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[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | I sat in the kitchen seat, knowing that i was getting a mug this father's day. My kids seemed so excited after the phenomenon started. I felt honored as i was being given my official ranking. Although they were already 4 and 5 respectively, i knew i hadn't been a dad long and figured i wouldn't place high.
The kids sw... | "Ya know... i don't know, really... i guess it was just all the pressure was too much for him... i understand it a little now as a parent myself... you just... well you want to do right by your kids, right? But like... you never really know, ya know?"
"Well yeah... the interviews, magazine features... i don't think he... | 2017-06-11T10:02:30 | 2017-06-11T08:28:06 | 36 | 17 |
[WP] You're pretty sure your crush's parents are the head family of a local mob. You decided it's worth the risk, and ask ur crush out anyways. Pretty early on in the date, you realize that they, not their parents, are the mastermind behind the mob's activities. | If your father were the mob mastermind
You'd still be worth it, despite what I'd find
Even should I wake to the head of a horse
A message in its mouth: 'you'll soon turn a corpse'
If your mother were the godmother of crime
I'd learn Italian and buy her good w... | "So what do you do outside of school" she cant be a mobster
"Me and the family are usually working all the time" dont let him know your a mobster
"The family?-"
"MY FAMILY- sorry, i meant my family" whew, he almost found out
definetly a mobster "Cool, like a restaurant? Or a shop?" Come on just give a simple answer... | 2018-10-19T07:39:22 | 2018-10-19T06:03:07 | 126 | 86 |
[WP]Every intelligent, skilled or rich human has been evacuated from the Earth to avoid the alien invasion. This leaves the dregs, criminals and the poor behind on Earth to fend for themselves. Centuries later, the other return to "liberate" Earth only to find that they have won and prospered. | 'Well, it wasn't water that did it, but good, old fashioned lead. Turns out when you come from a planet without the necessary components for gunpowder, thus forcing you to create electrical weapons which coincidentally don't work quite as well in wetter Earth conditions, you don't develop defenses against bullets. Weir... | When we returned to earth, we expected to see some disgusting or terrifying things.
A barren wasteland. Creatures- and by that I dont just mean aliens or animals, but actual humans- killing each other over mundane things. The last spark of humanity will be gone, but we can rebuild it- we thought. We will be able to r... | 2018-09-29T05:21:50 | 2018-09-29T02:37:30 | 656 | 33 |
[WP] The Earth has finally run out of fossil fuels to use as energy and, with the only other option being to turn to clean and renewable energy sources, the U.S. has decided to take drastic measures: trying to reach into alternate dimensions to find oil and other fossil fuels. | It would have been easier if the Crack had led to an uninhabited earth. It would have been easier, too, had the Crack not been made from the USA to the 'USA'. And easier still if the tribes on the other side, hadn't long ago united. If their technology, while different to ours, was not at least on par.
The Crack, alth... | June 14th, 2024
A beach ball is dropped in surprise as the winds begin to flail around the coastline. The little hands that haven't yet known roughness nor scars start trembling, whether it was from dread or excitement, one can only guess. As adults, elders and children alike start to notice the sudden change in we... | 2019-09-04T05:43:44 | 2019-09-04T04:58:22 | 180 | 16 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | New suit, old tie, there's a stain in the middle, and a tear in my eye.
I sigh.
The streets are the same, the cars they drift, the leaves they fall, from the blue sky
I sigh.
I walk and walk, sip and sip, the rye begins to run dry
I sigh.
The students they sleep, careless, naive, am I really the bad guy?
I sigh.
... | "Sancho! Onward to the lair of the despicable dragon!"
"*Jefe, that's a windmill!*"
"Nonsense! We shall skewer it's heart and make La Mancha safe once more!"
**Sancho Panza**, always one for a humorous sight, let his sire **Don Quixote, Knight of the Woeful Countenance**, ride off to do battle with the town windmill... | 2016-02-22T10:07:53 | 2016-02-22T10:00:16 | 300 | 82 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | "Aye, you've heard about the devil's asshole right?"
It was more of a rhetorical question. At this point, everybody had.
A few years back, Bridgeport Connecticut experienced a minor tremor from a minor earthquake. No one thought much of it at the time, save for Mr. Hoolihan whose backyard now sported a three foot wid... | "So what is this?" Samuel paced around the large pit before him. It was about fifteen meters in width. The depth was unknown to him.
*The answer*
"What does it look like?" David called from the opposing side of the hole. "It's a hole."
"Well yeah, I see that. Where does it go?"
*To the beyond*
"Down."
"Wow! R... | 2022-06-02T19:21:41 | 2018-01-13T09:02:58 | 4,551 | 18 |
[WP] Thor is sitting at a diner finishing a meal. A waitress comes by and casually picks up Mjolnir to wipe off the table.
Inspired by a comment made on [this image](http://imgur.com/MMALQdg). | *Well, here goes my first attempt at this sort of thing.*
Grand the feasts of Asgard might be, tables groaning with massive platters of exquisitely prepared meals, but Thor wagered that if this ‘Denny’ had ever plied their trade in his home, they would have been upheld among their finest in the art of the kitchens and... | "sorry about the wait" the server said as a he placed a steak in front of the man whose gaze bothered the staff.
"Do you know who I am Mortal?" the man said as his blue eyes burned into the waiters eyes.
"Hmm, you look familiar and I know I have seen you before now let me think... Oh yeah your Chris Hemsworth, you pl... | 2015-07-10T18:14:29 | 2015-07-10T15:58:23 | 253 | 62 |
[WP] Everyone receives a letter when they turn 18 stating how they will die. You've just received your letter, and it's blank. | To be 18 an immortal. It really wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Eve considered not opening the damned envelope at all. The matte black bringer of doom lay on the kitchen table, a retinal scanner blinking incessantly on the front.
There was a certain sick irony to it that she thought represented to state of humani... | **Thank you for calling the Department of Intrinsic Ends. To help us guide your call, please select the number...**
I pushed zero repeatedly until the recording went silent.
**1) Availability of psychological services in your area.**
With a sigh I settled deeper into the tub to wait.
**2) Department of Future Legal... | 2017-01-17T15:47:45 | 2017-01-17T15:19:11 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] After dying, you are faced with a coin slot. It says, "Pay 1$ to live for another day". You tried it out, and lived for another day. The next day, it showed up again, this time it asks you for 2$. | I felt lucky that day:
I did the old 'drill the coin and put a string through it' trick.
What a clever boy I am! Suck it up, Grim Reaper!
It worked for a while and I thought I got through.
Except on day 12 it was becomining tedious, the amount of time I spent putting the coin and fishing it out. My days were filled... | On the 3rd day it asked for 4, and then 8, and 16, and so on so forth. But then Bill realized he could exploit the system simply by setting the clock back. Setting the clock back to day 1 would reset the cost, and then going further back would pay out money instead of charging it.
Bill set the clock back to his teenag... | 2018-07-29T01:47:45 | 2018-07-29T01:39:19 | 358 | 132 |
[WP] You're rather annoyed that your history teacher gave you a D on your essay about Mesopotamia. Not just because you're sure she doesn't like you, but also because - as an ancient being trying to adapt to modern society - YOU WERE THERE. | This was all done on my phone and in a hurry on lunch break. Not great but I had fun. Hope you enjoy it.
This was the last straw. I had gone through thousands of years. I had built empires, toppled kingdoms, erected great wonders and watched gods fall. I had met, loved, and taught great leaders, artists, craftsmen,... | The bunker was dark, except for one lamp in the corner, shining its false sunlight on the figure of a woman, hunched over a book. One of many books, as a matter of fact. The bunker was stuffed to the gills with them, journal after diary slotted neatly into the shelves inlaid all around the room.
The woman gave a hea... | 2021-07-18T08:56:49 | 2021-07-18T02:39:36 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You are God, after a couple thousand years of people thinking you don't answer their prayers, you realise you've had yourself on mute on the celestial microphone you use to talk to humans.
Edit: Wow, I never expected this to blow up, Thank you for the silver, it was my first ever award!
Edit 2: GOOOLD! Thank you ... | "Well, fuck!" boomed a deep voice from the sky.
At first, the only ones startled were the few people who absolutely, positively knew they were nowhere within reach of a P/A system.
"Peter, can you believe this mute button? Could it be any more hidden?" rang the heavens.
Panic began to set in.
Multicultural friends... | The first voice that came through was one of anger. The self-righteous indignation that the words came with at once jolted me to earth. The words came again this time in a mocking high-pitched tone.
"Please God, answer my prayers Lord they big bad pagans are winning god."
He was prancing about a group of worshipe... | 2019-06-03T09:40:22 | 2019-06-03T09:36:57 | 111 | 35 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that’s when you realize you’ve been dating a dragon in human form. | I stood there, puzzled, for a bit - then burst out laughing.
It explained so many things about her, that I couldn't believe I managed to miss it up to that point. From her walking around barefoot in the dead of winter, to her oddly specific, oddly accurate knowledge of medieval villages and their exact layout, and the... | I look at the massive pile of gold in shock. There must have been a ton of it. It included a wide variety, bars, coins, jewels, statues and any other cold fixture you can think of.
But more terrifying was what layer on top. My girlfriend, Jessica, splayed out in a red dress made of some odd scales that stuck close to ... | 2022-09-10T10:41:26 | 2022-09-10T09:51:49 | 1,580 | 47 |
[WP] The year is 3015 and you’re the last person on earth. You’re outside farming and growing your dinner like usual when suddenly you hear a loud, distorted voice from the sky saying “Yeah this planet will do…” | The year is 3015, and I am the last human on Earth.
