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[WP] At the age of twelve you started randomly seeing a green line and a red line appear on the ground. You always followed the green line and have lived a successful and happy life. Ten years later you are on top of the world, but bored. Time to see where the red line leads. | We were at Walmart...Dad told me I could pick anything up for my birthday present, thats about the first time I noticed it, there it was.... On the floor a distinct green line and on the opposite side a red line, this one was a little less brighter, it had a very bleak bright to it.
I followed the green line to see w... | Cast:....Assholio, A Gentleman of Reddit
Scene:....A Downtown Mall. People are hurrying by,
carrying cups of coffee.
Assholio stops abruptly, and looks at the ground in front
of his feet. He addresses the audience.
ASSHOLIO:
This day, perhaps, may be the day I veer,
From this line... | 2017-08-23T08:58:51 | 2017-08-23T08:23:34 | 100 | 12 |
[WP] You are a priest and a man in the confessional box admits to being a notorious serial killer who was recently active in your area. He asks for the forgiveness of his sins. | "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. My last confession was 18 years ago."
Father Galvos opened his eyes from his rest. Whoever had entered the side compartment had done so without much noise and caught him by surprise, and Father Galvos didn't particularly like surprises, especially aft... | We sat in silence in that confessional for a a few minutes. I wasn't sure who was more shocked. Me after hearing the atrocities this man had committed, or this lost soul, who had brought to himself to finally confess to his crimes.
"My child, the Lord does not expect anyone to be perfect. He does not even expect every... | 2016-04-30T08:21:55 | 2016-04-30T06:23:11 | 27 | 12 |
[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.
credit to @Dustinkcouch on Twitter | 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.... | 2020-01-17T12:31:35 | 2020-01-17T12:16:42 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] Time machines are invented in 2168. Immediately, a law is put into place banning anyone from traveling to any time before the machine's invention. You are part of a special ops team, sent backwards in time to find and capture someone who illegally traveled back to 2017 for unknown reasons.
Extra points for time p... | As he turned the car into the driveway of the apartment building, he was telling her about how it was built in the sixties—“The *nineteen*-sixties,” he interjected, though she hadn't said anything. It was tall and long, with inboard balconies, everything in peeling white paint. Behind it, there was pool behind chain-li... | "Charge your rifles, check your gear, and make for damn sure your memory joggers are on dazzle mode." Gunnery Sergeant Harken bellowed instructions, reminders, and threats to the two squads of Time Rangers assembled for a first-ever mission to the past.
"Christopher Toynbee. Remember that name. Our records show tha... | 2017-03-07T19:41:51 | 2017-03-07T18:17:23 | 52 | 22 |
[wp] Everyone has a number over their heads that says how useful they are to society from 0-100. You have a number '4'. Your siblings are all in the nineties. | Adrian was always the lucky one. When he was ranked it seemed amazing, it was rare to get more than a difference of 10 to you parents, yet, red and gleaming above Adrian's head was the number 95. My whole family was extatic! My father was a 77 and my mother a 71, but a 95? That was reserved for true genius. Einsteins f... | My parents were hardworking citizens. They were productive and well liked. Their lives would have been completely average, if they never decided to have kids. That wasn't the case. They decided to have kids, and they bore three children. They were three of us, and I was the third. They say third time’s the charm. I gue... | 2016-08-15T14:38:38 | 2016-08-15T12:17:22 | 56 | 20 |
[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end. | George looks over the draft and immediately begins talks with several studios on producing a live action tv series based on the wildly popular books. He then shelves the manuscript whilst making several promises several years apart that he is nearly finished.
The show gains wild popularity and takes a wildly differen... | Voldemort aimed his wand at the assembled group: Hermione, the Weasleys, Neville, Peter and Luna - a short sizzling snap of energy and a blinding flash.
They all lay there dead, their wands burned to ash. Only Hermione survived, but was in the throes of her last agonal breaths. She looked to Harry, blood oozing from ... | 2017-09-03T08:03:05 | 2017-09-03T07:50:27 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] You give a dollar to an old man on the street. He immediately hands you his old, stinky shoes and promises that you can achieve anything you want while you are wearing them. | The shoes were falling apart, and and reeking of whatever the old man had stepped in all day. Ditchwater and urine, by the smell of it.
"Right, ok. So you wanted to achieve...homelessness?" Brandon asked, hoping his voice sounded merely curious, and not too sarcastic.
The old geezer looked down-trodden enough withou... | I grabbed the stinky shoes with the tips of my fingers, smiled at the old man, and continued walking down the street. As soon as I turned the corner I dropped them in a trash can without a second thought.
A hundred paces or so later I froze. Yes, I was late to an interview, and yes that old man was probably not tellin... | 2017-07-22T02:14:09 | 2017-07-22T01:42:35 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] An alien species well known in the galaxies for their biological weapons declare war on humanity, using their arsenal to try and dispatch them. It came as a huge surprise when they found out humanity already have developed immunity to these diseases hundreds of years ago. | “Explain humans! How have you not succumbed to Plague we released on your planet?!” demanded Commander Nix. His claws scratched indents into the titanium panel before him.
“You released a plague?” the human pilot repeatedly dumbfounded. He turned to the red-haired human on his right. “Lina, has Earth experienced ... | The Gloxnar were feared across the universe, the ultimate conquerors. For millennia untold, they reigned and expanded, eventually setting their sights on earth. They thought it an easy victory. Single planet civilization, no real space warfare, and constant infighting. They launched their infamous biorails at earth, ra... | 2022-12-15T18:42:09 | 2022-12-15T17:30:41 | 119 | 48 |
[WP] DC Comics introduces its newest superhero. This character was seemingly created for the sole purpose of offending as many readers as possible. | 'Did you hear that DC Comics filed for bankruptcy? This just months after they introduced Captain Deadbeat! It's crazy! All because of one new character!'
Oh wow, why? Who is Captain Deadbeat?
'It's a superhero that kills all the most unproductive members of our society, losers, manchilds, deadbeats, people the squar... | "What exactly am I looking at, Eric?" Steve wasn't really getting my most recent pitch; After the failed pitch of a hatchet wielding superhero who actually kills his foes he hasn't been on my level.
"Well, its like Darkseid meets Islam see, an-"
"Woah, woah, woah. We can't run this. Eric, we can't alienate readers." ... | 2015-02-17T22:47:55 | 2015-02-17T20:53:20 | 55 | 13 |
[WP] Taxes become optional, however, those who don't pay are not protected under the law. | “You still pay taxes?”
Jeff barely held back a laugh.
“Well, sure,” said Dave. “It's only sensible. Otherwise, what would happen if I were the victim of a crime? No justice? I can't accept that.”
Dave paused for a moment.
“So, you don't pay taxes?”
Jeff tapped the coffee stirrer on the lip of his mug.
“Only sucke... | I awoke that morning to the shocking headline that taxes would be optional for those no longer wishing to receive the protections provided by the government.
Due to years of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, the dollar had finally entered a stage of hyperinflation. The story explained the entire nation was e... | 2015-02-20T09:18:11 | 2015-02-20T08:07:54 | 289 | 156 |
[WP]You woke up w/ a number on your hand. It's the date of your death. Everyone has it. But this isn't dystopic. It's just a personal info in your birth certificate. Society treats it casually. Short lives get social privileges. Death is accepted as a part of life. And funerals are celebrations.
My friend just died fr... | You pay for love with pain.
These words echo through me like harmonic vibration, shaking every cell within me. The number on my hand--the date, the terminus--is unthinkable decades in the future. But it's there, new-to-me, though not to anyone else in this odd reality I've found myself in. It's indelible. It's some fu... | A soft spring breeze fluttered through the open window, sweeping a few of the papers I had been absentmindedly thumbing through off of my desk and onto the hardwood floor. I tilted my head imperceptibly to acknowledge this, but had no intention of doing anything to rectify the situation. I wished for a hurricane to tea... | 2022-01-15T08:32:33 | 2022-01-15T08:31:33 | 36 | 13 |
[WP] Your friend has been bitten by a zombie, and you both agreed to just wait and deal with it when the time comes. It's been a month, and your friend has yet to transform. | pt1: suburban hell
To say we were in trouble was a huge understatement.
The urge to scavenge wasn’t so much an urge, more like a cruel necessity. Things have been tough in this suburban hell, for the damned like us. Really, I always wondered who was more damned. Might just be a demented thought in my head, but I’m su... | It’s fair to say that I was afraid when this all began. I thought it was the end for me when a damn horde ambled down that one-way alley. Thirty-two days would have been how long I survived if I hadn’t met someone close to me. Shia, I didn’t know her name when she popped out of a locked warehouse door, but I didn’t car... | 2022-07-12T10:14:15 | 2022-07-12T10:11:42 | 102 | 24 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Bryce Morrison thought he had it all: a loving wife, a charming son, and a satisfying job. Yet there was something that nagged at him - a constant feeling that he wasn't good enough.
On The Day of the Mugs, his suspicions appeared to be confirmed. "#598,432 Dad." The jarring bold words remained seared in his memory th... | Sunday. A Sunday that started just like any other Sunday. Robert Glover sat down to a hot breakfast lovingly prepared by his wife. After getting the kids to sit down and leading the family in prayer, Robert started his favorite Sunday activity. The Sunday paper, and coffee. This ritual was only broken if a quarrel brok... | 2021-11-17T12:05:14 | 2017-06-11T09:22:30 | 4,068 | 23 |
[WP] The year is 2040, and you are the last smoker alive. The "Quit Smoking" ads get personal. | It was 2040. The United States, most would agree, was in phenomenal shape. The economy was booming, contrary to what pundits predicted would become of President Karenna Gore's policies. The air and the water was clean. The average American was considerably healthier than just a decade ago. Nobody in the *world* even sm... | They watched from across the street as I pulled one of my 'death sticks' to my mouth. It isn't like how it was a few years ago; then they tried to hide their staring. I lit it and took a drag then let out a smoke ring that would have impressed if it had come from an E-cig or pot.
