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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
Someone can probably guess who this is. He was disgraced, scarred with fire, and banished; chaos and turmoil were his allies. He fought the world until he found humility and inner-peace -- discovering that he had more honor than an entire nation.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
I was. Then I will be.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
He came into this world screaming in the arms of a loving woman. Forty four years later he left in the same way.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
He'd always hated hospitals; the endless time spent in waiting rooms, that's why he never bothered with them. But as he lay back choking on and for the oxygen he craved, thinking about the woman he'd never loved and the son he'd never cherished, he realised that his time on this planet had been just two visits to hospi...
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
I spent my days before kindergarten wanting to be my father. I spent the days after my college graduation trying to lock "fathers" like him away.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
Days were long. Weeks were short.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
The yellow protective suit sheltered me from the fire I hated, hated almost as much as the status of hero that society lauded upon me. I was just doing my job; a job from which everyday all I wanted to be was safely home in his arms which sheltered me from my protective suit, and his soft stroking that set me on fire.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
I fell in love and the world grew brighter. Then he left and the world died.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
In the heat of battle, the only man she had ever loved died in her arms after taking a bullet to save her. Enraged by his death, she slaughtered everyone in her path regardless of who they were; her own commander shot her in the back of the head just to stop the merciless slaughter.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
He traveled the world making connections, seeing sights, and experiencing everything the world had to offer. When taking his final breath he was not scared of death, for he knew that he had lived. Edit: Wording.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
It matters not what beginning and end you meet; for we all experience these. It's what lies in-between that makes us who we are.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
A man, born of the same, lives to a ripe old age. Eventually, that stops too.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
He died as he lived. That is to say, he didn't.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
They rushed you out of the delivery room, then shortly returned with faces of anguish, cradling your body in a way we never got the chance to. Even though I only knew you for 8 months, I know you would have been...were...an amazing daughter.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
The world is an oyster. I'm allergic to seafood.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
You'll spend most of your life believing you're higher than the animals. It isn't until the very end that you realize you're among them.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
For his mother, his time on Earth had been - could only be - too short. But for him, it had been far, far too long.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
No need to hurry. We've all the time in the world.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
Her favorite song was "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin. When she found hers, he was there, waiting for her.
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[FF] Describe a life in two sentences.
He spent all his days searching for paradise. On his last breath he realized he was leaving it.
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[WP] A child falls down a well. They are scared at first, but another child's voice comes out of the darkness to comfort them. When they are rescued, the torchlight reveals that they were alone.
The rope came down and I grabbed on. Issac did not. There was light enough to see his rough outline in the darkness now. "Come on." I said "Grab on" "I can't" There was infinite sorrow in that voice. "Why?" Just then, one of the rescue workers opened the lid of the well fully. Light came down in rays, arresting the ...
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[WP] A child falls down a well. They are scared at first, but another child's voice comes out of the darkness to comfort them. When they are rescued, the torchlight reveals that they were alone.
s/They are/he is s/them/him s/they were/he was That's not gender-neutral but that's usually not a problem for a writing prompt (writers can bend the rules anyway). _______________________________________ Right after the firefighter had finished checking his knots, the men up there started winding up the rope. In a ma...
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[WP] A child falls down a well. They are scared at first, but another child's voice comes out of the darkness to comfort them. When they are rescued, the torchlight reveals that they were alone.
Nineteen hundred and twenty seven, A child falls in and flies to heaven. The year of two-thousand, ten and four, Another falls in, and cries once more. The Voice from the past Speaks his last Thoughts, regrets, and memories. And when he is found Deep in the ground, Undiscovered lies a ghostly sound.
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[WP] People now predict the future like they predict the weather, but it's a disaster.
Robert grabbed the toast from the toaster and tossed it onto the small cream colored plate. He blew on his hand while shaking the crumbs off. A long stroke with the butter knife deposited a thick layer of butter over the crunchy slice of bread. Sitting down in his fine leather breakfast nook chair, he picked up the rem...
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[WP] The earth is actually an egg.
The universe shimmered in an eerie light. The ever persistent dark holes drained it away into nothingness, even as it filled the vastness of space. Soon the universe would begin itself anew, the earth it's colossal egg. The tiny microbes known as humanity were shaken to to the core as the planet they inhabited began ...
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[WP] A suicidal man wakes up too be in the life he always dreamed about
Leo thought falling would be the best way to go, because he heard that if you jumped from high enough you'd faint before impact anyway. Besides, it would be an exciting way to die, and it had been a very long time since he'd felt excited. *You sure about this, Guy?* Leo asked himself as the fierce wind whipped at his ...
