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[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | The alley is cold at night
The cold wind sweeps the trash around the hole you call a bed, the city figures walk past oblivious to your presence, good, it’s better for them that way. The secrets you hide, what you’ve heard from the worst in people, the lowest of the low. You remember when they came to you, offering co... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | My sisters are identical. They have the same smile. They have the same hair. They have the same eyes.
Beth is thinner, but Eliza has the better hair. It's like there one person. And now they are, the same person, I know. I know, I know this so well.
I watch them sleeping as I sat down my sewing needle and discard the... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Exhausted from another day of work, you drive up to your house and notice a strange car in front of you house. After cautiously pulling your car into the driveway you walk up to find your door hanging wide open. Holding your keys as defense you creep inside where your once beautiful wife, five year old son and three ye... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | The strike was quick and left us with almost no time to react. Jamie’s lifeless body collapsed to the floor as a spray of warm blood spewed across the back of my neck.
I had no time to be disgusted.
No time to morn.
No time to see what the fuck was hunting us.
I just had to keep running and as my gaze briefly m... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | We're going to make the world a better place. The head cheerleader at my school once had her boyfriend beat up a geek from her class because he'd written her a love letter. The captain of the football team sexually assaulted one of the unpopular girls, and peer pressure made her drop all charges. This goes on everywher... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | She woke up. Always the same nightmare around this time. Her sheet and blanket were soaked. Not worse than usual, but still uncomfortable to sleep on. She went to the bathroom to wash off the sweat and blood. As she looked in the mirror to remove the big chunks of meat from her teeth, she could see the full moon settin... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | “Hello?”
Dead silence.
Jane hung up. This was the third call in two days. An unknown number would ring. Nothing.
She went back to typing. Keys clicking with frightened hesitation.
*Ring!*
An exasperated huff. “What?!”
Deep in the silence on the other end she heard, “what…”
It was Jane’s voice.
“... | *Ding dong.*
It's about time the pizza got here.
I step around the corner, and fish the money out of my pocket. I look through the peephole. It's not the pizza guy. It's a...person?
It's dressed in black. Can't see its face, until it looks at me through the peephole. Its smile appears out of the shadow of its face.
... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | The strike was quick and left us with almost no time to react. Jamie’s lifeless body collapsed to the floor as a spray of warm blood spewed across the back of my neck.
I had no time to be disgusted.
No time to morn.
No time to see what the fuck was hunting us.
I just had to keep running and as my gaze briefly m... | There's something in the dark. I've known for a while now. Sometimes I can see the shadows that flash across my vision. Sometimes I can feel the presence of something lurking behind me. Sometimes I sense the hot breath of something on my neck, but it never stays for very long. I thought for a while I was imagining it, ... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | We're going to make the world a better place. The head cheerleader at my school once had her boyfriend beat up a geek from her class because he'd written her a love letter. The captain of the football team sexually assaulted one of the unpopular girls, and peer pressure made her drop all charges. This goes on everywher... | There's something in the dark. I've known for a while now. Sometimes I can see the shadows that flash across my vision. Sometimes I can feel the presence of something lurking behind me. Sometimes I sense the hot breath of something on my neck, but it never stays for very long. I thought for a while I was imagining it, ... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | She woke up. Always the same nightmare around this time. Her sheet and blanket were soaked. Not worse than usual, but still uncomfortable to sleep on. She went to the bathroom to wash off the sweat and blood. As she looked in the mirror to remove the big chunks of meat from her teeth, she could see the full moon settin... | There's something in the dark. I've known for a while now. Sometimes I can see the shadows that flash across my vision. Sometimes I can feel the presence of something lurking behind me. Sometimes I sense the hot breath of something on my neck, but it never stays for very long. I thought for a while I was imagining it, ... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | We're going to make the world a better place. The head cheerleader at my school once had her boyfriend beat up a geek from her class because he'd written her a love letter. The captain of the football team sexually assaulted one of the unpopular girls, and peer pressure made her drop all charges. This goes on everywher... | It’s the old dream again.
You’re in the water, on his cracked blue boat. Not your father’s, the one from your childhood fishing trips, the one that belonged to the friend that always smelled like that one cologne you can’t name but can always place.
The water rises through the cracks in the bottom, black and lit her... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | She woke up. Always the same nightmare around this time. Her sheet and blanket were soaked. Not worse than usual, but still uncomfortable to sleep on. She went to the bathroom to wash off the sweat and blood. As she looked in the mirror to remove the big chunks of meat from her teeth, she could see the full moon settin... | It’s the old dream again.
You’re in the water, on his cracked blue boat. Not your father’s, the one from your childhood fishing trips, the one that belonged to the friend that always smelled like that one cologne you can’t name but can always place.
The water rises through the cracks in the bottom, black and lit her... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | The bedroom is dark and quiet and my son and wife are fast asleep. He really is too old for sleeping in our bed, but tonight is a rare exception.
I hear a familiar padding and smile to myself. When Coco showed up years ago it only took one miserable *meow* before we decided to take her in. In return, she became my so... | "Hello," I whispered to her for the first time in ten years. "Hello" I heard back, reluctantly. "Did you read it?" I asked her, "is it enough?". There was heavy breathing down the phone. "No, I still think. . . " . Panic on my end. "Before you say it, you are the only reason I still. . ." "I still think you should kill... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | “Hello?”
Dead silence.
Jane hung up. This was the third call in two days. An unknown number would ring. Nothing.
She went back to typing. Keys clicking with frightened hesitation.
*Ring!*
An exasperated huff. “What?!”
Deep in the silence on the other end she heard, “what…”
It was Jane’s voice.
