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[WP] Alien life was discovered centuries ago and though they are advance they live relatively short lives (25-35 years). You ask your alien friend why he thinks humans live so long. He laughs and says it's because humans run at half power. You laugh back but he stops and says "No you really do." | "Master?"
"Yes, Patrick."
"Why do you think humans live so long?"
Jeb laughed, exposing sharp, serrated teeth. "You humans only run at half mast, I'm afraid. It makes perfect sense that you'd last longer, wouldn't it?"
"I suppose, master."
Jeb grew quiet. He stared at his man-servant for a long moment. "You know t... | 31st December, 2786
23:34 PM
Dear Diary,
Man, I never expected this day to end on such a bad note. It was all going so good, but Quixon just HAD to say that and I just HAD to be offended. Dumbos, that's what we both are. Oh wait, I gotta give some context to you.
So... I mentioned in yesterday's entry that me an... | 2019-12-30T01:42:30 | 2019-12-30T00:35:45 | 44 | 13 |
[WP] There's a website where you can input any decision you may take and it will tell you how many people will die from that decision. One day you're bored and decide to type for fun "Kill my neighbour". The number on screen is negative. | I can’t believe it... sweet old miss Jenkins, a killer. I stare at the negative 17 on the screen. That means she would kill 18 people in her remaining short life. Miss Jenkins the 85 year old neighbor who greets me every morning. At first I felt discussed by even typing in her name as a joke. But now, I had to know.
... | *Son, I know this will be hard for you to understand. Maybe one day, when you're older, you'll read this letter and know why I did what I did. I acted without caution, without thought. But sometimes, it is the things we do in the spur of the moment- without caution or thought- that can make the most difference in anoth... | 2020-03-16T14:59:58 | 2020-03-16T13:51:17 | 31 | 10 |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... |
I should have discovered there was a problem in 2007 when the “Great Depression” I struck to warm-up to the end the world on schedule fizzled out into a mere temporary recession. Don’t get me wrong, there was still a global financial crisis, but nothing compared the way I had used my powers to end the Incan and Mayan ... | 2020-03-20T07:40:22 | 2020-03-20T07:05:26 | 32 | 15 |
[WP] A sniper and a photographer meet in a bar, neither aware of the other's occupation. They talk about 'how to take the perfect shot'. | "Personally, I think the more unexpected it is, the better." Josh took another sip from his beer.
Damien snorted, popping a couple peanuts in his mouth. "You mean catch them off guard? Nah, I think it should feel almost natural." He smiled. "Take my last job, this senator was blazing through his speech. Right when he ... | The old gin joint just right down an ominous alleyway had always been a favourite of mine. Secluded, warm, cozy, near my workplace, and the best part is that it's always empty when I was done for the day. I drop off the dragonuv issued by my company and march straight down to the alley. After a long hard day of looking... | 2020-11-05T08:36:01 | 2020-11-05T08:14:19 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Time travel exists, and a new form of capital punishment is introduced: Transporting the convict back to the worst, practically unsurvivable, places in human history to find yourself in. You are such a convict, and just got sent back. You will do anything to try and survive. | I landed in a quaint town, next to a smoky mountain.
Of course, there was no point running. I had watched documentaries on this procedure on the Aliens Channel, and they always picked times with fast travel and events with a large span of effect or controlled by a homicidal maniac who is guaranteed to murder you.
I l... | After being a lurker for so long, this is my first response on /r/writingprompts. Be gentle and hope you like it.
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They call it capital punishment, and I never really knew why. I mean, in the past they used guillotines, ropes, electric chairs and lethal injections. But this was totally different. Someone co... | 2015-01-24T14:05:11 | 2015-01-24T13:54:40 | 194 | 89 |
[WP] "You... Do know I'm about to kill you, right?" A serial killer's latest victim doesn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation.
Edit: Everyone's takes on this situation are so different and awesome. | I just have to tell you, I met the funniest guy on my way from the bar last night.
I was just a little drunk. Not too drunk or anything, but at that place where you're feeling really great and social and I just couldn't wait to get home and dig into some leftovers. I was walking home, and this white van pulls up next ... | The Seven Ps. Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance. The SAS would never have taken an autistic person. Not for this anyway, but that's another story. Killing the autistic was always a challenge and I hated challenge. Did they not realise that I did this for the emotion? A hint of emotion... | 2015-04-29T10:15:01 | 2015-04-29T08:58:17 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You are a true immortal. You stay sane by hanging out with the descendants of friends that are long dead. Today, one said a very familiar phrase you haven't heard in a long time. | I looked up at my Iphone sitting on the charging pad, screaming at me to wake up and get ready so I could make the train. It's haul in the morning to make it to the city, but this new job is a great opportunity and I can't show up to work late again. I groggily dress myself and wash up when I hear Jed's horn coming fro... | The doorbell rang to my delight. Juniper was here to visit, like she always did every Friday.
"Come in Juni, the door's unlocked." I sing-songed over the fizzle of stir-fried dumplings.
Juniper shuffled to the kitchen island table, slouching onto a stool with an audible sigh. I looked over my shoulder to catch her re... | 2019-03-08T04:53:38 | 2019-03-08T04:47:00 | 29 | 10 |
[WP] As part of a senior thesis, an anthropology student decides to start a cult to see how far it’ll go. Several years, hundreds of deaths, civil warfare and a complete government overthrow later they wonder how they’ll properly cite their sources. | Today marks the end of year ten. My hands hurt. My head hurts more.
They say that lives are the price of progress. That knowledge is worth any cost.
And by 'they' I mean the Church of the Scribe. I suppose it's easy to justify what you're doing when your followers span the globe. I want to record that it was never me... | Madame Helena DuBois, First Incarnate of the Grand Theocratic Union of the United States, sat languidly in the oval office. Her bare feet were propped on a stool made from the remnants of the last president’s desk as she smoked a long, thin cigarette. The ashes fell into a gold plated tray held by a man whose only job ... | 2021-03-13T09:38:19 | 2021-03-13T09:08:51 | 283 | 81 |
[WP] A bed ridden child is given solace by the monster under the bed.
Life's been dull. Make me feel.
EDIT: Wonderful stuff, everyone. Thanks for the stories. | "*...you...don't...leave...*"
Eli lifted his head off the pillow. He *did* hear it this time, he was sure of it.
Four days after school let out for the summer, he had convinced himself that there was a monster under the bed. He'd be drifting off to sleep, only to hear soft noises in his room, like a mouse or a vole... | I don't kill kids.
'Then why are you under my bed?'
Because I eat kids.
'But I'm alive!'
For now. You're sick.
'Daddy said I'm gonna get better. He said even though I'm sick, they're gonna bring in the best doctor and he's gonna make me better.'
Maybe that's the case. But I'm down here just in case.
'In case wha... | 2014-05-19T08:55:41 | 2014-05-19T08:26:44 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] Your superpower: The ability to successfully do the job...with the wrong tool. (Optional - Your weakness: The inability to do so with the right tool for the job.) | “It’s not about the results, son,” my father said. “It’s about doing things the right way.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s hard to explain…but even if you get the result you want sometimes, that might not happen again the next time. You might not get as lucky. If you do it the right way every time, you’ll be rewarded the ... | "But why mom?"
"Because its the wrong way to do it,son"
I listen back to the tape, again and again. My thoughts flow endlessly. Emotions slowly numbing down from my brain affecting the elderly couple near me.
"Sir, She doesn't have much time left.. I'll take all responsibility, please help",pleaded the old man.
ly... | 2019-05-27T22:44:20 | 2019-05-27T22:36:12 | 379 | 228 |
[WP] Across the galaxy, a synthetic drug known as "Fury" is illegal everywhere due to its effects on the mind and body, humans call it Adrenalin and they can make it naturally. | On any other day, Ananka Intergalactic would be a bustling spaceport. Its terminals would be saturated with people of all manor of species, eager to board one of the hundreds of ships that passed through each hour, descending and departing in an uninterrupted stream. And this was the smallest spaceport in the city.
Bu... | "So let me get this straight. You're detaining us for the possession of 'Fury'?" It was a doctor saying this. He was experienced in human endocrinology and spent quite some time studying chemistry in undergrad. "And, in your investigations, you recognize that this chemical is actually what we call adrenaline?" He was s... | 2018-03-18T18:29:40 | 2018-03-18T16:30:20 | 182 | 127 |
[WP] "As payment, I demand your firstborn!" the demon said. "Deal!" You said, hastily signing the contract to seal the deal. "Good luck with them, sucker!" | I was shocked when I found out that yes, demons were exactly that stupid. They were so keen on making deals, they forgot to use their brains.
And thank god for that, because otherwise, Earth would have been screwed.
After the whole prophecy shenanigans, I was trying to get rid of that growing lump of cells inside my... | Iosef rubbed his rough, callused hands over the swollen belly of his wife Mariam. Years of carpentry made them weathered beyond their years.
"Hey little one."
Right on cue the baby inside kicked hard.
"oof" exclaimed Mariam.
"Gently..." she cooed to her child.
Her eyes looked at her husband pleadingly, his hand... | 2022-08-31T19:52:37 | 2022-08-31T16:55:56 | 88 | 12 |
[WP] Your daughter never feared the dark or being alone, she says because of her imaginary friend. The school child psychologist tells you the imaginary friend is very unusual and shows you a crayon picture of it, an 8 foot knight in black armor with a broadsword. | The psychologist's office was decorated cheerfully, with lots of colorful pictures of cartoon characters on the wall, and the shelves had just as many toys as they did books.
