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[WP] A modern day version of a Greek myth.
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[WP] A modern day version of a Greek myth.
"We shouldn't be here." Savage said. His eyes slid from side to side, looking past the glass blocking their way. "We're commited." Dora snapped. "The lab is operating illegally. We go in. We get the evidence. Take some pictures. Take some video. We upload it so they can't deny it. We take it to Congress." Dora stopped...
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[WP] A modern day version of a Greek myth.
[<---](http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1zrr1k/eli5_why_is_nonchalant_a_word_but_chalant_is_not/cfwtgki?context=3) **-7-** [--->](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2134zl/if_you_died_and_went_to_hell_what_would_be_your/cg9bstn?context=3) **{Mythos High: Retelling}** *Conceived T...
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[WP] A modern day version of a Greek myth.
Sis u thar sis is he here yet sis ... r u ignoring me sis u know hes for me hiiaka, u know what happens when big sis doesn't get what she wants sis i kno about u and ur girlfriend let me just tell you if you dont txt back in a day i will find her and i will end her you know i dont kid sis you have one day ...
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[OT] I made a film based off one of your /r/WritingPrompts responses! Please watch "Debrief"
Just watched it, great video man.
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[OT] I made a film based off one of your /r/WritingPrompts responses! Please watch "Debrief"
You should really reference the post that inspired you in your post. >.>
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[OT] I made a film based off one of your /r/WritingPrompts responses! Please watch "Debrief"
http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1tqvlg/wp_a_special_forces_squad_is_sent_to_assassinate/ceam6w8 For those that wonder which exact post.
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[OT] I made a film based off one of your /r/WritingPrompts responses! Please watch "Debrief"
Great stuff. I quite enjoyed it. :) The story he worked off of: http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1tqvlg/wp_a_special_forces_squad_is_sent_to_assassinate/ceam6w8
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[OT] I made a film based off one of your /r/WritingPrompts responses! Please watch "Debrief"
You adapted fairly verbatim someone else's work, so I hope you asked him for permission since this would be copyright infringement otherwise. You only link to the reddit user name at the end credits, so I would assume you didn't. The risk to you is that the original writer can claim copyright infringement and/or file a...
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[WP]: Write about your country's culture as if a documentary thousands of years in the future.
Though interest is a term that implies the mercurial, unscientific notions of subjectivity and emotion, it serves as contemporary historians' main impetus with regard to the popular study of America (A-MA-RISSA). One cannot determine America's exact borders, but many historians have conceded that the enigmatic kingdom...
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[WP] You are a lone human stranded on an alien planet. All the native life is poisonous to eat, except for one species which you hunt successfully while waiting for rescue. One day, you discover that the animals you have been killing and eating are intelligent.
"I remember when I was a kid, sleeping in my own room for the first time, I was scared to death of monsters. Monsters hiding in my closet, under my bed, behind the door. Monsters that want to feast on humans. Maybe aliens that decided to kill us. I never thought that one day, I would be the monster. I wonder, if the ...
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[WP] You are a lone human stranded on an alien planet. All the native life is poisonous to eat, except for one species which you hunt successfully while waiting for rescue. One day, you discover that the animals you have been killing and eating are intelligent.
I struggled to open the cockpit of my spacecraft, exhausted from the space bandits I had just barely escaped. I had to crash land on this distant land that seemed relatively safe for now, anything was safer then fighting the GSB. I was starving after not eating for a few days due to being looted by the corrupt Trans-G...
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[WP] [EU] Woody and Buzz Lightyear sneak into Andy's Mom's room to get batteries from her nightstand when they stumble across her toys who are also named Woody and Buzz.
I don't think I have the skill to do this story justice, but I just want to say, that is a damn clever WP. I look forward to the replies.
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[WP] [EU] Woody and Buzz Lightyear sneak into Andy's Mom's room to get batteries from her nightstand when they stumble across her toys who are also named Woody and Buzz.
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[WP] [EU] Woody and Buzz Lightyear sneak into Andy's Mom's room to get batteries from her nightstand when they stumble across her toys who are also named Woody and Buzz.