“... | "Hello," I whispered to her for the first time in ten years. "Hello" I heard back, reluctantly. "Did you read it?" I asked her, "is it enough?". There was heavy breathing down the phone. "No, I still think. . . " . Panic on my end. "Before you say it, you are the only reason I still. . ." "I still think you should kill... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | It's getting later and you should probably think about going to sleep, although, just one more page won't hurt. As you browse through the prompts one sparks some interest, a few short stories, you could read those before bed, after all they're only a hundred words. You crack your neck, one hand holding your head as you... | "Hello," I whispered to her for the first time in ten years. "Hello" I heard back, reluctantly. "Did you read it?" I asked her, "is it enough?". There was heavy breathing down the phone. "No, I still think. . . " . Panic on my end. "Before you say it, you are the only reason I still. . ." "I still think you should kill... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | “Hello?”
Dead silence.
Jane hung up. This was the third call in two days. An unknown number would ring. Nothing.
She went back to typing. Keys clicking with frightened hesitation.
*Ring!*
An exasperated huff. “What?!”
Deep in the silence on the other end she heard, “what…”
It was Jane’s voice.
“... | A cracking twig pierces the air. The sky dims grey and the moon comes out. Why a bird must always fly in front of it, I will never know.
As I walk home down this dusty old path, I hear an echo of footsteps behind me. I tense, and increase my pace. So do the steps. I want to turn around, but I can’t. It’s dark, and I’m ... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | It's getting later and you should probably think about going to sleep, although, just one more page won't hurt. As you browse through the prompts one sparks some interest, a few short stories, you could read those before bed, after all they're only a hundred words. You crack your neck, one hand holding your head as you... | The bedroom is dark and quiet and my son and wife are fast asleep. He really is too old for sleeping in our bed, but tonight is a rare exception.
I hear a familiar padding and smile to myself. When Coco showed up years ago it only took one miserable *meow* before we decided to take her in. In return, she became my so... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I remember waking up in the ambulance, bound, unable to move. The rough canvas of the straps dug into my skin. Bright lights from the roof filled my sight. A man sat in the corner, jostling side-to-side with the bumps in the road. His form slid up alongside me and pulled open one of my eyelids with his thumb. “I think ... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | It's getting later and you should probably think about going to sleep, although, just one more page won't hurt. As you browse through the prompts one sparks some interest, a few short stories, you could read those before bed, after all they're only a hundred words. You crack your neck, one hand holding your head as you... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Everyone looks the same.
Not you. You look different. Makeup is wrong on you now, and your clothes are no longer comfortable. But no one stops to ask what's wrong.
It's a big city. You pass hundreds, thousands of people. Maybe you pass him. Maybe he recognizes you. Would he? Would he know it's you without your eyes w... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Cindy Lee Baker's tree sat empty in the yard.
Wind chimes sang while her Grandmother sat quietly. 33 seconds had passed since she had looked up from her knitting.
"Dear?" her warm voice floated through the brisk air.
Her plastic lawn chair creaked loudly as she stood.
"Dear?"
Weathered feet shuffled slowly off... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | During my entire life, never have I been this excited. Then of course, this was an unprecedented event in history of humanity.
It all began last week. Our deep space satellite picked up a peculiar looped radio signal directed specifically towards Earth. A simple radio signal was all it took to confirm we aren’t the on... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Valentine's Day is a holiday about the heart, and now I am staring at hers. Throbbing, beating, her eyes are open and she is terrified. My hands are soaked in blood. I am surprised at myself. A smile crosses my lips.
She is desperate but we are alone. She is angry. I squeeze hard with my nails and her life explodes ho... | The landlord brought me through the slanted door. “Just this way. Upstairs.” I tripped on a stair that jutted out a bit more than the others. We made it to the landing which had two rooms facing each other and a third room facing a wall. The door swung open to a single bed placed slightly to the left of the room with m... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I remember waking up in the ambulance, bound, unable to move. The rough canvas of the straps dug into my skin. Bright lights from the roof filled my sight. A man sat in the corner, jostling side-to-side with the bumps in the road. His form slid up alongside me and pulled open one of my eyelids with his thumb. “I think ... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | It's getting later and you should probably think about going to sleep, although, just one more page won't hurt. As you browse through the prompts one sparks some interest, a few short stories, you could read those before bed, after all they're only a hundred words. You crack your neck, one hand holding your head as you... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Everyone looks the same.
Not you. You look different. Makeup is wrong on you now, and your clothes are no longer comfortable. But no one stops to ask what's wrong.
It's a big city. You pass hundreds, thousands of people. Maybe you pass him. Maybe he recognizes you. Would he? Would he know it's you without your eyes w... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Cindy Lee Baker's tree sat empty in the yard.
Wind chimes sang while her Grandmother sat quietly. 33 seconds had passed since she had looked up from her knitting.
"Dear?" her warm voice floated through the brisk air.
Her plastic lawn chair creaked loudly as she stood.
"Dear?"
Weathered feet shuffled slowly off... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | During my entire life, never have I been this excited. Then of course, this was an unprecedented event in history of humanity.
It all began last week. Our deep space satellite picked up a peculiar looped radio signal directed specifically towards Earth. A simple radio signal was all it took to confirm we aren’t the on... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Valentine's Day is a holiday about the heart, and now I am staring at hers. Throbbing, beating, her eyes are open and she is terrified. My hands are soaked in blood. I am surprised at myself. A smile crosses my lips.
She is desperate but we are alone. She is angry. I squeeze hard with my nails and her life explodes ho... | January 5th, 2003:
I was walking down the path, and the wind roared up. Snow kicked and pushed and pummeled me from all directions. Trudging ahead became impossible, and so I ducked into the forest for cover.
I saw a light.
I followed the light.
The wood around me was rotting and damp. An old forest that... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I remember waking up in the ambulance, bound, unable to move. The rough canvas of the straps dug into my skin. Bright lights from the roof filled my sight. A man sat in the corner, jostling side-to-side with the bumps in the road. His form slid up alongside me and pulled open one of my eyelids with his thumb. “I think ... | I had moved from area to area after that incident, never stayed out after dark.
