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[WP] The Devil is actually a she, and God's ex.
Seems they had a bit of a *falling* out. | I never thought to ask his name.
He was 'a regular', that was it.
Everyday I came to this bar, he was sitting there, alone and reading his book, nursing a drink.
He looked wise though, stereotypical grandpa beard, tan suit over a checkered shirt, and really soft eyes. He always had this aura about him that just ... | You can't go anywhere in Heaven, or anywhere anywhere really, without the all seeing eye of El Deus-bag knowing and seeing in that annoying omnipotent manner of His. But there are certain places, in certain less reputable corners of paradise, where the skinny is that his eye tends to be a little less focused. Places wh... | 2014-09-28T17:32:27 | 2014-09-28T16:22:36 | 37 | 20 |
[WP] You just got fired, you're pretty sure your girlfriend is cheating on you, you're 75k in student loans debt, rent was due last week, and to top it all off? You're all out of beer. Oddly enough, you just got an email titled "Would you like to change the difficulty? Current setting: Very Hard."
EDIT: muh front page... | Damn bitch would be here any minute. I sighed, trying to steady my nerves, wishing I had something to drink. Had to confront her sometime, might as well get it over with. Though I could just wait until they evicted me and I had to move back in with mom...no, I'm a better man than that.
My phone buzzed. A text? Was s... | This is my first post here, not the best writer; please be gentle fams. D=
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I slowly opened my door to yet another dreary, pointless day of my existence. It's quite saddening that it had come to this point in my own home, but it happens I guess. It's been a rough day with all th... | 2016-03-30T17:32:38 | 2016-03-30T17:02:42 | 107 | 42 |
[WP] A new continent is discovered. No one knows why this large land mass has never been seen before, it doesn't appear on any pictures taken from space and no astronauts have ever reported seeing it. You are part of the team in charge of mapping the area when you find out what they've been hiding. | Jesse returned to basecamp with more on his mind than the topographical features of his scouting report.
“Guys, I’m telling you – this doesn’t making any sense. I’ve heard of fisherman or lost voyagers discovering a small island before but from these initial reports, this thing is half the size of South America. They... | "I don't understand. None of the maps make any mention let alone have any markings of land here. The hell is this place?"
Shyn turned the map every which way he possibly could, trying to analyze a mistake he could have made. "Hey Vort, any ideas?" Vort'haal lay in the deck, his back rested upon sacks of grain, a lar... | 2017-02-10T11:02:22 | 2017-02-10T09:52:26 | 52 | 35 |
[WP] When someone is murdered, their name appears on the skin of the killer. You wake up with a name on your arm and no knowledge of how it got there. | Mom always told me not to wear long-sleeved shirts. I obeyed, of course.
It would always make people talk when they saw a name on your skin. They wouldn't ask, they'd just whisper.
When I traveled to Guatemala, I saw a police officer with his arm covered with people's names. I would later learn he was a war hero.
... | Carlisle groaned as his phone blared, swiping at his nightstand and hitting the snooze button. The alarm went off again five minutes later. He tried to ignore it, as well as the headache that had started to build when it went off, but it was too late, he was up.
Taking a peek out the window next to his bed, he started... | 2017-03-24T17:31:42 | 2017-03-24T16:04:29 | 57 | 26 |
[WP] You rub a can of cheap beer and a small, pudgy spirit in a stained undershirt emerges. He is the Shitty Genie, and he'll grant you any wish as long as it's kind of shitty and won't substantially change the course of your life.
u/two_octavia_scale suggested that I submit my askreddit question as a writing prompt. ... | Little Samantha picked the dented can up off the kitchen floor. It was a warm, still full, probably dropped and forgotten, plain silver can. The name on it was covered in splotches of crusty pizza sauce. Sammy rubbed it with her palm to reveal the words 'Genie Light'.
She felt the can shake in her hand. It cracked ope... | “Chad, beer me!”
Keith was floating down a river in an inflatable tube. T-shirt wrapped around his head. Aviator sunglasses covering the majority of his face. Flip-flops barely hanging onto each of his sunburnt feet. He had long ago lost his paddles and has since surrendered his flight path to the almighty river. Chad... | 2017-04-17T09:46:19 | 2017-04-17T09:17:02 | 109 | 74 |
[WP] A watch is invented where it says exactly how long until you meet your soulmate. You decide to get one for you and one for your wife. Your wife’s watch says ’negative 6 years, 9 months, 14 days, 3 hours and 9 minutes’, the day you two met. Yours says ’12 days, 8 hours, 29 minutes’. | I stared at the damned thing for 10 minutes now. I am in disbelief. This didn't even make sense- how can 2 people not be eah others soul mates? My heart raced. Powerfully. It even began hurting!
But if I were telling the truth, I'm relieved. I have never felt this woman loved me. Well, at least the way I've wanted to ... | Black Friday seems like it strikes earlier and earlier, doesn’t it? Saw a sweet watch in the window at Kay but I can’t come home with a kick ass watch and not bring one back for the Misses. So I pick two up. Its Wednesday but that means your check hit early because of the holiday so Box em up, Scotty! (Pamn at Kay was ... | 2018-01-06T22:59:33 | 2018-01-06T22:27:42 | 38 | 22 |
[WP] A week ago you sent your saliva off to test your DNA ancestry. Today at work, you're surrounded by heavily armed federal agents and put under watch. | “Ms. Kilroy, do you know why you’re here?”
“Tiffany. Please.” She hasn’t even heard his question. As soon as he said her last name, Tiffany had stopped listening.
“All right,” said the agent, a heavyset man with a deep voice and a deeper void behind his eyes. “Tiffany. Do you know why you’re here?”
Tiffany scoffed.... | (Part 1)
My friends said it'd be fun and I thought it would be too. We were all bored and thought doing DNA ancestry tests stolen from the Biology department by my roommate Jim would be hilarious.
"Bruh this is a great idea," Jim said all ecstatically.
"I know right, now I can find out if I'm actually 1/4ths Irish,... | 2018-08-14T18:05:26 | 2018-08-14T16:39:18 | 112 | 26 |
[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. | "No."
I left them speechless on my front porch as I closed the door on their faces.
I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There were two ice cold beers waiting for me in there.
I brought them both into the living room and dropped my ass down on the couch.
Death's a bitch I thought, popping open the first... | To them it had seemed like the lingest of Shots, but to me... well I was trying to work up the courage to go see them again.they were here. They were asking. I was nodding my head.
I had taken a life. I didn't mean to. It was my first day on the road...
I hated myself. And yet I couldn't bring myself to end it. Or g... | 2018-09-16T19:59:36 | 2018-09-16T18:45:07 | 62 | 19 |
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
Honestly if magic did exist in our world,... | The Bender was out of breath, his rock had connected with the Wizard's head as she finished hastily scribbling on paper, after rounds of trading subtle earthbending techniques and strange spells. The Wizard was knocked over and stopped moving. He cautiously approached her and noticed a distinct lack of breathing. His e... | woop, posted to a response, instead of post... Repost.
"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long pa... | 2018-10-16T02:22:26 | 2018-10-16T00:41:38 | 34 | 13 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | I had assumed it was one of my friends. I'm really terrible about saving phone numbers. So I texted them: "Yeah, why? Who is this?" and immediately I felt the world slipping away.
I could feel the sun on my skin. It was warm out -- curious, considering it was February and I had previously been sitting in my kitchen a... | *Beagle's journal - Day 1*
I couldn't believe it at first—I refused to—but as the day wore on, as the sun warmed by body and the pain of hunger quickly became real, I had to accept my new reality.
This world. This beautiful, vast, dangerous world. I've visited it enough to know it well from a bird's eye view, but ne... | 2020-02-16T19:27:29 | 2020-02-16T17:51:33 | 248 | 59 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | After replying to the email, I black out. When I come to, I find myself floating in a ocean, the clearest sea blue ocean I've ever seen. I had honestly thought that email was for shots and giggles, at least I hope it was. In the distance I see the dark green of tropical trees and white sand. I hope I make there without... | *Beagle's journal - Day 1*
I couldn't believe it at first—I refused to—but as the day wore on, as the sun warmed by body and the pain of hunger quickly became real, I had to accept my new reality.
This world. This beautiful, vast, dangerous world. I've visited it enough to know it well from a bird's eye view, but ne... | 2020-02-16T19:58:17 | 2020-02-16T17:51:33 | 84 | 59 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | When I got the text, I didn't have to think about it very long - I had just been lying in bed, playing Ashphalt on my PHONE. 'Yeah, sure,' I reply, thinking nothing of it. Jeff always sends me this shit.
As I put my phone back down and close my eyes I feel a wave of nausea hit, then pass, leaving behind a lingering wh... | A soft buzz took me from dreaming to wishing I didn’t set an alarm. Tomorrow was president’s day, a day off from the monotony of every day modern life. If I had to use one word to describe what my life was like, it would be gray. I ate plain toast in the morning. I had an accounting job. I have two close friends which ... | 2020-02-17T00:31:53 | 2020-02-16T23:39:49 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | "This is a Slaandi Skull Staff, encrusted with shards of sapphire. It is a favored weapon of the Slaandians for spreading fear and terror. Pressing this button will cause your enemies to see visions of shifting shadows and shambling skeletons."
"I'm looking for something that can better demonstrate power. Something wi... | My little strike team and I tried not to laugh at how absolutely ridiculous the alien battleship in front of us looked as it slowly floated closer towards Earth’s orbit.
