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credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "You know that's not how any of this works, right?" said Bob, captain of the mission control team.
"What?" replied the disgruntled astronaut.
"I know I was being casual with the "you guys are back early," but you do realize none of this works that way, right? We coordinated your safe return because you insisted it wa... | Jim peered at the astronaut waving the gun around and scratched his head. "Um, your gun won't work in space. "You of all people should know that." He took a step back.
"Is that so?" Then a blood curdling smile formed across Richard's lips, as he stood in the shuttle wearing his silver ionic suit, pointing the gun to t... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "You know that's not how any of this works, right?" said Bob, captain of the mission control team.
"What?" replied the disgruntled astronaut.
"I know I was being casual with the "you guys are back early," but you do realize none of this works that way, right? We coordinated your safe return because you insisted it wa... | Lemme go ahead and stop ya right there. Newton and his third law would like to have a word with you. With far fewer intergalactic atoms to hold yourself in place, you're far more likely to do more damage pistol whipping yourself with all that recoil you're gonna get than what that round you fire is ever gonna do. Even ... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "You know that's not how any of this works, right?" said Bob, captain of the mission control team.
"What?" replied the disgruntled astronaut.
"I know I was being casual with the "you guys are back early," but you do realize none of this works that way, right? We coordinated your safe return because you insisted it wa... | I looked at Colonel McLeod as he got back in the ship. The absurdity of it all had shocked me to the point of inaction. It only took a moment to regain my senses. I began to bang on the door.
"Yo! Absolutely not! No guns!"
The door swung open. Colonel McLeod strutted out like a man used to kicking ass and taking ... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The moon had sat evacuated for months.
The ghosts of the dead had lived on the moon for millennia.
The base finally allowed them to take tangible form. To begin the ritual.
As he rose forth, the moon shuddered. A portal opened.
The ritual continued. A hand crawled out of the void that had appeared.
One of the gh... | I stormed up to him.
"Mike, you do this every goddamn time!" The man with the gun turned with jutting eyeballs as distant and cold as the moon itself. The veteran pilot licked his lips.
"Moon's haunted, son."
“Who’s it this time, huh? Armstrong’s ghost insisting the moon landing was real?”
“Don’t be stupid.” His g... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The base went on lockdown after the astronauts took hostages. Nobody expected them to go this far. They were mentally unstable. That much was obvious from the start. Deputy Director Anderson couldn't believe they had the gall to end their mission early. His dismay only grew when the crew begged to return with weaponry.... | There was an extraordinarily lengthy period of silence following this particular statement. It had been decades since humanity had set foot on the moon, and trillions of dollars had since been spent building the complex technology required to sustainably and regularly return. An entire fleet of reusable rocket ships ha... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "What do you mean, the Moon's haunted?"
"It's haunted, all right? Just trust me. I saw it with my own eyes. You remember Nickelson? That sonofabitch with the bad haircut and the little dog? Or maybe it was his wife's little dog. Anyway. I saw him. But he was dead. And red. And floating. Look, it was a whole thing, ok?... | There was an extraordinarily lengthy period of silence following this particular statement. It had been decades since humanity had set foot on the moon, and trillions of dollars had since been spent building the complex technology required to sustainably and regularly return. An entire fleet of reusable rocket ships ha... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The moon had sat evacuated for months.
The ghosts of the dead had lived on the moon for millennia.
The base finally allowed them to take tangible form. To begin the ritual.
As he rose forth, the moon shuddered. A portal opened.
The ritual continued. A hand crawled out of the void that had appeared.
One of the gh... | There was an extraordinarily lengthy period of silence following this particular statement. It had been decades since humanity had set foot on the moon, and trillions of dollars had since been spent building the complex technology required to sustainably and regularly return. An entire fleet of reusable rocket ships ha... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "What do you mean, the Moon's haunted?"
"It's haunted, all right? Just trust me. I saw it with my own eyes. You remember Nickelson? That sonofabitch with the bad haircut and the little dog? Or maybe it was his wife's little dog. Anyway. I saw him. But he was dead. And red. And floating. Look, it was a whole thing, ok?... | “Don’t worry. I got this.” Dirk says strapping a sawed-off to his back.
Hector, the first year engineer dives behind a table. “Where’d that come from?” He pleads.
“It shoots salt. Might bruise you a little, but wont kill.” Hector pops up from behind the table, “Salt?”.
“Yeah for the ghosts, specters, and ghouls ... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The moon had sat evacuated for months.
The ghosts of the dead had lived on the moon for millennia.
The base finally allowed them to take tangible form. To begin the ritual.
As he rose forth, the moon shuddered. A portal opened.
The ritual continued. A hand crawled out of the void that had appeared.
One of the gh... | “Don’t worry. I got this.” Dirk says strapping a sawed-off to his back.
Hector, the first year engineer dives behind a table. “Where’d that come from?” He pleads.
“It shoots salt. Might bruise you a little, but wont kill.” Hector pops up from behind the table, “Salt?”.
“Yeah for the ghosts, specters, and ghouls ... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "Then why are you going back?" Fred shouted.
Richard wasn't looking back.
"You're going back? Where's Greg? Why are you taking a pistol?" Fred said and ran after him.
"Too many questions. I don't have much time," Richard said, stepping inside the Rocket ship.
He tried to close the door, but Fred had already cau... | “Don’t worry. I got this.” Dirk says strapping a sawed-off to his back.
Hector, the first year engineer dives behind a table. “Where’d that come from?” He pleads.
“It shoots salt. Might bruise you a little, but wont kill.” Hector pops up from behind the table, “Salt?”.
“Yeah for the ghosts, specters, and ghouls ... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The state of the art, ninth-generation space plane designated as Apollo 82 sped toward its home planet at a staggering speed. The sheer velocity far exceeded any planned burn, pushing the spacecraft dangerously close to even its most theoretical operational limits. It was also two full *weeks* ahead of schedule for its... | “Don’t worry. I got this.” Dirk says strapping a sawed-off to his back.
Hector, the first year engineer dives behind a table. “Where’d that come from?” He pleads.
“It shoots salt. Might bruise you a little, but wont kill.” Hector pops up from behind the table, “Salt?”.
“Yeah for the ghosts, specters, and ghouls ... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "What do you mean, the Moon's haunted?"
"It's haunted, all right? Just trust me. I saw it with my own eyes. You remember Nickelson? That sonofabitch with the bad haircut and the little dog? Or maybe it was his wife's little dog. Anyway. I saw him. But he was dead. And red. And floating. Look, it was a whole thing, ok?... | The base went on lockdown after the astronauts took hostages. Nobody expected them to go this far. They were mentally unstable. That much was obvious from the start. Deputy Director Anderson couldn't believe they had the gall to end their mission early. His dismay only grew when the crew begged to return with weaponry.... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The moon had sat evacuated for months.
The ghosts of the dead had lived on the moon for millennia.
The base finally allowed them to take tangible form. To begin the ritual.
As he rose forth, the moon shuddered. A portal opened.
The ritual continued. A hand crawled out of the void that had appeared.
One of the gh... | The base went on lockdown after the astronauts took hostages. Nobody expected them to go this far. They were mentally unstable. That much was obvious from the start. Deputy Director Anderson couldn't believe they had the gall to end their mission early. His dismay only grew when the crew begged to return with weaponry.... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The moon had sat evacuated for months.
