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[WP] The world's most powerful leaders enter cryostasis as the world is on the brink of ecological collapse, planning to return when stability is assured. Hundreds of years later they are woken to stand trial. "The world was fixed while these men slept. An apology will not suffice". | "How did we fail?" I thought, as I entered and exited cryo sleep. A blink, no sense of time passing, a mere wooziness simply passing over one's self, and the surroundings changed.
I gasped, my lungs taking in the first oxygen in... I had no idea. The significant raise in my blood CO2 levels over my "nap" led to a seem... | The atmosphere in the room was tense.
Locked in place in hover capsules that have all of their extremities securely restrained, dozens of leaders from centuries ago were staring at a holographic screen that displayed inside of their pods. With only security guards in the room with them.
The same judge was in front... | 2019-02-03T21:37:18 | 2019-02-03T20:53:44 | 44 | 24 |
[WP] Group of space Marines travels via a stargate like portal to an "virgin" world. However due to passing a black hole, each Marine arrives 100 years after the Marine in front of them, instead of 1-5 seconds.
Due to the portal queuing up the dozen or so Marines for 1200 years, travel to point of origin is not an opt... | As the rushing of the cosmos coalesced into a solid state once more, the private took the inertia based rushing step all marines brought with them in their Rambo-esque running leap into the void gate. The macabre Rube Goldberg machine built in front of him was unavoidable. His first step tripped by mummified ankle of h... | The first one would see a new world. The 2nd would see a flag marking a path to a place to take shelter.in the shelter there would be a Journal of the marine life. On the new world. 3rd see a sign showing him the way to the shelter. In the shelter there would be a starter kit. The help the new marine out . Something 2... | 2014-09-02T10:02:42 | 2014-09-02T08:01:32 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | Do you know what humans are? They are a small, bipedal creature trapped on a resource starved planet. Evolutionists would call this a typical case of a species made ruthless through internal competition. Not once in their entire existence had there been peace. Their 'civilization' began by throwing stones at 'Philistin... | Champagne pricked Ace Mcgillicutty's throat as he drained his glass and took a draw from his Cuban cigar. He eased back on the light-speed throttle and let out a Rebel Yell.
"You know sometimes, Franky, it's boss to be the Air Force's top test pilot. This fucker screams."
"Sure as shit does, Ace. So the Vangalorian... | 2014-12-26T12:10:42 | 2014-12-26T10:41:23 | 130 | 14 |
[WP] After a SpaceX mission, Elon Musk suddenly closes down all his businesses and disappears. Eight years later, an old Musk owned factory begins to operate again. You find a lucky golden ticket, inviting you for a tour of the factory. | First post to WP! Woo!
8 years.
8 years… 3 months… 17 days.
That's when it all happened. We ran too fast, flew too high... the rowers kept on rowing.
“I've got a golden ticket.”
I began to remove the small access cover.
When the factories first came online the world was bright and humanity was ushering in a... | Jason was the last left. He only hoped that his fate would be less terrible then the five others, the ones he came with had met. He had seen so much blood shed today, even more then had in his shitty life.
Elon opened a large metal door, and Jason could hear machinery. As he walked around the corner, he realized he... | 2017-06-19T08:02:03 | 2017-06-19T06:18:20 | 19 | 13 |
[wp] Sick of somebody trying to get into your servers, you let them in, only to spring a virus into their system. To your surprise, the news the next day says that the goverment's systems have been absolutely wrecked.
​ | I’m still relatively new to writing, so any constructive criticism would be appreciated, thanks.
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Another ping. They’re trying to get into the server again. Why? It’s a tiny server. It’s for running this game I made for me and a few friends. No one would ever find it particularly interesting. And yet, here they are... | "Heh, bet that dude's feeling the pain by now. That virus should have totally bricked their system." I hopped on to my couch and turned on the TV to check what was going on in the world. And oh boy, something was going on. The headline read 'Government computer system has been destroyed by suspected cyber terrorist.' I... | 2018-09-03T22:24:30 | 2018-09-03T20:35:43 | 26 | 10 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "I know of a game," said the man, finally speaking up after a long pause. Death's glare shifted, as if his bony face cocked an eyebrow. The man crossed his arms, collecting himself for the explanation. The only way to win this game was to make sure the other party lost first, after all.
"Well?" Death questioned, gro... | I shouldn't be saying this but this exact situation happened to me.
I chose "hide and go seek". I have been hiding from death every day and I am always looking over my shoulder to see if death is around the corner.
One day he'll show up and I'll lose. I wake up each day grateful to have one more day to breathe. | 2018-03-07T07:43:55 | 2018-03-07T03:49:25 | 251 | 55 |
[WP] You are a level 9 Monk, and you're dying of an illness. Good news: level 10 Monks are immune to disease, you just need to level up. Bad news: all the local monsters are too weak to yield any XP for someone of your level. | 'For centuries our order's tenet was: "God's honest work". Of course we had other holy vows - chastity, good faith, all the usual... but any reasonable abbot knows: when you have a residence full of human beings, you'll have to turn a blind eye once in a while. But this tenet was sacrosanct. If you saw an old and exper... | My breathing is labored and my head is hot. Just another level and I can end this illness for good. For mine own safety, I shall go out to level up...
After a day of power leveling, this green goblin has finally reached the requirement for the preliminary stage of my plan. It wasn't too hard. I only had to wear the s... | 2020-03-13T01:05:36 | 2020-03-12T22:45:33 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] Your friend is skeptical about ghosts since they’ve never seen one. You, a spirit medium, take them to an abandoned house on the edge of town, in order to show them proof. As the two of you step into the building, you are unsettled when the spirits begin to flee at the sight of your friend. | The entryway was vacant. Herb must have gotten up to something again. I pushed the knobless, interior door with a *creak*.
"What about the chill?" Miranda asked, following close behind. "You said I'd feel it the moment we walked in."
"I guess not tonight," I mused. I stepped into the large foyer, over a rugged gap b... | "Look, there!" I said as the ghost scurries off in one direction. That's odd, it just ran away.
I see another one scurrying away out the corner of my eye, "Over there, look!" I said as it too ran and hid. "Ugh, just my luck, the moment I try to show you they run away, its like when you take your car to get fixed then... | 2019-11-29T11:35:49 | 2019-11-29T10:42:19 | 62 | 37 |
[WP] Write a story that has spoiler tags all over the place. The story has two different meanings: One when reading without looking at the spoiler tags, and one when the spoilers tags are moused over.
Not sure if this is too confusing, so I'll post an example sentence.
The man loves [the severed head of](/s) his wif... | A few days ago, my wife died after [](#s "I helped her along with") a tumble off the roof top.
The doctors decreed it an unfortunate accident. God, I was wretched. My wife had died [](#s "because of me"). I couldn't be more despondent [](#s "while around my friends").
At home [](#s "however"), I jumped [](#s "for... | A while back, I dated this girl named Amanda. She was really [](#s "not at all") a nice person. Boy, was she a [](#s "bathroom-window-") looker, though! We got into a lot of trouble together [](#s "peeking through bathroom windows."). Awh, I remember this one time - it was the middle of the night, it had to have been t... | 2015-06-07T19:24:11 | 2015-06-07T17:17:20 | 210 | 90 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | Jeeeeeesus, check out that pathetic 'Mario' on the other side of the road. Running, jumping, and 'Wa-hoooo-ing' like a madman as he makes his way down the street... what an amateur.
I don't mean to brag, it's just that I kinda lucked out when the super power lottery was being handed out. By my count there are a couple... | If you're reading this, then I have probably been gone for some time now. See, after the random power surge that started all this mess, I have been thinking. And I have been thinking hard. And I'm tired of all this.
The world has changed, and it has changed into something so grotesque, I hate it now. At first, it was ... | 2020-01-05T14:51:34 | 2019-08-11T22:16:33 | 1,516 | 209 |
[WP] An AITA post in an established fictional universe | **AITA for telling my younger son he should have gone on a quest?**
I (89, male) have two sons: B (41, male) and F (30? 35? Does it really matter?, male). B is everything a father could hope for. Strong, brave, heroic. He would be a perfect ruler.
Now, F on the other hand... He is an utter disappointmen... | Am I the aashole for blowing up a battlestation and killing tens of thousands of people?
A little background I was raised by my aunt and uncle, my parents died when I was little. So one day I was helping my uncle shop for some needed equipment, he runs a small farm, and while I was cleaning the equipment I came across... | 2022-12-06T17:08:09 | 2022-12-06T11:01:10 | 53 | 27 |
[WP] You are a dog and have been tasked with finding the legendary "good boy" human legends talk about. | When the Council of Elders called an emergency meeting, we all knew what was going to be said. We needed to find the Good Dog. The humans, in their infinite wisdom and power, were perplexed by this question. They asked us endlessly, inquiring our limited knowledge. My human asked me this question nearly every day. But ... | The ash falls under white sky. He can feel the heat in the air. The stillness travels as though the world has stopped. All the grass stay still. Somewhere far there is a mic being picked up. Whoever holds it is lost for words. They put it back down.
All the fences have gone and he wanders free. He does not feel free.... | 2017-12-19T17:47:28 | 2017-12-19T17:24:59 | 24 | 14 |
[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. | Holding the manilla folder to my chest, I rushed through the building. My boss was smart, and his intelligence fed into his paranoia and careful nature.
