver ring with an inscription: "Help for the Needy." Idly you slip it on. Suddenly a voice resonates deep within your bones: "44 YARDS NORTH A CHILD LIES FACE DOWN IN THEIR POOL, UNATTENDED. DEATH IN 172 SECONDS. TIME TO RUN." | It’s weird, looking back on those tipping-point moments. You’re one thing, and then all of a sudden you’re something else. One moment of crystal clarity. I had mine after I’d been sleeping in my van behind the strip mall for four months.
I’ll never forget that first one. I’d found a soggy five-dollar bill in the p... | >"Listen here bud, I won't be able to hold back my partner much longer."
Ah, those words, so. we are playing good cop \- bad cop. I hate this, I hate being a hero, I hate the responsibility that comes with great power. But, what was I going to do? Let them die?
Sure, the attention had been nice, the food, a roof o... | 2018-04-30T13:29:44 | 2018-04-30T12:25:54 | 29 | 19 |
[WP]: You don't remember what you do for a living. Literally. You black out for 8 hours 5 days a week and a paycheck appears once per month. | The two men in the front of my door looked dead serious.
I’d just finished eating breakfast with my wife Shelly when the doorbell rang. Expecting some kind of early door-to-door salesman, I opened the door, only to be greeted by two fully suited men looking ready to visit some kind of funeral.
“Are you Mr. James Card... | "Hey Phil, I just received another one of those paycheques.", Dave sighed.
Dave Follière had been receiving mysterious paycheques, every week, for the past 6 months. At first he had thought they were sent to his address by mistake, however, when attempting to contact the business listed on the cheques, he was surpris... | 2016-10-11T05:58:11 | 2016-10-11T04:53:17 | 159 | 57 |
[WP] In this world, salaries are determined by the desirability of the work: if everybody wants to do the job and it's fun, it pays minimum wage. But if it's hard or awful work that nobody wants to do, the pay is high. You decide to apply for the highest-paying job in the world. | I swallowed some bile that had built up in my throat as I signed the contract on the table in front of me. As I reached to sign the final page, the man across from me reached and held my wrist. “Are you sure that you don’t need more time? I’ve had 3 people quit in the past month.”, he said to me in a concerned tone.
... | In your world, I sit among the average human, riding the subway, reading the morning newspaper, and watching the sun go down. I myself would rather not worry myself in the jobs of other people because you might feel bad I taste ice cream for a living.
Or so you thought.
In my world, I sit as a man who watches paint d... | 2018-08-02T15:51:31 | 2018-08-02T15:18:31 | 42 | 29 |
[WP] "Never get into a fight with an Earther. They are conditioned in 1G from birth. You will never build that kind of strength out here. But if you have no choice, wrestle. It's better to be ragdolled than to have your orbital shattered by the first punch." | "They *grew up* in 19 keplons of gravity??? How?"
"Class, calm down. Yes, it's rare and unusual, but the Universe has it's ways."
"But miss, you told us that nobody can escape a planet with 20 keplons. So how can life exist in such high gravity?"
"Open your mind, little one. You are thinking only of life on *thi... | The words of my mentor rang in my head as I squared off against the human before me. For two months I had acted as ambassador to these animals, had listened to their strange noises, smelled their repulsive odors, watched their confusing, arbitrary rituals. And finally, finally, one of them had given me the chance to... | 2021-02-08T18:58:27 | 2021-02-08T15:55:52 | 219 | 24 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | Everyone has these tags. These little buttons on their shirts with a number on it. Some in the hundreds, some in the thousands. Mine is number 1.
Pretty quickly people started to figure out that when someone else died, everyone with a lower number moved up. There wasn’t really much that this meant for the higher n... | Prologue: *It wasn't the largest city, but it was definitely the most powerful and arguably dangerous in the world. Every single person here held a special ability, ranging from a power to clean everything within a 2m radius, to extreme powers such as flying or super strength. All these powers helped construct the most... | 2014-12-18T12:36:19 | 2014-12-18T11:55:01 | 2,259 | 39 |
[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. | "Are you sure?"
"Yes I am. I got accepted into that new University in Delhi."
"You want to go to school again?"
"Yeah, its a new field... memeology is what they are calling it. Study of internet culture and changes within it." I replied back to the black mass in a pinstripe suit. This time he looks like an old fune... | The old man sat alone and waited for Death.
It always came this time of year; just before spring, in the last days of long nights and long shadows. There was no fanfare to his arrival. Death simply was where it once wasn't - namely, at the seat across from the old man.
"Are you ready?"
Death's voice was, much like i... | 2017-11-29T08:24:55 | 2017-11-28T17:24:04 | 935 | 16 |
[WP] Star Wars is a true story. An alien comes to Earth to make first contact with our newly discovered species, only to discover we know more about their universe's history than they do.
EDIT: Whoah, this sorta blew up! Thanks for all the stories guys! I've read all of them and each made me laugh or legitimately thin... | As soon as the credits appeared, the President took a deep breath and glanced over at her visitor.
