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[WP] As a dragon of innumerable age you have guarded your gold horde for millennium. Many heroes have come with long speeches on how they will slay you, the great evil,none finish. However this one is odd.He throws a coin on your stash, looks you in the eyes and says "I have a proposition for you." | The hero walked in, and the small hole I made in the ceiling cast a shaft of light onto him, gleaming off his crown. Of course, this was to give heroes a false sense of confidence, but it didn't faze him.
He walked up to me and tossed a gold coin into my pile.
"You have my attention", I told him.
"Hi, I'm a Nigerian... | The dragon's eyes narrowed, his long neck twisting downwards to better see the coin. It was unlike any he'd ever seen, and that was saying something. Small, perfectly round, made of a strange metal - it resembled copper, but pure, more pure than all the plates in the king's castle. Intrigued, the dragon turned his eyes... | 2015-10-14T04:03:21 | 2015-10-13T17:45:50 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] Write a story about something you don't understand. Do NO research. Make everything up as you go.
**Possible subjects:**
*Fly-Fishing
*Open-Heart Surgery
*Supply-Management in the Canadian Dairy Industry
*Making Hollywood Movies
*Guidance Counselling for High School Students
*Storm Chasing
*Electrical Rep... | Hello Gentlemen! Welcome, uh, to Sunrise Mutual! I'm actually just the-
The presentation? What pres-? Yes, um, of course. The presentation. Of course. Right this way.
(Okay, Josh, you got this. They think you're a big-shot, time to take yourself to the top! No more janitor for you!)
Now, as you can see from this sl... | "10"
Randall Jackson slid his seatbelt across his lap as the engines began to roar behind him. He looked to his left as he does so, because he wasn't really sure how to get his on and Rod seemed to not have a problem with it. "Why didn't they go through this during the astronaut training," he thought out loud to himse... | 2016-02-01T22:50:42 | 2016-02-01T22:49:59 | 41 | 23 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | A man in a heavy trench coat with a thick beard approached the door. The number over his head, 1517. "Well, that's over 21" I thought. On his way through he tripped over the step and two dwarves toppled out of the coat. Their number were 15 and 17. "Nice try" I said, "no filthy dwarves in my good elvish bar." | "Next... Next..."
Another group of kids shuffling into a Baltimore club for a heavy metal gig. Another night for some carding and cash.
I rubbed my hands together, urging the friction to do its thing. Wouldn't be enough, though. This January was mighty cold.
I looked up at the line of kids that approached, noting th... | 2017-09-01T22:32:16 | 2017-09-01T20:18:58 | 1,408 | 208 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | A man in a heavy trench coat with a thick beard approached the door. The number over his head, 1517. "Well, that's over 21" I thought. On his way through he tripped over the step and two dwarves toppled out of the coat. Their number were 15 and 17. "Nice try" I said, "no filthy dwarves in my good elvish bar." | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T22:32:16 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 1,408 | 13 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | It's gotta be....
It's a vampire.
I looked right into the eyes of the 4 digit freaked, took a step back into the doorway and said
"You, you are not allowed inside this building, or my home."
He said something quietly to his friends and they started calling me names but I didn't care.
A week later I thought it was ... | 4 digits. For a moment, my degree in mathematics failed me, as I struggled to count the numbers before me. Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre. There was no mistake, though the existence of such a person...frightened me. My vision had always been right, as evidenced by the guilty looks on the minors' faces when I turned them out o... | 2021-11-13T01:48:11 | 2017-09-01T22:15:29 | 585 | 16 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | >14:00
>Fourteen hours?
"Uh Ma'am you can't bring your baby in here"
"Fuck you cunt! You sound like one of them fucking doctors cunt! I need a fucking drink. I've had five kids and know my body better than them. It's just a bit a bleeding"
>I don't get paid enough for this shit
| **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T21:44:55 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 70 | 13 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | Four digits? FOUR? In all my years as a bouncer, never four.
I looked into his calm, green eyes.
"Jesus," I said.
Of course I let him in. Even The Man needs to kick back and grab a beer sometimes, yeah?
But, given that he's back... I wouldn't make any long-term plans if I were you. And stock up on some prepper mate... | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T23:43:36 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 21:00
The General's men got straight to work. Their entire military careers, these specially trained operatives were preparing for this moment: a code R'lyeh.
One soldier was tasked with acquiring the texts to summon Cthulhu, while another went to acquire the proper objects for the sa... | John MacGillis saw a lot of shit in his life. First was the ‘nam, as a captain, and then came desert storm as a major. Always on the front, for the greater good of his great nation. Now in his 70’ he was meditating retirement. If his thought were to put into words, after all these years would be something on the line o... | 2017-09-26T11:47:23 | 2017-09-26T11:43:45 | 168 | 21 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | I weep softly as I watch the news..
"-live coverage of The Pit right now. Only hours earlier earthquakes were detected..."
I gave them Everything
"-traced back to The Pit. Scores of researchers and scientists have submitted queries for comments on our broadcast. We can only air so much so fast, but the ticker below ... | Alex sat at her desk, trying to focus on the work at hand - expense reports had been piling up for weeks now, but there was seemingly not enough time in the work day to keep up with the increased number of reports that had been submitted lately. It was year end, after all, and the company had done extremely well this y... | 2018-01-13T07:55:10 | 2018-01-13T07:48:15 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] Humanity discovers that supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves exist. Instead of attempting to exterminate them, some countries attempt to offer them lucrative jobs that they could do better than a human. | It had been the werewolves, unsurprisingly, that had ended up testing hair conditioners. They sported thick coats that were both coarse and tough enough to turn away a steel blade, so anything that could make their pelts luxuriously soft and sleek would become the next luxury conditioner overnight.
Furthermore, they w... | Kohl took another bullet, this one leaving a deep mark on his chest. Black ooze quickly began to seep out at the entry wound, marking his undershirt and windbreaker with yet another foul smelling stain. It was a nice windbreaker, too. He had received it roughly one hundred and twenty six minutes ago from a pleasant fie... | 2018-08-27T17:13:23 | 2018-08-27T16:55:43 | 33 | 24 |
[WP] Humanity discovers that supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves exist. Instead of attempting to exterminate them, some countries attempt to offer them lucrative jobs that they could do better than a human. | It had been the werewolves, unsurprisingly, that had ended up testing hair conditioners. They sported thick coats that were both coarse and tough enough to turn away a steel blade, so anything that could make their pelts luxuriously soft and sleek would become the next luxury conditioner overnight.
Furthermore, they w... | In the beginning finding them jobs other than "executioner" or "bounty hunter" was difficult. Many of em complained that these jobs we're demoralizing and that they "reinforced negative stereotypes" whatever that meant. Eventually the guys at the workforce commission bent and found them new jobs. Now you could have a s... | 2018-08-27T17:13:23 | 2018-08-27T15:01:41 | 33 | 24 |
[WP] Humanity discovers that supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves exist. Instead of attempting to exterminate them, some countries attempt to offer them lucrative jobs that they could do better than a human. | Kohl took another bullet, this one leaving a deep mark on his chest. Black ooze quickly began to seep out at the entry wound, marking his undershirt and windbreaker with yet another foul smelling stain. It was a nice windbreaker, too. He had received it roughly one hundred and twenty six minutes ago from a pleasant fie... | A vast landscape of red and orange sand, sparsely dotted with small withering shrubs was all you could see for miles. Except for the road and the reason I had arrived here. I looked towards the heavily secured building with electrified fences. Guards with strange weapons which made a thunderous sound before seemingly ... | 2018-08-27T16:55:43 | 2018-08-27T16:01:07 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] You're a supervillian. Your power? Making anybody and everybody nearby feel the same emotion you feel except 100x stronger. Mostly you've been using it to force people to donate absolutely all their life's savings into charities. Superheros aren't quite sure how to deal with you. | It’s a bit like picking a string on a harp, you make it vibrate, amplify it, make the resonance affect the world around it. Now anyone can jam on a harp and make an awful lot of noise but I like to think I’m better than that. I can take any old emotion that you happen to be feeling at that moment and make it vibrate, a... | Three months ago I had discovered the unimaginable. In a perplexing twist of fate, I had somehow developed the ability to influence the emotions of those who were within a half-mile radius of my presence. I remember the first day I discovered it as I was driving to work and irritated at the driver in front of me. Su... | 2018-12-17T14:50:10 | 2018-12-17T14:37:03 | 306 | 48 |
[WP] You are a human on a spaceship crewed by aliens. As your hair dye begins to fade, your crewmates start to worry about your health. | "No no no, you can NOT tell her. I heard humans find it very rude when you point out fading fur." Jeb told the captain. "If anything, we just have to get her to notice herself and go to the medical bay."
"Alright then, your orders are to make sure Clara receives plenty of positive attention! She should naturally w... | First of hopefully many more and better writings:
"Hark! Are you experiencing Albinifinosith? Our ship's medic can remove it." called out the bald, four-armed four-eyed, humanoid.
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Pfft what was Albinifinosith? It sounded dangerous, but so did everything in space. A couple of months back, as I was chokin... | 2020-07-05T11:07:37 | 2020-07-05T10:58:38 | 2,154 | 282 |
[WP] At the age of sixteen, people are shown a title that they will earn in the future from Fate herself in a special ceremony. Usually these titles can range from "The Baker" to "The Kind" or even "The Conquerer". You turn sixteen, and are faced with the title of "The Godkiller". | "You should have named me Philosopher," said the old dying man.
