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[WP] In the distant future, an alien scientist has almost fully deciphered the messages found on the Voyager Spacecraft. With growing horror, the scientist realizes the crafts home system, and begins to pray. | Gzrn'llrp couldn't believe it. Three whole yarngs had passed with virtually no progress, and even after the initial results came back it took three MORE yarngs just to verify the information. There was simply no possible way the analysis was incorrect - the device was of Annihilator origin. The doctor's long, wiry gran... | A few disclaimers, this is my first response to a post and I am writing on mobile so sorry if the editing is weird.
I had grown used to the silence of the universe. I spent my time hiding from my civilization, traveling from galaxy to galaxy in a never ending patrol. During the war, my people called me a hero, an uns... | 2014-11-09T01:15:11 | 2014-11-09T00:24:27 | 55 | 13 |
[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... | “GO GREEN!!” My neighbor screeched at the field.
I leaned to my friend Raya, “Is this entirely necessary? We could be doing something more fun. Like literally anything. Anything is more fun than this.” I looked at the field disdainfully.
“Seriously Maize? This is like the one time your power is totally on point!” My... | 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 ... | 2020-01-30T11:35:06 | 2019-08-11T22:16:33 | 1,281 | 209 |
[WP] You’re a child psychologist and, to your horror, you discover that your patients all have the same imaginary friend. | "Thanks doc, you've been a great listener. A real friend to all of us. But, I'm leaving now, and you know I'm the one that got the other kids to talk to you. I don't think they will after I'm gone." Benny said as we left my office. Well, the office I shared with Dr. Davis. Who was barely here at all and wasn't much of ... | *"Do you think what you did was okay?"*
*"The others were doing it! I didn't wanna... didn't wanna seem different."*
Jacob. Seven years old, his clothes are far less ragged than the first time she met him. It's a good sign, and she makes a note on her clipboard.
He glances at her suspiciously. "Are-are you writin' s... | 2017-10-05T17:07:23 | 2017-10-05T14:28:32 | 127 | 31 |
[WP] You sit with him in his final moments. His paw in your hand. Such a good boy. As he leaves you witness his life flash before your eyes. To him, you were a glorious king and he, your most noble of knights. Many adventures you had together. You decide to share some with the world and so you write | I hope it was clear as the moon in the night
That I saw you the same way, a glorious Knight
That there were no days, where I didn't feel
Like a king with his prince sitting there at my heel.
They say it's a burden, that noone should bear
To bury their children, their closest, their heir
And yet, though I knew thi... | I entered the back garden of our kingdom with my master and I stood vigilant as ever, my eyes peered out over our glorious kingdom and as I gazed I spotted an intruder; he was tiny, but he was mighty. The furred plume of his helmet stood on his back, he locked eyes with me and I knew I must defend the kingdom. I flew o... | 2018-11-02T00:40:18 | 2018-11-01T23:50:14 | 28 | 14 |
[WP] The reason we haven't had contact from any aliens is that there is a supreme alien race that secures and contains all other races like SCPs. And Humans are keter class. | **Item \#:** SCP-XXXX
**Object Class:** Keter
**Special Containment Procedures:** ~~Due to their primitive technology, none are necessary~~ Due to their extreme technological growth, media consumed by SCP-XXXX is to be filled with videos and pictures that are regarded as “funny” by SCP-XXXX (commonly referred to as “... | Tick...tick...tick
Slowly, the population counter continued to increase. In seven years, they had already doubled and neared one million. The grey being watching the counter could only feel disappointment. If this continued, another purge would be required.
The door behind the being opened, and another grey humanoid ... | 2019-02-25T18:46:29 | 2019-02-25T16:21:08 | 78 | 47 |
[WP] You live in a world where one's name decides their future. Every child has a name with a clear meaning. Perfect, Unique, Joy. You on the other hand have a rather... strange name. | Every time someone asked me for the meaning of my name, I tried to change the subject. You see, in a world full of Joys and Hopes, my name can stand out a little. When I first found out that my name is unusual I didn't mind it. but when I got older, It made me think. Why would my parent's choose this name for their fir... | "My mother was a bi-..." I stopped myself and sighed. "Let's just say that I resembled my father too much for her to ever really love me. She tolerated me, though. Besides the welfare checks she got because of me, I was a pretty decent whipping post for her to take her frustrations out on.
"One time I made her *proud*... | 2019-04-21T04:44:50 | 2019-04-20T22:41:35 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You notice that redditors you downvote never post again. One day, you jokingly downvote your friend's post. He dies in a bizarre accident shortly afterwards
[removed] | My best friend was dead. He had fallen into a threshing machine, and it was as if I had pushed him. My mind desperately sought a solution. A week after his death, I had an idea. What if I could upvote him back to life?
I ran to my PC, went into reddit and began upvoting everything he had ever posted. Just as I finishe... | "So redditors you downvote never post again?"
"Yeah, man, it's really weird. There was this one troll on /r/AskReddit that I downvoted, he never bothered us again."
"That's just creepy...lol, mate, check out this gif I just posted!"
"...that's just your cat. How many times do I have to tell you, nobody cares about y... | 2017-03-04T13:16:43 | 2017-03-04T11:54:07 | 817 | 43 |
[WP] No one believed you when you told them that your four year old got abducted by aliens on your way home from school. Today an alien shows up at your doorstep begging you to save them. Your nasty toddler has taken over the galaxy as its most vicious overlord and only you can make it stop. | He called himself Tobias.
He looked human enough until you really studied him, and then little details gave it away. At the base of his cropped hair the follicles grouped together like a doll's. The irises of his glassy eyes too vividly conveyed their electric blue. The skin of his neck wrinkled strangely when he m... | Davis sank down in his brown leathered recliner, he held up the crystal glass containing the amber liquid and toasted the empty room, “Here’s to another lousy day!” he downed it all in one go.
As with every other day in recent memory, he was all alone in his apartment. Ever since the abduction… Davis and his wife had ... | 2019-01-26T05:24:43 | 2019-01-26T04:57:45 | 1,045 | 115 |
[WP] You were warned that your newest crew member, a "Human", had vastly different biology from all other known races. This mad made very clear when they drank all of the galaxy's strongest known poison, saying that they "needed a drink of water." | "He's drinking that putrid liquid again, it's so clear and unnatural, wheres the colouring?" Pita had his squared face smushed against the glass, each breath leaving a faint white outline as his one nostril flared.
"If you find it so disgusting, why do you keep watching him?" Standing by his side was Linp, an odd ali... | We all shun them, these ugly creatures from the planet R453, also known in their language as Earth. They are a plague to their environments and feed by extracting resources from their surroundings. They are viruses surviving on the hardships of other creatures around them, creatures they call lesser than them.
The st... | 2020-05-18T10:06:44 | 2020-05-18T08:18:21 | 588 | 384 |
[WP] You just accidentally downloaded the Kindle version of the Necronomicon. | *The Necronomicon by The Mad Arab...I didn't download this, but I adore Lovecraft so I'm not complaining. Maybe Patricia put it on there as a gift.*
I looked at my Paperwhite with curiosity and excitement- after all, I'm a Lovecraft fanboy, yet somehow I've never actually peeked at any fan-made copies of The Necronomi... | ######[](#dropcap)
The book is in an ad at the bottom of the Kindle app. *'Reduced to 99c from $999,999.99'*. It had no reviews. I swipe to the next deal, and miss.
*"Book downloading."*
Bugger. What kind of a book has no title or cover? Sounds like some self-published crap.
I try to go back to the third (and defin... | 2016-02-10T09:40:53 | 2016-02-10T09:12:54 | 227 | 44 |
[WP] Your life is an endless series of horror movies. You're always at the wrong place at the wrong time. You're stuck seeing all your friends die right after you make them. The reason you're still alive? You can hear the horror music. | I look like a fucking psycho, and that's okay. I dance in public, always moving to the music I can hear, always smiling a little. When I've got a cigarette, I wave it like a conductor's wand, in time with the tritones and minor scales. Try it; it's fun.
The music I hear spans eras -- spans lifetimes -- and that's why ... | 'Oh God... Not again...!!!' I thought as those deep brass Inception style horns reverberated around me. I could kill Hans Zimmer for pioneering that sound, I hear them every day of my waking life, and this was no exception. I knew what was coming and it was time to start running.
This time I was in the woods with a ... | 2016-12-31T20:39:30 | 2016-12-31T20:06:44 | 397 | 59 |
[WP] The flat Earth society has started a cult that sacrifices people by throwing them off the edge of the Earth. You are their first victim. | **Ok, human sacrifice. We have brought you to the edge of the earth and we will now throw you off of it.**
You DO realize the earth is round, don't you?
**No. That's kind of our thing.**
Well, you got me there. Go ahead, Skippy. But take my blindfold off. I wanna see it.
**What's that now?**
I wanna see the edge o... | "You're fucking kidding me, right?
The group consisting a mix of overweight antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and atheists (the bad kind) dragged a bound Elon Musk through the cold Antarctic desert. The group had been hiking up a fairly large snowy hill for what was 30 minutes now.
