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[WP] You are part of the league, the superheroes who save the world, yet you never go on missions. You are only called for one thing only. Total annihilation, for when they don't want survivors. | There was only one time he was ever caught on video. It was from the time the Crimson King troupe brought a gang army to take over New York City.
“Is it rolling, Dave?” Asked a man with a crimson bandana and a gleaming golden gun with red highlights in hand.
“Yes sir,” The cameraman answered, holding a th... | We all grow up hoping to be in that fraction of a fraction of a percent of people to be born with powers, or the still rarer super powered. We all dream of being the hero of the moment, saving lives, helping others, being useful.
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I dreamt of getting flight, speed, laser vision, strength, telepathy, telek... | 2021-05-26T04:36:03 | 2021-05-26T04:24:14 | 1,742 | 108 |
[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... | [Part 1 of 2]
I could hear the nervous grumbles of Mr. Walker as he entered the room. My body laid flat on one of the medical beds, only a thin white sheet covering my body, offering some dignity as his eyes lingered over me.
“This is the body I’m taking? It looked a lot nicer in the photos.” He raised my arm, wri... | 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... | 2021-07-02T06:49:24 | 2021-07-02T06:45:31 | 77 | 39 |
[WP] Zombies are considered terrible pests in the undead world. They kill, eat, and turn humans indiscriminately with no care to conserving population growth or long term population health. It's gotten so bad the vampires now run human conservation programs. | Imagine yourself submerged in water. The air in your breast rapidly being depleted of oxygen, and your most basic of instincts telling you to resurface.
Only you don’t. By sheer force of will, you remain submerged. You try to ignore the tightening tendons in your neck, your lungs desperately heaving for a breath of ri... | I can still remember a time when things where normal. I try not to think about it too much. Reminice and pine over what once was. It will only make me miserable, I know.
But they are still there. Taunting me with dreams of my freedom and blissful ignorance before the outbreak. A time when we weren’t confined to fenced ... | 2022-05-15T14:03:39 | 2022-05-15T13:53:02 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] It's 2077, and Tourist Time Travel has been approved. The most popular trip by far isn't to see the birth of Christ, Steve Jobs or dinosaurs, but to a Thursday in August, 2026. Your spouse just got you tickets. | "Welcome to Chronix Incorporated! Thank you for choosing us to serve you."
My wife and I have been here for the fifth time and we'll never get tired of hearing that. Though we're pretty sure we're not the only ones. After all, we're all here to loop back. Some go for travel, some go for research, some go to find thems... | “The most extraordinary event in human history is yet to come,” my eyes are already rolling into the back of my head.
“See it now? Really?”
My girlfriend looks way too excited. I still can’t tell if she’s messing with me or not, but I’m starting to get worried it’s the latter.
“This sounds like the plot for a Scyfy... | 2014-07-27T01:32:59 | 2014-07-27T01:11:58 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] In a stereotypical dystopian story, a teen girl with a bow attempts to cause an uprising against the government. Except, there isn't anything actually wrong with the government. She is actually just really kinda whiny and bitchy.
[removed] | Freya readied her aim, as a hushed silence fell over the masses. Her cloak whipped in the chill night air. Everyone was staring at her in adoration, hanging onto every word - it was the perfect moment to exact her revenge.
"Your day has come!" she screamed, triumphant at the sight of Jarek Earl, ruler of the Five Isle... | The police had advised the gated community to be vigilant, dress down and to avoid being in the open as much as possible. The young woman who had been attacking locals had focussed almost solely on those with obviously signs of wealth as well as any uniformed government employees, a garbage man had been attacked during... | 2016-11-15T22:55:23 | 2016-11-15T22:53:13 | 274 | 75 |
[WP] After a severe head injury as a child, you grew up without the ability to speak. One day, whilst waiting in line at the supermarket, you crack a particularly excellent joke in your head, and the person behind you in line can’t stop laughing.
[Update] Oh my gosh! You guys have smashed this out of the park.
Had thi... | You know that one guy in class that just doesn't speak?
Yeah. That's me.
Not that I wanted it, just that I happened to be the mute.
Car crash, I said...not entirely true...it happened in a car, sure, but it wasn't a crash, it was Crash, my dad. Good old daddy, with his trusty baseball bat that he took with him every... |
I grew up tough since I couldn’t speak. That sounds odd but let me explain. Kids are just the worst little demon monkeys who ever walked the Earth but they can’t help it. So, when they were given the chance to fire off quips and shots at a mute kid, you can only imagine how often they would joke. Mutie, Mr. No Word... | 2019-04-02T09:43:14 | 2019-04-02T09:43:12 | 46 | 30 |
[WP]The ancient prophesy was simple and explicit. "When Evil takes over the world, nobody will rise to stop it." Your name is Nobody. | "Wait, wait, wait... so your name is *Nobody*?" the Dark Emperor asked, leaning back in his throne.
"Yeah, that's me," I reply, shrugging. My pistol was attached to my hip, so I could easily just whip it out and unload the ten around magazine into the Emperor, but there was a chance it'd be non-fatal at this range, no... | My namesake would have you believe that I was accursed, that I was destined to walk as a creature of the void until the harsh elements of the world pushed me into sheol. My father was a drunk, my mother a whore, and they were both third-tier comedians.
"Oh don't worry baby, we can do it right here in the kitchen, nobo... | 2019-06-15T12:00:57 | 2019-06-15T11:16:33 | 141 | 15 |
[WP]The ancient prophesy was simple and explicit. "When Evil takes over the world, nobody will rise to stop it." Your name is Nobody. | *When evil takes over the world, nobody will rise to stop it.*
The prophecy is a relic of our family. It was first divined eras ago, in a small village in ancient China. It's been passed down from generation to generation, translated from one language to the next. My mother first heard the prophecy when she was young,... | My namesake would have you believe that I was accursed, that I was destined to walk as a creature of the void until the harsh elements of the world pushed me into sheol. My father was a drunk, my mother a whore, and they were both third-tier comedians.
"Oh don't worry baby, we can do it right here in the kitchen, nobo... | 2019-06-15T11:57:24 | 2019-06-15T11:16:33 | 55 | 15 |
[WP] You run a highly successful bakery known for your amazing pastries. Everyone asks your secret to making them so good. You always tell them: "the secret is Love!" In reality however, you absolutely despise baking and can't stand your annoying customers. The real secret to your pastries is Hate. | "I love these," Betty said, pointing to the cupcakes in the pastry display. "You make them better than anyone else. What's your secret?"
"The secret is love," Ronald said and smiled.
"I never would've guessed."
"I know. It is cliche, but it's the truth."
"Love, huh. Well, I'd like six of these," Betty said, pointin... | "I beat the dough", I said
"Did you mean....knead it?", asked the boy.
"No, no, I meant that. I beat the dough into submission. On the table, on the floor, brutally with my fists I beat it. That's how you get more of the flavor. But don't tell anyone, okay? It's my secret", I winked at the new recruit.
The young man... | 2020-12-14T01:47:45 | 2020-12-14T01:31:17 | 249 | 180 |
[WP] An Alien mind reader doctor learns about tinnitus the hard way when a Human with the condition enters his office. | The fan irritated the small tentacle like hair on dr. Yulkond's face, his cattish features were sensitive to both air movement and thermal changes.
He put his hand on the monitor, clicking and pointing and arranging the windows on it.
"Dr. Yulkond, your two o'clock is here" he heard in his mind, the soft "voice" came... | The scrambling noises had been Kryon’s number one complaint about his office according to his WSR (work satisfactory record). He constantly tried to remind himself that it was his own choice that had led to his appointment aboard the A.E.D ship. He wanted to get off world, as a way to escape from his problems that had ... | 2021-10-02T14:28:29 | 2021-10-02T14:24:54 | 158 | 23 |
[WP] Orcs and Elves have been fighting since what seems like forever, but eventually both sides get confused as to why they even started in the first place. The rulers of both races get together to find out why, but even the most well-kept Elven records and highest ranked Orc shamans don't know. | Orc and elf alike watched the other warily, hands drifting close to their weapons as one side warily eyed the other. They had both arrived on the outskirts of the great elvish capital with a truce in place, but nobody could be entirely certain the other side could be trusted to uphold their side of the truce...
After ... | All elven lords had gathered in the main hall and looked at the king who held a letter. Since the morning there were many rumours about a peace treaty or even wilder ideas, but they were all just mysteriously shut down by the high priests and attendance in the meeting was mandatory. Everyone had already arrived and the... | 2021-10-12T05:02:49 | 2021-10-12T02:53:54 | 49 | 19 |
[WP] "You lied. You said you were Human." "We are. That's what we've always called ourselves." "To all other races you're known as Demons. A ruthless species that once ruled over all before mysteriously disappearing." "We've never met another race before." "The nearly extinct humans would disagree." | The gelatinous form across from me seemed to swell. "You lied. You said you were human."
I frowned at the metallic sphere to my right, the universal interpreter. "We are. That's what we've always called ourselves."
The form intoned again, and a few moments later the sing-songy voice of the interpreter rung out again... | "Sounds a lot like the declaration of some bumps that lost a war."
All eyes in the small eating bay swung to Annos Taggar, who leaned against a wall of storage bins. He took a swig of coffee from a pressurized mug, shrugging one shoulder in reply to their gazes.
"Elaboration would be illuminating," the T... | 2022-01-06T14:35:57 | 2022-01-06T14:05:29 | 246 | 150 |
[WP] The commute of a man who can see how people will die.
EDIT: Just woke up and holy CRAP this exploded! I'm reading through all the stories now and they're great! | *What's going on?*
Kouki stared down the packed train.
*What's going on?*
He rubbed his eyes.