“So, this is the warship that destroyed those human colonies on Mars...” I thought out loud as I stared at this ridiculous hunk of bright yellow met... | 2020-03-21T11:52:39 | 2020-03-21T09:57:35 | 30 | 18 |
[WP]You wake up the sound of your mom calling your name telling your to get ready for school. You’re in your old room again. You look in the mirror and to your surprise you are your 7 year old self. Just yesterday you had dinner with friends and family celebrating your 26th birthday. | You're confused but you go with it. It's so good to be back then. Maybe you can try again and get everything right this time. Your life was such a mess before.
You get dressed and grab your breakfast and backpack and stuff. You hug your mom and tear up. You had just lost her to cancer that had been discovered at too ... | Memories are like a glass menagerie. Moments held in stasis, deep within the library that is our lives.
Yet like the figurines, if you were to look closely, there may be scratches or cracks that you may otherwise may have not seen.
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"Happy 26th birthday!" and the candle flame was snuffed.
Drip.
"Honey, how are... | 2021-09-24T20:53:34 | 2021-09-24T19:49:34 | 46 | 30 |
[WP] Your bedroom became detached from reality and nothing is outside your door, but whenever you load a video game that world appears. Your game library is not conducive to a long and happy life, but the mini fridge is empty so you have no choice. You load up the safest game and gather supplies. | *Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead*
Absolutely not. There is going to be food in there, but there are also zombies, giant mutant insects, and Things from Outside Reality - that last category could probably follow my room even after I turn the game off. Just, no.
*Ancient Domains of Mystery*
Food, again, exists. But there a... | I slammed my fist into the wall with a frustrated scream, the plaster cracking around the impact. I winced and cradled my hand, immediately regretting my decision. I walked over to my dresser and rummaged around, eventually pulling out a band-aid. I took the paper around it off and stuck it to my bleeding knuckles.
I ... | 2022-06-08T00:29:29 | 2022-06-07T21:59:50 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] A fresh and original scary story about a cliche monster.
Bigfoot, zombies, Nessie, vampires, etc.
Go nuts. | They say it began in infancy. Hell, maybe even in the womb. He wanted no mother's milk. No goat's milk. No milk of any kind. His mother, poor thing, despaired that he would die. For a while she held his tiny skeleton and wished him to heaven.
She cut her finger one morning and he fought as an animal would to get to ... | The job just hadn't been the same since the automated all of the prisons. Now, instead of the comforting clank of keys on a ring, he had a radio that squawked in his ear all day. Instead of his billy club, he had pepper spray. If his eyes weren't made to see under lava in the Lake of Fire, using that shit would have be... | 2014-04-23T17:08:12 | 2014-04-23T16:16:19 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] God does an AMA. | **I Am God. AMA**
*Submitted: 45 seconds ago*
*In the interest of time, (I am very busy after all), I am going to post the answers to your questions in order so you don’t have to waste time typing out your questions. I already know them, and this karma isn’t worth anything anyway. If you’re not sure what your answer ... | “Who would you rather fight, a horse-sized duck or one hundred duck-sized horses?”
God stared at the screen, his hand buried deep within his beard, fingers clawing mindlessly at his chin. They’d had ample time to think of questions, more than a month’s notice on what the press was referring to as the “most important i... | 2014-12-03T12:09:23 | 2014-12-03T11:36:05 | 115 | 38 |
[WP] The Earth does not rotate. One side always faces the sun and is in continual daylight. The other side is in eternal night. Cultures on both side develop around this.
Feel free to divide the world north/south rather than east/west. other aspects may include agriculture, trade relations, religion, cross border rom... | On December 9th, 2014, the world stopped spinning, yet the atmosphere did not, still in motion with the Earth's original 1100 mile per hour rotation speed.
You spent your last moments glued to your comfortable La-Z-Boy, watching a rerun of Keeping Up With The Kardashians for the 100th time.
Anything not attached to b... | They had hiked for what seemed like eternity. They were determined, though. These four had followed the stars, crossed the Great Ice River, tramped through the deserted wilds of the Waste. They lost five there, when the oil and candles stretched thin. Each had walked out during the small sparks, leaving behind their ra... | 2014-12-07T21:13:23 | 2014-12-07T20:16:39 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] Voyager 1 has unexpectedly returned to Earth. It was found at Cape Canaveral, with a note written in a strange, unknown language attached to it. Scientists have translated that note and have called a press conference to reveal their findings. | The press room was alive with the murmur of theories being bandied about by the assembled reporters.
The picture of Voyager 1 behind the podium certainly sparked some lively conversation amongst the more conspiracy prone members.
Everyone quieted as a senior press agent for NASA took the stage and another image, wri... | The lights and flashing cameras of the press focused on the bald head of NASA’s head scientist, Dr. Alferious. The aging doctor winced into the spotlight. He was never one for media attention, but for an announcement this important, he didn’t trust anyone else to deliver it.
“Ahem. Yes, hello, thank you all for coming... | 2016-11-27T10:00:43 | 2016-11-27T09:14:58 | 38 | 23 |
[WP] Everyone in the world can choose when they get super powers. The longer you wait to claim your powers the stronger they are. Today is your one hundredth birthday, and you are finally ready to claim your powers. | My family gathered around me, with application forms sitting on the table. I filled in the relevant personal information slowly with my shaky hands, cold sweats dripping down my forehead from the effort as well as the pressure.
You'd think l after 100 years one would have decided on a power, but as I write now, time ... | I was sitting alone on the toilet seat. My grandchildren were running everywhere in the house, and the the toilet was the most peaceful place I could find. Still, I would be lying if I said I didn't just come in here to shit. Slowly taking care of my business, I thought of all the possible powers I could get.
The ye... | 2017-02-22T12:26:06 | 2017-02-22T11:59:46 | 245 | 22 |
[WP] Dogs have been genetically engineered to live as long as humans. As a child you pick out a puppy as a companion for the rest of your life. | My name is Max. I've been patiently waiting to be reunited with Master for 53 days. Master is my master, I'm his friend. Master and I met when we were both little, and now we're bigger. The smell of Master is very comforting. I haven't smelled Master in 53 days.
I have everything that I need. A nice woman walks ... | Date: March 20th, 2018. Rupert. German Shepherd. Male. 6 months old. Registration fee: $610. Registered in Buffalo, NY.
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January 8th, 2033
I thought this journal idea was stupid but I have an idea. It can be all about Rupert! Mr. Lean said focus on happy stuff, sooo RUPERT!
*Photos of a dog.*
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Mar... | 2018-03-19T10:20:23 | 2018-03-19T09:57:10 | 52 | 11 |
[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. | We all knew we had them. Not all of us could see them, I however was given this "gift" of being able to see our guardian angels. Some were these beautiful creatures that didn't look much human with wings that spread well over 7 feet. Some looked human with nothing special about them. No one really knew why it was like... | I tucked myself in. The sliver of gold from the hall light grew as Angela gently opened the door, careful not to wake Baby Bobby (not a baby) sleeping soundly in the bunk beneath me. I raised my head as I propped myself up on my orphan-like elbows. Elbows that haven't seen a loving, legal parent in an elbows-harvest.
... | 2018-08-14T18:05:34 | 2018-08-14T15:56:10 | 98 | 11 |
[WP] Over the years your D&D game has managed to continue with most of the original players. However, almost everyone's life circumstances have changed drastically since they began and you now DM for a group of some of the most-powerful people on the planet. | I was packing up my things from our latest session, reorganizing notes and stowing my books when Kate slid a long, silver-wrapped box towards me, smiling. I looked at her, and saw the rest of the party was watching too. "What's this?"
Akbar said, "It's a gift, from all of us."
"...Did I miss some anniversary or som... | "We make a deal with the orc lord," says Katie.
"That's... Not really an option," I explain to my high-flying lawyer friend. "Either you guys act now, or the last Kingdom of the Dwarfs crumbles like a dry autumn leaf, and the people inside are either enslaved or executed. What's it to be?"
"Oh, let them all die," say... | 2019-06-26T04:06:24 | 2019-06-26T02:56:05 | 2,520 | 770 |
[WP] You’re a graphic designer. One day, you look in the mirror, and jokingly try to photo-edit your own body. You discover that you have the powers of Photoshop, but in real life. | Realizing this newfound ability to seemingly edit reality, I begin to wonder.
"Does this work outside?" Can you edit the reality around you, and not just the image you see in the mirror? Can you end world hunger by flying to suffering countries and shopping entire banquets before you? Can you 'erase' a tributary fr... | This is my first one go easy on me! (Some vulgar words)
"Hmm" You say looking into the mirror. "Black hair does not suit you James. "You mutter to yourself. "I ought to go to a barber some time soon" "James! Are you coming?" Alyssa yelled from the other room. "One minute!" You replied. "Really be something if I could... | 2021-01-02T06:02:54 | 2021-01-02T02:14:08 | 131 | 45 |
[WP] Humanity has reset 3 times in the past. Whenever the human race reaches mars, we are met by a supreme alien race asking for the answer to 'The question'. You are the astronaut who has to answer. If you answer incorrectly, Humanity resets again. | **Greetings, human! We meet again!**
And you are?
**Mars. Bruno Mars. No, not that one.**
I can tell. You're seven feet tall and green.
**And yet I am the better dancer. Go figure. Anyhow, here we are.**
What do you mean "we meet again"?
**Here's the deal, Skippy.**
My name is Lance. Lance Astronaut. Of the Conn... | "Houston, we have landing, I repeat, we have landing."
The spherical metal craft touched down noiselessly, small reddish-brown puffs rising from where the landing gear had disturbed the ground. In every direction, the empty, sun-bleached wasteland of the Red Planet stretched away until it melted into the horizon.