"Why not just use a helicopter? He... | 2017-06-21T16:31:10 | 2017-06-21T15:21:33 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | “I sneak up behind my target, aim my derringer at his head, and pull the trigger”
“Roll a d20 twice against your agility and once against your dexterity”
A 5
A 17
D 12
“You successfully sneak up on your target and shot him in the head. However you chose a poor spot to hide while shooting and get spotted ... | DM: Ok Harold if you could just roll for initiative.
Harold: I rolled a 1
DM: ok the bowmen is first to attack you. He rolls a natural 20
Harold: so what’s happened?
DM: He has shot you in the eye, you’re dead.... on the plus side it will look fab in this tapestry I have been putting together of the game!
| 2018-05-29T09:28:35 | 2018-05-29T08:51:37 | 39 | 13 |
[WP] Every day someone spends not speaking makes their words stronger; this means that more people will believe them even if they don't make sense, or do as they command without question. One woman made a vow of silence 20 years ago which she plans to break today. | When the Day of Words came about, when everyone in the world suddenly became aware that silence literally meant power, there were people in every street corner, every store front, every public park, and every movie theater, compelling each other to rob, to steal, to rape, to kill. Even worse, there were people who comp... | It had been difficult at first, back when she was still residing in the city. To walk along the street, only nodding and gesturing with her hands, never speaking, this was quite a difficult thing to do. Even now her face flushed red with hot embarrassment upon recalling the time she accidentally toppled the fruit vendo... | 2015-10-07T21:02:40 | 2015-10-07T21:02:09 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m, looks back over what she wrote ten years later
Here is the original copy pasta
hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (i... | The waffle iron hissed as she poured the batter. As she closed the iron and tapped the handle four times, the tea kettle began to whistle and Katy turned her attention to the second part of her weekend morning ritual. Waffles and Irish Breakfast tea never got old.
She smiled ruefully as the memory of the summer after... | Katy's heart ached. Feelings of sadness and pain as she remembered her care free youth, full of unexpected and unpredictable wonder. All gone now. Only the pain remained. It was clear.
_____
"Single gun shot wound to the chest. Pistol lying on her stomach..."
^(*shutter click*)
"I've got a bag, pass it here."
^(*s... | 2014-11-19T10:12:48 | 2014-11-19T09:04:44 | 60 | 31 |
[WP] Everyone is now born with only one feeling. It is possible to kill another person to obtain their feeling. | I sat, knees to my chest, shuddering at the screams outside. When I was young, I'd been placed in a Complex Complex, a gated community for those of us with more "involved" feelings than others. Some got happiness, sadness, the simple things. Others got relief, longing, or hunger - a myriad of conflicting feelings, a go... | Hate was what I was born with. That was the only thing I felt. Before I killed someone.
His name was Mattias. He was the person I killed, due to my hate. He showed me love, he gave me something called "happiness". But I was hesitant all the time. I hated him. I only had hate inside of myself. We kissed, we started dat... | 2015-04-01T13:09:44 | 2015-04-01T12:02:39 | 64 | 14 |
[WP] You recently saved a fox from certain death. It has come back to you over and over again, bringing gifts. The gifts have gotten stranger, and more mysterious over time. | >**FARMS & THE FORSAKEN FABLE**
I was not, by trade, a farmer- yet I found myself, day in and day out, working with *and* for the farmers.
Why? Because if I didn't, I may have *literally* died from boredom.
Shortly after joining the Royal Guard, I was shoved into a dark room and asked a series of questions. I... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 5, Part 6: Clara Olsen v.s. The Fox)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**There was precious little magic left in the modern world.** Ninety percent of the world's genies were contro... | 2022-02-06T16:24:25 | 2022-02-06T16:19:33 | 191 | 27 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Only a human could be this mad. For millions of years the Galactic Federation of The Milkyway (GFM for short) had known about nuclear power but since it was not abundant outside of Earth we never thought to use it as a power source. Instead we had just propelled our solar energy techniques to be able to create power ou... | "So you split the atom and then all this crap comes flying out and it decimates entire cities?"
Robert thought being probed by the aliens was intrusive enough but this new line of interrogation was proving more uncomfortable then the intial insertion of the Probulator 9000 he was being subjected to.
"Well, yah pre... | 2019-12-19T05:25:06 | 2019-12-19T04:46:01 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] Aliens always respawn minutes after death. It's a common prank for aliens to kill each other for a laugh. When they discover Earth, they kill millions of humans, thinking it's a humorous way of greeting this new species, but for some reason, the humans aren't laughing...
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Thank you SO much for the 2K upvotes... | Death.
Something we've seen hundreds of times by the time we were younglings, most likely having experienced it ourselves by that point. Something that was so natural and normal to us that we would often kill each other for no reason other than to pull one over our comrades. Usually it would take a few minutes at most... | Kavick trembled, cold and hot, dizzy all at the same time as the cromathophores displayed confusion, alarm and revulsion as fireworks across his skin.
The humin... or was it human? Screeched it's communication into the either as noise translations blurred into the visual spectrum.
"My offspring, my god (worship/cre... | 2022-08-13T21:56:58 | 2022-08-13T20:38:57 | 1,573 | 253 |
[WP] "my lord, i know you are the demon lord and iam but a lowly advisor, but please listen to me. I suggest that instead of sending the hero slightly stronger demons to kill each time, we just send the strongest one right away" | "And that is the reason you are the lowly advisor while I'm the demon lord", the demon replied "No mortal man or weapon of man may slay me, only a true hero who's strength edges on divinity may stand a chance. Knowing this, what stops me from walking into the King of Aleria's palace at this moment, killing him, and cla... | "He's busy," says the Dark Lord.
"What?" asks the Advisor.
"Busy," repeats the Dark Lord. "He's working on taking down the Paladins of Light, who are frankly a bigger threat right now. Honestly, this new Hero is ridiculously low-level - there are much stronger heroes to deal with first. Frankly, I'm not even sure tha... | 2021-08-23T04:42:46 | 2021-08-23T04:29:16 | 1,202 | 177 |
[WP] Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m, looks back over what she wrote ten years later
Here is the original copy pasta
hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (i... | The waffle iron hissed as she poured the batter. As she closed the iron and tapped the handle four times, the tea kettle began to whistle and Katy turned her attention to the second part of her weekend morning ritual. Waffles and Irish Breakfast tea never got old.
She smiled ruefully as the memory of the summer after... | Launch codes were transmitted ten years ago.
Kewl Platypus (بلانبوس منقار البطة) received his orders in Damascus. Android Finch (นกกระจิบ) in Thailand now has landing coordinates. In popular culture time travel is precise and almost convenient. If only.
The black girls of Harlem jump in rhythm to looping ropes and th... | 2014-11-19T10:12:48 | 2014-11-19T09:47:25 | 60 | 20 |
[WP] A sealed ancient evil breaks free and finds itself utterly unprepared for the modern world. | "I AWAKEN... FLEE, THOUGH IT IS FUTILE, FOR ONLY THROUGH YOUR FLIGHT SHALL YOU AMUSE ME..."
"Open fire, men."
A rat-at-at was heard as multiple miniguns were fired. Rockets soared from above and hit the towering being. A nuke was prepared, but not fired. Micro-devastator bombs broke a nearby mountain into shrapnel th... | The wise men had thought me sealed tightly, had thought nothing would be able to set me free. The fools had not known that their prison of earth would ever be moved, let alone that it would move itself. A miniscule wind, a slow trickle of water, and finally the cursed chains of iron crumbled like so much ash. I am fr... | 2015-02-20T08:04:43 | 2015-02-20T07:58:51 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] You've been meowing at your idiot owner all freaking day, and he's just not listening, at all. It's become a test of endurance: Your patience, his willingness to ignore you, the ninja assassin's grip on the ceiling. | "MRAOU!"
"No, it's not time for dinner yet."
I know it's not time for dinner yet, that's not what I'm yelling about. Stupid humans, you never look UP! He's right there, and he could strike at any moment! I'm trying to help you, why won't you listen!?
"MRAOOU!"
"I know you're hungry, but you're always hungry."
I... | CAT FOOD
​
"Don't blame this on me. I wasn't even home," said the cat.
"Well, I didn't do it and you need to eat. Please," said the kid who owned him.
"But I can't eat food off the floor." They both stared at the bowl, all its food slapped across the low cabinets and onto the floor.
"Yes you can. We tal... | 2021-09-01T08:46:26 | 2021-09-01T06:11:29 | 1,661 | 36 |
[WP] a story in which the protagonist (and reader) doesn't realize until the end that they are the "bad guy" | When my sister was 11, she was a huge bully. My parents would fawn over her, she'd get the best coloring books and they let her play with all my toys, no matter what I said, even though she was older than me! In all my classes, the older siblings had to do what the younger sibilings wanted, not the other way around. It... | She didn't want to go on the trip, but he knew she would love the experience. It took him years, but he finally convinced her to go on the journey of a lifetime with him.