The ghosts of the dead had lived on the moon for millennia.
The base finally allowed them to take tangible form. To begin the ritual.
As he rose forth, the moon shuddered. A portal opened.
The ritual continued. A hand crawled out of the void that had appeared.
One of the gh... | "What do you mean, the Moon's haunted?"
"It's haunted, all right? Just trust me. I saw it with my own eyes. You remember Nickelson? That sonofabitch with the bad haircut and the little dog? Or maybe it was his wife's little dog. Anyway. I saw him. But he was dead. And red. And floating. Look, it was a whole thing, ok?... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | "Then why are you going back?" Fred shouted.
Richard wasn't looking back.
"You're going back? Where's Greg? Why are you taking a pistol?" Fred said and ran after him.
"Too many questions. I don't have much time," Richard said, stepping inside the Rocket ship.
He tried to close the door, but Fred had already cau... | "It'll be the end of the world, damnit! We have to go back!" Astronaut Jones screamed.
"We god-damned landed on something we shouldn't have," he continued as he cocked his visor open to reveal eyes frozen wide with shock.
Bob from ground-control tried to speak, but couldn't think of anything useful to say. What the... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The state of the art, ninth-generation space plane designated as Apollo 82 sped toward its home planet at a staggering speed. The sheer velocity far exceeded any planned burn, pushing the spacecraft dangerously close to even its most theoretical operational limits. It was also two full *weeks* ahead of schedule for its... | "It'll be the end of the world, damnit! We have to go back!" Astronaut Jones screamed.
"We god-damned landed on something we shouldn't have," he continued as he cocked his visor open to reveal eyes frozen wide with shock.
Bob from ground-control tried to speak, but couldn't think of anything useful to say. What the... |
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | [WP] NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: Moon's haunted. NASA employee: what? Astronaut: *loads pistol and gets back on rocketship* Moon's haunted. | The state of the art, ninth-generation space plane designated as Apollo 82 sped toward its home planet at a staggering speed. The sheer velocity far exceeded any planned burn, pushing the spacecraft dangerously close to even its most theoretical operational limits. It was also two full *weeks* ahead of schedule for its... | "Then why are you going back?" Fred shouted.
Richard wasn't looking back.
"You're going back? Where's Greg? Why are you taking a pistol?" Fred said and ran after him.
"Too many questions. I don't have much time," Richard said, stepping inside the Rocket ship.
He tried to close the door, but Fred had already cau... |
[WP] The forces of Heaven and Hell have called a truce in order to deal with a new threat: Afterlyfe™ (brought to you by Amazon-Google-Disney!) | Enjoy life after death like never before with Afterlyfe™! Our team of magical experts has partnered up with the greatest minds at Amazon and Google to bring you an eternal rest experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
For just $5999.99/month, you can secure your spot in our heavenly halls and gain access to meeti... | Heaven’s gates were wide open and not a single soul was present. The gatekeeper, Peter, scratched his head wondering where everyone had gone to. He quickly picked up the phone to call Peta, who was Hell’s version of Peter. Except, instead of an actual gatekeeper, she was more like their bouncer. “Peta? Can you hear me?... | |
[WP] At the end of the street is a path and every month since you can remember your mother left food there. When you asked her about it she only smiled and said, "A gift for the Old Man, who will help us when we need it most." You kept the tradition, and now need help. | The Kindly Old Man
As long I can remember, my mother left a plate of food out for an old man who she says eats it. For my entire childhood I was unsure why she did until I asked one day when I was a late teenager.
“Mom, why do you leave food out for the old man”, I asked.
“Because he will help us when we need it m... | I never really understood why. My mom always did it and so did I. Ever since she passed I figured it would be best if I did. Obviously for awhile I believed her but just like many stories of that sort you sort of just outgrow the idea. It is strange though. Although I don't believe nothing will happen it does leave a s... | |
[WP] A common thing that tips people of that they're dreaming is that their watch is unreadable. After hearing about this, as a joke you look at your watch for the first time in a while, only to realize you can't read it. | The past couple of days have felt really off to me, and I couldn't shake the feeling. I attributed it to so many new experiences becoming a part of my life. I had just flown from my small, Chicago suburb to Ireland, both for my job and to conclusively unite with the love of my life, Tanya. I tried to attribute my uneas... |
"Gone again are we?"
I looked up in surprise. "Sorry, what are we doing?"
Lisa's eyes rolled back and she sighed. "You know you need more memory and maybe a watch. Are you ever in the moment or even on time? You know they say if you can't read your watch you're in a dream!"
"Oh come off it, I have one riiiiight... | |
[WP] A common thing that tips people of that they're dreaming is that their watch is unreadable. After hearing about this, as a joke you look at your watch for the first time in a while, only to realize you can't read it. | "I love you."
The soft words escaped from smiling crimson lips. I loved the shade of red her lips turned when under the sun.
"No, you don't," I said in a playful tone, though I knew her to not be a fan of such banter. She hit me on the shoulder with a force slightly harder than one would consider playful.
"I hate wh... |
"Gone again are we?"
I looked up in surprise. "Sorry, what are we doing?"
Lisa's eyes rolled back and she sighed. "You know you need more memory and maybe a watch. Are you ever in the moment or even on time? You know they say if you can't read your watch you're in a dream!"
"Oh come off it, I have one riiiiight... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | I narrowed my eyes and lifted my chin, staring the woman in the white coat down straight in the eyes. Defiance was the only thing I knew now. Defiance, and survival.
“Sitka, would you say you’ve been experiencing any pain or injury, physical or otherwise?”
I couldn’t help but let out the laugh that burst through my ... | I woke up today feeling strange,energized even. taking into consideration that I had slept about less than four hours..yea not normal. I slipped out of bed moving my body around, throwing a few punches, doing a little stretching.
I even managed to do a backflip.. I never could do one. I didn't feel exhaustion even as ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | The experiment was a success, my reactions were much faster, I was strong enough to carry a minigun and I didn't need my glasses anymore.
The doctors said I could experience heightened perception as a side effect of the treatment, though my agility could suffer.
I always felt sick now. The doctors said this could be ... | I woke up today feeling strange,energized even. taking into consideration that I had slept about less than four hours..yea not normal. I slipped out of bed moving my body around, throwing a few punches, doing a little stretching.
I even managed to do a backflip.. I never could do one. I didn't feel exhaustion even as ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | "What the fuck is happening to me!!!!" I yelled with my hands raised straight to the ceiling while standing in a puddle of blood, viscera and according to my pants, my urine. While soldiers dressed in armor that looks dangerously close to getting sued by Lucasfilms pointed their assault rifles to my face.
"Don't move ... | I woke up today feeling strange,energized even. taking into consideration that I had slept about less than four hours..yea not normal. I slipped out of bed moving my body around, throwing a few punches, doing a little stretching.
I even managed to do a backflip.. I never could do one. I didn't feel exhaustion even as ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | Ding.
"Target, 300 metres, bearing 040."
Ding.
"Target, 200 metres, bearing 220."
Ding.
"Target, bearing 100."