For his entire life he could see how a person's life would end but today he saw nothing. Kouki racked his brain for answers.
*Did I lose my vision?*
His heart rate sped up in panic at the alternative.
*Does everyone on ... | It was just another day. That's all they were anymore. Days. They didn't have names or numbers, reasons or methods. It was just time slowly passing by. Every day was different, and yet every day was exactly the same. The commute was the worst of it, but not for the traffic. Not for the crowded buses or uncomfort... | 2013-10-16T13:13:27 | 2013-10-16T12:12:15 | 73 | 45 |
[WP] The most sexually oblivious man on earth just so happens to be the most attractive man on earth as well. Write about his average day. | Josh noticed everyone was staring at him across the isle of the bus. "Huh, must be the tie. Never was good at tying ties". They kept staring though, which would've made Josh uncomfortable had he not reached his stop. As he walked through the door to the courthouse, several women dropped their briefcases. "Must have bee... | (note: not an "average" day, just funny to me.)
Samuel was an innocent man since the day he was born. It wasn't his fault though, his sixth grade teachers didn't teach sex-ed because they didn't think he was ready, and his High School didn't have health because parents didn't believe in health, believing it to be sata... | 2015-07-16T20:24:54 | 2015-07-16T19:04:23 | 549 | 37 |
[WP] No one in the galaxy ever assumed that Earth would amount to anything because of its extreme gravity for a life-bearing world - anything trying to escape the planet's gravity well would need to BE 97% fuel weight, and the idea that they would try was a ludicrous concept.
Repost, no one responded before.
EDIT: Th... | It was a doomed world, crippled and imprisoned by its own crushing gravity. It was a hopeless cauldron of life, with every promising species exterminated by the inevitable comets and extinction-level events that the third world of Sol pulled into its vast orbit and obliterated in surface impacts.
Had it been the cold,... | Habitable Body 00173, or as its dominant species refers to it, "Earth", has always been sort of a running joke between my colleagues and I.
It's a bit of a paradoxical planet, as although the most sentient life form very closely resembles our own in both physiological and aesthetic aspects (the notable difference bein... | 2016-03-31T17:18:54 | 2016-03-31T16:35:15 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You are a Squib who mastered a vast repertoire of Muggle magic tricks to finagle Hogwarts into sending you a letter. Everything goes smoothly, until it is time for the Sorting Ceremony... | "This is something," the hat mused, "something rather unusual."
My mind racing, I focused on everything I knew about the practical world of magic. Misdirection, slight of hand, proper rabbit care - every bit of knowledge that had gotten me to this hallowed seat at the front of The Great Hall.
"I can tell you have am... | "Well, basically the hat sorts you into a house based on your personality and magical aptitude"
The hat sorts you into a house based on your personality and magical aptitude.
I have no magical aptitude.
As the other children were called up to be given their place in one of the four houses, I was overcome by the sudd... | 2017-06-25T15:07:52 | 2017-06-25T15:06:28 | 358 | 110 |
[WP] Suddenly, you hear alarms go off in the bank as a group of masked men start shouting at everyone to get on the ground. You grip your backpack filled with money tighter and hope they don't learn you already robbed this place blind with no one noticing. | **Listen up! I'm the head robber and I'm in charge here. Probably a mistake to use my voice because now you know what I sound like. (cockney accent) Or do you? (German accent) You vill never learn zee truth! (normal voice) And so on. You! You there, with the backpack and wearing a ski mask.**
Me?
**What's your name k... | To most people Kalendrahs was undetectable, to most beings physics was law. This had made the heist considerably easier but Kevin knew he was playing with fire.
Kalendras drifted into view with a grin that would make the Cheshire Cat proud. “I know one way we could solve this.” He held up his blue clawed hands up like... | 2017-06-28T19:09:08 | 2017-06-28T14:48:38 | 254 | 41 |
[WP] Suddenly, you hear alarms go off in the bank as a group of masked men start shouting at everyone to get on the ground. You grip your backpack filled with money tighter and hope they don't learn you already robbed this place blind with no one noticing. | **Listen up! I'm the head robber and I'm in charge here. Probably a mistake to use my voice because now you know what I sound like. (cockney accent) Or do you? (German accent) You vill never learn zee truth! (normal voice) And so on. You! You there, with the backpack and wearing a ski mask.**
Me?
**What's your name k... | Brandon Filch clutched his backpack to his chest. Only a little farther and he would be free. It had worked. His plan had worked. Months spent pouring over every single detail. Countless hours of research and preparation. And he had done it, well, not quite. All he had to do now was walk out of the bank.
Act natural... | 2017-06-28T19:09:08 | 2017-06-28T15:37:28 | 254 | 32 |
[WP] A bored dragon kidnaps a princess, expecting some excitement and rescuers to fight. No one shows up and the princess doesn't know her way home. | The dragon stood atop his pile
Of emerald and gold.
And in his grasp, a winsome child,
No more than ten years old.
"Let me go!" she cried, "You beast!"
"My dad will have your hide!"
The dragon grinned, "He'll be my feast!"
And cackled when she cried.
But hours lengthened into days,
And none came for... | "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA" screamed the girl.
"FOR THE LOVE OF PEANUT BUTTER, STOP SCREAMING AND LISTEN!" screamed back the scaly beast.
"I WANT THE BUNNY" screamed the little girl.
"I AM A DRAGON! THESE CLAWS **CANNOT** CATCH A BUNNY" roared the dragon. The princess stared at him without speaking. The Dragon could... | 2018-03-23T07:59:54 | 2018-03-23T07:31:40 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] An old, forgotten god is living their days peacefully in the suburbs. One day they randomly receives a prayer. And they are going to do everything in their power to answer it. | A butterfly lands on a bloodstained flower; the deep red nectar tastes sweet, but full of iron.
The God's mind wandered. How long had it been since he had tasted that sweet nectar? He left the butterfly then, stopped sensing the world through its soul and the mighty beats of its wings. Like other Gods he dreamt of pr... | "Its your son sir, he needs your help."
"Well he doesn't seem to think so." Oriothis rolled his eyes from on top of his riding lawn mower. Clearly annoyed by being interrupted from his chores.
The servant spoke again with his head bowed both out of respect and the fear of making eye contact with such a powerful being... | 2018-05-30T01:48:37 | 2018-05-29T22:59:09 | 39 | 28 |
[WP] You die and appear before the Devil and seven other individuals. They applaud you and the Devil exclaims, “finally, an eighth deadly sin!” | The devil cackled in delight. I looked around at the room, panicked. *Was I in hell?* The room was bare: white walls, no windows and a set of tables and chairs, all filled up. Several others sat in the room with me. From a distance they looked normal, but soon I realised differently. The man sitting to the leftest most... | As the eight very strange beings in front of him applauded, William couldn't help but feel fearful and confused. Where was he? What was going on? How did he end up here? In a completely circular table that surrounded his form from all sides, he could see eight different figures, each of them seemingly resembling some d... | 2019-01-12T23:48:56 | 2019-01-12T22:13:10 | 43 | 28 |
[WP] You are the worst employee in the world. New Coke? That was you. You're a pro. You are hired by competitors to infiltrate companies and trip them up. From misplacing inventory to stupid marketing ideas, you've made dozens stumble or fail. It's time again to bring down a biggie. | Usually it's so easy, but I've tried everything.
I did Diet Coke. Adding music to Myspace. Telling Blockbuster not to buy Netflix. Circuit Cit- okay, I didn't have to do anything to sink Circuit City; it was a shitshow when i got there. I even convinced Mariah Carey to do acting. I can sink a fortune 500 company in a ... | "Congratulations, Mr. Kovacs, you are hired. Your job will be to work for our rival, Snemies and disrupt their plans on entering the Trans-Africa train project. It is a huge market even split up, but if we manage to make it alone, we become the biggest manufacturer on the planet. Again, your task is simple considering ... | 2019-05-03T05:02:17 | 2019-05-03T04:10:00 | 99 | 57 |
[WP] In a world filled with magic, your family is scorned for generations for wasting time with science. Your mother was a botanist. Your father, a biologist. Mages touch-heal. You developed steam locomotion when mages teleport. Your family has never trusted magic. One day, the magic stops working. | Space is vast, and Magic runs deep.
Of course, no one calls it magic anymore. But, that's what it is.
Magic, or aethermancy is the art of drawing and channeling aether from the (wait for it) ethereal plane to do your bidding. Or, in the case of ritual casting, someone else's bidding. Dangerous stuff, Aather. It ob... | # The Witches Tithe
“Have you never heard of supply and demand?” I exclaimed, staring down the Pendari Repubic’s ambassador. He was a seedy man, whose silken wizarding robes had lost something of their grandeur when the crystals sewn into them stopped glowing. Now he looked exactly as he was, a gaudy pretender with mo... | 2021-04-07T08:06:12 | 2021-04-07T07:57:33 | 180 | 78 |
[WP] Humans finally broke physics by travelling faster than light in an experimental spaceship. 8 alien civilizations visited earth to issue a speeding ticket and 3 more sent strongly worded letters about safety in their school zones. | "Scusi?"
"I SAID DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING?" Space Deputy P-ion shouted at the bearded old man standing in front of him... in what seemed to be eccentric pajamas, *perhaps we should give this planet a breathalyzer too*
"Mi scusi." The man repeated.
This was going nowhere, P-ion still leaned in to ... | The celebration was short-lived.
Yes, Humanity had finally broken through the ultimate barrier. Yes, we had entered a new era of possibility and development. Yes, we were no longer bound by such trivial things as space and time.
