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[WP] Write about an executioner who has to spend a day with his victim before the execution
Rodney lifted his eyes from the floor as it opened. In stepped a burly man with a carrot-coloured beard and reddish glow set on his cheeks from many nights spent down at the pub. A guard closed the door behind them and stood peering through the shatterproof window, watching for signs of commotion. Rodney stared at th...
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[WP] A soldier collects souveneirs throughout his tour of duty
"What's this daddy?" "Hmm, what? Oh that, that's a coin I got from a captain for doing him a favor." "What favor?" "Well he needed some maps and we had them so I found a way to make copies for him." "Coooollll, what's this? What does it say?" "That's a mug I got from my first tour to Afghanistan. It says *happine...
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[WP] A soldier collects souveneirs throughout his tour of duty
My boots echo as I navigate the twists and turns of the hallway. A few flickering light-bulbs hanging from the ceiling give me enough light to see. Something the movies almost never get correct is that warfare is very, very loud. Gunfire, explosions, the screams of enemy's and friendlies alike as they die in horrendous...
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[WP] A soldier collects souveneirs throughout his tour of duty
There was a bag next to the body, untouched by the mess of brains and blood that speckled the young man's shoulders and covered what was left of his face. The bag was green, to match his uniform. The soldier's fingers were frozen in a fist around the shoulder strap so that he almost looked like a wax statue in an act...
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[WP] Someone gets to heaven and is upset by the idea of spending eternity there.
You know that uneasy feeling you get when you suddenly realize that you’re dreaming and that the dream world you’ve existed in for the past few hours isn’t real? James had that feeling when he was rounding the 4th turn on the Dayton Speedway. He was about to secure the Nascar points championship for the 7th consecutiv...
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[PM] Weird idea for a novel.
A firefighter drinking away today's problems
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[PM] Weird idea for a novel.
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[PM] Weird idea for a novel.
Six of your characters die in an unforseen way (ie fire, earthquake, car accident) and experience death related to their beliefs. For example, the Christian dies and goes before God and is judged for the life he lives. Or a Buddhist is reincarnated. Here's the kicker, each of them meet up after death. So the Christian...
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[PM] Weird idea for a novel.
The narrator is telling the reader a story, but the narrator does not want the reader to hear/read it. This is no "unreliable narrator", this is a narrator who explicitly does not want to tell the story being told. The story involves the mysterious disappearance of a Caribbean island from the map/records/history.
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[WP] An incredibly empathetic masochist becomes a serial killer.
"The more you struggle the longer this will take." Mumbled, panicked sounds came from the individual bound and gagged on the comfortable bean bag. "You know I can't finish our introduction until you stop making so much noise!" More muffled sobs and wails came from the pathetic heap. Then a quick flash of silver and ...
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[PM] Drunk and looking for a challenge
You suddenly discover that your car keys are sentient, and really *have* been hiding in sneaky-as-fuck places all those times you couldn't find them.
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[PM] Drunk and looking for a challenge
make me cry. 100-200 words.
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[PM] Drunk and looking for a challenge
Your buddy roommate keeps leaving one beer in the fridge as an asshole test. Write about a clever, unexpected way to mess with him and make sure that he sees you have asserted dominance.
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Wp. Tell the story of an imaginary number trying to find it's place on a number line.
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Wp. Tell the story of an imaginary number trying to find it's place on a number line.
A lonely real number is crying in the coordinate plane. Sad and alone it cannot join the club of prime numbers, or even have a family of divisors as it is infertile. It is not perfect, it has no amicable pair. A possible group, the squares club, doesn't even want the poor thing. They called it simple, stupid, small. Th...
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Wp. Tell the story of an imaginary number trying to find it's place on a number line.
"You lied to me!" 42 looked confused. He looked down to see a tiny X in front of his desk. All the other little variables had gone to their places. "You lied to me!" the little X repeated, "You told me to just multiple myself times 2 and X would be home!" "Well, yes..." 42 started slowly, "that's what all the othe...
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Wp. Tell the story of an imaginary number trying to find it's place on a number line.
i looked around in a panic. Hordes of irrational numbers milled around in some disorganized semblance of a argument about whether any of the were real. "If I were squared, I'd show you what for!" Yelled an incomprehensible 1.41414." "That doesn't mean anything! I'm friends with a repeating decimal, can't say which ...
