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[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | I made a rather huge mistake coming up with a novelette that deserves to be novel length instead. Probably should have went with another idea that'd be... well, interesting. Congrats to the winners, whenever the tie-breaker gets sorted out anyway. | 1 | 0 | 26 | 33,400 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | 1. The Wolves of the Underground
2. Immortal Game
3. The Oracle at the Obelisk
Congratulations to the winners! | 5 | 0 | 26 | 33,401 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | Wolves of the Underground for bracket one
Oracle for bracket two
Looking forward to the next contest!! | 5 | 0 | 26 | 33,402 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | Hmm, I think this is even harder to choose than for the first round. These are four strong stories. Well, here's my vote:
1. Immortal Game by /u/Brad_Collins
2. The Wolves of the Underground by /u/heyfignuts
3. The Oracle at the Obelisk by /u/Avrienne
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[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | My vote for first prize goes to "Wolves of the Underground" by /u/heyfignuts
And third place "The Delicate Wasteland of the Brain" by /u/Unintendo
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[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | Congratulations to all finalists.
My votes:
1. Immortal Game
2. The Wolves of the Underground
3. The Oracle at the Obelisk | 4 | 0 | 26 | 33,405 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | First place: Brad_Collins, *Immortal Game*
Second place: heyfignuts, *The Wolves of the Underground*
Third place: Unintendo, *The Delicate Wasteland of the Brain*
Congrats to all and congrats to whoever wins. Good luck! | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,406 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | First place: The Wolves of the Underground by /u/heyfignuts, in keeping with my original vote.
Third place: The Delicate Wasteland of the Brain by /u/Unintendo. | 4 | 0 | 26 | 33,407 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | Did the not voting thing apply for the initial round? Cuz I was stuck on my honeymoon and forgot to. Would suck to be disqualified....
Well shit, just checked. I got a few votes, but since I didn't have time to vote, they were all disqualified. Don't remember that rule being there to begin with, but ah well. I was pus... | 6 | 0 | 26 | 33,408 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | Exciting! Obviously I can't vote in bracket #1; in bracket #2 I maintain my vote for the Oracle at the Obelisk by /u/Avrienne, which I think is the best story in the contest.
Edit: Also, thanks, /u/RyanKinder, for all your work. Running something of this size must be a massive pain in the arse, and your doing it for f... | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,409 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | First place: The Wolves of the Underground by /u/heyfignuts, and for third place: The Oracle at the Obelisk, by /u/Avrienne.
Congratulations to the winners! I'm definitely in for the next contest, whatever it is.
And a big thank you to this community. I'd gotten out of writing prose for a long time, and lost confide... | 5 | 0 | 26 | 33,410 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | First place: Wolves of the Underground
Second place: Immortal Game
Third place: The Oracle at the Obelisk | 5 | 0 | 26 | 33,411 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | 1. Wolves of the Underground
2. Immortal Game
3. The Oracle at the Obelisk
Congrats! | 2 | 0 | 26 | 33,412 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | 1. Wolves of the Underground
2. Immortal Game
3. Oracle at the Obelisk | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,413 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | 1. Wolves of the Underground
2. Immortal Game
3. Delicate Wasteland | 4 | 0 | 26 | 33,414 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | For first, The Wolves of the Underground.
For third, The Oracle at the Obelisk. | 4 | 0 | 26 | 33,415 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | 1st Wolves of the Underground
2. Immortal game
3rd The Delicate Wasteland of the Brain | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,416 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | My vote for first place goes to: The Wolves of the Underground
For third place I vote for: The Oracle at the Obelisk
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[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | My vote for bracket 1 - The Wolves of the Underground by /u/heyfignuts
My vote for bracket 2 - Oh my goodness this was difficult, as I really loved both of these. /u/Avrienne, you wrote an incredible story but my #3 vote has to go to /u/Unintendo. | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,418 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | Wolves of the Underground and Delicate wasteland of the Brain. Congratulations to all. | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,419 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | First - Wolves of the Underground
Third - Oracle at the Obelisk
edit - numbering | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33,420 |
[MODPOST] Finalist voting - Two different tie breakers! | First Place: The Wolves of the Underground by /u/heyfignuts
Third Place: The Oracle at the Obelisk by /u/Avrienne | 1 | 0 | 26 | 33,421 |
[WP] Write a story about a grumpy, lonely old man and his lovely, happier brother who is a grandfather. | My brother is a great person.
