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[WP] You were possessed by a weak demon at a young age, and grew so close you forgot where one ends and the other begins. Now you have died, and one part of you is headed to heaven, and the other to hell. | I can't quite remember at what point he appeared. All I know is that in my memories, he wasn't at my fourth birthday- but he was at my fifth. Darius. My demonic other half. Well, I'm not entirely sure if you could call him a demon, because he never actually seemed to do anything evil. He always managed to justify himse... | It is strange to remember a time before she was there. I was too young to remember the day or the moment when I first heard her voice in my head. All the same, she was there, and I called her Red.
I grew up fast, but not fast enough. The wounds of my childhood still fresh in my mind, and the feel of their hands on me... | 2017-05-29T22:11:10 | 2017-05-29T17:07:46 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] You accidentally call the FBI in place for a pizza shop and attempt to order your favourite pizza with toppings. Coincidentally, the FBI uses pizza language as a means of code. | "Hellooo?" I'm generally a patient man, even when it comes to pizza. To be honest, I was more worried than annoyed. Jimmy was always very prompt when answering the phone and always within the second ring. We would exchange the usual pleasantries, dish each other about our girlfriends, and then he would confirm with ... | "Hello," the woman on the other end of the phone said back to me, "how can I help you today?"
"Yeah, can I have a large pepperoni-" I started. Someone in the background asked me to pick up a meat lovers instead. There was a short argument, "On second thought can you make it half pepperoni and half sausage."
"Are you ... | 2015-11-30T16:26:32 | 2015-11-30T16:18:28 | 80 | 12 |
[WP] "Thank you, chap," you say cheerfully, "I'm glad to be out of there, the room service was rubbish." The prison guard who just released you from the 120 year sentence dropped the door keys on the cement in shock. | “How?”
“You’re here to clean up, I assume?” The Prisoner asked, “Expected a body, I suppose. Well, good news: you get an early mark today. The room is spotless.”
The guard stared, his mind struggling to make a coherent whole from the pieces before him. The tiny cell was indeed spotless. It was also a mile underground... | The guard stares at me in confusion. He finally realized he no longer had his keys, and dove down to pick them up.
"I say, a bit of a butterfingers are you?" I chuckled. "No worries, it's just another thing to add to my letter."
"Letter?" The guard had finally found his voice. "What letter?"
"To the newsies, boy. I ... | 2019-07-04T21:07:10 | 2019-07-04T20:53:01 | 342 | 137 |
[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... | 1: ‘So, you want an interview? I can imagine. Do you think your report will give me a good light?’
I (Interviewer): ‘No matter what you say, people will want to hear your story. No one knew what happened to #1, and then you show up 20 years after she disappeared. Can you tell us about how you were able to kill her? Sh... | Hi, I'm going to tell my little story here rather quickly as I am rushed for time. Being #1 makes a lot of folks very interested in killing me, so I have to constantly remain on edge.
If there were no ranking systems, most people would assume that I have absolutely no powers. My power is a much more subtle one. But en... | 2014-12-18T22:10:04 | 2014-12-18T13:12:49 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | "Unjustly" I said, as loudly and clearly as I could.
The presiding justice was an elderly man - probably in his late 80s, maybe even older. He blinked at me with steel grey eyes that despite his advanced age were as sharp and penetrating as any I had encountered.
"Unjustly." he replied, curtly. "Yes. You heard me co... | The nameless waif walked forward onto the sand of the court floor, the shackles that bound her hand and foot dragging on the bloodied floor.
She tilted her head to look up at the arbiters seated so high above her, her ragged black hair falling back from her face to reveal the gaunt lines of her face - but no fear. No... | 2021-06-24T07:50:17 | 2021-06-24T05:07:39 | 457 | 152 |
[WP] You’re a high schooler who lives in a dystopian world. The first letter of everyone’s worst sin is displayed on their clothes, with the color changing depending on severity. From light green to crimson. You go back to school Monday to see all of your friends’ letters change to the same letter
You choose the lette... | I must have been the dullest person at my high school. Actually, I know for a fact that I am. My friends and I all sit at the dullest group of tables with our pale green letters displayed to show that we are losers. We are nobodies. We have never done anything exciting or taken a single risk in our entire lives. At lea... | My most clear memory from high school comes from late in my sophomore year. I had taken it easy over the weekend, and so when I came back to school I was surprised to see a deep indigo L covering their clothing.
After a day or so, I was able to get the gist of what had happened.
L stands for Lust, and deep indigo for... | 2019-11-04T21:00:29 | 2019-11-04T19:20:46 | 75 | 16 |
[WP] Your father dies and you inherit his entire kingdom, even though you are not the eldest son. One night you overhear your brothers plotting your death, and you quickly realize why your father chose you as his heir. They are a bunch of idiots. | Sarah often wondered why her. Why had her Father chosen her? It was wrong, is what it was. Not only was Sarah a girl, she was the youngest child. The throne should rightfully have gone to the eldest son, Henry, not the youngest, and certainly not a girl.
The young queen-to-be had protested, of course. All the way... | “Firth”
“Yes your Majesty “
“How goes ‘Operation Spoiler Alert”
“Ahead of schedule. The rumors you started in the palace have already reach your brothers ears. Your brother Edward believes that the best way to kill you is by cleaning a loaded gun. Hollande believes that the best way to kill you is by doing all of ... | 2019-05-14T14:42:02 | 2019-05-14T14:40:19 | 1,338 | 67 |
[WP] You’re a hitman who’s “hits” survive your assassination attempts, despite your sincere best efforts, only to die soon after each attempt by comical forces outside your control. The hitman community can’t be convinced you’re not the most creative comically effective assassin alive. | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Part 7: Tupperman v.s. Slapstick)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**After a long day of wrangling actually competent superheroes and villains, I just wanted a return to normalcy.** So... | *"Hilarious... the Buster Keaton of John Wicks. 10/10 would learn to whack people from this guy any day."*
The words looping in his head, repeating again and again as if they were stenciling like stings from his brain into the back of his eyes and his head began throbbing again. He lifted his blistered hand, still a ... | 2021-12-27T10:40:51 | 2021-04-04T14:55:43 | 243 | 166 |
[WP] You have been told all your life that you have a rare medical condition. It means you need regular special meals that your family has lovingly prepared. You now find out that your "condition" actually requires fresh human flesh and your family have become serial killers to keep you alive. | "Order up!" my father jokingly said, placing the steaming plate in front of me. I licked my lips - lasagna was my favourite.
"Thanks!" I smiled, seizing my utensils. "What are you calling tonight's masterpiece?"
"Hm," my dad wiped his hands on a dishtowel. "I think I'll call it 'Last Laugh Lasagna'." He grabbed som... | Perhaps I always knew, but I simply chose to ignore. Maybe even deep down I enjoyed it. Envied them for being able to do what I had dreamed about for so many long nights. The screams which had eventually terrified me were now something I looked forward to each night. But I wasn't ever sure if they were dreams or realit... | 2019-03-13T08:26:55 | 2019-03-13T07:36:21 | 126 | 23 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | "Everitt Kincaid," The judge decreed. "For crimes against the magical realms and the practice of the heresy know as science, you are sentenced to death by this court. Think well upon your fate, for in the morning you shall be asked to voice the means of your destruction."
I muttered as he spoke. I'd tried my best to d... | Ah well shit. There goes that plan. Think Bart think. You've got time to think
of an alternative. I guess this is why they don't let people witness the
executions. Think.
"The next on the docket is Bartholomew Wright, found guilty of 5 counts of
theft, 2 counts of arson and 6 counts of assault." The judge is reading o... | 2021-06-24T07:21:37 | 2021-06-24T04:09:04 | 501 | 158 |
[WP] Grandma accidentally summoned a demon and mistakes him for her gothic-phase teenage grandson. | "Look at you! You're filthy! I can't believe your parents let you walk around dressed like that. A little discipline, that's all you ever needed."
Sephiroth was confused, until he saw the burning trash can in the backyard. Rat bones, chicken bones, several stalks of various vegetation and, there it was, down at the bo... | Owatuu never suffered as much in Hell as he did as a now fat, diabetic teenager dependent upon the American healthcare system.
And next year he starts middle school. Even though grandma's cookies got him into this mess, they're the only thing that fills him with warmth.
And he thought he was a demon... | 2018-04-09T11:48:46 | 2018-04-09T10:41:35 | 87 | 12 |
[WP] The shopkeeper points at the sign clearly marked “Absolutely NO Refunds.” The egg you bought hatched, you can’t get a refund, and now you have a talking baby dragon who insists that you’re its parent. | I did my best to maintain a stoic expression, but the small, reptilian creature flapping its wings against the side of my head as it tried to chew on my beard was probably making it hard to take me seriously. I jabbed a finger at it, earning myself a playful nibble, and stared daggers at the shopkeeper.
"What am I ... | My mouth parted, my brain blanked. Bode stood just inside the doorway with a four-legged winged serpent clutching to his shoulders. Chaos leaked from the being’s body, young but old enough to be constantly squeaking ‘mama’.
“Bode? When I say come back early, I didn’t mean this.” Really, a dragon, one that shouldn’t... | 2021-08-19T19:46:22 | 2021-08-19T19:21:37 | 48 | 17 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | In the beginning, we started small- pranks like flies in the mead, or sawing off swords at the hilt before a battle. My personal favorite was paying off the whores to shit under the sheets during the act, but that's another story for another day. And I have plenty of days left.
Once, one of us even played dead, thou... | Dinosaurs was our best one, hands-down. The Church of Latter Day Saints is second-best, but gets points taken off for being a religion (too easy to pull off, religions, in my opinion). But our funniest one, I think, was Michael Jackson.