They were about to begin their flight, and she was starting to have second-thoughts. She was afraid of heights. He wanted to share this experience ... | 2015-04-16T20:04:26 | 2015-04-16T19:43:07 | 113 | 34 |
[WP] Zombie apocalypse has happened. The survivours have survived and are thriving, so much that people can go their entire lives with out seeing a zombie. You see one today. | Michael shuffled in the door, arms laden with bags of food, looking haggard.
"What's wrong, honey?" his wife asked, helping him remove his torn jacket. Michael didn't respond at first. "What happened?" Michael shook his head slowly.
"I saw one of...them, Donna." She screamed and dropped his coat, fumbling to pick it ... | I wasn't sure it was a real zombie at first. After humanity had pulled through, inevitably some were tasteless enough to exploit our collective terror by putting on makeup to scare people. This had gotten less common after a couple well-publicized incidents of fake zombies getting shot in self-defense, but it was sti... | 2015-03-14T09:22:31 | 2015-03-14T08:55:55 | 120 | 14 |
[WP] People believe the Gods decide all of our fates, but they've actually been rolling d20s to make decisions for millions of years | Quetzalcoatl was pissed. The rolls were not going his way of late.
"Perception. Sense Motive. Diplomacy."
One. One. Two.
"NO. COME ON!!!"
Across the table, God yawned.
Tenochtitlan's doors were thrown open, and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés stroked his beard and strolled into the heart of the Aztec Empire.
T... | Hands shaking. Sweaty forehead. At this exact moment in time, he knows that all of his hard work, all of his investments, are up in the air. There has never been a more at stake.
For a brief moment, he questions his methods. Surely he shouldn't leave such an important decision, with human possible human extinction, t... | 2018-06-28T11:34:25 | 2018-06-28T11:27:51 | 276 | 22 |
[WP] When the alien fleet arrived to conquer Earth, they were shocked to find the planet defended by all sorts of supernatutal creatures who called the planet home. Wizards, vampires, ghosts, fae, dragons and so on. The humans were even more shocked, because they didn't even know they were real. | While the armies of the world were still in discussions about who would lead and what their strategy would be, the aliens launched their first attack. We had all said our goodbyes by then, all of humans expecting to go the way of the dinosaurs.
But the attack failed. Their cannon, the size of a a large comet and twice... | A story I tried to write in third person. I think it was appropriate using this perspective. Kind of struggled writing this. Any advice would help. Thank you:
The world came to a screeching halt. In every television, radio and social media. Otherworldly beings came to introduce themselves to humanity. Demanding the co... | 2021-02-21T00:36:26 | 2021-02-20T21:03:16 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I always thought I would die from being stabbed in the back by a dirty, dull knife. Some sort of poetic justice, if you will, at least regarding the stabbing. My knives were always sharp.
When they brought me to court, they told me that it was magic--out of the realms of a simpleton rogue like me. They waved a wand at... | The person before me took my idea. She had no idea that dying of old age meant they would accelerate time for her. Now that I saw that, I can't make the same mistake. There has to be a way out of here, a loophole.
You'll find one like you always do, I kept thinking that to myself. I wasn't a stranger to this business,... | 2021-06-24T09:55:49 | 2021-06-24T07:17:41 | 803 | 181 |
[WP] A father gets sucked into the world of his son's favorite video game and has to rely on his meager knowledge of it to survive. | Getting harder to remember.
Damn! Just thought I'd try my sons PlayBox to see what all the fuss is about, then bang, these things must be more advanced than I thought.
Getting harder to remember...
I need to get out of here, but how? This world seems real enough, I should speak to someone here to see if they know, m... | *"You can't fucking pause" my ass* thought the man as he stormed into his son's room.
"Minions have spawned"
*What the fuck?*. He wondered where he was. None of the landscape seemed familiar, except for the sky. All he could see was his son's face and the back of the room. However, he was still stuck nonetheless.
"... | 2015-05-07T22:29:57 | 2015-05-07T22:25:19 | 770 | 204 |
[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 ... | I am the most important person. I'm happy when I hear something from the outside world - talking, musik, anything. Then I know that I am not alone. It's always dark here, but warm. I know, that I have to leave this place soon, though I don't want to. They wait for me to come, they are very curious about me. The world r... | 2022-09-15T12:44:53 | 2015-01-12T18:17:13 | 1,493 | 10 |
[WP] There is one Ironclad rule in the world: If you have powers, you are probably going to be a Hero or Villain. You have some extremely powerful abilities, but you said you never wanted to be a Hero. Now everybody is convinced you want to be a Villain, and won't stop trying to "save you from evil" | “Wh-what?” My mother stammered those words as she tripped backwards. Collapsed perhaps, was a better way to phrase it. Thankfully, my father was there to break her fall. However, deep inside a part of me wished he hadn’t been, because now the normally larger than life giant of a mother I had was eye level with me…and I... | My name is Naomi Gallagher, and I live in a world full of powers. Everyone born in this world was usually born with a power, I’m no different, but my power is not really for one side or the other.
I call my power, Null and Void, basically I have a small area around me that, as soon as any power is activated or is use... | 2022-10-04T19:36:26 | 2022-10-04T12:27:12 | 178 | 116 |
[WP] A group of "heroes" killed the friendly village necromancer whose skeletons helped out everybody with their daily work. Those "heroes" now stand trial in front of a judge - and the whole village is enraged: | "His name was *Morthos*. *Morthos the Damned.*" The teary-eyed Judge said. "Father, teacher, poet, and part time necromancer. And now because of you, he's dead." There was a solemn murmur of agreement amongst the jury and assembled, weepy townsfolk.
"He was a good man!" Shouted a voice from the crowd, "When the bar... | “All rise before the noble Sir George, Elder Judge of our village,” said the bailiff.
Sir George entered the room with an air of confidence. His intense glare seemed to say that this was *his* courtroom, and he would not be tolerating any sort of antics. His beard was quite long, one of the longest in the province, an... | 2018-01-05T16:48:35 | 2018-01-05T15:48:01 | 129 | 39 |
[WP] In a world where you can exchange the remaining days of your life for $9.99/day, Jeff's request for $1000 is declined. | It was a bright and beautiful Wednesday morning, but the cashier did
not feel the joy of the day, because he was going to have to deliver
bad news.
"Here again, sir?" said the cashier to Jeff.
"Yes, can you please try again?" said Jeff.
"Very well, sir, but this is the fourth time this week! You know that
our tech... | Once more he rubbed his chin, rough with the stubble of a tired unkemptness. The sound of scratching bristles joined only the soft cracks of a cigarette in an ashtray that had been left to burn away and the low buzz emanating from on his computer.
Jeff let out a long, winding sigh on to his index finger as his right ... | 2014-07-10T14:51:38 | 2014-07-10T10:56:36 | 45 | 19 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | I’m not even sure this is the right place to post, but I’m worried about my sister. About three hours ago I got a text from the Emergency Alert System. I checked my Facebook to see if anyone else got the same thing. It seemed like it was a practical joke and I couldn’t find anything in Google News.
My sister sent me ... | Rachael texted me and said she would be back home here soon. Usually I would run to the store and grab groceries, but I was exhausted from work. Spent 12 hours working buoys and being on the boat really took a toll on me today.
I was laying on the couch watching Netflix. Finally getting some time to relax while our c... | 2019-01-12T08:53:28 | 2019-01-12T08:26:32 | 124 | 49 |
[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 ... | I don’t know why, but I’ve always loved digging.
When I was a kid, I would dig and dig until my hands were raw. One time, I scraped my fingernails off trying to break through concrete. They sent me away after that, gave me a whole bunch of meds. But actually, I never feel clearer than when I have the earth between my ... | 2015-06-09T09:54:42 | 2015-06-09T08:29:07 | 95 | 11 |
[WP] You lay dying of heart failure, and God enters your mind. He informs you that you will be reincarnated upon death, losing all memory, but before that happens you are allowed to ask any one question. The answer to your question surprises you so much that your heart restarts and you survive. | The thing about God is the infinite patience. I felt I had all the time in the world to select the one question that framed exactly my heart's desire.
Both worlds were hovering between shadow and light and I felt I might easily fall into either one without regret or effort. Time passed, the Everything waited and my m... | I lay there gasping for breath, confused and wondering why I couldn't get up from my bed. There was a terrific pain in my chest. My brain screamed at my body to do something, anything, yet all my body did was convulse on my bed.
Slowly my vision started blurring and the sounds from my dieing body faded.
As the world ... | 2014-08-03T07:26:40 | 2014-08-03T07:26:22 | 111 | 18 |
[WP] A demon possesses a little girl, but inside her it finds something...worse. | She was rated a 1. Belzebub himself was 'only' rated 29. Compared to her, he might aswell have been a puppy.
Hywor had never seen a human with a rating below 50 million, let alone heard of any parents of such infinit kindness as to try and raise a child of such high threat. He peered out of her eyes, the sun was shini... | *I need to possess someone before noon or else Satan will get mad. Last time I tried I got punched so hard that I don't think I could have flown for three days straight!* "Oh, that's it!," Oglathor said out loud. "Oglathor, did you figure out how to solve our financial crisis and beat our competitors?" said his boss. "... | 2016-03-30T09:59:49 | 2016-03-30T07:53:58 | 135 | 16 |
[WP] You've been cornered in your house by that Demon Queen who obliterated half the world looking for you. Expecting death, you're shocked again when she drops to your feet, begging you for your help. Especially when she tells you why. | I dove under the table as every window erupted from its frame in a shower of glass. I cowered, hands covering my head, making myself as tiny as humanly possible. But nothing was going to protect me from the inhuman roars arising from the horrors chasing me.