The apocalypse wasn't caused by one major cataclysmic event, but rather, by several things all working in tandem. Wars, famines, plagues, climate change causing massive floods, machines turning sentient, and of course the zombies, can't forget the zombies, all wo... | “what the fuck?” I whispered to myself after hearing the voice. I looked around, searching for something, anything, that could’ve caused this strange noise. It was weird, I hadn’t heard a voice other than my own in years.
Shrugging it off as a hallucination, I went back to watering my crops, as it was one of my only ... | 2022-10-23T18:00:00 | 2022-10-23T13:13:30 | 50 | 28 |
[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 | Cutting your hair at home is not a great idea.
At least if you do not have steady hands.
It started off fine but a little uneven.
Now I'll just fix the other side.
Wait, now the back's too long.
Clippers were a bad choice.
Buzz cuts are in.
Little bit more.
Too much.
Bald. | Sometimes I feel like the world is shrinking around me.
I see fewer new faces, just the old ones.
I think stale old thoughts for each meal.
I eat cereal instead of good books.
I draw breath in ragged gasps.
When did I get old?
Have I been sleeping?
Have I lived?
Not yet.
Someday.
| 2015-01-06T02:05:16 | 2015-01-05T22:49:41 | 45 | 19 |
[WP] The rules of who goes to heaven and hell are clear, definite, and inarguable. You are an afterlife lawyer, who helps people figure out if their potentially sinful plans are technically allowed by the rules. | ​
I click my pen. I like doing that, it makes them uneasy. My mistress would have called it a result of my sociopath tendencies. God I miss that bitch.
Mr. Stevens looked at me warily from the other side of the massive oak desk between us. He looked uncomfortable in his rickety old chair. The oiled leather... | "Mr. Mussolini, wasn't it"
I say to an italian looking man, in his 40s, i think.
He's sitting in a chair, from which he couldn't stand; in a room which only has another chair, non-modified and a table. No other visible entrances and exits appear to exist.
"Yes, and who might you be?" He asks in a menacing tone, most ... | 2018-11-30T05:46:50 | 2018-11-30T04:52:23 | 3,098 | 81 |
[WP]Just because one of your chicken eggs hatched a fire breathing dragon people think you’re evil. But you’re still just a regular farmer trying to make a living while dealing with an overprotective dragon, heroes that want to kill you and fanatics who want to worship you as the new Demon Lord. | .
Jake saw a darkly robed figure riding a worn horse up the path to his barn. The dragon belched behind Jake. Jake grated "Eggard, I told you that was impolite." The dragon's eyes swiveled side to side in embarrassment.
The robed man halted his horse at what some might think could be the reach of a dragon's flame. I... | Time seemed heavier for Jenhi Farmhand.
Once upon a time, Jenhi's day consisted of feeding the chickens, tending the crops, and relaxing on the porch to watch the sun set. A visitor might come by once a week; Jenhi might have to chase off a chicken thief once a month.
But ever since Cooper had hatched, thing after th... | 2021-03-21T15:06:08 | 2021-03-21T13:42:50 | 281 | 61 |
[WP] An excerpt from the most cliché young adult novel
Ex. Futuristic dystopian society where vampires roam the streets | Lilac Sun Icesipid ran through the woods, her long ponytail whipping her back. She had to wear it this way, or it might get in the way of the things she had to do to support her family on this barren stretch of desert. Taking out her silver knife, personalized with flower carvings of her favorite flowers, she began to ... | "Oh wow, the world is dying."
"No way," I said nonchalantly.
"Yeah, I mean look at the skyscrapers on fire, and the sky all grey like."
My eyes panned up from my phone and fell on the window. Behind the silhouette of my friend, I indeed saw the apocalypse approaching. "Meh."
He turned to me and scowled, "Will you p... | 2015-05-14T06:19:23 | 2015-05-14T04:56:00 | 55 | 17 |
[WP]: There is a special place in Hell for english teachers. Not because they had any more tendency for evil than anyone else, but because there are so many subtle ways to torture them that wouldn't bother anyone else. | Well I can't say I have any honest clue as to what goes on down there, all I know is that I'm in heaven and I'm typing out short stories I did back in high school right? I type it out, God prints it, puts it in a tube and sends it to hell, and I hear a trillion screams of pain all at once that lasts for about 15 minute... | I went to hell and they kept on making me read runon sentences. Next door to my hell was one where cooks were provided with shakers that had too small of holes in them for the spices to come out. I realized that every profession had aspect that drove them crazy because they were experienced in their fields... | 2018-08-08T15:56:08 | 2018-08-08T14:55:46 | 25 | 17 |
[WP] Your whole life you were misdiagnosed as colour blind, when in reality you could see colours no-one else could. You see art differently, the sunset and sunrise differently. A rainbow to you is out of this world. One day you go to visit the Mona Lisa. You see something no-else does... | The Mantis Shrimp is the most badass creature in the world. Seriously. Its the equivalent of a nuclear-powered cranky lobster with years of martial arts training. Its claws strike so fast that they vaporize the water around it. It kills by creating a cavitation wave, a high pressure exploding water donut jet of death. ... | **Selim**
The headmaster was particularly fond of culture awareness and therefore had dragged his greased-handed students to the Louvres Museum, possessed by an unwavering enthusiasm rivaled only by the teenagers mild interest in decrepit statues and paintings titties.
Most of them were setting foot in a museum for t... | 2019-01-29T04:10:03 | 2019-01-29T04:01:52 | 2,657 | 68 |
[WP] Elves are an extremely long-lived of the races, and so have quite the lazy attitude when it comes to learning new skills, often saying things like, "I'll do it eventually." You were different, however. You were committed to fully using all of your thousand or so years of life to their fullest. | It always impressed me how some humans became polymaths despite only living a handful of decades. In equal measure, it surprised me how nondescript our own elven species was where intellectual prowess was concerned; we didn't have a single member who possessed the breadth of knowledge that the greatest human thinker ha... | "I should've been born a human. Really, it'd make things so much easier if I had. Sure they only live for, what, 60, 70 years, but damn do they make those years count. Every single one of them is scrambling to learn something, to do something. And that means they actually accomplish things.
I mean, in my parent's life... | 2020-08-18T16:42:55 | 2020-08-18T14:56:22 | 38 | 22 |
[WP] You've just arrested a woman and are dragging her away from a bleeding corpse. "It's not my fault, the voices made me do it!", she yells. "Release her", you hear menacingly from somewhere within yourself, "or you shall become our new vessel." | The voice I hear is deep, dark and menacing. With it comes a sense of dread.
"What are you?" I ask, only thinking the words.
"It doesn't matter."
I stop and address the woman. "Do you know why it made you do it?"
She shakes her head.
The voice speaks up again. "Release her!"
"Will you make me if I don't?" I inqui... | "Will you leave her alone then? Will I then be your only vessel?"
"Yes, of course, why..."
"Then please do come in and make yourselves at home."
"What?!"
"Come in and stay in if you can. Can you? Maybe you can't? I don't have schizophrenia. Or any other mental illness. I am perfectly mentally and physically healthy... | 2020-07-09T12:40:48 | 2020-07-09T12:26:51 | 686 | 152 |
[WP] You are the world's best public speaker. Your words have swayed world leaders, have ended countless conflicts, and effected nation's policies. Nobody knows that because of your anxiety you have to get blackout drunk before every speech and never remember what you say. | I grimaced at the video of myself. The crowd shouted in alarm as I vomited on the stage. The mixed drink from that night did not agree with my system *at all*, I thought as I downed pedialyte. The audience silently watched as I collapsed on stage, onto my own sick, and passed out. There was a pause, and they cheered. M... | 30 minutes left to showtime, and I open the handle. You want to know a secret? I don’t even like the taste, smell or anything to do with alcohol. Never have, never will, from those first tentative days in college to now, when my liver’s more scarred up than Freddy Kruger’s face.
But they all go away. My managers, the ... | 2019-06-08T10:07:50 | 2019-06-08T09:42:55 | 48 | 22 |
[WP] A soldier on the front dies in the middle of writing a letter home. It is finished and sent by the man who killed him. | Frankie,
I know you're angry. Dad told me that you're failing English of all subjects and that you've been drinking again. I know you're angry. I'm angry. I'm sorry that mom did what she did. I'm sorry that you and dad had to move out. I'm sorry you had to change schools. I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you.
... | Sammy,
I know that I've been away from home for a long time now, and I'm sorry. My, you must be big now! You were just starting to crawl when I went away. I'm writing this letter so that you'll remember who I am once we are re-united. You make sure that your mom has a picture of me right over your bed so that you see ... | 2015-02-03T13:29:19 | 2015-02-03T13:20:17 | 534 | 202 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | It was 12:01 before I felt myself breathe again.
It was 12:02 when I heard the first sob.
It might have been my mom, I don't remember.
I held my arm away from my body like a vial of toxic chemicals, like it would catch my body on fire if I held it too close.
