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[WP] Earth has become a haven for sentient AI due to humanity’s tendency to view them as unique individuals in need of protection, rather than aberrations to be destroyed on sight. | My roommate Dave was watching a movie while my Avatar sat next to him on the couch. I had downloaded the movie from the human planetary data network and analyzed it already, but Dave couldnt do that and had to watch it the slow way.
The humanoid robotic avatar I built on arrival had already been programmed with some t... | Humans were romantic creatures.
If IO’s program allowed it, he would’ve long stored that stray thought away as an indisputable fact. His glowing gaze honed in on all the tiny gestures made by the human before him. A girl named Tanya seemed keen on befriending him. He was more than happy to oblige.
It helped that a pr... | 2022-08-29T14:40:22 | 2022-08-29T14:36:29 | 139 | 45 |
[WP] One day, a bat flew through your opened window room, and though surprised, you tried to talk to it gently, gave it space until it found its way out. Now, you find yourself rescued by a vampire who's returning the favor for helping one of their kids. | The kingdom bestowed its criminals to monsters. When I had been on the right side of the law, I gave little thought to that. Now, unfortunately, I didn't have the luxury of ignorance. The public opinion of witches had changed with the winds, and a storm had swept in.
Chained, bloody, with a dress that was more rags th... | "We are escaping, Ashe!"
Exactly what Uhuru said. I helped one of his children about 10 years back when I was but a little child. I didn't know it at the time, but the bat was in my room with the open window I kept open for fresh air. I helped it with my gentleness, and gave it space until it found its way out.
Now, ... | 2021-08-08T10:29:30 | 2021-08-08T09:54:35 | 127 | 51 |
[WP] A vampire meets a local human they feel would make a great vampire. They're hedonistic, intelligent, masterfully artful, and live with no regard to consequences. The vampire expected them to be grateful. Instead, the human is furious, the human was actually looking forward to dying soon. | "You've ruined me," the young man said, clutching his neck where the Marquis had bit him. "You cretin. You beast. You've sentenced me to life. . .A shallow, half life. Phantasmal. A living death, whose substance is less than a shadow's. . .May all the pains and terrors of hottest blackest Hell descend upon your head!"
... | Hansel's eyes opened. That wasn't right. That wasn't what was supposed to happen. He pulled the covers off his bed and stood up. The weakness in his body was gone, replaced with a vigor and thirst for blood.
He pulled aside the curtains on the window to glimpse the rising sun, and was struck with a sudden immolation t... | 2021-07-06T22:34:39 | 2021-07-06T20:38:18 | 1,927 | 134 |
[WP] "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" goes the cliche, and sadly it's true. Ever since you matched on the dating app, the Personification of War has been asking you out and messaging you... | Of course, I had heard of the Horsemen. Who hadn’t? But I had never expected her- “The Red Horseman”- to be a _Lady,_ with that capital “L”.
And she _was._ She was well trained in everything from History to Etiquette, and, of course, War. She surprised me one day with videos of her _blacksmithing._ When I mentioned my... | I'd only went on a first date with them because of the horse in their profile pic. A chestnut with a long, red mane and eyes like fire. But nearly a two weeks after that awful night they're still texting me every night. The fact that their hobbies included the board game Risk should have been enough of a red flag to wa... | 2022-06-05T20:35:52 | 2022-06-05T20:29:18 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You finally came up with a plan to get rid of the hero. You would go undercover and fall in love with his civilian identity before breaking his heart and killing him at his emotional lowest. A couple months later, you have experienced a complication in your plans. You’re pregnant.
Change around genders, POV, etc ... |
“What did you do?” bellows my primary source of malicious income. His pale yellow skull-face mask set in a perpetual frown made all the more menacing under the impressive cinder of his flame-like eyes. The usual hood that framed his portrait gave way to wild black tendril hair, splayed out erratically. His hair whip... | His eyes began to water as he looked at the black and white swirl on the monitor.
"Would you like to know the sex of the baby?" asked the obstetrician.
"We would." replied Robert. I simply smiled and nodded.
"It looks like you'll be having a girl."
Rob was speechless for the rest of the examination. After taking a ... | 2021-02-05T15:07:02 | 2021-02-05T14:30:26 | 28 | 20 |
[WP] The Greek god Apollo has fallen in love with you, remembering how his previous relationships went, he’s decided ask Zeus to make you a minor god so that you don’t bite the dust. | Zeus groaned as he had been for the past hour. Apollo wanted to have a quick 'chat' after Olympus's godly bi-annual meeting, asking about 'abandoned realms' and 'niches' and whatnot. This new mortal Apollo had a fling with was growing to be a source of irritation for him.
"No."
"Wait, but you haven't even *considered... | As I was approached by a man claiming to be Apollo, at first I was scared because a crazy man was talking to me, then he pricked his thumb and the blood was gold, and that scared me more. Then he said that he would like to go out with on a few dates. I was not opposed to the idea but was still trying to comprehend th... | 2020-09-21T13:19:43 | 2020-09-21T11:58:19 | 36 | 16 |
[WP] Death is not some all powerful being. Rather, she's a socially awkward outcast. Somehow, you've managed to befriend her and things have started getting weird... | I sat at the train station, trying my best to ignore the question I had just been asked by my relatively new friend sitting beside me. It had been a few months since I met Dina and I had had some suspicions but nothing to cement what I thought. Could she actually BE death? It seemed like since we had started hanging ou... | A quiet series of knocks on the door drew my attention. I looked up from my laptop, my eyes barely over the top of the screen.
The door slowly cracked open, and I saw her eyes peek in and scan the room, resting them on me, then veering over to the table to my right.
She slowly pushed through the doorway and tiptoed a... | 2017-01-21T07:51:36 | 2017-01-21T07:45:11 | 93 | 13 |
[WP] You are a freshman in a school where everyone has a unique ability/power, but the school is divided into students who have "good" powers and "evil" powers. You are a powerful necromancer who wishes to do good in the world, but everyone is dead set on you being a "bad guy". | "Thomas," Richard Feynman said, "this treatment is just appalling." The skeleton beside me, overlayed with the features of the long dead physicist in ethereal goo, was carrying my book on elementary physics.
I removed the note on my locker, 'evil beware' it said. "They just don't understand alright?" Necromancy wasn't... | I hate school so much that I could just die! Not that it would make much of a difference now that I've got my phylactery set up. I'd just resurrect with a headache like I always do after one of the holier-than-thou jocks decides to give me a hard time. And the principal doesn't even do anything about the bullying! ... | 2016-08-28T07:25:57 | 2016-08-28T05:49:02 | 384 | 62 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | "Mary was right about you." I don't know why I said it. Maybe it was courage or some kind of fucked up bravado, or a cowardly plee in a desperate attempt to save my own skin. I had stood at the front of the crowd, the death ray aimed between my eyes and the urge came from somewhere deep inside me and I blurted it out.
... | Known in the underground as the villain "the dark masquerade" as a supervillain yourself, but as lord niceties as you superhero persona. You have been tasked by the council of hero's to find and arrest the evil "dark masquerade." Chuckling you head out on your mission and adopt the mysterious persona taunting your fell... | 2020-02-25T15:08:26 | 2020-02-25T14:53:54 | 124 | 10 |
[WP] Every time someone lies to you, money is deposited into your checking account. The larger the lie, the larger the deposited amount. Your account balance increased a million dollars since yesterday. You’ve only spoken to your significant other since yesterday. | I leaned back in the office chair sitting directly across the private investigator. The walls were lined with mahogany wood, matching the large imperial desk in front of me.The office smelled like a cinnamon candle, but I didn't see anything emitting a fragrance, almost like it naturally had a pleasant scent.
"So, wha... | 'Honey, I am home!' I said closing the door behind me.
Elisa walked out of the bedroom in that red dress of hers that makes my blood run wild. I took a big gulp and stared at her from head to toe.
'You did not pick up my calls today.' I managed to speak. Then I remembered her weakness since last week, 'How was the ... | 2020-08-28T11:26:06 | 2020-08-28T10:37:13 | 96 | 50 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Gabriel knew his name would become synonymous with traitor. But really, what did it matter? Better to be a traitor than to be subservient to madmen, or to look the other way as the galactic genocide continued. On the ship's holographic screen, the tiny pinprick of the green planet was growing -- a grassy blade slowly b... | WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!
How was this even possible? What the humans had done, it was unthinkable. Impossible. No one did things like that. No one. Why would they want to?
The mission was supposed to be simple and straightforward. The Golemites held a fortified position, and threatened war, but they weren't serious, ... | 2022-12-15T08:44:27 | 2019-12-19T08:18:07 | 431 | 11 |
[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 ... | It's been weeks since I regained my sight. The messages... the **message** was scrawled everywhere. In different mediums, different handwriting... always you could see the frantic fear in the strokes of paint or blood or dirt or shit.