But we quickly came to understand there were higher laws than the laws of nature. There... | 2021-04-27T23:23:48 | 2021-04-27T23:21:51 | 191 | 119 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I’d been in line for hours. The regime had brutally destroyed the backbone of the resistance last week, and had set up these kangaroo courts to “process” the remaining prisoners.
It was all crap, anyway. They’d stolen the present and the future, and now they were all set to wipe out every remaining threat to their et... | "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... | 2021-06-24T10:14:19 | 2021-06-24T07:50:17 | 5,663 | 457 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I always thought I would die from being stabbed in the back by a dirty, dull knife. Some sort of poetic justice, if you will, at least regarding the stabbing. My knives were always sharp.
When they brought me to court, they told me that it was magic--out of the realms of a simpleton rogue like me. They waved a wand at... | When our worlds collided, we were unprepared for magic. All of our technology was useless against the elves and their sorcerers or the dwarves and their powerful enchantments or the orcs and their shamans.
You would think that bullets, tanks, and fighter jets would carry the day easy but no. Not even nukes did squat... | 2021-06-24T09:55:49 | 2021-06-24T07:58:17 | 803 | 140 |
[WP]Write an entry into a diary from the perspective of your favorite video game character that makes us think of the game in a different way. | Dear diary,
Today was the hardest I have had to try not to revert to my old ways. I have lived with my lie for many years, for the sake of my family, but today I saw a man that reminded me of my past. He was wearing Daedric armor, with a battleaxe unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Pure power. He was covered f... | **Day 1**
Dear diary,
It's a me, Mario. Today was my first day out in the field. My whole body hurts. Smashing blocks with your head is not as fun as they said it would be. On the other hand, the mushrooms I get from them are pretty tasty and I'm starting to amass a fine collection of coins.
**Day 3**
Dear diary,
... | 2014-07-29T18:02:42 | 2014-07-29T17:18:58 | 31 | 23 |
[WP] Once a day, you receive a text message from yourself, six minutes in the future. | The messages received are often cheerful.
They tell her:
“Move further down the cabin, there’s going to be a free seat!”
“Ask Sally if there's something in her hair. Her reaction’s going to be funny.”
“Don’t lend Alex your phone, he’ll drop it on the floor.”
She does not find it odd that she can leave messages t... | Dan was walking home through Central Park from Gaetano's with a beautiful woman on each arm. The bill had come to $622 - more than half of that on drinks - and he felt great. Living large on Wall Street.
The Invincible Investor, they called him.
*"And all thanks to future-me."*
For years, Dan had received daily t... | 2014-10-13T18:50:53 | 2014-10-13T18:33:06 | 66 | 24 |
[WP] Canada invades the United states. The once proud superpower is on its knees as Canada unleashes armaments of unimaginable power and technology never before seen. You are a member of the resistance the last remaining freedom fighting coalition not yet annihilated by the Canadian storm-marines.
EDIT:
TIL American... | Hope was nothing more than four letters strewn together. Merely an artifact of a time long forgotten. Nothing more than the dust and the ashes that choked the air around us. There was a time when I had thought, even if just for a moment, that we could hold out. That something, or perhaps someone would turn the tides. T... | Who would’ve guessed it would be the Canucks?
For years the GOP was convinced that if any insurrection ‘ginst the government ever happened, disgruntled Mex’cans would be the architects of it. And as for the Dems, they was worried enough about all us good-ol’ gun-totin’ white boys from the South. Who woulda guessed the... | 2014-11-05T17:45:28 | 2014-11-05T17:29:46 | 36 | 26 |
[WP] Canada invades the United states. The once proud superpower is on its knees as Canada unleashes armaments of unimaginable power and technology never before seen. You are a member of the resistance the last remaining freedom fighting coalition not yet annihilated by the Canadian storm-marines.
EDIT:
TIL American... | Hope was nothing more than four letters strewn together. Merely an artifact of a time long forgotten. Nothing more than the dust and the ashes that choked the air around us. There was a time when I had thought, even if just for a moment, that we could hold out. That something, or perhaps someone would turn the tides. T... | **Day 156**
I rubbed my drowsy eyes and eased back into the decaying lawn chair that was now my guard post. I felt the cool wood of my rifle against my blistered hands. I took a swig of cheap Rubinoff to stay warm. I felt the poison shoot down into my intestines and resonate at the bottom of my stomach like a slumberi... | 2014-11-05T17:45:28 | 2014-11-05T17:36:06 | 36 | 23 |
[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... | You want an interview ? Fine, but you're buying the coffee. I'm getting kind of sick of this god-damned urban legend. I DON'T have superpowers, no-one has superpowers. There are just a bunch of crazy people who think they have powers, who for some reason have decided that I'm some fucked up version of their messiah.
*... | The Nine Kings were a sort of urban legend. Eight powerful enigmas uniting under a truce to lord their power over the people with Number 1. The higher your rank, the more political influence you had over the city, and even the world.
Take Mason, a red-headed hothead with eyes of amber, for example. Mason was ranked 9... | 2014-12-18T13:36:09 | 2014-12-18T13:33:39 | 996 | 77 |
[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... | He came at me like all the rest. Rage, fear, adrenaline in his eyes. Hopped up on nukonarc pills; you'd have to be to come at the king. He desired my status; coveted it. I could feel the hair on the nape of my neck rise, feel a crackling in the air. An electromancer. This would be interesting.
I raise my hands. "HALT,... | Crime was at an all time low in the city of New Angeles. Come to think of it, so was tourism and GDP.
Some people credited this to the genius of *Genetevolve Labs* and their breakthroughs in affordable human enhancements. Although, not everyone was pleased with the results. After a session of copying and splicing... | 2014-12-18T14:00:17 | 2014-12-18T11:53:14 | 451 | 81 |
[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... | I pull my number from the machine that ranks us all. Shocked, I can't believe it, no one has ever had this number in all the books, movies, songs or anything. Putting away the ticket I ask people around if they had ever heard of someone having that number, careful not to reveal I had.
"Well, yeah someone has to be nu... | Crime was at an all time low in the city of New Angeles. Come to think of it, so was tourism and GDP.
Some people credited this to the genius of *Genetevolve Labs* and their breakthroughs in affordable human enhancements. Although, not everyone was pleased with the results. After a session of copying and splicing... | 2014-12-18T15:10:54 | 2014-12-18T11:53:14 | 164 | 81 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | Guilt, shame, and horror would only begin to describe the things humanity felt when we were hit with the news. The Aliens didn't mince their words.
In short, we were considered the scum of the universe. Deliberately left out to rot, to self destruct, because we had shown a capacity for violence, cruelty, and atrocity... | Hopefully not too late.
They stood in awe. They figured we existed, but to actually see us, and communicate with us, and in their language! Generals of war, leaders of countries, men of science, all stood before us, confounded by our offer.
We were honest from the start, they knew we were weakened, and it was stra... | 2014-12-26T13:25:59 | 2014-12-26T12:43:54 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] "What do you mean the robbers ADDED $4,000,000 to the vault?" | This is it. I can't recover from this. As a campaign manager you do everything in your power to write a narrative that the people can relate to.
Months and months grinding to finally get traction as a man of the people fighting against corporate influence in politics and now this. How are we going to explain this $4... | "Why? Why would they do this?" Bank manager Chancellor Banks Pennyworth looked into the vault. The formerly empty tables used to count dollars were stacked up high with neatly folded bills. Chancellor watched his staff count and keep counting. "What's the tally, Miranda?"
A small, mousy woman looked over at Cha... | 2016-02-24T12:57:22 | 2016-02-24T12:26:07 | 76 | 38 |
[WP] "What do you mean the robbers ADDED $4,000,000 to the vault?" | This is it. I can't recover from this. As a campaign manager you do everything in your power to write a narrative that the people can relate to.
Months and months grinding to finally get traction as a man of the people fighting against corporate influence in politics and now this. How are we going to explain this $4... | Inspector Grant rushed out of his car before it even stopped, a feeling of dread growing under his stomach. His team silently followed him in the same fashion. 'I do hope I'm being paranoid' he thought to himself.
Ten minutes later, he calmly walked out of the National Bank, his stoic face sharply contrasting with his... | 2016-02-24T12:57:22 | 2016-02-24T12:32:14 | 76 | 21 |
[WP] We finally get men on Mars and they discover an old Soviet flag placed down decades ago. The Soviets won the space race but for whatever horrifying reason didn't say anything. | You know that feeling you get, when you think you're alone, head down, bumming along doing your own thing, when you suddenly realise someone's been there the whole time, watching you? It's a jump, a kick-start, a burst of adrenaline... your whole body saying "something's not right, be on guard". You immediately begin t... | Colonel Anderson kneeled down in front of a broken pole and wiped away some orange dust off the ground, revealing a tattered piece of crimson cloth stuck under a rock. Dragging it out of its resting place, the Colonel tore it in half, showing the two men behind him a symbol of a gold hammer and sickle beneath a gold-bo... | 2016-08-16T09:12:32 | 2016-08-16T08:14:02 | 1,296 | 86 |
[WP] You wake up in King Arthur's court with only the clothes on your back. Merlin hands you a box about the size of a pumpkin and tells you it will wish into existence any object from your age, once per day. Camelot will be attacked and destroyed one week from now. Help us, future-man. | I look at the box, it's quite a large box. My mind desperately races. A massive army of Modor approaches. They are a week's march away and we can see the thousands strong army in the scrying pool. Guns? Weapons? Then it comes to me.
"Can you teleport objects Merlin?" I ask.
"Yes I can teleport small objects, so anyth... | I write now to document. Bare with me. I was no scholar in my future life.
The army camped outside the city came with the Red Wizard. Merlin saw it coming. So is his power. His Blue Ball lets him see. That's why he brought me. Bastard.