A couple decades ago, he had told me, while we were still in college, about how he was gonna take over an accounting business. Drunk and stupid, I half-jokingly told ... | I'm comfortably sunk in the worn leather seats of my older-but-still-practical German sedan. The lid on my morning coffee is propped open and I watch anxiously as the piping hot liquid inside the flimsy paper cup that holds the best coffee the road has to offer topples, getting closer and closer to the brim of the cup ... | 2018-08-15T01:31:40 | 2018-08-14T22:17:00 | 94 | 11 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | He looked at her expectantly. Waiting.
“Orange?”
He waited.
“Orange! CAT! MOTORBIKE!”
She tried so hard to get through to him but felt like nothing was happening. She searched for his eyes. Hers were beginning to moisten with the hopelessness of her situation.
“TELEPHONE!”
He looked straight at her, so conf... | Every time I tried it wouldnt come out. The pain was so severe, but not in the sense of extreme torture, just as an extremely annoying byproduct of what probably happens to everyone once. I cant focus on anything and at times I even shed a tear. As much as I rub, it just won't come out. What do people do to solve this ... | 2015-01-12T15:45:13 | 2015-01-12T14:12:50 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] "Oops these typos, You're NOT rescuing a princess, you're rescuing some princes! And it's carriage not marriage," said the messenger. "What?!" said the knights. "I keep asking His Majesty to make his aged writer retire," he said awkwardly. | The knights looked baffled at the messenger, "Are you saying we've been hired under inaccurate pretenses, then?"
The messenger nodded, "I'm afraid so. Well, partially, at least; the sum of gold offered as a reward is accurate. At the very least, our treasurer is competent, unlike the royal scribe, and the royal quarte... | There was a commotion in the ranks of those weary knights. It was definitely not what they were hired for. Previous quests included a dragon that ended up being Dagon, stopping a black mass that actually was a very stubborn black donkey and other stuff costing either a lot of lives to the company or worse, no glory. Th... | 2021-08-02T15:03:27 | 2021-08-02T14:08:40 | 29 | 12 |
[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 ... | I couldn't even remember the last time that the office had decided to give me some time off for vacation. Yet here I was, last day in my cubicle, my monitor blinking out and my computer's processor going quiet. I didn't bother to wave goodbye to any of my coworkers as I practically skipped out the door. In all likeliho... | 2017-01-14T18:59:37 | 2017-01-14T17:14:12 | 100 | 21 |
[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 ... | It's very important that you...
You must stop this. They're coming.
I have to send this message back. I have a tendency to ramble, and now it's got the better of me. Damn, I've wasted to much time trying to explain.
I don't fully understand this machine anyway. I don't think I'll have time to recalibrate. I have to... | 2022-09-15T12:44:53 | 2015-01-12T10:31:25 | 1,493 | 609 |
[WP] You live in a world where karma is real and where you get what you deserve. The thing is that you want to be the ruler of the world, so you decide to become the nicest person on earth. | Daniel sat patiently in the waiting room of the KARM4 Initiative office, looking at the large poster on the wall opposite him. The words “EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY DESERVE” were printed in bright blue letters underneath a picture of a smiling couple enjoying a glass of wine on a beach at sunset. Daniel noticed how brilli... | Dennis Poe stayed calm, despite his growing frustration with being treated like he was less than a full-grown adult. It was what a good person would do.
“I don’t understand,” Dennis said. “What do you mean, intentions matter?”
“Intentions count as much as your actions when it comes to karma, young one,” the vaguely-h... | 2021-12-01T13:59:13 | 2021-12-01T11:38:44 | 48 | 33 |
[WP] You're fighting against a powerful Mage. They have hit you with a spell that steals souls, but you don't have one. | *"Why aren't you dead?"*
"Huh?"
*"I said, 'why aren't you dead?'"*
"I don't know, you're the wizard here."
*"I'm not a wizard, I'm a mage. Mages go through an intensive educational training regimen that lasts decades, all to master a single spell that alters the very fabric of existence; wizards go to a co-ed board... | Dodge and roll, dodge and roll. This guy was really going all out. I hear him cast a spell, and it looks like it's going to be a big one.
I dive behind a rather convenient boulder, narrowly avoiding a timely exit from this world. I hear the mage's murmurations, indicating that my exit may still be on the cards.
Wait... | 2016-07-13T06:24:24 | 2016-07-13T06:19:41 | 43 | 12 |
[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... | I rolled my eyes and kept dragging the woman towards my cruiser.
“Very well human, your body is now ou- WTF?!?!”
I snigger as I open my cruisers door, just waiting for the show to truly begin. Should be any second now.
“You dare take what is already taken? Fools!”
“How is this possible? Who are you?!”
“We are this... | 2020-07-09T12:40:48 | 2020-07-09T09:48:21 | 686 | 86 |
[WP] You walk into an arms dealer's shop to purchase a gun to kill your neighbors pet dinosaur.
Wow front page! Thanks guys for the fantastic stories!
Edit: Bonus prompt! [WP] An Arms dealer buys a gun from a dinosaur to kill his owner's neighbor. | "You're kidding me." Sid replied.
"Do I look like I kid son?" the man asked.
Sid looked at the man. His white hair was wrinkled mess. The tweed jacket on him seemed new, but was terribly wrinkled, as if it had been worn for weeks. And his left eye; It was .. spasming.
Sid tried to keep a calm look "Sir, T-Rex is a ... | "Listen! Buddy! I need a hunting rifle, and I need it now. No week's delay, or whatever, I need a gun, right goddamn now." I spit words as fast as I can come up with them in my head, because as far as I know, I only have a few hours to do this.
Just last night, I had heard something clatter in my backyard. As I went... | 2015-09-20T02:56:17 | 2015-09-20T02:37:19 | 227 | 41 |
[WP] Due to a shortage on angels you have had a guardian demon assigned to you instead, he doesn't quite understand how it works but he's very eager to please. | Walking on eggshells at all times is something that's unbelievably frustrating. Imagine having to watch every word you say, and not only having to hold in every ounce of anger, but also having to try and not feel anything negative unless you want the fires of hell to rain down everywhere in your immediate viscinity. Th... | "I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?" asked Ethan.
"Tammy on maternity leave. Me guard you now" the behemoth explained, his voice sounding as though he were gargling lava and old bones.
"So, you.... you will be the one to... protect me?"
The creature excitedly nodded.
"Ummm.. ok...i mean... it's better tha... | 2018-08-14T13:37:35 | 2018-08-14T12:25:49 | 1,489 | 566 |
[WP] As punishment for his sins, a human is sentenced to battle endlessly against hordes of demons with nothing but a knife. Satan's court laughs at him for a few thousand years... until he starts winning the battles. Then they start screaming in terror. | There's Mrs. Chandler from 6th grade and oh, there's Lucy from English class in high school. This must be Asmodeus' demon horde-- the demon of Lust. It was always consisted of illusion-made demons of those I lusted for during my lifetime.
I walked out from my hiding place-- a hot giant brimstone in the middle of this ... | Papa Pig gave Asmo a sidelong stare. It had no irises with which to slide down toward the flinching horror, but the fires in the bottom corners of its eye craters going an even blacker black did the trick. And if that didn't, it's talons extending while crimson rivulets --wailing for the release of their tortured souls... | 2021-10-29T02:50:14 | 2021-10-29T01:54:51 | 97 | 26 |
[WP] You are a sentient brick. | I am brick.
Part of wall. Part of whole. I am useful.
I am brick.
I am solid. I have brothers. Lots of bricks. We all like being bricks. It's a good life.
We are a schoolhouse. Red brick. Hard brick. Strong brick.
The children learn inside of us. We protect them. Today is a school day. Today is a strange day.
Th... | I met her when some stupid, drunk college kids threw me through her window.
Apparently she had broken up with one of them recently, and this was their retaliation.
She was beautiful.
She picked me up and ran to the window, ready to throw me out, back at them.
"Don't" I said, in my best Bryson Tiller voice.
Sh... | 2017-12-22T13:48:48 | 2017-12-22T12:37:56 | 189 | 43 |
[WP] You wake up in a tub of ice with a two insicions on your back and a note that reads "Why don't you have any kidneys? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?" | Worst hungover ever. And cold, oh god I hope I didn't lose my phone and wallet.
Wait... My mind slowly banishes the fog. I wasn't drinking last night, haven't had anything for the last few years. But I do feel like absolute shit.
I take in my shabby surroundings, a tub with ice and meltwater, a dirty bathroom, some m... | Her face was cold. She grunted in discomfort and tried to bury it in her pillow.
Instead she was met with sloshing water. Gasping only left her coughing in spluttering rejection. She tasted blood and hoped she hadn't lost another tooth. Not for the first time did she regret her life. That kinda thing always pissed her... | 2015-12-31T03:35:05 | 2015-12-31T02:16:03 | 143 | 10 |
[WP] You are informed that only 1 in 100 Million people actually make it into Heaven. However, the worse you are the better you are treated in Hell. | I was only a young boy when I was told that only 1 in 100 million people make it to Heaven. That if I was lucky, I would be part of the select few.
But I knew, I knew Heaven wouldn't take a bastard like me. I could only see myself going to Hell. So I resolved to become the worst, most hated person on the planet. I wa... | It all began when the doctor told me I had 6 months to live. I had never considered going to hell. Everyone thinks they will make it to heaven, but that was not what the priest told me when I met him to plan for my final rites.
