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[PI] Hero - FEB CONTEST	Wow, I really dig your writing style! Might I make a suggestion? Don't italicize dialogue unless it's internal. "That's a good idea," thought Jeb. "That's a good idea," said Jeb.	2	10	22,100
[PI] Hero - FEB CONTEST	Wanted to add that I enjoy your writing style. Of all the contest items I've seen so far, this is one of the few I could get past the first few sentences. Not to say the others aren't good in any way. Just my personal reading/writing style preference. Tagging for later to read in full.	1	10	22,101
[PI] Hero - FEB CONTEST	Hi! Your action writing is excellent; I was drawn into the storm scenes and the rescue scene was very creepy. You did an excellent job of setting the scenery. I didn't understand one thing: was there a fifth person in the lifeboat? It seems like there was, from the last few lines of the rescue sequence, but that pers...	3	10	22,102
[PI] Hero - FEB CONTEST	I really liked this one. I think in terms of structure the idea of other characters being very insignificant relative to the main character, that they were just like still images existing in a sort of real life photo album that the main character could pore over and analyze relative to himself worked very well. I also ...	2	10	22,103
[PI] Hero - FEB CONTEST	I enjoyed this very much! I liked the setting, the mystery, and the action. I thought that the writing flowed easily, just didn't like the portion with James's intense reaction following the first call from Sherman; it didn't seem to gel with his character. Other than that it was an excellent read. Thank you and good l...	2	10	22,104
[PI] Hero - FEB CONTEST	This was great! Your story was interesting and the writing was wonderful. My only note is I would echo the confusion about the 5th person in the lifeboat. I read your response and now it's clear, but at the time I thought he might be the one holding the boat together. Once again, great job! Good luck!	2	10	22,105
[PI] The Society of Nemesis - FEB CONEST	Haven't read yet, but change your title to FEB CONTEST (you missed a T). I think they're just searching for those words, so it would suck if you didn't get in because of a typo.	1	2	22,106
[PI] The Society of Nemesis - FEB CONEST	[deleted]	1	2	22,107
[WP] Life After The Adventure	Jolted awake, sweating, heart pounding. Mel gripped the sheets and tried not to scream out. The Fear had been upon him only moments before. He lay back, chest heaving, looking up at the dark ceiling and trying to catch his breath. All was silent. The screech of snapping metal and burning rooms had faded like water thro...	4	3	22,108
[MODPOST] Zine Nominations END FEBRUARY 28! PLEASE SUBMIT!	I want more nominations. Imadogforreal has some winners, and the zine doesn't reach beyond recent memory... will there be future zines? //end whining	1	24	22,109
[MODPOST] Zine Nominations END FEBRUARY 28! PLEASE SUBMIT!	Honestly, I'm not sure if I should self-nominate. I checked through all of my stuff and I saw that my highest vote score was about 100 points (on a thread where other entries got 3K+ points).	2	24	22,110
[WP] The Empire of Humanity is at war with an alien society. Something happens during a major battle that begins the process of peace between both sides.	First sergeant Kirk was hiding behind a pile of scrap metal that used to be a glorious martian ship. The troops of the Last Kingdom managed to shoot it down a few hours ago, and everyone immediately knew it was a massive success, maybe even a turning point in the human struggle to regain their freedom. The smell of the...	4	6	22,111
[WP] The Empire of Humanity is at war with an alien society. Something happens during a major battle that begins the process of peace between both sides.	I realize this isn't during a major battle, but I misread the title and didn't realize until I already typed this, so please forgive me and enjoy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caption Ezra Lord was a legend, an XCOM agent that had...	3	6	22,112
[WP] The Empire of Humanity is at war with an alien society. Something happens during a major battle that begins the process of peace between both sides.	I was on the front lines when the alien weapon blasted a hole in the chest plate of my platoon leader who was standing mere inches from me. It went cleanly through the new exosuit and out the back. He toppled over wordlessly atop a field of lilies. A few of the flowers protruded through his gaping wound like some morbi...	2	6	22,113
A blind person that has never had, vision has a lucid dream...	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	1	2	22,114