Son of a bitch didn't call out a distance this time. It didn't matter. Still heard the ding. I heard the click of the stopwatch. "Another record time, oh-four-four." The Gunnery Sergeant was the one on t... | I woke up today feeling strange,energized even. taking into consideration that I had slept about less than four hours..yea not normal. I slipped out of bed moving my body around, throwing a few punches, doing a little stretching.
I even managed to do a backflip.. I never could do one. I didn't feel exhaustion even as ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | (1/2)
You know, people tell me all the time how lucky I was to have gotten into that study.
You know the one I'm talking about, I'm sure. It's no big secret now, after all, not since the US government finally realized they couldn't hide me if I didn't want to be hidden. Yeah, Project Helios. Took place in an undergr... | I woke up today feeling strange,energized even. taking into consideration that I had slept about less than four hours..yea not normal. I slipped out of bed moving my body around, throwing a few punches, doing a little stretching.
I even managed to do a backflip.. I never could do one. I didn't feel exhaustion even as ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | “3 counts of first-degree murder. 5 counts of assault with intent to kill. One count of breaking and entering a federal compound. Do you protest your charges?”
The man kept his unblinking stare on the chains that shackled his hands, seated in the shadows of his own darkness. His face was still as a grave.
Scowling, t... | I woke up today feeling strange,energized even. taking into consideration that I had slept about less than four hours..yea not normal. I slipped out of bed moving my body around, throwing a few punches, doing a little stretching.
I even managed to do a backflip.. I never could do one. I didn't feel exhaustion even as ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | "What the fuck is happening to me!!!!" I yelled with my hands raised straight to the ceiling while standing in a puddle of blood, viscera and according to my pants, my urine. While soldiers dressed in armor that looks dangerously close to getting sued by Lucasfilms pointed their assault rifles to my face.
"Don't move ... | The experiment was a success, my reactions were much faster, I was strong enough to carry a minigun and I didn't need my glasses anymore.
The doctors said I could experience heightened perception as a side effect of the treatment, though my agility could suffer.
I always felt sick now. The doctors said this could be ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | (1/2)
You know, people tell me all the time how lucky I was to have gotten into that study.
You know the one I'm talking about, I'm sure. It's no big secret now, after all, not since the US government finally realized they couldn't hide me if I didn't want to be hidden. Yeah, Project Helios. Took place in an undergr... | The experiment was a success, my reactions were much faster, I was strong enough to carry a minigun and I didn't need my glasses anymore.
The doctors said I could experience heightened perception as a side effect of the treatment, though my agility could suffer.
I always felt sick now. The doctors said this could be ... | |
[WP] After taking part in an experimental government drug study to create super-soldiers, you start to develop abilities far beyond that of any human being. Only thing is... you were in the placebo group. | (1/2)
You know, people tell me all the time how lucky I was to have gotten into that study.
You know the one I'm talking about, I'm sure. It's no big secret now, after all, not since the US government finally realized they couldn't hide me if I didn't want to be hidden. Yeah, Project Helios. Took place in an undergr... | Ding.
"Target, 300 metres, bearing 040."
Ding.
"Target, 200 metres, bearing 220."
Ding.
"Target, bearing 100."
Son of a bitch didn't call out a distance this time. It didn't matter. Still heard the ding. I heard the click of the stopwatch. "Another record time, oh-four-four." The Gunnery Sergeant was the one on t... | |
[WP] Describe a Nerf-War in the most dramatic, war story type way | My pizza roll rations ran out 20 minutes ago. I've been hiding behind the two person couch for so long. The fridge is in my sight across the room in the the kitchen. it's maybe 20 feet... the other side of No Mans Land, AKA the living room.
I count my ammo. I only have four blue tips left. My stomach lets out a loud r... | I've lost track of how many days I've spent in these woods, hunted by men I used to fight alongside. We, who stood back to back against fearsome foes now turn our weapons upon each other, because there were no foes left to use these bullets on. The twelve of us all know in our heart of hearts, our mind of minds that on... | |
[WP] In a strange turn of events, the opposite apocalypse has happened, Robots face judgement day from humans, you are a robot, alone, and you call the woods your home. One day you stumble across a child and their dog. | The northern weather had never been kind to me. In all the years I'd spent hiding in the cabin, I had yet to find something that wouldn't hurt me. Though I feel no pain, hinderances and inconveniences are the banes of my existence. Fast, cold wind frays the edges of my frame. Constant downpour floods every crevice with... | Log 95. Day 42 wilds. Entry, organic contact, non-hostile, human youth organic, domesticate perra non-feral. Threat risk nominal. Monitor for 35 cycles, reevaluate.
....
She was shivering. She ran. Mother said to hide but the noise and color were too much, she ran. Evey found her hours later. She didn't unders... | |
[WP] You're an unseen multi dimensional character in so many RPG video games. Your job is to place and fill treasure chests for all the heroes. This is your story. | Gerald raced through the final level of the Silver Spire. He was running out of time, the heroes had just crossed into the Pinnacle of Heaven. They would reach the Lord of Terror soon. Lucky for Gerald she liked to talk.
Speed runners were the worst. Gerald had been running all day, chasing these greedy heroes. Were t... | I lean back in the chair watching all of the monitors and waiting for this one particular pair to leave the boss room of a level 2 part if the dungeon. I turn on the audio of monitor and listen to them while they open the chest that dropped.
Adventurer 1: "Finally, I got that material I needed for the quest."
A 2: "D... | |
[WP] You're an unseen multi dimensional character in so many RPG video games. Your job is to place and fill treasure chests for all the heroes. This is your story. | Piung~
A notification came in. A spade has been collected from location: N 42° E 20° in the town of Barthoope. I stood up, swooping my yellow sack and swinging it to my back. It used to be white as pure as snow, but me travelling to the desert of El Khalid had made it dusty and weary. But I love that sack. It can conj... | My job was quite simple really, I would go in, carrying a bag of miscellaneous items, sometimes it was just the basic sort of shit, you would have a few weapons, pieces of armor and perhaps some gold coins. But today was different, today I was dumping bones into the chests, left to wonder what sort of hero I was aiding... | |
[WP] As another lonely Valentine’s night passes, you jokingly ask out your sleep paralysis demon. She soon pops out, and asks, “R-really?” | The room was bitterly cold as Ryan closed his eyes. His phone played sad lonely blues music as he tried avoid thinking about the rhythmic thumping of his neighbors going at it like rabbits. The music had the added effect of keeping him calm when his body experienced sleep paralysis.
"At this point I'd date the damn ... | The bed feels so cold. Colder than usual. Is it because I didn’t woo someone again? Probably. This is how it’s gonna be, huh? Every year? It feels like my insides are crumbling from neglect. From a lack of care—of love. It’s been so long, far too long, since I’ve felt the warm touch of someone else.
Fuck it. I’ll do w... | |
[WP] For six thousand years you have wandered this earth. Since the day you traded "love" for immortality the demon has kept you young and strong. For 6000 years you have witnessed empires rise and fall. But on this day you saw her. More beautiful than the sea and the stars. You introuduce yourself. | I never thought death would be this beautiful.
I would know – everything that ever has grown I saw it dying. Stars and kingdoms, eons and empires, all of them perished before my eyes like a fistful of sand. I saw them rise, flash like a fire in the sky and return to the dust they became from.