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[WP] A suicidal man wakes up too be in the life he always dreamed about
Fred woke, and immediately noticed something was different. For one thing, he felt lighter, warmer even. The muted gray walls of his bedroom seemed somewhat brighter. He noticed another thing, too. Liza was in bed next to him. Fred's brow furrowed. He sat up, his eyes darting from the pale of Liza's slender back to th...
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[WP] A suicidal man wakes up too be in the life he always dreamed about
The alarm clock buzzed loudly, ripping him out of his dreams. Grumbling, he turned around but instead of his huge stomach stopping the motion on his side, he rolled all the way over to his belly. This was new. Abraham opened his eyes, the annoying buzzing pushed to the back of his mind, and he found himself staring st...
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[PI] Oracle and Obelisk: A Dark Horse Novella - FEB CONTEST
I think your writing was clean and this was well-written. I enjoyed Adrianna's story and I thought her take on the world was very interesting. This has definitely piqued my interest in learning more about her tribe and her back story. My only comment is that at times the scenes seemed to jump very rapidly. For example...
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[PI] Oracle and Obelisk: A Dark Horse Novella - FEB CONTEST
Your prose is great, and I really enjoyed Adrianna as a character. The plot seemed like a pretty odd string of events to me though, if there's supposed to be some kind of greater meaning then I didn't get it. Still, I really enjoyed the story.
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[PI] Oracle and Obelisk: A Dark Horse Novella - FEB CONTEST
Hi! This was very well-written. The opening, with Adrianna reading the card, pulled me in. I liked the world you built and found myself wanting to understand the concepts introduced ("Master of the Field", the "Thought", the different obelisks) a little better. I also liked the overarching tarot theme, with the chapter...
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[WP] The Killers (the band) are accused of murder. Describe the trial and its outcome.
Even the court stenographer stopped typing for a moment. She couldn't believe it. She thought she'd seen it all in a courtroom; years of murder trials and felony court had hardened her resolve, desensitized her like a war veteran or anyone that watches too much news. It wasn't the shout, piercing the stillness of the c...
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[IP] Thirty miles to the highway, and no cellular service ...
-066 (Part 1 of 3) Kansas. I always hated Kansas. It was flat. It was covered with crops. Foraging was always a problem, but it was time for the High Hunt. There weren't a lot places left to hold the hunt. Cameron turned to regard the men lined up behind them. Sixty men, all with short barreled brush guns. Their idea...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
I lie a lot. I just can’t help it. It’s not like it matters, it becomes true eventually. When I was 14 I would always lie and tell them that I was 21 to get into the clubs. And, sure enough, I grew older quickly. My date of birth on my ID changed to say I was 21, my body and face matured, until in every sense possibly ...
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I killed her. I look back at that day and still can't fathom what came over me. I'd been cheated on before, but this time I snapped. Did I love Katie more than girls before? No, not really. Shit, I'd never even punched someone before. On a personality test at work I was labeled "always calm under pressure; performs wel...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
"I love her. I love her. I love her..." he said, hearing the moans crack against the wall outside of her door. Finally - he dropped the thirteen petaled roses by the entrance. All were red. All were petaled. All but one which held a crystal clear imitation of beauty. " But she loves m-" cut off by another moan. He left...
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I married her for convenience. She was loaded; I would never have to work a day in my life again. I didn't love her, but the words were always so easy to say. "I love you," I'd say. Simple words. A small price to pay for convenience. I could tolerate it all. Her annoying giggle, the way she chewed her food. Her scr...
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"Tell me something, make it true." She grins into her palm, and the girl on her arm giggles, staggering underneath the stink of booze. "You're drunk." She murmurs into her curls, looping their fingers together as they stumble. "A lie!" the girl amends, eyes determined, smile lop-sided. "We're going home." She sighs, ...
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Lenny squinted slightly and stared back at Harry. The way his head shook—it was so dismissive, so ignorant. What did he know? As far as Lenny cared, everything Harry knew was a lie. Or at least it was about to become a lie. “You are not Batman, Lenny.” Harry’s head swiveled slowly back and forth, eyes staring at the w...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
I started out life as a stonemason. Frankly, my life was pretty unremarkable. I can tell you this now because you won't believe me. And that's OK, I just need to get this off my chest. I had a relatively normal childhood, though I got teased a lot for being born a bit too early for my parents, based upon their marr...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
**Note: It is true to a degree.** Megan crawled from the alley. Her hands bleeding. Her arms shaking. Her panties torn. Her dress ripped. She collapsed on the sidewalk. The beating he'd given her was too much for her to take. ----------------------------------------- Megan sat in the dark. Her hair a mess. The shade...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
The world had gone crazy. There was no other way Raahi could put it. It had begun with the discovery of the red demons living under the earth's surface, making geologists around the world scratch their heads in confusion. They had been so sure it hadn't always been that way, but there was no denying it now: Hell was re...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
Would it be bad form to mention that I wrote a novel more or less on this subject?