"Woody!" came the muffled hiss. There was no reply. "Woody," it repeated, "Cowboy..." Still nothing. Buzz glanced back and forth, taking in the scene before him. The bed was higher than that of Andy's room, the sheets well pressed, and a distinct lack of toys. This was dangerous ground. Taking a deep breath, he do...
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[WP] [EU] Woody and Buzz Lightyear sneak into Andy's Mom's room to get batteries from her nightstand when they stumble across her toys who are also named Woody and Buzz.
...alright. I'll bite. "Almost there Buzz, just through this door." "Careful Sheriff, we've never been in this part of the house before. Could be dangerous." "It's Andy's mom's room, what's the worst that could YYAARGGHH!!" "Woody!, what's wrong, aliens?!" "What?, no, just...just some of Andy's mom's panties..." ...
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[WP] [EU] Woody and Buzz Lightyear sneak into Andy's Mom's room to get batteries from her nightstand when they stumble across her toys who are also named Woody and Buzz.
I'm not tackling this one, but good god this is an awesome premise. Wow. Can't wait to see what others write.
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The last sentence of humanity
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[WP] Action plot that builds up to a terrible one-liner pun.
James gripped the icy metallic pole that was cemented to the threshold of the apartment rooftop. The fog of his breath impaired what little visibility was left in the moonless night sky. His eyes adjusted to the balcony below. There was just enough light peeking through the window to make out a figure dashing past the ...
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[WP] An alien arrives on earth with the sole mission of destroying earth and all of its inhabitants. Upon his arrival he starts to reconsider.
‘Destroy Earth. No Survivors. No Evidence. Kill Them All’ ZAaacck reread his mission one last time. He had travelled six light years to get here, and after three years of travel he had finally reached Earth. He knew this would be his last mission – that was what no evidence meant – he would have to disappear entirely, ...
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[WP] An alien arrives on earth with the sole mission of destroying earth and all of its inhabitants. Upon his arrival he starts to reconsider.
_Oh I estimate four, maybe seven hundred words, he says..._ --- “No.” The floor begins to fall silent, but it’s a slow process. One by one, the gathered sentients pause their conversations to try and figure out why their peers have done so. They’re not even halfway done by the time the First Representative speaks up...
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[WP] An astronaut's final conversation with a worker at Ground Control and his co-astronauts after he is accidentally ejected away from the Space Station, with 1 hour of oxygen left.
I am not an important man. 60.00 I can stay calm. The yoga has been helping. I stretch up into the inky blackness and watch the white dot of the space station grow steadily smaller. 57.49 There's a crackle in my helmet and a tinny voice speaks into my ear. "Ground control, this is Ground control. You have...
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[WP] You send a text that you never meant to send out
"Black midget porn" ... "Sorry, thought I was in my browser... Great service last weekend though, Vicar." And *that* is how I got excommunicated.
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[WP] You send a text that you never meant to send out
Darla! wait! Oh shit, I really didn't mean to send that text! Let me explain.. You see, she and I... what you saw, that was simply a joke. You know, I didn't really... Unless you're into that sort of thing. Then I did. But in the meantime; I didn't. Absolutely; did not. Why would I do that? We're in a dedicated rela...
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[WP] "Take that Vitamin D you dirty little slut." -The Sun
***Warning: Offensive At Some Parts*** A beautiful day to bring warmth to the Earth, For each new day, a new light gives birth, They wake up each morning with the call of a crow, Yet there's something about me, they do not know. That I'm a gansta fuckin' rapper with the brightest rhyme, Given bitc...
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[WP] "Take that Vitamin D you dirty little slut." -The Sun
Take that Vitamin D, you dirty, little slut. Do you know who I am? I am the sun. I am hot shit. I am a big ball of gas. One day, I will become so fat that I will engulf you, and my hot body will melt your skin away, revealing your ugly-ass organs. Thankfully, your organs will also melt into oblivion, so you will ...