[WP] An exciting bank robbery is in progress. Unfortunately, the only teller is making things a bit more difficult than anticipated.	Claire held her palms out in front of her and stared down at her nails. The “cheesecake yellow” paint was already beginning to peel off around her cuticles, despite applying it no more than 24 hours before. She sighed and began idly picking at paint, tiny chips flaking off and falling onto the check beneath her hand. ...	4	3	22,115
There is a planet wide threat approaching, not everyone can be saved, so the government designed an aptitude test anyone can take to qualify for saving. Highest scores are saved first working backwards until all the available space in their sanctuaries are filled.	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	2	13	22,116
There is a planet wide threat approaching, not everyone can be saved, so the government designed an aptitude test anyone can take to qualify for saving. Highest scores are saved first working backwards until all the available space in their sanctuaries are filled.	A big white room, with big white porcelain tiles on the floors, covered in rows of big and little black, brown, and white toes. The vents near the ceiling are blasting unconditioned air make a lot of noise, provide more bark than bite. It is as loud as it feels empty. "My toes are cold.", or so it sounds like. Althoug...	1	13	22,117
[WP] Write about the monsters under your bed.	I recall, as a young child, running to take a leap to my pink canopied twin bed from about three feet away to make sure the monster under my bed wouldn't get me. I'm not sure if I thought it was a shark, swimming in the thick plush taupe colored carpet of my room, or a long, hairy armed monster just waiting to grab my ...	2	13	22,118
[WP] Write about the monsters under your bed.	Monster (Noun): A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature. There are a few things wrong with this definition. Let me break it down for you. 1) "Large" We are not large. In fact, we are almost the exact opposite of large. We're pretty tiny actually, can't be seen by the naked eye - obviously, or...	1	13	22,119
[WP] Write about the monsters under your bed.	"Ever since Donny grew that fifth eye, he thinks he's the dog's bollocks." Ian sighed. He'd heard it before. He'd heard it all before. Dean continued. "I got more eyes than most, man. See, look. One, two, three." Ian shuffled in the tiny cupboard and turned to face Dean. He squinted through the darkness to where De...	1	13	22,120
[WP] Write about the monsters under your bed.	"I think I always knew you were there." Dave was sitting on the floor, his back against the bed. He stared at the wall in front of him; the room was grey, but the first few streams of dawn were flowing in from the window behind him. He turned to look at his right, as if there was another person sitting beside him when...	1	13	22,121
[WP] Write about the monsters under your bed.	I've been assured many times that they would never hurt me, but it doesn't mean I can't still be scared. Their bodies are unnatural, their faces contorted and twisted into awful, evil smiles. All they ever do is watch. Each time I go up the stairs to my room, I know the faceless humanoid is climbing the walls behind m...	1	13	22,122
[WP] A drug dealer practices chess while he waits on clients. He accidentally becomes a grandmaster.	We were due to meet him in the Cats Corner chess club on 63rd street. I never liked meeting our competition face-to-face, and I pleaded with Micky that we find out where he lives and torch the fucker while he slept. But Micky, whether through confidence or good grace, insisted that we chat first and politely ask him to...	11	30	22,123
[WP] A drug dealer practices chess while he waits on clients. He accidentally becomes a grandmaster.	[deleted]	4	30	22,124
[WP] A drug dealer practices chess while he waits on clients. He accidentally becomes a grandmaster.	You could actually make a series out if this, pitch it to HBO	2	30	22,125
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	Since there's nothing here yet, I'd like to ask whoever has any writing ability to actually do this one. It's a great prompt and I look forward to checking back later.	4	120	22,126
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	There he was, on the other side of the lines, shooting at me. I called his name, "JOHN! JOHNATHAN SMITH!" He looked startled, and called my name back. "TIMOTHY!" For a second, I forgot where I was, why I was fighting, or who I was fighting for. I forgot the degree I came over to this part of the country for. I forgot...	2	120	22,127
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	Here in the muck and filth, in the Assembly's desperate last hurrah, Dean saw something beautiful. He watched as his partner shot arrows from his heartbow - arrows of air, and flame, sound, and light. One after another he drew back arrows of gold and green and white. His physique was perfect, knotted muscles rippling a...	84	120	22,128