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
May 19th 2023 was the day the world changed forever. The story was first leaked on a small news website, but then spread like wildfire. Within hours it has made the front page of Reddit and by the next day it was emblazoned across the front page of practically every major newspaper. Within days the economy collapsed. W...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
"You're free." It had been so many years that Jerome had waited to hear those words. "You're free." That meant everything to him. He would never know loneliness like he had. The time he had spent waiting. Just waiting. And waiting. And... Waiting.... But, he wasn't free. He would never be free. Liberated, yes. Free, no...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
I'm a 419 scammer. I trick people out of their money by promising them a huge payoff, which never happens. On an average day, I send out a 3-400 emails to addresses on lists, promising them a cut of a "rich uncle's" inheritance in exchange for a few hundred bucks in fees. I get emails, too, from other scammers. Which ...
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I am not afraid to die as I listen to the world burn. It's 3:27 AM and the sirens are howling outside, but I'm safe in my bedroom. The power dropped two hours ago when the first bombs fell, so it's too dark to see the faces of my family in the photo album clutched to my chest. What would they think right now? Would th...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
I hardly ever lie. People believe it, so it must be true. I even believe it at this point. My marriage is great. A lot of people tell me my wife is too possessive and even abuses me. I always disagree though. She just gets worried easily. Sometimes I tell them the scratches are from our cat, Casper, who none of them ...
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"A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth" -Lenin
“A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth.” Mallory flashed her effervescent smile, almost giving me a reason to live again. But of course, I stopped myself. She’s taken. A luminous angel taken by society as the princess of England and its future queen. “And what truth would that be?” I sulked, avoiding eye contac...
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[OT] Word Cloud of 250 Most Popular Prompt Titles
This is pretty cool! Now we just need a prompt using only the most popular words
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[OT] Word Cloud of 250 Most Popular Prompt Titles
Maybe link an image?
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[OT] Word Cloud of 250 Most Popular Prompt Titles
Really interesting! Would you mind shedding a little light on the technical skills (the Word and VBA stuff) that you used to make it?
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[OT] Word Cloud of 250 Most Popular Prompt Titles
Pikachu decides to find love; the world slowly dies. First words I saw, someone right me a story
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Die Find Love Happens is my new band name.
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>I left in "Man" because it's pretty informative - "woman" is nowhere to be seen. Yes, I've recently started noticing that. What's with all the prompts on this subreddit that specify a male character, even when it'd make just as much sense for the main character to be a woman? Just looking at the titles on the fir...
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[PI] Outbound - FEB CONTEST
Congrats on your entry! This was a fun read and I enjoyed a lot of the ideas you touched on in the story. My only suggestion is that you could flesh out the story a little more. The story introduced a lot of concepts - Granny J's story, the police, casting away, robots taking almost all the jobs - which I think deserve...
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[PI] Outbound - FEB CONTEST
To be honest, I didn't quite get the point of the Outbound Initiative and that made it really hard to get into the story. I presumed when you first introduced it that corporations vied for 16-year olds as cheap labor and that they were basically indentured servants for 10 years, but then we see that there are tons of u...
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[PI] Outbound - FEB CONTEST
Hi! Your writing is clear, but I, too, had trouble buying this world. It seems like shipping a bunch of teenagers offworld, without jobs, would be a great way to create an unnecessary criminal underclass on a wealthy planet -- something which I imagine those in charge in the Outbound Initiative wouldn't want to do. (Or...
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[WP] A man obsessed with finding his Wife's lover, finally meets him face to face.
A bread crumb had been left on the tablecloth. Dan squeezes his index finger against his thumb until the skin is translucent before firing it off and flicking the bread crumb out into the void of mumbled conversations and moving waiters, to land on some distant white-and-black tiled shore. His tablecloth is spotless no...
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[WP] A man obsessed with finding his Wife's lover, finally meets him face to face.
I finally caught a break in my own little investigation into my wife's personal dealings when I found the reciept she had left on the dresser for two tickets to the local oprah house for Seven the following night. I couldn't sleep. I was up all night preparing for the confrontation I knew was coming. I dressed myself d...
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[WP] A man obsessed with finding his Wife's lover, finally meets him face to face.
