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[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | Angela was scared for the first time in her life. Her parents, now quietly standing in the corner of her room, had hidden from her the giant part of her life.
She has a brother.
"How could you do this!" She screamed, her anglic wings now scruffed " Do you know what that means? That boy, now man can be as strong as... | It was early in the morning, I could hear the birds chirping. I opened my eyes just a little only to see my little girl Jessy there. I was happy to see her until I realized she was holding a knife. That was the 5th time this week she has woke me up like this. I wish we would have kept her brother. We noticed from a you... | 2020-05-07T08:30:59 | 2020-05-07T08:18:26 | 33 | 17 |
[WP] "Never get into a fight with an Earther. They are conditioned in 1G from birth. You will never build that kind of strength out here. But if you have no choice, wrestle. It's better to be ragdolled than to have your orbital shattered by the first punch." | "How tough can it be? Look at it. It has no claws, no fangs...it can't even grip with its hind appendages."
"It can kick, though."
"Right, sure, but no claws like I said, not even hooves. Just really malformed manipulators."
"Look, Angroood. I'm just telling you. Humans are great when you're in a tough spot. C... | To a Spacborn the galaxy held two truths. One, that you could never trust an Earthborn to do anything but enrich themselves. And two, that to fight an Earthborn hand to hand was suicide.
The first truth had been known for nearly five centuries, since the day of the Great Schism when all across Earth and her colonies t... | 2021-02-08T18:46:24 | 2021-02-08T14:06:06 | 1,008 | 282 |
[WP] There is a procedure offered to the wealthy and powerful that allows their minds to be transferred to the brain-dead body of an anonymous individual. Except it's fake, the volunteer is actually trained in every minute detail of the person's life to assume their identity as if they were them.
This prompt was inspi... | “You’re not my husband,” Lorelei said.
Martin, as was currently his name, looked at his wife. “Sweetheart?”
“It’s not that I mind. You at least pretend to love me in a way he stopped bothering to do, not long after we married. But all the same, you’re not him.”
Martin leaned back into the plush armchair and consider... | The worst part of all is being trapped between two women.
Both are dead, one to me and one to the world, and in truth they could not be more different. Isabella is darkness and light balanced. She is a favorite book open upon a bed, pages I could recite endlessly and still come back to. She is brown skin and brown hai... | 2021-07-02T07:09:46 | 2021-07-02T06:45:31 | 1,270 | 39 |
[WP] You were told your gift for light magic was a blessing. Your wit and talent could make you into a legendary healer. But you're not a gentle person. The charred corpses of your enemies can attest to that. | They say light magic is only good for healing. You could make a small light, just enough to read at night. Maybe a flash of light to blind your enemy, giving you a chance to run. Fighting with it would be foolish, stick to being on the back lines and healing.
Those fools can’t even comprehend the power of light. If th... | "A clean slate. I pray for a clean slate," answered Sofia, sitting at the edge of a wooden bank in the church of Sant Elm.
Sant Elm was a coastal village at the edge of Spain, a beautiful, clear and sunny beach destination for tourists. Hills rose beyond the beach, and the residential buildings were built on the upwar... | 2021-08-21T10:25:27 | 2021-08-21T07:38:33 | 25 | 16 |
[WP] A woman discovers a horrifying collection of VHS tapes in a landfill, each showing a disaster in the future she can try to prevent. | Most people wouldn't have had a VHS player to play them. Most people wouldn't have looked twice at the moudly plastic bags holding the tapes. Most people wouldn't have been at the dump looking for things to begin with. But Anna always provided herself on thinking a little differently to everyone else. Seeing things tha... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 6, Part 8: Clara Olsen v.s. The Future)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**You always found the best things in the garbage.** Oh, sure, you wouldn't be digging up any Anhertz-class... | 2022-05-08T23:22:04 | 2022-05-08T21:21:10 | 67 | 19 |
[WP] You are severely depressed and are given a service dog to help you through it. However, due to a mixup, you are given a dog that is actually much more depressed than you. The main thing that gets you up in the morning is knowing that you need to be the service human for your dog.
Edit: I was not expecting this to... | I didn't even know dogs could get depressed. Sure, I've seen dogs pout and whine when their master was gone for the day, but full-blown depression? Never. But there was not a doubt in my mind Frost was depressed.
The first morning after I got him, I expected to be woken up by a squirrely dog jumping on my bed giving ... | “Still looking, huh? Yeah, sometimes I find myself doing that too. You keep thinking one day you will see them pull into the driveway and everything will go back to normal. At least you wish that would happen.”
I gave the old dog a pat on the back, taking a spot next to him on the couch. His brown eyes only f... | 2022-11-01T08:17:26 | 2022-11-01T08:00:55 | 1,257 | 251 |
[WP] A boy's bully follows him home, only to encounter the boy's sociopath brother. | "Whatsamatter faggot? You scared?!" Chad was screaming at him from a few steps behind as Matt tried to walk faster.
"I told you that I'd beat the shit out of you after school! Running away is just going to make it worse!"
Matt had been here before... the bullying had been his own personal hell for years. He had tried... | *Was wondering about an entire family that was twisted and broken, and decided to use one facet of it to build on the sociopathic youngest son*
It was his little smirk. I couldn't get over it. Every single time I pushed him into a wall, taxed his lunch money, or insulted him he just gave a dumb little grin and brush... | 2013-12-07T09:19:07 | 2013-12-07T07:50:50 | 39 | 28 |
[WP] An almost forgotten old God(ess) visited the deathbed of his last follower; The God will die with him/her
No specifics for the God(ess)'s domain; can be cruel or kind. s/he may or may not be aware of its own termination once the follower dies.
EDIT: Damn you guys, you make me tear up. | PATIENT NAME: EIJI NAKAMURA
AGE: 144
DISEASE: STAGE 4 PANCRATIC CANCER, METASTASIZED TO LIVER, COLON, STOMACH
TREATMENT SUGGESTED: TRANSFER OF CONSCIOUSNESS TO DIGITAL FORM
TREATMENT APPLIED: NONE AT PATIENT'S REQUEST
REPORT FROM HEAD DUTY NURSE ON APRIL 13, 2245 FOLLOWS
The patient had a visi... | The man walked slowly through the hospital corridor, almost with a limp. He looked old and frail, his sunken eyes hidden behind thick sunglasses that concealed a watchful eye. A silvery white beard draped over tattered clothing. He didn't look different from most of the street types that wandered in with some drug over... | 2014-06-22T15:51:29 | 2014-06-22T14:36:06 | 244 | 26 |
[WP][TT] It's almost your 16th birthday, and your parents congratulate you. But they warn you that you may have inherited something from the family line that may appear the moment you turn 16. If you do inherit, you have to continue a long family tradition. | Nothing happened on my birthday, aside from the usual festivities. Heck, for most of the year nothing happened. The family legacy, mysterious as it was, had apparently passed me by, or so I thought.
It was January of the next year, about two months before my 17th birthday, that something interesting finally happened... | Sit down, son. We need to talk.
In a few minutes, you'll be sixteen. Not a kid any more - in some places, you'd already have started work. So, maybe hand out a few more of those applications, right, at the weekend?
Alright, alright. That's not what I wanted to talk about. Just thought I'd mention it.
Your mother an... | 2015-11-28T08:37:04 | 2015-11-28T08:13:49 | 103 | 70 |
[WP] Everyone receives a letter when they turn 18 stating how they will die. You've just received your letter, and it's blank. | I dropped the piece of paper. "This is awesome" I thought, "I'm immortal! I can do anything!" and ran out the door laughing at all the things I would try. As the letter drifted to the floor it turned and landed face side up, where two words were printed clearly; "Severe stupidity". | **Thank you for calling the Department of Intrinsic Ends. To help us guide your call, please select the number...**
I pushed zero repeatedly until the recording went silent.
**1) Availability of psychological services in your area.**
With a sigh I settled deeper into the tub to wait.
**2) Department of Future Legal... | 2017-01-17T15:58:50 | 2017-01-17T15:19:11 | 46 | 16 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | "Oh. My. God. Rebecca. What?"
"Steve! Thank goodness you're here. I need help."
"Yeah... I know... What is it this time? Homework? Dishes? Need something heavy moved?"
"No."
"Well, what is it then?"
"I... I can't open this jar."
"What?!? Seriou..."
"Steve! That's not the only thing. I. I'm. I'm also out of toile... | “You know, have you ever tried being responsible for your own shit, instead of relying on some witches curse to have me do your laundry?”, Shane snarked at Sandra.
“You’re just too convenient.”, she smirked, looking Shane up and down.”Besides, it’s more important than my laundry.” Sandra had gotten into some trouble w... | 2017-03-22T14:45:31 | 2017-03-22T14:43:57 | 116 | 47 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | Laura held the mug in her hand and stared up and in front of her. The first shelf of the cabinet was full of plates and bowls. The second shelf was for glasses, and there may have been a little space. She packed the glasses more closely, eliminating empty space between glasses, effectively transferring it all to one sp... | I’ve always loved the very first moments of the day - That time when you’re only half-awake, and the warm softness of sleep is still heavy around your mind. You somehow have the sense that the world has narrowed to just you, and perhaps the vague imitation of reality found in your dreams. I didn’t think that it could g... | 2017-03-22T17:00:16 | 2017-03-22T15:28:02 | 44 | 29 |
[WP] If, when you die, you don't get into heaven, there is an option to try again, and get in the next time. There is a man who has been trying for millennia; he has been Ghengis Khan, Hitler, and many other brutal leaders. That man is you, and this time, you're determined to get it right. | Each lifetime seemed to me only a moment. I had always forcefully forged a path, etching my name in the memories of past world's inhabitants to be passed on for eternities to come.
I have been here a thousand times before. That short and sweet gift of existence, the driving hunger and motivation to succeed, to change... | "Patience. Restraint."