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	The two armies faced each other in neat and orderly battle lines just outside the town of Leuktra. Sparta and her Peloponnesian subjects hoped once and for all to end the Theban upstarts and their Boeotian League, led by the Theban King Epaminondas. As the hot summer sun bore down upon them, the men waited in anticipat...	21	120	22,129
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	It was a quiet morning in a quiet village in the turbulent area of Bosnia. A middle-aged man steps outside his house to smell the fresh air, to take in as much of it before he heads into the pigs' stable to feed the animals. That long breath, however, was interrupted by a faint but noticeable sound of horse shoes hitti...	2	120	22,130
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	The air is alight with a sweeping whirlwind of flame, so that the skin of the combatants turn to smoke and steam, and their lungs burn hot and turn to ash. The battle had begun on a high green hill, carpeted with soft sage grasses and towering oaks. Now the earth was craterous and dry, the wind burying bones and broke...	1	120	22,131
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	As the duel began, he struck his blade against hers, then plunged it into his own heart.	0	120	22,132
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	"Thas right, lad, 'oist 'em up on stake like a good lad," the Slave-Sergeant barked. Bez shook his head. The horrors the filled his sight were too numerous to process, but what the Sergeant demanded defied every instinct embedded in the young man. He looked at the small group of captives, their young eyes staring up a...	1	120	22,133
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	[deleted]	1	120	22,134
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	(Log found. Transcripting now.) Taken from the interrogation of Anatas Plo Voti. Det. Harris' speech is in bold. "Alright Anatas, we know you sold the murder weapon to Mr. Filium. Our question is... why? And where did you get it from originally?" "To understand why, we must go back to when I first arrived in t...	1	120	22,135
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	I grew bored of the decimation of the Letus army- it had been fun at first to orchestrate their demise, just as it had entertained me a few centuries ago to push them along to conquer the realm of Mundus. I helped them, nursed them, to become a nation of warriors, of rulers, of blood-thirsty tyrants, and allowed them t...	1	120	22,136
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	"Fuck it. Fuck this." Roland said, throwing his confederate rags over his shoulder as a cannonball whizzed by his head. "Tha fuck?" He said, watching as the cannonball bounced off the terrain, annihilated a fleeing confederate soldier, and continued into the distance. Roland's shaky hands got to dressing himself in t...	1	120	22,137
[WP] A warrior switches sides mid battle	He stood at attention, his coarse manacles trying in earnest to chafe his wrists. Taken by the dredgiest of the sludge, Jean's medals no longer meant anything. They shined still, of course, but spoke neither of his valor in battle nor for him in their case buried in ash. He was in a line not more than two dozen long an...	1	120	22,138
[WP] Purgatory is an airport, and you're boarding a flight that leads to heaven.	I heaved a sigh and look down at the ticket I was holding in my hand. Kind of anticlimactic, honestly; I didn't get some sort of light show or anything, I just kind of... was... at the concourse. A geriatric old man with a wand and a blue uniform and a nametag that read "Pete" waved me through the gate behind a few d...	7	15	22,139
[WP] Purgatory is an airport, and you're boarding a flight that leads to heaven.	"Flight 492 out of Gate 10 will be delayed, we will keep you updated on the situation as it progresses". Another delay? This is the 847th delay in 28 years, which is kind of ridiculous if you ask me. I lean over to Vlad and complain about it, but he just shrugs and keeps on reading his book. For what seemed like th...	3	15	22,140
[WP] Purgatory is an airport, and you're boarding a flight that leads to heaven.	[deleted]	2	15	22,141
[WP] Purgatory is an airport, and you're boarding a flight that leads to heaven.	Willis tried to ignore the young man anxiously working up a conversation starter in the bank of seats across from his. The long timer rustled his newspaper up a little higher and made a sort of printed wall between him and the new kid. Trying as he might to give off the 'leave me alone' vibe, Willis knew he could sta...	4	15	22,142
[WP] Purgatory is an airport, and you're boarding a flight that leads to heaven.	I put a glass of ice against my forehead and sighed with relief. "Thank you." I said to the hostess. "No problem." She said, smiling. "Are you sure you don't want a drink with that?" "Oh god, no." Eight years of sobriety undone in one night. "I'm never touching another drop." "It doesn't have to be alcohol, I can ...	1	15	22,143