That's how it's always been. When we were children, I was an introvert, didn't want to do much besides read. Yet he'd live this amazing life with adventures and friends that were just as much his siblings as I was. Every now and then he'd bring me with him, but I just seemed to dampen the... | 9 | 0 | 22 | 33,422 |
[WP] Write a story about a grumpy, lonely old man and his lovely, happier brother who is a grandfather. | [deleted] | 0 | 0 | 22 | 33,423 |
[WP] It's the year 2114. You're a history student. Your assignment? To write an essay comparing the events of 2014 with what happened 100 years earlier. | I'm sorry - you want us to compare the events of 2114 with 2014, or the events of 2014 with 1914? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33,424 |
[EU] Dexter Universe, someone in law enforcement realizes Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher. They decide not to stop him. | Dave suddenly gasped "You! You are the Bay Harbour Butcher?!"
Dexter waited a moment, deciding how much of a threat this officer was "Yes, I am," he said finally "What of it?"
The officer drew in a breath and looked again "You know, you really do this area a service. Even though we have to catch the guy, I have secre... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 33,425 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | Some say a child cries when it's born because of the change in environment and the fear of the unknown. Others say it's to initiate their lungs, as they are not necessary in the womb, but obviously are in the outside world.
I cried because the first face I saw was also the last face I saw.
I cried out of anger, the h... | 234 | 0 | 232 | 33,426 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | In hindsight, it probably could have turned out much better, but here's my attempt at it.
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Hello father.
I bet you're wondering why you're tied up to that chair.
Don't scream, please. The duct tape over your mouth can only muffle so much sound after all. Don't try to squirm y... | 20 | 0 | 232 | 33,427 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | CCW:
He couldn't believe what was about to happen. Years of research, hard work and sacrifices were about to be paid for. He entered the room, tears welling up in his eyes - well almost. He took out a sample of his blood and watched it drip down the test tube. He was about to successfully do it. What people had laughe... | 3 | 0 | 232 | 33,428 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | -096
He listened to the slow repeating tune his son was whistling.
"Where'd you hear that tune?" Robert asked.
"Don't know, daddy." His son replied, digging into his bowl of Captain Crunch. His little footy pajamas stretched out on the floor around the bowl cereal.
Robert shook his head. That was the tune River had... | 17 | 0 | 232 | 33,429 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | "Moooommmy!!! Mooommmyy!!!" I screamed 'til my throat went dry, tears steaming down my face.
She ran into the bedroom. Older than I remembered her, and tired. She sat down on the bed, bent down to scoop up my Iron Man bedspread which I had kicked to the floor by my thrashing and tucked me back in. It was the same drea... | 2 | 0 | 232 | 33,430 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 232 | 33,431 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | There is a popular phrase: "revenge is best served cold" or something like that. It is supposed to be read as advice, that you should keep an emotional detachment when exacting revenge. I have never been very good at detaching my emotions from my actions but I feel that I should find a way to work it in there early. Yo... | 4 | 0 | 232 | 33,432 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | [deleted] | 0 | 0 | 232 | 33,433 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | What have you done?
You killed me. You stole my life.