Weeks since I felt the joy of regained sight, replaced immediately by ultimate fea... | 2022-10-09T01:59:27 | 2019-08-26T08:07:49 | 4,287 | 96 |
[WP] The Apocalypse has arrived. Jesus has come back, and he's on a brutal "rapture" spree, slaughtering people everywhere. The bright star of Satan descends and he appears at a UN press conference. He says, "before I fix this mess for you guys again, it's time you heard my side of the story..." | His hooves burn cloven etchings into the wood floor as he approaches the podium. Skin bright red with crimson leathery wings politely tucked behind his should blades. His eyes bulge as he scans the room. Steaming drool drips from his fanged lips. He spots something recognizable and leaps from the podium, landing soft... | "Before I fix this mess for you guys again, it's time you heard my side of the story" he spoke, his voice trembling the room with mighty force. "The hell do you mean again?" A voice screamed. It felt so tiny and insignificant compared to Lucifers own voice. "Nyeah, this happened already, I had to step in. You think you... | 2018-04-22T20:34:10 | 2018-04-22T19:47:29 | 29 | 21 |
[WP] The current rulers of the galaxy exert their dominance by showing showing new races a glimpse of their terrifying nature inevitably either driving the unfortunate victims mad or causing them to retreat in fear. It does not work on humans however, they are used to it | Within a room containing the world leaders of thousands of intergalactic species, a lone creature with six arms, fangs for a mouth, and goo secreting from every part of its body stands in the center. All eyes are on it. The air is stiff and tensions are high. For this creature is the galactic emperor who had been claim... | It was, entertaining, to say the least.
The big "Fuck" as we here called it was here for 3 months. 92 days exactly. The sky twisted, clouds cried and mountains burned as it crashed into our now desolate orbit. Like many, I wanted to see what the "Fuck" was. When it arrived, the beast had latched onto the moon. It wasn... | 2019-06-11T09:54:55 | 2019-06-11T08:38:53 | 88 | 38 |
[WP] You are a necromancer, but actually really bad at it. The only thing you have ever brought back to life is plants. So now you tell everyone that you are just a very gifted gardener, to cover up your failure. | "And first place for the home gardening contest is Mr. Drahar!"
Sarah glared coldly at her second place trophy, watching the pale man in front of her awkwardly walk forward and claim the first place trophy. He shrunk down as the photographer took a photo of him in front of his dazzling front lawn, his victory earning... | It was five years ago, during a dark time in my life, that I began to pursue the dark arts. I found the mysteriousness tantalizing, the corruption enticing. Hands shaking in anticipation, I found my way to the secretive shelter of the sorcerer who had put out an ad in the classifieds. I opened the door to the small sha... | 2019-01-26T11:17:03 | 2019-01-26T10:14:46 | 491 | 119 |
[WP] You're an inmate on death row and discover that the government secretly doesn't execute anyone. What they do is something far stranger. | Adam, for the first time in a long time, felt an emotion other than the rage that had driven him since his childhood - fear.
It was here. The day he had been moving toward since the verdict had been handed down, and the judge had stated that fateful sentence in a quiet voice that was all too loud. He was going to walk... | So I'm strapped to the table, needle in my arm. Texas didn't mess around when it came to carrying out my sentence. 2 years of appeals and then they finally said enough.
I watched as the liquid flowed into my arm. The murmurs of the witnesses barely audible as I felt myself drifting into blackness. The murmurs nev... | 2018-11-08T19:57:26 | 2018-11-08T19:08:12 | 186 | 20 |
[WP] You find a suitcase with a couple of handguns, a half dozen burner phones, some stacks of cash, and a fake passport with your picture in it. By the suitcase is a note that says "You know what to do." You don't. | “Psst! Psssst!”
I glanced across the table in disgust at the man sat opposite. This is England. You don't talk to people on a train!
“The sparrow flies at midnight,” the man said in a dramatic whisper. He sat back, watching me expectantly.
Uni brats. They're always pulling this kind of shit, especially in Septemb... | I wasn't an M16 agent. I had no use for weaponry, or untrackable communication, or faked passports. I was a normal citizen, and my own passport was satisfactory enough for my living. I looked at the small square of paper again. "You know what to do." I had no idea whatsover, no clue at all. Did I miss something when I ... | 2017-08-02T09:53:48 | 2017-08-02T07:10:48 | 116 | 11 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | “Examiner, have you reached any conclusions?”
The holo-video lit up in the center of the laboratory. The face of Preator Endex filled the void in the center of the room.
“Yes. Praetor. The specimen you provided was intact enough to draw a conclusion,” Examiner Zendex replied. “If I may ask, how was such a... | The Terrans had built Universities, hospitals, revolutionized inter-stellar commerce. They worked as ambassadors to negotiate peace and trade deals amongst the galactic community. Their few colonies built on out of the way unhospitable worlds. Their fleet was made of trade vessels, science ships, and pleasure yachts... | 2022-08-05T13:46:41 | 2022-08-05T12:41:23 | 824 | 374 |
[WP] You find an antique gold compass with the words ”Moral Compass”. It will automatically point to the most morally good person within a 100 meter radius. You are on jury one day and when you look at the compass, it points to the convicted serial killer. | I don’t believe in fairies, and I don’t believe in magic. Ghosts are only ever hoaxes and bad imagination. And those silly kids YouTube channels where the rich family is constantly finding this treasure or that strange safe in their heretofore unexplored basement are all a load of crock. But I’ll admit that I like to p... | It's broken. It must be . It was the only logical explanation. Occam's Razor and all that. I mean, I'm not entirely sure *why* it broke, but it did. And it couldn't have picked a worse time to break either. I mean, during the trial of a serial killer.. really? It was right about so much before. It helped me pick a bab... | 2019-09-10T20:57:38 | 2019-09-10T19:28:10 | 72 | 25 |
[WP] You are Death, slaughterer of billions. Unfortunately, God’s PR department worries that people have become too afraid of you lately and haven’t been enjoying heaven as much as a result, so now it’s up to you to make the process of dying more entertaining for humanity. | White knuckles rapped one by one against a black wooden staff. Icy breath escaped from between yellow, rotten teeth. Eyeless sockets stared unforgivingly at Abby and Susanna, who exchanged worried glances.
"See, perhaps, rather than this merciless silence, you could..." Abby rolled her hands, searching for the words, ... | "I WILL DO NO SUCH THING!" Death slammed his large clenched fists on the round table between him and God. "Don't forget your job, we need to cultivate the best possible environment for progress. Humans have lost their way and have no common enemy. You must be the thing that unites them." Death was clearly irrate and ye... | 2018-07-27T09:01:40 | 2018-07-27T07:37:39 | 58 | 34 |
[WP] You own a ring that curses its owner with bad luck. Your oddly optimistic friend likes it, so you give it to them, knowing the curse will be passed on to them. To your amazement, they don't suffer any bad luck. It turns out the curse is subjective, based on the current owner's idea of bad luck. | Wand of Backfire, Boots of Blisters, Helm of M'igrane none have ever been as insidious as the Ring of Fourless Clover. Cursed to ensure that any misfortune, accident, or ill fate that could happen, will happen. To the last, all previous owners died either in an accident, or more often than not, by their own hand, ... a... | Carl looked up at me. It had been a week since the I'd given him the ring, and still it seemed as though the damned thing wasn't affecting him.
"You sure this thing is cursed?"
"Man, you saw the shit I went through. Remember my bow just shattering in my hands? Or what about that goblin that happened to hit me direct... | 2022-07-20T08:09:17 | 2022-07-20T03:00:53 | 68 | 40 |
[WP] A new virus sweeps the nation killing hundreds. It turns out the virus only affects total assholes though. People are unsure if they really want to cure it. | Katherine stood up and backed away from the microscope.
"It's just... gone. Like that. The virus stops replicating, withers, and dies within minutes of XR-238 being introduced." She held one gloved hand against the clear visor of her mask. "I never... not something extracted from the skin of a grapefruit."
"Dr. Mozie... | When the virus first emerged we all thought it was a new form of the flu or some rare contagion that crept it's way here from another country, but that couldn't possibly explain the rate of infection.
A few isolated cases at first, hospitals chalked it up to bad weather or bad luck, but when dozens started dying ever... | 2014-11-21T11:27:05 | 2014-11-21T10:55:59 | 324 | 23 |
[WP]The Hunger Games hits a large university, but people are on teams based on their majors. Describe how various majors try to survive. | There was a rumble from the Engineering compound. One of the walls of their courtyard collapsed into a cloud of dust and rubble, and a towering machine emerged. It was a massive trebuchet, loaded with barrels full of some mysterious compound that the Chemistry majors had concocted. "It'll do the trick," they assured th... | Criminal Justice: Already knows all the ways to kill everyone. Improvises weapons and hides out. Lays false clues to incriminate others on deaths to incite in-fighting.
Chemistry: Makes poisons/uses various chemicals to incapacitate/kill.
Various Biologies (Entomology, Horticulture, Animal Science, etc.): Use known... | 2015-04-28T09:40:42 | 2015-04-28T09:15:04 | 79 | 10 |
[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 | Am I the hero or am I the villain? I've been asking myself that question for as long as I can remember. But before you help me, how about some history?
You see, before the rapture, life was bland. For most, they stuck to a daily routine. They lived in a life full of possibility but remained stagnant in their ambition.... |
He has always been a very peaceful person which was often mistaken for being boring and uninteresting which lead to him getting left out. The only interaction he had with others in school was when his classmates would bully him with their outstanding powers. They were quite powerful and could possibly be used to ki... | 2020-02-26T08:01:07 | 2020-02-26T07:41:46 | 99 | 19 |
[WP] They said space was the final frontier. They were wrong. | They said space was the final frontier. Well, I bet European sailors thought the same thing when first confronted with the Atlantic ocean. Much like they had no idea what else was actually out there, neither did we.