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[WP]: A human being with no independent personality, identity or existence of their own, who only assumes any appearance and persona people expect, strives for happiness
When I'm around her, she changes me. She makes me a better person, someone who finds happiness within. A not so rare sentiment perhaps, but for me it ran deeper. My life is lived as a reflection. At one glance I'm replaced by a fleeting character who dances around people's desires. To them I am all that's needed. One...
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[WP]: A human being with no independent personality, identity or existence of their own, who only assumes any appearance and persona people expect, strives for happiness
When Sissy went to the bathroom, Carol seized me by the wrist and leaned to whisper in my ear. "When Sissy's brother gets here," she began, "try to keep your bearings." "Why?" I whispered. "You'll see." She must have read the concern in my face. "Oh, it's nothing sinister. It's not like that. Dave's a good guy. *Ver...
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"Man Versus Nature: The Road to Victory"
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[WP] A team of astronauts is returning to Earth from an extended mission, only to find that all hell has broken loose...
[OC] Have you read *Lucifer's Hammer*? It includes this exact scenario...
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[WP] A team of astronauts is returning to Earth from an extended mission, only to find that all hell has broken loose...
Back from Mars! Yet another successful resupply mission, and record time too; just three years, two months, thirteen days, eight hours, thirty-two minutes and six seconds. A full four hours, eight minutes and twelve seconds off the galactic record. But as we rotated around the Earth for the standard five hours, thirty...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
From the day you're old enough to know what love is you look out for it, at the top of the thigh, a tattoo of half a heart, or half a bird, half a tree. I've seen books sometimes, or cars. Takes all sorts of people I guess. Some people parade theirs, you can see them in the high street, girls with low cut jeans, the ne...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
Sometimes, it just didn't work the way you planned. It was a simple house, with short green grass that never seemed to grow more than a few inches and a tall tree at the furthest corner casting shade across the yard all the way until dusk. He'd walked past it a thousand times before, trying to peek a glimpse in the l...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
She's gone. As I sit here opposite the second floor window, looking out onto the street, all I can think is that I am here alone and she is somewhere else. And she won't be back. We both knew it would go this way, but I feel like she may have actually had more hope than me. It suited her to be that way. She was the o...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
The Mountain and the Diamond "It's been there as long as you have, soft and green upon your skin. Go find the other of the pair. not to do so is a sin." My mother said this quite often when I was a little child. The world wasn't always this way. It was crazy, scary, wild. You didn't know who was right, so you ...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
Heart for a Heart. Songbird for a Songbird. Tulip for a Tulip. We have matching birthmarks. The sweetest song you'll ever sing will be the day when you find your true love. Their voice will sound smoother than golden honey, a symphony to your untrained ears. They will smell like grass fresh after a long rainfall, ...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
"Do you, Thomas Carver, take Alicia Johnson to be your lawfully wedded wife?" "I do." "Do you, Alicia Johnson, take Thomas Carver to be your lawfully wedded husband?" "I do." "You may now kiss the bride." --- Thomas couldn't believe how they'd gotten here. Five years ago, he'd lost his ring in the wide expanse th...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours," I told her, trying to catch her hand. Instead she danced away from my outstretched fingers. She answered me with a laugh and ran into her house. Later she handed me a warm chocolate chip cookie and we took turns flying my kite, the light blue wings blending with the sky. It lo...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
After Greg and Sandy left and it was just the two of them at the table, Cynthia tried ordering oysters and mimosas, but John stopped her. He waved the waitress away with a smile, patting his stomach. *I’m stuffed*, the gesture said. The server looked at Cynthia and then back at John with a wisp of sympathy at the corne...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
Do you remember the Internet? It could have solved this problem easily. “Hey, here’s my birthmark, does it match yours?” That’s it. You’d find your soulmate in a day. Tops. But sadly TinderTat does not exist. We’re not supposed to talk about our tattoos, you wouldn’t want to share too much afterall. Taboo Tatto...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
 "But, Father, I do not love her! I do not know why. She shares the mark but I feel nothing" You will love her, marry her, take the throne, and be king! This is the last time I will speak of this! "But Father I".... NO! I am telling you as your King... you will do this. You are my only heir and you will do as ...
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[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a tattoo that matches their soulmate's. You fall in love with someone who isn't your match.
