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[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | "I'm the goddess of love."
The man blinked twice. "Sorry, I have bad hearing, can you run that by me again?" he replied. He'd heard of beer goggles, but at the moment he was wondering if there was such a thing as 'beer ears'.
"You heard me," the blonde woman sitting next to him replied, swiveling her stool to face hi... | What else was I going to do? I had just been temporarily deployed to a duty station. While they ripped the flight line up from my base, but work can never stop. Grease stained my hands, my knuckles bloodied from breaking lug nuts off tires and replacing them. Now I was stuck in the middle of nowhere, with the only plac... | |
[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | The Goddess of Beauty, surprisingly humble in her charms
Looks up at you with bundles of roses on her arms
Face of no note, flower-adorned hair of plain coloration
Yet in no time at all you feel adoration
Every week you meet in a garden, surrounded by flowers
Eating, laughing, wasting the day's hours
Each m... | Her raven black hair was the thing I found most unattractive about her. It was too... Bland. Why the hell was she the goddess of love and beauty again? She was average by all accounts. Her brown eyes were just about the same as the others millions of people that live on planet Earth. She was petite, much to my dissati... | |
[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | "I'm the goddess of love."
The man blinked twice. "Sorry, I have bad hearing, can you run that by me again?" he replied. He'd heard of beer goggles, but at the moment he was wondering if there was such a thing as 'beer ears'.
"You heard me," the blonde woman sitting next to him replied, swiveling her stool to face hi... | Her raven black hair was the thing I found most unattractive about her. It was too... Bland. Why the hell was she the goddess of love and beauty again? She was average by all accounts. Her brown eyes were just about the same as the others millions of people that live on planet Earth. She was petite, much to my dissati... | |
[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | The Goddess of Beauty, surprisingly humble in her charms
Looks up at you with bundles of roses on her arms
Face of no note, flower-adorned hair of plain coloration
Yet in no time at all you feel adoration
Every week you meet in a garden, surrounded by flowers
Eating, laughing, wasting the day's hours
Each m... | Rachel was a rather plain-looking woman. The kind you'd see on the street, or in a bar, and dismiss without a second thought. But she made herself distinct to me by making the first move.
It was the early evening, and I was sitting at the bar, looking into a Bloody Mary. Zing-Zang's mix, my favorite brand; that crap C... | |
[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | "I'm the goddess of love."
The man blinked twice. "Sorry, I have bad hearing, can you run that by me again?" he replied. He'd heard of beer goggles, but at the moment he was wondering if there was such a thing as 'beer ears'.
"You heard me," the blonde woman sitting next to him replied, swiveling her stool to face hi... | Rachel was a rather plain-looking woman. The kind you'd see on the street, or in a bar, and dismiss without a second thought. But she made herself distinct to me by making the first move.
It was the early evening, and I was sitting at the bar, looking into a Bloody Mary. Zing-Zang's mix, my favorite brand; that crap C... | |
[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | "I'm the goddess of love."
The man blinked twice. "Sorry, I have bad hearing, can you run that by me again?" he replied. He'd heard of beer goggles, but at the moment he was wondering if there was such a thing as 'beer ears'.
"You heard me," the blonde woman sitting next to him replied, swiveling her stool to face hi... | The Goddess of Beauty, surprisingly humble in her charms
Looks up at you with bundles of roses on her arms
Face of no note, flower-adorned hair of plain coloration
Yet in no time at all you feel adoration
Every week you meet in a garden, surrounded by flowers
Eating, laughing, wasting the day's hours
Each m... | |
[WP] You meet the goddess of love and beauty, but she's not exactly what you expected. Instead of abundant beauty, she just seems normal and kind of boring. But as you get to know her, she starts to grow on you... | *Knock knock knock*
Amy was staring up at the ceiling at eleven o'clock in the morning. Her plan today was to remain that way until she had to eat or go to the bathroom. She did *not* want to get up and open the door for *anyone*. Especially if it was *her*.
*Knockknockknock*
"I'M COMING! Bitch."
Amy march... | Her name was Jess.
She wasn't the smartest, the prettiest, the wittiest. In fact, she seemed completely plain- studied nursing, went to church, played softball.
We first met in chemistry lab. I waved a nervy greeting. "Hello, I'm Jacob."
"Um, I'm Jess." Her hand wavered, and she unclasped the beaker. "Oh my, sorry. ... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | AUGUST 2015
"AHHH, Man, everytime we play this game you wanna go and rage quit on me!" Luci balks.
He hits pause.
"Look, Luci, it's always nice getting together again and playing this with you, but I have things to do, you know?" Said the Almighty one.
"You're just mad because I'm winning, all of humanity is almos... | It all turned on May 28th 2016. The world who survived took a plunge for that day was when the baseline of parenting was set to a new low that reversed all those that made the world survived.
But that wasn't it, when the world should have learned the price of irresponsible parents can even cost an innocent life, it b... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Dark clouds loomed overhead, rain threatening to spill from the sky. It was the 2020 Annual Council of Demons, where Lucifer briefed his closest circle of demons on his plans for the year. 'Why hasn't the old man carried out my grand plan yet?' Lucifer sneered.
It had been 5 years since he put his plan into action, ... | It all turned on May 28th 2016. The world who survived took a plunge for that day was when the baseline of parenting was set to a new low that reversed all those that made the world survived.
But that wasn't it, when the world should have learned the price of irresponsible parents can even cost an innocent life, it b... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | God stood, calculating his next attack. Jesus stood by his, worried about the fate of humanity. The angels stood, ready to do whatever God needed.
"Dad," Jesus said, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
God nodded. "This time I'll actually do it. They've strayed too far from the path. I fear there will be much worse t... | It all turned on May 28th 2016. The world who survived took a plunge for that day was when the baseline of parenting was set to a new low that reversed all those that made the world survived.
But that wasn't it, when the world should have learned the price of irresponsible parents can even cost an innocent life, it b... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Why are you delaying so much? Humans are developing powerful weapons, their greed will eventually destroy everything. You know this, their destiny will lead earth to its end. Just give me the permission..."
God smiled and replied:
"Do you remember Alessandro Serenelli?"
"You mean that guy who killed Maria Goretti?"... | It all turned on May 28th 2016. The world who survived took a plunge for that day was when the baseline of parenting was set to a new low that reversed all those that made the world survived.
But that wasn't it, when the world should have learned the price of irresponsible parents can even cost an innocent life, it b... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | God stood, calculating his next attack. Jesus stood by his, worried about the fate of humanity. The angels stood, ready to do whatever God needed.
"Dad," Jesus said, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
God nodded. "This time I'll actually do it. They've strayed too far from the path. I fear there will be much worse t... | AUGUST 2015
"AHHH, Man, everytime we play this game you wanna go and rage quit on me!" Luci balks.
He hits pause.
"Look, Luci, it's always nice getting together again and playing this with you, but I have things to do, you know?" Said the Almighty one.
"You're just mad because I'm winning, all of humanity is almos... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Why are you delaying so much? Humans are developing powerful weapons, their greed will eventually destroy everything. You know this, their destiny will lead earth to its end. Just give me the permission..."
God smiled and replied:
"Do you remember Alessandro Serenelli?"
"You mean that guy who killed Maria Goretti?"... | AUGUST 2015
"AHHH, Man, everytime we play this game you wanna go and rage quit on me!" Luci balks.