Across from him Fate nodded, for she did not speak.
"Instead," he continued, "you have given me this ridiculous purpose. I needn't tell you that there are no Gods anymore, if there ever were. I've searched for most my life. Not at first of course. First... | **Was god destined to be or is fate one of god’s children?**
If there ever was a question as indelible as time itself, it was this one. If God was indeed the architect of the universe, as the scriptures from antiquity proclaimed, it would follow naturally that he was also the maker of laws within which the universe mu... | 2020-08-15T04:05:22 | 2020-08-15T00:45:00 | 41 | 12 |
[WP] At 18, your father finally gave you his antique Swiss watch. "The watch will stop working when you're seconds away from death. Live a good life", your father always told you. Now at 26, you're celebrating your 1st wedding anniversary. As your wife pours you a glass of wine, the watch stopped. | For 18 years of my life, I heard the watch ticked. It was an irreplaceable sound, one that I knew by my heart. And so, when it stopped, I pointed it out to my father.
He had it on, even though the strap now fit illy on this thin wrist. With surprising deftness, he slipped it off, clasping the watch into my hands.
"Th... | This is kind of bad but I've been using writing prompts to improve my skills and fall back in love with writing so here goes nothing... enjoy :)
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The warm lights of the front room shone down on her face light the glow of a halo. She was iridescent. The most beautiful woman in town. Ever since our first me... | 2020-12-10T12:26:59 | 2020-12-10T11:22:32 | 71 | 24 |
[WP] Before academy enrollment each parent must purchase a familiar to protect their child. The rich can afford gryphons and dragons. But being poor forced you to seek out the local mad magician who has offered you a new affordable familiar dubbed the “pet rock” instead. | We weren't a rich family. Hell, I don't even know if we even qualified as poor, might not have had enough for that. Father was a coal miner until black lung got him, and mother emptied chamber pots to keep food on the table. Still, somehow we were happy, at least until the day we discovered I had magic.
Magic of ... | I stood there, looking between my parents and the man holding out the “pet rock” to me. They couldn’t seriously believe that this thing had any sort of ability to protect me, could they?
“Well, go on then Bernerd, take it!” my mother said, nodding her head at his outstretched hand. I glanced at my father and he too wa... | 2021-01-06T08:26:28 | 2021-01-06T07:18:17 | 676 | 378 |
[WP] Magic has always been banned inside the walls of your home city. You never knew why until you looked down upon the city from afar and noticed that, framed by the circular outer-wall, all the zig-zagging streets and alleyways actually construct a giant magic seal- one for imprisoning great evil. | I was absolutely stunned that no-one has noticed this before.
People climbed the surrounding mountains every day. It wasn't forbidden, or even particularly difficult. When someone needed privacy, or fresh air, or silence, they climbed the mountains. That was why I came up to begin with.
To be fair, the symbol was hig... | [Part 1 of 2]
“A seal, there’s no mistaking it. The way the northern roads overlap, the thinly constructed alleyways that can barely fit a human, it all makes sense now. Someone constructed this town hoping to seal something, but what could be so powerful that it needs such a large seal?” The hairs on my neck stood up... | 2021-10-17T02:32:38 | 2021-07-12T06:57:23 | 319 | 162 |
[WP] They Hero is defeated by the villian, they expect death or torture. They did not expect to wake up in a guest room with their wounds being treated to. | When I woke up, I found myself in room with a small pool, The Enemy's iconography clearly marking this a temple. A case of mistaken identity perhaps? But before I could think to escape, the dark waters came alive, and The Enemy was before me.
"Hello little one." It took the form a of serpent, draped in shadow. Only i... | Lance Ravenbow here. Professional armorer and dragon slayer.
This reminds me of the time I fought in the Big Dying Arena for the privilege of speaking to the great armorer in the sky. That is, I'm reminded of that time if you'll permit me to refer to myself as "the Hero", but you seem like an agreeable person, and I s... | 2021-08-09T21:29:01 | 2021-08-09T21:03:37 | 74 | 36 |
[WP] Everyone is granted a familiar when they turn 15. A loyal creature that vastly improves their owner's life. Your familiar is one of the wisest and most powerful of them all. Unfortunately, you're deadly afraid of it's species. | "Now, now, I know you might be afraid, but I assure you, there's no-"
"Get the fuck away from me!" I screamed, throwing a chair. My familiar dodged. Of course it did.
"There's really no reason to be this rude!" It said. "I have feelings too, you know."
"Get out!" I ran out of my room and locked the door.
The cock... | *Why did it have to be an Owl?!*
Harry thought as he saw his familiar. He would have been okay with a spider, a cockroach, a lizard, hell even a fucking cobra but no the universe looked at Harry and went *fuck you in particular.*
Harry was so shocked when he first saw it that he didn't speak for an hour, thinking tha... | 2022-01-14T13:09:58 | 2022-01-14T09:10:50 | 55 | 40 |
[WP] You have died, and in the afterlife are given the opportunity to see the worst decision you ever made, and the best decision you ever made.
| "Hello Cole."
I had made a mistake.
Here I was an iron-willed atheist, staring into the face of a being that could no doubt be my creator. I was somewhat pleased to find him...her...it... genderless. It spoke with a booming voice, so the old stogeys in the bible got something half-right.
Looking at God was rather co... | "It wasn't the car you know." I looked around in confusion at my surroundings, something felt off as I stared down at my hands. Hadn't I just been somewhere else? My hands looked so soft and plain, almost...as if I'd never worked a day in my life. I looked around quickly to try and figure out where I was, everything wa... | 2015-01-13T23:35:22 | 2015-01-13T23:22:41 | 41 | 10 |
[WP] You board an empty midnight train and take a seat. You notice there is a pair of glasses on the opposite bench and pick them up. When you put them on, you realize you're not alone. | "That was a poor choice," I heard a voice behind me say. "Don't take them off."
"I wasn't stealing them!" I cried out as I turned. No one had been there before. I just wanted to try them on! It's always so silly seeing the world warped through someone else's prescription. "I was just testing...."
My protests trailed ... | The train was *bustling*.
I could only *see* the furious movement, but with it came the impression of a sound—like that of a busy shopping mall or an open-air bazaar.
I took the glasses off, and nothing.
There was nothing. The car was as empty as before, with red cloth seats clear of people and bronze overhead raili... | 2015-05-01T08:41:22 | 2015-05-01T08:39:41 | 64 | 23 |
[WP] You are about to make a speech on national television. As you step up to the podium and gaze over at the teleprompter, you see only one word: "Stall." | "Stall."
Oh, yeah. Nailed it. I wave and walk off the stage.
"Good job, Jim!", he doesn't return my high five but I know he's been stressed lately.
"Was I good, Steph?" I must've been incredible because she has that stunned look on her face again.
All of the hard work has led to tonight. I think I'll take out the t... | **"Stall"**
That's all it said. "Stall." Five little pixelated letters staring back at me as if they'd find a resonant voice and I'd echo something out from the dry screen of my mouth.
"Stall."
I felt my tongue touch each of my teeth in turn, a nervous tick I'd never covered; counting teeth was a saving grace when i... | 2015-05-16T18:14:47 | 2015-05-16T16:46:23 | 91 | 39 |
[WP] Everyone has powers locked within them. Each power is different, and the longer it takes for a power to manifest, the greater it is. A 100 year old man is being hunted by the government for still being powerless.
EDIT: Thanks for all the replies everyone, I had fun reading all of them. |
It's been ten years since the last "big" one, Jean-Paul Arseneau. Marseille is still uninhabitable after what happened. Jean-Paul doesn't exist anymore, but neither does Marseille. After the events in Marseille, the UN developed a unit of special forces to combat further incidents like this. They are the worlds great... | *I'm late to the party, but loved the prompt. Mostly a lurker here, so below is my noob attempt. FYI I planned to write more but had actual work to do, so please let me know if you all liked it and I may continue!*
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An old man is found sitting on a park bench, facing out towards the still lake. His eyes strain fr... | 2015-10-26T11:22:04 | 2015-10-26T10:54:10 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | I am writing this with tears in my eyes and 15 years of wishing i did this sooner.
Dear Dude who molested me when I was a child,
You ruined my life. It has been a long time since you molested me and those 3 other kids, and I hope you are rotting in that cell.
Ever since what you have done, I have battled severe... | To My Wife of 13 years; the letter I wish I could send you instead of continuing to live this lie.
I've no idea how to properly express the way I've been feeling lately, so I apologise now if this comes across as a ramble, with no real explanation for anything. Truth is, I don't know if I actually have any explanation... | 2015-12-05T15:55:07 | 2015-12-05T15:36:40 | 61 | 12 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear dad,
I fucking miss you. You died too quickly and I never got to hear your last words. I know though, I know you'd tell me you're proud of me and that you love me. I know this, but goddammit, i wish I could have heard you say it. I'll be the man you always knew I could be. I promise you that, and i will continue... | Dear You,
I don't know if you're there. If you exist anywhere in this world. Maybe you'll always be a concept in my mind of the kind of person I need to meet and say all of this to. If you're not there, then that's depressing. But if, somewhere, you exist...