On the outside, they're an idyllic family living in an idyllic house. A somewhat successful businessman, a happy housewife, a smart teenage daughter and an athletic son. Two cars in the porch, the lawn mowed and the backyard cleaned. It's the most idyllically traditional family you could find. On the inside, they're a ...
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[WP] A man obsessed with finding his Wife's lover, finally meets him face to face.
Mike sat at the breakfast bar, a half eaten pankcake drowning in syrup lay splayed out on his plate. He reached for his vitamins and remember he'd been out for over a week now. He stared at the empty bottle then shot back his cup of orange juice. He couldn't finish his feast for the knot in his stomach, something was o...
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[WP] A man obsessed with finding his Wife's lover, finally meets him face to face.
...as he brushed his teeth in the morning.
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[WP] A man obsessed with finding his Wife's lover, finally meets him face to face.
I couldn't believe it was him. I couldn't believe it was *him*. He had been there for me when I kissed her, he was there when she walked down the aisle with me, he was my *best* **MAN**. After 20 years of friendship, 13 years of marriage, this is how my life ends up. The two people I trust the most, turn out to be th...
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[WP] A physical being who exists throughout all times simultaneously with a singular consciousness
I am the sun. I am the moon. I am the earth. I am God. I am you. I am the beginning and the end. I am the circle of life. I am the wind. I am the cattle. I am life. I am death. Yet, in my perception, a circle must end. You are not the first, and not the last. You are the past, present, and future. Who am I? I? I ...
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[EU] Frank Underwood and Walter White meet for dinner at the same restraunt.
INT. FREDDY'S BBQ JOINT - DAY *Frank Underwood is licking his fingers after downing yet another styrofoam box-full of D.C.'s finest barbecue. Freddy, mopping the floors, finds his way to Underwood's table.* **UNDERWOOD** *Aside, to us*: Freddy's barbecue is the finest in the city, but it's not just the sauce I hit h...
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[EU] Frank Underwood and Walter White meet for dinner at the same restraunt.
Out. Standing. This would make a great piece of audio fiction. Forward it to Bryan Cranston's representation. He's pretty good to his fan base. Maybe he and Kevin Spacey could get into a recording studio and make it happen.
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[WP] Hello, past me. Enclosed you will find the perfect comeback you’ll need tomorrow. Love, future you.
I opened the envelope to reveal a sticky not and read it. *Stupid, * I thought. But I went with it. I would never doubt older me. No, that's a lie. Because all day I doubted myself. *No one has ever said this. Most comebacks aren't original or as stupid as this one. This is dumb. I'm not going to do it....
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[WP] Hello, past me. Enclosed you will find the perfect comeback you’ll need tomorrow. Love, future you.
Barely able to contain his anticipation, George tore at the envelope with his slightly chubby yet nimble fingers, he had good hands, delicate, yet masculine, it was one of the few physical traits he liked about himself. George's brown eyes scanned the note. It *did* appear to be his own handwriting, how was this poss...
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[WP] The bicycle, not the automobile, became the dominant form of transportation in Western Civilization - and you're stuck in traffic.
*Ding ding* "Hurry up up there!" I sat flopped on my handlebars, letting my arms hang like noodles. The freeway was packed. I probably wasn't going to make it to work on time today. "Hey buddy." The guy next to me said. I looked up. Ten-speed. Nice. "What's up?" I asked. He held out a bottle of water and motioned i...
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[WP] "[Name] was the last person I expected to grab my butt."
Ashley was always a shy girl. When I met her, she had just moved to town and transfered to my school, specifically my class. We instantly hit it of - not in a romantic way, at least for me. Now, years later, at the second reunion party at David's house, I met her again. She was clearly intoxicated, judging by the red ...
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[WP] extrapolate on Frederic Brown's famous "shortest horror story ever written"
"Who's there?" the last man on Earth asked. "Banana," came the muffled reply. "Please" the last man begged. "Let me die." "Not until we figure this out. Now go on." "Banana who," the last man whimpered. "Orange you glad we didn't say banana?" The last man buried his hands into his face and sobbed. There was the m...
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[WP] Your protagonist, completely unarmed, manages to defeat a monster but doesn't kill it
He was circling the terrified girl, sizing her up. They seemed to have reached a stalemate. This was something new to the demon- usually he just killed the fools who summoned him but this one, she was different. Terrified, but different. How had they even reached this point? He had to rack his memory to figure it out....
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[WP] Your protagonist, completely unarmed, manages to defeat a monster but doesn't kill it
The boy didn't break eye contact with the monster as he closed the distance. At five paces he stopped to size it properly. A young monster, barely half the boys size. Talons like filleting knives adorned its feet, flames crackling on the scaled tail. It stared at the boy with its uncomprehending reptile's eyes and hiss...