I can still see those eyes staring at me, and the antlers glinting in the moonlight, tips sharp and dripping with gore. It gives me it’s answer to the long dead chef’s statement on that fateful night, the same when I’d never sleep again w... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | It's getting later and you should probably think about going to sleep, although, just one more page won't hurt. As you browse through the prompts one sparks some interest, a few short stories, you could read those before bed, after all they're only a hundred words. You crack your neck, one hand holding your head as you... | I had moved from area to area after that incident, never stayed out after dark.
I can still see those eyes staring at me, and the antlers glinting in the moonlight, tips sharp and dripping with gore. It gives me it’s answer to the long dead chef’s statement on that fateful night, the same when I’d never sleep again w... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | I had moved from area to area after that incident, never stayed out after dark.
I can still see those eyes staring at me, and the antlers glinting in the moonlight, tips sharp and dripping with gore. It gives me it’s answer to the long dead chef’s statement on that fateful night, the same when I’d never sleep again w... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | Everyone looks the same.
Not you. You look different. Makeup is wrong on you now, and your clothes are no longer comfortable. But no one stops to ask what's wrong.
It's a big city. You pass hundreds, thousands of people. Maybe you pass him. Maybe he recognizes you. Would he? Would he know it's you without your eyes w... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | Cindy Lee Baker's tree sat empty in the yard.
Wind chimes sang while her Grandmother sat quietly. 33 seconds had passed since she had looked up from her knitting.
"Dear?" her warm voice floated through the brisk air.
Her plastic lawn chair creaked loudly as she stood.
"Dear?"
Weathered feet shuffled slowly off... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | Something is at your door. Don't open the door. Look trough the window but don't open the door. You see something, be careful so that it doesn't see you. It's trying to come inside, just be quiet and wait for it to go away. Breathe quietly as time passes. You have to do something. Whatever is at your door is still tryi... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | During my entire life, never have I been this excited. Then of course, this was an unprecedented event in history of humanity.
It all began last week. Our deep space satellite picked up a peculiar looped radio signal directed specifically towards Earth. A simple radio signal was all it took to confirm we aren’t the on... | Something is at your door. Don't open the door. Look trough the window but don't open the door. You see something, be careful so that it doesn't see you. It's trying to come inside, just be quiet and wait for it to go away. Breathe quietly as time passes. You have to do something. Whatever is at your door is still tryi... | |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Valentine's Day is a holiday about the heart, and now I am staring at hers. Throbbing, beating, her eyes are open and she is terrified. My hands are soaked in blood. I am surprised at myself. A smile crosses my lips.
She is desperate but we are alone. She is angry. I squeeze hard with my nails and her life explodes ho... | Something is at your door. Don't open the door. Look trough the window but don't open the door. You see something, be careful so that it doesn't see you. It's trying to come inside, just be quiet and wait for it to go away. Breathe quietly as time passes. You have to do something. Whatever is at your door is still tryi... | |
[WP] You're in a crowded and enclosed area when you are passed a note that reads "A killer in a striped shirt is coming for you. The only way to stop him is to find him before he finds you. He calls himself Waldo." | "Shit." The word doesn't even begin to approach the seriousness of the situation, and how absolutely fucked I am, trapped in the middle of downtown Chicago with this stupid piece of paper in my hand. I look over my shoulder, seeking the messenger; but they had disappeared back into the crowd.
"Shit, fuck. This can't b... | My head swung back and forth, searching the club for a sinister looking man in a striped shirt. Surely this had to be a joke. Nobody showed, and I turned to follow the woman that gave me the note.
She didn't look back to see if she was being followed, but I'm really good at noticing the small details, and her hand-kn... | |
[WP] You are a zombie. You cannot die, but your diet from when you were still human has not changed. Fearing for their lives, anyone you cross paths with tries to kill you, but you've begrudgingly grown accustomed to it. | There is nobody in the road, finally, some peace and bloody quiet. For a country that had strict gun laws, the UK has alot more guns than I was expecting. So far I have been shot in head with a pistol, three bullets in the left arm from a rifle and most of my right foot is missing from a shotgun blast. I guess I have b... | "Don't eat me, Don't eat me"
Jesus fuck, not this shit again. I jump towards at him just to make the dude run. At least this one didn't try and hit me with a rake like the last one did. I hate live privilege. People think that just because we are zombies that we are going to eat them. Did I eat people while I was aliv... | |
[WP] You are a zombie. You cannot die, but your diet from when you were still human has not changed. Fearing for their lives, anyone you cross paths with tries to kill you, but you've begrudgingly grown accustomed to it. | I sit now, in what has become my home, butnin reality is the old and rusted shack that used to be my favorite restaurant, the silence around me is broken only by my fork against my plate as I eat my cold baked beans.
My unhealthy lunch is interrupted by the crunching of glass, and I look toward the d... | "Don't eat me, Don't eat me"
Jesus fuck, not this shit again. I jump towards at him just to make the dude run. At least this one didn't try and hit me with a rake like the last one did. I hate live privilege. People think that just because we are zombies that we are going to eat them. Did I eat people while I was aliv... | |
[WP] You are a zombie. You cannot die, but your diet from when you were still human has not changed. Fearing for their lives, anyone you cross paths with tries to kill you, but you've begrudgingly grown accustomed to it. | I sit now, in what has become my home, butnin reality is the old and rusted shack that used to be my favorite restaurant, the silence around me is broken only by my fork against my plate as I eat my cold baked beans.