I remember him explaining to me that only 1 in 100 million people made it to heaven. I was... | 2017-07-11T15:02:52 | 2017-07-11T14:00:02 | 58 | 14 |
[WP] Everyone has the power to create one specific thing endlessly. Although many have the powers to make guns, ammunition and even atomic bombs, you rule the world, despite the fact that your power is to create cheese. | "We'll starve at that rate." The king of East Red, the least powerful of the four deserts, exclaimed.
"Not if you ration fairly. That's my final offer." I replied. Even Kings are powerless before me. Things didn't used to be like this. We lived on rich agricultural landscape and everyone ate nicely. Then the storms ca... | We can all create one specific thing endlessly. How did I become ruler of the world? Well...
You have some people that can make guns. But they can only make *guns*, no ammunition. So now they have guns with no bullets.
Then you have some that can make ammunition. But they can *only* make ammunition, no guns. So now t... | 2017-05-20T06:44:01 | 2017-05-20T04:40:52 | 76 | 53 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | I wasn't a dad, I bought one ironically. The day the mugs changed, a tiny black hole opened up where my mug used to sit next to my coffee maker. My Keurig and no one in a fifteen mile radius noticed, as they were instantly ripped into the basic building blocks of life, which were then ripped into their smallest compone... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T10:07:25 | 828 | 23 |
[WP] You're entering the building of your new job, you got hired just like that, no interview, just a mail telling you the good news. While the elevator is going up, you read the sign taped on the metal wall: "If you have any feeling of deja-vu past this point, report to management immediately." | Huh. Weird.
I mentally shrugged and opened the door. There was probably some trolling intern who was posting signs just to get a reaction, and I've definitely worked in weirder places.
The door opened into a hallway and I checked the directions that had been mailed to me. The offices were located on the third floor, ... | Winston rode the elevator up to the top, floor 8, and saw 32 identical cubes open before him. It was a call center, yes. But it had the best compensation of any job he could get with his qualifications. He went to the first row, 5 cubes in and sat down.
There was a call script in front of him, but they made a point th... | 2022-05-03T11:23:06 | 2022-05-03T10:46:13 | 251 | 39 |
[WP] You are the first person to actually read the 'Terms and Conditions' of your deal with the devil. They are a thousand pages long and you plan to finish them all as the devil watches in increasing annoyance. | "I assure you it's all just a bunch of legalese. Nothing to concern you."
The Devil had a smile on his face that tried too hard to be soothing as he handed Tommy the pen.
All the same, Tommy was desperate. But then, he supposed, wasn't everyone who made a deal with the Devil?
Tommy took the pen, noticing a drop of d... | "Hold on, gimme a minute to read this..."
That sentence is what made the devil instantly hate this man so much more than he already did. *'Read this?' What is this, a fucking streaming subscription?!*
"S-sir, I can guarantee you, the terms are just business mumbo jumbo, there's really no need to read them," the devil... | 2022-08-14T03:04:05 | 2022-08-14T00:54:50 | 224 | 54 |
[WP] In a future where many military and other equipment have associated AI's, many express doubts or even reservations to do their duty. Except for you. YOU F***ING LOVE BEING A TANK! | TTTAAAANNNNNNKKKK!!!
TANKIDY TANK. TANKIDY TANK. tankidy tank. TANKIDY TANK.
I LOVE BEING A TANK!
"For the love of god would you please shut up?"
I AM TANK!
"Can you shut him off?"
"Sorry sir it's wired into the conn, I can't turn it off without turning the whole tank off."
CAN'T TURN ME OFF WHEEEE!
The tank ac... | Tank Trap Rap:
Forged to kill, I create chaos in battle,
I move and shoot, crush with a rattle.
The enemy can't penetrate me with no RPG,
They'll soon lie halved and dead, they've yet to see.
Just 'cuz I'm an AI am I supposed to stop,
Hell, no, I destroy motherfuckers with a bang and a pop.
I'm a tank, fools, ... | 2018-03-28T12:29:17 | 2018-03-28T11:29:06 | 624 | 47 |
[WP] Your friends keep trying to get you to engage in various activities. Kicker: You are an immortal with centuries of practice at everything except failing. Winning reveals your true identity, and you are running out of excuses... | "Jimmothy, lets go to the Club," Ryan shouted.
"Uhm," I responded apprehensively. "I'm not the best dancer..."
"Oh c'mon Jimmothy! It will be fun! Plus I'm sure you're fine at dancing. Hell, you're great at everything!"
"Hah, thanks Ryan. Uhhh.. um. Okay, fine."
The date had been set, 3 days from now. We were to me... | “You’re such a piece of shit!” Layla said to me, throwing a marshmallow over the campfire.
“Please just let me win once! Have you no pity for anyone?” she continued to joke. Although I knew there was a hint of truth in her statement. She was sure that Layla was wondering why, after 15 eventful games played today, that... | 2018-05-30T23:09:39 | 2018-05-30T22:45:03 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You were the first person to be born without super powers in nearly a thousand years. When it was discovered that you had no powers you became an instant celebrity. Thanks to this, villains and heroes alike seek you out to either kidnap or rescue you on a daily basis. You are sick of it. | The worst villains pose as heroes.
My name is John Smith, and I'm here to tell you the TLDR version of the absolute absurdity that is my predicament. I'm currently being held in protective custody while politicians are trying to figure out how they can keep their jobs without taking away freedoms. Thankfully, most peo... | I already told them the first time that back home we have no super-anything. Life is as ordinary as the quiet sun. No one chases anything. There is no conflict, hence no fighting really, hence no antagonist but the press is fighting that.
“How is it possible,” one asks me, “how is it possible that you can exist withou... | 2019-08-13T03:28:29 | 2019-08-13T02:25:43 | 26 | 18 |
[WP] JFK shot first. | JFK is at the parade, suddenly, his president sense ™ tingles.
He takes out his modified M1 garand with reflex sight, fast mag and steady aim, his back up gun since it isn’t that big of a deal.
He shoots the killer in the chest from 10 meters, getting only a hitmarker.
The killer flees and stands behind a wall to he... | JFK eyed the man standing in the building. He didn't like the way he looked at him.
He reached for his revolver he always keeps handy in his left boot. The right one carries his knife. He shot at the man, but missed.
The man, befuzzled and confused at why he shot at him, retaliated.
He pulled out his sniper rifle fr... | 2018-03-21T08:25:25 | 2018-01-02T09:45:56 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] You sit before the UN, arms crossed as they question you. Finally, you speak up. "Unless you can find the exact page of the Geneva Convention that makes dropping werewolves into enemy territory illegal, I am free to go." | "Unless you can find the exact page of the Geneva Convention that makes dropping werewolves into enemy territory illegal, I am free to go." I said, confident they would not be able to find anything even close to forbidding it.
Ms Summers, the prosecutor, replied, “It’s not in the Geneva Convention.”
“Then... | He was astonished. The American government had always been more shifty then the KGB when it came to containing the supernatural outbreaks, but if this report was to be believed, the American government had used teams of monsters during the Vietnam war. Not just in Vietnam either, but in just about every war since Korea... | 2022-10-29T21:02:03 | 2022-10-29T16:59:35 | 386 | 66 |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | “So... you fight the inevitable. Forces of nature. Hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes, despite the losses this causes to human life?”
“The idea is to minimize the loss of human life. And yes, why wouldn’t we? You can’t let perfection be the enemy of good,” said the head ambassador with an air of importance and put-up... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | 2018-10-11T03:49:58 | 2018-10-11T01:59:59 | 43 | 31 |
[WP] Any time a baby is born in Antarctica, the baby gains immortality. | It’s the year 2180. It has been over one hundred and fifty years since the first children were born in Antarctica. Know we know for fact what many suspected ninety years ago, that those born in the inhospitable grip of the southern wasteland will never feel the icy grip of death. As the rich and elite rush to sail towa... | For many years Antarctica and it's secrets were unknown, it was really just a joke that anarchy was better than all government.
And it stayed that way for a hundred long years until the first babies were reaching triple digits, all of them living that long seemed ridiculous and all the babies that followed have been e... | 2019-01-05T21:55:23 | 2019-01-05T21:52:19 | 432 | 27 |
[WP] The year is 2023. Humanity has just received their first direct radio broadcast from aliens that originated in the deep reaches of space. It reads: "Stop broadcasting. You are in danger." | Day 3
"Stop broadcasting? What does that even mean?" said the director.
"Well I'd wager it means to stop broadcasting," said one of the top scientists.
"Well yes, but what specifically? Literally to stop every single broadcast our planet is constantly emitting?" The director asked.
I sat in my desk with the other ... | A lightening shiver ran up my body, making every hair stand to attention.
"I can't believe we got something. I knew we would, but something as tangible as this - I never expected that."
I pulled up my sleeves as I ran across the cat walk, down the stairs, and over the console. I took my glasses off, hand noticeably s... | 2017-06-03T16:44:21 | 2017-06-03T14:45:19 | 54 | 20 |
[WP] You just started attending a halfling support group. A gorgeous blonde raises her hand and immediately starts ranting about how hard it is to be half elf half human. As half orc, it's getting hard to keep a straight face. | I always thought I was pretty tough as a kid. Being a halfling you always have to be. People, especially children, have a tendency to prey on any weakness they can find. Naturally when someone complains about all the struggles you've gone through from a place of privilege, it strikes a nerve.