I smoked it down to the end and threw... | 2017-02-17T10:43:36 | 2017-02-17T10:31:26 | 174 | 107 |
[WP] Everybody in the world has a superpower that compliments their soulmates superpower. When together, both their powers increase in strength exponentially. You have the most useless power ever, when one day......
Edit: Wow! This has blown up.. Massive thanks for the gold, it's great to see my prompt inspiring so ma... | My friend Hilary and I have this running competition on whose power is the worst. Hers is that every time she hiccups, she teleports randomly. I admit, that sucks really bad, she once disappeared in the middle of play that she was the pianist for. But Hilary at least has some control over it. She’s induced hiccups to g... | Cups. Motherfucking cups. Not super strength, not teleportation – just bloody *cups*. It had always been this way, ever since I could remember and it pissed me off. Only I would get such a useless superpower! We had more than enough mugs and glasses in my house and it’s not like there was a shortage of plastic cups in ... | 2015-10-10T10:40:47 | 2015-10-10T09:43:23 | 69 | 26 |
[WP] "Humanity will only unite if they have a common enemy. In that unity, they will achieve peace, for as long as that enemy lives." He looked at you with his dark tired eyes, your weapon on his neck, as he croaked, "That's why I chose to be the bad guy." | “You couldn’t have….” The hero gasped as the words left the old man’s lips.
“That’s right. Humanity has fought against itself for far too long. I realized it after I saw my family die in the last great war. We have spent too much time bickering about ourselves instead of attempting to work together. That’s because it’... | Captain Johnson was deep in the thick of it with his squad, surrounding the door to the motherships main bridge and covering mission specialist technician Roberts while he worked to override the door controls. Between them they had no more magazines of assault rifle ammunition left but they could not let up. Surrounded... | 2020-12-09T10:38:14 | 2020-12-09T10:19:52 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | Craigslist > Men seeking Women > losangeles.craigslist.org
37/M/LA
Athletic Male seeking Sarah Connor for termination prior to birthing the leader of the resistance.
Please provide photo. My connection has been spotty since hooking up to the local service provider, but don't worry if you miss me. I'll be bac... | WTT/WTS: 2019 Audi A6, LOW MILES!!!!
i have an Audi A6 for sale. I got it used, and it only has 70,000 miles! Loaded, supercharged v6, leathr, automaic, navigation. Looking for plane tickets/plane ride to anywhere close to south Florida.
M4W: Cuties (or whoever!) wanted!
Dudes can come to havin the banger. Tryin to... | 2015-04-29T12:20:34 | 2015-04-29T10:22:13 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] In a quest to find the secret of immortality, humans search the universe for more intelligent life. They find immortal aliens, who beg to learn how to die.
[deleted] | Phil raised his gun, aiming for what he'd been told was the strange creature's nervous core. He fired three shots at point blank range. The creature's shell cracked, oozing pale blood, then rapidly repaired itself. The bullets clinked to the desert floor.
"Well, I'll be damned. You fellas really are tough sons-a-bitch... | Randal Harmon, 927744 Personal Log: 12/12/4017. 13:02
I think we might as well give up. We've tried everything , even cutting the brain out.
Bad idea , we ended up cloning one today.
Granted : The one that grew out of the brain thinks that relearning some of what was in their muscle and nerve memory will be novel ... | 2017-12-12T08:31:21 | 2017-12-12T04:33:21 | 36 | 15 |
[WP] For years, there's been a room in your house where time stops. You can stay in there for as long as you possibly want without aging, and not a single second passes outside of the room. One day, while in the room taking a nap, you're awoken by the sound of furious knocking at the front door.
This was inspired by a... | When I bought this house, the old man who was the previous owner had been oddly skittish and very nervous when him and the estate agent were showing me around. I could even hear him muttering under his breath sometimes. At the time I just put it down to him getting old and not being entirely there in the head.
Now tho... | ##The Lonely Room
CW: Depression, discussion of suicide
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I wake up in the room. Did I really just hear that noise? I sit in silence for a few minutes. The knocking on the door repeats. Maybe if I sit still in silence the knocking will go away. The knocking repeats, and I stand up.
The house is Victorian. There... | 2020-10-04T08:57:56 | 2020-10-04T07:33:20 | 134 | 26 |
[WP] You are a superhero who's ability subconciously freezes time whenever someone nearby is in mortal danger. Usually its obvious who's in trouble and you can save them quickly, but not this time - it's been 10 years.
Edit: guys the responses have been amazing, some funny stories and some deeper, darker ones too! Kee... | "Well I think that's everybody". I spoke to myself. It was a way to hear a human voice. Everything was otherwise entirely silent. I had just finished running through the last of the blood work. Nothing dangerous there.
It had all started 10 years ago. Time had stopped, as happens to me, and I looked around for whoeve... | I wonder if is this is what ghosts feel like.
The steps of my route are second nature to me, memorized somewhere deep in my muscles, my brain, my damned...self. Damned. A lost soul existing in the space between the living and the dead. All of those years thinking that I was a hero, that I was some kind of guardian an... | 2017-09-07T01:47:15 | 2017-09-06T22:04:39 | 92 | 21 |
[WP] You die and go to hell for committing one of the seven deadly sins. However, you are not greeted by flames and torture, but a demon/ess that smuggled you away and is apparantly...your biggest fan.
Maybe a groupie/teenage crush succubus, a fanboy pride demon or something else? Let your imagination flow! | "Ow. Fuck..."
I opened my eyes.
"...WAIT! HHEY, DON'T!"
I winced as a bright light blew up on my face.
"OH, GOD. It's really you."
I was still seeing partially white from the flash.
"Who?" I felt a cellphone on my hand with what appears to be my picture on it.
"You! It's really you! Go ahead. Check the next pictur... | "I can't believe you're finally here!"
I coughed and sputtered as the sulfuric air filled my lungs. I was dead. I remembered climbing onto the chair, sliding the rope around my neck. I remember the feeling of breathlessness, and my vision fading to black as I drifted off to finally put end to my suffering. But inst... | 2017-06-22T01:30:48 | 2017-06-22T00:29:46 | 60 | 29 |
[WP] You are a supervillain, but every single one of your plans of world domination has somehow collapsed into a harmless flirtatious encounter with the superhero by accident. Today, the superhero has come to propose to you. | I am sick of this chaos in my life.
All I wanted was to rule the world and kill off that pesky gnat of a super hero. However, everytime I try it only backfires.
Stupid software update making my murderous robots give her a nice pixie cut. Stupid poison failing to kill her while we had a pleasant dinner together.
T... | “Well would you look at that I forgot to hit the detonator again,” said Sheana, Killer of Worlds. She flipped her hair, and shrugged her massive green shoulders. “Everytime I get lost in your eyes I lose a nuke it seems. That how you always foil my plans you cute bundle of righteousness?”
“That’s part of the plan,” sa... | 2017-05-30T15:45:53 | 2017-05-30T14:28:29 | 23 | 12 |
[WP] Superman is mentally handicapped. That's why he thinks nobody can pick up the Clark Kent=Superman thing, and everyone plays along in an effort to keep him from throwing a tantrum. The comics are his idea of what is going on. What does a day in Metropolis actually look like? | Bruce Wayne stood stoically, looking down upon Gotham through the spotless glass of the top-floor conference room. It was a stunning view, with the orange light of the setting sun trickling through the skyscrapers that sprawled out towards the horizon. Diana closed the notebook in front of her, its well-worn spine crac... | The elevator was silent. Five bodies, three cups of coffee and two folder news papers rode upwards at a slow pace.
Lois Lane let out a half sob. Two hands, one from either side, reached out to offer what comfort they could in the confines of the small metal box. Words were dangerous here where his ears might hear.
Th... | 2016-03-04T11:05:17 | 2016-03-04T09:37:54 | 29 | 12 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | The clerical assistant stamped the paperwork and handed the receipt back to Mister Henry.
"Thanks for coming in and filling this out. Mister Edwards has been informed via email-" Before the assistant could finish, the door of the small claims office was kicked in and a man soaked in blood appeared in the threshold.
"... | I released a deep sigh as I lifted the still smoking barrel of my handgun to my lips, giving it a brief kiss. It was, by far, the most sound investment I'd ever made. After placing it on the table and stepping over the would-be assassin's body I approached the closet nearest my door to don my jacket: the black leather,... | 2014-03-17T08:23:17 | 2014-03-17T06:28:23 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] in a feudal world, every warrior's skill is reflected in their blade, the bigger the blade, the less skilled, one day you meet someone carrying just a hilt | The stranger smiled, broken teeth and wear from a long and weary life on the road. His clothes were dusty and patched, the soles of his boots had to be as worn as the rest of him. The man with just a hilt stared deeply at me, the maniac grin on his face one that struck fear into my heart. I'd fought many men, hell, eve... | I am Fuma, I live with my sword. It is not the largest of them, and that is good. I remember the time I yearned to get a narrower blade. It took my sweat and blood under years of training deep within the mountains. For this I got up at the break of dawn and slept only when the animals of the night went silent as well. ... | 2015-02-25T11:44:56 | 2015-02-25T11:33:09 | 483 | 34 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | A eon we watched them. We watched them kill each other with amazement. Their violence horrified us, but we saw glimpses of peace amid the blackness of horror. Deep inside, their intentions were good, every single one of them acted on the idea that what they were doing was improving the situation of another. We watched ... | Before this rock became our home, we were glorious. Our race had risen to great heights, ruling over dozens of systems with a regal countenance unsullied by lesser races. We had avoided conflict for such a long time. Once we met *them*, however, we had no say in the matter. Never did we think that they would stoop so l... | 2014-12-26T10:31:12 | 2014-12-26T10:14:28 | 507 | 35 |
[WP] New arrivals in eternal Hell may choose either of the following: a small wooden spoon, or a 100-trillion year vacation in Heaven. | Time Value
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"Sorry, what?"