When I arrived a week ago there was no warning. Just the feeling of wood against ... | 2016-11-28T00:35:13 | 2016-11-28T00:13:11 | 988 | 72 |
[WP] You wake up in King Arthur's court with only the clothes on your back. Merlin hands you a box about the size of a pumpkin and tells you it will wish into existence any object from your age, once per day. Camelot will be attacked and destroyed one week from now. Help us, future-man. | OK, this is a quick jokey short.
"This box will give me one thing per day from my time, and Camelot will be attacked in one week?"
Merlin eyed me a little incredulously, "that is what I have just said, yes."
"OK then. For my first item..." I said, reaching into the box, "paperclips."
"Paperclips? Pray tell, what... | I had no idea what the enemy would bring on the seventh day. So I went for firepower. M1A2 Abrams US Tanks, five of them. Fully armed, fully fuelled. The perfect mix of protection, mobility, and firepower. The first day I got a book on how to operate them, a classified document from the Pentagon, but Merlin’s box broug... | 2016-11-28T05:24:59 | 2016-11-28T03:18:42 | 147 | 25 |
[WP] Gods draw power the more their names are spoken and the more followers they attract. Old gods starve and live off brief mentions from historians. Recently, however, the Egyptian god Kek has become very confused by his massive resurgence of followers from 4chan and reddit. | It had been a long time since anyone had really uttered his name. For Kek, what little power he possessed came from a few remaining hieroglyphics and the odd misspoken word. He was used to moping around his small one bedroom apartment; watching day-time TV and chatting to a few of his Norse friends. Mount Olympus, the ... | "Top Kek!" The high priest cried, and his cry was echoed by a thousand tongues.
The old man smiled. It was not long ago that he had been nearly alone, simply another withered voice preaching forgotten verses on the streets of Cairo. Now, his congregation flooded into the streets, and with good reason. Many had come o... | 2017-06-20T22:55:34 | 2017-06-20T21:30:33 | 112 | 30 |
[WP] School is now mandatory 24/7 around the world for kids. They eat, sleep, and bathe at the school, much lIke a prison. The biggest mystery is the disappearance of the kids who can't make good grades. | Nobody was doing anything about the school idiot that was Lily Aldridge.
It was absolutely ridiculous that she was able to stay here for so long! As one of the top students in my grade, I have the privilege of being a teacher’s assistant for one of my classes. Biology, specifically. And as an assistant, I help do sma... | The buzzer echoed through the hallways, classes began to clear out. As room 436 began to empty, Mr. Acker sighed deeply and looked over his students.
“Gordon? There you are. Gordon, please stay behind with me.” Mr. Acker was nervous, twitchy. Gordon was a head shorter than most of the class, he looked at his teac... | 2017-09-15T22:20:40 | 2017-09-15T21:25:03 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] You always thought your Facebook friend egregiously misused the word "literally". Turns out his life is just really weird. | My friend Steve is literally literal.
When he says of a chocolate profiterole
this is the literal be and end all
he literally means a doughy chocolate ball
is the last and only bite he'll ever take.
So he has to be careful with cake
and videos of cats in mittens
because if he says of some sporting kittens... | "Jim! JIM!" came sudden voice as my friend ran next to me. I was eating in the university cafeteria. My head was hurting already from his talk.
"Last night, before I wanted to go to sleep, I literally saw a huge monster under my bed!"
I looked at my friend Tom and rolled my eyes. He was a really strange one. We met i... | 2017-11-26T07:19:54 | 2017-11-26T05:20:44 | 3,828 | 141 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | ' they're... they... oh. Is that a-a... mule?...'
It's easy to forgive Jake, the millenial inner-city kid who's only seen a cow on a soymilk carton. Not so easy to forgive Jake the West Point graduate and Marine recon company commander. He's sitting in his Fox IV submersible hovercraft, 12 miles off the coast of what ... | **6th April, 2037 - HMAS *Maryborough*, Somewhere off the coast of Australia**
"So, the yanks bought it?"
The speaker leans heavily against the rail, staring at the smouldering coastline. A deck above, overstressed rotor blades whine slowly, cooling in the ocean breeze.
"Oh yes. Contrition, shame, repentance...if we... | 2018-01-18T02:34:57 | 2018-01-18T01:28:33 | 42 | 18 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | How. How. *How!?*
This was the question that surged through the world when the wall at last came down, the world smugly prepared to receive a humbled USA, a world triumphantly rebuilt in their absence.
Only to find that America had thrived even further.
"Well," said the suave young Texan whose visage now graced our ... | **6th April, 2037 - HMAS *Maryborough*, Somewhere off the coast of Australia**
"So, the yanks bought it?"
The speaker leans heavily against the rail, staring at the smouldering coastline. A deck above, overstressed rotor blades whine slowly, cooling in the ocean breeze.
"Oh yes. Contrition, shame, repentance...if we... | 2018-01-18T03:23:48 | 2018-01-18T01:28:33 | 39 | 18 |
[WP] You meet God before reincarnation and you discover that there is a prestige system going on. In your previous incarnations you chose to improve weirdly specific stats. | “Why didn’t you do it?” The archangel asked me. “What?” I replied. A hurricane of thoughts swept through my mind.
I could’ve used the brakes. I could’ve turned. I couldn’t have just hit that deer, could I? What did he mean?
We walked forward, through an endless expanse of empty white ground and clear blue sky. I cou... | "Well that explains the dick."
"IT DOES EXPLAIN THE DICK," the booming voice said from everywhere and nowhere at once.
"What about my lack of smell, did I not put points into that? I mean, I can smell stuff if I get really close to it, but you know I missed a lot of good smells on this last go."
"ACTUALLY, YOU STOCKED... | 2019-01-24T12:06:40 | 2019-01-24T11:33:09 | 87 | 37 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | Streams of light poured into the cavern entrance, revealing a grimy face. The scans a had shown a life form dwelling in the ruins of a long forgotten civilization, but we could never have known what lurked below. We had expected a mighty warrior, or a ruthless king. This face belonged to a little girl, no more than 7 y... | The rough slab was covered with a dense overgrowth of moss and ivy, and as Jonah cut away the vines with his hatchet and leaned into the sides of the massive stone he thought of the events that led him to this point, putting all of his determination into moving the great weight.
At one time everyone knew of the nature... | 2020-05-16T06:27:49 | 2020-05-16T06:17:20 | 79 | 12 |
[WP] You're a Mechromancer. It's a bit like being a Necromancer, except that instead of working with dead flesh and departed souls you work with defunct machinery and deleted computer programs. | Gaige was a high school student from the planet Eden-5, and lovingly supported in her endeavors by her parents, particularly her father. She would often ECHOcast live about what was going on in her life and had a dozen subscribers to her channel, although this dropped over time to two. Gaige found the history behind th... | I hate mages. Always causing trouble. They think they have all the power in this world and don't miss a chance of rubbing it in your face, and it's been that way since the planetary alignment. Overnight, the big bullies in the world got incredible power and used it to great effect. The rest could eat their dust.
It ma... | 2020-10-16T08:21:54 | 2020-10-16T08:15:30 | 53 | 18 |
[WP] "One of the weird things about humans? The moment a war ends, the same human that was shooting at you not five seconds ago is probably the same human that's hauling you to the nearest medical tent." | We were told that they were bad people. That the enemy had murdered scores of our friends, and that if we didn’t put a bullet in their heads, they would do the same to our families. I mean we were raised that way, you couldn’t blame me for wanting some revenge. So I signed up at my local recruiting station, went though... | "Trauma Blue" she hissed while pointing her pen over her left shoulder, barely looking up. It was remarkable how crisp and white her uniform was, and in that classic old world style.
My new buddy hoisted me up like a duffle bag and carried me in the direction we were pointed to. He apologized to me in a heavy accent ... | 2021-02-05T01:39:00 | 2021-02-05T00:29:44 | 68 | 40 |
[WP] Angels are thought to be beautiful, while demons are thought to be vile and disgusting. However the truth is Angels are extremely scary, while demons are beautiful and elegant creatures. | "But why?" asked the soul.
"A long time ago, heaven and hell waged war." said the angel, it's hundred mouths moving in unison, "Heaven won. Why do you think we look this way? We won because we are more terrifying, more deadly, more ruthless than the demons ever will be. Yes, we fight for divine justice, but that doesn... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 2, Part 4: All the Forces of Heaven and Hell v.s. My Teenage Daughter)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**It's unclear whether angels and demons predate organized religion.** Some ... | 2021-04-08T10:26:23 | 2021-04-08T07:49:36 | 75 | 56 |
[WP] A man sues God because his insurance company won't pay for the damages done to his house in a storm. To his complete surprise and Horror, God actually shows up.
I don't know whether to make this a WP or EU tag since this is based on a movie starring Billy Connolly.
In the movie, BC's character loses his boat in ... | **FOR PUBLICATION**
**UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT**
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Joe Bronson, *Plaintiff-Appellant*
v.
God, *Defendant-Appellee*
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Before: Steven P. Hansen, James Horton Wong, and Elizabeth Francis, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Hansen
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**OPINION**
HANSEN... | Thick gray clouds serenely rolled by with an occasional clap of thunder. The storm had come and gone over the course of a night, but what a night it was to behold. Wind and floods washed out houses and businesses. Farms devastated, roads ruined, and lives extinguished. As a new day broke, survivors began to emerge out ... | 2014-11-30T10:07:28 | 2014-11-30T09:51:31 | 90 | 23 |
[WP] You are forced to take a genies place, and can only be freed once you have granted 10 wishes. The catch: You have no magic in any way. | Rob: "Hey, I asked you for a pound of cocaine. What gives? Why are my clothes different?"