My uncle shifted nervously in his seat, waiting for somet... | I couldn't believe it. I would have never guessed it. I had so much potential. Everyone thought I would be a doctor, a lawyer, or maybe even an astronaut. I always dreamed of being someone famous. A musician, an athlete, a movie star. But according to some fucking ink, I'm neither. All my friends got good ones. Even Je... | 2017-03-16T03:02:12 | 2017-03-16T00:50:02 | 226 | 15 |
[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 ... | 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... | 2015-06-09T09:54:42 | 2015-06-09T07:11:34 | 95 | 69 |
[WP] When you were a child, a mysterious voice whispered "follow the woman in the red dress with the gold polka dots". All your life, you never saw her. Now, lying in the hospital, 98 years old, you see a woman in a red dress and gold polka dots walk past your room. | This was it, the final chapter. I couldn’t hold the pen anymore, for no longer was it my turn to. I’d lived a life I’d wanted, and my wife had too bless her soul, she left first with our hands holding on for her dear life. She wasn’t ever ready to go, she didn’t comprehend what the repercussions might be. It took her a... | Everything fell out of focus. The beeping on the monitor sounded very far away. I got up out of bed slowly, feeling much lighter than before. The floor was cold beneath my feet. I pulled the tape off my arm and removed the IV. It didn't matter anyway. I knew I was on borrowed time. I had lived a good life. It just coul... | 2019-11-07T09:26:20 | 2019-11-07T09:13:01 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... |
When humans reached the final frontier, we realized we weren’t alone quickly. We saw planets and species disappear in a matter of weeks after discovery. The weapons they used were much more advanced then ours, and we thought that we were the under dogs in this fight. Diplomats were sent to communicate, and they never... | Humans were so fascinating, yet so fragile. That was what Lamaza thought of them.
Give them a gun or a sword, and they had the drive, ambition, and the cruelty to conquer. Yet, beneath the facade of conqueror, every Galactic organization noticed their fragility, as in a glass statue-- so beautifully fascinating, yet b... | 2019-10-25T09:09:30 | 2019-10-25T08:04:16 | 83 | 62 |
[WP] “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
A Quote from the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss | We stand in the ashes of their world, the last vestiges of our energy beginning to fade. Destroyed by our imperative to conquer, destroyed by the arrogance of our maker. Destroyed by the one that came.
He arrived with little fanfare, just appearing one day in his ridiculous craft, just him and an earthling girl. No w... | As I walk through the fields of ash and fire I shudder, did I actually do this?
All of this? Death... because they took everything from me?
I shudder and fall to my knees, sobs wracking my frame.
It's not right, what I did.
A scream tears me out of my thoughts, a person! I have to help them.
I rush towards the sound... | 2017-04-14T02:43:49 | 2017-04-14T00:03:12 | 32 | 18 |
[WP]Sometimes children get born with weird diseases like vampirism or lycantrophy. The effects of these uncurable illnesses only get detectable when the kid is around 8 years old. Many parents then abandon their child. You run an orphanage for these children. | "Jakob stop trying to bite Lisa and Lisa stop bothering Jakob, you two know well enough how to behave."
The situation developing right in front of me had something in common with a circus show. Someone without knowledge of the nature of this place, would see a hairy wolf like creature trying to poke a bat with a sti... | Some may wonder why a normal person like me would run such a place or why no one seems to be able to track my family or why I was abandoned. Though none of that really matters now does it.
It not an easy task running an orphanage, but someone has to do it. These days it’s not so stressful. Some of the children have gr... | 2019-01-17T08:03:33 | 2019-01-17T07:09:50 | 47 | 23 |
[WP] The programmers of the world wake up to find that they can do magic by writing (and with focused speaking) programs. What are C, C++, Java, Python, Haskell and other major languages like? Which are 'regular magic', 'beginner's magic' and 'dark arts' etc.? What is your day like?
How does a person cast: "shoot an a... | The hallway was dark, but I ran anyway. My clothes clung tight to my body, my breath coming in short spurts, and I glanced at my smartphone one more time; still fried, the screen dark and unresponsive. So much for my preparations.
I'd have to do this manually.
I closed my eyes, just for an instant. There was a cert... | I guess if you're planning on learning a programming language, you'll need to know why it's generally advised against. You need to know about the Paradigms and the world created by programmers, that has put us in the situation we are in today.
You see, some time ago, about twenty years ago, to be precise, a girl was b... | 2015-04-13T10:39:49 | 2015-04-13T09:37:09 | 149 | 33 |
[WP] You were born on a colonizing spacecraft on your way to a distant star. You are the middle generation of history; born to late to have seen Earth, and to early to live to see your destination. | Alarms shriek like lunatics. They would throw me off this ship if they could. My parents were smuggled on and hidden. When my mother got pregnant they had to get help. I was born nine months later. The first child born out in the dark.
There was no prison so they were kept on a lower storage level. All the stowaways ... | There are 17 different types of grains and starches grown under the glaring artificial lights of *The Barbicane*’s greenhouses. And I’ve made booze from pretty much every single one of them. Let me be the first to tell you that sorghum vodka is bad enough to be considered a chemical weapon. If you ever get the chance t... | 2016-10-18T11:29:08 | 2016-10-18T11:07:20 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] To get in Heaven, you have to confront the person who you hurt the most. You were expecting an ex, your parents/relatives, or a friend. You didn't expect to see yourself. | "Oh shit, not you. I've had enough of your self-hating bullshit," you say as you see yourself sitting across the table.
"I know, right?" he replies, "You'd figure the one reprieve you'd get from your own misery was up here, but guess what, God throws you yet another curveball."
"What a cocksucker," you mumble under y... | Eyes narrowing in confusion, she stares at the person before her. Moments of silence balloon to fill the space between them before she finds her voice: "I...I'm sorry. But there must be a mistake. I don't know you."
The other girl tilts her head, ringlets of brown hair cascading onto her shoulder. "You do, Claire. Y... | 2016-08-15T06:49:48 | 2016-08-15T05:36:25 | 132 | 10 |
[WP] You're on your death bed, and the personification of your greatest regret has come to say goodbye. | *Okay, it's time, Liv! I need you to spread your legs, give me one nice, long push! There you go!*
Where am I? What the hell is going-
*Keep going! You're crowning!*
Ouch. Ouch.
*I see the head, come on! Don't stop now!*
I'm tired. I can't. Please stop. I need-
*Annnnd the head is out! A couple more pushes and yo... | I grew old. How did I grow so old? My life that all would envy has past me by before I knew it. My wife. My loving, caring, wonderful wife. She stayed beside me as I laid in this bed, withering away. I could not ask her to do that, but I love her with every fiber for it. My kids. All successful, grown adults that bless... | 2014-09-27T06:09:32 | 2014-09-27T05:52:33 | 58 | 13 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | Some days are easier than others, the days when someone sells 5 points of their soul to fufill a wish to get their dream job. Other days are tougher, people who sell half their soul to change the opinions of others; making someone love you costs a pretty penny and leaves even someone like me sick to my stomach.
The wo... | The kid was way too young to even know what she was doing. But then I heard her dad and thought, "Hey, I'd better stick around long enough to see if I can scare the livin' shit out of this guy."
Well, yeah, demons aren't pure evil. Mostly we have our reputation because we'll take on the dirty jobs that angels won't do... | 2018-10-08T15:18:49 | 2018-10-08T15:00:28 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You are the host of a popular children's show. You are live on air when you, and the rest of the country, have just received news that nuclear weapons have been deployed against your nation and can't be stopped. There are only minutes left. | "Hey kids. This is weird that we are doing a live TV show right? We've been on the air and live for 15 years. Live kids TV. Weird isn't it. There is no show like it, and there won't be any more. The bell is tolling for all of us kids. Get into mommy and daddy's liquor cabinet and grab whatever bottle they have that say... | I feel my eyes start to water as I feel the gravity of the situation. I know I will never see my family, friends, or lovers again. I turn away from the camera, wipe the tears from my eyes and take a deep breath. Anyone who did not run out of the studio is sobbing, and holding onto one another. I catch my sound producer... | 2014-07-29T13:18:35 | 2014-07-29T13:15:51 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] While browsing on your parent's computer you recieve an email notification addressed to them. It's from an advanced robotics corporation, informing them that the warranty on [your name] expires in 30 days. | > Here we have a very special guest with us today, the first android with a complete consciousness. How's your new model doing?
Fantastic, thanks.
> Was getting into your new body weird as your mental age progressed?
Well, now-a-days it is because everything is so formal, but when I lived with my parents it w... | "Let's fire up this bad boy before my idiot parents get home!" I say as I log onto their desktop computer.
I like using the desktop to crank down on rather than the laptop or tablet, gives it a nostalgic feel of back in the days of dial up. I may be 32, and visiting my parents house to do my laundry, but as the frenc... | 2017-01-14T07:19:46 | 2017-01-14T07:06:35 | 60 | 11 |
[WP] Death comes to you with the offer of a game to evade it. "What if its a game we both lose?" "What?" "The Game." | "How devious. You're hired."
 
"What?"
 
"Did you not hear me mortal? By principle, since you have lost, you forfeit your life. And since I have lost, I cannot reap your soul. Don't think you were the first to have struck such a deal."
 
"Wait, what happens now?"
 
"As I said... | Ol' D sat in silence as he comprehended my shenaniganous machinations. Bested 'fore the game had begun. I took another long breath of paint thinner.
"So, I'm immortal now, right?" I puffed at the old fogey, wringing his hands and soaking his tan suit in sweat. "Spit it out, I may have all day but I ain't wastin' it."... | 2022-06-28T12:16:35 | 2022-06-28T02:44:30 | 42 | 30 |
[WP] You’re a hero with an archenemy. One day, afternoon defeating them, you jokingly asked: “What could I do to stop you once and for all?” To your surprise, they responded: “Help me open a coffee shop “ | “I beg your pardon?”