I'm not saying I had much going for me, not much to live for. My job was shitty, my house was falling apart and I was barely scrapping by. My wife, beautiful Anna, didn't trust me to be able to take care of her. My life was falling around me, but at least I had t... | 2 | 0 | 232 | 33,434 |
[WP] A man is reincarnated as the son of his murderer. | [deleted] | 0 | 0 | 232 | 33,435 |
[WP] At a BBQ celebrating your 21th birthday, you and three lifelong friends discover that each of your parents have enrolled you in a Tontine | Ugh..."21st" birthday, obviously. I had "25th" initially but decided to make them younger. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33,436 |
[WP][IP] A jobbing artist Adolf Hitler sits down to a game of chess with an exiled and disguised Vladimir Lenin in 1909 Vienna. With neither aware of each others eventual legacy, how does the game unfold, what do they talk about? | **Edit: Oh shoot. You wanted this to be in 1909. I probably set it more like 1920's, after the Soviet Revolution. Oops.**
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"Well, What I'm saying, Dear Adolph, is that the power is with the people. The Proletariat. They are controlled by the church and state, but if they band together, they can fight back!"
Lenin ... | 7 | 0 | 38 | 33,437 |
[WP][IP] A jobbing artist Adolf Hitler sits down to a game of chess with an exiled and disguised Vladimir Lenin in 1909 Vienna. With neither aware of each others eventual legacy, how does the game unfold, what do they talk about? | "Iz there anybody sitting there?" the skinny man asked, staring at the empty seat opposite Lenin.
"No friend" he said with a smile, "please, be my guest."
The skinny man threw himself down on the seat, rubbing his hands together with a great intensity.
"Cold?" Lenin asked, raising an eyebrow.
The stranger glared... | 8 | 0 | 38 | 33,438 |
[WP] A soldier comes back from war, suffers post war depression, and changes him mind about suicide after gazing at his Leg Lamp on an end table. http://imgur.com/HMMcLyN | The war began the year I turned eight. It wasn't the first war our race endured against one another but it was the most apocalyptic. One hundred years from the start of the "War-to-end-all-wars", seventy-five years from the Second World War, humankind were culled again.
Had we forgotten? As our grandparents died off a... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33,439 |
[OT] Tell me about someone getting raped and murdered and having his car stolen by his girlfriend who was also cheating on him while planning to get his immigrant family deported and kicking his daughter. Make me sympathize with the rapist/murderer/car thief/girl kicker/whistleblower/cheating bitch. | I did in fact think about it....... If you need my address, fair is fair. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33,440 |
[OT] Tell me about someone getting raped and murdered and having his car stolen by his girlfriend who was also cheating on him while planning to get his immigrant family deported and kicking his daughter. Make me sympathize with the rapist/murderer/car thief/girl kicker/whistleblower/cheating bitch. | Oh, another post decrying the quality of prompts. Is it Tuesday already? The weeks sure are passing me by... | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33,441 |
[OT] Tell me about someone getting raped and murdered and having his car stolen by his girlfriend who was also cheating on him while planning to get his immigrant family deported and kicking his daughter. Make me sympathize with the rapist/murderer/car thief/girl kicker/whistleblower/cheating bitch. | Chuck stared down at his cold, red hands. They were so much more red-ish-er than they had been this morning. They were also colder. Much colder. He lifted them toward his face, the red spilling backwards as they rose, then stuck out his tongue and ran it along his palm. An unmistakable metallic taste filled his mouth: ... | 6 | 0 | 1 | 33,442 |
[OT] Tell me about someone getting raped and murdered and having his car stolen by his girlfriend who was also cheating on him while planning to get his immigrant family deported and kicking his daughter. Make me sympathize with the rapist/murderer/car thief/girl kicker/whistleblower/cheating bitch. | you know, we're not oblivious to this. occasionally, we even [ask](http://redd.it/1yd1o7) what kinds of prompts subscribers would like to see. yet, while we get the 'too much sci-fi' and 'too much feels' feedback a lot, we don't see a sustained effort to really generate the other kinds of prompts people 'want' to see. ... | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33,443 |
[IP] Located by donmalo | *>Gibbons, Tony J.*
Tony jerked out of his fitful sleep and sat up, his chest heaving. As he caught his breath, the screams and the darkness faded quickly from memory. He groaned. A cold sweat had soaked through his sheets. The nightmares were getting worse, and more frequent. Two more weeks. He would be off of thi... | 3 | 0 | 3 | 33,444 |
[CW] Tropeday #4: The Hopeless War (Contest) | The war began the year I turned eight. It wasn't the first war our race endured against one another but it was the most apocalyptic. One hundred years from the start of the "War-to-end-all-wars", seventy-five years from the Second World War, humankind were culled again.