A calm person by nature, the past few days had tested her limits. The arrival of a being from another world caused no end of behind-the-scenes drama as her administration scrambled to deal with an unprecedented situation... | "Sir? They know everything."
The Captain stood on the bridge of the freshly-christened *Chimaera* and looked down at the blue and green marble beneath him. It was a primitive planet, to be sure, but that was to be expected from an experiment that had been running uninterrupted for the past twenty thousand years. 'E... | 2017-03-18T09:37:43 | 2017-03-18T09:36:38 | 187 | 43 |
[WP] A mother tries to reason with Death, who has come to claim her terminally ill child | Death swooped in the window and raised his scythe over the baby's crib.
"Wait a moment," a woman said. She was sitting on a rocking chair in the corner of the room, knitting.
"Speak," said Death. "I suppose you want to play a game for the child's life. I warn you, I've had a great deal of practice at every sort of g... | "Take me instead."
She had said it without a moments pause. And even before the words had settled amongst the pale walls and the wispy curtains she knew they would be for nothing.
In the doorway stood a shadow, a pure absence of light. An outline defined by its lack of clarity. Imperceptible, but undeniable. Death w... | 2013-11-19T16:01:50 | 2013-11-19T15:57:21 | 128 | 68 |
[WP] You're going to bury the body along I-95 just outside town. You get three feet deep and find another body. You believe burying them together is bad luck so you move and dig three hundred feet down the road and find another body, and another, and another, and another.... | Sitting at his desk Charlie reminisced about how everything had turned out so perfectly. By all accounts he shouldn’t be here. He should still be working the bar like he had in college. Maybe he should’ve been in jail but instead he had achieved world wide fame.
Sure things had been a bit rough in the beginning, try... | His arms were about ready to fall off the only thing that kept him going were the swirl of emotions, panic, and fear of being caught. This was the 6th place he decided to dig, he hoped no one would find the remains of the holes he had already filled as he lugged the body behind a tree. Once more he began to dig, with e... | 2019-07-03T00:19:01 | 2019-07-02T21:22:33 | 23 | 16 |
[WP] A demon that writes messages on your mirror with blood but they’re useful messages. Like “remember you have yoga at 6 tonight”
stolen from Meladoodle on Tumblr. | The heating is off in my apartment this morning, but there's still hot water, so I take a long shower to warm up. The fog settles heavily on the mirror and begins to run by the time I get out, reconstituting the dried blood so that it drips freely into the bathroom sink. The mess makes it look like I shave with a box c... | *July 1^st 2016*
-it happened again.
This time it said "Remember about your date with Tony tonight at 8."
I did forget about it, so in kind of glad. I still am none the less terrified.
*July 2^nd*
-I seen it happen.
I was brushing my teeth and I looked up, I seem a dark face in the mirror. It was hard to tell ... | 2016-08-07T16:17:11 | 2016-08-07T15:49:46 | 209 | 31 |
[WP] 20 years later, a team of Astronaut have successfully landed to mars and recovered the NASA rover, Opportunity. When they checked the hard drive, they discovered hundreds of images of a shadowy figure that was never sent back to earth. | "Right over here, I think that's the rover." Beal exclaimed, almost jumping up and down to flag Steve.
"Yep, that'll be it alright" Steve said, looking at his PDA to compare older images to what now looked like wreckage. "Sand storms must have somehow knocked it out this way. That or quakes."
Beal slid aside some sm... | We were two miles away from the base, a small group sent to explore and, if possible, check the status of the Rover. We found it easily and begun the routine operations. It was so old and buried in dust I felt like discovering a fossil. After a while, Rick stopped his work and called us back. He had discovered a discre... | 2019-02-15T02:20:46 | 2019-02-15T00:42:24 | 46 | 17 |
[WP]A young man living in a world where if you kill someone, their age is added onto your life.
For example; if you kill someone who is 50 years old, you add 50 years onto your life. | "The easy kills happened long ago. Nearly two and a half billion people out of the seven billion on the planet died within a week of the discovery. People weren't dying anymore of natural causes. The elderly who served the first hunting, chose almost unanimously to give their years to their loved ones. Parricide became... | ***EDIT: I just realized I misinterpreted the prompt and thought killing someone extended your life, rather than taking years off.***
Robert had managed to punch in on time, remembering the warning his superiors gave him if he showed up late again. "Well I guess they have a point" Robert said rubbing his eyes, still... | 2014-01-24T06:24:13 | 2014-01-24T05:26:07 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] Write a Shakespearean sonnet that seems fine in the first thirteen lines but turns horrifying in the fourteenth. | (1) The people all gathered in the town center.
(2) Tall or short, all folks were welcome to enter.
(3) Some adventurous, bold, and a bit wild.
(4) Others were less so, but held a big smile.
(5) They stared in awe at the podium above.
(6) Some were distracted by a crane and dove.