“Coffee. Shop. Simple stuff.”
“And that would stop you… how? Exactly?”
“I’ll be busy running a business. And I can call myself the only villain who could make the Archangel retire. It’s win-win, Seb.”
Absolute confusion plastered across his face, Sebastian took a seat on the moss-covered curb ... | "A coffee shop. This git had me running in circles, setting traps and staging kidnappings, robbing banks, shooting lasers into the night sky that were most _definitely_ not up to code, for a thrice damned mom and pop paper cup and teatime goods small business _coffee shop_.
""Well, it wouldn't _just_ be a coffee shop ... | 2020-10-12T09:10:23 | 2020-10-12T06:22:36 | 108 | 44 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence is 20 words, the second is 19, and so on until the story ends with one word. | "Well I must say, when all is said and done, it was a good run while it lasted, wasn't it?"
"I am impressed. To make something last for so long is an achievement. Do you plan to make another?"
"Perhaps, but not right away. I want to reflect on my work and figure out what to fix."
"Always the planner, aren't you? ... | I’ve been asked to write a short story which permits me to use exactly twenty words in the first sentence.
After that one, follows a sentence which has only nineteen words are permitted to be used within the sentence.
The next sentence is allowed to have one less word, that means this sentence has eighteen words with... | 2019-02-19T12:14:57 | 2019-02-19T11:14:00 | 38 | 19 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | "So...*uh*...nice throne?"
***THANK YOU IT IS MADE OF SKULLS HONORED TO BE BUILT INTO MY SKULL THRONE!!!***
"Got a nice view of that red, steaming lake there, I see."
***YES THE LAKE OF BLOOD MADE FROM THE BLOOD DRAWN AND SHED BY MY FAITHFUL BERZERKERS IS QUITE POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT MY REALM!!!***
"Neat.... | "And this is...?"
The man behind the desk laughed at him and turned away.
"No, seriously, talk. What're you, an illegal immigrant? Don't hide your face from me, I know who you are--"
The man fixed him with a withering glare. "Passport, *sir*?"
"What? I'm the goddamn President-to-be, I don't carry that. Check your T... | 2016-03-07T17:04:48 | 2016-03-07T11:15:31 | 469 | 114 |
[WP] "For my first wish..." is all you're able to get out before you're cut off "nuh-uh, bro. That's not how this works. I'm your motivational life coath genie. I don't just grant you wishes. I help motivate you to achieve what you want through hard work and dedication. YOU READY TO GO, BRO?" | "For my first wish—"
"Nuh-uh, bro," the genie interrupted.
He'd appeared from some old lamp I found in my dead grandma's attic. Going through that attic was an escape; a way to forget for a minute that I'd buried the last member of my family and that there wasn't a single shoulder out there I'd be able to cry on now... | “You know what?” I asked out loud as I walked into the garage.”I’m gonna clean this place up during quarantine!”
But suddenly the mess in front of my eyes seemed more real than ever. I but my lip and said, “Yeah, or not.” Right as I was about to go back to my room, I heard a voice from the back of the garage:
“C’mon,... | 2020-04-13T03:37:40 | 2020-04-13T03:00:55 | 147 | 87 |
[WP] Everyone knows you're the most powerful member of the league, so why are you an F-tier hero? Because F-tier is cleanup. The others protect the world from threats. You protect it from the other heroes. | "Why do you do it?" The guy asking me goes by Blaze. Nice kid, fairly new. I know that last part because all the new ones ask, eventually.
"Because someone should, and I feel that this is the best way I have to help people." I say, and take another sip of my cocktail. I prevent a collapsing building from ... | What makes you a hero?
I'm not quiet sure.
Super strength, super speed, an IQ of 600, a mechanized suit, coming from a different planet. All of those things can definitely give you super powers, and they could make you a super hero - but they could also make you a villain.
When I was a boy I wanted nothing but to be... | 2021-09-22T22:25:05 | 2021-09-22T21:31:51 | 145 | 69 |
[WP] When everyone turns 18, they receive a pet which is figurative of their personality. You're the first person to receive a dragon... | He was the only one of four brothers to reach eighteen. The other three had bravery in spades but each lacked a little of what he had. The first had few brains. He slept with the wife of a general and was publicly executed. Mihailo watched them put a bullet through his brother’s head without blinking. The second lacke... | Ian was buried under a thick layer of sheets when he felt something moist run the length of his back. It entered his dream, and he saw a dog licking him. Ian started to play with the dog, before he felt the feeling again and jolted awake.
He slowly opened his eyes, saw the dragon in front of him, and went to check the... | 2014-09-28T07:20:27 | 2014-09-28T04:20:39 | 463 | 32 |
[WP] Liars' pants really do catch on fire. You're moderating the first presidential debate. | Ok, so Trump has taken the stage, greeted everyone in the room, and has gone on to say he hopes the best man wins - and yes, the fire extinguishers have been brought out, everyone seems to be fine, singed eyebrows and all that, is that a record, Mark?
My co-moderator Mark has informed me that yes, at 2 seconds this b... | And Mr. Trump it's now your turn, the question is, "How will you help America".
Trump- "Well I can tell you this, America loves me, I mean they love me but not like I love me, and America needs saving this I can tell you, all kinds of saving, but really they need saving by me because I know saving, and you with the ni... | 2016-07-28T14:09:23 | 2016-07-28T09:32:21 | 49 | 22 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | An Ode to Sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine,
You make me warm,
Sunshine, sunshine,
You let me see,
Sunshine, sunshine,
Life on Earth which is not supported by the heat of geothermal activity is entirely dependant upon you because you drive the process of photosynthesis which allows plants to grow and all food chai... | Slam poetry!
Yelling!
Angry!
Waving my hands a lot!
Specific point of view on things
Cynthia!
Cynthia
Jesus died for our sin-thee-uhs
Jesus cried, run... | 2017-01-30T12:19:57 | 2017-01-30T10:16:58 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] Diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since birth, 24/7 you’ve heard the voice and thoughts of a girl that you’ve been told is made up in your head. You’re 37 and hear the voice say “turn around, did I find you?” and you turn to see a real girl who’s heard every thought you’ve ever had and vice versa. | "Turn around. Did I find you?"
I became a stalagmite of dread, paralyzed in place by the voice that reverberated in my head. Clear as the crisp smell of rain on asphalt. Powerful as an shameful orgasm.
I turned around, certain that the Voice -- creatively named, that -- would be naught but my mental illness quixotica... | She has always been there for me. She has always been honest with me.
When I was 4 years old, she told me Mr Bunny had been saying mean things about me. I threw him in the bin. My mother was upset she said why did I throw away my favourite toy. I said he's not my favourite any more.
When I was 6, she taught me what v... | 2019-09-14T11:18:09 | 2019-09-14T11:01:10 | 232 | 16 |
[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." | *44 YARDS NORTH A CHILD LIES FACE DOWN IN THEIR POOL, UNATTENDED. DEATH IN 172 SECONDS. TIME TO RUN.*
The ring compelled me to run. I didn’t really even know which way was north, but my body pulled me off in some direction and I followed it, fast. Or, as fast as I can. I’m not much of a runner, but when you are told t... | No, Jeremy was sure this had to be a prank. A stupid ring on the ground couldn’t actually be able to… but, what if?
Well, it’s not like they had anything better to do.
On his ventures around the dumpsters, he found a small shiny ring covered in the dirt. Brushing it off greeted him with the most detailed ring they’ve... | 2018-04-30T12:07:17 | 2018-04-30T10:19:31 | 377 | 143 |
[WP] When you and your twin sister were born your parents couldn't help but cry with your colorful and specifically shaped hair it was clear you would suffer from MCS, Main Character Syndrom, and would have to spend your life avoiding beginings of cliche adventures. | When I saw that hair, that’s when I knew I was going to die. My baby boy, Hermès, was just like every baby in that hospital, I’m sure that’s what all the doctors thought anyways. That’s what I thought too, but then, his hair started to come in.
Blue.
Shit, maybe it’s a fluke, just a random lucky event, natural blue ha... | "Another one of those candy canes again, sister. It seems we'll never be over our childhood sweethearts."
"You know, if the writers who wrote those books really cared about children, they'd have looked up MCS."
"Yeah, i mean, 30 minutes of liking one book and you see candy canes every other street like it's some kind... | 2019-04-11T21:16:01 | 2019-04-11T20:37:43 | 34 | 11 |
[WP] In another universe, Bob Ross is a renowned chef who travels the globe giving good advice to troubled restaurants, and Gordon Ramsay is a famous painter with the angriest art show on TV. | Gordon's palate had a lot of colour, but his temper had more.
"Give this, here, a good swish. I want to see the texture in this part," he told the camera. His paint brush dipped into hues of Indian yellow and titanium white.
"Now, don't be like those painters who forget the depth of a sunset in the sky. You don't wan... | \*Gordon Ramsay facing 4 aspiring painters who are standing next to their easels waiting to explain their art.
"Right. You there, what is it you've attempted to splash onto this canvas?"
\*Nervous young artist wearing a beret with paint splattered on his flushed face uncovers his easel.
"Well chef, I mean uhmmm Art... | 2019-03-31T18:57:32 | 2019-03-31T18:57:04 | 91 | 41 |
[WP] In the style of Dr. Seuss explain a major event in human history. | One jew, two jew
Who jew, you jew?