... | 2015-02-11T21:10:12 | 2015-02-11T19:54:20 | 55 | 18 |
[WP][TT] You crash on as island. The locals, impressed with your technology, start showing you their magic. You have a scientific explanation for everything, but one thing still puzzles you. | Michael stared at the scene in front of him in utter disbelief. "How is is he doing this?"
"We told you," said one of the villagers, "our shaman has magical powers."
"That's preposterous, magic doesn't exist," replied Michael.
"He summoned lightning with his staff!" exclaimed a boisterous villager.
"That thing is j... | The wreck was behind me, the fuselage of the plane belching an acrid black plume into the still air. It rose in a single, thick column, and the smell of it clung to my clothes as I walked. My shirt was badly ripped, and a piece of metal had gashed my left shoulder painfully, but beyond that I was unhurt. I sent up a sm... | 2015-06-11T09:14:09 | 2015-06-11T08:01:37 | 623 | 66 |
[WP] Humans are the deadliest, and rarest, species in the known universe. Often, search parties go missing due to a singular encounter with a human ship. It has recently come to light that there is an entire planet full of them. | "BETTING CLOSED" the sign flashed. the crowd roared at the appearance of Ikken Tren, the current champion. Flanked by her longtime rival Kuu Hy. The two were formidable, each with dozens of wins in conventional bouts. Kuu had been undefeated in the arenas until their battle with Tren.
"So, hear what we're fighting tod... | *"Any idea where we are?*" Captain Ti'Brex croaked, his voice carrying his blunt displeasure at the current predicament. *"I didn't put you in charge of the flight node to get us lost the middle of nowhere, boy!*
*"Sir..."* Another voice piped from a door that had silently creaked open, unheard and muffled under the ... | 2017-11-08T21:28:26 | 2017-11-08T21:05:15 | 119 | 32 |
[WP] The demon stands amid your destroyed kitchen screaming, "How? How were you able to summon me?!" You're standing in the corner flipping through your grandma's cookbook as fast as you can, screaming back, "I don't know!! You were supposed to be chicken soup!" | I only wanted to make chicken soup, I swear...so why exactly was there a purple horned creature in the middle of my kitchen nude?!
Grandma warned me to be careful when cooking as to not summon “beings” but the woman’s eighty-nine with early set dementia, I can’t say I really trust her judgment at the moment but when t... | "Oh, gee golly Miss Molly! I think I went and summoned one o' them there devils!" screamed Walter as his saucepan glowed molten red and the demon materialized upon his stove.
"Foolish mortal! Doest thou think thy prayers will be answered! There will be only suffering!" The demon, a ghastly, pig-like creature shrou... | 2018-07-21T22:08:50 | 2018-07-21T21:23:34 | 46 | 20 |
[WP] Death has hourglasses for every person. One day, during a cleaning, he found a dust covered one that had rolled under his desk. | Not a day would pass that I wouldn't look into the mirror and wonder if I am stuck in a dream. Now I am sure of it. There can be no other explanation. I should have passed from this realm long ago, and now I seem to be having hallucinations that only happen in dreams. Or perhaps nightmares.
Death himself visited me fo... | “What do you mean we’re being audited?” rasped the Old Man.
“I’m…I’m really not sure, Sir…” the thrall whispered, barely audible.
“The scroll, well it just appeared pinned to the door.”
The Old Man rubbed his temples. This had never happened before; the Big Man upstairs always left his department alone. Why now? Co... | 2018-10-03T08:25:36 | 2018-10-03T07:47:28 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] We were warned when we hired our first human crew member that they would pack bond with almost anything. We didn't listen, and now have an apex predator somewhere in the ship, that the human won't stop calling Kitty. | "Hey. Has any of you seen my cat?"
Jasmine knew that was an odd question to ask each of them. Every species aboard the ship seemed to have some sort of disdain for it.
"Your cat?" One of them asked, their eyes shrinking at the short and simple word.
"Yeah. You know? Little fuzzy thing. Four legs. A tail? My cat. Sar... | Mick stood on the bridge of the USS Cheesewheel. The first of its kind, large enough to house over ten thousand standard crew, and one human; he felt at home in its colossal rooms and corridors.
“Where’s Duncan now?” he asked his First Officer, Mina.
“Sir, we’ve lost visual. He was last seen near the cargo bay, but ... | 2019-11-21T07:46:04 | 2019-11-21T06:54:39 | 181 | 81 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished," he says. "You are the punishment." | At the age of five, I watched my mother have a fatal stroke.
At the age of twelve, I called for ambulances and police on a regular basis as gang wars destroyed my neighborhood- and all I could do was call 911, and watch.
At the age of fourteen, I witnessed my father have a heart attack that eventually took his life, ... | "Jesus Christ, you've got to be kidding me. Is this a joke? Am I being punk'd? Did my partner check my internet search history and decide to teach me a lesson?! I was just curious!"
The demon looks over at you with a somber expression on his face. "Sir, that name is one we prefer not to mention here. That bloke st... | 2020-07-10T09:28:26 | 2020-07-10T09:13:01 | 154 | 53 |
[WP] English really is a universal language, and aliens are as surprised about this as humans | “Does that mean the British empire took over the entire galaxy?” Mark asked
Kamie slapped him “shut up mark!”
Mark, Kamie, and their 8 other teammates stood in amazement in front of the screen as it loaded in more text, all in English. They had tried for years to send some kind of message in a way that an alien r... | After exiting warp over the blue planet, Farcon and Tuminor each donned a visual alternator on one wrist and a teleportation device on the other. They drew a collective deep breath as they activated their programmed projections.
"You look just like Brandon," said Farcon. "How do I look?"
"Like a queen," said Tuminor ... | 2020-09-17T11:36:15 | 2020-09-17T08:03:24 | 69 | 50 |
[WP] Your grandfather told you to never let his clock stop ticking. You ignored him. As the hands come to a halt, you realize two things. First, the clock may have been controlling rather than counting time; and second, your grandfather was a much better inventor that you gave him credit for. | Grampa had popped into my mind today. The hands of his cherished grandfather clock had stopped, as he told me it would countless times over. I didn't think anything of it at first, but when I was leaving the basement and turning into the hall, something chilling occurred.
My dog, Chewie was suspended in mid-air, his s... | It’s easy to lose track of time.
Sometimes you just get so occupied, doing work or reading a book or binging a show, that you look up and it’s two in the morning and you wonder where your whole night went.
Or you’re out on a first date that is going really well and suddenly they’re wiping down the last tables and you... | 2021-11-21T20:40:39 | 2021-11-21T20:04:16 | 35 | 14 |
[WP] “So how did you get Dragon blood in your veins?” “Ah well, long ago my family was cur-“ “Didn’t you say your family was never cursed?” “Oh uh, yeah um… so uh, there was a witch-“ “Im not buying it.” “*sigh*… so my great grandpa was a bard…” | “My great grandfather was a bard, but hardly a grand one. He didn’t sing great ballads of heroes that would be sung and repeated for centuries after his death, he took the less glamourous path of using his songs to raise disease awareness,” I replied.
Jeremy blinked, “This is not how I expected this story to sta... | Tables and chairs of dark stained wood and ashen-covered crevices serviced the likes of friend and foe as family. Many of the patrons of the Lilac Lantern cared only for food and drink. Politics could be left to the cities, the Gods to the church, and knowledge to the wizards behind their stone doors. In the country, p... | 2022-10-11T08:59:58 | 2022-10-11T08:21:24 | 251 | 67 |
[WP] Germany is actually predestined to lose every world war it participates in. The sixteenth world war is now being fought, and Germany has taken over all of Europe. Make them lose the war in the most ridiculous way possible. | General Beck burst into the mess hall and swept his gaze across the startled soldiers. They had been drinking, celebrating the surrender of France, and the apparent end of the war. But they didn't know about the curse. Few but the inner circle did. Germany must fall.
The men quickly stood at attention, as well as the... | The red light of the huge screen cast an eerie glow over the faces of those assembled in the war room. But in contrast to the lighting, the atmosphere was light. Jovial, even.
"As you can see, my Lord Emperor," the general was saying, a satisfied smile covering his face, "the enemy are on the run. The last assault by... | 2017-08-18T05:03:51 | 2017-08-18T03:34:46 | 1,294 | 107 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Hey Moose,
We had a good run. 16 years is good for a dog that somebody else starved in their back yard for a while.
You did really good. You remembered all those tricks somebody else taught you, showed the cats/birds love, and learned to stop being scared over food. You gave the best hugs on the planet.
I'm sorry th... | Dear Dad,
Or should I even call you dad? I think dad is more of a title to be earned and sadly throughout my eighteen and a half years of being on this earth, I do not think you have done very much to earn that title. Dad's don't leave. A dad is someone that is there for his children. A dad watches and actively partici... | 2017-11-06T00:29:00 | 2017-11-05T22:19:09 | 235 | 28 |
[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. | I miss you big guy.
I miss the your terrible jokes and the attempts at accents that wound up sounding exactly the same no matter the country of origin.
I miss the quiet but fierce love of your family you had.
Most of all I miss the real dad, not the husk you became in the years leading up to your death.
I miss my be... | I can't believe it's been almost a year. As long as the days are, the months are short.
It's remarkable how much my memory of you has changed tone in the past year. There was a time, not too long ago, when I would have burned my world down if I knew you'd be caught in the blaze. And yet now, all I feel is a bitterswee... | 2017-11-05T22:27:41 | 2017-11-05T22:26:46 | 102 | 11 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Hey Scott.
I guess I took everything you did for granted. It's been really hard without you here. Your daughter still asks when you're coming to pick her up and she always gets sad when I explain to her that you can't.