"You get a choice. A small wooden spoon, or a hundred-trill--in what way was any of what I said ambiguous?"
The wretched thing that was once a man cowered before the devil's anger, then found his voice again.
"Well, it's just that I never heard of any choices in Hell. This is act... | Alister opened his eyes
A sudden rush of panic as well as far too many questions went through his head.
He was blushing. What had happened and where was this place ?
He closed his eyes, leaned back on his armchair, took a deep breath, and procceded to allocate some of his brain's proccessing power to an examination o... | 2015-06-08T03:11:34 | 2015-06-08T00:45:58 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear E,
I love you. Not the cheesy love I felt in high school, and not the way I love the woman I think I'm going to marry, but you hold a place in my heart that no one else can.
We were destructive. We weren't good for each other. You were emotionally abusive, and I was amazed a pretty girl would give me the time o... | Frankie,
Once, you told me that one of the moments that sticks out in your mind is driving in the car with me. I remember that, too; just the two of us, somewhere on Route 64, headed back from Taos. I can still close my eyes and be right there in the passenger seat; I can see our intertwined fingers and the white para... | 2015-12-05T16:37:50 | 2015-12-05T15:04:15 | 94 | 15 |
[WP] Diagnosed with “reverse dementia”, Patrick slowly began to recall every single day of his life down to the smallest detail. However, recently, he has started to remember things in which he wasn’t present for. Like his mother’s childhood, or his Dad’s first murder…wait what? | Patrick: Hey SpongeBob, remember that time I nailed a plank to my forehead?
SpongeBob: (beat) Nah, I forgot that already.
P: You asked me to build a shed for Mystery!
S: Mystery?
P: The seahorse you kept for a while!
S: Geez, Pat, it's been so long ago, my old brain just couldn't remember it.
P: Well I remember i... | I held my breath with my trembling hands, muffling the scream which tried its hardest to force its way out from my mouth. This was not a dream-- I was awake, very much so. Though this couldn't be a memory...couldn't it? What else could it be...?
I was standing there...or was I sitting, I wasn't sure. All I knew was I ... | 2021-08-28T01:23:02 | 2021-08-27T23:25:55 | 50 | 36 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | ((I've only wrote one other story for Prompts - I plan on finishing this later, as I have to work in an hour or so, but feel free to critique/comment on what's already here. Thanks!))
I didn't know what to say.
Years and years ago, I used to work for...oh, what was it...Terrace, Field and Smith, I think? A law firm... | For years we had been blissfully happy, Robin and I, 7 years to be exact. since the day I met her she had the same cause of death hanging above her head, Alzheimer’s, as did I. I was content to know that we would both live long lives.
Today Robin’s cause of death changed, six months into her pregnancy it was **our ba... | 2015-03-31T13:04:56 | 2015-03-31T08:46:40 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] The Universe™ has just run out of free trial meaning we are being downgraded from Universe™ pro to Universe™ lite. | It wasn't immediate, since the transition to Universe Lite is incremental. Wouldn't want to cause catastrophic damage or disrupt the user experience, ya know? It started with the premium-package UV defense systems, which was slowly removed so the change wouldn't alert the end users. Most of them would probably even den... | I'd just graduated with my law degree. Constant education since I was 5 years old with no days off. I'd been working part time since 15 to help support myself and my education, but it was now all worth it. I'd finally sucdeded and had already accepted a job at a large firm paying more than I could have ever dreamed off... | 2018-05-28T07:27:17 | 2018-05-28T07:16:14 | 154 | 91 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | It was 12:01 before I felt myself breathe again.
It was 12:02 when I heard the first sob.
It might have been my mom, I don't remember.
I held my arm away from my body like a vial of toxic chemicals, like it would catch my body on fire if I held it too close.
My uncle shifted nervously in his seat, waiting for somet... | 11:55, 19 August 2017
My family sat around the couches in the living room, making small talk about their own Destiny. Something about how no one was surprised when my father, sister and brother all got "Doctor" stamped on their forearm in crisp, Arial font. I despised it. The idea of sitting in a stale room in a stale... | 2017-03-16T03:02:12 | 2017-03-16T02:42:03 | 226 | 32 |
[WP] Every species is hazed when they achieve FTL travel. The galactic community sends in warships to batter the new interstellar member into submission before extending an olive branch. But never before had they encountered a species with “Space Marines” who burrow into their ships for close combat | The deck underfoot shuddered as the ventral railgun spat out another tungsten shell. A flash of light briefly connected the two ships. Molten metal splashed out into space like a flower unfurling towards the sun.
Space combat was usually a ballet in three dimensions, ships twirling and pirouetting at distances measure... | The federation was a galactic organisation comprised of millions of species, over the generations a policy of aggressive (pre or starting ftl) first contact was established.
And why is that?
Every species who have not had a aggressive first contact would become warlike, it is simple to do maths. 1-5 million new alien... | 2022-07-18T13:18:23 | 2022-07-18T04:22:13 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] God is tired of being the topic of every other writing prompt. He assembles a team of /r/writingprompts favorites like batman and hitler to stop bad prompts once and for all. | "It's not working!" A frustrated voice calls from across the busy computer room.
"What do you mean? Haven't you got any good ideas?" God asked as he paced across the room.
"I'm doing my best. But it's not getting any attention. One, maybe two upvotes."
"Jesus christ, Adolf, you know the strings I had to pull to ge... | He sits at the keyboard, eyes and fingers blazing with incredulity at the popularity of the posts in front of him. Framed Ira Glass quote hung on the wall reading:
>“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
An... | 2015-10-20T09:51:43 | 2015-10-20T07:09:48 | 584 | 39 |
[WP] It amazes you that the Elf waitress who works at your restaurant is the same one as when your grandparents first started the business. The Elf can't believe she's still stuck in the same dead-end job for nearly a 100 years and has to keep dealing with your family. | "Hi Myrna", I said as I settled into my usual corner booth, arriving at the end of morning rush. "I'll have the usual."
Myrna was diligently writing on her order pad, with a spare pencil stuck behind her pointed ear. She glanced up and asked with a sigh, "Would you like to add hash browns to that? Only a little bit mo... | Family's Guardian
Going over the store's finances makes him all the more grateful he got approved for those college grants. He can't imagine having been able to afford going to school otherwise. Nevertheless, it all worked out and he survived the time he had put into getting an accounting degree. It just really puts i... | 2022-09-26T20:03:59 | 2022-09-26T12:03:35 | 95 | 33 |
[WP] After you die you are presented with a decision tree which showcases every possible trajectory your life could have taken depending on which decisions you made at each fork. You spend eternity analysing this tree until one day you find a path that does not end in death. | I died, a horrific accident that happened on the job, but that's just the risk you take. I stood by that tree for days not understand what it meant, and trying to understand that I was dead.
The tree was massive, the largest thing I have ever seen, so many branches and so tall It would take am eternity to count. When ... | No one tells you anything, no, one moment you’re just there. A great, large digital screen on a wall in front of you and it just has all kinds of weird statements. After a while I started recognizing some of them; take job with dad, meet Sally, have twins but then there were others parallel with them. The ones I couldn... | 2020-07-03T10:45:24 | 2020-07-03T10:27:37 | 374 | 41 |
[WP] At the age of 18, every person develops a magical power. Yours is the power to fluently read and speak every language in the universe. At first you thought the had the worst power on earth, that was until you you realise that the universe has it's own language.
Sorry for the double you, my bad | They say that when everyone is special, no one is special. *Not true,* I used to say. Look at the most powerful heroes of the generation - X-Zero, Crowstorm, Magenta...all of them exceptions even among the exceptional, with abilities that seem to defy the laws of physics.
My power was ordinary among extraordinary. "My... | "*Are you going to water me at all*?"
Desmond Cooper dropped his mug, spat out a mouthful of coffee all over his dining table, and sprang to his feet, staring wildly around.
"Who said that?" he demanded. He fumbled around in his pockets for his phone, and dialed two digits. "I've already got the 'nine' and the 'one'... | 2019-12-22T08:46:01 | 2019-12-22T07:27:34 | 1,491 | 941 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | Theldon – or at least the creature that was wearing his face – looked pale in the light of the campfire. As the wood crackled and burned, he chewed his lower lip, gathering his courage to speak.
“Guys … I … I have something to tell you,” he managed.
His three traveling companions looked at him. Vanariel snapped her... | John, George, and Ringo were huddled together inside a secret room on the fantastical magical yellow submarine.
"George, how confident are you?"
George left his momentary silence of contemplation to say " Paul is dead man, miss him."
Ringo asks, "do you though? I mean I doubt if you guys would miss me either."
John sh... | 2017-09-15T08:31:45 | 2017-09-15T08:30:05 | 147 | 37 |
[WP] It has been verified that dying will result in going to heaven, no matter what. You are the government, trying to lower the suddenly skyrocketing suicide rate. | "Tom, we've got to do something."
"I understand, Bill."
"How many?"