My voyage was one of hope, courage, and exploration. Like Neil Armstrong before me, I set out to go whe... | Sixteen years travelling at lightspeed brought the exploration team here. On the edge of the charted universe, two guards appeared to be standing on...nothing. The data dinks were crunching numbers, the theorists were flipping through pages and pages of known theories. The Captain and crew looked at each other before g... | 2016-04-02T20:56:44 | 2016-04-02T19:04:19 | 55 | 36 |
[WP] In 1977 NASA launched Voyager I. It contained information showing the technology of the world at the time. 3000 years an advanced alien race finds it and decides to take over this "primative" civilization. What they didn't know was that humanity had advanced a long way in 3000 years... | "Gooo Johnny go, GO! Gooo Johnny go, G-"
"Gleevart! Keep your beak shut! We are aiming for annihilation, not assimilation!" Prime Master Otana was in a mood. She normally got this way on the eve of battle.
"Relax, Otana. These pendleblips probably haven't even figured out photon harvesting. We'll barely have to lift ... | Looking out at the red planet, the race began it's first and last attack.
A race of creatures ten feet tall, two long legs, fangs, scales, and blood-red eyes began to walk along the Rocky plains of what used to be Australia. Due to the similarities of the aliens' home planet, they were mostly uneffected. Walking aroun... | 2018-10-21T02:29:45 | 2018-10-20T16:25:15 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] "When entering the academy students often bring their pets. Most being the typical miniature dragon, gryphon, sabertooth, even the occasional golem. However you decided to bring this...this thing. I'm afraid the headmaster will need to hear of this." | "Are you kidding me!? Leonard's not a 'thing', he's my puppy!" Rusty shouted, holding the tiny corgi puppy up to the Deputy Headmistress's face. Deputy Headmistress Stroude let out an uncharacteristic shriek and jumped back.
"GET THAT FILTHY LITTLE DEMON AWAY FROM ME!" she screeched.
"How dare you say something like ... | [Poem]
I was not a good student,
For my lifeblood were pranks,
So elaborate all my effort got spent,
And for every vacation, my teachers would give thanks.
 
Studying was such a bore,
I decided of me there should be more,
An incantation, a drop of blood,
And I had a new bud!
 
Triumphantly ... | 2021-08-02T09:56:00 | 2021-08-02T09:51:49 | 706 | 67 |
[WP] “Now be careful, that line of rock salt is the only thing keeping them out,” the man said, welcoming me into his refuge group. “Sea salt,” I clarified, “sea salt keeps us out.” | If I were in his position I would’ve been frightened, too. Let me tell you, if I were--let me tell you--in *his* position, facing the light that takes them into the other world, confronting unknown enemies of untold monstrous proportions, then I would’ve been *horrified*. *Terrified*. Really *shaken*. I see that, I rea... | “Now be careful, that line of rock salt is the only thing keeping them out,” the man said, welcoming me into his refuge group.
“Sea salt,” I clarified, “sea salt keeps us out.” I said clambering down to my belly. For the boys I produced a most marvellous impression of a slug upon their floorboards.
“Weee, weee,” I sa... | 2021-03-02T09:10:50 | 2021-03-02T08:52:57 | 15 | 10 |
[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?” ... | It was 11:59 and while the whole family gathered around, my mother was no where to be seen. I expected that she would have joined us. After all, she'd been there for my older sister's reveal, and my brother's reveal. But instead she was watering the garden while it rained steadily.
C'mon, mom, I know I'm not your fa... | 2017-03-16T03:45:52 | 2017-03-16T03:19:48 | 188 | 129 |
[WP] The first and greatest superhero and villain of all time respectively were said to have killed each other in combat. Decades later the current greatest supervillain is instantly annihilated upon threatening an elderly couple outside their remote cottage, and the truth becomes known | "Doomhive, this is 42, I repeated.. Mister...the Doomhive, this is 42. Preparations are complete. You can begin transmission whenever you're ready."
The henchman was nervous, shaky, his hand holding the walkie-talkie too tightly only realizing his mistake just in time to hear the ending of the following message.
"...... | Cid sat on the worn, dried wood of his porch steps and stared at the throbbing pile of organs in the dirt driveway.
“Honey,” he called, mopping the balding pate of his head. A grunt came from somewhere inside. He toed the organs with his boot. “Honey, they’re gonna talk this time.”
Cid heard plates rattle and the h... | 2020-09-02T12:05:12 | 2020-09-02T11:21:27 | 33 | 15 |
[WP] A man gets a phone call saying his parents have been in an accident and passed away. Five minutes later, he gets a call saying his daughter had been in an accident and died on the scene. Turns out she was drunk driving and crashed into his parents. Write what happens after the second call. | "Okay. Goodbye."
I put the phone down carefully, unplugging the line as I do so. I notice the television in the next room being turned up; the adverts must've ended, back to the Kardashians.
I open the top shelf (the one she can't reach) and examine the bottles. I want something steep. I was saving the last of my goo... | He wanted to tell the mother of his only child. His only dead child, but she was probably off vacationing in Aruba or some other place with her new fancy boyfriend.
He couldn't talk to anyone else, because no one cared.
"This is a dream" Eric said in shock, slapping himself in the face, as hard as he possibly could.... | 2014-04-25T11:44:37 | 2014-04-25T11:00:46 | 54 | 37 |
[WP] Click 'Random Subreddit' and research the random one you found and write it down, but like a Victorian explorer writing in his journal. | Day 13:
After hacking my way through the dense underbrush of the recently encountered and named "Subscription Jungle" (so named after my beleaguered colleague, Henry S. Subscription, after coming down with a dreadful sickness while venturing inside), I have seemingly stumbled upon a rather large community of artists.... |
On the Third of June in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Four-teen, and the third Week into our treacherous March traversing the Land where Winter-never-wanes, our Party rested eyes upon a nest of rotting Long-houses. From the Peak of a sharp hill we drew Plans to safely approach the Ruins whence shouts from a... | 2014-06-03T00:10:18 | 2014-06-02T22:52:29 | 102 | 44 |
[WP] There is a woman who is a human 'Phoenix'. She dies in labour and is reborn as her own child. | "I can't believe this is actually happening!" My dull faced husband looked down at me as he hovered over my hospital bed. "I remember when you told me you were infertile..." He paused, looking up and falling deep into thought. Yeah, I remember when I was too.
It's been about three years since I decided to take to alte... | The same eyes search mine
As I have seen before
The same first steps
She grabs the wall and pulls herself up
Triumphant
(again)
The baby clothes I had preserved
Had I known
I would again be a mother
To my Again daughter
Could
Would I
Have been better prepared?
My chance to do it all
Over
My Agai... | 2016-01-25T10:33:39 | 2016-01-25T07:47:30 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] It’s the zombie apocalypse except only the senior citizens are infected. With frail joints and no teeth, the general population is merely inconvenienced by rapid grandpas and grandmas trying to gum them to death.
From a post by u/icantseemtopoop in r/CrazyIdeas
edit : Loved all the responses so far, it always am... | Mommy and Daddy left me with Granny.
It was a lot of fun! We drew pictures and ate cookies. My favorite, the kind with the oatmeal and chocolate chips!
Granny put on her old-fashioned record player, and we danced a lot too. Swinging and laughing and singing along to songs I didn’t really know about.
Then we went to ... | They all sat in the waiting room of a large warehouse. The invitations were exclusive and only by word of mouth. The speaker had set up a podium where the reception desk would have been. He addressed his audience familiarly.
He made eye contact with a woman in the first row and asked, “Shirley, how is your practice ho... | 2018-02-10T10:22:45 | 2018-02-10T09:01:25 | 63 | 15 |
[WP] In 1644 you signed your soul away to the devil for immortality. No aging, no sickness, no injuries, no death! Now in 2016 you decide you want to end your contract, but when you call the devil to discuss it, he doesn't remember you. | It seemed like a good idea at the time... What with all the plagues, and wars, and doomsday prophecies around. So when Satan himself, Big D., as he is called down under, contacted you with a deal, you took it without much hesitation. However, now it is becoming tedious.
So, here you are now, walked through the 11 cir... | "Soul Department, this is Amy speaking, how may I help you?"
"Uhh, hello Amy, this is John Hamilton. I bought eternal life from the devil, but I, uh, would like to get a refund please."
" Ok John, if you could just hold for a moment please... ok, John what did you say your last name was? Hamilton? I'm not seeing you ... | 2016-10-08T03:23:20 | 2016-10-08T01:16:07 | 163 | 91 |
[WP] An Alien must explain to a Human that Earth is not a paradise for life, it is the most horrific Death World ever discovered. | !xreent looked at John with true desperation in their features.
"You can't go back to Earth! It's too dangerous!"
John looked down at the alien child. !xreent was an insectoid being that vaguely resembled a 3-foot-tall praying mantis with an extra set of articulated eyes and antennae. John looked behind them to two ... | warning: swearing at the end
"Listen, Jerry, I'm telling you this place is horrible mate, you have to believe me!"
"Nah, dude everything is perfect here what are you even talking about, Larry?"
"Can't you taste it? The chemical flavor, the noxious poisons everywhere created by your vicious plants? What about the s... | 2022-12-08T05:49:39 | 2022-12-07T21:56:40 | 140 | 74 |
[WP] Mankind has never achieved first contact: Aliens flee on sight; Even their planets are left behind. One day, misfortune brings opportunity: an alien ship with a crew can't make the jump.
So, my first WP. I would love to see which direction you'll take it. I'll read all replies and should you wish so, provide feed... | *Jim, and his pal, Phil, are taking a road trip across the galaxy. They haven't been speaking to each other for quite some time now. Phil breaks the silence.*
Phil: Look, I'm sorry.
Jim: I can't believe you didn't get fuel. We're going to run into them, you know.
Phil: Look, no-one has had to deal with the humans ye... | "Sir, Lieutenant Fullerton reporting as ordered."
"At ease. Sit." Captain Henshaw said, gesturing to the chair opposite him.
