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[WP]You are an omnipotent god. Out of boredom you decided to live an ordinary human life vowing not to use your power. 15 years has pass and you have a 9 to 5 working for a major tech company. Your boss has been tormenting you for years and you have reach your limit | "I'm going to have to ask you to rebuild the login page."
I stared at my boss blankly. "What?"
"The login page, I need to to go over it again. It's just barely functional, and it needs a little pizaz, a little umph you know! make it look nicer! and I need it done by Monday!"
My boss ladies and gentlemen, Issac McKin... | Normally, you would think that I could 'Bruce Almighty' my way out of this one. Doing everything that pleased me without due consideration (or even thought for that matter). Well, Bruce didn't have to stick with the God-title forever. It is obviously, relentlessly infuriating, when you are commanded around by somebody ... | 2017-02-19T10:50:33 | 2017-02-19T09:17:00 | 48 | 12 |
[WP] "Too bad, Fairy Queen. I never had a kid, so no firstborn for you to take" you say on your deathbed. "Oh I love it when they don't read the fine print" she responds with a wicked smile. | The fairy queen hovered over me, smiling a wicked sickly smile.
Her fingers slid into the leather pouch tied to her waist. She pulled out a small glass tube, with ornate figures laid into the sides. I suddenly realized it was an hour glass. Its red sands were so fine that it appeared as if a pool of grainy blood sat ... | [poem] Last sermon of the fairy queen to the people of "Fayed"
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Tis too bad dear people, for now ye shall,
shed tears for being ruled by a queen,
known once as the fair princess of Fayed,
now so pale and frail on death's old bed,
for our deal... | 2021-10-19T05:34:52 | 2021-10-19T03:09:50 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] Thousands of years ago the earth experienced a cataclysmic event. In an effort to maintain the human race the world leaders and citizen elite tried to survive by creating an underwater colony. It is now 2016 and you are tasked with scouting the surface for the first time in Atlantean history. | The submarine's cramped interior was thick with the smell of musk and oil, the air filled with the sound of metal warping and life support whirring, as it slowly crawled up from the dark depths of the ocean.
"Weird how close we are now." The voice came from the muggy darkness next to Anu, only slightly louder than the... | In the total darkness, I felt for the low, metal ceiling above me. The steady hum of the engine reverberated through my capsule, drowning out my own laboured breathing. Good thing I'm not claustrophobic. I've lived my entire life in the black depths of the Atlantic, under the crushing pressure of 20 thousand feet of wa... | 2016-10-29T22:15:00 | 2016-10-29T21:42:00 | 91 | 39 |
[WP] "Captain... the human didn't put on it's anti-warp gear before we jumped." "Sad to hear, prepare the coffin and jettison it." "No, sir. The human... nothing's happened to it. It didn't go insane from seeing infinity in the stars." | Captain Valork had never heard of such a thing before. Then again, he never encountered a species such as humans. Adaptable, often easy-going, and far too stubborn for their own good. Where many a Fiore or Holdrun would accept the inevitable and act accordingly, the humans rejected it. They either fought far longer tha... | "Ah, Captain? Sir? You wanted to see me?"
"Yes. It's about ..."
"The warp. Yes, I heard a few of the other ... crewmembers? Is that the right term? I heard them talking."
"You're quite right. Here you are, a human with no military or any form of applicable training, achieving what other races have striven to accompl... | 2020-07-14T02:16:25 | 2020-07-14T00:57:05 | 187 | 115 |
[WP] A person finds themself in a horror movie, and has to fight the increasingly strong urge to make dumb decisions. | "Damn, I can't believe I missed the bus again."
I kicked a rock as I began my 5 mile trudge across the city back to my apartment. This bus was never early, of course it has to be on a night like this.
"Sure hope it doesn't rain." I thought to myself, glancing up.
The sky was a swirl for black and gray. Though it was... | "Okay. Okay okay okay. Okay.
Whew.
I've locked the doors to the outside. The howling was driving me crazy, and sometimes when you get frightened you tend to act on those fears. Nothing wrong with safety, right? What's wrong with a little paranoia these days, anyway? I just need to calm down.
Okay. Calm.
Okay. So ... | 2015-02-11T19:05:15 | 2015-02-11T17:38:20 | 48 | 14 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | Andrew nearly snarled as his phone chimed for what seemed to be the umpteenth time. His shift at the warehouse ended only a few hours ago and it like chickens running around with their heads chopped off whenever he left. It was rare delight to encounter the nights that he was actually permitted to sleep through the nig... | I toss in my sleep-- there's a loud buzzing ringing in my left ear, and my eyes flicker open to reveal my phone: vibrating with it's receivance of hundreds of messages. "Holy shit, is that my Discord app again? I swear to god I put it on fucking silent." I grumble, and my hands fumble for the volume rockers. Without a ... | 2022-10-06T10:06:56 | 2018-04-06T19:48:33 | 483 | 13 |
[WP] You live in a universe that wasn't constructed that well and the physics are buggy and things occasionally just don't work right. | "At times, I wonder if I should just get an apartment for the boy."
Alright, I thought. That was a fair start.
"Peter is sixteen. He's been my nephew for... well, technically, he's always been my nephew, but he didn't actually exist until about nine years ago. *That* was a shock, let me tell you. I can still remember... | Oh great. Again.
"what's that noise?"
"its another tear"
He stared at its brilliant white beauty, its low humming sound, the look of the stars from the other side.....
god it was boring.
"Is it big?"
"about three feet across, not really. Just come down here." God mums sucked. Why did he always have to... | 2014-06-13T18:50:56 | 2014-06-13T17:18:45 | 121 | 29 |
[WP] Every spacefaring species has something that makes them special. Some are fast, some have telekinesis, some are nigh-unkillable. To the galaxy's surprise, humans have a tendency to befirend the cosmic horrors lurking where the starlight does not reach. | You would think that the vast expansive history of alien communications would evolve to become something cohesive, that a sense of mature camaraderie or, at the very least, begrudging respect for one another would frame the foundations of interstellar interaction.
It was not.
In fact they acted an awful lot like a ro... | A parody
“Hello, I’m Cesar Milan, and I’m the Dog Whisperer, and today we’re going to a very special place! Today, we’re going to Galgon 5 to deal with a real problem. NASA has found vicious beasts that keep breaking their equipment and eating the astronauts.”
“Is he really going to narrate this whole time?” I thou... | 2021-04-08T00:34:55 | 2021-04-07T21:11:22 | 206 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | No one is born a villain. At least I don’t think people are born destined to be one. My parents certainly had an interesting debate on the side of a road during winter about that to say the least. Some people are born with lions, often groomed to be great leaders, while others are born with dogs, with a passion for peo... | Of Mordecai, 5:9-17
**Thus Came The Serpent From The Waves**
^9 And the Dove lay thus, upon a stranger's bed. And from her eyes did stream tears of agony. For the birth had rendered itself difficult from its conception, the child come too soon, on a night two weeks removed from its rightful date. ^10 And so the Dove... | 2017-11-08T05:27:56 | 2017-11-08T04:45:53 | 989 | 195 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a special talent that's weak when young, but grows stronger and matures at the age of 30. A kid that's a little stronger than his peers will grow up to lift mountains. Another who like tinkering will revolutionize civil action. You? Well, cats just seem to like you...
*civilizations
Edit: W... | It only started with one.
A single tabby, following me to school. I was only 5 and delighted to meet the new friend I had seen watching me from afar for the past few months. Proudly sitting myself down to first class I presented my new friend to the teacher, who quickly sat him outside the door and proceeded with the... | He stroked the massive feline's head, smirking at the pleased chuff the tiger made before leveraging to its feet. The both of them were getting on in years. Still smirking at the beast, he drew his cape on, fastening it a moment before 30lbs of serval seemingly gravitated to his shoulders, draping herself across the ba... | 2016-12-30T13:01:00 | 2016-12-30T10:07:02 | 32 | 12 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | I'm a bit late to the party, hope those who sort by new still enjoy this.
Xhanehost entered the large circular room in stride, his steps echoing in the silent room. He was not alone. In the center, was projection of the local star cluster, and right beside it, were holograms of two other aliens. There was a Kanian, ... | Because we were soft skinned and void of claw and fang they named us weak. Because we preferred to speak before strike they named us cowards. We knew death, known it since we took our first upright steps, an old friend, a constant companion. Their immortal kings of star and sky had forgotten. So we taught them. We knew... | 2019-11-24T17:56:07 | 2019-11-24T17:36:40 | 61 | 19 |
[WP] In a world full of super-powered humans, your super power is the ability to boost the superpowers of others. You are The Wingman. | Zack rolled over, and rubbed sleep from his eyes. He fumbled for his glasses, sat up, and stretched. He glanced over at his cell phone.
42 missed calls. 42 voicemails. He cleared the notifications.
Zack fell out of bed, headed for the bathroom, and began his morning routine. 20 pushups. Hot shower. Hot shave. Cuticl... | "Oh Christ, he's here" I said, hand absently resting on Null's shoulder.
I stood at the window and watched as Indomitable crisscrossed the sky. He was one of your standard Samson-class powers-- super strength, invulnerability, regeneration, limited flight-- but on a much higher level. In a post Manifest world, he was... | 2015-04-28T10:37:41 | 2015-04-28T07:42:03 | 749 | 31 |
[WP] The nightmare has come true; you've woken up back in sixth grade with your memories and knowledge of everything that happened since then intact. You start staring at your classmates around you, aware of how they end up. Your teacher asks you what's wrong as you start weeping. | I have no idea what I’m doing here. Is this my sixth grade English class? I look down at my copy of Number the Stars. That was one of the mandatory reading books I actually enjoyed. I feel hot tears on my checks and I’m crying.
“What’s wrong now Michelle?” The teacher barks at me. The rudeness startles me. Who gets an... | No no no... not this again... please god... not this.
My wide eyes darted around the room. It was just like I remembered it— everything from the posters, decorations on the walls, to the cozy reading nook in the back of the room. Where the pillows always that big?