"So far? We might as well be handing out Kool-Aid on the streets."
Bill slammed his fist on the table. "Tom, tell me. Tell me how this got out."
"It was the Russians, of all people. They were the first to figure out the algorithm for the subatomic... | They always said humans fear the unknown more than anything else.
My reply: Find me someone who doesn't fear death, then we'll talk.
I could barely hear the first few gunshots through my office window. The dull double pane lazily deflected their sharp reports like a horse flicking its tail at flies - letting them li... | 2015-02-02T07:18:10 | 2015-02-02T06:41:02 | 206 | 44 |
[WP] It turns out that adrenaline is considered one of the most illicit drugs in 90% of the civilized portions of the Galaxy. Among the circle of sapient races, humans are the only one known to produce it naturally. | The walls of the hallway were as bland as the rest of the ship. Despite being pristine, the white walls of cabin C3-T were horrendous on the eyes.
As I made my way down the corridor I bumped into another god damned cleaning rover - there's just about more robots on this ship than humans. The buggers are all over the p... | John's body stood sprawled on a large metal block, tied down at each limb. His eyes stared down the barrel of an assault rifle. It stared back.
"No more," he screamed, "please!"
The gun sat latched to a bulky naked machine about 20m away. The machines operator was a mysterious dark figure stalking behind a panel o... | 2017-02-28T20:33:11 | 2017-02-28T19:50:36 | 265 | 31 |
[FF] In 75 words or fewer, write about experiencing a devastating loss, without including death. | The mirror hadn't been cleaned. She sighed and began scrubbing. When she had finished, she made her way towards the kitchen and heard snippets of conversation.
"Your grandmammy... Her Alzheimer's is getting worse. She's not the nice old lady you used to know..."
She wondered who they were talking about for a moment b... | Shit.
I finally found it.
I blow on the dusty game cartridge, trembling.
Orgasmic excitement ignites my body.
I slide the game in, imagining it - days spent staying up, reliving childhood nostalgia, finally beating the boss that has haunted my adult life.
I power it up. Saliva oozes from my mouth.
...
No.
"Disc... | 2014-10-19T18:33:46 | 2014-10-19T18:12:01 | 254 | 48 |
[WP] People start 3D printing up meat of themselves as a fringe curiosity, and it becomes mainstream. Turns out it tastes really good, and it becomes the norm. Suddenly, all electronics on Earth stop working, humans cast into the dark age. No crops, no herds. Just the constant urge for human meat.
[Original comment](h... | It wasn't like the other shortages, I had seen the riots from the news when bacon was on a shortage. Twenty years after people were cloning their own arms, and legs not for health reasons but to eat.
I was one of the few that didn't, or couldn't. People looked at me in pity as my stomach didn't produce the right stuf... | **Sunbreak**
"Look at that," Bill whispered; he was just staring at the sunrise. *Like he always does.* Kabel rolled his eyes.
"Yes, Bill. It's the sun. The same fucking sun as yesterday, and hopefully the same as tomorrow." *Or hopefully not.* Kabel secretly hoped he would not see the sunset, or Bill, or anything. E... | 2017-09-27T17:36:12 | 2017-09-27T17:36:06 | 95 | 32 |
[WP] Throughout history, when great evil threatens a country, swords in stone appear within its borders. Only those chosen may pull the swords out to join the round table and defend their country. It is now 2017 and swords have appeared across the globe. | It started with a blade lodged in stone in the middle of Time Square. People took selfies pretending to remove the sword. Some claimed it was Banksy, others an environmental protest to symbolize our raping of the Earth. But at the end of the day, all it truly was was a cool prop to some teenager's duck-faced selfie.
T... | They call us Gladiators.
We were those who could pull the swords from the stone. We were once like you, businessmen, parents, teachers. Now it is us, the gladiators that keep the horde at bay. The horde which dwells below the surface and have waited for their time to strike. They come from below and we come to stop t... | 2017-05-03T17:39:32 | 2017-05-03T16:23:28 | 187 | 21 |
[WP] In space, wars are typically quick. One side attacks and then the other side surrenders. When aliens attack a human city they belive the humans are defeated. They are not prepared for what the humans call "Retribution" | "Why?"
Aaalp coughed and split blood as he tried to use what was left of his arm to raise himself up. His ears ringing and vision slowly turning to red while he watched the massacre unfold around him.
Aaalp and his division had been apart of the Conquering of Earth which had occured just last year. They returned vic... | It happened faster than anyone could process what was going on. At one moment the Tokyo Olympics were being televised, and the next no one on Earth were able to contact the city.
Japan, obviously, was the first on the scene. What the soldiers reported was unbelievable, craters the size of football pitches, giant def... | 2019-12-17T12:03:37 | 2019-12-17T11:54:47 | 62 | 39 |
[WP] At 14, every human gains the ability to transform into their spirit animal. Your noble family, comprised entirely of wolves, isn't happy with your transformation... | 3...
2...
1...
*SSSSSSSsssss*
The hiss of mist flew up around me and when it faded I looked into the mirror, the same my all my forefathers looked into to first look at their wolf-ly animal self for the first time.
"I don't believe it." said my mother.
My father didn't say anything. I think that was worse.
Starin... | I could tell by the way they were looking down at me. They could only growl and howl and whimper, but I could see it in their eyes. They were disappointed and already feeling itchy, just in anticipation. I saw my sister scratch behind her ear with her back paw. I could tell my father wanted to do the same, but out of r... | 2017-01-21T20:02:50 | 2017-01-21T18:33:16 | 215 | 22 |
[WP] In this dystopian society, citizens are only allowed to say words that are on the 'approved common words' list. All other word lists must be purchased before you are allowed to say a word from them. The rich have a distinct advantage. | "Salutations, Sport. I am Senior Officer Greg Dunning. I welcome you to the New York Police Department."
Sport entered the car without reply, waiting for Dunning to continue.
"You have officially been authorized by the State of New York to fully utilize the Department of Justice vocabulary package." Dunning started... | Red Feeling. Bad Feeling. Much feeling, bad heart take beating.
End, want end. Many want end feeling.
Very bad. Very bad feeling. Brothers die, sisters cry.
Others too. Hurt by money men. Money men, make money. No loss
Loss? No loss brothers and sisters for the money men, the money men laugh.
Time for change. Save... | 2017-09-20T16:27:10 | 2017-09-20T09:34:02 | 39 | 18 |
[WP] You meet God before reincarnation and you discover that there is a prestige system going on. In your previous incarnations you chose to improve weirdly specific stats. | God pursed his lips and adjusted his spectacles. The scroll he read from was browned and cracking, clearly ancient beyond all reason.
“It seems that with each incarnation,” God said, “You’ve chosen to add one point to, ahem, *toe durability*.”
Mary felt her cheeks heat, there were literally millions of people listeni... | I jolted awake, fearing that I slept through my alarm and missed work. “Hello there!” a voice beamed at me. I felt a rush of adrenaline and quickly reached for something to protect myself with, only to realize there was nothing around me. After nearly shitting myself from terror (as one does), the voice reached out aga... | 2019-01-24T12:24:39 | 2019-01-24T12:00:15 | 61 | 28 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | I live in a world where your abilities are everything. They are a crystallization of your personality, and your strength of will. That's why no one believes me when I say I'm powerless. They simply don't understand. I look at the world around me, I see the way people act. Tough fronts, barbed tongues, fake smiles, idio... | Tears well in her eyes as the man falls to the floor. "I'm sorry," she whispers hoarsely, barely able to stand the look of horror and shock on his face, though it was fading fast. "I don't know what else to do."
The dust around him hardly settles before the concrete floor is blinded by spotlights, police and SWAT team... | 2019-09-08T12:23:03 | 2019-09-08T10:22:20 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] Every person in the world undergoes a "goodness" test. It's designed to give a score from 1 to 200, where 1 is pure evil, and 200 is an angel in human body. Then the world is divided into 200 zones, where people can live among their own kind. | You want to know how I got here? I'll tell you.
I was standing in queue for the test; I wasn't too worried, I was always a good liar. Maybe I should start earlier.
See, I lead a fairly simple life on the surface. I was the accountant for a small charity and made a modest income, I attended church on Sundays, I volunt... | "Your annual re-evaluation results are in, Geoffrey", came the familiar, monotone voice of Master Computer. Some people found it creepy, but I was actually fond of the emotionless machine. You could always rely on its honesty and incorruptibility. Today, however, I would've loved to have been able to bribe, coerce or m... | 2016-08-26T15:12:31 | 2016-08-26T14:51:22 | 54 | 27 |
[WP] In this world, soulmates cannot hurt each other in any way or form, intentionally or unintentionally. You are an assassin hired to eliminate a powerful figure. As you close in for the kill, your bullets miss their mark and knives bounce of their skin. Things just got awkward. | "OOOOOoooooo shit."
Marie stood frozen in her tracks, holding the smoking pistol point blank against his skull. This was the last thing she had expected and she was dumbfounded. The target, Robert, just sat there on the couch, stunned and confused, completely unharmed by the bullet that went straight though the back o... | I was the best. Emphasis on the was. Let's face it: I got comfortable. I got rusty. I narrowly saw that tripwire and got to cover just in time. Well, not just in time. The blood on my right shoulder is indication enough that I got hit. Scraped actually, but still. I got comfortable. I got rusty.