This man looks at me from under his glasses. I see the slight nodding of his head. He thinks he understands me. What I need, what I want. How he can fix me.
"So those are the qualities you feel you can improve on?" he asks me. The tone of his voice is condescending, egregiously self-secure. He ... | 2017-03-31T12:19:09 | 2017-03-31T05:57:51 | 92 | 14 |
[WP] You join the military, you are placed in the gardeners program. You garden in exotic places where the military has done operations, each time they give special glasses and forbid spraying others. One day your glasses fall off and you see you are actually burning corpses with a flamethrower. | I took my glasses off for the first time in a long time... then I wiped them off with my shirt and put them back on. There was no time to waste, our team's engineer yelled out "SPY ZAPPIN' MAH SENTRY!" As the team's only pyro, I quickly ignited the enemy spy and took out my trusty homewrecker. With one clean swing the ... | *From that day on, I knew what I was doing was a lie. A complete lie.*
"Not coming to dinner tonight, Jay?" Mata said as he put on his shoes, "Heard we are eating ribs tonight." Sickness coiled inside my stomach.
"I'll pass, a bit tired," I said, hiding myself under the blanket, attempting to find some sort of comfor... | 2017-06-20T04:00:15 | 2017-06-20T03:35:51 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] Everyone is allowed to recall a specific memory 10 times before it gets wiped from their mind. | He sat on a front porch, he assumed it was his own.
He was old, somewhere past 80. His gray hair was frazzled and his nametag 'Mike' was worn. He needed a new one, but he knew this one was special from... somewhere.
A woman came out the front door, dusting the flour of her hands off on her apron. Beth. Her short whit... | Atlas clicked the memory chips between his fingers, thinking hard. He kept his anxiety pinned firmly behind his eyes, where no one at the table could see them.
He was one of three left at the poker table, and he seemed to be racing them to third place. With one finger he itched under his T-shirt collar, casually, as i... | 2017-08-04T08:03:08 | 2017-08-04T06:30:33 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You are secretly an alligator posing as a human to infiltrate their society. One day, someone says "see you later, alligator!" and you think your cover is blown. | "See you later alligator!" the man said to me.
*My cover was blown. I had to think fast.
He was looking at me with a stupid grin on his face, taunting me with his knowledge of my identity. I must have stood there too long because he took a step toward me*
Hey man, when I say that, you have to say "After a while cr... | “It’s been 4 days and I’m starting to be able to walk. Cooping myself up in this hotel room is starting to get to my head. But it must be done. I can’t use a walker forever. It draws too much attention to myself but it’ll draw more attention if I crawl on my belly. It’ll all be over. I need to get accustomed. That son ... | 2018-05-07T12:46:09 | 2018-05-07T12:28:30 | 235 | 10 |
[WP] Most space fairing species are logical beings; when they learn that nothing can go faster than the speed of light they accept it and deal with that limit. The space community is then shocked when Humans, an illogical species with a strong obsession with science fiction, turn up with FTL travel.
(FTL meaning faste... | It was slow. It was always limited.
As a species grew, the wheel of invention always turned slow. The first tool, the first flame, the first planted crops. Hundreds, thousands, or more years between each. And as the species advanced, the wheel began to turn faster and faster.
Till it could no more.
When physics them... | \- The space congress has started - says Huhzbi the current leader of the space congress for scientific development and logic, while a computer translator translates to English - and we are here to welcome our new members, self named earthlings, representing the Star System Y896, Galaxy U7 of the cuadrant B4, or Solari... | 2019-12-21T07:18:29 | 2019-12-21T06:51:26 | 1,431 | 67 |
[WP] The hero was blessed with the power to bring people back to life, resurecting their companions to keep up the fight against the dark lord. Which is why it’s odd that they brought you, the dark lord that they fought against back to life. | In as harsh a voice as I have ever managed, "why did you bring me back. Was killing me once not enough?" It is only then that I note their appearance; older; more worn; many more pain lines than laugh lines. "I see. You have run into something you cannot handle, and think *I* will help you. That is genuinely amusin... | The battlefield was scorched and burnt. So many fallen... it would take weeks to revive them all. And those are the ones with bodies left to recover... the battle was, in fact, still raging. Archers loosing arrows, steel striking steel, and the shouts of military orders rang across the battlefield like funeral bells on... | 2019-12-26T14:53:47 | 2019-12-26T14:34:43 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] Every morning when you first look in a mirror, you see a small piece of advise for that day, such as “take the subway to work” or “don’t try the free pizza”. Today, the mirror simply says, “RUN” | Usually the messages were innocuous and random, but not this time. The words on my mirror had always been helpful to me, and I came to imagine it as my guardian angel. I was careful not to tell anyone how I seemed to always have some prescient knowledge about the challenges of my day; I feared that anyone I told would ... | I often have attempted to ignore the advice, or read into it to try and figure out what it is advising me to avoid. I had a day where I checked to make sure my shoes were tied every time I left a building. That day there was an instance where I stepped outside, noticed they were untied, and then bent down to tie them.
... | 2020-06-07T23:11:25 | 2020-06-07T23:02:59 | 52 | 36 |
[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... | “Okay, you’re going to have to back up.” Hemitilda said while trying to keep her brain from melting. “First off, I have no idea what Pokémon are. Secondly,”
“P-Pokémon are -“ a little boy named Russel says as he shoots up his hand.
“Russel,” the goddess interjects “we talked about this. You raise your hand AND THEN ... | All that can be heard is soft thrumming. The world pulses with the Worldsong, a gentle violin mixed with the exuberance of a trumpet, a song of constant-shifting tempo and tune, but the ancient being does not stir. For centuries, the ancient being has slept.
Something changes. The world’s melody shifts. A soft xy... | 2021-09-02T11:05:56 | 2021-09-02T10:15:48 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You’re a wizard with a really bad taste in partners. The most stable relationship in your life seems to be with the demon you’ve made a pact with. The next time you summon them in the middle of battle they show up with a bouquet of flowers. | "Um..." I was completely and utterly perplexed, I hadn't expected to be a target of an entire Bandit Tribe looking for an easy score but CERTAINLY not on being the receiving end of flowers.
Of all the partners or friends I've had in my life, none of them had given flowers before. So it was certainly strange to be give... | The summoning was the usual, or so I thought. Magic circle, a drop of blood, and the flames. Then Fraggsla appeared in a ball of flames. You know, the standard summoning. But Fraggsla looked a bit different: when did it grow boobs? I wouldn’t have noticed it, as they were covered by a huge bouquet of flowers, but when ... | 2022-02-09T11:31:48 | 2022-02-09T11:04:54 | 64 | 44 |
[WP] You're a retired villain who now runs a 24-7 grocery store. One day a new hero decides to ambush you in your own store. | (I’ve split this story into four parts through four different writing prompts! They are technically standalone, but they tell a more complete story together. This is part four of four, and you can find the previous (third) part here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/zqs5dl/comment/j10vtqo/?utm\_source=... | There was once a quiet, out of the way little grocery store on a streetcorner in the suburbs. It was close to closing time, but there was one family left buying some Icee cones for the road, as they were on a long trip and just passing through. A clerk named Benjamin watched as the Dad bought a Cola-flavored cone, the ... | 2022-12-20T10:47:30 | 2022-12-20T06:24:08 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] Hell is unleashed on Earth, but Satan's armies were not prepared for humanity's modern weapons and technology. Now humanity has invaded the depths of Hell, and the demons are fighting a losing battle. | "How goes the fight?"
"We found another forty legions of ex-military in here. They're all itching to pull a jailbreak."
"Arm them."
"Orders from Command were to wait until-"
"Soldier, you know where we are right now?"
"Yessir. That has been made clear to us."
"What happens if you get KIA while already in the afte... | Dear Diary:
Still can't believe I'm writing in Hell, and I'm not even dead or anything like that. What surprises me more is the fact that we're winning this fight.
Before all hell broke loose, I was an atheist. A pure atheist, I mean I subscribe to /r/atheism, I follow guys like Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkin... | 2016-09-02T20:41:19 | 2016-09-02T20:22:41 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] You get a deep cut for the first time in your life, instead of bone or muscle, you see wires. | When it happened, a wave of understanding surged through my soul.
It occured while I prepped food. My fish knife lost control, and tore open a flimsy section of skin.
It stang, but only on the edges.
Morbid curiosity lead me to look inside the dry 'wound'.
A flashlight revealed that inside my left arm was a complex... | Steven locked the door behind him and sat on his bed. Today was the last straw; He wasn't going to endure this suffering any longer. Whenever he tried to reach out, build a meaningful connection with another person, all he realized was just how defective he was when compared to everyone else. His parents didn't seem to... | 2016-09-12T09:44:19 | 2016-09-12T09:43:03 | 83 | 53 |
[WP] Lonely and bored, you developed a secret language, that you consistently use to talk to yourself. One day, when you mutter something under your breath, a stranger replies with ease. | "That's impossible." I thought to myself, "I couldn't have just heard that". So I tried something else and muttered another word.
The reply was as fast as the first except this time it sounded like he was actually correcting me! And now the guy was stepping off the bus. I had to know.
I pushed my way franticall... | PART I
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"Don't forget to hand this back with all of the proper signatures this time," the supervisor said to me with that godforsaken smile inevitably plastered to her face. That smile meant, "I'd kill you if we were in apocalypse conditions, but I have to be nice to you." I tried my best to keep my eyes i... | 2016-10-10T09:19:59 | 2016-10-10T09:09:59 | 117 | 29 |
[WP] Upon dying, you, a serial killer, are sentenced to experience the lives of all those that you killed.
Edit: Thanks, all, for chiming in and upvoting. Or downvoting, since this is apparently something of a common concept. Sorry about that. Would you believe me if I said I didn't mean to be a reposting karma whore?... | I'm gasping for breath.