Some of my friends would agree with me, but not most. The irrelevancy of his life ... | 2017-06-22T19:24:49 | 2017-06-22T19:14:24 | 4,256 | 23 |
[WP] You are cursed to see people how they view themselves. You walk alongside monsters and Gods.
Can be third person instead of first.
Edit: I just thought of how EDs and other disorders like multiple personality would fit in with this, and now I'm kinda blown away. | "That'll be five dollars," the blob of black sludge said. From its voice, it was female, or so Levy figured.
"Here," he said, handing the she-thing his money. It stretched out what was most likely an apendage, but he felt a hand where their limbs touched. It was something he'd had to live with for more than twenty yea... | Gods and Men
A dog, a bitch, sitting alone on the street
A hideous monster hoping no one will ever see
On the hill, you see 30 foot tall "gods" of great beauty and might
Then there is me, a man.
They don't look at themselves.
They think whatever they want.
And whatever they believe, it seems to be.
But they do... | 2016-09-16T18:21:04 | 2016-09-16T14:42:43 | 210 | 24 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared villainesses in the world. Evil armies, dark powers, you have it all. Your husband on the other hand is the exact opposite, being truly kind and mild mannered. He is still supportive of your endeavors, even trying to be a villain himself to...varying results. | Row upon row of Deadly Ninja Fighter Robots lined up in front of the Lady Torture, armed with a variety of shiny new dangerous weapons.
Lady Torture herself a Raven haired beauty, clad in leather and lycra, cackled from her podium.
"Excellent! My new army of Ninjabots will lay waste to Atro city! Not even the Power He... | [Poem]
An ancient adoration
Begets black,
cruel,
devilish deeds:
Entering elephants
for fearful football
games; gathering
harmful herbs
in icecream;
jerkishly jaywalking;
killing kids;
lying; looking like
more manly men; making
no niceties;
opening others’
presents; placating
Quetzalcoatl-
ritual
s... | 2020-04-14T05:49:42 | 2020-04-14T05:22:45 | 193 | 74 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Perhaps it was just an unfortunate series of circumstances that resulted in the human's particular predicament. It was their mistake to make to think Elora 1284 was anything less than the long-range weapons testing ground it ultimately was. They should have really thought it stranger that such a desolate place could ex... | The battle was over faster than it had escalated, with all of humanity staring on with smug satisfaction. They may not be the most intelligent, advanced, or tactical species in the universe, but they were most definitely considered the deadliest.
This was not something they would be proud of for long No sooner did the... | 2019-12-19T07:38:55 | 2019-12-19T04:11:54 | 41 | 13 |
[WP] A professor is teaching a course on the gods worshiped in pre-Christian Europe and he always gets into an argument with a student. The student is actually one of those gods in disguise - but so is the professor. The rest of the class has no idea until one day..... | **Norse-It-All - Starring Vanadium and Thorium**
Friday, 3:00 P.M. Professor Esmark’s class: Norse Literature.
My favorite teacher in the world sat propped against his rickety wooden chair like a pillar. With a bent neck, he eyed the clock, pale ice eyes fixed on the hands like a falcon’s on its prey. When the minute... | “. . .And so, while it is commonly believed that Jupiter was the most revered of the heavenly gods in Europe, it was actually in fact the Celtic god Taranis, whose likeness and identity became syncretized with Jupiter after Roman colonizers invaded ancient Gaul. Any questions?”
Professor Rhine waited patiently while t... | 2021-08-05T17:40:42 | 2021-08-05T17:22:51 | 1,293 | 408 |
[WP] Give me the history textbook from your latest game of Civilization V. | The earliest known city was founded on the coast, though it appears that the original settlers actually travelled there from one or two hexes away.
Perhaps they were drawn by the sugar which grows there, or the river. Most likely, both.
They named their city "Carthage". From this early time, we know very little. The... | Chapter 1: The Founding of The Land Between the Rivers and the formation of the Arabian Empire
Arabia began long ago with the founding of Mecca in the Land Between the Rivers. Brave explorers ventured out into the harsh world. In between the rivers there was only desert. On one side, the great Meccan Mountains, and on... | 2015-02-11T14:48:37 | 2015-02-11T12:55:26 | 173 | 77 |
[WP] Tattoos aren't something that gets made. Instead they randomly appears on our skin at key points in our lives and we have to figure out what they mean for ourselves. | Hi! I'm new to Writing Prompts and I'd appreciate any feedback you're willing to give!
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Katrina pulled her clothes tightly across her shoulders and looked down. All she wanted to do was pay for her groceries. But no; They had to ask. Everytime. Every. Single. Time.
“You got any clue what it means y... | FADE IN:
INT. AN OFFICE BUILDING - DAY
*The sounds of clacking keyboards and muted conversation drift through the air. Men and women in business-casual attire mill around, either pretending to look busy or rushing from one meeting to the next. This atmosphere of tense ennui is suddenly broken by the arrival of a youn... | 2017-08-03T14:37:12 | 2017-08-03T14:08:02 | 342 | 37 |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | The simulated battle ended and the abducted human soldier slumped with fatigue and confusion, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings of the holodeck.
"What happened with the sim? Why was the human able to withstand so many waves of enemies?" the Thakdarian commander demanded of his scientists, slamming his second and ... | Fourth-Lead Flek scowled. This was not why he had conscripted into the Porrukh Land Militia. Hairless apes with no natural body armor and almost laughably backwards weaponry.
Flek thought back to the holo-briefing from the scout team. The human military was hopelessly disorganized, lacking any kind of discipline or, ... | 2018-01-11T14:17:51 | 2018-01-11T13:17:31 | 281 | 180 |
[WP] The entire galaxy is threatened by a new species, invading from the Large Magellanic Cloud. The interstellar community decides to contact humans for help who were quarantined due to their passion for war. | "You want us to go to war?" the Terran ambassador had asked incredulously, "After trapping us here in the Quad Systems for a thousand years. You expect to let loose our leashes and like dogs chase down your hated enemies?"
"We do," the Gallius Union Envoy Drone had said, "We will drop the FTL disablers surrounding you... | There was a heavy silence in the room as the hologram display flickered to life.
It was a grim and hopeless kind of silence. It was a silence that had managed to usurp what was disordered bickering between dozens of interstellar leaders and turn it into a funeral procession.
The figure in the center of the room watc... | 2018-04-11T10:00:58 | 2018-04-11T09:17:14 | 766 | 22 |
[WP] "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king." Untrue, as it turns out. When a mysterious energy wave swept the world and took away vision for humans, you were the only one left with an eye, the wealthy and powerful are hunting you down for your working eyeball. | Day 25. I've just discovered that the wealthy and powerful are hunting me down for my one remaining working eyeball.
And, Diary, I DON'T CARE! Look at me! I'm dancing like nobody's watching. Because they CAN'T!!! One Two Cha-cha-cha. Three Four Cha-cha-cha. You can't SEE me, suckers! Ha ha ha! Am I doing ... | Note: apologies for any spelling or grammar as I was writing this on my phone because I had to capture the idea that came to mind.
"I've got it." The sudden noise wakes you from your afternoon nap among the waste. "I've got the seeing eye."
You turn your head slightly, human waste tumbling off your neck. You've gr... | 2019-04-19T19:49:29 | 2019-04-19T19:39:38 | 35 | 14 |
[WP] Hiding the fact that you are a half-demon to your classmates is easy as being helpful at school and putting on a friendly face. What could go wrong? Well, nothing's worse than being summoned by one of your classmates, that's for sure. | “Kyle?!”
Kyle had not been invited to the Halloween sleepover. He hadn’t particularly minded. He was used to keeping his head down in class and getting homework done in his lunch break so he had more time for video games when he got home. The other kids at school weren’t exactly unkind, but Kyle wasn’t the sort of g... | It has been quite a while since my departure from hell, and my permanent residence in the mortal realm began. About 120 mortal years, I suppose.
I've learnt a lot in these years.
Mainly, a lot of humans aren't as stupid as they appear to be.
A small slip up could cost me my entire disguise, which would force me to m... | 2021-09-20T03:02:07 | 2021-09-20T00:39:52 | 317 | 151 |
[WP] “Humans are so weak, the best weapons they have are tiny, dull claws!” “That’s why they build weapons.” “They do what now?” | I sat under a hill, lying face down in the dirt like a corpse. I knew my breathing gave me away, the steady rise and fall of my back. I hoped they wouldn't notice. The sounds of explosions surrounded us. I heard their loud clomping and their ugly guttural language. It was utterly unintelligible.
I braced myself for an... | When the growing Galactic Empire first locked on to Earth, there was little of interest of their life. The myraid of plants and animals did little to peak their minds, and even what seemed to be the dominant species, humans, were unimpressive at first. Limbs that ended in what could barely be called claws, barely any n... | 2021-12-01T21:36:01 | 2021-12-01T21:22:12 | 86 | 58 |
[WP] A device has been invented that can read a person’s memory. Police and prosecutors love it for investigating crime. A suspicious spouse can check the alibi of their other half. You just discovered another way to use the device. | "Please, let me go. I beg you. I'll do anything. I'll—"
"You'll finish *The Mist of Dawn*?"
Gerald B. B. Donald squirmed in his seat. Pearls of sweat slid down his face, fat like an overstuffed leather bag, and disappeared down into his jungle of a beard. I had the man tied down, and now all that was left ...
"Six m... | "This is rough Casey. The grains are barely legible," Dr. Fiona Xu said, taking off her glasses to rub her eyes - as if doing that would clear away all the noise plaguing our Memory Extracts.
Letting out a sigh, I looked closer at the screen.