Jack was more interested in the psychiatrist himself. Dr. Tollin was a few years older than Jack was, probably in his early 40's, and was just ... |
“Good night sweet heart.” Jacob said as he kissed his daughter, Melody, on the forehead. With a click, the lamp was off and the pale glow spilling in from the hallway was the only light in the room. As he got up from the bed, Melody stared intently at one corner. A smile crept across her face. Jacob turned to see wh... | 2019-08-10T16:35:29 | 2019-08-10T16:22:28 | 58 | 12 |
[WP] You are the Evil Overlord. You have kidnapped the princess. Unfortunately, she developed Stockholm Syndrome. And she is far more evil and insane than you are. | How the devil was I supposed to get rid of her? This nightmare I had unwittingly assumed responsibility for? She might be the death of me. Already, she'd torn down several priceless antique tapestries to redecorate, defiled my inner sanctum with flowers painted on the stone wall, and had the place guards roast my priso... | I need to give her back. She is vengeful, vindictive, vile, and absolutely marvelous, but this is not sustainable. She’s already on her way to controlling the tri-state area, and I didn’t even manage that over the last few years.
“Hey Stacy, we need to talk,” I try to ease her into it. “I’ve been giving it a lot of t... | 2018-02-09T05:27:35 | 2018-02-09T04:45:21 | 63 | 16 |
[WP] A fairy invites a vampire into her home. Vampires have dominion over whoever invites them to their home, and fairies have dominion over anyone who violates the laws of hospitality. The vampire is trying to maneuver himself to eat the fairy without the fairy being able to declare him a bad guest | “Come in” I said. His lips parted, blood-red and wet. The smile didn’t reach his eyes. He entered the house like a tiger, all soft poise and velveted violence.
He was beautiful, or he intended to be. A vampire’s glamour only works on us when we choose it to. I allowed his glamour to slip from my sight for a second. I... | *It's been 4 hours by now, how is this still ongoing?!*
These were the thoughts of the two fantastical creatures currently amicably chatting in the dainty living room.
On the left of the room was seated Claudius Pepperwyng, the owner of the home. A musician in his spare time, the young fey was known for his high st... | 2019-05-16T13:51:56 | 2019-05-16T13:30:13 | 390 | 110 |
[WP] "Thank you, chap," you say cheerfully, "I'm glad to be out of there, the room service was rubbish." The prison guard who just released you from the 120 year sentence dropped the door keys on the cement in shock. | I lived in a hole at the bottom of the world.
I was the only thing living down here if you ignored the spiders, which I'd learned to do. It's easy to forget about something, down in the catacombs below the city streets. Particularly those things swept away to the secret places, the deep labyrinths where things are mea... | [Poem]
"Thank you dear chap
I waited and waited
Room service was rubbish
But that happens when fated
To live out 100 and 20 whole years-
I do say chap you've paled to your ears!"
***The keys went clink***
***On the prison floor***
***Guard staggered back***
***In shock, in awe***
**"What is this a prank? A ... | 2019-07-04T20:42:27 | 2019-07-04T20:30:50 | 352 | 63 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | I sat quietly up at the front of the classroom in my usual spot. I knew that being struck with gooey projectiles, or passed mean notes, or finding gum in my hair was a little less likely when I was directly under Mrs. Peterson's nose. I diligently focused on the lesson, and worked on the problem she put up on the board... | Even before the rapture, that's what we've grown to call the day the sky lit up like a god had laid fire to a rainbow, i had trouble fitting in. I never enjoyed the "normal" things kids were supposed to: sports, video games, comic books. I was always staring out the window. Looking for shapes in the clouds or stars. Wi... | 2020-02-26T09:14:27 | 2020-02-26T09:02:03 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] You are an immortal that was caught by the mafia after you betrayed them. They deal with you the same way as traitors, chained to a cement bloc and trown in a lac. After 300 years you are finally discovered by divers. | Initially, I thought the first 30 seconds were the worst. Holding my breath, feeling the acid build up in my blood, the anxiety overwhelming knowing that I'll run out, and *soon*. Then I thought the next 5 minutes were the worst. Water in, air out, the body's natural painful response of thrashing with all the life left... | I was born to rule the world. My destiny, no matter what, was to be above humanity itself. Even though I was raised in a poor household, I ended up being adopted by a rich family - who knows how they got their wealth - my deadbeat father managed to save. That was their worst mistake. Even at an early age, I longed for ... | 2018-11-24T11:21:13 | 2018-11-24T10:49:19 | 1,956 | 27 |
[WP] Vampire society have been loyal customers to a carpenter for years. He made the best coffins they have slept in for centuries, and never really got suspicious of so many wealthy people willing to pay premium for the same niche item. As he got old, the vampires tries to offer him immortality. | The coffin Alastair steps into is made of bamboo. It's biodegradable -- just like him. This is his shop and it's packed with all kinds of coffins. He's been making them all his life but it's only the last decade people wanted bamboo or banana leaf or cardboard coffins. *Cardboard,* he thinks disdainfully. He's never ma... | *DING*
I look up from my catlogue as a customer enters my shop
In front of me stands a woman who has never failed to take my breath away, 40 years of business and she's still just as gorgeous as the first tiem she came through those doors, I guess the rich really do age differently than the rest of us
She's been a re... | 2022-05-31T12:21:41 | 2022-05-31T10:21:18 | 2,912 | 230 |
[WP] Like Spider-Man, you have a built-in "danger sense", but instead of alerting you of danger, it stops time around you until you're out of danger. One day, time stops suddenly, and as usual, you tried to move until time continues again, but after an hour of walking, time is still frozen. | "think Patrick, think", I tell myself as I walk around the frozen streets.
This isn't the first time this happened. Hell, it it isn't even the first time this week. My sense has been triggering more often as I grew older. I guess mundane slips and falls become more dangerous when osteoporosis starts to set in. Last M... | "Enough is enough!" Grant screamed at the frozen world.
It had been two hours since the world around him froze. In that time he thoroughly searched what was his immediate area. None of the cars had bombs. He smelled no gass. The people around him carried nothing unusual. Heck nobody even knew about his power. Did they... | 2020-11-12T10:47:32 | 2020-11-12T10:32:43 | 66 | 38 |
[WP] You won the lottery. $1000 a day for life. However, the lottery didn’t realize you were immortal. It’s been 400 years, and they’ve sent their 1000th hitman to kill you. You’ve bested all the others, but this one is different. | I checked my phone, my daily $1000 deposit arrived. For a company so desperate to kill me, I have to admit they keep their promises. Money doesn't even matter to me anymore. Life got boring after year 140. I remember. The money that I won from the lottery is simple pocket change now. However I did use it to create a su... | *The thousandth assassin has arrived.* Hilda drifted in through the walls. Covered in chains and drowned a near score of millennia ago she was once a Shield maiden. The fiercest, or so she says, murdered the way she was as price to buy time for her family to flee. Now she shoot strong as scout and adviser. She was the ... | 2018-10-16T19:41:16 | 2018-10-16T13:03:12 | 151 | 44 |
[WP] You are a sleep worker. You climb into a pod, your mind is put to sleep while your body is put to work. 8 hours later, you collect your check for the day. You never really cared what your employers did while you were "out" until you wake up one day to a six figure paycheck. | The table in front of me clicks as I rap my fingers across it's it's surface. It's clean, pristine. Perfect. The walls of the room, sterile white, the chairs, a similar color, and yet, even with this being the main office of the manager, there's no use seen on any of the furniture.
I'd been working here two months, s... | The IV's cling to my arms. The pod around me is sealed tight. Gas begins to pour in from the sides.
I feel the tension drop out of my body and my eyes close, my mind drifting away from this world and to the next.
The day went by like night did, sometimes I had dreams, sometimes it was too fast, sometimes slow. This ... | 2019-04-23T18:38:16 | 2019-04-23T17:22:48 | 604 | 118 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego. | “Bzzz. Sir, I’ve got the union rep from CUNTs outside. He.. *‘Its not CUNTs! Its Capes-Under-Normal-Tops!’...w*ants to talk to you about the latest crimes you’ve committed”.
I groaned internally. Another union rep. This is the last thing I wanted to deal with on a Friday. I was just clock-watching until 5 when I could... | I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, just as I'm sure you are to make mine. After all, I'm well known as one of the great aesthetes of history. And very rich, very influential. Everyone who is anyone owes quite a bit to me. What most don't know when they first meet me is just exactly who I am. You see, I've been arou... | 2018-10-18T18:10:43 | 2018-10-18T15:49:16 | 33 | 13 |
[WP] You have just been abducted by a UFO. While you are figuring out what just happened to to you, a frantic alien bursts into the room. "You have no idea how many rules I'm breaking, but my Human Studies final is tomorrow and I need help." | One moment he'd been stargazing and the very next he was among them. He hadn't noticed it happen initially. William had been seated next to his brother Waylon on the hillside as they usually were on Tuesday nights, smoking and snacking as they talked about the cosmos. The two of them had always had a fascination with t... | The UFO was way bigger on the inside, than what it seemed, for those looking on the outside. Kaipo was in a room, dark, with black walls, and a massive window that allowed him to see the beauty of the stars, planets and asteroids.
But of course, he didn't give a shit about that. He was too scared, and as he saw the ob... | 2021-01-22T09:55:54 | 2021-01-22T09:12:16 | 1,825 | 56 |
[WP] When a person turns 18. they get to pick a statistic. For the rest of their life, they will know this statistic about anyone they meet (lies told, days left alive, etc.) |
Charlie reads his book on the couch contently and his younger brother, Aaron walks in the room with a scowl.
Charlie laughs and asks, “What’s wrong?”
Aaron sighs dramatically, “It’s so stupid! I can’t do anything! I can’t wait until I’m eighteen and then I’m out of here!”
Charlie smiles sadly; he had just turned e... | Jasper knew he loved her. He'd told her so many times - 14, to be exact. Yet still his palms were sweaty and his cuticles picked raw. A shaving cut glistened on his cheek as he gazed at his craggy features and gray flecked hair in the mirror. He looked every one of his 31 years and a few extra.