After more than six thou... | She was waiting at the edge of the pier, watching the ships sail out into the horizon, feet swaying with the wind. Her baby blue headband and dress seemed to match the ocean’s color perfectly. The hungry crowd around me faded into the background as I strode towards her. I’d visited this pier hundreds of times before, h... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | "How did you get this?" I asked. I hadn't thought about writing in years, but this was the book.
"There are a few secrets of the trade I must keep." He said in response. The man cracked a smile, an old one.
I flipped through the pages, most of them were blank, but for the first ten pages, there were words. These word... | Woolf’s Little Nook is a small bookshop located in front of Emma’s Bake Shop. Two of my favourite places in the town! Whenever I purchase a book, I always must start reading the first few chapters with a pastry and a cup of tea.
The mornings are the best time to do it. The smell of fresh pastries from outside shifts... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | Ever since I’ve moved out of my parents’ house, life has been a bit lonely. I’ve needed something to do so, while walking around town, I stopped at this small store. It was a little rundown but in a good way. I made my way and looked around. “You need help, sir?” I turn around and see a short man with glasses and books... | Woolf’s Little Nook is a small bookshop located in front of Emma’s Bake Shop. Two of my favourite places in the town! Whenever I purchase a book, I always must start reading the first few chapters with a pastry and a cup of tea.
The mornings are the best time to do it. The smell of fresh pastries from outside shifts... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | The bookstore was a relic of another time. Paper books had been long out of fashion by the time I was born, but when my mother passed away I'd come to inherit her collection - many of which were passed to her by her own mother - and in me that started a ravenous hunger for the physical manifestations of writing. The sm... | Woolf’s Little Nook is a small bookshop located in front of Emma’s Bake Shop. Two of my favourite places in the town! Whenever I purchase a book, I always must start reading the first few chapters with a pastry and a cup of tea.
The mornings are the best time to do it. The smell of fresh pastries from outside shifts... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | The bookstore was a relic of another time. Paper books had been long out of fashion by the time I was born, but when my mother passed away I'd come to inherit her collection - many of which were passed to her by her own mother - and in me that started a ravenous hunger for the physical manifestations of writing. The sm... | I blink. Look again. No, I was not mistaken. There was my name on a book I had thought of writing for a while now. I blink again, just to be sure. The morning started normal but now everything turned upside down in a heartbeat. 'You know... That this book doesn't exist yet?' 'Yes', the lovely old lady with her sparklin... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | "A Simple Story Of Complexity" by David Marcalek. It was a joke. He came into Bub's Books and asked for a book he was in the planning stages of writing. "How?"
The cashier/owner everyone knew as Bub shrugged. "I'm good at what I do. That'll be $31.79." Dave opened his wallet and handed him a card. Bub took it and went... | I blink. Look again. No, I was not mistaken. There was my name on a book I had thought of writing for a while now. I blink again, just to be sure. The morning started normal but now everything turned upside down in a heartbeat. 'You know... That this book doesn't exist yet?' 'Yes', the lovely old lady with her sparklin... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | Books are magic. In my life, at least, they represent something magical. Something out of this world, a transportation to another place. I favour fantasy – because who doesn’t want to escape this humdrum world and be able to cast spells of their own? It was this love of books and adventure that led me to something tr... | I blink. Look again. No, I was not mistaken. There was my name on a book I had thought of writing for a while now. I blink again, just to be sure. The morning started normal but now everything turned upside down in a heartbeat. 'You know... That this book doesn't exist yet?' 'Yes', the lovely old lady with her sparklin... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | Books are magic. In my life, at least, they represent something magical. Something out of this world, a transportation to another place. I favour fantasy – because who doesn’t want to escape this humdrum world and be able to cast spells of their own? It was this love of books and adventure that led me to something tr... | I couldn’t believe my eyes. There it was. In my hand. Exactly what I wanted. But...how? My eyes darted to Eddie as he gave me the lovely cheerful smile he always gives me. “Eddie...what? What is this?” My voice was filled with complete disbelief. “It’s the book you wanted, right? “Black River”, by Paul K. Kresley, your... | |
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name. | - Anything unusual? - He says giving me a smile.
- The pages... Most of them are blank.
I still couldn't believe what my eyes were contemplating, even though my hands could feel it. Of course the pages were blank, I didn't write it yet. This book belongs to the realm of the ideas. Hell, even I don't know the details,... | I walked into Mr. Slinky Bots Books For All. More commonly known as Slinky’s or Bots books. As soon as i opened the wooden door, i saw the wondrous sight of all sorts of books of different sizes, shapes, and color stalked on bookshelf upon book shelf. I continued walking into the store towards the counter where Mr. Sli... | |
[WP] "Could you please explain to this committee how a garden-variety crow managed to operate a submachine gun?" | \[Poem\]
Before it fired you heard a caw
And you look up there in awe
"'Tis a crow on that gun"
You think yourself the only one
But no! The man beside you croak: "'Tis a jackdaw"
\---
Not really great at poems, but I wanted to make the joke. | "Dr. Nibbert ! Could you please explain to this committee how a garden-variety crow managed to operate a sub-machine gun!?"
"Okay..Calm down there...It's just a crow who can operate a gun. It's not a big deal. "
"But Dr. Nibbert."
"You committee people need to calm down."
"It's a fucking crow who can operate a fuck... | |
[WP] A Dragon kidnaps a Princess. The catch: she's a crying, screaming and annoying toddler and he's not ready to be a parent | “It is time, my son,” my father said to me. “It is time you proved yourself by vanquishing your first foe, achieving your dragon’s destiny.”
“Who’s he going to be able to vanquish?” sniggered my oldest brother, a puff of steam escaping from his nostrils. “I don’t think he could take down a toothpick.”
I winced but ... | [POEM]
Gather round little ones,
As I tell you the story
Of a bratty little Princess
Who wasn't destined for Glory.
"Kidnapped by a dragon" you may roll your eyes,
But allow me to help you be a little more wise.
When first the dragon took her he wanted a deal
With her parents, but alas it never came through,
S... | |
[WP] A Dragon kidnaps a Princess. The catch: she's a crying, screaming and annoying toddler and he's not ready to be a parent | *‘That sack seems a little small for a whole princess to be inside,’* I thought worriedly as two of my kobold servants approached me, lugging a burlap sack along between them, and I hoped they had remembered this time that I wanted the princess brought *alive*.
“We got her, sire! The princess from the kingdom of North... | [POEM]
Gather round little ones,
As I tell you the story
Of a bratty little Princess
Who wasn't destined for Glory.
"Kidnapped by a dragon" you may roll your eyes,
But allow me to help you be a little more wise.
When first the dragon took her he wanted a deal
With her parents, but alas it never came through,
S... | |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | "We're roundabout the Scollassi Cluster," I said, pointing at the holo of the local stars grouped together. We'd spent the last hour guessing where we were, "Has to be, look at that red giant next to that yellow dwarf."
"Hollis," Stoop hissed, he was a reptilian Two'nog who was completely naked due to some religious ... | They are not temporal beings.
“Back then”, “now” and “someday” mean nothing to them. But “never” does hold some meaning to them. They take it as a logical impossibility, such as two atoms existing in the same space simultaneously. At the same time. Damn. It’s hard for me to say it in a non-temporal manner because I a... | |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | "We're roundabout the Scollassi Cluster," I said, pointing at the holo of the local stars grouped together. We'd spent the last hour guessing where we were, "Has to be, look at that red giant next to that yellow dwarf."