Had we forgotten? As our grandparents died off a... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 33,445 |
[CW] Tropeday #4: The Hopeless War (Contest) | **Emperor of Thorns/Called To Darkness**
War has been raging in this land since before I was born. War is all I know. There is no one left to reminisce about the peaceful days long past. The past is briefly mentioned in school, only to teach us how our enemy came about. There is no use in teaching about the past. We w... | 4 | 1 | 12 | 33,446 |
[CW] Tropeday #4: The Hopeless War (Contest) | Hmmm. My tropeday universe really is a Forever War...going to have to get creative. | 1 | 0 | 12 | 33,447 |
[CW] Tropeday #4: The Hopeless War (Contest) | Posting so I don't lose this thread again. | 1 | 0 | 12 | 33,448 |
[CW] Tropeday #4: The Hopeless War (Contest) | [Continuing this story along...](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/21zr40/cw_tropeday_contest_3/cgm4ll7)
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Keita glared at Turgis, her grey eyes filled with suspicion.
"No, I don't trust this. Since I walked into that bar, you've explained nothing of yourself, and far too much of me. No, Turgis Ba... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 33,449 |
[WP] I read the report. | “I read the report,” Luke said into his headset, as he paced back and forth in his small, round cabin.
“And,” the man on the other end of the phone asked. Luke could tell he was testing the man’s patience.
“Honestly, Sir, it’s shit.” He knew his response was out of line, but it was the truth. In his entire career, L... | 6 | 0 | 17 | 33,450 |
[WP] I read the report. | "Fuck you," Fox managed to blurt out in between bouts of rage. He held his pistol with two hands. Angelo taught him that.
The figure opposite of him shifted his gaze to face him, his right hand occupied by a glass of Scotch. "I see you read the report," He said, taking a few steps. then a seat. He gulped a mouthful o... | 2 | 0 | 17 | 33,451 |
[WP] I read the report. | "So, what'd you think?"
"About the report?"
"No, about the battle."
"Well, I wasn't there sir."
"But you read about it."
"Well, yes, I read the report."
"So what'd you think?"
"About the battle or the report?"
"Foolish idiot! The report than!"
"I thought it was well written."
"*Well-written*?"
"Yes sir, ... | 16 | 0 | 17 | 33,452 |
[WP] I read the report. | "And what do you think?"
"It's- it's madness!" Creed shouted.
"Shut up" Alison said in a harsh but quiet tone, "keep your voice down, do you want to get us killed?"
Creed put his head into his hands, finding all this hard to believe, "we have to get out of here, we can't stay here, if he's willing to do- to do...th... | 2 | 0 | 17 | 33,453 |
[WP] I read the report. | I read the report. *Guard slain, newspaper exec targeted. Suspect shot multiple times, dead on scene. Alleged hitman hired by PM's office.* I understand.
It seems the Prime Minister is trying to shoot down all opposition. The people won't take it. This is the last straw. The people have been oppressed by those they el... | 1 | 0 | 17 | 33,454 |
[WP] I read the report. | "Sitrep from the FOB Gamma. If I may speak freely, it paints a harsh scene out there, Sir." Lieutenant Coleman handed the communique to General Toms. It was terse and left everything to the imagination.