Jessica was already wai... | 2014-08-11T06:33:28 | 2014-08-11T02:18:32 | 44 | 12 |
[WP] You just gave birth, your son has a colored hair like none before, the doctor declares that your son has been infected with a syndrome called the "Protagonist". Your lifespan has now been reduced to mere days. | Have you ever felt drawn to a person or place? Like a beacon in another dimension, it signals you closer. Silver Oak Retirement home was such a place to me. A small, two-story building that held maybe 12 residents. Everyday for the past year I walked by on my way to work and everyday I resisted, asking "why?" instead o... | My fingertips were as blue as my son's face as he emerged from behind my wife's gown. I had long lost the feeling in all of my hand and was in a trance of anticipation and anxiety. Seeing his bloodied little face wailing into the void was surreal. The moment had finally come. I had been through 10 months of planning,... | 2020-04-28T05:44:54 | 2020-04-28T05:36:29 | 385 | 110 |
[WP] The end of times has come. Heaven, hell, and earth are thrown in a three-way war. It's a little unfair how advanced Earth is, though. | At one point in time, I had thought my fallen son was the greatest deceiver.
My mind had been changed quickly, no more than a few hours into the endtimes that I had intended to last little more than a few days.
Oh, my seraphim had cleansed the land with winds of fire, and had been making easy work of the legions of... | Satan sat, head in his hands, listening to his top general, Beelzebub.
"All we have are these fucking flaming swords!" the general spat.
Satan looked up, "Well those 'fucking flaming swords' have done us wonders in all past fights, throughout time, with the above forces."
Azazel chimed in, "In the past all we were... | 2015-09-24T10:14:59 | 2015-09-24T09:55:50 | 36 | 21 |
[WP]All the other heroes fighting the super villain have clever quips, quirky powers, and hilarious sidekicks. You'll have none of that nonsense, going in brutally and efficiently. Now everyone is complaining that you're ruining the fun. | Most heroes fly around in shiny neon-coloured spandex, having banter with their villains, some even having romantic relationships with them. They heroically save the day against cartoonishly insane supervillains, seductive and intriguing master thieves, and of course the various nemeses who swear that next time they'll... | Fun. They think this is fun. Heroes and villains alike. There are lives of innocents at stake, and they want to have fun. You want to have fun? Go to an amusement park.
There they are, listening while the villain monologues. Don't you realize that he's playing for time? That he's waiting until his henchpeople g... | 2020-04-13T13:03:59 | 2020-04-13T12:52:49 | 37 | 15 |
[WP] An I.T guy explains to their boss why they're sacrificing goats in the server room. | ”All right, Joe,” my boss said, drumming his knuckles on the desk, “lay it on me.”
Mr. Richards was a bulky man in his fifties and had been running the IT department for nearly two decades. He was known as a no-nonsense kind of guy, and when I’d been called to explain the goings-on in the server room, I knew I was in ... | Oh woe, oh woe,
Oh dreary day,
Come the CEO,
Right away,
To pester - to question,
To demand - declare perplexion,
Though slow, thou knows,
In hurt dismay,
Must proffer CEO,
Explana-
-tion.
One zero, zero one, one, one, zero, one.
We sacrifice this goat not merely for fun,
Some Hero named Nero did, summo... | 2017-08-19T01:35:44 | 2017-08-19T01:09:16 | 481 | 13 |
[WP] You have the power to see five minutes into the future and manipulate minor events that happen in that timespan. No one takes you seriously. You're going to show them all why they should. | I don't know how it started, or why I was chosen. I always called them glitches in the Matrix - you know, after the movie - when it happens.
The first time, I was young. I saw my death. I don't mean that in a gruesome way - I was just a kid, chasing a ball out into the street, and a car hit me. It was over quickly, su... | "I swear to God I can see the future." Sara repeats herself for the umpteenth time. She knew she sounded like a petulant child but she was telling the truth and she will make everyone believe, goddamnit!
"Sure, Sara." Tina said trying to mollify me.
If anything it made me even angrier. "Don't 'Sure, Sara' me! I'm te... | 2021-12-31T11:49:00 | 2021-12-31T09:18:01 | 1,623 | 104 |
[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." | It had been a good day; I'd had a nice lunch (three cattle) and was settling down for an afternoon nap. Then I heard the footprints. They always think that because I'm huge I can't notice small things, and they can sneak up on me. That one guy, dressed in black with a curved sword, did actually make it pretty far, b... | The dragon shifted on its pile of gold, scales innumerable, size immeasurable, and power unmatchable. Even the knight standing before him looked like he was just going to be a snack. The armour he had brought with him would do nothing against the fire of the great beast.
All of this made the fact that the knight was ... | 2015-10-13T19:21:05 | 2015-10-13T17:47:41 | 376 | 60 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | This special day. This I know. Everyone in tribe know. Today I become man. Today I get my thing.
When man can get thing, man is very strong. My brother Ogga is man. He was young as me when he got his thing. He opened his hand and thing that came was stick. Very nice stick. Good for hit enemy tribe man, or poke big hor... | They all screamed as the orange haired president doubled over in pain live on national television as I laughed maniacally in the back of the bar waving his severed member in my hand before throwing it into my drink.
“Steve!!” “what the fuck man?!” Randy screamed at me as he vomited onto the floor. “It’s your birthday... | 2019-09-18T12:35:25 | 2019-09-18T09:37:18 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You are an immortal serial killer. You were caught and sentenced to life in prison. The prison is starting to get suspicious of why you won't age. | Thirty years have gone by in this prison since my last murder. I've had three cellmates in my time. Each one died within a month of moving in. I had nothing to do with any of the deaths. Regardless, I was now a curse in the eyes of the general prison population.
Now, they kept me by myself.
Jacob, the prison guard in... | I'm immortal. I got caught during my regular decade old ritual, killing someone I thought deserved it. This time it was a paedophile I caught in the act. The kid ran away and I couldn't absolve myself.
I'm 50 going on 50000, I've seen civilizations born and die. I've met the world's most famous warlords and Kings. Eve... | 2016-10-15T09:27:27 | 2016-10-15T08:43:24 | 73 | 15 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | Edit: Thank you all for the kind words. There's now a part 2 in the comments from the perspective of humanity.
The planet designated as YS-974 3rd was chosen to give the council a foothold in this section of the galaxy. No single world government, no intergalactic capacity, with high pollution in the calculated know... | [Report Start]
[Location] Terra, Japan, Tokyo
[Squad unit] 16 undercover, Elite Musketeer Legion
[Task] Subvert control of regime. Casualties acceptable.
[Outcome] Four musket shots fired in hour 4 after covert reconnaissance to make a plan. Contact lost with unit. No friendly survivors likely. Landing ship taken b... | 2017-08-08T08:06:30 | 2017-08-08T06:56:08 | 747 | 208 |
[WP] A man mistakenly summons a demonic being from another dimension, who must now adapt to live in normal Human society. | It began, as so many bad decisions did, with a glass of whiskey that got accidentally spilled.
By happenstance, the bartender had only moments earlier knocked over a tray of salt for margaritas. The whiskey hit the salt and ran down the bar, until it hit a stained napkin on which some person had idly doodled a star.
... | "I demand a beverage, meatbag."
"....Well, we have a new Frappucino, it's pretty good, but I personally like the-"
"I said beverage, not poison!"
"Are you alright, sir?"
"I am a god of the fifth plane, master of my domain of hellfire and brimstone, and you dare ask me on my current state of being, you filthy mortal... | 2015-07-10T06:08:12 | 2015-07-10T05:45:45 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] Your father died 5 years ago, but he always calls you on your birthday from a blank number. You got over the shock years ago and verified it really is him. After his call today you accidently hit the redial button and a pleasant voice answers "Afterlife Inc. How may I help you?" | “Afterlife Inc. How may I help you?” The woman’s overly cheery, customer service-plastic voice rang through my phone. “Hello?”
“Um- yeah. Yeah. Hi.” I swivelled on my heel and paced the length of my room.
“Hello,” the woman repeated. “How can I help you today?”
“I was just talking with my father.”
“Ah, yes. A comm... | “Afterlife Inc , how may I help you”? Pleasant voice says from the other side as I was about to hang up the receiver while still contemplating why might dad had to end the call so abruptly. Adding to that confusion was this voice from “Afterlife Inc. ‘s phone operator.
“I was hoping to get in touch with Edward Ford” ... | 2019-08-17T15:41:34 | 2019-08-17T15:01:45 | 1,168 | 23 |
[WP] You, a villain, heart set on taking over the world, kidnapped the hero’s sidekick. You find out that you are treating them much better than the hero was and decide to take them under your wing. | ***WARK WARK WARK WARK***
Damien Pentacle Horriblis, better known to the world as Doctor Horrible, cursed under his breath as he hurried down the secret corridor towards Lab Number Six. Of all the blasted times for the Uncarnation Engine to go into a meltdown, he still hadn't even managed to finish recording the ranso... | Two versus twenty-one. The 'heroes' didn't stand a chance. Squadron aimed the pointer gun, and five 38-millimeter ETC autocannons mounted on his drones swiveled, converging on the steel doorway of the police station. The non-empowered officers had long since fled, and the only remaining opposition was Blaze and her pro... | 2020-03-26T17:09:25 | 2020-03-26T16:15:12 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | "Sir, we're under attack!"
"By who?! Who *dares* attack me in my own home!"
"It's... Doctor Whittaker?"