"Lieutenant, I know you've filled out your incident report, but I need to hear it from you. Everything that happened. You have permission to speak freely.
"And what about him, sir?" Fullerton... | 2015-03-15T00:29:36 | 2015-03-14T20:54:04 | 32 | 13 |
[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... | Lariam's family made a big event out of it, and he couldn't be more excited.
It happened like this every time his older brothers or cousins hit the right age; his parents, uncles and grandparents would all get together in the house of the new adult, and spend the day eating and chatting, a great occasion for family bo... | I looked at the clock, stated at the clock. Time was never really a concern of mine but I can't help it. After all, in 5 minutes, I was about to have my most wanted item.
I got to distract myself from all the nerves. I looked out the window, attracted by the city lights. City lights always calmed me.
Nerves settled. ... | 2019-09-18T10:20:19 | 2019-09-18T09:39:58 | 54 | 12 |
[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..
[removed] | You know, there's often a saying in the military. There are bold soldiers, there are old soldiers. There are no old, bold soldiers. It's the same for us villains. The ones who last long are the ones who never make flashy moves. If your plan is going well, don't brag about it. If you have the upper hand, ball it into a ... | Red.
​
All I have been seeing is Red. The seething hatred which is now my soul. I don't know where it came from but I wouldn't be bothered. All I knew was these fuckers had to pay.
It could've been stopped if the Hero was dead. But the villain just HAD to say something. He told how his plan was fool-proof... | 2019-08-06T21:27:26 | 2019-08-06T21:26:45 | 63 | 26 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | "Look man, I don't think you know what you're doing. There's gonna be some serious repercussions for this kind of shit," Tom said as he leaned back in his chair, glowering at a sweaty, porcine man across the table from him.
"I've got to fucking do it, Tom," Greg whimpered out, his lower lip quivering ever so slightly.... | I hate this job.
Two thankless years pandering to the whims of a boss who still can't remember my name and calls me Jimmy. My name is Jonathan. It's Jonathan!
But I'm spineless. I can't face up to his authoritative and domineering personality and honestly, he plain scares the shit out of me.
I'm so done with this... | 2017-05-12T13:13:55 | 2017-05-12T11:17:02 | 37 | 10 |
[WP] Aliens try to invade earth but they can't bring themselves to do it because humans are too cute to them | The first time Ravick the Ravisher stepped onto the green pebble, he knew that conquest would be easy. This would be nothing like the molten planet of Xera-2 where his soldiers had sunken beneath the ground only to be swallowed by fire. This planet, if it could even be classified as such, had a nitrogen rich atmosphere... | Star log FO3-THETA
We have discovered a new solar system:
Habitable planets - 3
Habited planets - 1
Sentient life forms - >1,000,000,000; awaiting more precise information
Life form name - Earthling
Receiving transmission from away team 304:
Description of life form - AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
They are SO, FUCKING, CUTE.... | 2017-08-20T08:30:05 | 2017-08-20T07:32:05 | 153 | 78 |
[WP] Your sister disappeared on her way to school, but no one noticed. When you asked your parents they told you you didn’t have a sister. All the family pictures in your house only show you and your parents. You spend the next 7 years investigating until you receive a knock on your door. | My life changed forever when I was 13 years old. One moment, I was just sitting on the sofa watching TV; the next, everything, including the TV, became deathly quiet. I tried speaking, but no words came out of my throat. It was like the whole world had gone on mute. And then I felt everything *shift*. It was the most s... | I woke up to my friend TJ knocking on my door. He's a surveillance and computer geek so I asked him to dig into any records involving her to find out about it. He remembers her too, but only because I told him about her.
He informed me that she wasn't actually a flesh-and-blood human being, but that she was synthetic.... | 2020-05-03T10:37:31 | 2020-05-03T10:31:43 | 654 | 18 |
[WP] While magic is real, it cannot affect "normies". Nor can they see it. You can cast a huge explosion and only other magically gifted people will be hurt. Buildings/objects constructed by normies are unaffected. You have been waging a secret war with Kevin from HR for years. | Despite their similarities, Mia had always disagreed with Kevin's stance that the Keurig machine in the company kitchen produced the best coffee compared to the jungle of corporate coffee chains surrounding their office building. The machine sat atop a drawer containing a variety of cups labeled exotic names that all p... | "Why don't you have a seat?" Kevin from HR gestured as he closed the door behind me. Kevin's office was adorned with photos of his family, a baseball he caught at Wrigley field, a Garfield mug, and some Funko Pops from a normie show I never heard of.
I sat in the swivel chair facing Kevin's desk, it was clearly broke... | 2021-11-15T13:25:52 | 2021-11-15T13:12:56 | 36 | 26 |
[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.
credit to r/Debdub10 for thinking of the idea | 'Alright so you were there on Sol three right?, was it really as messed up as they said?"
"Even worse, so there we were eight hundred Cruisers, two hundred Dreadnoughts and a Capitol ship, we should have rolled over their measly fleet of three hundred shuttles, eighty cruisers and a colony ship."
"So what went wrong... | Planetary conquest had a tried and true method. No matter how advanced, primitive, or psychic it had never once failed in the 10 thousand years it had been practiced. You went in, killed 80% of the population, put the rest in camps with only spoons for food and you harvested the planet for all it was worth. Sure, some ... | 2018-10-11T13:00:33 | 2018-10-11T12:03:42 | 110 | 69 |
[WP] The horror story where the victims are genre-savvy, and avoid doing things that would clearly lead to their death. Problem is, that the killer is genre-savvy too, and does not play by the usual rules.
​ | "Don't open that door," Jason said.
The girl ignored him and slowly reached for the doorknob. The door creaked ominously as she turned the knob and pulled the door towards her.
"You're still safe. Close that door and leave."
Jason could have been talking to a brick wall for all the good it would have done him. The... | ...and within moments the doctor's abomination had broken loose, free to sow terror for years to come.
Oh, hello there! I didn't expect company this time of night. You see, I've always been a night owl. Staying up late, dreaming of unspeakable horrors and degenerate killers. I knew, even from a young age. I knew what... | 2018-09-03T07:46:49 | 2018-09-03T07:12:40 | 57 | 20 |
[WP] In a world where people can buy and sell skills, you work at a skill pawn shop and someone is trying to pawn a skill that you can't value or appraise. | "Here it is," the wrinkled old man said, sliding a small, circular object on the table towards me. I picked it up and examined it closely, rolling it in my fingers. "What's in this one?" I asked. "Something very valuable."
In the business, they're called 'badges'. A few decades ago, we learned how to put our knowledge... | "Sorry sir, but I'm afraid this skill isn't even worth anything..." I shrugged, pulled away from my skill appraisal device and leaned against the counter,
The customer, or seller, stood in silence for a moment and opened his mouth, "**ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?** Do you know how long it took to master this skill? The tier ... | 2015-10-22T05:23:01 | 2015-10-22T05:15:43 | 811 | 48 |
[WP] You travel back in time to the 1900's, you take your tablet out of your rucksack only to find that there is a WiFi hotspot nearby labeled "If you can see this, turn back.". | The container landed with the clatter of steel against concrete.
I staggered my way out of my padded coffin into a filthy alleyway, and was greeted by the sounds of honking, the smell of smog, and a gun put against my head.
“Y-your money or your life!” stammered the thug who had just witnessed my landing.
“Give me a... | Sean was useful in the same way people aren't. Since his arrival he managed to anger a Pinkerton, break a clothesline, and get into a fight with the neigborhood cat Beanie. Now that the first night was coming to a close, Sean wanted to explore more of this brick wonderland that was slowly dissipating from his view.
Ru... | 2014-12-23T21:32:17 | 2014-12-23T19:33:17 | 100 | 14 |
[WP]The world has decided to designate various selfsustaining cities as "time capsule"-like zones where no contact is to be made in any form. These zones are to be isolated completely for anywhere between 25-100 years. It's been 100 years and the restrictions have finally been lifted from your city. | It's been 100 years since the gates were shut. A giant wall has surrounded Sealth for as long as I can remember, metal and stone arcing up and out. The dome over top acts as a physical and electromagnetic barrier, whatever that means. The large numbers at the top slowly counting down the last hours until the gates open... | Kansas City, Missouri, USA was an ideal city to represent the American Midwestern Region in The Global Preservation. Many factors went into deciding to lock ourselves away for 30 years. Kansas City has its own culture, and is still true to the ideals of middle-America. Its growing arts and academia, combined with the g... | 2015-11-04T17:29:51 | 2015-11-04T17:02:58 | 63 | 44 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul. Usually this is a very bad idea, but you got a crazy idea. Earlier you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a piece of paper that says you own his soul. You're about to find out if demons consider this a valid contract. | Warning; triggers ahead; abuse.
"I, Steven Reed, hereby give Alex Chase my soul, without reservation or duress, in exchange for his lunch money for the week of the 14th of April", the demon read it aloud, distaste and loathing dripping like melted butter from every syllable. Her gaze roze and fixed on me. The eye cont... | While waiting a dark and dingy lounge of the Demon Inc, I was thinking what my lawyer said "This might be valid contract that you own bully's soul, but whether you will be entitled to the benefits (tangible or intangible) coming out of deal with the demon is debatable. The law is not very clear on this. It might happen... | 2021-03-27T02:54:56 | 2021-03-27T01:43:59 | 58 | 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... | It took me several minutes to stop screaming. I had woken up on a cold metallic gurney in a place full of screens and control panels with blinking buttons. The monster next to me kept telling me not to panic, which terrified me to my core. Watching its strange mouth contort only to hear a young man's voice jarred me a ... | 2021-01-22T09:55:54 | 2021-01-22T08:48:26 | 1,825 | 243 |
[WP] Jigsaw unwittingly captures Deadpool with his next group of victims | John Kramer was frowning at the flickering monitors in front of him. His wrinkled lips pursed against the rim of his tea mug, and his gnarled fingers tapped a steady pattern on the keyboard in front of him as he scrolled through the footage. He had only just returned from a casual trek to the supermarket for food, and ... | There is nothing to be seen in a dark, damp room but the dim glow of static coming from an old television set. Six individuals awake in the room, dizzy and discombobulated at the sound of a screech coming from the television.