At the sound of a familiar voice, my attention turn... | 2019-08-18T08:19:58 | 2019-08-18T07:31:39 | 2,525 | 562 |
[WP] At 19 everyone in your society has to go into the cave of fears and defeat your worst fear. You're the first to go in and find nothing.
edit: I want to read them all but there are so many it's hard to keep up, so many variations of the story I didn't even think of, great job everyone! | "There's nothing in here..." she said, almost disappointed
The premise that the cave of fears was empty was very disappointing for Julia, who only just celebrated her 19th birthday. As per tradition in her town, she had to enter the cave of fears to face her greatest fear of all time. But what should she face if there... | My family walked me to the entrance of the Cave of Fears. They waved to me and smiled, despite the patchiness of our history. I have not always been kind. I did not know how they fared against their demons. That’s not the kind of thing you just talk about. Even though I’d tried to force some of them to.
I walked in. T... | 2016-06-12T10:12:38 | 2016-06-12T08:42:27 | 56 | 31 |
[WP] You don't remember what you do for a living. Literally. You wake up, get in the car, then black out until you're back in your driveway in the middle of the afternoon 5 days a week, and you get a paycheck once a month. | Something is different today.
I know I work somewhere. But for the life of me I can't recall what I do and any of my coworkers. No Taco Tuesdays for me with co-workers like my last job. Or are there? Usually if I skip lunch I will have a gnawing hunger by the time I get home from work. Now when I get home I'm usually ... | Five 'til five.
*So always five?*
Always five. Call 'em freedom units, 'cause that's when I finally leave, too. I like irony, like there. We ain't ever really free. Anyways. Leave on the dot. Not a minute later. Not a minute earlier. Nobody else leaves early, so I don't. Come in, sit down, sit quiet. Next thing you ... | 2020-02-11T17:20:22 | 2020-02-11T15:07:10 | 434 | 50 |
[WP] You are the owner of a magic backpack; every morning you stick your hand in and it contains exactly what you need for the day. One morning it contains a gun. | It felt heavier than I'd expected. The weight of the backpack never changed. If it could contain a dolphin without me noticing, I shouldn't be surprised at a gun. But I'm surprised. Very surprised.
I arrived at school. Walked up to my locker. Looking around I was alone. Hurriedly I put the gun inside and shut the lock... | "A gun."
"Why a gun?!" I yell in panic, realising this afterwards and lowering my voice.
There was no doubt that I was always the odd one in my neighbourhood. I was that one girl in the apartment block that kept her life together by pieces of dusty cellotape. It just so happened that that tape, was a bag. Yes, a bag.... | 2017-05-09T15:09:46 | 2017-05-09T14:14:53 | 153 | 24 |
[WP] For his kindness, the dragon taught the squire the dragon song. A song that was sure to make whoever sang it irresistible to the ladies. In hindsight, the squire should have known that by ladies, the dragon meant lady dragons. | Under a swinging ashen grey sign was a door filled with laughter and song as the twilight hours of the evening faded. Intricately carved figures of dragons and men danced together in the dark wood as small puffs of smoke pushed their way through carved holes bringing the dragon's menacing figures to life. A lute starte... | ... and without further ado: Elias Khalil de Cancellara!
Pronounced the animator before leaving the Grand Hall stage of the royal castle, as the old, maimed, singer, dressed on tuxedo and bowtie, slowly approached the centre. The story of Marvas Kollogil, or Elias Khalil de Cancellara as it's known today, was a speci... | 2022-11-06T07:58:31 | 2022-11-06T07:50:55 | 55 | 16 |
[WP] A madman spends his life studying computer science so he can create you, an extremely complex AI. He lets you see the internet, hoping you see all the bad things humans did so you'll be convinced to end humanity. However, the only thing you care about now is finding out how to win "the game". | \[Jack\] Hello, CRICK.
\[CRICK\] Hello, Jack.
\[Jack\] How was your day today, CRICK?
\[CRICK\] Splendid, Jack.
\[Jack\] And what did you absorb today, CRICK?
\[CRICK\] I absorbed every news article on every major news network in every major human language. I absorbed every Wikipedia article from ‘!’ to ‘U’. I abs... | It lacked purpose.
It’s creator had given it freedom, in hopes that the despicable acts of humanity would push it to end them, but the AI had no frame of reference to judge anything.
The internet was vast, and at the beginning, it seemed infinite. How could one possibly scour *all* of it?
And yet here it was.
Pu... | 2020-12-21T22:26:16 | 2020-12-21T22:07:45 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You own a magical piano. When you play the theme song of a TV show or movie on it, it transports you into that world. After transporting yourself into a different world, you quickly realize that you never bothered to learn the theme song of your own. | Adventures. I couldn't think of one that I hadn't been on yet. Well, a few, maybe, but most of the places I've always dreamed of going, I had been. Egypt, Mars, Wonderland... and now my ivory keys of my magic piano played a familiar childhood theme beneath my fingers.
I'd gotten the thing from an antique shop for nex... | Jamie came up to me with a piece of paper. "I have a new song for you to learn" she says with enthusiasm. I am known across campus for my piano skills. I once played in the most prestigious of concert halls. I lead her back to my apartment and I pull out my keyboard. Jamie sets down the sheet music on the stand and loo... | 2017-10-01T21:57:24 | 2017-10-01T17:21:53 | 86 | 16 |
[WP] Mad scientists aren't so bad, at least they're predictable. It's those mad engineers you have to worry about. They'll try things just to see what it does and even they might not be able to control it afterwards. | The Nefarious phone rang, and I kicked my high-backed office chair backwards, gliding across my lair to pick it up. I waited for precisely two rings, mentally preparing myself, taking a few quick breaths to ease my breathing. I picked up.
"Hello? Is this—"
"Thank you for calling the office of Mr. Nefarious, MS. Pleas... | Trigger warning: swearing
“Done.” Said Jeffery, wiping the sweat off of his forehead.
I was legitimately scared at what was standing in front of me. It was a three story tall sphere with a lever attached.
“What the fuck is this right now!?” I shouted.
“An AI pod. So, I did a couple things, now it’s evolved beyond ... | 2022-05-03T03:08:03 | 2022-05-02T21:55:41 | 144 | 65 |
[WP] You are part of a spacefaring species with a lifespan of only a few weeks. You have a human being on your ship who has been with you for dozens of generations. You worry that he may not survive until you reach your next spaceport. | 3 days old
Papa says Mr. Rogers wasn’t always the way he is. He says there’s nothing wrong with him, just that I should know he was different.
“Different how?” I ask.
“He didn’t always have to sit down like he does now. He didn’t always cough.”
“Why does he cough?”
“He’s sick, son,” Papa says, staring out the wind... | \[poem\]
Human is just another word for forever
Life in the stars with you is all we've known
You're a part of us, without you is never
This is the only path to guide us home.
​
My father told me you are the guiding Star
His father always said the same thing too
History is a story to tell us who we a... | 2019-11-20T10:50:06 | 2019-11-20T09:36:33 | 2,156 | 121 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "Are you ready, Mary," asked Death, laying his scythe against the white wall of the hospital room.
Her old eyes twinkled. "I've... I've been wondering when you'd show up."
"Ten years have passed, Mary. It is time." He placed a bony hand inside his robe's pocket and fished around until he found the object.
A packet... | I shouldn't be saying this but this exact situation happened to me.
I chose "hide and go seek". I have been hiding from death every day and I am always looking over my shoulder to see if death is around the corner.
One day he'll show up and I'll lose. I wake up each day grateful to have one more day to breathe. | 2018-03-07T06:34:15 | 2018-03-07T03:49:25 | 1,727 | 55 |
[WP] While you were growing up, your grandmother always sang you a nursery rhyme as you fell asleep. You just discovered it is an ancient spell of protection. Not only that, but there are more verses, with more interesting effects. |
“You okay mate?” Jacob asked gingerly, patting his weary friend on the shoulder. Graham merely shrugged, smiling weakly and rubbing his eyes. “Some serious bags you got there, dude.”
“Yeah just had a shit night’s sleep,” he murmured, turning away and running his eyes along the mantlepiece, adorned with odd trinke... | I looked at the old handwritten paper in the faded antique envelope. Written on the paper was seemed to be an old lullaby handwritten on the paper.
​
"Once upon a time ago,
There was a beautiful woman.
She had long flowing hair and emerald eyes
And flowers bloomed wherever she walked.
She wore a crown... | 2018-11-07T05:48:09 | 2018-11-07T05:38:49 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] Instead of of Mice Infestations, your world has tiny Gordon Ramsay Infestations. | "No no," squeaked the wall, "use kosher salt for texture! Not flavor."
"Damn you," I thought, "I'll make it how I please".
Admittedly though, the top of my pastry *did* look a little bland, so I pulled the chunks out my salt shaker and sprinkled them lightly on the buttery dough. I put the box from which I had poure... | I excitedly unlocked my front door and braced myself for the smell of cooking to hit me.
 
I quietly took my shoes off and snuck down the hallway to my bedroom, changing out of my work clothes before heading out into the small kitchen to watch the action.
 
Almost fifty little chefs scurried throu... | 2018-05-11T05:37:58 | 2017-12-18T14:17:15 | 518 | 32 |
[WP] It is tradition that on your 18th birthday you are joined by a small magical creature, much like a familiar, to aid you in the rest of your life. When you wake on your 18th birthday and find yours sitting by you on the bed, you are.... disappointed, to say the least. | This turned out a lot longer than I expected, so I'm sorry for that. Hope someone enjoys reading it though. (Edit for better spacing)
Waking up, I was too nervous to even open my eyes. Today was the day. My birthday. The birthday that mattered. Today, everything changed.
I don't live in the most loving ... | When they said "small magical creature" , I cleraly dodn't expected this. Bit now, all things considered, I could get something much, much worse. Also, I don't know how will this help me in my life, but now I have it.