He hits pause.
"Look, Luci, it's always nice getting together again and playing this with you, but I have things to do, you know?" Said the Almighty one.
"You're just mad because I'm winning, all of humanity is almos... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Nothing exists without another. Light and dark, love and hatred, creation and destruction. Brother and sister.
​
Elohim and Abaddonne knew not from where they came, only that their birth was simultaneous and that they loved and feared each other as only twins can do.
Abaddonne, restless, reached into the ... | A mother’s sonnet in the days of corona
What waits inside the golden yolk
The daisy chain as yet unbroken
Her shining face, parted lips that spoke
Echoes half-remembered, this dream we woke in
Still shining in the dying light
Discarded garland not meant to frighten
But when recovered from this blight
Who will rema... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Why are you delaying so much? Humans are developing powerful weapons, their greed will eventually destroy everything. You know this, their destiny will lead earth to its end. Just give me the permission..."
God smiled and replied:
"Do you remember Alessandro Serenelli?"
"You mean that guy who killed Maria Goretti?"... | A mother’s sonnet in the days of corona
What waits inside the golden yolk
The daisy chain as yet unbroken
Her shining face, parted lips that spoke
Echoes half-remembered, this dream we woke in
Still shining in the dying light
Discarded garland not meant to frighten
But when recovered from this blight
Who will rema... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Natural 20!" Peter chortled with glee.
"FINE" God harumphed "the four horsemen fail to notice the thin silver wire or the rods of supreme holding hidden behind either side of the gate. As their horses barrel past" Four dice are rolled in succession, his face grimmer with each passing roll."They are flung off the edge... | A mother’s sonnet in the days of corona
What waits inside the golden yolk
The daisy chain as yet unbroken
Her shining face, parted lips that spoke
Echoes half-remembered, this dream we woke in
Still shining in the dying light
Discarded garland not meant to frighten
But when recovered from this blight
Who will rema... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Just following orders"
I'd watched the humans long enough, I knew they had a term for people who used that as a defence.
I'd watched these humans for millennia.
I'd seen their saints and their sinners, their wars and their aid missions. Read their [stories](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Good_Omens)...
>And j... | A mother’s sonnet in the days of corona
What waits inside the golden yolk
The daisy chain as yet unbroken
Her shining face, parted lips that spoke
Echoes half-remembered, this dream we woke in
Still shining in the dying light
Discarded garland not meant to frighten
But when recovered from this blight
Who will rema... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | “Was I wrong Gabriel?”
“Wrong about what?” Gabriel answered God, uncertain as to what he meant.
“In creating them.” He answered.
“Do you remember when the rivers flowed freely? When they weren’t overrun with death and contamination?” God continued “Or when we could stand on this mound at night and see all the ot... | A mother’s sonnet in the days of corona
What waits inside the golden yolk
The daisy chain as yet unbroken
Her shining face, parted lips that spoke
Echoes half-remembered, this dream we woke in
Still shining in the dying light
Discarded garland not meant to frighten
But when recovered from this blight
Who will rema... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... | A mother’s sonnet in the days of corona
What waits inside the golden yolk
The daisy chain as yet unbroken
Her shining face, parted lips that spoke
Echoes half-remembered, this dream we woke in
Still shining in the dying light
Discarded garland not meant to frighten
But when recovered from this blight
Who will rema... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Why are you delaying so much? Humans are developing powerful weapons, their greed will eventually destroy everything. You know this, their destiny will lead earth to its end. Just give me the permission..."
God smiled and replied:
"Do you remember Alessandro Serenelli?"
"You mean that guy who killed Maria Goretti?"... | Dark clouds loomed overhead, rain threatening to spill from the sky. It was the 2020 Annual Council of Demons, where Lucifer briefed his closest circle of demons on his plans for the year. 'Why hasn't the old man carried out my grand plan yet?' Lucifer sneered.
It had been 5 years since he put his plan into action, ... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Natural 20!" Peter chortled with glee.
"FINE" God harumphed "the four horsemen fail to notice the thin silver wire or the rods of supreme holding hidden behind either side of the gate. As their horses barrel past" Four dice are rolled in succession, his face grimmer with each passing roll."They are flung off the edge... | God watched as the mayhem he dispersed upon his planet began to destroy each country starting from the east and heading to the west. The tsunami he formed with a swift brush of his hands poured over the land masses, starting with the islands and making its way to the continents.
As one of the land ma... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Just following orders"
I'd watched the humans long enough, I knew they had a term for people who used that as a defence.
I'd watched these humans for millennia.
I'd seen their saints and their sinners, their wars and their aid missions. Read their [stories](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Good_Omens)...
>And j... | God watched as the mayhem he dispersed upon his planet began to destroy each country starting from the east and heading to the west. The tsunami he formed with a swift brush of his hands poured over the land masses, starting with the islands and making its way to the continents.
As one of the land ma... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | “Was I wrong Gabriel?”
“Wrong about what?” Gabriel answered God, uncertain as to what he meant.
“In creating them.” He answered.
“Do you remember when the rivers flowed freely? When they weren’t overrun with death and contamination?” God continued “Or when we could stand on this mound at night and see all the ot... | God watched as the mayhem he dispersed upon his planet began to destroy each country starting from the east and heading to the west. The tsunami he formed with a swift brush of his hands poured over the land masses, starting with the islands and making its way to the continents.
As one of the land ma... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... | God watched as the mayhem he dispersed upon his planet began to destroy each country starting from the east and heading to the west. The tsunami he formed with a swift brush of his hands poured over the land masses, starting with the islands and making its way to the continents.
As one of the land ma... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Just following orders"
I'd watched the humans long enough, I knew they had a term for people who used that as a defence.
I'd watched these humans for millennia.
I'd seen their saints and their sinners, their wars and their aid missions. Read their [stories](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Good_Omens)...
>And j... | "Natural 20!" Peter chortled with glee.
"FINE" God harumphed "the four horsemen fail to notice the thin silver wire or the rods of supreme holding hidden behind either side of the gate. As their horses barrel past" Four dice are rolled in succession, his face grimmer with each passing roll."They are flung off the edge... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | “Was I wrong Gabriel?”
“Wrong about what?” Gabriel answered God, uncertain as to what he meant.
“In creating them.” He answered.
“Do you remember when the rivers flowed freely? When they weren’t overrun with death and contamination?” God continued “Or when we could stand on this mound at night and see all the ot... | "Natural 20!" Peter chortled with glee.
"FINE" God harumphed "the four horsemen fail to notice the thin silver wire or the rods of supreme holding hidden behind either side of the gate. As their horses barrel past" Four dice are rolled in succession, his face grimmer with each passing roll."They are flung off the edge... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... | "Natural 20!" Peter chortled with glee.
"FINE" God harumphed "the four horsemen fail to notice the thin silver wire or the rods of supreme holding hidden behind either side of the gate. As their horses barrel past" Four dice are rolled in succession, his face grimmer with each passing roll."They are flung off the edge... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | “Was I wrong Gabriel?”
“Wrong about what?” Gabriel answered God, uncertain as to what he meant.
“In creating them.” He answered.
“Do you remember when the rivers flowed freely? When they weren’t overrun with death and contamination?” God continued “Or when we could stand on this mound at night and see all the ot... | "Just following orders"
I'd watched the humans long enough, I knew they had a term for people who used that as a defence.