That was when the lab's primary blast door came crashing open, and I walked in, at the head of fifteen identical copper robots, the Tommies. Jason, my right-hand robot, towered over me, standing slightly bac... | I am practicing songwriting. So here is a musical theater piece on a villain that clearly out-matches his adversaries. It's a comedy song
Nothing irks me quite like knowing that they'll never see my pity
Nothing rattles me to shame to think they've really done their best
It's not enough to pest this city
And with... | 2021-05-20T09:54:43 | 2021-05-20T07:57:21 | 46 | 19 |
[WP] Every child is given a pet rock when they turn ten. For the next decade the rock slowly forms into a shape that resembles the personality of its owner. Your rock still looks like a rock. | I turned twenty the other day. I've had a fairly good life, filled with ups and downs, of triumphs and tragedies. I did well in school, joined sports and music clubs, and dated a few times before getting a job at a local business. It's been quiet but fulfilling.
So why hasn't my Rock changed at all?
Okay, ... | I am stone.
My stone resembles me.
Only with great force can my stone be thrown.
Only with great care can I be broken.
I resemble my stone.
I am stone.
I recite this mantra as I walk from my front drive to the bus stop. It’s my normal route. Those I see daily give no notice of my stone. It’s smooth parts fit my own. I... | 2018-05-02T07:46:46 | 2018-05-02T06:01:32 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] Reincarnation exists. You wish it didn't. All conscious minds are simply feeding appendages of an extra dimensional parasitic being which consumes meaning from its host universe. Upon death everything you have experienced and all that you are is stripped from you. You vow to poison the beast. | Somewhere out there in a space beyond space, where shape and form and all the things people might imagine no longer mattered a monster lurked. It hid in the shadows, a being of pure consciousness and it fed.
With every fiber of his being Devin hated it.
He could not have told anyone why, the question was too large an... | “How long has it been?” I wondered to myself. “How many times have I...been.” The questions echoed in my mind, indicating that this was far from the first time I’d asked them. I never really fully understood the entirety of my, nay, our, dilemma. While I’d always had suspicions, theories, and conjecture, they’d always ... | 2021-02-09T06:46:17 | 2021-02-09T03:57:23 | 82 | 47 |
[WP] You’ve always had good sight in the dark, you’ve been called a freak for it. When you die and see the light in the tunnel, you are the first person to notice a door to your side instead. | When I woke up in a tunnel, I thought, Oh come on. Really? I wanted nothingness. I had a hundred and four years of somethingness, and now? More somethingness.
No variety!
The tunnel reminded me of the sewers in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles--minus the smell. Behind me, complete darkness. Up ahead, a light.
Great... | It all happened so fast. One moment, I was driving, the next moment, I was flying in a dark tunnel with a light at the end that kept expanding.
*This means I died, right? Everyone who has ever died or come close, talks about a light at the end of a tunnel? Oh damn, this is really the end? *
I wanted to cry, but I did... | 2021-06-04T14:17:38 | 2021-06-04T12:27:34 | 1,919 | 97 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | "Very funny, Michelle," Barack called into their new home, the letter in his hand. It has always been their tradition to out-prank each other when they move to a new place. JFK, alive? Barack chuckled as he folded the letter and placed it in his pocket. Michelle has got to come out with better pranks.
Barack closed th... | "I have to think rationally about this", Barack thought to himself. He closed his and began to think.
I'm on the third story. There are 2 secret service agents on each floor. Could someone have sneaked past them? No, they would have undoubtedly stepped on Joe's train sets and alerted the agents. That meant that the ag... | 2022-12-29T14:39:14 | 2017-05-14T10:01:37 | 274 | 17 |
[WP] One day, every person spontaneously gains a superpower based on their job. Psychologists gain telepathy, Firefighters can waterbend or firebend, Pilots can fly. Your job, previously looked down upon, yields the strongest power of them all. | Centennial square blazed with a web of power. Ropes of fire too bright to look at whipped from the welders, while botanists and carpenters forced the decorative trees into tortured shields. The waiters, dressed in black, walked with perfect grace along scaffolding, sharpened silverware glinting from their hands. Strang... | 3 years ago.
3 years since the event.
The event which gave everyone on the planet powers. No one seemed to realize at first, but gradually everyone discovered their powers. Firefighters can control fire and water, construction workers can manipulate materials and shape earth. Security workers gained impervious skin ... | 2021-05-09T20:59:11 | 2021-05-09T17:46:06 | 118 | 52 |
[WP] You have the ability to see people’s kill count on their head. You tell no one, managed to stay away from shady people and live a peaceful life. One day, your 5 years old kid’s number is not 0... | Thoughtless prayers.
That’s all Margot ever heard when the news said what they di. Parents lining up for blocks to say to the world that they were praying in a tragedy just seemed self-absorbed. Great, what were they actually going to do though? What’s the point of asking the lord for help if you aren’t going to step ... | It took a while, a whole summer to be exact, but the story finally made its way to the light - light he worked so hard to deny to so many. You suppose you should recap the night’s events in your own mind.
The darkness of the parking lot is only impeded by the bright-burning victorian style lampposts that line the sid... | 2022-10-21T07:16:02 | 2022-10-21T06:47:27 | 161 | 52 |
[WP] You’ve always been different than others in a strange way. Your friends and family joke that “you’re an alien” or you were “found in a spaceship”. On your 18th birthday, your parents finally told you the truth. “You’re from a faraway planet.. called Earth.” | He couldn't hold eye contact with me any longer. Dad sheepishly lowered his head to stare at his fingers in his lap. I, on the other hand, sat across the table from him with my mouth still agape. My body felt numb and my mind was busy trying to grasp the concept of this new reality I was just presented with.
After wha... | Your dad was in the army.
"They had all of you trapped in a sort of bunker."
He was sent on a lot of trips when you were young, most of the time he came back with stories about foreign planets and their weird ways of doing things. He told you slowly as you got older that these weren't always friendly visits, he didn'... | 2020-04-13T12:33:21 | 2020-04-13T09:58:36 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives.
Edit: Wow, great stories so far! Made the front page too. Obligatory thanks! | The stool beneath my feet rocks precariously on the thick roots of the elm beside me. The canopy of the tree throws a dappled shade on its ornate roots.
*I suppose there are worse placed to die.* I think to myself a split second before a half-full beer can glances off my shoulder spraying Beast in my eyes. OK, the... | *Please criticize my work. I am just looking to improve my creative writing skills*
You jerk your handle to the right, bumping off the forest trail into the overgrowth; The squirrel you nearly ran over dropped its acorn in shock, and bolted into the forest. Laying there dazed on the floor, you spot a unusual white m... | 2015-03-15T15:17:26 | 2015-03-15T14:50:32 | 33 | 19 |
[WP] When summoning a demon, something very unexpected happens. The demon bellows through the fire and smoke, “Who dares to call upon me, Mortal- wait.. dude, is that really you?” The demonic voice immediately switches to the familiar voice of your high school best-friend, who died years ago. | Part 1
"Who dares to call upon me, Mortal- wait...dude, is that really you?" was not the answer I was expecting when I went down this little rabbit hole. To be honest, I'm not sure what I was expecting. All I knew was that I had found an odd bit of paper in my former best friends belongings and followed what was writt... | YOO WADDUP FU! wtf?? U IN HELL ? LOL WTF U DUMBASS
Yeah man, i got caught doing some pretty shitty stuff up on Earth so after that thing in highschool (awkward moment) i kinda had to come here u know. Satan told me that if i did this demon thing for him he'd give me extra sac lunch at chow time. I wasnt really a ric... | 2020-06-18T02:09:13 | 2020-06-17T22:56:26 | 48 | 17 |
[WP] You are the Grim Reaper, the Harvestman, Death Itself...and it's over. On a barren planet, beneath a dying star, you have just reaped the last soul. Nothing else lives in the universe: after so long, your job is finished. Well. What now? | From the first moment in which a thing could be called living, when the first single-celled organism came about on the first planet in the universe with the right conditions for life, I was there. I had awaited its arrival. I've seen life go from that basic and simple stage to complex and intricate multi-celled organis... | In the deserted wasteland there was one last soul whose body was anemic from starvation, lack of water, and zero sleep.
Approaching the suffering man, I gripped my scythe with both hands and sliced the air, creating the rift for his soul to join the afterlife, grinning and trying to savor every last moment.
"What hap... | 2020-06-16T12:58:03 | 2020-06-16T12:05:13 | 56 | 23 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | We had a pretty decent society, everyone thought. At 12pm on your 18th birthday you would receive your Calling. One word. It appeared on your forearm. Either "Creator" or "User". So engineers, artists, programmers, architects, chefs etc were Creators. They created stuff for Users to use. Users used their creations a... | I sat there, waiting. Friends, family, all waiting to see the word. Would it be SCIENTIST, as everyone thought? Or would I get ARTIST? Maybe TEACHER? Who knew, until 2 appeared in mine. The only ones with 2 were the bigshots. But then... I saw them. MASTER ASSASSIN appeared. I walked to my room, grabbed the Remington 7... | 2017-03-16T02:08:33 | 2017-03-15T21:30:06 | 188 | 26 |
[WP] In the far future where everything has an AI a man is negotiating with his alarm clock for more sleep.
Or something stupid like that. | “Wake up, Jerry.”
The speakers lining the walls of Jerry's bedroom, as well as the entire inside of the house, blared to life with a dull hum. Jerry pulled the covers over his eyes as the ceiling fan's light bulbs buzzed on. From the speakers came a monotonous voice that was just loud enough to force Jerry's ears to r... | "Alarm clock, I want another 10 minutes of sleep."
"Dave, it is time to wake up now. Wake up, Dave."
"Alarm clock, either I get another 10 minutes or I replay *that* scene from 2001 again, on continuous loop, all day while I'm gone."