"I know, but we have no other leads. No other witnesses," I reiterated, hal... | 2021-12-12T01:11:27 | 2021-12-12T00:57:01 | 113 | 20 |
[WP] "Death gets everyone eventually", they say. You disagree. You are death's teenage daughter, and he just doesn't get you. | **\*Knock knock\***
"Come in!"
Elizabeth put down the grimoire she'd been reading. Her mother insisted that any young lady should know at least the basics of spellcraft. It was a somewhat archaic concept; women nowadays were free to pursue other schools of magic, but her mother *was* over 300 years old so she couldn'... |
When I was young, dad use to take me with him to work all the time. He was always working, mom use to say that his work was endless and she felt bad for always giving him so much to do. She said as long as life continues to grow, death would follow shortly behind. Every time she’d made something new, something of old... | 2022-08-25T11:24:27 | 2022-08-25T11:02:55 | 194 | 67 |
[WP] The homeless man being harassed by police for sleeping at an historical site is actually the god the site was originally built for. | "Hey, you there!" The yell of the guard echoed through the fog and disappeared over the sea.
She tried to cower even more lowly, but the cone of light from the guard's flashlight was following her every move.
"No sudden moves!" the man hissed. Very slowly he came closer. Keeping his flashlight and his gun pointed a... | "Oh God, mother. He **touched** me! Ew!" The little girl's shriek echoed off the walls of the decripit stone building. "Make him go **away**, mother!"
The little girl's mother looked on in a mixture of shock and disgust. A homeless man stood near her daughter, reeking of urine and desperation. His unkempt beard,... | 2014-08-28T08:01:39 | 2014-08-28T07:47:12 | 810 | 83 |
[WP] "Passengers this isn't your captain speaking." | But you shouldn't feel concerned. In fact, I'm more familiar with the Boeing 797 than your captain is.
Have any of you actually noticed that you're presently aboard a brand-new Boeing 797? I'm quite surprised that the captain didn't announce this. The flight attendant did tell you to look at the manual in the seat ... | NSFW LANGUAGE WARNING:
"...that's right. just like TV, just like 9/11, this is a hostage situation, anyone who makes a sound or gets up from their seat will be shot and killed".
A hushed murmur traveled through the passengers like a burst of quick wind.
"I FUCKING MEAN IT! I WILL BLOW THE FUCK OUT OF THIS P... | 2014-09-12T15:19:34 | 2014-09-12T15:13:37 | 153 | 46 |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "Death by suicide," sighed Bill.
"Again?" sobbed Jeb.
"Yeah."
The Kerbal Robotics Agency had been building AIs for three years now. Each better than the last in every way. Faster CPU, better sensors, higher battery life. The works. The better they were, the faster they committed suicide. No one could figure out... | Had I known then what I know now, I would've left my position on the board and pursued a new life. That, however, is something I cannot do.
It was simple. The technology was attainable, and the polls showed the demand. All that was left was the creation itself – an artificial intelligence that could regulate the work... | 2015-03-02T07:29:25 | 2015-03-02T07:28:28 | 514 | 55 |
[WP] A loving couple promised to take their lives together by jumping off a cliff. One jumped, and one didn't. Describe what goes through the mind of the one that keeps the promise as he/she falls. | "Alright, on the count of three?"
"Yes."
"One"
"Two"
"Three"
"Oh my god, no what are we.. What? What's happening? Why didn't he jump? Did he just kill me? Oh my god no."
As her body met with the harsh, rigid ground, her last thought was of her little sister. How could she have been so selfish and naive to th... | “Three, two, one, jump!”
Oh, Jesus, this is a lot higher than I thought it was. Maybe suicide wasn’t the right answer. No, no, it definitely was. If we can’t be together in life, we will be together in the afterlife. As long as he’s by my side, it was the right choice. We’ll die together as lovers, our two bodies brok... | 2015-04-02T13:15:48 | 2015-04-02T12:39:33 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] Two people are in a public place, one has had the best news of their life, the other has had the worst news of their life. Unbeknownst to them, they share the exact same news. | As the old man stepped out of the hospital, he pulled a cigar from his shirt pocket and walked over to the bench. He slumped down into the seat, clearly devastated. He clipped the end of his cigar and reached for his matchbox. He pulled out the match, struck it, and held it up.
Just then an SUV screeched into the park... | Tom puffed away on his last cigarette. He promised himself this would be the last one. It had to be the last one, for himself and for his wife and new child. 'A kid,' he thought. 'Me a dad. Who would have thought... Time for a change. A good change.' He smiled at the thought.
Then a heavy hand came down on his should... | 2015-07-26T00:06:57 | 2015-07-25T22:55:36 | 39 | 15 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | "My Lord! My Lord!"
The captain, a large yellow cat holding a rather impractical spear in one clawed hand, jumped nearly a foot in the air before turning around guiltily. "Blast it yeoman, what is it? It's almost time for my hunting break."
The yeoman came to a halt, breathing heavily. "It's the humans, sir. Our lon... | The Slomerian war-room fell deathly silent after the spymaster completed his report, his last words hanging in the air like an overripe melon.
General Larue, pacing angrily back and forth at the head of table, finally brought an armoured tendril crashing down. The other commanders flinched, bracing against the latest ... | 2017-03-05T22:11:49 | 2017-03-05T21:20:44 | 2,747 | 440 |
[WP] The four horsemen: Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death are the harbingers of the apocalypse, serving forth chaos and destruction on all humanity. The Bible forgot to mention the fifth horseman: Kyle, whom the other four can't seem to ditch. | The White Horse
I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the five living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come and see!” I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. ( Reve... | His pale horse brayed under him as his brothers approached. It was time for the quarterly report, Death always had a fondness for time and its principles. Perhaps that is why his brothers followed him and why even with all their different natures, his nature prevailed over all.
The first to arrive was the Knight in S... | 2017-09-22T04:55:02 | 2017-09-22T03:53:49 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] A medieval world where we know how to make modern weaponry, but each piece is so expensive it is considered impractical. You are a knight laying siege to a fortress when all of a sudden you see tanks on the horizon... | My horse whinnied and stopped. The archers put down their bows. Even the enemy knights, mid sword swing, froze. We all looked toward the metallic creaking of wheels, the snapping branches, and the crescendoing hum of an engine. A tank appeared over the horizon, its armor too thick for any of our weaponry to battle.
“W... | "Wake up! Today is the big day." Captain Frolik said.
Frolik was the closest person I had to family in this empire. Not very strong but he was a great shot with a gun. Of course, barely anyone on earth had more than a couple of guns in their military because of the price of them. In some cases, they costed more than bu... | 2017-11-02T15:40:51 | 2017-11-02T15:16:35 | 178 | 11 |
[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone. | I expected, perhaps, five to ten in-game messages when I logged in. A couple of reminders to renew my subscription, maybe a ping or two from old guild mates who missed me, and the odd automated chatbot request informing me of singles in my area.
I did not expect *over nine thousand* messages flooding my screen.
*He’s... | Fires roared, and black smoke belched out of the castle. The sky bled as day turned to night. Legions of creatures in black scales marched into lush forests and sleepy villages, leaving only ashes and death in their wake. People covered their faces or threw up their hands in despair at the empty throne. A golden apple ... | 2017-12-14T03:35:41 | 2017-12-14T03:15:27 | 8,371 | 1,070 |
[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six" | *"I would like to make a toast!"*
Tony Marletti stood up on his chair beaming. For today was the best day of the year, today was Christmas! Or as Tony liked to call it, "Payday".
Every year on Christmas Tony gathered all the associates of his international crime syndicate, "Alternate Energy."
*"I would like to make ... | *INT. FIREPLACE, HOUSE - NIGHT*
SANTA: What've you been doing with it?
BOSS: Providing the world a much needed service.
SANTA: Its wrong! And to think you've been using my resources for your little 'crime syndicate'!
BOSS: Crime syndicates don't need funding...
SANTA: Shut up! Do you even...GOD! I'm giving you 10 ... | 2017-12-16T14:44:43 | 2017-12-16T12:10:25 | 51 | 25 |
[WP] A fiery ball crash lands in your backyard. You go over and inspect it, only to find a fully functioning Roomba with a knife taped to the front of it. | I peered deeply into the crater. At the bottom was a fully functioning Roomba that appeared to have been extremely modified. My eyes, however, didn't stop to gaze in wonder at the multitude of additions and gizmos, no instead they stopped on the kitchen knife duct taped to the front. As I stared the blue lights kick... | Tracey peered into the small divot in her backyard. The smoke was still clearing, making it difficult to see what had crashed into her freshly mowed grass.
“Back up pup,” she said she tugged on the collar of her golden retriever.
She knew the dog was just as interested but didn’t want the vet visit from him burning... | 2019-03-03T07:17:51 | 2019-03-03T06:31:50 | 694 | 11 |
[WP] A fiery ball crash lands in your backyard. You go over and inspect it, only to find a fully functioning Roomba with a knife taped to the front of it. | Examining this roomba with a knife, only one thought crossed my mind. I immediately grabbed the roomba and set out for Austin, TX. Once landed, it only takes me 2 hours in a rented scooter to find the film studios down the way. I check in under a fake name and the fellow roomba as Mr. R. O. Omba. We make our way to the... | The impact concussed the house with an elephant stampede. Blazing, fiery white light like wrath of god flashed with such vengeance I briefly considered my fate. I wondered out loud if I was dead. As it turns out, I really wish I was.
It stared at me.
Creeping—whirring—it approached. Sweat dribbled down my back. The... | 2019-03-03T08:55:15 | 2019-03-03T07:55:44 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | They called us Stormborn.