I'd watched these humans for millennia.
I'd seen their saints and their sinners, their wars and their aid missions. Read their [stories](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Good_Omens)...
>And j... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... | "Just following orders"
I'd watched the humans long enough, I knew they had a term for people who used that as a defence.
I'd watched these humans for millennia.
I'd seen their saints and their sinners, their wars and their aid missions. Read their [stories](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Good_Omens)...
>And j... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... | What is it that's making me like this? I want to end the world, end their struggles, but I can't, it makes me feel like I'm not God anymore.
Is it their prayers for hope and justice? No, it's not that easy.
Is it the kindness of the people? No, evil will always be there.
Is it their extraordinary achievement in hist... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Second Hell is coming along nicely, by the way, the new pandemic was a nice touch. What are you planning for them next? Gonna go old school, give em' a good ol' fashioned flood?"
The Archangel was only teasing of course. Sort of. He busied himself with lunch, laying four pieces of bread out on the counter. Behind him... | What is it that's making me like this? I want to end the world, end their struggles, but I can't, it makes me feel like I'm not God anymore.
Is it their prayers for hope and justice? No, it's not that easy.
Is it the kindness of the people? No, evil will always be there.
Is it their extraordinary achievement in hist... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... |
I should have discovered there was a problem in 2007 when the “Great Depression” I struck to warm-up to the end the world on schedule fizzled out into a mere temporary recession. Don’t get me wrong, there was still a global financial crisis, but nothing compared the way I had used my powers to end the Incan and Mayan ... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Second Hell is coming along nicely, by the way, the new pandemic was a nice touch. What are you planning for them next? Gonna go old school, give em' a good ol' fashioned flood?"
The Archangel was only teasing of course. Sort of. He busied himself with lunch, laying four pieces of bread out on the counter. Behind him... |
I should have discovered there was a problem in 2007 when the “Great Depression” I struck to warm-up to the end the world on schedule fizzled out into a mere temporary recession. Don’t get me wrong, there was still a global financial crisis, but nothing compared the way I had used my powers to end the Incan and Mayan ... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | Pestilence sighed and a green cloud misted from his beaked mask. He looked upon the thieves, the liars, the adulterers all cowering in their houses from his plague and he clenched his fist. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Old Man ordered relentment. Again.
Next to him, a slender woman smothered a chuck... | As I stare across the scorched field bordering my neighborhood, I wonder:
*Why did the fire stop?*
This inferno sprang into existence with finger-snapping quickness, then dissipated into the sky like fire rain falling in reverse. Even the fire marshall was baffled by this strange phenomenon. Given that he hasn't expr... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | We'd made a deal. That day when the lightning had come without the thunder, when fires had sprouted like flowers in the spring rains.
Our house of cards in an autumn gale; our walls of glass in a hailstorm. I'd been there when he'd made his decision, and I'd been there when he changed his mind.
"We're your masterpie... | As I stare across the scorched field bordering my neighborhood, I wonder:
*Why did the fire stop?*
This inferno sprang into existence with finger-snapping quickness, then dissipated into the sky like fire rain falling in reverse. Even the fire marshall was baffled by this strange phenomenon. Given that he hasn't expr... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Second Hell is coming along nicely, by the way, the new pandemic was a nice touch. What are you planning for them next? Gonna go old school, give em' a good ol' fashioned flood?"
The Archangel was only teasing of course. Sort of. He busied himself with lunch, laying four pieces of bread out on the counter. Behind him... | As I stare across the scorched field bordering my neighborhood, I wonder:
*Why did the fire stop?*
This inferno sprang into existence with finger-snapping quickness, then dissipated into the sky like fire rain falling in reverse. Even the fire marshall was baffled by this strange phenomenon. Given that he hasn't expr... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "My Son, I have officially run out of ideas..."
*Couldn't you give them another chance, Father?*
"No, they are too far gone. They have walked the path of sin for centuries. I have tried to correct them with even the most extreme of measures. Yet even two global wars with the most despicable atrocities were not enough... | As I stare across the scorched field bordering my neighborhood, I wonder:
*Why did the fire stop?*
This inferno sprang into existence with finger-snapping quickness, then dissipated into the sky like fire rain falling in reverse. Even the fire marshall was baffled by this strange phenomenon. Given that he hasn't expr... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Second Hell is coming along nicely, by the way, the new pandemic was a nice touch. What are you planning for them next? Gonna go old school, give em' a good ol' fashioned flood?"
The Archangel was only teasing of course. Sort of. He busied himself with lunch, laying four pieces of bread out on the counter. Behind him... | We'd made a deal. That day when the lightning had come without the thunder, when fires had sprouted like flowers in the spring rains.
Our house of cards in an autumn gale; our walls of glass in a hailstorm. I'd been there when he'd made his decision, and I'd been there when he changed his mind.
"We're your masterpie... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "My Son, I have officially run out of ideas..."
*Couldn't you give them another chance, Father?*
"No, they are too far gone. They have walked the path of sin for centuries. I have tried to correct them with even the most extreme of measures. Yet even two global wars with the most despicable atrocities were not enough... | We'd made a deal. That day when the lightning had come without the thunder, when fires had sprouted like flowers in the spring rains.
Our house of cards in an autumn gale; our walls of glass in a hailstorm. I'd been there when he'd made his decision, and I'd been there when he changed his mind.
"We're your masterpie... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "Haven't you let this go on long enough?" asked Gabriel, with scorn in his voice. "The Mayans curse you with every passing day. They say you promised to end the world in 2012. Yet, you sit here, buried away from everything you created, watching on like some voyeur who revels in the rise and downfall of lesser beings."
... | It was the brothers, of course. In a world filled with monsters, mayhem and even worse, these two kept holding out hope. These two kept going day after day with a simple motto. You know, "Saving people, hunting things, the family business."
I tried giving them a reason to stop, because the rest of the world was dull. ... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "My Son, I have officially run out of ideas..."
*Couldn't you give them another chance, Father?*
"No, they are too far gone. They have walked the path of sin for centuries. I have tried to correct them with even the most extreme of measures. Yet even two global wars with the most despicable atrocities were not enough... | It was the brothers, of course. In a world filled with monsters, mayhem and even worse, these two kept holding out hope. These two kept going day after day with a simple motto. You know, "Saving people, hunting things, the family business."
I tried giving them a reason to stop, because the rest of the world was dull. ... | |
[WP] God has tried and failed to end the world multiple times since 2015. It's pretty clear something made him indecisive. | "My Son, I have officially run out of ideas..."
*Couldn't you give them another chance, Father?*
"No, they are too far gone. They have walked the path of sin for centuries. I have tried to correct them with even the most extreme of measures. Yet even two global wars with the most despicable atrocities were not enough... | "Haven't you let this go on long enough?" asked Gabriel, with scorn in his voice. "The Mayans curse you with every passing day. They say you promised to end the world in 2012. Yet, you sit here, buried away from everything you created, watching on like some voyeur who revels in the rise and downfall of lesser beings."
... | |
[WP] “Get up soldier, this is the afterlife not a god dammed vacation. We’ve got a war to fight” “Against who?” “God” | I smiled to myself. It seemed even the afterlife was not safe from this thing called war.
"Get up!" the same voice bellowed at me.
With not a second to spare, I replied:
"Yes, sir".
Orders were absolute, that was drilled in my head a long time ago.