[WP] Your protagonist becomes aware that he/she is a character being written into a story that will likely end in his/her death. As your character pleads for his/her life, will you still kill them?	(Edit: Just realized this doesn't really follow the instruction, but the premise is still the same.) I have existed for around 13 years now, I guess since Tommy was about 3 years old. Oh, he used to have a great imagination. Once in his story, I was this hero of an alien planet filled with ice, defending its great c...	4	11	22,144
[WP] Your protagonist becomes aware that he/she is a character being written into a story that will likely end in his/her death. As your character pleads for his/her life, will you still kill them?	http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Stranger-Than-Fiction.pdf	2	11	22,145
[WP] Your protagonist becomes aware that he/she is a character being written into a story that will likely end in his/her death. As your character pleads for his/her life, will you still kill them?	This makes me think of Sophie's World, awesome book.	1	11	22,146
[WP] Your protagonist becomes aware that he/she is a character being written into a story that will likely end in his/her death. As your character pleads for his/her life, will you still kill them?	I carved another line into the wall, and spent the first hour of the new sunlight counting the tally. 632. Had anybody else been counting? Probably not. I am a forgotten woman now. On the night of my arrest, I had been a queen. We had taken a Government stronghold, and I had been at the helm. We had freed the citize...	2	11	22,147
[WP] The ruler of a large nation dies, and instead of an heir leaves behind a series of instructions for the future.	Enclosed inside are the instructions for what should be done with the development of what is currently being called the Soviet Union of Russia. Two individuals named Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky will attempt to assert power and establish structures of government which will seem as though they correspond to the curren...	10	22	22,148
[WP] The ruler of a large nation dies, and instead of an heir leaves behind a series of instructions for the future.	"Hey guys! Elect a new leader and carry on."	0	22	22,149
[WP] The ruler of a large nation dies, and instead of an heir leaves behind a series of instructions for the future.	[deleted]	3	22	22,150
[WP] The ruler of a large nation dies, and instead of an heir leaves behind a series of instructions for the future.	It was sort of the civilised thing to do, everyone thought, to find the guy's last will and testament and to make it public. He'd spent so much time rescuing the nation from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune &c., after all, that it seemed a decent thing to do to honour his memory, after the last four or f...	4	22	22,151
[WP] The ruler of a large nation dies, and instead of an heir leaves behind a series of instructions for the future.	"There's no way to get around the settings defined in the will?" asked the vice president, "There could be sensitive materials in the recording, James." The senior security agent replied, "No sir, it's timed. I looked at the code and the currently, the quantum cores are hard at work cracking the recording. It's like h...	1	22	22,152
[WP] In the near-future, most women in the Western World refuse the discomfort of pregnancy and turn to adoption instead. Tell us a story about life in the "baby mills" of Asia and Africa.	It's the best thing to ever happen to our society in a long time, strangely enough. I don't think I even had to explain how it was when it just started. Protests everywhere, Internet and TV personalities debating almost 24/7, everyone seemed to hate the idea. They're all laughably hypocritical though, the birth rates ...	2	12	22,153
[WP] In the near-future, most women in the Western World refuse the discomfort of pregnancy and turn to adoption instead. Tell us a story about life in the "baby mills" of Asia and Africa.	"Very good, though you need to try to persuade the reader more Mr. Gregory. It's called a persuasive essay for a reason." Snapped the cynical old woman with the deceiving name of Mrs. Joybird. With her grey hair pulled back into a bun so tight it seemed to pull back her crinkled, weathered, face and her beady black eye...	2	12	22,154
Is Gatsby Great?	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	3	1	22,155
Is Gatsby Great?	This has been removed for a variety of reasons: - You didn't tag your post as per the rules of the sidebar. - All you seem to be doing on Reddit is promoting your own venture. - You state elsewhere on Reddit that it is a "non-profit", yet on your blogspot page, I see no listing that it is a non-profit. Indeed, there i...	2	1	22,156