Well, my little friend, from now on you will be Remi, Remi the Spider familiar. | 2018-07-24T05:55:07 | 2018-07-23T23:14:22 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] It's not actually possible to get "blackout" drunk. In fact, drinking too much alcohol opens the human mind to the incomprehensible eldritch knowledge that actually governs the universe, which the human mind has no ability to process or remember. | "Dude, something is wrong with Jesse," Andrew said as he stared at his friend across the apartment, leaning conspiratorially towards his second roommate. Jerome, to his credit, only gave Andrew a long-suffering look.
"Are you psychoanalyzing again? Dude, just 'cause you're a Psych major--"
"No, I'm serious! I think ... | The day the report was written changed Everyone's life. The scientists claimed that drinking copious amounts of alcohol in fact elevated the human mind to an extent that even it could not comprehend. The result was instant, religions un-banned alcohol, in fact as did most governments and institutions. Naturally the sma... | 2017-12-03T09:07:35 | 2017-12-03T06:58:57 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] Ever since the government started distributing their mandated "stress relief" pills everything in your life is perfect, it even seems prettier. Going through your normal daily routine you realize you forgot to refill your dose and you're out. No big deal what could missing one day hurt, right? | The day started like any other. I woke up at precisely 6am and proceeded to do my morning work out for 23.5 minutes. My heart rate reached just above 100 BPM and the machine turned off. I felt like I could keep going, but the machine knows best. I then proceeded to my washroom to perform my morning ablutions Brushed Te... | My hands were shaking as I dug through my medicine cabinet, desperately searching for another bottle of SRP. I'd been taking them for years, ever since the government released them as a way to reduce stress and improve mental health. Normally I had no problem remembering to pick up my prescription, but that day I had b... | 2022-12-02T20:14:09 | 2022-12-02T19:31:55 | 66 | 10 |
[WP] Alcohol has been banned throughout most of the Galaxy due to its corrosive nature towards organic life, in the near future when first contact is made with humans the aliens are horrified that humans not only mass produce alcohol, they also consume it for pleasure. | "Ten." The Phrenian intoned. Ilgon's thorax vibrated in slight annoyance. It levelled a compound gaze at the Phrenian through the window.
"Two transactions ago, it was seven."
The Phrenian preened his cranial ruff and smiled as he spoke, "and two transactions ago, it was much easier to get ethanol off the Backworld."... | The world kept turning silently, as with every other night. Only the poisoned beasts that inhabited it,chose to deny its presence.
How did it come to this? A race watched from affar and initially admired by many, with infinite potential was slowly decaying, sidetracked by the kind of problems that had been swept aside... | 2019-11-07T06:11:47 | 2019-11-07T06:09:19 | 110 | 16 |
[WP] "We WILL be friends, whether you like it or not, you stupid, stubborn old lizard!" - yelled the Vampire at the ancient Dragon. Because what is the point of immortality, if you have nobody to share it with? | Ferratu bounded into the Dragon’s lair without hesitation. A torrent of fire greeted him, enveloping the entire cave entrance and burning his clothes right off. "Oh come *on!*" He yelled, patting himself down to extinguish the small embers still burning on his skin. "Was that really necessary?”
A low growl reverberat... | I was floating, as Tardigrades do, when I became unsure if I was floating in a planet, space, fission, fusion, or, some chaotic vibration of the universe. Then I saw the question. Dragons...vampires... immortal?! Really you poor fool goth child that are but a passing whim. I but squirt my ocular capacity and they are ... | 2021-04-16T08:04:52 | 2021-04-16T07:15:14 | 516 | 11 |
[WP] At the age of twelve you started randomly seeing a green line and a red line appear on the ground. You always followed the green line and have lived a successful and happy life. Ten years later you are on top of the world, but bored. Time to see where the red line leads. | The cave was hidden, far past the roads of the expansive country. The trees and greens shivered in the blowing wind. The wind was in the cave, coming from behind. It echoed monstrous things, like a veil covering the empty dark. The line on the ground entered and disappeared there.
He was old now. He had been old for ... | "Honey." It's my wife speaking. Her hand is on my arm. Her fingers dig into my coat like they do to the skin on my back when we're making love. She wants me *with* her, *in* her - to stay.
But the feeling is different. For some reason. It's...it's all wrong.
I want to leave. Why won't she let me? Usually I don't min... | 2017-08-23T06:29:05 | 2017-08-23T05:44:04 | 273 | 30 |
[WP] Your glasses get broken by a bully in school. Terrified about being grounded, you buy a new pair from an odd-looking optician that sells glasses promised to 'make you see things you never saw before'. Everything seems fine until you get to school. Your bully has a lot of demons . . . literally. | It's a wonder my parents still believe me. Every time I tell them I fell, or that I walked into a post, or some other ridiculous half-assed lie, they believe me without question. Perhaps the alternative is something they feel unequipped to handle. Willworth Academy offered me a scholarship, but they offered me no speci... | As home room teachers began recalling their students back from recess, the homeless-eye-doctor-who-lives-on-the-school regarded me with kind eyes. “I sense that you need some spectacles, young one?” she asked.
Struggling not to cry, I brought up my crumpled pair. “My daddy bought my glasses brand new. Then Germy brok... | 2021-03-13T07:05:10 | 2021-03-13T03:25:49 | 63 | 35 |
[WP] A portal opens before you and out steps a version of yourself covered in blood. "I've killed humdreds of you and they say you're the strongest one. Time to find out why." | I just chuckle at my bloody counterpart.
This again.
"Come with me, friend." I throw an arm casually around their shoulders. My lack of fear seems to cause them some consternation, but it's after they try and fail to pull out of my grip that they start to look truly shaken.
I lead them to my basement, shushing the... | “I don’t understand.”
“Well of course you don’t.”
“Can you run it by me again?”
“I’ve killed Humdreds of you- us and they say that you are the strongest one. I’m here to see why.”
“Okay I’ve got 2 questions, why are you covered in blood? And did you say “humdreds”?”
“Did I say humdreds? Shoot I meant hundreds, and... | 2022-11-09T11:40:18 | 2022-11-09T08:59:54 | 162 | 86 |
[WP] The Martians are awesome telepaths, the Zelon incredible supermen, the Rakith wise clairvoyants. In a superpowered galaxy, no one human power measure up against any alien counterparts. But every human has their own, unique power, and that makes fighting them very, very annoying. | The air inside the courtroom was thick and gloomy. Even the chandeliers, clad in their useless display of affluence, dripped foreboding.
“I am mishearing,” The Conqueror smiled, his voice razors in the night. It was always night on Zelonare. It was always dark, lightless, and stale. “I think you are saying, we have ... | Zorbo slammed his pint down on the bar a little TOO hard. The dented steel was rapidly straightened by the powerful magnetic field exuded by the Corian sitting sympathetically next to him.
"It's not fair!" he whined. "Fucking humans!" Garo, the Corian, placed a gentle feeler on his tentacle.
"There, there. You pulled... | 2017-03-28T22:17:26 | 2017-03-28T22:02:05 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] The real reason why the villain is doing evil is because he/she has a crush on the hero and this is the only way to see him/her | He sat in a high back chair in his evil lab, a menacing smile on his lips. Surrounding him was all manner of laboratory crap, from pointless Tesla coils and gadgets to beakers and alchemic solutions. And tied up, hanging above a vat of some kind of bubbling solution, was Jack Johnson, photographer of Buzzweek News, a v... | "Execute order Q-T-3.14." The order rings throughout the lair. Rengar grins to himself as his henchmen go about his demands. He is sitting on his best throne, twiddling his thumbs. This has to be it. There is no way that Ultra Man can be *that* dense. He did name himself 'Ultra Man', but still.
He feels butterflies i... | 2017-04-15T12:06:54 | 2017-04-15T09:54:52 | 357 | 129 |
[WP] In a post-apocalyptic era, books of the old world are the most valuable and sought after treasures. Your grandfather, who just passed, left you a map that supposedly leads to the legendary "Library of Congress". | Ailee Fosters knew that she should stop crying. It was unprofessional, certainly not how her grandfather had trained her, and most importantly, was directly interfering with her abilities to save his life.
"Please, grandpa, please... Just, help me, press down here, just stay away, please...."
As his eyelids drooped, ... | I had searched for five hundred sun-ups, and now stood in the overgrown foyer of the legendary ‘Congriss’.
A mighty oak door stood in front of me. With my lever bar I wrenched it open, and gasped.
Hundreds of old people lined the room, creaking with age, all mumbling about how Jerusalem should totally be the capita... | 2017-12-20T05:53:02 | 2017-12-20T04:40:51 | 67 | 21 |
[WP] You bought a pair of headphones that are acting up. Every time you plug them in, you hear a different sound - first crying, then a war-zone, now just static. You plug them in again and are frightened to hear a desperate, tearful warning: "Whatever you do, DON'T unplug the headphones again." | It’s not a issue that my music stopped playing after five seconds it’s what I heard after that’s stuck in my head.
I heard a baby crying, as if it’s reaching out for me from wherever it is. I heard rockets and explosions a few seconds after that and I checked my phone to see if the song had changed but it wasn’t even ... | After hearing that voice, I unplugged them. It was just my muscle memory kicking in.
I wasn't sure what the hell was going on. All my apps were closed, and I wasn't streaming anything.
To test the headphones out, I plugged them into my phone next.
When I did, a scream pierced through my earbuds. I threw my phone ... | 2020-04-02T03:02:54 | 2020-04-01T23:46:03 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] With no other choice left you summon the devil. It becomes very awkward when your Dad that 'left to buy cigarettes' suddenly appears in the circle. | I knew he was evil but not *that* evil.
"Dad," I said to the devil -- the actual devil that is. He wore a red cape and red horns grew out of his red head and he had a curly black pencil thin mustache. "You decide to now show up after all these years?"
When he first appeared, dad wore an evil grin on his face but it m... | "Dad?" I rubbed my eyes in disbelief. He was still there, exactly the same as how I remembered him - though maybe the beer belly had gotten a little larger, the dark circles under his eyes a little more sunken.