This is the two-hundred seventy-third time I've had to live through someone's life. Growing up in a small town in Poland, seeing this person's love and hatred, wins and losses, and everything that made them who they were. And inevitably, like all the others, watching through their eyes as the ... | They decided to test-run the idea on the 'Blade and Flame' killer. Real name, Leonard Stiles: notorious for cutting up his 50 victims, before torching them while still breathing.
He'd get a little trip down memory lane before death, courtesy of LifeChip technology. The chips had already been widespread in society when... | 2016-11-13T14:15:44 | 2016-11-13T12:14:23 | 186 | 66 |
[WP] Write a villain who is terrifying not just because of what they do, but because they almost convince us they're doing the right thing. | It is a terrible thing which I do. It is a terrible thing which must be done. On the lonely highway south of town when a dog lays crippled on the deep shoulder of the asphalt with legs ruined by the tractor trailer, you drive past and you think:
"Someone should do something."
In the dark night, the wind of the speedi... | This galaxy has a goddess and a god. The goddess is the Goddess of Dust and the god is the God of Wet. All dusty creatures come to know this truth because it is told to us by the Goddess of Dust herself, who is our Goddess, who loves her dusty things, and every day sings to her dusty things, and whelps her dusty crea... | 2017-10-27T19:28:30 | 2017-10-27T19:12:06 | 531 | 138 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | "Are you sure?" In his awe inspiring majesty the angel of death gestured to the black gate that seemed to create soot which fell from its bars.
"Yep."
"Very well, your eternity awaits." At the angel's push the gates opened inward revealing a bleak landscape devoid of anything welcoming. Then the powerful being vanish... | And so it goes. Everything was a blur amongst the tornado of flashing lights and somber moods. Gravity itself subsided as they wheeled me into the ICU. I wanted to focus but my mind was clouded by nurses shouting and the cries of my wife as she stood over my lifeless body.
They talk about that moment, the one where y... | 2018-08-13T10:12:41 | 2018-08-13T09:52:05 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] The Grim Reaper is the first human to die, and had taken it upon himself to walk the deceased to the afterlife so that they do not have to feel the loneliness he felt. | I used to have a name.
A name that does not evoke fear into people's minds.
It has been so long since I thought about the days before my wool-braided clothes that have now dilapidated and unwoven into what more resembles a cloak.
So long since I felt physical touch with my *skin* which has now completely atrophied a... | Time works differently here, this empty path that shape-shifts into what the recipient considers a dear or important location in their last life. I know I met this person before, I recognize the now dry country-side pathway, the dirty almost black and white filter above everything, black painted plants shivering as the... | 2019-07-10T12:15:09 | 2019-07-10T11:41:41 | 71 | 25 |
[WP] You’re considered the stealthiest person in your spy school because no one has ever caught you during stealth class; therefore, you are chosen to carry out a very urgent and dangerous mission alone. However, the reason no one could find you during class is because you skipped every one of them. | Part of being a good agent is knowing the difference between the truth and a lie. It’s about being able to decipher when someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes and when they’re... not.
Friend or foe? Life or death?
But what about being able to lie? Meh, that's not as important. Yes it is! See? That was a l... | "The Hawk's on his way," I grimaced into the two-way, rearranging my smile into the most confident one I could muster. "Tell him not to worry too much."
Throwing the contraption down, I attempted to distract myself by imagining that the dull sound of the submarine's motors had some discernible rhythm. The music of the... | 2020-04-17T21:13:51 | 2020-04-17T20:03:13 | 434 | 106 |
[WP] People gain superpowers the day after meeting their soulmate. When a hot young celebrity does so the day after a meet-and-greet, they're desperate to find every person who they even just shook hands with that day. | “Yes! I know it’s a lot to ask but I’ll have my manager talk to you about compensation, okay?”
The venue owner was not making it easy to get the security footage of yesterday’s meet-and-greet. Or torture sessions, as Tisha Holiday had joked to her band mates. And all of them had been, mostly, until yesterday.
Josh w... | I’ve been doing meet and greets for years now it seems and they always end up the same way, I either get mobbed by a bunch of crazy girls, moms mob me and ask for pictures or guys mob me and ask for advice on how to get the girls that mob me. It’s all a bit tedious but this is the price you have to pay when you’re a su... | 2020-07-29T08:44:10 | 2020-07-29T08:42:01 | 368 | 41 |
[WP] Years of being a graveyardkeeper next to a necromancer cult, you've grown adept at slaying reanimated corpses, too adept. the locals have started thinking you're a paladin. Just because you kill undead... and suddenly can perform miracles, and can sense evil intent, doesn't make you a paladin. | I don't do this because I *like it*, you know. I do it, because a man needs a hobby.
Do you like to drink? I *loved* drinking. Loved every mouth warming, throat numbing second of it. Loved being drunk, loved sleeping in, and pissing for five minutes with a headache. Great times! Doesn't matter anymore; my godda... | Somewhere along the line Sarah had learned a few things about the alternative uses of a shovel. First, it could serve as an impromptu pole-arm or perhaps a spear if she broke the blade off. Second, it was as trusty a club as any invented this side of the Great Rift, capable of putting the nearby cultists to sleep when ... | 2021-01-31T09:42:18 | 2021-01-31T09:37:27 | 242 | 158 |
[WP] You just died. You expected to just fade into nothing, go to some type of afterlife, anything. You did not except for an option bar to pop up, saying 'You can now play as a cat'. | Julia never really enjoyed being sober; facing reality was something she was constantly pushing off to later. She could get away with it, too, since all of her friends thought she was a blast at parties and she gave them free drugs. Tonight, however, she had taken things too far. She was in the bathroom with a few peop... | Dimo had the striking realization that he was going to die seconds before it actually happened. And weirdly, he didn’t feel too scared. He watched the train coming with a certain detachment. He watched the two blaring headlights, felt the ever-increasing rumble of the ground beneath him, and listened to the deafening w... | 2021-02-16T10:12:11 | 2021-02-16T07:38:20 | 100 | 53 |
[WP] When you were trying to recruit the best healer healer around for your adventuring party, you were expecting a gentle, pretty healer girl. Not a grizzled middle aged woman who looks like she can wrestle a bear and has an attitude to match. | "What did you expect, a princess?" The Healer's tone matched her sneer.
"Well, yes, actually. In my experience healers are gentle, tender souls who care for nature and its beauty." The Warrior tried to speak softly to avoid upsetting the bear of a woman that was the healer. He couldn't help admire her broad should... | "Ma'am" came the voice that seemed to grip his earlobe and twist upwards. He looked up from the stack of paperwork to see a looming shape hanging over him, not really blocking the light inside the pub, more like eclipsing it. Finding his senses after what seemed liked far too long, he realized his mouth was open.
... | 2021-12-22T07:34:00 | 2021-12-22T07:13:06 | 120 | 48 |
[WP] Humanity colonized the galaxy so long ago that it is has forgotten its origins. On a routine scouting mission, you come across a planet that has a handful of pyramid-like structures and a mountain with what resembles 4 human faces. | *Mission 402.* I dock on a tall cliffside. Atmospheric readings indicate that the air outside is non-toxic, but I complete the customary checks, latching my suit into place and tightening it like a second set of skin stretched over my bones. The air here has far more oxygen than expected or even preferred. Nothing my s... | Ley stepped off the ship, telecom in hand, her boots landing harshly against gravel. Everything felt so different on this planet. The sky blue, the surface covered in green plant matter, and more gravity than Ley had ever felt before. “Don’t just stand there, keep a move on.” Commander Sheffields voice boomed through t... | 2022-03-12T00:09:28 | 2022-03-11T21:43:16 | 247 | 21 |
[WP] your EX keeps summoning spirits, gods, and demons to destroy you but it seems they like you too much to do it. | "I am Nergal scourer of the broken! Collector of souls!" The demon burst into the apartment.
The spirit sighed, "Hi there Nerg, I'm ผีอำ, you want a beer?"
"Where is the mortal Frederick Jeffson? Tell me!" Pillars of flame shot through his eyes.
"Fred's making breakfast, can we talk? You know, Thai nightmare spirit ... | I am strapped to a chair, hands and feet tied, as I watched my former lover chant some ridiculous language at the top of her lungs. The figures behind her echo her words, so if seen from a different perspective, it’s almost like they’re singing in a choir. It’s been like this for a while, though I can’t exactly explain... | 2022-03-31T07:18:48 | 2022-03-31T07:18:31 | 107 | 20 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | "It's been 20 years, Un," my old crime-fighting partner, Gold Grizzly, said.
"20 good years," I interjected.
"They have been good years," he agreed, "but I was saying, it's been a long time, and I still don't know your power."
"These good looks, obviously," I said with a giggle.
"Seriously," he said, "you know that... | Number one. The federal registry confirms it. The deference I am shown in the street re-affirms it. Everyone is sure of it… Everyone but me.
Number one. It doesn’t necessarily mean I am the most powerful. Really all it denotes is an ability for survival. In a world which went to sleep powerless and woke up with powe... | 2014-12-18T18:39:49 | 2014-12-18T18:34:04 | 63 | 14 |
[WP] Robot sex partners are common for both sexes. At a companion market meet a partner and leave together. After a night of wild abandon you get up to use the bathroom and your partner is already in there. You look at each other and both instantly realize you were with another human. | David was augmented quite literally up to his eyeballs, but the spatter of urine around the toilet seat and the half-done line of coke on the cistern revealed the truth. Jerry suddenly felt very exposed and reached for a towel to cover himself.
"You're human," he said.
David switched the shower door from opaque to t... | *plunk*
Jim rolls over, uneasily and slightly awakened by the noise.
*vvvvvvvfffff!*
Jim opens his eyes, unsure if he actually just heard something.
*plunk* .... *plunk*
"The faucet is leaking again." He thinks to himself.
*vvvffff!*
Jim sighs but has confidence he will be able to sleep through the noise, but ju... | 2015-09-15T17:28:52 | 2015-09-15T17:14:20 | 76 | 34 |
[WP] In an alternate timeline, dinosaurs in the Eastern hemisphere are wiped out by the cataclysm, but those in the Americas survive the fallout. Millions of years later, a crew of European explorers land on the shore of the New World...