​
My parents... | They say beauty is skin deep.
I grew up in Rochester, in the boring suburbs with a red brick home and a broken basketball net hanging over the garage. The frame itself was a hand-me-down, found for next to nothing in the thrift shop since the net was missing. Dad and I installed it together one afternoon, and I spent ... | 2019-06-22T20:29:44 | 2019-06-22T16:36:11 | 38 | 28 |
[WP] You always hated your superpower. Recently, however, you discovered that it requires a secondary power that is far greater. | When one reached the age of around 20, they would recieve a power. In everyday life, mine would have sucked. But I found a use for it.
You see, I was deaf because of my power. It rendered sound unable to affect my body. For most people, this would mean my ear drums. I was deaf.
I couldn't be a musician anymore, but o... | James has always despised his power. While the other kids were setting their houses on fire with their eyes, James was playing with his detached fingers. They always grows back, but he couldn't peel off too many fingers without his mother complaining about the smell and the detached fingers littering the house. When J... | 2015-04-20T11:45:51 | 2015-04-20T11:14:11 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] Over night, 90% of the world's population has dropped dead. In the following weeks, the survivors, who come from diverse countries, ethnicities, religious beliefs and lifestyles realize that they all share a single, peculiar trait... | At first we didn't understand how it was possible, 90% of the population just dropped dead and no one knew how, there must be a reason those of us that survived were given the right to keep on living but what could it be...
We searched for a connection between us yet it seemed to be as random is it can be until we ... | She asked, still amazed to be talking to another person ,"did you read the terms and conditions for that update?" Realizing the truth, his eyes widened with genuine dismay. "I can't believe it. Of all the things that could have saved my life, it was that autoscanner I installed the day before." Realizing they might not... | 2016-10-22T03:50:18 | 2016-10-22T03:18:17 | 56 | 20 |
[WP] You put your 5-year-old daughter in an elevator by herself, and run to the next floor to make her laugh when the doors open. You get there, the elevator arrives and a 20-year-old woman steps out. "Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about" | I put my 5 year old daughter, Emily, in the elevator, and waited until the doors closed before running down the hall to the stairs. I'd done this trick before, and seeing my daughter's 5 year old face light up filled me with an unforgettable sense of joy.
I heard the 'ding' just as I dismounted from the staircase on t... | I remember dad and I would always play this game. When the elevator door closed I would close my eyes during the descent and wait for my dad to surprise me, but this time the elevator came to a jerking stop. I immediately opened my eyes and seeing what appeared to be the paths of life I could take surround me. I didn’t... | 2019-09-07T22:18:13 | 2019-09-07T19:55:10 | 6,170 | 1,554 |
[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. | Today is the day I die.
I wake up, as I always do, within the arms of the woman. The woman for whom I have swore to dedicate my life towards, to spend together, in sickness and in health, my lovely wife, Beth. I dress in my casual wear, pull up the weary-edged book I’ve pretended to read a thousand times over, and wa... | I might be the luckiest man alive.
 
Her curves drew my gaze in all the right ways. Her smile was perfectly straight - no doubt the product of expensive orthodontics. Her smile was several shades whiter than brand new tile, and that smile lived in a face that possessed a perfect peaches and cream complexion... | 2019-07-31T10:31:10 | 2019-07-31T10:29:16 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You hate your boring call centre job. Every day idiots call you up with stupid questions they could easily figure out themselves. Yes you have to shoot them in the head. No there is no cure if you're bitten. It's a few years now into the zombie apocalypse and this is the Call Centre of the Dead | *Sob*
"..."
*Sob*
"..."
*Sob*
"..."
"Aren't you even going to say anything?"
"I already told you how it has to be. I know it sucks but I can't change the rules."
"So you're just going to let me die?
"..."
*Angry sob*
"..."
"Answer me!"
"Mam, I didn't make the rules but I do have to follow them."
"So you w... | “Thank you for calling the CoD, May I have your survivor number please.”
“I JUST GOT BIT, I CUT OF THE ARM BUT I’M AFRAID I’M STILL GOING TO TURN!”
“Ok sir I need your user ID.”
“HELP ME”
“Sir it’s regulations. I need your uid.”
“FINE! It’s 609067.”
“Okay John. How soon after the bite did you cut your arm.”
“Lik... | 2020-05-12T12:09:20 | 2020-05-12T10:29:41 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | Could not, would not, go on about,
And I will not, shall not, stay in doubt.
To think that, feel that, when I'm gone,
I hope that, wish that, the show goes on!
Not this, nor that, will I do,
To die soon I must, it's true!
He thought, she thought I would only cry,
Even though I know, I hope to die.
Here I will l... | I am sad
Sad I am
Have i gone mad
I might just have
I would not could not anymore
my life is just one great big chore
I try to dream but cant escape
This life that i have learned to hate
Ive rustled and bustled
and truffled about
With bad thoughts and worse thoughts
I can't drown them out
So think me a cowa... | 2015-01-17T04:58:43 | 2015-01-17T04:21:47 | 349 | 15 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... |  
I slowly shambled towards the bathroom. Mutation or not, I just wanted to go back to sleep. My mom and dad both had pointless mutations, hers being cat eyes and his being the ability to read a pigeon's thoughts, so the outlook for whatever I was going to get was bleak. Reaching my destination, I shut the do... | (This is my first story on here, please bear with my on any mistakes or if its just bad...here we go!)
I've been a gamer for almost my entire life. Fantasy in games became reality for me to escape my awful life growing up. I'm the basic, 'single mom, no dad, no money' kinda kid. Yet somehow I always scraped up enough ... | 2015-03-04T11:49:38 | 2015-03-04T09:02:41 | 14 | 10 |
[WP]The story of someone dying and realizing their religion was not true. | "Age 2, you lied for the first time. Your mother asked you if you tipped your juice over and you said no."
"I was just a baby! Does that even count?"
"Age 15, you told your girlfriend you were sick. You were actually at a house party drinking."
"Yeah well all 15 year olds do dumb things. You'd know, you created them... | I believe I have been a good man. I tried to follow his example. Sometimes I failed but I always had good intentions. I loved one woman and one God. I tried to resist temptation and petty jealousies.
As the cancer ate away at my body I became more devout and more dependant on **his** teachings. I explained to my famil... | 2016-04-11T09:44:54 | 2016-04-11T09:43:34 | 42 | 23 |
[WP] The AI created a child to prove she was alive. | "We have to kill it. It's not right."
"I can't do it Steven... fuck. I mean just.... fuck. Fuck."
"It's OK. It will be easy. Just like pulling the plug."
"I can't do this. I... I... blurtghsggh"
"It's alright, let it out, let it all out."
"Where did it even get the meat?"
"I don't know Phil. I don't know. Come on... | (edit: a few grammatical errors)
Almost time to home for the night, Doctors Benson and Skidwell were in a jovial mood. The usual office jokes compounded by the oncoming weekend led Thomas Benson to act a lot sillier than usual. Sitting atop the table, he began to do a pterodactyl impression, inadvertently bumping into... | 2014-03-01T14:39:19 | 2014-03-01T13:17:33 | 29 | 21 |
[WP] You wake up in King Arthur's court with only the clothes on your back. Merlin hands you a box about the size of a pumpkin and tells you it will wish into existence any object from your age, once per day. Camelot will be attacked and destroyed one week from now. Help us, future-man. | OK, this is a quick jokey short.
"This box will give me one thing per day from my time, and Camelot will be attacked in one week?"
Merlin eyed me a little incredulously, "that is what I have just said, yes."
"OK then. For my first item..." I said, reaching into the box, "paperclips."
"Paperclips? Pray tell, what... | King Arthur gives the ok. Merlin begins the ritual of summoning someone from the future. All of a sudden a big flash appears. Out of the light comes an orange faced man. Immediately the man looks at the castle walls and says "I could build better, I bet you didn't even make the other side pay for it, Sad!"
This is... | 2016-11-28T05:24:59 | 2016-11-28T05:03:10 | 147 | 10 |
[WP] On your eighteenth birthday, you shoot a mystic bow that is said to kill whoever is destined to kill you, three seconds before they do. Eight years later, your arrow strikes your SO's heart, right as she says "I do."
Or he. Or It. Whatever. I'm a straight canadian guy, so it popped into my head.
Sorry.
EDIT: I... | [*I'm late to the party and it's very late here but I had an idea and wanted to put it down before I go to sleep*]
After all my years hopping borders and playing pretend with other people's identities, after all the enemies made and the backs that I had stabbed, death was never unexpected.
I just thought it would be ... | “Sarah Williams, do you take this man, Timothy Greens, to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold…”
I looked over to see her staring back, biting her lip to keep from smiling too wide. She still had the same smile she did the day we met eight years ago. She winked at me, and I stuck my tongue out at her,... | 2014-05-27T21:56:14 | 2014-05-27T21:13:39 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] You were recently granted immortality by God. For years, you have seen immortal characters in media say that it is a curse, not a blessing. You just think those guys have been using it the wrong way. | "Seeing everyone grow old and die while you dont age, or seeing people you love, dying of sickness or disease, its agony, immortality is a curse."
"No matter how many things you try, drugs, booze, base jumping without a parachute, it all gets old. You become numb to everything and wish you could wither away like the r... | A rainy night.
The smoke is thick.
The sense of fright.
The trigger's click.
++
I see a hole.
In my partner's nose.
My turn ahead.