(7) One, five, ten minutes passed... | Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, o... | 2019-12-19T11:29:34 | 2019-12-19T10:44:55 | 54 | 26 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | He grew up on one of the toughest streets in America. Immigrants, weirdos, and living in filth described his young life. As he grew up, he was at first feared, then people started recognizing his deep, old man wisdom. Eventually, he gained many loyal friends, and others sought him out for his insight.
The ISIS problem... | "Sirs," said the man who burst into the room,
"What, can't you see we are doing important work," said the representative of the USA as he and his colleagues took another shot. They were watching something on the television.
"Well, sir, ISIS has surrendered, unconditionally."
Everyone in the room said, unanimously, "... | 2016-01-29T09:11:06 | 2016-01-29T09:04:29 | 33 | 11 |
[WP] You wake up in Hell. You look around, you can't see anybody, it's just fire and brimstone going on forever. Eventually the Devil walks over and says "Finally, you're the first to arrive, so tell me, who are you? what did you do? and how did you die?" | "Shouldn't you know this?" The devil – the big man down under himself – is asking me what I did wrong. I'm not sure how I know he's the devil – he seems friendly enough, tall and blonde and handsome with a smile that could melt hearts. Maybe it's just the fact that he's the only other person in what is obviously Hell.
... | Fred closed his eyes, the morphine finally kicking in. The car had come out of nowhere.
When he opened them, he screamed. The hot, searing pain of broiling flesh as his feet touched the brimstone beneath was just the beginning. It went on forever, a never ending wasteland with gouts of flame bursting forth from crack... | 2015-04-09T11:38:15 | 2015-04-09T07:56:32 | 45 | 16 |
[WP] A water-gun fight between children, told as if it were a horrific war story. | In these modern, civilised times, one would have expected the world to become less brutal. It seems though, that every day we humans think of a new way to unleash agony upon our own species. I witnessed a skirmish today. It was fought between children who were no older than seven or eight. They had been given devastat... | "I'm afraid your son is suffering from PTSD" the doctor said blankly. Martha and Jim sat in silence. Martha was barely holding back tears. "It was so terrible, what he must have seen" she whimpered. Her husband embraced her. "We'd like to see him now" he said softly.
The doctor walked them down the long, pristine hal... | 2017-06-14T10:18:40 | 2017-06-14T10:10:44 | 39 | 13 |
[WP] After strict homeschooling, you and your twin decide to enroll in college together. While at lunch with Mom, you mention a ridiculous discussion in Child Psychology about "Imaginary Friends", and that (your twin) especially found it hilariously absurd. A frown falls on your mothers face. "Who?" | Mom looked from Michael to me, then back to Michael. Her eyes then drifted down to the kitchen table we were sat around, settling on the grain as if it were more interesting than either of us. Perhaps to her, it was. After all, she'd stopped paying us any real attention long ago. Back when...
"Mom?" I said. "Are yo... |     I blinked. I glanced at Tim. Tim looked back at me, confusion sprawled across his face, his jaw slightly slack, his mouth slightly open. “Tim, Mom. Tim,” I said, putting my hand on her knee. Her brow furrowed in confusion, and she repeated her question. I sighed and shook my head... | 2019-01-02T03:46:10 | 2019-01-02T02:40:31 | 216 | 64 |
[WP] You can teleport between shadows, turn invisible in the dark, cause the night to become tangible and attack like a living thing. You would be the perfect vigilante/ criminal, except for one minor detail: you have a terrible phobia of the dark. | The public didn't know my name, or who I was. They only knew that suddenly, a string of vigilante murders had popped up over the county. Found dead in the dark with no evidence with clear signs of murder. They were known as the Mafia Killings of 17, and the cases had gone cold. No evidence.
That was me, of course. At ... | I've been called Shadowcrawler by the six o'clock news. I've been dubbed the Midnight Mist by petty criminals, whom I stopped in the midst of their criminal acts. The Dark Devil, the Dark Deliverer, even the Darkness itself. These are only some of the names I have been given over the course of my life as a night bender... | 2019-04-27T21:51:13 | 2019-04-27T20:53:49 | 53 | 27 |
[WP] A teenage boy is sentenced to a fate worst than death. His internet history is to be publicly read at his high school assembly. | "It's public humiliation!"
Owen had never seen his dad's face so red before. He was practically bursting a vein with rage, leaning over the headteacher's desk and spitting in his face.
"This is illegal!"
Mr. Paulson, a mild mannered man with bad taste in ties and a worse taste in shoes, removed his frameless g... | The double doors swung open. Chains jangled. He was tall and gangly. The trousers of his orange jumpsuit showed a great deal of ankle. The slippers were dragged carelessly across the floor.
Swish. Jangle. Swish. Jangle.