> COMMAND OPS:
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> POSITION HOLDING. CASULTIES OVER 50%. FATALITIES OVER 25%.
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> SQUID POSITI... | 2 | 0 | 17 | 33,455 |
[WP] I read the report. | "Hello Mr. and Mrs Patterson. Thank you for coming today. I arranged this meeting out of respect of both of your donations, achievements towards this school."
The parents shifted nervously in their seats.
"I've read the report that our academic advisors have provided about Lucille Patterson. I have to admit, it's c... | 2 | 0 | 17 | 33,456 |
[WP] I read the report. | Guys, these are all great. Love the directions you took it in!
For those interested, this prompt was generated by 'What Would I Say?' that uses all of your past facebook statuses to try and create new ones. This popped up and I thought "That's a WP." | 1 | 0 | 17 | 33,457 |
[WP] A vengeful ex-girlfriend turned you into her boob. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33,458 |
[WP] A vengeful ex-girlfriend turned you into her boob. | *This is a genius idea, let me just say.*
It's that thing every man wants, he spends his life wondering if he can have it. I am of course talking about the boob. The breast. The tit. The bazunga. Usually both, but one would do, three in certain films. Anyway, what would you do if you found that you could spend your wh... | 7 | 0 | 6 | 33,459 |
A single expensive item suddenly becomes 1% it's original cost worldwide. What is the item, and how does it affect society? |
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[WP] Write a story about an elderly bearded king and his pretty, young wife. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 5 | 33,461 |
[WP] Write a story about an elderly bearded king and his pretty, young wife. | Since it's my cakeday I will give this a shot for the first time!
“The sound of the proud old cockerel was bringing in the fresh new morning. The Queen was already up though, as she would be busy today. She could hear the cockerel making disapproving sounds outside. The Queen thought that it probably was the Servant ... | 1 | 0 | 5 | 33,462 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 95 | 33,463 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 95 | 33,464 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 9 | 0 | 95 | 33,465 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 45 | 0 | 95 | 33,466 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 8 | 0 | 95 | 33,467 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | "Unfit to breed."
The smell of coffee and cigarettes waft over me while the fat man with the unshaven face hands me the results. "Move along. Next! I said next!"
I look at the crumpled paper. Quickly scanning the results, I see what makes me 'unfit'. CTGAACGTA, the letters marked by a fiery red marker. A simple imperfe... | 8 | 0 | 95 | 33,468 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | "That's not good enough." The Editor is livid. I can't say I'm surprised.
I shrug, push the tablet at him again. "It is what it is."
"Run the tests again. We can't publish this." He pushes the tablet back.
"I did run the tests again. So did four other international groups." I push the tablet. Again. "They're struggl... | 14 | 0 | 95 | 33,469 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 95 | 33,470 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | "I'm not afraid to be what I am, and to live in the light of the day."
He threw back his head and laughed, looking at me with that devil may care smile that I hated and envied. I couldn't bear to meet his gaze any longer and I just stared at the room we were in. Dirty mattress on the concrete floor, cracking concrete ... | 6 | 0 | 95 | 33,471 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 95 | 33,472 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | My hands began to shake. My heart was aching, unsure of what my husband just said.
92.3%. Ninety-two point three percent of the people of this planet were unfit to breed. Just like cattle, our DNA was assessed and those of us who could became the birthgivers of the government.
"Wait...what?" I whispered.
"I'm 'unfit... | 9 | 0 | 95 | 33,473 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | A reminder: saying "this reminds me of [Movie] or [Book]" is not a response to a writing prompt. Although a prompt may remind you of another work, that doesn't mean it can't produce some great original stories. | 2 | 0 | 95 | 33,474 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 95 | 33,475 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | Nanites.