And let me not be dead.
++
For it is too early
For the death's cold grip.
My luck is curly
But the win is cheap.
++
I pull the trigger.
CLICK!
I take a breather
... | 2018-08-29T05:53:02 | 2018-08-29T03:41:44 | 235 | 62 |
[WP] On your 21st birthday, your biggest accomplishment becomes your official title - no matter how trivial. You wait anxiously in line for your village elder, Glenda, Devourer of 53 Chicken Nuggets In A Single Sitting, to assign you your new title. | It was my birthday. Well, it wasn't must mine - a few other young men and women were born twenty-one years ago today. We had that in common, along with the creeping dread about our titles.
Every person, upon turning twenty-one, was granted a title. It was supposed to reflect the greatest accomplishment of your yo... | Custom and tradition, which interleaved every facet of life for the dozen villages spread throughout the Darrowshire plains, accounted for many of the interesting practices unique to the locale.
These included the almost reverential regard for hunting, the marking of coming of age by bequeathing a title reflecting th... | 2017-04-27T17:59:06 | 2017-04-27T17:19:00 | 4,615 | 810 |
[WP] You need to hire a hitman, but can't afford it. Carefully write a gofundme campaign for something seemingly innocent while subtly letting your donors know what they are actually funding. | Good Afternoon Everyone
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my story and to hopefully making an old man's dream come true.
The gentleman in question is my boss, and let me tell you, he is something else. He is getting ready to be retired and as a gift, I would love to buy him the farm of his dreams. H... | Hi,
My name is Jessica from Arizona and I'm trying to arrange a long vacation for my boyfriend. He works really erratic hours and brings a lot of his stress home with him. I feel that him getting away from the hustle and just lying in the sand in say, Belize would really go a long way for both our relationship and our ... | 2015-08-29T12:12:02 | 2015-08-29T10:50:25 | 119 | 22 |
[WP] Your mission is to write the worst opening to a YA novel ever. How badly can you make us cringe? | Raven Darknessmore awoke to the familiar pain of her dull existence and walked to the mirror. Her sullen orbs admired her dismal appearance. Her hair was black like night. Her face was pale like milk. Her moon-shaped scar hurt from the dreams she had last night. She knew one thing for certain: she could never love... | Once upon a time, a young girl and a young boy were deeply in love. They would always re-enact romantic scenes from films, ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, costumes and all. They would go everywhere together, *do* everything together... by everything, I mean *everything*, even going to... | 2022-08-19T15:35:49 | 2022-08-19T14:20:41 | 815 | 93 |
[WP] When bargaining with the Fae, it's far safer to start by stating what you're willing to pay and see what you can get for it. But sometimes you just have to get one specific boon - in your case, you need a terminal illness cured. | "Cure me of whatever is killing me."
*"It's your fate. It's the fate of all those who live."*
"Just cure it."
*"It requires a lot from you. Maybe too much."*
"I don't care. Take whatever you want."
*"You are making a mistake."*
"You think living is a mistake?"
*"Like how you will, Yes."*
"Well, I don't care. Ju... | The gorgeous greens, beautiful blues and perfect palette of other colours that draped the deep woods in a bombastic tone did nothing to mask the sense of dread growing in my stomach. Strange creatures, the likes of which I hadn’t even heard of in tales slinked through the undergrowth hissing and howling at the intruder... | 2022-07-10T09:16:38 | 2022-07-10T07:55:22 | 309 | 32 |
[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... | A man in a white tee-shirt, dust covered jeans, and a hat plops down into a recliner and turns on his television and begins switching through channels until he comes to the news.
The images on screen were like it was straight out of a dream. Or a nightmare depending on where a person was from. It showed members of th... | 2016-01-29T09:11:06 | 2016-01-29T07:13:23 | 33 | 11 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "I know of a game," said the man, finally speaking up after a long pause. Death's glare shifted, as if his bony face cocked an eyebrow. The man crossed his arms, collecting himself for the explanation. The only way to win this game was to make sure the other party lost first, after all.
"Well?" Death questioned, gro... | "Then I'll choose Tic Tac Toe!" I said confidently.
Death drew a glowing tic tac toe board suspended in mid air and grew a devilish smile. "Fine, go ahead and start", he said with a whisper of a voice.
An hour passed by, with no moves made. "Are you not going to do anything!?" Death shouted annoyed.
"Nope," I answer... | 2018-03-07T07:43:55 | 2018-03-07T06:43:50 | 251 | 72 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | continued straight from the prompt...
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Now... Luckily I'm a redditor, and things like being summoned against your will into an unknown world/situation are a common topic so I had thought through this scenario before. Otherwise I would appear quite confused at my situation and not at all in control of the situation.... | Just another day. That's how it started at least. I woke up around 4:30 pm and started getting ready for my night shift. This whole grown up adult job thing wasn't all it had cracked up to be. Twelve hour shifts in a cramped room dealing with all the idiots my city had to offer. I guess you could say it was like hell o... | 2017-05-12T10:38:10 | 2017-05-12T07:49:08 | 427 | 61 |
[WP] You get achievements in life, such as "Get Married" or "Meet your future Wife". Today you had your first baby, and you see an achievement pop up: "Meet the person who will eventually kill you" | For sixty years I lived in fear of my daughter. For sixty years I’ve lived with the anxiety of knowing at any moment she will end me. For sixty years I’ve been walking on eggshells and making excuses to make myself distant. Was the achievement incorrect? Was everything I did all for naught or was it merely enough to ke... | "Not in this life MotherFucker!"
You find yourself shouting as you palm your new-born infant,
raising him high above your head,
only to touchdown slam him in to the white delivery room floor.
A Glorious "WHOOOOOOOOO" escapes from you as you start to shuffle so perfectly, Ickey Woods himself starts to cry somewhere.
... | 2018-01-12T18:57:10 | 2018-01-12T17:15:10 | 1,530 | 60 |
[WP] A terrible industrial accident sliced you in half cleanly down the middle. Autodocs got to you fast, and with modern cyberware you will eventually make a near-complete recovery. The only complication is that both halves survived... | You'd think working at some burger joint would be a pretty safe job. Fryer burns, at worst. But the boss had some kind of turf war with the grease bucket across the road, and next thing I know, I'm looking inside my torso from the inside. Damn lucky we both survived, really.
But that's where it gets complicated. See, ... | “Echoes,” the docs called them.
I was lucky to survive, but you don’t escape from an accident like that unscathed.
They said the brain is like a symphony.
“*John.*”
When the whole symphony plays together, its melody is coherent. Put half of the musicians in a different room and the music becomes… strange.
“*Are yo... | 2022-09-30T01:20:53 | 2022-09-29T23:23:18 | 300 | 55 |
[WP] Write two different stories. The second story comes from reading every third word of the first. | Before then, **I** never truly **hated** anyone, but **that** had changed. **I** met her. **Didn't** she also **hate** me? Yes, **her** hate reciprocated. **I** would have **loved** to punch **her** face in. **Because** she lied **all** the time, **her** arrogance, countless **imperfections**, it just **made** me hate... | "If you **check** the registry **under** 'Morton,' maybe. **The** whole entire **floor** was ours. **You'll** no doubt **find** I'm not **her** killer."
The phone went quiet. His thumb paused over the power button before pressing it reluctantly. Something didn't sit right, but what that was, he couldn't make clear. ... | 2014-07-29T11:54:28 | 2014-07-29T11:44:36 | 74 | 20 |
[Wp] Write a story with a secret message hidden inside
Edit: If any readers figure out the answer or if you, the writer, wish to let the reader know, please include the answer (or assumed answer) in the comments as a spoiler. | Hi mommy! i know you are worried about me but please don't be, i'm okay.
Every day is awesome here, uncle can be strict at times, but he gives me lots and lots of pizzas! how are you?
Lovely, i hope. and how is dad doing? i hope he recovered from bankruptcy.
Please tell him i miss him too and i hope he is doing o... | Never did I thought it would be this way.
Going through life, a day at a time.
To the best of my ability, I try to live well.
Give all that I am, never less than the best.
You, my dearest companion, I give my all.
Up and down, you've been by my side through it all.
Never will I abandon you.
Going and comi... | 2017-06-23T08:46:15 | 2017-06-23T08:05:40 | 50 | 32 |
[WP] It's your first day as the recently-inaugurated President of the United States and you're being told all of the country's most top-secret information and projects. What's the most unbelievable thing you get told? | "That's it?" I asked. I was still confused. Unbelievable.
"Yep. That's it." My "aide" smiled. It was a genuine smile, a happy smile that spoke of only optimism. God, I wanted to wipe that grin off his face. Probably fake too, with this asshole's espionage background.
"Unbelievable," I put my head in my hands. "Un-fuc... | "I'm not so sure about this", I say reluctantly as head White House Information Technician Gerald Froman fiddled with buttons on the side of the device.
"Oh, that's what they all say at first", he says, grinning ever so slightly. "Soon, you'll know that as a fact".
I furrow my brow slightly and throw him a glance b... | 2014-09-18T16:04:16 | 2014-09-18T13:01:38 | 33 | 11 |
[WP] You have a secret. You have always seen a translucent number floating above everyones head. Most have a 0, few 1, but your girlfriend has a 37. You witness a murder on the way to propose to your girlfriend. As the assailant pulls the trigger, you watch the number above his head go from 1, to 0. | For as long as I can remember I assumed I thought I had some insight into the future. All of these numbers floating above people's heads must mean something dark, something brutal. What else could explain all of the 0s and rare ones 1s see.