She really loves you and you were a good father. She started listening to one of the books ... | I can't believe it's been almost a year. As long as the days are, the months are short.
It's remarkable how much my memory of you has changed tone in the past year. There was a time, not too long ago, when I would have burned my world down if I knew you'd be caught in the blaze. And yet now, all I feel is a bitterswee... | 2017-11-05T23:19:05 | 2017-11-05T22:26:46 | 58 | 11 |
[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. | Elizabeth
I never really knew you, but I'll never forget you. I see your face every time I'm alone in my car, and it always brings me to tears. I want you to know that I tried so hard to save you. I tried everything I could. I'm sorry your parents had to see what we did to you. I'm sorry they had to see the tubes stic... | I can't believe it's been almost a year. As long as the days are, the months are short.
It's remarkable how much my memory of you has changed tone in the past year. There was a time, not too long ago, when I would have burned my world down if I knew you'd be caught in the blaze. And yet now, all I feel is a bitterswee... | 2017-11-06T02:41:21 | 2017-11-05T22:26:46 | 27 | 11 |
[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. | There are feelings I'd rather not describe boiling in my chest on the drive back home.
Wilson kept suggesting I go with him.
"Walk it off."
"Have a beer."
He eventually just let me go. Despite my equipment being in my car. He just leaves me with, "Don't do anything you'll regret."
I call not knowing what to ... | 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 ... | 2018-08-15T04:47:27 | 2018-08-14T22:17:00 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | The three men stared at an array of eight solid steel doors. They heard a faint scraping against door number four, and a low gutteral screech.
"I presume this is the one?" asked the tall thin man. His two companions nodded silently.
"Open it." The tall thin man's companions exchanged nervous glances and one of them... | It was early in the morning, I could hear the birds chirping. I opened my eyes just a little only to see my little girl Jessy there. I was happy to see her until I realized she was holding a knife. That was the 5th time this week she has woke me up like this. I wish we would have kept her brother. We noticed from a you... | 2020-05-07T09:18:35 | 2020-05-07T08:18:26 | 34 | 17 |
[WP] Turns out hell is real. This was made known once demons and devils came to Earth. However things quickly got awkward and confusing once people heard them mutter, "If Heaven won't fix this shit hole, we might as well do it ourselves." | Azenofel, the unholy terror, pulled the hellhound's chain. They had reached their target. The shoddy wooden fence sizzled as he undid the latch and the roses wilted as he passed. The Hound smelled the ground as he pulled the thick wheeled cart up the step onto the front porch.
Azenofel knocked once before slicking ba... | *It turns out demons have demonic solutions, who knew.*
Words blast across the city, the same enormous flat screens that used to show advertisements and Knicks games now show strange, horned freak shows. The demons we got weren’t the ruby red, fiery incarnations of torment that Hollywood had lead us to expect. Instead... | 2021-04-29T19:38:50 | 2021-04-29T19:31:35 | 233 | 54 |
[WP] You lost your sight, along with everyone else on earth in the great blinding. Two years later, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor, and surface has been painted with the same message - "Don't tell them you can see"
I get that this is a repost, can we just chill and... | One winter day, there was a solar eclipse, the next day nothing. I could feel myself opening and closing my eyes but all that greeted me was a void of light. No subtle light spots, no static vision, nothing. Needless to say, I panicked. I was able to call my parents and tell them about the situation and they immediatel... | Warm sunlight. It’s always been there to care for me. Feeling the warmth always taught me to remember my mortality. Reminisce in the good in your life. I always took time to note my positives while sitting in the sunlight. Such a peaceful ordeal.
Those moments come far and few in between these days.
Memorials for e... | 2021-11-29T01:16:55 | 2021-11-29T00:57:33 | 1,156 | 278 |
[WP] You're a kind and compassionate person who wants to be a healer. The problem is you come from a long and famous line of bloodthirsty berserkers. | **New Applicant.**
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"I BoneGnasher."
She frowned. "So what is it that you do, Mr.... Bone Gnasher? What role will you be filling in the party?"
"I not hit. Much hard, very soft. No ow. Ow bad."
The receptionist scratched her head again. "Uhh... you're a pacifist?"
The hulking barbarian thumped his oversized clu... | The doors to the Adventurers Guild creaked open. The light was blocked by a huge frame/ This dark silhouette that blocked the doorway hunched over so as not to bang its head against the frame. The odd stare turned from the liquids in their cups, sizing up this foreign creature that had entered their den, before turning... | 2022-09-06T15:46:40 | 2022-09-06T13:34:46 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] An irrational fear proves to be perfectly rational | I never thought I would need it. It was just in case the shit hit the fan but I was still mocked for it, that little purple and red backpack in the bottom left-hand corner of my desk. Being on the top floor of one of the tallest buildings in the world can give one a bit of vertigo from time to time. I hoped I would nev... | He looked behind him.
Nothing. There was always nothing.
He continued walking. He tried keeping the thoughts away, but they pierced through every time he dared look at any shadow.
*What could they be hiding? They had to be hiding something. That sound. What was that sound? Am I being followed? What's that up ahead?... | 2013-12-17T10:25:26 | 2013-12-17T09:25:43 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] A child unknowingly has a conversation with Death. | Mikey Rays was a good kid, always with a smile, but liked to just sit on his porch all day and imagine his toys are alive. One day he saw a man walk up to the house. The man had on dirty overalls and a bird's nest of hair under a battered straw hat.
"Hey kid, is your dad in?"
"Yeah, mister, he's in the kitchen."
"Th... | "Mom, get up! It's time for school."
"Mom?"
The child, eager to start his first day of kindergarten, wanders into the room where I am collecting the soul of a nameless woman. Apparently she's his mother. See, part of my deal was that I wasn't to know any personal details of the souls I collect. It's weird, I know, I... | 2014-06-06T21:46:29 | 2014-06-06T19:55:03 | 55 | 31 |
[WP] Sailors have always been a superstitious bunch. In the long stretches of darkness and isolation between stars superstitions still run high. So let's hear a ghost story from deep space. | The called it the Black Dog. They said it was a massive black hole, gravity so powerful light couldn't escape, and so much more science jargon. But what they were really interested in was the large yellow orb inside the Black Dog. What was it? A star? coalesced plasma? What could be bright enough to stand out again... | “Give me your spear,” the hunter said.
The companion almost stopped in his tracks, before the hunter looked at him, and urged him to keep going on. “What do you want my spear for?”
“Just give me your spear. And don't stop. Keep walking.”
Around the two men, the forest whistled with the wind, and around them it was d... | 2014-12-26T21:19:24 | 2014-12-26T20:53:42 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] Two humans are drifting through space forever, they are immortal. They are tethered together by a singe, degrading rope. | I didn't know their name, I couldn't even attempt a conversation, it was silent forever. A single stream of consciousness, there was no social aspect of life; only observe, appreciate.
I'm sure we both knew the situation, drifting through space, we saw *everything*.
Nebula's, galaxies, star clusters, even black hole... | “Hey,” Cynthia said. She tugged on the SpaceX brand Companion Cord.
I grumbled. “I’m sleeping,” I muttered.
“Hey Hey Hey,” Cynthia said, tugging again.
“Go away,” I growled.
“Hey Hey Honeybuns!” Cynthia said, “Rise and shine. Time for coffee!”
“Leave me alone,” I said.
“It’s moooorning!” Cynthia cooed.
I open... | 2015-01-20T00:13:17 | 2015-01-19T23:34:27 | 21 | 12 |
[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 | As her husband finished with a barely audible grunt, and heaved himself off of her, Brittany let out a long sigh.
"Well, that was a new record! 5 thrusts, and we're done.", she thought to herself, glancing in disgust at her husband, who had miraculously already started snoring, sleep being the only thing that came qu... | It seems like every time I ran into Amelia Fowler she was in the middle of some kind of catastrophe. Just last week she had a flat tire at two in the morning twenty miles out of town, with no one around but cows and cotton. A month ago it was in line at the grocery store with a shopping cart the contents of which almos... | 2017-03-22T16:36:34 | 2017-03-22T13:26:15 | 29 | 21 |
[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 | Day 112 - Event 54
Over 100 days since I last saw her. Each day there's a brief moment, where I wonder if maybe it's finally over. Maybe I'm finally free. But I've been down this road before. I have to keep reminding myself that it's never going to be over. I'm always going to have to be there for her.
Day 1 - Even... | There were coke packets on shelves. I'd materialized again. The coke warehouse was filled with Colombian guards. The warehouse was in a rain forest, and the sound of tropical insects was deafening.
I saw Anna, and wondered how the hell she got here. She was trapped right at the back of the warehouse, and was about to ... | 2017-03-22T18:14:26 | 2017-03-22T16:16:19 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Karma is an organisation who collects all the crimes, no matter how minor, you have done in a year, and punishes you accordingly at the last day of each year. Today is that day. | Harry stole from carpenters, so Karma stole his chairs;
Lenny hit his wife and was punched down a flight of stairs.
Wilma got a fine, Barry slapped with mops;
Big Tony had his ‘activities’ emailed to the cops.
Bob was dragged into a van and never seen again;
Ash came home to his wife asleep with *his* best friend.... | There's something really great about kicking back in the office, putting up $2,000 Italian loafers on that old pile of a desk at the end of the day. Really great, just fantastic. That's how you know you're alive.
I lace my hands behind my head, careful not to dislodge the wadded up sport coat used as a pillow. You pr... | 2017-04-28T13:28:59 | 2017-04-28T11:43:41 | 45 | 12 |
[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". | I sprinkle water onto the tomato plant, smiling as the moisture seeps into the soil around the stalk. Two green spheres dangle from its branches. Not yet ripe, but healthy. I shield my eyes with a hand and look up at the midday sky. A great silhouette glides among the clouds, and for a moment it forms a shadowed shap... | He comes forward, all clanking and shining steel.