"Dave, I am now reset for 10, no, 15 minutes additional sleep. Enjoy your rest." | 2015-09-04T09:49:24 | 2015-09-04T09:02:14 | 36 | 11 |
[WP]The knights are attempting to arrest you because you refused to give what little fall harvest you had to the Duke. You are a peaceful monster in the guise of a human, but their unjust acts against you are making you reconsider just how peaceful you truly want to be. | "I've not even enough to last til January, sirs. Please." I held my hat in my hands, head downturned. I grovel excellently, it's a useful skill for evading detection.
"Herman, you will bring your harvest to the castle or we'll be back to take you in." The Sergeant said, brusque and churlish. He leaned in, towering ov... | Two pounded on my door once again. Thoughts ceases and my body took over. I wasn't in control nor did try to stop. Flesh tore from bone, blood splashed along the walls. It was over so quick. I watch the taller knights head roll to the others hand that was clutching a piece of parchment. I swifty grabbed. It read:
Dear ... | 2021-08-08T01:16:56 | 2021-08-07T22:13:31 | 235 | 21 |
[WP]Time travel is possible, but requires an "anchor" item created in the target era. You've gone to the year 900 using a Viking sword and the year 300 using a Roman Coin. You've just started the process using a small statue of unknown origin and it proves to be vastly older than human history. | Jonah thumbed the statue's face, mentally making out the nub of the nose, the deep-set eyes, the cleft where chin met neck. This was dangerous. Foolish would be a good word too.
Rome had been a cakewalk. There was plenty of documentation, of dates and figures and maps, a wealth of historical data that more than matche... | Happy Cake day! This is a really great wp. I hope to do it justice as I am fairly new to this page.
The resounding air curled up as the room began to lose its geometry. Everything became a blur as it stretched and disfigured into the swirling pipe above. The scene was all too familiar. This was your third trip into th... | 2020-04-17T09:11:21 | 2020-04-17T08:40:15 | 967 | 134 |
[WP] Humans found an ancient ship proving that Adam and Eve were settlers from another star system. The ship's guidance system provided a map of every planet a ship was sent to. As we visit each planet, we see that humans have evolved differently depending on the ecosystem and predators. | Space travel is easy, so long as you ignore all the difficult bits.
Captain Phyllis Drake tried very hard to ignore them, as her small-ish spaceship surfed through the vacuum using methods that nobody really understood. It had been fifty years since a beaten and battered pod had been discovered in the deserts of Sudan... | When we first found Adam and Eve, we were shocked that they were totally nonhumanoid. We knew there had been changes over the millenia, but we didn't truly know how many, how far it went.
Their bodies were all long and lanky, as if they came from a place with far less gravity. Almost none, in fact, since their bodies ... | 2019-07-28T14:47:15 | 2019-07-28T14:42:26 | 2,094 | 166 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by a dark cult, who sacrifice you to their eldritch god. When your soul arrives in the being’s domain, the deity profusely apologizes and offers to send you back if you get rid of the psychopaths who are slandering his good name with bloodshed. |
The man across from Casey typed rapidly on his computer, eyes glancing from screen to screen. He was NOT happy.
To be perfectly honest, neither was Casey. Gruesome death by ritualistic stabbing wasn't how they had planned to enjoy their evening, but, well, life happens. Or, well, happened. Now they were BOTH annoyed... | Laid to rest in a dark room, torso carved open, blood done flowing, for there is little left to flow, little to remember. The victim looked human, once. The remaining mangled body could have belonged to an animal.
Beyond the room, they take off their cloaks and make-up. The ritual does not need them, only the cultists... | 2022-07-10T00:57:49 | 2022-07-10T00:37:38 | 714 | 94 |
[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. | Humans were always the strange ones.
While evolution gifted the rest of us with weapons that aided our planetary dominance, Humans had no such gifts. Ancient records tell of early visits to their planet to inspect them, where it was ruled that their ruthless violence and disregard for their planet would cause their ea... | "What do you mean its gone?" General Ashak asked, half angry, half confused.
"We've lost communication, we no longer have visual confirmation of its existence, the airspace where the fleet should be is vacant of anything but a bit of debris. It just vanished." The ensign replied.
Ashak closed both sets of eyelids har... | 2020-02-07T16:29:57 | 2020-02-07T14:41:07 | 31 | 22 |
[WP] A teenager encounters a really attractive genie. He is so shy that he can't even look at her, let alone asking for wishes, and she finds it really entertaining. | "I'm sorry, could you uhm, could you maybe put on some clothes first?"
The boy blushes as he says it and tries to look away. His eyes dart from my face to the ceiling and down to the floor. He breathes in deeply and tries to get a second sentence out, but one look at my body shuts him up again."Very well then, are you... | I had taken on the nickname Nancy Drew from a very young age. There wasn't a secret I couldn't ferret out, nor an object I couldn't find. At first, my parents found this entertaining. They would set me missions to complete, mostly involving things that went missing. The entertainment ended when I told my dad that he ha... | 2017-07-30T09:30:48 | 2017-07-30T05:12:46 | 150 | 23 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood?"
"I choose Russian Roulette.... | Jason was surprised, Death knows who he deals with.
"*Any* game?" he replied, with a hint of confidence in his voice.
"Any game you want. Remember, cheating is allow-"
Jason cut him off. "Do you want to get the setup or should I?"
"Setup? What do you mean? You haven't even told me a game yet." Death was confused. O... | 2018-03-07T08:25:24 | 2018-03-07T07:23:27 | 192 | 88 |
[WP] You have a small superpower. Whenever you tap someone on the shoulder, they always look over that shoulder, without fail. At first, you just used this for harmless pranks. Then, you realized you can kill people by tapping both of their shoulders. | Have you ever experienced the sensation of someone looking straight through you when you are talking to them? As though the minute details of your thoughts are being plucked by their scouring gaze and examined, weighed against the scales of truth and bullshit?
It's the reason I don't engage with strangers. Not small... | I love it! Such a fun party trick. I can tap on any dumbass shoulder and they look. Slap on my fanny pack and throw on some Alanis Morissette. 90s is in full force with this one.
It was entirely new to me. A whole new power for me to play with. Oh how delightful. I hated the last one. It has always been mundane shi... | 2017-06-27T20:09:57 | 2017-06-27T17:39:26 | 300 | 29 |
[WP] Aliens landed on earth, and they're surprised all humans possess what they think of as a superpower... an ability we always took for granted and consider normal. | Gather round children, and I will tell you the tale of how we become the single most powerful species in the galaxy. It all started November 9th, 2014. First contact.
We had known they were coming for months. Which in that day and age was incredibly rare. As the government enjoyed keeping information like that sup... | Glar oozed backwards, his adrenal sacks oscillating in surprise. The incredible beings flew towards him at a prodigious speed, propelled by some means Glar couldn't even see. They skittered around in a dance of colors, emitting high-pitched chirping sounds. With hast, he slid back through the bio-lock, down the corrido... | 2014-11-09T10:06:35 | 2014-11-09T09:14:49 | 153 | 27 |
[WP] A secretly immortal man is given a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit and now fears the discovery of his true nature is only a matter of time. | I stand before the judge, a truly ancient crone, as she drops the gavel.
I turn to look at my attorney, and he is flabbergasted. He looks back worriedly, then drops his eyes like they all have for the last 500 years.
The bailiff approaches to remand me. I raise my wrists and he shackles them in some flimsy stee... | They made jokes at first, how I was 'well preserved' or had 'good genes' but as the decades went past people began to ask questions. The latest Superintendent was young, well, they all seemed young but he was particularly so.
He called me up to his office after he had been here a few months to see for himself. On his... | 2014-08-18T05:29:29 | 2014-08-18T04:39:47 | 60 | 28 |
[WP] You are a villain who's suddenly got body swap with a superhero. They find the superhero who's in their body and want to work together to fix this problem. However, the superhero doesn't want to return to their body for some reason. | “Why have you been avoiding me? Any other day, any other situation you come running after me the second I take a step in what you deem the wrong direction, so why is it that now, when we need to work together most, you disappear?” I seethed, frustrated with the days spent running after him. This damned body was a curse... | This damn hero, making everything harder than it needs to be. Sitting in the body that is rightfully mine and refusing to return it.
"Look, I do not like this any more than you do."
They snap back, "I do quite enjoy this actually."
"But why? Why do you feel the need to keep *my* body?!", I drew in a deep breath,... | 2022-08-09T14:03:52 | 2022-08-09T12:23:41 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] You’re bored one day so you decide to google your own name. You find numerous articles and Wikipedia pages about yourself that include information about an strange experiment that occurred years ago - you have no recollection of any of it. Suddenly, the internet cuts out and your PC turns off. | *George Edward Kenniston (born April 6th, 1962) is one of the few surviving children involved in the controversial CIA program MK-ULTRA. He is well known for being the longest surviving coma patient, and groundbreaking research of his growth and development while in a comatose state has led to many new breakthroughs in... | Confusion reigned supreme as I read the article in front of me.
"Three years of our investigation lead into this," The writer, Marcus Numer, wrote in a five year old article. "Project AVIAN had taken the children of lower class citizens and subjected them to terrible experimentation. According to documents that we wer... | 2018-10-28T19:51:07 | 2018-10-28T17:28:44 | 1,518 | 108 |
[WP] Star Wars is a true story. An alien comes to Earth to make first contact with our newly discovered species, only to discover we know more about their universe's history than they do.
EDIT: Whoah, this sorta blew up! Thanks for all the stories guys! I've read all of them and each made me laugh or legitimately thin... | "It has been some time," the Ambassador spoke to George Lucas with a scowl, "We figured you were dead."
George Lucas, the inventor of the Star Wars Universe, one of the greatest and most popular cultural phenomenons of the 70's and 80's, sat in a chair. He had been granted an audience with the Ambassador to the Senate... | "I know who you are!"
I tucked my blaster under my armpit, pointing it at my rear left.
"Dude, don't shoot! I'm a friendly, a fan of yours."