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[WP] - John Madden writes a romance novel...
John We need to go over your second draft here. (Thank you for not sending your fantasy league draft this time.) I pulled a few lines that I think need some fixing up. Plus, the story line's all over the place. Help me out here. **"Now see, if Joe makes a move at the bar, he will definitely have the chance to make a...
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[WP] - John Madden writes a romance novel...
Warning: Been a long time since I watched anything involving John Madden or played one of his games, so this could be a bit off. -- The quarterback just doesn't have the length to go deep. Offensive strategy here seems to be to just pound it inside, try and ram it up the gut, get a little bit of yardage at a time....
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[WP] - John Madden writes a romance novel...
Here's a guy that never had to work for his charm and style, you see, for God had blessed his whole body, as much as his stunning right arm. His southern charm fit his sexy country style like a pair of wranglers... BOOM! Watching his smile on that little teleprompter screen made me light up in the booth to the extent...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
"Grant, son, what do you see?" Carl helped his son to the telescope aimed at what should be Mars. "Um.. I'm not sure" Mentally chiding himself on a rising laugh Carl leaned in check the settings. "Dad, what's a four-oh-four?" "What?" Carl said, taken aback slightly. He looked at his son as though something were wr...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
Ayep shook the ashes from his pipe and looked over at his children. It had been hard, these last few years, without their mother. Abati had grown to be a woman on her own, and Kobi was approaching the years of change. They were gathered on the benches in front of the house, looking out at the setting sun, its glory ref...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
the night the sky went four-oh-four we clutched each other ran in fear burned the cities down but in the secret places in our hearts you and I had known it all along so I watched your skin dance in burning-light as we celebrated new beginnings
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
He sat back before sending the command, mentally checking if anything could go wrong. He had hidden the source of the connection by using several underground VPNs and some systems he had compromised before for this purpose. The command channel was encrypted end-to-end and he was pretty sure no one would have taken the ...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
"Dad! The sky isn't working!" It was my two-year old. He was always making silly jokes. The weather outside was a nice balmy twenty-two degrees Celcius, breezy winds and a gentle blue sky. So, when I looked up and saw a gigantic letter hovering over the passing helicopter you can imagine my shock. That night, ...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
It had been six months since the sky blacked out. Trillions of stars gone in an instant, replaced by a single blinking white line. ***-_-_-_-_-*** Scientists scratched their heads, Priests and Imams preached the end of times, but frankly very few people gave a shit. Matrix, practical joke or divine intervention, life...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
*File not found. Invalid file path.* "Oh shit, this is bad. This is very bad." At this outburst, Gabriel leaned away from his workstation to peer at his coworkers screen. The glare of blue told him that Uriel may not have been overstating. "Okay, so something is wrong. Maybe they won't notice. You know how humans a...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
Randall Munroe sat on a dark hilltop with his wife. A blanket was laid out below them and a half empty bottle of wine sat in an empty picnic basket beside two wine glasses. Dinner had been eaten long ago, but the night sky was too brilliant to ignore. "... And those stars make up Orion." He said, pointing out the ...
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[WP] The night sky disappears. An error message takes it's place
That day was as normal as one could be, that was what she thought. Waking up at the normal time, going to school at the normal time. What wasn't normal though, was the time when she went home and what happened afterwards. Even before she went past the school gates, she had already decided that going home now wasn't th...
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[WP] A shapeshifter, on his or her death bed, makes the decision to make one last transformation, into a tree.
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[WP] A shapeshifter, on his or her death bed, makes the decision to make one last transformation, into a tree.
This is it, he thought. After a lifetime of being whatever he wanted, a lifetime of no limits no restrictions. And he was going to die here in these woods. The Agency's team was behind him, he could hear them moving through the brush, getting closer by the minute. He didn't know how they found him out, how could they...
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[WP] A shapeshifter, on his or her death bed, makes the decision to make one last transformation, into a tree.
He was the last of his kind, and he was dying of old age. He killed a good chunk of the rest, when he was young and didn't knew better. War, famine and humans did the rest. There were other shapeshifters drifting around, but not like him. He was truly alone. These were his family's woods. He rested once more in the...
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[WP]In America, civil war is happening, Press freedom has been removed, & is now government controlled. What happens next?
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[WP]In America, civil war is happening, Press freedom has been removed, & is now government controlled. What happens next?
It all started about a month ago. The president took complete control, abolishing both Congress and the Supreme Court in one fell swoop. Cameras were planted everywhere. Police blockades and military checkpoints dotted the country. It was a full on *1984* scenario. The people that didn't leave immediately, couldn't. Il...
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