In a defensive manner, he holds a shield before him, though I can see him tremble with each step he takes.
Sometimes they come in all charging and bloody zeal.
Other times they try some clever trap, or personal appeal to my own safety.
There's nowhere safer than h... | 2019-01-09T08:56:16 | 2019-01-09T06:33:48 | 314 | 159 |
[WP] Nuclear war ensued before either God or Devil could begin Armageddon the old-fashioned way. Mankind is just... gone. Now an angel bumps into a demon in the wastes left behind, both wondering what they're supposed to do now... | I switched out an angel and a demon for God and Satan. Sorry for changing the prompt!
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God looked around at the devastation. All gone, before he could even pass judgement on a single one of them. His greatest creation. His greatest mistake.
"'All part of your plan', eh?" a horned figure said behind hi... | The concrete corpse of the CN Tower lay moldering across Toronto like a treefall. Putrid grey vines, poisoned by radiation, crawled over it. In the shadowy recesses below its steel skeleton, misshapen animals huddled in the relative safety of its shadow. Beyond the darkness, sunlight unfiltered by any ozone cooked the ... | 2020-05-11T00:20:25 | 2020-05-11T00:14:02 | 426 | 152 |
[WP] Every morning when you first look in a mirror, you see a small piece of advise for that day, such as “take the subway to work” or “don’t try the free pizza”. Today, the mirror simply says, “RUN” | **Don't light that cigarette.**
My stove had been leaking gas all night. I couldn't even smell it with my head cold.
**Don't wear sneakers.**
Later that day, I tripped on an escalator. I shudder to think what would have happened if it sucked in my laces.
**Don't look in the mirror.**
I thought it was just being ch... | I don't wait. I grab my purse and the first pair of shoes that I find. I bang into the corner of the bed. It will leave a mark. I grab a sweater as I open the door and lock it. I run down the stairs and out of the apartment building I have lived in for the past five years. I hadn't even looked into the mirror rea... | 2020-06-07T22:07:42 | 2020-06-07T20:54:59 | 770 | 547 |
[WP] You are a superhero without powers. You know a good bit about martial arts and you're resourceful, but the main reason you're so successful? Every time a villain monologues their plan, you calmly and clearly explain to them why their plan won't work. | “Search him. Put all his weapons on the table.”
There was a flurry of activity as the spiderfolk poked and prodded at the white and black robes. A large leather tome flew onto the table, moving it at least three inches as it landed with a thud. A string of beads soon clattered after it.
“All clear, boss.”
Doctor A... | Herocon is the largest convention for—you guessed it—heroes and aspiring sidekicks alike. It takes place in Belgrade, Serbia every September of a leap year. Nobody knows why, but then again, what is life without whimsy. I personally find it a little foolish, because on that day, the world becomes short-staffed and turn... | 2020-09-27T10:12:32 | 2020-09-27T09:57:41 | 42 | 23 |
[WP] What’s worse than a mad scientist? A well-meaning scientist that has no comprehension what social upheaval their inventions will inflict on society. As the city’s superhero, it inevitably falls on you to explain, every time, to this socially oblivious genius what’s gone wrong and why. | Captain Justice leapt to the top of the water tower in a single bound, landing in a perfectly heroic fashion—fist to the floor, down on one knee, steely smolder in the eyes. He could hear maniac laughter echoing from inside the water chamber. “*Mwahahahaha!*”
Captain Justice could recognize that laugh anywhere. He ... | Mostly, being a superhero is about force, which is something I’m great at. Super strength, super speed, and you can drop a tank on me and I’ll dent the tank. And yeah, there are plenty of supers out there who have the brains to go with the brawn, but I’m under no illusion that I’m one of them. Not everyone gets it all,... | 2021-04-21T20:44:06 | 2021-04-21T19:39:46 | 440 | 243 |
[WP] A vampire knocks on your door, seeking permission to enter in order to kill you as their next meal. As a house-bound ghost, however, the prospects of a guest after so many years intrigues you. Smiling darkly, you welcome them inside. | The vampire entered, satisfaction blooming on its face. "You don't know how grateful I am to be here today," it said.
In previous generations it was considered courteous to allow a stranger in need into one's home. Today even asking for such a thing is considered taboo. I wondered idly how long this vampire has been s... | It was dark. So dark it almost seemed alarming. The grounds were still, only the occasional rustle of the wind in the old trees made its way to me as I sat in the window overlooking the front yard. In the summer, they always left the windows of the upper floors open, exposing the house to the cool night breeze and my p... | 2022-08-01T15:01:14 | 2022-08-01T12:41:33 | 118 | 59 |
[WP] Physical contact is now illegal, but there are hug dealers and shady hand-holders in the dead of night.
ninja edit after hours of gaming:
Well. This is nice to come back to.
Thanks for all of the contributions! You guys are awesome! | Derek understood that he was hated and despised. No one had ever come right out and said it to him, they wouldn't dare, but he knew. Most nights, he hated and despised himself enough for everyone but he never let it stop him. It was a job and it paid well. Only one more year of this miserable existence and he'd have en... | Jennette and Henry walked along the river, taking the darker, tangled path at its edge rather than the neat, linear concrete roads that caged the waters and held them within the city's boundaries. Mud was building up in the crevices in their boots, pushing out dried dirt from previous wanderings. But they didn't care, ... | 2013-10-26T17:59:13 | 2013-10-26T17:20:38 | 32 | 22 |
[WP] The most sexually oblivious man on earth just so happens to be the most attractive man on earth as well. Write about his average day. | Brian considers himself a really lucky fellow.
Really lucky.
Here are some examples of how lucky Brian is.
Brian does not pay for meals. Meals are brought to him in plastic containers with notes written on the lids. These notes are written in languages and symbols that Brian does not understand. Who would understa... | "I just don't get it."
Adam furrowed his brow as he continued.
"I just want them to like me. Not even love and all that, y'know?"
It was one of those expressions, the kind that's hard to muster but perfectly conveys the deep frustration of a hurting soul.
"Why doesn't anyone want me?"
Jane swallowed and heaved. Sh... | 2015-07-16T23:15:15 | 2015-07-16T22:32:53 | 45 | 28 |
[WP] Upon dying, you, a serial killer, are sentenced to experience the lives of all those that you killed.
Edit: Thanks, all, for chiming in and upvoting. Or downvoting, since this is apparently something of a common concept. Sorry about that. Would you believe me if I said I didn't mean to be a reposting karma whore?... | I'm gasping for breath.
This is the two-hundred seventy-third time I've had to live through someone's life. Growing up in a small town in Poland, seeing this person's love and hatred, wins and losses, and everything that made them who they were. And inevitably, like all the others, watching through their eyes as the ... | Thwap. Thwap. Thwap.
Something was broken inside Rand's train car this morning. A small piece of metal had broken off near the heavy doors. Every :02 seconds it made contact, caroming off it's former home as far as the separation allowed.
Separation was something Rand knew all about. In his first life. Now. Always. ... | 2016-11-13T14:15:44 | 2016-11-13T12:12:03 | 186 | 17 |
[WP] Two magicians made a blood oath when they were children that they would never harm each other. Now they are mortal enemies and have resorted to inconveniencing and annoying each other, knowing if they harm one another they'll die. | It started with flames bursting from the kitchen sink, the backyard transformed into a minefield of broken glass, and Reginald – the tabby cat – turned into a bite-prone, non-venomous snake.
Nuisances, to be sure, but nothing that couldn’t be handled.
Dr. Fletcher utilized the long morning commutes to plot his reveng... | "Quiet down! This emergency session of the Twenty-First Council of Westcantor is called to order!" The crowd barely noticed the Grand Magister. Indeed, the babble was beginning to rise into a dull roar.
The Grand Magister gave an exasperated sigh and quietly mumbled a spell under his breath.
"**SILENCE!**" His signi... | 2017-06-01T12:10:29 | 2017-06-01T11:51:31 | 80 | 16 |
[WP] Whenever you are about to die, your main consciousness switches to alternate universe in which you survived. This makes you conscious only of the longest possible life. Uppon death, you are shown all the ways you would have died. | Hell.
*"Death 36,288,753,580: Branch snaps while climbing tree. Neck broken in fall."*
I'm in Hell.
*"Death 36,288,753,581: Branch snaps while climbing tree. Impaled on broken branch upon landing."*
I'm sitting in a white room with a small TV. It's showing me all the ways I *could* have died in my life, but didnt.
... | The switch itself is conditional, and that may be confusing to the living.
So let's clear some things up with a little hypothetical, boys and girls.
You're dying in a hospital bed. Surrounded by loved ones, but each face unrecognizable. You can barely breathe, every part of your body is in excruciating pain. Somet... | 2018-02-15T06:21:54 | 2018-02-15T04:42:23 | 3,171 | 432 |
[WP] An old, forgotten god is living their days peacefully in the suburbs. One day they randomly receives a prayer. And they are going to do everything in their power to answer it. | The hills rolled away in the distance around the old forgotten monument.
"This is stone henge. It was built over a period of thousands of - please keep an eye on your kids while we're near the stones."
A 3 year old ran under the ropes and made a break for the stones. The parents didn't even realise, nose deep in the... | "Its your son sir, he needs your help."
"Well he doesn't seem to think so." Oriothis rolled his eyes from on top of his riding lawn mower. Clearly annoyed by being interrupted from his chores.