Buzzing from the nightstand wakes me, my initial guess is morning. Groggily, I search for the phone eventually find it on top of my books. Shutting it off, I lay back and sigh. Morning always comes around so fast. I close my eyes and lurch forward, rubbing the small rocks from my eyes. Fighting back a yawn, I relocate ...
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[WP] Write about a young boy with a bike and his struggle to bike up a large hill.
Arnie was the first one to tell me about the lady on McGovern Hill. "It was a long time ago in 1973. Her name was Elizabeth Allemand. She was a senior at St. George's, the prom queen, she was really hot. Like, Playboy hot. Anyway, she was driving down one night, and she'd been drinking, so when she flew over the top o...
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Scientists figure out that all digital machines, from your stopwatch to your computer, are alive.
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[WP]: A man finds himself in prison for murder. Strangely, he has been given a wide berth after speaking to only one prisoner. What did he say?
Carl used both hands to deeply massage his freshly shaven scalp. It's his first day in the big house and he's already wanting to kill himself. It's not the scumbags that surround him, the terrible food, or having to shit in plain view. It's this goddamn Lenny yapping away beside him in the cafeteria. "I mean, you ...
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[WP] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire park is empty.
"Are you nervous?" His father asked, ruffling Norm's hair with his left hand. "No, dad. I'm fine." Norm insisted. He lied. He was nervous. He had never liked rides like this one. They were too fast, too loud and too scary. Norman swallowed and took a deep breath, thinking of the ice-cream his dad would buy him after ...
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[WP] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire park is empty.
This thread has been linked to from elsewhere on reddit. - [/r/TadsPrompts] [\[21st March 2014\] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire p...
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[WP] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire park is empty.
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[WP] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire park is empty.
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[WP] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire park is empty.
The lights flickered once and in that split second I have never felt more afraid. I have no idea why, but my neck suddenly started to hurt really bad. I looked to my right (or left? I still don't have those two figured out... whatever, it's the side where your fingers make an L if you look at them and your hand isn't f...
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
In the end, despite tens of thousands of dollars from grants, and the countless years the best minds of the world studying the secrets of REM sleep, it was not a scientist who discovered the true meaning of REM. It was a slightly drunk grad student from the Department of History at MSU who had the epiphany. "Katie?...
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
*Voice Journal Entry 1 - January 14, 2015 03:05* >I have spent years, *years*, trying to understand sleep. Perhaps it is because it comes so infrequently to me that I am able to study it so fervently; perhaps it is merely my inquisitive personality leading me to question such a useless thing. We sleep for 8 hours ...
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
He stared at the blinking figures on the screen. How..? Markus took off his headphones and stared. Is this really happening? He had joined the programme only two weeks ago. He knew he was good, but he hadn't expected to make any progress so soon. No one had. And certainly nothing this big. A monotonous, pop song co...
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
I didn't believe in myths. Until now. I was merely watching the test subjects sleep. There were three of them, in for a normal check up, making sure that the new sleep-apnea masks we designed were working effectively. They were. In fact, they were working so well that one of the test subjects snoring had not go...
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
Damn I hate when I see one of these threads and don't notice the [WP] at first... or when they're not tagged. That's terrible.
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
Holy crap let me sleep and work on this tomorrow.
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[WP] REM sleep is indeed rapid, but it isn't random. The eye movement is a code, and someone just discovered how to translate it.
I saw this on my front page and got excited because I thought it was real. Then I saw it was a WP
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[WP] Death shows up to your house and realizes he's early. You are relieved until he says "Well see you tomorrow then."
You know when you have a bad day and everything goes wrong? Well yesterday i had one such day, first my alarm went of at 3 in the morning, then i find out that someone stole my car, forcing me to go with the bus, if that wasn't enough the boss lays me of, and he did so just in time for my girlfriend to phone me and te...
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[WP] Death shows up to your house and realizes he's early. You are relieved until he says "Well see you tomorrow then."