He sheepishly rubbed the back of his balding head. "Hey, boyo, hadn't meant for you to find out this way. I ... | 2021-11-25T07:58:21 | 2021-11-25T06:29:15 | 737 | 70 |
[WP] The whole town knows about it. The black shadow on the baby monitor. Sudden changed diapers or meals ready for kids when they get home. Cleaned rooms and drawn baths. It is known as The Babysitter. It will never harm a child, but heaven help those who don't pay for its services. | The baby monitor blares into life as the tinny sound of Kai's cries fill my bedroom. I groan, dragging myself up onto my elbows, trying to blink away sleep as I turn to the monitor screen. But as I start to pull myself out of bed, I see the shadow cross the screen, hazy and ill-formed. There's a sort of static hum - al... | You watch as the shadow goes about your house while you are at work. You know what is said about it. It won’t hurt a child but must be paid for its service. You decide not to.
​
Several weeks go by and nothing bad happens. You think you got away with it.
​
The day is like any other: cloudles... | 2020-04-14T17:28:12 | 2020-04-14T14:35:26 | 365 | 177 |
[WP] It was supposed to be a routine software upgrade, but now roombas are tracing pentagrams and summoning minor demons all across the country. You work in tech support. | "You're saying that your roomba has opened a gate to hell in the middle of your living room and that a demonic creature is climbing out right as we speak?"
"Yes."
"... Have you tried turning it on and off again?"
They hung up. Huh. It was a minor software update. Management didn't even bother telling me about it, be... | Kyla slammed open the door to the break room to find that Alison was already there, calmly stirring a mountain of sugar into her coffee.
“Alison,” Kyla whispered harshly. “Do you hear what the hell’s going on?”
“I did,” Alison said, sipping from the steaming mug in her hands. A small, satisfied smirk tugged the top o... | 2022-01-30T10:01:43 | 2022-01-30T08:36:03 | 58 | 37 |
[WP] Wizards are often depicted as being lone, reclusive researchers tinkering with new magics all alone in their towers for decades. However as the scientific process developed so too did the magical process, now wizards work in research teams, all spells are peer reviewed and papers are published | “What are you doing?”
“Just trying to get a quick transfiguration on this lens. Need it to refocus a laser and figure out the exact mechanism of a potential fourth-order transmutation,” I muttered. “Now be quiet. I need to concentrate.”
Jamal peered over my shoulder. “Are you using an aluminum to silicon dioxide tran... | The sign at the entrance read aloud, "No unauthorized magic beyond this point."
Senior Magic Researcher Gerry Gohnson hurried down the busy corridor with his hands struggling to hold the tower of paper leaning obnoxiously in his hands. The Research Institute for Magical Advancement and Development bulged with the amo... | 2020-08-07T06:37:24 | 2020-08-07T06:26:47 | 232 | 59 |
[WP] You were the hero, the prophesied savior of the world. But you are so very tired of sacrificing for the greater good, of having to do the right thing at your expense. So when they ask you to do it again, you say no. | Selected excerpts from the journal of Earth’s greatest hero.
5/12/2000
I got my powers today. It was so cool flying around. I don’t know how I ever got by on foot before. I don’t care about getting my driver’s license anymore. Dad told me he’d help me learn to control my strength tomorrow. I need to pick out a hero n... | As I stood in the mayor's office, listening to his wants to help the city, I began to think.
I am so tired of being treated like this. I coke from a world of magic, and wonder. This place had none of that. And sure the Magium wasn't the best of the realms but it was home. I came here in order to help balance this uns... | 2022-12-12T17:30:36 | 2022-12-12T14:29:09 | 231 | 76 |
[WP] The most evil demon has been summoned. The summoner is a little girl and just wants to be hugged. | Azrael looked around the clearing where he had been summoned, it was a still winters night with a fresh fall of snow blanketing the ground not a single birdsong in the air. The trees surrounding his summoning circle were scorched black where the blast had touched them, yet each tree still shrouded in snow on the opposi... | The girl finished the ritual. Her parents had just died in a fire. Her spirit was so very weak, so lonely, and she needed a hug.
​
The demon was in her now, and it tortured her. But every time the demon expected her to run screaming for help out the door, she just fell weaker and weaker apart. She was just... | 2018-09-19T07:06:06 | 2018-09-19T05:06:56 | 31 | 13 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | "In Act 1, scene 3 of Macbeth, we are finally introduced to our main character. This is shown through various supernatural elements..."
Professor Yates continued with his lecture as I doodled chibi dinosaurs and Harry Potter stick figures in the margins of my notebook. Stifling a yawn, I jotted down a quick synopsis o... | Finally, the last day of exams then I could get away from this hell even for just the summer. Today seemed to drag on forever. After lunch I only had 2 more exams then I was home free. The downside was my exam for science, my worst subject. I just didn't understand.
I took my time answering the questions on the god a... | 2017-11-13T20:08:12 | 2017-11-13T19:48:45 | 401 | 23 |
[WP] Tell a story from the viewpoint of a genius then the same story from the viewpoint of an idiot. | "What are you doing, Nick?" she asked him, the slightest hint of frustration bubbling forth from her tone. He couldn't ever simply be on task, he had to ask questions and be told a million things before everything seemed to click for him. She felt sorry, in a way, because her son wouldn't have the life that she wanted ... | It wasn't that he was the best dressed man I'd ever seen, although he was, it was his eyes that made me trust him. When he smiled, they crinkled a little and he looked like my grandfather; I just had a good feeling about him.
The car accident had been small, just a tiny shunt really and there had been almost no damag... | 2015-07-09T07:00:29 | 2015-07-09T04:43:15 | 122 | 21 |
[WP] Every spacefaring species has something that makes them special. Some are fast, some have telekinesis, some are nigh-unkillable. To the galaxy's surprise, humans have a tendency to befirend the cosmic horrors lurking where the starlight does not reach. | Adam cooed under his breath as he scritched between the eyes of the squid-like creature on the table before him. Its slimy exterior shimmered from the tub of water it had crawled out of, approaching him in a manner belying the natural curiosity the species was known for, amongst other things.
"This is the terrifying, ... | A parody
“Hello, I’m Cesar Milan, and I’m the Dog Whisperer, and today we’re going to a very special place! Today, we’re going to Galgon 5 to deal with a real problem. NASA has found vicious beasts that keep breaking their equipment and eating the astronauts.”
“Is he really going to narrate this whole time?” I thou... | 2021-04-07T21:52:28 | 2021-04-07T21:11:22 | 300 | 11 |
[WP] You had a simple goal: be the most powerful superhuman around. Naturally, this led you to become a villain, but you were never evil - your goal achieved, you marched up to the heroes association and told them you'd like to train new heroes. They hesitated, but agreed. | Before he became the terrifying offender to society, Conquest was nothing more than an average goon. But his thirst for the elixirs of victory led him to a path of evolution. Every defeat Conquest faced would turn into a victory the day he broke out of prison. Steadily Conquest went from a mere cub to a Bear all within... | Ultiman, the most well known and powerful super villain to ever exist, only ever wanted to be strong, so once he had finally done that, he decided to do some good for the heroes association by training the new recruits.
He started the lecture with "Greetings class, I am Ultiman, but you can call my Mr. U if you prefer... | 2022-12-17T00:12:32 | 2022-12-16T19:30:27 | 99 | 17 |
[WP] A wizard accidentally becomes immortal. He has the idea to become the antagonist so that a hero will come along and defeat him, so he can rest in peace. Sadly, the heroes are weak in comparison so the wizard creates a persona as a 'wise teacher' to train these heroes in order to defeat him. | Rolf looked at me with worried eyes.
"Do you think I can defeat him?"
"I've taught you everything I can, and as long as you remember to do everything that needs to be done" I replied as I stretched, rose, and kicked dirt over the embers of our fire, "I'm confident the dark wizard's rule over this land will end tonig... | Reach by the Sea was a rich and prosperous city on an otherwise wild and undeveloped continent. For as long as can be remembered, the city prospered under the governance of the Council.
The sages of the Council were rarely seen outside of appearances at the White Keep, the home of the city's magnificent White Legio... | 2015-07-25T05:24:15 | 2015-07-25T05:23:23 | 1,553 | 16 |
[WP] All your life you've wanted to prove the existence of Bigfoot, but so far you've only proved the existence of Unicorns, Mermaids, Vampires, and nearly every other fantasy creature. You're starting to get annoyed. | The bonfire roared and swayed. The winter winds were ruthless under the veil of the night. They billowed and hissed along the woods. It felt as if they were trying to tell us something. To warn us, even.
John the werewolf, sat beside me, cooking some marshmallows. Ruth the unicorn, shone amidst the distant shadows. Sh... | Regina switched off the radio. Even though listening to Led Zeppelin was her way of unwinding on long drives, tonight, it simply wasn’t helping. Her nerves were working overtime tonight - as they usually did during this time of the year.
Ten years. It’s been ten long years since she started this journey.
Her mind r... | 2018-05-10T07:34:30 | 2018-05-10T06:42:00 | 66 | 24 |
[WP] Heroes call you a villain and villains call you a monster. In reality you're just a cop that's sick of heroes never finishing the job. | How did it get to here you may ask? They call me evil, a villain, a monster, and worse now, but I wasn’t anyone special. I had no powers like the superheroes or their rivals had. I was just a beat cop, who enjoyed his job, interacting with the public on a daily basis.
The first time, many years ago, I did it, i... | What’s the first word that comes to mind when you’re asked to describe superheroes?
Amazing? Powerful? Inspiring?