The servant spoke again with his head bowed both out of respect and the fear of making eye contact with such a powerful being... | 2018-05-30T00:59:15 | 2018-05-29T22:59:09 | 111 | 28 |
[WP] The world is an MMORPG, and high leveled players can hide their true level and make it a lower one. A bunch of Level 80 people bully your Level 39 persona, but you’re actually a level 325 in disguise. | They grabbed and threw me into the trash as we exited the cinema through the back door. I looked up and felt a familiar twinge that I suppressed. No, I didn't want this.
I looked up and saw Todd standing in front of her. We'd been dating for a while and things were going so well. Sweet sweet Cecile, she'd always chos... | "I said, *all of your items*," the big one told me. One hand was on my shoulder, the other held a knife, aimed directly at my chest. Typical bullies.
The one holding the halberd spoke up, "I don't like it, dude."
"What're you bitching about, Greyson?" asked the one in the back dismissively.
"Think about it, Jean... | 2018-07-29T14:37:55 | 2018-07-29T13:20:16 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | “Does everyone get to choose?”
The watchman’s heart was breaking looking at the tiny child, covered in scars. They shouldn’t *be* scarred like that, not here, whatever acts caused them must have been truly despicable.
“Everyone gets to choose, and none for an age have chosen that door.”
The child stops their shuffli... | I opened the ordinary door with its ordinary handle. Behind it was a hellish portal, blackened by the fires of lusty wickedness, set with precious stones that turned out to be eyes glancing desperately about, and covered in many other infernal whatsits and doodahs.
When I had pushed the hellish portal open, and been... | 2018-08-13T08:39:02 | 2018-08-13T07:02:49 | 633 | 143 |
[WP]Every intelligent, skilled or rich human has been evacuated from the Earth to avoid the alien invasion. This leaves the dregs, criminals and the poor behind on Earth to fend for themselves. Centuries later, the other return to "liberate" Earth only to find that they have won and prospered. | 'Well, it wasn't water that did it, but good, old fashioned lead. Turns out when you come from a planet without the necessary components for gunpowder, thus forcing you to create electrical weapons which coincidentally don't work quite as well in wetter Earth conditions, you don't develop defenses against bullets. Weir... | For all the scans of the planet's surface and drone inspections showing the state of all former major cities - now desolate wastelands overgrown with moss, grass and towering trees - nothing could have prepared Camille and her crew for what lay beyond her ship.
They hadn't expected to be stopped at checkpoints along t... | 2018-09-29T05:21:50 | 2018-09-29T04:26:58 | 656 | 115 |
[WP]Every intelligent, skilled or rich human has been evacuated from the Earth to avoid the alien invasion. This leaves the dregs, criminals and the poor behind on Earth to fend for themselves. Centuries later, the other return to "liberate" Earth only to find that they have won and prospered. | 'Well, it wasn't water that did it, but good, old fashioned lead. Turns out when you come from a planet without the necessary components for gunpowder, thus forcing you to create electrical weapons which coincidentally don't work quite as well in wetter Earth conditions, you don't develop defenses against bullets. Weir... | The Secretary for Defence looked out of the flagship's bridge. Formerly from the Navy, he had seen and read about how the human defence forces had evolved quickly over a matter of centuries. Space was the ocean in which they sailed, not water. The Air Force no longer primarily flew in the air, though atmospheric operat... | 2018-09-29T05:21:50 | 2018-09-29T03:35:21 | 656 | 51 |
[WP] Spirit animals are real, but extremely secretive-- they are said to only appear in the most joyous times or in the darkest of hours. Except for geese. Geese do what they like. | Howard walked an ear reach and a step from the two girls in front of him. Their uniforms bore the same school emblem as the one on Howard's jacket breast.
They strode shoulder to shoulder, stopping occasionally to look back at him and giggle. The girl on the left had a jumper tied to her waist and her white shirt glea... | I was always a good if not boring kid. Even though my parents were rarely around, I never saw much use in getting into trouble. On the long summer days on break from school I'd often look out my window at a world of possibilities, and simply choose to stay inside.
It was on one such day that I heard the friendly honk... | 2020-04-02T22:15:15 | 2020-04-02T20:15:34 | 160 | 82 |
[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. | “Next.”
*SHITshitshitshitshitshit, FUCK! How the hell am I supposed to get out of this if they can even speed up time?!*
“Next!”
*Maybe I can try and tie it to my will? No, they’ll just torture me until I want death. Maybe some kind of paradox?*
“NEXT!”
A hand roughly grabbed me by my arm and yanked me forward.... | Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Whoever said that might as well have been a Prophet.
I'm nearly at the front of the queue. I've been waiting for hours, since I was arrested and interrogated by Enforcers and transported here. It's the most dead silent queue I've ever seen. The Temple ... | 2021-06-24T10:30:49 | 2021-06-24T10:29:59 | 74 | 26 |
[WP] You are a wanted criminal in every country, and have been for the past 15 years. Describe how you have evaded capture for so long. | "Sir?"
I turned from the bar to find three police officers staring at me. The one in the middle cleared her throat as the two flanking officers stood tensed and stern.
"Ah, officers." I said. "What can I do for you?"
"Are you Mr. Stanford Conroy?" The officer asked.
"Nope." I replied.
"No?"
"Sure aren't."
... | Out on the docks, Del sat cross-legged. His bony, frost-blanched fingers worked a needle made of whalebone, weaving it back and forth, mending the larger holes. His little green boat bobbed in the frigid waters just below. It would probably snow soon, and there wasn't much daylight left besides. He stood and put his to... | 2015-07-01T09:10:41 | 2015-07-01T08:57:50 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] Humanity had mastered Intergalactic travel around 7.2 million years ago and sent out ships to Andromeda. Since then, we've forgotten our heritage and today, an Ancient Human ship turns up in orbit around Earth.
Significance of 7.2 million years: double the distance in light years to Andromeda and that's how much ... | Silje had heard stories of earth from her grandmother, she’d been one of the original colonists on the Earth Ship Aurora, that had left earth all those years ago. Time dilation meant the earth her grandmother had left would be vastly different now, although only three generation removed from Earthers, those born on ear... | "Announcement for everyone, the ship captain will give his new year speech in 20 minutes." The ship A.I told through the speakers of the ship.
Still, I wasn't really ready to make my speech. The situation was too messy, everything had gone to shit and here I was, supposed to give the crew some directions about what we... | 2018-02-27T09:15:51 | 2018-02-27T08:05:12 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] The manned mission to Mars went off without a hitch. The transmissions came back right on schedule: "Touchdown successful." "Habitat functional." "Life-support optimal." Then nothing for 48 hours. Then one last transmission: "We were wrong. Planet inhabited. Do not send rescue."
| It was dark and somber the last few hours before we were suppose to touch down. We didn't know what we were going into, but we had a mission.
The alarm blared.
I clench my rifle. I was ready.
The door opened.
"Get ready to die motherfu- wha..."
It was my friend Steve. One of the astronauts on the first manned mis... | “We were wrong. Planet inhabited. Do not send rescue.”
These were the words that sent a loud, bustling command center into a deathly silence. Everyone stared at the big screen before them. Gawking at the words that projected in massive text. Even the Marines on station couldn’t help but be awestruck at the messag... | 2019-01-31T12:01:23 | 2019-01-31T11:41:01 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | *Any moment, now.*
I glanced to the windows and skylights that drenched me in sunlight, panels of crystalline glass so huge that a blind man could pick me out from the amongst the diners. On second thought, picking a location with so much fragility may not have been a stroke of genius.
"Are you okay, dear?" my darlin... | "And you want me to do what?" Trish asked, arms folded. She wore thin gold hoops on her wrists and they jingled with every movement the limousine made.
I steepled my fingers, leaning forward in my seat. "Just ask him why he's kidnapping all my dates," I said. "Like really make it clear that you were here on a date." ... | 2022-11-30T23:13:37 | 2019-02-23T07:36:31 | 1,144 | 283 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | *Any moment, now.*
I glanced to the windows and skylights that drenched me in sunlight, panels of crystalline glass so huge that a blind man could pick me out from the amongst the diners. On second thought, picking a location with so much fragility may not have been a stroke of genius.
"Are you okay, dear?" my darlin... | Gwen Stacey always felt that dating Spider-Man was just surreal.
Think about it: you befriend a guy in college, you think he’s cute, he gets awkwardly shy around you, - the clear signs, and you kind of like him back. He’s also a straight up hottie and he’s smart af.
Time goes on, you brake up with your high school ... | 2022-11-30T23:13:37 | 2019-02-23T07:33:44 | 1,144 | 23 |
[WP] You just made a deal with the devil, and sold your soul. But when he reached in to take it, he says, "Okay, wise-guy, where is it?" | The devil was passing a bar, but something make him stop.
he's ears caught the best Jazz he ever heard in his life.
as he entered he found a young man playing the violin like the titanic was sinking
the devil without waiting challenged the boy to a music duel
at first he indulged the boys pride sin and let the boy ... | I don’t write a lot and this is my first post here so don’t be too mean lol
I always thought I was a good person. I’ve tried my best not to commit any sins against my fellow mankind and when I did, I made sure to make up and never leave any burnt bridges between them. I guess you could say I always aimed to live betwe... | 2019-05-05T03:48:29 | 2019-05-05T03:22:15 | 24 | 10 |
[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. | On the New Year's, I received the cheque worth €25 million and my heart sunk down a bottomless pit. My mind was racing - no amount of money could be worth the inevitably of an early, unpredictable demise. The first days I had wallowed alone in my room, then the next few, I mapped out future activities to ensure that my... | Shock, denial, bargaining, guilt, anger, depression, and finally, acceptance.