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[WP] Sum up your reddit experience as though dying in Blade Runner style.
I've seen things you people would easily believe. Comments under fire even if they inspire. I've seen gifs and memes glitter in the dark off the main page. All those things will be lost like the downvotes of yesterday.
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[WP] Sum up your reddit experience as though dying in Blade Runner style.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, cause all you idiots want to do is make puns and talk about Breaking Bad.
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[WP] Sum up your reddit experience as though dying in Blade Runner style.
I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe. Spacedicks and spaceclop, burning my eyes, and my soul. The swamps of Dagoba, seeping into the surgeon's shoes. All those moments... will be lost in time, like a banana, used for scale. Time to die.
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[WP] Sum up your reddit experience as though dying in Blade Runner style.
The rain was like a waterfall, suspended infinitely high and cascading down. I was on my knees, battered and bloody. One hand a twisted claw. It was time. Tilting my head back, closing my eyes. Feeling the rain on my skin, dripping down in rivulets on my sodden clothes. I opened my mouth to speak, but met a fist. An...
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[WP] Sum up your reddit experience as though dying in Blade Runner style.
I've… seen thing you wouldn't believe.. Spacedicks on fire off the shoulder of WTF. I watched seamen beams glitter in the dark near the NSFW gate. All those…. links…. will be lost in time, like tears… in… bukakke rain. Time… to…. click...
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[MP] Other Lives
The water runs down my arm and onto my shoulder, following invisible paths. It was warm when it started at the tips of my fingers and by the time it reached my neck, the droplet had become like ice and goose flesh sprouted on my chest. The haze of the afternoon was was dying, and there was a chill to the wind as the s...
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[WP] Someone returns to their parents' home after 15 years. Parents are gone. House is in shambles, decomposing.
It would've been better if someone else had moved in. At least then I could've pretended that they'd just moved out, that they'd moved on, that I might have another chance at joining them. But seeing that house... the stolen door-handle, the empty windows, the shingles falling off the roof like hail threatening to spea...
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[WP] Someone returns to their parents' home after 15 years. Parents are gone. House is in shambles, decomposing.
Sergey had made it home. Fifteen years after fleeing a land torn apart by war. Fifteen years after his aunt Catherine had taken him to safety in France. Fifteen years of watching news reports, listening to stories, waiting for any reports of the small town in southern Serbia he called home as a child. The latch on the...
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[WP] Someone returns to their parents' home after 15 years. Parents are gone. House is in shambles, decomposing.
I stood there on the corner looking at my childhood home, hard to think 15 years have changed this place so much. I remember every stupid little thing about this house. The front yard with its slope, just enough that the dog's tennis ball would roll out of his reach whenever he set it down. The front porch still has...
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[WP] Someone returns to their parents' home after 15 years. Parents are gone. House is in shambles, decomposing.
I didn’t know why I was coming back here. I ran away 15 years ago, when I was twelve. Looking back on it, it seemed like I had balls, but the truth was, anything was better than this place. Maybe it was because I was going to have a child now; perhaps I should find some closure to that part of my life. I tried ringing ...
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[WP] Someone returns to their parents' home after 15 years. Parents are gone. House is in shambles, decomposing.
This prompted a story that was too long for reddit. At the end it was 2146 words. This story felt good to write. I felt on point when I wrote this. It felt amazing. http://24hrstory.com/?p=56 Thank you any and all who read this. It means much to me and more that you took the time to read my work.
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[WP] Someone returns to their parents' home after 15 years. Parents are gone. House is in shambles, decomposing.
I made the drive up from Florida, skirting Jackson, Mississippi around midnight. Memphis was easier to navigate in the middle of the night. The land in the river basin near the muddy Mississippi was strangely and thankfully flat. Soybean and cotton farms stretching off for miles. Huge irrigation systems stood out spraw...
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A subscriber to r/WritingPrompts has just written what they feel to be a fantastic post and they wait for upvotes and comments to find they never come
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[WP] Humanity can no longer feel pain nor receive any injury no matter how severe
See tv show: Torchwood: Miracle Day
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[WP] Someone who dies is offered to take over the role of death. Write the conversation.
"Take my role for a day," Thanatos said. "You will, literally, be Death. Judge the dead whether they go to Asphodel, Elysium or the Fields of Punishment." "I don't know if I could do it! What if I gave the wrong judgement? What if Cerberus eats their souls instead? What if..." "Fear not. All you have to do is judge f...