My eyes flew open and my body was standing up straight within a fe... | I swung my head around, but couldn’t see a thing. White light pierced my eyes, stinging them.
I heard loud whistling sounds, then explosions that sent tremors up my feet and into my legs.
The voice barked at me again. “I said get up, soldier! I ain’t gonna ask again!”
My eyes refocused, and the white, burning light ... | |
[WP] To prevent overpopulation, every day random citicens are chosen, who get a bounty on their head, increasing after every day. One day you wake up and see your name on the list | **Monday 3/30**
* **12:01 AM** - My plan worked! Yay, me! I'll dictate more once my heart stops racing.
* **12:25 AM** - I just stopped at an automated charging station, topped off my two-seater's supercaps, then left in the same direction and drove about five more miles before I stopped and disabled the GPS unit. I... | Light flickered through the shutters the golden rays of soft drifting light passing through the room. Small motes collasing next to the faint bounty notification hanging in the periphery of my vision. Cold tenderals of gear quickly grabbing my heart, freezing it in place from it's mear volatile presence.
A dull knock... | |
[WP] Bioengineers have created BioCore. The stomach is replaced with a battery-like biomechanical organ that gives the body sustenance without the need for food. The larger population has since decided to have the organ transplant. Something strange and unsettling has been happening to these people. | By the year 2200, most of the earth's resources were completely depleted. Although space-faring technology was promising, as was the concept of space colonies and the long-term habitation of enormous space stations, 99.8% of the world's 18 billion or so inhabitants still lived as earthbound as ever. The citizens and go... | In the beginning of development, the engineers had conducted their testing on various species of apes. These apes had shown minor side-effects, all of which were thought to be mitigated through spontaneous adjustments involving the particular chemicals that make the organ work. These adjustments were not all accounted ... | |
[WP] Bioengineers have created BioCore. The stomach is replaced with a battery-like biomechanical organ that gives the body sustenance without the need for food. The larger population has since decided to have the organ transplant. Something strange and unsettling has been happening to these people. | By the year 2200, most of the earth's resources were completely depleted. Although space-faring technology was promising, as was the concept of space colonies and the long-term habitation of enormous space stations, 99.8% of the world's 18 billion or so inhabitants still lived as earthbound as ever. The citizens and go... | Years ago we experienced a breakthrough that gave the human race everything we could have imagined. World hunger was finally solved, Nobel prizes were awarded, and work forces were stronger and more productive than ever. Gone were the days of sluggish performance from fast food overload. And people young and healthy en... | |
[WP] Bioengineers have created BioCore. The stomach is replaced with a battery-like biomechanical organ that gives the body sustenance without the need for food. The larger population has since decided to have the organ transplant. Something strange and unsettling has been happening to these people. | Miriam Handle spontaneously combusted on the corner of 23rd and Broadway on April 6th, 2143.
Her death was ruled a traffic accident.
The news called it a tragic event. The story went that a car slid into a post, leaked fuel, and ignited both the street and Miriam.
The internet exploded with the news. Traffic cams ... | We tried to wake up God but there was something else lying, waiting, in His bed.
The procedure to swap out a stomach for a Plexus unit was almost infinitely complex and carried with it a high mortality risk -- but having it inserted quickly became a legal requirement.
There was no choice, and we all knew it, and we a... | |
[WP] The human race is extinct and Earth has rejuvenated itself and is flourishing. Animals have evolved and are smarter than ever and are determined to eliminate the last remaining human, which happens to be you and you happen to be immortal. | *(By my 8 year old son)*
One night I was sleeping outside because one of the cleverest animals were hunting me. The monkeys! I was frightened, and I was dreaming of the world getting crushed by clever animals. The next day I went to the market to get supplies. But there where still animals there! I noticed though th... | "Oy, can't you guys hurry it up a bit?", As the group of bipedal cats charged at me, I calmly squatted down next to their fallen comrade and began rooting through his pockets.
"Come on, I swear I saw him light one up earlier.", although the cats had already arrived next to me, I ignored them and continued searching.
... | |
[WP] The human race is extinct and Earth has rejuvenated itself and is flourishing. Animals have evolved and are smarter than ever and are determined to eliminate the last remaining human, which happens to be you and you happen to be immortal. | Life in Avila Beach wasn't so bad for Jamie, all things considered. Sure, the extinction of the human race meant no more late night bar crawls or karaoke nights, but over the millennium Jamie had had enough socializing to last him a lifetime, many times over.
And, to look on the bright side, the explosion of the near... | "Oy, can't you guys hurry it up a bit?", As the group of bipedal cats charged at me, I calmly squatted down next to their fallen comrade and began rooting through his pockets.
"Come on, I swear I saw him light one up earlier.", although the cats had already arrived next to me, I ignored them and continued searching.
... | |
[WP] The human race is extinct and Earth has rejuvenated itself and is flourishing. Animals have evolved and are smarter than ever and are determined to eliminate the last remaining human, which happens to be you and you happen to be immortal. | The party is getting closer. They will be upon me any minute. If I am being honest with myself, I'm hoping that this time they will succeed. For centuries I have watched as nature has restored itself from the damage done by humans. And the scars humanity still left behind. I look down on my hands. The bright paleness o... | "Oy, can't you guys hurry it up a bit?", As the group of bipedal cats charged at me, I calmly squatted down next to their fallen comrade and began rooting through his pockets.
"Come on, I swear I saw him light one up earlier.", although the cats had already arrived next to me, I ignored them and continued searching.
... | |
[WP] The human race is extinct and Earth has rejuvenated itself and is flourishing. Animals have evolved and are smarter than ever and are determined to eliminate the last remaining human, which happens to be you and you happen to be immortal. | *(By my 8 year old son)*
One night I was sleeping outside because one of the cleverest animals were hunting me. The monkeys! I was frightened, and I was dreaming of the world getting crushed by clever animals. The next day I went to the market to get supplies. But there where still animals there! I noticed though th... | It's been so long now that I stopped marking the time completely. Millennia, at least. No, longer. Nothing of the old world is left standing. I can't even remember what our buildings looked like, how a city smelled, or how cars and airplanes sounded. The new ones have their own technology now. Paper and ink. I borrowed... | |
[WP] The human race is extinct and Earth has rejuvenated itself and is flourishing. Animals have evolved and are smarter than ever and are determined to eliminate the last remaining human, which happens to be you and you happen to be immortal. | Life in Avila Beach wasn't so bad for Jamie, all things considered. Sure, the extinction of the human race meant no more late night bar crawls or karaoke nights, but over the millennium Jamie had had enough socializing to last him a lifetime, many times over.
And, to look on the bright side, the explosion of the near... | Lightning scattered across the night-sky and licked at the thrice-burned fingers of my right arm, filling my broken nose with the smell of ozone and burning flesh, and the beady eyes of the dragon with what I hoped was terror and intense regret.
It backed away, slowly, down the mountainside. My shroud, wrapped firmly ... | |
[WP] The human race is extinct and Earth has rejuvenated itself and is flourishing. Animals have evolved and are smarter than ever and are determined to eliminate the last remaining human, which happens to be you and you happen to be immortal. | The party is getting closer. They will be upon me any minute. If I am being honest with myself, I'm hoping that this time they will succeed. For centuries I have watched as nature has restored itself from the damage done by humans. And the scars humanity still left behind. I look down on my hands. The bright paleness o... | Lightning scattered across the night-sky and licked at the thrice-burned fingers of my right arm, filling my broken nose with the smell of ozone and burning flesh, and the beady eyes of the dragon with what I hoped was terror and intense regret.