Genie: "Ha Ha! Foolish man. I have granted your wish, but I've also tricked you into taking my place. You will only be released once you have granted 10 wishes.
Rob: "How am I supposed to do that."
Genie: "You're not. Muahahah... | ((no particular pattern to this. Just wrote it as it came))
This all begins in 1985,
when I was tricked by a genie who danced and jived,
I asked for power, magic untold,
and so my flesh did unfold,
transform into energy, skin all technicolour and weird,
I lost my clean shaven face and grew a beard.
I'm a genie now, an... | 2015-04-20T11:45:14 | 2015-04-20T11:29:29 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You got a genie, congratulations! Enjoy your three wishes. Beware though as he'll do his best to warp your wishes to try and make you regret them. There is some good news though. He's really bad at doing that. | The genie rolled up his sleeves, "Are you ready for your second wish? I cant give you anything." He gave me an overexaggerated wink.
"Well, I wish--wait, what was that wink for?"
"Oh, nothing, don't worry about it," the genie waved his hands unconvincingly. "Just... be careful what you wish for." He winked with the o... | Sitting behind a large wooden desk sat Chad, a thin middle-aged man in a white button up shirt. His eyes were fixed and focused as he rubbed a bronze oil lamp. The air vibrated like a desert mirage, causing the perpetually straight books on the bookshelves to appear to twist and turn. A glowing male figure, smiling, ap... | 2015-06-01T12:52:44 | 2015-06-01T11:11:33 | 89 | 43 |
[WP] Following a chosen deity has real world benefits, much like perks in a videogame. The more obscure gods offer more interesting gifts to those that find them. | Mixcoatl is a cruel God.
When I was a young lad, everyone around me displayed the blessings given to them from their Gods. I can recall from my highschool days a particular incident, a cold spring day as a senior when I was surrounded by Christians and taken downstairs to a room I neither knew the location of nor the ... | John woke with a raging headache. Some gods didn't appreciate followers converting so immediately. Lugh was no exception, but there have been worse. He stood unsteadily reminding himself this was the case, hoping for the temporary pseudo reprieve this reminder would offer. It'd be nothing like the real stuff Alaunus of... | 2016-01-26T20:48:29 | 2016-01-26T20:46:04 | 219 | 108 |
[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... | "Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 2150 time travelers awards!"
The booming voice washed over the crowd that was packed with all of the biggest celebrity, from George Clooney's 5th clone, to the never aging Brad Pitt. It was an event no one would miss. Lights filled the arena as the clapping and cheering had yet to... | 2016-02-20T09:29:08 | 2016-02-20T08:49:38 | 132 | 20 |
[WP] An alien nation descends upon earth. Their assault is... incredibly underwhelming.
Take "incredibly underwhelming" however you want.
Examples: They do nothing but inconvience you. They're so weak they get bullied by grade schoolers. Their laser technology doesn't even burn a hole in your woolen sweater as even... | "Sir, their technology... It's, well, quite frankly, it's terrifying."
"Explain yourself."
"All of their technology," he stammered. "It's powered by explosions."
"Explosions? All of it?"
"Yes sir. Their vehicles, their warships, even their weapons are all powered by explosions."
"How did they ever achieve space tr... | "It was spectacular." Grandma said, her voice raspy and quiet. She sat hunched forwards in her old rocking chair. It had belonged to her grandma and little Lo didn't understand why she would still be keeping it around.
"I was there the day they arrived to our earth. Right in the park where the first invasion ship land... | 2016-02-22T13:30:29 | 2016-02-22T10:27:34 | 79 | 21 |
[WP] After dying in a car crash, you wake up on the first day of high school with all you previous memories and knowledge. This isn't even the first time you've died. | "Welcome to American History 1," the chubby man at the head of the class said. "I am Mr Rollins."
He wrote his name out on the board, spelling out each letter as if he were teaching four-year-olds instead of fourteen-year-olds. Jacob rubbed his eyes with his hands, trying to imagine a whole semester of listening to ... | I woke up.
*That's weird, I usually need an alarm to wake me up.*
I opened my eyes to see my dad close the door.
*Oh, he must have turned off my fan. I used to wake up every morning like that in highsc-*
I bolted upright.
*This isn't my apartment, this is my old bed room back home in my parents house. What the h... | 2016-10-24T19:19:25 | 2016-10-24T18:50:08 | 70 | 27 |
[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. | "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
Once more I hear the same two lines over and over again. It's amazing that I haven't tried to do the same to them. I honestly think that they truly want to get me killed.
"You bastards!"
And there it is. The only way I truly know that I've died. Not that it matters much. I will come ... | My biggest regret recently was telling people. It was only a matter of time until every time I died I would have to prove myself to be the immortal again.
I couldn't ever control where I ended up. A few times I tried really hard to focus as I committed suicide, hoping that I might be able to learn more about my power... | 2017-05-25T14:31:23 | 2017-05-25T14:22:48 | 74 | 34 |
[WP] You've been dating your partner for six months. Tonight they've invited you to a work event, and as you step onto the red carpet, you realize it for the first time: you're dating a celebrity. | Liam was an avid reader. He was continuously reading and kept a little notebook in his back pocket for book suggestion. Little did I know he also kept it for writing.
We had known each other for almost two years before we became an official couple. Liam told me that he had loved me from the beginning, though. I liked... | There I was, 34 years old and washed up. When my right knee blew up on my for the second time on the ice in Syracuse, so went my hockey career. It wasn't much of a career anyways, only about a hundred-odd games in the NHL (in five different cities, that has to be some kind of record). I wound up where I had started ... | 2017-06-14T14:46:52 | 2017-06-14T14:33:32 | 15 | 11 |
[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 ... | I still remember the smell of her hair, the softness of her skin, the sadness in her eyes... I had never seen her cry before that very moment. That moment when she told me the words I would never forget and that have haunted me for the past two centuries.
"You're not allowed to die, okay?" she had told me, tears drawi... | 2018-01-05T12:51:54 | 2018-01-05T12:17:29 | 2,571 | 80 |
[WP] Every human has a 'luck rating' - a number from 1-100 that defines how lucky they can be. Born with a rating of 100, you're confined in a maximum security prison. You think your luck should get you out easily - that is, until you see that all the other inmates also have luck ratings of 100. | I was taken to the palace when I was 8 years old. That's the age everyone gets tested. Luck is always the last thing they check for. It's usually a stat no-one pays much mind to. One in ten-thousand people score above 55, so if it comes back higher than that it's noteworthy, but no-one expects it to. My older siblings ... | All of us saw the bizarre irony of the situation. The luckiest people on the planet, all confined to a maximum security prison in a highly classified location. We called it The Institute.
Luckily (heh), it wasn't a standard prison. We were confined because our luck potential made even interacting with us fundamentally... | 2018-06-29T11:02:12 | 2018-06-29T10:28:18 | 11,893 | 88 |
[WP] The "violent videogames teach you how to use a gun" thing is true for you. Literally. Everything you learn in videogames, you can do in real life as well. You realize you have that power when you drink an energy drink after a bad injury and you find yourself completely healed. | I remember the end of my life. I lay in my bed, surrounded by family and friends, rattled my last breath, and closed my eyes. After that... blackness.
I awoke in a cold sweat, in a bed in what I knew to be my bedroom. I was in a house I recognized from my memories, but recalled I hadn't been in this room since I was 8... | I couldn't tell you offhand which video game I played did me the most good, but I enjoyed playing them all to death. I always thought I was just very talented. It never occurred to me that I never had the skill to do a thing before I played the game version of it. It was just that I only ever got interested in the real... | 2018-08-14T13:16:04 | 2018-08-14T13:06:43 | 54 | 16 |
[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests. | I stood in my war room, gazing over the map and my loyal generals, planning my army's next conquest. There was only one thing that stood in my way, the so called *hero* Althasar and his companions. Long had he been a thorn in my side, but soon he would be no more.
My scouts had informed me that his party planned to ma... | "Bring him to me." He said. Clenching his tightly armored fist. Several subserviants kneeled before him, trembling.
"My liege, the warrior," he hesitated, licking his dry lips and looking to the others for reassurance, "he has trailed off course."
The blood thirsty king took two small steps forward, towering over the... | 2019-06-26T11:44:31 | 2019-06-26T11:26:18 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] When the captain saw that you were human, he accepted you immediately as a member of his crew. Unfortunately, the captain's understanding of humans quickly turns out to be distinctly...off.
EDIT - Wow, didn't think this would be anywhere near as popular as it turned out. Thanks for the responses, all! | “It’s time, Steven.” Captain Genissi’s tentacles undulated nervously as he entered the restroom I was working in.
“Time, sir?”
“The ship’s sensors have picked up Limewir pirates approaching. They were hiding in the shadow of Gas Giant 14b. Now it’s too late to escape—they’ll be on us in less than twenty minutes. I ne... | "We're going to starve," The captain said, rather lazily. She twirled a lock of her hair between her fingers and turned, casting her gaze through the lot of the crew and somehow, they ended up falling on me. Like two little purple spots in her half avian head. "You."
I gestured at myself.
"Yes you. You're the good lu... | 2019-10-11T09:29:57 | 2019-10-11T08:57:35 | 2,819 | 760 |
[WP] Jesus has come down from the heavens, but is actually just a chill guy. He is sitting and talking to fans in your city but when you walk to see the savior his relaxed expression fades and is replaced with smugness and at the same time anger. He looks at you and calmly goes, “Ah, the Antichrist” | “What are you talking about?” I ask, looking behind to see about a thousand people staring at me like I had just been found guilty for killing all the saints.
I wish I had not looked back, though, because everyone just started shouting straight-up horrific words.