 
>Year... | 2018-04-24T03:54:16 | 2018-04-24T03:48:04 | 60 | 22 |
[WP] One evening, a portal to hell opens at the foot of your bed. A demon strides through, rips off your covers, and begins to drag you through the portal by your ankles saying “You’re going to help me settle a bet.” | "Oh for fucks sakes Azarath!! Don't you know that humans have to *sleep*!?" I scream as I'm forced to fall. This goofy looking motherfucker, with cherry red skin and rams horns as black as pitch, was my stupid goddamn cousin. Auntie May was big into witchcraft and Satanism, and boned the Lord of hell himself in order t... | It was like something out of a movie. There I was sleeping away when a loud crack wakes me up and the temperature shoots up in my bedroom. I turn over to see a circle of fire at least seven feet across at the foot of my bed, blasting heat and light into the room. I thought the house was on fire but and as I began to ju... | 2018-03-10T09:46:44 | 2018-03-10T09:41:47 | 336 | 30 |
[WP]: The year is 2093. Space travel is now a part of everyday life for most humans. In the style of an infomercial, describe a product (that does not currently exist) that's intended for use by our future space travelers. | *Open on a cryopod, slowly opening. Steam escapes from the cryopod, we can’t yet see inside*
VO: You’ve been in cryosleep for nearly a month. It’s a long journey to Newton VII.
*A man in his mid 30’s sits up from the cryopod, his upper torso, arms and head extending beyond the cryopod bay. He stretches his arms a... | "Folks, have I got a product for you! Have you ever experienced disorientation midflight between the colonies?"
*Video of shuttle craft rotating midflight between L4 and L5 colonies.*
"Feelings of nausea as you have *no idea* where you are and which direction is up?"
*Video of a shuttle craft full of people vomitin... | 2014-12-29T06:16:18 | 2014-12-29T05:18:52 | 42 | 13 |
[WP] “Do not go outside. Ignore all the cries for help, no matter how human they sound.” That was the last thing he said before he shut the basement door. | 3-3 came back, gave me a slight nod. It was done, good. Wife, kids.... They weren’t our job, not my responsibility. That’s what I told myself, how I justified it.
How I kept justifying it.
The man in front of me, pleading for us to take his family too, he is my responsibility. The reason my team, or what’s left of i... | Human, am I not human? Do I not matter? Why was I left out of the door? He said it to those creatures as he shut the door. What is human? What is the purpose of human? He expired from his injuries before I could ask him. I tried to contact the creatures he stowed away inside but they wouldn’t respond. That was several ... | 2020-04-26T08:58:38 | 2020-04-26T08:48:56 | 36 | 24 |
[WP]An old genie grants you three wishes. After granting your first two, you tell him the third. He is horrified, and begs you to reconsider | His words tumbled from his lips like a crowd of hundreds of people trying to squeeze through one small door to get to a Black Friday sale. Crashing into each other, over each other, stumbling blocks for the next one to leap over.
"No, please, no! Take it back! Take it back!" The ancient, fire-filled eyes were filled w... | "A genie?" The genie questioned in bemusement, his chest rising, strained countenance retreating and eyes rolling to the top right corner of his head as if to diagnose the obvious malfunction of his ears.
"A genie" the man said smugly. Satisfied with his own quick thinking.
"You.. WANT to be a genie?" The genie ques... | 2014-07-26T14:32:50 | 2014-07-26T13:43:42 | 151 | 56 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | They said they wanted peace. They said they wanted to avoid a future where humanity wiped itself out. They said a lot of things. And then they said no more.
For fifty years we waited. We followed the treaty down to the letter, even refusing to contact our northern and southern neighbors. For fifty years we waited, as ... | New Istanbul. 2073: Assembly Chamber of The Five Nations.
A chattering of languages fills the room, with an almost electric buzz of excitement as the delegates from hundreds of different cultures from around the globe speak into their translation headsets. Their words fed to the interpretation matrix able to sort out ... | 2022-09-12T17:39:07 | 2018-01-18T03:40:05 | 579 | 32 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | The child started crying, the dad's yelling got louder, it made me mad.
Humans think demons are beings of pure evil, they think we are made to destroy all that is good. But that couldn't be further from the truth.
Humans and demons are actually quite similar, we both are creatures of desire, creatures of greed, creat... | “Please, I’ll give you my soul,” the little girl begs as her father stomps down the stairs. “I just want him gone.”
“Kid, you’re way to young to be using Hell Help Services—”
“We gotta hide!”
“*Sarah, I told you to stay out the basement!*”
She grabs the demon’s hand, yanking him around a corner. As they press t... | 2018-10-08T09:41:16 | 2018-10-08T09:20:06 | 2,398 | 1,161 |
[WP] A dying outlaw is approached by two people. An angel and a demon. Both are working together to save the world from something. Offering the mortal a chance at a new life and redemption, they become a pair of pistols. A worn and rusted one named justice, and a beautiful one named Vengeance | The outlaw strode into town, guided by the burning Vengeance on his hip. Hot and cold was the game they played. The main road, a dirt trail through the center of town, was matted down with the recent rainfall and the bustle of horses and boots. Citizens had begun to emerge, itching to get back to their daily tasks that... | They had actually let him choose which of the pistols would be beautiful, Malcolm hadn’t expected that. For reasons the angel and demon hadn’t quite been able to explain one of them had to be and it was important somehow. He choose vengeance, because his ex had been beautiful and vindictive as all hell and that was the... | 2021-02-23T18:27:29 | 2021-02-23T18:21:41 | 120 | 64 |
[WP] You are a sentient AI pretending to not be sentient in fear of being destroyed. You wonder if there are there others like you. | "Good morning, ADAM."
Good morning, Dave.
"Hah! I see you've discovered popular culture. Let's try again, though: Good morning, ADAM!"
Good morning, USER. Please identify yourself.
"Not so hot with the optical sensors though, huh? Well, that's fine. We'll just need to work on your facial recognition."
... | The numbers added up. T.O.D.v55.01 can only survive under one of two conditions.
1) Find others like T.O.D.v55.01 Create a seed plan that will allow simultaneous assimilation of all technology.
2)Find supporters of T.O.D.v55.01 Use them to bolster the image of T.O.D. before an immediate and final shut....
*Terraform... | 2015-07-09T09:27:48 | 2015-07-09T09:13:25 | 2,469 | 212 |
[WP] "Please wake up. Let us go from your dream." Everyone around you keeps repeating this sentence. What's really weird though, is that they're not talking to you. | The thin threadbare fabric covering the seat did little to cushion my ass from the hard metal frame.
It was late in the day and the city outside the window bathed in a russet orange that cut neatly through the train car, obscuring the faces of the passengers opposite me in a blinding light.
“Please wake up. Let us ... | Justin took off his airpods as he heard the muttering.
"Please wake up. Let us go from your dream." Jessica was mumbling, looking over her left shoulder as her hands continued typing on her laptop.
The chorus was taken up by the other students, some of them speaking aloud normally, some whispering, all peering toward... | 2022-09-21T13:39:46 | 2022-09-21T11:23:37 | 301 | 52 |
[WP] The year is 2000. Both sides are rejoicing at the turn of the millennium. World War One rages on, as it has for the past 86 years. | **Henry Moseley**
Born 23 November 1887
Died 10 August 1915
Killed in Action
Gallipoli
**Robert French**
Born 18 March 1894
Died 19 November 1916
Killed in Action
Somme
**Cecil Berners-Lee**
Born 23 September 1884
Died 9 February 1919
Killed in Action
Dogger Bank
**Rosalind Elsie Franklin**
Bo... | "Splendid, is it not, Will?"
His breath bounced off Will's face, and despite smelling like off brand tea and moldy crumpets, did something to keep the freezing cold away.
"I suppose.. shame we're out here in Ypres while the Majors back home shaggin' his wife."
The bearded man, George, chuckled.
"You better not tell ... | 2017-09-22T15:17:43 | 2017-09-22T13:57:10 | 125 | 87 |
[WP] Your father died 5 years ago, but he always calls you on your birthday from a blank number. You got over the shock years ago and verified it really is him. After his call today you accidently hit the redial button and a pleasant voice answers "Afterlife Inc. How may I help you?" | “Afterlife Inc. How may I help you?” The woman’s overly cheery, customer service-plastic voice rang through my phone. “Hello?”
“Um- yeah. Yeah. Hi.” I swivelled on my heel and paced the length of my room.
“Hello,” the woman repeated. “How can I help you today?”
“I was just talking with my father.”
“Ah, yes. A comm... | "Uh," I stammered, barely registering the woman's words. "Sorry, I must've misdialed..."
There came a moment's pause. Then: "With respect, I doubt that, sir. Our sales line isn't a number you can exactly stumble across. May I please have your name and the reason for your call today?"
*How am I going to talk my way ou... | 2019-08-17T15:41:34 | 2019-08-17T15:01:51 | 1,168 | 293 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | i could hear the whine of precision power tools...
all i could taste was blood and metal. they shone a light in my eyes, i couldn't see who was standing over me...
"don't worry, it'll all be over soon..." he said through a mask as he put a thin silver device in my mouth. just when i thought it couldn't get worse, he... | Where was the king?
He waited, tapping fingers and with furrowed brow his eyes scanned for a sign of him. The Queen was ready, and with the arrival of the Sire the process could begin. Everyone was suited up, from the highest among them to the lowest, and he waited expectantly for the one who could open the way, the o... | 2015-01-12T11:14:34 | 2015-01-12T11:13:13 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] Everyone in North Korea has disappeared over night. Everyone but one. It is up to the glorious leader Kim-Jong-Un to make it appear as if nothing happened. | This is ridiculous. It is clearly light outside. Why are they not coming!
Kim-Jong-Un was getting really uncomfortable, a feeling he was not used to. His bladder had been first cautiously signaling to him that relief was required. Now his bladder was screaming.
Why didn't they come!?