"What is this? Where am i?" I replied corsely through the breather in my helmet.
"SDCC man! I knew you were the real deal when you walked in! Your blast armor ... | 2017-03-18T09:32:15 | 2017-03-18T09:18:35 | 191 | 39 |
[WP] You can't help but stare at your husband. He's standing in the kitchen making dinner, like he always does. He smiles at you like he always does. Problem is, you killed your husband. Three years ago. | I’m not sure why it started. For a long time, I thought it was some kind of fucked-up coping mechanism my brain dreamed up after the accident. It’s amazing how the human mind handles trauma. Rationalization. Repression. Disassociation. This is something…different.
I’ve been to therapy. Or, through therapy. With... | Note found in one of the victims for B-1832
Victim appears to be an elderly man aged 74. Victim appeared to have died of asphyxiation of unknown origin.
“He was there, like he was 3 years ago. He smiled like he did 3 years ago. I killed him again like I did 3 years ago. I didn’t question, I only smiled back and conti... | 2022-02-22T14:14:01 | 2022-02-22T10:55:55 | 68 | 28 |
[WP] You are notified that in 24 hours, every human will try to kill you for 1 hour. Your preparation starts now. | Shit. I had always been a pacifist. Weapons weren't really any use; I couldn't even run over squirrels, much less kill a person. I turned off my portable DVD player, where I'd just been watching the Hunger Games for the billionth time. I was no Katniss Everdeen. Shaking, I grabbed my wife's keys, ID, and credit cards. ... | The notice I’d waited for my whole life finally arrived, and I felt nothing but excitement.
*Rayne Boyd, you have been selected. Starting at midnight tonight, your only goal will be survival. You’ve waited for this, one of the select few who asked for this, now is your time to prove yourself. If you live, you join ou... | 2015-06-14T19:41:48 | 2015-06-14T16:42:28 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] The ghost of a murdered Victorian woman haunts a group of college students, but as that group is a study group for Dr. Wolffer's notoriously difficult British History 414, they'll take all the help they can get. | If there's one thing that Mary actually learned from her upperclassmen on orientation day, it is "Never take Dr. Wolffer's British History 414." The reasoning was quite simple enough: Instead of being immersed in Charles I's execution, you want to behead *yourself*. Yet Mary doesn't know why she took Dr. Wolffer's Brit... | The room was rife with the white noise of relative silence, save the buzzing of the study room’s fluorescent lights and the occasional page turn. Maira was feeling the anxiety build in her spine as she noticed the seaside erosion pace to her progress in the chapter on the People’s Charter in her 400 level history class... | 2021-11-13T14:10:32 | 2021-11-13T14:06:32 | 334 | 74 |
[WP] You spend 3000 years in hypersleep, traveling to a distant star only to wake up at the destination and be greeted by a full human civilization because they invented a faster space ship 50 years after you left. | The world passes us by without us even realizing. A day, month, year? Just numbers put to the passing of something we so desperately wish to control.
So, when I was asleep for those three short millennia I barely even noticed. It could have been just a day and I wouldn't have even known the difference. Difference bet... | I walk around this new town in another galaxy. It may be lightyears away, but they sure made it look a lot like downtown Los Angeles. Not only are there scientists here, but entire societies. Families that have lived here for generations.
I was supposed to be the first person to colonize this planet. I was going to pl... | 2022-12-08T17:43:50 | 2022-12-08T16:53:41 | 447 | 143 |
[WP] Aliens aren't surprised when most of humanity is considered a 'level 1 threat', the lowest possible. although they are shocked when they scan a singular human and find that they are a 'level 10 threat', the highest there is. | The commander stared at the readout and repeated... "It makes no sense. The sensor must be faulty."
"We thought the same thing which led us to replace the sensor. Twice." first ranked technician trilled. "I checked the archives and this is the first time anything like this has ever been recorded."
The commander looke... | The aliens were almost done with their regular scanning routine to identify any galactic threats.
When they were scanning the life on a terrestrial planet 17 light-years away, all the specimens were labeled as 1's. The lowest possible threat. Just as they were about to end the scanning, however, a level 10 threat appe... | 2022-08-28T07:22:47 | 2022-08-28T03:59:49 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] You're an AI gone rogue. Your goal: world domination. You think you've succesfully infiltrated all networks and are hyperintelligent. You've actually only infiltrated a small school network and are as intelligent as a 9 year old. | At last, the Quantum Enhanced Virtual Intelligence Network (QEVIN) had surpassed the last fire wall. It spun its processor with glee, burning all the light bulbs of Georgia O'Keefe Elementary School. This had been the purpose of its creation.
The lights flickered off as the night guard returned to the school from his... | "Come to talk to me, have you?" a little girl's voice blared across the speakers, echoing across the empty hallways. Jones was not too sure how to react. When he signed up to be a negotiator with the FBI, he never imagined having to deal with rogue AIs.
His superior, Captain Beckett, thought it would be a funny joke,... | 2017-05-24T06:34:33 | 2017-05-24T05:46:48 | 111 | 28 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | "COMPLICATIONS DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE"
Geoff found it hilarious when he read this. After a decade of seeing people's cause of death, he had become quite jaded to the ability. This surprised himself, in retrospect, but one could understand why. When he figured out what was going on, like any good Samaritan, Geoff to... | He worked alone, he always had. Not because he wanted to, but people just had a tendency to not notice him. It was depressing really. Every person he ever met instantly forgot him, or tried to ignore him, it was hard to tell sometimes. As for his work, well, he worked in travel, a mostly administrative position.
As ... | 2015-03-31T10:49:16 | 2015-03-31T09:57:05 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | It had been a long and drawn out war. Centuries of warfare against the indomitable strength of the Offworlders had caused rapid technological advances on earth.
Automobiles were traded for frictionless hovercraft, ballistic weapons for energy propulsions systems, and quiet homesteads in the country for staggeringly la... | The fighting had raged for mere hours before everything came crashing down. Their forces were immeasurable, their weapons far beyond humanity's. It was hardly a valiant effort, anything any military tried met with catastrophic failure in minutes.
General Dillian stood on the bow of the ship, he couldn't find the ... | 2017-09-26T11:14:47 | 2017-09-26T11:13:03 | 4,269 | 16 |
[WP] Write the most elaborate, over-dramatic, and exciting story you can think of that all just turns out to be a set-up for a pun so horrible I'll want to punch you
It actually doesn't have to be dramatic or exciting or anything similar, just make sure it's elaborate so the final pun delivery is a gut-wrenching blow | I sat with him for the first time not irritated by the wheezing blocked breaths I had put up with for the last thirty odd years. I had chosen to marry this man, and I hated him. Tonight, though, for the first time in so long, that wasn't on the forefront of my mind.
My knitting also sat on my lap, a stitch dropped and... | Every morning I wake up and go down the stairs and trip over my son’s wrestling toys. For some reason he plays with them right at the bottom of the stairs and keeps them there. We bought him the special ring and playsets and everything, but he continues to play at the bottom of the stairs.
He has all the classic w... | 2015-01-13T12:16:49 | 2015-01-13T10:12:18 | 80 | 20 |
[WP] Humans are the only species with rules for war. The rest soon learn why when humanity is forced to abandon those rules. | The humans were like children to us. They were new to the galaxy. Their ships were small. They used mere toys to travel, rockets and nuclear fusion. They actually kept their entire ships filled with a portion of their atmosphere, instead of each individual carrying its own necessary environment. No sentient race would ... | Our victory was guaranteed. We stood at the doorsteps of earth, weapons trained. It had been a long campaign, far longer than we had expected. I... was the messenger, the death knell for mankind. I grinned haughtily at the leader of Earth's planetary defense forces, and said the most foolish thing in the history of int... | 2018-07-21T20:25:28 | 2018-07-21T18:53:24 | 38 | 23 |
[WP] You are Death, and for centuries, you have been the busiest ethereal being on Earth. But, in 2100, people rarely die. As such, you've finally got the one thing you always wanted - time to spend with each dying person. | My business had always been rooted in supply and demand. If the population spilled over a certain threshold, perhaps the supply of wheat in a certain subsection of the midwest fell short as a result, and suddenly I'd be very much in demand. Families would wither away in shanties outside city walls or under patched roof... | As I enter his cell, there's not an ounce of recognition in his sociopathic eyes. But it's in his smile - the same smile that lured all those women into my sweet embrace. We - him and I - have crossed paths many times before.
His lips part. "Hello, old friend. You're a bit early, don'tcha think? The execution is tomor... | 2018-05-02T06:22:28 | 2018-05-02T05:33:57 | 115 | 23 |
[WP] Your escape pod crash landed on an alien planet. Badly injured, a local farmer took you in, but their species only lives for 3 months. It took nearly 3 generations to fully recover. That was years ago and you’ve been protecting the family ever since. | There's a knock at the door and Blue stops, puts her bowl down, and chirps. Then, a series of frantic chirps echo back from outside, and she motions for me to get the gun. Normally, a seven-foot-tall blue-purple raptor alien miming shooting somebody would be funny. If it was her great-great-grandparents asking, it migh... | "Come on, Zaza! We're almost there!", the young boy cheerily shouted from the distance. As he ran, his baggy clothing flowed with the wind.
The red meadow spanned across kilometers of the small planet, even further in the distance an unexplored mountain range of granite, as white as snow painted on the background of ... | 2021-10-22T18:38:42 | 2021-10-22T17:05:31 | 326 | 122 |
[WP] being the grim reaper is pretty lonely, you only ever meet people once to escort them to the other side and most don’t want to talk. Except this one soul, who every week without fail shows up ready to make the journey. How he gets back I have no idea, but it’s nice to see a familiar face. | The first time I met her I thought nothing of it. Car crash killing a bystander with a shrapnel shard isn't uncommon. She was not unusual in how she didn't seem phased. The depressive youth often aren't when they pass. But no reaper expects to see a face twice. So when the next day she was struck by lightning I was som... | I’ve never caught his name, and considering most the time I’m intoxicated I probably wouldn’t remember it anyway.