It backed away, slowly, down the mountainside. My shroud, wrapped firmly ... | |
[WP] You die and get sent to heaven. Every soul is surprised because nobody had been sent to heaven in decades. | Heaven wasn’t quite what I had pictured.
Granted, this might not have been heaven at all. I definitely knew I was dead – I had come to terms with the fact that I was dying a long time ago. I hadn’t given too much thought to what would come afterwards, but in those final moments, stretching into eternity, I had felt r... | For heaven was not for men, it was for gods.
Gods who had moulded their own universes, set their pendulums and lit the match that started it all. Millennias passed with out the god of the universe taking any organic forms, all the while the cosmic pendulums sculpted systems of stars and dust. Every now and again, in ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | After receiving a dollar from the nice old granny, Johnathan Crane, a fat slob of a man who has no other choice but to rob people for the sake of survival, felt confused. "Why isn't anyone giving a damn about me?". He looked around and everybody was simply talking about their lives and enjoying themselves. A teeny bopp... | I stand on the other side of the front gate, listening to the sounds on the other side. I'm waiting, the more drink they pour down their throat the easier it will be to get away with it.
My small palm rests on the latch as I hear a glass smash. Everybody applauds, the international symbol for drunkenness. I check my ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | As I made my way through the house looking for valuables I noticed the dollar the old lady slid in my pocket as she gave me the hug. Something caught my eye on this bill, there's a handwritten note on it. I pause from the chaos I was committing to read the note she had left me on this bill. It read "leave now and you ... | I stand on the other side of the front gate, listening to the sounds on the other side. I'm waiting, the more drink they pour down their throat the easier it will be to get away with it.
My small palm rests on the latch as I hear a glass smash. Everybody applauds, the international symbol for drunkenness. I check my ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | It ain't much, and it's dishonest work.
My grandma's favourite topic was always how the nurses would steal her money when she wasn't looking. "Two hundred thirty, two hundred forty, two hundred and fifty dollars. It's all there grandma, stop worrying about it!" To be completely honest, I was surprised to find that the... | I stand on the other side of the front gate, listening to the sounds on the other side. I'm waiting, the more drink they pour down their throat the easier it will be to get away with it.
My small palm rests on the latch as I hear a glass smash. Everybody applauds, the international symbol for drunkenness. I check my ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | I'd been hiding out in the forest for a couple of days. Making sure plenty of time passed for people to forget my face as I settled what was once theirs into my new home.
The little lean-to wasn't much, but it was mine. Long fallen branches were fitted snuggly into the cracks and crevices of the bluff. A little stone... | I stand on the other side of the front gate, listening to the sounds on the other side. I'm waiting, the more drink they pour down their throat the easier it will be to get away with it.
My small palm rests on the latch as I hear a glass smash. Everybody applauds, the international symbol for drunkenness. I check my ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | He had been slinking through the living room, scoping it out for treasures, when she appeared. He had been certain that everyone was in the dining room. There had been an obnoxious bout of laughter from all of the family members. Family reunions were boring, so he supposed the elderly lady could’ve just wandered off. H... | I stand on the other side of the front gate, listening to the sounds on the other side. I'm waiting, the more drink they pour down their throat the easier it will be to get away with it.
My small palm rests on the latch as I hear a glass smash. Everybody applauds, the international symbol for drunkenness. I check my ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | The interview was going about as well as could be expected. That is to say, it was going terrible.
The interviewer was a tall thin blonde-haired man with hipster glasses. He had been furiously writing down notes, while the audio recorder sat passively on the desk. In all of his years, he had never, ever, imagined that... | I stand on the other side of the front gate, listening to the sounds on the other side. I'm waiting, the more drink they pour down their throat the easier it will be to get away with it.
My small palm rests on the latch as I hear a glass smash. Everybody applauds, the international symbol for drunkenness. I check my ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | It ain't much, and it's dishonest work.
My grandma's favourite topic was always how the nurses would steal her money when she wasn't looking. "Two hundred thirty, two hundred forty, two hundred and fifty dollars. It's all there grandma, stop worrying about it!" To be completely honest, I was surprised to find that the... | It was supposed to be an easy job.
There was a large estate in the hills, with nothing but trees visible on the way there. Supposedly, a family reunion was taking place that night. My contact had told me that there would be hundreds of guests. As a thief, that was music to my ears. With so many guests there, it would ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | He had been slinking through the living room, scoping it out for treasures, when she appeared. He had been certain that everyone was in the dining room. There had been an obnoxious bout of laughter from all of the family members. Family reunions were boring, so he supposed the elderly lady could’ve just wandered off. H... | It was supposed to be an easy job.
There was a large estate in the hills, with nothing but trees visible on the way there. Supposedly, a family reunion was taking place that night. My contact had told me that there would be hundreds of guests. As a thief, that was music to my ears. With so many guests there, it would ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | It ain't much, and it's dishonest work.
My grandma's favourite topic was always how the nurses would steal her money when she wasn't looking. "Two hundred thirty, two hundred forty, two hundred and fifty dollars. It's all there grandma, stop worrying about it!" To be completely honest, I was surprised to find that the... | The day was an unusual one as the rain pitter pattered against the window as the winds hurled outside. 53 First Street, the rattling of the daily occurrence of people rushing to and throw out their houses with phones buzzing every five minutes to people shouting, I arose from my bed after having a fantastic dream. I g... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | I'd been hiding out in the forest for a couple of days. Making sure plenty of time passed for people to forget my face as I settled what was once theirs into my new home.
The little lean-to wasn't much, but it was mine. Long fallen branches were fitted snuggly into the cracks and crevices of the bluff. A little stone... | After receiving a dollar from the nice old granny, Johnathan Crane, a fat slob of a man who has no other choice but to rob people for the sake of survival, felt confused. "Why isn't anyone giving a damn about me?". He looked around and everybody was simply talking about their lives and enjoying themselves. A teeny bopp... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | He had been slinking through the living room, scoping it out for treasures, when she appeared. He had been certain that everyone was in the dining room. There had been an obnoxious bout of laughter from all of the family members. Family reunions were boring, so he supposed the elderly lady could’ve just wandered off. H... | After receiving a dollar from the nice old granny, Johnathan Crane, a fat slob of a man who has no other choice but to rob people for the sake of survival, felt confused. "Why isn't anyone giving a damn about me?". He looked around and everybody was simply talking about their lives and enjoying themselves. A teeny bopp... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | The interview was going about as well as could be expected. That is to say, it was going terrible.
The interviewer was a tall thin blonde-haired man with hipster glasses. He had been furiously writing down notes, while the audio recorder sat passively on the desk. In all of his years, he had never, ever, imagined that... | After receiving a dollar from the nice old granny, Johnathan Crane, a fat slob of a man who has no other choice but to rob people for the sake of survival, felt confused. "Why isn't anyone giving a damn about me?". He looked around and everybody was simply talking about their lives and enjoying themselves. A teeny bopp... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | I'd been hiding out in the forest for a couple of days. Making sure plenty of time passed for people to forget my face as I settled what was once theirs into my new home.