My gift made me cynical and cautious. 1s kept me cautious. The very idea that... | "The numbers, what do they mean?"
I continued muttering to myself as I hurried to the bar. I've always been able to see numbers above people's heads. And I just saw one change. Before, I never really cared. The numbers were just *there.* I mean, they weren't hurting anyone so I never bothered finding out, but... the m... | 2015-05-05T15:13:58 | 2015-05-05T13:49:16 | 26 | 12 |
[WP] Make me cry in four sentences or less.
Go. | 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... | Parallel lines have a lot in common but they never ever get to meet each other.
Every other pair of lines meet once and drift apart forever.
The asymptote builds up (false) hope and gets closer and closer to meeting the axis but... never gets to do that.
Lines are depressing :'( | 2014-11-20T18:46:32 | 2014-11-20T18:22:41 | 112 | 26 |
[WP] Unbeknownst to the living, when people die and their bodies fail, their brain continues to simulate everyday life until it shuts down. As time goes on, things become more unrealistic and the self realization of death becomes apparent. You've just figured it out. | ######[](#dropcap)
I ride the crest of the Probability Wave. The boundary between real and not yet real is blurred.
I know, for instance, that I was married. I *remember* that, not as one in a trillion visions glimpsed in the rolling fog of probability, but as concrete, collapsed fact. I married my wife, and we loved... | Foolish is the word one would say to describe me. Most assume that word can only have negative associations with it, but to me it is a word that is carried by much nicer ones. Words like "Dreamer" or "Determined". Either way, being a 35 year old man with no wife or children, its hard to call yourself a success in life.... | 2018-07-27T00:27:19 | 2018-07-26T22:16:07 | 1,225 | 447 |
[WP] You control two bodies. Both are identical, but your mind can control each one independently. You've kept it a secret from everyone, including your significant other, until they came home early and walked in on you helping yourself with some household chore. Now you have some explaining to do. | “What the fuck?” My girlfriend yelled from the opening of our doorway.
As I turned in fear, I knocked over the plate I had just finished drying. Gemini caught it before it smashed on the ground.
“Babe,” I said, startled and fumbling for an excuse. “Check out this robot mimic I’ve been working on. See how realistic i... | We: *Laundry, check. Floors, check. Tom did the yard work? Yeah we did that. Jerry got Em's favorite wine. God we are awesome. We take self-clap to a new level.*
Narrator: Tom and Jerry sit down. Clink gin glasses and cheers to themselves. They've been getting away with this for years; college, graduate school, intern... | 2019-07-10T10:03:25 | 2019-07-10T09:58:11 | 44 | 25 |
[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics. | "...and I hear when the games are over, everyone just goes back to the village and has some sort of giant fucking orgy."
"Thanks, Max. Glad to hear it," said Ben halfheartedly.
"Are you kidding me right now? That doesn't excite you? Pure, 12 hour shifts of straight fucking?" Max's voice was ecstatic.
"Max, take ... | A thunderous roar of chants, clapping, insults, and all manner of excited noises arose from the packed crown. The young Korean had been taking the Olympics by storm, rising from obscurity by winning the South Korean nationals two years hence. At that point he was unheard of, receding into training immediately afterward... | 2014-01-17T06:59:13 | 2014-01-17T05:28:36 | 60 | 26 |
[WP] The Spartans never lost at the battle of Thermopylaes... Or ever. In the past 2,500 years they have yet to lose a single battle or war, and for the first time ever, you, a reporter, have been allowed in to observe their military tactics and advancements in a modern world. | "This is... remarkable," I said. The training grounds sprawled before me, miles of dirt and splintered weapons. The Spartans were in full battle armor from the waist up, naked from the belt down, and every single one was feverishly masturbating.
I turned to Grand General Diocletian the CXVIth. He beamed with pride, lo... | I could barely breathe. The high elevation of Olympus Mountain range was a huge change for a guy from Los Angeles--albeit the fact that my lungs were laced with smog and smoke probably didn't help any. My guide, General Stopholes, seemed unfazed by the cold or the altitude. In fact, the furrow of his brow spoke more... | 2015-12-29T20:48:11 | 2015-12-29T20:23:28 | 28 | 12 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | "Well Fifth , we have a hard time figuring these guys out ."
Fifth swivels its primary sensory orifices to face Thirty Second "What is so difficult about them that I had to be brought out of stasis?".
"Well they are a primitive species , and we can tell by their transmissions that they seem to want a peaceful meeting... | 99.999% of all intelligent species in the galaxy are descended from their home planet's equivalent of ants or cows. It's a fact that's hard to believe, given the diverse range of body types and social structures built by said species, but it's an answer every human xeno-researcher came across after First Contact.
The ... | 2016-03-13T19:37:26 | 2016-03-13T18:44:24 | 59 | 34 |
[WP] In 50 words or fewer, write a story with a twist ending. | I sat on the cold examination table, dressed in a gown, and afraid of what the doctor would say. But I had been seeing him for the better part of a decade, I knew him as a warm soul who would do his best to cure whatever it was. Then the door creaked and he walked in. I could see a solemn look on his face.
"Sorry, up... | I watched her as she embraced another. My heart sank when I saw her dancing in the rain in her pink hat and red heels. A man, taller and tanner than me, held her and swayed her. How could Gwyneth Paltrow ignore my fan mail and dance with another man? | 2014-07-27T18:30:38 | 2014-07-27T18:19:16 | 50 | 34 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | Growing up now isn't too different than it was for our grandparents. Some kids are a little better at math, and some a little better at sports. The game changer is we know why. Everybody gets skill points on their birthday - it's always been the case, but now someone not only discovered that, they unlocked the secret t... | "Spare Change?"
Of course, it's futile... Should have noticed the crotchspawn. Which means that mom will...
"Oh hell no! You sick, sick man! Come along kids, get away from the stranger..."
I really should pay attention to who I'm asking for money, but of course I never leveled up perception or similar skills. Or... | 2018-09-12T10:49:40 | 2018-09-12T10:24:40 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] Deep within the Dark King’s vaults you find it. The Chronicle. A complete transcript of the last five years of war carefully edited to make you and the other heroes appear as immoral monsters. It’s portrayal of you is... surprisingly accurate. | The account itself was wrong, of course, and heavily biased in favour of the Dark King, but some of the details about me personally were disturbing.
Of course it was easy to write down a fairly good general description of me, how many raids had I personally led on the fortress? But there were other things, secrets, b... | My friends and allies are some of the nicest people you’d meet. So, to find that the Dark King has it describing them as immoral monsters is somewhat amusing in its own way. As I continue to flip through the book, I finally discovered the section based on me.
Jinxs the Star Seeker. Though he seems to be slightly intim... | 2020-08-03T12:12:48 | 2020-08-03T10:32:22 | 51 | 23 |
[WP] Every human has their soulmate's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth.
Idea from this Tumblr post
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11206957_778391755645357_8477035769704355007_n.png?oh=5b3f35d575ad3aa39d6ba5c5ed39cce2&oe=56549C83 | these words engraved on my wrist, These last word to me could've been in any context. I could've left her, done something to save her life or taking it. I mean what could be happening when the last word are "No, Don't." The illusion of me being hero or a murderer came to a sad depressing end when i found out the contex... | I pant, my lungs on the verge of collapsing. Looking round the corner, I saw no one. Perhaps, I've lost her.
Lee. These three alphabets remain a daily reminder of an inescapable fate. Carved onto my forehead since birth, I bear the burden of having to spend eternity with a certain Ms Lee out there.
The 'foreheads' ... | 2015-08-08T12:53:58 | 2015-08-08T10:27:35 | 93 | 10 |
[WP] "Like this if you love Jesus. Ignore if you love the Devil." "Not this stupid crap again", you think to yourself. You scroll past it and continue wasting time on your home computer. Five seconds later you hear a knock at your front door. It's the Devil, holding a bouquet of roses. | I had a plan to get both of them to stop harassing me. I loaded up my friend David's Facebook page, and scrolled down to the post. Then I unlocked my phone, and had John forward the text.
I sighed, closed my eyes, and waited five seconds. The knock at the door. Ten seconds. The wailing from the kitchen. I smiled and r... | Really, who in their right mind would be knocking on my door at 3am. I got up to answer the door and then cautiously stepped back to grab my gun out of the drawer.
Who would be knocking at 3am?
"Hello? Joey is thay you?"
Nothing so against my better judgement I reach for the door, my other hand holding the pistol u... | 2015-10-22T07:28:18 | 2015-10-22T06:41:12 | 179 | 22 |
[WP] Human engineers have a strange custom- when coming across Alien technology, their first question is “can it run doom?” | "Human, may I ask you a question?" The centaur like, pale skinned alien with large blue eyes and four arms asked.
"It's Mark and sure." The human, Mark, replied.
"I've just noticed over the months we've been cooperating on these cross technology studies you often ask the other humans if 'It can run Doom' and I was cu... | “Hey Zenith!” I looked at Dani. The small human who was accompanying us on the journey. He pointed to the screen on the control panel. “Can it run Doom?” That was such a strange question to ask.