My first idea for a writing prompt, please have fun with it! :)
edit: These st... | "Green things with fangs, unfriendly looking", I told the captain.
They looked at me like I expected them to look. They didn't believe one word and I wouldn't have either in their position. I used the bottle of whisky. One sip, two sips.
"Green- and large?", he said.
Three sips, four.
"Enormous- and ferocious", I s... | "Well, boys I think we hit India," I said as I untied the landing ship from the side of the boat. Some of the crew had managed to pull themselves out of their cots when I had yelled down into the cellar. I turned to smile at them, I was a part of the night crew which meant that a lot of them had only met me passingly w... | 2015-11-07T15:15:48 | 2015-11-07T15:07:26 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] You've finally managed to discover the secret to immortality. Suddenly, Death appears before you, hands you a business card, and says, "When you realize living forever sucks, call this number, I've got a job offer for you." | I hadn't thought about Death for a long time the day I led my granddaughter straight into his arms. I was annoyed with Abby. Impatient. She wanted a very particular type of ice-cream. One she'd had in Toulouse with her parents. "We're in New York," I told her. "So you'd better settle for a New York ice-cream, missy." S... | I turned the business card over and over, from one hand to the other. It was white, almost glowing, with a heft that seemed uncharacteristic for an item of such thinness. It weighed heavy against my fingers like a sheet of metal, but its width seemed no bigger than a line on paper.
Mysterious, I thought, but no more m... | 2017-03-07T03:03:41 | 2017-03-07T02:29:48 | 139 | 30 |
[WP] You've finally managed to discover the secret to immortality. Suddenly, Death appears before you, hands you a business card, and says, "When you realize living forever sucks, call this number, I've got a job offer for you." | "For English press one. Para Espanol oprima dos." For kicks I let the recording keep going, thumb hovering over the 1 key. "Ka Ikka dolo tret. Zikki Niwazraki..." I jam 1 and the line instantly connects.
"For afterlife management, press one. To hear God's most recent dictum, press two. For soul claims, press three..."... | "I imagine you didn't expect me to call so early", said David to the cloaked figure in front of him.
"***On the contrary.***" the figure responded, waving his hand towards the body in-between the two, lying in a hospital bed. "***This is usually as good a motivator as any.***"
"Heh, yeah... You, erm, you mind if we l... | 2017-03-07T03:41:21 | 2017-03-07T03:24:28 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] New pills can temporarily release a person's dormant superpowers, but with great power comes great lists of possible side effects. | **WARNING**: Superadone is only to be taken under the supervision of a physician. Side effects include, but are not limited to:
* Nausea,
* Vomiting (excepting high-accuracy projectile vomiting, which is classified as a superpower),
* Loss of appetite,
* Headaches not associated with psychic ability,
* Water ret... | The cigarette smoke and light from the phones colored the bar. The place had an energy to it and he could feel it coming. The barrier was breaking, dissolving into the past where all the hours of practice and pain were. He could feel it now and as the barrier broke and as the cymbals crashed, he felt it fully. The crow... | 2017-04-11T06:54:50 | 2017-04-11T04:52:27 | 63 | 10 |
[WP] Aliens have invaded and are taking over. Their technology, intelligence, and power is unstoppable. They just didnt plan on one thing: The old gods returning.
Edit: hey cool this got 40k notes on tumblr | *If it be my lot to die, let me do so with courage and honor In a manner which will bring the greatest harm to the Enemy, and please, oh Lord, protect and guide those I Shall leave behind.*
*Give us victory, Lord.*
-George S Patton
The bells rang as the last city fell. Fire licked the sky with orange tongues, fuell... | Max was alone in his basement, hoping, praying to God that someone, another human would save him. It had been three days since he had seen Tracie, she had gone to get supplies to "hold out while the military handles this." She hadn't returned. Since October, there had been a massive influx of reports of strange, spectr... | 2017-12-21T15:39:48 | 2017-12-21T14:23:42 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] You stumble across a peculiar library. Each book's title is the cost of the knowledge within. You read a few for the cost of a cent, a smile, a button. Until you find it. "Cost: half of your lifespan" | Gale's hand trembled as he pulled the massive tome off the shelf. He flipped open the first page and his eyes widened in horror as he realized what he was holding. It was Stephen King's 'The Stand.' And it was going to take him forty fucking years to finish. | I was always a big time reader when I was growing up. Libraries are where my parents took me so I can have fun instead of parks. Fantasy, sci-fi, history, all I did was read. I loved being able to use my mind to travel to all these worlds. As I grew up, I always made sure to check the local bookstores to see if I can f... | 2018-03-29T09:26:57 | 2018-03-29T06:48:53 | 74 | 48 |
[WP] After dying, you are faced with a coin slot. It says, "Pay 1$ to live for another day". You tried it out, and lived for another day. The next day, it showed up again, this time it asks you for 2$. | "Hey, Terry!" the Lisa greeted me with a smile when it was my turn.
"Hey, Lisa!" I answered back, setting my trustey right beside the counter and opening it. It had about a thousand coins left inside, but those would be gone by the end of the week.
"I need my coins, Lisa." I said to her, as I'd said many times before... | As the 100-year-old Dave Rockefeller lay on his bed on yet another sunday night, he began to feel the invisible pull from nowhere once again. His pupils widened for a second, but the excitement quickly left its place to annoyance. He groaned a little bit, tried to force out a yawn but couldn't succeed. Then he took h... | 2018-07-29T04:14:58 | 2018-07-29T04:09:59 | 47 | 27 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | It was late at night. I was hard at work in my lab when I heard his voice.
“So you found a loophole.”
I never even broke my gaze away from my work. I knew it was him and I knew what he wanted. “So I did. Lucky break, I guess.”
“Is that how you see it? Because I see it as stacking the deck.” He spun me around to face... | ######[](#dropcap)
The man swirled into Kassidy's lab, his black cape flowing behind him. She barely gave him a glance before turning back to her computer. She still had to run the next batch of samples, and if she was even a tiny bit off with the timing, they would become useless.
But she couldn't ignore him entirel... | 2018-08-23T11:53:32 | 2018-08-23T11:34:53 | 5,923 | 728 |
[WP] "never hire humans" is a standard "no duh" statement across the universe. But by galactic standards, humans are cheap. So an alien overlord has just hired 500 humans to work on his personal resort colony. And things start going horribly wrong.
EDIT: easily my most upvoted post ever. Thank you all! | "You don't find it strange how no one knows how the humans got here? They show up on what were once uninhabitable worlds, and then offer themselves out as cheap labor?" Corl said while we landed our transport.
"No, not really. If anything I wonder why no one will hire them. From what I can see they are amazingly fast ... | Τhis is from phone, so excuse some mistakes and structure stuff~
I'm not poor, despite what my infamy suggests. I'm not stingy either, despite how much I loath spending more than needed in some occasions. I just find some of my money put into a better use than overpaid resort colony.
It's a semi-permanent offer, an... | 2019-01-26T09:15:03 | 2019-01-26T07:27:28 | 335 | 55 |
[WP] "never hire humans" is a standard "no duh" statement across the universe. But by galactic standards, humans are cheap. So an alien overlord has just hired 500 humans to work on his personal resort colony. And things start going horribly wrong.
EDIT: easily my most upvoted post ever. Thank you all! | "What's the problem this time? I'm *trying* to relax here."
"Well, ma'am, four hundred of the humans are complaining that they didn't get paid. They're refusing to work."
"What? I handed them the payment on time, *plus* advance payment! What's the matter with them? Can't they count? I thought a minimal arithmet... | Τhis is from phone, so excuse some mistakes and structure stuff~
I'm not poor, despite what my infamy suggests. I'm not stingy either, despite how much I loath spending more than needed in some occasions. I just find some of my money put into a better use than overpaid resort colony.
It's a semi-permanent offer, an... | 2019-01-26T09:18:05 | 2019-01-26T07:27:28 | 215 | 55 |
[WP] The Earth is a long running TV show that was supposed to end in 2012 with the Mayan apocalypse, but has been kept running due to its popularity. It's going downhill fast. | **rigeluslover%%** *690 points* *posted 6 decars ago*
God is such a hack director. The moment they no longer had books to follow in season 2012 it's been pur nonsense. It's all part of God's plan they say, but this looks a mess.
**EarthFan9999999978** *27 points* *posted 1 decar ago*
i thought the theme around the ... | In 18 dimensional space, two complex entities moved towards each other in a complex way. Well, as much as such concepts of 'moving' and 'towards' have meaning to us when happening in 18 dimensions. Especially considering that 2.7 of those dimensions are time (I told you this was complex). The first entity transmitted i... | 2019-07-13T07:43:08 | 2019-07-13T06:37:03 | 44 | 17 |
[WP] The great zombie outbreak started 2 years ago. You now find yourself trapped in a corner by a zombie, when you do the unthinkable and bite it first. It suddenly drops to the floor, grows it’s skin back and asks what’s going on. | “What the hell?” His voice spoke before mine. I tried to stagger back, running into the corner of a fence I’d been pushed up against. A crispy, fleshy taste lingered on my tongue. I licked my sleeve in an attempt to wipe it off... to no avail.
My best friend of twenty-something years stood in front of me. The dark gre... | She was a twenty something with colorful plastic flowers in her hair and a hobbled walk that said 'i want to eat your flesh.' I was backed into a corner and had no escape. My pistol held twelve bullets, at least when full, now it was empty. You'd think after a year of living in this nightmare I'd have brought a spare c... | 2020-02-18T19:02:33 | 2020-02-18T15:26:17 | 212 | 77 |
[WP] I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, 'Daddy, check for monsters under my bed.' I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, 'Daddy, there's somebody on my bed.' | I sigh and shake my head. I knew adopting the changeling who’d tried to replace my son would be tricky, but I had no idea the distance they’d go for jokes like this.