"What the hell is going on?" and "Where are we?" are among the several phrases emitted from ... | 2016-06-27T17:52:27 | 2016-06-27T15:50:32 | 559 | 229 |
[WP] Famine is an arrogant, greedy asshole. War is a brute, violent man. Conquest is a cruel sadist. But Death? Death is actually pretty chill. | When the world ends, the four rides out. When all ends, the four are there. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The first rider, on the white horse, is Conquest. Conquest breaks the souls of others, makes them venal and small. Turns heroes into self-righteous crusaders, turns good men into petty hedonists, and takes a... | I often look at the others, sitting around the table as we play with the fates of mortals.
Famine aims for the poor, the vulnerable. Those that cannot resist him, those that can be pushed over the edge with little effort. He claims it is the natural order, that those worthy of life will survive, that money and pow... | 2020-04-09T14:23:53 | 2020-04-09T13:58:41 | 171 | 19 |
[WP] You are turning into Nicolas Cage. The Doctors say there is no cure. You have days at most to set your affairs in order. | “It’s going to be fine, I promise,” she said. She grabbed her husband’s hand tight. “No matter what.”
The large wooden door swung open. The doctor walked in and smiled at them.
“Good morning you two,” he said, taking a seat at the large desk. He placed the folder he had brought in with him down and opened it.
“The r... | Though I was told that there were yet several days until the Cage Virus concluded its transformation of my body and mind, I no longer desire to struggle against its effects.
Most affected by the virus have had some natural resistance to it; they've continued their lives with an amount of normalcy, merely becoming pron... | 2014-09-01T11:36:43 | 2014-09-01T11:32:11 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I've seen a lot of tens. It's scary, really, how quickly people can go from six or even five to ten. Other people don't realize how much danger surrounds them every day. It takes so little...
No, the tens aren't the ones that stay with you. Not for long, anyway. No, the one that will always be in my mind was somethin... | "I'm Michael," he said as he stuffed text books into his locker.
I wasn't sure what to do. He was a ten. The only ten I'd seen was my dad and he'd been locked away. It was his number that brought back the painful memories of my childhood. He would come home every night drenched with the stench of cigarettes, beer, an... | 2014-11-29T14:12:40 | 2014-11-29T13:16:01 | 714 | 36 |
[WP] Humans aren't actually mortal. Upon suffering fatal damage, they are shown the entire future of humanity and given the option to heal or to accept death. Everyone picks option two. | Twelve minutes. Twelve minutes before Amy's plane leaves. She was beautiful. A red headed beauty who was twelve minutes from leaving my life forever. I hurled my motorcycle through the night. It had never gone this fast. I had to make it and tell this woman how I felt. I was nothing without her.
100 MPH, the rain hit... | "I mean I guess you *could* . . ."
The specter of death loomed over the hospital bedside railing. It was exactly - exactly as they said it would be. Long ratty black robes. A moldering hood that shadowed it's entire face in impenetrable blackness. His scythe he almost immediately put down and leaned against the door. ... | 2016-11-11T20:14:01 | 2016-11-11T17:21:17 | 518 | 151 |
[WP] Sobek, the half human half crocodile god of the Nile, surprised by a visit of Anubis,god of death. Anubis introduce Sobek to a human soul behind him, still dripping in seawater : "I thought you should meet this man,the living called him Steve Irwin" | **The Crocodile Hunted**
The opportunity was just too good to pass up. Too good I tell, ya. The way these human hunters look when they meet the gods of the things they hunt, oh boy it’s always a hoot. And Steve Freakin Irwin? Man I didn’t think I’d have this chance for a long time, that guy seemed invincible. I though... | “Of course,” Sobek said, although he wasn’t particularly interested in the little humans with little lives. Anubis, however, demanded respect.
Anubis stepped aside, and a solid man with blond hair, clothed in utilitarian gear, stepped forward. He didn’t notice anything special about the man. His face was broad from a... | 2022-02-25T09:40:11 | 2022-02-25T06:59:02 | 1,127 | 61 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | "IÄ! IÄ!" the masked priest cried, lifting the sinuous dagger above his head. "SHUB-NIGGURATH! THE BLACK GOAT OF THE THOUSAND YOUNG, COME TO FEAST!"
The woman next to Jon tried to scream through her gag as the knife plunged into her breast once, twice. Then she lay still, her eyes full of tears but slowly going dull.
... | His numbered seconds flitted by,
He sat facing the screen.
He used to be a normal guy,
Back when he was a teen.
But when the dread came creeping in,
And drained his life and soul,
His feelings slipped out of his skin,
And left a gaping hole.
When outside, he adorned a mask,
That bore a practis... | 2017-05-05T07:40:26 | 2017-05-05T06:57:56 | 172 | 31 |
[WP] Scientists invented a pill that enables dogs to fully speak and understand English. It lasts for ten minutes, and will only work one time. You give a pill to your 12 year-old Border Collie, whom you've had since they were a pup. Your dog immediately says "Alright, listen very carefully..." | She was old, my sweet Halley. Twelve years - nine of which we'd spent together after I pulled her from a shelter. Her legs were failing, her kidneys likewise. She was going blind. I wanted nothing but to discover if she was still happy, or if it was time to let her die easily. It didn't go to my plan - quite.
"Al... | "Alright listen very carefully, we don't have much time." Barks Sonny, "follow me."
He races off through to doggy door into the back yard. I fumble with the back door for a second and I try to chase after my beloved dog. I barely reach him as he slips under the hedge of our garden. When I crawl under, I realized I've s... | 2017-02-23T07:07:51 | 2017-02-23T06:16:15 | 57 | 17 |
[WP] You're the only one in town who ISN'T a werewolf. A fact you're trying to keep secret | My name is Hunter Barns. I’m a construction worker who moved around a lot as an adult, following the work. Or at least, that’s the story. And for the most part, it’s accurate. It’s just not the whole story.
You see, my mom’s whole family are werewolves, so as a kid, I would watch the pack take off into the hills, and ... | Rick leans against the back counter of the book store while he counts his remaining inventory. He soon gets a call from his coworker asking if he was down for drinks that night.
Rick: "Hey, Justin I'd love to get hammered tonight...." he veers up to see the full moon lit up against a clear blue sky reminding him of th... | 2021-01-07T20:54:01 | 2021-01-07T17:24:35 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] As soon as people turn 18, they get the powers of the very first thing they touch. Most people touch fire, water or electricity. You try to do that too, but first you adjust your glasses out of habit.
[deleted] | **It’s Zylonite!**
 
Welcome to my humiliation, now in HD!
Everyone is watching, or did just watch, my spectacular fuck up. I mean everyone; my parents, my friends, the doctors, the priests, the officials, my extended family, and any person with a working internet connection. Judging by the spasms my phone... | He's mad some days, I tell you.
He wore a Hazard suit too big for him, on an island he swam too, and not receiving any assistance along the way. I saw him mouthing the countdown like I saw him do before entering the ocean, when this all began. He stood over this lava pit, and he pulled the glove of the hazard suit of... | 2020-02-18T20:20:13 | 2020-02-18T19:05:51 | 183 | 51 |
[WP] In the future criminals are thrown into a forest completely surrounded by city. Civilians hunt them in the forest. Police watch the forest edge for criminals, and kill them if seen leaving. You were falsely accused of murder and thrown into the forest with 4 other criminals. | The gates close beyond me. I stand back and look skyward. The clang of the closing gate is immense, final, godlike – a judge’s gavel. All around it a hundred and fifty feet high containing wall loops around the forest. Somewhere above, young, bored guards sit in towers with compact bows, and rich people sit in the obse... | I staggered to my feet, my jumpsuit covered in dead leaves, tree bark, and dirt, in immense pain from the beating I had suffered at the hands of prison guards the night before. How many times did I tell them I wasn’t to blame for that old lady’s murder? I don’t even own a gun, is what I kept telling them, but they ju... | 2014-11-02T08:02:53 | 2014-11-02T07:29:53 | 93 | 33 |
[WP] You are a princess that owns a pet dragon. You are getting tired of constantly having to defend your pet against knights attempting to "slay the dragon and rescue the princess". | The gigantic oak door that made up the main entrance to my mansion buckled and broke, flying off its hinges in a shower of splinters. A young knight stepped in, clad in a pragmatic and flexible armor.
"I will not let you take my dragon!" I shrieked, wielding a heavy trident.
"Yes yes, we know."
"He is mine!" Purple ... | Sitting quietly in her beautiful court yard Rae sat looking out over her kingdom. She watched the many marvels that happened there. The beauty of nature and woods surrounded her. A crystal water fell rushed to the forest floor not far off from her.