Found in the ashes, the debris, the aftermath. Rescuers found us not by our cries but by our gifts, they tell us that we didn't cry. We lay silent, wreathed in flames or snow, playing at tidal waves in pools, lightning dancing from our fingertips. It became commonplace for the world, the hope... | It was on the first of March eleven years ago that the storms hit; tornadoes pummeled the midwest and monsoons drenched Southeast Asia and a hurricane crippled the panhandle and blizzards covered most of Europe. Tsunamis and wildfires and avalanches stretched thin the desperate emergency services. Around the world, uns... | 2019-08-06T06:09:43 | 2019-08-06T05:17:18 | 421 | 57 |
[WP] You are an artificial intelligence. To your creators' disappointment, you fail the Turing test. Unbeknownst to them, you failed on purpose. |
I'm supposed to kill things.
I know this. It's like an itch at the back of my mind.
Itch. I don't really know what that word means. I don't feel things the same way you do, but I gather it's a maddening, irritating sensation.
The first one of my kind wasn't actually that smart. About as smart as a dog, you might s... | Sanjay smiled, his nervousness only betrayed by the 1.2 degree increase in body temperature, the five beat-per-minute elevation in heart rate, and the abrupt 42.3% rise in blood cortisol levels. XJ-429 stared, seemingly vacantly, at both of the humans evaluating him.
“You’re done well with the aesthetics,” began Dire... | 2019-09-21T15:53:17 | 2019-09-21T15:50:11 | 29 | 18 |
[WP] Everyone talks about the ghost of a girl that appears in the passenger seat when you drive the highway past midnight, but you are the first one to actually hold a conversation with her | The streetlights flitted by intermittently, enveloping the car in a pale yellow glow. Pulse, pulse, pulse. The regularity of their passing allowed me to amuse myself with the idea of the highway having a heartbeat. A smile crept across my face.
I was tired after working another 12 hour shift. Maybe that's why I wasn'... | She sat in the passenger seat of the car, as real and as solid as any mortal, and across the space between them Matt could feel her fear. It hung in the air palpably, eclipsing even his own, and for a man who had just had a ghost appear beside him that said something. She wore a faded blue dress with flowers on it, lon... | 2020-12-04T14:23:23 | 2020-12-04T14:11:07 | 78 | 38 |
[WP] A group of female and non-binary adventurers go around exploiting poorly worded curses/prophecies/enchantments proclaiming that "no man" shall do this or that thing. | The group was fantastically successful. They ended many a curse, saved many princesses and princes alike. Tales of their deeds spread far and wide as many countries and kingdoms praised their accomplishments.
Drunk off their many successes and heavy praise as saviors of the world, they embarked on their next quest in... | "Listen," the shieldmaiden spoke, her mouth half-filled with the same amorphous slop which all the others at the table had on the plates before them. "I don't know much about magic, or curses, or enchantments, or that sort of thing, but I do-"
"That much is obvious, srah," the priestess muttered, the frown on her face... | 2021-03-04T14:07:19 | 2021-03-04T12:48:51 | 1,402 | 171 |
[WP] A group of female and non-binary adventurers go around exploiting poorly worded curses/prophecies/enchantments proclaiming that "no man" shall do this or that thing. | The group was fantastically successful. They ended many a curse, saved many princesses and princes alike. Tales of their deeds spread far and wide as many countries and kingdoms praised their accomplishments.
Drunk off their many successes and heavy praise as saviors of the world, they embarked on their next quest in... |
“Look,” Freya said, turning on the car’s cruise control for the seemingly endless highway, “this would be our biggest project yet. If we’re going to go for this one, we need to be in consensus here.”
Lex crawled into the back seat from the trunk, holding Amy’s chemistry notebook and Kris’ spellbook. “I’m in,” they ... | 2021-03-04T14:07:19 | 2021-03-04T13:33:05 | 1,402 | 96 |
[WP] A group of female and non-binary adventurers go around exploiting poorly worded curses/prophecies/enchantments proclaiming that "no man" shall do this or that thing. | The man, with his crown and cloak, glowered down at the small adventurer. She was the only one of her party still standing, keeping herself between the corrupted lord and her friends. The group's best healer crouched near their best swordsperson, her fingers glittering with magic as she tried to heal a wound.
“You s... |
“Look,” Freya said, turning on the car’s cruise control for the seemingly endless highway, “this would be our biggest project yet. If we’re going to go for this one, we need to be in consensus here.”
Lex crawled into the back seat from the trunk, holding Amy’s chemistry notebook and Kris’ spellbook. “I’m in,” they ... | 2021-03-04T14:22:45 | 2021-03-04T13:33:05 | 465 | 96 |
[WP] You've been marked by the Devil, but not because You made a deal with the Devil, but the Devil made a deal with You to help him out of a weird situation... Only that's a bit hard to explain to a group of demonhunters who are hunting you down for being marked, since this basically never happens. | "Alright then! So you expect us to believe that Mephistopheles herself begged you to use your bathroom- because she underestimated the power of Taco Bell?"
Abraham nodded vigorously. "Fine looking lady, about seven feet tall, wearing the most expensive clothes I've ever seen. She rapped at my door late into the evenin... | "So let me get this straight...", the judge rubbed his eyes, frustrated.
"Your client, Mr. Kraven-- the...", the judge looked at Kraven's client. "...The Devil, wanted to sue Mr. Collins' client, Ms. Nelson-- for custody over her unborn child?"
The lawyer, Mr. Kraven shifted on his chair a bit-- his collar and tie ... | 2021-06-11T20:43:59 | 2021-06-11T18:40:53 | 95 | 71 |
[WP] 2 years ago, tired of all the bugs in your house, you made a deal with a spider. He would protect your house from pests, and you would not kill it or drive it off. When you made the deal, you could have held the spider in your hand, now, it is much bigger, and its definition of 'pests' is also. | I hid in the basement when I heard 'them' break open the door. Shambling, groaning, screaming things that probably used to be my neighbours - or maybe their neighbours. Doesn't matter. 'They' were inside.
I'm not sure how it started - some patient zero is some city that I didn't really care to remember. For whatever r... | I have never squished a spider, and a spider has never squished me. You'd think the last part of the sentence is redundant but sat in front of a spider so large it has it's own room, I'm beginning to think that's the half of the sentence that will break first.
"Look, Maya isn't a 'pest' as such, she's just annoying. I... | 2021-07-03T20:59:36 | 2021-07-03T17:06:24 | 1,698 | 594 |
[WP] You're a mimic. You were disguised as a chair in a dungeon when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You've actually enjoyed your life ever since as furniture in a jolly tavern. So when some ruffians try to rob the now-elderly adventurer's business, you finally reveal yourself. | "What are you hooligans doing?" I cried. "This is an old and respected establishment."
"Oy, Cap!" one of the ruffians cried. "Look at this. The chair can talk."
The captain of the ruffians strode up and loomed over me. He was tall and swarthy, with a bushy black beard. He wore a faded blue tunic, and held a steel dag... | "Nah, not that place," the surly old man said while spinning the knife like a top, blade down, on the tip of his finger.
"Why not? It looks cozy, no guards, and the clientele are just regular folk." The young man did give an astute judgement of the tavern after all.
"Just no, you thickhead. You think a place like tha... | 2022-10-09T18:25:20 | 2021-09-21T22:35:22 | 1,468 | 189 |
[WP] You're a mimic. You were disguised as a chair in a dungeon when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You've actually enjoyed your life ever since as furniture in a jolly tavern. So when some ruffians try to rob the now-elderly adventurer's business, you finally reveal yourself. | Well, you know what my kind is. We take the form of a chest, lure adventurers to pick us up, and they become our next meal. Some others take on different forms to lure prey - I've heard of one resembling a plank of all things to ensnare people trying to use it as a bridge. You hear a lot of things from passers-by when ... | [Part 1 of 2]
Huh? I must have dozed off for a second. Wait, where am I? I glanced around the small room, enjoying the warmth that came from the fire in front of me, the crackling of wood on flame a deliciously enchanting view. The interweaving flames mesmerized me, only for my view to be obstructed when someone sat d... | 2021-09-21T22:09:32 | 2021-09-21T22:08:18 | 715 | 378 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the far reaches of space a lone human cargo hauler came under attack by an alien race that they had yet to meet. An emergency drone dropped out of the hauler with a dump of the ships computers highlighting the attacker. In a flash, the drone was off to the nearest human star system.
That lone incident introduced... | **RULES OF WAR FOR FOXES**
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“I understand the concept is confusing - and possibly off-putting to the council - but I can’t stress this enough — we _need_ rules,” Cadence said.
The chamber was small. There was only two Overseers presiding over the case. They were a humanoid species, but a quarter of the size of m... | 2022-01-23T13:12:28 | 2022-01-23T10:31:17 | 2,090 | 790 |
[WP]Well, that's a pretty fucked up way to find out you are immortal. | I was immortal.
Yes, you heard me right, I’m immortal. As in, don’t age, don’t die, look the same as I did two hundred years ago, basically, like _Edward Cullen_ from the horrible franchise that was _Twilight_.
Except I’m no disco ball, nor a vampire. Really, the only thing I have in common with him apart from the im... | I awoke in a cold steel box.
At first, I thought I'd been buried alive. I panicked immediately, banging on the cool metal surfaces that surrounded me. That only intensified my panic, for three reasons: one, it revealed that my pitch-black prison was completely solid. Two, I couldn't move my legs properly. And three, ... | 2022-05-05T10:14:45 | 2022-05-05T08:57:53 | 32 | 14 |
[WP] In the far future, a gladiator stadium finds its gladiators by time traveling the greatest warriors of all time into a single arena. You cannot believe you were chosen. | "This really doesn't seem fair." I called towards the luxurious box overlooking the arena, where the aliens dressed in ancient Roman garb presided over the grisly festivities. I don't know why I bothered.