The little lean-to wasn't much, but it was mine. Long fallen branches were fitted snuggly into the cracks and crevices of the bluff. A little stone... | As I made my way through the house looking for valuables I noticed the dollar the old lady slid in my pocket as she gave me the hug. Something caught my eye on this bill, there's a handwritten note on it. I pause from the chaos I was committing to read the note she had left me on this bill. It read "leave now and you ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | He had been slinking through the living room, scoping it out for treasures, when she appeared. He had been certain that everyone was in the dining room. There had been an obnoxious bout of laughter from all of the family members. Family reunions were boring, so he supposed the elderly lady could’ve just wandered off. H... | As I made my way through the house looking for valuables I noticed the dollar the old lady slid in my pocket as she gave me the hug. Something caught my eye on this bill, there's a handwritten note on it. I pause from the chaos I was committing to read the note she had left me on this bill. It read "leave now and you ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | The interview was going about as well as could be expected. That is to say, it was going terrible.
The interviewer was a tall thin blonde-haired man with hipster glasses. He had been furiously writing down notes, while the audio recorder sat passively on the desk. In all of his years, he had never, ever, imagined that... | As I made my way through the house looking for valuables I noticed the dollar the old lady slid in my pocket as she gave me the hug. Something caught my eye on this bill, there's a handwritten note on it. I pause from the chaos I was committing to read the note she had left me on this bill. It read "leave now and you ... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | He had been slinking through the living room, scoping it out for treasures, when she appeared. He had been certain that everyone was in the dining room. There had been an obnoxious bout of laughter from all of the family members. Family reunions were boring, so he supposed the elderly lady could’ve just wandered off. H... | I'd been hiding out in the forest for a couple of days. Making sure plenty of time passed for people to forget my face as I settled what was once theirs into my new home.
The little lean-to wasn't much, but it was mine. Long fallen branches were fitted snuggly into the cracks and crevices of the bluff. A little stone... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | He had been slinking through the living room, scoping it out for treasures, when she appeared. He had been certain that everyone was in the dining room. There had been an obnoxious bout of laughter from all of the family members. Family reunions were boring, so he supposed the elderly lady could’ve just wandered off. H... | Why am I here? Why is everyone smiling like idiots. Something is wrong here. I do not care how long it's been since the entire family has stood under the same roof, there's no reason to be so happy about it. I now kinda remember why I don't get along with this family. They are weird, they smile with this weird intensit... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | There’s this thing about rich people in rural parts of that country that make them feel untouchable. Car keys are always in the ignitions, and doors are always unlocked. It’s all about distance. Who would make the trip out to where they are? When nothing has happened to your home after living there for 20+ years, it’s... | Why am I here? Why is everyone smiling like idiots. Something is wrong here. I do not care how long it's been since the entire family has stood under the same roof, there's no reason to be so happy about it. I now kinda remember why I don't get along with this family. They are weird, they smile with this weird intensit... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | The interview was going about as well as could be expected. That is to say, it was going terrible.
The interviewer was a tall thin blonde-haired man with hipster glasses. He had been furiously writing down notes, while the audio recorder sat passively on the desk. In all of his years, he had never, ever, imagined that... | Why am I here? Why is everyone smiling like idiots. Something is wrong here. I do not care how long it's been since the entire family has stood under the same roof, there's no reason to be so happy about it. I now kinda remember why I don't get along with this family. They are weird, they smile with this weird intensit... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | "Take it darling, it's for candy."
Her voice is high pitched and shaky. Same as her hand that floats in mid air. Up and down, up and down, shaking the one dollar bill like a feather.
In my eyes she looks like my own granny, Rose. Of all grandmas I had, Rose was my favorite. Always shining, even when she couldn't move ... | Why am I here? Why is everyone smiling like idiots. Something is wrong here. I do not care how long it's been since the entire family has stood under the same roof, there's no reason to be so happy about it. I now kinda remember why I don't get along with this family. They are weird, they smile with this weird intensit... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | It’s easier to bullshit your way into big parties than the small ones.
Annie’s husband? Sure, I can be that. Lina’s dad? Aha, why not? Mike and Tony’s son in law? Right, and Anne’s my wife. You mean Annie, Anne is Mike and Tony’s daughter. Right right, and Anna is the grandma. (Right?)
His distant cousin, her long-fo... | Why am I here? Why is everyone smiling like idiots. Something is wrong here. I do not care how long it's been since the entire family has stood under the same roof, there's no reason to be so happy about it. I now kinda remember why I don't get along with this family. They are weird, they smile with this weird intensit... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | The interview was going about as well as could be expected. That is to say, it was going terrible.
The interviewer was a tall thin blonde-haired man with hipster glasses. He had been furiously writing down notes, while the audio recorder sat passively on the desk. In all of his years, he had never, ever, imagined that... | There’s this thing about rich people in rural parts of that country that make them feel untouchable. Car keys are always in the ignitions, and doors are always unlocked. It’s all about distance. Who would make the trip out to where they are? When nothing has happened to your home after living there for 20+ years, it’s... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | It’s easier to bullshit your way into big parties than the small ones.
Annie’s husband? Sure, I can be that. Lina’s dad? Aha, why not? Mike and Tony’s son in law? Right, and Anne’s my wife. You mean Annie, Anne is Mike and Tony’s daughter. Right right, and Anna is the grandma. (Right?)
His distant cousin, her long-fo... | As she entered the bedroom through the window, Jessica noticed the family’s coats on the bed. She looked at them. High quality brands, this family was probably rich. She started going through the drawers, looking for either money or things to sell. She went through the jewelry box, lots of expensive necklaces and rings... | |
[WP] You decide to rob a house while a family reunion is happening, not only no one pays you attention to your attempts but an old lady just hugged you and secretly passed you a one dollar bill "for candy" | They were dressed smart for their party. Suits and skirts, ties and necklaces. Even the kids were better dressed than I'd ever been, shoes polished, black and blemishless.
It was a small house but a big party, people pouring in and out of the ever-open front-door. Easy enough to join the stream; no one blinked an eyel... | The cover story was simple. Kelly-Anne was a second cousin from Florida who didn’t have time to respond to the invitation. That was, if anyone paid her any attention anyway.
So far, no one had. She had spent three hours working the three-story house over and was confident she had collected every small item of value in... | |
[WP] Your neighbors were concerned when you moved into the local haunted house. You were worried at first too, but the messages written in blood on the mirrors are... oddly supportive. | Martha opened the door to her own front yard and was met with two pale, worried faces. She unconsciously took a step back.
“Who are you?”
“We’re your new neighbors- we live in the brown house on the corner. We had been trying to reach you when you were touring the house but now it’s too late. You’ve already bought i... | Nisha wished there were bots that could help her brush. She is all aboutthe therapeutic value of repetitive motion but not when my mouth is full and she is paranoid about not doing enough. "You're your own worst enemy" read the writing on the mirror that Nisha was trying not to look at. It get's old, when you see it ... | |
[WP] Your neighbors were concerned when you moved into the local haunted house. You were worried at first too, but the messages written in blood on the mirrors are... oddly supportive. | I always got odd looks from the neighbors. Yeah, the house looked like it had taken a beating, but I loved it regardless.
Just before I left work, I looked in the mirror one last time. I smiled at myself, but right before I headed in the direction of the door, ruby red blood began to smear on the mirror.