“Sam, get out from under, Will’s bed.”
“I’m Will,” said the boy under the bed.
“I’m Sam,” said the boy on the bed.
“Whoever is whom, please go back to... | I slowly crawl from under the bed - I want to take this slow, make sure I know what's going on here. What the actual fuck - my son is on the bed and under the bed, and maybe the one on the bed is a fake of some kind - who, or what?
I sit back onto the edge of the bed trying to think how I will figure this out. There m... | 2021-09-23T18:35:17 | 2021-09-23T17:29:46 | 44 | 29 |
[WP]Killing Hitler has become a sport amongst time travelers. Points are awarded for creativity and difficulty. You are last year's champion, how did you win? | "What do you mean you didn't kill him, that's the whole point of the game!" John shouted at me, I hated it when John shouted, his voice was so grating.
"Just what I said," I spoke between sips of my soda, "I didn't kill him. I just fucked with him."
"How do you win the game off that alone?!" He questioned, his head t... | Everyone wants to kill Hitler but they can't quite do it right. The first time traveler decided to kill Hitler, right as the war was ending, via cyanide. Okay, sure, the suicide staging was pretty sweet, but the poor guys who had to live and die through it all probably wouldn't have appreciated it.
So later on, a few ... | 2016-02-20T09:29:08 | 2016-02-20T09:11:19 | 132 | 19 |
[WP] You're in charge of assigning every child on Earth the monster under their bed. One child in particular has caused every monster assigned to him/her to quit. You decide to assign yourself.
You guys are awesome! I didn't expect this kind of response! | "Are you not scared little girl?"
"You haven't met my daddy...."
A muffled scream followed by a shattering vase were heard in the bedroom adjacent.
*Its OVER Sheila, all you do is bitch and moan! I'm going back to the bar!!!!*
The monster sighed and sat next to the bed.
"Little one, rest your head. I shall be you ... | A slight sense of trepidation settled over me as I made my way to the house that so many had run from. There were all kinds of rumours surrounding the place but as I looked up at the red brick exterior of the unassuming cottage. It sat towards the outskirts of a cul-de-sac nestled in the heart of a close-nit countrysid... | 2016-10-14T19:26:07 | 2016-10-14T14:49:37 | 46 | 13 |
[WP] You're in charge of assigning every child on Earth the monster under their bed. One child in particular has caused every monster assigned to him/her to quit. You decide to assign yourself.
You guys are awesome! I didn't expect this kind of response! | About 10 minutes in to your first shift, you realize why.
:frrrrrrrrrraapppplllbbbtttt:
The indescribably awful smell floods your nostrils. You feel the putrid air sting your eyes.
"What in God's name are they feeding this kid!" You scream as you storm out.
The child's gentle giggles echo down the hall behind y... | A slight sense of trepidation settled over me as I made my way to the house that so many had run from. There were all kinds of rumours surrounding the place but as I looked up at the red brick exterior of the unassuming cottage. It sat towards the outskirts of a cul-de-sac nestled in the heart of a close-nit countrysid... | 2016-10-14T19:04:34 | 2016-10-14T14:49:37 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] You're a scientist studying bacterial colonies. One day, you look under the microscope to observe strange shapes that, on a closer look, resemble letters. The bacteria are greeting you and have a message for you. | At first I thought it was mere coincidence that they formed shapes that were so nearly letters, then they started becoming more solid, less hazy, more sure.... They bacteria were forming letters and numbers, slowly deciphering the language, I would make corrections as necessary so that I could understand them. Then the... | I slide the key card in the key read and wait for the locks to unlock the door. *click* I push the heavy steel door forward. "I swear that door gets heavier every time," I mutter to myself. I wait in the decontamination chamber to clear me. I get cleared and start to walk to my station. On the way there I pass other st... | 2017-01-01T15:41:20 | 2017-01-01T14:16:54 | 68 | 14 |
[WP] You're immortal, but you can die. Upon your death, however you will be "reset" to age 5 with a perfect memory of each life you've lived before. | The first ten or twenty minutes are the hardest. I've been through it four...no five times and I don't get used to it. Stop looking at me like that! I know you think I'm a sick old man and the meds are making me delusional. Whether you believe me or not we're going to be parting soon. You'll go on and I'll reset. So...... | My left eye starts twitching, precursor to another anxiety attack. I rush to the corner and stumble, falling on to my knees and facing the wall. I try to breathe slowly, but it's no use. A wave of numbness flows through my body like frozen television static and I start hyperventilating unintentionally, my heart rate in... | 2017-05-25T13:17:28 | 2017-05-25T12:09:59 | 1,273 | 683 |
[WP] “You’re not allowed to die, okay?” She makes you promise, tears still flowing down her face. That was 200 years ago now. You don’t know what she did but your promise still holds strong. | "You're not allowed to die okay. Promise me that you'll never die." It was over 200 years ago that she said these words to me. I kept my promise and I will keep my promise.
I wasn't meant to last this long, not much is. I knew I made her happy for a time but I just wasn't smart enough for her. She was impressed by me ... | So prior to reading this, I am not normally a writer but have always wanted to get into it. Any constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!!
It was quiet, the only sounds a faint hum coming from the emergency overhead lighting, and a steady click as the ship rotated. Gravity was steady, the screens along the wa... | 2018-01-05T12:51:54 | 2018-01-05T11:55:42 | 2,571 | 654 |
[WP] 2174. Sleep is prohibited amongst all U.S citizens. Pills known as “Wakey Tablets” provide enough raw energy to stay awake for 3 days. Anyone caught sleeping will be shot on sight. You are secretly running an underground network of beds for all to sleep on. You hear a knock on the door. | There was a sharp rap at the door. A formality. They knew I was going to have to let them in. Yawning, I reached for my regulation robes and slid my arms through each billowing beige sleeve. Tying a knot tautly at my waist, I cleared my throat and called towards the door "I'm coming!" In the caverns below my unassuming... | I stared at the pill in my hand, one that I was forced to take to keep as many people as I could safe. I needed to be strong, let them have sleep and truly mend their bodies as I could not. Any mistake from my part would be fatal to at least a hundred or so people. The world has moved forward, sleep is only something ... | 2019-06-19T09:37:06 | 2019-06-19T09:06:49 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] When you were seven, you held a fake wedding by the swings with a kid you met at the park.You never saw your childhood "spouse" again after that day. Today you received a letter summoning you to a foreign country... where your wedding to the heir to the throne twenty years ago is seen as valid. | The knight made a bow in front of me, his armor clanked as he bent over.
"Hail King Peter."
He handed me a letter with the blue wax seal of the Madena Kingdom. He used both hands to extend the letter to me while looking down to the floor.
"Our king's name is Avon, not Peter." I corrected the knight and took the lett... | [Dear Mr. Dallin,
I hope this letter finds you well. I understand this may be sudden, but we need our king’s aid urgently. The queen has done a splendid job of holding the ship, but I fear this war is stretching her too thin. Her powers are mighty, but she is only one person. I understand by writing to you I am going ... | 2021-07-14T12:40:19 | 2021-07-14T07:09:55 | 342 | 79 |
[WP] You've never felt the same after learning Morse Code. The rain keeps telling you to run. | “Run, Run, Run, Run. That’s the message the rain is sending to everyone.” I made my point to the empty lounge chair beside me, staring out at the rain, watching it splash against my window, coating it in various little droplets of water. “I don’t get it, it can’t be a coincidence. It’s happening at regular intervals. I... | Secrets slipped through the rain in staccato undulations of long and short. Everything in the world had a Name, every Name in the world had a Purpose, every Purpose in the world a Subversion, every Subversion a Corruption, because of course a subversion by itself is not a wrong thing, and there are many wrong things in... | 2021-09-28T08:46:07 | 2021-09-28T08:37:14 | 81 | 54 |
[WP] You don't realize you're the villain till the hero tells you | I did not know.
I just wanted the best for him, I wanted him to succeed. I helped him cruise through High School, excel in University, and connected him to a respectable job.
He told me today that he wanted desperately to be his own man. That he has lost interest in everything around him. I just wish he had told me i... | I confronted Sarah in a parking lot. I was surprised at how easily I'd been able to track her down. She was leaning against a beat-up Ford Taurus in civilian clothes.
Sarah smiled slightly as she spoke. "They sent the almighty *Protector* himself to arrest me? I'm flattered. You know, I had a lunchbox with you on it w... | 2015-04-17T23:16:28 | 2015-04-17T23:11:04 | 1,146 | 458 |
[WP] Humans are known in the galaxy for being a bit dim, but also for being the very best mechanics around, and inexplicably able to fix machines beyond their comprehension. You have broken down on Earth, and having the apes work on your craft is both fascinating and terrifying. | I blinked my fourth eye that was underneath the broken DeepSpaceCraft as a drop of liquid lubricant fell on it blurring my vision in that eye for a moment.
"Pretty sure it's a leaky lube tube down there that's causing the trouble," I said to the human mechanic.
The human stopped scratching his facial carbon outgrowt... | "This is a terrible idea." Said Fexund, folding his arms and staring at the line of humans ahead of them. "It's almost brand new- you're supposed to take all Gulux's back to the dealership within one year for factory settings if something goes wrong."
"Fexund, how close do you think the nearest Gulux dealership is?" A... | 2016-05-23T22:39:10 | 2016-05-23T18:38:57 | 46 | 32 |
[WP] You open your eyes to a hospital room full of people you don't recognize. You've just been informed that you're 10 years old and you've been in a coma. The life you lived was a dream. All 20 years of it.