He was shaven, bald, and without eyebrows. His face showed no emotions and his eyes were of the co... | 2014-03-23T05:13:27 | 2014-03-23T04:53:26 | 248 | 13 |
[WP] You are a demon who negotiates contracts in exchange for people's souls. One time you get summoned by a suburban mom who makes impossible requests. When you can not provide her demands, she asks to "speak with your manager". | "I can't do it, Karen. I'm sorry but it doesn't exist."
"HOW DARE YOU!" She flipped the fringe of her bleached hair out of her face. "I KNOW it exists, so just produce it for me. You should be giving me this for free!" She poked my chest. "You are LUCKY that I'm offering you such a high payment as my soul for it." I t... | "…I summon YOU!"
(GOOD EVENING MADAM, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE?)
*I have a bad feeling about this one. There's something in her attitude that says she expects the Moon, wants Saturn, and won't settle for less than the Sun.*
"I want..." *Right. Shit. That's not... Oh, for fuck's sake!* "...right now in exchange for m... | 2020-05-04T07:28:42 | 2020-05-04T04:47:38 | 150 | 71 |
[WP] You are walking down the street on your way to work when suddenly you burp, hiccup, and sneeze at the same time. A HUD menu opens in front of you with “Resume, Options, and Quit” as selectable options. | Expecting to be crushed to nothingness by the black hole, Jora took a deep breath. The escape had been narrow at best. The heavier star cruisers wouldn’t follow him this close to the event horizon. It had been his best shot.
The plates of his ship creaked and whined. One by one his muscles relaxed. He had done everyth... | Edit: Formatting, Adjustments to story,
Let me know what you think <3
The Dark Room
“Ostera Implants bring the world of your dreams into reality, “ - Jackson Grant, Ostera Technologies CEO,
Personal Log
Henry Ruman,
Saturday May 5th, 2038
“When we were kids they gave us Ostera Implants, These small machine... | 2018-05-05T03:08:36 | 2018-05-05T01:40:55 | 161 | 58 |
[WP] The International Society of Ghosts has lifted the "the only objects permitted to be haunted are houses and dolls" rule. As a young, but creative ghost, you are determined to find then most interesting object to haunt. | “What piece do you want to be?”
“I’ll be the terrier.”
“Alright I’ll be the boot.”
“Why is the wheelbarrow out then?”
“Oh, it’s haunted. Ghost always plays wheelbarrow. Don’t worry, they’re not too bad a player.”
“Of all the things to haunt...”
“Yeah one piece on a monopoly game. Great when you play alone though.... | “Frank....Frank....FRANK!”
“What damit I’m trying to work!”
“It’s that nail again! I swear I push it into the wall every morning and next day it’s out again!”
“Probably just snags on your cloths or wiggles loose. Now please let me work!”
“Frank you don’t understand. That nail, it’s always so cold when I touch it. Just... | 2018-09-19T07:51:48 | 2018-09-19T07:14:36 | 164 | 34 |
[WP] You, a Human, have been sentenced to death on an alien planet. The method of execution: gas chamber. However, the compound used in executions, Tetrahydrocannabinol, isn't quite as lethal to humans as your executioners expect. | I always wondered how it would all end. It’d been a miracle that I’d made it this long after the original earth invasion. My family... friends... everyone I’d ever loved had died the day massive unearthly ships came crashing through the skies, their lasers incinerating anything in their paths. I remember running, runni... | The room started hissed as gas was forced inside. Carl panicked and started banging on the door begging to be let out fearing for his death.
“You have broken our sacred law and desecrated a shrine. You will pay the ultimate price for treating our gods with such disrespect.”
“Come on man! It was just some graphite to ... | 2020-05-20T12:41:06 | 2020-05-20T11:33:44 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | \[POEM\]
Quiet internal rebellions silenced,
The hero had inflicted his cruelest ability.
"What have you done to me?"
The late afternoon crowds drifted past,
With their childishly fresh eyes looking through him.
Slightly bewildered, he turned to the hero,
Anguish in each others eyes.
"A losing battle is raging.... | I would have never thought to use a playlist so strong just to defeat someone. It's a dangerous idea, but an idea that would work.
It was becoming dark, perfect for this. I run into the night and try to change my music. I was thrown off guard when I noticed that they weren't behind me. I kept running until I fell to t... | 2022-05-17T09:52:46 | 2022-05-17T09:44:15 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You make arrangements to cryogenically freeze your brain at the age of 31 in hopes of being revived in the future. Many years later, you "wake up." | "Wake up, Lisa."
"It's time to wake up."
As my eyelids dragged themselves open, I was greeted by a bright light. Once sure he had proof of life, the doctor pulled the flashlight away, and greeted me once more.
"Good morning, Lisa."
The room around me resembled the room from my memories - the one in which they had f... | I feel a sudden sensation of pain, through my back. I try to scream, but I am paralyzed. This is so odd. I can't see anything.
What's happening?!
I cant lift my arms. Below the torso, there's a dull pain slowly making way through the numbness. It's cold.