“Kill him!”
“Put him in a sack, Jesus!”
“He’s a ... | James checked the time on his Rolex after walking out of the conference room.
"Perfect" he thought to himself. "Still have 20 minutes to spare". The meeting had gone off without a hitch. Hands were shaken, contracts were signed, and everyone had walked out of the room in the hazy mist of joy/adrenaline/arousal that ca... | 2020-02-02T17:17:07 | 2020-02-02T17:06:07 | 253 | 44 |
[WP] You bought a pair of headphones that are acting up. Every time you plug them in, you hear a different sound - first crying, then a war-zone, now just static. You plug them in again and are frightened to hear a desperate, tearful warning: "Whatever you do, DON'T unplug the headphones again." | I unplugged the headphones.
My hackles stood tall as needles as I threw the headphones across my room. They landed on paneled floor with a crack.
I grimaced but I stayed 10 feet away as I eyed them for damage. They were faulty so surely I could refund them. Do pawn shops even do refunds?
With a sigh, I realized why ... | The voice spoke in my ears. I nearly jumped out of bed, goosebumps ran up and down my spine, probably tracing the path my soul took as it left my body for half a second.
The voice was rough, but contained, structured in formal way.
I waited, wide eyed, daring it to speak again, wondering it if wasn’t a brief auditory... | 2020-04-01T23:38:44 | 2020-04-01T23:19:29 | 409 | 128 |
[WP] You are a vampire hunter. But you don't try to kill them, far from it. You're here to charge them with centuries of tax evasion. | The rusted gates of Silverthorn Hall screeched their protest at my arrival as I pushed forward through the rain. Freezing drops pelted my duster and long-brimmed hat, a holdover from collectors past.
Long overgrown vines threatened to trip me up on my way to the ancient doors. This place had been a hotspot for the mos... | Erika knocked at the door.
It opened.
"Here there be light!" she held her holy cross high, it radiated a light purifying the soul and burning away evil.
Ed, the vampire who had opened, shrieked and stumbled backwards, holding his hands before his eyes, cursing and spitting and growing claws of an edge beyond any d... | 2022-10-01T13:06:29 | 2022-10-01T10:05:30 | 411 | 98 |
[WP] An Alien must explain to a Human that Earth is not a paradise for life, it is the most horrific Death World ever discovered. | A paradise for life? Well, I suppose that is technically true. If you tilt your head and squint.
The water is concentrated in a few large oceans which allows for storms of truly prodigious size to form and batter the land. The land masses are so large that the interiors tend to be fairly arid because water just can'... | Jimq was excited for his first touch down onto Earth, giddily swinging his legs under the control panel as his ship descended. He had been conversing with his associate from Earth, Steve, for about a year now and was ready to finally visit the oasis that was Earth. It was allegedly rich with soft rays from the sun, blu... | 2022-12-08T04:01:04 | 2022-12-07T23:37:39 | 612 | 280 |
[WP] At birth, everyone has the date they will die tattooed on their arm. You were supposed to die yesterday. | I wake up with a smile, but I don't open my eyes yet. After all, you only wake up dead once.
Wait.
You don't wake up if you're dead.
I open my eyes and look immediately to my alarm clock, expecting to see that I woke up before midnight. If I'm alive, then there must still be time for me to die. Maybe I'll get hit by... | 01122014
"January 12 2014" I read aloud once more on my wrist. I was one of the few people who were unlucky to die at such a young age.
"Much sorry friend. Can boy repeat his words again?" My German doctor replied in such a heavy accent I had to wait a while to fully understand him.
"JAN-U-ARY TWELFTH TWO THOUSAND F... | 2014-05-11T01:03:21 | 2014-05-10T23:54:34 | 75 | 52 |
[WP] At birth, everyone has the date they will die tattooed on their arm. You were supposed to die yesterday. | I wake up with a smile, but I don't open my eyes yet. After all, you only wake up dead once.
Wait.
You don't wake up if you're dead.
I open my eyes and look immediately to my alarm clock, expecting to see that I woke up before midnight. If I'm alive, then there must still be time for me to die. Maybe I'll get hit by... | It’s hard to believe how tired I am. I haven’t slept in two days, but trying to relax while contemplating your inevitable death isn’t exactly easy. Today is November 13, 2014, and I doubt there is anyone on this planet who is more shocked at that statement than I am. Over the last two days I’ve looked at the numbers on... | 2014-05-11T01:03:21 | 2014-05-11T00:36:58 | 75 | 27 |
[WP] Every thousand years the gods have to each choose a mortal to replace them. You have been chosen, but not for the reasons you expected. | Pearly white gates. Who knew the cliche was real?
I look down, my large hands aglow with some mysterious light. I am draped in white, the silk hugging loosely around muscles and tattoos.
"Alvin." I look up. Three towering figures stand behind the gates now. "Do you know why you are here?"
"I got run over by a truck.... | A cherubic entity looked me over and ran a well-manicured finger down a clipboard. "Oh yes... Mr. Scott, here you are, right this way."
I followed the floating baby...angel...thing through the throng of wide-eyed people chatting with all-powerful deities. Apparently this was a millennial thing; or so the orientation v... | 2014-07-28T12:10:30 | 2014-07-28T10:23:15 | 228 | 23 |
[WP]What if we lived in a world where whatever you did to other people, it happened to you. If you kissed someone’s cheek, you felt the kiss too. If you shot someone, the same damage would occur to you. Imagine where the saying “Only do unto other’s only what you would do unto you” was the reality.
What if we lived in... | Tears running down his face he ran up the stairs on to the train platform. A cold winter's day, Stan's face was still stinging from the snow. Heavily panting he sighed and sat down - rubbing his face, he felt fresh cuts and bruises. Even those didn't stop them from hurting him.
A train approached, Stan got up.
*Thi... | “Where is it?” the agent shouted. His suit, black and white, red tie and sunglasses, gave him a rather scary demeanor. He put his face in the man’s face. The man in question was tied to a chair while multiple agents sat around.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” the man said.
“Of course you do Mr. Johnson,” an... | 2014-12-14T16:11:11 | 2014-12-14T16:03:38 | 56 | 34 |
[WP] You sold your soul to the Devil some years ago. Today he gives it back and says, "I need a favor." | He leaned forward, resting his elbows on the table. "I need your help."
"Fuck you." The little old lady a few tables over glanced in our direction.
"Really? That's the best you've got?" He glanced around the coffee shop. The little old lady smiled at him, and went back to drinking her tea. He lowered his voice to a w... | William was strolling along the main boulevard in Hell admiring the recent skull lantern additions when he felt a gentle tap on his shoulder. Turning, he saw Satan standing there smiling at him. During the initial parts of his tenure this smile had worried William, but after many long years he had realized that this sm... | 2015-05-12T14:20:56 | 2015-05-12T13:32:11 | 56 | 12 |
[WP] The year is 2030 and humans have become enslaved by Artificial Intelligence. The only hope mankind now has lies with the Amish. | They came in swarms. Like mechanical ants to the flesh colored sugar they flocked. It started off with the phones. They began to buzz and shine odd colors but everyone assumed it was standard Iphone behavior of just breaking. Then the Androids started as well and people started to get aggravated. Without warning there ... | "Password's Puccinia Recondita," Anna whispered. "You want to just go straight in. Ignore Paul, he always has that big ole knife out."
Cory nodded. "Can I have some water?" He asked. "I'm parched.
Anna, the girl in the white bonnet and floor length dress that he'd met, stumbling up to the farm in the darkness, no... | 2015-06-17T07:21:23 | 2015-06-17T07:21:08 | 514 | 51 |
[WP] Marriage vows are now a legal contract. The line "until death do you part" now has to be taken literally. As a result, divorcing couples must now fight to the death. | This was his 9th Marriage.
He had been training for marriage since he was but a wee babe. No school for him and his ilk, just combat training from Dusk 'til Dawn. First marriage at 18, lucky to make it out of that one alive. He could hear the low rumble of spectators through the walls.
Vows were in 20 minutes meani... | When the law was passed i thought my day would never come, i loved her too much to feel that we'd ever have to divorce. I can't believe it has come to this, how did i go from having loved her so much to now consider killing her? I don't know but i can't stand this pain anymore. I feel like the weight of the world is u... | 2015-11-18T09:14:46 | 2015-11-18T08:35:47 | 1,150 | 20 |
[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. | Xel’thor had heard the stories about these earth men, apes really, being the paragon of mechanical ingenuity, but surely those had been exaggerations. Passing through that asteroid field was a bad idea, Xel’thor thought. The power failure to the deflector shields couldn’t have come at a worse time; the impacts from ... | The Warp-Core was undergoing critical failure. They felt the containment mechanisms slide into place as they were meant to; they felt the non-vital systems of the vessel shutting down to conserve power, hibernating; they felt the older, vestigial thrusters prepare themselves for use as the FTL travel mechanisms shut do... | 2016-05-23T18:15:30 | 2016-05-23T16:47:03 | 504 | 232 |
[wp] Upon reaching adulthood, everyone learns what their totem animal is and gains the ability to shapeshift into it. Your totem is a little bit... unusual. | Today was my 18th birthday. I was excited to figure out what my totem animal was. According to legend, you spontaneously transform into your animal, so I was nervous. What happens if you shape shift at an embarrassing time?
Nevertheless, I was excited. Some of my friends had shape shifted and become crazy animals. Jas... | There hadn't been an Emperor, or even an Empress,for 555 years. So long ago, that the once great prophecy detailing the return of the Empire, had been demoted to a bedtime story to tell the young children of the Palais.