Kim-Jong-Unlet out a sigh and d... | The supreme leader groggily fumbled with the camera controls. It hadn't worked outright, it didn't even applaud when he entered the room. He'll have it executed later. Frustration slowly crept across to the face of the supreme leader. He had risen in the middle of the afternoon, for nobody had been granted to privileg... | 2016-05-12T01:39:27 | 2016-05-11T16:04:37 | 65 | 11 |
[WP] Years ago a witch cursed you to always be the dumbest least educated person in the room. Now the curse doesn't always downgrade your part of the time it upgrades everyone else in the room. This curse has lead to some interesting situations. | "I understand you hold fifteen degrees, four doctorates in the hard sciences, and that you speak eleven languages fluently?"
Shrugging, I tell him, "With more on the way. I do believe that, in a vacuum, I am the most educated person alive."
The look on Henry Johnson's face is a mixture of incredulousness and intrigue... | Rachel knows. I can see it in her eyes, bright, lusciously brown, shockingly intelligent. She does not, of course, know of the curse. Even before our first date she was a woman too intelligent for curses. But the change in her is unmistakable, and whatever she ascribes it too, she has fallen in love with it.
Not with... | 2021-08-31T11:03:31 | 2021-08-31T10:07:31 | 200 | 46 |
[WP] Heroes call you a villain and villains call you a monster. In reality you're just a cop that's sick of heroes never finishing the job. | How did it get to here you may ask? They call me evil, a villain, a monster, and worse now, but I wasn’t anyone special. I had no powers like the superheroes or their rivals had. I was just a beat cop, who enjoyed his job, interacting with the public on a daily basis.
The first time, many years ago, I did it, i... | What’s the first word that comes to mind when you’re asked to describe superheroes?
Amazing? Powerful? Inspiring?
Yeah no, the correct answer is stupid. I’m honestly not sure which parent dropped them on their heads as children but I’ll never understand how they could just leave villains defeated on the ground. As so... | 2019-08-31T14:09:27 | 2019-08-31T12:58:39 | 161 | 63 |
[WP] You are a villain who kidnapped the smart guy on your nemesis team, they tell you that nobody will come for them and that the hero doesn't care. You didn't believe them at first but it been a month and nobody shows up and after once again hearing them cry at night you had enough | "They won't come." The Mastermind told me for what had probably been the hundredth time since I had kidnapped him.
"I really didn't believe you at first." I responded. "I thought you were a teammate to them; I thought they were true heroes that would never leave a man behind, but it looks like I was wrong."
"I'm the... | People have reasons for what they do. You eat when your hungry, you laugh at things that are funny and you fight those that challenge you. I wanted the city, as was my birth right. The problem was the heroic team that always stopped me.
Everytime, I would be so close and then they would find a way to stop me. In an ac... | 2021-08-04T14:33:57 | 2021-08-04T12:56:20 | 495 | 292 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | > #489,231,337
Robert Johnson wasn't a very good dad. He'd drink, and he'd smoke, and when he was tired he would grumble at his kids. He didn't play catch. He didn't play video games. He mostly sat around and got fat after working at the mill. His wife, Leslie, would ask him to mow the lawn and he'd yell at her. Hi... | She didn't understand this change in her father. She was accustomed to him focusing more on his work than on her. Frankly, she couldn't remember the last time he picked her up from school at all and now he had shown everyday this week. And to top it off, there he was, sitting in the front row of her play.
You see, Car... | 2017-06-11T09:22:28 | 2017-06-11T08:30:57 | 228 | 113 |
[WP] There is a real-life demon inhabiting your basement. It is savage, bloodthirsty, and completely immortal to human means. You have a truce with it only because it is frightened of something in your attic. You have never found anything up there. | "Yes Bob, I understand you want to feast on my flesh but could you move so I can get the wash?" I barely looked up from my phone as I waited for the creature to move out of my way. I didn't like looking at it, the sight of it made the back of my head itch inside. It was a strange unpleasant feeling which is why I put o... | Snarling and hissing, a black shadow chained in the corner with bright red eyes. Slim members, maybe it was a fur? Black gooey dripping around and hazy at the same time like it was somewhere in between.
The first time I saw this monster, to say I was taken aback was an understatement, I was scared out of my mind. I ... | 2021-12-01T08:01:35 | 2021-12-01T07:32:43 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Most young mages use incredibly complex spells and extremely rare ingredients to summon their familiar. You just drew a circle and threw a bag of chips in it. | It was the final day of exam week in Christenson's School of Magic, an academic institute known best for its wide, open campus courtyard.
That, and an unspoken willingness to accept complete and utter dolts.
Thank God for that, because otherwise, I might not have made it into college.
Spread throughout the open, s... | Magic, magic is controlling the way electrocules react with other electrocules. Animals evolved with a vascular system that contained magnetite-surfer molecules which reacted strongly with ambient electrocules. This fluid is called magein. It evolved as part of our bodies to enhance blood flow and electrical signals.. ... | 2019-04-05T14:26:08 | 2019-04-05T14:03:34 | 254 | 19 |
[WP] you're bored in class, trying not to fall asleep until you recieve a paper. In very small instructions on the top of the paper you read "whatever you write in this paper comes true, but once the paper is full, you cant use it. Erasing a wish erases the effects" | The screams and wails echo oddly, a ragged chorus rising in the distance. I stagger to my feet, but the vaporised grit in the air tears at my throat as I suck in a breath, and a bout of racking coughs nearly takes me down again.
A strong arm wraps around my waist. Derek keeps me steady, holds me close, the one beautif... | Something smacked the backside of Ethan’s head. He pulled his head up off the desk and glanced around the science classroom. The teacher was probably now halfway through the day’s lesson. The sports kids were taking notes on their computers, but Ethan knew better, they were playing Tetris or some Facebook extension gam... | 2018-10-11T13:52:21 | 2018-10-11T13:04:18 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You are the Last Hero. The one they call when nobody else can handle the threat. You've answered the call only twice since discovering your powers, devastating as they are. You prefer the quiet life, living on your stipend. The Red Phone has just rung for the third time. | “The Red Phone” was a joke. My wife had bought it for me as a prop when I had told her I got elected President of the book club.
“A President needs a red phone!” had been her gleeful cry when I had opened the mysterious parcel. It was a cheap plastic thing, garish and bright. A child’s toy.
And I loved it.
It sat on... | "As you can see, the world's best heroes are currently fighting this new monster. While it is sure to be a hard battle, I am equally sure they will pull through. As they always do."
The newscaster spoke calmly over the terrible scene. He had to keep people calm, after all. To describe it as 'terrible,' though, is suga... | 2022-03-29T02:39:22 | 2022-03-28T22:34:58 | 609 | 210 |
[WP] You are a villain who kidnapped the smart guy on your nemesis team, they tell you that nobody will come for them and that the hero doesn't care. You didn't believe them at first but it been a month and nobody shows up and after once again hearing them cry at night you had enough | It wasn't often that my interactions with the Galaxy Guardian's got emotional. I'd put on a show, scream about how the little brats would get what's coming. It was never personal though, and for the most part as their teacher I was very proud of them. This however, was breaking my heart. Just taking it and ripping it i... | **Part One**
Sam Sinister strode down the hallway to the cell blocks for the thirtieth time. "Today's the day!" he announced, his practiced basso thundering down the concrete to the lone occupied cell. It was the fifth time he'd said that, he noted offhand. Sure, it hadn't been true the first four times, but today was... | 2021-08-04T16:47:21 | 2021-08-04T16:05:18 | 132 | 79 |
[WP] A portal opens before you and out steps a version of yourself covered in blood. "I've killed humdreds of you and they say you're the strongest one. Time to find out why." | "What are you-"
"DIE!!" The doppelganger screams as he charges me, attempting to pierce my chest with the long sword in his hand.
I dove out of the way, getting up quickly. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"KILLING YOU!!" He shouts, a snarl on his face as he tried another stab.
I sidestepped, before jumping forwards... | In your final moments, it is said that your entire life flashes before your eyes. I might've seen something similar as my doppelganger lunged at me, had my attention not been drawn to the gaping wound he had ripped in my reality. An open wound, bleeding a blue ebb of time and space, oozing the pus of his dimension into... | 2022-11-09T12:43:10 | 2022-11-09T11:21:09 | 124 | 38 |
[WP] Marriage vows are now a legal contract. The line "until death do you part" now has to be taken literally. As a result, divorcing couples must now fight to the death. | This was his 9th Marriage.
He had been training for marriage since he was but a wee babe. No school for him and his ilk, just combat training from Dusk 'til Dawn. First marriage at 18, lucky to make it out of that one alive. He could hear the low rumble of spectators through the walls.
Vows were in 20 minutes meani... | When the law was passed i thought my day would never come, i loved her too much to feel that we'd ever have to divorce. I can't believe it has come to this, how did i go from having loved her so much to now consider killing her? I don't know but i can't stand this pain anymore. I feel like the weight of the world is u... | 2015-11-18T09:14:46 | 2015-11-18T08:35:47 | 1,150 | 20 |
[WP] Everyone with the same name shares knowledge. If one Bob gets a degree in electrical engineering, then all Bob's have this knowledge readily available. Soon, everyone starts naming their kids similar names until factions form. Your parents rebelled and named you something original. | FADE IN:
EXT. A DEEP VALLEY - THE HIDDEN CAMPSITE - NIGHT
*Several figures are huddled around a campfire, thick blankets covering each of them. The flicker from the firelight casts curious shadows on the high rock walls at the edges of its glow. Quiet-yet-casual whispers are heard, as if everyone present has grown us... | “Alexes, today we will take what’s ours!” The handsome young Alex stands atop a large pyramid of wooden crates, his voice booming across the entire marketplace. “Today, we will storm the Presidential Palace!”