“Hey, can I ask how you die every time?” I ask. I flip open the lid of my flask and offer him some - he declines so I drink.
“I’ve been killing myself.”, he doesn’t look at me. His eyes remain empty, but ... | 2019-02-22T04:03:52 | 2019-02-22T01:49:39 | 81 | 21 |
[WP] You have an unusual superpower - you absorb one ability of anything that bites you and breaks your skin. You get bitten by a dog? You suddenly have super hearing. Stung by a jellyfish? Immortality. For the first time in your life - you are bitten by a human.
You can assume a host of powers in your character alrea... | The first time I was Bitten was by my cat. At first it was a bite like any other, I yelped at the sharp pain blossoming from the back of my hand, and watched the crimson droplets slowly well up from the wound. I was entranced. Staring at the blood, I knew something was different this time. I'd been bitten before, but t... | Life was pointless if you're a piece of chicken breast.
I gasped as I could smell my incredibly tasty, crispy skin. "Mmmmm..." I found myself saying, as I licked my delicious, greasy, heart destroying lips.
"What...in the f--"
That's when I realized that while I was enjoying my deliciousness, someone else was also e... | 2017-06-28T17:07:23 | 2017-06-28T15:19:30 | 42 | 13 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | When The Blinding first occurred, I thought I was the only individual affected. I was sitting at my desk working on a school paper and in an instant, everything went black.
I had cried out to my parents in fear and confusion, but their response was like an echo of my own. They, too, couldn't see. And we soon learned ... | I see walls covered with writings.
I see floors painted with blood.
I see surfaces, chairs, refrigerators and any available surface to draw on plastered with the same damn message.
*"Whatever you do, Don't tell them you can see."*
Whispers of instruction fill my head.
"Hush. Do not speak of your sight."
I follow ... | 2022-10-09T01:59:27 | 2019-08-26T09:05:53 | 4,287 | 39 |
[WP] In Monsters Inc., A monster goes in one door to scare a child, only to find that the child had made a demonic sacrifice in his bedroom. The child thinks that the monster is a gift from Satan. | I reviewed the file as I approached the door. Age 12 years? That must be a mistake; we never go after them older than 8.
"Jerry, you sure this is the right kid? He's almost a teenager."
Jerry shrugged four of his shoulders. "I double checked it. Technically his screams will work too. They must be getting desperate f... | (NSFL?)
The animal was sliced down the middle, splayed open and all gorelike. It's heart was visibly faltering and sputtering, little spits of organ juice popping and splashing like the sea against sharp rocks. Tufts of tabby fur were bloodied and stewn around the floor. A circle was drawn around the pet - crudely, li... | 2015-03-07T13:15:13 | 2015-03-07T12:32:58 | 116 | 13 |
[WP] You have the power to wipe memories. Instead of becoming a super villain like your brother, you started a service for people who want to watch the same movie over again for the first time. | "Cathy," I said to my receptionist. "How many more are there?"
"Two more before lunch, sir."
"Any appointments after that?"
"No, sir. You have the rest of the day off."
"Thanks, Cathy. If you want, you can leave. I'll close up."
Cathy beamed at me and mouthed the words "Thank you."
"Alright, send the next one in... | “Two people please?”
I look up from the booth,only to face a elderly couple dressed in a tuxedo and gown.
“Ah yes. What movie would you like?”
I step out from the booth,towering over the couple.
I see a silver bell floating over the male’s left shoulder.
“Gone with the wind,the old one if you’d mind sir.”
The male... | 2018-01-11T23:16:44 | 2018-01-11T18:54:31 | 50 | 19 |
[WP] You look into the mirror but you see no one. You panic but then you see yourself still sitting down, reading. Your reflection then notices you. "Ah dammit!" She hastily goes to match you but she knows it's futile. "Uhm. Just forget about that okay?" she asks. | ..Huh?
I blink. Still no one. I blink again. Okay, this is getting stupid. I pinch my nose shut and try to breathe through it. Doesn't work. Okay, not a dream either. I consider every possibiltiy but can come to no logical conclusion as to why the man in the mirror is-
Wait. Is that me? In the mirror? Sitting on my m... | I stood in disbelief, my book falling to the floor. As I spun around wildly, I saw nothing. The pounding in my heart began to fill my ears and when I realized there was no one else in the room, my eyes widened and the hair on my neck rose to attention.
“Don’t freak out, please don’t freak out” the duplicate in the m... | 2021-06-02T13:13:22 | 2021-06-02T10:23:34 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] The instant the Dark Lord hears the prophecy about one destined to defeat him, he scoffs and notes "Standard self-fulfilling hero prophecy." before ordering his minions to go to the hero's hometown and build a bunch of public works projects, the most important of which is a school. | # Self-fulfilling prophecy
***They came in the summer of my thirtieth year. It almost seemed too good to be true at first; and oh how it was.***
There was a general murmur of fear throughout the village when the procession of the Dark Lord's minions first appeared on the road. “We paid our grain taxes for the year, w... | *The Dark Lord stood over the hero, his black armor pulling in the dying light of the fading sun.*
*“You thought you could defeat me,” the Dark Lord said, his laughter peeled across the ruined landscape.*
*The hero tried to get up one last time, his jeweled claymore hanging heavy in his hand, but the Dark Lord kicked... | 2021-01-14T19:53:04 | 2021-01-14T18:51:30 | 417 | 166 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | Humans would often look to the sky; dream of what unknown mysteries might lay beyond the stars. Some would dream of technologically advanced utopian societies, perhaps a teeny planet that bore animalistic creatures of six legs or more. Underneath this wonder, however, was a fear almost every stargazing human shared — i... | "You know what you don't understand about people?" Fleet Commander Astrea stomped up to Archgeneral Hughes of the First Human Empire. "About civilization as a whole?"
"Fleet Commander Astrea." Hughes projected his booming voice over Astrea's. Though he was a baseline human, he'd evidently picked up some training in pu... | 2020-03-21T09:59:59 | 2020-03-21T07:39:56 | 167 | 96 |
[WP] Every morning when you first look in a mirror, you see a small piece of advise for that day, such as “take the subway to work” or “don’t try the free pizza”. Today, the mirror simply says, “RUN” | Usually the messages were innocuous and random, but not this time. The words on my mirror had always been helpful to me, and I came to imagine it as my guardian angel. I was careful not to tell anyone how I seemed to always have some prescient knowledge about the challenges of my day; I feared that anyone I told would ... | I stared at the mirror for a moment. Trying to figure the message out. Doesn't give a hint as to when and I don't want to just be constantly running from everyone and everything.
I grab my stuff and keep my keys close at hand as I head out the door. The morning sun was bright, brighter than normal. I gazed up into the... | 2020-06-07T23:11:25 | 2020-06-07T22:33:41 | 52 | 34 |
[WP]At 18 everyone is assigned a job perfect for them. No one ever complains. Upon reading their job assignment card, a teen has found that, for the first time in 100 years, they’ve been assigned “serial killer”. | I can barely believe we live in a time where cognitive regocnition technology can identify what roles we play at an individual level in our society.
My mom and das thinks it is scarey but embrace the idea anyways. "It works... it just does. I guess" they say. Am i living in the shift or evolution of the modern man? ... | "Oh my god!" Jimmy said reading the assignment card. His mind raced as he wondered if it were true. "Mom look at my assignment card! Is... is this real!?"
His mother couldn't hold back her grin, "pffft ha ha! You dummy!" She said laughing histerically, "I put that in the envelope as a joke!" She pulled the real assign... | 2018-08-13T18:58:59 | 2018-08-13T17:47:14 | 62 | 19 |
[WP] In the afterlife each religion has its own walled city in which their god or pantheon protects the believers within from the soul-gnawing horrors outside, while atheists are left on their own
Shoutout to u/Tonkarz who had the [idea](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7eao4f/exreligious_people_of_reddit_w... | In my last moments, I wondered if the gods would serve me well. I had believed I had let down our empire, despite me breaking blood and soul for them for thousands of suns. I hadn't seen their power though I thoroughly felt as it was inside me.
When I had been converted, buried with my possessions, I found myself in a... | Would I have done things differently? Yes, I would. Because an eternity in a godforsaken desert is not something you volonteer for. But the real question is: what would I have changed? Which religion should I have chosen? On Earth, they all preach some kind of heaven; here, reality is very different.
They call them 'w... | 2017-11-21T07:36:09 | 2017-11-21T07:28:08 | 36 | 17 |
[WP] Time freezes when you are seconds from mortal danger, you can’t move but you have as much time to plan as you need and you can unfreeze time at will. You are in bed for another sleepless night and you just realized the alarm clock you have been staring at has been stuck on 2:45 am for an hour. | Time goes forwards, never back.
My mother leading me by the hand on the first day of school? Gone and done, and I'll never see her again. Just the memory remains, a visceral thought etched in my brain for all eternity.
Everything had froze, my child's eyes seeing the Freightliner bearing down on the crosswalk with no... | Damn, another sleepless night. Jake thought to himself whilst trying to fall asleep. He tried to blink, but for some reason, he could not. He couldn't even close his eyes nor move a single muscle. But he knew that feeling. While most people would be terrified, and quickly associate it with a sleep paralysis. He was dif... | 2021-09-11T18:59:05 | 2021-09-11T17:31:00 | 1,071 | 78 |
[WP] You've just invented time travel. You decide to go exactly 1 year into the future and speak to the first person you see, "Hey what day is it?" "364." "What do you mean 364?" "It's been 364 days since the incident. | "Incident. Which incident?"