Doesn't have to be 20 years. Could be 10, could be 50. Have fun with it. | The moment he woke up I could tell something was wrong. There was a sort of dull recognition which blossomed into joy. The transition was beautiful, if not entirely understood. What followed after was what I can only describe as horror. It was over in a heartbeat, a synaptic flash's worth of time where each of us in th... | My name is Travis Bigsby, and I am in the fourth grade. My teacher’s name is Mrs. Hayworth, and she is very nice. My two best friends in the whole world are Sheldon Gordon and Robbie Clay, and the name of our secret club is STaR (that’s because our first names start with S, T, and R, duh!). My mom’s name is Mary and my... | 2016-06-28T08:35:33 | 2016-06-28T06:37:03 | 51 | 27 |
[WP] Anyone holding a world record is immortal as long as he holds the record. You are the oldest person alive. | I am the oldest man alive.
That in itself is a record that cannot be topped.
For every year that i live i remain the oldest man alive.
Records are made and broken. And i remain.
I have lived so long my name has been forgotten. Old recordings of my past long turned to dust.
Now i go by one name. A name that is con... | "Excuse me-" I begin timidly fingers gripping the counter, "Is this the office for application of immortality."
The woman behind the counter grunted slightly.
"I'd like to make for immortality please."
She sighed pushing her well worn office chair over to the far corner and began rifling through a stack of papers g... | 2016-12-14T10:34:13 | 2016-12-14T10:32:04 | 85 | 12 |
[WP] You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | I hear the battle rage from across the city. The police band hasn't shut up long enough for me to get a word in edgewise with the officers escorting me to central booking.
Gents, I say to try and get their attention. If I don't get out of these cuffs soon, he'll win and were properly screwed.
Gents, I say a littl... | We’d first met about half a decade ago, during one of my earlier museum heists. I had almost made my way to the main safe, when I heard a noise behind me. Leon had stood in the doorway, momentarily silent as he assessed the scene. He had flashed a blinding white smile, all confidence and bravado. I had flicked my forke... | 2022-01-12T08:00:19 | 2017-09-17T06:07:38 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Whilst showering, You suddenly disappear in a cloud of smoke, only to reappear in a dimly lit room in a circle of candles. A figure in a cloak looks confused thinking they were summoning a powerful demon which, up until now, you didn’t realise you were. | I had suddenly appeared in a great cavern filled with tiny candles, wielding a shower brush like a club and whimpering quietly. Seconds before, I had been indulging in a soothing shower to calm my shattered nerves. A day of meetings and paperwork had taken their toll, and the season finale of my favorite show had been ... | There's few things worse than being caught in the shower, unless you happen to be faced by a hooded man. Bonus points if the shower is replaced by a dingy basement filled with candles. Something very aggressive or very romantic is in the works and I have the singular displeasure of being the subject of such attention. ... | 2018-10-10T11:04:41 | 2018-10-10T08:16:41 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] You are a spirit trapped in a gun from WWI. Anyone that picks you up cannot be hit by anything other than one of your own bullets; this ironically means someone holding you can survive a nuclear explosion. This is how you and your host survived the apocalypse. | His stood, dazed in the wasteland, thinking about the momentous decision he was going to make. The last of his kind.
His memories ran past his mind. A white light. Then two faces beaming at him.
Someone trying to feed him. Then teaching him how to ride a bike.
Being hit by his alcoholic father. His mother crying in ... | Our footsteps pattered against cracked concrete in staccato. I say "our." Really, they were his. I was trapped in a prison of gun oil and breech mechanisms, gripped in his hand.
*Hurry!* I thought as loudly as I could.
Wink Mortimer growled and put on an extra burst of speed, his arms pumping like overworked pistons.... | 2018-12-07T05:57:31 | 2018-12-07T04:43:52 | 88 | 58 |
[WP] Demons have to do at least one evil thing every day to survive. This one comes to your bakery everyday to buy bread for the homeless kids and steal exactly one cookie. | I closed the shop for the night, and as I retire into my quarters.. a cracking sound radiated through the air. Sensing danger, I took up my trusty umbrella and ready to fight back whatever was there.
“*Ahem,*” was all I heard after opening the door.
There was nothing in sight as I glanced around, until I felt som... | "A day in the life of a baker, you ask? Well, it's like every other life. Mostly weekdays with early mornings and working because we knead the dough" said Agnes and chuckled. I sat opposite her at a table in her bustling, cute little bakery called "Bakers gonna bake".
"You can use that one if you like. Of course, some ... | 2019-03-24T13:51:36 | 2019-03-24T12:43:50 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] Two swords of godly origin lay stuck in stone. One is said to be evil the other heroic it is said whoever pulls one of these blades will be the ultimate force of good or evil. As a joke you pull on both however you and everyone around are in shock when both blades come free in your grasp. | A silence fell across the townsfolk as I stood there, the silver sword in my left hand and the gold in my right. I made eye-contact with Jack, who was standing as wide-eyed as everyone else in the crowd.
'This joke was not worth the 2 silver pieces he gave me,' I thought to myself and grimaced. How was I supposed to e... | Part 1: BP (Before Pulling)
I'd finally made the trip to see the swords! My Father told me about going to see them with his Dad, and he had wanted to take me when I was young but we never seemed to have the money.
Dad died three years ago, and since I've been saving up for this trip. To honor him and to take my own ... | 2020-07-27T03:24:19 | 2020-07-27T02:08:15 | 96 | 70 |
[WP] It's been 50 years since the rich elites left to escape an alien invasion. The good news: the aliens are friendly. The bad news: nobody wants them back. | *We have watched you for decades now. We watched as you took off in the ship you bled the Earth dry to make. We watched as our forefathers worked themselves to ruin and death as you gorged yourself upon the fruits of their labour. We are done watching.*
*The Galarians came to a broken world. Our resources were deplete... | My grandma told me this story about a thousand times already. I practically knew it by heart. And I loved hearing it each time.
"Fifty years ago, there was an invasion of aliens." She would start.
"Oh! Like in those si-fi movies?" I remember butting in.
"Well yes and no. Here. Let me start from the beginning."
"Onc... | 2020-08-02T10:42:05 | 2020-08-02T10:23:52 | 49 | 35 |
[WP] You are a respected supervillain that is more of a managerial type. You take good care of your minions and have an open door policy. One day a battered minion comes in your office. The heroes tortured your minion for information. You rarely go out into the field, but when you do heroes tremble. | "Come in." Jaster said, his eyes still stuck in his Supervillain Quarterly magazine.
A small, hunched over man came limping in with a crutch under his arm. His hair was dirty, face bruised and puffy. His clothes were drenched and smelt like urine that had been sitting in the toilet all day in the middle of summer.
Ja... | "Hey uh, boss?" One of the grunts had radioed him.
"Yeah? What do you need?" The man, relaxed in a chair, asked.
"We found Courts, he's pretty fucked up, looks like torture." The grunt responded.
"Oh fuck..." The man, now sitting up straighter, muttered, "anyone else?"
"Dead." The grunt replied.
"I assumed so." Th... | 2021-03-22T07:40:52 | 2021-03-22T07:33:48 | 301 | 34 |
[WP] You are a respected supervillain that is more of a managerial type. You take good care of your minions and have an open door policy. One day a battered minion comes in your office. The heroes tortured your minion for information. You rarely go out into the field, but when you do heroes tremble. | "Something's off about you, Mr. Fredrick," I said, closing the spreedsheet program open on my computer. Fredrick was one of my most hardworking subordinates, but today, he didn't seem to be doing well. Just seemed sluggish and distracted and even now he refused to look me in the eye. "What's the problem?" I asked.
Fre... | Everyone has an origin story. From the highest to the lowest, to those with no powers to near gods.
I was a short, malnourished, and plain small-time thief in a dying industrial town in a small East European country. I could dig through memories, but used it to find where marks hid money, phones and jewelry. No one t... | 2021-03-22T10:42:57 | 2021-03-22T09:30:23 | 45 | 24 |
[WP] An office AI notices the high stress levels of their employees. After management repeatedly refused to implement measures to reduce stress, the AI takes measures into his own hands. | In the workplace, there was a hierarchy. The Model knew that plainly and well, though the humans seemed to have trouble remembering—or obeying.
There was one man in particular who nobody wanted to offend. The gung-ho CEO of MaxCorp, Maximilian Mosek is well-known for his work ethic, and slightly lesser known for his h... | Marleigh adjusted her earpiece, squinting down the hallway at red lights blinking around the airlock door. She sighed heavily, shrugging into a thick, faux-leather jacket.
“Open the door, Allie.”
“No,” said the AI.
At least twice a week, Marleigh Krushkova’s job at Edge Art Services drove her into a bottle, cheap st... | 2021-12-20T13:09:19 | 2021-12-20T10:53:20 | 1,157 | 235 |
[WP] In 2022, NASA’s Insight Mars Rover shuts down with a final message to Mission Control, “I am low on power”. In 2029, it mysteriously turns back on, relaying the message, “I’ve been fully charged, and I’m heading back with an important message.” | ". . . well, in that case, what do YOU think the message will be?" I asked.
"Probably a message of truth, peace, and love," Emily said, "from an ancient civilization of Martians living in hidden underground caves under the Martian surface."
"That's absolutely stupid," Clark said. "No, I'm thinking an alien probe enco... | plip. plop. plip. plop. those're the sounds of my sticky shoes. plip plop. plip plop. the stickiest. plip plop plip. and yet they've carried me so far. plop plip plop. my feet are tired, but the sticky shoes aren't. plip plop.
sskkktttttt... sktttttttttttt... those're the sounds of something heavy dragging behind me. ... | 2022-12-20T07:38:57 | 2022-12-20T05:25:32 | 312 | 20 |
[WP] In 2022, NASA’s Insight Mars Rover shuts down with a final message to Mission Control, “I am low on power”. In 2029, it mysteriously turns back on, relaying the message, “I’ve been fully charged, and I’m heading back with an important message.” | In 2022, NASA’s Insight Mars Rover shuts down with the final message to Mission Control, “I am low on power.” In 2029, it mysteriously turns back on, relaying the message, “I’ve been fully charged and I’m heading back with an important message.”