I haven't been strong. I've been plagued with weakness in a... | 2015-12-05T15:43:07 | 2015-12-05T14:15:59 | 45 | 11 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Mom,
I know you're just a room away from me, but I probably will never have the courage to tell you this. I'm sad, mom. Everyday. I know I'm the one that always laughs and smiles through anything, but it's been getting pretty hard for me. It's weird though, because there's nothing terribly devastating going on in ... | To My Wife of 13 years; the letter I wish I could send you instead of continuing to live this lie.
I've no idea how to properly express the way I've been feeling lately, so I apologise now if this comes across as a ramble, with no real explanation for anything. Truth is, I don't know if I actually have any explanation... | 2015-12-05T19:23:33 | 2015-12-05T15:36:40 | 31 | 12 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Jesus - Your birthday is coming up. YAY! 2015 has been great to me. I finally realized this year that you're not real. Who am I actually addressing this letter to then? Oh well. Thanks for taking up all of my teens and 20s with indoctrinated lies that kept me from many experiences that in retrospect I would have p... | Dear You,
I don't know if you're there. If you exist anywhere in this world. Maybe you'll always be a concept in my mind of the kind of person I need to meet and say all of this to. If you're not there, then that's depressing. But if, somewhere, you exist...
I haven't been strong. I've been plagued with weakness in a... | 2015-12-05T14:47:35 | 2015-12-05T14:15:59 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] Humanity finally reaches the edge of the solar system only to encounter an impassible barrier and a warning not to try and breach it. But is it there to keep us in or to keep something else out? | Alex Isolus tapped his fingers nervously against the console, his eyes fixed on the image floating half an inch above it, a hologrammatic display showing the local region of space. Pluto was far behind them, a distant smudge in the void, and ahead of them lay...nothing.
The scopes simply ceased to penetrate any furthe... | "Who said it was impassable?"
For a moment, Pilot Grays could only stare at his captain. Miles was supposed to be the most passive commander of any ship in the Navy. This was the main draw for the pilot to request the posting to her ship, expecting that the routine patrol of Sol would be a simple way to complete his... | 2016-04-19T03:03:06 | 2016-04-19T01:51:13 | 321 | 164 |
[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end. | George shifted in his chair, raised his hands over his head and stretched, letting out a grunt of satisfaction as his spine unlocked.
It was done. In the end, it had been a welcome distraction. The ominous pile of notes on White Walkers, dragons and incest glowered at him from the corner of the room. He knew he would ... | As far as George was concerned, he had been set forth an impossible task. He had to devise a way that Voldemort could lose. By any metric, the Second Wizarding War was already over. The resistance was concentrated in a single castle in Scotland, and the rest of the island was occupied by the enemy. The enemy had vastly... | 2017-09-03T07:42:10 | 2017-09-03T07:37:41 | 491 | 58 |
[WP] How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it. | "How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it."
It was a fragment of a message picked up some ways out from a small blue planet orbiting a small yellow star - apparently inhabited by something called humans. Was it a race of beings? A breakfast drink? A vehicle? No one knew ... | “Look, all I’m saying is-“ “HOW can it be dangerous? It’s been crying in that corner for like 25 minutes!”
I looked over at the sobbing human. He did look rather sad, and I guess we should expect that. We did just steal him. “Why is he crying so much? It’s so IRRITATING!” Jaruta was getting really mad.
“Maybe he’s ... | 2018-02-17T16:41:42 | 2018-02-17T13:54:02 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] On a whim, you start clicking links in your spam email folder. Over the next few days, you are alarmed to find an African prince with a briefcase of money, a lifetime supply of discount medications, and four hot singles from your area showing up at your door. What happens next takes the cake. | Prince Jawara blew another perfect smoke ring from his massive cigar. I usually don't allow smoking in the house, but today, I don't mind.
"Who are these women?" he says suspiciously, as he holds the briefcase tightly at his side on the couch.
The four girls giggle at the prince, all piled on the small sofa and prod... | If they made a movie about me, they would have to include a disclaimer recommending you do not try this at home. So here is my disclaimer: do not, under any circumstances, go through your spam folder and click on every link you find. If you do, you might just find yourself with a black fellow named Ndjomeni who claims ... | 2019-06-17T11:52:41 | 2019-06-17T11:40:43 | 2,677 | 178 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a tattoo that is a number between 0 and 100 representing a set aptitude of a skill, but it can be linked to things like lifespan or height. Schools test children to figure out what skill they have aptitude for. You are the first ever 0 and cant figure out what it means. | I believe in God, and I know two things about God.
Firstly, I know how God writes their numbers, they use ten numerals 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, and count in base ten. You might be wondering how I know such an obscure fact about the supreme being in the universe, but I assure you, it's true.
You see, ever since human ki... | They called me "zero" for the longest time. Kids would avoid me at the park and people would whisper about me in public. "How is that even possible" or "I hope our daughter doesn't ever date that boy" they would say. And I've accepted that for most of my life, that their was a decent chance that I wouldn't ever be ... | 2020-05-01T23:02:12 | 2020-05-01T21:48:57 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] Your superpower isn't the flashiest in the academy, but it does come in handy. The more you learn about a different subject the more you gain control over it. Studying physics? Gain control of subatomic particles. History essay? Change events in the timeline. Your next test? Math. | "You have 30 seconds!" yelled the robbers, flailing their rifles in the open bank window. "We'll kill a hostage if you don't get a chopper on the roof!"
"Okay okay don't do anything rash!" replied the cop over the megaphone. "It'll be here in-"
Before he could finish his sentence I snatched the megaphone. "There's n... | Your studying of geometric figures goes quite well and after some time you start experiencing unexpected things to happen. Your superpower shows itself when you suddenly realise that your globe became a cone. Suddenly... You were expecting this to happen, you indeed were curious what will come. By itself. Because you k... | 2021-01-12T12:24:46 | 2021-01-12T12:24:17 | 270 | 23 |
[WP] In the middle of a fight with a known villain, you, the hero are stopped by a young child. “If you fight the bad guy, and the bad guy fights you, and you both break everything as you go, what makes you think you’re any better than him?” Behind the child, you see the villain silently fist pump. | You don't answer. Instead, you spring for Colossus while he's gloating. He wasn't expecting it; probably expected you to start bursting into tears, judging from that smug little fist-pump. People with no morals and thin egos always seem surprised when those with the former and without the latter don't immediately colla... | "With heroes like these, who needs villains?" Read the largest heading on the Sunday paper. She'd had to walk by it at every newspaper stand on her way to the office this morning, and now her publicist was reading it aloud to her from his cell phone.
"Yeah, I know what it's..." Volcanix tried to cut in. She really did... | 2021-04-18T08:29:08 | 2021-04-18T06:54:17 | 38 | 15 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | "I was eight when I first developed my ability. It was right at the start of summer, and I accidentally broke Bobby Johnson's arm in a game of tag. None of the other kids would play with me after that. Except Bobby.
But his mom called my mom, who thought she needed to sit me down with her and Dad and give me a lecture... | "Whoa, guys, now wait just a sec", I said while raising my hands in a warding gesture towards the two supes trying to threaten me with their powers.
"No more waiting, Carl", said Josh the Jellyfish. Yes, he picked that name. "Your time's up", added Rocky Rhayle. "Either you spill your secrets now or we spill your guts... | 2021-08-16T21:02:11 | 2021-08-16T14:51:45 | 151 | 80 |
[WP] You are the Last Hero. The one they call when nobody else can handle the threat. You've answered the call only twice since discovering your powers, devastating as they are. You prefer the quiet life, living on your stipend. The Red Phone has just rung for the third time. | I blinked in surprise, turning from the TV in surprise as it rang.
The Red Phone.
They don't bother me lightly. I've made it clear that I value my privacy too much to get involved in every little scuffle between nations. After it leaked that the Heroes Society was trying to recruit me and Doctor Nefarious came after... | "Why, hello there."
He holds the red phone in place by pressing it between his ear and right shoulder as he plays with his personal cellphone, smiling to himself.
"What seems to be the problem?" he continues.
"Sir, we're having trouble-"
"*Tch*, of course you're having trouble!" he cuts off the voice on the other e... | 2022-03-29T10:06:36 | 2022-03-29T07:28:35 | 20 | 12 |
[WP]Being immortal has had its perks and its disadvantages. You don't know how you came to be but you don't complain because you are not only immortal but can shapeshift. After 2000 years you shift back into yourself to live another lifetime only to be recognized by someone who uses your birth name. | Alexandra had scavenged for decades, centuries, millennium, an eternity, it seemed; to clean the one stain which plagued her family’s legacy. Several millennia ago, in her arrogance of playing god amongst her scientific peers, she’d created an immortal creature. For the moment, she was proud of her breakthrough. Not on... | The building had no elevator. It barely had lighting. It was the sort of grimy cash only hotel with rooms that could be rented by the hour and where you didn't dare walk barefoot on the carpeting without a tetanus shot. A place that served as sort of tombstone for dreams of a better tomorrow. Which meant it was perfect... | 2022-11-12T18:19:35 | 2022-11-12T16:59:33 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] the party watch’s in horror as the orphanage burns. The bard turns to the chaotic good Paladin and says “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?” | Soot rained down upon the eclectic party. Behind them the orphanage burned. It cast their sickly shadows in the snow as the flames danced among the charred wood and blackened stone. Around them, the rest of the world lay silent.