The wall creaked as a massive weight appraised its strength.... | Her lithe body glistened black from the rain roaring down beyond the open door. Powerful horns dripped water onto the rug below, soaking the crimson fabric. A wry thought flashed through your mind that if your blood splashed upon it, nobody would know you died in the entry way. You looked up into her eyes, sitting atop... | 2020-09-24T15:26:21 | 2020-09-24T15:02:39 | 20 | 13 |
[WP]Write a story that isn't scary until the last line is read. | "Reunions are difficult. You never know who's going to be there, and you won't recognize most of them anyway. And when you do see someone you know, it feels weird because they look so different from how you remember. Sure, you're sentimental about the times you had together, but those are distant memories."
The car pu... | It's so cold here in this tundra. The summers are great for farming, but the winters are terrible. My baby, to my right, and I have no food. We ran out of crops since the beginning of winter, and ran out of meat yesterday. I would go hunting for bears and wolves right now, but I don't have a rifle. Without one, taking ... | 2017-06-05T21:22:47 | 2017-06-05T20:15:06 | 49 | 17 |
[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 have got my drinks, snacks and freshly charged controllers.
Everything is set up for an awesome gaming night.
Even some weed I have saved for weeks.
Now, what games should I take out...
Maybe some racing or fighting games.
That should do the trick.
Only one thing missing.
The crucial part.
You know...
Frie... | 2015-01-06T02:05:16 | 2015-01-06T01:32:28 | 45 | 12 |
[WP]: You hate this one guy in particular. You also know witchcraft. So you cast a curse to slowly destroy the thing he loves the most. As time passes on, you find that nothing has changed, but you are starting to get sick. | The old ones had banished the practice of malevolent spells centuries ago, so a curse of this nature was a rare find indeed. It wasn't perfect - but I had a hunch it would do what needed to be done. Immediately, I began to clear the table. Bowls, half full of gruel, clattered to the floor. I spread the curse scroll out... | Brittle bones, purple bruises and a weakness that makes you fall to your knees and never give up.
What do you love you so much that the mere thought of it gone brings great agony?
It hurts, it really fucking hurts. So many bruises on my body. Black, purple and yellow. I'm a tapestry of my own making.
How do he do... | 2018-09-14T09:42:53 | 2018-09-14T07:49:46 | 536 | 74 |
[WP] Your 'friends' just slammed the door on you, leaving you in the room with the crazed axe murderer. "Damn, that's a dick move. Want to get revenge?" The murderer offers you their hand. | I scoff at the stranger and their outstretched hand.
"You nuts? Those are my friends."
It was their turn to scoff.
"Some friends! They went right through that door! Don't you feel a little abandoned?"
"The natural reaction to a murderer and I'm supposed to be upset? Fight or flight. I can't be mad at them for respo... | “Sorry?”, I asked, bewildered that a crazy axe-wielding man was asking this question,
“Simple. Wanna get revenge?”, the man said, still holding out his hand, I looked at him.
He looked disappointed, then said,
“Look, kid, either you want to take your revenge or not. I’m fine with cutting your limbs off as your ‘fri... | 2020-11-10T04:27:47 | 2020-11-10T04:12:23 | 125 | 26 |
[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.
... | Timmy had been my best friend since the first grade.
Over the summer, we hung out every single day.
We played pranks, told stories, made great memories.
We knew we would always be friends.
But now school has started again.
Timmy used to be nice.
He stole my juice.
I want revenge.
Die, Timmy.
Burn. | 2015-01-05T22:38:49 | 2015-01-05T21:55:48 | 1,258 | 364 |
[WP] You can make a lie become truth, but only one lie at a time, once it is a lie again everyone involved will know immediately. You’re on your deathbed, holding one lie as truth for decades. You know hell will break loose once you die and the lie becomes a lie, and everybody will know. | I have been a baker for many, many years. It wasn't always a passion or even something I thought I could do. I lied at a bar to impress someone and one thing led to another and here I am baking rolls and bread.
Another lie was that I had perfected that art of cake making. People believed it and flooded the store with ... | Everyone lies. Small, almost innocent lies. Lies that break families and ruin lives. Accidental lies based on faulty information or bias. They can hold us together or tear us apart.
Like everyone else, I've lied many times in my life. Unlike other people, however, I can choose to make any one lie into the truth. It do... | 2022-11-18T09:05:17 | 2022-11-18T07:05:32 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You are a supervillain, while your girlfriend is a hero. She doesn't know your secret identity but you know hers. After years of fighting each other you decide it's going to pull a heel face turn and join the heroes. | "There's nothing going on between me and Captain Invincible" Norah sighed, rolling her big brown eyes once, twice, thrice. I knew she was lying.
"How could you?" I screamed. "That dude wears spandex and a speedo on the outside of his costume. You can see the contours of his balls! He dresses like that in front of *ch... | *Of course it was milk*. It had to be milk. Lactose intolerance is common among the many humans that roam the earth, but she never thought that my lair would be in the basement of a dairy factory, helping to serve the local community and provide job placement!
My lair was in the basement level, but my day to day job ... | 2015-11-08T14:04:31 | 2015-11-08T12:24:47 | 39 | 12 |
[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... | I've never been much for parties--let alone a party where I'm the center of attention. I'd much rather be sitting in a corner somewhere with a cat and my phone until the crowd dispersed. But, it was my 18th birthday today, so my parents were hosting my reveal party.
Often, children took after one of their parents. My... | 2017-03-16T03:19:48 | 2017-03-16T02:49:08 | 129 | 12 |
[WP]You realize you've misheard your daughter. There's actually a mobster under her bed. | Stephen walked through the hallway with slow heavy steps and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "I'm on my way, Sarah."
He didn't so much say the words rather than dribble them past his mumbling lips.
The sound of his flip-flopping furry slippers announced his arrival and he pushed open the disney-decorated... | "Daddy! There's a mobster under my bed"
"Daddy! Come!! Daddy"
"Here we go again" - I said to my wife as I rolled my eyes.
Little Cassie had been having nightmares for three straight days. Screaming about terrible monsters haunting her in her dreams. She seemed to have a knack for waking me up at 3 a.m. I couldn't h... | 2017-02-07T01:29:03 | 2017-02-06T21:56:15 | 545 | 11 |
[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... | I sat on the couch, scraping up the last remnants of my birthday cake.
"It's almost time!" My mom shouted
I glanced at the clock: 11:59
My brother Jeremy launched a nuclear clock app and swiped it to the TV. Everyone crowded around and I held up my arm so they could see. At 11:59:50 they started counting down. "10. ... | My mother to my left, my father to my right, and assorted family gathered elsewhere in the room all waited and started. I felt as if I was becoming a spectacle, my arm on show for everyone I knew.
My cousin Jeremy had been branded as a veterinarian, which is odd because as children he was cruel to animals. Come to ... | 2017-03-15T22:53:41 | 2017-03-15T22:14:11 | 271 | 193 |
[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. | I'm a good samaritan. I try to give to the community, and take as little as possible in return. I pay my taxes, I call my grandma every week, I help my cousins with their homework. I'm a *nice guy*.
Therein lies my fucking problem.
Of course, when grandma started getting sick, and asked me to house her soul until we... | *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 ... | 2016-01-18T09:05:27 | 2016-01-18T08:27:32 | 969 | 31 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | There we were, math class again. Typical Friday afternoon waiting for the weekend. Everyone around me focused on the board while I sing to myself, waiting for someone else to answer the question as I chant 42 to myself.
Today's song just happens to be about a beautiful girl in class. My Sweet Caroline in fact. I feel ... | As I stood in the lab room, I let my eyes wander as I waited for the centrifuge to stop. I crossed my arms over my chest and glanced around the room before he came into my line of vision.
I grinned to myself. *Cute.*
As the centrifuge whirred to a stop, I pulled out my group's test tubes and began to head back to ou... | 2017-11-13T19:47:06 | 2017-11-13T18:05:33 | 236 | 102 |
[WP] Congratulations! At 25 years old you won the lottery and will receive €50.000.000,- spread out over the rest of your lifespan; paid out evenly on each of your remaining years alive. On the following January 1st, you receive €25 million in your bank account. | I got half my money in the first deposit. So, I did what any sane person would do. I panicked and called their customer service line.
"Hi, my name is Gregory Trapper."
"Oh, yes, you're the one who won the grand prize, aren't you? To say that I'm jealous is an understatement."