"Hollis," Stoop hissed, he was a reptilian Two'nog who was completely naked due to some religious ... | "Hey man are you immortal or something?" the humanoid alien with translucent blue skin jested. I know him as Lupe, although his name in his native language is unpronounceable with a human tongue.
"Yes," I replied matter of factly.
"No, seriously," Lupe's face turned a shade of mint green, indicating he was feeling te... | |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | I was born at some point in the time they called BC. I don't know when, years weren't really kept track of in the poorer areas where I was born. I don't remember much of that time, really. It was all so long ago.
I lived for so many centuries on Earth I lost count of them. Some of them blurred together. Some, of cours... | "Hey man are you immortal or something?" the humanoid alien with translucent blue skin jested. I know him as Lupe, although his name in his native language is unpronounceable with a human tongue.
"Yes," I replied matter of factly.
"No, seriously," Lupe's face turned a shade of mint green, indicating he was feeling te... | |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | "Would now be a bad time?" A sigh escapes Tobias Crane as he gets up from the console. Cracking his spine, he responds with the barest hint of intrigue he can manage. "Depends. Do you like being pulled into gravitational wells? No big deal, I don't judge. Everyone's got their kinks-" Teraloe threw his, appendages? (He ... | "Hey man are you immortal or something?" the humanoid alien with translucent blue skin jested. I know him as Lupe, although his name in his native language is unpronounceable with a human tongue.
"Yes," I replied matter of factly.
"No, seriously," Lupe's face turned a shade of mint green, indicating he was feeling te... | |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | The bowels and intestines of the lowest decks of the ship were the places Fred hated most. Dark, dingy and always had a lasting smell of whatever Jixqa's had for lunch. This truly was the worst part of space travel, at least so Fred thought.
Since his early day's, approximately eighty years ago, Fred had dreamt of exp... | "Shouldn't you be dead?" Glubox muttered, his mouth tendrils spitting out a purple liquid with each word, it was a disgusting sight, but like watching someone try to eat spaghetti with their bare hands, you eventually adjusted to the trauma."
"And a good morning to you to Glubox. You know, it's usually not polite to g... | |
[WP] You can see the future, but you can't coherently communicate about it. Distressing, given the world will end next Tuesday. | They all came to the oracle, sitting peacefully on a mountain in a shrine. This shrine was air conditioned and had tv of course, she has a life too. The oracle could predict the future in this small town in North Carolina. There’s a problem with the method though. The oracle is mute.
How do they get around this proble... | ''WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!'' I screamed while throwing the coffee at the old man. Unamused, he muttered ''Yeah, some before others'' before walking out in haste. Also unamused was my manager, who asked me to explain myself. Again. Like always when I'm panicking, I grab a scrap of paper and start drawing random symbols, bef... | |
[WP] You can see the future, but you can't coherently communicate about it. Distressing, given the world will end next Tuesday. | "Wendy, I have something to tell you."
She gave me a glance from the book she was reading. "What is it, love?"
I opened my mouth. And closed it. I opened it again. It felt like molasses - like the words were all sticky and stuck, as if I was chewing my way out of something, as if I was trying to talk with my mouth ... | ​
I dreamed that the world would end in two days.
Just silly dreams.
I thought this at the beginning.
But since I started dreaming about events that happen in the future, everything happened like my dreams, they never failed, and this has been happening more than 5 years.
I got rich with this story. I m... | |
[WP] As the great dragon searched for ways to further grow its hoard of treasures, it realized there was a way for people to voluntarily give it more treasures: open a museum. | Ignas Goldteeth had everything in the world.
Yet, as he strolled through his albino capybaras exhibit and then past his mountain of diamond snow globes, he couldn't help but furrow his scaled brows, his silver embroidered talons tapping on the marbled ground.
Of course. How can he think his museum complete without ch... | "Have a drink?" the guild master said waving his hand to one of the waitresses.
"No thanks" Eadmund replied, "I never drink while on a job."
A lie of course when he raided the museum a day ago he had been drunk, probably still was a little now.
"Oh ok" the guild master replied "Another tankard for me darling," he sa... | |
[WP] For 7 generations your family has been cursed. The first born dies before their 18th birthday. Yours is in three days and recently you've been getting nightly visits from... something. | I thrash in my bed, sweat sticking to my forehead. The closer I’ve gotten to my 18th birthday, the more frequent nightmares have been. I pant in a few deep breaths.
Wind trickles into the room from an open window, fluttering the curtain. The sweat feels like it’s turning to ice.
“Are you back so soon?” I ask, slowly ... | Dear Anne,
I am writing this on the front. I am sorry I did not tell you my plans. My father may have said something because he saw me leave, and I know as he looked at me that he accepted my decision; but it was not in my heart to say anything to anyone else, for I know no one else will understand. I am not some fool... | |
[WP] For 7 generations your family has been cursed. The first born dies before their 18th birthday. Yours is in three days and recently you've been getting nightly visits from... something. | I thrash in my bed, sweat sticking to my forehead. The closer I’ve gotten to my 18th birthday, the more frequent nightmares have been. I pant in a few deep breaths.
Wind trickles into the room from an open window, fluttering the curtain. The sweat feels like it’s turning to ice.
“Are you back so soon?” I ask, slowly ... | I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat, shivering. The covers have fallen to the foot of the bed yet again. Do I really toss and turn that much in my sleep? Anyway, I maneuver my way toward the edge of the bed and reach down to grab the comforter. For a second I think I see something move in the doorway, ... | |
[WP] It is judgement day, but instead of God judging humanity, humanity is judging God to see if he did a good job creating the universe. | "Alright, what've you got?" God shook in place as if psyching himself for a boxing match. Today was Judgement Day, the day He was to be judged by all mankind. "Come on, you can't make me wait forever," He fluttered his head and swung quick jabs into the air. God was fully expecting a reckoning.
All of mankind stood be... | The Lord Almighty cracks His knuckles, breaking back in the fleshy body which had been gathering dust for the past four thousand years. It was time to return to Earth once more to judge the wicked and uplift His children to Heaven. Heaven was usually quite quiet, once somebody had met God Himself, the novelty quickly w... | |
[WP] Aliens finally arrived to Earth. Unlike movies and TV shows however, they did not come to enslave us or to harvest our resources. They came only to spread the good news of their lord and savior. | When the large rectangle of a ship first opened its impressively large hatch, we all assumed it meant our doom. Surely some kind of attack craft would descend from the crack in the sky. Or maybe it would be targeted missiles to strategically weaken us, in order to weaken whatever paltry resistance we might be able to s... | "Hello human friend! Have you heard the good word of Klar'nark the Most High, today?"
Jim Burrows couldn't hide his distaste for the two small, gray aliens standing on his doorstep. "Oh goddamnit, not again... Janet? The Klar'nark's Witnesses are back again!"
Naturally, humanity feared destruction or enslavement when... | |
[WP] You work customer support... for wizards. | Before starting her shift Kira said a short prayer to Felix the Blue, god of magic. She was fortunate to work so close to her home, she lived in the commuter town of Backstage and her office was one of the few inside it's borders. Now it was time to log into the phone and start taking calls.