[WP] Nazi Germany won World War II. Describe the daily life of an American.	Life feels so wrong right now. Sure, of all the other countries in the world right now we're getting the least worst of it, we're rather happy actually. Things are going good for our economies, the Nazis are great trading partners, and a lot of them are quite nice actually. Censorship? Yeah, it's all over the place. ...	5	9	22,157
Escape from Earth! By J. Fire (wip)	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	1	1	22,158
Escape from Earth! By J. Fire (wip)	> I did not write this! Then why are you posting this here? This has been removed for a variety of reasons: - This is not your work. - You did not tag the title as per the sidebar rules. - This is not your work. - This is not a prompt. - This is not your work. - This is not a response to a prompt. - This is not y...	1	1	22,159
[PI] Claire Flirts Dangerously and Learns Hieroglyphics at the Bank	[Ending here] Gray was now standing over Mr. McNeil, pistol pressed firmly against his temple. Ginger was staring away from Claire, watching as Mr. McNeil slowly rose to his feet. Claire glanced at her watch: 12:45pm. She hadn’t taken lunch yet, and since Mr. McNeil was back, he’d certainly be able to handle the t...	2	6	22,160
[WP] - A woman is the only person working the night shift at the city morgue, when suddenly she hears a banging from one of the caskets.	Three bangs. Well, more like three gentle knocks. There's only so much you could do when you're in a casket with almost no air to breathe and was probably confirmed dead four hours ago. Two knocks. I'm pretty sure I heard someone there. There's no way he, or she couldn't hear, I heard the footsteps and the mumbling. ...	7	9	22,161
[WP] - A woman is the only person working the night shift at the city morgue, when suddenly she hears a banging from one of the caskets.	(Just realized the prompt was for a morgue, hope this still qualifies. Oops...) Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. "Hello?" Lucy called out. She walked over toward the sound of the gentle knocks. If she didn't know any better, she would think it was coming from the coffin at the front of the room. But that woul...	3	9	22,162
[WP] - A woman is the only person working the night shift at the city morgue, when suddenly she hears a banging from one of the caskets.	I kept looking at my hand. It looked all funny. Bones covered by dry skin. No fat at all. Funny. Fascinating. I must have spent a lot of time looking at it, just turning it, looking at the nails, flexing the fingers. Then I looked around, and noticed it was all dark. I sorta, maybe could see through the darkness, b...	3	9	22,163
[WP] - A woman is the only person working the night shift at the city morgue, when suddenly she hears a banging from one of the caskets.	Most people say that they wouldn't choose a job in a morgue but here I am and it's almost four in the morning. It's not like I like dead people or got this creepy thing for morbid stuff but if I light a joint right now, no one's going to complain. It's fairly laid back and not too bad a job working at the morgue in Dum...	2	9	22,164
[PI] Character's reason for existing is to serve the greater good	This is what I was looking for you, thank you.	1	6	22,165
[wp] "The tiniest change can effect the future in ways you cannot imagine..."	[deleted]	1	12	22,166
[wp] "The tiniest change can effect the future in ways you cannot imagine..."	Silly old man. Picking up a quarter? If it was 10 dollars or 100 that might drastically change the future. You can't buy anything with a quarter. A year after I was teleported 10 years ago and back again I remembered what the old man said. Still doesn't make sense, so I went to the place I found the quarter. There's a...	3	12	22,167
[wp] "The tiniest change can effect the future in ways you cannot imagine..."	"Ooh, a quarter!" exclaimed Gavrilo Princip, taking his eyes off of the street and bending over to pick it up. He admired his new item, satisfied. "If I can't kill the Archduke, at least I'm a quarter richer!" he professed to nobody in particular. A whir of commotion as the motorcade zoomed off. "Damn!" he cried. ...	6	12	22,168
[wp] "The tiniest change can effect the future in ways you cannot imagine..."	Ten years in the past, Sean had actually been in Vegas with his friends, Bill and Andy. And he remembered he had walked over that same quarter after he realized he was late meeting them for dinner. "And what if I had stopped?" Sean wondered. So he picked it up, and instead of dashing across the strip to get back t...	6	12	22,169