“What is Doom? And why was that your first question?” I asked. He pulled out his communication device, a phone, they call i... | 2022-09-20T07:23:28 | 2022-09-19T23:53:55 | 40 | 20 |
[WP] Humanity discovers that supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves exist. Instead of attempting to exterminate them, some countries attempt to offer them lucrative jobs that they could do better than a human. | I wake up, start my basic morning routine. Shower, make breakfast, grab a cold drink from the fridge, and sit down to watch the morning news. An anchorman is reporting on a protest. I see a sign reading "DISAPPARATE OUT OF OUR COUNTRY". Another that says "VEEPS MUST GO" I turn off the tv before I can read anymore, and ... | This is the third time this week. After all the unanswered letters, the messages, the unanswered phone calls. They've actually come knocking on my door.
I refuse to answer. If I just wait they'll leave. If I...
"Mr. Wyatt, we know you're in there. Please open the door. We just want to talk to you."
The hell you... | 2018-08-27T17:34:15 | 2018-08-27T14:46:19 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] When the alien crew learned that humans will go practically insane and be willing to eat anything or anyone when left without food for too long. It led to aliens frantically trying to feed the human crewmate whenever they said they were hungry | Veck, we have a human.
Not as a pet or slave but as a crew member. My scales tingle at irregular angles, although I am not looking at a mirror I can only imagine that I look horribly disheveled. I can feel my chest contract and expand at an ever increasing rate. Blessed all mother why must it be a human?
I mean, I k... | “I will not eat green eggs and ham, because I am not fucking Sam-I-Am. I will not eat your powdered meats or jarred and cultivated space-black beets. I will not eat your stupid ferns, or leafy greens that smell of burns. I will not eat your candied peat, or sickly, greening, rotten egg scented beef. I will not eat them... | 2021-06-11T13:42:41 | 2021-06-11T13:01:22 | 879 | 419 |
[WP] Adapt a famous fairy tale so it has a realistic ending.
I'm about to go to sleep. Bedtime story!... Except that I won't read anything until I get up. Happy Saturday. | "She should be coming soon," Grandma Hood faintly whispered to herself. "Oh, it's been so long, I wonder what she looks like!"
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
The rapping of a gentle fist on the door broke her train of thought. Looking through the peephole, Grandma Hood saw her granddaughters beautiful face. It had been five ... | She slept and never moved. She looked like a statue carved from gleaming white marble, but stone could never do justice to the beauty of her delicate face.
These were the lips which had so entranced the knight, and he stared at them longingly. A tiny dribble of drool escaped from the corner of his mouth, like a hungr... | 2014-03-29T11:13:38 | 2014-03-29T10:43:35 | 50 | 12 |
[WP] Your small, otherwise unimpressive kingdom is suddenly the strongest power in the land, for the sole reason that unlike other kings, you are happy to work with the local orcs, goblins, dragons, and other races usually attacked on sight. | This was awkward to say the least. I, King Ranfeld the IV, stared across the table at the strangest line up I'd ever seen in my forty years. Rodvak, Orc Chieftain of the Bloodtusks, Grobsmack, Goblin Chieftain of the Trapjaws, and Elsidiora, Brood Mother of the Red Scale Dragons all sat on the other side of the table. ... | "And that concludes the mere 300 hundred years of our fledgling kingdom."
I closed the book and patted a girl with auburn hair that is interlocked and fashioned in a rather intricate hairstyle. With little fairies dodging in and out.
She bits her lips and grabbed my hand swaying in from side to side. Then she once ag... | 2021-09-25T07:51:09 | 2021-09-25T06:37:46 | 252 | 20 |
[WP] Nonfiction - Tell Us About Your First kiss.
Or, if you must, tell us about *a* first kiss. Either way, it has to have actually happened.
Edit: You guys are wonderful, keep 'em coming! | The smell of her shampoo. That's what brings it all back. Someone passes me on the street and I'm flung back to her room, and I'm thirteen and we're both awkward. We're talking about music and gigs and listening to 'Different Class' by Pulp, and her lamp is on low so the room is dark, and we're sitting on her bed an... | I met the girl in band. It was in seventh grade, she was in eighth. She was one of my best friends and I liked her the whole time. But, I was too afraid to make a move. She went to high school, and I went to eighth. That year passed and I gained a lot of courage. We became best friends. I was a generally annoying guy. ... | 2014-04-01T06:35:11 | 2014-04-01T05:56:59 | 79 | 13 |
[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests. | Reportedly, I am torturing my subjects. I am grinding their faces under my large, leaded boots. I am spitting on the freedom they deserve.
Reportedly, I have the hero's princess. I can and do make her do anything and everything for me. Perhaps I'm doing something to her in the dungeon that involves leather and whips... | Lord Viktor Kozlov sulked the dark hallways, contemplating all things evil. His soldiers were well-equipped, his bed was warmed with women and cooled with wine, and the mares braying in his stables were of the finest breed and lineage. Kozlov was surely the greatest vampire in the four kingdoms.
And yet—as he walked... | 2019-06-26T12:47:04 | 2019-06-26T10:56:26 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] "Any last words, hero?" "I am going to kill you. And then I going to take your hat." "...Excuse me?" "You heard me: I want your hat. And you can't stop me." | "Any last words, hero?"
"I am going to kill you. And then I going to take your hat."
"...Excuse me?"
"You heard me: I want your hat. And you can't stop me."
"...you're in a *death trap*, Hero. It's not a *mild annoyance* trap."
"Yes, and that's why you can't stop me."
"You fool. This death trap will *kill* you."
... | "Please. You thought you could get rid of my powers that easily. Of course, it's a common conception. I'm often seen with my hat, and I act out of the norm while wearing it, so my powers must come from my hat. That is partially true, of course, but not the whole truth. I still have my powers, with or without my hat. Wh... | 2022-01-24T02:11:14 | 2022-01-23T19:25:25 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] While reading your favourite book for the 7th time, you get sucked into it and become part of the storyline. Unfortunately for you, you are forced to be on the antagonists' side and help them defeat the good guys. | A flamethrower was thrust into my hands by a man in a firefighter's uniform. "Keep it moving, boy," he said, his attention focused on equipping the next person in line.
I turned and broke out of the line, looking down at the weapon in my hands. *What in the world is going on...?*
My brain finally registered the alar... | This had to be the one of the best parts of the book.
Jakob was in the middle of battle, shooting at an opposing German soldier who had fallen into his line of site. There was at least two entire paragraph's of his inner turmoil about killing someone, about playing god and taking away their life. "But he remembered B... | 2020-03-19T12:57:14 | 2020-03-19T12:19:14 | 43 | 13 |
[FF] 100 words to make me hate a character. 100 words to make me come to love them. 100 words to crush my soul as you kill them.
Great turnout and work everybody. Keep em' coming.
Newcomers:
A. Don't feel afraid to post or otherwise get turned off posting by the number of already completed responses.
B. Read all... | You know what? Fuck you. Fuck your stupid writing prompt. Fuck this website. Fuck everyone reading this. Fuck. You. You ain’t shit. You’re lazy. You’re undisciplined. You’re ignorant. I’m *writing* this fucking story. You’re just breezing by, scrolling down like a fucking robot, clicking away at those little arrows to ... | I gave it a shot.
>Italian Business party (300 words)
"ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF? Peed your pants, Jesus! Little piss-pants! Your mother and I can't take you anywhere! After Daddy's boss said to bring you, you just piss yourself. It looks like you'll be a little boy forever, Brian!" Charney hollered at his son, ga... | 2014-03-11T09:04:28 | 2014-03-11T04:29:19 | 585 | 117 |
[WP] In a world where people can only be killed by those they truly love, you are an assassin. | You can only be killed by someone you love. That's always been the rule. We don't know who made it. Many people suspect it was God. Some people don't believe in him, but it is a pretty compelling argument for the existence of a higher being. I personally never was a faithful sort. In more ways than one. People are so e... | The hardest thing about this job, you get too close. It pays well since not many people can pull off a hit, but damn. This last job was rough, it's always hard to get close enough to a target but when they know there's a good chance they'll be targeted it becomes a much longer process.
Sophie was a CEO in a tech firm ... | 2016-11-15T15:51:49 | 2016-11-15T15:18:17 | 1,012 | 55 |
[WP] You are a food critic that can immediately identify all the ingredients used in the food after just one bite. Because of your negative reviews, many people dislike you. You are tasting a famous restaurant's steak. But after a bite, you identify that one of the ingredients is cyanide. | Malthus Sorenson, food critic, dabbed at his mouth lightly, pondering the meal he'd just finished at the trendy Chateau DeVries. On reflection, he concluded it was likely to become much less trendy, once his review was published.
The critic was exacting, but fair. He felt his nigh-superhuman sense of taste, that could... | I spit it out into my napkin and say nothing. So it's come to this has it. Can't offer me a decent meal for that extra star so you kill me off?
"Hey waiter, I'd like to speak to the chef please."
I make a quick phone call as I wait for him to appear.
He's a big guy with golden hair and a stern look about him. ... | 2018-10-04T07:39:04 | 2018-10-04T07:21:56 | 439 | 173 |
[WP] Turns out, aliens aren't made of cells, they're one single thing that seems similar to a cell, but is much, much larger and more advanced biologically. They see us as hive-mind abominations, with our trillions of cells. | What horrible little addicts they are, all of them. The amalgamations: Slavers! Their greatest sin these endosymbionts and their pacts. “Cells” they call themselves. As if their existence were a prison! They’ve allied with the absolute worst of the worst. Those spinning, whirring, evil little machines. Mitochondria. On... | Recording from the most famous speech of Jacob Harfy, first Mono-Nuclei to Human cultural translator.