*Check you... | Nisha wished there were bots that could help her brush. She is all aboutthe therapeutic value of repetitive motion but not when my mouth is full and she is paranoid about not doing enough. "You're your own worst enemy" read the writing on the mirror that Nisha was trying not to look at. It get's old, when you see it ... | |
[WP] Your neighbors were concerned when you moved into the local haunted house. You were worried at first too, but the messages written in blood on the mirrors are... oddly supportive. | The neighbours had come out to receive Agatha as son as she had parked her car outside her new house. It was nice of them, but really, she would rather have been left alone. Life hadn’t been exactly easy for the last few months, with James leaving and her mother nearly cutting her out. Agatha wanted some peace and quie... | The house had character, it wasn't like the new house on the street all blocky and white, it was a weather worn, double brick structure made of hard work and soild door frames. The inside was very much the same, nothing fancy but it had soul.
I was excited, the backyard was big enough for a small chicken coop and a ni... | |
[WP] Your neighbors were concerned when you moved into the local haunted house. You were worried at first too, but the messages written in blood on the mirrors are... oddly supportive. | I pulled down on my tie, my nerves getting the better of my sensibilities. I was ready for this interview. I had prepared for months. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time. I hopped back in fright when I saw a severed leg lying on the counter. The mirror had a fresh coat of blood, still oozing with a new messa... | Nothing could stop John from moving into Moseley Manor.
Not even God.
For this reason, when his neighbors warned him about the terrors that resided within--namely the bleeding wallpaper and "faceless woman" (whatever that meant)--he told them to fuck right off, please and thank you. He promised his wife, Maggie, th... | |
[WP] You unhappily work in the local Voodoo Doll factory. Strict PPE protocol is required. During a tour of the facility by the local elders you notice they're not wearing protective gear, just enough of their dna has drifted into the dolls at a crucial stage. You say nothing, and wait for chaos. | You almost said something.
Almost.
But that smug elder, the one with the horrible hog face had been an utter ass to you when you welcomed them. You remembered how they all laughed as he made it difficult for you. So instead, you smiled and nodded at them as they left. Pompous faces pleased and noses pointed into th... | They were laughing and chatting, such fools. What are elderly even doing here? Do they even believe in Voodoo dolls? Or maybe they thought it was just a normal doll shop to bring home to their kids to try to buy their love again. This is not the first time this happened, but it was always fixable, if the doll was handl... | |
[WP] A park ranger is introduced to the dryads who will help oversee a new nature preserve. | "This will be your partner until you get your feet under you. Franklin, meet Epigaea."
I leaned forward to shake the hand of the small woman my boss Charlie had introduced me to. She smiled shyly behind her green hair.
"Please, call me Eps, only Charlie and my mother use my full name." She whispered.
"Nice to mee... | The beautiful women in the trees were not figures of my imagination. They were in fact real... and they were very mad at me.
The tallest one, with her brown hair and clear face, lowered her brow and started shouting, "Are you listening to me!?"
"Yes. Yes I am, but can you start over?"
"Start over?! You little..." on... | |
[WP] Nine out of ten people are psychics. You are the opposite of a psychic. Nobody can read your mind, and you can't read anyone else's. | There it was. That knock of the day. The solid thud, thud, thud on the oak door of my office was music to my ears, or at least would be if last night's scotch wasn't thud, thud, thudding my temples.
"Mr. Delore? Mr. Delore it's quite urgent that I speak with you!"
It's always urgent that they speak to me, no matter ... | I was flipping through my coach's playbook. I had spent all evenings this season in my college gym honing my badminton techniques. All I needed to do now was revise the strategies from the playbook - I wanted to have an extra edge in this final. The cash prize was 10,000 - I could use it to pay my college fees and rent... | |
[WP] Nine out of ten people are psychics. You are the opposite of a psychic. Nobody can read your mind, and you can't read anyone else's. | There it was. That knock of the day. The solid thud, thud, thud on the oak door of my office was music to my ears, or at least would be if last night's scotch wasn't thud, thud, thudding my temples.
"Mr. Delore? Mr. Delore it's quite urgent that I speak with you!"
It's always urgent that they speak to me, no matter ... | And these "nine to ten people" are hunting those whom their mind couldn't be read, because of these psychics people have insecurities over something they don't know and they can't control. Several years passed with a lot of bloods in their hands already, it turns that these psychic people build their own empire. An emp... | |
[WP] Being a villain doesn't always pay, especially when the hero keeps foiling your plan. To fund your villainy, you work in retail customer service. One day, the hero walks in. He recognizes you, you recognize him. |
"You better-r-r watch yourself. I ha-a-a-ave the death sentence on twelve sys-sys-sys-sys-sys-sys-"
Let me tell you something, confidentially. No one has ever designed a torture system more heinous than children's toys. I even tried for a while, but eventually I came to the conclusion that it simply could not be d... | "How did he defeat me!!"I shouted "I had the best plan. I was going to shove him into a pit of acid and dissolve him but noooooo I had to make him play chess and he won!!" I looked at my destroyed laser "if I hadn't been focused on the theatrics I could have blown up the space station" sadly this laser had cost me 10 m... | |
[WP] Being a villain doesn't always pay, especially when the hero keeps foiling your plan. To fund your villainy, you work in retail customer service. One day, the hero walks in. He recognizes you, you recognize him. | "I have seen you build a laser that harnessed the power of the sun, aren't you a little more qualified then this? I'm not judging or anything, just seems you could do a lot better than a toystore." Mr. Zoomer seemed to find this encounter a lot more awkward than his supervillain counterpart, which was hardly surprising... | "Hello Dan," I said to him. He was evidently the same guy who had nearly killed me yesterday, but that didn't matter much since I could see he didn't have any weapons on him. And for once he was thankfully out of his ridiculous outfit. He actually looked pretty ... nevermind I had to focus on acting normal. If he suspe... | |
[WP]"Oh great far-speaking tower, I have performed the rituals as set forth in the sacred manual. Let me speak to the sky spirit so I may learn of it's wisdom!" "Uh.. Copy that. Moon City Delta responding... We thought everyone was dead down there." | The last thing that Tom Gullist expected on his monitoring shift was to catch a scrap of a transmission coming from the orb hanging in the sky. It had been 12 long years since the Night of Crackling Screams, and the Moon Cities had come to the conclusion that they were on their own. So, when he first noticed the crackl... | "No, no, no, no!" The voice came from behind Dave. It was the new guy, Fred. The younger man was panicked, nutri-paste staining his cheek as he sped towards the console.
"What happened!?" Fred asked, panic plain across his face. "Did th- Did it-?"
"We received a transmission, Fred." Dave responded, his expression fl... | |
[WP]"Oh great far-speaking tower, I have performed the rituals as set forth in the sacred manual. Let me speak to the sky spirit so I may learn of it's wisdom!" "Uh.. Copy that. Moon City Delta responding... We thought everyone was dead down there." | "Why would everyone be dead?" I asked.
"...You did follow the manual, right? Exactly how it was all laid out?" the voice from the sky said with holy reverb and a deep pitch that vibrated your bones.
I gazed around at the courtyard of the castle grounds beneath the tower, haunted by the carnage that was ensued from th... | "What?" Faldwell tilted his head at the electronic device. "Am I speaking to the Sky Spirit?"
"Sky spirit? What the hell is going on down there, we haven't heard from Earth in weeks." Faldwell sighed and turned to face his band of fur-wearing, face painted, dirty followers.
