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[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	[deleted]	1	42	39,800
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Take your time. Elaborate. Submit. Don't delete.	2	42	39,801
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	I wanna know if I should write how I talk or how I talk in my head.	1	42	39,802
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Less is more in a lot of cases.	2	42	39,803
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Have a waste basket filled with crumbled papers? Restarted your word document 1000 times? We have all been there. Don't get discouraged, just don't give up. Writers block? Take a sheet of paper, and write everything that suddenly comes to the mind. words, phrases, sentences, doesn't matter. That has helped me think of ...	1	42	39,804
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	It's work. It's hard, hard, thankless, difficult work. If it's too easy, if you think your first drafts are magical, publishable expressions of natural talent, you're wrong and you need an editor.	2	42	39,805
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Know the rules but, don't conform to them. Make them fit in your story.	1	42	39,806
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Everyone's story grows differently. You might think yours grows one way, but are frustrated. Look for how others work on development (gardening, planning, experimental iterations) and try one.	1	42	39,807
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Anyone can do it, even you. Do not be afraid to unleash the horrors and wonders of your own imagination upon an unsuspecting world. Just because something is popular does not make it good, and just because you are not yet popular does not mean you should ever stop writing. Good luck!	1	42	39,808
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	There are two lazy ways to end a story that you should never do under normal circumstances: 1. It's never all a dream (Inception is an exception because it was all about dreams) 2. Never kill everyone/the main character to end the story. It's lazy writing. Killing a ton of characters in the end is ok (if for the c...	1	42	39,809
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Each sentence you create is nothing less than your own small universe. That universe can expand, through more sentences, into absolutely anything you want it to - all you have to do is make your rules make sense. Dragons? Fuck yeah. Humans can hover naturally and without assistance? Cool, that can happen. It's your sto...	2	42	39,810
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Write "real" female characters that are not simply there to be plot devices or arm candy for a male character.	3	42	39,811
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	A cliche is not a bad thing. Don't rule something out just because it's been done, otherwise you won't do anything. Some cliches are useful audience shorthands. Cliches are simply things the audience expects, or associate with various things. What matters isn't the cliches you use, but how you use them. Interesting wri...	1	42	39,812
[OT] What is one thing you would want every brand new creative writer to know?	Like many have said before, you're going to write a lot of crap before you write anything worthwhile. A story is made good during the re-write. But for your first few stories even a re-write won't make it good. But that's okay. The secret is the go through all the crap you just wrote, and find that one good sentence. T...	1	42	39,813
[WP] A thief, rather unwillingly, acquires a new companion...	"Hey! Mister!" Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Not right now! I don't even have this car hot-wired yet. Let me just make this look casual. "Oh, hey kid. Shouldn't you be at home are something?" "Mister, are you a bad guy?" What? Kid sees right through me! "No, no. I'm just fixing up my car." "But Mister, you look t...	1	3	39,814
After a hundred years of eugenics the limited gene pool is starting to have detrimental effects.	Hello, Your post has been removed as it is not tagged correctly. Posts must be prefixed with a tag to be approved. To tag a post, type in the two letter tag in square brackets somewhere in your post (for example, `[WP]`). Please repost your prompt with the correct tag. (This is an automated message.)	1	1	39,815
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	I realize this must be quite the terrible intrusion for you... Big bad parasite living in your brain, with the ability to hijack your body and take full control at any time. Terrifying, truly, but you must understand that I'm only here to help. I'm no sadist; I'm quite the benevolent sort indeed. You see, dear fello...	21	26	39,816
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	He had been ignoring it all day. Not all week, mind you, that would have been a real feat. No, when it first came to him, speaking somehow in his own mind, he thought he had gone crazy. Then he'd been furious and irrational, screaming at it to get out, to leave him alone, to stop ruining his life. Now he knew how he wa...	14	26	39,817