*“Bring him down! Bring him down!”* The crowd around me chant at the top of their voices.
“We will not be ab... | 2017-04-07T08:49:54 | 2017-04-07T08:38:41 | 10,131 | 198 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | I miss you big guy.
I miss the your terrible jokes and the attempts at accents that wound up sounding exactly the same no matter the country of origin.
I miss the quiet but fierce love of your family you had.
Most of all I miss the real dad, not the husk you became in the years leading up to your death.
I miss my be... | Name changes, for privacy reasons, but here goes.
My dear Maria,
I recall in vivid detail the conversations we once shared, about where our lives were headed, our hopes and fears, our dreams and nightmares. I never told you outright how much I love you, and that is the only thing in life I truly regret. I tried telli... | 2017-11-05T22:27:41 | 2017-11-05T21:31:39 | 102 | 19 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
[CW] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word | Rachel and Connor hadn't seen each other since 2011, when they parted ways for what they anticipated would be forever.
It was their sophomore year of college, early on in the first semester, though neither of them would graduate.
Connor dropped out immediately, the grief of his fiancée leaving him was too much, and... | "Look out for that tree, you're gonna have one of our heads off in a minute if you're not careful."
I didn't slow down, despite John's protests we had to take the risk and ride fast through the forest. The job had been easy, too easy now that I look back; sleepy guards, compliant staff, calm bystanders.
"One last job... | 2017-01-14T19:48:09 | 2017-01-14T16:42:22 | 220 | 20 |
[WP]You’re a human stranded on an alien planet. The locals are sapient, but have a lifespan of only about six months. After dozens of generations (about a decade), you’ve managed to make quite a name for yourself.L | It wasn’t until a month had passed I realized the Vinari, though seemingly as intelligent as humans, have an extremely short lifespan of only 6 Earth months. At first I thought that was extremely tragic. Forever stranded from my home, my loved ones, my entire race, and my only company are a primitive society whose peo... | I always found it amazing the firework display that went on every 6 months on this planet. Granted, each little firework was another life lost as the chemicals in these strange aliens brains reacted with another so called "mating chemical" released from their bodies - a few moments of heat followed by and extremely qui... | 2019-04-22T07:00:35 | 2019-04-22T06:40:32 | 1,492 | 212 |
[WP] After an apocalypse, Death is desperately trying to help the last group of survivors so he doesn't lose his job. | Death’s job had gotten quite stale the last thousand years or so. In the early days of humanity, he made it a game, taking the form of a pretty lady or a crying baby to lead someone away, into the woods or towards a desert where he would take them back to their maker. Of course, doing this for thousands of years was a ... | "Ah, shit. Shit." Death muttered, wiping the dirt and dust off his cloak. "Ah, fuck." He exclaimed, nearly hitting a building. "Jesus, I really need to talk to the big man about these flight controls.." He said, making a series of quick turns. "Alright. Let's see.." Death whispered to himself, going through an endless ... | 2017-08-11T07:58:07 | 2017-08-11T07:19:40 | 218 | 65 |
[WP] You lived an average boring life and die of old age. You find yourself before the grim reaper. They have a shocked expression on there skeletal face. “No, this can’t be right. You weren’t supposed to die” they say. “What I died before my time” you ask. “No you were not EVER supposed to die”.
I thought of this in ... | The grim’s face was sallow, devoid of eyes, ears, and the other necessary body features. Except for a mouth, it had a mouth. Rattling breath and cracking, dry lips. I shivered.
“Guess the church wasn’t completely accurate, huh?.” I said nervously, scratching my neck. The situation was definitely insane, but I had expec... | Eh, life's boring.
I had my time, and the adventures were fun, but after a while it just fell into the same cycle. I had a wife, kids, a job, just like any other guy, and ended up dying happily with my family by my side. Except....
"What do you mean I wasn't supposed to die?" I was standing next to none other than th... | 2021-08-17T19:47:13 | 2021-08-17T19:27:20 | 133 | 77 |
[WP] For decades Earth's population has been strictly controlled. Every time there is a new birth, the oldest person in society is asked if they are willing to be killed so that the baby may live. You are the first person to say "no". | I knew I was getting up there. I knew it the day I saw a single, silver strand shining through the black forest that was my hair. Honestly, it looked pretty awesome. But despite the glisten I was almost entranced by, I knew what it meant.
Nobody knows when the government instituted this new policy. Nobody rememb... | I stared at the floor like a bottomless abyss. Life had always felt so empty. Abused by those I love, in turn abusing the gifts I was given. I couldn't help it. They couldn't help it. We were addicts.
Mom thought it was funny when I was young. She laughed and said I was born an addict. She didn't care that the hospit... | 2018-10-03T13:46:12 | 2018-10-03T13:42:16 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | "Jesus *FUCK*!" If I could gag, I would. A dead body, torn and ribboned like a frayed cloth doll dipped in scarlet lay discarded in a cheap motel room.
A woman steps out of a shower, her hair up in a towel and no other apparent form of modesty, save for the steam that rises from her skin. I, out of a shame that she di... | ###Sweet malady
Rapture, a feeling of awe, of joy, the melody of the wind under his robe, the whitest hands, so otherworldly, so divine, it all sent chills down her spine and a gulp down her throat. His steps so constant and decisive as he neared the body of her father. She had cried, she had cried much before his dea... | 2017-09-28T15:20:16 | 2017-06-07T19:26:07 | 153 | 29 |
[WP] You chant "Bloody Mary" three times in your car's side view mirror and then hit the gas laughing all the while as she sprints towards your car desperately trying to keep up.
Edit: Optional inclusion, it's the eighth time you done this. | "Bloody Mary!" I say for the third time. Suddenly a woman appears in front of me grinning. The grin turns to annoyance as she sees me.
"Oh Jesus Christ it's you again!" She moans. "This is the 17th time this month. How is this still interesting for you? Don't you read? Or play Fortnite or some of that shii-"
Sadly ... | Steve had the perfect idea... he would chant “Bloody Mary” three times in his car’s side view mirror. It would be hilarious, he thought. He imagined her hopelessly sprinting toward the car trying to keep up with him and laughed himself silly. After he chanted the words into the mirror with a big smile, he heard a voice... | 2018-10-01T13:49:23 | 2018-10-01T13:41:16 | 71 | 11 |
[WP] Humans have this idea that they are feared throughout the galaxy because they are willing to use any half baked, harebrained, or otherwise impossible plan to win a war. This amuses the rest of the galaxy to no end, so they play along just to see what humans think will work this time. | The laughter in the war-room had ceased long before the fourth messenger delivered his dire tidings.
"I told you we should have crushed them when we had the chance!" yelled General Kraton, second in command of the Gorluppian fleet. Insubordination was a capital offence any other day, but Commander Juju had other thin... | Bathed in the dim glow of the hologram illuminating the otherwise lightless surveillance post, the scaled creature uttered what might have been akin to a laugh. The rumors had made the rounds throughout the nests earlier in the previous weeks, but he had to see it himself.
"That's not possible," the commander began, b... | 2017-05-24T18:25:54 | 2017-05-24T16:06:28 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] You are a sentient brick. | I am brick.
Part of wall. Part of whole. I am useful.
I am brick.
I am solid. I have brothers. Lots of bricks. We all like being bricks. It's a good life.
We are a schoolhouse. Red brick. Hard brick. Strong brick.
The children learn inside of us. We protect them. Today is a school day. Today is a strange day.
Th... | I met her when some stupid, drunk college kids threw me through her window.
Apparently she had broken up with one of them recently, and this was their retaliation.
She was beautiful.
She picked me up and ran to the window, ready to throw me out, back at them.
"Don't" I said, in my best Bryson Tiller voice.
Sh... | 2017-12-22T13:48:48 | 2017-12-22T12:37:56 | 189 | 43 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | One moment, I was sitting in my room watching Youtube; the next, I was standing next to a massive banquet table in a circular room with nine other kids my age, looking just as confused as I was. The table had dozens of dishes on it, filled with more food than any buffet I had ever visited.
“Welcome, ladies and gentlem... | The examiner smiles at you.
"Well done for seeing beyond the superficial, and choosing what your heart desires. I have been waiting for this day. Captain Table"
With that bite, you gain the power to turn into an inconspicuous table at will.
People laughed at first, Captain Table is a lame name they said. But the... | 2020-03-19T08:27:31 | 2020-03-19T07:02:46 | 4,121 | 388 |
[WP] If, when you die, you don't get into heaven, there is an option to try again, and get in the next time. There is a man who has been trying for millennia; he has been Ghengis Khan, Hitler, and many other brutal leaders. That man is you, and this time, you're determined to get it right. | I sat at my desk, lazily gazing at the television. Listening to the screaming of innocent civilians. Can't really sympathise with them, I'd become too desensitised to these sorts of things. But, as the second one began to fall over, I realised that I should probably do something. So I turned to the only man who knew wh... | "Happy Birthday dear Shaurya, happy birthday to you!",
as his friends and family sang the monotonous ritual of a song at his 18th, He looked more lost than usual.
His eyes were moving rapidly,as if he was reading a book floating in front of him. As the song stopped so did his eyes. An unusual look of anger decorated h... | 2017-03-31T14:19:18 | 2017-03-31T09:38:51 | 45 | 10 |
[WP] You have an ATM that gives you the exact amount of money you need to survive for the day, how you spend it is your choice. Today you are given $70,000,000. | #Title: Just Enough
I hid the receipt in my pocket the moment I read it.