"Hold on, guys. I think the quest is bugged... | |
[WP]"Oh great far-speaking tower, I have performed the rituals as set forth in the sacred manual. Let me speak to the sky spirit so I may learn of it's wisdom!" "Uh.. Copy that. Moon City Delta responding... We thought everyone was dead down there." | Howard widened his eyes at the blinking control panel. He assumed this was prank at first. It said the transmission came from Earth. That should've been impossible.
The planet had been a smoggy, irradiated mess for over a century. Nobody lived down there anymore. At least, that was what Howard believed until now. The... | "What?" Faldwell tilted his head at the electronic device. "Am I speaking to the Sky Spirit?"
"Sky spirit? What the hell is going on down there, we haven't heard from Earth in weeks." Faldwell sighed and turned to face his band of fur-wearing, face painted, dirty followers.
"Hold on, guys. I think the quest is bugged... | |
[WP]"Oh great far-speaking tower, I have performed the rituals as set forth in the sacred manual. Let me speak to the sky spirit so I may learn of it's wisdom!" "Uh.. Copy that. Moon City Delta responding... We thought everyone was dead down there." | Howard widened his eyes at the blinking control panel. He assumed this was prank at first. It said the transmission came from Earth. That should've been impossible.
The planet had been a smoggy, irradiated mess for over a century. Nobody lived down there anymore. At least, that was what Howard believed until now. The... | "Why would everyone be dead?" I asked.
"...You did follow the manual, right? Exactly how it was all laid out?" the voice from the sky said with holy reverb and a deep pitch that vibrated your bones.
I gazed around at the courtyard of the castle grounds beneath the tower, haunted by the carnage that was ensued from th... | |
[WP] A party of adventurers were paid to track down and kill a monster sighted in the area. A week later they return saying they have found the monsters, before drawing their weapons on those who hired them | Mayor Douglas sat in his office, waiting for news. He had other things he needed to do, but this was important. The adventurers her hired were seen in town, heading for the town hall. Since they were back, that meant they had succeeded in their mission. This was a highly ranked party known for accomplishing tasks. The... | The door to the Guard's barracks flies open, kicked in by a heavy, armored boot. In the threshold stood one of the Adventurers the town had sent out to hunt down an infestation of Kobolds.
"Well?" Asks Toric, the Captain of the Guard "Did you find the Monsters?"
"We have." The Adventurer nods as he steps in out of th... | |
[WP] A party of adventurers were paid to track down and kill a monster sighted in the area. A week later they return saying they have found the monsters, before drawing their weapons on those who hired them | The Lord's house was quite quiet at night. He usually dismisses his servants shortly after sundown with only a guard posted at the gate. He worked hard to make not only his estate safe but much of the surrounding village.
Which was why it was a surprise that there was someone *holding a knife to his throat!*
"I don't... | The door to the Guard's barracks flies open, kicked in by a heavy, armored boot. In the threshold stood one of the Adventurers the town had sent out to hunt down an infestation of Kobolds.
"Well?" Asks Toric, the Captain of the Guard "Did you find the Monsters?"
"We have." The Adventurer nods as he steps in out of th... | |
[WP] A party of adventurers were paid to track down and kill a monster sighted in the area. A week later they return saying they have found the monsters, before drawing their weapons on those who hired them | The Lord's house was quite quiet at night. He usually dismisses his servants shortly after sundown with only a guard posted at the gate. He worked hard to make not only his estate safe but much of the surrounding village.
Which was why it was a surprise that there was someone *holding a knife to his throat!*
"I don't... | Mayor Douglas sat in his office, waiting for news. He had other things he needed to do, but this was important. The adventurers her hired were seen in town, heading for the town hall. Since they were back, that meant they had succeeded in their mission. This was a highly ranked party known for accomplishing tasks. The... | |
[WP] "We're not so different, you and I," You said, and as the words passed your lips you realised, you were the villian. | I dragged her to the edge of the rooftop. She barely put up a fight, too spent from our duel that had ended with her at my mercy. Truth be told, I was putting all of my effort into staying on my feet as well. But I wasn’t going to miss this chance to show her why all of this had been necessary.
“Sandra’s too strong... | ''I’m here to do my duty.'' I say while holding the knife behind my back.
He doesn’t seem to care about what I say or what I do. He looks at the bodies on the ground and then stares at me with cold eyes. We look at each for a while and I try to get closer to step by step, slowly.
He takes one step back and then he th... | |
[WP] You’re in a coffee shop, sipping at a medium latte. You think to yourself, “What if I’m the only one that can read minds?”. Suddenly, someone right looks at you, with the widest eyes. | The weather was dull, gloomy, a world of rain, and I hated it. Not as much as the people sitting around me, but, still, it was annoying. I would much rather have spent the day running about, ignoring civilisation as I was apt to do, but, sadly, the universe had stolen the choice from me and I was stuck getting my mediu... | *While sipping my foamy coffee I think that if I'm the only one who can read the minds of people sitting over here. The people who have come to the coffee shop are enjoying their cup of coffee some came alone, some are waiting for their partners and others have come to enjoy coffee like me. Instead of all these things... | |
[WP] You’re in a coffee shop, sipping at a medium latte. You think to yourself, “What if I’m the only one that can read minds?”. Suddenly, someone right looks at you, with the widest eyes. | *"What if I'm the only one that can read minds,"* I thought whimsically, eyes taking in the room through the steam wafting off my double-shot pumpkin-soy latte with a sprinkle of cinnamon and two sugars, thanks.
A girl with short hair, a long skirt, narrow features and wide eyes stared back at me.
*"Oh, god, she's s... | The look of surprise on his face was absolutely priceless. I looked down at my phone, latte in my right hand, and licked the foam from my lips slowly. I pretended not to notice the panic in his eyes as he continued to stare at me, before regaining his composure and pulled his phone out of his pocket, busying himself on... | |
[WP] In this world, people are fragile as their feelings. Some people could trip and die as they hit the ground, and others could survive a fall off of a skyscraper unharmed. You begin to wonder how strong you might be. | Crash.
I turn my head to the sound and watch with grim satisfaction as the last remains of what used to be Evans shatter against the floor.
So much for playing the tough guy.
This new curse that’s fallen on the human race has taught me how deceiving appearances can be.
Evans and his crowd of bullies have gleeful... | "Guess 'e just wasn't stron' enough. His ickle feelings go' in the way." Came a wheeze came from the end of the bar. He was looking at the TV droning on about the news. Probably another guy trying to prove how "strong" and "masculine" he was. It was always kind of pointless- it didn't matter how tough you were. In the ... | |
[WP] In this world, people are fragile as their feelings. Some people could trip and die as they hit the ground, and others could survive a fall off of a skyscraper unharmed. You begin to wonder how strong you might be. | Crash.
I turn my head to the sound and watch with grim satisfaction as the last remains of what used to be Evans shatter against the floor.
So much for playing the tough guy.
This new curse that’s fallen on the human race has taught me how deceiving appearances can be.
Evans and his crowd of bullies have gleeful... | Does worrying that I’ll trip and fall make it more likely that I’ll die if I trip and fall? Worry is on the list of feelings. I’d never considered it needing reins. Worry was self-preservation. But that was before.
Unsure if that rouge marble is a continuation of my dream or a foggy early-morning thought. The sun shi... |
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