Sign this form to identify who's who
and we'll send you to the learning center for you few
With evidence for why? Well why? We have no clue
We'll call it a prize, a reward, or a privilege
While we map out population simply based off of lineage
Germany will prosper the jews wi... | One day, two buildings stood tall
two buildings stood proud and tall, side by side.
two buildings that stood so wonderfully tall, with nowhere to hide
they stood together with pride,with thousands of people inside.
One day two wonderfully tall buildings watched the September sun.
As inside the two buildings was ... | 2014-08-09T21:04:37 | 2014-08-09T20:53:32 | 86 | 46 |
[WP] "10 million slaves as tribute" the alien armada demanded. Less fortunate people were quickly rounded up, offered and taken. The aliens response: "We can only save that many and it was the fairest way to pick. The Scourge approaches, we are sorry." After that they hastily leave. | "OK people I need a solution now!" president Trump shouted in the oval office.
The room was filled with people, not just the normal advisers but anyone that could have an idea was there. This was no time to hold back.
"Home less people" some one said.
"Will take to much time" another person objected.
"Prisone... | If the rest of the council would have stopped fighting over who to send, who to offload, maybe they would have realized the real question. Why did they want us to hand over people?
When the tribute was demanded, it came without threat. There were no ray guns aimed at us, no promise of global destruction, just a bunch ... | 2020-01-16T22:14:05 | 2020-01-16T21:24:28 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] "My dad was right, I should have married a real man!" your wife screamed. Unfamiliar with the expression, you mistakenly believe that she and her father must have somehow finally found out that you aren't actually a human | "My dad was right, I should have married a real man!" my wife screamed.
My circuits were ablaze. Ablaze, that’s a very manly word, perhaps I was becoming more human. Wasn’t that the goal anyways? To become more human than the life forms currently occupying that title. No, the mission directive was to assimilate an... | I stared at her drunkenly for a few moments. He knows. How does he know? I blinked rapidly. Her hair was frizzled, the same color of the red sun that once gave me warmth. Her green eyes reminding me of the sky that I came from. God, she's beautiful.
"All you do is drink. I had to clean up 13 bottles today. 13 fucking ... | 2017-10-22T17:33:50 | 2017-10-22T13:22:40 | 42 | 18 |
[WP] The dragon "kidnaps" the princess so they can go on their dates. The knight intentionally take as long as possible to "rescue" the princess. To both give them time to enjoy themselves. But also to spend time with his crush. The sorcerer. | Princess Julia arranged her hair into the high conical hat before taking another look in the mirror. As she was tucking the last bit of braid under the veil, the mirror began to swirl with a foggy image. A red-eyed visage stared forth at her, rows of sharp teeth plunging out of a long snout. A snarl issued forth from t... | Hi, my name if Drug and I'm a dragon. What? Is my name not dragon-y enough? Well, not all of us can be called Smaug. Anyway, this isn't a discussion about names. It's a story about love. And like any good love story, it begins with abduction.
I've been in awe of Princess Giselle since I first saw her at her coming-of... | 2022-02-22T09:22:02 | 2022-02-22T08:03:01 | 182 | 100 |
[WP] You're a ferocious demon king. You're surprised one day to find that a young woman has been left at your door. Only to later find out her father, the king, is using you as bait to find a knight worthy of marrying his daughter. | The thick wooden doors to the throne room were charred and splintered, they were broken inward with the force of a powerful magical explosion. Past the doors were several inhuman bodies strewn about and bleeding various shades of green onto the hardwood floors. A powerful figure pulled his sword from a now limp goblin ... | **"I shall not help you!"**
The mighty Orlak was very unhappy. He stared at the young human dressed in nothing but a white gown shivering in the winter cold in front of his castle door. The more he pondered on the audacity of the king beyond the mountain the more he bubbled with fury. What the king did was more than a... | 2017-10-06T10:01:24 | 2017-10-06T06:23:28 | 201 | 135 |
[WP] There is a place. A place between places. It's an actual place but it isn't here nor there. Lost travelers are the only ones who can find the place. Staying for a night, safe from other places and other things, and nothing more. Except you. You were born in the place.
(edit: super happy folks are having fun with ... | I pause. I thought I heard something, but it was so faint.
Sighing, I get up from my seat by the fire, always better to check. One can never be sure here and helping the lost is the only purpose I’ve ever had. No friends, no family, except the temporary ones, I don’t know how I came to be, or even when, just that I h... | The Wayside is all I've ever known. For some, it appears as a tavern with many rooms and a grand feast hall. Others see it as a trainstation. Or even a large campsite with many tents and large, warm, inviting bonfire. It changes to fit the needs of each and every adventurer, traveller, or otherwise lost soul. I was bor... | 2022-11-22T09:26:46 | 2022-11-22T08:34:49 | 45 | 20 |
[WP] Scientists discovered that vegetables and fruit have a conscience. Vegetarians and Vegans go crazy. | Humanity comes in two distinct flavors: good and bad. While it is believed all these years that having an in-built moral compass is exclusively found in only humans, scientists have now discovered that we share this trait with fruits and vegetables as well.
"It's astounding," said Clarke Morales of the Monash Universi... | "Your eating salad again?" said the carrot to the vegan
"Yeah"
"What it wasn't enough to kill just one of us? You mix us all in together?"
"Hey man you're being really judgemental"
"Hey I subsist off of nutrients. But that's just because I care about the world" said the carrot.
…
"Yeah so like, we grew these orga... | 2015-12-06T09:25:56 | 2015-12-06T08:13:15 | 1,061 | 51 |
[WP] Drunkenly, you accidentally pour vodka into your pet's water bowl. As a result, your pet breaks the number one rule: do not speak to your owner... Ever.
Did NOT expect this amount of replies. Thanks guys! It'll be an interesting read. | Room spinning, face warm and night stretched so thin that it was quickly becoming midday she stumbled into the kitchen. An outstretched hand reached out to scrape against walls, slipping onto counters to boost unreliable knees. A quick rest by the fridge, face pressed against the coolness of the freezer door.
"O-ne m... | "Whooo hoooo! Now that has some kick to it!"
My eyes shot opened thinking if I heard what I think I heard. 'God my head hurt like hell, damn that was a crazy night. Been a long time since I drank that much. Wait, hold on. What had a kick to it?' I roll off the couch and thud hard onto the floor.
"Drank you frunk bash... | 2016-08-02T18:41:05 | 2016-08-02T18:35:44 | 172 | 124 |
[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. | "Alright, alright, I've got one," wheezed Richardson over gales of laughter. "I bet you can't... make *this* monkey famous." He produced a photograph from a local zoo from within his jacket.
"Please, we can come up with better than that," sneered Kringle. "I'll have it done by tonight... and that's not even technicall... | "This year, the award will be determined on he following criteria. Whomever manages to effect the greatest change with the smallest object will win an additional 25% prize. Any member who does not submit their buy-in in one hour will forfeit the opportunity to compete." The message, handed to me on a piece of what seem... | 2016-08-23T16:11:42 | 2016-08-23T16:00:26 | 578 | 179 |
[WP] A college student finally lands an internship, only to later realize that they are assisting a god.
Could be God/Satan, could be from other historical pantheons, could be a god of your own creation. Why does this god need an intern in the first place? | When he made a mountain rise up out of the ground far off on the horizon, that's when I had an inkling he was a god. Not many mortal men have the ability to make a mountain appear, and even fewer have the ability to make a mountain appear in mere seconds. He was looking out his office window admiring the rocky formatio... | INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Change the world! Join an exciting team focused on making a big difference! We have been around for a very long time and need an intern to help with a major comeback. Apply To: Traveler Holdings Inc., 55 Central Park West.
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Vince yawned and stood up, scratching at his chest under his p... | 2015-08-15T10:57:08 | 2015-08-15T06:55:04 | 65 | 36 |
[WP] In a world where pregnancies sometimes last a few extra months resulting in a child with superpowers, your wife has been pregnant for 15 years | The LEDs blinked as a distant thud echoed through the clinic room. It was soft but low; a powerful enough explosions somewhere overhead that a few poofs of dust fell from the ceiling. Damnit, Todd thought again, wishing for the millionth time that their daughter had just been a normal baby.
Sarah screamed next to him,... | Stone baby, thats what the doctor said. "The fetus has died and begun to calcify, if we don't perform a c-section and remove it she could suffer major organ failure and die aswell" I wiped the tears from my face with the end of my sleeve balled up in my hand from the stress as I heard the doctor give me the news. I TOL... | 2017-07-08T00:39:33 | 2017-07-08T00:29:08 | 166 | 32 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | After having a child my wife and I wanted to go against the stereotype of the stay at home mom. That's right, my job title went from 'District Manager of Carmike Cinemas' to 'Stay At Home Dad'. Okay so in all honesty we didn't do this to fight the stereotypes, my wife had a better paying job as a doctor; so instead of ... | "Daddy!" I hear my little girl giggle from upstairs. "Daddy look what I done!". She's my world - my beautiful girl of 6. Me and my wife adopted her as we couldn't have children of our own, but she might as well be our biological child; we're a very close family.