[wp] "The tiniest change can effect the future in ways you cannot imagine..."	"The tiniest change can affect the future in ways you cannot imagine..." "Yeah, blow me, dude." James blew the old man off, mollified that he'd even interrupt someone with such drivel. Don't pick up a fucking quarter, are you serious? James picked it up out of spite, and just stood there. --- "Great, now I'm bored...	1	12	22,170
[PI] Monolith - FEB CONTEST	Here's another piece just for fun: JOSHUA WILLIAMS The night was his anytime he wanted it, for as long as he wanted it, and he took it often. The road yawned out before him and behind him and disappeared altogether into a fresh, familiar galaxy, his foot on the pedal and the hum of the motor the only constants h...	2	14	22,171
[PI] Monolith - FEB CONTEST	This is an interesting one. The dialogue and descriptive passages are all really well written, I particularly enjoyed crazy Ian, but I still often found myself struggling to understand exactly what was going on. I don't know if that's deliberate or not, but I think that sometimes it pays to be a little more straightfor...	2	14	22,172
[PI] Monolith - FEB CONTEST	I see the world you've built. But I don't understand it. I admit, I couldn't finish. I've never been a big fan of works that string the reader along on as little information as possible; they frustrate me. I like my plots a little more concrete. I will admit that it's personal preference there, and you've said...	2	14	22,173
[PI] Monolith - FEB CONTEST	Hello! Your writing style is very good: clear and evocative without being overly descriptive or wordy. That said, this is a difficult story to get into because it jumps around so much. If not for your blurb, I would have been pretty lost. Even armed with that background info, I found myself having to backtrack in the...	2	14	22,174
[PI] Monolith - FEB CONTEST	I'm just going to mimic what everyone else has said - your writing is clean and easy to read. I enjoyed the descriptions in the story and the interactions between Ian and David. In the end, though, I was confused for a lot of the story. Despite that, I'm super interested in this world and think this story is worth expa...	1	14	22,175
[OT] 50,000 Subscriber Contest Submissions	I have removed this because I'm going to be posting an actual voting thread with all the entrants. Since the entry phase isn't even over yet, such a list hasn't been posted yet. (Though I do have a tab open with just such a list, with the names of the authors as well.) I do thank you for your enthusiasm, however.	1	2	22,176
[PI] Magnum Opus - FEB CONTEST	Congrats on finishing the story in such short span of time! I'll read this and give some criticism later!	2	13	22,177
[PI] Magnum Opus - FEB CONTEST	22 hours? I don't think I could ever do that - nice job. It sounds like you have a lot of ideas and self-critique so I'll just tell you what I liked. I really enjoyed the realism behind the main character. In a lot of stories the hero is absurdly strong and is able to overcome impossible odds and fight hundreds of men ...	2	13	22,178
[PI] Magnum Opus - FEB CONTEST	I'm impressed at what you were able to turn out in 22 hours! I think that, with work, you could make this a great story. As it is, your writing is well-crafted, but I found myself a little confused as to what was going on. The Vindex was a difficult character to understand and I would have liked a clearer picture of h...	3	13	22,179
[WP] A character attempts to solve a riddle	The boy bent down below the tree and picked up the envelope off of the carpeted floor. He slid his finger along the top and extracted the all white card. He dropped the envelope and excitedly read to himself the contents of the card. "Within me cold hides, away from the day, you'll find a burrito, or perhaps an ice tr...	2	3	22,180
[WP] A character attempts to solve a riddle	Billy had never been any good at solving riddles. He;d never been any good at using his head. His brother, Bobby, could sit there for hours riddling Billy, and laughing at the stupid answers Billy would say. "What has teeth but no mouth?" "A Badger" Billy still wasn't any good at solving riddles. Yet he did not seem ...	1	3	22,181
[WP] A character attempts to solve a riddle	-060 Stokie Rocky Redfellow was the name on every report crossing Angelica Ziegel's desk at the FBI. It was a preposterous name for an impossible person. She had six files laid out before her. Stokie was the lead suspect in each of the cases. The problem she had was that Stokie was in solitary confinement three floors...	1	3	22,182
After having lived a long life, you are a ghost, following yourself around in the present day.	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	2	2	22,183
Prompt me with a scene.	A man giving another, homeless man change. Describe both of the men's outfits.	1	1	22,184
Prompt me with a scene.	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	1	1	22,185
Prompt me with a scene.	Two friends meet for lunch, and end up killing millions of people.	1	1	22,186