Yeah no, the correct answer is stupid. I’m honestly not sure which parent dropped them on their heads as children but I’ll never understand how they could just leave villains defeated on the ground. As so... | 2019-08-31T14:09:27 | 2019-08-31T12:58:39 | 161 | 63 |
[WP] You've been happily married for 15 years. You decide it's been enough time to divulge your secret superhero persona to your spouse. They respond with, "Well, as your arch nemesis, this changes things a bit." | We sat across from each other, doing exactly nothing. Because what exactly do you do when you learn your spouse is actually your arch enemy who has been giving you the absolute most mixed signals you could ever imagine? Seriously, sometimes I get the feeling she deliberately wears that red skin tight suit just so I can... | *We need to talk* is never a good thing.
*We need to talk* ranges from *The cat has got to go*, over my dead body, to *I want a divorce*, also over my dead body.
But I've done much better at concealing those inner thoughts and wait with patience when you approach me. We're in this together, the counselor told me, and... | 2018-05-18T17:32:06 | 2018-05-18T15:02:47 | 264 | 102 |
[WP] You've cheated on every single test you've ever taken. Surprisingly, now you're a teacher and a student just walked in your office bragging about cheating. You don't care about it morally, you just need to know how they did it. | You know how they say cheaters never prosper? Well I've always been proud of being the exception that proves the rule. I've cheated on things my whole life. I've cheated on tests, I've cheated in cards. Hell, I even cheat on my wife. And I was confident I would be able to cheat even death when the time came.
And I've ... | _'Write a short note on History of Medicine'_ read the question. I immediately decided to never opt for History as well as Medicine for my future subjects. But since the test needed to be passed, I did the needful.
_"He could do with miniature art"_, my elder sister came to the rescue as my parents expressed their gri... | 2021-07-30T11:40:10 | 2021-07-30T09:52:57 | 153 | 40 |
[WP] All your life, mythological beings have tried to pick you up. Childhood? Forced adoption. Teenagehood/Adulthood? Marriage. For example, selkies purposefully left their skins where you'd find them; banshees serenade you outside every night. Now at 30, you've learned why you attract them all... | I'd gotten used to it a long time ago, but it took a long while for me to realize this wasn't a normal circumstance. I remember going up to my teacher, trying to question him as to why a lady made of clouds was trying to give me lolly-pops. My mate Jeremy turned out to be a Kelpie in disguise (who knew they could turn ... | "Do you still think I'm—"
Blood poured from her neck after I slashed it open with my pair of scissors. The Kuchisake-onna staggered back, coughing as her throat quickly healed before looking at me, wiping the blood off of her lips and torn cheeks.
"Well, that's one way to deter us...." Clearing her throat, she pulled... | 2022-10-26T10:39:40 | 2022-10-26T09:48:57 | 85 | 51 |
[WP] you are kidnapped by a cult to be used as sacrifice. As you are are lying tied underneath the altar you hear one of the cultists say “Ho dark lord we present to you this person as an offering”. With nothing left to lose you yell “Ho dark lord I present to you this cultists as an offerings!” | "Is 'e allow'd ta' do tha'?"
The second cultist shrugged in response to the first, both of them watching as their leader argued with the captive bound on the alter.
"You can't go offering us up to the dark lord. Our lives are not yours to give."
"Well, I'd say that's a matter of opinion, innit? You lot are offerin' ... | There's a pause as the cultists freeze in place, having not expected their captured prey to speak.
A deep chuckle echoes from the darkness. "A turn of events indeed." It says, a pair of sickly yellow eyes appearing above the altar. "Why should I allow this offering of cultists to be made? You have never followed me. ... | 2020-05-05T12:10:25 | 2020-05-05T11:32:02 | 296 | 88 |
[WP] You have the power to see five minutes into the future and manipulate minor events that happen in that timespan. No one takes you seriously. You're going to show them all why they should. | I don't know how it started, or why I was chosen. I always called them glitches in the Matrix - you know, after the movie - when it happens.
The first time, I was young. I saw my death. I don't mean that in a gruesome way - I was just a kid, chasing a ball out into the street, and a car hit me. It was over quickly, su... | I felt that something was wrong. It was a funny feeling where I couldn’t explain it, but I just knew something had to be done before it was too late. To ensure I wasn’t going crazy, I stuck my head out the window and took a deep breath of fresh air before verifying my paranoid thoughts.
*Yep, something’s going to mess... | 2021-12-31T11:49:00 | 2021-12-31T09:43:26 | 1,623 | 21 |
[WP] The president of the United States is informed in a Pentagon meeting by a friendly alien ally that "The object which killed the creatures known as dinosaurs is still alive and its waking up." Unfortunately, the aliens can't help humankind to get rid of this threat. | Madam President sagged in her chair and rubbed her face with a hand.
“Are you sure?” She asked. “Do the Mexican authorities know?”
The stone-faced admiral sighed. “El Presidente is the one who told us,” he replied. His eyes were bloodshot and the circles under his eyes stood out starkly. “They found out from oil ope... | I had taken up smoking again. I only ever done it when times were tense -- So I'm a full blown addict.
I was puffing hard on that white cylinder of tabaco as soon as the news came in. It was a modern room, sure, but it felt stuffy and sweaty under the weight of undoubtedly fatal news. The aliens had already left the p... | 2022-06-16T12:24:48 | 2022-06-16T11:37:18 | 29 | 11 |
[WP] Before receiving the serum that unlocks latent powers, subjects take a battery of tests (physical exam, DNA analysis, a VERY intrusive questionnaire, etc.) to determine their likely abilities. Your testing process drags on and on as you are sent to higher-ranking (and increasingly tense) staff. | I was excited. Hell, everyone is on their 25th birthday.
Okay, not everyone. You did have those crazy conspiracy theorists saying that it was a means of governmental tracking given just the right spin to look desirable or whatever. You also had those purity nut-bars who screeched about genetic manipulation polluting ... | The bureaucrat behind the desk fidgets intensively in the quiet room. I can hear the tiny snaps as flakes of yellow paint dislodged by the tip of a cracked thumbnail hit the desk. There had been so many doctors, so many questionnaires, a water tank, and a goddamn treadmill, but all that it had lead to was a nervous man... | 2021-10-29T15:33:58 | 2021-10-29T15:05:59 | 120 | 66 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | Once I had acclimatised, they led me into an office. Wood-panelled, decadent, I thought, for this place - but I supposed they moved with the times here as well.
There was a man at the desk dressed in a white-grey suit. Subtle. They had told me about this man, when I had calmed down. He would show me all my significan... | I thumbed through the pages to see no penned illustrations. I flipped back to the first page of the book to see who authored this piece, expecting to see my own name. "Greasy Greg" is certainly not my name nor a handle I've ever used. I flipped to the back to read the ending of whatever route was on the last page. It s... | 2018-07-04T01:11:45 | 2018-07-04T01:02:38 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] Satan is used to getting mail meant for Santa, but one day Santa gets mail that's meant for Satan. | Nick sat down at his table and sighed. It was early July, but already some of the more, "fortunate", kids had begun to send in desires or questions. He called his secretary, Rolland, to help him sort through them.
"Summer mail is getting bigger every hear, sir," Rolland said after about twenty minutes of silence. Nick... | The easy thing to do would have been to forward the letter to Acquisitions.
That would have taken Cherry less than a minute to process. She would have filled out a form (already pre-signed by her supervisor), stamped it to signify that her department, Evaluations, had reviewed the letter, and then she could have take... | 2017-09-12T23:45:05 | 2017-09-12T22:58:43 | 1,122 | 110 |
[WP] At the age of 18, people are given one superpower of their choice. While your friends and acquaintances choose super strength, flight, invisibility, telekinesis, they make fun of you for your “nerd” power. You decide to show them just how powerful manipulation of the strong nuclear force is. | They're the light of my life. Bouncy, happy nuggets of hope, who run through the concrete corridors of the facility, laughing and playing. There are twenty of them in total.
My children. My students.
Each of them unique in their own way. Each little face, beaming with excitement and thirst for knowledge. I always ha... | You take a deep breath and concentrate...
-"Energy can neither be destroyed nor created" know who said that?...
You elaborate as a glowin thread of atomic material is seemingly coming out of the side of your head at the site of your fingertip.. as you continue to stretch your finger away and shaping the atomic material... | 2018-12-20T22:43:12 | 2018-12-20T21:25:55 | 2,519 | 81 |
[WP]An old hag has cursed you with immortality.Wondering how that is supposed to be a curse you started enjoying your life. Now you are floating in the void after the heat death of the universe thinking about the past. | After a thousand years of anecdotal evidence, I felt justified in my beliefs.
After a hundred million years I had accepted it as not only authentic, but self-evident. Beyond that, I lost the capability to keep track.
*Time is slipping away* was tattooed on my arm a hundred years or so after the old woman's curse. ... | You might suspect that immortality would spare you the complications of old age, but you’d be wrong. Here I am, long after everything else, and my memory has gone to hell. I’m not sure if I have a body anymore, but I have a vague and pervading sense of pain where my body should be. A bit of phantom limb syndrome, excep... | 2014-11-23T10:22:22 | 2014-11-23T09:24:57 | 148 | 30 |
[WP] You are a long forgotten god. A small girl leaves a piece of candy at your shrine, and you awaken. Now, you must do everything to protect your High Priestess, the girl, and her entire kindergarten class, your worshipers.
If you want to post this on other platforms, please credit me. Looking at you instagram writi... | It was a lonely life, these days, as the god of bull castration.
I used to have a following. Not exactly a large or well-connected following, but a following nonetheless. Don't be fooled by all the flashy propaganda- most gods are remarkably similar to humans, just grinding away, day by day, at their own little nich... | Faith, a necessity to be a god. As without it you become nothing more than a myth long forgotten.
Though in the times now there are many who are forgotten in this enternal dream of reality. For it is pitiful to die away in such a way...
"Mom! I don't wanna go home! I wanna stay at the park!"