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[WP] Someone who dies is offered to take over the role of death. Write the conversation.
Michael, I write to you in the knowledge that the last day I shared with you atop Summers Reach was the happiest of my life. It is true that I have very few others that are candidate, but such meaningless quantity pales before those hours we spent, my love. Had I know then what I known now, would I have spent my time ...
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[WP] Someone who dies is offered to take over the role of death. Write the conversation.
“I haven’t said ‘yes’ yet!” “Hah! I know! You looked like you were about to though.” “I’m just not convinced yet. You said I had the option of saying ‘no’ and moving on. Maybe I’d prefer that?” “Aw poor baby. Being dead is the easiest thing in the world. It’s all martinis and dreams come true. How boring.” “You are...
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[WP] Someone who dies is offered to take over the role of death. Write the conversation.
Based on all the representations of the Afterlife that Gellius had encountered during his lifetime, none had prepared him for the truth. The Afterlife was, for the lack of a better word, just your average bathroom. In the large cast iron bathtub sat Death. He lazily pushed a skeletal rubber ducky with a boney finger. *...
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[WP] Someone who dies is offered to take over the role of death. Write the conversation.
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[CC] I'm going to be using this for my English provincial exam. Thoughts?
Are you Canadian? I only ask because I think English provincials are a Canadian only thing. Considering the quite constraining time limits you have for provincial English exams, I think you got in some nice characterization, and good story, and some solid visuals. And, since the writing topics are always fairly broad,...
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[CC] I'm going to be using this for my English provincial exam. Thoughts?
I really like the premise you have here, and I always seem to get a boner for unhappy endings. One thing I would say however is that you spoon-fed us a lot of the information, especially in the first couple of paragraphs. I get that you don't really have long enough to open everything out into actions and descriptions ...
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[WP] In the far future, utopia has been attained. What happens when someone opens the Pandora's box?
I heard that the three kids who sweep the street for Mr. Baker found something, a box. A strange and intriguing box that looked more like a jewel, an elaborate cube. I guess they found it while sweeping but I'm not too sure, I wasn't there. Dave was though. Dave is everywhere. He told me that the kids took the box outs...
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[WP] In the far future, utopia has been attained. What happens when someone opens the Pandora's box?
I finally have it. The box made the news some years ago upon its (re)discovery. The box that disappeared from the public eye just as quickly as it had been found. Rumors spread – apparently this box has quite the reputation. I had already been working for the National Guard when the box was found. I was not high enou...
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An assassin must kill the one thing he loves.
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
Andrew had just sat down on his gaming chair when his phone started to ring. "Hello?" "WE DID IT! WE FUCKING DID IT!" It was his training partner Josh Gad, of acting fame, "Video games are going to be in the Olympics for the first time! This is the day we've been training for." Andrew couldn't believe what he was h...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
A thunderous roar of chants, clapping, insults, and all manner of excited noises arose from the packed crown. The young Korean had been taking the Olympics by storm, rising from obscurity by winning the South Korean nationals two years hence. At that point he was unheard of, receding into training immediately afterward...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
"..and in Olympic news; the inaugural year of the Gaming sub-division has started out with a smashing success. Live broadcasts of the games over the internet combined with traditional TV viewers broke records as fans tuned in in record numbers to watch the first of five eight nation tournaments. The first tournament, ...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
Sergi stares at Mi-Yung as she gets three kills in a row. The big screen shows a hostage situation slowly, methodically, but imperfectly defused by the Korean team. Their rivals, the American team, are the hostage takers. Her avatar, a big burly security agent, crouches low in an office corner holding a sub-machine ...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
"...and I hear when the games are over, everyone just goes back to the village and has some sort of giant fucking orgy." "Thanks, Max. Glad to hear it," said Ben halfheartedly. "Are you kidding me right now? That doesn't excite you? Pure, 12 hour shifts of straight fucking?" Max's voice was ecstatic. "Max, take ...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
"Welcome back to the NBC Broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! We return now to the newest category of Olympics sports: video games! Now Soledad O'Brien will show us the controversial road the newest Olympics sports have taken to get here, namely how eSports became Olympic Sports." *Cue...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
"Did you hear the news about the Olympics?" "Wow, really? How'd they pull that bullshit?" "They're not real sports, man- you can't tell me they are. This shit is disrespecting the Olympics." A consensus had been reached; if tournaments could be held, and the results fairly judged; if high levels of effort had to be...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
DaSh stepped into the sound proof booth. Joo clapped a slender hand on his shoulder and gave it a tender squeeze before closing the heavy padded door. The din of the crowd faded to a dull drone. DaSh stood facing the back of the booth and closed his eyes. Warm pulsing neon ebbed under his eyelids as he flexed and exten...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
Am I really ready for this? The roars and jeers of the crowd vibrate through my eardrums. How can they be so loud through the monitor's speaker. Sweat travels down my arm like a waterfall from the Dead Sea and onto my joystick-axe. Why the hell am I so nervous? I've been doing this since was 6 years old. Family, fri...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
BREAKING NEWS "In a shocking turn of events, the United States' Jonathan Jackson, the star Grand Turismo champion and favorite to win the Olympic Digital Racing Gold this year in Tokyo, has been placed on permanent disability, forcing the US to move to their number two singles player, teammate Guillermo Suarez. "We'r...