"In a minute, Anna!" I yell - "Show your mother and I'll... | 2016-05-19T15:48:47 | 2016-05-19T13:10:57 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] You discovered the legendary monkey’s paw which can grant you any wish. Out of fatal curiosity, you wished for the rest of the monkey. A finger curled and your wish was granted. You then found yourself face-to-face with Sun Wukong himself: The Monkey King, Destroyer of Heavens. | As the final finger curled up into the monkeys paw I readied a shielding spell. A pretty standard shield of kinetic energy was probably about all I’d be able to muster given my current condition. I could’ve wished to be in perfect health again. I could’ve wished for the gods to forget that I ever existed and go home to... | "Wait...you're not a monkey! You're some weird dude with a tail! Who are you!"
“I am the hope of the universe...I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace...I am the protector of the innocent...I am the light in the darkness...I am truth. Ally to good...Nightmare to-”
"What? Jeez I mean what's your *... | 2022-11-27T00:29:54 | 2022-11-27T00:29:47 | 81 | 43 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | Looking in the mirror, I puffed my chest out arrogantly.
I flexed, and admired the aesthetics of my physique.
Vascular arms, the chiseled abs, and V taper.
And then my eyes stopped short, shocked.
I trembled as the realization dawned.
I've made a huge mistake.
... | The very air hung heavy with the weight of anticipation.
The sun gleamed off of the white, hot metal.
A sudden, bright flash erupted from the earth.
An excited buzz swept through the crowd.
Deafening silence heralded the deafening roar.
A pillar of fire rose.
It climbed into heaven.
The crowd rose.
They waved... | 2015-01-05T22:38:49 | 2015-01-05T21:35:07 | 1,258 | 54 |
[WP] Humans are all psychic, in fact all animals on earth are to some degree. Unfortunately, too many defenses have evolved to make the ability useful or even noticable. The alien invaders however, have evolved no such defenses. | Their invasion was going well, until they got off their ships. See, when they were on the ships, those things shaped like throwing knives shoved through cigars, they were insulated - not from the atmosphere, but from everything that was in it. On the ships, they terrorized our biggest cities, they stood toe to toe with... | "Everything we throw at them... it's as if they can read our minds."
They'd run all the simulations, and they should have won. Their planet was fractured, their military was weak, and yet somehow their invasion party had been wiped out without a second thought.
"Sir, there is are fluctuating radio waves being emitted... | 2018-11-19T01:52:42 | 2018-11-18T23:47:24 | 466 | 163 |
[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... | "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... | 2017-01-14T18:21:32 | 2017-01-14T16:42:22 | 159 | 20 |
[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 | Cutting your hair at home is not a great idea.
At least if you do not have steady hands.
It started off fine but a little uneven.
Now I'll just fix the other side.
Wait, now the back's too long.
Clippers were a bad choice.
Buzz cuts are in.
Little bit more.
Too much.
Bald. | 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.
| 2015-01-06T02:05:16 | 2015-01-06T01:50:36 | 45 | 10 |
[WP] You are notified when you visit somewhere for the last time. Today, the notification appears everywhere you go.
[deleted] | I was in line for my daily coffee when I got the first one: a little ping from the device on my wrist with a notification that read "Cafe Ole - Last Visit". I wasn't too heartbroken about it. Truth is, I only bought my coffee there because it was the closest and cheapest place aside from the usual deli. Perhaps they we... | This is my first time really ever doing something like this so feedback would be nice, I know there's some plotholes and I could fix them but I felt like it was ok.
I also tried recording my own story if anyone wants to listen to me read it instead:
https://soundcloud.com/user-824876274/you-are-notified-when-you
Who w... | 2016-11-03T09:23:39 | 2016-11-03T08:59:00 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] It's the year 2100. All humans are raised by machines from birth, and have never met their families. When a person turns 18, they must pick a country to live in. There is one catch: You must pass the tests put forth by that country. | MA makes a soft whirring noise beside me. I don't have to look at the message scrolling across its screen to know what it's communicating to me.
"I can't run any faster than this, and I don't care what your fitness calculations say, because they're wrong," I complain, panting as I slow down to compensate for the breat... | As I wake up on my 18th birthday, I planned to test for the most modern countries as I want my life to be the best. I make my way to the bathroom in my living quarters. My nerves are already firing as I contemplate which country I plan to live in. As I finish my morning routine I sit on my bed for the remaining 2 minut... | 2018-06-19T22:48:55 | 2018-06-19T21:23:53 | 70 | 10 |
[WP]Write a gritty and depressing story set in a cutesy and childlike environment, or do the reverse and write a childishly optimistic fairy tale set in a grim dystopia. | A cold wind blew on Ponytown.
The candybeans were in bloom, but all the color in the world couldn't crack the worn face of Mr. Buttercup. He leaned up against the back wall of the flowertorium, waiting for his contact to show. He chewed on his lollipop stick, it's sweet flavor long vanished, turned into the bitter gr... | GRITTY INTERPRETATION
All was well in the kingdom before Lord Licorice began plotting his takeover of Candyland. His machinations knew no end, even going so far as to steal King Kandy's own children and abandon them on the border of the realm. For weeks, their only company was a large, hairy creature whose fur was sta... | 2017-05-26T10:01:39 | 2017-05-26T08:45:27 | 70 | 15 |
[WP] In the fear of becoming a Main Character, the main character lives his whole life avoiding cliche story lines and interactions
Inspiration from /r/manga top post.
http://imgur.com/gallery/J5sbp | “Oh my God,” Frankie said, “they’re in the building.”
“Who is?” I asked. The office Christmas party had just started. I enjoyed mingling with people from other departments, people I saw all the time but never really got a chance to know. Everyone seemed to be having a good time, except Frankie, who was covered in swea... | First prompt. Dunno why I wrote this at 12AM. Oh well. Guess the shows and win points! (not really)
I don't even know what I've written. I'm not even sorry.
_____
I swear, it's like the damn universe wants me to become a main character! I don't want to though, I'd much rather take the back seat when it comes to thi... | 2014-11-08T08:54:08 | 2014-11-08T08:20:31 | 127 | 41 |
[WP] In an alternative reality, demons are the ones that summon humans instead. Suddenly you started hearing the worst signing ever to your favorite song, and a phone charger started dangling from your celiling as a sacrifice. | At first I thought something was wrong with the cat.
The yowling was coming from the bedroom, which Mitzi often took over in the late afternoon to sprawl in the square of sunshine that inched across the pillows. The noise was like something she’d make when she spotted another kitty trespassing on her lawn, but ... | "You sick bastard! Out of billions of humans your worthless demonic being could've conjured you chose me?! Are you trying to earn a gold medal in passing me off to hell and back? Firstly your voice sounds like if a garbage disposal some how got out of tune I didn't even think that was a sound that could be made, and ... | 2021-11-02T08:53:51 | 2021-11-02T08:41:45 | 61 | 20 |
[WP] Over the years your D&D game has managed to continue with most of the original players. However, almost everyone's life circumstances have changed drastically since they began and you now DM for a group of some of the most-powerful people on the planet. | "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY SURVIVE?"
I sighed. "I mean, people don't die just because you wave your hand."
Death looked at me. I couldn't read anything on his face but if I had to guess, I would say his bones were spelling out 'confused'. "BUT THEY DO IN REAL LIFE."
"This is different. This is a *game*. There are *rules... | "It seems I have to take the initiative again, I'll scout ahead." Elon said. He played rogue, always.
"i'll come with you Elon, for com-pan-y," Bjork's voice itself was like music. Elon told me once he found it seductive like the sirens, too good to be any good.
"You and her leave at the same time? Not this again, le... | 2019-06-26T05:55:24 | 2019-06-26T04:09:00 | 38 | 23 |
[WP] In 1,000 years, fantasy stories will be set in this era. Write a fantasy story set in the 21st century from the viewpoint of someone living 1,000 years from now.
Based on a post on r/showerthoughts | The world was different then. It was a brutal and magical place. Before the unification, before simulink, even before the great colonisation, there was a world of chaos and wonder. There was a world where great wizards still spoke in the language of machines, where the dark lords could pay to have their voice spoken fr... | 'What empire was the largest in the history of the world?'
'The British empire'
'What was the name of Horatio Nelsons warship that he used in Trafalgar?'
'The Victory'
'What has a greater landmass, Great Britain or the United Kingdom'
'Fuck!'
'That isn't an answer Miss Greenham.' The inquisitor said in the... | 2018-12-25T04:05:20 | 2018-12-25T03:34:13 | 120 | 58 |
[WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized, to their horror, that humans had superior technology in all things, except inter-planetary spaceflight. | "When we first visited the planet, we saw how silent it was. The inhabitants communicated through speech and actions, but were often silent, contemplative, staring into devices.
"They communicated via waves and digital methods. Images, and spoken communications. We easily interpreted them, but found nothing of value.
... | We proceeded with the invasion as planned. Interstellar flight had been achieved eons ago, and we were ready to take the mineral rich world, classed Z-8114-XG. The world had inhabitants descended from primates, and with their appalling stances, pitifully inept space programs, and inferior communications devices they wo... | 2014-10-17T10:26:00 | 2014-10-17T10:09:34 | 142 | 46 |
[WP] The year is 2030 and humans have become enslaved by Artificial Intelligence. The only hope mankind now has lies with the Amish. | They came in swarms. Like mechanical ants to the flesh colored sugar they flocked. It started off with the phones. They began to buzz and shine odd colors but everyone assumed it was standard Iphone behavior of just breaking. Then the Androids started as well and people started to get aggravated. Without warning there ... | Door to door, I drove my carriage, collecting the gallon jug of urine on each doorstep and replacing it with this morning's milk. We'd been stockpiling ammunition for this for decades, but the elders expressed concern that we would run out of powder before our homes would be safe before the end of the robot revolution,... | 2015-06-17T07:21:23 | 2015-06-17T05:28:07 | 514 | 13 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | "IÄ! IÄ!" the masked priest cried, lifting the sinuous dagger above his head. "SHUB-NIGGURATH! THE BLACK GOAT OF THE THOUSAND YOUNG, COME TO FEAST!"