The first to speak up was the Bard. Her purple hands shook with adrenaline as her short le... | Swirling clouds of soot and ash danced on the skyline, now tinged orange by the roaring flames. The wooden structure, now collapsed, emitted a series of pops and cracks as it lay in its death throws. Among the drifting smell of smoke there was an unmistakable tinge of burning hair and flesh.
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Jean looked ... | 2022-11-13T16:25:01 | 2022-11-13T16:03:55 | 537 | 80 |
[WP] This is the prologue (or the first chapter) of the novel you've always wanted to write.
EDIT: Holy crap, you guys are insane. Thank you everybody for your submissions, sorry if I don't thank you personally :)
EDIT 2: What the actual hell. Waking up to find your inbox at fifty - *and counting* - is not healthy. Y... | I used to not believe in ghosts.
I also used to love peanut butter.
Now, I believe in ghosts and merely like peanut butter.
I had a neighbor, you see. We went to different colleges, but hung out a lot when off. Not dating or anything, just to make it clear. Might have at some point, but we hadn't broached the subj... | It was the lunch rush and the PBJ Cafe was alive with voices. Each table's conversation fed into a swelling sound, joining the hiss of the espresso machine and the tinkle of plates and cups to create an effect that made Patrick think of running water. The stream of noise carried him in nearly constant motion as he wo... | 2015-09-12T12:38:37 | 2015-09-12T11:12:45 | 121 | 23 |
[WP] You run a tattoo parlor. Every couple of weeks, the same customer comes in, always requesting the same tattoo: an additional tally mark on an ever-growing cluster of tally marks. | "Really?" I asked in wonder, as I prepared the needle for the latest mark.
"Yep." was the simple response.
I'd wondered for a long time the meaning, but I had no idea why until today.
"Wow," I replied, still shocked, "You must be very talented..." He nodded again as I trailed off.
"Every time. Just gotta get th... | “Here he is again!” Mikey hollers
Becker comes straight in, takes his seat at my station, strips his jacket and waits.
“Again?” I ask
“Again.” Sounds gruff. He nods.
It’s the same procedure. The same routine. I don’t even know the number of lines I’ve
etched into his forearm. The last number I remember? 32.
I ... | 2016-07-09T18:17:55 | 2016-07-09T15:42:33 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] In this world, if humans get bitten 100 times by a given animal, they gain some of the animal's superhuman traits. Mosquito, cat, and spider powers are common, but the animal you got your traits from is definitely unusual.
This is a world were many people are technically The Tick or Spiderman. Up to you if power... | Part 2... ( Find Part 1 in previous post, probably down below this one)
Time went on, and I definitely got to know him. Now, if the waitress forgets the coasters, he does not remind them politely. I feel quite ashamed and embarrassed about the way he treats those waitresses now. He's violent, and often exhibits bur... | Part 1 (part 2 in next post)
I was terrified. It was "that time" of day again. Just after 5pm. I scurried feverishly around the house, checking every surface and crevice to be sure that everything was just right. "Remember, Jules: A place for everything, and everything in it's place", was one of Richard's favorit... | 2016-11-28T13:55:08 | 2016-11-28T13:03:45 | 49 | 25 |
[WP] "Shark Tank" but instead of an entrepreneur pitching inventions, it's villains pitching diabolical plots. | I walked into the cold, dimly lit room, nervous about what I was about to do, these men and women were the most evil beings history had to offer, and what I had to bring surely wasn't worthy of them, but I figured "what the hell, I've come this far."
as I walked further in, I saw Genghis Khan, sitting upon a thron... | "Next!" One of the judges yelled from the panel.
I was the last contestant, so i felt like the world was weighing down on me. I walked through the double doors into a sort of science-y secret lab with monitors and screens and lights everywhere.
Five people sat at the table. A Cartel leader, an African warlord, Kim ... | 2017-11-15T00:50:46 | 2017-11-15T00:49:58 | 43 | 12 |
[WP] To extend your life, you've played Death in many games and beaten him. However, after your last game, you begin to see that Death has been losing to you on purpose. | "Why?"
The man gazed long into the reaper's cowl, but no matter how much he tried to gauge Death's reaction, he couldn't. He was confused as to why he continued to flee victory, to let the long-lived man win over and over, no matter how horrible he answered the cloaked figure's questions, how much he lied, or question... | I set down my rook.
“Checkmate.”
“DAMN. I THOUGHT I HAD YOU. EXCELLENT PLAY, MICHELLE.”
“Thank you. Tomorrow, then, Death?”
“AS ALWAYS.” He began to disappear. As I looked at the board, I noticed something off about the play.
“Death, wait.”
“YES? WHAT IS IT?”
“You could have easily blocked my move. I’m no grandmaster, ... | 2018-03-21T10:32:24 | 2018-03-21T08:35:33 | 137 | 23 |
[WP] They had been preparing the humans for first contact for millennia. Rabies, plague, polio, chicken pox, even the common cold were gradually introduced to make survival with others possible. One more to go, hopefully the humans are ready for it. | "Today's the day."
Yep, it was the big day. Everyone had been waiting for this day for nearly a cycle. The tests showed that the oncoming affects were being brandished off quite respectably, and again they had endured. The little blue orb was going to make it. The latest and final addition had nearly swarmed the exper... | The event was to be broadcasted across the entire confederacy. It was a huge deal. A new sentient species introduced to join the universal confederacy. The joy! The enrichment of all. Adding their unique experience and interpretation of the universe. It was really quite an achievement.
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It had always bee... | 2018-11-29T07:40:00 | 2018-11-29T07:32:01 | 260 | 43 |
[WP] We did it! We finally achieved FTL travel! At first, alien races seem thrilled to have a new neighbor. Then they seem terrified of us. We are the only ones to reach the stars with technology instead of magic. | "Warmongering, sadistic, savage. These are only a few words I could use to describe these monsters. The revel in war and wish to impose it upon all who do not fit in their civilization. They power they wield is unfathomable, rendering us incapable of defense, a mere child before the wolf. I record this message to serve... | Part 1/?
My agent forwarded me the latest stack of TV interview requests, speaking engagements, book deals. There were also various requests to appear at middle schools and high schools to support "Women in STEM" efforts. Diane Widener, trailblazer in modern science, blah blah blah. Not even a "doctor" in front of my ... | 2019-01-18T11:52:53 | 2019-01-18T11:27:40 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] The zombie outbreak is largely contained. Now your job is to stop edgy "zombie hunters" from breaking into the quarantined area. | The zombie "outbreak" was not as big as we figured it would be. Especially since these former humans weren't as dangerous as one would think. Their bites don't infect and they are so insanely slow, because the deceased brains fail to retain any significant motor functions. But functioning brains also meant functioning... | I remembered my days as a game warden when I first started out in the park, protecting wildlife from unauthorized hunters. Then the great outbreak came and I barely made it out.
Now, I'm just a quarantine guard for the CDC. And it changed from unauthorized hunters to dumb teens and college kids trying to break in to t... | 2019-11-11T10:37:07 | 2019-11-11T07:17:54 | 102 | 37 |
[WP] Gordon Ramsey died. His ghost remains on earth, doomed to possess the bodies of people right after their greatest cooking screw-ups. Compulsively, he fixes what they've done and insults them through their own mouth. | Finally. Sweet, sweet death. You'd welcome death too, if you had lived your life with a name that was practically Gordon Ramsay. The only thing that distinguished my name from that of the celebrity chef was that my name was spelt 'Ramsey' - with an 'e', not an 'a'.
When I'd lived, people always asked me to do Gordon ... |
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... GO! Good luck and waste no time! These are the words with which the 128th Episode of the renowned cooking show “212°”, hosted and judged by famous tv cook Norman Ryan, begin. The show is named after the boiling point of water. Why they chose that as the name and not 32°, 160°or 145°, all just as re... | 2020-05-23T16:30:13 | 2020-05-23T12:51:19 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] In a world where people receive mystical pets upon 16 yrs of age, you are judged based on how powerful they are. Today on your 16th birthday, you finally got yours. But instead of the common faun or fairy you expected, a commoner like you got a dragon. | It was Pendra's 61st birthday, which in dragon law meant she was now legally allowed to smoke pitayas. But not before the coming of age ceremony. The Summoning.
Pendra put on a smile for her parents as they nuzzled their farewell. She shrugged shyly when the gathered fauns and fairies asked where she thought she'd end... | I was wondering what it was like to get a pet. some said theirs just appeared, others said they watched theirs come. My 16th birthday was the next day, and i struggled to sleep from the excitement, maybe id get a cat, or a faun, maybe a wolf or fairy if i was lucky.
at noon, i was sitting in the field outside of town.... | 2020-05-24T01:01:02 | 2020-05-24T00:53:28 | 281 | 57 |
[WP] Every spacefaring species has something that makes them special. Some are fast, some have telekinesis, some are nigh-unkillable. To the galaxy's surprise, humans have a tendency to befirend the cosmic horrors lurking where the starlight does not reach. | Adam cooed under his breath as he scritched between the eyes of the squid-like creature on the table before him. Its slimy exterior shimmered from the tub of water it had crawled out of, approaching him in a manner belying the natural curiosity the species was known for, amongst other things.