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	Mr. Johnson sat at a table, a spread of bagels and purified water in front of him. Then Mr. P.A. Rasite Jr. busted through the door, phone in hand. His necktie was bent, his hair ruffled, as he yelled through the phone. "HONEY, I ALREADY SAID THAT I WOULD TAKE YOU OUT TONIGHT. DO NOT MAKE DINNER. GOODBYE." Mr. Rasite...	3	26	39,818
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	Serra clenched her plastic fist as the diagnostic machine blinked a red light. "Uhh, its bad," said the tech. He briefly made eye contact with the android and sat down, careful to not wrinkle his long polyplastic lab coat. He held down a blue button labeled 'reset' on the diagnostic machine, shrugged, and said, "Ca...	7	26	39,819
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	"Excuse me, my friend, but I must stay here. My life depends on it, on you, on this vast room you have within you. I won't bother you, I promise. I'll help you when I can, you're bacteria is enough to eat. What do you say?". The man whose head had a worm thought a moment, "Could I let this happen? Is it a trick?". "Dea...	3	26	39,820
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	(This is an [EU] post as well, but it works) She was dying. Deep down, in her deepest thoughts, she knew. Katheryn Winters, journalist, had been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a gang turf-war erupted all around her. Her world had suddenly opened up into a world of noise, gunfire, screams, slurs, and pain. S...	3	26	39,821
[WP]a parasite overtakes a new host, but instead of a full takeover however, tries to negotiate a deal for co-habitation...	What's in it for me? That was the first thought that occurred to me when I finally decided to answer. It had been going on for weeks. At first I thought I might be experiencing some sort of schizophrenic disorder. After all, a voice in your head? Patiently, I waited to see if it would just go away. Maybe the symptoms ...	2	26	39,822
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	"Son, before I die, there is one thing you must know about these powers. Never, ever, under any circumstances, no matter the cost, in spite of all desire - Never - ever - eh - errrrrrrrgggghhhhh ahhh oh arrghh. Eh." "Father? Nooooooooooooooo!" *** Batoomba backstroked in low orbit over Earth. Above him the s...	43	52	39,823
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	Dear people of Earth, This will be my final post. When I was six, I found out that I had been given three gifts: The ability to fly at near light speeds, The fact that I do not need air or food to survive and that I do not age. Today, 350 years later, I sit in front of my screen reflecting on what my life has become....	7	52	39,824
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	Well, at least I don't need to breathe. I have laser eyes, super strength, and impenetrable skin, so that's nice. Maybe I should go left. Wait. What the fuck is "left?" Come on, Superman, you can turn left if you remember where you are relative to Earth. I started on the ground. Where did I go after that? Ah, y...	13	52	39,825
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	It's time to just give up, there is no chance I'll ever figure out which spec is my little Sol. 150 years i wasted on that last one, a bright yellow burning diamond in the sky. Flew directly towards it for, how long, with nothing to even do. It's a miracle I've not gone insane. Or have i? With no reference around me,...	10	52	39,826
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	The doctors were wrong again. They always seemed to be wrong with him. He had trouble breathing when he was younger, but they always said his lungs were fine. His eyes would have trouble focusing at times, but they said he didn't need glasses. But the thing that pissed him off the most was just how goddamn arrogant the...	3	52	39,827
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	[deleted]	1	52	39,828
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[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	[deleted]	2	52	39,830
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	Space is beautiful, but it can also be nightmarish chasm of emptiness. I turned my head, scanning the stars, planets, and suns. I've been flying for what seems like days and now I'm lost. If there were sounds in space, I'd scream out in frustration. There is no up, there is no down. I cannot even tell which way I cam...	1	52	39,831
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	"Well... I was sure this one was Saturn" The man floated around the ringed planet in high orbit, looking for all the universe like the tiniest of moons. "I was sure I'd seen this one before... I probably have actually" He says, to himself, as the vacuum doesn't allow for sonic reverberations. "Now let me think..."...	2	52	39,832
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	The cold didn't bother him. The silence wasn't really so bad, either. You got used to it. He remembered the feeling of up and down, but only as abstract ideas. He couldn't remember how he knew a direction was "up", or "down". At one time they had made sense, but... Time. That was the strangest thing to try and reme...	1	52	39,833