My unhealthy lunch is interrupted by the crunching of glass, and I look toward the d... | There is nobody in the road, finally, some peace and bloody quiet. For a country that had strict gun laws, the UK has alot more guns than I was expecting. So far I have been shot in head with a pistol, three bullets in the left arm from a rifle and most of my right foot is missing from a shotgun blast. I guess I have b... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | "Hey! Charlie! Hey! Look! Humans are coming!" The lioness said to her King. "Ugh, not again. Don't they have anything else- wait, what is that I smell? Giraffe Bacon?! They killed one of MY pet Giraffes! How dare they touch my pride!" Charlie said as he stood up and started to fly towards the safari buggie. "Wait! Char... | Kinda of what the Quran says. I remember reading a passage once that God wanted to give consciousness to animals but they all refused. Knowing that consciousness would come with responsibilities such as avoiding sins. Really, they just wanted to do their every day business without worrying about if they will go to heav... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | The blue whales had finally had enough. They were the current leaders of the world council, and had made the choice after a hundred years of deliberations. Humans could not be allowed to continue in this way. They knew this decision would be taken different ways by different species. They slowly started singing the... | Kinda of what the Quran says. I remember reading a passage once that God wanted to give consciousness to animals but they all refused. Knowing that consciousness would come with responsibilities such as avoiding sins. Really, they just wanted to do their every day business without worrying about if they will go to heav... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | I do not understand these humans, Rick.
What is there not to understand, Sam?
When do they mature? When do they see the truth?
You mean the cycle of life? Yeah, they don’t understand.
How is it possible? Every species on this planet does.
Except for these guys right here. To top it off, they seem to think they a... | Kinda of what the Quran says. I remember reading a passage once that God wanted to give consciousness to animals but they all refused. Knowing that consciousness would come with responsibilities such as avoiding sins. Really, they just wanted to do their every day business without worrying about if they will go to heav... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. |
It had just struck 9pm and Donny, your regular, everyday man was just starting his daily routine to get ready for bed. It had been a busy day at the office today; the boss was none too pleased with Donny's performance as of late. I guess assigned paperwork not getting in on time and being late for more than a few meet... | Kinda of what the Quran says. I remember reading a passage once that God wanted to give consciousness to animals but they all refused. Knowing that consciousness would come with responsibilities such as avoiding sins. Really, they just wanted to do their every day business without worrying about if they will go to heav... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | "Awwww, what a good pupper you are!!!" Alex cooed to Rosey. "Aren't you the sweetest thing I've ever seen? What a good girl! Who's a good girl?"
When Alex had first picked Rosey from her litter, she had already heard from Mother at how unintelligent humans were. Always praising dogs and cats for doing very little and ... | Kinda of what the Quran says. I remember reading a passage once that God wanted to give consciousness to animals but they all refused. Knowing that consciousness would come with responsibilities such as avoiding sins. Really, they just wanted to do their every day business without worrying about if they will go to heav... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. |
It had just struck 9pm and Donny, your regular, everyday man was just starting his daily routine to get ready for bed. It had been a busy day at the office today; the boss was none too pleased with Donny's performance as of late. I guess assigned paperwork not getting in on time and being late for more than a few meet... | I do not understand these humans, Rick.
What is there not to understand, Sam?
When do they mature? When do they see the truth?
You mean the cycle of life? Yeah, they don’t understand.
How is it possible? Every species on this planet does.
Except for these guys right here. To top it off, they seem to think they a... | |
[WP] Humans are the least intelligent species on Earth. The entire animal kingdom plays along out of pity for our idiocy. | "Awwww, what a good pupper you are!!!" Alex cooed to Rosey. "Aren't you the sweetest thing I've ever seen? What a good girl! Who's a good girl?"
When Alex had first picked Rosey from her litter, she had already heard from Mother at how unintelligent humans were. Always praising dogs and cats for doing very little and ... | The clock finally struck 10am and the massive archway gates were slowly pulled open with the sound of a grinding mechanism. Flocks of people that were standing in line flooded through the gates, maps in hand, snacks ready and cameras around their necks. Humans laughed and cheered as they aimlessly moved throughout the ... | |
I’m thinkin’ dare could be something like surviving in the Amazon rainforest naked until you find a tribe and befriend them. | [WP] Instead of the proper legal system, criminals have to play truth or dare. If they choose truth, they may get into prison. If they choose dare, their challenge may result in death. | Flynt looked at the judge with a harsh expression of his face. He held his right palm close to his chest, squeezed at it with his left to keep it from bleeding. An earlier dare of stabscotch left him a couple fingers short, but he'd not subdue so easily.
"Take a truth, for God's sake..." Melissa, his attourney, begged... | Three men, each in ill-fitted suits, tired and annoyed, watch over their prisoner.
He sits, each wrist handcuffed to opposite ends of the table, slightly prostrate and forced low. The right wrist bleeds, but only a bit. The perp's hair hangs over his face, forcing him to make occasional blows of air from his very dr... |
I’m thinkin’ dare could be something like surviving in the Amazon rainforest naked until you find a tribe and befriend them. | [WP] Instead of the proper legal system, criminals have to play truth or dare. If they choose truth, they may get into prison. If they choose dare, their challenge may result in death. | "What will it be, Mr. Finch?" The prosecutor smirked. "Truth? Or dare?"
Stephen contemplated his options. It was not an easy choice, by any means. He knew the truth - they didn't. If he chose truth, he would *have* to spill the beans.
"Just pick truth and lie!" whispered the voice in his head. But he knew he couldn'... | Three men, each in ill-fitted suits, tired and annoyed, watch over their prisoner.
He sits, each wrist handcuffed to opposite ends of the table, slightly prostrate and forced low. The right wrist bleeds, but only a bit. The perp's hair hangs over his face, forcing him to make occasional blows of air from his very dr... |
A frequent trope used by Lovecraft involves his characters going insane over the course of his stories. I'd like to see the reverse of that. The story you write does not need to be connected to the Lovecraft mythos itself. | [WP] "Reverse Lovecraft": Write from the POV of a character who starts out insane and gradually regains their sanity. | My name is Carter. I'm 33 an accountant, and I used to live a normal life.