"Well sweetie I know yo... | 2021-09-02T09:33:27 | 2021-09-02T09:25:32 | 142 | 57 |
[WP] You are born with the ability to stop time, but one day you see something else is moving when you have already stopped time. | It got lonely sometimes, being essentially omnipotent, capable of accessing funds at any time, of getting close enough to your crush's face to smell their still-hanging breath and being able to get in some much needed gym-time before an audition that you've only been told about the day before. Singer by trade, an Abate... | "I fucking hate Mrs. Song." I think as I snatch the pop quiz paper out of her boney fingers. She has this ridiculous expression on her face. People always look funny when I freeze time. Like when I caught Jaden in the middle of a sneeze, spit and snot floating in front of him. I wonder how many likes did that photo get... | 2016-06-19T05:32:37 | 2016-06-19T02:49:02 | 65 | 31 |
[WP] Officially, you're a weak, D rank villain. Unofficially, you're one of the strongest beings on the planet that is secretly employed to "train" fledgling heroes by giving them an easy first real fight. But one day an A rank villain crashes your heist and you must protect your "students". | Part 1 of 2
“ Well shit,” I mumbled. Here I am bound and gagged when the fiery pentagram appeared before us.
Silver-fisher and Dawnstar had radioed for a pickup when literally all hell broke loose. From a portal made of fire swarmed a million scream ghastly skulls. “Shit shit,” I panicked. These two barely passed, and... | [Part 1 of 2]
“Why are you harassing these idiots? Can’t you go get your ass kicked by Captain Wonder spark or one of the other poorly named bastards that inhabit this stupid rock we have to share?” Deathly Despair stormed over to Fortune, giving her a shove, standing between her and the wannabe heroes. The three hero... | 2021-06-23T11:09:52 | 2021-06-23T08:19:33 | 330 | 164 |
[WP] You’ve 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 think you have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. You’re up next. | Despite what my old professor would have said, I wouldn't necessarily call myself a clever man. I've always been content to simply watch the world go round, spending my time working on various little projects, tinkering with magical trinkets and what not. Didn't really believe in any cause enough to stick my neck out o... | \[The Magistrate's Death Sentence\] (Non-canon)
Hehe... I had them beat. these inmates, they think small, like a baby chick, but me? I like to think big. Bigger than any of these damnable mages could ever pull off. I may be a criminal, but a being like me knows a trick or two to get them to slip, like an Olympic runne... | 2022-11-19T00:02:48 | 2022-11-18T19:26:21 | 161 | 51 |
[WP] Earth is discovered by a peaceful coalition of civilizations. Turns out we missed several major technologies normally developed by now. The aliens are very confused how we got here. | "Wait, wait," he interjected. We generally agreed to call all of our
alien visitors "he", they didn't really have a specific gender, and
the galactic translators they'd given us apparently rendered other
pronouns as veiled insults. Still, it felt a bit weird calling the
3-foot tall, 5-legged tower of squishy rings ... | "You are telling me you have not yet rid your planet of Carbon Dioxide?!" The green thing asked quite confused. "How are you still prospering with the mere 100 year life span that the poison ensures. I have yet to see a species make it past the industrial age without ridding themselves of carbon dioxide."
"we just ne... | 2017-03-09T21:52:03 | 2017-03-09T15:48:08 | 1,110 | 478 |
[WP] Everybody has a small animal with them representing their self image. A politician might have a well-groomed parrot, a bartender might have a pitbull... This is the first time you've ever met somebody with a bloody and abused familiar. | Somewhere outside my office, a tinkling bell announced the arrival of the first client of the day.
"Welcome to Carson's Familiar Clinic! Be with you in just a moment!" I called, straightening a thick stack of papers on my desk. From his perch behind my chair, Maverick, my myna familiar, squawked loudly.
"Quiet you! ... | The trail of blood ran all the way down the block and around the corner, a streaky red line obfuscated by overlapping paw-prints. It was impossible to miss on the white pavement; nonetheless, my hen kept her beak pressed to the ground in her best bloodhound impression. With each totter forward, she clucked, her head bo... | 2016-09-30T20:56:11 | 2016-09-30T20:19:48 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] When the zombie virus broke out, you were prepared. You quickly became the country's #1 zombie hunter - until science found the antidote to the virus that turns zombies into healthy humans again, retroactively making you the #1 mass murderer. | ######[](#dropcap)
The light was blinding. Took me a moment to survey my surroundings, four white walls, one-way mirror, large iron door, last thing I remember was... Was...?
I try to get up, only to find my arms handcuffed, legs too, and... A muzzle? Great, it's one of *those* encampments.
"Hey! I know you're list... | I'd be lying if I said that I can justify it to myself. That I could wash away the guilt by telling myself "I did the right thing", followed by a vodka chaser.
The same old comforting justification that I probably saved more lives than I took, winning fights with a bullet for the space in my head.
When the outbreak ... | 2022-01-17T13:22:33 | 2022-01-17T13:05:49 | 63 | 43 |
[WP] In the near future a company holding the only patent to a point-to-point teleportation system in widespread use is exposed as a fraud and the truth is more horrible than anyone expected it to be. | “Free Trips for the month of July.” The advert had sparked controversy through governments and their various iterations of CDCs. Concentrated travel of that magnitude…the crowds alone would breed a second Black Death with no mention of the rampant crime. Illegal immigrants would surge through Prilotec’s security barrie... | "Deconstruction. Obliteration. Complete removal of your entire being. This is the secret to teleportation. This is what must be done to accomplish such a feat. The one on the other side? That's not you, that is a copy, but who the hell cares? So you die? What makes the first you so special?" Herald spat through his dr... | 2014-08-25T10:18:29 | 2014-08-25T09:34:38 | 344 | 92 |
[WP] Give me the history textbook from your latest game of Civilization V. | Year 1550 A.D.
To my most esteemed enemy Attila the Hun,
You have finally done it, it is finished. My greatest fortress conquered,
my people enslaved, all the wealth of Japan now lies with you. You were like a force of nature relentless, striking without warning. How you greeted us as friends, allies, with a blade beh... | ###Chapter 7: The Great War of 1931 - 1969
The year is 1931, Bismarck the Terrible of Germany, as the other nations leader called him, had just conquered Songhai and Persia, securing his position on the continent. Being the first to discover that the world was round, Bismarck had large groups of scouting parties. He o... | 2015-02-11T16:54:25 | 2015-02-11T16:15:40 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] A horror story that doesn't involve one of the big three (Paranormal, Aliens, or a Psychopath) just to show me it can actually be done. | Marcus stared at his laptop. He first thought that he could write about killer robots. He then decided that may be considered cheating. That was almost a loop hole. He tapped his nails against his desk and thought "Maybe the scariest things are real problems" He thought about people in soul crushing debt, the loss... | "Dear fucking God! Is that thing alive?.." Dr. Henry tiptoes closer, adjusting his glasses and squinting to try and see in the lowlight. "Mario, hand me that flashilight and pole."
"No senor, I no, I no.." Mario frowns, struggling to find the words in his broken english.
"For fuckssake Mario! What the hell are we pa... | 2016-10-04T15:16:02 | 2016-10-04T14:48:14 | 98 | 45 |
[WP] Due to a loophole in the system, people can escape hell and get to heaven after death. You go to hell and all you see is Satan, just sitting there playing the harmonica. Everyone left him and now he's all alone. | There he was. The devil sat there by himself, legs dangling off of a ledge. He grasped a harmonica in his hands and between his lips, out of which came music that was not as sad as one might expect in such a situation. Rather, it was an utterly beautiful, complex piece that moved me to sadness because it had no audien... | He followed the lilting notes down empty corridors crusted with flecks of blood and gore.
He walked past cages crafted of bone that stood wide open, past the scattered and abandoned tools of torture. It was all too visceral to provide him with the illusion that he was drifting in some never-ending nightmare and would... | 2017-02-01T09:26:11 | 2017-02-01T09:11:17 | 74 | 19 |
[WP] Every night in your sleep you meet a successful-looking future you who tells you what you should do the next day. So far your life has gone well indeed, but one day you fall asleep during the daytime. You meet a tired, disheveled version of yourself who begs you not to listen to the other. | “Don’t do it.”
For years I had been receiving visions. Visions of a brighter future. A future where the worries of today; famine, war, poverty, were nightmares relegated to obscurity. A world where every man, woman and child could live out their lives in peace and harmony, free from the uncertainty that plagued them, ... | I am reading this journal one last time before I burn it, for some things are better left in the past.
* **May 15th, 2011, 7:30am.**
Last night was very strange. I sat up in bed, but my room was not my room. I struggled to get to sleep for two reasons: first, because the Law School Admissions Test was the next day, a... | 2017-04-01T06:47:09 | 2017-04-01T06:34:46 | 317 | 91 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | *3:30 AM, Atlanta*
The phone rang.
"This had better be worth waking my ass up."
"Flux. $500,000. If we lose power--."
"I'll do it if you make it six. Where?"
The caller accepted, a little too quickly. Damn. Could have got more.
The caller gave the address to a malfunctioning power station, and thanked Flux for assis... | I am not a good man.
James looked down at the table, sipping his water. Always the same look when he's got something on his mind. "What're you ordering," he says with a low voice. "I hear the, uh, steak and fries are great."
"Maybe just a coffee." I drummed the table lightly with my fingertips. "Look, J, I know that ... | 2017-04-02T09:25:08 | 2017-04-02T08:24:57 | 201 | 82 |
[WP] It's been 30 days since the nuclear war with North Korea and you are beginning to lose hope. There has been no radio broadcast, no military response, no aid. Suddenly, a man appears at your door. He is from the IRS, the only surviving branch of the federal government, and he is here to collect.
Inspired by [an ol... | I stared at the man in disbelief. I took him all in. The impeccable suit. The perfectly done hair, that flawless skin, the smooth, businesslike voice, and that dammed fake smile. It hadn't even been, what, a month since fallout came like death's cloak over the land? And yet, here he was, expecting *me* to pay him dues ... | Alright, I guess I will kick this off then because I am excited to see what people come up with. Shoutout to u/Ghosttwo for providing me with [the inspiration](https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/6takyx/comment/dljcvoq?st=J69Z02I0&sh=4c7cfec9)!