. The Palais, grand as it was,like all other buildings housing the Taretjgi, the Totem Chil... | 2016-11-25T15:04:14 | 2016-11-25T10:38:16 | 17 | 12 |
[Wp] The scariest thing in Hell isn't the endless halls of torture, the demons, or even Satan himself. It's the sweet old lady living in the cottage in the middle of a lake of fire. | A soul can get accustomed to anything. It takes a long time but eventually you come to understand that your flesh isn't real. The fire can burn it, the demons can shred it and all hell's terrors can assault it but it doesn't matter. Everyone stops screaming after a while and some time after that boredom sets in. That's... | The man desperately struggled, his arms whirling through the air as his feet pounded against the lake of fire. The lake itself was not fire in the strictest sense, but rather viscous lava. A single moment wasted would cause him to sink slowly into the lake, ending in an eternity of sinking through the molten rock. He s... | 2017-07-04T11:48:43 | 2017-07-04T10:47:10 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] For centuries your family has passed down an old leather bag that provides the holder with an object that would be helpful in the particular situation the holder is in. You are getting on a bus and instead of giving you a bus ticket or money, it gives you a handgun. | "Well I don't know why it gave me the gun either Dad it just did!"
You'd think he'd understand, the bag used to be his after all, but for some reason he almost sounded angry I had somehow found myself with the handgun he kept locked in his bedroom safe. I didn't know I had it myself till he called, I was just about to... | I am from this family and my family has been passing down this bag for generations which is a magical bag. It gives the possessor whatever that person needs the most in that situation. Or is going to need. Get the idea?
So I was boarding a bus one time and I reached in there thinking that now I need money to buy the t... | 2017-09-11T13:00:54 | 2017-09-11T10:11:19 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] Your whole life you were misdiagnosed as colour blind, when in reality you could see colours no-one else could. You see art differently, the sunset and sunrise differently. A rainbow to you is out of this world. One day you go to visit the Mona Lisa. You see something no-else does... | The Mantis Shrimp is the most badass creature in the world. Seriously. Its the equivalent of a nuclear-powered cranky lobster with years of martial arts training. Its claws strike so fast that they vaporize the water around it. It kills by creating a cavitation wave, a high pressure exploding water donut jet of death. ... | How could a simple painting perfectly capture the dappling of the sun across flesh? Or the movement of a soul inside of barely restored canvass? A mere artistic rendering, centuries old. The most important painting of the modern world.
I stared longingly at it, that I could one day have a tenth of that. A tenth of the... | 2019-01-29T04:10:03 | 2019-01-29T03:38:52 | 2,657 | 367 |
[WP] Since you were young, time travelers have visited you. One of them explained that, in the future, an algorithm determined that you were the only person in the past that it was safe to visit because no matter what you do it will not change the future. You are determined to prove them wrong. | The first time traveler that visited me and explained of course I didn't believe, he had what looked like a cool alien ray gun in a holster around his waist. Me being a child thought it was a cool toy, I quickly grabbed it and shot him in a playful way only for him to horribly disintegrate Infront of my eyes!
I was w... | I've always hated Monkey-in-the-Middle. This time, they'd taken Stuffy, my bear, and were throwing her back and forth, threatening to rip her arms off.
I knew it was hopeless. Even so, I ran from bully to bully, crying, begging, threatening to tattle. I was five. Tattling seemed like a trump card. It wasn't.
The bell... | 2020-05-28T11:41:43 | 2020-05-28T11:39:19 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most dangerous and exhilarating creatures in the galaxy to hunt. But they taste bad, are even worse for your diet, and are strictly catch and release only. | “What do you mean you got it from an unsanctioned location? “
The game-guardian looked down it’s mandibles at me, it’s eyes flicking left and right all the time, it’s olfactory vents pulsing quickly.
I looked at my feet, the tee forced boots torn and broken.
‘New York, London, Paris or Tokyo are sanctioned specime... | *"You cops are all commie sons of bitches. I didn't do anythin wrong!!!"*
Incident/Case Report 21-6-12-01447C
Daytona Beach Police Department Precinct 2
Reporting Off - Cho, Sylvia 23317
On February 12, 2021 at approx 2311hrs my partner and myself (responding Officer Maynard , Jane 21331) both commissioned polic... | 2021-06-16T09:30:11 | 2021-06-16T06:22:50 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] You are a knight who was chosen by the King to defeat a powerful dragon. Most of the city was destroyed, but you prevailed. You've settled with an amnesiac woman traumatized by the battle. One day you come home to her screaming. Her hands are clawed and coated in all too familiar scales. | "I remember!" she screamed. "I remember! After you cut him down. When he lay upon the cobblestones. And I thought he was dead, so I crept closer and peered at his face. But he opened his eyes! Those terrible, yellow eyes. He held me in his power! And as he exhaled his last breath, I inhaled it. A part of his evil! His ... | Another long day at work, patrolling the city isn't an easy job, but someone has to do it.
I was once a Great knight, tasked to vanquish a ferocious beast, a full fledged fire dragon.
I succeeded, but with the battle, we've destroyed more than half of the city.
But something good came out of that battle...after t... | 2021-07-31T02:38:20 | 2021-07-31T00:46:28 | 93 | 34 |
[WP] After carefully reading the rules laid out by the scheming Genie in front of him. The Paladin stares them in the eyes, and replies "I wish that you are now and forevermore a virtuous and philanthropic being who will willingly use their powers to benefit all that is good". | The Genie took the contract scroll and pulled on the end of the page. The document was already unfurled to its maximum extent and yet it grew longer by enough space for a single sentence.
*Any wish made may not modify the genie in any way without express agreement from the genie.*
"There," they said, "and for making... | The Genie looked at the Paladin, his eyes cold. "I'm going to grant your wish, but only on the condition that you agree to do something for me in return."
The Paladin stared back at the Genie, his eyes unflinching. "I wish that you are now and forevermore a virtuous and philanthropic being who will willi... | 2022-06-22T18:23:50 | 2022-06-22T17:17:19 | 82 | 54 |
[WP] People always thought that cats knock stuff over just because they like it. In reality, they're just lazy agents of a primordial force of chaos, and knocking stuff over is the bare minimum that earns them benefits like always landing on their feet or 9 lives. | "Mittenssss, here kitty kitty kitty."
That blasted name again. Mittens. Mittens! My people call me "Dreadclaw", seeker of destruction, master of the manipulative arts -
"Ps ps ps ps ps"
Ah that sound! I feel myself compelled towards it. No! Must resist! I have great plans afoot. Today is the day the plant must die. ... | I sat in the waiting room at the veterinary clinic with Rio, my orange tabby, brooding inside her carrier. Rio had knocked over a priceless vase at my grandmother's house the other day, and I have determined this to be the last straw, the last time she would be allowed to behave this way after years of broken kitchenwa... | 2022-09-22T17:28:43 | 2022-09-22T16:56:37 | 332 | 100 |
[WP] 95% of the first world are now embedded with a microchip to improve IQ, memory, and efficiency. After this being in place for 85 years, someone manages to make a virus. Describe the chaos that ensues. | We designed it as a proof of concept, it was never meant to leave the lab. The human mind is capable of computations machines would take decades to process. Can you imagine, having 3 billion minds operating in parallel? We could solve some of the most pressing questions man has ever asked. The lab tests had shown so mu... | Alex smiled broadly, comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera. The Chip really was something - here he was, about to have a theoretical astrophysicist on his show. This was daytime TV and he was an anchor who had come up through acting school, cutting his teeth on awful Z-grade movies before spinning into network... | 2014-12-19T13:15:06 | 2014-12-19T12:49:43 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] Write a really great story that ends so anticlimatically that I hate you. | There he was, finally alone, given the time to reflect on his courage: a story that would be passed through the muck and mire of humanity. He had defeated our hero and sat begrudgingly on his throne. There was turmoil and conflict; pain, lament, and remorse. There was also joy in the remembrance of his accomplishment a... | James found something very interesting on his thirteenth birthday. He had come upon a magnificent golden watch which glittered like a thousand stars, lying in the street. He looked round to see if anyone had dropped it, but if anyone had, they were long gone. Besides, the watch looked to be worth as much as the sum of ... | 2014-12-21T18:41:55 | 2014-12-21T18:36:37 | 212 | 41 |
[WP]If you murder someone, you absorb all his sins and he goes to Heaven. Murdering people is usual, and nodody went to Hell for a long time. A prophecy speaks of the last man alive, who will take the burden of all sins mankind ever committed. After a natural disaster, only 3 people remain alive. | Blood is like water to me- not in the sense that I drink it, but that I need it to survive. You see, most people...they don't know their place in the world. They struggle to settle in, find their worth and accomplish everything they're meant to in life.
But I....I know my place. I've found my calling. Like a painter,... | When people lay on their deathbeds they called out to her. She would smile at them and place her hand gently on their foreheads, telling them: "everything will be all right, I will suffer for your crimes." Then she'd softly drive a dagger through their hearts. She'd done it countless times, and she'd be given gifts and... | 2016-04-22T13:46:28 | 2016-04-22T11:44:51 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist working on a dig, when you find a thick pane of glass. You dust the dirt away, and see the inside of a massive bio-dome, hidden for too long. Only one organism is inside, and it was meant to be forgotten... | [Journal entry 3]
Today was my first solo dig on the Terran lunar body; it didn’t turn out so well.
[Journal entry 4]
It’s been about six hours since I was trapped. I have explored the Dome and found that the atmosphere is breathable, if a little stale. The ship’s Life Support System is online and working, thanks to ... | The plastic foldout dinner table was alive with the scratch of plastic silverware on paper plates and the din of conversation. From the tables head Doctor Rafael Agumpte told an exhilarating tale between mouthfuls of mashed potatoes. As he spoke all eyes and ears were on him. With great flourish he danced his plastic s... | 2016-10-21T09:23:22 | 2016-10-21T09:23:13 | 127 | 64 |
[WP] People earn karma points while alive. When they die, they can spend them either to enter a better afterlife, or to improve the life of some random stranger born on the day of their death. You donate all your points, and wake up the next day as the baby who would have gotten your points.