"Yeah, about that, isn't the the prize m... | I was a bit skeptical about this lottery at first, but ever since the quarantine hit and I got laid off, I figured screw it, we’re all gonna die eventually, and got myself a virtual ticket. By the end of 2020, I had completely forgotten about the lottery. I had gotten back on my feet and stopped thinking about the past... | 2020-08-05T20:04:24 | 2020-08-05T18:49:53 | 257 | 43 |
[WP] You are the Last Hero. The one they call when nobody else can handle the threat. You've answered the call only twice since discovering your powers, devastating as they are. You prefer the quiet life, living on your stipend. The Red Phone has just rung for the third time. | It's been months since your last escapade. You've sealed yourself from society, as your powers just aren't suited to do good. You have made it very clear that your assistance is only going to be provided if it's absolutely necessary. You can't risk creating horrible unavoidable repercussions. Even if for a noble cause,... | "What's up?" I answer still dozing since I just woke up.
"So we have finally captured Alex, but we need you to brainwash them."
"Alex? The only S-Tier villain Alex? The 'I accidentally crushed a building because I sneezed' Alex? The 'we moleculized them and they still came back' Alex? How in the- you know what, not i... | 2022-03-29T03:47:27 | 2022-03-29T03:31:39 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] You have $86,400 in your bank and someone steals $10. You spend all the rest of your money trying to get revenge. | I'll admit, it wasn't my proudest moment. I was working as at a bank, and a pretty strange guy came in to open an account. You probably know the type. Overly loud to cover his insecurities, laughs obnoxiously at his own jokes, weird clothes. Anyway, this guy comes in and has a sack full of cash to open an account. Plop... | *It's not about the money. It's about the principle of the thing!*
I don't want you to get the wrong picture of me. I'm not some white-collar slob browsing through memes in an air-conditioned office. I'm an electrical engineer who put himself through school on nickels and dimes. I had to sell my radio to buy my unifo... | 2017-07-18T09:32:24 | 2017-07-18T09:25:11 | 325 | 201 |
[WP] Yesterday your best friend (who you secretly had a crush on) died. You're teleported without warning to a seat at a table. Across from you is Death and Satan, next to you is your best friend. "Sorry." Death says, "You're friend chose a two-versus-two game."
Edit: I get it. "Your" not "You're". It was late and I k... | I glare at Stephen. He glares back.
“What the hell were you thinking?”
“Oh I don’t know, maybe since you always go on about how good you are at this game, you could help me out.”
“You dumb bitch, you didn’t think about asking God or someone for help? How are we supposed to win against the fucking devil himself?!”
... | "Wait what?"
The heavy oaken table creaked slightly as Lucifer himself leaned on it. "Pretty straight forward, mortal. You were chosen as her partner to play a 2 versus 2 game, if you win, she lives. If you lose, you both go with Death here." He motioned towards death, little more than a barely formed robe with wisps ... | 2019-01-08T22:23:14 | 2019-01-08T21:34:07 | 2,181 | 178 |
[WP] The city gets new street lamps, but these lamps are "smart". If a crime (like a robbery) or car crash happens under, or in the vicinity of one, the light will turn red as an indicator to the police. One night, every street lamp in the city turns red. | This was the night that the air turned red.
The signal-lamps were installed in an effort to improve first responder response times. Programmed to turn a deep shade of red when triggered, outfitted with the latest in monitoring technology, and serviced monthly. A compromise to the watchdog groups from the lawmakers whe... | Captain George Thompson was running frantically between the several different monitors.
"Officer Valdez, status report!"
"Sir, all lamps on First St have turned positive!"
George wiped a drop of sweat from his eyebrow. All the lamps in San Juan were turning red, and the police station was being overloaded with autom... | 2015-02-01T16:11:45 | 2015-02-01T14:33:38 | 233 | 27 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | A sardonic chuckle came from the open doorway behind me as Viper looked around the blood spattered living-room, "Boy, you've really done it now."
I wiped my hands clean on the curtains, cracking a few more ribs as I stepped onto and then over the chest of Lady Steel's dead husband, "I've done what? Steel has been gett... | There are rules in every secretive organisation from the mafia to the more interdependent assassins guild. This included the super villains, when a new one rose they would quickly be grabbed by a crew of the older more powerful villains and be shown the ropes, and if they proved themselves they would be given the locat... | 2020-07-12T12:38:13 | 2020-07-12T12:12:08 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | The sounds and smells of New York assaulted John's senses. After being gone from the city for 10 years, he still love/hated the smell of New York City in the summer. It was dark on the street. Darker than a street should seem. Looking up he noticed the lights had been busted out on the light pole.
He heard a soft *Jo... | "Oh, God DAMN IT! not again!" Lucy exclaimed, obviously flustered about me appearing out of thin-air in her vicinity. It took me a moment to register the situation, and then immediately realise how messed up the situation truly was.
It was her grandmother's wake in Toronto; a few thousand miles away from me in Florida... | 2017-03-22T17:37:31 | 2017-03-22T16:45:00 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. | In a way, I'm glad for the strings of fate. Their visibility has led to all out peace on this once malignant planet. It became easy to find that "true love", and people became happier for it.
Some pairings were conventional. Some weren't. But all resulted in bliss. You can feel it in the air. I'm grateful for that.
A... | 'I'll see you again soon." Her words. They were the last I'd ever hear.
I felt the moment of impact, time slowing to a crawl. An unnerving moment, sending the abyss reaching greedily for me, knowing there's nothing I can do. Knowing that she'll die with me.
They speak of attaining a certain clarity, facing oblivion.... | 2016-08-05T22:17:34 | 2016-08-05T21:53:03 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] Mages choose the source of their power. Most pick things like fire, or justice, or love. You picked sarcasm. | People worry when a medic gets snappish, short-tempered, and sarcastic. Mage - medics have their powers burn out faster than other magical/medical specialities. After losing too many soldiers and facing too many black mage snipers, mage - medics want nothing to do with any will working for any intent.
Of course, I was... | "For the last time Faltos, if you cannot take this seriously the council will revoke your membership." Zanzibar said.
Faltos rolled his bright blue eyes, and smirked as his chair turned into a pile of snakes.
The grand council, standing on their glass risers, perched in poofs made of the finest griffin pelt, watched... | 2017-07-20T13:16:57 | 2017-07-20T11:56:22 | 47 | 25 |
[WP] You are a necromancer's apprentice. One of your most important jobs is holding down the revived bodies in their first moments alive again, while they scream and beg to go back. | “Let me go.”
The man’s pleading eyes swell with tears.
I hate criers.
He struggles meekly against the restrains.
“Why have you done this?”
He looks at me as if I know the answer.
“I was at peace.”
I nod uncommittedly only half-acknowledging the man. Somehow, he still takes the slight motion as encouragement.
“S... | Dusting the ash off my coat with a “*sigh*, another one.”
The boss nags from behind, “Esteban! We’re losing moonlight! Get a new body on the slab asap while I gather mana for the next spell!”
Blood rushes to my head “Old man this is the 12th one tonight how about calling it quits and trying again another day! You kee... | 2022-04-11T09:59:36 | 2022-04-11T07:54:10 | 43 | 23 |
[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.
---
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 | I ordered a shot of whiskey,
A slippery nipple and then
I downed six bottles of bud light
And two whiskey sours and gin.
My head is swimming round and round.
My heart is all aflame.
I wonder if my ex is awake I think I'll call him again.
Oh Fuck yeah this is my tune.
Get up!
Let's dance and shout!
This is my j... | *Code Orange. Code Orange. We need Doctor Bees in the operating room*
"Over 300 casualties and a few injured. What happened out there?!"
"Doctor, the comb was attacked by a hairy monstrosity. He tore the place apart and it took most of the workers to fend him off"
"Do we have any survivors?"
"Very few, we have ... | 2016-02-22T11:35:38 | 2016-02-22T11:31:29 | 74 | 30 |
[WP] You have 30 seconds with an ancestor of yours from 200 years ago (1814), before they are transported back to their time. What do you say to them? What effect appears in our world because of it?
Consider for the sake of this prompt that they aren't totally freaked out by being plopped into 2014, that they can unde... | "All of them?"
"Yes all of them, or at least a heavy majority."
The dark man peered at me from across the table, distress in his eyes, but also determination. His face was a mask of black and red markings, his hair shaved but for the top, pulled back into a ponytail, with two eagle feathers and blue beads hanging fro... | I was looking at my great great grandfather James Cater and wishing he would have taught his kids not to hate when all of a sudden he appears in front of me. I hear a voice in my head telling me that if I think I can do a better job then I have 30 seconds to make him changes his mind.
James is currently 12 years old a... | 2014-05-09T06:58:44 | 2014-05-09T05:25:48 | 71 | 15 |
[WP] Realizing that only a dozen or so users browse the 'NEW' section of /r/WritingPrompts, you understand their roles as gatekeepers. They decide whether the masses ever even see your prompt. You've found these 12 users accounts. And you want that God damn post karma. | "Well that sounds suspiciously like vote manipulation," Lexi said, reading the prompt out loud. "I suppose I should bring it to the council of mods."
And so she walked to the grand hall, to stand before the twelve shadowy seats that surrounded the great stone table. She threw the prompt before them, and the mods gre... | 'But it'll be meta,' I thought first as I began to type. 'Don't give them the satisfaction of piquing your interest, of bating you into replying.'