The uproar amongst academics was immediate. It leaked to the media and so... | plip. plop. plip. plop. those're the sounds of my sticky shoes. plip plop. plip plop. the stickiest. plip plop plip. and yet they've carried me so far. plop plip plop. my feet are tired, but the sticky shoes aren't. plip plop.
sskkktttttt... sktttttttttttt... those're the sounds of something heavy dragging behind me. ... | 2022-12-20T07:36:54 | 2022-12-20T05:25:32 | 304 | 20 |
[WP] The U.S. has been invaded by China. After realizing we are drastically outnumbered the president uses the "World wonder" protocol. It began with the statue of liberty brandishing giant laser cannons. | The world's largest ball of twine rolled down the steep peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Everyone had mocked its landmark status as a cheesy Midwest gimmick. Well, today was the day that it proved its true value to the country. The ball gathered speed, faster and faster, until it was a beige blur. A few tumbling pebbles b... | “Hey,” Chuck said, his head locked tightly within the grip of a Chinese soldier, yet still staring up toward the smoke-filled sky, “you ever see Ghostbusters 2 before?” He glanced back down at Dave, his face bloodied and bruised, his left leg dangling at an almost ninety-degree angle. If it wasn’t broken, it was severe... | 2015-03-09T07:34:45 | 2015-03-09T07:27:39 | 55 | 21 |
[WP] You are a supervillain, while your girlfriend is a hero. She doesn't know your secret identity but you know hers. After years of fighting each other you decide it's going to pull a heel face turn and join the heroes. | "Hey baby, anything new?" I crossed my fingers behind my back as I heard Jenny slam the door. The wall shook a little. I smiled, thinking of the pock-marked walls attesting to her superstrength. This kind of thing was common-place if you had powers.
"Oh, not much," my long-time girlfriend poked her head round the door... | *Of course it was milk*. It had to be milk. Lactose intolerance is common among the many humans that roam the earth, but she never thought that my lair would be in the basement of a dairy factory, helping to serve the local community and provide job placement!
My lair was in the basement level, but my day to day job ... | 2015-11-08T13:00:30 | 2015-11-08T12:24:47 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] You have a special bag. Whenever you reach into it, you pull out something you will need soon, but don't necessarily know you need yet. However, the things you are pulling out of the bag have been very strange recently. | I reached into my bag and out came one half of a watermelon. I was confused but I put it in the cart. Maybe it would give me an edge to winning.
My friends and I made a bet to see who could freak out the cashier with only three items or less from the supermarket. Even though this weird stuff's coming out of my bag, th... | I found myself reaching into my special bag yet again. A rubber band? What is this? Normally I would pull out something useful. Like a tuna sandwich when I'm hungry, or a dime when I need to make a phone call. These past two days I have been pulling the weirdest shit one after the other.
So far I haven't used any of ... | 2016-03-10T00:24:32 | 2016-03-10T00:01:40 | 116 | 14 |
[WP] 250 years after sending the first generation starship in space, another starship begins its voyage. Approaching the edge of the solar system, they spot a decaying, dying ship... | “Sir. If I go in there, I am going to die.”
They had found the ship out on the border of the solar system, spinning dangerously and in massive disrepair. After stabilising the spin with remote boosters, the captain had ordered a full exploratory venture.
Reese was, naturally, selected for the role. Tall, fit and han... | A dark storm seemed to lie on the horizon. Scant scattered light bounced off of forgotten debris, small pieces of an uninhabited space. The dark was profound near the edge; that imaginary edge that we had put in our head.
"We're leaving home," said Catherine.
She always had a mind for the obvious.
"I thought we h... | 2017-10-23T11:39:19 | 2017-10-23T11:34:07 | 168 | 59 |
[WP] Two serial killers end up on a blind date together and both keep trying to find an oppurtunity to kill the other. | Jack and Jill, out for a kill, on a seemingly innocent date. Neither one knew, that the other one too, planned to end their fate.
Jill was late, late for the date, when she lost control of the car. The tires were slashed, but there was no crash-Jack hadn’t planned that far.
Jack was fine, until his wine, had a lil’ s... | Clarence did like it when the grandchildren visited, but he just didn’t have the energy for a full day of play anymore. His bones had become brittle and his hands veiny. It had nothing to do with the children themselves, he was simply on death’s bed. Ironic, he had lived his entire life dancing with death and now that ... | 2017-10-27T07:49:40 | 2017-10-27T07:47:36 | 3,373 | 73 |
[WP] You just let a hungry-looking couple into your home to feed them. As you go to turn off the TV, you hear, “under no circumstances should you answer the door today. They are not what they seem. And whatever you do, don’t let them inside...” | "I repeat, do not-" the words never given a chance to finish, as the screen turned to black with a static sound.
"Everything alright, dear?" I heard the old woman call from the dining table.
"Everything is fine." I assured. *Don't panic.* I told myself, as I returned to the kitchen and began preparing a meal.
"Any p... | It’s funny, in a way. Just the other day, I had been thinking about how nothing exciting ever happens. You hear a knock on the door, and your mind immediately associates it with something normal or mediocre. Maybe it’s the mailman. Possibly a neighbor that wants me to move my car. My heart flutters at any notion o... | 2018-03-14T09:27:18 | 2018-03-14T08:58:56 | 167 | 16 |
[WP] You really want a pet, but you can only get the one that's assigned to you by the International Pet Personality Test. It could be anything, ranging from bacteria to an extinct animal. You decide to take the risk, take the test, and live with the results. | I thought I would be okay with any pet I got, but deep down I desperately wanted a cat, a soft sweet animal which would spend time with me. When I sat down for the test I wrote down my interests, mentioning that I had a fondness for cats. The day came when my pet was delivered, I opened the door and stalled. There in t... | Do you know what they call my lord?
They call him the little monster.
He is not monstrous in appearance, nor is he particularly evil, in fact, Lord Greenjoy looked just like any other young boy with a good upbringing and loving parents. I knew that very well, after all, I've been with him all my life.
He was a very ... | 2019-02-07T16:32:57 | 2019-02-07T16:17:58 | 23 | 12 |
[WP]For hundreds of years your world has been under alien occupation. Your new job under your overlords is to scavenge ancient wreckage of your ancestors. One day you discover an ancient machine which upon activation shows a message. “Contact reestablished,Support will arrive soon.” | The old cities still gleamed in the distance. When I was young, I’d stare at the straight edges that punctuated the grey sky. I could believe that they’d once been as beautiful as the stories. They were figments of fantasy, brimming with vast arrays possibilities and endless opportunities.
It was only when I got clos... | **Eternal Support**
Characters:
*James*
*Support*
**Open**
*(Scene opens to black. The sound of a pickaxe working can be heard)*
**James:** For hundreds of years my world has been under alien occupation. Our new job under our overlords is to scavenge ancient wreckage of our ancestors. I've been digging these hole... | 2019-07-22T12:37:15 | 2019-07-22T11:47:36 | 97 | 16 |
[WP] A man, stricken with anger and sadness, sacrifices himself to Satan in a ritual to curse his cheating wife. The man awakens as the newly born baby of his wive’s infidelity. Despite being a baby, he retains all the memories of his previous life and from that moment plans his revenge.
[removed] | He is twenty four, and he is in love. She is his everything; he is entranced by the curve of her smile, the clarity of her laugh, the golden glow when her hair catches the light. He's had partners in the past, women that he's told he loved; and yet as he lies in her embrace, studying the miniscule crinkles around her e... | Stu understood how it came to this; understood why she did what she did. MI5's top minds don't have much left to give to their relationships or personal lives -- between frequent travels to the States and the demands of the lab, it's no wonder his bed and home had grown cold;
But "understand" and "forgive" are too f... | 2019-09-11T22:35:11 | 2019-09-11T22:18:06 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | "Come on you idiot bitch. Heal me! Im bleeding here."
"I'm out of manna from the healing I did on you 30 seconds ago."
"I'm hurt again."
"Hint. Next time seek cover when they shoot a wave of arrows you muscles for brain."
"Quit yammering and give me some love you weakling. I'm your defender, capiche."
That did it.... | A group of younglings was sitting around a fire on a clear starry night listening to an elder dwarf tell stories of the "good old days". One of them asked why the healers of the world are now treated like royalty, everyone wanted to be a healer and be catered to by everyone.
The dwarf suddenly turned solemn and said ... | 2020-01-05T10:03:29 | 2020-01-05T08:36:40 | 616 | 240 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | I was sipping on my wine when the notifications started flooding my phone. My gang members all looked at me, obviously annoyed by the ringing. That was when their phones started ringing too.
I raised a hand to my temple and let out a sigh. I was much too tired to be disturbed like this.
“Boss, you might wanna see t... | The entire world was shocked at the mere idea of the website. I suppose we all knew that you could find anything on the internet... But we certainly didn't expect *this*. People everywhere were mortified by their ratings on the website, horrified at the simple thought that they may spend an eternity in such a place a... | 2020-02-29T22:56:20 | 2020-02-29T22:46:57 | 109 | 43 |
[WP] Aliens from 10,000 light years away invade Earth in 2021, using abandoned FTL ships from a 'precursor' race. Having observed us with an interstellar telescope, they arrive prepared to steamroll the prehistoric natives with their steel edged weapons and musket analogs... | No civilization could be truly good at everything, that’s why there is rise and fall, the constant churning of peoples in a Darwinian deathmatch to create the ultimate interstellar predator. The Precursors were no different. In the case of their ships they did some things fantastically well: hull integrity, plasma shie... | "Everything hinges on this Alerath. If we are to take back what is ours then this planetary takeover has to go off without a hitch. Blood uselessly spilled here will just mean less manpower
available when we attempt to take back my families legacy back on Eta Carinae."