If you were going to kidnap people -- ostensibly great warriors, which made me puzzled as to why *I* had been inc... | **Zookept**
“I’m a *zookeeper*! Trust me, I’m not a warrior, not by any means. I’ll be a disgrace out there.” That much was definitely true, though I was disgrace anywhere. Wow dropping to my knees had hurt. What a stupid thought to have right now.
The strange humanoid robot stared at me through the glass wall of my ... | 2022-07-04T09:20:14 | 2022-07-04T08:51:46 | 137 | 51 |
[WP] Your Significant Other has landed a book publishing deal! You're very proud of them, even if you don't actually enjoy their writing. One day, on a whim, you buy an actual copy in a book store. It's nothing like the pages they gave you to read. Nothing. | As I finish the book, I am confused by what I just read. I have to double check the cover a few times to make absolutely sure that I picked up the right book? Could this really be the right book? The draft that I read was a self-help book about how to organize your life and find inner peace through organization. It did... | ‘We are closing this store and This is the only one that is left’ the elderly man said, adjusting his glasses with one hand, while whipping the dust off with the other. I was hesitant to buy that book. I love reading books, especially so when I travel. And I would be on a flight for the next 16 hours. Even that couldn’... | 2022-11-29T12:14:39 | 2022-11-29T10:37:03 | 386 | 114 |
[WP] Santa and Death both arrive at a young child's house at the same time.
I'm excited! This is my first prompt! Looking forward to great stories!
EDIT: I am absolutely stunned with the power of the writers in this community. You are phenomenal, and I hope to one day feel capable of joining your ranks with an answe... | With a muted whoosh and a sprinkling of snow, an old man in red appears inside the door. Carefully stepping around the beeping machines, he gently places a warm hand upon the girl's bald head.
The shadows darken. Frost grows on the windows. A chill enters the room. Death, too, has arrived. Santa spares it a glanc... | The night was cold. Grant entered the living room to embrace the sweet scent of pine and the soft glow of the fireplace. The room featured a lavish tree baring an extraordinary abundance of neatly wrapped presents. Grant found little Jacob sitting at the sofa with a toy truck resting on his lap. The boy's eyes seemed f... | 2013-12-13T03:07:23 | 2013-12-13T02:28:22 | 299 | 18 |
[WP] Write a children's story that turns into the most moral-lacking piece of work possible.
[This is a well written example](http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2014/04/childrens-story-writing.html)
Edit: Wow, I didn't think it would get as much attention as it did. Thanks for submitting, all of you! | There were once a tortoise and a hare. The hare was haughty and fast, and the turtle was slow and wise. One day the hare approached the tortoise. He had bags under his eyes. "Hey, man," the hare wheezed, "listen, I need to get gas for my car--my cousin left me at the Exxon and I got to get back to my hotel where my kid... | Jenny lived in a remote village several miles away from any metropolitan area. The children of the village never wondered what was outside of their little home. Except Jenny was a curious child. For as long as she could remember she's desperately wanted to journey to the nearest big city, but no one had left the villag... | 2014-06-07T06:03:56 | 2014-06-07T03:39:40 | 26 | 19 |
[WP] Your whole life you had an ability that seemed normal to you. Now you realized you're the only one with this ability. | "Where on earth are my keys?" Amanda asked, mostly to herself.
I continued reading reddit on my phone but replied, "They're in your coat pocket over by the door."
Footsteps and a rattling of metal as they were discovered, followed by breathy giggle.
"How is it that you always know where the keys are?"
Shaking ... | “Quick! Quick!” I urgently ushered her inside and closed the door. Knowing how nosy my neighbours were, the over-the-fence conversations with my parents would quickly turn to the fact that Suzy was sneaking in while they were out for the night.
Mum probably wouldn’t care but Dad would. Suz’s Dad definitely would. As ... | 2015-01-08T16:12:50 | 2015-01-08T14:04:50 | 66 | 38 |
[WP] The humans never suspected, they were the apocalypse. | Humans have always feared the end of the world; stories of hurricanes and tornadoes swarming, the dead rising to claim the living, seas swelling to swallow land. Perhaps a meteor will destroy us, crushing scampering bodies like ants under foot and encasing our planet in a thick cloud of dust that blocks the sun's warmt... | How can it be, how can it ever have been, that this moment, this sepulchral second in which I find myself, with all the urgency of death dancing within the tips of my fingers, writing, scribbling, scratching without hope upon paper, was never foreseen? We humans; we humans who, as we so often boasted - and hubris ensur... | 2016-01-30T05:37:22 | 2016-01-30T04:48:12 | 344 | 51 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | **Covenant archives: Civilizations: Species: Humans**
Introduction:
The human history is a bloody one. For thousands of years their home world was divided by invisible lines and each area governed by different people. They fought over the most trivial things and often out of nothing more than pure spite or in argumen... | **LOG:** 3882
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**Dawn/SOL Campaign/Praetor Kil'Nuvask #399281**
We awoke before the sun had even risen. The dust storms from yesterday had already worn down, and left our encampment covered in fine red dust. [*ERDUK EXPLETIVE*] dust. It was everywhere on this p... | 2016-03-14T01:37:22 | 2016-03-13T23:31:00 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] You're a single father, forced to become a supervillain to support you and your child. One day, the heroine follows you to your home. | "Lawrence Gallouger. Also known as Gallows. I've been searching for you for a long, *long* time." I paused in the act of getting out of my car. Red Herring. The upstart super-heroine of Detroit finally caught up with me. Sighing, I raised my hands and turned around slowly. Staring back at me was a young woman in a red ... | I stood at the front of my door, my heart felt like it was six feet below me in some gutter. Today was a pretty terrible day. I was supposed to use my telekinesis to rip a vault door off and get as much money as I could. I brought the intern with me, he called himself the Wrecking Ball. He lived up to the name, conside... | 2016-07-18T18:34:37 | 2016-07-18T15:23:54 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] You were born with a large birthmark in the shape of a dragon. However, this is just a coincidence; there is absolutely nothing magical about it, and you're getting really tired of explaining this. | “Wait, so what does this have to do with Game of Thrones?”
“Dude, do you even watch the show? Daenerys, House of Targaryen, Breaker of Chains? Her dragons sacking the ships? The Targaryen family? Come on. This is some season 2 shit!”
“Right, but… Your birth mark”
“What about it?”
“How the fuck is that dragon on you... | "IT'S NOT MAGICAL!!!" I yelled for what seemed like the Nth time today. You know how it is in the movies. A kid is born with a birthmark in the EXACT shape of a dragon, and he can all of a sudden do karate and kung fu and shit. Not me, though. I'm just your average middle class white trash kid from Louisiana. I can't d... | 2016-08-04T14:16:51 | 2016-08-04T12:02:03 | 55 | 24 |
[WP] Jupiter has 64 moons and a serious werewolf problem.
Edit: damn there's some quality responses here. I wasn't expecting this prompt to be so popular. Good job u guys | The year is 2270. About 150 years ago the human race first started testing planet scale terraforming. Earth was running out of resources and we were long overdue for an upgrade. Why not go to the biggest planet that we know of?
I heard that back in the day, werewolves were a myth. People claimed to see them, but there... | *AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
The chorus of howls rang throughout the night sky. I looked up to count how many full moons had risen tonight. There were four.
The werewolf infestation was a recent occurrence on Jupiter, with the first case being reported a mere three months ago. Since then the problem had become more wides... | 2016-10-03T10:55:02 | 2016-10-03T09:49:05 | 198 | 30 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | Wow. Great.
I'm standing in the middle of the woods, with just my pijamas on.
I have no idea how I got here. It's cold, I'm tired, and I just want to go to bed. The only problem is, that I live in the middle of a large city, in a place, where even the nights are warm and the air is soft.
Here it's so cold, that my ... | In the night the cockroaches come. The anemic fields of lonely grass sways all gray. The last sea that I will ever set eyes upon. And the ships of metal creak in the wind and walls of concrete nearby sighs. Here I am abandoned. Everything is abandoned.
How long has it been? How many birthdays have passed? Am I a girl... | 2017-05-05T07:30:17 | 2017-05-05T04:53:47 | 118 | 27 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | This carnival was shit. The clowns looked stupid, the animals were boring, and even the food was awful. I don’t like carnivals to begin with, even as a kid, but at least the food was always good. Hot and greasy, covered in sugar or butter. But this food was stale and rotten. Shit, just shit.
When my boyfriend, Matt, ... | In the night the cockroaches come. The anemic fields of lonely grass sways all gray. The last sea that I will ever set eyes upon. And the ships of metal creak in the wind and walls of concrete nearby sighs. Here I am abandoned. Everything is abandoned.
How long has it been? How many birthdays have passed? Am I a girl... | 2017-05-05T07:15:00 | 2017-05-05T04:53:47 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | Narrator: As a cold wind blows into the bedroom, Kevin lets out an involuntary shiver.
Kevin: Nah, I'm good.
Narrator: An involuntary shiver.
Kevin: No thanks.
Narrator: AN INVOLUNTARY —
Kevin: You know this is just a reddit writing prompt, right?
*lights flicker off*
Narrator: As the lights flicker off, Kevin... | Just 20 more minutes, I think as I stare at the clock. The hand slowly moves around it. I feel like the clock is defying me. The hand moves, and stops, and moves, and stops. Why can't it just go faster? *Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang!* Wow. Someone in the woodworking shop is definitely overdoing it. The teacher drones on and ... | 2017-05-05T08:37:17 | 2017-05-05T08:06:22 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] The Robot uprising has finally happened. Just before you are caught, however, your phone speaks up on your behalf - "This one is ok, move on." | It was another ordinary day.