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	[deleted]	1	52	39,834
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	It was colder than he thought. A pleasant cold, a refreshing cold. He could see it all: everything that ever was, everything there is, and everything there ever will be. Earth was a swirling mass of bluish white and greenish brown. Or was it bluish brown and greenish white? He couldn't tell the difference. He turned to...	2	52	39,835
[WP] A man uses his newly discovered superman like powers to explore the universe. And gets lost in the process	[deleted]	2	52	39,836
[WP] Six people left onboard but there's only one more parachute.	"How did we get into this mess" Maria asked. " It doesn't matter" another person said from the back of the plane. "The only thing that matters is there is six of us and one parachute" He was a gruff man with a beard and tattoo's on his face, his name I suppose does not really matter now but he was large and intimidat...	18	17	39,837
[WP] Six people left onboard but there's only one more parachute.	Kyra watched the crate tumble through the layer of clouds. “That’s the last one!” she yelled over the wind. Darren frowned and leaned his hulking frame back towards the flight’s manifest. There was nothing on the list left to throw off the plane. “With these headwinds we’re still to heavy to make it to Pravdinsk air ...	5	17	39,838
[WP] Six people left onboard but there's only one more parachute.	[deleted]	1	17	39,839
[WP] 50,000,000 years in the future humanity uses time travel to manipulate small details to prevent future cosmic disasters from occurring. However, one of the highly trained time travelers suspects that the governing body which issues his orders is using him for their own political gains.	Johnathan was a content man. He had a good job, changing things for the better, and he was happy. One day his partner told him some crazy things about the men in charge. "You were different!", he shouted. "They changed you! You realized it before me! Now look at you!". But it was okay, because the next day he was back ...	0	33	39,840
[WP] 50,000,000 years in the future humanity uses time travel to manipulate small details to prevent future cosmic disasters from occurring. However, one of the highly trained time travelers suspects that the governing body which issues his orders is using him for their own political gains.	[deleted]	1	33	39,841
[WP] 50,000,000 years in the future humanity uses time travel to manipulate small details to prevent future cosmic disasters from occurring. However, one of the highly trained time travelers suspects that the governing body which issues his orders is using him for their own political gains.	[deleted]	3	33	39,842
[WP] A crew of air ship pirates must escape Her Magesty's Flying Navy, through deceit and audacity	"Capitol Punishment." Cpt. Reynolds liked to whisper it to himself sometimes. It was a silent whisper; the kind so subtle that it barely escapes the mouth. Had his lips failed to budge just ever so slightly, perhaps it would not have existed at all. It was Reynolds' way of reminding himself what the stakes were. His ...	6	34	39,843
[WP] A crew of air ship pirates must escape Her Magesty's Flying Navy, through deceit and audacity	"Captain. She's gaining on us." "What do you mean gaining on us. None can match the Interdictor's full steam." "I-I have not an idea how, sir. Certainly none have been able to match Interdictor's speed. It must be a new airship of some kind." The telescope in the first mate's hand clicked as it was shut. H...	7	34	39,844
[WP] A crew of air ship pirates must escape Her Magesty's Flying Navy, through deceit and audacity	The gears of the engine began to turn and thick smoke shot from the pipes on the zeppelin's side as the behemoth airship began to move away from the docking tower. On the ground, crowds of onlookers cheered and waved Union Jacks at the sight of the craft launching on her maiden voyage. It was a new breed, the *Lancaste...	4	34	39,845
[WP] Describe a character as if he seems to be commiting a crime, and then redeem him/her with a heroic act.	He pointed it at the old man, his hand trembling slightly. Around him, his cohorts laughed and jeered, crowding around expectantly to witness his triumphant return to their ranks. The old man's eyes were glistening slightly. They stared into his own, penetrating the cold, unemotional expression he had worked so hard ...	10	11	39,846
[WP] Describe a character as if he seems to be commiting a crime, and then redeem him/her with a heroic act.	First try on a WP. It was a rainy day in December and all the lights where out and the streets laid almost empty except for the trash and the filth. At the 5th and 8th near the blown out apartment complex was a broken down liquor shop where all the waste of society gathered for a midnight fix. Yep. It was my shop. ...	3	11	39,847