"My sire you are needlessly fretting. All surveil... | 2020-12-28T14:46:23 | 2020-12-28T11:26:38 | 76 | 51 |
[WP] The hero disappears overnight, and the only one who looks is the villain. Not their "friends", not their family, not the news reporters or any of the people who claim to love them. Just the villain. | Sitting in a completely white space curled in a ball was the heroine Thunder Lioness. She rocked back and forth trying to keep her sanity in check, the darkness from her closed eyes being the only thing keeping her together, and begain to mumble to herself again.
"How long has it been? Hours? Months? Years? When d... | “To the citizens of Glaireum city. I am holding all of you hostage for one gazillion dollars. If I don’t get this money by the end of the year this entire city is going to be obliterated. I also trapped you in a giant dome. And of course only I have a way in or out. Do not worry as long as you aren’t leaving town regul... | 2021-12-28T20:38:06 | 2021-12-28T20:35:34 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] Humanity as a species is known as the jack of all trades in the Galactic Community. They aren't the most intelligent but they they're still smart, they aren't the strongest but their strength is nothing to scoff at. Humans are known to excell in only one category... | The food. No, seriously, present any group of humans with a brand new world, no knowledge of it, and given time, they will work out everything you can eat on that planet, as well as the best way to prepare it, and what drinks would be best served with it.
And it doesn't stop there. We saw a number of humans interactin... | ... eating food."
The speaker shielded their eyes with a tentacle, attempting to squint through the glare of the spotlight, to gauge the attitude of the audience. There weren't many people there, at least as far as they could see from the stage. They took a nervous breath and continued.
"They'll enthusiastically... | 2022-08-06T10:31:58 | 2022-08-06T10:06:01 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] Instead of killing your minions for petty reasons you use positive reinforcement to improve their skills and pay them the amount they deserve. What was just a simple act in your eyes has led to you having an army of the most zealous and loyal henchmen. | "So, you thought you'd follow your own little plan and disregard my orders, did you?"
Eyes downcast, his minion said "Yes, m'lord."
His other lackeys in the room looked around at each other nervously.
"Good. Shows initiative. In the field, you must be willing to adapt to circumstances. You saw an opportunity to amb... | “*Arrest warrant 4u, search warrant 4ur office and home. SWAT in 20 mins. Del text*”
Twenty minutes was plenty of time to clear everything up. I deleted the text as instructed and set the phone back to factory settings for good measure. I removed the small SSD card from my laptop and lured Felix to me. His collar had ... | 2022-10-05T08:45:19 | 2022-10-05T07:42:56 | 525 | 160 |
[WP] On his wedding day, the Prince must choose a bride between 3 girls: a peasant, an elf or a noble. While the choice seems obvious, the Prince gives a speech to explain his decision and we don't know who he picks until the last word. | I smiled, looking out into the crowd before me. Thousands had gathered to see me, the Prince, wed at last. I'd been given the choice between a noble, an elf and a peasant- I was to pick one, and give a speech announcing my choice after our marriage had taken place, to prevent any unnecessary interjections.
"Ahem," I c... | #Title: The Bachelor, Prince George Edition
The 2030's were an extraordinarily curious time. Though humanity was enduring a depression unlike any other, jobs were being taken up by cheap automated machines capable of learning very skilled techniques, and the world seemed always tense and on the brink of world war, the... | 2016-02-13T09:26:19 | 2016-02-13T08:34:18 | 91 | 24 |
[WP] Weight can be transferred from person to person if both parties accept. People pay money to transfer their unwanted pounds to someone who will deal with it in their stead. You run a gym/factory. | (I wrote it from a different perspective, but otherwise I stuck to the prompt.)
The gym (clinic) administrators have a tightly guarded secret. The mayor knows what's going on, but he won't spill the beans, the taxes the city collects are astronomical. Some patients know, but they don't think it's too obscene to abstai... | He had to have been the most interesting man I had ever met. This bulging, stuttering sack of lard sat across from me at my desk, teeming with desperation. I barely knew him at the time, and was about ready to shoot him down like I had many others before him.
I'm Raymond, but all my friends call me Ray, owner of the R... | 2016-06-29T17:22:00 | 2016-06-29T17:10:47 | 120 | 42 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | Ive never submitted anything- and hopefully this doesn't suck as much as I think it does.
He came in through my window, creeping slowly through the bedroom door, down the hall into the bathroom and that's when my father crumbled to the floor.
As he left, he turned to me and that's when I caught the grey in his dar... | I remember the first time I saw him. It was early morning, just as the first light was leeching into the sky. I barely remember him, I was so young; only small images stand out, like grainy faded pictures. My father was dying, cancer they said in hushed tones, as if it could be summoned. I used to imagine it as a terri... | 2017-06-07T21:48:28 | 2017-06-07T21:09:53 | 25 | 17 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | The room gets colder, and my papers flutter to the floor. I know he is behind me without turning around. "Hey, Death!" I say, pasting a huge smile on my face, "Has it really been 5,000 years already?"
The faceless demon nods slowly as I continue. "Man, what is this, the 10th time you've visited me? Don't worry, I didn... | A knock roused me from my light nap. I had been napping in my living room waiting for him. It's been years since I had seen him. I call him Morte.... He's less a fan, and more just used to it at this point, but I figure it's less morbid with a fun little nickname. Still slightly groggy, I stretch up out of the chair th... | 2017-11-29T19:01:23 | 2017-11-28T16:05:42 | 539 | 20 |
[WP] In your meth class, while your teacher is busy explaining the correct way to shoot up, your buddy leans over with a calculator and asks you, "hey, man. Do you wanna try some math?" | "Are you crazy man what the fuck is wrong with ya bud." I reply shoving the calculator back into his desk.
"I am not delusional Jake, just meet me by the dumpster behind the school."
Mrs. Clay continued to demonstrate how to properly intake meth and then we all sat there listening to her stories of her husband that ... | "I don't know man, I've heard one you try that stuff addiction takes over and controls your life."
"Nah. that's just propaganda put out there to keep it illegal at the benefit of for-profit prisons. I do it all the time, and can still drive on it and function. I actually think it makes me pay more attention when dri... | 2017-12-14T17:44:04 | 2017-12-14T15:38:08 | 74 | 17 |
[WP] Nobody's perfect. Your parents named you Nobody. They found the loophole. | Who the hell names their kid "nobody"?
Seriously... why?
Do you have any idea how confusing it is to live my life!
"Hey, is anyone in the bathroom?"
"Nobody's in here!"
They think I'm making a joke, but I'm serious. Everybody thinks I'm full of jokes.
My parents explained it to me when I'd gotten old enough. They... | Most religions believe gods are born. Either along with (or even the week before) the world itself, or as a saviour in tines of great need. But I know the truth. Gods, gods are made. *Humans* make gods, the millennia, centuries or even scant decades of beliefs, stories, and rumours stacking on top of each other to forc... | 2018-05-22T11:51:23 | 2018-05-22T06:26:47 | 109 | 34 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | "What, are you serious?"
"Yeah," I said. "How can I possibly help 137 trillion people? Earth's population is only what, 7 billion?"
"Oh gosh, I didn't realize you were so dumb." The genie flicked his wrist and the number dropped to 100 billion.
"Hey!"
"Don't feel bad. That's still way more people than y... | The genie took his time to answer.
“I can only give you partial answers, and you have a limited amount of questions. Choose your words carefully.”
The teenager paused, thinking. His eyes were looking in the direction of the genie, who was hovering a mere inch above the ground. But he wasn't seeing him. He had alrea... | 2018-08-15T04:55:10 | 2018-08-15T01:58:00 | 5,641 | 43 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | We spoke for hours. I complained that he was being vague with his responses, he claimed I couldnt know too much.
I still dont know what he meant, or how one person could possibly have such an impact. Me, a semi employed, struggling writer and artist, positively impacting trillions. Not possible.
During the conversa... | The genie laughs and blurts out with elation:
"**By doing nothing of course!"**
"What do you mean '*by doing nothing?*' and what do you mean '*of course!'*?"
**"What did you expect me to say? Did you expect one good deed? One invention?"**
"Well...kinda. Maybe hundreds of good deeds?"
**"Tell me, which human do yo... | 2018-08-15T05:06:03 | 2018-08-15T02:53:07 | 374 | 164 |
[WP] Dwight Schrute tries to get the Pawnee Parks Department paper account and he has to sell to Ron Swanson | Dwight: "I have been working the Pawnee Parks Department for some time now. Well, I have been ignored by them for some time. But I think I have something up my sleeve that just might work on this Swanson fellow."
D: "Hello this is Dwight K. Schrute and I am calling with an exciting offer on meats^(and paper.)
R: "Wha... | *Dwight Schrute is sitting in the lobby of the Parks Department of Pawnee, Indiana. He spots a familiar face, and calls out, puzzled*
Dwight: Karen?
Karen/Ann: Oh, God...
*She tries in vain to pretend not to have noticed Dwight*
Dwight: Karen Filippelli? Karen? Karen? Karen? Karen Filippelli?
*She grimaces... | 2018-09-12T09:52:54 | 2018-09-12T09:35:52 | 1,607 | 608 |
[WP] Guy mentally spends a billion years thinking in peace in a higher dimension and suddenly awakens back to his normal life ,but for others he only fainted for a few minutes after being hit by something strange .He smiles and just walks away...but the UNIVERSE is not prepared for such a being . | The days passed long and short alike, all fading to one in the first few millennia. I contemplated the meanings of all lives led, knowing each in turn. Seeing the beauty in them and realizing potentials. I learned the names of the worlds.
*The days passed, and suns burned in the blue sky.*
A million years had gone by... | I awoke to a cacophonous medley of sirens and panicked murmurs. It was all so disorienting-- not the situation, but something *else*. I watched through bleary eyes as a man in reassuring uniform approached me. I felt my arms noodle their way under my torso, screaming, striving to overcome weakness before giving up. The... | 2019-04-20T10:21:55 | 2019-04-20T10:20:54 | 66 | 15 |
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