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[WP] Video games were just added to the Olympics.
Someone else write it because I'm pressed for time and creativity, but the wrestlers who were already pissed that their sport was removed get so angry at video games taking their place that they all go to the Olympics, kick everyone's ass, and make wrestling the only olympic sport like it was back in ancient Greece.
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[WP] An assassin must kill the one person he loves.
I see you, close as you were when we spent our first night. I fill your head with metal, pushing out our dreams.
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[WP] An assassin must kill the one person he loves.
You were the only one who ever gave a damn about me. Growing up on the streets wasn't easy, but with you by my side I survived. You kept me sane. I see your long hair flash in the moonlight. My heart pounds. I know what I have to do. Years of training take over, and I flit from shadow to shadow. Suddenly, the cold st...
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[WP] An assassin must kill the one person he loves.
"You must kill your mentor" For four hundred years the Chin Dynasty has stood as the world's greatest civilization. Conquering through might what is rightfully theirs. But now, after four centuries of bloodshed the dynasty is collapsing. Politics. With the recent death of the last great emperor, the twenty three year...
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[CC] Inspired from an Askreddit post: Chance of Death
Great read. The dialogue at the end seems a little off but otherwise very entertaining.
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[CC] Inspired from an Askreddit post: Chance of Death
This is a really good read! The concept's super interesting, and I like the way you deliver it. I have only a few suggestions. One, you don't need to have the character say something to themselves in quotes. You can just put it into the narrative, which would make sense because everything else the character thinks is ...
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[CC] Inspired from an Askreddit post: Chance of Death
This is pretty fucking gnarly, although the whole stopping in the middle of the intersection at the end was a bit off putting.
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[CC] Inspired from an Askreddit post: Chance of Death
This is bloody amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I wish I had more constructive criticism but I got lost in the reading. I forgot to look at it critically because I was gripped by it. Thank you.
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[WP] Guy posts a vague "found dog" notice, just to show people his own dog and see their disappointed faces.
Dave is a dick. He is a dick because he has come up with a plan to make money. Say he's found a dog, show off his own dog, and film the reactions of everyone who comes asking. Dave is sitting on the sofa, eating microwave popcorn, and watching TV. A quiet knock would have been heard, if the TV wasn't on so loud. The...
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[WP] Guy posts a vague "found dog" notice, just to show people his own dog and see their disappointed faces.
I don't have many pleasures in life. Well, I live in the first world, so yes in the traditional sense, I have many pleasures in life. I have access to clean water, if I accidentally set fire to my house while microwaving my meal that's over 300% of the daily alloted calories for a human being my size, someone will c...
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[FF] Write a sonnet that professes your love for an inanimate object, or a typically uninteresting activity.
*Counting Dots* Above, this prison of profession bound, A cell for suits and weary workmen both, That I should gaze upon such sights profound That 'gainst one's will they opt not break their oath. Such brilliant actors stand before the pitch As heavens fill the stage beyond our Earth The tiles of the ceili...
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[FF] Write a sonnet that professes your love for an inanimate object, or a typically uninteresting activity.
Shopping To 'round most inlets in supers before, On lines of feckless attendants swelling, A neon progression pulled me aft, fore, And left me bloodless. Asleep, not telling. An alloy, from veggie to ice cream stand. Hand in hand, squeakers on the linol'yum. That I might find my swinging doorways hence; rapt, ...