"Good morning, Arcane Magi... | The water cooler gurgled it's own amused laugh alongside the magical support staff members.
"So did Maximello find out his apprentice fucked up?" Laurie asked Jason, thoroughly enjoying his latest story.
"I hope so, I could hear the poor kid trembling on the phone. If you're going to be a wizards apprentice you can... | |
[WP] You work customer support... for wizards. | "No, I think it's static on your end." I said plainly. These ridiculous old men need assistance at all hours. They're by no means impaired, the flow of mana through a body allows it to retain youth for centuries.
It's the mind that goes a little. The brain doesn't form the same way after that long a time, with magic b... | Roll A D6 For Customer Service:
A story overheard from the cubicle-next-door
"Necronomicon customer support, this call is being monitored by a cabal, thank you for calling today what issue can I assist you with?"
"Mhmm... mhmm... Your zombies are rising upside down? Feet were their arms should be and walking on hands... | |
[WP] You work customer support... for wizards. | Levanus stepped back to his desk after his mid-morning “Stand-Up”, feeling defeated.
How does someone like ‘Talivor the Esteemed’ even get into the Mages Guild, let alone a management position?
“He casts one spell, like 6 years ago, and somehow that makes him better than anyone else here.” Levanus said quietly throug... | Roll A D6 For Customer Service:
A story overheard from the cubicle-next-door
"Necronomicon customer support, this call is being monitored by a cabal, thank you for calling today what issue can I assist you with?"
"Mhmm... mhmm... Your zombies are rising upside down? Feet were their arms should be and walking on hands... | |
[WP] You work customer support... for wizards. | Levanus stepped back to his desk after his mid-morning “Stand-Up”, feeling defeated.
How does someone like ‘Talivor the Esteemed’ even get into the Mages Guild, let alone a management position?
“He casts one spell, like 6 years ago, and somehow that makes him better than anyone else here.” Levanus said quietly throug... | "By Artemis' Bow, not another Full Moon..These are the worst nights to work as Customer Support for Wizards, Magicians, Witches, Seers, Prophets, Shamans, Druids... You name them, we've seen it all... If I get one more call about someone using Maple to make a Wand rather than Holly-Wood, I will go full-moon crazy, I sw... | |
[WP] You have the ability to detect fish underwater. This makes you an expert fisherman, of course. But the deep sea hides so many secrets that you can’t even begin to describe. | When I was a young child I stumbled across a witch. As the daughter of a tradesman I had a few ingredients she wanted for future spells. She did not have any money but she promised to grant me a super power that would be of great use and power to me, so I willingly agreed. Though at the age of 11 being given the abilit... | Ever since I discovered me ability, of course I had to apply for a fisherman's position at me local village. Well I got the job and now I regret that with every damn second I am still alive.
After getting the job I moved to a local rundown wharf and started living there, never bothering to actually repair the damn thi... | |
[WP] You have the ability to detect fish underwater. This makes you an expert fisherman, of course. But the deep sea hides so many secrets that you can’t even begin to describe. |
*“Humans were never supposed to swim in the realm of the oceans. The oceans are not something we are capable of understanding. Its size, its darkness... it's all about as comprehensible to our puny minds as the vacuums between galaxies.”*
This was the first passage of my favorite book, *The Dive Instinct*, by “Capt... | The doorbell rang as I made my way to the counter under a multitude of suspicious glares, they been worried about the state of my mental health after the incidents began happening, most of them thought I already went insane.
I sat down as I nervously tapped my finger on the counter, I was sweating heavily as chills w... | |
[WP] You have the ability to detect fish underwater. This makes you an expert fisherman, of course. But the deep sea hides so many secrets that you can’t even begin to describe. | It’s a simple life. Every morning, I eat my breakfast and all that, put on the wetsuit, and take my boat out to the reef. Then I dive in, and hunt. And I do mean every day. Most folks will tell you not to spearfish on certain days, because the wind disturbs the visibility. But not me.
I don’t need to see the fish to h... | Ever since I was a kid, I had the ability to spoke to fish. But then I was there sitting at the harbor talking to a freaking lobster . I used to eat these things and now I was stuck in a conversation with it. I thought I am going insane.
While sitting here with the lobster scolding me, I tried not to pay attention. M... | |
[WP] You have the ability to detect fish underwater. This makes you an expert fisherman, of course. But the deep sea hides so many secrets that you can’t even begin to describe. | All I want for my birthday is something nobody in my family seems to understand. I blow out the candles and look around to smiling faces and people shouting. Woo hoo 81.
As the party ends and my family is leaving I catch my 11 year old grandson. As he leaves he ask me, is it true you always catch a fish when you go f... | Ever since I was a kid, I had the ability to spoke to fish. But then I was there sitting at the harbor talking to a freaking lobster . I used to eat these things and now I was stuck in a conversation with it. I thought I am going insane.
While sitting here with the lobster scolding me, I tried not to pay attention. M... | |
[WP] You have the ability to detect fish underwater. This makes you an expert fisherman, of course. But the deep sea hides so many secrets that you can’t even begin to describe. | As his assistant, I sat on the doctor's boat, twiddling my thumbs while he stared deeply into the algae saturated lake. In his cloudy, pale, eyes I could make out the reverberations of the pool's surface as the fish slapped their tails against the muddy bank. He stood petrified, as if a single breath would have disturb... | Ever since I was a kid, I had the ability to spoke to fish. But then I was there sitting at the harbor talking to a freaking lobster . I used to eat these things and now I was stuck in a conversation with it. I thought I am going insane.
While sitting here with the lobster scolding me, I tried not to pay attention. M... | |
[WP] Surrounded by friends and family, you ruminate on all the good you've done as you pass on with no regrets. A light pierces the entirety of your vision and a gruesome horned figure stands before you. "Welcome to Heaven", Lucifer says with a smile. "There's been a small change in management". | I blinked, completely confused. Surely this was some weird twisted joke, right? I took a look around and saw other people walking around. Some glowed with a faint and colored light and others had wings.
“You see, the other deities got tired of God’s shit and decided to help me overthrow the big man himself.” Lucifer s... | "So... you're in charge of heaven now, then?" I asked.
"Yup, that's what I just said. Are you dumb?" the devil replied. He looked rather odd with a halo sitting above his horns and a pair of angel wings sprouting from his back.
"Hey now, that's uncalled for!" I said. "No need to insult me. I'm just an honest Christi... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | The old man sighed deeply as he turned away from the window. Outside, the dogwood trees were in bloom and a hummingbird buzzed softly on his suger feeder. He moved his walker through the kitchen and down the hallway towards his front door. With his hand trembling as he reached up for the old set of keys that belonged t... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | Thirty years ago, I had it easy. I was part of an elite group called Runners. We used to post up on corners of a busy intersection and wait for an out of control car headed towards a pedestrian. Right before the car struck, we would jump in at the last second, saving another person’s life and extending ours by another ... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | Dread. Fear. Concern. All those emotions rushed over me as I stared at my wrist, watching the five on it fade out and be replaced by a four. I was running out of time, just as I was so close to finishing. How many more years would I need? Even if I worked constantly, four years just wouldn't be enough.
I'd need more.
... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | "Grandpa! Grandpa! I want another story! I want another story!" Alice sang, her blanket wrapped her like a burrito.
Great Grandpa Jones wobbled over to the seat next to the bed, his cane scraped the floor as he nearly knocked off the lamp from the night stand.
"Sweet dumpling, it's an important night tonight, Great G... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | When I first met him, I was 19. I didn't think much of the quiet gentleman with a sad face and sadder eyes who stopped me, just outside of the New York world building.
"'Evening, Miss Hayes," he said, quite jovially despite the downcast in his eyes and the paleness in his skin.
"Good evening, mister....?"
"Azrael,... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | James sat in a waiting room thinking about his lunch. It wasn't a particularly nice waiting room, little more than a DMV really. Beige, stained carpet. Non-descript pictures of scenery that were framed for some reason. Did anyone like those?
His lunch was waiting in his car in the parking garage, he had made his ... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | You know it's a good one when they're stopping runs every 10 minutes to remove the body parts they'd missed.
It's been a fact of life for as long as history has been documented that humans can extend their lifespans by nearly dying. The major world religions are all based around the concept that their god was responsi... | That morning was easy to get out of bed. When your intentions are clear it's so much easier to live. But that didn't mean what I'm about to do is gonna be easy, considering my age, nothing was easy. But it was simple. All I had to do was meet a bear. Or a rhinocerus. So I got up, drank cold coffee and headed for the ro... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | The old man sighed deeply as he turned away from the window. Outside, the dogwood trees were in bloom and a hummingbird buzzed softly on his suger feeder. He moved his walker through the kitchen and down the hallway towards his front door. With his hand trembling as he reached up for the old set of keys that belonged t... | "You are such a cheat",mom's words echoed in my ears. I didn't want to spoil the experience, so i distracted myself with another memory of eating oranges while playing the piano while my golden furred cat sat next to my feet. The sunlight falling in fringes on her and my feet. "Ah. That was nice,"
I murmured to myself.... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | Thirty years ago, I had it easy. I was part of an elite group called Runners. We used to post up on corners of a busy intersection and wait for an out of control car headed towards a pedestrian. Right before the car struck, we would jump in at the last second, saving another person’s life and extending ours by another ... | "You are such a cheat",mom's words echoed in my ears. I didn't want to spoil the experience, so i distracted myself with another memory of eating oranges while playing the piano while my golden furred cat sat next to my feet. The sunlight falling in fringes on her and my feet. "Ah. That was nice,"
I murmured to myself.... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | The old man sighed deeply as he turned away from the window. Outside, the dogwood trees were in bloom and a hummingbird buzzed softly on his suger feeder. He moved his walker through the kitchen and down the hallway towards his front door. With his hand trembling as he reached up for the old set of keys that belonged t... | Henry was standing and looking in the mirror. Standing hurts now. Everything does. As he gets closer to the time that he’s going to expire he can feel it. It’s strange how it works, you feel the age you were of your first heroic act that extended your life. Which meant that Henry felt like he was 15 until last year. Th... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | Thirty years ago, I had it easy. I was part of an elite group called Runners. We used to post up on corners of a busy intersection and wait for an out of control car headed towards a pedestrian. Right before the car struck, we would jump in at the last second, saving another person’s life and extending ours by another ... | Henry was standing and looking in the mirror. Standing hurts now. Everything does. As he gets closer to the time that he’s going to expire he can feel it. It’s strange how it works, you feel the age you were of your first heroic act that extended your life. Which meant that Henry felt like he was 15 until last year. Th... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | Thirty years ago, I had it easy. I was part of an elite group called Runners. We used to post up on corners of a busy intersection and wait for an out of control car headed towards a pedestrian. Right before the car struck, we would jump in at the last second, saving another person’s life and extending ours by another ... | The old man sighed deeply as he turned away from the window. Outside, the dogwood trees were in bloom and a hummingbird buzzed softly on his suger feeder. He moved his walker through the kitchen and down the hallway towards his front door. With his hand trembling as he reached up for the old set of keys that belonged t... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | "Grandpa! Grandpa! I want another story! I want another story!" Alice sang, her blanket wrapped her like a burrito.
Great Grandpa Jones wobbled over to the seat next to the bed, his cane scraped the floor as he nearly knocked off the lamp from the night stand.
"Sweet dumpling, it's an important night tonight, Great G... | Dread. Fear. Concern. All those emotions rushed over me as I stared at my wrist, watching the five on it fade out and be replaced by a four. I was running out of time, just as I was so close to finishing. How many more years would I need? Even if I worked constantly, four years just wouldn't be enough.
I'd need more.
... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | When I first met him, I was 19. I didn't think much of the quiet gentleman with a sad face and sadder eyes who stopped me, just outside of the New York world building.
"'Evening, Miss Hayes," he said, quite jovially despite the downcast in his eyes and the paleness in his skin.
"Good evening, mister....?"
"Azrael,... | Dread. Fear. Concern. All those emotions rushed over me as I stared at my wrist, watching the five on it fade out and be replaced by a four. I was running out of time, just as I was so close to finishing. How many more years would I need? Even if I worked constantly, four years just wouldn't be enough.
I'd need more.
... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | James sat in a waiting room thinking about his lunch. It wasn't a particularly nice waiting room, little more than a DMV really. Beige, stained carpet. Non-descript pictures of scenery that were framed for some reason. Did anyone like those?
His lunch was waiting in his car in the parking garage, he had made his ... | I thought to myself "this next one must be quite \*shocking\*" as my mind buzzed with electricity-related feats, thinking about how this one is going to be my 20th feat. my mind wandered to standard shenanigans like a literally overpowered game of operation, or to swing from live wire to live wire, being extra sure not... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | Death takes us all. Eventually. Sometimes more than once.
See. The thing about anything “life threatening”, is that it’s traumatic. The mind and body are damaged to an extent. This all depends on the situation. Recovery from this trauma can be quick, or it can be never. Only the trauma is guaranteed.
So the first ti... | I thought to myself "this next one must be quite \*shocking\*" as my mind buzzed with electricity-related feats, thinking about how this one is going to be my 20th feat. my mind wandered to standard shenanigans like a literally overpowered game of operation, or to swing from live wire to live wire, being extra sure not... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | “Hey,hey, grandma!” A boy with shaggy brown hair sat down next to our protagonist, pining her with an eager look. “C’mon, tell me! What’s your next trick gonna be?”
Unfortunately, Danniela Brown’s family and friends seemed to think that she was some sort of Houdini who could pull off any kind of stunt without so much... | I thought to myself "this next one must be quite \*shocking\*" as my mind buzzed with electricity-related feats, thinking about how this one is going to be my 20th feat. my mind wandered to standard shenanigans like a literally overpowered game of operation, or to swing from live wire to live wire, being extra sure not... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | You know it's a good one when they're stopping runs every 10 minutes to remove the body parts they'd missed.
It's been a fact of life for as long as history has been documented that humans can extend their lifespans by nearly dying. The major world religions are all based around the concept that their god was responsi... | I thought to myself "this next one must be quite \*shocking\*" as my mind buzzed with electricity-related feats, thinking about how this one is going to be my 20th feat. my mind wandered to standard shenanigans like a literally overpowered game of operation, or to swing from live wire to live wire, being extra sure not... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | "It's been a damn while, hasn't it?"