That changed when I awoke one night, to a pressure on my mattress and my cheek hot, from the breath of someone else. I leapt out of bed and threw on the lights. What faced me was an empty room. I checked the closet and found it empty, and I a... | **Sleigh Bells**
The maddening noises inside my head grew louder by the day. I could not hear my thoughts, my words, or cries. The noise was seldom absent, and it rang its horrible sound from night to day. I heard its screams, its infantile screams. The mad child, I called it, for its lack of candour and awareness.... |
[WP] You have the ability to read minds, as do 5 of your acquaintances. One of these is your crush. | We hardly ever talked. Words seemed a little pointless. Me and my brother Thomas always felt that way growing up. I can remember seeing my mothers head filled with images of worry over our silence. She cared so much, but looking back it was almost a little silly that the most prominent things she had on her mind were a... | Sarah looked at me and blushed. The other four looked at me and grinned.
I looked away, ashamed.
My head filled with voices:
*He likes her!*
*Shhh! They can hear us!*
*Good, let them. They need to be together anyway. Sarah needs to stop playing.*
*Sarah? Mike needs to man up and approach her.*
*But how do we kno... | |
Based in fact, inspired by "Leonardo Da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson. Enjoy! | [WP] You open Leonardo Da Vinci's famed journals. He has a list of things he's curious about, things like "describe the tongue of a woodpecker," and "how does a curl of human hair relate to a swirling eddy of water," among these you find one that should absolutely NOT be there. | I flipped through the journal quickly, denting the pages.
"Please, be more careful!" Ms. Andrews, the Administrator of Rare Artifacts, scolded.
I scoffed.
"Don't you care about preserving history? Art? Science?"
"What do you think?" I gestured to my leather jacket, my thigh-high boots. "I'm a private investigator, ... | It was 3AM and we had just finished clearing the cellar of the heist loot, it was now on it's way to south america.
We had tunnelled under the British Library via the building works at Kings Cross, and made off with over £100 million worth of ancient manuscripts.
Alone now with only a backpack full of money - my sh... |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | "And then Zeus turned me into a swan to hide me from Hera. That didn't work for all that long, did it sweetie? Now I'm the Treasurer of our weaver's guild! She and Ariadne and I have a great time planning our annual programs and workshops. You should really get a loom! It's important to have time-consuming hobbies... h... | "Oh my Me, you're actually pulling a Zeus at this point!" Zephyrus exclaimed, "I honestly won't be shocked if you try your own sisters, with an s, if you ever run out of women 'you can't bear to live without'." He added, clearly going crazy because of the women and the fights they have started fighting over Zairus.
Al... | |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | When Fanny arrived in the Celestial Kingdom, the place only for exalted gods and goddesses, she realized that Joseph Smith had scammed her. Her heart started beating fast and her brain skipped rapidly between emotions. Anger! How could he do this to her after all he said to her? Did he say those things to other women? ... | "Zeusy baby?! Is that you?" asked the in disguise God of wine Bacchus.
From the back of the building, behind the crates of gold and the pillars of pure white marble a noise could be heard.
Bacchus asked a satire to head over there and check out what's going on. The satire named Sam trotted there having a bad feeling.... | |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | Davis coughed blood as the small boy kicked his guts, he fell to the ground trying to keep the little demons at bay by thrashing around with his hands and legs, but it was no use they were too fast, too strong and he was weak, old and hungry. they kicked, punched, hit him with a bat, spit on him, peed on him, mocked hi... | "Zeusy baby?! Is that you?" asked the in disguise God of wine Bacchus.
From the back of the building, behind the crates of gold and the pillars of pure white marble a noise could be heard.
Bacchus asked a satire to head over there and check out what's going on. The satire named Sam trotted there having a bad feeling.... | |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | *She had her hands wrist deep in mud.*
Her fingers worried some lost root
That had the owner breathless, caught
The flowers grew misshapen, blue
The air in their gasping mouths, taut
Lines of leaves dying in vain,
Holding no sustenance, the tree
Was dying, rotting inside out,
She knelt at its graveside, t... | "Zeusy baby?! Is that you?" asked the in disguise God of wine Bacchus.
From the back of the building, behind the crates of gold and the pillars of pure white marble a noise could be heard.
Bacchus asked a satire to head over there and check out what's going on. The satire named Sam trotted there having a bad feeling.... | |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | "It was not for you to decide", Hermes mumbled quietly as he lead Ares to the gallows at the edge of Mount Olympus. The somber and frightened tone of his voice, cut only by the frantic screeches of mortals arising from the mountain's foot, gave evidence to his deep regret and their long cameraderie.
Of all the Gods, ... | "Zeusy baby?! Is that you?" asked the in disguise God of wine Bacchus.
From the back of the building, behind the crates of gold and the pillars of pure white marble a noise could be heard.
Bacchus asked a satire to head over there and check out what's going on. The satire named Sam trotted there having a bad feeling.... | |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | Davis coughed blood as the small boy kicked his guts, he fell to the ground trying to keep the little demons at bay by thrashing around with his hands and legs, but it was no use they were too fast, too strong and he was weak, old and hungry. they kicked, punched, hit him with a bat, spit on him, peed on him, mocked hi... | When Fanny arrived in the Celestial Kingdom, the place only for exalted gods and goddesses, she realized that Joseph Smith had scammed her. Her heart started beating fast and her brain skipped rapidly between emotions. Anger! How could he do this to her after all he said to her? Did he say those things to other women? ... | |
[WP] A god fell in love with a mortal woman. "I cannot bear to live without you," he told her, "so I will grant you immortality." So he made her a goddess and took her to dwell with him in the realm of the gods, where she met all the other women he couldn't bear to live without. | Elena was a matryoshka painter. At sunset, the woodworker Anatoly would knock on the apartment door with his wheelbarrow beside him. Anatoly would give Elena all the plain figurines that he had carved that day, curving the balsam wood into the prospect of a head, shoulders and torso, then cutting the doll at her wais... | She expected it to be beautiful.
Rolling meadows, fields of wild flowers, the wild scent of fresh lavender and cedar.
"I love you," he would proclaim.
"Your beauty burns, your eyes torture, your body torments me."
Blah, blah, blah.