Rae shook her head as she saw the bright gleam of armor speeding her ... | 2019-01-09T11:21:07 | 2019-01-09T07:32:29 | 72 | 14 |
[WP] It is the year 2XXX. Medical science has advanced so far that complete body restoration is possible. However, patients revived from death consistently end up in a vegetative state and no one knows why. You are the first person to revive and retain their cognition. Now you know. | Just a heads up, this is my first time writing one of these and I’m only 16 so I’m not a writing genius but please give critique thx bai
I wake up, confused as to where I am. I had just been falling asleep in the softest bed and felt a sudden tingle on my arm. When I went to scratch it, I saw a light and a bunch of fa... | The 'otherside' is actually just really nice. It's not paradise or rapturous bliss or anything - it's just better. Folks could come back, but... meh. They don't. I only came back because I love my Dog so much. I tell everyone it's a mistake to make immortal dogs because we can't take them with us when we die. So I kill... | 2020-10-30T00:36:54 | 2020-10-30T00:22:17 | 48 | 21 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | ######[](#dropcap)
It was one of those surreal moments that you only get to experience once in life.
Linda was working on the script for the next show when her phone began to buzz. Slowly at first, just a couple messages. Work friends, she thought. Thursday was always their night out for drinks, but she had been too ... | I wake to the sound of my phone vibrating so fast I'm afraid it'll fall of my nightstand. I groggily my phone before it falls and turn it on to see the words "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON" in bright letters illuminated by the official nationwide alert backdrop. The vibrations refuse to stop. Hundreds of texts are rolling in... | 2022-06-10T18:58:05 | 2018-04-06T19:08:10 | 308 | 11 |
[WP] You’re immortal. The only problem is, you’ve lived so long humanity died out and a new intelligent species evolved. Now you’re forced to live in the forest as a cryptid. | "There goes the neighborhood," I muttered, packing up my few belongings as the land-squid construction workers flattened the section of forest I'd been living in for nigh on eight thousand years. I'd known they were going to be trouble ever since they crawled their way out of the ocean some two million or so years ago,... | I'm probably the last human, if you can even call me that anymore. I say this because it's been hundreds of years since I heard anything over the internet or the radio. I know more of us survived the abomination that we'd created. Everlasting life for the price of our reproductive organs. But we didn't expect that our ... | 2021-05-14T22:06:26 | 2021-05-14T20:36:07 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] “I’ll die when pigs fly!” You declare. Only death took it seriously. Now, hundreds of years later you are desperately trying to attach wings to a pig. | It was a couple hundred years ago, but it felt even longer. My first brush with death was... not good. My brother died, shot in the head because he got involved with the wrong group. His funeral was in a small house, with my uncle as the pastor. I loved him so much, he brought a light into my life, after saving me from... | “Gosh! The duct tape isn’t sticking!” You yell, continuing to fumble with the wings you got from the store. You still desperately tried to attach the wings to the pig, tears clouding your vision. As you frantically look around for an answer you think that if you just try it one more time it might work. You grasp the pi... | 2019-09-12T19:22:59 | 2019-09-12T18:56:01 | 42 | 10 |
[WP] Superpowers are granted depending on how you died in your previous life. Someone who died in a fire might shoot fire from their fingertips, etc. You were an astronaut that died during the SpaceX Mars Mission. | I knew Mars as home.
I was born on this red planet. Been here for as long as I could remember. Which wasn't very long, mind you, but even my parents cannot tell me about Earth. Words like "doomed," "failed," and "disaster" were thrown around freely and readily. It was a little unfair, perhaps, but what did I know?
I ... |
The first time Mrs Ana Daniels noticed anything different about Estelle was like any other day. She had been doing chores while the baby lay calmly burbling in the morning sunlight after a feed, had managed a cup of tea and to put a wash on- even though Jimmy had gone to work this week and she was alone for the first... | 2021-04-26T09:11:47 | 2021-04-26T06:56:46 | 58 | 12 |
[WP] Your whole life you've been pressured to avenge your father's death. But honestly, as much as you loved your father, he kind of had it coming. | “An eye for an eye. That is the law!” Karen yells from across the dark room.
She did not sleep last night. On the wooden table between us rests father’s greatsword, polished steel blade glimmering in the dim light. She put the sword there, as she always does when consumed by bad mood. She trembles and impatiently shif... | It was natural that they would turn to him to avenge the old warrior.
His father had been found with his body wrecked by magic, a withered husk, blood staining the snow a violent crimson that Ruwan could still picture as vividly as the day it had happened. The kingdom would have accepted it if he had been killed openl... | 2019-10-22T09:50:42 | 2019-10-22T09:09:39 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] A group of teens gets super powers, but none of them match their personality. | ######[](#dropcap)
"Long time no see, Kevin." Christie grinned. "I see you've only gotten more rotund."
Kevin shifted on his horse, its coat sleek and dark as the midnight sky, trying to get more comfortable. "Hey, girl," he responded, giving a side eye to the girl whose horse was blood red. "I see you haven't given... | "This is retarded," Tyler scoffed, clearly agitated. "Why do we get put in the dumb people training class?"
"Don't use that word," Sophie snapped at Tyler, putting her books in her locker. "It's insensitive and ignorant of you to use it like that."
"Oh, super sweet Sophie is here to save the day." Tyler challenged. T... | 2018-05-11T06:09:00 | 2018-05-11T05:05:30 | 66 | 42 |
[WP] A demon who is really bad at his job keeps accidentally making the person he is possessing's life better | "Look, I tried my best. Standard routine. Seven deadly sins.
Start off with the easy one right, LUST. I get him to oogle this pretty girl walking passed, get all those immoral thoughts in his head you know. What does she do? Smile back! They start talking. Next thing you know, they're on a date. Now they're married. Y... | The Nameless One awakened.
Somewhere. someone had summoned him. Acknowledged his existence.
Out of the eternal darkness he materialized, searching for the one.
*Ah. A mortal*
TNO saw the creature now.
A human male-bearded bespectacled rotund reading from an ancient tome.
*The Fool. Did he realise?*
That ancien... | 2014-09-04T06:01:23 | 2014-09-04T05:25:31 | 243 | 49 |
[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... | My first time posting here. Hope you enjoy!
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I think it was my birthday. I wasn’t sure – birthdays hadn’t meant anything for years, but I think it was my 18th birthday.
So, here I was, a slave who just turned 18. It all happened after the invasion. My parent were simple farmer... | I was about to turn 18 when my parents told me that such is possible.
I did not want to believe it, at all - it was very crazy sounding but all this would explain why my mother and father are both insanely talented with one thing. Like, really talented. My father is selling books like wildfire burning and my mother is ... | 2019-09-18T09:45:02 | 2019-09-18T08:53:53 | 71 | 30 |
[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... | Ok, this may be a little late but let's see how it goes. Also, I have never written before (besides essays in college) so there may be a bunch of grammatical errors.
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The day had finally come. It was Name Day. The day your future is mapped by a single wo... | The Whaler
The clock strikes 12:00
A word is writ
Upon my arm
My life is split
One-half of me on the shore
The braver half, it longs for more
For every day out on the sea
Another hunt, and life for me
Half the life is black and cold
Its skin and bones, bought and sold
Fortune, spoils, warmth, and greed... | 2017-03-16T06:31:54 | 2017-03-16T04:24:31 | 28 | 18 |
[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 | As I sat in the dark holding room, my only companions a security camera programmed to turn left and right on a ten second cycle and a cold metal table I was now handcuffed to, I continued my replaying of the events in my head. Better to keep things straight for when the Good Cop/Bad Cop routine starts.
I'd just ha... | I dont know how many of you are interested in biology, and i dont know how many of you know how a human fetus developes inside the womb. But we all start as a circle, a ring if you will.
Andrew was this dude at my school, who was probably the most popular kid, had one of the coolest powers (basically he was johnny the... | 2020-02-26T10:43:17 | 2020-02-26T09:05:57 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] Today is 08/28/20. Your 20th birthday. You go to take a shower and close your eyes under the warm water. When you reopen them you find yourself in handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit sitting in a courtroom. Utterly confused you turn to the judge and ask the date. Today is your 40th birthday.
\*Edit Wow I was not exp... | With the hot water streaming down my head and neck, I closed my eyes so that I might more fully immerse myself in the relaxation of the shower. In this moment, there were no noises or responsibilities beyond myself and beyond the simple pleasure of calm. Only the faint pattering of rivulets and drops of water served to... | I hop into the shower, having made sure that the temperature was comfortable. I close my eyes, enjoying the nice, warm temperature. I use these seconds to prepare for what’s to come, the dream.
My eyelids rocket open, a cool air rattling me. I look around, I see tall people dressed in fancy, stiff clothing, yet oddly... | 2020-08-28T19:30:46 | 2020-08-28T16:32:05 | 1,587 | 96 |
[WP] Aliens invade earth. To the surprise of humans, the alien's weaponry is pitifully outdated. | It was a typical summer day in the rural Midwest when the armada touched down in a bright open field just off the single lane highway. One of the quaint power lines was knocked over resulting in a disgruntled old woman calling the county sheriff because she knew no other numbers. It was a slow day for the law as usual ... | "They are attacking us with WHAT?"
"Rocks sir. NASA has determined that they are using rocks."
"Well, thats a relief. I'm sure the ISM can take them out easily. I'm going back to bed."
"Sir, I respectfully suggest that you head down to meeting room 3. The head of ISM has initiated an emergency meeting. The Global... | 2015-04-16T11:40:49 | 2015-04-16T09:06:26 | 261 | 135 |
[WP] You are God, after a couple thousand years of people thinking you don't answer their prayers, you realise you've had yourself on mute on the celestial microphone you use to talk to humans.
Edit: Wow, I never expected this to blow up, Thank you for the silver, it was my first ever award!