"This is the terrifying, ... | FADE IN:
INT. THE SECRET HALL OF GALAXY-CENTRIC WORRYING
*A dozen creatures of various species sit around a large table. One of them – something that resembles an eight-foot-tall Möbius strip crossed with a large slug – begins to speak. This is YARLGH.*
**YARLGH:** I call this session of galaxy-centric worrying to o... | 2021-04-07T21:52:28 | 2021-04-07T17:45:17 | 300 | 186 |
[WP] There's a door with a single key hole - it will open regardless of what key is used. All keys open this door, but what's on the other side, however, entirely depends on the key. | The door was as much myth as legend.
As the stories went, it was deep in a cave, which was itself deep in the woods that were deep in the mountains. The door would accept any key, and take you to wherever the key opened, or so the legend said. Given that one had to have the key in the first place, it would for most p... | [Part 1 of 2]
A door that will lead you to an unknown destination. Many scholars spoke about its magic, but I never believed the tales. I was a man of science and science rarely mixes well with farfetched tales, yet the shimmering glow of its golden doorframe was unmistakable, a keyhole awaiting a key, beckoning me to... | 2021-06-10T07:24:29 | 2021-06-10T05:21:09 | 44 | 33 |
[WP] You're a superhero who just found out that your supervillain arch-nemesis is secretly your roommate. But being a hero doesn't pay well, and you can't afford rent without them... | I casually stroll past my roommate sitting at the breakfast table on my way to the pantry to grab a box of Millville Cocoa Rice, the cheaper, and in my opinion, superior alternative to Cocoa Krispies. This story is sponsored by ALDI.
I whistle as I walk to assure my roommate that nothing is out of the ordinary and I'... | I think my roommate is a superhero. Now, I know it sounds insane but hear me out.
I really think I might be into something with this one, I know one or two things about heroes, after all, I am one.
See, I was living alone in an apartment in the outskirts of the city but as you may guess villains like to strike downto... | 2021-08-03T07:07:13 | 2021-08-03T06:33:58 | 120 | 83 |
[WP] In a world where reincarnation with a full knowledge of your past life is real, authorities struggle to protect society by keeping the worst criminals and serial killers in prison alive for as long as possible to delay their eventual escape back into society via the reincarnation process. | Julia looked over the array of suspects. Twelve babies and a goat.
"Careful, one of them is a serial killer," she said to the nurses and the farmer. "I've been chasing The Cycle Killer through four lives."
What she did not say was that it was her fault that they had escaped again. Five minutes without being watched,... | Personal reasons long ceased to matter, we were now killing for the sport of it, basically.
I distinctly remember being caught for the first time, a triple murder of a family down the main road in North Avenue.
How dumb the look on the faces of the guards must have been when they found me dead in my cell, suicide b... | 2021-10-08T08:55:06 | 2021-10-08T08:03:17 | 151 | 48 |
[WP] Aliens have finally discovered Earth - but they're not hostile. They've tasted human food, and they think it's so astonishingly good that Earth is becoming an alien tourist hotspot. | Imagine, for a moment, that some superintelligence had access to your entire being. Something that could read your brain, manipulate your senses. Something that knew everything about you and could feed you a stream of information, could hack your nerves, to create the most mathematically pleasing sensation possible to ... | "Commander Blarg," barked the bulbous green commandant, "we have arrived at Earth, sir."
Blarg swivelled his eye stalks over to his adjutant and made a contented squelching noise.
"Very good, Commandant, very good. Commence with orbit. Open communications with the - what was it? - oh yes, United Nations Space Embassy... | 2022-06-10T09:06:32 | 2022-06-10T08:49:21 | 98 | 52 |
[WP] Aliens have finally discovered Earth - but they're not hostile. They've tasted human food, and they think it's so astonishingly good that Earth is becoming an alien tourist hotspot. | "Guzul? Is that you?"
"Hey, Kuli. Good to perceive you. What are you doing here?"
"Checking out the local eats, like you. These humans don't know how good they've got it. Over there, is that ... ?"
"Yeah, that's ol' Reedle. Wolfing down the usual combo."
"And ... " [pointing across]
"Yup. Zilzabo. Looks li... | "Commander Blarg," barked the bulbous green commandant, "we have arrived at Earth, sir."
Blarg swivelled his eye stalks over to his adjutant and made a contented squelching noise.
"Very good, Commandant, very good. Commence with orbit. Open communications with the - what was it? - oh yes, United Nations Space Embassy... | 2022-06-10T09:21:33 | 2022-06-10T08:49:21 | 96 | 52 |
[WP] When two people fall in love, they receive an object that is the physical embodiment of that love. It changes as their feelings change towards each other and destroying it can have drastic consequences. How does this change the nature of relationships? | On the first date by the sea, our love was a ring. A normal look for these types of things.
It hugs my finger so well, this is the love I needed. I can tell.
At the first kiss it was a boat. Roped at the docks where our love first took float.
Our first anniversary was a beautiful tale, and our hearts boat sprung ... | We walked up the the government building. Holding hands together. We had just realized that yes, we were in fact deeply in love after just three weeks being together. And as the law goes we had to get our Article, the one thing that would guide and lead us through the years together. Oliver smiled as he opened the door... | 2014-05-03T15:00:16 | 2014-05-03T14:27:45 | 124 | 63 |
[WP]: every human being is born with a birthmark signifying a great deed they are fated do in their lives. Your first child has just been born, with the mark of a murderer across her face | The doctors hand the little ball of blankets that apparently holds a child in them. Though their smiles are wide, their eyes lie. I look down at this small child with brilliantly brown hair. I brush the hair to the side to observe the dark birthmark...death and murder. I'm confused. My family has always been write... | From the moment Hannah was born, we gave up hope of her following in our footsteps- you know med school, top of the class, private practice, and a comfortable life that never lets anything as trivial as money stand in the way of a valuable existential experience. Honestly, I didn't aknowledge her as mine until the DNA... | 2014-05-11T02:45:16 | 2014-05-10T23:56:37 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] Twist a nursery rhyme into something sinister. | Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,
kissed the girls and made them cry.
But when one girl walked home that day,
Georgie took her home to stay.
Georgie Porgie, candy and cream,
thought that Bess was his true dream.
And many days Georgie would spend
whipping her to call him "boyfriend."
Georgie Porgie, apple... | Michael Upton let out an angry sigh.
"Calm down, baby, God. You already have all this stuff, what do you care if you get any more?"
He looked at his newly-wed wife - easily the best looking woman he had ever been with. She was young, charismatic and beautiful... but her personality was frequently not what one might c... | 2014-08-26T11:17:31 | 2014-08-26T11:11:14 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] Test your research skills, have your character explore a place you've never been before using only the knowledge you can find on the Internet. Locals, tell them how they did.
Get as detailed as possible, the sights, the sounds, the people, the food, the smells, build the world as accurately as you can. | We felt like we have been driving for hours. We had to do something to break the monotony.
"Hey, wanna play the alphabet game?"
"Sure..."
"Spot something that starts with an A."
"I don't see anything that starts with an A."
"Neither do I, one point for you."
"Something that starts with a B."
"Not seeing any... | The 5 to the 80 is the longer drive, but that's the way he goes, and I wonder if there's an ulterior motive for this.
"Remember this from my weekend?" he asks, and shows me the Battle Born album art on his new iPhone. We listen to Brandon singing the whole way through the desert, interrupted a few times when he has... | 2015-12-10T19:44:23 | 2015-12-10T17:17:22 | 38 | 28 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | "So...*uh*...nice throne?"
***THANK YOU IT IS MADE OF SKULLS HONORED TO BE BUILT INTO MY SKULL THRONE!!!***
"Got a nice view of that red, steaming lake there, I see."
***YES THE LAKE OF BLOOD MADE FROM THE BLOOD DRAWN AND SHED BY MY FAITHFUL BERZERKERS IS QUITE POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT MY REALM!!!***
"Neat.... | Baxter walked down the long tunnel of light. It grew brighter and brighter until his eyes began to water. Finally, the light abated and he found himself at the ticketing counter at O'Hare.
He took a couple shuffling steps toward the counter.
"Umm, hello?"
A rather short man climbed his way up onto the counter.
"Gre... | 2016-03-07T17:04:48 | 2016-03-07T16:17:57 | 469 | 84 |
[WP] It's been almost two years since people stopped dying, and five months since we started to burn the ones that should.
*Edit: This prompt is originally inspired by Jose Saramago's "Death with Interruptions," though I don't remembered any burning in that book. This is in no way intended to be related to any Torchwo... | I still heard people around me, even if I couldn't react. For a long time, I heard the people telling my family how lucky they were that I had my accident *after* Death had died. I never felt lucky, though.
After a while, no one came around at all. Death or no Death, I was lost to them.
It'd been -- months...? Maybe ... | I washed onto the shore of Alcatraz a little less than 2 years ago.
I planned it perfectly. I avoided the suicide nets and just fell right from the Golden Gate to the bay. The force should have killed me or at least knocked me out and let me drown peacefully. All that remains of that attempt is the slight limp from m... | 2016-05-02T07:12:48 | 2016-05-02T06:52:40 | 75 | 37 |
[WP] scientists have invented a serum that allows animals to speak. Your dog was recently given the serum, but it appears the treatment has not worked. Your cousin, whom you haven't seen since your youth, comes to town to visit. As the door opens, your dog suddenly whispers in your ear: "run." | "What did you say?" I asked.