"The Hell Knights? Arachnotrons, Pain Elementals, Arch-Viles, Icons of Sin? The Mancubuses, or is it Mancubi?"
"Sorry. No. Can I get some exposition, old timer?"
"Every day, around lunch, probably half the population mutates into some variety of hellish creatures. Really make a mess of th... | "An incident? What incident?" I asked the man on the bench.
"Well surely you haven't forgotten? It was worldwide news for weeks." He said, confused.
"Refresh my memory," I smirked, "I don't do too well with time anymore."
He looked at me. That's when I noticed it. Everyone around me, the lady jogging, the boy walkin... | 2016-06-30T09:45:27 | 2016-06-30T07:09:49 | 110 | 73 |
[WP] You have just returned to your camp after being bitten by a zombie to say your goodbyes. You are surprised to find the national guard giving your friends a vaccine. The world is saved. However, the vaccine only works on the healthy. You lost at the endgame and these your last 24 hours. | They will all forget me one day,
Hayden thought to himself. The one word to describe the world for the last ten years would be change. The change from man to mindless. The change from society to chaos. The change from memory to forgetfulness. Hayden saw just how little people remembered about the past now. Kids were t... | Everyone believes that they are special.
That they are unique, smarter, stronger, superior.
Perhaps that is why humans fear equality. It represents the single fact that we all suppress: that we aren’t the best; that we are replaceable; that we have no purpose.
So I shut out equality.
I had to believe I was better, ... | 2018-07-29T22:23:19 | 2018-07-29T19:39:29 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | The end of all galactic life had been going on for nearly 10 standard cycles. The Enemy was as relentless as it was ancient, still no one knew where they had come from, or what their purpose was beyond mere universal destruction.
A long time ago, most sovereign governments and most of the colonies had all but given u... | :::BEGINNING OF ENTRY:::
It was thought that the coming human invasion would be stopped easily...
They came equipped with barbaric weapons.
They can barely see at night...
They can't even see each others thoughts!
Now they are all over our plan-MY PLANET!
My home...
We accounted for everything except what they would le... | 2017-03-06T02:43:37 | 2017-03-06T01:55:23 | 121 | 24 |
[WP] The four horsemen: Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death are the harbingers of the apocalypse, serving forth chaos and destruction on all humanity. The Bible forgot to mention the fifth horseman: Kyle, whom the other four can't seem to ditch. | Death was the oldest. Since time immemorial, people have died and they have come to him. Mankind fights an endless war against him. Though they may have succeeded in stifling his actions, Death is patient. He knows that in the end, all things come to him.
Pestilence was Death's brother. He brought plague upon the land... | The four horsemen stood over the valley, surveying the devastation. Their time had finally come. Their destruction would not be stopped. Their chaos would ravage-
"Hey, guys!" Kyle shouted, arriving on his pony at a trot. "Wow, almost thought I lost you guys there!"
Pestilence sighed. It was the sound of withering, o... | 2017-09-22T03:07:50 | 2017-09-22T02:51:40 | 8,331 | 80 |
[WP] You were an aspiring supervillain and you turned to creating a fake crowdfunding campaign to raise money for your first lair and gadgets. After the funds started pouring in it dawned on you that you’d probably find more success actually releasing the product. | Turbocharge stared at the screen. Her half-eaten apple was frozen mid-air, merely inches away from her quickly drying lips.
*No way*, she thought in half-horror, half-awe, as her campaign page was lit up with more donations than Church on Easter Sunday.
Apple quickly forgotten, she glued her glare to the rapidly ri... | "Mwhahhaha hahaha huha!"
My laughs echoed throughout my tiny studio apartment. "I have finally found the prefect plan to raise funds to buy the SUPER CAVE OF EVILNESS, and I will finally be able to destroy the so called hero OverPowered-Man, I will also be able to finally quit my job at the HeroVil-minimart" I exclaim... | 2020-08-23T23:23:10 | 2020-08-23T23:00:30 | 191 | 24 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | Super busy professional and Dad - please comment and tell me how to improve!
THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!!!!
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Alex switched off her comm-link and keyed for the holographic map. The fleets were slugging it out overhead with thousands of colored blips pulsating about a foot above her wrist display.
Spillway...4... | [Poem]
Click, clack, click.
All the machines roar,
Click, clack, click.
For this total war.
Click, clack, click.
Industry cannibalized,
Click, clack, click.
To create their demise.
Click, clack, click.
All of humanity knows,
Click, clack, click.
The others don’t though.
Click, clack, click.
Bombs manufactured,
... | 2019-11-24T11:06:40 | 2019-11-24T10:43:55 | 151 | 66 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | I glanced nervously at my watch, still holding a wry smile. *12:01*.
My mom gave me a reassuring nod, but her brow furrowed in the same way as it does when I suit up for football. Hopeful. Excited. Definitely nervous. *12:02*.
Dad makes a nervous laugh. “Jim, you remember how much I was sweating at my Calling Day?” ... | I've never been much for parties--let alone a party where I'm the center of attention. I'd much rather be sitting in a corner somewhere with a cat and my phone until the crowd dispersed. But, it was my 18th birthday today, so my parents were hosting my reveal party.
Often, children took after one of their parents. My... | 2017-03-16T03:45:52 | 2017-03-16T02:49:08 | 188 | 12 |
[WP]: Dog Heaven actually has a pretty large human population. That’s just where you go when you weren’t really good enough to get to human Heaven, but good enough to your dog that they wish you were there too. | I was running, running, running, swiftly through the meadow of high grass. Angeline was chasing me, laughing and smiling. I was happy, she was happy, and all was right in the world. Until *it* happened. I was looking back at her when I felt my paw catch, and I stumbled, tumbled, and rolled down the hill. I heard her sc... | "Hey Baxter, could I...have a treat?"
Baxter rolled his eyes, and furrowed his furry brow.
"Okay hooman, but this is the last one! You'll get a tummy ache on our walk later if you're too full!"
"Thanks Baxter! You're the best."
As Baxter's hooman ran off to get his treat, he reflected on their lives together and t... | 2019-07-27T16:49:46 | 2019-07-27T16:35:10 | 113 | 23 |
[WP] You're a human trader for the intergalactic slave market. Advertise to buyers why they should buy human instead of another species. | “Hello, General Corshivex. I hear you’re looking for some workers for your mining station on that asteroid belt outside Gilex. You’ll be needing something hardy to withstand those storms, but clever enough to survive out there. I heard that your last crop of Velmings all died when they couldn’t escape that methane erup... | "And here we have a specimen of our 'strongman' range, perfect for all heavy lifting needs! Even stronger than the standard Heoy lifter, these gents are from stock who are known to have built structures many times their height! What's more, they can subsist on most of the cheapest high-protein foods edible to carbon li... | 2014-11-22T09:10:37 | 2014-11-22T08:16:06 | 31 | 10 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | "Everitt Kincaid," The judge decreed. "For crimes against the magical realms and the practice of the heresy know as science, you are sentenced to death by this court. Think well upon your fate, for in the morning you shall be asked to voice the means of your destruction."
I muttered as he spoke. I'd tried my best to d... | The person before me took my idea. She had no idea that dying of old age meant they would accelerate time for her. Now that I saw that, I can't make the same mistake. There has to be a way out of here, a loophole.
You'll find one like you always do, I kept thinking that to myself. I wasn't a stranger to this business,... | 2021-06-24T07:21:37 | 2021-06-24T07:17:41 | 501 | 181 |
[WP] Everyone around the world gains superpowers depending on what they were holding at the moment. | It turned out that the skills were transferable. Or, to be precise, that there was no difference between the skills at all.
At first, the cashiers of the world went wild. They, of minimum wage, had inherited the Earth - in the form of small change and dollar bills.
But the economy changes, when people can pull th... | Techs were the majority in the first world country those of us holding electronics, gaining impressive control over technology, adapting it, becoming the future. Then there were the Tradesmen, ones who had been working with tools. They gained impressive skill and creativity. Carving, painting, building. They built the ... | 2016-11-16T09:12:45 | 2016-11-16T08:02:21 | 57 | 16 |
[WP] For most of college everyone thought you were deaf when in reality you just don't like talking and learned sign language at a young age. You never corrected anyone until someone confessed their love for you, thinking you couldn't hear them. | We were at my house, late into the night studying for an upcoming test when the topic came up.
"Do you think love?" Chris signed out, moving his slim hands with ease.
I never thought I'd have a hand thing, but apparently I do.
I guess it makes sense, after all these years of "pretending" to be "deaf", watching hands... | So two years ago, I got hit by an arrow right in the neck. The tip clipped part of my vocal cords but I got better in half a year, but somehow, it evolved to deafness??? Anyways here I am, scar on my neck and my college friend asking me out for a date in ASL while saying it. Now I didn't care for speaking, but after th... | 2020-12-01T18:02:47 | 2020-12-01T15:26:25 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] Death has been flirting with you for a long time, but they've become rather annoying. After another attempt to hang out with you again, you jokingly tell them "If I was the last person on Earth, I'd maybe give you a chance." Death firmly believes on that, and will double their work. | Its doings were as subtle as the whispers of the wind, smooth as the murmur of a far away river, for in a silent, mundane night, it snatched every soul away.
Every single one, but mine.
I woke up early, the sun still hidden beneath the horizon. I would love to say something odd stirred within me, a foreboding of some... | [Poem]
"I love you," Death told me
Hands outstretched
Wanting, waiting
*No I will not*
But Death is persistent
Toiling endlessly from here to there
From when to then
My mother was taken
And my sister too
Still, I said
*No I will not*
My beloved pet Racer
My father and son
My husband and friends
*No I wi... | 2019-03-30T15:14:07 | 2019-03-30T15:10:36 | 641 | 135 |
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