Luckily for him, Jack was done with all of that pretty quickly. He had moved into the next stage. Fuck the world. He had his. He was going to live it up.
*210 days left*
Carnegie Hall. It was packed. Of course, it was packed by people wh... | 2020-08-05T19:16:08 | 2020-08-05T18:52:44 | 511 | 346 |
[WP] Write a story using only the suggestion buttons on your mobile phone / tablett. | I'm going to the brochure for the brochure for the brochure for the brochure that the brochure for the brochure for the brochure that I am so I have any attachments are homeless. She was the brochure. I'm going well and then we have a few days of this. It's been to the brochure. I'm going on my resume. I'm going to the... | The only thing you can use. It's the only thing you can use, and it's not that bad. I have such wonderful time. I have such wonderful time, the thing so far away from me, so very very long away, and I'm giving it to you. It's my time. It's not that bad.
That's me. That's my thing. Take it. It's not that bad.
(Good th... | 2015-01-17T06:58:07 | 2015-01-17T05:34:12 | 119 | 67 |
[WP] The entire Star Wars series, all 7 movies, are released as one book, written by Dr. Seuss. | One movie, two movie, three movie, four.
Disappointment the screamed with a yell and a roar.
Followed by five they yelled even more.
Six broke some records but favored no more.
Then seven approached humbly and honest.
The crowds all sat down and gathered as promised.
Smiles regrew on the faces of fans.
As lines ... | A long time ago, somewhere far from your land,
A master and his student found a planet of sand.
They kept their eyes open for the child prophesied
To balance the mystical Force of Jedi.
 
They found him! They did! Anakin was his name.
Though his acting was lame, he excelled at one game:
Pod Racing! He z... | 2016-05-16T09:44:46 | 2016-05-16T09:31:06 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] Aliens are trying infiltrate the world's governments. This is a minor inconvenience for the Illuminati. | The hoods and masks were purely ceremonial. Any eavesdropper would have known exactly who was in the room. If the instantly recognizable voices of the world’s most powerful men would not give away their identities, then the gold-plated nametags surely would. Strangers listening in would not be a problem however. The se... | It’s the nose. They never get the nose quite right. Billions of dollars poured into research and development of lenses that let you visibly detect shapeshifters are rendered pointless when the alien trying to hide itself looks like it just snorted two golf balls up its nose. I suppose someday they’ll figure it out a... | 2018-12-15T09:51:09 | 2018-12-15T09:45:21 | 68 | 26 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | I sighed, walking out of the bank with my entire 7.27 in hand. I already told my family, my job, my friends...
These sorts of things were common. A small amount was a signal of a short life to live, but even those were usually at least a hundred bucks! Enough to spend at a bar as I mourned my own death...but what coul... | "Hold on." Derrick Ross asked, incredulously. "You're telling me that my livable wages for the next-
god knows how long-is seven dollars and some change?" The way he stared at the teller just now said so much more than words alone.
"Yes, that's correct!" Sherry, the teller who'd been helping young Derrick, was obliv... | 2019-04-24T14:52:39 | 2019-04-24T13:29:05 | 335 | 56 |
[WP] You're a villain who always has to save civilian's lives from the hero's recklessness. Sure you kidnap people, hold them hostage, even hurt them a bit, but you'd NEVER let someone die. The hero only seems to care about stopping you though, not actually protecting anyone. | I dash through the city streets, dodging rubble being flung at me from behind. Hot on my tail is Strongman, yet another of your run of the mill "stronger, smarter, faster" heroes. Well, maybe not smarter, with name like that...
Another rock whizzes by my head, missing be my mere inches. Definitely thrown strong enough... | ***Arbitration***
Detective Falcona shut her eyes tightly while rubbing her forehead, she could feel the beginnings of a stress headache bubbling in her brain. She slipped some scotch from her flask into her coffee. She wanted to hold the arbitration session between Horus the Hypnotist and the White Shinobi at Paul's ... | 2022-12-14T11:02:40 | 2022-12-14T10:59:24 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] Every thousand years the gods have to each choose a mortal to replace them. You have been chosen, but not for the reasons you expected. | Pearly white gates. Who knew the cliche was real?
I look down, my large hands aglow with some mysterious light. I am draped in white, the silk hugging loosely around muscles and tattoos.
"Alvin." I look up. Three towering figures stand behind the gates now. "Do you know why you are here?"
"I got run over by a truck.... | I take a deep breath and look at the mirror one last time; everything needed to be perfect. My hair is pulled up with at least twenty bobby pins and cemented in place with two full cans of hairspray. I’m wearing my favorite dress; it is short and light purple with a sash. I’m wearing purple high heels to top the outfit... | 2014-07-28T12:10:30 | 2014-07-28T08:43:48 | 228 | 110 |
[WP] Marriage vows are now a legal contract. The line "until death do you part" now has to be taken literally. As a result, divorcing couples must now fight to the death. | He eyed her suspiciously, over his toast. She hadn't made him breakfast in two months, and this week, while she began her new "exercises" in morning, it began to dawn on him that her moves were becoming more precise, deliberate, and quick. He began secretly taking karate classes after work, just in case. | When the law was passed i thought my day would never come, i loved her too much to feel that we'd ever have to divorce. I can't believe it has come to this, how did i go from having loved her so much to now consider killing her? I don't know but i can't stand this pain anymore. I feel like the weight of the world is u... | 2015-11-18T09:44:51 | 2015-11-18T08:35:47 | 52 | 20 |
[WP] Your middle school librarian has never failed on a book request. As a prank, you request a copy of the Necronomicon. Ten minutes later, the librarian returns, slightly scorched, ancient book in hand, saying, "Due back in 3 weeks." | I heard a rabid dog attacked him as a kid. That's why the left side of his face is so messed up." Mark flinched as his friend nudged him. "Look, I think you can see his brain leaking out!"
"You're an idiot, Tom. Everyone knows his family died in a car accident, which is why he acts so weird."
Harold glanced over at t... | "You know how crazy you sound, right?" Amanda laughed as her boyfriend, Troy looked intently out the front window of his beaten up white Honda Civic. Troy looked over to her annoyingly.
"I told you, you don't have to be here for this, but I know what I saw," Troy snapped back before returning his gaze to the front doo... | 2016-09-08T21:22:39 | 2016-09-08T21:03:13 | 721 | 93 |
[WP] You wake up in a universe where everyone is ALWAYS super strong except you. You're saught after as a hero for delicate missions where precision and minimal structural damage is ideal. | It was with an absent-minded air that I jerked the fridge open and grabbed the peanut butter jar. Hefting it with a grunt over my shoulder, I grabbed a laughably large knife and dumped them next to the substantial box that contained the bread. The actions were familiar now, if bothersome.
The reinforced milk jug was ... | Flowers of colored fire exploded across the night sky. Red, violet, and green – perfect in symmetry and luster. The imperial fireworks were more beautiful than Riza could’ve ever dreamt of. Still, they paled in comparison to the young man who just sat down across the table from her. This was their moment, yet something... | 2017-04-11T05:53:50 | 2017-04-11T05:35:23 | 241 | 33 |
[WP] Hell is the worst thing you could possibly imagine, but much to Satan's embarrassment, you don't have a particularly vivid imagination | "It never gets old introducing new people to my realm. Its more of a dynamic system than most people expect. They think its going to be large lakes of fire, darkness, and demons. For some that is how it goes, but not for most. Hell is perceived differently be everyone. I take their worst fears and nightmares and make t... | He had never been a woman before, but in his field you had to be open minded. Comfort never got anyone anywhere. He took a look at himself in the mirror of the office. Old pain burned at the sight. Funny how the devil could hurt.
He looked out the mesh on the door. Louis sat in the waiting room. He was sweating thoug... | 2017-07-18T07:22:15 | 2017-07-18T04:42:07 | 73 | 15 |
[WP] When you’re 28, science discovers a drug that stops all effects of aging, creating immortality. Your government decides to give the drug to all citizens under 26, but you and the rest of the “Lost Generations” are deemed too high-risk. When you’re 85, the side effects are finally discovered. | The immortals are crumbling like dry leaves.
I watch one as I leave Marge's Cafe with my usual paper cup of coffee. There is a woman standing on the opposite street corner in a trench coat, her hair sleek black, her face as faultless as fine china.
And all it takes is a harsh wind.
She falls away in tiny pieces. Her... | Every year, I felt a little bit older than I should on my birthday. And each year, I shuffled into the Lost Generation clinic to see baby\-faced Dr. Sherwood to report the sensation.
“Ah Mr. Murray! The same thing every year! We’ve been talking about this for the last 10 years!” Dr. Sherwood laughed.
“And every year ... | 2018-06-04T21:14:04 | 2018-06-04T20:54:44 | 10,660 | 4,110 |
[WP] You wake up to find yourself on a train with a note in your pocket saying "What ever you do, don't get off this train untill you arrive at the very last stop". Its been nearly 20 years and the train still hasn't arrived at the last stop yet. | It had been 20 years.
Twenty years since he died. He remembered it vividly. A car accident in a main street that he just so happened to be on. The memory was fresh.
Anthony had woken up on this train, a red velvet cushion next to him on the matching seat with one note on it:
"Don't get off the train until the very l... | The only thing I remember is a kiss. Soft lips brushing my temple, warm breath on my skin, and the words _Until death do we suffer_.
I can't tell you how long it's been since I've been on this track. I was a child when I found myself here, and yesterday I discovered the first strands of gray growing out of that temple... | 2020-07-17T13:59:57 | 2020-07-17T13:21:25 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Two swords of godly origin lay stuck in stone. One is said to be evil the other heroic it is said whoever pulls one of these blades will be the ultimate force of good or evil. As a joke you pull on both however you and everyone around are in shock when both blades come free in your grasp. | A silence fell across the townsfolk as I stood there, the silver sword in my left hand and the gold in my right. I made eye-contact with Jack, who was standing as wide-eyed as everyone else in the crowd.