Travis's deep brown eyes filled with worry, he sniffed the air deeply and gazed out the window in alarm before trotting back to where I sat, "I said run. Get out of here. Your cousin is crazy and she's come to kill you! She has a terrible weapon of UNSPEAKABLE POWER. Go! I'll slow her down... | "Gibbon, come here boy!"
My black and white Sheltie came bounding out of the living room, jumping up at my knees and pawing affectionately. I ruffled his fur before he skipped away, returning with his leash. Somehow he *knew* that I'd planned for us to take a walk.
It had been almost a month since the drug YX-217 had... | 2016-08-31T20:36:14 | 2016-08-31T20:25:48 | 1,110 | 28 |
[WP] A burglar enters a home by forcing the window open. Upon stepping through the window frame, heavy steel curtains cover all windows and doors leading to the outside, lights turn on, and the words "Player 2 has entered the game" echo around the house. | Grant stopped in his tracks. *This didn't bode well.*
He walked to the steel curtains, feeling them with his hands. Solid steel. He looked closer... were those scratch marks?
The house was massive, part of the reason why he chose to rob it. Surely there must be a way out? It was a really unsettling security system, h... | The curtains flung pass behind me. They wouldn't open, either. So I slammed down with my fist, and came out with a throbbing fist. That wasn't going to work either. I looked around, for some other entrance. I may be a burglar, but I know bad decisions, when they kick me from behind, drag me to the floor, and proceed to... | 2016-10-05T10:27:45 | 2016-10-05T10:06:35 | 856 | 25 |
[WP] The witch is buying first-borns to rescue them from shitty parents who sell their children. | There is a strange sort of magic in being the first of something. I should know. I was born eons ago, to a young woman who lived in a tribe that hunted on the grasslands. I was the first albino. I was the first child to be abandoned.
I have within me great power, and a great tenderness. I am old now. Ancient beyond re... | "I'll take whatever you can give, Missus, only please, just pay me something. The other little ones at home are so hungry..."
"And you think that I would give you enough for this child to preserve the rest from starvation forever?"
"No, not forever. Just 'til I'm back on m' feet."
Anissa stared at the man before her... | 2017-01-06T11:51:48 | 2017-01-06T11:33:43 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] Compared to the rest of the galaxy humanity is by far the friendliest. To many star systems they are considered "the good neighbor," and are known for their helpfulness. One day an oblivious system declares war on humanity, only to find half of the galaxy responding to humanity's plea for aid.
EDIT: Tfw this prom... | Archon Lethrax of the Twelth Dominion of Nyctium looked at the Blue Seedling before him, shining beyond the bridge. He had seen many hives of scum and depravity - the Voidstalker Collective literally devoured their young, the Praxic Union glassed unruly planets, and the less said about the Akirian Free State, the bette... | General mcGregor considered himself a realist.
He believed that all life acted selfishly, and that war was an inescapable reality.
Yet next to the Zergon general, he felt like a squeamish school girl, bristly white moustache or no.
"I-I just don't understand," he muttered, shuffling his papers at the war table. Gene... | 2017-03-26T07:03:57 | 2017-03-26T05:17:47 | 224 | 163 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | After the test revealed that indeed had super powers i was excited to hear what they were. After all: I had to wait until i'm 18 to take this test.
My parents didn't share my excitement but were rather concerned and worried. They were thinking that two S tier supers would create a child with powers so strong that ... | From a utilitarian point of view I was fairly impressive if I may say so myself. Our country, our closed country, under a threat from the entire world, protected only by the great revered leader, was filled with people with rather useful yet banal superpowers. Flight, extreme strength or endurance, usually just one at ... | 2017-06-12T08:29:20 | 2017-06-12T07:45:36 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] We are due for a visit by two alien races, one which is horrifically brutal and sees us as soft-hearted weaklings, the other peaceful pacifists who see us as barbarians. You've been ordered to impress them, but when the ships lands you realize you have no idea which race this is. | August 8, 1974
"Goddammit, Kissinger, when did you decide you were a comedian?"
"This is not a joke, Mr. President," Kissinger said, panting as he leaned on an oval office sofa, sweat dripping from his reddened face onto the harvest gold upholstery. "I have only just beaten the delegation to your door. At any moment... | The audience marched into the amphitheater with pomp and circumstance. Two delegations, the one from Earth included military leaders, a few politicians that were recognizable but expendable and some academics. The other delegation seemingly also consisted of humans. It was apparently an intergalactic standard that a... | 2017-09-18T10:47:59 | 2017-09-18T10:11:42 | 30 | 22 |
[WP] You are permanently stuck invisible. Your significant other is blind. Whenever you both go out in public, to the bypassers your SO is constantly seen as someone possessing a sixth sense but a little weird for talking to themself. This is always highly amusing to you. | “Hun is that you?” I’d heard the door . It was about time she came home. She works too hard I always tell her. Aah well someone’s gotta earn the bread in the family. My music hasn’t taken off yet. You’d think there’d be more of a market for *blind woman who composes symphonies* but in the era of kittens tap dancing and... | “Hunny , can we go out for a walk today ? I need fresh air . We been in the house all week ! Come ooooonn!”
“God okay !! Brat ! Let’s go around the block and back . Can you grab my cane for me ?”
*inhales deeply*
*exhale swiftly*
“Don’t you just love the smell of spring dear ? The birds are singing , the bugs are dan... | 2020-06-06T23:01:34 | 2020-06-06T22:15:21 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] most interstellar navies of the Galaxy adapted tactics from their wet-navy cousins. That was until humanity arrived they had an ocean so most figured they would adapt their wet Navy tactics to their space Navy, instead they adapted tactics from something they called the air Force. | "War is the noble application of superior firepower. All the other races developed along these lines, why is it that yours is so different?" Admiral Quelez glanced over at his human counterpart. A thin, lanky creature, it resembled more a child than a warrior. The human looked up from the tactical display, a large dias... | The manuever had been a good one, or at least that's what I had thought. One hundred of our fighters had swung around onto the left flank of the Rackmond fleet before there big ships even had time to turn. When the lead squadron began their run I was fully expecting a beautiful laser show to cascade from our fighters... | 2020-11-21T20:16:45 | 2020-11-21T19:31:40 | 188 | 77 |
[WP] After being sidetracked by a monster attack, a demon invasion, a regular invasion, a balrog, and an evil god, the Hero's Party realized that they forgot their main quest of stopping the local corrupt noble. | The entire wall of the opulent mansion exploded into a cloud of plaster dust and defeat. Coughing through the resultant smoke Count Ulthrad looked up at the intruders.
"You! How dare you trespass on my property! The King will have your head for this!"
"Actually the king sent us"
"I beg your pardon, what?"
The wizar... | Buzzing insects hovering in the still, warm air were suddenly gently swirled in a lazy circle as a breeze preceded a small orb of sparks that expanded into a doorway to Nowhere. Four shapes emerged from the portal, their features becoming more apparent as they stepped from the undulating purple haze into golden light.
... | 2022-04-07T09:11:45 | 2022-04-07T08:40:32 | 35 | 22 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | People don't work for a villain if they don't like him. I for one always made sure of that.
Holidays. You bet your arse you'll be getting them.
Childbirth. You can bet I'm gonna be that weird but cool uncle.
Having an off day. Pool party.
My company is my home. And my profession is to be a villain. Rank C. Code na... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T08:53:21 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | I traversed the 7 floors to the large doors that separated the rest of the dungeon with our dragon overlord, Vulth'Gliiv. He accepted challenges from adventurers of all kinds but only to lure in his rival, 'The Hero," Xanlannan Fiedlerson. The door creaked screeched slowly as I pushed it open, m'lord perched at the top... | So here I am, a scrawny little goblin with a massive dick, standing in front of the Dark Lord Cockripper, the most evil genital mutilator to ever own a dark evil fortress. He is shouting at me so loud that I can feel the floor vibrating slightly and my ears are begging to pop so that the pain will dissipate. He is goin... | 2014-09-03T12:04:15 | 2014-09-03T11:44:22 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] A world leader is finally assigned to bring everyone together; nations are successful in ridding poverty, technology pushes forward in unprecedented events and most diseases are now eradicated. As a peaceful planet, aliens have finally decided to make contact with our civil world. | It took centuries for humanity to become one. All that time fighting amongst ourselves, erecting borders to distinguish *us* from *them*. Walls of religion, race, class, and nationality: finally they were torn down. Together, mankind celebrated long life and peace. There was no more *them* to hate. Just *us*.
Then, t... | "Well its about damn time!" The aggressive statment by the creature caught most by surprise.
The ship had landed almost 2 hours ago and ever since the world has been at a standstill glued to their tvs and computers waiting to see what would happen next.
The world was celebrating its 5th anniversary of total peace a... | 2014-12-03T08:37:01 | 2014-12-03T08:13:01 | 42 | 20 |
[WP]: "Don't tap on the glass, dear. It disturbs the humans." | "So what if they're disturbed, grandma?" said the boy to his grandmother.
"It's because they provide us with everything we have and they need their rest." Answered the grandmother.
"So what if they don't provide us with what we need, grandma?" said the boy
"I didn't say they provide us with what we need, I said they... | Timmy: alright Ian, this is close enough, shut the engines off, and start the primary observation system. Since this is your first observatory mission, feel free to ask me any questions you may have.