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[FF] Write a sonnet that professes your love for an inanimate object, or a typically uninteresting activity.
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IP: Love Eternal
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IP: Love Eternal
Larry suspiciously eyes the open door, reaches for the handle, and shuts it slowly as he briefly looks at the name still stenciled on the door, "Dr. Matheson, Parapsychology Dept." He runs his fingers over the raised lettering, wondering how long it'll take building services to remove. Larry badgers Samantha, "Come o...
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IP: Love Eternal
"Hey! Lady, don't cover that statue up. It's art, don't be a prude." the groundskeeper shouted The old lady blinked back tears, "I'm sorry. She was my daughter. I just miss tucking her in at night."
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IP: Love Eternal
Nothing could surprise me anymore. Makes sense, really, when you read the inscription and realize how long I’ve been here. These stony eyes have seen it all. I’ve watched family plots fill up, occupant by aging occupant. I’ve witnessed graveside services where no one but the grieving widow cared enough to make an a...
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IP: Love Eternal
WARNING CHEESIER THAN WINE NIGHT AT A YUPPIES DINNER TABLE "Love knows no bondaries." I know what its supposed to mean, that people will do anything for love, but that stupid saying is a lie in all kinds of interpreations of it. See I know our love was forbidden and would've been for all time. Her? Well her name...
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
"I'm very sorry", the studio exec shrugged. "That's the rules, they're the votes, I'm sorry but you're outta here!". The man stood in shock. He had went onto the show with high hopes, thinking it would be fun, as well as a nice paycheque. But now.. Nothing. His contract torn up, his career over, his livelihood gone. H...
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
"Hi! I'm Taylor Swift!" "Next!" "But..I didn't get to play!" "Next!" Taylor grumbles and takes her guitar with her off stage. On the way out she passes the judges' table where she stops for a moment and says in a low voice, "What did I ever do to make you so mean?" Pete Townsend turns to her and says, "You made sh...
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
“Tear Up That Contract! It’s the hot new show coming live from the studios of SSBC” announced the host giving a thousand watt smile to the camera. Standing on the stage in front of a raucous audience on Saturday night it was time to get things underway. “Every week we’re going to take nominations for professional musi...
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
“We here at ‘American Pie’ have selected you as an upcoming contestant in tonight’s show.” Chad just held the phone to his ear in a stunned silence. “Sir? Are you there?” “Yeah…I’m here.” Chad said and paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. “It’s just a little much to take in. Isn’t the motto of the show, ‘the...
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
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[WP] A "reverse" American Idol. Instead of finding new talent, it's used to get rid of current acts.
Tom Waits shuffles onto the stage. His wild hair poking out every which way. He coughs several times as he wanders onto the stage in a beat up three-piece suit. He sits on a stool with a microphone next to it. He raises an eyebrow at the microphone, grabs it, and peels the foam off with a chuckle. He clears his thro...
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He's drunk. Disgustingly drunk. There are reddish-orange stains on his shirt from when he rubbed the excess Doritos off his chubby fingers. I can see patches of sweat spreading under his armpits and along his collar. There's a beer stain on the crotch of his jeans. His gaze slides my way. We make eye contact, much to ...
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It was rumored to be the Garden of Eden. He strolled through the lush vegetation, looking for that one thing everyone who came her looked for. He found the tree a short way off the path. It didn't seem like the right one though. There was no else coming here. No bent grass, no path, no access. He had just seen the red ...
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[WP] You suddenly find yourself in a video game or book, but you are not any of the main characters. What happens?
Tom begins to mouth a word but suddenly starts laughing, "This is so weird. My voice is so high." "Wait, I'm a fucking peasant girl," yells Tom as he stands in the body of his digital avatar and examines it in a long mirror. "I spent 45 minutes putting on this VR suit to test your stupid simulation and you made me a...
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[WP] You suddenly find yourself in a video game or book, but you are not any of the main characters. What happens?
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[WP] You suddenly find yourself in a video game or book, but you are not any of the main characters. What happens?
I wake up screaming when they rip my fingernails out of my hand. I don't know how I got here. I think I must have died. Pipe to the knee cap. I scream again, and I beg them to stop. There's no point. They call me 'bitch' and 'whore'. They'll keep going until he comes. The main player, I mean. I recognized him fro...