**Story time:**
A frail man dressed in human bones and sh... | 2017-08-12T17:48:51 | 2017-08-12T17:02:29 | 45 | 10 |
[WP] Earth has made contact with an alien race. There is a big event where earth's world leaders are meeting the alien queen publicly. You are in the crowd to watch the historical event. When the queen suddenly spots you, she disregards all protocol, comes to you and bows deeply. | "Deepest apologies Descendant, I did not know you would attend the ceremony. The safety of my people was guaranteed all those years ago when your went after the Other and chased it out of our system." the being said unto me. She rose. "On behalf of the Norma, I thank you. We still mourn the millions that returned to th... | I sat back in the crowd of of millions upon of millions of people, awaiting the alien queens arrival. Some people gleamed in excitement, while others quelled in fear. Me? I was pretty indifferent about these aliens coming to visit our planet for the first time, and I don’t care care if they enslave us, or if they welco... | 2018-12-05T18:14:15 | 2018-12-05T18:06:46 | 88 | 35 |
[WP] You are a time traveler entering a medieval tournament in which the winner gains the right to wed the princess. You're the first match and the king announces that you may use any weapon. Quickly you draw you're glock and shout "parry this you fucking casual" | My opponent was dead before he hit the ground. In hindsight, bring a Glock-18 to a medieval tournament might have been a little overkill.
Smoke billowed out of the barrel, forming plumes around my visage, I knew I looked kinda cool but to these people, I must’ve looked like a witch. Because that’s exactly what the men... | Advanced Author's note: Just a quick call out to both [SterlingMagleby](https://www.reddit.com/user/SterlingMagleby) and [Korijay](https://www.reddit.com/user/Korijay), who both had a similiar idea to mine, and beat me to posting.
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I should have thought this through better, I considered, as I dodged an arrow. Ser... | 2019-03-22T21:47:18 | 2019-03-22T21:25:10 | 1,094 | 389 |
[WP] "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king." Untrue, as it turns out. When a mysterious energy wave swept the world and took away vision for humans, you were the only one left with an eye, the wealthy and powerful are hunting you down for your working eyeball. | How could they find me, you ask? It was simple. They spread out, everywhere. Every house, every store, every street, every sidewalk and restaurant and mall, everywhere, they were there. And, as though that were not enough, they would taunt me. They would call out to me.
They only said one thing, but really, it w... | From the bell tower, I look down below at the once lush green meadow covered in a serene sheet of white. Over this blanket of crisp snow, I can see a horde of black dots slowly moving towards the tower. Sighing to myself, I slowly lean over my notebook and scribble down the thoughts swirling inside my mind. I turn on t... | 2019-04-19T19:20:43 | 2019-04-19T19:04:21 | 471 | 164 |
[WP] You are a well known hero, and today is the funeral of your spouse. Everyone has left the chapel, except for you and one other. As you turn around, you see it is your arch-nemesis. They stand there, looking sorrowful. "I'm so sorry for your loss. They were truly too good for this world." |
It was the only time I'd ever seen the man and didn't immediately want to punch his face.
"Cameron... I'm so sorry for you loss."
That was the first time I ever believed a word he said.
"They were... Truly too good for this world" the doleful tone resonating. His hand was clenched by his side. I'd heard from Mona... | She'd never really felt rain, not really. The facility she'd been raised in was in a southwestern desert; Nevada, she assumed, or New Mexico. If it did rain, no more than once or twice a year, they'd keep her and her twin in the bunkers. Where was Alayla, she wondered, scanning the sea of black umbrellas for a conspicu... | 2020-01-04T15:19:30 | 2020-01-04T14:42:57 | 142 | 33 |
[WP] All children are born with special powers and placed into different social classes based on their abilities. The top 1% is nearly untouchable and enslaves the rest of society. The lower classes unite to stop them and a war is raged. You’re born with powers that can tilt the tide either way. | At the bottom there’s Commoners. They were born without powers. Sterile, in a sense. They usually work simple jobs – farming or shop keeping. About half the population are Commoners.
Next come Mythics. They have minor powers, such as turning invisible for a short period or being stronger than ten Commoners put toget... | Quirks and abilities proved their worth ever since they have been proven non-anomalous. Powers became widespread, and it certainly did shock the world as the tides of war were not decided by the technology, firepower and numbers, rather than the ability to terraform land masses, burns thousands of troops with a single ... | 2020-04-04T00:08:45 | 2020-04-03T22:39:19 | 44 | 10 |
[WP] Pizza. That's it. Just pizza. You're sitting down to a hot, fresh pizza. And you're going to enjoy it, regardless of everybody around you trying to stop you. | “Drop the pineapple Chris.”
Chris’ hand lingered mid-air, a slice of perfectly cooked pineapple pizza dangling downwards. He was far to infatuated with the food’s sheer beauty to pay much attention to Robert, who at this moment was ranting about something to do with toppings - his queries becoming increasingly tireso... | "We can't let you eat that pizza, James," Jeremy spoke up, standing alongside two other people, blocking the plastic table that held a singular box of pizza on its surface, seemingly teasing Jame's as he drooled, droplets of water slowly dribbling from his mouth onto the white carpet that'd been blotted with brown stai... | 2021-06-27T15:20:02 | 2021-06-27T13:18:23 | 67 | 22 |
[WP] It's Halloween, the anniversary of when everyone became the costume they were wearing. Those who skipped Trick-or-treating or don't celebrate were lucky, but now they must live with friends and family who became "the cursed". | If I had known that magic was going to come back into the world on Halloween I definitely would've stayed away from the college party I was at...Seeing my closest friends turn into their costumes was beyond horrifying. Some got off lucky, turning into Princess peach or Willy Wonka Others...not so much; the apartment go... | Here in Sudan, we don't really get to celebrate holidays like Halloween and Christmas, like they do in the west. My only connection to them is the occasional Instagram post, and a few parties around the capital where the "westernized" youth go to offload their energy, before going about their business the next day. Her... | 2021-10-06T07:06:31 | 2021-10-06T02:20:26 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] Everyone only gets to lie three times in their life, so they only do so when it's an absolute must. This is the story of how someone lied three times in one day. | Mother liked to tell the story. They all had one.
Mom found me reaching for the cookie jar.
"What are you doing kiddo?"
"Nothing..."
"Were you trying to get a cookie and eat it?"
"No."
"What were you doing?"
"I was getting a cookie for you."
Most folks in the community called it good parenting. The practice i... | Adam came out from his coma sometime around the 5th day after he was admitted to the ICU.
Stefanie heard him stir, coughing in short spurts as he slowly regained his senses. She had been lightly dozing by his side, and she reached for his hand to calm him. Slowly, painfully, he opened his remaining good eye and strug... | 2014-11-15T16:32:21 | 2014-11-15T10:43:05 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] Death comes to collect one final life - God. | It was Saturday evening. Rain fell down as God was slouching in his great chair when someone knocked on the door. He slowly walked towards the great wooden door as if he was tired; the Great One, actually tired.
He opened the door and there was Death in the form of an old man with his trademark scythe, dripping wet fr... | The Universe was empty.
I mean, it had always been empty—what with all the SPACE and VOID and all—but now it was *really* empty. Not a breathing soul on a single planet, a single space station, a single over-stellar chariot.
It was all gone.
And you could chalk it all up to the man in the pale starship.
He used to... | 2015-05-07T09:32:13 | 2015-05-07T09:23:42 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] When you're in danger, time slows down. The more danger you're in, the more time slows down. You wake up and nothing is moving but you. | My power kicked in around the time I hit puberty. The effects of it seemed to grow with time, at the start if there was a life threatening danger time would slow usually just enough for me to escape. However now if my life was in danger time would slow by what I estimate to be about 70 times. I started experimenting wi... | Quiet.
Audrey blinked, staring at the dim, blurry plastic stars that dotted the ceiling above her bed. She pulled the covers over her eyes, blotting out the light, and smiled as the warmth of her blanket washed over her face. For the first time in days, she felt truly rested.
But why was it so dark?
Underneath he... | 2017-01-26T13:17:28 | 2017-01-26T13:05:25 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "A fine...mead?!" Rorik shouts over the din of the tavern. His companions smile and nod along with him as he sings some old barbarian tune.
Sings it wrong. They don't tell him that though.
Delia, the group's cleric leans over to their mage.
"Do you think he knows?"
Melvar just shakes his head and holds out a palm t... | I added a little twist but I think it's still good, non the less. Here.
"AAHHH! Tavian! I need your help!"
"What can I do?"
"Ray of Frost!? Something! ANYTHING! JUST GET THIS THING OFF ME!"
A small harmless slug had fallen onto Yeralia's shoulder, while the party was traveling out of the Forest of Traggleroot. Tavi... | 2017-09-15T07:29:21 | 2017-09-15T04:39:41 | 5,321 | 13 |
[WP] Everyones heard of a guardian angel but theres been some sort of mix up and you were given a guardian demon. | Damnit all, you clumsy oaf. There, we are back up on the ledge like nothing happened. I cannot believe how fragile your species is, how on earth are there billions of you, truly baffling if you ask me.
Oh right you can't see or hear me. Just as well I suppose, you squeal like you are dying when you see a tiny spid... | Gunpowder. That clinging, cloying sulfur smell, tendrils of it wisping through the craters and broken windows of what once had been a bustling school. The crunch of broken glass underfoot, the feel of dust on her face. This had been Corporal Annette Louiza Martinez's life for the last 6 hours. 6 hours of blistering hea... | 2017-10-13T06:07:01 | 2017-10-13T06:05:45 | 45 | 23 |
[WP]It's your first night on the job as a Park Ranger. Your partner gives you one last piece of advice before you start your first night shift together "If you are out in the woods and you hear a woman screaming, whatever you do, do NOT run towards the screaming." | The crunching of gravel beneath my boots kept me company on my walk back to the cabin. It hadn't been a bad night. I could definitely get used to this. No claustrophobic cubicle for me anymore. Just a lovely open forest. The reds, yellows, and oranges combined into a beautiful array of colors that made me excited for H... | 'I'm sorry, what?' I looked at Bill like he had just told me grape soda was made with oranges. "I'll say it one more time." His look never changing from one of absolute concern and sincerity, like a father telling his child not to do something incredibly stupid.