She'd found him riveting at one point, a young woman drifting through life rather... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | On initial observations, the humans appeared to be like any other Class III barbarian race. They had developed technologically sufficiently to care for their old and weak and were the clear dominant race of their planet. Politically, they had developed into more or less stable organizational units, but not so far that ... | Humanity's fascination with the atom began--unknowingly--with the advent of forging. Turning two metals into one, stronger, metal with the liberal application of heat tended to be a pastime of many human civilizations and empires whenever their neighbors started staring at them a little too long for their liking. Fro... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | The humans are the most stubborn. They don't listen. We have been leaving messages telling them to surrender. Our armies are gathered and ready to assault their whole community. They will realize our power when we steal all their food and carry it back to our storehouses. What will they do then! ?
Their impudent stomp... | Humanity's fascination with the atom began--unknowingly--with the advent of forging. Turning two metals into one, stronger, metal with the liberal application of heat tended to be a pastime of many human civilizations and empires whenever their neighbors started staring at them a little too long for their liking. Fro... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
The young Prince looked up at his nearly Immortal mother, his eyes a mixture of boredom and contempt, "Why is this important? I am in the middle of a battle. The enemy fleet... | Humanity's fascination with the atom began--unknowingly--with the advent of forging. Turning two metals into one, stronger, metal with the liberal application of heat tended to be a pastime of many human civilizations and empires whenever their neighbors started staring at them a little too long for their liking. Fro... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Humanity, they simply cannot cooperate." the Empress spat at her adviser as he finished explaining the last assault on the arms depot.
"It's just they have a fascination with destruction madam." Stated the lead ambassador.
"We only had one condition for their integration." The empress stated blankly. "...every other... | Humanity's fascination with the atom began--unknowingly--with the advent of forging. Turning two metals into one, stronger, metal with the liberal application of heat tended to be a pastime of many human civilizations and empires whenever their neighbors started staring at them a little too long for their liking. Fro... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "What do you mean they said 'No'? Did you show them that it was the only rational choice? Did you tell them everything they would gain if they would but kneel?" Her face tendrils stroked the iron hard carapace of what the humans would call a forehead. A sign of slight irritation as well as a hint of confusion.
"Unive... | Humanity's fascination with the atom began--unknowingly--with the advent of forging. Turning two metals into one, stronger, metal with the liberal application of heat tended to be a pastime of many human civilizations and empires whenever their neighbors started staring at them a little too long for their liking. Fro... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..."
The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
She sat in the throne room, monitoring her fleet in both a holo screen and through the dome canopy of her capital ship as they journeyed through the stars. Where had it all g... | Humanity's fascination with the atom began--unknowingly--with the advent of forging. Turning two metals into one, stronger, metal with the liberal application of heat tended to be a pastime of many human civilizations and empires whenever their neighbors started staring at them a little too long for their liking. Fro... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | The humans are the most stubborn. They don't listen. We have been leaving messages telling them to surrender. Our armies are gathered and ready to assault their whole community. They will realize our power when we steal all their food and carry it back to our storehouses. What will they do then! ?
Their impudent stomp... | On initial observations, the humans appeared to be like any other Class III barbarian race. They had developed technologically sufficiently to care for their old and weak and were the clear dominant race of their planet. Politically, they had developed into more or less stable organizational units, but not so far that ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Humanity, they simply cannot cooperate." the Empress spat at her adviser as he finished explaining the last assault on the arms depot.
"It's just they have a fascination with destruction madam." Stated the lead ambassador.
"We only had one condition for their integration." The empress stated blankly. "...every other... | On initial observations, the humans appeared to be like any other Class III barbarian race. They had developed technologically sufficiently to care for their old and weak and were the clear dominant race of their planet. Politically, they had developed into more or less stable organizational units, but not so far that ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Humanity, they simply cannot cooperate." the Empress spat at her adviser as he finished explaining the last assault on the arms depot.
"It's just they have a fascination with destruction madam." Stated the lead ambassador.
"We only had one condition for their integration." The empress stated blankly. "...every other... | The humans are the most stubborn. They don't listen. We have been leaving messages telling them to surrender. Our armies are gathered and ready to assault their whole community. They will realize our power when we steal all their food and carry it back to our storehouses. What will they do then! ?
Their impudent stomp... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "What do you mean they said 'No'? Did you show them that it was the only rational choice? Did you tell them everything they would gain if they would but kneel?" Her face tendrils stroked the iron hard carapace of what the humans would call a forehead. A sign of slight irritation as well as a hint of confusion.
"Unive... | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
The young Prince looked up at his nearly Immortal mother, his eyes a mixture of boredom and contempt, "Why is this important? I am in the middle of a battle. The enemy fleet... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "What do you mean they said 'No'? Did you show them that it was the only rational choice? Did you tell them everything they would gain if they would but kneel?" Her face tendrils stroked the iron hard carapace of what the humans would call a forehead. A sign of slight irritation as well as a hint of confusion.
"Unive... | The spymaster strode into the great hall, brisk in pace. He came to a halt in front of the Empress, garbed in smooth golden robes draped over her seated form. He respectfully places the projected in front of her throne, and presses the play button. He gestures to it, saying "This was discretely recorded by one of our ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..."
The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
She sat in the throne room, monitoring her fleet in both a holo screen and through the dome canopy of her capital ship as they journeyed through the stars. Where had it all g... | The spymaster strode into the great hall, brisk in pace. He came to a halt in front of the Empress, garbed in smooth golden robes draped over her seated form. He respectfully places the projected in front of her throne, and presses the play button. He gestures to it, saying "This was discretely recorded by one of our ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
The assembled collection of interplanetary rulers looked on, faces carefully blank as to not show any emotion that might set their imperial ruler into a rage. Long has it been... | The spymaster strode into the great hall, brisk in pace. He came to a halt in front of the Empress, garbed in smooth golden robes draped over her seated form. He respectfully places the projected in front of her throne, and presses the play button. He gestures to it, saying "This was discretely recorded by one of our ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "What do you mean they said 'No'? Did you show them that it was the only rational choice? Did you tell them everything they would gain if they would but kneel?" Her face tendrils stroked the iron hard carapace of what the humans would call a forehead. A sign of slight irritation as well as a hint of confusion.