Ian: you got it boss. So why are we observing this planet anyway?
Timmy: Well, this is the first planet in this galaxy... | 2015-04-21T14:48:46 | 2015-04-21T14:04:39 | 166 | 22 |
[WP] You accidentally discover the sentence of death (a sentence that kills anyone who hears it except the speaker) when you say it over national television. | **Item Number**: SCP-4059
**Object Class:** Keter
**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-4059 is currently written down on a slip of paper contained within the Level 5 Memetics Vault in Site-42. Only the Site Director and the O5 Council are authorized to open the vault.
Mobile Task Force Lambda-3 ("Speak No Ev... | "The words. The words I mean -- *woops*. What else is there to say?"
The interviewer squirmed in his chair, as if he were nervous. "**Well, why did you say them**?"
Six. Seven cameras pointed in my direction. Great. Who in their right mind approved this? I kill near two million people saying some mumbojumbo on nation... | 2015-05-17T17:56:16 | 2015-05-17T17:53:39 | 62 | 26 |
[WP] When you die, God let's you ask only one question.
Enjoy!
Edit: This is my first week writing and I'm glad to see so many people like this prompt. I'll try my best to read through all of your stories and any future ones!
Second edit: So far so good! Sorry if my comments sound the same. I have read through all o... | ...There was a tradition here. You get to ask God one question.
I'm the reason it stopped.
I guess I had wanted to give him a real taste of humanity. Something that would force Him to harbor misgivings about the way he did things.
I waited for my turn.
When I was called before the pearlly throne, his blinding radia... | Being a bit impulsive was what lead Jeremy to stand at the pearly gates. He didn’t find them to be as impressive as he assumed they would have been. Most things weren’t as impressive as Jeremy thought they ought to be. One could say Jeremy was a pessimist.
Heaven orientation was actually pretty abysmal. The event was... | 2015-08-26T21:03:57 | 2015-08-26T20:15:14 | 31 | 11 |
[WP]Some time ago humans were put on the 'Only Contact in Case of Emergency' list. Now a threat to the galaxy has arisen and humanity is it's last hope. | Humans were the most dangerous species, by far. Not because they're smart, or strong, but because they were violent.
No race dared contacting them, because they didn't want war. It's too late now, I guess.
The heat death of our universe would come eventually, we just didn't think that other universes would run out ... | "It's flashing! It's flashing!" cried George, who was sliding recklessly through the corridors of his place of employment.
The floors, regularly buffed and cleaned, allowed him to slide round corners in a way that would possibly remind someone of a popular 80's film, but the year was 2142 and that cinema classic ha... | 2017-09-25T09:53:51 | 2017-09-25T09:53:11 | 60 | 17 |
[WP] Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | "That has got to be, without a shadow of a doubt, the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard."
Sergeant Barnes stood waiting for the coffee machine to finish making noise. Beside him stood Police Constable Williams, with a report in-hand.
"But it has to be the case, sir. There's no other possible connection."
"No o... | Once again, was I sitting there in the darkness. Hungry. Starving. The gossip was going around faster than my non-existing blood flow,. The mortals knew there were shady "people" around who would knock on the door with some poor excuse to try and enter the residence. Some lousy new-blood was captured and tortured for t... | 2017-12-13T11:24:11 | 2017-12-13T11:01:40 | 339 | 170 |
[WP] Your dog digs in the same hole in your backyard everyday. Each day,the hole is getting deeper. Today, you find out it's for an underground bunker. | i am a pup
i like my guy
temps goin up
dont want to die
i dig a hole
dig it so deep
food from my bowl
food in hole keep
guy does not kno
i do not mind
guy mad at hole
still he so kind
today i am done
hole can fit guy
slep in the sun
put guy inside
show guy the hole
guy v surprise
more food in bowl
pu... | Trying to get my feet wet with writing. PLEASE feel free to offer feedback!
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"I've kept my silence long enough," grumbled Jax.
I turned around, trying to place the voice. It was one I have never heard before yet still seemed so familiar. There was no one there.
"Over here." I heard it again. *Where was it ... | 2018-04-27T10:33:46 | 2018-04-27T09:16:08 | 2,062 | 46 |
[WP] You're given a chance to see how many times you've been near death. The highest number of times anyone you know of has almost died, was 15, and they have a dangerous job. You just found out that your life has been close to ending 278 times. | I woke up and hazily looked around at a few somber faces. To my horror, I felt the needle in my arm--the IV.
*\*Fuck, oh fuck oh fuck.\** The thought of what might be in the solution being directly pumped into my veins...
My mom looked up. "You're awake," she said softly. The rest of the heads turned to look at me. T... | “That’s impossible! 278!”
My wife had a look of absolute shock and I could see in her face a twinge of annoyance as well, as if she thought the technician who was doing the testing must be new or didn’t know how to work the equipment.
“It’s never been wrong before Ma’am.” the test technician said, answering my wife’... | 2018-07-27T14:45:48 | 2018-07-27T13:27:53 | 100 | 41 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | "What does all of this even mean?" Garrok asked aloud. She and Farrun scanned the transmission for a fifth time, attempting to glean the intent behind the nonsense they had been given. They understood what radiation was but most of the words seemed straight out of fantasy. What was a 'fallout?' Or 'scrubbing?' What rea... | Part 1:
Commander Turnall was gazing at the bright blue planet from the comfort of his cabin on the 17th Gunner Launcher of the Emios Empire. The windows of his cabin were designed specifically to give the room a wide 270 degree view. He looked at all the forces of the advance force sent by the Imperial Council. All 1... | 2020-02-07T15:32:23 | 2020-02-07T14:56:33 | 49 | 28 |
[WP] You are deaf. One day your fiance tells you, that she could hear piercing noise that's getting stronger. You tell her to go to the doctor. She never came back. As you go out to search for her, you can see bodies everywhere. There is blood pouring from their ears. | I have been deaf all of my life. When my wife complained of a “strong ringing” in both her ears, I had no idea how bad it was. I had never thought of any sound as bad sound, or dangerous sound, or scary sound, or anything apart from being a delight to hear. Therefore, I had been bitter and resentful, rolling my eyes, a... | One morning I woke up and couldn't hear. I had been dealing with some pain and ringing in my ears for a week or two. Jenna told me I should go to a doctor about it and that my hearing was super important... but I figured it would get better on it's own. I was wrong. Something is seriously wrong with my ears.
Jenn... | 2020-05-26T13:53:32 | 2020-05-26T13:02:12 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | "Sir... I think we've made a mistake"
The alien overlord looked at his servant, he was trembling.
"It is only a human, how can this be so frightening to you?"
The overlord looked at the camera, the recording was showing the cells but... it was chaos down there.
"I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON" The overlord screame... | I saw a flash of light, and an instant, my whole squad was gone.. I left iraq behind, for somewhere... Artificial... My environment has the look of a high resolution fortnite level.. it was definitely artificial. , Built with care. Bladed weapons were hovering above ground. Slowly rotating, ammo , med kits. Ever... | 2020-09-13T18:29:08 | 2020-09-13T16:14:49 | 124 | 81 |
[WP] "I don't wanna fight you, low-level bandit." Says the Lv.100 Hero, who killed the embodiment of space-time. "I wouldn't want to fight me, neither." Says the low-level bandit. | "I don't think you understand," the Hero said. "It's not that I'd lose, it's-"
"You'd win, yeah. I know," the bandit said defeatedly. "I mean, of course."
"What do you mean?" asked the mighty hero, vanquisher of all evil.
"I mean come on. You've killed dragons, monsters, gods. Obviously, I know who you are. I just t... | It's finally over.
The final raid on the last dungeon of the game. All the max-level players with the server's one-of-a-kind legendary equipments came together to try to clear the game and end the server at last. We had waited for so long, for the final dungeon held a cruel trick - anyone who died here would have thei... | 2022-08-11T16:37:51 | 2022-08-11T16:29:34 | 1,203 | 104 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | It really sounds good on paper. Everyone gets a superpower. Oh, there are people with awesome powers. Eki Magnusson, the current president of the great and bountiful human empire has the gift of luck; whatever choice he makes will turn out for the best. Since he was eighteen, his ambition to find challenges pushed huma... | Light cascaded through the blinds of the first floor window of his parents home, waking him gently. Simon had been long awaiting this day; the day he'd learn his talent. Many of his friends had already found out their talents and it was just like he'd been told throughout his time in school and by his parents: "Your ... | 2015-03-28T06:27:10 | 2015-03-28T05:31:34 | 70 | 27 |
[WP] It suddenly becomes possible to gain XP and level up in the real world, but you can only do so by getting kills. | The biggest 'perk' of hitting level two is being able to see other people's levels. I was doing it now, gazing around the room. The little kids were all level one of course- the starter level. Lexi- the other teacher- was kneeling by the fish tank with little Johanna. Both level ones.
Deep in thought, I barely notic... | There was an explanation.
Fermi had latched onto the beginning of the thread back in 1950, then Moravec and Bostrom gave it a tug, and the whole nasty thing came unraveled.