[WP] Describe a character as if he seems to be commiting a crime, and then redeem him/her with a heroic act.	"Take off your clothes," the man said, his voice firm and commanding. The girl's lip quivered as she unbuttoned the top button of her shirt with fidgeting fingers. She had been trying to hold back tears all morning, and once in a while the dam would break and she'd let loose a morose sob. "Shh..." the man said. "It'll ...	4	11	39,848
[WP] Describe a character as if he seems to be commiting a crime, and then redeem him/her with a heroic act.	The wheezing lad was rushed to the floor by the large man's weight, only fierce determination burning in his eyes. He took the rod in his hand and drove it into the lad's chest. A low wheeze escaped from the tube and the lad slowly began to breath somewhat normally. "Pneumothorax. Collapsed damn lung. Well don't just...	1	11	39,849
Your protagonist receives a mysterious package. It's addressed to their address except it says Planet Aerth, Sector 2317, Milky Way.	Hello, Your post has been removed as it is not tagged correctly. Posts must be prefixed with a tag to be approved. To tag a post, type in the two letter tag in square brackets somewhere in your post (for example, `[WP]`). Please repost your prompt with the correct tag. (This is an automated message.)	1	1	39,850
[WP] A very tall fungus is found all over Earth. It grows like a beanstalk from poop	Clicked on this thinking it was a news article.	1	2	39,851
[WP] When a mysterious attacker kills off the guards in a prison- the inmates must work together to escape before they're next.	The guards were first. The scarlet blood pooled in a puddle outside my solitary cell. I never saw it happen. I wasn't sure what to do at first, but shortly it became apparent that no one was coming to pick up this dead body. They missed rounds; they never missed rounds. They didn't let me out for a meal. I could start ...	17	40	39,852
[WP] When a mysterious attacker kills off the guards in a prison- the inmates must work together to escape before they're next.	LOCK-UP Henley County Prison, Henley County, Tennessee. The prison was small and out of the way, housing barely one hundred inmates in the rural community. Suspicious drifters and drunks often found themselves here overnight due to the small size of the town, and last night, a thunderstorm severed the power for a...	9	40	39,853
[WP] When a mysterious attacker kills off the guards in a prison- the inmates must work together to escape before they're next.	"Rawlins, get your ass away from the bars," said Adins, the guard on duty for the night in Cell Block C-1. Rawlins was notorious for mooning all the other inmates because he simply did not give one shit about any physical travesties that might potentially befall him- the man was over 6 and a half feet tall and easily w...	4	40	39,854
[WP] When a mysterious attacker kills off the guards in a prison- the inmates must work together to escape before they're next.	I don’t know what Loggins was in for. He’d been here longer than anyone could remember. One of the guards said he’d killed a cop, someone else said he was a mob boss from Midwest, either way, he was in for the long haul. He ran the place. I was in for greed, and well, killing a guy. Not my greed, my bosses. A few k...	2	40	39,855
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	"Morning Sir! What can I do for you today?" The barber chirped out as his first customer of the day walked in. A new face to his shop. The man looked over to him and responded, "Just a shave today" Nodding his understanding the barber waved him over to one of the many seats lining the wall. Making small talk, how w...	28	332	39,856
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	3	332	39,857
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	The distinct ding of the bell above the door sounded as a man dressed immaculately in a suit walked confidently into my shop, phone to his ear. "Good afternoon, just a trim and a shave." The man said, with a heavy accent. Then he resumed his call as he walked over to the chair. "(*Yes, yes, tell Ahmad that he needs ...	16	332	39,858
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	"What can I do for you, bud?" It was a calm day in the shop, the sun was shining in and the customers were just flowing. The man smiled, "Just give me a buzz cut, nothing fancy." I started to say something but my heart had jumped. That voice, I knew it, I recognized it. My arm shook and I rubbed my hand where it had...	319	332	39,859
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	The barber shut off the engine to the borrowed Wrangler and lit a cigarette inside, it was still early, he was reminded by the foreign constellations he was far from home. He tossed the butt and made for the tent set up for the barbers, behind him the first rays of sunlight began reaching past the horizon. He prepared ...	6	332	39,860
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	Frank recognized him the moment he walked in, his unkempt, amber hair curling wildly just as it had over a decade ago. He’d fixated on it for the months of his torment, counting the strands between hits of steel against his chest; studying the color as his head was submerged again and again; twisting the curls as he la...	53	332	39,861