But it was too late. Their strategy had worked, almost too well. But I've been laying in bed for two days down and writing is the only thing that's kept my brain from saggi... | 2017-09-07T14:54:54 | 2017-09-07T13:34:20 | 77 | 15 |
[WP] You pray to God, wishing that you will get a boyfriend/girlfriend before you die. He gives you immortality. | O Lord in Heaven, I pray to thee,
Do not let me die alone.
I want to feel a woman's touch,
To be loved down to the bone.
Please, Lord, help me so,
Before my heart is overgrown,
With weeds and moss left untrimmed,
Boiled over with love unbrimmed.
"I will grant thy wish," said the Lord,
Smiling ear to ea... | I was in the presence of God. I knew it in every fiber of my being. I dropped to the ground, kneeling with my head touching the cold, hard concrete.
His benevolence radiated through my body and when he spoke, all became silent.
"Wait, what?", I asked, lifting my head up. "I'm sorry, Lord, what did you say?"
"Oh, I... | 2016-09-21T07:43:39 | 2016-09-21T06:43:12 | 152 | 35 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "I see your plumpness." She crowed. "Oh yes, very wealthy you must be to afford so much food. I'm sure your resounding footsteps set all the ladies a quiver. With this spell, you shall shed your fat. No matter how much you eat you'll not gain it back."
I glanced down at my plump form. It was true, I was heavy, even ap... | These fools, the Witch thought to herself as she perfected the final touches on her new spell. It didn’t matter how many she killed, didn’t matter how violent and gruesome the death she prepared for them was. It had been hundreds of years and still they would come seeking glory in the face of death, accepting either.... | 2019-06-25T12:08:45 | 2019-06-25T11:40:31 | 126 | 70 |
[WP]At 18 everyone is assigned a job perfect for them. No one ever complains. Upon reading their job assignment card, a teen has found that, for the first time in 100 years, they’ve been assigned “serial killer”. | I lazily grabbed the card from the machine, politely thanked the attendant, and walked away dreading what sort of mundane life I looked forward to. Ever since cognitive analytics became a field, machines had been created to scan and determine ideal careers for people.
As part of legislation, it was mandated that machi... | I sat there just stunned, how could this even be an occupation? I went to go ask my local job representative. When I pulled my result card out all it took was them seeing the fuchsia coloration with the cyan stripe on it and they stiffened up saying that cannot discuss occupations with a high ranking official.
That st... | 2018-08-13T19:22:34 | 2018-08-13T16:28:21 | 542 | 62 |
[WP] You are part of the league, the superheroes who save the world, yet you never go on missions. You are only called for one thing only. Total annihilation, for when they don't want survivors. | The heavy lead door creaked open, 567 defence systems designed by super geniuses turned off with various clicks, hums and hisses as it did, each designed to contain a nuclear blast or cripple a being who could shrug off anti tank rounds, each one the prisoner within that dark knew intimately. He knew what this meant, q... | I sleep, in my casket of iron, awaiting the day that I am needed.
It has been like this for some time. How long, I do not know. But it doesn’t bother me, the cold and the dark and the loneliness. It suits me just fine. I remember the day when they first accepted me, however. Their “League of Justice and Protection.” ... | 2021-05-26T04:52:38 | 2021-05-26T04:32:48 | 566 | 102 |
[WP]You summon a demon in order to complete a ritual in exchange you offered all your remaining lifespan. "17 billion years...I'm can't handle that amount" it answered with a mix of shock and horror. | "... 17 billion years?" I asked.
"You... don't know?" Reliqua said. His voice and stance had changed dramatically since his first words. Once cocky and self-assured, a prime recreation of terror, he now impishly shifted his weight from foot to foot, barely daring to look at me.
"No," I said. I turned my hands back an... | Laying out the 6’x6’ stencil that formed a near-complete circle, I shook the can of spray paint in my hand rapidly before spreading an even coating along void. Waiting patiently as it dried, counting the seconds off in my head, I then moved the stencil clockwise several inches and covered the two areas that had had ove... | 2021-04-11T00:24:09 | 2021-04-10T20:44:19 | 411 | 277 |
[WP] The goblins who dwell just outside your village are small and dumb –in an oddly endearing way. The villagers humor their innocuous raids and sometimes even give them advice. In the village’s darkest hour, the goblins send aid. | Pilpo once stole a tomato in a village raid and it stood proudly on a cave stone for weeks before it went bad. "Good raiding," elder Gilgich had told him when he returned with the oversized cherry. "Keep that up and you will be head goblin one day."
After that day, he had invented a new walk. Something to distinguish ... | # The Baker and the Goblin
"Me take," the goblin said, "me take!"
Cotlin continued walking, ignoring the goblin clinging to his trousers. It was midday, and Cotlin was on his way to deliver freshly baked bread to the local tavern when a goblin started trying to steal from him. *They sure are persistent,* Cotlin thoug... | 2022-05-26T08:33:39 | 2022-05-26T08:32:14 | 129 | 83 |
[WP] You are forced to live the same life over and over again, with no memory carrying over. But you always receive a note once you turn 21, from when you were last on your deathbed. | I lay on the sterile hospital bed as moniters beeped and lights hummed and flowers smelled oh, so sweet. As I drifted between sleep and awake, so did my thoughts drift until they bumped against an old memory.
I pressed the non emergency button to ask a nurse to bring me a notecard and a pen. I gave no other descripto... | By The Time You Read This
“By the time you receive this note, you’ll have been dead for 21 years”. The note, weathered with, apparently, nearly a quarter centuries time felt heavy in my hands. The contents of the letter were wild, unbelievable even, but I couldn’t escape the feeling that it was true. It’s author seeme... | 2021-12-02T00:40:14 | 2021-12-01T21:38:26 | 85 | 31 |
[WP] You are immortal, but a quirk of your condition also renders the person nearest to you immortal as well. A selfish king obsessed with living forever has gone to extreme lengths to keep you as the closest person to them at all times. | For centuries, the two immortals stared each other down, neither moving nor willing to let the other. In the isolation of their tomb, both had long since forgotten which was the immortal and which the king. They had both wielded power unlike any in the world. For one, his words were like the incantation to a spell. Eve... | (First time responding to a prompt, and it was fairly rushed, so sorry for the fairly bad writing \^\^')
The coronation of the princess had an air of apprehension to it.
Her father, the long-lived King, had been a ruthless dictator, but while she seemed a far lesser evil, the mystery surrounding his disappearance sti... | 2017-05-13T06:50:28 | 2017-05-13T05:49:31 | 1,785 | 1,201 |
[WP] You are hired to write the holy text for a new religion. What is the first chapter of the text? | Ingredients:
4 tbsp^10^10^10 Hydrogen
3 tbsp^10^10^10 Helium
2 tbsp^10^10^10 Oxygen
1 tbsp^10^10^10 Nitrogen
1/2 cup Carbon
Any additional Iron, Sulfur and Magnesium (to taste)
Directions:
Preheat eternal fire to 425 F
In one large (3+ quart) mixing bowl, combine ingredients with whisk, adding food coloring as necessa... | First things first: I'm the realest.
Second: don't kill, lie, cheat or steal it.
I won't be leading you forever
So you all have got to learn how to hold the world together.
I am mercy, and give plenty second chances.
But I am mystery, and won't give you all the answers.
You will someday have to face the darkness ... | 2015-01-04T14:30:28 | 2015-01-04T13:45:06 | 106 | 70 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | The main problem with our situation was plane ticket prices.
See, like most wannabe indie girls, I had always wanted to travel after college. Live in summertime for a couple years, write a poem in every continent, cheesy stuff like that. I wanted to meet all kinds of different people. I wanted to visit cat cafes, whi... | The first time it happened, it was a shock. I recognized the yellow VW Beetle wrecked in the middle of the road. Her parents had given it to her for her sixteenth birthday... when we were still together. I called 911, I met her at the hospital. I told her that her fiance had died in the crash, but I couldn't bring myse... | 2017-03-22T16:13:24 | 2017-03-22T16:04:26 | 51 | 37 |
[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. ... | Justin,
It's been a little over 3 years since you died. I still get hit with random emotions that make me burst into tears thinking about you. Both anger and sadness. I think about how things would be different if I had said or done things another way. If I had told dad you could come live with me, would you still be ... | 2017-11-05T22:20:06 | 2017-11-05T21:34:09 | 78 | 17 |
[WP] You die at age 15. When you reach the afterlife, a certificate with your cause of death stated is presented to you. You expect cancer, as that is what you were hospitalized for. Instead, you see the words "old age". | Max loved her family more than anything, but she was never the best at talking with them. A few weeks after her 15th birthday she started feeling very sick. She didn’t want her family to worry, so she hid it. Even when she visited the doctor. But all the signs were there: she ate less, felt lethargic, and started gain... | I stare down in bewilderment at those two words. I'd known I had been at peace with my death, I'd known what the cause would be and I knew how much time I had left. But this just doesn't make any sense. So I asked the being that handed me the certificate. "It says old age, that's not a mistake is it?" "Nope there's nev... | 2020-03-22T00:39:17 | 2020-03-21T23:21:42 | 366 | 130 |
[WP] Immortals and time travelers pass along messages for each other. It's customary and expected. One day, a stranger sits across from you at a restaurant/coffee shop/bar and asks you to give a message to someone you'll meet in New York in 2070. As far as you know, you're just an ordinary person. | The old lady sat across from me in the coffee shop and smiled. Her teeth were uncanny peaks of white, her eyes a brown so intense they were near black. They were very beady. They reminded me of a shark’s as they tracked me for a reaction.