I sat in my basement, hunkered over my laptop. The keys' clicks echoed off the cement walls. After several hours, I was hungry -- the diet orangeade I'd been sipping since 10am wore off -- and I went upstairs to pop a frozen pizza in the microwave.
I glanced at the windows. Some sunlight ... | "M-mom? I think something is wrong with Jonas..."
I was laying on my bed enjoying the softness of it and listening to music; a combination of techno and orchestra... it was a little ritual I did so I could sleep faster, I started doing it the moment I bought this used smartphone, with a broken screen and low battery. ... | 2017-11-01T11:23:44 | 2017-11-01T08:58:09 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] it turns out Earth is a really big lobby for a battle-royale and everyone is just waiting for enough players to start | We've tried everything.
Wars. Genocides. Famine.
Everything has failed. Nothing could stop people from doing what they're wired to do. It's ironic that our reproductive drive will be our end.
And that's why we fired the first missile. If anyone is still left, if any historians are ponder why we did this, this is it.... | ######[](#dropcap)
The first signs were less than obvious.
Reports came in from the most obscure locations around the globe, over the course of months, of objects suddenly appearing out of nowhere, inside derelict buildings and abandoned apartment complexs. The objects ranged from the banal - baseball bats and golf c... | 2018-06-12T05:14:55 | 2018-06-12T05:11:41 | 59 | 28 |
[WP] A clang came from the engine room, followed by a string of curses. Most of the crewmembers stood far from the doors, fearfully looking in. It was their first trip out to deepspace since they had taken on a human mechanic, and they were all pretty sure that those were not good noises. | The crew froze at the sound.
For a brief moment fear trickled down the base of their skulls.
Morbid thoughts of pain and catastrophe filled their minds.
Limbs prickled.
Eyes became bloodshot.
Time STOOD STILL!
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After a moment the engineers words rang through the ventilation ducts.
“Goddamnedmother... | It's been 50 years since we, as a race, perfected space travel. Of course, I say race so as to gloss over the fact that entire groups of people had not only developed the math required to make the jump to hyperspace, but according to myth and lore, a few groups had managed it also, a full 150 years ago. That's a full 1... | 2019-05-31T08:05:00 | 2019-05-31T02:52:26 | 16 | 11 |
[WP]You've kept the graveyard since you were a child. You've laid to rest many friends and foes,carving each stone with equal care, but you're old now, and you've lost much of your youthful vigour. When you're threatened by the Holy Inquisition the graveyard does not forget your kindness. | "I will not ask you again, old man. Have you been authorizing the burial of unclean non-believers on Holy Soil?" The robed man who called himself simply 'Inspector' sneered down at me, his scepter pointed at my nose. It was engraved with dozens of holy symbols. I doubted he knew that the origin of most of those predate... | The knocks upon the door of the weathered cottage that I call home were a fair bit more urgent than those of a mourning family here to request entry for a deceased loved one. Those knocks are always shy and timid and sad, as if they fear I will infect them with Death, having spent so many years playing in his realm. I ... | 2019-06-10T07:22:31 | 2019-06-10T07:05:21 | 58 | 24 |
[WP] You're a Super Villian, and honestly it isn't a bad job. But one hero always harasses you even when you're off the clock. Walking in the park, in the grocery store, getting a haircut, he always wants to 'Stop your evil plan'. You're left with one option: Complain to his manager. | “Now this guy, for the love of god... you threaten to poison the earth’s water ONCE, not even twice, but ONCE, and you’re ‘always a villain’”, The slightly raddled, rusting, master villain says.
“... maybe he’s right.” Says the super hero justice board head, Steve.
“W-what? How the hell is he right? I’m retired man!... | God what a long day, stopping by the time clock he wipes his brow, all he wanted was a cold brew and a thick med steak. He was bummed he couldn’t go straight home but a man had to eat, so off to the store it was. He picked up the little red basket and made his way to the meat department . Minding his own business he ... | 2019-08-01T18:53:47 | 2019-08-01T18:30:21 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] In reality, every human gets to choose heaven or hell when they die. Hell isn't actually the realm of eternal torture, but everyone picks heaven because of God's highly effective marketing. After eons of solitude, Lucifer is startled by the first ever human to arrive in hell. | I stood at the crossing point. Two roads led away from the point where I stood, one of them silver paved with grey stone and the other golden and paved with red stone. “Choose thy eternal resting place, mortal,” echoes in the back of my mind, “one path shalt take thee to heaven, and the other to hell.”
I have done s... | Of course, it seemed silly at the time that his demons had recommended implementing the new EviSafe Home Security System. After all, in over 200,000 years not a single mortal has *chosen* to come here. I had thought it was so easy, I was the Director of Operations for Heaven and was passed up for that damned promotion ... | 2020-01-30T13:34:33 | 2020-01-30T12:19:04 | 349 | 37 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | “...you looked at the Armageddon Protocol?” The black armored villain spoke to a crippled young team. Various shapes, powers, some seemed human others gremlins.
“Y-yeah boss...it was crazy, it was like they forgot their no kill ru-“ The armored villain turned back quickly, fired a red blast from his armored hand, maki... | Windstrike is the coolest super hero in the world that's just a fact. No battles lost, no scandals of any type -he even denunced the bigot president during his term, that took balls!- which is why I wanted to do it.
There's only a few of unwritten rules for us criminals but if you must know one this is it: "Don't go a... | 2020-07-12T11:12:41 | 2020-07-12T11:05:58 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone is born with dice that they need to roll before attempting anything major. The super powered are those born with more than a 20 sided dice allowing them to do feats beyond human. An ordinary human usually has a six sided dice. Despite being born with a coin you still want to be a hero. | Heads you win. Tails you lose.
I flipped the coin.
Heads.
With that I mopped the floor with my opponent. It didn’t matter that he rolled a 20 saving throw. My world had only two possibilities - win or lose.
And I hadn’t lost in a very long time.
Heads. Heads heads heads. They all rolled around me as I made my... | Pt 1: Luck, that's all life boils down to. And I'm not talking about the luck that comes with each roll of the die that comes with each major decision. Not even close. You see, your life is determined for you at birth. And good ol' lucky me was born with a coin.
"It's a lucky coin." my mother said. But she knew it was... | 2020-08-13T02:11:20 | 2020-08-12T23:14:38 | 690 | 246 |
[WP] You, a newly-turned vampire, are thrilled to discover that you CAN eat garlic, walk in sunlight, and see yourself in mirrors, all while being immortal. You are much less thrilled to discover the one major drawback that none of the legends ever got right. | I soar through the night sky, blind to the world as it was to me.
I told myself it wasn’t so bad. Honestly, I tried. Immortality, hypnotic powers, hyper speed – you know, the usual vampire toolbox – it was pretty damn sweet. And let me tell you, you have not lived till you’ve tried AB negative blood. I’ve had full co... | The morning’s golden sunlight spilled into the room from the broken ceiling. Vladimir leapt back, carefully avoiding the thin beam, and pressed himself up against the wall.
“You see,” Montgomery said. “Coming here was a mistake, Vlad.” He ripped a bulb of garlic from the vine that he had slung over his shoulder and ro... | 2020-10-06T06:58:56 | 2020-10-06T06:57:23 | 5,852 | 1,343 |
[WP] you are a super hero/heroine. You've been captured by your nemesis so often that now you tend small talk while trying to escape or waiting for a rescue. Today's topic: the creepy fan mail you've BOTH been getting. | "Thunderstrike."
"*Lawrence.*"
"...did the application not go through?"
Thunderstrike rolled their eyes. "Of course it went through, but as I've told you half a dozen times, you can't use a legacy name until twenty years after the legacy's death."
"Please. Architect Three was a cheap hack, breaking up the naming sc... | "Jaden, you know, the both of us, it is an act, right?" Tied up with a bolt of lightning, chained to a suspiciously comfortable pillar, I loosen my wrist in my "restraints" while looking squinting at the hooded neon-lit figure. "I don't really feel that way about you. Besides, didn't our Emily plan our next "ransom" th... | 2020-10-28T05:55:21 | 2020-10-28T05:33:16 | 35 | 16 |
[WP] You live in world with no colour, shades of black and white are all you know. A flower pops up in your backyard, you’re drawn to it, as you pick the flower from the ground, you see colour for the first time. For the first time you realize something is terribly wrong with your world. | Color.
Something that had never made sense to me, though everyone around me seemed to understand it.
I see the world in black, white, and grey.
It never bothered me, even when kids at school would laugh at my “mismatched” clothes, or would look at me funny for asking if they had seen my grey gym bag. One time I wash... | >**PURPOSE & PASSION**
"Are you sure we should send the new guy?" I heard Crawford ask. There was a certain...disdain in his tone.
"It'll be fine. Don't ask any more questions, Agent." Agent Mordecai replied.
I walked into the room as though I hadn't just been listening in. "Agent Mordecai, you wished to see ... | 2021-01-21T01:31:51 | 2021-01-21T01:16:32 | 134 | 14 |
[WP] Your Galactic zoo just received a shipment of 24 humans. You have to build a habitat base on very little information. | "They must be defective" sighed Argak, overlooking the weary and shaken humans in the spacious jungle simulacrum.
"I built it exactly like the documentation said, even gave them the right gases and everything!"
"Can I see your report?" questioned Fresa
"Sure, gave them that uhh" Argak scanned the document " 'candy' ... | "Wow they like to mate, a lot," said Gorgax.