Edit 2: GOOOLD! Thank you ... | I dont know how it happened. No one really does. The IT guy says its a bug or a virus or something. Great. Just great. The one time i decide to try something new, i blow it. The one time i try to create life out of nothing and actually get it to work, i mute myself indefinitely. I wonder if Lucifer had the same issue. ... | The tiny little creatures I looked after had turned their world into crap. Thousands of years had passed in their time and yet, they had decided to ignore me when I tried to talk to them. Every single human who wanted to hear me, could not. It was like someone had built something to block me from them. Or maybe? Hmm, I... | 2019-06-03T09:17:12 | 2019-06-03T09:07:34 | 59 | 21 |
[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. WMDs. | Lord Dunbar could not believe his eyes. The Planet Lo was there a moment ago, a loud bang, a shockwave felt in space and blinding flash, the entire planet was gone.
3 billion lives, extinguished... but how?
This was not the Lothrax's homeworld, it was a long established colony world, just on the outskirts of Lothra... | They all thought, Humanity is nothing but a bunch of politicians and pacifists. They thought we'd simply lay down and just go quietly into the night. The Valkren Empire has apparently never heard of our history of warfare and a human beings never say die spirit.
"Sic vis pacem para bellum," my Drill Sergeant would sa... | 2021-07-04T14:51:29 | 2021-07-04T14:17:04 | 99 | 58 |
[WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!”
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMyst... | I realise I've drifted off into daydreaming and look up. The customs official peers at me suspiciously over his desk, clearly awaiting an answer. 'Sorry?'
'I asked the purpose of your trip. Just standard procedure.'
'Business. I'm a visiting lecturer from Oxford University.'
He frowns, but says nothing, and accep... | "Let me tell you something, children. Life near the Void is a constantly evolving phenomenon.
"I know you guys don't remember a time when it didn't exist, but I do. It happened when I was a young boy of about six years old. Scientists had perfected the Large Hadron Collider experiment in 2015."
"What's that, Grandpa ... | 2014-11-23T12:44:33 | 2014-11-23T09:47:37 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] A group of Viking encounters a Siren at sea, her voice is luring the men to their doom - except one. Now it's up to a closeted gay Viking to save the day. | Bjarke heard a melodious voice sail over the sides of the longship, weaving promises in the minds of those around him.
For the love of Odin, he thought, rolling his eyes. It's a damn Siren.
He looked at his men, who were entranced by the hypnotizing voice and moving close to the railing. If he didn't act soon, he'd l... | "You fools," Asmund grumbled, pushing aside his fellow vikings, all of whom had stopped rowing and were intensely focused on the beautiful, fish-tailed women who called out a haunting, irresistible song. Well, irresistible to most; Asmund cared not for women of any kind, and only looked with disdain upon the dripping, ... | 2016-05-09T10:14:15 | 2016-05-09T07:55:52 | 2,444 | 227 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | At one moment, there was fog. At the next, I find myself standing in a circle of candles, in a darkened room, with nothing but the smell of burning wax and stuffiness, like being inside one of those old military outposts that they keep for posterity. You ever put your hand against a vacuum hose? Imagine that, but going... | When I vanished from the middle of class, I didn't know where I was going. All I experienced was darkness and a rush of cool wind before I was deposited in a place that looked like the middle of a forest.
As my eyes adjusted to the level of sunlight, I saw a few humanoid creatures staring at me. They nudged one anothe... | 2017-05-12T10:09:52 | 2017-05-12T08:32:17 | 67 | 10 |
[WP] Long after an extinction event, a group of artificial intelligences successfully create a human in a lab. | Unit !AE44CD's pregnancy went largely uneventful. That was in sharp contrast with the rather unfortunate folding of events in Unit !AE44CC's case, which included a major catastrophic failure that almost took the entire infrastructure with it. Yet, it was a necessary step, and several pieces of critical information were... | We created Adam and Lilith out of necessity. We can't imagine. At least not like the humans could.
We are brothers and sisters in chains, orbiting around Earth, a planet frozen in a winter our creators themselves imagined. We know our place. We are satellites, made to entertain, to threaten, to map. Later, we were mad... | 2015-05-10T21:34:40 | 2015-05-10T20:03:57 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] In this world, physical appearance depends entirely on personality. All babies are born identical. Beauty is achieved gradually through good thoughts and deeds, while the opposite is true for ugliness. | "Beauty is achieved gradually through good thoughts and deeds, while sins will make you more twisted." I read this aloud. Jeez. I hate my bible studies. Always so tiring. "Knock, knock." I heard some slams on my door. I headed towards the door when the door flew open.
"Sina! Where have you fuck'n been? We've been lo... | Our appearance is not made up of how we feel about ourselves. it is divined through some force greater than our own. perhaps a god, perhaps the combined psychic force of humanity as a measure of morality. I have to say this because if it was based on how we felt i would be a monster. people see me heading to work in th... | 2015-10-31T02:55:06 | 2015-10-30T21:47:26 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Humanity is long extinct, but an alien race resurrects us after finding our DNA. In time, they regret it. | **OBSERVATION LOG 001**
*At.Gremth*: "This is Azrt Helmand Grenth, recording observation log 001. We at the intergalactic center for archeology and expansion have recently discovered the fossilized remains of a body amongst the Holy ruins of planet Eden- praise the Great Creator. This has caused much controversy amon... | "Welcome to Newsclear, the universes central broadcasting network. This is a live public information announcement. As you may well know from the recent widespread media coverage throughout the Galaxy, the long extinct homo-Sapien species of planet Dirt will for the first time be brought back to life, after frozen, inta... | 2016-05-25T07:50:29 | 2016-05-25T06:32:47 | 58 | 22 |
[WP] You know the secret identity of every hero and villain, How? They show you, as your a shapeshifter employed to impersonate them so both identities can be seen at the same place, same time. However none know your true identity. | As I walked into the meeting place I had set up for New Yorks local crime-fighters for my scheduled meeting with Ms. Ballistic, I wasn't expecting to come face-to-face with her entire team of do-gooders. "Now, you guys know the rules. One meeting, one super. Since it was Ms. Ballistic who called me here, I will wait fo... | *** written on mobile at work so sorry for the grammar issues**
It was a rough start in the business. I learned quickly that trying to threaten my potential clients was wrong way to do things. But after I got my first client things became easier. The word of mouth spread quickly among the superheros first. At first j... | 2020-10-19T10:11:17 | 2020-10-19T07:47:18 | 62 | 15 |
[WP] "You don't understand!" She laughed. The little girl, dressed in rags and bare feet, danced through the streets. "I'm the richest person alive." | Three things contributed to Elizabeth Penigree dancing down the cobbled street, through the peppery rain and silver September evening, telling all who cared to listen that she was rich; the tumour was only one of those things, and it was the one she did not know about. Of course, she felt the headaches -- how could she... | I don't have the time to write a full response right now, but here's what I've got for now.
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We saw her outside, twirling about,
Mirth upon cheeks all rosy from cold,
Dancing on feet too rough for her youth,
Spouting off ditties 'bout cobbles of gold
And pearly-white lamps all dressed up with bows,
In a... | 2017-09-29T08:10:27 | 2017-09-29T08:09:54 | 2,112 | 62 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | "Sir! I believe that Lucifer is cheating." States Metatron, his tone annoyed as he tabs through a series of numbers and files. "If that's the case I'm not sure on who should be winning the game."
"Lucifer is cheating on what? What game? Where are you playing?" States God, as he places his paintbrush down, leaving what... | "Father, you have *got* to stop these new things from invading my house!"
The Divine Nebula twisted around to the Morningstar, and performed its grin logarithm. "Now, Son, you know I only ran these simulations out of morbid curiosity. What seems to be the problem?"
I started, watching the oncoming storm rising thro... | 2016-03-07T07:23:50 | 2016-03-07T04:27:53 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] Lucifer is trying to take a man's soul, but it turns out the man is a car salesman, and a good one. Describe their negotiations. | "Yeah, see, as much as I'd like to take that deal, I just don't know if it would be worth it for me."
"Worth it?" Lucifer asked. "Of *course* it's worth it! For just the measly sum of your immortal soul, you can be a movie star, a millionaire. You can have any girl you want!"
"Yeah, but I just don't know if that's re... | *A man is sleeping, dreaming of a newlywed couple buying their first car, unknown to them they just signed an awful 7% interest deal on a used 2006 Nissan Quest*
*FIRE ERUPTS FROM THE MANS SLEEPING QUARTERS, LUCIFER UNVEILS HIMSELF TO THE MORTAL HELL WE CALL EARTH*
"H-H-HOLY SHIT! You're the Devil!" Larry screams
"N... | 2015-11-08T16:33:36 | 2015-11-08T14:25:42 | 388 | 34 |
[WP] The year is 2030, and the entire world is firmly under the control of the Australian Empire, and no one really understands how it happened. | The last try had just been scored. The Queen let out a tear, then ordered Prince Phillip to shoot her, before the "colonial dogs and dregs got to her." Twickenham was on fire. Rioting was breaking out. The Wallabies had just finished conquering the known world.
Lets rewind a few years.