They control everything these days. I need to unlock my door, all i have to do is touch it and it recognizes that it's me and unlocks. Press the sync button on a phone and 10 seconds later the phone is programmed the way i like it. I give that phone to a friend he presses the sync button and 10 seconds later... | 6 | 0 | 95 | 33,476 |
[WP] 100 years in the future, the Human Genome Project is complete. Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth, and has it printed on their ID. People can be determined "unfit to breed," and discrimination based on genome is common. | We were told that mapping the Human Genome would unlock a new era in medical care. We were promised a new golden age of human prosperity.
Realistically, I don't know what we expected. Logically we knew that the population was reaching a problematic size. We should have known that mapping the human genome wouldn't be t... | 2 | 0 | 95 | 33,477 |
[WP] A Man Murders a Child. Make me Sympathise with the Murderer. | Sergeant Davis stayed near invisible as he scoped out the Taliban base. He was known as the master of stealth in his squad. Bragging wasn't his thing, but Davis once told them about the time he snuck out of a sorority house full of sleeping women. Compared to that, this was nothing. Davis was so good at staying out of ... | 6 | 0 | 10 | 33,478 |
[WP] A Man Murders a Child. Make me Sympathise with the Murderer. | "What's your name?"
"Brian."
"Hello, Brian."
"Where's my mom. I want my mom."
"I'm sorry buddy, but you can't see your mom again."
Brian broke down. The man took little Brian from the store, grocery shopping with his mom. One small moment of distraction was all it took, and Brian was snatched away.
Brian was unbu... | 13 | 0 | 10 | 33,479 |
[WP] A Man Murders a Child. Make me Sympathise with the Murderer. | The time traveler stepped out of the rift into 1889. Luckily he was in the right place. He waled through the nursery, and looked into the crib. There he was, the man held a pillow over the baby's face, his parent's would be sad but they would move on.
When it was done he walked back and stepped through the rift. He co... | -4 | 0 | 10 | 33,480 |
[WP] A Man Murders a Child. Make me Sympathise with the Murderer. | well idk man the kid was a little shit | 3 | 0 | 10 | 33,481 |
[WP] A Man Murders a Child. Make me Sympathise with the Murderer. | Travis ran through the thickets behind his home, cradling his 8 year-old boy. He could feel his heart beating right against the walls of Bobby's forehead, forcing him to loosen his grip a bit. Wriggling beneath his father's tattered army uniform, Bobby peered over at the commotion gathering behind them.
Bobby's eyes w... | 1 | 0 | 10 | 33,482 |
[WP]Someone breaks the rules of time travel. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 15 | 33,483 |
[WP]Someone breaks the rules of time travel. | The blaring shriek of the alarm woke Tim from his sleep with a start.
He fucking hated the sound of that alarm. It was like whoever created it had know exactly which pitch at what volume would cut right through his consciousness and make him question if he actually wanted to have eardrums any more.
He also hated hav... | 6 | 0 | 15 | 33,484 |
[WP]Someone breaks the rules of time travel. | "Hey guys! Guess what I just did!" Frank yelled as he stepped out of his still warm time machine.
His friends, Jim and Wayne, looked up from their video game at him. "Your mom?" Wayne guessed. Jim added: "Became your own grandpa?"
"Screw you guys, man! No, I killed Hitler!" Frank said as he beamed with excitement.
... | 15 | 0 | 15 | 33,485 |
[WP]Someone breaks the rules of time travel. | “Matthew A. Freman, please step forward,” the voice commanded.
Matthew looked around him trying to take in the room again before he stepped forward. He wanted to collect his bearings again, make sure that he was prepared. In front of him rose a large desk, big enough for five men to sit behind. Behind this desk did si... | 9 | 0 | 15 | 33,486 |
[WP] A poor salvager in a technologically regressed, far distant future stumbles upon an ancient computer, anthropomorphised as a hologram cashier clerk in an extant fast food chain. He believes it to be a God. | "*Hello! Welcome to S-Mart! Did you find everything you were looking for today?*"
>Calvin stood in stunned silence brought on by one part amazement and two parts terror.