A bright light blinds me. I close my eyes. But the light is ... | 2015-09-14T01:35:21 | 2015-09-13T23:27:46 | 35 | 19 |
[WP] You own a coffee shop, and you make some damn fine coffee. After decades of running the place, one of your most loyal patrons approaches you, reveals themselves as some kind of immortal being (a god, vampire, etc.), and offers to make you immortal as well, as along as you keep running the shop.
No idea why it say... | "Look, I get it. Every book and movie and story since time immemorial says that this is a bad idea. The vampire offers you immortality and then screws you over..."
She paused and took a sip of her dark roast.
"Cept' Twilight, where they just screw you. I'm getting sidetracked."
She set the cup down with a dismissive... | [Poem]
.
*Conditional*
I never knew before
how much hate a single word
could be forced to endure
a thousand years, and
there have been
no vacations
there have been
no true friendships as
I cannot show my face
lined but unaging
not to anyone outside
only for Them, the sight of me
for he and his tar-eyed f... | 2019-06-27T06:51:25 | 2019-06-27T05:29:23 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] “Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.” | “So, what is it like down here?”
Asked Jared, the new rookie. Clint shifted uneasily from foot to foot. The old man, although well accustomed to mining for coal, obviously was not accustomed to speaking to his coworkers.
“It’s Hell.”
Was all Clint could manage. Jared thought this was an appropriate answer. The mini... | *Tranquil Bar*
On the first glance, it's just a normal casual bar. People sitting around after work, drinking alcohol and chatting, maybe playing a game of pool or cards in the back. But the real bar is the one situated below, in the basement. But this bar isn't the same as the one above. It doesn't sell alcohol, but ... | 2018-07-15T09:28:11 | 2018-07-15T08:11:37 | 388 | 18 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Hey Moose,
We had a good run. 16 years is good for a dog that somebody else starved in their back yard for a while.
You did really good. You remembered all those tricks somebody else taught you, showed the cats/birds love, and learned to stop being scared over food. You gave the best hugs on the planet.
I'm sorry th... | Dear Melody,
It's been a year.
I guess I know why you didn't call me. It's not like I bothered to keep in touch. Not like we stayed close. Besides, I'm pretty sure I was kind of a jerk to you when we were still talking.
I miss you. I wasn't really expecting to, I hadn't thought about you for a long time. I don't eve... | 2017-11-06T00:29:00 | 2017-11-05T18:20:52 | 235 | 157 |
[WP] You can stop time. However, during your vacation where you have stopped time for a year, someone runs up to you and asks “Dude, why have you stopped for this long?” | "Dude, why have you stopped for this long?"
The voice startles me. It's been a year since my last freeze, and not a single squawk from any of the seagulls suspended mid-air above me. At least that was one year of not worrying about them stealing my chips - not that I could really enjoy them now anyway. One of the down... | He didn't look like the sort of guy to be able to stop time. None of the telling features, like a third eye or that light-bending aura the Others dragged behind them. In fact, he was only wearing board shorts.
"It's been a whole year dude!" He pleaded.
I blinked, at first digesting that I was talking to another human... | 2021-08-14T21:15:25 | 2021-08-14T20:19:58 | 1,326 | 582 |
[WP] Every "walks into a bar" joke occurs in a single bar. You're the bartender and your shift just started. | I sat in my car as the engine died. Enjoying my last moment before starting my shift. Taking a deep breath, I got out and headed to the bar. As I reached the entrance, the door opened and one of our regulars walked out. "Already had your fill today, O'Connor?" I said to him.
He mumbled something and stumbled down the ... | Sean yawned and pulled into Cliche’s parking lot. The last two nights he’d pulled doubles to cover for Elyse, but now he couldn’t shake the phantom 20 pound dumbbells tied to his arms. Another day another dollar, he thought, pressing through the front door.
“Hey Sean. ‘Notha double tonight?” David asked, looking away ... | 2018-01-31T21:31:26 | 2018-01-31T18:34:28 | 117 | 79 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | The Herald of the Council rose to its microphone. A robotic voice in Galactic Standard came through the speakers.
"We have assembled the Galactic Council; Sector B: Neutralization required. All options: 1) Ground combat. 2) Short-range space combat. 3) Long-range space combat. Option ~~|0) Diplomacy|~~ has been ter... | Commodore Holland,
Log 1, Day 227, Time is 2100 Hours.
When I heard the news, you could say I was taken aback. We've encountered three different Sentient alien species, code named Gamma, Sigma and Zeta. All of them are hostile Xenophobic species, which seem to eat and prey upon the others.
Well, hear this. They h... | 2019-12-19T08:01:35 | 2019-12-19T07:16:58 | 18 | 11 |
[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 ... | By the **people**.
Those who **didn't** vote don't **deserve** me. But **to** them I'll **be** God, anyway! **Saved**? The world **I** envision now **will** only ever **end** with peace! **Humanity**, thank you. **This** is the **election** that sincerely **means** life conquers **death** for all.