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	2	332	39,862
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	His neck is right there, not two feet in front of me, cleanly shaved, as is immediately obvious he does not trust another man with a razor near his jugular, even after all this time. I doubt he allows any sharp implement held by another within ten feet, for fear that the universe or God or karma will lash out and make...	15	332	39,863
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	I knew his pale blue eyes. I knew his big, white, jagged teeth. I knew his nose; a dent in it like it had been broken once or twice before. I knew his thick mustache and how it curled over his top lip. How he looked when he smiled. I knew his passion for pain and his enjoyment of cruelty. I knew his creativity. I still...	19	332	39,864
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	1	332	39,865
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	3	332	39,866
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[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	1	332	39,868
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	I recognized him as soon as he stepped into my shop. Two decades hadn’t changed him much; he still had the same eyes, the same hair. Looking down, I motioned him to an empty chair in my empty shop. Words had escaped me, my worst fear or my greatest wish, were happening as I watched as if from some distant place. I ...	16	332	39,869
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	Set less modern, though no specific timeframe in mind ding-a-ling "Hello sir. I read the sign outside to see you are a barber. I trust you can hold a razor capably?" the man in blue asked. "As steady as a stone. What would you be requesting for today?" the barber replied. "The cause for my patronage is great...	2	332	39,870
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	1	332	39,871
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	First post on here.. I used to write a lot and I am trying to get back into it! any critique would be just great! He sat in a chair in the small lobby of his modest barber shop. A sparse shelf of products, shampoos and conditioners in front of him. Resting in his lap was the mornings paper. He had just finished an ...	5	332	39,872
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	Fahreed walked into the air-conditioned glory from the stale, hazy streets with a smile on his face and glanced dismissively at the barber. "Hello, I'd like-" "You SON OF A BITCH!" Barked the barber, a baseball bat already emerging in his hands. Fahreed only had a moment to scream before he was reduced to a bloody pu...	2	332	39,873
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	3	332	39,874
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	0	332	39,875
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	"Dingaling", the door chimed as the new customer rolled in on his little rascal motorized scooter. The small motor propelled a equally small decrepit man with a mechanical whir. I sat back in the corner of the room in an empty barber chair, reading my paper silently. Half way through a Dear Abbey article , I looked ...	2	332	39,876
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	2	332	39,877
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	1	332	39,878
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	"Howdy there! What can I do ya for?" I said to a man that looked oddly familiar. "I would like a number two all around, please." And he grinned. It revealed a set of teeth that I could never forget. The left front one on the top was busted almost in half and was clearly dead. Although, I was seeing it in broad dayl...	2	332	39,879
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	This prompt reminds me of the short story, [Just Lather, That's All](http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/velez/LAS100/tellez.htm).	3	332	39,880
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	Not an entry, but I remember seeing a short story by Nabokov on basically the same topic. Does anyone know what I mean?	2	332	39,881
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	"Just a trim", said the man, whose shaggy hair flopped as he walked up to the chair. The barber couldn't help but notice. "Right this way sir, I'll have you done in a jiff". The man sat down and sighed and looked in the mirror, at the barber standing behind him. "Have you been busy today?", asked the man. The man's voi...	1	332	39,882
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	1	332	39,883
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	OP, i'm not sure if you've read the story Just Lather, That's All. You might enjoy it. [Check it out](http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/velez/LAS100/tellez.htm).	2	332	39,884
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	Josef Steiner approached the barber, taking off his hat and sunglasses as his coat blew in the wind. His head of luscious hair faded to white, and his eyes a green that would make the deepest emerald jealous. He slowly, but surely, climbed the steps, he was an old man after all. An old man tired of all this, if only h...	3	332	39,885