It was around noon when they entered. Shouting for everyone to get up. And we did. We believed it was just another check. It happend often. What they were searching for, we did not know, but it sure kept us on our toes. No-one dared make illegal items anyways, the risk was too high. We all wanted to endure, and exposin...
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[WP] Death shows up to your house and realizes he's early. You are relieved until he says "Well see you tomorrow then."
John heard a knock. Then the doorbell. Of course he won't get up to open the door, he was naked, surrounded by Mountain Dew bottles filled with piss and, most importantly, he was in the middle of a raid with his guild. They just started on a pvp server and their ascension was fast and deadly. This raid was epic, it was...
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[WP] Death shows up to your house and realizes he's early. You are relieved until he says "Well see you tomorrow then."
NSFW - some erotic material, not explicit. She arched her back, her tendons stretched taut, her fingers clawing the edge of the bed. "Oh God...oh Jesus," she exhaled breathily. There is a moment where one reach the cusp of consciousness, stands on the verge of eternity and the heart stops in preparation for the plun...
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[WP] A constantly bullied kid suddenly hosts a birthday party and invites every single one of his bullies.
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[WP] A constantly bullied kid suddenly hosts a birthday party and invites every single one of his bullies.
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[WP] A constantly bullied kid suddenly hosts a birthday party and invites every single one of his bullies.
The door bell chimed. It was starting. I couldn't believe they were actually showing up, but I bet inviting them in front of their parents had actually done the trick as intended. So not only are these bastards being forced to buy me stuff, they are being forced to come to my own birthday party. I couldn't help but smi...
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[WP] A constantly bullied kid suddenly hosts a birthday party and invites every single one of his bullies.
You know, a lot of people said that high school was a game. They said all I had to do was play it right and my life would rock. I hate people who lie, especially about something so obviously wrong. Nothing about my time at St. James HS could qualify as "rocking". People can be so cruel, and yet, I think I've finally st...
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[WP] A constantly bullied kid suddenly hosts a birthday party and invites every single one of his bullies.
> Everything was ready, everything was perfect, and everything would end today. The house was immaculate and the fun would soon begin. Mom and dad were upstairs; I allowed them to rest, as their contribution to the party was complete. The dining room table was set; it looked like a professional banquet hall. 13 plac...
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[WP] A constantly bullied kid suddenly hosts a birthday party and invites every single one of his bullies.
-080 "Hey Franci*th*, I'm re-really glad y-you could m-m-make it. There's cake and ice cream waiting in the b-back yard. I got you a pr-present just like you told me to. I g-g-gave you one of my own. T-Thanks for coming. Every o-one else is waiting. Y-you're the last." Elvis limped back through the house. His one shor...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
(I decided to use Warhammer 40k orks, Tolkien elves, and Discworld (Terry Pratchett) dwarves. I hope it turned out okay. 1100 words.) In the grim darkness of the present day, space travel remains one of the most treacherous enterprises known to sentient life. Orks continue the dread endeavor for one reason: war. The...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
A fleet of enormous ornate gold ingots blinked out of hyperspace, falling into orbit around a blue green planet. The first and largest one bore the name Dharkhangron. "Milord, this planet isn't on any of our starmaps... but it seems to be inhabited. It looks to be fairly advanced." The biggest of the dwarves pushed a...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
The reveal was sudden, almost disappointing. One moment the ISS was orbiting peacefully around the world and in the next moment it had a companion. But this new ship was not limited in is range, its passengers were not cramped between instruments and mechanisms. The ship's sleek lines gave the mind the impression of bi...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
The ship that pulled us out of our five thousand year isolation wasn't very impressive. It was an Eldrich Exploration Ship, Tiberius Class. Which meant it was an outdated hull packed with the previous generation of sensory equipment and some cursory weapons systems. The people, or rather Eldrich, inside were much the s...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
"Magister, the observation tests are done." "Good. What are the results, then? What are we looking at?" "Well, the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, with a significant amount of oxygen, and traces of carbon dioxide, argon and other gases. There is water in liquid form, and at least one ice capped pole." "Are you tellin...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
I'm loving the sci fi kick /r/writingprompts is on lately!