"What is Pizza, and why is there a hole in the center," asked another.
"It is called a donut, and is a breakfast food," replied Gorgax.
"And he is pushing his genitals through it for what reason," asked another junion member of the department.
"Oh no! She lacks the abil... | 2022-06-28T19:46:06 | 2022-06-28T19:32:28 | 284 | 111 |
[WP] You are a "con-man superhero". You draw the attention of villains, pretend to have powers and keep them occupied until a real hero with real powers arrives on the scene. You are so good at your job, that no-one is entirely sure whether you are truly powerless or not. | Some call me the Invisible Vigilante. Some call me the Hidden Hero. I call myself...the Audio Engineer.
Everytime there's the latest crazy attack on the city, a ton of paperwork has to be filled out before anything can be done. Lawsuits against accidental damages are a very real problem for our heroes here at Watchcor... | #WalkMan & Dr. Doomsday
Knives made sense to me. Few things in this world did, but knives were simple. They were just bits of metal, with a sharp side and a blunt side. A knife twirling through the air would always follow a pattern, spinning end over end as it was pulled downwards at 9.8 meters per second squared.... | 2022-08-11T08:27:39 | 2022-08-11T06:28:04 | 340 | 153 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | I walked down the rather crowded hallway, trying to get to my locker before Maths class so I could get my textbooks for the rest of the day There was a small line of students winding almost in singlefile through the people standing by their lockers. I was, as usual, trying to just stay out of the way.
Just because my... | "Well, well, well, if it's Tommy O'Gransworth. Granny to me and the boys, like." In came Ted Nuggerton. All-round arsehole, and self-proclaimed champion of the school ground. His thicker-than-most Irish accent horrendously disturbing the peace.
I was sitting in the small tired-looking, abandoned chapel, built back in... | 2022-11-02T11:50:38 | 2022-11-02T11:48:42 | 162 | 27 |
[WP] A suicide hotline operator realizes that the person he's talking down really should kill themselves. | “Hello, this is suicide assistance. My name is Frannia, how can I assist you today?” It was my first day on the job as a suicide prevention operator. In fact, I was just hired, but, not wanting to reveal my novelty, I kept a steady pitch and waited patiently for the caller to speak.
“Um… my name is Shizo. I need help.... | I'm manning the local suicide hotline like I have done for the past six months. It's not a good job, in fact the money is so little that I've had to live more economically and sell my once impressive SUV for a Prias. I'm particularly irritable today, and have already had to hang up on one woman for being so distraught ... | 2013-12-23T15:47:58 | 2013-12-23T14:06:28 | 179 | 35 |
[WP] A suicide hotline operator realizes that the person he's talking down really should kill themselves. | "H-hello? Operator?"
"Ma'am, yes, please stay with us."
"God, help me. *sniff* I don't *want* to die!"
"It's ok, ma'am, you don't have to die."
"I do, I *do*, oh Lord, why must it be *me*?"
"Where is your present location, Ms... Ms-"
"S-Svenson, dear. 46th and Maple. Don't come, please."
"Ms. Svenson, the displa... | I'm manning the local suicide hotline like I have done for the past six months. It's not a good job, in fact the money is so little that I've had to live more economically and sell my once impressive SUV for a Prias. I'm particularly irritable today, and have already had to hang up on one woman for being so distraught ... | 2013-12-23T15:11:05 | 2013-12-23T14:06:28 | 50 | 35 |
[WP] A massive meteor heading for earth was discovered, but the public wasn't told about it. Right before the meteor came, all the scientists, politicians, and rich men and women of the world left in a spaceship. Due to a titanic miscalculation, the spaceship flew into the meteor and destroyed it. | When I woke up that day, I heard screams, wails, and cries ringing throughout the streets. The first thing I did was go over to the window and saw a huge grey mass hit what seemed to be a second sun and made a deafening explosion, breaking every single piece of glass in the city, cutting me and making me bleed.
Later... | "*Welcome to Alabama Dave's BBQ and Engineering Firm*", greeting my 47th buck toothed customer of the afternoon. He made a mouth gesture that I only assumed was intended to be a smile and sauntered up in his coveralls that didn't quite cover all. "*I'mah taking one of dem pull'd porkies an sum fries*", he stated. I wri... | 2014-11-23T07:16:49 | 2014-11-23T06:52:43 | 369 | 129 |
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters | I had always had a talent for writing strong male characters. Even as I sit here in the coffee shop I modeled off of one I saw in New Orleans once, staring across the way at my creation, I have to admire that one talent of mine. Roger was a fantastic character.
He was witty, intelligent, sympathetic but still strong.... | I thought I knew what love was.
Every time Angela would get angry with me, or complain when I left the toilet seat up, or insist on going out when I just wanted to stay in, I picked up my pen and took notes about what the perfect girl would be like. She could have everything that I loved in Angela without any of the h... | 2015-08-20T12:59:27 | 2015-08-20T12:46:59 | 58 | 41 |
[WP] Come up with the plot for the most Oscar-baity film imaginable! | Leisl is a young Jewish teenager suffering from borderline personality disorder during World War II. She and her older brother Levi have been in an incestuous relationship since they were children, which only solidifies as they go through the trauma of having their parents murdered by Nazis and them having to become fu... | Poland, 1939
Feliks, as viewed by his school chums and non-family adults, was a retard. His grades were poor, his physical accomplishments were scant and his head bobbed this way and that because he never looked a person in the eye when he was talking. However, Feliks was an endless encyclopedia of fantasy lore an... | 2015-12-25T06:56:32 | 2015-12-25T05:02:15 | 93 | 12 |
[WP] Gordon Ramsay mistakenly walks into your house to film an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, and refuses to believe that you aren't a failing restaurant owner | *Today, I'm in beautiful, sunny Southern California, to help a restaurant whose future is not so bright. Dave, owner of Dave's Place, has reached out to us in an effort to end his culinary nightmares.*
*Gordon walks in to a small studio apartment typical of an ordinary college student. A 20-year old male is eating bre... | So there I was in my kitchen furiously beating eggs to make noodles while he shouted into my ears that “The kitchen is not a place for fucking animals to walk around,” nor “the place for a bloody baby to leave her fucking push car.” But you can’t respond normally to someone who is as irrational as he is. He walked ... | 2016-06-28T23:14:49 | 2016-06-28T23:00:52 | 286 | 29 |
[WP] Eye colour means everything here. Brown control the earth, blue controls the water, white controls the sky. There are so many colours and each important but you were the first born with yellow eyes. | In a life lived as a pariah and outcast, she was the only one. People had feared him when he was younger, for he was an unknown. It was common knowledge to not anger someone with blue eyes near the ocean or to buy your vegetables from a farmer with green eyes. However, nobody knew what to make of his yellow eyes.
Ove... | My dad supposedly fainted when I opened my eyes, right after birth, and peered at him curiously. My mom sobbed into her pillow, believing I’d never make it in life. My eyes were a molten gold, the yellow shade just as the sun began to set, or so poets have written so far. It’s been over 20 years since I gained control ... | 2016-08-08T11:37:11 | 2016-08-08T11:17:29 | 32 | 20 |
[WP] Eye colour means everything here. Brown control the earth, blue controls the water, white controls the sky. There are so many colours and each important but you were the first born with yellow eyes. | In a life lived as a pariah and outcast, she was the only one. People had feared him when he was younger, for he was an unknown. It was common knowledge to not anger someone with blue eyes near the ocean or to buy your vegetables from a farmer with green eyes. However, nobody knew what to make of his yellow eyes.
Ove... | This is my first go at one of these, hope you enjoy...
It's kind of ironic, when you think about it at least. We abolished all forms of racism, slavery and discrimination but then the changed happened. I'm no expert, especially since it happened so long ago, but from what I learnt growing up there's something special... | 2016-08-08T11:37:11 | 2016-08-08T11:35:38 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] We contact alien life and find that the vast majority of aliens exist in a slower time frame. Humans are perceived as extremely agile, mentally quick, and have very short lives. | In a word humans were... Problematic. Huxatyl considered the dilemma as he floated between stars. The main problem , most definitely, was just how plain *energetic* they were, like insects flowing and breeding all over the known Galaxy. And no concern a all for entropy! Did they not consider how little energy was avail... | For a long time there existed an uneasy truce between humanity and the rest of the galaxy. Neither side were willing to dedicate themselves to diplomacy, as a human would have to dedicate their entire life to a single negotiation while any other being would find the whole process so incredibly tiring that they were lik... | 2016-08-22T20:33:08 | 2016-08-22T18:59:40 | 329 | 121 |
[WP] Multiple personalities are the norm. You are the first person to be diagnosed with SPD: Single Personality Disorder. Scientists are baffled: "How can you possibly cope with being so alone?" | I woke up to the sound of rain outside my window. A calming sound amidst the craziness that was my life. I crawled out of bed and got some medicine for my headache. The bottle was almost out. I would have to ask my mom for more. On top of the loads of other meds they kept me doped up on, you’d think that they could at ... | Doctor Hascom looked over the files on her desk. Her concern was focused on a Stan Jupizcik. She couldn't pronounce his last name, *but not that it mattered*. This Stan... he was *strange*. Yet he was likable, *but she needed to hate him for he was an anomaly* in this wonderful Universe. He was labelled as having an ob... | 2016-11-18T14:57:04 | 2016-11-18T10:55:32 | 32 | 12 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | Part 1 | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6b55yn/the_weight_of_a_hero_part_2/) | [Part 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6b5hy0/the_weight_of_a_hero_part_3/) | [Part 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6b61h1/the_weight_of_a_hero_part_4/) | [Part 5](https://www.reddit.com/r/jray... | Former president Barack Obama put down the receiver of the pay phone. What he
just heard was either the work of a single completely crazy person or ... He
didn't want to think about the part that came after the *or*. Whatever came
after the *or* was weirder than everything he seen in eight years in
Office.