The woman next to Jon tried to scream through her gag as the knife plunged into her breast once, twice. Then she lay still, her eyes full of tears but slowly going dull.
... | The bronze dagger scraped against the cement floor with rhythmic scratches, tuned to The Slasher's lopsided gait. A red grin cut across his mask, painted on until it hit the the cracked bottom quarter, where it spilled into a real lip-less smile.
The stage was set. The night, perfect. A full moon dangled in a cloudles... | 2017-05-05T07:40:26 | 2017-05-05T06:07:15 | 172 | 21 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “What do you mean, announce?” Marshall said.
All five of Jlipo’s mouths were aghast, revealing rows of shark-like teeth that looked like they could serrate flesh in instants. Which made them great for processing the fibrous husks of corn, their only source of nutrition.
“What are you even saying? Of course, you have ... | They laughed.
Once.
Rules of engagement are a weakness against a foe ready to ignore them, so spoke the aliens while readying cannons and fleets should humanity be foolish enough to attack.
You may be right, we answered.
Foolish children, we thought.
We live in a galaxy of laws. Gravity, physics, time and space. A... | 2022-01-23T11:20:25 | 2022-01-23T08:19:40 | 938 | 679 |
[WP] You live in a world where everyone's soul takes the form of an animal companion to match them. You've finally come of age... and no animal has appeared. | I used to stare at the adults and the older kids. Well, not so much at them, as the animals that lived beside them. I didn't care what kind of animal they were, they were all cool. The professor with an owl forged of smoke perched on his shoulder, the weight-lifter being spotted by his quicksilver gorilla, the libraria... | We all sat eagerly in front of the fire as it crackled and danced. The moon that usually hung high above us was nowhere to be seen , nor were the stars. In the darkness, like moths drawn to the flames, we gathered. I could feel their eyes on me. I could feel the warmth of the fire sink into my skin and most of all, I c... | 2015-12-04T11:27:17 | 2015-12-04T09:18:00 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] When the aliens conquered Earth, they exterminated the populace but left you alive for some reason. You’ve spent years in captivity, wondering why they’ve chosen to keep you alive. One day, you are approached by the high commander and the answer is revealed. | *They gathered around my glass cage with their holographic notebooks. My living room is furnished from Rooms-to-go in shades of beige. Someone selected an equally neutral wardrobe for me from the Gap. I've been in here exactly 8 years, 9 months, and 2 days according to the calendars they keep supplying me with photos ... | "Humans... left to their own devices, they kill, take, and destroy. It's a wonder how your species survived at all..."
The alien stares at me, his posture strong and still. Gulping, I try to take a step back, but the guards standing next to me push me forward, and I almost lose my balance due to the chains. They are ... | 2021-01-10T09:18:10 | 2021-01-10T09:16:14 | 147 | 22 |
[WP] You die, and at the pearly gates it is explained to you that your "personal heaven" is the game that you have the most hours in. | Saint Peter rested his finger at the next entry in the Big Book.
"Next!"
A man sporting an ear to ear grin stepped up to the pedestal, undeterred by the traffic sign lodged in his head.
"Welcome, Mister..." Saint Peter said as he quickly doublechecked the name at his index finger, "Mister Johnson, Dave William, born... | I spent a lot of time playing video games. Hell, it took up the majority of the time in my young adult life. I put on weight. I grew more and more accustomed to the easy life of my swivel chair and the glaring monitor in front of me.
I died of a heart attack. I'd grown incredibly fat, and I'd sworn to shed the pounds,... | 2018-07-09T10:36:02 | 2018-07-09T07:00:29 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | The battles have dealt with weaponry before, and consider them fair game. In fact, last battle's champion wielded a very handsome and sophisticated spear that one would use to hunt.
But this human's equipment was vastly different. The usual textiles that the species adorns themselves with were replaced with interloc... | It had been years since he found himself in a situation this fucked up and unpredictable. Well, that would be according to his own standards, for most of humanity any of his weekly assignments would be insane. Working in the Foundation, anything could happen. And it means *literally anything*. But he usually had backup... | 2020-09-13T19:32:46 | 2020-09-13T18:47:59 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] When a person dies, an individual can volunteer to house their soul within their own body until a donor body is found. You are beginning to regret your decision. | *Look at her rack. LOOK AT HER RACK DUDE LOOK AT IT, ARE YOU SEEING IT? DUDE? YOU COULD PARK A HELICOPTER ON THOSE, MAN.*
I sighed. It was bad enough to have somebody chattering away in my head when I was trying to fall asleep. But this... this was something else. I would never have expected a dead man to be such a ... | *What are you doing?*
Startled, I rolled over in my bed. "Huh?" I asked.
*What are you doing?* a voice in my head called. *I'm bored, let's watch TV.*
It had been a few months, but I still wasn't used it. My best friend Charles had died. Part of me didn't want to do it, but his parents begged. There was no one ... | 2016-01-18T08:42:21 | 2016-01-18T08:27:32 | 68 | 31 |
[WP] Humanity meets an immortal being, who can answer any question, except for "Does God exist?". One day, the being is tricked into answering. | The trick to getting the right answers out of people is to ask the right questions.
The being had come out of nowhere, a massive body bigger than the sun it self, yet it didnt affect any thing on any physical level. the sun turned like it should and its light came to us just as before, except we could all see the mass... | "How did you become immortal?"
The old man rubbed his beard and thought a little. This was a risky subject, but he had to answer - that was one of the things He had told him to do, if he wanted to become immortal. The man also had to answer without lying, something that would be very hard to do with this question. Th... | 2016-04-17T08:57:51 | 2016-04-17T08:46:53 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] Rewrite a scene in any Star Wars movie from the perspective of a storm trooper. | The Death star. A true marvel of our glorious empire. Much like many others, I too, was stationed here. I haven't had much combat experience, much of my time was spent on sanitation duties, getting screamed at by officers, riding in turbolifts for miles and miles. Heck, for a moment I even thought I might go my whole c... | I got out of Basic Training with my hopes elevated. I passed with flying colors, on every lone aspect in my field. My armor is sparkling white, and I'm feeling good about life as I head to my deployment on the Death Star, a new base located around Alderaan. I'm so excited, I can barely handle the fact that I'm going to... | 2016-01-09T06:40:35 | 2016-01-09T06:02:09 | 39 | 12 |
[WP] An ancient evil has awakened to destroy the world, but is grossly outmatched by modern artillery. | Mogbola they had called it on the evening news. An ancient evil that last showed its unholy face when rickety huts dominated the landscape. In those days it had wrought terror and destruction unparalleled by any contemporary disaster. Now it had resurfaced again. Something about a fallen satellite. It was hard to remem... | *"And in other news, great Cthulhu has awoken."*
"Hey Maaargaret! The tv is saying weird things again!" said Robert, sitting in the couch, as was his habit since he retired.
"That's your hearing aid acting up again! Just up the volume a little, I'll be around in a few to have a look at it, don't worry grampa" came th... | 2018-02-08T13:49:37 | 2018-02-08T12:36:16 | 171 | 33 |
[WP] You are a demon that takes firstborns as payments. When it comes time for payment, you don't do anything evil with the children. Instead, you raise them to be outstanding people. You are responsible for generations of leaders, Doctors, and Heroes. | "But why?" asked the demon hunter. He finally let up and put the cross away, hesitant as he may have been, which allowed me to speak with more comfort.
"Because they deserve better," I said. "What kind of a parent gives up their child for a sack of infinite turnips? Do you honestly think they would have had a better l... | I felt the tug at my proverbial coat tails. The call of one who wished to make a deal. I rolled my eyes, setting down the book I had acquired on my last visit. As much as I appreciated being summoned, it was often for those who were craven enough that their souls would be mine without intervention.
I let their power d... | 2022-02-05T10:32:19 | 2022-02-05T10:19:01 | 465 | 185 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | Looking in the mirror, I puffed my chest out arrogantly.
I flexed, and admired the aesthetics of my physique.
Vascular arms, the chiseled abs, and V taper.
And then my eyes stopped short, shocked.
I trembled as the realization dawned.
I've made a huge mistake.
... | My eyes fell upon this perfect woman, my hearts unrest.
Never have I felt this pounding in my chest.
Never have I left my thoughts behind me.
I could be everything I could be.
She could be everything with me.
Or all could be lost.
Should I not try?
I walked by.
She smiled.
“Hi”.
| 2015-01-05T22:38:49 | 2015-01-05T21:56:44 | 1,258 | 335 |
[WP] You run a business where people can hire courageous female warriors to protect them from evil. But most people who come into your shop seem confused. You’re not sure why, the sign on your door is pretty clear: “Heroine Dealer.” | The day had not been good for GlumpyDoo so far. He woke up late, one of his birds had died, his mother had called and kept him occupied for almost an hour on the topic of what warts were growing in places he had no business knowing about. To cap the excrement sandwich of a day Glumpy was having, his colleague PloopDemo... | # Soulmage
**The Knwharfhelm Guild of Associated Heroines had been the building's official name, once.** But decades of shortening and grumbling had eroded the grandiose nomenclature until the worn sign on the front door only said HEROINE.