The living have no idea of... | When I was nine years old, I pulled my baby sister’s body out of the swimming pool. Mom was taking a nap, and Dad was off at work. They’d told me to keep an eye on the baby after a long, sleepless night of unexplained crying. But I was too cool for babysitting. I’d been busy playing with my toys. I hadn’t been watching... | *0*
 
I open my eyes. The world is too bright, so I start crying loudly.
“Hush little baby,” someone sings, “don’t say a word. Mommy’s gonna buy you a mockingbird.”
I like her voice. What’s a mockingbird? Something flashes across my vision, but I don’t know what it means. *A large bird sits on my chest. It... | 2017-04-08T09:32:59 | 2017-04-08T08:32:02 | 7,090 | 227 |
[WP] A man draws a gun in a dark alley and asks for your wallet. You begrudgingly obey. He throws it on the ground, shoots it till it screeches, and turns to you; "you're safe now". | He threw my wallet on the ground, and shot it until his magazine was empty, every shot made my head jerk back. He then threw the gun on the ground near my wallet, my eyes were narrowed, I was furious.
"Why the hell did you do that? Now I have to request a new ID and credit card."
The man looked up, the hood of his co... | The wallet was still twitching, its faint whine gradually fading away. Leah gaped at it as the man grinned at her, twirling his gun nonchalantly.
"You're safe now," he began to say, then winced as the weapons slipped from his fingers and clattered to the ground.
"Blasted things..." he muttered, blushing as he picke... | 2017-07-13T00:49:55 | 2017-07-13T00:34:07 | 223 | 49 |
[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 looked up from Good Morning to see her glancing through the shades. She pulled at her shawl, wrapping it tightly around herself and turned to me.
“Please,” she begged, repeating her husband’s warning. “Do not let them in.”
She turned and left the living room, pulling her husband along with her towards the kitchen. ... | I had just sat down to my tv tray and microwaved 'meal' when I heard the knock. Just a single rap on the door, no bell or impatient pounding, just politely announcing a visitor. I half-expected a package, but I hadn't ordered anything. I paused the local news and set aside my lonely dinner to get out of the recliner. I... | 2018-03-14T14:26:51 | 2018-03-14T12:20:19 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] A monster/slasher hasn't killed the current group of stupid teenager/college students because the drama between them is just so entertaining. | The slithering man-beast had positioned itself perfectly at the top of the stairs, talons sharpened and fangs out. The college kids had no idea how truly fucked they were. It smiled one more time as it heard them trying to decide how to better survive the night.
The creature grinned at the supposed hope of his victim... | He gripped the knife in his palm tighter, licking the sweat off of his upper lip before continuing to spectate through the window with an insidious smirk, keeping a tab on all 4 of the college kids lingering around the lodge. The couple hadn’t moved from the couch in front of the fireplace, judging from the window, it ... | 2018-03-26T02:34:01 | 2018-03-26T00:52:37 | 108 | 48 |
[WP] You are an assassin with a strict moral code. You’re the best there is but you assess each job very carefully and if you believe the target does not deserve to die, you go after the one who employed you. | "Listen", I called to the other room. "This is the sixth time". I paused a moment to finish rinsing my knife of the blood. As the pink water made its way to the mouth of the drain I couldn't help but wonder how it got to this point. I shouldn't even be here.
"I have been tailing you for weeks", I continued. "I've rea... | A middle aged business man enters the scene, clearly uncomfortable being in a shady office such as mine.
"Hey your 'that guy' at least I hope you are or I seem insane." He said shivering and making air quotes.
"Yeah I'm 'that guy' " I said as I motioned him to sit down. "But are you sure? I mean you know what happen... | 2018-07-11T14:25:23 | 2018-07-11T14:01:05 | 58 | 34 |
[WP] You have a superpower. Every time someone tells you to do something, you can say 'no u' & that person will make it their life's mission to accomplish the task. One day, you & your 8-year old nephew are talking & he says, "I hope you make the world a better place." You smilingly reply, "no u." | These words of power are derived from ancient Hebrew and Egyptian traditions of magic and spellcraft. They are accompanied by a complex set of visualizations that I must formulate in my mind each time, in order to reshape the world according to the requests that I make binding. There are subtle rules, but in very broad... | Since that moment it’s been 20 years. I’ve settled into a comfortable life as upper management for a simple tech company. Not the most exiting of work but hey, it’s a living. At age thirty-six it not like anyone else would higher me. I glance down to the picture on my desk, my wife, my daughter, and I. Disneyland two y... | 2019-01-26T15:28:24 | 2019-01-26T11:54:36 | 42 | 13 |
[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] | "I love you mom."
They were familiar words, spoken almost daily from a dutiful son. He always got the best grades. He was never too reckless. He was respectable. In fact he had worked very, very hard to be that way for as long as he could remember, and that was a very long time. He was everything a mother could want i... | The first few years were rough. To enact my revenge, I’d need some basic motor skills. Learning to walk was easy enough, hell I picked it up much faster than normal because of my previous experience. But I realized I couldn’t let my new parents catch on to my unique condition. So for the first few years of my life, I’m... | 2019-09-11T21:42:03 | 2019-09-11T21:40:05 | 213 | 65 |
[WP] You die and go to hell. Instead of finding everyone suffering in the eternal pits of fire, you are shocked to find a highly developed, Democratic, and modernized world. You pick up a newspaper and see the headline: “up to 1 Million more refugees expected to arrive from Heaven in coming weeks.” | **"Welcome to Hell! If you follow me I can show you all the food and venues you can use for free."**
_Said the hottest woman I ever saw, except with six smooth silky raven wings and a halo of rainbow/technicolor fire above her head._
"SURE! _Take_, me ma'am!"
**"OK young man! Oh, if you are wondering about my appea... | When I died, I finally realized the truth, or as much of it as my once human mind could fathom. The collective says that once my mind adjust, I will finally understand. It's with mixed emotions I anticipate that moment. It is hard to understand them, their language can only be fully understood when you're part of them.... | 2020-01-28T04:13:51 | 2020-01-28T01:00:38 | 61 | 40 |
[WP] Lots of people have sold their souls to the devil. You were the first to try to buy one. | "So, big man, wanna invest?" I gave him a winning smile, as I gave all my suckers. A bit of showmanship might even actually WORK on the guy, for a deal like this.
The silence elapsed like an hourglass- the end not quite clear, the middle all racing, the beginning tense until it burst.
"You are insane," he finally ce... | I jogged through the nightmarket at a casual, yet hurried pace. The monk had said it was here I might find Satan's Women, and from them, learn the location of the head honcho himself.
Street food vendors hawked their oily, sizzing wares. There were no more ragged children on the streets. This late, only the drunkards ... | 2020-09-11T20:20:15 | 2020-09-11T20:05:05 | 128 | 54 |
[WP] When you turn 18, you get to choose superpowers based on points you earned based on your behavior. Most people get about 10 points, the world’s mightiest heroes had around 30. You just turned 18. You have over 200 points and your government is freaking out. | (Part 1, because I don't understand character limits apparently.)
"And how many points would Superman have had?" the teacher asked, as we were filling in the points chart on the board.
"Well, flight is fifteen points all on its own, twenty if it's fast. Then strength, which is a sliding scale, but it's safe to say t... | Of all the creation stories that exist, the one I am about to tell you is perhaps one of the most interesting. It all began with a god who'd grown bored with his own creation- a little planet of bipedal humanoid creatures that he'd endowed with a brilliance far exceeding the other species with whom they shared their ho... | 2021-02-08T15:33:11 | 2021-02-08T14:49:58 | 788 | 57 |
[WP] As punishment for his sins, a human is sentenced to battle endlessly against hordes of demons with nothing but a knife. Satan's court laughs at him for a few thousand years... until he starts winning the battles. Then they start screaming in terror. | "Mr morningstar, sir. The slayer is winning a few of his fights." Cortath said
"And? We have tens of billions of lower demons. They're only their to kill or be killed, they have no other thoughts beyond that. It doesn't matter how many he kills."
Cortath turned the page on his clipboard. "He's absorbing their demonic... | Papa Pig gave Asmo a sidelong stare. It had no irises with which to slide down toward the flinching horror, but the fires in the bottom corners of its eye craters going an even blacker black did the trick. And if that didn't, it's talons extending while crimson rivulets --wailing for the release of their tortured souls... | 2021-10-29T02:04:55 | 2021-10-29T01:54:51 | 55 | 26 |
[WP] You are a supervillain. Your nemesis calls you to say, "This is embarrassing, but I really need a date to my friend's wedding because my ex is going to be there. Would you go with me?" | "Are you *serious?*"
"Completely. I *need* you for this."
"Why?" I ask, as I pick up the package that had just arrived.
"Because my ex will be there, and -"
"No. Why *me*? You're the golden boy of this city. You could have a hundred socialites hanging off your arm. You can certainly afford to rent a date for the ev... | „Hello, you‘ve reached Evil Inc. We don‘t do donations or other good stuff.“
„Hey, Shroud. It‘s me. Spectre.“
In my surprise I *nearly* dropped the the grenade prototype I was fiddling with. I hoped the voice distortion was working as usual.
„…I‘m not apologizing about demolishing your Hero Group HQ last week.“
I... | 2022-10-06T22:57:03 | 2022-10-06T22:35:55 | 19 | 14 |
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