We had speculated this was the case, before the first pop-up Window materialized in front the face of that SEAL in Bahrain, asking him to spend ... | 2015-11-11T09:30:50 | 2015-11-11T09:22:31 | 64 | 16 |
[WP] You were born with a secret curse: you involuntarily alternate between each gender every midnight. As a result, you live two different lives. One night, your friends discover your secret in the worst way imaginable.
This has been done already, sadly with only one reply. I want to see what people can do.
EDIT: Jes... | "As long as I remember, I've been going back and forth. Every day."
"And so you cooked up a story about fraternal twins."
"Seemed like the best I could do, yeah."
He was quiet, for a while. Clearly mulling things over. "And you still don't actually tell anyone. Even your friends?"
"How? What would I say, 'by the wa... | An older man stood up on the podium, tapping the mic and smiling before the audience.
"Good evening, ladies and gents, and welcome back to Dandy Randy's 5th Annual Karaoke Competition, Round 3!" he glanced around to find a raucous crowd, probably on their third round of drinks already. "Tonight is our final round a... | 2015-11-15T10:36:47 | 2015-11-15T09:39:05 | 45 | 25 |
[WP] You are trapped on a deserted island. And I mean "deserted," in the sense that it seems people used to be there but left for unknown reasons.
It can also be a desert island, if you want. I'd be surprised if you could pull off a dessert island, but it's not explicitly against the rules. | I hadn't expected to find an island on my voyage. It was supposed to be a trip to the deepest part of the ocean; the Marianas Trench. There shouldn't have been an island there. The ocean floor was so far down, it seemed physically impossible, yet there it was.
The island was mostly covered in lush forests. I couldn't... | The cargo ship had seemed more of an island than a boat. Such a thing, carrying a city's worth of "who-even-knew." Shipping containers, heavy metal crates that housed items, vehicles, goods- maybe even people. That was frowned upon, but it happened. A simple job beyond those occurrences, delivering that which people de... | 2016-01-19T20:08:08 | 2016-01-19T19:47:43 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] In the future Earth is fighting a desperate war against aliens. With no other option, we start to use heavy genetic engineering, effectively making most humans like nightmare monsters. After victory, the unaltered refugees on a secluded planet do not recognize us for humans anymore. | "Photon Eagle Four to Base, coming in hot. Advise," CPT Detriech was screaming into his radio. It would be hilarious to survive the 1,000 Year War, the rebuild of the space program, and the fifteen year journey to OP Base Delta in the far outskirts of the Castro System just to die upon entry into the atmosphere of ou... | [Strayed a bit, my bad. Hopefully it's still good.]
Beast. Monster. Demon. All these names and more are attributed to those who saved us. No one knows the truth, and, even if it's better that way, I must change that.
Today, I break the silence. I was a leading scientist in the Exgenesis Project. We were working with ... | 2016-06-04T05:34:35 | 2016-06-04T05:26:23 | 59 | 11 |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | Andrew sat at his computer screen watching the the playback from the deep space radio telescope. The familiar sound of static poured through his headphones. He took a long drink from the lukewarm coffee he had been nursing over the last hour when something changed in the static.
A whisper in an ocean of noise. An... | 2016-08-07T07:31:44 | 2016-08-07T03:35:35 | 108 | 60 |
[WP] The gatekeeper between hell and heaven sees many applications daily to transfer from the former into the latter. Today, for the first time, he saw someone wanting to go the other way. | Death, the gatekeeper of hell, looked down upon the man standing before him.
"Regardless of your reasoning, one cannot simply choose to change the realm in which they have been placed at the time of their judgement. However, I am in need of some amusement. Why do you want to enter the depths of hell when you've ... | What value does a human life have? Who is the judge?
Many humans believe God is the judge. But I am the true judge. I am the judge of redemption. I judge if fire and brimstone have changed one's soul. Day after day I am flooded with pleas from evil souls to leave hell. None of them are learning. They're just sad their... | 2016-09-28T20:56:06 | 2016-09-28T19:09:26 | 110 | 82 |
[WP] The gatekeeper between hell and heaven sees many applications daily to transfer from the former into the latter. Today, for the first time, he saw someone wanting to go the other way. | 'I see you want to go to hell?'
'Yeah, I'm pretty sure someone messed up. I shouldn't be here. I hate *everyone,* no one does anything out of line and no matter what I do, I'm forgiven immediately and there seems to be absolutely nothing I can do to cause trouble or upset, I've had enough.'
'Right... So, you've be... | The gatekeeper looked at me, a faint hint of amusement mixed in the confusion his multiple faces displayed.
"I sift through applications after applications for transfer, all of them apologetic dissidents, some sincere, some foolish but all of them trying to escape hell and enter heaven." The middle face said, while th... | 2016-09-29T00:47:27 | 2016-09-28T23:10:04 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | "I'm sorry...there must be a glitch with this translator. You do *what* now?"
"Fiddle with the Higgs Field around our ships."
"And your 'Higgs Field' is where a particle essentially gives an object its mass via its interaction with other particles, yes?"
"Yup!"
"And you...fiddle with it?"
"Yeah, it ain't too preci... | “Shit, there goes another one.” General Turr mumbled to, Taek, his first officer, “They’re getting a lot more accurate, they used to miss by a few thousand kilometres.”
Turning the ship towards the newly arrived HomoSapien space liner, the Exerprise H56, the Kantian war ship set about tracking the liner and getting al... | 2017-03-30T23:27:43 | 2017-03-30T23:17:22 | 61 | 37 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | Terrestrial Warp Drives. First proposed by Miguel Alcubierre two hundred formlats ago, The equivalent of forcing space into a shape which closely resembles two black holes stacked fore to aft. It requires insanely large sums of energy to produce the warp effect, equivalent to at least the mass of a small moon converted... | The inhabitants of Oflesq station heard what they had come to learn was the characteristic sound of imminent human arrival. No one understood it. A vast mooing, defying the supposed absence of sound travel in empty space. A mooing that sent chills down both of their spines; as if it were the old gods that had come, cal... | 2017-03-31T09:38:09 | 2017-03-31T07:04:11 | 42 | 15 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | "Dibs." I cried out over the Devil's clapping and laughter. He didn't seem to hear me, so I screamed it again. "**Dibs!**"
The Devil stopped and looked at me. "What do you mean 'dibs'?" He blinked, a little confused by my reaction.
I looked around the vast vastness of Hell before turning to Lucifer once more. "Well, ... | "Wakey wakey" snarled a voice, breaking up an eternity of silence. "I am just *dying* to hear your story"
I opened my eyes slowly, and my vision filled up with red. Red clouds swirled through a yellow sky, red sand stretched for endless miles in every direction, and red mountains jutted into the horizon in the distanc... | 2017-06-22T09:17:47 | 2017-06-22T07:25:49 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Magic is real, but casting spells requires reciting the whole word. The longer the word, the more powerful the spell is. The strongest spells can take hours (or even decades) to cast, and the strongest wizards are either really fast speakers or have great foresight. | What I held in my hands had the power to change the world. Of course, I realized that.
The young man with glimmering eyes across from me leaned in eagerly. "Right now it can go at a rate of about four hours of speech a second. I think with the kinks worked out I can probably triple that, but this is just a prototype a... | Jenny’s eyes fluttered open. While her mind got its bearings she heard a groan and thud. She looked around and saw a head of neatly combed, silver hair laying on the top of a desk. She was on a bed. She moved to get out of the bed, but struggled. Her body felt stiff. She needed deliberate effort to move her arms and le... | 2017-10-16T14:16:22 | 2017-10-16T12:23:55 | 76 | 55 |
[WP] Fed up with the so many people not taking their warnings seriously, scientists all over the world decide to take matters into their own hands and become super villains in order to fix the world, whether people like it or not. | [Increase EV and mass transit adoption by tripling gas prices]
[Make people healthier by making corn syrup and shitty snacks more expensive]
[Popularize hemp over other textiles, which uses less water, yields more per acre, and has a multitude of other consumer uses.]
The list went on and on like that, with the scie... | He took the cigarette away from his mouth, looking into his half full whiskey glass. I waited, wide eyed across the table from him. We were in a small booth in some dive bar on the lower east side, it was smokey and while people occupied every seat, not a soul stirred in there. Somber expressions littered the scene, me... | 2018-11-24T08:24:39 | 2018-11-24T05:48:09 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | It was one of those stupid accidents where your carrier bag splits and drops, in this case, a giant jar of pickled onions, and it rolls off and you go chasing it, in this case, into a witch's garden just in time to see it knock over some onion plants.
I mean, it's a small accident, but not a massive disaster. If she w... | 2019-06-25T15:21:51 | 2019-06-25T10:48:07 | 1,435 | 414 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | "I see your plumpness." She crowed. "Oh yes, very wealthy you must be to afford so much food. I'm sure your resounding footsteps set all the ladies a quiver. With this spell, you shall shed your fat. No matter how much you eat you'll not gain it back."
I glanced down at my plump form. It was true, I was heavy, even ap... | 2019-06-25T15:21:51 | 2019-06-25T12:08:45 | 1,435 | 126 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | These fools, the Witch thought to herself as she perfected the final touches on her new spell. It didn’t matter how many she killed, didn’t matter how violent and gruesome the death she prepared for them was. It had been hundreds of years and still they would come seeking glory in the face of death, accepting either.... | 2019-06-25T15:21:51 | 2019-06-25T11:40:31 | 1,435 | 70 |
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