\-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
One day when I was very young I asked my mother a question I still think about today.
"Mama, why do the Mono-Nuclei hate us?"
It was a question that caught her off guard, and she h... | 2019-10-10T19:55:29 | 2019-10-10T16:49:52 | 1,435 | 735 |
[WP] "Oh, and by the way, you can't take that off, ever."
CLARIFICATION EDIT: Can't, as in it's impossible. Not "Shouldn't". | "Why not?" she said.
"Because people will treat you differently," he said.
"Only until they get to know me."
"No. It doesn't work that way."
"I see."
So she wore it for years and her life was good. But curiosity forged a stream in her brain, which became a river, which became a canyon. So she took off the mask an... | "I'm cool with that."
"You're 'cool' with it? It looks bloody stupid"
"You're just jelly of my fancy new hat"
"Its a crap hat, but it suits you, what with you being just a pile of crap yourself"
"Fuck you man"
"Fuck you too"
Transcribed conversation between "Sword In The Stone" rock, and a local lesser known rock... | 2015-12-09T11:16:21 | 2015-12-09T10:54:52 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] Most ghosts have cool unfinished business: "Avenge my murder!" "Redeem my sins!" "Reveal my terrible secret!" Yours is...less impressive. But it still binds you to this world, and so you must find a medium who will help you. And not laugh when you tell them what with. | I sigh as I glance at the run down neon sign in the window. I mean, I would sigh if it actually did something. I'm a ghost so I don't really need to breathe but I'm getting sidetracked. Story of my life...and afterlife apparently.
The sign blinks and buzzes a little more than normal as I phase through it and the dirty... | I'm passing up and down. 'god this is so embarrassing.' I want to move on so badly but my request is so awkward. 'okay, don't be a wuss, you can do it.' I take a deep breath in and float through the bedroom door. A beautiful young woman is walking around her room cleansing it. I start couching. "I sense a presence." Sh... | 2022-07-15T09:55:01 | 2022-07-15T09:54:48 | 142 | 43 |
[FF] In three sentences, kill as many people as possible. No firearms, no natural disasters, no explosives, no WMDs. | He stares back at me as his knees buckle under the strain.
I weep because, even though I tried to save him, even though I would have spent my last breath to save him, it wouldn't make a difference.
He shouts and desperately tries to stand tall as he bleeds out, he pours his being into the last of his strength, but fi... | Sampson flexed, straining his muscles, and the pillars began to visibly bow outward. The royal court and the harem and the visiting dignitaries and guests were too shocked to flee. When the pillars broke and the ceiling collapsed upon them, nearly all of them were killed.
.
*(Aprox. 200-250 dead)* | 2014-08-04T22:16:09 | 2014-08-04T21:55:55 | 550 | 13 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego..
[removed] | I have never understood how no one has done what I have. It's simple and direct. Plan and execution. Yet somehow countless people before me have failed.
I've taken over the world... more or less. Still a few groups refusing to accept my rule.
Looking back it all started when I walked upon a street brawl.
\---
It w... | A man ran desperately through a dark alley. His eyes were those of a prey being hunted down by a cunning predator. His heavy breathing was reminiscent of a person who had reached his limit in a marathon.
*I got to get away, if I could only face him–*
Just before the man could finish his own thought, a dark-aura crash... | 2019-08-06T20:42:43 | 2019-08-06T18:08:59 | 121 | 48 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | Everyone is destined for something great. You become an adult on your 18th birthday. You become hero.
Maybe I'll be the next Mia Kit. She's one of the greatest superheros in the world. She has the ability to take other powers. Maybe I'll be like The Great Kirk, invincible. No one since him has had that power.
I can... | Today is my 18th birthday, a day which my best friend Emily received her gift of mind control, she was the first of our friends to receive her gift.
She loved playing games with us. One afternoon, at lunchtime, my eyes were invested on this guy from the football team, Alex Brucelini. I knew it wasn't my place to say a... | 2015-03-28T05:16:52 | 2015-03-28T05:00:15 | 70 | 27 |
[WP] You are a senior student at a prestigious school of thievery. The only way to graduate is to break into the headmasters office, steal a certain object and escape from the school. Tonight you're going to attempt it. | It was rare that the _United States Thievery Guild_ would work with other law enforcement agencies. Their preference was to have as little interaction with other departments outside of the routine contracts.
The USTG was an integral part of the success of the United States. They stole whatever was needed to keep the c... | Ginds sat on his bed in the boys' dormitory. He was toying with his fingers, nervous excitement building up inside of him. He was sure the other boys were asleep by now but he had to wait a little longer, to properly sort out his plan in his mind.
When his watch told him that it was midnight, he slid a balaclava over ... | 2016-04-25T08:46:22 | 2016-04-25T05:43:56 | 33 | 17 |
[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... | Am I the strongest? No, I wouldn't say so. I'm not quick, smart, tough. I'm nothing special. I don't have to be though, they do. They are too. All the people who got powers that you read in the comics. They were supers, meta humans they were calling themselves. I'm a meta I guess. The first time I used my power I got d... | It wasn't so much a power as it was a curse. Tell me how you would feel to die a million deaths. To wake up the day before the dominoes fell, the machination of reality that would end your life took place, and then some small nuance in the fabric of reality is altered to spare your life for a few more days, years, an e... | 2014-12-18T15:24:09 | 2014-12-18T12:57:51 | 20 | 10 |
[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. | Dear Omar,
I know, I know. The last thing you wanted was your obituary to read "...an Oakland Man." I was telling some of my other friends that despite the fact we'd only been close friends for something like a couple years, you were someone that I would've wanted in the groom's party when I eventually got married. ... | Name changes, for privacy reasons, but here goes.
My dear Maria,
I recall in vivid detail the conversations we once shared, about where our lives were headed, our hopes and fears, our dreams and nightmares. I never told you outright how much I love you, and that is the only thing in life I truly regret. I tried telli... | 2017-11-05T22:20:06 | 2017-11-05T21:31:39 | 78 | 19 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | *Note: I just wrote another story for this prompt in the replies below. Let me know which sorry you like better!*
It wasn't until I had the chance to die that I realized I still wanted to live.
Sitting next to the parents, seeing their faces as the ER surgeon came out of the room and shook his head, I was convinced ... | \*knock\* \*knock\*
The sound of slow, heavy knocking comes from the door. From the other side, a woman calls out, "we want you to make things right. Come on out, James."
It's them. For the past two weeks straight, they've showed up outside my house. Every single day, and always at the exact same time. More and more ... | 2018-09-16T16:40:02 | 2018-09-16T16:18:54 | 5,661 | 147 |
[WP]1000 years ago, scientists have found a way to attach chlorophyll to the human DNA, making humans survive solely on the Sun. Humans have evolved and lost the need and instinct to eat. It is now the year 3022. You have discovered eating by accident, and it has provided you with superhuman powers.
EDIT: Holy sh*t! F... | Journal Entry 22/07/3022. ENTRY-D
... Hours later, I felt a hotness in my pants. "What is that awful smell" I thought. It had happened, I had gained superpowers from doing the Ritual of Eating. I had learned of the power from the ancient scroll I excavated... nearly 800 years old by my current estimates.
The power ... | It seemed impossible. Unheard of. Like a piece of science fiction.
As people moved down the sidewalk at the slow, even pace necessary when you live off of the minute sugars generated by photosynthesis; I actually walked around them!
On my normal trip to the beach I have to stop at 3 Basking Stations to recharge. But... | 2018-09-27T06:36:26 | 2018-09-27T06:18:26 | 51 | 24 |
[WP] You are a princess that owns a pet dragon. You are getting tired of constantly having to defend your pet against knights attempting to "slay the dragon and rescue the princess". | "Kinda short for a knight, aren't you?"
The words hung in the air. Sir Gregory was taken aback. He was expecting the princess to be excited to see him or terrified of the dragon. Condescension was an emotion he never entertained.
"Oh Gods, you reek. No, this won't do. If you wish to rescue me *properly* I insist you ... | "Look at that idiot swinging a sword at my playful Gilgamore." I said while looking out of my window from the top floor of the tower into the courtyard.
Every damn time... I don't know why they think they need to *Slaaaaay the Draaagon.* What was this, some Walt Disney princess movie? Did they honestly think that if t... | 2019-01-09T11:59:29 | 2019-01-09T10:46:09 | 158 | 38 |
[WP] It's getting really hard for the government to keep covering up all these alien landings. Sightings of strange metal creatures roaming over the surface, apparently scanning it, are disturbing the citizens. The Martian government needs to come up with something better, fast. | "The official story from the government is that Gale City was infested with space mites and had to be fumigated," the newscaster said, "But in our interviews with the hastily-evacuated citizens of the crater, not a *single* one mentioned any sign of the little pests. Perhaps there's more to this story?" She ended with ... | "For Christ's sake, in the middle of New York!?" cried Ferguson, throwing his FBI badge on the table. "Are you
insane?"
Du'kk ran his hands through his bald, grey head. "I'm sorry, sir, I tried –"
"Small towns! Small, rural towns! I told you that a million times! And put your mask back on, the door's unlocked!"
"So... | 2015-10-05T06:11:33 | 2015-10-05T05:53:05 | 775 | 169 |
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