Rufkin Tolliver looked up from his copy of *Pride and Prejudice*, and smiled politely.
"Well, er, hello, Martel. It's been, what," Rufkin began, as he looked at his watch. "49 years, if I remember correctly. Wow, time certainly does fly when you're completely timeless."
Martel, a... | I thought to myself "this next one must be quite \*shocking\*" as my mind buzzed with electricity-related feats, thinking about how this one is going to be my 20th feat. my mind wandered to standard shenanigans like a literally overpowered game of operation, or to swing from live wire to live wire, being extra sure not... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | “Hey,hey, grandma!” A boy with shaggy brown hair sat down next to our protagonist, pining her with an eager look. “C’mon, tell me! What’s your next trick gonna be?”
Unfortunately, Danniela Brown’s family and friends seemed to think that she was some sort of Houdini who could pull off any kind of stunt without so much... | Death takes us all. Eventually. Sometimes more than once.
See. The thing about anything “life threatening”, is that it’s traumatic. The mind and body are damaged to an extent. This all depends on the situation. Recovery from this trauma can be quick, or it can be never. Only the trauma is guaranteed.
So the first ti... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | You know it's a good one when they're stopping runs every 10 minutes to remove the body parts they'd missed.
It's been a fact of life for as long as history has been documented that humans can extend their lifespans by nearly dying. The major world religions are all based around the concept that their god was responsi... | Death takes us all. Eventually. Sometimes more than once.
See. The thing about anything “life threatening”, is that it’s traumatic. The mind and body are damaged to an extent. This all depends on the situation. Recovery from this trauma can be quick, or it can be never. Only the trauma is guaranteed.
So the first ti... | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | You know it's a good one when they're stopping runs every 10 minutes to remove the body parts they'd missed.
It's been a fact of life for as long as history has been documented that humans can extend their lifespans by nearly dying. The major world religions are all based around the concept that their god was responsi... | “Hey,hey, grandma!” A boy with shaggy brown hair sat down next to our protagonist, pining her with an eager look. “C’mon, tell me! What’s your next trick gonna be?”
Unfortunately, Danniela Brown’s family and friends seemed to think that she was some sort of Houdini who could pull off any kind of stunt without so much... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | Situated in a middle sized European town on a small hill within random rows, one with many different and unique homes, stands my house. The house is not particularly impressive looking and it doesn’t have distinct features. So it’s not very eventful.
At least that’s how I would introduce it, but I don’t believe in tha... | [Poem]
###On fire
I looked upon the grasses
There they came
In masses
I’m not taking blame
They waved at me
The little buggers
All I could think was: *just leave me be,*
*You little diggers*
They brought a tiny grain
As a sacrifice
They must be insane
I’m getting the ice
Back I went
Into the house
He... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | They could not scream, for they had voiceboxes. But over the roar of a metallic fire-beast people called a flamethrower, Dale imagined that steady chatter the blades of grass made were in fact millions of mandibles were clicking in unison. A call of battle, surrender or a final cry into the night?
Dale did not know.
... | [Poem]
###On fire
I looked upon the grasses
There they came
In masses
I’m not taking blame
They waved at me
The little buggers
All I could think was: *just leave me be,*
*You little diggers*
They brought a tiny grain
As a sacrifice
They must be insane
I’m getting the ice
Back I went
Into the house
He... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | “Aw fuck.”
“What's up?”
“Ants are organizing on the front lawn again. There’s something in the water here, I swear. No matter how many times I wash em out with the hose they always come back.”
“What? You purposely try to kill them? Dude, they'd probably think of you as a God if you just put some sugar out for them o... | [Poem]
###On fire
I looked upon the grasses
There they came
In masses
I’m not taking blame
They waved at me
The little buggers
All I could think was: *just leave me be,*
*You little diggers*
They brought a tiny grain
As a sacrifice
They must be insane
I’m getting the ice
Back I went
Into the house
He... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | I was having a week off from my job when I noticed several small plumes of smoke rising from the ground. At first I didn't know what to think but when I checked I was shocked to discover what was happening. The ants that we're living in my garden we're in some sort of forge, three of them lowering bits of tin and bronz... | [Poem]
###On fire
I looked upon the grasses
There they came
In masses
I’m not taking blame
They waved at me
The little buggers
All I could think was: *just leave me be,*
*You little diggers*
They brought a tiny grain
As a sacrifice
They must be insane
I’m getting the ice
Back I went
Into the house
He... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | The leaders of a tribe of ants gather around the Hearth to consult with their Shaman on the matter of expansion. All six of them stand before the Shaman, who herself stands before the Queen, and they wait in tense silence as the distant clanging of metal sounds. Their mandibles click nervously as the Shaman addresses t... | [Poem]
###On fire
I looked upon the grasses
There they came
In masses
I’m not taking blame
They waved at me
The little buggers
All I could think was: *just leave me be,*
*You little diggers*
They brought a tiny grain
As a sacrifice
They must be insane
I’m getting the ice
Back I went
Into the house
He... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | (please excuse my grammar, run on sentences, etc. This is my first time trying, and my grammar clearly isn't up to snuff)
Last week when my wife Bree told me our kids had snuck into my lab, taken some of the product I was working on, and accidently spilled it in the yard, I wasn't concerned. I had been working on BioH... | [Poem]
###On fire
I looked upon the grasses
There they came
In masses
I’m not taking blame
They waved at me
The little buggers
All I could think was: *just leave me be,*
*You little diggers*
They brought a tiny grain
As a sacrifice
They must be insane
I’m getting the ice
Back I went
Into the house
He... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | “Aw fuck.”
“What's up?”
“Ants are organizing on the front lawn again. There’s something in the water here, I swear. No matter how many times I wash em out with the hose they always come back.”
“What? You purposely try to kill them? Dude, they'd probably think of you as a God if you just put some sugar out for them o... | Situated in a middle sized European town on a small hill within random rows, one with many different and unique homes, stands my house. The house is not particularly impressive looking and it doesn’t have distinct features. So it’s not very eventful.
At least that’s how I would introduce it, but I don’t believe in tha... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | I was having a week off from my job when I noticed several small plumes of smoke rising from the ground. At first I didn't know what to think but when I checked I was shocked to discover what was happening. The ants that we're living in my garden we're in some sort of forge, three of them lowering bits of tin and bronz... | Situated in a middle sized European town on a small hill within random rows, one with many different and unique homes, stands my house. The house is not particularly impressive looking and it doesn’t have distinct features. So it’s not very eventful.
At least that’s how I would introduce it, but I don’t believe in tha... | |
[WP] Investigating some smoke rising from your lawn, you discover that the ants below have entered the Bronze Age. | The leaders of a tribe of ants gather around the Hearth to consult with their Shaman on the matter of expansion. All six of them stand before the Shaman, who herself stands before the Queen, and they wait in tense silence as the distant clanging of metal sounds. Their mandibles click nervously as the Shaman addresses t... | Situated in a middle sized European town on a small hill within random rows, one with many different and unique homes, stands my house. The house is not particularly impressive looking and it doesn’t have distinct features. So it’s not very eventful.
At least that’s how I would introduce it, but I don’t believe in tha... |
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