**Farewell** my pe... | 2014-07-29T13:10:19 | 2014-07-29T11:29:38 | 165 | 40 |
[WP] After defeating the Devil down in Georgia, Johnny proudly proclaims he's the best that's ever been. A flash of lightning crashes down and God appears, fiddle in hand. The Devil gets his popcorn ready.
Bonus points if the story can be sung along with the song... | Ol' God went down to Georgia. He was lookin' to Fiddle n' Chill.
He saw Johnny on the grind and said "Me and you! Its time! And you best make it ill!"
Floating head called a Cromulon happened along, said "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT."
And Charlie said "I'll Hank Hill your ass any day, lemme me tell you what."
God says "... | Devil sat in Georgia sad because no soul to steal
Johnny gloated and boasted mr devil how’s it feel?
All the sudden the clouds parted and a golden road appeared. A white bearded man with an angel band started coming near
God put his hand on Johnny’s shoulder and said I’m proud of you my son but your next challenge ... | 2018-04-05T11:39:55 | 2018-04-05T10:56:29 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] A powerful, malevolent entity is forced to care for a human child | WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO LOOK AFTER IT?
"I'm really sorry, sir" maggot slimed. "It says so, right here in the contract, that if you take this lady's soul, you have to look after her spawn."
A baby in a crochet blanket was thrust into HIS EMMINENCE THE DARK LORD OF EVIL's lap.
WHAT'S THAT AWFUL SMELL
"Er i belie... | It was a sick pact.
The thing wiggled and burped in-between its dramatic wails and I offered it the bottle again. No, it said with its uncoordinated body language and deep, deep cries of despair. I opened up the book again.
"If your human baby is crying and rejects the bottle, maybe it isn't hungry. Make sure the ch... | 2013-11-21T10:17:12 | 2013-11-21T08:41:23 | 26 | 16 |
[WP] Oops, the simulation messed up. Everybody has been re-aged to match the maturity of their inner person. This has made office life a little strange | I always knew that being considered “mature for my age” was never as good as people made it sound. A week ago I woke up looking like I was in my mid-forties instead of my mid-thirties, I had extra aches and pains that I never got to grow into, and my soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend now looks like she’s young enough to be my d... | D: "Haha Jim very funny. Great prank. Now I know why Cici will never go to University, because you spend all your money on make up and actors for a great prank."
J: "Dwight I..."
D: "No no no child you shut up now. First off all I despise child actors, your parents are the reason why this country lost in vietnam and ... | 2022-04-30T09:24:47 | 2022-04-30T08:57:22 | 429 | 14 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | The joker was a fluid being. It was best to keep your distance. As he sat in front of me, checking his gun and absently scratching his face I wondered if I would snap and just run away.
The silence was deafening, only the little grunts coming from his chest broke it as he fished up some papers from a barely used draw... | Walking into the room when the boss calls you is always an..."eventful," one. You never truly know what will happen. He could gift you, he could tell you to do something, or sometimes you could just hear a gunshot as soon as the door closes. Me, being on my toes, looks at the boss with a blank expression, but inside wa... | 2016-11-21T04:50:48 | 2016-11-21T03:05:27 | 89 | 26 |
[WP] A medieval European knight somehow ends up in feudal Japan. With nowhere to go in the foreign land he decides to settle down in a forest. Outside this forest sits a village; and as years go by rumours start to spread of a tall metal spirit that roams this forest. | The old knight paused, staring down at the strange, narrow-eyed girl that stared up at him with dark, wandering eyes.
“Greetings...?” he tried slowly.
The girl grinned, “So you’re the metal ghost!”
The knight frowned. While her English was choppy and almost sounded unfamiliar on her tongue, she spoke better than mo... | Our grait galleon, drifted without a care in the open sea. We were heading to India, to bring spice back to England. But the sea is an unforgiving mistress, she went mad, we were right in the middle of a storm, waves fifteen and twenty feet high, wasn't long till we capsized. Out of two hundred sailors, only one surviv... | 2019-11-15T07:51:54 | 2019-11-15T07:27:28 | 87 | 53 |
[WP] You live a good life. Caring wife, obedient children and loyal dogs. Little do they know that you are actually a hitman not an accountant. One day your guy hands you the picture of your next target. It’s you. On the back the name of who ordered the hit. “Carla” it says. Your wife. | "You fucking arsehole! Is this some kind of joke?" I yell angrily. Jones has obviously seen me like this, and barely bats an eyelid at my outburst.
"Not at all," he replies, shaking his head.
"Well fuck."
I turn the picture back over, away from my wife's name and back to my face, smirking back at me, almost on purpo... | James Earl walked in to his office on 8:59 AM and placed his briefcase on the floor next to his desk. His floor to ceiling windows gave James a great view of Manhattan. His firm had taken the offices of an old accounting firm to maintain cover. There were only five offices the firm had spread around the world. One w... | 2018-08-15T00:50:32 | 2018-08-15T00:15:24 | 1,283 | 160 |
[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 | "Going all the way back to my fifth birthday, I can remember the immense pain I carried in my heart."