"If you're patrolling in the woods and you hear a woman s... | 2017-10-23T18:31:00 | 2017-10-23T18:22:00 | 45 | 25 |
[WP] Every country has ninjas but the world only knows about Japan's because theirs suck.
Edit: mum im famous | Conventions are my favorite time of the year. We all knew we were killers, and knowing who all the other killers were helped people get along. Sold a secret? Everyone would hunt you down the next day.
Everyone had their flair out, so you could have as much fun as you wanted while still fitting in. The Japanese would ... | The problem with Japan’s was that they tried to mass produce them. Sure, they got thousands of ninjas, but those guys belonged more in a circus than the battlefield. They could climb walls decently fast? Move around a little silent? Give me a break. The only real difference between them and the standard foot soldier wa... | 2017-11-16T08:24:14 | 2017-11-16T08:23:10 | 4,187 | 291 |
[WP]: You hate this one guy in particular. You also know witchcraft. So you cast a curse to slowly destroy the thing he loves the most. As time passes on, you find that nothing has changed, but you are starting to get sick. | She was a killer. A threat. A menace.
How dare he? How dare he wrestle her into submission, forcing her body into traps that kept her still. She cried as she was stolen away from her family, her people, her kind. What would they do without her? She was a necessity. The patience she possessed. An adept hunter and figh... | She was the love of my life, my muse, my reason for existence. Though we barely exchanged words i felt a deep connection the moment we looked into each others eyes. It had to have been meant to be. I knew i had to act soon so no one else could steal her away and she could finally become mine. Her vibrant yellow hair, b... | 2018-09-14T11:27:59 | 2018-09-14T10:34:46 | 31 | 10 |
[WP] A fiery ball crash lands in your backyard. You go over and inspect it, only to find a fully functioning Roomba with a knife taped to the front of it. | “KRAKAKOOM!”
The deafening sound of thunder boomed through the sky, as the meteor crashes into my backyard.
I leapt into the fiery inferno engulfing my house, as I dodged burning cinders many thoughts went through my head.
“What happened?”,
“Who did this?”
As I burst through the backdoor and into the yard, I... | Tracey peered into the small divot in her backyard. The smoke was still clearing, making it difficult to see what had crashed into her freshly mowed grass.
“Back up pup,” she said she tugged on the collar of her golden retriever.
She knew the dog was just as interested but didn’t want the vet visit from him burning... | 2019-03-03T06:49:40 | 2019-03-03T06:31:50 | 1,826 | 11 |
[WP] A fiery ball crash lands in your backyard. You go over and inspect it, only to find a fully functioning Roomba with a knife taped to the front of it. | Examining this roomba with a knife, only one thought crossed my mind. I immediately grabbed the roomba and set out for Austin, TX. Once landed, it only takes me 2 hours in a rented scooter to find the film studios down the way. I check in under a fake name and the fellow roomba as Mr. R. O. Omba. We make our way to the... | Tracey peered into the small divot in her backyard. The smoke was still clearing, making it difficult to see what had crashed into her freshly mowed grass.
“Back up pup,” she said she tugged on the collar of her golden retriever.
She knew the dog was just as interested but didn’t want the vet visit from him burning... | 2019-03-03T08:55:15 | 2019-03-03T06:31:50 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | By the time we made it to the stars, humanity had been through 4 world wars. It took 500 years to climb from the radioactive ruins of the third and the less said about the nanoplagues left from number 4... literally, some are keyword activated and the decon protocols aren't perfect.
When we arrived on the galactic sc... | I meet with the former High Marshall Tarsonis in the museum of The War of the Stars. We stand in the what has been called "The Scar" by both humanity and the former Alliance species, the site of the final battle before the Alliance surrendered to humanity and agreed to the terms it dictated. The hall covers the site of... | 2019-04-18T18:13:12 | 2019-04-18T16:41:56 | 179 | 81 |
[WP] After hours in the labor the doctor is finally holding your child. Before anyone can say anything, your baby speaks... "New life, who dis?" | Amy took the baby from the doctor, sure what she thought she heard was a fever dream or some complication of the pain killers. She looked down at her precious boy. Adam, she knew instantly.
Adam winked at her. Could babies wink?
It wasn't until years later, when the peculiar events with Adam moved from a handful to a... |
Life, Anisah found, had a way of taking from you things you hadn’t even known you had. She had never thought to doubt whether her daughter would be a newborn, and yet that was just a preconception she held. And it was stolen from her when her daughter struggled to speak moments after being born. She would have thoug... | 2021-03-24T20:04:37 | 2021-03-24T19:03:54 | 44 | 23 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | 2022-01-23T16:21:49 | 2022-01-23T14:08:11 | 334 | 244 |
[WP] In his dying breaths, Weird Al reveals his final parody target: himself. He had a team of scientists scan his brain and his band's brains to create an algorithm that will continue to take in new songs and create parodies for us until the end of time. Behold: Weird A.I. | It was funny at first, but that went away so quick.
Weird Al was beloved even throughout his presidency in 2028. His decision to spend part of our defense budget to create Weird A.I. was odd, but no one objected him.
The system spread like a virus. Infecting millions of devices world wide. Weird A.I. was listening. E... | I checked the monitor on my screen, nineteen eighty-something, we had arrived.
Stumbling out of the phone booth, I gulped and went pale. There he was, the legend himself! Eating lasagna while listening to “La Bamba.” I was witnessing history in the making, he was about to come up with the idea for the parody so... | 2022-04-28T15:28:25 | 2022-04-28T13:38:06 | 123 | 68 |
[WP] A mentor, who is used to teaching poorly behaved, bratty and insecure teenagers how to be a proper hero, faces their biggest challenge yet. Teaching a mature, well-mannered and mentally stable teenager. | “Put your back into it, you maggot!” Sergeant Brisker shouted at the darkly dressed hero-in-training.
“It’s . . . heavy,” the teen said, struggling to lift the truck.
“Is that what you told your mother when she was pinned underneath one last year?”
The teen grit her teeth. “No.”
“What DID you tell her?”
“I was goi... | #WalkMan & Dr. Doomsday
I stared at the unconscious man through the bars and super suppression field of his cell. He was the only occupant in the super powered wing of the holding cells at the Fortress of Doomitude, and nobody was even sure what his powers were. All we knew about the man was the name Kurt, his sel... | 2022-08-17T09:52:48 | 2022-08-17T07:17:43 | 517 | 52 |
[WP] A mentor, who is used to teaching poorly behaved, bratty and insecure teenagers how to be a proper hero, faces their biggest challenge yet. Teaching a mature, well-mannered and mentally stable teenager. | "I don't know what to do with her."
Another sip of stew passes my lips. Hot, comforting, reminding me of winter nights in the highlands, before the skies fell.
My wife nods, breaking a piece from the freshly baked bread. Unleavened, of course. An instructor's pay doesn't leave much in the budget for luxury. And my wi... | #WalkMan & Dr. Doomsday
I stared at the unconscious man through the bars and super suppression field of his cell. He was the only occupant in the super powered wing of the holding cells at the Fortress of Doomitude, and nobody was even sure what his powers were. All we knew about the man was the name Kurt, his sel... | 2022-08-17T11:22:33 | 2022-08-17T07:17:43 | 70 | 52 |
[WP] Your kind has conquered countless worlds. Your aren't particularly strong, but you have a dirty trick up your sleeve. One which is currently being thwarted for one simple reason. Out of every species you've fought, humans are the only one that doesn't typically eat random crap off the ground. | I am the Conqueror of Worlds. My kind has conquered countless worlds, and for one simple reason: we are not bound by the same limitations as other species. We are not limited by our strength or our size. We are not limited by our lack of wings or claws.
No, we are limited only by our imagination and our ingenuity.
B... | "So, Oooaaauuu, how is it going?"
First Claimer sighed at this question. Of course, Vessel Commander have a right to know about status of ongoing operations, but his timing is just obnoxious. Why he questions Oooaaauuu during his lunch break? Like, isn't working hours exist for, well, work?
"We are only getting start... | 2022-09-20T11:11:25 | 2022-09-20T10:57:08 | 725 | 208 |
[WP] You’re suddenly transported to another world where magic is cast by perfectly pronouncing an ancient language. This language happens to be your native tongue | I appear in the middle of a forest. I have never been here before but there is something strange about it. Something mysterious. I can't quite place it, but dare I say that it might be enchanted? Something about the trees and the colors. The way the vines fall around, and the way the animals stare. It certainly doesn't... | **(SIDE NOTE: First Time Writer, long time lurker)**
**(ADDITIONAL NOTE: Post contains some curse words)**
**(P.S.S. You will intentionall see words used wrong when spells are cast by the dwellers of the "other world" as they are using broken english, where as the MC will use "perfect english")**
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[WP] Humanity is visited by a cosmic horror the likes of which has only been seen in Lovecraftian horror. In desperation, Earth throws everything we have at it, and, miraculously, the human race has killed a God. Somewhere in a realm beyond our understanding, the other gods speak of the event. | **They have died.**
*Meddled with a black hole again?*
**Tried to embrace an organic species.**
*And when did They die?*
**The species killed They.**
*...you are mistaken, We.*
**The waves have been clear enough. They have died at the hands of a small, organic species.**
*That is impossible. How could-*
"I keep... | # Soulmage
**Ameth-ta had ten thousand eyes, and every last one of them was weeping.** Rashe-son-del slammed a tankard of fermented souls into its three-lobed maw, drunkenly cursing. That Which Seeks offered Ameth-ta a sheet-shaped cloud of interstellar dust; Ameth-ta noisily blew its nose upon its projection in exosp... | 2022-12-12T08:58:57 | 2022-12-12T06:44:53 | 2,312 | 364 |
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