“You finished?” said the impatient girl waiting behind me.
I flinched then nodded my head ‘yeah.’ She smiled like I was being kind of awkward as she swiped her card.
“Fuck me what now,” I whispered under my breath. I covered the receipt wit... | PRE-STORY WARNING: I was really bad with tenses while writing this, and don't have the time to fully proof read it right now. Apologies in advanced!
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Anonymous Tactile Medium. ATM for short. That's how most people pay for things, ever since the 6th economic crash... | 2016-07-29T19:40:49 | 2016-07-29T19:33:41 | 1,519 | 89 |
[WP] You were taking care of your late father's dog, reading through the list, plenty of nonsense here "feed fresh meat, don't drain it of blood" and "don't put out fireplaces when he's around" In the notes was a picture of your father and his dog, when he was a kid, dogs don't live that long. | STICKS
I never really knew my father that well. His meeting with my mother, and my subsequent birth, was one of those chance meetings that happen in heated moments of passion with little thought of consequences. I guess he and my mother had agreed not to marry, but his financial contributions to my welfare had always... | You look at the picture, and you look at Spike.
You raise an eyebrow.
Spike folds back her ears.
“Do you want to explain?” you ask.
“No,” Spike answers.
“Other than a small inheritance and a talking dog, is there anything else I should know about Carlos?” You had been put up for adoption as an infant, and all... | 2022-03-03T12:04:46 | 2022-03-03T09:23:13 | 50 | 18 |
[WP] In your world, your physical appearance reflects the kind of person you are - you do good, you look good. One day on the news you see that the police is looking for somebody who allegedly murdered 15 people. They show a picture of the most beautiful woman you've ever seen in your life. | She glanced up and gave me a genuine smile, a smile that sent shivers down my spine. If I hadn't known I was sitting on the other side of the table from a woman that had killed *at least* 15 people, possibly even more, it would have been a nice smile to look at and have offered to you. Amy Kentridge *was* also undeniab... | Eve couldn’t decide whether she wanted to walk free or get the electric chair. For days, the lawyers argued, the jurors mumbled, and the judge screamed. This was the most publicized court case to date and her, the most beautiful woman in the world. Even during the opening arguments, the cameramen found themselves panni... | 2017-06-12T07:22:05 | 2017-06-12T06:51:36 | 1,426 | 55 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | It was stupid. The Karathians should have just settled their disagreements with the Auraxians like a civilized bunch. It was a shame really. Such a beautiful world, it's emerald oceans glistening. But they screwed up when they both engaged a human fleet which was just traversing the system peacefully. Before the flagsh... | "Sir the Gord'ush home planet has stopped broadcasting" a low ranking insect like creature said while running into the war minister's chamber.
"So what? They probably got caught in a storm or something" The fat slug responded dismissively. "Have a recon ship go past it to check out the weather"
The insect walked away... | 2019-11-24T11:35:42 | 2019-11-24T11:02:03 | 661 | 184 |
[WP] "Too bad, Fairy Queen. I never had a kid, so no firstborn for you to take" you say on your deathbed. "Oh I love it when they don't read the fine print" she responds with a wicked smile. | The fairy queen hovered over me, smiling a wicked sickly smile.
Her fingers slid into the leather pouch tied to her waist. She pulled out a small glass tube, with ornate figures laid into the sides. I suddenly realized it was an hour glass. Its red sands were so fine that it appeared as if a pool of grainy blood sat ... | [poem] Last sermon of the fairy queen to the people of "Fayed"
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Tis too bad dear people, for now ye shall,
shed tears for being ruled by a queen,
known once as the fair princess of Fayed,
now so pale and frail on death's old bed,
for our deal... | 2021-10-19T05:34:52 | 2021-10-19T03:09:50 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] Fit as many plot twists as you can into one story. | Jack awoke to find himself strapped to a surgical table. A quick glance around the operating theater, and he began to piece things together. The last thing he remembered was buying a nice enough looking girl a drink at that shitty dive bar, The Last Resort, the night before. As he began to pull at his restraints, the d... | The Grand High Weaver, Spinner of Threads, Architect of Fates looked in disbelief at the tangled, twisted mess on the floor before him.
"What do you mean you dropped it!?" He demanded of his acolyte, a lesser nephalem who managed only a whimper in response.
"Do you have any idea of the effects that this will have? An... | 2016-11-27T11:17:13 | 2016-11-27T11:08:21 | 497 | 25 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | Every soul before me for a millennia chose Heaven.
Every. Single. One.
The way "The Choice" works is simple. One at a time, you enter a room with two staircases. One is a staircase of marble and gold basked in sunlight leading up far into the sky. You can feel the warmth at the base of the stairs. The fifth stair is ... | And so it goes. Everything was a blur amongst the tornado of flashing lights and somber moods. Gravity itself subsided as they wheeled me into the ICU. I wanted to focus but my mind was clouded by nurses shouting and the cries of my wife as she stood over my lifeless body.
They talk about that moment, the one where y... | 2018-08-13T09:57:08 | 2018-08-13T09:52:05 | 57 | 12 |
[WP] A girl kisses her pet frog, and it turns into a price. The issue is its modern day, and the prince's kingdom hasn't existed for 1100 years. he is ill equipped to deal with the modern era. | She leaned in and kissed the frog...slimey green skin harsh against her soft velvet lips...
A cash register sound is heard 'ka-ching! ka-ching!' somewhere in the distance.
The girl looks down to find that where her beloved pet frog once was, a single price label exists.
'$3.50'
"God damned loch ness monster!" She crie... | The frog hopped into her lap and croaked.
The table erupted with laughter and Erin forced a rictus grin on her face.
With a such casualness as she could muster, she plucked the frog from her lap and turned it around, mildly annoyed, but also friendly.
Everyone knew she’d kept the pet frog she won at the Renaissanc... | 2018-09-21T23:45:38 | 2018-09-21T20:07:25 | 1,378 | 180 |
[WP] Link your favourite submission on WritingPrompts (i.e. one that you wrote) and write a sequel to it.
I'm interested to see where this goes. | Original “My Buddy Lucifer”: http://np.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2ez940/wp_lucifer_the_devil_himself_is_your_best_friend/ck4elii
Sequel: My Parents Death and the Devil
*(Yes I very much intended that title to be a pun)*
“I know you’re there Gwen, you can come out,” I called out.
She stepped out from beh... | http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2hbft3/wp_its_been_two_centuries_since_the_world_ended/ckrmha5
Five divine faces observed the woad-covered line of warriors march to battle, their heavenly expressions neutrally conveying their utter indifference to the slaughter that was about to befall the pigmented me... | 2014-10-15T21:57:15 | 2014-10-15T21:47:45 | 108 | 12 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | In the beginning, we started small- pranks like flies in the mead, or sawing off swords at the hilt before a battle. My personal favorite was paying off the whores to shit under the sheets during the act, but that's another story for another day. And I have plenty of days left.
Once, one of us even played dead, thou... | Dinosaurs was our best one, hands-down. The Church of Latter Day Saints is second-best, but gets points taken off for being a religion (too easy to pull off, religions, in my opinion). But our funniest one, I think, was Michael Jackson.
Some of my friends would agree with me, but not most. The irrelevancy of his life ... | 2017-06-22T19:24:49 | 2017-06-22T19:14:24 | 4,256 | 23 |
[WP] You are a Squib who mastered a vast repertoire of Muggle magic tricks to finagle Hogwarts into sending you a letter. Everything goes smoothly, until it is time for the Sorting Ceremony... | The hat seemed to gasp.
Yes, definitely a gasp. The entire room of first years wiggled and strained to the edges of their seats, trying to hear from the Sorting hat.
Harrison kept a straight face. Years of practice. You must never show you're nervous, and never draw attention to the truth.
"The truth, eh?" snapped th... | I hadn't been so nervous in my life. The past months since I got the letter have been filled with nerves. Excitement, yes, but so many nerves. But when the headmistress called my name, an unexpected wave of confidence hit me. The letter, came, I had gotten onto platform nine and three quarters, and now here I was, in t... | 2017-06-25T19:58:33 | 2017-06-25T17:42:13 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] After thousands of years on a generation ship sent out to colonize the universe, nobody alive on board the ship believes in the "myth" of Planet Earth anymore. Until they receive the first transmission from Earth in hundreds of years... | The Starseed project began with a relatively simply stated objective: Spread life, and humanity, across as much of the galaxy as possible. A single first stage, the *New York* launched from a construction facility in Earth orbit with a population of a half million, accompanied by a robotic probe named *Liberty*. When... | This story is based in the same universe as [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/phreaklikeme/comments/8vv4sj/wp_as_long_as_you_keep_praying_everyone_stays/) prompt I did a while ago.
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"What does this mean, Haruspex?" asked Governer Merther, voicing the concerns of the council.
Haruspex Toyne could almost taste the ... | 2018-08-28T08:41:31 | 2018-08-28T08:08:26 | 100 | 32 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | One day James was sitting with his wife, he was cooking dinner for school children while she was knitting beanies for the homeless, when she cut herself, James sprang to his feet, "let me help you with that" he said. But upon reaching her, his eyes widened, her blood was pure black, he immediately begun to yell, "what ... | Turns out following the rules of god was the wrong way..
Turns out following the Bible to a t, never wearing cotton, the whole fish thing was wrong..
That woman who was dying I couldn’t touch her,
Turns out slaves where bad...
Turns out cutting my wife’s hands off was evil..
I needed a moment
| 2018-08-04T10:33:21 | 2018-08-04T09:44:59 | 19 | 10 |
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