“I don’t know anyone named Charles,” I mumbled.
She nodded, still looking at me... | For as long as I could remember, I had been visited by the dreams. Every night I would lay down, drift off to sleep, and fly through the air on a jetpack, waving hello to a variety of humans aliens and uplifted animals.
Tonight's dream was a fun one. The Anthrokin were my favorites of the dream-people; there's just s... | 2018-12-24T10:45:45 | 2018-12-24T10:37:48 | 79 | 14 |
[WP] Write a lighthearted story for children, which changes it's meaning when read by an adult. | The brave young girl walked through the forest, gripping her lantern tight as she diligently looked around; she knew very well what she had to do and even though the forest was dark, she was not afraid. Suddenly, she came upon a small clearing, filled with the moon's light, and saw many children playing!
"Hello!" the ... | #Davie Learns How To Say 'Sorry'
*printed by VanMan Publishing*
*written and edited by M. Gaetz & J. Sandusky*
*illustrations by Asanagi*
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Davie is a boy who likes to go on adventures.
Sometimes Davie has an adventure that leaves a mess.
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People who have to clean up the mess, get angry if he doesn't a... | 2022-12-18T12:46:43 | 2022-12-18T12:16:07 | 524 | 274 |
[WP] A dragon shows up at the adventurers' guild after hearing that humans will just GIVE away gold for something called a "quest." | “Preposterous, purely preposterous,” I thought, wings beating through the air, “These humans give away the most illustrious, shiny part of a dragon’s hoard to each other for running errands?”
I swooped down and gingerly (well, mostly anyways) landed in front of the town’s gate, the buildings seemed much too fragile in... | The dragon's head slinked in through the door to the adventures guild. He turned his head filling up most of the building. Everyone backed up cautiously but, no one attacked or even acted aggressive.
Then Gore-fang spoke "I would like a quest. How would I obtain one?"
One of the ladies behind the counter responds "I... | 2020-06-08T17:02:33 | 2020-06-08T16:53:01 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | The day the url released, millions of people flocked to the churches, hoping to cleanse themselves of their sins.
And the rest of us.
Well we know there’s no escaping what’s coming to us.
Oh you killed someone? Well the fbi knows about it now. They monitor the damn site like crazy. And ever since the damn develope... | Everyone thought it was a joke looking upon the site, a clever trick played by some bored devs ... right? Then they saw the timestamps and got worried, upon governments themselves (After a few higher up individuals having some very embarrassing things leaked about them) raided the supposed location and found nothing c... | 2020-02-29T23:30:10 | 2020-02-29T22:29:01 | 110 | 15 |
[WP] someone is breaking into your house. You grab an ancient axe you've just bought at an auction and brain the burglar. All of the sudden all life-skills and knowledge of all that have been felled by that axe come flooding into your consciousness. | His blood splatters against a garbage-picked Van Gogh print, the second casualty of the evening. A chorus of laughter erupts. I try to wrench the axe out of my victim’s skull.
On the TV behind me, the star of a sitcom that failed four decades ago stands with his hands on his hips, smirking, waiting for the canned howl... | I stand above a dead man for the second time in my life, coming to terms with what I did.
The axe and I taste blood. A thousand years have not wrought such change that the flavors are any different. The burglar’s blood that courses through my consciousness could as easily be my own, tasted upon a bit lip, as it could ... | 2021-06-20T09:47:47 | 2021-06-20T08:43:04 | 1,437 | 131 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | Dexicon moved his cosmic fortress from Centauri B straight into Earth's orbit. Dexicon was able to do this in one turn thanks to the cosmic paving it had laid earlier. This allowed faster than light travel.
"Your move, God." Dexicon roared, knowing it had the ancient deity in its proverbial palm.
*Shit shit shit* th... | They had been playing for nearly 14 billion years now and God had barely advanced his Humans enough to begin exploring their solar system. The other gods had already started transmitting their culture across the cosmos. So much so that the god Marlinius and his race of gorlarmi had completely dominated Roman culture on... | 2022-09-11T19:19:52 | 2016-04-09T07:01:46 | 1,980 | 63 |
[WP] Earth is about to update to version 2.0.18! Write a change log for this new version. | - Downgraded Trump from World Boss to Sub-Boss
- Added new World Boss - Ajit Pai. All players of all factions will have to work together to take down this new threat!
- New set of players will be selected, based on sign-up date, for Veteran rewards: Alcohol and Tobacco, depending on server rules for such rewards. Selec... | Donald Trump farted softly in his sleep. Melania sat bolt upright in bed, lifting an eyebrow and scowling sharply. She threw away her covers and slid off the silk bedsheets. She sashayed towards the Presidential Bathroom, iPhone in hand. She clicked the door closed and pressed the lock button.
As your noble omniscie... | 2017-12-22T22:23:46 | 2017-12-22T21:53:05 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You come home after the worst date of your life. Sitting in your living room is Cupid, getting really drunk and wanting you to know you're the hardest person to find a mate for in history and the reason he might get fired. | "Fuck" Danny said as he opened his front door.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck! What the hell is wrong with me!" Danny screamed as he slammed his keys on to the door side table.
Another date, gone horribly. Danny was going on a date with a girl named Amanda, and at first it was nice, they had a nice dinner, and after dinner they w... | God damnit.
"Same sentiment kid."
What the hell.
"Yup, that's what I'm thinking about you right now."
"Could you stop with the mind reading!" I yelled. This was just fantastic. I get home from the date from hell only to find that a man broke into my apartment and had started on my scotch. Normally, I would of s... | 2016-09-05T22:11:09 | 2016-09-05T21:58:45 | 125 | 20 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | "... at number two, it has been confirmed that former President Barack Obama has the #2 Dad Mug and it is no surprise there given how he set himself as an exemplary dad during his stay at the White House."
"Right you are Stacy. Despite juggling between being a dad and the president of this great country, I'm quite sur... | 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... | 2022-05-16T13:47:51 | 2017-06-11T10:07:25 | 70 | 23 |
[WP] An NPC goes mad from the absurd and insane mods the player installs that no one else seems to notice. | Outside the hut of Groblob the Unshakeable, in the town of Riversend, in the country of Laravel, on the continent of the evergreen goddess, sat Groblob
And Groblob was losing his mind.
Grob, as he preferred to be called by his ~~friends~~ enemies, was sat on his favourite thinking stump contemplating the Ferrari 458... | "Steady..Steady..Gotcha.."
A loud blast from his .50 cal rang in his ears as he placed a perfect headshot against the player, a long awaited kill he had been gunning for, after the last 21 respawns since the level had started. He drooped his gun, carefully eyeing the player, waiting to see his corpse drop to the floo... | 2015-08-04T05:18:11 | 2015-08-04T01:12:05 | 154 | 34 |
[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... | Before this rock became our home, we were glorious. Our race had risen to great heights, ruling over dozens of systems with a regal countenance unsullied by lesser races. We had avoided conflict for such a long time. Once we met *them*, however, we had no say in the matter. Never did we think that they would stoop so l... | 2014-12-26T12:10:42 | 2014-12-26T10:14:28 | 130 | 35 |
[WP] You can make a lie become truth, but only one lie at a time, once it is a lie again everyone involved will know immediately. You’re on your deathbed, holding one lie as truth for decades. You know hell will break loose once you die and the lie becomes a lie, and everybody will know. | I've done everything I could. I never asked for this power, but I've done the best I can.
One great lie has been keeping this world together, and I'm responsible. Or rather, one great truth. It's murky.
I have been tempted many times in my life to modify reality in other, more selfish ways, but I know that doing so w... | I think they would understand why I did it. The truth is terrifying at first, but ultimately has no immediate impact, and will not for some time. But it will still change everything. Except, it did not have to, at least, not yet, and that was the reason why I did it. Maybe I was selfish, maybe I just wanted to live ou... | 2022-11-18T07:38:42 | 2022-11-18T05:25:43 | 19 | 10 |
[WP]”Why aren’t you scared? I’m a vampire— I could kill you!” “So could literally every other human, you’re not special.” | The look on his face said it all.
"But, I ..." trailing off, he furrowed his brows in confusion, peering at me. Had this thought really never occurred to him before? Shaking my head and putting my hands on my hips, I chastised him.