"*Hello? I'm afraid I didn't understand your response. Can you repeat that?*"
>The ghostly apparition was unlike any woman Calvin had ever se... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 33,487 |
[EU]Walter White catches one of his students with drugs | “Don’t you have anything to say for yourself?” Walter asked, the small, rolled-up plastic bag of marijuana sitting beside him on the lab bench in the empty classroom. “If there’s one thing, anything, I try to impart on my students, it’s responsibility. You are accountable for your own actions, regardless of who you may... | 4 | 0 | 2 | 33,488 |
[WP] An alien invasion occurs during one of the world wars. | I think some people theorized Hitler came to power via a connection with aliens.
However, neither side would recognize the aliens, but would interpret the news as enemy propaganda. They would continue the war without much acknowledgement of the aliens.
The aliens would observe and strike when the humans felt safest... | 2 | 0 | 6 | 33,489 |
[WP] An alien invasion occurs during one of the world wars. | Of course, you could ask Harry Turtledove. He wrote a series of "Worldwar" novels about exactly this idea. | 4 | 0 | 6 | 33,490 |
[WP] An alien invasion occurs during one of the world wars. | "Them Japs are sneaky, easy there Corporal. Booby traps can be anywhere".
Sargent Wilson and his squad of Marine Raiders take small steps while walking in the jungles at night in Henderson Field. Even though the area was secured, Japanese soldiers can still attack from anywhere, and possibly everywhere.
Wilson, tire... | 2 | 0 | 6 | 33,491 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | "Such a pretty rose." Lily smiled as she picked the deep red rose from the ground and smelled it. She immediately recoiled back as if stricken. Dan ran over and grabbed the rose from her, smelling it as well.
"What is it?" Lily asked with fear in her voice. She knew what it was, but didn't want to believe it. The fiel... | 6 | 0 | 20 | 33,492 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | The blood soaked into the dry ground of this wasteland like a sponge. I turned my eyes from the dead and quartered youth, Castillo had been his name, at my feet to the terrified face of the cook.
"We have to!" He pleaded. "The whole world's gone to shit! It's the only way to live! He was going to die anyway!"
"Who el... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33,493 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge, and I stared at it, unable to move. What had I done? The blood came from the neck of a man twice my height, now helpless as he bled out onto the dry earth. I looked at the knife in my hand, watching the blood drip off of it into the puddle that was forming.
*What had... | 3 | 0 | 20 | 33,494 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | I hate to be "that guy" but it should be something like "The dry ground soaked up the blood like a sponge". Sponges don't soak "into" things, they do the soaking, so the metaphor refers to the ground doing the soaking. I'm not trying to be a grammar nazi, but I wanted to say it. Happy writing! | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33,495 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | Sometimes the blood soaks into the dirt and sometimes it pools in the dust. Peculiar how a man can get used to it though. I watched with mild amusement as the pool of blood turned into a certain kind of mud. I like to call it blud but it makes no difference in the pronunciation but you have to enjoy the small things... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33,496 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | The heat shimmered off the distant mountains like an accordion. A solitary crow circled overhead, or maybe it was a vulture. Beneath his feet, the blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge, drinking and thriving off the dead. His pa had taken him out to teach him to shoot animals. He only fired one bullet, but ... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33,497 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | I glanced over at what remained of McNeely. He lay a few feet away from where I sat propped against a rock. This was such a stupid idea! Damnit!
You could still see the look of shock on his face. I guess anyone would be shocked when *bitten in half*. The Joust had snapped right through him. I watched the blood soak in... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33,498 |
[WP] The blood soaked into the dry ground like a sponge. | The Geonosian crowd cheered in awe and anticipation as the acklay claimed another victim. Its large stance and power reigns supreme against any competitor the masters of the ring send towards it. This time, a Rodian clan who failed to pay their InterGalatic Banking masters were fed towards the massive creature. They fo... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33,499 |
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