[wp] An American finds himself/herself imprisoned in North Korea, they escape with help from a homing pigeon, a brave South Korean and the Navaho language.	wait........ Are you saying that the pigeon is both South Korean and has an expertise knowledge of the Navaho language?	1	5	22,187
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	With eyes wide open and short of breath, James contemplated his new place in the universe. That fraternity that had eluded him during his entire adolescence...with one decisive action, he found himself a part of. What he found wasn't ecstacy or enlightenment, simply relief. After seventeen years of existence, an acco...	73	46	22,188
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	Slightly drunk but not too tipsy. Her and I giggle and laugh and flirt excessively as we stumble into somewhere more private. Bodies close, separated by mere fabric, her eyes swirled with fire and passion, her kiss was electric. As if the unthinkable happened, she took off her top, Omg this is actually happening...	2	46	22,189
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	He was cute, trying to keep up with the fast pace of the lunch rush. I flirted with him, complimenting him on a job well done. I asked for coffee. He gave me an iced frap and a muffin. Across the shop, a man stared at the coffee meant for me and wondered where his damn muffin was. He left his number on my bill and I le...	10	46	22,190
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	I didn't know what to expect. It was my first time, my first time letting someone go inside. Penetrate me, the icy tendrils of their mind reaching and clawing, reformatting me for the life to come. I guess I was scared. Nobody tells you what happens when the Priests take you to the Temple for your thirteenth birt...	4	46	22,191
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	Approaching the mouth of the cave, Charles hesitated. He had heard the tales, the young men swallowed by the comforting depths of the cave, enveloped in the wonder of discovery. The rocks beckoned, almost eager for him to enter. The soft echo of the moist opening captivated Charles, and he found himself unable to look ...	3	46	22,192
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	Her name was Emma, and she was my friend. We grew up together. We lived on the same street and our mothers were childhood friends. Her father owned the bakery we got our bread from, and they frequented our coffeehouse. Growing up, we never thought much about it, being so young and all. I imagine if things happened dif...	22	46	22,193
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	See this song: [Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades - Brand New](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3YVKTxTOgU)	2	46	22,194
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	If she had wanted a hug, I would have happily hugged her. If she told me to hold her, I would have cradled her in my arms and enjoyed the warmth and the scent of strawberry shampoo that had been swimming around my head even before she brought me her big brother’s beers. Cathy deserved a night of peaceful joy after all ...	2	46	22,195
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	It was a dance he practiced a hundred times in his head. A kiss here, here and there like everyone said. Don't spend too much here, here and here. Little slideshows of all the advice rush to the front of his head. But all he kept thinking was, "How do I show her I'm not dead in bed?" She comes over in an hour. He doe...	2	46	22,196
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	Fast and clumsy, the snail slithers toward its new shell. Joyously sliding through the dense grass, it excitedly secretes along its path until it can secrete no more. Exhausted, the snail retreats back in utter disappointment, for having something it wanted, something it needed, for so long once again be, unobtainable...	3	46	22,197
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	Adults tell you all sorts of things. "To make it big, you've gotta work big," that kinda shit. My parents have told me that and a million similar things since I was five, when Connie and I pretended to bicker and then learn to get along because fighting about our toys wasn't nearly as important as new Fruity Pabbo's Ce...	2	46	22,198
[CW] Write about your character losing his or her virginity, with no sexual terminology whatsoever.	"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...", he once read. This quote ran through his mind as he took the short trip from the student accommodation in which he had spent the night, a spring in his step, yet a tightness niggling at his left hamstring. The sun broke through gaps in the clouds, light penetr...	2	46	22,199

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