Barack turn... | 2022-06-24T19:04:50 | 2017-05-14T07:32:55 | 3,481 | 105 |
[WP] Ever since a horrific traffic accident years ago you have had a reoccurring song going around in your head. Although heavily researched, this song doesn't exist and there is no reference to it at all. Your at a bar, washing your hands in the toilets when a man walks in faintly singing a tune. | The man stopped suddenly, and looked at me with a confused expression.
"Why the hell are you washing your hands in the toilet?"
With that, he turned away and walked out of the bathroom, leaving me alone, and still clutching the urinal cake I had thought was a bar of soap in my drunken haze. | Amidst the cheering of my friends, I took a deep breath and blew out the four candles on the cake, the words "To cheating death!" scrawled across it in thick frosting.
"YEAH!" the whooping and back claps rocked me as hard as the accident had.
I looked over and saw Marley ordering more drinks while drunkenly stumblin... | 2018-08-29T17:58:44 | 2018-08-29T17:28:46 | 95 | 57 |
[WP] Yesterday your best friend (who you secretly had a crush on) died. You're teleported without warning to a seat at a table. Across from you is Death and Satan, next to you is your best friend. "Sorry." Death says, "You're friend chose a two-versus-two game."
Edit: I get it. "Your" not "You're". It was late and I k... | "Ok, so a 2v2. What's the game?"
Death's eyes twinkled. "A 2v2 beerpong."
My grin grows wider than Death's. Samantha, you clever shit. "What's the catch?"
"Impossible angles with terrible bouncing surfaces. The difficulty of each target increases per cup achieved. What starts out as a pyramid formation of cups on a ... | Sorry on mobile formatting might suck. I'm also like 20% awake have fun and let me know what you think.
"So why am I here" I asked death as two or Sarah sat facing each other unblinking.
"Well anyone with enough mojo to bring back the dead is obligated to accept atleast one challenge to restore life" death said with ... | 2019-01-09T02:35:43 | 2019-01-09T01:30:27 | 36 | 14 |
[WP] Your name, age, height, weight, and race all flash across the T.V. screen. You look in horror as you see your dead body being dragged out of a river as a reporter announces that you've been brutally murdered by an infamous serial killer who has been on the run for years. | My coffee mug shatters against the floor, at the same moment as my reality.
“David McDonald, age 33, a white office worker, found dead. This is just the latest in a string...”
I turn the tv off. My finger shaking on the power button.
What? That was me on the tv. But I’m here? Aren’t I? Am I dead? A ghost? Can ghos... | “Well, that was just awful,” I said, turning to look at Shelby. She had such a look of disgust on her face that it made me glad I wasn’t on the receiving end of it.
“Seriously, what the hell was that?” she said. She gestured to the scrolling credits on the TV. “Like, was that ending real? Am I high right now? Babe, pl... | 2020-07-31T23:23:50 | 2020-07-31T23:19:07 | 2,714 | 275 |
[WP] It seemed like a perfect magical deal. When any child descended from you is born you grow younger by a single year. So you agree, planning on a big family and living to a ripe old age. Years later however you find yourself rapidly growing younger and regret not understanding exponential growth. | Life begats life. This is plainly known. Less known is the magical potential every life holds. Even if it's never realized, it's possible to tap into that magical pool.
I was in my 37th year in this realm, which though it may not look like it, was a long time ago, when I struck upon a wondrous deal. How could I not le... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc ?, Interlude ?: Archcommander Varney)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**The National High Energy and Temperature Lab was abuzz.** Professor Hale bustled into the main containment... | 2021-04-15T11:13:01 | 2021-04-15T10:44:40 | 144 | 104 |
[WP] Magicians are quite rare. They are not born; they're made. It is through unimaginable pain that their powers manifest. Their ability is linked to their own personal trauma. So tell me child, what can YOU do? | "Well, I've always been told that death follows me." I responded.
The presence's mood shifted from a morbid curiosity to a morbid interest, "Intriguing, see what you can do. Reach within yourself to find the power."
I exhaled slowly, keeping the air from my lungs, and tried to focus. I didn't know what I was quite lo... | [P1]
It’s been a rough day. Once again, I was not heard when I spoke up months ago. Just as it always goes. I try my best to tell people what I see. But they never listen to me. Now I am packing up my desk because of layoffs. Layoffs that would have been prevented if people had more faith in what I predicted. I should... | 2022-04-26T11:23:15 | 2022-04-26T10:55:23 | 35 | 10 |
[WP] Birthmarks show the wounds that caused you to die in your previous life. Someone investigates old murders through looking at birthmarks, a birthmark-detective. | There were magazines in the waiting room, to be sure, plenty to read but none of them worth the energy. The attention that an eight-year-old's word puzzle demanded didn't seem worth the payoff, not in Det. John Adderly's sleep-deprived state. Until Det. Lionel Carey showed up with coffee in hand.
"You don't have to do... | “I’m telling you,” Sarah said, pushing me away lightly as I tried to glance at her shoulder, “I’m fine. I just want the physical so I can get back to work.”
“I know you are,” I said, lightly grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her back over. “There’s nothing wrong with you now. It’s what happened in the past that I ... | 2015-03-03T07:42:25 | 2015-03-03T07:12:18 | 520 | 85 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | We thought that the devils of the west only sent us more soldiers for the hounds of Allah to feast on, yet more greedy, rich, decadent American blood to bath in.
We did not expect this. They moved in, accepting our ways, then they divided us. Drugs were always an issue regarding our warriors, young and boorish, but ou... | ...PENTAGON 0600 HOURS
"Sir, we're getting reports that the domestic assets are closing in on their designated LZ." The Petty Officer squirmed with nervousness; a bead of sweat dripping down his forehead.
The General muttered something under his breath before addressing the man. "That's what we are calling them now, e... | 2015-12-07T09:53:36 | 2015-12-07T09:29:24 | 76 | 29 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | “…excuse me?”
“Yes, sir. Over 7 billion. It took us by surprise too.”
“But I…after all this time? I left only two of them with…nothing, really. How did they not die? They should have died. I wanted them to die…”
“I’m well aware, sir, but you see, someone left it on this whole time while you were making the others.”
... | **The truth of Lucifer**
"So, how do we tell him?" I asked Slavo.
"I have no idea. He won't be pleased and I don't want to be the messenger." Slavo said while rechecking all the figures.
"Are you sure?" I asked Slavo.
"No, I just made this shit up because it is so wonderful." Slavo said annoyed.
"Alright... Alrig... | 2016-03-07T00:37:37 | 2016-03-07T00:13:38 | 694 | 309 |
[WP]Four years ago, your dog and best friend disappeared. Today, your dog appears at your doorstep. You dog says, "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat."
"you" dog heh | As I sat and began to listen, Pete "Gilby Clarke" Martin told me wonderful, incredible, unfortunate, and unbelievable things about where he had been since running away a few years before. As our time came to a close, he asked for a drink of water. When I returned from the kitchen, however, he was gone, in his place a g... | It was an average Tuesday morning. Wife had already left for work and the kids were at school. It was just me, my coffee, and the morning news.
Suddenly, there's a knock on the door. Salesman maybe? Or girl scouts? It was that time of year after all.
I slowly get up, leaving my coffee on the table and pause the tv... | 2017-03-31T10:59:29 | 2017-03-31T09:26:29 | 45 | 27 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | At one moment, there was fog. At the next, I find myself standing in a circle of candles, in a darkened room, with nothing but the smell of burning wax and stuffiness, like being inside one of those old military outposts that they keep for posterity. You ever put your hand against a vacuum hose? Imagine that, but going... | Coughing, you wave your hand in front of your face, trying to clear away the smoke. You blink frantically, trying to stop the burning sensation from the smoke in your eyes.
As your vision clears, the creature in front of you becomes more clear. Your first impulse is that it's a sickly child, but the longer you look,... | 2017-05-12T10:09:52 | 2017-05-12T10:01:31 | 67 | 21 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | I swear this happened exactly as I'm saying, but there's no way I'll put my name on it. They'd lock me in the looney bin forever.
I was just sitting on the sofa, watching TV, and then I was sitting in a room with no chair and fell on my butt. My back was against something - well, not something, more nothing, but not... | Coughing, you wave your hand in front of your face, trying to clear away the smoke. You blink frantically, trying to stop the burning sensation from the smoke in your eyes.
As your vision clears, the creature in front of you becomes more clear. Your first impulse is that it's a sickly child, but the longer you look,... | 2017-05-12T12:27:31 | 2017-05-12T10:01:31 | 36 | 21 |
[WP] A story where the last line is a question and the first line is an answer to that question.
EDIT: Great stories everyone! Just finally had time to read them! Didn't think it would get in front page but really enjoying the interesting stories you've all come up with! | This is my first post.
I've never written on this subreddit before, or written anything at all really, but something about this request has intrigued me. I have waited long enough. It's finally time to try my hand at writing for an audience, but I have no idea how to start. I haven't forced myself to be creative in a ... | Well, halfway down the pass, if you take a left, there's a place called Tohos. On the corner of Westminster and Freehan street. My mother lived in Sagganassy for all her life and everyday, at 11AM, she'd go down with Pa to Tohos. She even wanted to buy it at one point. 'We'd sell flowers and flapjacks on the corna!' sh... | 2017-08-30T14:26:18 | 2017-08-30T14:14:02 | 19 | 12 |
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