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[WP] You suddenly find yourself in a video game or book, but you are not any of the main characters. What happens?
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[WP] You suddenly find yourself in a video game or book, but you are not any of the main characters. What happens?
Gee what a pleasant day this is. I think I'll take a walk to the store. Boy, it sure is beautiful outside. Man, that guy says the exact same thing to me every time I walk by his hot dog stand. I wonder why. Wait, hey- is that car driving down the sidewalk? Nah, that can't- OH MY GOD IT IS! AAAAAGH MY INTESTINES!! AAAA...
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
*Come ye unfaithful! Come for the heaven now is truly at hand! The long awaited signs are all around us!* The Preacher screamed whilst the whole chaos of people rushing for shelter against another advances of Migratory locusts. Already half blinded by the strong winds and swarm of birds, slowly with care he took out ...
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
I had to stop, the windshield was caked solid. Putting it in neutral, I worked the lever that moved the scraping bar back and forth, pushing twitching legs and wings to the side, a sticky log-shaped mass of green bile and yellow innards. Even though the doors were sealed, I still imagined I could smell it - the sharp...
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
Hal choked down that canned meat and tried to ignore the relentless droning of the insects outside. He missed real food. "Last fresh meal: 1y 142d 6h and 57m ago." He thought to himself as he stared at his smartphone (which was now good for little beside telling time.) The incessant buzz coming from outside the s...
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
*No, Laurie. Take the kids and go! Laurie…LAURIE!* My body us drenched in sweat and my breathing heavy as I jolt awake. Another nightmare. It's 7:13. No use trying to sleep for 15 more minutes. As I get up to pre-emptively turn off the alarm, I look at the date. January 12. Exactly seven months since the Horde began....
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
History of the Great War Translated by Maxine Dench, Johannesburg based slave of the Mosquito Empire Written by Bzzzz Bzz and Zzzzt. Until the rise of the prophet, of the Great Black Hope, insects were cruelly subjugated by humanity. Our mighty race, resistant to diseases that would cripple our inferior overlords, ...
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[WP] The instinct of every insect on Earth suddenly becomes the relentless drive to wipeout humanity.
“Jerome,” said Jerome, into his cellphone, “Not ‘Jerry.’ Thank you. Yes, that sounds good. Yes. Yes. Have a good day, sir.” He pressed the ‘end call’ button on the screen, and then gently and carefully placed his cellphone onto the charging station on the nightstand. The charging station was positioned exactly correct...
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[WP] After a patient dies when a young surgeon is operating on him, the surgeon feels the urge to kill again.
I killed him. His family is crying as I tell them. People are trying to tell me it's not my fault; saying things like “Everybody makes mistakes.” The only thing is I didn't make mistakes, and it is my fault. The best part is how good it feels to me. The truth is I nicked that artery on purpose. I wanted to know w...
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[WP] After a patient dies when a young surgeon is operating on him, the surgeon feels the urge to kill again.
It wasn't supposed to be this way. Routine surgery. Just an appendectomy, it was the eighth in my career so far. Maybe because it was so routine...that's why I fucked up. It doesn't matter how anymore, all that matters is that there was a dead person lying on a gurney while I had to go and tell his wife how a routine ...
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[WP]There's a paperback on the clearance rack. On a whim your character picks it up and finds that it details their life thus far... How does the book end?
The book read "he stood there, reading the novel, as it detailed the moments of his life until that point in time. He stopped." He stopped. "and closed the book." abruptly, he did. A dense silence filled the air around him as he contemplated opening to the last page. But then he heard a voice behind him. "Daddy why ...
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[WP]There's a paperback on the clearance rack. On a whim your character picks it up and finds that it details their life thus far... How does the book end?
As I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling; I closed my eyes and... died. What did you expect? Some profound meaning insight to the world? The answer to world peace? You are a goddamn IT guy; you aren't going to save the world by sitting on your ass and fixing computers. If you want to do something memorable, go and m...
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[WP]There's a paperback on the clearance rack. On a whim your character picks it up and finds that it details their life thus far... How does the book end?
It was a cramped, dusty second-hand book shop; typewritten letters on a dog-eared, yellowed piece of paper were tacked to the door: *"Closing down sale, it's goodbye from us. Sharing knowledge since 1921."* He entered the shop, pushing the flimsy green door open with ease. A bell rung high above. The air was thick in...
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