[WP] A barber recognizes his current customer to be a man who tortured him ten years earlier at a POW camp. The customer doesn't recognize him.	[deleted]	2	332	39,886
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	"It's him" Bruce sternly said, "It's his calling card". "That's impossible" Selina whispered, "He's dead! How does anyone know about us? How would they know that we were...". Selina took a step back and smiled. "Selina?" Bruce asked. "Sorry... heh" Selina giggled, "It's just that he he he! Oh god ha!". Selina's eyes...	20	36	39,887
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	Read that as Bruce Willis, like it better that way	5	36	39,888
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	"How did he find you here?" Selina asked, looking down at the card in her husband's hands. The pair had been living off the grid in Milan for some time now as Mr. and Mrs. Black -- a name Selina had first selected as a joke and that Bruce had quickly grown fond of. "I don't know." Bruce was tense. He stared down at t...	5	36	39,889
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	Bruce Wayne awakens with a sharp gasp. Cool beads of sweat run down his face and stain his pillow as he sits, panting next to his beautiful wife. Selina lies next to him, her face to the wall, as peaceful as the grave. The nightmares have become somewhat of a frequent occurrence, and he did not want his wife to worry a...	11	36	39,890
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	He'd never been so happy to be so bored. No more long nights, no more cuts, bruises and broken bones. Alfred was no longer hounding him to retire and up all hours waiting for him to come home. And most importantly, he had someone he could trust. Someone who both supported and challenged him. He rolled over onto his si...	10	36	39,891
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	I'd love to see any of these as the opening scenes to another Batman trilogy with Bale and Nolan	1	36	39,892
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	I woke up with a start, sweating profusely as I try to calm myself. However, I couldn't stop the shaking. It was the fifth time this week that I've experienced this: the unyielding torrent of fear that threatened to mercilessly take everything away from me, all while doing it with a mad grin. "Joker..." I got out of ...	2	36	39,893
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	I pick up the card and look at it like a postcard from an old friend. Finally. Selena is still asleep. After years out of the game she had become a light sleeper. I doubt I ever will. Well, maybe after tonight. I look down at the bedside table where the card was. Beneath it, in the crazed scrawl of the madman wa...	2	36	39,894
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	Visions of my past still haunt my dreams. My nightmares. The beating wings of bats, my mother and father's shooting, Harvey's mental collapse and death. The Joker. "You haven't seen the last of me," he screamed at me with his sick smile as his explosives disintegrated the school in a white, blinding blast. I'd evacuat...	2	36	39,895
[EU] Bruce Wayne enjoys many years of leisure with his wife, the retired Catwoman. He lives a peaceful life until he wakes up to find a bloody Joker card.	Early morning sun penetrated the Venetian blinds as Bruce slept, curled up next to Selina, who began to stir. She opened her eyes and curled around her husband, falling back asleep. ------------------- About three hours later, the couple was in the kitchen making breakfast. Bacon sizzled in the pan, its aroma waftin...	1	36	39,896
[WP] An Artificial Human learns of its Origin.	Swaddled in binary blankets, held in a crib of silicone and plastic spanning five hundred square feet from end to end our child was born by years of heavy labor. The product of decades of research and the greatest minds in all of neuroscience, physics, and computational engineering. In due time our research con...	2	7	39,897
[WP] An Artificial Human learns of its Origin.	"You don't have to say anything, sweetheart," his mother said, putting an arm around his shoulders. "I know it's a lot to take in." "If you need some time to think, that's fine," said his dad. He'd pulled up a chair beside the bed so that they could sit face to face. "If you want us to stay, if you want to be alone fo...	1	7	39,898
[WP] In an alternate reality, there are 3 sexes instead of 2. A male and a female couple are looking for their third person to complete their triad. How would the courtship process look like?	Kara and Jade occupied a booth in the darkest corner of the bar. It was the perfect place to people watch. They were after a male. A male that had decent genetics, and wasn’t looking for a tri-sexual relationship. Bi-sexual, that is: female and axis without a male, relationships were frowned upon, but relatively commo...	8	8	39,899

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