"I understand how much you're hurting Jon, but I promise this isn't the solution to your pain and sadness!"
"You will never understand what's inside of me, or why I know that this is my only choice!"
"Why don't you ... | "Look out for that tree, you're gonna have one of our heads off in a minute if you're not careful."
I didn't slow down, despite John's protests we had to take the risk and ride fast through the forest. The job had been easy, too easy now that I look back; sleepy guards, compliant staff, calm bystanders.
"One last job... | 2017-01-14T18:59:37 | 2017-01-14T16:42:22 | 100 | 20 |
[WP] With the hero chained up, the villain unveils their masterpiece: a weapon that tracks everyone who loves the hero before obliterating them. The map powers on. "Wait. There's just one dot." The Villain says. "...Someone loves me?" The hero replies with hope. | "Hahaha, oh Syren why do you constantly fall for my traps? I bet you'd fall for a treat under a propped box!" The villain's laugh echoed through the abandoned storage facility turned evil supervillain lair. If anything else, Syren could appreciate the acoustics of the place, the echoes of laughter being an almost sacch... | Marybelle Smith once again call a certain number on her phone but unlike the previous instances there is no response from the other side.
"God damnit Carl where the hell are you?!" she impatiently said her hand shake.
"We really need to evacuate now, young master.", His body guard said
Of all the times for him to b... | 2021-06-19T01:09:29 | 2021-06-19T01:05:23 | 107 | 29 |
[WP] The last time the aliens invaded our planet they fled after losing the war. They have reluctantly returned to wage war and are relieved to see that dinosaurs no longer inhabit Earth, but have been replaced by the smaller and less intimidating humans. | Finally, a chance for redemption.
We were headed back to Earth, a lowly mineral planet in a desolate corner of the quadrant. I can still remember the taunting words of Elder Karaza...
*"You lost.... to a bunch of lizards?"*
Yes, it still stings.
I now armed my warriors with long range heavy bows, crossbows and even... | We all knew what had happened to the first ship to scout this planet for conquest long ago. One of the species known as velociraptor had climbed on board. Using the air ducts to move around, it had killed the crew one by one. The sole survivor had escaped by blowing it out of the airlock on the shuttle.
With this in m... | 2017-03-04T03:25:46 | 2017-03-03T22:58:54 | 452 | 226 |
[WP] According to US Navy tradition, submarines that have not been confirmed to be destroyed, are still on patrol. Since WWII, there have been 52 submarines that haven’t yet returned to port, yet to report in, nor have been confirmed to be destroyed. You are one of those, on the eternal patrol. | **October 3rd, 1983,**
**14,757th day on patrol,**
**700 miles east of Bermuda**
---
"Two contacts, sir. About two miles off our starboard bow. Type: unkown, but at least one of them is definitely not ours." Johansen reported from behind the sonar.
I nodded. The enemy had deployed a slew of new submarines over the... | I turned over to my friend, or, in reality, the rotten, scantily remains of him. He’d been rotted down to the bone.
It was pain to turn, my neck bones cracking and crumbling.
“Hey, Stross” I said to him. I don’t remember his first name. Only Stross.
“Yeah, Rivers” He answered back. He only remembered my last name.... | 2018-10-17T09:46:07 | 2018-10-17T09:26:46 | 90 | 29 |
[WP] You were summoned by a god to be the hero of a fantsy world, to kill the demon king and free their people, as a boon they told you you could request any weapon that they will provide. As a joke, you requested a intercontinental thermonuclear warhead, they gave it to you with a stright face. | At first I thought my snark had doomed the world. "Sure, a nuclear warhead would be awesome!" I'd thought... and when he gave it to me, sans delivery vehicle or other means of launching the damned thing, I was both mortified and depressed. What was I going to do with a bomb I couldn't drop, launch, or even detonate?... | "I was kinda joking mate... Buddy?"
The bastard had fucked off already. Huh. I guess that would be some of that god magic stuff.
It had just been a Tuesday man, I wasn't prepped for this at all. I'd just been talking with some of the guys on tenth about Sam's birthday, made my excuses to visit the bathroom and sudden... | 2020-10-14T06:13:37 | 2020-10-14T05:30:21 | 36 | 23 |
[WP] One day every year, the strings of fate that connect people are visible. Friendship, Family, Soulmate, Lover, Enemy. However, that day, you see a different type of string connecting you to someone. | When you are young, the strings are real magic. They are better than any app or device. Because your strings are yours alone, and they are unexplained, unknowable, and illogical.
Pale strings of light, connecting you to Fate. Blue to deep friendships. Red to love. Green to family. Black to conflict. White to an unclai... | I'd woken up on the morning of Connection Day with a strange new string coming out of me. It wasn't like the usual friendship, family, or lover threads that appeared on that day; rather than hovering just above the ground as intangible strings made of light, this one went *up*. As in up into the sky, so far away I coul... | 2018-05-31T20:42:01 | 2018-05-31T18:31:27 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] Jupiter has 64 moons and a serious werewolf problem.