"Unive... | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
At the time no one could have understood what she had meant, knowing quite simply that The Empress had come to that conclusion after years of debate among her court and her ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..."
The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
She sat in the throne room, monitoring her fleet in both a holo screen and through the dome canopy of her capital ship as they journeyed through the stars. Where had it all g... | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
At the time no one could have understood what she had meant, knowing quite simply that The Empress had come to that conclusion after years of debate among her court and her ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
The assembled collection of interplanetary rulers looked on, faces carefully blank as to not show any emotion that might set their imperial ruler into a rage. Long has it been... | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
At the time no one could have understood what she had meant, knowing quite simply that The Empress had come to that conclusion after years of debate among her court and her ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | The air stinks of false pleasantries.
Around a table, representatives of the mightiest empire the galaxy had ever known sits across from the upstarts in the Sol system. A cybernetically enhanced group of humanoid creatures bearing a striking resemblance to the species of emperors and empresses. Only a primary differ... | "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though."
At the time no one could have understood what she had meant, knowing quite simply that The Empress had come to that conclusion after years of debate among her court and her ... | |
[WP] "Usually when we first contact a civilization, it is very easy to get them under our banner..." The Empress sighed. "...Not the humans though." | The air stinks of false pleasantries.
Around a table, representatives of the mightiest empire the galaxy had ever known sits across from the upstarts in the Sol system. A cybernetically enhanced group of humanoid creatures bearing a striking resemblance to the species of emperors and empresses. Only a primary differ... | Her appearance was close enough to resemble human, but she was much taller with two pairs of lithe arms, and eyes that were as dark as ink wells. She stood before her throne and looked down upon a crowd of various races.
Calmly, "Tell it to me again." she said. Commanding her room full of advisors that gathered. Her r... | |
[WP] While you are on the subway you scratch your ear, accidentally signaling a member of a secret organisation that you are one of them. | I noticed him staring at me for an uncomfortable amount of time, and I had started to become uneasy when he turned away and headed further down the subway car. I watched him for a moment before shrugging it off and turning back to my paper, which I finished for the rest of the ride. I winced as the car squealed to a st... | **What?**
I scratched my ear.
She stood up at the moment the train stopped. She was so beautiful.
"We've never met before. We won't meet again. Here is the package."
"What?" That isn't her real hair.
She stood up and said "You know what to do." She disembarked.
She left the door wearing a long grey skirt with ... | |
[WP] While you are on the subway you scratch your ear, accidentally signaling a member of a secret organisation that you are one of them. | I noticed him staring at me for an uncomfortable amount of time, and I had started to become uneasy when he turned away and headed further down the subway car. I watched him for a moment before shrugging it off and turning back to my paper, which I finished for the rest of the ride. I winced as the car squealed to a st... | “Oh man, I can’t be late for work again.” I say to myself as I run to catch my ride. I make it inside right as doors close. I struggle to catch my breath as I say to myself, “Oh thank God. I made it.”
This could not be the worst day to be sick. First my son comes down with the flu, so I have to take the day off, Sarah... | |
[WP] A wizard misplaced his wand when a conductor in a hurry grabbed it by accident. Describe the concert that follows. | A swift flick of his wrist was all it took. Gone. The rusty squeals that had found refugee in his concert hall only a week ago twisted into the glistening symphonic hum bolting through him.
A room full of hand-me-down violins, damp splintered reeds, and half-realized ambition unleashed sounds that could tear Mount Oly... | **Hey, Tom.**
Morning, Hank. You look like shit today. You going to that meeting with McDonald today?
**Yeah.**
He's been on us about the Garrison account. That's why I've been hiding here in the breakroom for the past hour.
**Relax, Hank. Why so jittery? Didn't you sleep well last night?**
Not at all, man. Cynthi... | |
[WP] A wizard misplaced his wand when a conductor in a hurry grabbed it by accident. Describe the concert that follows. | I remember waking up on the train, the day of the concert. My big debut, after three years of practice, this would be my first public appearance with over a thousand people. Even one TV company bothered to to agree to film it, safe to say, I was stressed. Beyond that actually, I knew getting so little sleep last night ... | **Hey, Tom.**
Morning, Hank. You look like shit today. You going to that meeting with McDonald today?
**Yeah.**
He's been on us about the Garrison account. That's why I've been hiding here in the breakroom for the past hour.
**Relax, Hank. Why so jittery? Didn't you sleep well last night?**
Not at all, man. Cynthi... | |
[WP] You’re an old virus preserved on a floppy disk. Someone decides to plop you into a special adapter releasing you into a confusing new system larger and more complex than you could ever imagine: an old smart phone. | ****Android 4.5 Proto****
8GB RAM SYSTEM. 7.46GB Free
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“Ready”.
Load “Protovirus”.
The engineer stared at the both screens waiting for something to
happen. The floppy drive whirred bringing back memories of his
childhood. He thought “I wonder if this will have any effect... | Dormant, the virus lies, uncapped in its humble abode of limited storage, waiting for an opportunity. A disk waiting on its old rusted shelf coated thickly with the dust of a once lively room. Curiosity draws forward a man, no a boy, who's interest lies within this "archaic" technology from beyond their time. Blown off... | |
[WP] A human at a bar in the Trade Station tries to rebut some of the stereotypes that exist about humans to the aliens drinking with him | The Station was impressively crowded as Lieutenant James Cogan made his way through the market stalls, past the North Gate, and towards the docks where the shadiest bars waited to comfort him. The best part about port calls this side of the Klimson Asteroid Field was that, in order to get through the field safely, you ... | "Is it true you skin bags actually thought that past quarks there was strings?" The group of listeners leaned in waiting on an answer.