'This joke was not worth the 2 silver pieces he gave me,' I thought to myself and grimaced. How was I supposed to e... | A violent, rushing wind filled the plain, coming from all directions with a deafening roar. I backed away from the stone pillar with the two swords in hand and braced myself against the gale while those around me tumbled into the grass. A whirlwind colored with splashes of black and white appeared above the stone where... | 2020-07-27T03:24:19 | 2020-07-27T03:18:47 | 96 | 18 |
[WP] Ten years from now you'll put on a jacket and find a mask in the pocket. "Oh man, what a weird year that was," you'll chuckle to yourself. Then you'll pick up your machete and continue across the wasteland, keeping to the shadows to avoid the roving gangs of cannibal raiders.
Edit: I got this text as a cropped im... | As I truged up the long driveway I felt the urge to break into a run. It had taken me 5, maybe 6, years to do it but I was finally back, finally home. Only home didn't look like home anymore, the garage and shed were both half collapsed, the trees lining the driveway were now mostly gone, and most notably, 3 sets of ... | I never imagined I'd finally get to feel like I was part of the military years after I'd gotten out. Something about that mask had brought back all the other memories, but the memory of that feeling is what I come back to.
There's not really a big back story to my service. I saw some stuff and got out. I didnt really ... | 2022-02-27T07:41:57 | 2020-12-27T18:00:00 | 119 | 12 |
[WP] Your elven girlfriend broke up with you a long time ago to avoid the heartbreak of outliving you, a human. Now, years later, a half-elf who looks a lot like her shows up at your door. | I can feel Barinzeth's focus drift to me for a moment. His attention burns at the back of my mind like the heat of His forge. I haven't seen my patron god in ages, but there's this vague sense of being laughed at. *If this was something dangerous, Bari would've warned me... right?* I take a deep breath and open the doo... | There was a rustling on the other side of the door, and the sound of clay being moved onto the stone.se. I'm not so foolish as to fall for it specter!"
He shakes the thought from your mind, it's been 2 years, and although she's probably still having trouble moving on doesn't mean you should too. He had to move on, she... | 2022-01-10T17:53:58 | 2022-01-10T17:53:39 | 123 | 53 |
[WP] As the culmination of their long, worldwide effort, the doomsday cult finally managed to summon the god of destruction that will cleanse the world of the.... uhh.... is that the correct god? Doesn't seem all that doomsday-y. | “… Mr. Clean?”
One of the cultists spoke into the silence.
The shining man sighed, and made a brief wave. The offending cultist incinerated in a brief flash, dust settling into a small pile. The mob of cultists parted around the place where a cultist had once stood.
The shining man minced over to the pile, which he... | Tavalis had long been watching a doomsday cult on Earth. They amused him, and he had even answered some of their prayers in the past, if not exactly as they imagined, in his own way they were answered.
Tavalis could not recall exactly how long this group had been at their scheming, planning, and rituals, but it had s... | 2022-06-13T08:56:28 | 2022-06-13T08:27:15 | 31 | 23 |
[WP] Your parents insist you are their biological child, but you suspect otherwise. You send samples from yourself, your parents, and siblings to a lab be tested. The lab replies that it is not equipped to test non-human DNA... | "I don't get it! Your DNA just goes C, C, C *over and over again*! I've done it again, and I've done it again! I've made Mathew do it, I've sent it off to *China* to be done again. By all rights you should be a pile of sludge on the ground" He leaned in so that I could feel his hot breath on my face "*What are you*?"
... | My parents just sat there on the couch together, staring at the printout I had given them late that afternoon.
"What does it mean?" I demanded. For the past hour, my mind had been racing, trying to make sense of the words on the paper. "ERROR: UNABLE TO PROCESS NON-HUMAN SAMPLES". The uppercase printing of the comput... | 2015-01-06T10:17:41 | 2015-01-06T10:08:59 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] Dyslexic zombies rise from the dead, searching for "Brians" | Brian ran forward, the beating of his heart ringing in his ears.
Running – that’s all he’s been doing since the apocalypse started. Zombies were nothing like what they portrayed in the movies. They were relentless, fearful abominations of God.
And they were dyslexic.
At least, that was the case for the ones Brian ha... | Dave took a step backward, his shoulders tapping the wall behind him. He pulled the broom he was wielding across his chest like a shield, trying to keep as quiet as possible. He could hear them outside the closet, moaning softly as they mindlessly searched for him, blindly fumbling around his apartment. He never actual... | 2015-02-25T08:24:41 | 2015-02-25T08:01:47 | 100 | 21 |
[WP] You are a part of the middle generation on a colony ship. You never saw Earth and will not see your destination.
Would you do what's best for the colony you would never see for a planet you never knew? | She smiles, her slender fingers tracing the indents on the clear plastic as smooth as glass. Dots of white arhosa mark the window in what could only be assumed as disarray, carved in by the point of a pen. Almost a year ago they were made, and in a year they'll be a new array, each point carefully calculated and marked... | I'm still trying to figure out whether this revolution is really new, or whether it's all been done a thousand times before.
"Remember, folks, you're doing it for your children." Mr. Chipper, the smartly dressed, silver-haired motivational speaker spoke through the console on my wall. My fingers moved a little bit f... | 2015-04-15T14:52:59 | 2015-04-15T14:08:20 | 1,352 | 403 |
[WP] The end of the world is at hand. Everyone starts to tick off their bucket list, doing crazy things because they know it won't matter in the long run. In an odd twist of fate, the crisis is averted. Now everyone has to live with the repercussions of what they did. | Little Bethany Mariah Smith clung on to Father's legs. She hated going to meeting -- all the big scary grownups with their blanket clothes seemed to be just waiting for her to mess up, and Mother always spent ages talking to Sister Ruthie and Sister Tamar.
She was pretty sure -- really sure, actually -- that they had... | “Todd!... Todd!...Todd!”
Todd’s eyes opened slowly. Todd let out a groan. As he fixed his glasses on his face. He almost forgot where he was.
“Wake up.” It was Ms. Stewart, his history teacher.
“And stop drooling on yourself nerd” Carson, the school bully who seemed to only be happy when he was beating on Todd, call... | 2017-11-29T09:55:43 | 2017-11-29T09:49:15 | 41 | 22 |
[WP] You just let a hungry-looking couple into your home to feed them. As you go to turn off the TV, you hear, “under no circumstances should you answer the door today. They are not what they seem. And whatever you do, don’t let them inside...” | I set the hungry couple down in my den and hurried to my kitchen. It had been a very long time indeed since unexpected guests had arrived, and it mattered not to me that I didn't even know their names. I began drawing the water for a proper tea and leaned over to turn off the telly. Fingers on the button, and I heard, ... | It’s funny, in a way. Just the other day, I had been thinking about how nothing exciting ever happens. You hear a knock on the door, and your mind immediately associates it with something normal or mediocre. Maybe it’s the mailman. Possibly a neighbor that wants me to move my car. My heart flutters at any notion o... | 2018-03-14T11:17:41 | 2018-03-14T08:58:56 | 113 | 16 |
[WP] A supervillain gets married, has kids, and retires. The hero doesn't know, and slowly goes insane without them | "Why her, Strife? No, James. Why her?"
It was a fair question, actually. Of all 7 billion people on the planet, the odds that the two of us would end up together were astronomical at best, next to impossible at worst. And yet we had been married for a decade. Our children were beautiful, our home was ours, and I was, ... | A normal year for Suro.
If something like that had ever existed.
"Why'd you do it?" His enemy - friend? It was scary how closely those lines blurred- merely rolled his eyes, staring with forlorn melancholy at the cloudy skies. "You were supposed to be the good one, you were supposed to be better th-"
"-than you? Is ... | 2019-02-20T13:31:02 | 2019-02-20T12:21:21 | 68 | 23 |
[WP] Reincarnation is real, unknown to all, but the gods. Most beings live out multiple lives cyclically as humans or other life-forms and are always random. But these two souls are always human, always find each other, and are always romantically exclusive upon discovery. The gods take interest. | "they've died again."
"Again?! Every single time! They make a beeline for one another, they die!"
"you'd think they'd try something different after the first few thousand times."
"what happened this time?"
"one of them faked it's death, but the other missed the message about it being fake and drank poison."
"for... | It was nighttime. Starlight danced gently around the hilltop, the ground a blanket of red. The wind had fallen silent, as though as a captive audience was watching the high point of another tragedy.
"Your hands are so warm." A man, clad in once-glowing armor, spoke weakly. Black, black spikes were rammed through his s... | 2019-07-22T00:14:00 | 2019-07-21T23:48:36 | 28 | 15 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | "Come on you idiot bitch. Heal me! Im bleeding here."
"I'm out of manna from the healing I did on you 30 seconds ago."
"I'm hurt again."
"Hint. Next time seek cover when they shoot a wave of arrows you muscles for brain."
"Quit yammering and give me some love you weakling. I'm your defender, capiche."
That did it.... | “Hrrr-aghh!”
The paladin cleaved through the captain, who coughed up blood as he stumbled backwards and fell. Flicking the blood from his blade, he deftly sheathed itbefore turning back to the rest of his party.
“Way to show off,” the rogue called, readjusting her hood over her head. “Very professional. I especially ... | 2020-01-05T10:03:29 | 2020-01-05T09:29:04 | 616 | 155 |
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