Edit: damn there's some quality responses here. I wasn't expecting this prompt to be so popular. Good job u guys | The year is 2270. About 150 years ago the human race first started testing planet scale terraforming. Earth was running out of resources and we were long overdue for an upgrade. Why not go to the biggest planet that we know of?
I heard that back in the day, werewolves were a myth. People claimed to see them, but there... | "Car Sixty Two, we've got one. Intersection of Sixth, Halliday, and Uptown Drive."
We hit the lights and sirens and get on the move, that's a bad corner. Most of the business hired their own security a year ago to deal with the problem.
Ricky seems to be unconcerned as we rocket up towards the cubic intersection, we'... | 2016-10-03T10:55:02 | 2016-10-03T08:54:41 | 198 | 45 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | "Come i- *oh come on*," I sighed as I saw who just walked into my office. Mr Williams. *Again*.
"Tobias!" he cheerfully greeted me. I did not share his most likely faux upbeat mood, knowing full well what he wanted.
"My answer's the same," I said. Despite this, he sat down in the chair across of me and made himself c... | The man sat down at the table. He turned the lamp toward my face. I smirked, retracting my eyes into my flesh. At the same times, i elongated my fingers, each one reaching five inches in length as I turned each nail into a new eye.
The man flinched. He knew of my powers, he saw me using them a few times, but never this... | 2022-07-31T14:37:56 | 2022-07-31T14:20:34 | 517 | 145 |
[WP] you are immortal, had to break up with your girlfriend cuz you couldn’t stand the grief of her inevitable death. She seems surprisingly understanding and you believe you’ll never see her again. Centuries later you are shopping and come across her and she looks just as surprised to see you.
Wow this uh- this blew ... | Immortality can be a blessing and a curse. I enjoy watching as humans make new advancements and slowly discover every secret the world has to offer. But an immortal life is a lonely one. At first you don't think about the fact that any friend you make will eventually die and leave you behind.
I was only ever in on... | Why? How? What?
Questions, I asked myself numerous amount of questions.
I assumed that this life of mines was just another trial of torture, torture sent by some unknown source.
The source was probably the universe, with all of its innate capabilities.
Why, why, why,
why are you back!?!? you aren't supposed to liv... | 2022-12-08T09:37:00 | 2022-12-08T09:13:06 | 198 | 117 |
[WP] Everyone has a kill counter above their heads visible to everyone denoting the number of people they killed. One day as you were in your room, yours ticks 1, then 2, then 3 and explodes with digits. | Henry's Spotify playlist with classical music served as the perfect ambient music to accompany the tinkle of Yvonne's fine glassware. She smiled in satisfaction as the room buzzed with lively conversation, guests laughing and chatting as they tucked in the sumptuous dinner.
If there was one thing that felt out of pl... | (This is a long one, I appreciate if you sat through the entire thing!)
"Woah woah woah woah what the fuck!?" I shout in surprise, watching my kill number rise to incomprehensible numbers.
When it stopped, I had looked away, not wanting to see what I had done.
*Shit shit shit shit im getting arrested the moment I st... | 2018-12-07T07:25:42 | 2018-12-07T06:32:35 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] You are mimic. You refuse to use that old trick with chest shape, instead you replaced door in simple house, where owner feeds you delicious fresh rats every day. In exchange you keep the house safe. After all, no bad guy expects door to punch them... | "I'm telling you man, there's something up with this damn lock!"
*No, not really*. Try as the short beard lady-thing might, she can't pick it because I keep reconfiguring the pins inside. *Why do people like this keep trying when it's clear there's something wrong. These intelligent races aren't as intelligent as the... | I've done this one a hundred times. It always works.
First you crack open just a little after someone knocks and steps back.
They either call out then step forward or step forward. No one has been so uncurious as to not approach me and reach out to give me a push.
That's when I have them.
Wham!
I slam back close... | 2022-04-27T04:42:26 | 2022-04-27T02:47:06 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] An all-knowing, all-seeing prophet is being held in captivity by a merchant who sells moments of her time to people interested in their future. You’re sent to kidnap her. When you enter her room, she looks up in surprise and says: “Up until this moment, I had no idea you existed.” | The guards eyes opened wide as he dagger pierced his chest. He coughed, breath turning to wheezes as he began to slump down the wall. I released my grip on his hand, leaving it on the daggers hilt. With a click of my neck I stood, surveying my handiwork. Four highly trained individuals had once stood opposing me. Now t... | Edited: *Because mistakes were made*
It's always been this way, find seize and move that is the job of a hunter, my job. Gradually the guard's frantic clawing at my chokehold ceases as a muffled crack echoes down the hallway. I don't like my job but isn't like I have a choice in the matter, five years of service that'... | 2021-07-10T10:01:16 | 2021-07-10T09:17:43 | 102 | 23 |
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