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
To the United Federation of the Three Races, We understand why you tried to wipe us out, humanity was a bunch of jerks back then. However, we've gone to great lengths to fix that. We have spent the past few thousand years perfecting the perfect tool to soak up our collective dickishness so that it can be expunged fore...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
It was just a routine check on things, Ginger kept telling herself. Nothing to worry about. *Tch. Yeah, right.* She grimaced. An hour earlier their sensor relays around Pluto had suddenly gone dark. While humanity had managed to come together in peace for the last 40 years, it had always been tenuous. Rumor had it that...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
Our world was of the few not sundered by the agony of war. Dwarves, the stolid and stubborn lot they were burned the orc planet Th'twelm in a bid for revenge. Foolishly, dwarven pride presumed razing their strongholds and killing countless women and children would spell orcish demish. It did not. Before the slaughter ...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
"I said ORDER!" The Listener rattled her staff angrily on the marblewood floor of the Gallery of Worthies. "The honourable member for Sasillia has the right to respectful quiet during his standing and I *will* have it!" The rumble of argument, derision and debate ground to a halt as Listener Harkhoff's beard quivered ...
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[WP] Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Humans were the 4 major races in a Galactic Civil War thousands of years ago. Humans were believed to be wiped out. Earth was a human outpost that slipped through the cracks. Today it was rediscovered.
(Was planning on coming somewhere a bit more with this after the reveal but thing was long as it was.) Eek looked in to the wide terrified eyes of his son and couldn't help but chuckle as his wife rushed into holographic frame in a blur as his battered old projector struggled to keep up.“Don't listen to ye father them...
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[WP] Your three favourite authors are playing Dungeons and Dragons
<My story would be pretty short because I'd make George RR Martin the DM>
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[WP] A man pours his wife something to drink, and pauses because he's swept up in the memory of giving that same type of beverage to another woman in the past.
"Gin and tonic, love?" It shouldn't really be a question any more. Gloria nods from the sofa, not even looking up from her magazine. She has her legs tucked up under her, reading glasses on. She slowly turns the coloured page with veined and wrinkled hands as I hover, gin bottle in one hand and lime in the other. ...
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[WP] A man pours his wife something to drink, and pauses because he's swept up in the memory of giving that same type of beverage to another woman in the past.
Robert has had ample opportunity over the last six months to consider how unintentionally cruel his own mind can be. Small things, tiny remembrances, incongruous objects suddenly leap out at him from time to time, pulling the pain from his heart like a thread, turning him into a lost boy again... A bird landing on his ...
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[WP] A man pours his wife something to drink, and pauses because he's swept up in the memory of giving that same type of beverage to another woman in the past.
Emptying the last of the merlot into his second wife’s glass, Todd experienced a moment of what people called nostalgia. He had shared a glass of wine often with his first wife Tracy, as was their weekly tradition. They had spent the first few months of their marriage travelling on Tracy’s parent’s dollar. They were...
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[WP] A man pours his wife something to drink, and pauses because he's swept up in the memory of giving that same type of beverage to another woman in the past.
-079 "Drink it." He told her. She looked at the glass as if it were a serpent. "I'm not thirsty." She told him quietly, afraid to raise her voice. "Did you sign the papers?" He asked, grabbing the remote. "Yeah. I signed them." She told him, glancing at the phone. "You'll never reach it." He told her without looki...
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[WP] A man pours his wife something to drink, and pauses because he's swept up in the memory of giving that same type of beverage to another woman in the past.
I got a jug of milk for my wife's breakfast in bed. It was to be our 25th anniversary together. *7th anniversary.* I placed it on the tray, along with an omelette and some bacon. I glance at the bacon; my wife hates bacon. I always forget. *It was an accident.* I peeled an orange and sliced up an apple. I took my t...
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[WP] a powerful organisation decides to make Antartica their country.
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[CW] Set someone on a journey to their own doom. Do not mention anything about death.
Joanna laughed loudly and placed her hand on Mike's arm. Mike could feel the spark between them. They had been working together for a couple of years now, and hanging out for the last two weeks after work. A beer after a long day couldn't hurt, right? "Mike, you really are the best." Joanna smiled sweetly and gazed st...