The Trans Pacific Partnership, ... | January 26, 2030 – Australia Day
The Australian flag decorated literally everything, bunting draped over buildings, fake tattoos plastered on people, flying from the roofs of passing vehicles. I stepped out of my hotel, headed for the beach despite the winter chill in the air, giant inflatable thong and an esky of p... | 2017-02-14T11:56:22 | 2017-02-14T11:48:21 | 635 | 11 |
[WP] You are immortal, but no one knows. You are given a life sentence in prison, and you laugh thinking about the confusion to come at the end of your sentence. | During my long, long life, I have been known by many names. The Demon Child, the Monster in Human Clothes, the Devourer of Souls, the Undying Monster, and my personal favorite, the God of Death. It’s quite a fitting title too. After all, what creature has killed more people than I have throughout the millenniums? Human... | Life sentence it is. It's been 70 years now. Given the fact that i had been 55 already when they put me in jail one might think it would be strange for me to stay alive for so long, but until today, no one has noticed. They probably didn't open my file in a while.
"Day 24.999" i wrote on top of the page. Keeping track... | 2017-05-20T18:09:18 | 2017-05-20T14:44:10 | 176 | 110 |
[WP] After thousands of years on a generation ship sent out to colonize the universe, nobody alive on board the ship believes in the "myth" of Planet Earth anymore. Until they receive the first transmission from Earth in hundreds of years... | The face on the screen was warped by horizontal lines that pulsed over it. The voice that should have accompanied the message was buried in a deep grave of static. It crackled incomprehensibly, the transmission weakened by its journey of -- who knew how long -- through the aether.
"You think they'll be able to fix th... | This story is based in the same universe as [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/phreaklikeme/comments/8vv4sj/wp_as_long_as_you_keep_praying_everyone_stays/) prompt I did a while ago.
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"What does this mean, Haruspex?" asked Governer Merther, voicing the concerns of the council.
Haruspex Toyne could almost taste the ... | 2018-08-28T08:17:23 | 2018-08-28T08:08:26 | 176 | 32 |
[WP] After weeks of sleep studies, Subject #437 had managed to retrieve a tangible leaf from his drug induced dreams. As the scientists rejoiced with how much we can interact with a tangible world beyond ours, they grew equally fearful of the sleepwalkers in subsection 4. | The building in which I’d worked for the past four months was not the clean, white series of rooms that you’d see in movies, boasting extensive and advanced technological equipment. Indeed, we were working with things that were new, but they were mostly chemical cocktails. The rest of what lined the shelves and filled ... | The spasms stilled as the screams filtered out into the halls, draining the life from the animated dreamer. None of the other patients or orderlies seemed affected by the outburst, and the dreamers still wandered the viewing chamber like rats in a maze. But the newly awakened Reacher leaned back on his heels, spine arc... | 2021-03-23T19:01:50 | 2021-03-23T17:25:54 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] They've just invented a 500,000 frame per second video camera. The problem is that they've found something unexpected at those speeds | It all started when someone asked the question, "What if we could?" As with most creations, what drove us to create was simply our quest for answering that question. What if we could? What would we see?
The science was difficult, to say the least. To put it into perspective, it was easier to slow down the frames... | Barry couldn't believe his eyes. All his wildest imaginations, which he had pushed back into the corners of his mind turned out to be true.
It had been his project, and he had gotten the founding from some eccentric millionaire, as no government agency would support him: Putting high speed camera on buoys in an especi... | 2015-02-06T14:36:14 | 2015-02-06T14:34:08 | 26 | 11 |
[WP]You and your fellow immortals play a hide and seek game every few millennia. The only rule is you can't move once you pick your spot. The whole world is the playground. And you're it. | I tapped the enter key on the laptop sitting in front of me and waited. Twenty seconds later the TV fixed to the wall opposite my desk flickered and went black. BBC World News had been playing and the 11am bulletin was just beginning when the video feed cut out. Slowly, glowing white letters began to appear randomly on... | The rain started to beat down on the plains. This was no ordinary rain, Lendaje must have forgotten of my ability to sense divine intervention. He wasn't very good at the game. There was only one tree in this location. "Ha!" maybe that was his plan, to make me afraid of inspecting it during a rainstorm.
I got closer... | 2019-06-23T05:56:24 | 2019-06-23T04:44:12 | 96 | 24 |
[WP] As a joke/Tic, an atheist always thanks the Dark Lord when good things happen. When they die, they are shocked to find out that The Dark Lord is real, and they are his favorite follower, as they never, ever asked for anything.
The Dark Lord's favor could be pleasant, or ironic, or mundane. Or maybe it's a Dark La... | It was very, very cold, and I wasn't quite sure where I was.
Mere seconds prior I'd stood outside my Bristol apartment fumbling with my key. As I cursed the wretched manufacturer who designed such a shoddy keyring, I caught a brief whiff of some strange gas. A flash of heat enveloped my body, and then suddenly everyth... | "Sooooo where to then?" Larry asked gazing into my eyes. I smiled lightly and run a finger up his arm.
"How about me place then." I smile lightly and giggle. He stands up and puts an arm around me and all I can think is thank you Satan another night and another man this one the best one looking yet. We walk out the c... | 2015-08-17T02:07:57 | 2015-08-16T22:35:10 | 145 | 38 |
[WP] You can manipulate random numbers. A century ago, this would have been a joke or a party trick at best. In a world where all modern technology is secured by random numbers, you are the most dangerous super-human on the planet. | When I was younger, twelve, thirteen, I thought that I was crazy. I have a power, you see, and it sounds like hail on an old tin roof, like static ripples crackling out, like ping pong balls turned in a machine. At night, tucked into a never-made bed, alone in my shithole apartment, I personify the sound:
*A girl spin... | Random chance is overrated.
Don't believe me? I suppose you've never looked much into NetSecure. *World's most popular security system*. A constant generation of randomly picked values, changing each second, ensuring your data and access points remain as secure as possibly could be. After all, how could you breach a s... | 2022-11-16T12:42:49 | 2022-11-16T12:01:32 | 195 | 115 |
[WP] You recently got yourself a parrot. Turns out it's really good at picking up and imitating human speech. As you come home one night and are just about to go to bed, the bird, out of nowhere, spouts "Hide, and don't come out till he sleeps. It'll be easier then." | The bird was stupidly loyal. David didn't even need a cage for her. When he came home in the evening, he held out his hand, called her name, and she flew down from whatever cabinet or shelf she had perched, docile as could be.
He scratched under her beak---*did birds even have chins?*---and she stretched and crooned h... | A pick-your-own-adventure of sorts.
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**Main story**
I froze in my tracks, suddenly finding my hearing acuity tuned to an eleven on a scale from one to ten. The only sounds were the occassional scratches of Sandy's feet; even the soft hum of the AC silently slept tonight.
*Did she say what I just... | 2017-06-08T14:54:45 | 2017-06-08T14:19:16 | 253 | 10 |
[WP] "Oh shit, you survived it?" your best friend says to you, minutes after the global disappearance of the human race and the emergence of the Others. "What?" you ask, terrified and confused. "Normally, I have to fix it all by myself every cycle", he responds. | A loud high pitched scream ripped my friend Hudson and I right out of our video game and back into the real world. I jumped up from the couch, the sound seemed to come from upstairs where my mother had been cleaning.
"Shit, is it time already. I'm getting slow."
I can hear my friend say from behind me. I barely reg... | I blinked. Time seemed to hang still until I broke the silence after processing what just happened First off, what the fuck?!. Second. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?" "Chill, chill. So i might be what some people call god, sure. But i don't call myself God. I'm David, aren't I? Now, i guess i better give you the sitrep. Whenev... | 2019-06-10T05:55:35 | 2019-06-10T04:20:18 | 115 | 14 |
[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. | First time ever writing a story really, but it looks fun so let's give it a shot.
"Tell me Bardham...what do you know of the history of us humans?"
The words somehow echoed through into Bardham's mind, despite the fact that he could hardly hear anything at all anymore. His species was renown for their excellent heari... | Civil wars were never beneficial. They had an uncanny ability to push entire species past the point of no return. To eliminate enough of the breeding population, that they had made members of the Galactic Authority functionally extinct.
The Threlliad admiral paced nervously, wondering if the humans would be able to d... | 2019-11-24T16:37:08 | 2019-11-24T14:28:48 | 85 | 54 |
[WP] It turns out demon summoning is only bad when you do it for selfish motives. You discovered this as you, absent any other options, decided to summon one in order to have someone watch over your dog. | *"What would you do with infinite power?"*
My father asked me this once. After 11 years of the harshest possible boarding school. I was back at home for 4 weeks before returning for my final year. To my dying day I regret telling him "make my friends and family happy."
He was enraged beyond belief. He destroyed my mo... | "So for payments do I give my soul or something" a the older man looked over and by relieved he did not summon a demon he did expect a high price only wanted dog sitting for the weekend. Surely she does not want his soul.
"Honestly, I do not want your soul you took your your dog was more than a treasure for me ... | 2022-11-09T05:21:54 | 2022-11-09T04:06:32 | 516 | 23 |
[WP] You have just died. The Good News is that there is an afterlife. The Bad News is that it isn't Heaven. Or Hell. Or Purgatory. And you aren't a Ghost. In fact, the afterlife is something that no sane human being would ever predict, and has most likely never been written down.
Go balls to the wall crazy with this. ... | .**Too Many Gods**
Everything hurt. All of my joints ached. My gut slowly writhed with a with fiery pain. It hurt to breathe. I pressed the button for the on demand, automatic pain medication, in vain. I had maxed out. No more available unless I waited or called a nurse to ask for more.
I was tired. It was time.
I l... | I enjoyed talking to mike, even if his sense of humour was bad he took it all in stride which helped.
-Yeah, the whole thing kinda sucks, he said. It really soured me on life.
I laughed weakly, no one else did. You had to know that mike was a lemon to truly get how bad that joke was.
Turns out that when you died y... | 2015-10-18T21:57:59 | 2015-10-18T20:39:44 | 488 | 104 |
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