"It never ceases to amaze me, how pompous you immortals are. Just the other day I... | "That's because, your kind is Pathetic. And also stupid" The vampire flashed a cold, slow grin, letting his gaze run itself down and across my budgeoning water sack of a body, right as my mind for some reason thinks "I'm back in middle school again"... and then he continues his voice a perfect cool pitch of measured qu... | 2022-06-08T16:03:29 | 2022-06-08T13:26:53 | 30 | 11 |
[WP] Movies would have you believe that when a demon possesses someone, they wreak as much havoc as they can before being exorcised. In reality, demons want to stay out of Hell for as long as possible, and what better way than making sure the host and their family really like the possession. | I lean back into the hot, soapy water, closing my eyes and taking in the scents of the candles I had lit. Lauren's phone lays on the bathroom counter, playing her Spotify playlist on shuffle. I had expected to hate her taste in music, but I actually quite enjoy it. I lather my (Lauren's) hair with shampoo and start wor... | I try don't make it a habit, however the screams of the self inflicted punishment got bored at some point. Demons doesn't want to be there more than needed to find a new body to posses.
I love the rebel smart kids with their way of making everyone on the family hate them. "I am smarter, you idiots." And they are prett... | 2022-10-15T19:19:53 | 2022-10-15T16:49:40 | 84 | 32 |
[WP]Tell me an emotional story about a man, using only what he would type into Google search | *I thought a more uplifting story may be nice*
Monster.com
Monster.com how to find a job
How to find a job on the internet
How to apply for unemployment
Can't pay rent
Eviction laws Phoenix
Animal shelter Phoenix
No kill animal shelter phoenix
Homeless shelter phoenix
Interview techniques
How to ace an inter... | Best private school LA
LA public school system
Jobhunter LA
Budget kids clothes
How to fix a leaky faucet
Modern student backpacks
How to qualify for an education loan
Return Klip-pack 9000
Amazon Ninja Turtles rolling backpack
Rain jacket size small
What to do if your apartment floods
Budget plum... | 2015-02-04T20:36:22 | 2015-02-04T17:13:32 | 34 | 23 |
[WP] You die and go to hell. Instead of finding everyone suffering in the eternal pits of fire, you are shocked to find a highly developed, Democratic, and modernized world. You pick up a newspaper and see the headline: “up to 1 Million more refugees expected to arrive from Heaven in coming weeks.” | I stood in shock for a moment. Did the Arbiter of Good and Evil just say I was going to Hell? But, I'm a Christian! Christians don't go to Hell! ... I mean, sure I should have gone to church more regularly, and I could have prayed more often, but the Bible says that if I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior I will get in... | “We are the true sons of GOD!”
Was the last words I hear. This is after I finished praying to GOD. Then a fiery tunnel with bony hands were the last thing I saw as I lay dying...again.
Then after what felt like eternity
I woke up in a white room, my back hurts presumably from the stab that killed me but it was gone i... | 2020-01-28T06:43:22 | 2020-01-28T04:51:55 | 40 | 13 |
[WP] Genies exist. However, they are all evil wish genies who try and interpret wishes disastrously. You're a lawyer at a Wise Wishing Firm, who helps their clients word their wishes as safely as possible. | "For the definition of 'was', we will be using definition 2 of the 2008 Webster unabridged. For the definition of 'is', we will be using definition 3 of the 2012 Webster unabridged." The man wore a silk suit, I estimated at least a value of $3500.
I sighed, leaning forwards as he brought up another specificity definit... | "You have to play their game to win."
I don't know how many times I said that to a client. I wi- I mean, *it would be nice* if they would just be nice for once.
People called them Genies. I'm not sure whether it's short for 'geniuses' or just slang for 'jeans'. I'd go with the former. Others called them 'literalis... | 2017-02-19T13:21:16 | 2017-02-19T09:55:14 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] Humanity has finally invented faster than light travel, and has ascended to the stars. We have now discovered that in a nearby star system, another earth exists, and a man named Jesus Christ is attempting to lead the primitive people there, claiming that God is restarting his plan on this world | Interview log 37
"So, subject 756H-"
"Jesus."
"...what?"
"I prefer the name Jesus."
"Ok, Jesus, why were you interfering with native life on Trappist-5a?"
"Enlightening, not interfering. They needed to know of my Lord and Father, so that they may become Christians."
"Sir, there are intergalactic laws against int... | "Uh what the fuck is going on?"
Kyle stared in awe as he watched a man scream about him being Jesus Christ amongst a group of the indegnious people.
"Alright let's wrap this up. This guy escaped the loony bin up in Sigma 5 and made it all the way here. Kind of impressive if you ask me."
The group made their way down... | 2017-05-27T13:11:18 | 2017-05-27T12:09:40 | 33 | 21 |
[WP] A cop arrives at the golden gate bridge to talk a man out of committing suicide. After they have a short conversation, the cop jumps off the bridge. | Frank pulled up to the dreary scene with a defeated sigh. He usually got here too late, but if he was lucky enough to arrive before they jumped, he just got to enjoy watching another human die.
The rain pounded down and Frank wondered why they were never taught how to talk someone down in the academy, only shooting ... | "Hey buddy! You can't do that here! Do you know how much of a pain it is to fish people out of the water?" Officer Dave shouted to a man about to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.
"Who cares," said the man. "Just leave me down there if you have to. I'm not worth the trouble."
"No."
"Why not?" The man leaned closer t... | 2014-07-04T22:00:36 | 2014-07-04T21:53:12 | 81 | 17 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | I always knew, since I was a baby. If I’ll be a good boy, then my blood will be white.
I was always scared of having black blood.
I must be a good boy.
Around this simple principle, I built my life. And it felt good helping others. I was happy!
I studied medicine because I thought no greater good exists but saving ... | Between his teeth, he drew his breath in sharply; a wordless exclamation of the pain. Putting aside the knitting, he rose from the chair to find something to dress the small wound.
It was between the living room and the kitchen he came to the realisation that blood which should have come from the small prick, had not... | 2018-08-04T10:34:28 | 2018-08-04T09:46:21 | 45 | 24 |
[WP] Everyday, at a random time for exactly 10 seconds, everyone is trying to kill you. | Having dinner at the kitchen table, taco night. My sister came home from university, so it's more lively than usual. I ask my dad to pass the salsa. As he goes to grab it he freezes, they all freeze. And then I freeze. And then I run. Run to the bathroom, lock the door and pray to god they won't knock it down in time. ... | You know... Life gets hectic when you're the most wanted man In the world for about ten seconds. Each and every day. Needless to say I learned how to defend myself really quickly. I can be enjoying a nice walk in the park, going to my favorite spot and then bam! Everyone is trying to kill me. Knives and fists mostly, b... | 2016-11-13T10:46:15 | 2016-11-13T09:12:45 | 165 | 19 |
[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... | I loved **the** boy. His **way** of getting **to** my soul, **properly**, does not **deceive**, shows me **someone** cares, someone **is** paying attention **to** what I **believe**. I say, "**the** heart tells **lies**." He looks **as** scared, as **if** he understands. "**They**, my dear, **are** based on **the*... | 2014-07-29T11:54:28 | 2014-07-29T11:43:49 | 74 | 19 |
[WP] Two people have just died. They both enter the same location in the afterlife. For one person, it is their personal heaven; for the other, it is hell. Describe their arrival and first "day" there. | They tell you to be a good person in life. Follow the rules, be well mannered, positive outlook and all that. Maybe that's enough. It seemed to be for *him*. To be honest, I don't know what I did to deserve this. I wasn't great by any measure, but by what cruel sense of humor was I given this punishment? Day in, day ou... | Suzanne opened her eyes to be greeted by her own front room. She looked about, her heart beating fast. Was it a dream? The sickening spinning, the horror of loosing control? The crash and shattering of glass, metal, bone. The last sight of her husband, James, next to her, his neck at a terrible angle. Did she dream tha... | 2015-01-04T15:07:40 | 2015-01-04T13:39:28 | 89 | 26 |
[WP] God is tired of being the topic of every other writing prompt. He assembles a team of /r/writingprompts favorites like batman and hitler to stop bad prompts once and for all. | "It's not working!" A frustrated voice calls from across the busy computer room.
"What do you mean? Haven't you got any good ideas?" God asked as he paced across the room.
"I'm doing my best. But it's not getting any attention. One, maybe two upvotes."
"Jesus christ, Adolf, you know the strings I had to pull to ge... | He sits at the keyboard, eyes and fingers blazing with incredulity at the popularity of the posts in front of him. Framed Ira Glass quote hung on the wall reading:
>“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
An... | 2015-10-20T09:51:43 | 2015-10-20T07:09:48 | 584 | 39 |
[WP] A wizard accidentally becomes immortal. He has the idea to become the antagonist so that a hero will come along and defeat him, so he can rest in peace. Sadly, the heroes are weak in comparison so the wizard creates a persona as a 'wise teacher' to train these heroes in order to defeat him. | I'm 320 years and I've killed 45 heroes so far. That's a lot and not enough depending on how you look at it. At first, they came to me, hoping for riches and fame. None succeeded. None went back home. I mean, you can't really continue to have a reputation if you send them back, you understand.
But, in the last 200 ye... | The warlock stood upon the ruins.
A dead village, gray ash softly falling on blackened bones. All still and all silent, only shadows still flowing, still gnawing at the skulls. His hands ached as fire left his blood. The joy of destruction, so high and clear just moments ago was already fading, guilt and despair raisi... | 2015-07-25T06:13:58 | 2015-07-25T05:58:40 | 17 | 12 |
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