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[CW] Set someone on a journey to their own doom. Do not mention anything about death.
When the sun broke the horizon and hit the surface of the water, it was as if the whole ocean stretched before me like a sheet of stained glass. It was peaceful and idyllic. I strained my eyes, peered over the edge of the cockpit, half expecting to see a great white stork, a bumbling orange koi fish or at least a thi...
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[WP] A man sits outside his appartment block smoking a cigarette. Having just heard a robbery inside and shots being fired he waits outside knowing he will get shot when the robbers come out.
They were violent in there, more so than your average robbers. It ruined the effect, he couldn't help but think. In the movies he watched, your final moment was quiet, this was hardly quiet. He hears another scream, another bang, and another bump. Again and again. They weren't robbers, they were psychopaths. It's the...
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[WP] A man sits outside his appartment block smoking a cigarette. Having just heard a robbery inside and shots being fired he waits outside knowing he will get shot when the robbers come out.
Wilson sighed and flicked his cigarette, watching a small chunk of cherry dislodge and fall to the asphalt. He could hear the muffled screaming coming from the second floor apartment as he leaned against the building. He wished he could help, but that wasn't the way it worked. A breeze swelled up, bringing wit...
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[WP] A man sits outside his appartment block smoking a cigarette. Having just heard a robbery inside and shots being fired he waits outside knowing he will get shot when the robbers come out.
He'd seen them enter, but he wondered when they would leave. They'd just walked on in there, with their gun handles protruding from the pockets of their hoodies, masks on and all. They were so confident. *Arrogant, more like.* Gunfire broke out almost immediately. None of the traditional "Put the stuff in the bag or y...
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[WP] A young girl refuses to grow up, remaining a child both in body and personality. Her best friend, now a middle-aged mom, comes to visit.
A doll falls to the floor, slipping through limp fingers. Its soft cotton head bounces first; whispers of imagined pain echo as the cloth of its dress brush the hardwood. Sunlight falls in scattered patches through dusty windows, pooling like lava on the ground. *"Patty cake... patty cake..."* "Honey? Are you here?" ...
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An old man approaches you in the park and introduces himself as the Ferryman. He tells you that in 24 hours he will return to take you into the afterlife.
“Hello there!” There I sat waiting for my Jackie, headphones in, attention elsewhere. Looking for a respite from the sharp chill of the howling fall wind, I glanced over to the vague sound of a warm greeting. He came over to me panting with a large grin that stretched from ear to ear and promptly took a seat next to m...
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An old man approaches you in the park and introduces himself as the Ferryman. He tells you that in 24 hours he will return to take you into the afterlife.
He fed the birds with great pleasure, tossing scraps of bread into the wind and watching the ducks flock to him. They choked down the pieces, squabbling over the bread like they would never eat again. "Feisty little things, aren't they?" he said to the first young man that came trotting down the dirt road. He was a you...
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An old man approaches you in the park and introduces himself as the Ferryman. He tells you that in 24 hours he will return to take you into the afterlife.
It was the sort of day any reasonable person would like. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the breeze was gentle and calming. I thought I would take a stroll through the park during my lunch break in order to commemorate this first day of spring. I walked alone, enjoying the good weather, when suddenly ...
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An old man approaches you in the park and introduces himself as the Ferryman. He tells you that in 24 hours he will return to take you into the afterlife.
Nothing hurts quite the way it used to. You ever notice that? Occurrences and exchanges that cut so deep in youth have had most, if not all, of their edges worn down by time. The childhood pet. If you're lucky, it all starts there. A guinea pig means the world to a child who loves it. Take it outside. Marvel at it whi...
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An old man approaches you in the park and introduces himself as the Ferryman. He tells you that in 24 hours he will return to take you into the afterlife.
Jack clutched the Golden Ticket in his hand convulsively. What the hell was he going to tell Amanda? He turned it over and read for the sixth time: _Citizen 1739-85-2398 "Jack Degas" is legally certified as a winning candidate for the Consciousness Upload Program. All upload premiums are waived by the Osiris Corpora...
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