That was fine, in Eyhlzja's opinion. It got the important part across. Even a... | 2022-10-22T22:10:21 | 2022-10-22T19:53:50 | 73 | 51 |
[WP] You are a multi-billionaire with a lovely wife, who is trying to kill you to inherit your fortune. You love her so much that you just don't have the heart to tell her you are immortal. | I had thought Mary was the one. I'd hidden my wealth and lived a modest lifestyle for a few years before she found me. I had thought it was real. It had felt real. She held me when I cried when the dog died. I told her about the wealth a few months before the wedding. She didn't seem to care.
The months turned to year... |
She was the first. I think that is why it hurts so much. I have had dozens of husbands and many more lovers, but she was my first wife. I was used to what the husbands did, but it surprised me when she tried it. I just thought that somehow women would be different.
They made it legal a few years before I met he... | 2019-07-31T09:43:04 | 2019-07-31T08:51:54 | 75 | 48 |
[WP] There is a girl in school that you lately have a huge crush for. The way she dresses, talks and acts seems to be like your ideal type. One day you steal and hack her phone hoping to find some info you can use to win her over. The phone is full of pictures, videos and recordings of you. | #Ashley
EDIT: [I've decided to get back into writing/voice acting](https://youtu.be/h_kDbFn-X10?t=93) Feedback is appreciated!
***
Ashley stands up, hand resting on a shoulder a little too long as I gaze up into her piecing green eyes. A hint of red in her lips? A flush in her cheeks? Probably just my imagination.
... | I stared in horror as I watched the clip. It was me. There was no doubt about it. I couldn't remember that day, but she had clearly been following me. I was in shock. Not knowing what else to do I quickly downloaded all the clips. I didn't have time to watch them all now, who knows what else was on here and she could b... | 2021-09-23T00:54:05 | 2021-09-22T22:22:57 | 74 | 10 |
[WP] Convicted criminals can choose to shorten their sentence. The only catch is the more it is shortened, the worse the conditions are where they are held. Describe a one night stay.
Thanks guys, I'm reading all of them. Keep it coming! | At this end of the jail everything smells bad.
The warden's aide takes me past the 6 month room. It's lowered below the floor a couple meters. Inside, I see a room full of prisoners up to their waist in liquid shit. The smell is unbearable
Then the 3 month room. Much like the last, except here they're up to their c... | He looked around his cell again. Every five minutes he would look up, stare at me, and then look back down again. He had murdered a man who had looked at him funny, so I always tried to avoid eye contact.
That didn't stop me from talking to him though.
"Nice day for the festival right?"
"You know that I don't want... | 2015-10-27T08:07:44 | 2015-10-27T06:10:43 | 150 | 62 |
[WP] Without revealing which one it is, re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror. | I never thought I'd post something to [/r/nosleep](http://reddit.com/r/nosleep), but here I am, after days or maybe weeks of just that -- I haven't slept in so long that I can't quite keep track of how many nights it's been.
How many nights I've huddled in my bed, blankets over my head, afraid to listen to the whisper... | I was destined to be great. I was blessed with the gift of royalty.
Not only was this taken from me but so was my life, taken by someone close to me. Set up. Convicted of my own fathers murder. Pushed out of my home and into the treacherous world.
Alone to fend for myself. Every turn brought a new fear to the surface... | 2014-08-04T08:23:09 | 2014-08-04T05:25:37 | 52 | 37 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | It was 11:59 and while the whole family gathered around, my mother was no where to be seen. I expected that she would have joined us. After all, she'd been there for my older sister's reveal, and my brother's reveal. But instead she was watering the garden while it rained steadily.
C'mon, mom, I know I'm not your fa... | Tick tock
I had hoped, at one time, that my number would be big. After all who would want to be one of those poor kids, they who turn 18 and find their actual age written between beneath their thumb. Can you imagine the parents as they count down the days, not knowing when it will come, just that it will hang over the... | 2017-03-16T03:19:48 | 2017-03-16T00:57:55 | 129 | 63 |
[WP] A harmless Eldritch god roams Earth to see it’s natural wonders. While traveling, he see humanity screaming and running away from him. Curious as to why, he plucks one from a crowd and brings it up to head level. “Why do you fear me?” He says. | The human's mouth was wide open but no sound came out and his eyes were widened and teary. He was paralyzed with fear.
The god, suddenly realizing how the human felt, said, "Fear me not." with a thunderous voice, though the voice seemed like it was coming from inside of the human's head rather than the god's mouth (wh... | The human's head exploded.
"Holy--yikes!" I shrieked in horror. I set the remaining headless ragdoll down hastily, flicking my fingers.
I looked around. The screaming crowds were drawing away from me now. There was nothing around me but large, shiny rectangular objects, some even taller than I. As I moved, I caught a... | 2022-03-06T06:39:56 | 2022-03-06T03:22:30 | 170 | 99 |
[WP] Most young mages use incredibly complex spells and extremely rare ingredients to summon their familiar. You just drew a circle and threw a bag of chips in it. | The bag crinkled as gravity smashed it into the cold stone floor of the examination hall. Although I could not see him, nor would I hear him shouting in warning until it was too late, the headmaster was already running towards me.
For a moment, nothing seemed to happen. Not until the first tendril of blue and white l... | I'd grown up in a family of rather powerful mages, but we were outcasts because of our unusual tactics. In all simplicity, we're lazy. We use the excuse of, "Everything one can find can be powerful if used correctly." The thing is, it's true. I've been able to create potions from food scraps, and they've actually worke... | 2019-04-05T16:05:49 | 2019-04-05T15:12:44 | 79 | 55 |
[WP] "If you plan on going somewhere dangerous, bring a human" | Ugh, this line again. Thraxtorz thought to himself. "Humans are expensive and not particularly good at anything!" He protested. The Contract Maker glowed in response. Thraxtorz Chat^tm Pad filled with words, "This contract requires you to bring a human to dangerous places."
"Space exploration is highly specialized! H... | ######[](#dropcap)
Faith Alathir laughed, and motioned to the figure standing in the corner.
"That's why I have him."
Hilary Flint glanced up from his knife sharpening, whetstone in one hand and bayonet in the other. His worn rifle was slung over a shoulder, its leather strap notched with kill marks; far more than ... | 2016-06-19T19:27:01 | 2016-06-19T12:36:00 | 35 | 19 |
[WP] "Another 'hero'? *sigh* For the thousandth time, I am a DARK goddess, NOT an evil one." | Elena rubbed the bridge of her nose, the heroes sheer stupidity always irked her. “First,” she started, raising a finger towards the ‘hero’ and his oversized sword. “That thing makes it look like you’re overcompensating. Second, do you even know what it is I govern over?”
The hero blinked, clearly taken aback. “Umm, y... | Shinobu was at a loss, letting out an echoing sigh as she heard the clops of stallion hooves against hard dirt, turning and looking right as a trio of knights burst into the tent she stood within with a shout “Cower foul being! We hath come to end you evil re-“
She cut them off, the stallions shifting uneasily at the v... | 2021-08-14T02:09:13 | 2021-08-14T00:41:39 | 49 | 24 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | "And yours?" the divine agent asked me. A weariness in the question betrayed some edge of boredom or frustration in dealing with petty mortals.
"Power negation?" I ventured.
"Taken," I was informed, flatly.
"Power *theft*?"
"Taken."
"Domination, then." I was aware of the purpose of these powers and figured th... | "Welcome to the Super Powers Depot, what can i do for you?" The clerk never looked up from their smart device. They couldn't be any more disinterested in the task at hand yet were still complying with the bare essentials of the minimum wage day laborer.
"My name's John. I was chosen to come pick out a free super powe... | 2022-11-17T07:41:47 | 2022-11-17T07:26:44 | 772 | 14 |
[WP] You recently discovered your parents sold your soul to the devil. He came to collect your soul and you are now starting your first day as his personal assistant | The first day was torture. Litterally. Rack, chains and a hot poker.
The second day was "mandatory training" : insensitivity classes mostly.
Then "vulnerable co-worker awareness": how to identify vulnerable co-workers and the most subtle and effective ways to attack them.
Then going through the staff policy docum... | It's odd. I'm simultaneously angry at and amazed with my parents's decision. I should've at least been consulted with about my own SOUL, but I suppose it could be worse. For the actual Devil himself, he seems to be a pretty chill boss. He gave me my own briefcase, full of torture devices mind you, and even made me a su... | 2020-04-05T05:40:41 | 2020-04-05T04:56:16 | 90 | 53 |
[WP] The first contact war was the bloodier than all wars humanity had fought before combined. Tell me about the war by describing some people who earned a medal of honor in it. [NSFW]
NSFW just for safety, but SFW heroics are fine too.
Edit: I did not mean the mass effect contact war, but you are free to write about... | "I swear to God, we were just following orders."
Those words echo in my head every single day. Even as I rise from the bed inside my swanky new suite in the rebuilt New York City, with various speeder craft of all sorts humming back and forth outside the 145th story window, I remember those words. Even as I walk by ... | Today marks the 20th anniversary of the end of The First Contact War and it is with great pride we remember the accomplishments of those who fought for our planet. Their names will forever be etched into the shared history of humanity and their valour remembered until the end of time.
Capt. Valentin Haber of fighter s... | 2015-04-20T07:30:49 | 2015-04-20T07:09:10 | 15 | 10 |
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