"Well... for a little whi-" I didn't get to finish my sentence before they all burst out laughing.
"You morons! Oho ho ho! Just like an ape to think of things in such simple terms."... | |
[WP] Randomly one day, one of the presidents on Mt. Rushmore appears to get a nosebleed. A week later, The Statue of Liberty does too. | It’s happening.
My friend Gary had told me about that ancient curse that would allow statues and such to come to life, but I didn’t think someone would perform it. Whatever they did, they screwed us all up.
Washington’s nosebleed was small, not that bad, and was barely noticed. Many chalked it up to fracking or somet... | This just in Lady Liberty nose is flooding New York Harbor with blood. This is only one week later since Thomas Jefferson Head at Rushmore first began to do the same. No official statements have been released but so far the best theory is this is some banksy esque message on american politics. The blood found on both s... | |
[WP] As a bartender, you hear the daily hardships and stories of all your regulars. After a lot of thought, you realize their lives are all connected. | I was organizing the bottles when I heard Amanda's familiar, shuffling footsteps behind me. "What can I get for you, Amanda? The usual?"
Amanda's eyes were dark and sunken, and she gripped the bar as if she would fall off any minute. "No. Whiskey."
I obliged. "Bad day?"
She took a deep breath. "The relationship I wa... | And then it hit me. Shit, they're all bartenders.
Maybell at the end, with the deadbeat husband and abusive boyfriend, turns out she slings at the Wild Pony on Cedar (not the Wild Stallion on Bannon St.).
Stewart, the biggest football fan you'd ever seen, serves off a cardboard box at the stadium.
Reginald Flowers,... | |
[WP] You are a priest(tess) that has been summoned to exorcise a demon/spirit from a little girl. The thing is, you don’t really truly need to do it, you are just friends with nearly every demon. The only reason you took this job was for the money. | The people in this township are awful in the most complete sense of the word. They were vain, lustful, greedy, and self-interested. They skimped on their taxes, starved and stole from the needy, and kicked the weak when they were down. If you have to ask me, I would have let the lot of them burn. The unfortunate truth ... | The thing is, I'm down to the last few dollars, and I needed the contract. The paranormal PI business wasn't what it was even just a few decades ago. Personal photography had scared away all but the most determined of paranormal entities, for the last thing they wanted was to wind up on some tween's instagram feed. I w... | |
[WP] You are a priest(tess) that has been summoned to exorcise a demon/spirit from a little girl. The thing is, you don’t really truly need to do it, you are just friends with nearly every demon. The only reason you took this job was for the money. | Cleric Johan followed the villager through the hot, damp Bleakstone streets. Bleakstone was exactly like it's name implied: bleak. The squat, square structures were all precisely placed in orderly rows, but completely lacking in any color or personality, much like the residents themselves. The good people of Bleakstone... | "Sir!" The man quivered as he spoke. Of course. Who wouldn't quail before a man who ~~treats with~~ banishes demons? Unbidden, visions of *Constantine* dance in my head.
"Where is the subject?" I try my best to sound cold and impartial. The kind of man who would ~~treat with~~ banish demons.
"J-j-just down the hall... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "There's going to be another?"
Oh shit what did I say. The words 'world war one' should not be uttered at this point in time. I'm definitely gonna lose my license when I get back to my own time. Quick, think of a response!
"What are you talking about? There's gonna be another what?"
"World war! You just said World War... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | Silence hit the table I was at. Alone in 1918, I sat at a table in Chinatown, San Fransisco, across from a well dressed banker and a surprisingly well dressed butcher. The brothers had tea with each other weekly, and after working for the butcher for a few months, I had been invited along
And then suddenly... laughter... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | I'd hate to break it to you, friend, but they called it "World War I" then too. The term "First World War" was first used in September 1914 by the German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel, who claimed that "there is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European War' ... will become the first worl... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | I had come to the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 to hear the guns fall silent. I had ended up with a British unit on the western front and was trying to blend in as a journalist reporting on the armistice.
I was reporting on it, but it was for the 500th anniversary. Everyone in the his... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "World War One was a doozy!"
"What do you mean? The Great War is the last of its kind by the grace of God."
"Oh, you think that now, but I am here to warn of World War 4, if mankind doesn't unite under one banner then the creatures from beyond will surely win."
*Shows the crowd a picture from the game Resistance*
"... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | Not a story but the term world war one (or first world war) was actually first used in 1918. It appeared as the title for Lieutenant Colonel Charles à Court Repington's war memoirs. The memoir was published in 1920, but he had noted his discussion on the term with a Major Johnstone of Harvard University in a diary entr... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | I was sent back in time, but I couldn't really figure out where I was. Snow was falling from the sky and I could feel the windchill in my bones. A blizzard was brewing up. Stumbling through the streets, my first mission was to figure out what year I was sent back to. A young chap walking in my direction looked at me in... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "You know what sucks? Everything. Grenades, gas attacks, even the horses are pissed. All this shit about World War One.."
He staired right into my eyes.
"What?, he asked slowly. Definitely not sure if i was crazy or not. I starred back. Thinking about how to get out of this.
"..nce told me the world is gonna roll ... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | We had managed to find an empty room somewhere and commandeered a desk and two chairs. Outside was chaos, men scurrying to and fro in preparation for the Great Offensive that would finally bring The Enemy to his knees. In here, it was quiet as the tombs of millions.
I looked at the Lieutenant-Colonel, his face stony ... |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | Silence filled the room. Finally, the general spoke. “World war one?” he said, softly. “Son, your history books are so, so wrong; but then I don’t blame your grandparents for covering up the truth.... this is world war six”. |
“No.”
I shut my eyes tightly for a heartbeat and shake my head imploringly. Why can’t this man just believe me; why can’t he see the desperation that is radiating from my very being? (Control your emotions, I think, repeating the mantra that has been drilled into my head. Stay calm.)
“Sir, sir, please, you have to ... |
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